Newsom Nuisance

Gavin Newsom is trolling Trump

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been trolling Donald Trump, or at least his press office has. It’s being done in the style of Trump. The tweets coming from Newsom’s account are mimicking Trump’s style, as in stupid, praising himself, belittling in a juvenile way, full of narcissism, and often in all caps.

Here’s one tweeted out after Trump’s press conference with Putin:

TRUMP JUST FLED THE PODIUM WITH PUTIN — NO QUESTIONS, NOTHING! TOTAL LOW ENERGY. THE MAN LOOKED LIKE HE’D JUST EATEN 3 BUCKETS OF KFC WITH VLAD. IS HE AFRAID THE PRESS WILL ASK ABOUT ME??? (AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR) AND THE FACT I “STOLE THE CAMERAS” THIS WEEK WITH “THE MAPS”? MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING HE BEGGED PUTIN TO HOLD HIS HANDS (TINY) ON THE WAY OUT. ADMIT IT, DONNIE J… YOU’RE TERRIFIED BECAUSE THIS WAS THE WORST WEEK OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM. “THE MAPS” WILL END YOUR PRESIDENCY, RETAKE CONGRESS FOR THE PEOPLE, AND EXPOSE YOUR RIGGED “LITTLE GAME.”

Now that’s funny, and it’s very effective. Proof of that is Fox News host Dana Perino’s reaction, saying, “Stop it with the Twitter thing! 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. He’s got a big job as governor of California, but if he wants an even bigger job, he has to be a little more serious.” Perino seems kinda obsessed with Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Seibel Newsom. That’s not weird or disturbing at all (In case you’re a MAGAt, that’s sarcasm. It’s weird).

Perino’s howling was followed by Fox News host Trace Gallagher, who said, “I don’t know what he’s trying to do, but it comes across as childish and — you are the governor of the biggest state in the union — what are you doing?!”

You can’t cry about Newsom coming off as juvenile, clownish, or unserious while ignoring Trump’s tweets and statements from over the past decade. The rule for Republicans is always, “It’s OK if a Republican does it.” I think these guys need to rewatch the debate where Trump argued that he didn’t have a small penis.

Even Trump reacted, posting to ShitSocial, “Gavin Newscum is way down in the polls. He is viewed as the man who is destroying the once Great State of California. I will save California!!!”

If the tweets aren’t getting to Trump, his response to Texas’ gerrymandering is, as Newsome and California have created five new Democratic-leaning districts to counter the red ones created by Texas. In fact, Trump has announced that the Department of Justice will sue California over its redistricting. No word on if they’ll sue Texas yet. Again, it’s OK if a Republican does it.

Trump is using his office to go after his enemies, and not just by using the DOJ to sue California. He had the FBI raid John Bolton’s home and office last Friday. Today, Trump threatened to use the government to go after Chris Christie over the Bridgegate scandal, which occurred in 2013/2014, so it’s probably passed the statute of limitations if anything illegal did happen within that (and there probably was). Is nobody else seeing the tyranny here? Why didn’t Trump investigate it during his first term, when Christie was his friend and visiting the White House for meatloaf sandwiches?

Have you ever had a meatloaf sandwich? My ex, Amanda, made me a meatloaf sandwich to eat during a train ride about five years ago, and it was the best train snack ever. I felt bad for all the other passengers, because I knew they were jealous. This is just an experiment to see if meatloaf sandwiches will be all you talk about in the comments.

Anywhosies, Trump is also threatening to send the National Guard into Baltimore and Chicago, which have two things in common with Washington, DC. Their crime rates are going down, and they both have Black mayors. I’m sure all that is just a bunch of coinkydinkies.

Where will Trump put the military in Chicago, along the river in front of his hotel? I was just in Chicago last April, and I can’t see why the military would be needed along Michigan Avenue. Last year, I stayed on the South Side and even took a long walk around 2 a.m. with a pretty serious head wound. I needed Doritos and Gatorade. Did I mention the head wound? Nobody attacked me, and nobody has attacked me, at least not yet, in Washington, DC.

Trump isn’t using the military to decrease crime, but for photo-ops. As Harry would say, “This is a bunch of bullshit.”

On that note, I’m sad Resident Alien is finished. There. Now you can talk about Resident Alien and meatloaf, and I don’t mean the singer. Today’s topics in the comments are the cartoon, Harry, and meatloaf. Two out of three ain’t bad. See what I did there?

Today's reply from an editor to my sales pitch.

This one is from Iowa, and the editor wrote, "It appears your cartoons are too slated for me."

I need to work on my "slatedness." This is like when someone complains that my cartoons are too “agenda-driven,” or too “political,” or too “opinionated,” like most cartoons aren’t. My favorite is probably too “negative.” I love that one. By the way, have you seen all those positive cartoons from Steve Kelley and Gary Varvel?

What scares me about this newspaper editor is that he’s a newspaper editor. And I know there are more like him. I haven’t given up on the newspaper industry yet, but it doesn’t look good when there are editors who don’t understand how the Opinion section or political cartoons are supposed to work.

All political cartoons are slanted, unless they were drawn by Daryl Cagle, Dave Granlund, or The Washington Post’s Edith Pritchett. What’s happened to the Post’s Opinion page scares me, too.

Corrections: Please email all typos, boo-boos, and any other mistakes to clayjonz@gmail.com. If you put it in the comments, I may not see it until hours or days later. Thanks.

Creative note: I had a hard time today. I couldn’t find my zone, and I felt like I was throwing bricks all day (basketball term). I didn’t get my idea until around 3 p.m., and I had to restart the drawing about seven times because I just wasn’t feeling it. And then the zone came around 5 p.m., and then I got on a roll. I am happy with how the cartoon worked out, and with all the Easter eggs which came to mind during the drawing. I needed six layers for this cartoon.

Music note: Today was a good day to listen to Jack Johnson while coloring and hiding Easter eggs.

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