On Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom took his book tour to Atlanta, and sat on stage in front of an overflow crowd at an auditorium, taking questions from the city’s Mayor, Andre Dickens. At one point Newsom seemed to talk down to the black mayor and to members of he crowd, assuring them, “I’m no better than you,” and using his poor S.A.T. score to make his point, something that hasn’t sit well with some prominent conservative blacks like Sen. Tim Scott.
It might not surprise you to learn that the nightly news shows of ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS made believe this never happened, while on Monday Fox News’s Special Report With Bret Baier did cover it and brought on their Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume for his take. The segment began with a clip of what Newsom said.
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