Fox News host ripped for Newsom criticism hypocrisy

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s tactic to mimic president Donald Trump’s social media habits continues to get under the skin of conservatives and right-wing personalities, even if they fail to realize the irony, Knewz.com can reveal. Fox News host Dana Perino went off on-air over Newsom’s Trump trolling, begging the governor’s wife to step in and end the horror once and for all.

During a recent episode of the network’s The Five, Perino, who was the White House press secretary under former President George W. Bush, couldn’t help but comment on Newsom and his new social media persona. “You have to stop it with the Twitter thing,” the 53-year-old begged, referring to Newsom’s posts on X. “I don’t know where his wife is? If I were his wife, I would say, ‘You are making a fool of yourself, stop it!’” Perino added, appearing to hint at a possible 2028 presidential run by Newsom, “Do not let your staff tweet, and if you are doing it yourself, put the phone away and start over. He’s got a big job as governor of California, but if he wants an even bigger job, he has to be a little more serious.” Newsom’s press office has gone off on X with posts crafted to resemble Trump’s style of raging on the platform. The account has done everything from writing in all caps and posting random memes to bashing the president and borrowing Trump’s signature sign-off: “Thank you for your attention to this matter!” with his initials. But Trump isn’t the only one getting ripped. Fox News host Tomi Lahren was labeled “woke” by Newsom’s team, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was called “Commander Cosplay.” Newsom’s office has also trolled Vice President J.D. Vance, calling out speculation he uses eyeliner. 

Newsom’s press office commented on Perino’s meltdown, responding, “ALMOST A WEEK IN AND THEY STILL DON’T GET IT.” Critics of Trump also weighed in, with one commenter writing, “But she won’t say the same about Trump? It seems like Gov. Newsom is hitting them exactly where it bugs them most.” Another online poster asked, “Gee, why wasn’t this applied to Trump? Total hypocrite.” Yet another user noted, “Zero self-awareness.” The California governor doesn’t show any signs of stopping, as he previously told reporters, “If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what [Trump’s] putting out as president.” He recently doubled down when he joined other Democratic officials at a virtual news conference hosted by the Democratic National Committee and went off again.

At the DNC event, Newsom said, “We’re not going to act as if anything is normal any longer. Yes, we’ll fight fire with fire. Yes, we will push back. It’s not about whether we play hardball anymore. It’s about how we play hardball. And California has your back.” Many conservative pundits have hit back at Newsom, including Lahren, who recently lamented on X, “Gavin and his team of beta males who sit down to p** actually think they’re trolling the president and actually think this is making Gavin look like a bad a**.” The 57-year-old’s team had a response, of course, joking, “Tomi’s account is basically Yelp for toilets now.”

Trump and Newsom have never seen eye to eye, with the former reality star branding the governor with the nickname “Newscum” during their years-long feud. For his part, Newsom has called Trump “TACO,” an abbreviation for “Trump Always Chickens Out.”