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Gavin Newsom jetted off to the United Nations’ COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil this month and promptly set about lecturing America while California families pay the price for his policies. He has positioned himself as the global conscience on climate even as the people of his state struggle with sky-high energy costs, crime, and homelessness.
At the conference Newsom didn’t just attend — he attacked the federal government and President Trump for not showing up, calling Washington’s posture on climate an “abomination” and warning America not to be a “footnote.” That theatrical grandstanding is exactly what voters expect from a man eyeing a national profile, but it’s not leadership, it’s virtue-signaling on the taxpayer’s dime.
Newsom trumpeted California’s battery storage milestones and signed a handful of memorandums with foreign and subnational governments, trying to burnish his image as a climate crusader. Those deals and press conferences look good on camera, but they don’t fix the power grid failures or the skyrocketing utility bills Californians face when Green policies collide with reality.
Conservative voice Steve Hilton rightly called out that hypocrisy on Newsmax’s National Report, excoriating Newsom for flying off to global summits while failing to secure basic services at home. Hilton’s anger reflects what millions of everyday Californians feel: a governor more interested in global applause than practical results for hardworking families.
This isn’t about denying the environment matters; it’s about who pays the price when elite policymakers pursue utopian energy schemes. Newsom’s rhetoric in Brazil about reframing climate policy as an “affordability” issue rings hollow when his own rules and mandates have helped drive up costs for the very people he now lectures.
Patriots who love California — and America — should demand real accountability, not photo-ops at UN stages. If Newsom wants to lecture the world, fine — but first fix the grid, fix the schools, clear the streets, and stop treating Californians like props in his national ambitions.
