California Dems Buck Newsom With Vote To Endorse Billionaire Wealth Tax

California Dems Buck Newsom With Vote To Endorse Billionaire Wealth Tax

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is having a brutal last few weeks.

Last week, Newsom was forced to respond after a woman came forward

and spoke publicly about a prior extramarital affair she had with Newsom nearly two decades ago.

Newsom and his wife are also facing increased scrutiny over his extensive use of “behested payments” as federal investigations involving both the governor and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom continue to attract attention.

Now, Newsom is scrambling after Democrats just bucked a directive he gave them.

California Democrats exposed a deep internal fracture this weekend when their party’s resolutions committee voted to recommend endorsing a punitive one-time 5 percent tax on the state’s roughly 200 billionaires, openly defying both outgoing Newsom and gubernatorial nominee Xavier Becerra.