"I never imagined it would break through like it has and get under the skin of the president of the United States, said Newsom after being asked about his recent social media posts parodying President Donald Trump. And some of my friends on, you know, Pravda, Fox. Host Stephen Colbert replied, Matter of fact, here we are. I think this is Dana Perino. She's not too thrilled with you."
"Colbert then played a clip of Perino criticizing Newsom's tweets and saying, I don't know where his wife is. If I were his wife, I would say, You are making a fool of yourself, stop it!' Do not let your staff tweet, and if you are doing it yourself, put the phone away and start over. She's a very smart person. She has to have some sense of the irony of that critique, reacted Colbert."
"Newsom responded, Yeah, but it wasn't even Dana. It was Hannity, all these guys outraged, offended, disgusted because we put a mirror up to Trump and the absurdity of what's going on in this country. The absurdity of Donald Trump. The absurdity of these networks playing into it."
California Governor Gavin Newsom appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and described unexpected impact from parody social media posts that targeted President Donald Trump. Newsom said the posts had gotten under the skin of the president and provoked strong reactions. Colbert played a clip of former White House press secretary Dana Perino criticizing Newsom's tweets and telling him to stop. Newsom disputed that Perino was the primary critic and pointed to Sean Hannity and other Fox hosts as expressing outrage. Newsom characterized the network reactions as playing into the absurdity of Trump and the broader political spectacle.
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