AWKWARD! Watch Gov. Gavin Newsom plead ignorance when cornered by an ethical dilemma

It appears that a situation of questionable ethics has been developing in California. At issue is the controversy over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Attorney General whose assemblymember wife is also in charge of his department’s budget. 

A local news story has called the situation “questionable” (to say the least):
 

Out of the 40 million people in California, the person chosen to lead a legislative committee that oversees the budget of Attorney General Rob Bonta is the wife of Attorney General Rob Bonta… pic.twitter.com/71EIggZ4pf

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 10, 2023

Gov. Newsom was asked about it, and the possible future Democrat presidential candidate took a very familiar approach by pleading ignorance:

I asked Gov. Gavin Newsom if it’s ethical for Assemblymember M Bonta to lead a budget committee that oversees her husband AG Bonta’s budget.

“I literally have no idea what you’re talking about,” he said even after I explained. pic.twitter.com/aLFCWotetq

— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) February 16, 2023

There’s something that sticks out like a sore thumb based on that clip (and not just Newsom’s telling body language):
 

Gavin Newsom on states not California: I can talk for hours about the evils of Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama.

Gavin Newsom on California: I literally have no idea what you’re talking about. https://t.co/uY5XlAEDeM

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) February 16, 2023

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