Governor Gavin Newsom has made his way into the headlines in recent weeks, not just for the

devastating California fires, but also his attempts to tack right on several of his left-wing

stances. Now, a new investigative book peels back the curtain on Newsom's problematic political

dealings, as well as other figures who the authors say

killed the California dream.

In this episode, we sit down with the authors of the expose to discuss Newsom and the state

of Progressive California.

I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

It's Sunday, March 16th, and this is a weekend edition of Morning Wire.

Joining us now are the authors of a new investigative book, Fools Gold, Susan Crabtree,

and Jed McFatter. The book breaks several new details about some key political figures in California.

Susan and Jed, thank you so much for joining us.

Yeah, it's my pleasure. Thanks for having me, John.

There's a lot of pretty remarkable findings that you've detailed here that are causing a stir,

but we wanted to zoom in here on perhaps the most significant figure right now in terms of the

new cycle. That's Gavin Newsome. Let's start with the most immediate issues. Susan, you've highlighted

what you've called the wildfire cash windfall. This involves Newsom and the energy company Pacific

Gas and Electric PG&E. What have you uncovered on this? Well, it's interesting because

everything that Gavin Newsom does is performative, not performance-based.

He's been given everything on a silver platter, whether it's his admissions to college, his wine dynasty that was fueled by Getty money, or his rise in politics.

It's all been given through his family connections with the Gettys and other

political connections like Rulie Brown and others. But when it comes to these wildfires,

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