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Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom, accusing the rumored 2028 presidential hopeful of โcode-switchingโ in an attempt to attract Black Americans.
ย โWe call this code-switching,โ said Hunt, a Black conservative who represents the 38th Congressional District in Texas.
Newsom, who recently appeared on the โAll the Smokeโ podcast hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, faced criticisms from conservatives online for his dialect while discussing his childhood.
Newsom reflected on being raised by a single mother, who he said โcame from no money and just hustledโ with โtwo and a half jobsโ to pay the bills.
โIt was also about paying the bills, man. It was just like hustling, and so I was out there kind of raising myself, turning on the TV โฆ started, you know, just getting obsessed. [I was] sitting there with the Wonder Bread,โ said Newsom. โCome on, the macaroni and cheese. This is how I grew up, bro. Every day in the backyard just bouncing the basketball, throwing the ball against the wall until the ball is just like frayed โฆ thatโs it. Whole thing.โ
Congressman Hunt joined the conservative podcast โThe Benny Show,โ where he was asked about Newsomโs conversation on โAll the Smoke.โ Elaborating on his โcode-switchingโ remark, the Texas Republican explained, โThis is the efforts of white benevolent liberals that donโt view us as equal at all โ and by us, I mean Black people.โ
Hunt continued, โThey talk down to us. They think we are too stupid to get an ID to vote, they think that weโre incapable of following the law, they always want to give us handouts instead of hand-ups.โ
The congressman said so-called white benevolent liberals are โthe most racist [people] Iโve ever seen in the history of this country.โ
โThey think they can now talk to two Black basketball stars and then now all of a sudden โIโm a brother now too because Iโm hip and Iโm down,โโ Hunt continued. โAnd to be honest with you, itโs quite condescending, itโs actually quite disgusting.โ
The 42-year-old congressman said, โBlack men canโt think for ourselves. You cannot think that we are beneath youโฆthat you are going to carry us and pat us on the head and say, โCome along, young boy, and let me show you the ways of the white man.โย
In response to online critcisms of Newsomโs apperance on the โAll the Smokeโ podcast, the California governorโs office told the Daily Mail, โAnyone with more than an inch of curiosity would know that Governor Newsom was raised by his mother after her divorce from his father when he was a toddler.โ
The spokesperson added, โHe has talked about moving between two different worlds, but he was raised by a mother who worked three jobs at one point โ secretary, waitress, and paralegal.โ
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