Californian Governor Gavin Newsom Has responded to claims that he secretly helped in financing a bronze bust of almost $ 100,000 of himself in the town hall of San Francisco and calls them ‘categorically untrue’.
“To imply the governor who is personally financed or presented, this effort is categorically untrue,” said a news spokesperson in a statement to Fox News Digital. “As usual in the city, the effort was independently proposed by a non -profit and funded by private donors – no taxpayers … This was reported at the time and is now no news.”
A new book, written by Susan Crabtree and Jedd McFatter, and entitled “Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con artists and traitors who have killed the California Dream and now all threaten us”, claims that Newsom used something that are called “Extensive Payments” or contributions from donors.
The book claims two Companies owned by Newsom Donated around $ 10,000 to a non-profit to help pay for the bronze bust on a black granite base that is intended to commemorate the time of Newsom as mayor of the city.
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A bronze bust of Gavin Newsom is in the town hall of San Francisco. (San Francisco Art Commission)
The Democrat was Mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
“Companies that are bound to the Newsom family made a modest contribution to the private -financed initiative and raised money for the effort as Reported publicly at the time, “said the newsom of Newsom.” The contributions were in no way ‘secret’ as now falsely claimed by some. “
In 2015, San Francisco News Outlet Sfgate reported that Newsom called the bus a “strange thing”, and quoted him: “I am just uncomfortable about it … but now the word is out.”
Newsom said Sfgate that the bust was the brainchild of his supporters and that it would be paid with private funds. According to the outlet, Newsom said he didn’t even know who the supporters and fundraisers were.
The outlet also reported that Newsom was in front of the bust with artist Bruce Wolfe several times. The work was completed in 2018, according to the San Francisco Arts Commission.
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The Newsom office continued to explode the book itself and told Fox News Digital:
“This publication must be supplied with a free hat with cans, a lifelong subscription to infowars and a VIP dinner with Elvis Presley and Bigfoot. The authors seem allergic to basic facts that you can confirm with a Google search of 10 seconds, as how many children the Governor has.”
Crabtree, one of the authors of the book, told Fox News Digital that the book never claims that Newsom has organized the bust and that they are on their report on the project.
The bronze bust of Gavin Newsom is on a black granite base and contains a long quote from the former mayor of San Francisco. (San Francisco Art Commission)
According to the San Francisco Arts Commission, the bust includes a bronze plaque with the following quote from Newsom:
“If you distil the essence of everything, which life is about, each of us gets a short moment in time on this planet and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is loving and becoming loved.”
The newsom of Newsom also pointed out that his bust is next to various other busts former mayors of the city, Including Willie Brown, Dianne Feinstein and George Moscone.
It is not surprising that the internet broke out with the reaction to the bust – with a lot of radiant newsom.
Gavin Newsom was mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011. (AP Images / San Francisco Art Commission)
“Who orders a bust of himself? Gavin Newsom who clearly thinks very high about himself,” wrote a user on X. “That is just a bit sick from the head of a politician. Look at me and see how great I am!”
“The new bust of Gavin Newsom is the perfect symbol of his time as a governor,” wrote another user. “Expensive and ultimately (you) without a doubt for the people of California.”
A new book claims that Gavin Newsom secretly helped to finance the bronze bust of himself, but his office insists that all financing was made public at the time. (San Francisco Art Commission)
“San Francisco needs a failure Decrease! $ 97k Newscum Vanity Project, “noted another user.
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Newsom has emerged as a somewhat of one Honey for the Democratic Party. He served as a surrogate for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during their 2024 campaign. He is considered a top candidate to go for the president in 2028.
