NYT busted in (yet another) lie

Posted on: July 20, 2020 at 18:58:40 CT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom denied on Monday that the White House made coronavirus aid to his state contingent on Newsom directly asking President Trump for help and publicly thanking him for it.


Newsom’s denial comes in the wake of a New York Times report over the weekend that said Trump's son-in-law and aide Jared Kushner told one of Newsom’s advisers that "federal help would hinge on the governor doing him a favor." The aid, Bob Kocher, told the newspaper that Kushner’s words implied that Newsom had to ask the White House for help.

The report also states that Newsom had to publicly thank the president and reference an April 22 press conference where the California governor praised Trump for agreeing to his request for aid.

Newsom pushed back on the claims made in the story – saying that he was grateful for the federal help, but that “no one told him to express” his thanks.

“No one told me that. No one asked me that,” Newsom said when questioned by reporters. "I expressed gratitude, but no one told me to express it."