Newsom Propping Up Russia
Forces State to Import Dirty Oil
Californians are paying a steep price for Governor Gavin Newsom’s extreme climate policies, and a scathing letter from gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton to Congress exposes the truth: Newsom’s war on fossil fuels isn’t just punishing you with the nation’s highest gas prices—around $5 per gallon and climbing—skyrocketing gas taxes, and suffocating regulations. It’s propping up Russia by forcing the state to import dirty oil, undermining national security, and making the air you breathe worse, all while the rest of the country enjoys a nationwide gas price drop. Hilton’s letter, sent to the Hill, urges Congress to sanction Newsom and agencies like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) for enabling Russian-origin crude imports, a direct result of Newsom’s policies.
Newsom’s assault began with shutting down refineries—Valero’s Benicia closure in 2026 and Phillips 66’s Wilmington exit this year slash 20% of capacity—while his administration’s moratorium on new oil permits has cut in-state production by over a third since 2019.
This “energy island,” isolated without interstate pipelines, now relies on foreign crude imports, up from 5% in 1992 to over 60% today, with Russian oil laundered through India and Turkey. This fuels Putin’s war machine, contradicting U.S. sanctions, while Californians choke on dirtier imports from nations with lax environmental standards.
Meanwhile, CARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and a voter-denied tax—imposed by appointed regulators—add 40 cents per gallon in compliance costs and 60 cents in excise taxes, a scheme keeping lawmakers’ hands clean. Nationally, gas prices fall, but here, Newsom’s policies promise $8-$9 per gallon by 2026, per experts, burdening families and small businesses.
Hilton’s letter demands accountability, proposing Newsom reverse these disasters by doubling domestic production every two years, suspending punitive regulations, and slashing taxes to hit $3 gas.
Until then, Newsom’s crusade betrays his environmental rhetoric, prioritizing ideology over your wallet and health.
Californians must take a hard look at who we elect as our next governor in 2026, or we face the grim reality of $8-9 per gallon gas, unleashing devastating prolonged inflation and catastrophic burdens on families and small businesses.
The stakes are too high to tolerate more of Newsom’s and Sacramento failed policies; we need strong, visionary leadership—modeled after President Trump’s decisive course corrections—to reverse this crisis. A governor with such resolve can not only repair California’s economy and energy grid but ignite a golden era in the nation’s Golden State, restoring prosperity, security, and pride for all.
Gavin Newsom thinks he’s Michael Douglas.