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Huckabee Compares Gavin Newsom To Kentucky Clerk, Sparks Twitter War
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee sparred on Twitter on Sunday night after Huckabee compared Newsom to jailed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis.
“Gavin Newsom in San Francisco as mayor performed same-sex weddings even though it was illegal. Did he ever get put in jail? He most certainly did not,” the former Arkansas governor said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday while defending Davis, who is currently jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses on the grounds of religious belief.
Newsom, who issued the United States’ first same-sex marriage licenses in 2004 before a Supreme Court ruling annulled the marriages four months later, lashed back at Huckabee in a series of tweets.
. @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
Huckabee responded to Newsom’s tweets with links to articles about the former mayor’s strong support for same-sex marriage and immigration reform, to which Newsom told him to stop “trolling.”
“It was only his 12th day as mayor of San Francisco, but @GavinNewsom decided…he was going to defy California law.” – SF Chronicle 2/15/04
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
“@GavinNewsom pledges to make SF a sanctuary for illegal immigrants” – SF Chronicle, 4/22/07
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
“In 2004…[@GavinNewsom] allowed city hall to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, an act of civil disobedience…” – Newsweek, 1/16/09
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
. @GovMikeHuckabee instead of trolling — why don’t you reply to what I said specifically…just as I responded to what you said.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 7, 2015
In response, Huckabee reiterated his argument Newsom has violated his state’s law on same-sex marriage in 2004.
.@GavinNewsom What law on KY books re marriage did #KimDavis break? You, on other hand, broke CA law. (1/3)
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
.@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
“@GavinNewsom‘s decision to permit same-sex marriages…created a month-long carnival of civil disobedience inside…City Hall” – WaPo (3/3)
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
What respect for fed authority? “@GavinNewsom [said]…no San Fran employee will help with immigration enforcement.” – SF Chronicle, 4/22/07
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) September 7, 2015
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