I & I Editorial BoardLast weekend’s No Kings rallies were yet another real-time illustration of psychological projection by the political left. Meanwhile, a West Coast governor who wants to be president so badly that his hair hurts continues to act as if he’s a sovereign accountable to no one.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a pen-and-phone chief executive. In 2020, while Californians were suffocating under his cruel COVID restrictions, the politician groomed by the San Francisco political syndicate issued an executive order outlawing internal-combustion engine automobiles in the state. Beginning in 2035, all new cars sold in California will have to be of the zero emission variety, which means battery-powered electrics since there are no realistic alternatives.
Newsom caught a bit of flak from legislators who felt that his “law” should have gone through the legitmate policymaking process. But the complaints soon faded because, after all, his order was perfectly in line with the Democrats’ eco-militant agenda. A one-man diktat is no vice in the pursuit of progressive rule.
Two years after Newsom single-handedly enshrined his EV mandate, the California Air Resources Board tried to provide him cover. It voted unanimously to approve his executive order, regarding the mandate “codified” by its endorsement. That’s a cheeky claim from a board that is not elected but appointed – chiefly by the governor.
Newsom’s excess was recently restrained by Congress and President Donald Trump through the proper lawmaking process. Trump signed a bill that he said “will kill, totally kill” California’s EV mandate “forever.”
Newsom’s response was not only to sue, which is certainly within the scope of his position, but to also behave as if, again, he is accountable to no one. He defiantly shot back on June 12 with an order that “reaffirms” the state’s “commitment to accelerate the deployment of zero-emission technologies, including passenger, medium and heavy-duty vehicles.” He recognizes no one’s authority but his own.
But it’s Trump who is bent on becoming a king, the Democrats tell us. Theirs is truly an exercise in propaganda from a hysteria-fanning political mob that has zero self-awareness as it goes to absurd lengths to convince the public the duly elected president is an existential threat.
Newsom might not want to wear the crown of a monarch because it could muss his hair. But as his tenure in California shows, if he somehow was elected president in 2028 or 2032, he would be happy to exercise the power of a king.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
Aren’t the No Kings protestors aiming their arrows 180 degrees in the wrong direction?
It is the enormous, all powerful Federal government that has been acting as The King, the Monarch, The One Who Must Be Obeyed intruding in our lives, making thousands of obstructive regulations, and acting as if it is the King to be obeyed or else.
Trump is the only politician in our lives, brave and yes, brash enough, and willing to use his executive authority to attempt to rein in the all powerful Federal Government. To do so, he is willing to go to the boundaries of Presidential authority.
What do the No Kings protestors actually what?
Continuing the intrusive, oligarchical and all powerful Federal Government or do they want to support a President whose campaign promises included reducing the power and intrusive influence of the Massive Federal Government apparatus and massive unelected bureaucracy in every department all acting together as a King in DC?
No King Protestors: Turn your arrows around 180 degrees and support the one man in our life who is seeking the same goal as you proclaim to be marching for.
Newsom also refused to fund prop 36, which won by a good majority.
And His dictatorship is not covered or reported by the local press,
but is covered up by the press
Thank you for highlighting this “inconvenient fact” about Nancy’s nephew, Gavin. He’s a dictator of the first order.
Gavan Newsom is a lying cheating, crooked snake-oil salesman. Never believe a word that comes out of his mouth.
Newsom’s sociopathic desires to “dictate” and “rule” over others are well-documented. As with the democrat party’s agenda, Newsom seeks to limit/eliminate individual freedoms and liberties.
NorCal is under warning that electrical power will (and has been) cut off due to high temperatures and stress on the grid. So the democrats solution is to add additional usage charging glorified golf carts without any upgrade in grid infrastructure. Imagine thousands of EVs connecting to the grid in the afternoon of a 100 degree day!