San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was irritable during a recent interview about the city’s budget deficit, telling a reporter he was “disappointed” in the line of questioning.
It was his first sit-down with the press since he last month abruptly and without explanation dropped out of the race to be California’s next governor.
In the Thursday interview, Newsom criticized CBS 5 political reporter Hank Plante, who asked about the mayor’s recent travel schedule and unusual behavior since ending his political bid.
Newsom wanted to talk about San Francisco’s $522 million budget deficit but ended up playing defense against Plante’s questions. As he left the interview while the cameras were still rolling, he told Plante “off the record,” he was disappointed.
Watch the interview to the end:
