Governor Gavin Newsom teased hitherto unknown forms of sitting after conservative media made a story out of his reclined position at Wednesday’s New York Times Dealbook Summit.

During his interview with New York Times columnist Andrew Sorkin, Newsom, 58, sat with his legs sharply crossed and his ankle bent so it was level with the stage.

The picture first spread through social media, where conservative posters joked that Newsom was crushing his testicles, and then earned a FOX News segment in which Republican strategist Katie Zachariah said, “That is such a pathetic pose. I do not see boss men, especially not President Trump, sit like that.”

In response to the controversy, the Governor Newsom Press Office account posted a photoshopped picture of Newsom in which his feet are pressed to

See Full Page