CNN Reporter Says Newsom’s Mismanagement of California Will ‘Chase’ Him as He Seeks ‘Higher Office’

CNN senior national correspondent Kyung Lah said Wednesday that California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s poor stewardship of his state will haunt him if he runs for president in the future.

Lah interviewed local Los Angeles business owner Tom Sopit, whose restaurant survived the COVID lockdowns but is now closing due to crushing regulations, labor laws, and high costs.

Sopit called it a “death by a thousand cuts.”

“The cost of goods, the cost of labor is much higher than everyone else in the country,” he noted. “Insurance is a big part of it, with the wildfires controlling the premiums and increases, all the carriers leaving the state, and that’s why it went up so quickly.”

He also outlined how Hollywood has failed to retain its foothold in California, as existing studios have fled to more affordable states and new rival...