SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY?

Gavin Newsom Nicknames Vance in Latest Cringey Trumpism

The California governor has also taken to posting in all-caps to mock the president.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has gone off the deep end trying to emulate the kind of viral appeal that won President Donald Trump the election last year. Newsom’s social media team dubbed the vice president JD “Just Dance” Vance on Saturday, giving him the kind of nickname for which the president has come to be known (“Sleepy Joe” Biden and Gavin “Newscum,” for example). In emulation of Trump, Newsom has also taken to posting on social media in all caps. “NOT EVEN JD ‘JUST DANCE’ VANCE CAN SAVE TRUMP FROM THE DISASTROUS MAPS ‘WAR’ HE HAS STARTED,” the governor’s office wrote on X Saturday. “I, THE PEACETIME GOVERNOR—OUR NATION’S FAVORITE—WILL SAVE AMERICA ONCE AGAIN." Asked by a reporter about the PR tactics, Newsom replied, “I’m just following [Trump’s] example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out as president.” The White House, for its part, could not appear to care less. “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” a Trump spokesperson said. “But Newscum’s obsession is getting a little creepy at this point.”