Fri Jul 8, 2022 – 3:29 pm EDTFri Jul 8, 2022 – 3:29 pm EDT
SACRAMENTO (LifeSiteNews) – California’s Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is denying charges of hypocrisy for vacationing to Montana despite prohibiting government employees from using public money to do the same over the state’s socially-conservative policies on LGBT issues.
For years, Newsom’s government has prohibited public employees from using public funds for trips to a handful of states which have adopted so-called “anti-LGBT” policies, such as laws prohibiting biological males from participating in female-specific state-sponsored athletic competitions, or protecting adoption and foster agencies’ right to prefer that children be placed in homes with both a mother and a father.
On Tuesday, California journalist Emily Hoeven reported that Newsom had traveled to Montana, one of the affected states, where the governor has in-laws.
“The travel ban applies to expending state funds. The Governor’s travel is not being paid for by the state,” Newsom spokesperson Erin Mellon told the Washington Examiner in response to a request for comment. “This is a personal trip to visit family who live outside
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