Back in June, the...um...sudden 'saucy' rejoinders flying off the official X account titled 'Governor Newsom Press Office' had some eyebrows flying skyward and eyeballs rolling back into heads so far you had to scrape them out with spoons.
😮 Over the last few days, the official @cagovernor @gavinnewsom press office account - @govpressoffice - has become totally unhinged, using profanity, calling @StephenM “Voldemort”, calling people “SICK,” and mocking @KristiNoem
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) June 11, 2025
New intern or did Newsom take over the account? pic.twitter.com/RaoqSQYeYx
The pace of the spewing hadn't really slacked off, but there had been a subtle shift in message in the last few weeks, as Newsom began to pivot towards making more of a splash on a national stage. His press office began unsubtly aping President Trump's signature style of posting when it came to their clash over gerrymandering.
FINAL WARNING DONALD TRUMP — MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT WARNING IN HISTORY! STOP CHEATING OR CALIFORNIA WILL REDRAW THE MAPS. AND GUESS WHO WILL ANNOUNCE IT THIS WEEK? GAVIN NEWSOM (MANY SAY THE MOST LOVED & HANDSOME GOVERNOR) AND A VERY POWERFUL TEAM. DON’T MAKE US DO IT!!! THANK…
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) August 12, 2025
Leftists like Nicholas Kristof swooned over the messaging, calling it 'delicious mimicry,' even as the rally event it promoted - another Newsom knock-off of a Trump 'Liberation Day' concept - turned into a massive embarrassment between the tiny audience, lunatic progressive speakers...
She seems like totally unbiased, independent and not partisan at all. . . Morons. All of you. Absolute morons. https://t.co/tO5SuJWn6S
— Ned Ryun (@nedryun) August 15, 2025
...and the spectacle of ICE enforcement swarming the sidewalks outside the venue, impervious to Newsom's sputtering, impotent rage.
After that setback, they were reduced to reXweeting the execrable Aaron Rupar's reXweets of their own Newsom rally speech snippets.
Pathetic.
But we did learn something interesting in the interim - who the half-brains were behind the trust running this circus sideshow.
Full-time jobs for three people—and taxpayer funded no less! pic.twitter.com/Q8lLq4VYwZ
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) August 17, 2025
Of course, when that broke and all hell and derision rained down on individuals' heads, they deleted the Xweet. Savvy and no doubt college-educated with massive student loan debt as they no doubt are, you think they'd remember that the innerwebs are forever, and now the chica in charge of this ever-so-witty crew of four is on record.
Pretty much. Meet Camille Harper Zapata, Newsome’s Digital Director.
— Patriot_2020 (@Patriot20246023) August 18, 2025
She’s the one responsible for his social media posts. pic.twitter.com/75YBm6aHbP
There's been some snark out of them after being beaten back with their own smug petard for a bit there, but you can't keep a wise-ass progressive down, you know.
And, tragically, what they saw as the perfect opportunity to defend their oleaginous charismatic leader came when this semi-truck driver chose to whip a u-wy in the middle of the busy Florida Turnpike.
Not only was it illegal, but he cut across a lane of traffic, and a minivan with three people in it t-boned his trailer as it cut in front of them.
They all died.
The alleged semi-truck driver who killed three people while making a U-turn at an “Official Use Only” turn on the Florida Turnpike is an ILLEGAL MIGRANT who was granted a commercial driver’s license by the State of California.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 17, 2025
pic.twitter.com/Ky7w9hsojX
The incident was horrific enough, but the horror turned to outrage when the investigation showed the driver was an illegal alien who the state of California had licensed to be driving that massive truck on our highways.
Three people were dead thanks to a legally driving illegal via Gavin Newsom's sanctuary policies.
There is a federal law regarding this. The White House was quick to point out the driver's illegal status and that ICE had already issued a detainer for the man.
If California granted Singh a CDL, they did so illegally. Illegal aliens cannot get a CDL in the U.S., per federal law. pic.twitter.com/B9Q9PeLuGx
— Jay Town (@JayTownAlabama) August 18, 2025
When word initially broke that the driver had crossed the border and been living in the US illegally since 2018, Newsom's 'brilliant' comms team, in an attempt to deflect from him, issued this disgusting and juvenile Xweet.
.@grok who was President in 2018? https://t.co/pQsOuzjc0G pic.twitter.com/cAraBW8fno
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) August 17, 2025
Besides the fact that people died, there were two problems with it.
First, it did not actually address what the White House team had said about the CDL license.
Anyone reading this....
— I probably hurt your feelings (@Truth_u_need) August 17, 2025
Look at the small print. They are seriously trying to do this after 3 people were killed. @GavinNewsom is evil. Period. pic.twitter.com/TTDbUtnZdO
And comms teams should always double-check their facts before they hit send when trying to dunk on something specific, like a date.
Turns out, Mr Singh arrived long before '2018.'
Huh…
— Snarknado ⚓️ 🇺🇸 (@ZannSuz) August 17, 2025
But, He was in California as early as 2011, Greasy Gavin’s social media “team”.
WOMP WOMP. pic.twitter.com/eIbuuQw6gR
Oh.
BRILLIANT
It explains a lot about California, too, doesn't it?
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