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.”
On the other hand, whenever they ask real questions, they get ignored or insulted, and are banned from further interactions.
This piece of giant shit fucked up California so much. He’s to blame for all the fires, he stopped funding fire departments to do controlled burns and left it to the “consumers”.
Also, so many whistleblowers came out from his fundraising foundation that he and his wife were embezzling funds during the Biden administration, Biden’s doj launched an investigation still going on today.
He also used prison populations to fight fires as slave labor with no chance of becoming a fire fighter upon release because of their criminal records.
He regularly makes sure to cover for his habitually drunk driving asshole of an uncle, including VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. And plays the stock market just like his corrupt cunt aunt.
He gave billionaires WATER RIGHTS to waste on growing fucking almonds that DIRECTLY CAUSED droughts in the central valley.
This fucking swamp taint needs to have his personal winery dumped with the round up he approved to dump on forests, killing any life and draining into municipal water infrastructure. He’s directly causing more cancer and health issues for regular people
Newsom is JUST AS MUCH OF A FASCIST AS TRUMP.
HE SUCKS BILLIONAIRE COCK EVERYDAY, THAT’S WHY CALIFORNIA HAS THE MOST BILLIONAIRES IN THE FUCKING COUNTRY NOW.
HE FUCKING DESTROYED MY HOME STATE
Fuck Newsome, for sure.
To say he’s just as fascist as Trump is crazy though
Gavin Newsom is more overtly right-wing than our Canadian Prime Minister was when he was campaigning and even then it was pretty clear who he was going to work for. Now that he’s in charge he’s selling our country for parts and fucking us all over, down to trying to order a strike to be illegal to help out an airline. There are “surveys” they’re putting out that only allow compliments.
Gavin Newsom is objectively worse than Carney and Carney is awful. The only thing making these people appear less awful than Trump is that their suits fit, they don’t have dementia, and they’re willing to appear at a pride parade if only to launder their image. The distinction is functionally meaningless at this point.
No it’s not. The dude is just as fucking corrupt and only has an eye for fascist crapitalism, he doesn’t do good things at all for the people of California and has screwed up his tenure on purpose to his own benefit and the state governments. Exploiting your constituents is fucking fascist. He may not be a rapist/pedophile and in that regard and that regard only, might he a better man than the orange one.
Just let us know how he was able to get a huge party into the French Laundry during the height of the pandemic.
To say I’m extremely disappointed that the mainstream media seems to have failed us is an understatement. We have a president and senior members of his administration who are unbound by principals, morals or ethics and barely constrained by law but the media struggles to convey its dangers.
the mainstream media is run mostly by oligarchs. Of course they’re going to fail the average voter.
Newsom is just as much of a fascist as Trump
How so?
This piece of giant shit fucked up California so much. He’s to blame for all the fires, he stopped funding fire departments to do controlled burns and left it to the “consumers”.
Also, so many whistleblowers came out from his fundraising foundation that he and his wife were embezzling funds during the Biden administration, Biden’s doj launched an investigation still going on today.
He also used prison populations to fight fires as slave labor with no chance of becoming a fire fighter upon release because of their criminal records.
He regularly makes sure to cover for his habitually drunk driving asshole of an uncle, including VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. And plays the stock market just like his corrupt cunt aunt.
He gave billionaires WATER RIGHTS to waste on growing fucking almonds that DIRECTLY CAUSED droughts in the central valley.
This fucking swamp taint needs to have his personal winery dumped with the round up he approved to dump on forests, killing any life and draining into municipal water infrastructure. He’s directly causing more cancer and health issues for regular people
Newsom is JUST AS MUCH OF A FASCIST AS TRUMP.
HE SUCKS BILLIONAIRE COCK EVERYDAY, THAT’S WHY CALIFORNIA HAS THE MOST BILLIONAIRES IN THE FUCKING COUNTRY NOW.
HE FUCKING DESTROYED MY HOME STATE
I can already see it. The DNC is going to shove this chucklefuck down our throats. I am tired of eating shit sandwiches. I don’t know the answer but he is not it.
They’re going to do none of that.
There are lots of good candidates that all deserve a look and a chance to be vetted publicly.
Where were all those candidates 2024?
Who cares. First get the nazi out and repair your democracy.
