Newsom renews claim Texas, Florida are 'high-tax' states, critics dispute framing

California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend renewed his claim that Florida and Texas are the "real high-tax states," arguing that lower- and middle-income residents in those states shoulder a heavier tax burden than their counterparts in the Golden State.

Speaking onstage at SXSW in Austin, Texas, the Democratic governor framed the issue in moral terms.

"We have the most progressive tax rates in America. Texas, the most regressive. Texas taxes poor folks more than we tax our richest.