Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) has accused California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) of “code-switching” his accent to attempt to enchantment to Black folks.
Showing Monday on conservative political commentator Benny Johnson’s podcast “The Benny Present,” the dialog kicked off after host Johnson slammed Newsom for supposedly attempting to change his voice after the governor just lately appeared on the “All of the Smoke” podcast hosted by ex-NBA gamers Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson.
After Johnson referred to as Newsom an “elitist, white left-wing lib[eral]” and argued that he’s “by no means heard him speak like this earlier than” the politician’s look on the podcast, Hunt bluntly responded, “We name this code-switching.”
Johnson then interjected to proceed poking enjoyable on the “cringe” interview, asking Hunt why he thinks “this occurs a lot.”
“That is precisely what you nailed. That is the efforts of white benevolent liberals that don’t view us as equal in any respect — and by us, I imply Black folks,” Hunt stated. “They speak all the way down to us. They suppose we’re too silly to get an ID to vote, they suppose that we’re incapable of following the legislation, they at all times need to give us handouts as a substitute of hand-ups.”
The GOP consultant went on to declare that the “white, benevolent liberal” is the “most racist particular person” that he’s “ever seen within the historical past of this nation.”
Arguing that “lots of them don’t even understand it,” Hunt continued: “The condescending tone through which they handle us is totally ridiculous.”
“They suppose they’ll now speak to 2 Black basketball stars after which now abruptly ‘I’m a brother now too as a result of I’m hip and I’m down,’” he continued. “And to be sincere with you, it’s fairly condescending, it’s truly fairly disgusting.”
Noting that “Black males can suppose for ourselves,” Hunt added, “The one factor I need from you is to deal with us as equals and to respect us.”
Newsom’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
Throughout his interview on “All of the Smoke,” which aired on Oct. 25, Newsom opened up about his childhood and detailed being raised by his mom who he stated “got here from no cash and simply hustled” with “two and a half jobs” to pay the payments.
“It was additionally about paying the payments, man. It was identical to hustling, and so I used to be on the market sort of elevating myself, turning on the TV … began, you realize, simply getting obsessed. [I was] sitting there with the Surprise Bread,” he stated.
Newsom’s remarks drew laughter from hosts Barnes and Jackson, who stated he may relate, prompting the California Democrat to double down on sharing recollections of his childhood.
“Come on, the macaroni and cheese. That is how I grew up, bro. Day by day within the yard simply bouncing the basketball, throwing the ball in opposition to the wall till the ball is rather like frayed…that’s it. Complete factor,” Newsom added.
Newsom’s remarks confronted backlash on-line, with some X customers stating that the political chief’s dad, William Newsom, labored as an legal professional for the Getty oil firm.
A spokesperson for Newsom fired again on the criticism.
“Anybody with greater than an inch of curiosity would know that Governor Newsom was raised by his mom after her divorce from his father when he was a toddler,” the spokesperson stated in a press release to the Day by day Mail. “He has talked about shifting between two totally different worlds, however he was raised by a mom who labored three jobs at one level — secretary, waitress, and paralegal.”
Watch Hunt’s look on “The Benny Present” under.
