Jan 24, 2023
Credit where credit is clearly due here to Norah O'Donnell, who turned Gavin Newsom into a self-contradicting mess on camera yesterday. The governor of the state with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country tried to blame the Second Amendment for a cluster of mass shootings in California, claiming that it was "becoming a suicide pact." And that's when the backtracking began, as the CBS News anchor turned out to be surprisingly skeptical of Newsom's argument. Newsbusters picked this up last night, and they're equally impressed, if not amazed: NEWSOM: It's a disgrace. O'DONNELL: We found the governor here in Monterey Park not far from the dance studio where at least 11 were killed. NEWSOM: Nothing about this is surprising. Everything about this is infuriating. O'DONNELL: California has the strictest gun laws in the U.S. NEWSOM: I mean the Second Amendment's becoming a suicide pact. O'DONNELL: But there are many in this country th