Gavin Newsom reacts to news of Cesar Chavez rape scandal

Gavin Newsom said he is still “processing” the horrific allegations against Cesar Chavez in his first public comments on the scandal — while awkwardly taking time to detail photos of the labor leader adoring his home. “How many times I’ve marched … how many photographs in my house of Bobby Kennedy and Cesar Chavez,” Newsom told reporters at an event about financial literacy in schools. I woke up this morning, it was right there,” Newsom told reporters at an event about financial literacy in schools. “And so it’s been hard to absorb this,” he added.