Newsom Sold 2/3rds of His ‘Bestselling’ Book to Himself
"Middle Aged Man in a Hurry to Put Donor Money in His Pockets"
April 17, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield 4 Comments
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Every presidential candidate is expected to pay a ghostwriter to write a memoir about the sheer wonderfulness of being him and the lessons he learned along the way.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s was titled, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.” Maybe it should have been titled “Middle Aged Man in a Hurry to Put Donor Money in His Pockets” instead.
Who was really going to plonk down thirty bucks (currently ten and change at Walmart) to read how Newsom at once insisted he was a poor kid with dyslexia and a favorite stepscion of the Getty clan who took him to meet the King of Spain? Unsurprising, Gavin Newsom proved to be his biggest fan.
On Wednesday, new federal records revealed that Mr. Newsom’s political action committee paid $1,561,875 to buy and distribute copies of his book through the donation program.
“Make a contribution of ANY AMOUNT today and I will send you a copy,” he wrote.
It turned out about 67,000 supporters did just that. The books those donors received account for roughly two-thirds of the print copies of the memoir that have been sold.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/newsom-sold-2-3rds-of-his-bestselling-book-to-himself/
