GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee launched a Twitter tirade against California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom over the weekend for supporting the right of same-sex couples to marry.
Huckabee accused Newsom of breaking the law by issuing marriage licenses to gay couples when he was mayor of San Francisco, comparing his behavior to the refusal of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to marry same-sex couples. Newsom “broke CA law,” Huckabee tweeted, yet encountered little of the outrage now being launched at Davis.
“You are dead wrong on the Kim Davis issue,” Newsom fired back.
.@GavinNewsom “The California Family Code states that marriage is a union between a man and a woman.” – SF Chronicle, 2/15/04 (2/3)
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
. @GovMikeHuckabee you are dead wrong on the Kim Davis issue — we issued marriage licenses because we believed the law at that time
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
violated equal protection clause of constitution @GovMikeHuckabee. Once the CA Supreme Court (they interpret the constitution)
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— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
Once the court ordered me to stop, I did. I was never in contempt of court — unlike Kim Davis. Get your facts right @GovMikeHuckabee
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
Newsom issued some 4,000 licenses to same-sex couples as mayor, according to Mother Jones. Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that allowed outlawed gay marriage in California, was ruled unconstitutional by a federal court in 2010.
Huckabee contended that Davis was being treated more harshly than Newsom ever was. In a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Huckabee told host George Stephanopoulos that Newsom “ignored the law when it was the law to have traditional marriage.”
“Did he ever get put in jail?” Huckabee asked. “He most certainly did not.”
Huckabee, who has adamantly supported the jailed Kentucky clerk, will host a rally in Davis’ honor on Tuesday in front of the jail where she’s being held.
Give it up, Huckabee! You will never win an intelligence argument with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (soon to be Governor Gavin Newsom). Gavin Newsom follows the law, always has. Once the California Supreme Court told him to stop issuing those licenses, he did – Gavin Newsom followed the orders by the high court. Your gal, Kim Davis, defies the United States Supreme Court. We are a nation of laws. Why do you and Kim Davis hate our American way of life so much? Serious question, sir. Follow the law as determined by our system – and our system of laws, checks and balances has made its decision. Thank you very much.
BTW, I am proud to have had the chance to vote for Mr. Newsom for Mayor of San Francisco when I lived there. Thank you for your great service, Lt. Guv!!
While Huckafuck was governor of Arkansas, Susan McDougal was held on a contempt charge for 18 months. Don’t recall Huckafuck having a rally outside the county jail in Little Rock demanding Susan be set free.
Huck is in final stage of his latest failed attempt to establish a Christian caliphate in the US.
was Newsom ever the subject of a court order, to do something that he refused to do? Had he done so, he might well have been hauled before the judge. Didn’t happen. This asshat grifter cannot distinguish from what happened in San Francisco & what happened in KY. As someone on Fox put it, Kim Davis is running for Martyr-of-the-Week & that putz hucksterbee is attempting to put himself front & center, for political gain . . . and a clear demonstration of his lack of quals for ANY PUBLIC OFFICE!!
“Fox Panel Condemns Kim Davis, Calls Her Lawyer ‘Ridiculously Stupid’”
Huck can you** FEEL THEM **? Probably not,never thought we would see such and implosion on the GOP side so quickly and the Donald started it all.
Popcorn row 1 seat A1 please.