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Gavin Newsom’s hypocrisy extends to vaccinations

By Kaylee McGhee White
Published October 14, 2021 5:35pm ET
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Gavin Newsom’s hypocrisy extends to vaccinations
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. | (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

If California Gov. Gavin Newsom believes vaccination against COVID-19 is so important that it warrants mandates for all children attending public schools, then why is he fighting a court order requiring that state prison guards be vaccinated?

For the same reason he hasn’t mandated that public school teachers be vaccinated — money and politics.

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