“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”
What PolitiFact found
California tends to pay more in individual and corporate federal taxes than Texas does, because of its larger population and higher incomes. On the share of national GDP from blue counties, Newsom’s data is out of date. His 71% figure is correct for 2020, but it shrank to 62% for 2024 as Donald Trump flipped several populous and economically potent counties.
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In short
Gavin Newsom (California governor) made this claim around 14 July 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 July 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Gavin Newsom has 14 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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