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Xavier ‘Basement’ Becerra needs to come out of hiding and come clean

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Joe Biden blamed the pandemic for hiding in his basement as he ran for high office. 

What’s Xavier Becerra’s excuse?

The wannabe gov apparently thinks that because he’s a Democrat running in deep-blue California, he can skate to Sacramento –– no effort (or public health crisis) required.

That’s wrong, and pitiful, and disrespectful to state voters.

It’s long past time for Becerra to level with voters, talk to the press — and come clean about his record, which ranges from poor (COVID policy) to lackluster (years in public office with little to show) to outright dubious.

The scandals are varied.  

Xavier Becerra’s former chief of staff, Sean McCluskie, pleaded guilty in October 2025 — not even a year ago — to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. 

Prosecutors said McCluskie and Dana Williamson, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s disgraced former chief of staff, conspired to grab $225,000 from a dormant Becerra campaign account and pump it to McCluskie, effectively supplementing........

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