California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to excel at taking part in right-wing whack-a-mole. On Monday, he shortly slapped down each Donald Trump Jr. and GOP Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri after they threw xenophobic jabs his approach.
Trump Jr. appeared on right-wing pablum regurgitator Benny Johnson’s net present Monday, the place the 2 mentioned the forwards and backwards between Newsom and GOP officers—together with border czar Tom Homan, who threatened to arrest Newsom—concerning President Donald Trump’s unlawful deployment of the Nationwide Guard in Los Angeles.
“No one’s above the law—unless you’re a leftist,” Trump Jr. joked.
Newsom shortly fired again on X, writing, “Promo code ARREST for 15% off your Trump Phone.”
It was a reference to the Trump household’s newest grift, “Trump Mobile,” a Trump-branded cell service full with a gold-plated “T1 phone” that the Trumps declare is “made in the USA” however is doubtless produced in China.
In the meantime, keen to not be neglected of a public spanking, Rep. Jason Smith tried his Xeroxed model of a law-and-order assault.
“Governor, I suggest focusing on the lawlessness and crime in LA and San Francisco instead of auditioning for the 2028 Presidential primary with stale talking points,” he wrote on X.
Newsom responded with a reasonably embarrassing statistic.
”Your state’s murder price is 117% larger than California’s,” he wrote.
Ouch.
Trump and the GOP’s assaults on California have, partly, helped resuscitate Newsom’s political profession, after he was justifiably criticized for statements inserting him to the suitable of most Democrats following Trump’s inauguration.
Regardless, Newsom stays a goal for Trump and the suitable, who stay hell-bent on turning Democratic-led states and municipalities into battle zones, no matter what number of overtures Democrats make towards right-wing immigration insurance policies.
Because the nation unites towards the clear authoritarianism of the Trump administration, Newsom has an opportunity to recalibrate, utilizing his political acumen to do what’s proper.