What democrat wins is a luxury problem you don’t have room for. Trump won not only by cheating but also by manipulating “leftists” to not vote.
Getting honest candidates is a luxury.
First repair your democracy- reisntate free press, regulate propaganda channels like X and fox , fix party financing, demand transparancy,….
Recovering the broken relationships with allies will take decades.
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.
Agreed. Stop the bleeding first, then triage based on wounds and prognosis.
Recovering the broken relationships with allies will take decades.
I’m fully prepared to not live long enough to see that repaired. Not that it’s hopeless, but it really will take a lifetime.
Newsom is just as much of a fascist as Trump
Wow, why?
This piece of giant shit fucked up California so much. He’s to blame for all the fires, he stopped funding fire departments to do controlled burns and left it to the “consumers”.
Also, so many whistleblowers came out from his fundraising foundation that he and his wife were embezzling funds during the Biden administration, Biden’s doj launched an investigation still going on today.
He also used prison populations to fight fires as slave labor with no chance of becoming a fire fighter upon release because of their criminal records.
He regularly makes sure to cover for his habitually drunk driving asshole of an uncle, including VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. And plays the stock market just like his corrupt cunt aunt.
He gave billionaires WATER RIGHTS to waste on growing fucking almonds that DIRECTLY CAUSED droughts in the central valley.
This fucking swamp taint needs to have his personal winery dumped with the round up he approved to dump on forests, killing any life and draining into municipal water infrastructure. He’s directly causing more cancer and health issues for regular people
Newsom is JUST AS MUCH OF A FASCIST AS TRUMP.
HE SUCKS BILLIONAIRE COCK EVERYDAY, THAT’S WHY CALIFORNIA HAS THE MOST BILLIONAIRES IN THE FUCKING COUNTRY NOW.
HE FUCKING DESTROYED MY HOME STATE
Voting for the lesser of two evils, over and over again, is how we got here, so nah. Do it right or let it burn.
No it’s not. It’s the opposite
when a democrat is in office it’s column A when republicans are in office its column B.
ok look the result is the same
That’s not even remotely true. The trump regime is unique, only comparable to e.g. The first years of the nazis and idiocracy.
Nothing in the US is comparable to it. Stop this Russian propaganda
sure, trump is uniquely fast in his rightward push, as opposed to DNC democrats moderate rightward push.
we are one minute from eclipsing nazi germany and yet we still argue for the lesser of two evils. ESPECIALLY since we are years away from another election and have all the time we need to not feild a peice of shit, but nope, time to buckle in for another inevitable false compromise
I wouldn’t count on another real election. Russia style at best
Lefties you gotta get your person up and ready. Presuming elections still exist and should this guy emerge as the frontrunner you have about 814 days before you have to vote for this guy or continue flushing ourselves down the republican hole.
Every article about him brings the boo-birds. That’s fine, but there’s still no champion for our leftier-than-thou politicos. You just gonna let it ride on Bernie again?
I’m voting for AOC
Mamdani.
Mayor to Pres is possible but not very common. Only two years to decide, fundraise, and get out there. Hasn’t even been mayor a year. Unlikely.
Of course every WH press member is asking softball questions. Any reporter that isn’t licking Donnie’s asshole has been booted from press conferences.
He knows this. We all know this. It’s posturing but he’s so shite it reads like a gerbil trying to convince everyone it’s a grizzly bear.
It’s because Donpedo doesn’t allow anyone in the press core who will actually ask real questions and press him on anything.
I’d love for that to happen in the air on Qatar Force One where he just can’t walk away. He’d cower in the bathroom the whole time. Although I’m pretty sure he does that anyway.
The California governor described White House reporters as ‘sycophants’
we call em ‘Lapdog media’ where i’m from, i guess y’all should call them ‘Rump media’.
I already know Trump’s answer to any question that he feels won’t make him look good by answering it.
“Who are you, again? You’re nobody. You’re an idiot, and you ask stupid questions. Fake news!” As he moves on to another question.
Asking the fucker harder questions ain’t gonna do shit.
Murdoch’s presses are why Trump got elected the first time. Trump has threatened broadcasting licenses, which strikes at one ventricle of the First Amendment. If Newsom is on the ballot for president, I’ll happily vote for him.
If he get’s the nomination, I’ll be glad to vote 3rd party again. It’s not like I’m a Democrat anyways.
