Newsom tells Georgia crowd, 'I am like you... I'm a 960 SAT guy'

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom attempted to relate to an audience at an Atlanta book tour stop by pointing to his own unimpressive standardized test scores and claiming that he "cannot read a speech."

"I'm not trying to impress you," Newsom told Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens at the event on Sunday. I'm just trying to impress upon you: I'm like you. I'm no better than you. You know, I'm a 960 SAT guy."

"And, I'm not trying to offend anyone, trying to act all there if you got 940," he added. Data posted by the National Center for Education Statistics shows that in the 1980s, when Newsom would have taken the test, the average score was around 900. Modern tests, that utilize a recentered scale, have an average score of 1010, according to research by The College Board.