California Governor Gavin Newsom ignited a firestorm on social media after attempting to blame former President Donald Trump for the nation’s historic housing unaffordability, only for his own shared chart to reveal a dramatic surge in housing costs precisely during President Joe Biden’s tenure. Newsom posted a graph illustrating the income required to afford a median-priced home, which, while showing a general upward trend since 2005, displayed its most significant and steepest increase between 2021 and 2024—the years Biden occupied the White House. This glaring contradiction led to widespread mockery and criticism from users across X (formerly Twitter), who pointed out Newsom’s apparent inability to interpret his own data, with many noting that the peak unaffordability occurred under Biden, not Trump. Critics, including prominent media figures and social media accounts, derided Newsom’s move as a desperate political ploy and evidence of economic illiteracy, especially given California’s own severe housing affordability crisis under his leadership. The incident drew parallels to a previously deleted Democratic Party post that similarly misrepresented grocery price trends, further fueling accusations of political spin and a disconnect from economic reality.
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