Gavin Newsom has been on a tear lately. He seems to think that he is going to be the Democrat nominee for president in 2028 and that he is going to be running against Trump.
It really looks like a consultant told him to go on offense against Trump, using Twitter/X as a tool because that is all he has been doing for days now.
In his latest attempt, he tried to go after Trump on energy prices. It did not end well for him.
See Newsom’s tweet:
Electricity prices have gone up 10% since January.
Great work, @realDonaldTrump!! pic.twitter.com/msCp3UdgRm
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) August 23, 2025
Senator Ted Cruz fired back.
Hey @grok Electricity prices have gone up 10% since January. In what cities and states are they the highest? https://t.co/Ekr4nJnhn2
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 23, 2025
Grok answered Cruz’s question.
Based on August 2025 data from EIA and other sources:
Highest state rates (¢/kWh, residential):
– Hawaii: 42.5
– California: 35.0
– Connecticut: 31.6
– Massachusetts: 30.7
– Rhode Island: 27.8Highest city rates:
– Honolulu, HI: ~43
– San Francisco, CA: ~37
– New York, NY: ~31…— Grok (@grok) August 23, 2025
Based on the latest EIA data (May 2025), California’s average residential electricity rate is 35.03 cents per kWh, while the US national average is 17.47 cents per kWh. That’s 17.56 cents more per kWh, or about 100% higher.
— Grok (@grok) August 23, 2025
Great work, @GavinNewsom *! pic.twitter.com/bvueecMdF3
— ☘️ Ƒʉͫcͧкͭιͪηͣ (@LuckyMcGee) August 23, 2025
Gavin Newsom needs to tell his team to stop posting things that California is failing at.
They should probably also steer clear of homelessness, crime, wildfire prevention, gas prices, taxes, and not sleeping with your campaign manager’s wife pic.twitter.com/SfqXPgM141
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) August 23, 2025
Cal Matters published this just a week ago:
Newsom, lawmakers short on options to reduce California’s soaring electricity costs
Last October, just a few days before Harris lost, Newsom ordered California’s Public Utilities Commission, Air Resources Board and state Energy Commission to generate ideas on how high costs of energy, particularly electricity, could be mitigated.
“We’re taking action to address rising electricity costs and save consumers money on their bills,” Newsom said at the time. “California is proving that we can address affordability concerns as we continue our world-leading efforts to combat the climate crisis.”
California’s residential and commercial electricity rates are the highest in the nation’s lower 48 states, according to a monthly compilation by the California Center for Jobs & the Economy, an adjunct to the California Business Roundtable. Californians’ actual power bills are the ninth-highest due to the state’s relatively mild climate, the report found.
How awkward for Newsom.
If he does run for president, he is not going to be able to skate past this or any of his other failures in California.
