“So to the California critics, who are promoting partisan power grabs and outdated prejudices and rejecting everything that makes California great, we say this: We will not be distracted from getting shots in arms and our economy booming again,” the often-rushed and off-kilter Newsom declared in what likely will be one of his stump-speech applause lines once the looming recall kicks in and a special election is underway. This is the sociopathic delusion of a person who lacks any form of self-awareness, and only knows how to gaslight, obfuscate, and burnish turds. Even when confronted with truth, he dances around (literally), and fails to confront the truth straight on.