California Governor Gavin Newsom chided CEOs and others at The New York Times ‘ DealBook Summit for bowing to Donald Trump and his demands, criticizing Silicon Valley executives for their quest to get in the president’s good graces.

Newsom cringed a bit as moderator Andrew Ross Sorkin read aloud some of the governor’s social media posts, which have mocked Trump by mirroring the president’s over-the-top Truth Social rants and rhetoric. Sorkin also cited Newsom merchandise sale of kneepads “for all CEOs, universities and GOP for bending the knee to” the president.

“Some of you may need to buy them in bulk,” Newsom told the business-focused crowd.

He added that his site’s sales of kneepads “were sold out, just like our universities were selling out, just like our law firms were sel

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