Invoice Maher just lately issued a blunt response to California Governor Gavin Newsom‘s “trolling” of President Donald Trump on social media.
On the August 22 episode of Actual Time With Invoice Maher, the host, 69, weighed in on Newsom’s unconventional method to his X posts: mocking 79-year-old Trump’s all-caps messages and signature means of writing.
“Gavin Newsom is now trolling Trump. I’ve by no means seen a Democrat do that,” Maher mentioned on his late-night HBO present. “I believe it’s very humorous.”
Beginning in August, Newsom, 57, has gone viral on-line for his X updates declaring himself “AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR,” giving over-the-top nicknames to Republican politicians and Fox Information hosts, and extra.
“He’s imitating Trump’s precise fashion,” Maher identified.
One publish on X from the Governor Newsom Press Workplace X account reads: “DONALD TRUMP, THE LOWEST POLLING PRESIDENT IN RECENT HISTORY, THIS IS YOUR SECOND-TO-LAST WARNING!!! STAND DOWN NOW OR CALIFORNIA WILL COUNTER-STRIKE (LEGALLY!) TO DESTROY YOUR ILLEGAL CROOKED MAPS IN RED STATES.”
In the meantime, an X publish from August 16 reads: “NOT EVEN JD “JUST DANCE” VANCE CAN SAVE TRUMP FROM THE DISASTROUS MAPS “WAR” HE HAS STARTED. NOT EVEN HIS EYELINER LINES LOOK AS PRETTY AS CALIFORNIA “MAP” LINES. HE WILL FAIL, AS HE ALWAYS DOES (SAD!) AND I, THE PEACETIME GOVERNOR — OUR NATION’S FAVORITE — WILL SAVE AMERICA ONCE AGAIN. MANY ARE NOW CALLING ME GAVIN CHRISTOPHER “COLUMBUS” NEWSOM (BECAUSE OF THE MAPS!). THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. — GCN”
“I really feel like Gavin has grasped the important factor about American tradition at the present time,” Maher declared. “Don’t attempt to outsmart individuals. It’s a must to outstupid them.”
“It doesn’t bode nicely for the path we’re headed,” panelist Frank Bruni replied, whereas conceding it’s “bringing a whole lot of consideration to Gavin Newsom.”
Bruni continued, “At the least it’s one thing form of daring, which Democrats haven’t executed a whole lot of. However I’m undecided it’s sensible. Since Donald Trump got here down the escalator in 2015, Democrats have been mocking him and belittling him as a method. And we’re now within the second Trump presidency. I don’t suppose that is the way in which to go.”
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