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‘Foul, Vile, Mean, Stupid’: Victor Davis Hanson Unloads On Gavin Newsom

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Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson said Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom constantly expresses himself inappropriately during a Tuesday episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

Newsom has boosted his public profile by crudely attacking President Donald Trump and conducting interviews to promote his memoir amid speculation that he will mount a 2028 presidential bid. On his Daily Signal show, Hanson highlighted several recent examples of Newsom’s conduct that he found objectionable.

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“Just think of what he said the last few days, last few weeks. He told the European leaders that they basically need to take their knee pads off,” Hanson said. “In other words, they crouch down before Trump and perform a foul sex act upon him. That’s what he said.”

Newsom in January displayed knee pads that he sells on his website while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, claiming they were designed for leaders who were “selling out” to the Trump administration, CNBC reported.

Hanson also criticized Newsom’s team over his press office’s March 16 X post containing a cartoon image of YouTuber Nick Shirley asking to see the children at a daycare. The post came shortly after Shirley published a video in which he claimed to document over $170 million in taxpayer fraud in California.

“And then his team, when the brave young kid who was trying to expose all of the fraud and help the taxpayer comes to California, he tweets out that he’s a — with pictures as if he’s a sexual predator,” Hanson said, referring to Shirley.

“And he’s tweeted out that he’d like to hit Trump in the mouth. He’s gone to a group of accomplished black people and said that they’re no smarter than he is, he’s no smarter than they are,” he added.

Newsom received backlash in February after telling a black mayor he related to him because he only got a 960 on his SATs and couldn’t read during a promotional event for his book.

“I mean, every time he opens his mouth, he says something either foul, vile, mean, stupid, self-incriminating,” Hanson said.

Moreover, Hanson mocked Newsom for the erratic body movements he uses while speaking, comparing him to Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.