Newsom has abandoned the once-golden state yet again. This time the Democrat’s destination was New York to kick off a media tour to promote his newly-released children’s book, Ben & Emma’s Big Hit, on all the usual leftist television shows.

Am I the only one smirking as I watch the harpies fawn all over extremely white-privileged little Gavin as they learn about how hard his widdle life was?

According to the publisher, Newsom’s new release is an “empowering picture book about a young boy with dyslexia who discovers a new way to look at reading.” Inspired by Newsom’s “own childhood diagnosis of dyslexia, readers will learn that kids with the determination to try (and try again) can do big things.” So why would Newsom choose now to promote his book (and by default, himself), after all the personal time he’s taken off recently? While average Californians are left to struggle under the weight of the third consecutive extension of Newsom’s state of emergency powers and a statewide tsunami of smash-and-grab crime that has been going on since early November?

Before he left, Newsom told the mayors of the state to “step up” and hold criminals accountable for the crimes in their cities. “If people are breaking in, people [are] stealing your property, they need to be arrested,” said Newsom last week. “Police need to arrest them. Prosecutors need to prosecute them. Judges need to hold people accountable for breaking the law.” The governor added that these aren’t victimless crimes, and he has “no empathy for these criminal elements.”