A video showing an individual falling down the steps of a plane has been miscaptioned in online posts in November as showing California governor Gavin Newsom. Senator Tommy Tuberville in 2014 during his tenure as coach of the college football team Cincinnati Bearcats. Gavin Newsom falls down from plane's stairs.” Another similar post said: “Down goes newsom,” referring to the governor. “That’s not the governor,” Erin Mellon, the communications director for Newsom, said via phone, referring to the video circulating online. The individual in the circulating video was misidentified as California governor Gavin Newsom.

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Persons: Gavin Newsom, Tommy Tuberville, “ Down, newsom, ”, “ That’s, Erin Mellon, Newsom, MeidasTouch, Brett Meiselas, Tommy Tumbleville, Tuberville, Read Organizations: Republican U.S, Cincinnati Bearcats, California, UVA, Reuters, Thomson Locations: California, Alabama