Gavin Newsom’s press office called out “idiot” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung for his attempted online attack of the California governor.
Cheung, in a profane post on X, claimed the Democrat was “too chicken s--t to take questions from the press” after his speech Thursday about congressional redistricting to counter similar GOP moves in Texas and other red states. Except that’s exactly what Newsom did.
Less than fifteen minutes after Cheung called Newsom a “coward” and “beta cuck,” the governor’s press office shot back in the replies.
“Questions are streamed here you idiot,” they wrote, linking to a question-and-answer session in which the governor fielded nine questions from reporters.
The Newsom account highlighted Cheung’s mistake in another post—this one directe