The Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) announced Tuesday that California Governor Gavin Newsom will be its keynote speaker at its annual fundraiser.
Newsom will headline the party’s Three Star Dinner set at the Music City Center in Nashville on August 26.
This year’s Three Star Dinner will be filled with excitement as we honor the Tennessee Three @brotherjones_ , @VoteGloriaJ, @Justinjpearson and get fired up by @GavinNewsom — Something is happening in Tennessee!https://t.co/MM4atTXa3v pic.twitter.com/wO4xMNmAW8
— Tennessee Democratic Party (@tndp) August 15, 2023
The Saturday, August 26 fundraising event will take place just five days after the Tennessee General Assembly is scheduled to convene in Nashville in a special session called by Gov. Bill Lee to address “public safety” issues on Monday, August 21.
The annual fundraiser will also host Tennessee Representatives Justin Jones (D-Nashville), Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), and Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville). Dubbed as the “Tennessee Three,” state representatives Jones, Pearson, and Johnson are the lawmakers who commandeered the House floor to demand gun control in the wake of the Covenant School shooting three days before.
In a social media post on Tuesday, the TNDP wrote, “This year’s Three Star Dinner will be filled with excitement as we honor the Tennessee Three and get fired up by Governor Gavin Newsom — Something is happening in Tennessee!”
“This year’s dinner will be filled with excitement. Tennessee was thrust into the national spotlight this year and we are using this opportunity to continue building momentum ahead of the 2024 election cycle. Governor Newsom has been deliberate about what good governance should include, his presence will be a breath of fresh air for Democrats in our state,” TNDP Chair Hendrell Remus added in a statement.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Nashville Mayoral candidate Freddie O’Connell will also speak at the party’s fundraiser event.
Single tickets for the TNDP’s fundraiser range from $100 to $250. The VIP reception will begin at 5:00 p.m., with the dinner and program starting at 6:00 p.m.
The TNDP’s fundraiser will come more than a month after Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and presidential candidate, addressed approximately 1,850 attendees as the keynote speaker for the Tennessee Republican Party’s 46th annual Statesmen’s Dinner last week at the same venue in Nashville.
Reckon all the refugees in TN from CA will show up to celebrate the Marxist leader that drove them out? Doubt it. Imagine being the leader of a state that’s lost millions of citizens because their policies have failed so badly. https://t.co/5sYmBHIBAz
— Jeremy Faison (@JeremyFaison4TN) August 15, 2023
The announcement of Governor Newsom’s scheduled appearance at the TNDP’s event was mocked by Tennessee Republican Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), who tweeted, “Reckon all the refugees in TN from CA will show up to celebrate the Marxist leader that drove them out? Doubt it. Imagine being the leader of a state that’s lost millions of citizens because their policies have failed so badly.”
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Photo “Gavin Newsom” by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0.
I am a California native “61” years and I did not leave everything I love…..Family, Friends, beautiful home and weather to come to state that would even think this idiot could make living better for Americans!! Wake up Tennessee you do not want this guy and his ideology anywhere near this awesome state!
Freddie O just voted against license plate readers…..Democrats apparently don’t care about crime…..
Tennessee democrats showing their true colors, Freddie O included…..
What clowns Tennessee Democrats are bringing idiot Newsome into Tennessee to push their twisted narrative?
Tennessee Democrats are showing their true colors!
Really? Does the democrat party realize the total collapse of California under Newsome’s reign? Crime is rampant, drug abuse is out of control, illegal aliens and homeless are using the streets and parks as paces to openly defecate. The homeless have taken over some areas, aggressive pan handlers have flooded downtown areas harassing anyone who should pass, stores have almost everything now behind lock and key due to theft. Law enforcement funding was decreased, district attorneys are derelict in that they do not prosecute. Public school performance has flopped miserably.. The infrastructure is crumbling with some roads being nothing more than pot holes intermixed with pieces of concrete. Over 800,000 Californians have fled the state for other states to include TX, FL, AZ, TN, NC and SC. The state lost two congressional seats due to population decrease. Many businesses have fled the state and ALL OF THIS OCCURED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS UNDER THE GOVERNORSHIP OF NEWSOME. Californians call him Governor Nuisance. And the democrat party wants to bring him here as a keynote speaker? Are you nuts?
Just when you thought the TN Dems could not stoop any lower they invite in the poster boy of failed government, Or maybe he is just coming over to visit all of the Californians who have managed to escape his hellhole.