Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer's Thanksgiving Day message to Californians spectacularly backfires... and everyone is saying the same thing

Gavin Newsom has been slammed online for posting a turkey of a Thanksgiving video amid concerns the wealthy governor is out of touch with his state's problems.

The California governor, 57, and his wife Jennifer moved their family to a $9.1 million mansion in Kentfield, Marin County earlier this week, while also keeping the $3.7 million mansion in Fair Oaks he currently lives in. 

The Democrat has been slated for the exorbitant purchase considering the crippling inflation and cost of living crisis his constituents have endured through his tenure in recent years. 

But the husband and wife duo attempted to play it humble in a holiday message posted to social media.

'Thanksgiving is about gratitude, it's about appreciating what you have and who you're with,' Jennifer began.

The governor then went on to profess his gratitude for his children and extended family before attempting to thank his constituents. 

Viewers echoed variations of the same sentiments once it was posted online, with many not reacting well to the messaging from the Newsoms new ivory tower. 

One person wrote: 'Happy Thanksgiving! How’s the weather over there in the $9 million mansion? Will you be offering tours?

'As you destroy the finances of the State of California,' wrote another. 'How’s slumming in your $9.1 million mansion? Where did the $ come from? You have no business or accounting sensibilities so was it the Cartels? The Getty’s? Money laundering from the $24 billion in missing homeless funds?' 

Recently, the lawmaker's bad optics were in the spotlight as critics on X launched on footage of Newsom casually sipping a latte as he strolled past homeless people on Skid Row, while being bombarded with questions from protestors. 

'I am celebrating Thanksgiving with 16 other family members who escaped California in the past 5 years. We all moved to Red States. From South Carolina, to Tennessee and Florida. None of us miss your tyrannical state,' added another social media user. 

The past years have been littered with stories of tech tycoons and wealthy millennials attempting to get out of the Golden State. 

Others saw the video for its transparent phoniness from the First Family of California: 'There’s nothing genuine about this prerecorded video. I wish for once some authenticity from politicians.'

Many have wondered how the Newsom family affords this largesse on the governor's reported $200,000 salary, as the closure of his new home this week marked the fifth-most expensive home bought in the Marin County area in the last 25 years. 

The governor accumulated a multi-million-dollar fortune early in his career from a variety of businesses and investments. 

Still, the average home price in the county stands at $1.76 million, with Newsom criticized for moving to such an exclusive are while homelessness has skyrocketed in California while he has been governor. 

Sacramento Bee opinion writer Robin Epley led the charge this week, as she questioned in an op-ed how Newsom could have been 'so mind-numbingly obtuse to the lives led by average Californians?'

Many felt the luxury mansion purchase was particularly poorly timed, as Epley condemned him in her op-ed this week for leaving Californians with a 'bad taste in their mouths' after 'struggling to put Thanksgiving diner on the table this year.' 

'Many Californians struggle to buy groceries and gas. Many are behind on utility bills and carrying crushing debt,' she wrote. 

'How can anyone in this state, much less this country, look to a man who is so excessively opulent in his lifestyle? How can Newsom rant about Big Oil when he is now a super commuter? 

'How can he urge frugality in the state budget when he is spending millions on a home with a swimming pool, spa, garden sculptures and 5,600 sq. ft.?' 

Epley added that the presidential election should have been enough to make Newsom think twice, as his Democratic Party suffered heavy defeats fueled by a perception that they are the party of out-of-touch elitists.

Others said the mansion adds insult to injury following Newsom's questionable conduct while in office during the pandemic, including strictly enforcing mask mandates before he was caught partying maskless on several occasions. 

He was also heavily scrutinized for his decision to close public schools to protect against the spread of Covid-19, but kept allowed private school children such as his own to continue attending exclusive schools. 

Newsom's children were ostensibly the reason for his high value move across the state this month, as he will reportedly relocate to Marin County because it is where his eldest child Montana has just enrolled in high school. 

Montana enrolled at The Branson School, where tuition fees run upwards of $60,000 a year. 

The deal for the 5,600sq ft new mansion closed on Thursday and saw Newsom pay 7 percent more than the asking price for the mansion that sits on less than an acre of land.

The six-bedroom, five-and-a-half bathroom property complete with a guest house for visitors comes with floor-to-ceiling windows with views of Mount Tamalpais.

Outdoors, there's a swimming pool and a spa with sculptures lining a back garden with a roaring fire pit. Inside the bedrooms come with a handful of walk-in closets.

A Newsom spokesperson would not confirm the purchase of the property but stated: 'The family continues to split their time between Sacramento and Marin counties.

'The family's children are transitioning grade levels, including to high school. The Governor and First Partner want to create continuity in their children's education, recognizing the Governor's term ends in January 2027.'