Gov. Newsom's (Cringey) Attempt to Relate: I Have Low SAT Scores
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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“Gov Gavin Newsom To Atlanta Audience: “I’m Like You, I’m A 960 SAT guy”
Gavin Newsom is facing major backlash while out promoting his new book where he discusses his dyslexia. Newsom told an Atlanta audience that he was like them, and no better than them because he was a “960 SAT guy…. You’ve never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech.” Several people have strong reactions to Newsom’s comments, including Nicki Minaj, who said his way of bonding with black people “is to tell them how stupid he is & he can’t read.””
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:14.9 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:15.9 | It is Monday, February 23rd, and Governor Gavin Newsom apparently has just stepped in it. There is a video out |
| 0:23.6 | there that's been seen by millions upon millions of people. The accusation is that in that video, |
| 0:31.1 | he seems to be trying to relate to black people by saying, see, look, I'm an idiot too. And with that, welcome to this episode |
| 0:40.0 | of Amy and TJ. That was so you make that face. I mean, I think that was pretty accurate. |
| 0:45.3 | That is pretty accurate. To what he's being accused of. Yes. It made me cringe because the idea of it is |
| 0:50.8 | awful, so terrible. And you mentioned how many views views i last saw it was up to 35 million views |
| 0:57.5 | this video has gone viral of gavin newsome and yes he says i'm like you you know i'm like a 960 |
| 1:06.8 | sat he says he can't read it awful. So to give you some context here in just a second, |
| 1:16.5 | we will let you hear it, but also we will actually let you hear. I'll read it for you. |
| 1:22.5 | The response from Nikki Minaj, of all people. She has come out swinging. |
| 1:30.7 | She's newly minted MAGA, I guess we could call her. |
| 1:34.6 | But we also, who else has jumped into this thing? |
| 1:35.9 | Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity is in the mid. |
| 1:37.0 | Well, actually, isn't it crazy? |
| 1:39.8 | Sean Hannity, Gavin Newsom and Nikki Minaj. |
| 1:42.2 | Sean Hannity comes out looking best in this whole situation. |
| 1:45.5 | As crazy as that sounds. |
| 1:47.4 | But yeah, we hear from him. |
| 1:48.2 | But Gavin Newsom has a response to all this, which I thought was kind of wow. |
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