California Gov Newsom Shoots From the Lip

For John, BLUF:  I am sure the Governor of California was speaking euphemistically.  At least I hope so.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’

From Yahoo Finance, based on a Bloomberg article, by Reporter Francis Wilkinson, 9 April 2020.

Here is the lede plus one:

California this week declared its independence from the federal government’s feeble efforts to fight Covid-19 — and perhaps from a bit more.  The consequences for the fight against the pandemic are almost certainly positive.  The implications for the brewing civil war between Trumpism and America’s budding 21st-century majority, embodied by California’s multiracial liberal electorate, are less clear.

Speaking on MSNBC, Governor Gavin Newsom said that he would use the bulk purchasing power of California “as a nation-state” to acquire the hospital supplies that the federal government has failed to provide.  If all goes according to plan, Newsom said, California might even “export some of those supplies to states in need.”

I am thinking that Governor Newsom was just speaking in an expansive and sloppy manner.  As much as many Americans may wish to jettison California, I don't think it is ready to go its separate way.  But, as they said back in WWII, the Big One, "Loose lips sink ships."  And political careers.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff