California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton blasted Gov. Gavin Newsom as “pathetic” and hypocritical Thursday, telling Newsmax’s “National Report” that the Democrat’s response to the federal government shutdown exposes the failures of his own policies.
“In California right now, we have people lining up from 5 p.m. the previous evening around the block, staying overnight to get food,” Hilton said. “And now he’s bragging about protecting food banks that are only needed because of his own policies.”
Hilton’s comments came after Newsom announced as much as $80 million in emergency state funding and ordered the California National Guard to assist food banks across the state amid anticipated disruptions to federal food aid from the ongoing government shutdown.
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