Newsom’s new budget shows blue state model is failing

Published May 15, 2025 11:46am ET



Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) may claim President Donald Trump’s tariffs are to blame for the state’s budget woes, but a quick look back shows spending has exploded under Newsom’s watch, and the state has very little to show for it.

“California is under assault,” Newsom claimed at a press conference Wednesday, “because we have a president that’s been reckless in terms of assaulting those growth engines and has created a climate of deep uncertainty. The impacts are being felt disproportionately in the fourth-largest economy in the world.”

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