Governor Newsom responds: “As this photo from two years ago makes clear, I was way out in front of these yahoos with both the bear logo and the transformational butterfly imagery. This is just one more sad attempt by Republicans to co-opt my successes while ignoring the fact that while I may have made some errors in judgment during these unprecedented times, I never, ahem, lost my head. As for Faulconer, if he wants to try to rewrite one of the most iconic lines of 20th century poetry and so make his poor instincts clear to the world, I’m happy to let him.”