A comment California Governor Gavin Newsom made in Atlanta, Georgia, to an audience of predominantly Black people has sparked backlash on social media. Newsom was in Atlanta as part of a tour to promote his new book, ‘Young Man in a Hurry.’

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“I’m not trying to impress you, I’m just trying to impress upon you, ‘I’m like you. I’m not better than you.’ I’m a 960 SAT guy,” he said. “And I’m not trying to offend anyone; I’m not trying to act all there if you got 940 … You’ve never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech.”