A recent segment on Rob Schmitt Tonight brought comedian Jamie Kennedy into the political arena to call out Gov. Gavin Newsom for what Kennedy described as a pattern of looking the other way while California falls apart. Kennedy’s blunt language on a national conservative platform made a point many hardworking Californians already know: rhetoric and photo ops won’t fix broken policy.
The collapse of accountability is glaring in the homelessness crisis, where state officials admit they can’t even track how more than $20 billion in taxpayer money was spent or who it helped. That isn’t administration fine-tuning — it’s negligence on a scale that ruins neighborhoods, burdens taxpayers, and leaves the most vulnerable without real help.
When disaster hits, leadership is supposed to move heaven and earth to protect citizens, yet the Palisades fires exposed empty hydrants, closed reservoirs, and a response that left residents asking why basic resources were missing. Conservatives aren’t interested in partisan point-scoring — we want competent government that secures water, defends property, and respects life, not excuses and blame-shifting.
At the same time Gov. Newsom jets off to international climate summits and grandstanded against federal energy plans, critics rightly ask why he spends more time posturing than fixing broken grids, rising crime, and out-of-control homelessness at home. This is leadership of selfies and soundbites, not stewardship of taxpayers’ money or the safety of families who pay the bills.
Meanwhile, the political theater smells suspiciously like grooming for a national campaign, with pundits and politicos whispering about a 2028 presidential bid as Newsom pads his national profile. If you’re running for Washington, the least you can do is run your own state competently first — Californians deserve a governor who treats their crisis as a priority, not as a backdrop for ambition.
Americans who work for a living see through the show: we want accountability, honest budgets, and leaders who secure our streets and water, not governors chasing headlines. Jamie Kennedy’s appearance on a conservative forum was a reminder that even voices from Hollywood are fed up, and conservatives will keep sounding the alarm until Sacramento gets serious about fixing what it refuses to measure.
