Gavin Newsom Mocked for Cringe 'Happy Kwanzaa' Video Message

Just a couple of weeks before Christmas, I took a trip to the post office to buy some stamps for the greeting cards I needed to send out.
Naturally, I wanted to get stamps that were Christmas-themed, but they didn’t have any left. I asked if I could get a couple of books of the standard “forever” stamps, but all they had in those were the large rolls.
The options they had in book form were SpongeBob Squarepants stamps, Kwanzaa stamps, and stamps commemorating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.
I’m not a fan of SpongeBob Squarepants, and the Kwanzaa stamps were out of the question based on what I know about the non-religious seven-day “holiday,” so I ended up getting the Marine Corps anniversary stamps.
The Federalist’s 2020 write-up detailing the holiday’s origins is worth referencing when one considers what the leftist media typically leaves out when trying to explain it to people who are curious about the term:
The “holiday” was created in 1966 by Ron Karenga, who renamed himself Maulana. Karenga, the founder of the United Slaves, a violent rival organization to the Black Panthers, created the holiday for black Americans and derived the name “Kwanzaa” from the Swahili phrase “matunda y kwanza,” meaning “first fruits of the harvest.” That’s about the extent of the deep African roots the official Kwanzaa website claims.
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Mulshine explains that the paramilitary organization Karenga ran in Los Angeles in the late 1960s was involved in murder and torture: “In 1967, Karenga was accused of having his thugs beat up a student who asked him an impertinent question at a college forum. In 1969, [United Slaves] got involved in a struggle with the Black Panthers for control of the black studies program at UCLA. All involved carried guns on campus. The US guys were quicker on the draw; they killed two Panthers in a shootout at the student center.”
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Karenga is currently a black studies professor at California State University, Long Beach where the administration is apparently untroubled by the fact that this radical racist is also a convicted torturer of women. Despite the troubling past of Kwanzaa’s founder, leftists continue to shove this fake holiday down America’s throat every Christmas.
Though estimates vary, some unconfirmed and, frankly, unreliable reports have suggested that up to 9 million people in the United States celebrate Kwanzaa, which proponents describe as merely a weeklong reflection on “African and African American culture.”
Not that I doubt that there are black people in America who celebrate Kwanzaa, but interestingly, the only people one typically sees touting and openly observing Kwanzaa are white leftists, like Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) and WI First Lady Kathy Evers, seen below in what some described as a clip that looked like a hostage video:
Happy Kwanzaa, Wisconsin!
To all those celebrating across our state, Kathy and I are wishing you celebrations full of joy and community. pic.twitter.com/Zb1Jev42lO
— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) December 26, 2025
🤦🏻Kwanzaa was invented in 1966 by Marxist professor Maulana Karenga (birth name Ronald McKinley Everett) who was jailed 5yrs later on kidnapping & torturing women. Court records state the women were stripped, beaten with electrical cords & burned with hot soldering iron. pic.twitter.com/PEmQh0QM1W
— Jason Premo • Acclaim Aerospace (@JasonPremoMFG) December 26, 2025
Another one that got a lot of attention came from California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and “First Partner,” Jennifer Newsom, who shared this cringe “Happy Kwanzaa” message on social media Friday:
As families come together to light the kinara, Jen and I wish all those celebrating a joyful Kwanzaa.
May the seven principles of Kwanzaa, in particular community, purpose, and unity, guide our way toward a better future.
Happy Kwanzaa, California! pic.twitter.com/317XOId1Ki— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) December 27, 2025
It didn’t take long for the mockery to ensue:
Very few things instantly induce a chuckle more than wonder bread politicians earnestly discussing Kwanzaa as if it’s a real thing they deeply appreciate. https://t.co/T4Q1nCkzHg
— Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) December 28, 2025
The only people who celebrate Kwanzaa anymore are corporations and white liberal politicians. https://t.co/Lz2FSckYFd
— AmishDude (@TheAmishDude) December 28, 2025
Kwanzaa was founded by a violent racist, which means it’s totally on brand for Democrats to pander to this fake holiday. https://t.co/YZaBp7XKY5
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) December 27, 2025
https://t.co/PD8g7fjABC pic.twitter.com/V0N2DnaUkn
— Katy Grimes (@KATYSaccitizen) December 27, 2025
I have never met a single person who celebrates Kwanzaa
— Josh Peterson (@jdpeterson) December 27, 2025
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) even got in on the action:
I have no doubt that young Gavin—in his cravat, reclining at his winery—has celebrated Kwanzaa his entire life!#Authenticity https://t.co/iHgig7srYc
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) December 28, 2025
Don’t go away mad, Gavin Newsom. Just go away.
– Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via X.
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