In an attempt to fight fire with fire, the press office of California Governor Gavin Newsom has adopted a rather interesting strategy for making online posts pointed at President Donald Trump and his administration. As if to mimic the all-caps tone of how Trump writes on Truth Social, Newsom has now taken to adopting the house style of the White House, as can be seen on several posts on X, formerly Twitter. However, among these posts that demonstrate why Newsom is one of the most hated men on social media , a new nickname for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has emerged.
In a post that's essentially Newsom's office firing back at Leavitt and the White House for bloviating about threatening to sue UCLA, Newsom slyly refers to the press secretary as "KaroLYING Leavitt." While th