The California governor described White House reporters as ‘sycophants’
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the media for what he described as overly deferential coverage of Donald Trump, characterizing reporters in Oval Office press briefings as “sycophants.”
The Democratic governor — widely seen as a potential contender for the 2028 presidential race — made the remarks during a Sunday interview with progressive commentator Jack Cocchiarella.
Cocchiarella pressed Newsom on what he framed as “hesitancy” within the White House press corps to scrutinize certain subjects: namely, the 80-year-old president’s health.
“You see these press conferences in the Oval Office,” the governor replied. “You maybe have one or two reasonable reporters. They ask a question; there’s no chance for a follow-up. And then it’s seven sycophants from news outlets.”
Biden campaigned as the dragonslayer who was going to get the Nazis out and force Trump out of politics. He spent four years tripping over his own dick and letting Trump get away with everything.
Party Democrats aren’t going to “repair (our) democracy.” They don’t want to, because doing so would jeopardize their personal economic interests.
Trump didn’t trick leftists into not voting. Democrats showed that they were unable or unwilling to do anything. Harris ran the same campaign as Biden: “I’m the only one who can defeat Trump.” There can’t be two Only Ones!
And before you say it, I held my nose and voted for Harris. Plenty of people did. But you can’t fault people for disengaging when the Democratic Party doesn’t deliver on literally their only campaign promise. Not universal healthcare. Not the minimum wage. Not housing. Just “Trump bad” and “this is democracy’s last chance” twice in a row.