Gavin Newsom's spouse says Trump '60 Minutes' interview is instance of normalized 'misogyny'

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California's "First Companion," Jennifer Siebel Newsom, ripped into President Donald Trump after his contentious "60 Minutes" interview with the feminine host, slamming the president for "communicate[ing] to a girl journalist with that stage of contempt."

The interview included a contentious back-and-forth between Trump and Norah O'Donnell over her questions in regards to the shooter from this previous weekend's White House Correspondents' Dinner, with President Trump calling O'Donnell a "shame" and "disgraceful" amid the interview.

Trump's feedback got here after O'Donnell was studying excerpts from the shooter's alleged manifesto, which described the president as a "rapist," "pedophile" and "traitor," O'Donnell recounted throughout her discuss with the president Sunday night.

"My household and I watched the 60 Minutes interview with Donald Trump and Norah O’Donnell final evening, and we have been shocked. Seeing a president communicate to a girl journalist with that stage of contempt — and a transparent allergy to details — is disturbing, although at this level not sudden given his sample of conduct," California Governor Gavin Newsom's spouse stated in a scathing X put up on Monday.

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California's first associate, speaks throughout a Gender Fairness Summit in Sacramento, California, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Bloomberg's Emily Chang meets California's First Couple, Governor Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and visits their residence in Marin County and workplaces in Sacramento to see how they work collectively. (Photograph: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures) (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

"However that's the downside," she continued. "As a result of when that stage of disrespect from the best workplace within the nation repeats itself, it begins to trickle down into our tradition and outline what energy appears like, shaping how boys and loads of males see ladies and ladies and what they arrive to simply accept as regular conduct."

Fox Information digital reached out to the White Home and to representatives for Governor Newsom and his spouse, however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.

Trump's "60 Minutes interview got here Sunday night after authorities identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Allen, of Torrance, Calif. Authorities indicated Allen had ready a manifesto outlining his intent, which included anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on social media. O'Donnell, in the course of the interview, learn alleged parts of the doc that alluded to issues about Trump being a sexual abuser and a traitor, resulting in a defensive response from Trump.

"I used to be ready so that you can learn that as a result of I knew you'll since you're horrible folks," Trump answered. "Horrible folks. Yeah, he did write that. I am not a rapist. I did not rape anyone."

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"Do you suppose he was referring to you?" O'Donnell requested.

Norah O'Donnell on the brand new set of CBS Night Information with Norah ODonnell in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, 2022. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/CBS by way of Getty Pictures)

"I am not a pedophile. You learn that crap from some sick individual? I received related to all...stuff that has nothing to do with me," Trump continued. "I used to be completely exonerated. Your pals on the opposite aspect of the plate are those that have been concerned with, as an example, Epstein or different issues. However I stated to myself, 'You already know, I will do that interview and so they'll most likely...' I learn the manifesto. You already know, he is a sick individual. However try to be ashamed of your self studying that as a result of I am not any of these issues."

O'Donnell interrupted to argue that she was quoting the alleged gunman's phrases, however Trump continued to name her "disgraceful."

"You should not be studying that on '60 Minutes.' You are a shame. However go forward. Let's end the interview," Trump stated.

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Trump's "shame" feedback garnered widespread consideration on-line, together with from Siebel Newsom, who stated after the interview that the "tradition of misogyny" exhibited by Trump "is on all of us, and it has to finish."

US President Donald Trump speaks throughout a press briefing within the Brady Briefing Room on the White Home in Washington, DC, shortly after a capturing incident on the White Home Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026. (Mandel Ngan / AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

"Add in rhetoric rooted in political division, amplified by a digital ecosystem that rewards outrage and misinformation, and this cultural norm of hate, othering, and misogyny turns into pervasive," Siebel Newsom continued. "Habits that needs to be challenged will get normalized; what ought to elevate concern is amplified and cheered on. It’s no marvel we've got a tradition that normalizes dominance and aggression towards ladies and ladies, which not solely silences them but additionally results in internalized misogyny in others."

Nevertheless, conservatives rallied round Trump.

"What's actually disgusting about this clip is Norah O'Donnell's pretend harmless shock: 'oh you suppose he was referring to you?' She is aware of completely properly that every single day some fellow Democrat like Ted Lieu calls Trump a pedophile and rapist," stated New York Put up columnist Miranda Devine in response to pushback on Trump's interview feedback.

"Their white supremacy lies ran out of steam so that is the brand new hoax. Wealthy from a celebration that protects unlawful alien little one molesters."

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"Norah O’Donnell might have reached the low level in disgusting and inhumane demagoguery disguised as journalism," added former Republican Home Speaker Newt Gingrich. "The concept that you'll take the vicious dishonest and disgusting phrases of a could be killer who had been blocked by the Secret Service however would in any other case have killed lots of people and you'll dignify them by placing them on the air and asking the President of america to remark is about as harmful as something a significant reporter has carried out in a very long time."

Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US Home of Representatives, speaks in the course of the third day of Republican Nationwide Conference on the Fiserv Discussion board in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, on July 17, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)