California Gov. Gavin Newsom defended his relentless social media trolling of President Donald Trump whereas refusing to take “Real Time” host Bill Maher’s bait to definitively say he’ll search the Democratic nomination for president in 2028.
During Friday evening’s “Real Time” present, Newsom made his case for his sometimes garish, Trump-mocking social media presence after Maher accused him of copying Trump by suing Fox News for defamation.
“You are the one who kind of imitates his style with the trolling. You’re suing Fox now, I understand.” Maher mentioned. “That sounds exactly like what he does.”
“Fox better look to settle right now or apologize for defamation,” Newsom replied, including that he isn’t imitating Trump, however merely placing a “mirror” as much as him.
“The deviation of normalcy is off the chart. This is a guy cosplaying as the pope, dressing up as Jesus, this guy is putting his face on Mount Rushmore, doing it in all caps. None of this is normal,” Newsom mentioned.
“And you may recall when I first started doing this, the folks on Fox said, ‘This is so unbecoming of the governor of California, he should wash out his mouth with soap and water.’ With no situational awareness that their dear leader has been doing this for years and years and years, he’s a man-child. I think it’s important to call that out,” he continued.
Throughout the interview, Maher tried to prod Newsom about his prospects for the presidency, just for the governor to pivot away from the difficulty.
“Well, they will pick out things like that in the campaign and use them against you,” Maher mentioned, “I know I’m just saying.”
“What campaign do you keep referring to?” Newsom mentioned.
“You are formally the frontrunner, I imply, they do polling, and you’re the frontrunner for the Democratic Party. That’s only a reality. “ Maher mentioned.
Watch an excerpt from Maher’s interview with Newsom right here:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gavin-newsom-bill-maher-interview-trump-trolling_n_69f596e3e4b0ed2b90e220c4