Newsom loves to bash red states. He’s now vacationing in one.

Newsom did not violate any law, even if he traveled with a security detail, according to a California Highway Patrol official, and a Newsom spokesperson said the governor paid for the trip to visit family and noted the ban doesn’t apply to personal travel. But the vacation presents unfortunate optics for a liberal firebrand.

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The governor has plenty of reasons to travel to Montana: His in-laws live there, and it’s where he and First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom were married. The two went so far as to name their eldest daughter “Montana.”

At issue is a state law, signed in 2016 by former Gov. Jerry Brown, which prohibits state-funded travel to states with laws that California deems as discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender. Today that list includes 22 states with a combined population of around 135 million people. The California Department of Justice, not the governor’s office, determines the list.

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