Remarks at the United Nations climate event

Gavin Newsom, Governor of California

Official record: Office of the Governor of California (gov.ca.gov). Retrieved 2 Oct 2026.

No BS Index for this transcript

No questions were put, so answering cannot be measured. Claims that held up: 50% of 7 checked (Bluff 25.0 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.

What we found

Definitions

Accuracy50%

Checked claims that hold up

Partly supported“He all but called for a genocide of 93 million people.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · Mother Jones · Foreign Policy

Partly supported“the fourth-largest economy in the world, a state larger than 21 state populations combined.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · Office of the Governor of California · KFI AM 640

Supported“a state that’s 27% foreign-born, where we practice pluralism.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · USAFacts

Partly supported“Runs every day on 2/3 clean energy.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · California Energy Commission · The Hill

Partly supported“In fact, so far this year, 9 out of 10 days, the fourth-largest economy in the world is run on 100% clean energy.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · California Energy Commission · CleanTechnica

Partly supported“Forty percent GDP growth in the state of California since 2019.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · Office of the Governor of California · Public Policy Institute of California

Contradicted by evidence“No jurisdiction in America, and no democratic jurisdiction in the world, has grown faster than the state of California, as we’ve reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by double digits at the same time.” Speech, 23 Sep 2026 · Public Policy Institute of California · E&E News (POLITICO)

All 7 checked claims, with sources

Answers questionsNot enough data

Questions answered straight

ConsistencyNot checked

No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score

Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.

SubstanceNot enough data

Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score

2 emotional passages labelled, 0 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.

The record

Governor Newsom calls out Trump's climate failure at the United Nations (transcript). Office of the Governor of California (gov.ca.gov), 23 Sep 2026. Open the official record · hash and fetch details