Gavin Newsom claimed that, when he told an audience he was just like them and that he couldn’t read, he was referring to his ‘dyslexia’.
You didn’t give a shit about the President of the United States of America posting an ape video of President Obama or calling African nations shitholes — but you’re going to call me racist for talking about my lifelong struggle with dyslexia?
Spare me your fake fucking outrage,… https://t.co/ABNZJQJLcj
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) February 23, 2026
Susan Crabtree with Real Clear Politics contacted Newsom’s campaign to find out more about his medical condition that he’s touting, and they literally told her to ‘F— OFF’. And they didn’t hyphenate it either:
🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE and BREAKING: What about that @GavinNewsom dyslexia disgnosis – can the gov. provide any paperwork related to his dyslexia diagnosis at any time of his life?
Newsom’s comms team just now tells me to “fuck off.”
Think @GavinNewsom’s comms team is losing it today? pic.twitter.com/oT3GoK5Cxi
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) February 23, 2026
And it was a legit ask too. Very reportery. And yet ‘F— OFF’ is the response she got??
Here’s the exact questions I asked his taxpayer-funded comms team to elicit the “fuck you” response — I live in California, BTW. pic.twitter.com/tqTv8FKwRK
— Susan Crabtree (@susancrabtree) February 23, 2026
Matt Whitlock on X writes, “If you’re going to make your “lifetime battle with dyslexia” a part of every campaign stop, get your JV comms team in a position to be able to answer basic questions about it. This is pathetic garbage from a paper tiger campaign.”