California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), whose official “@GovPressOffice” account has been posting more and more vicious assaults on President Donald Trump, crossed a line Tuesday by mocking the discharge of Israeli hostages.
In a put up on X, Newsom quoted a White Home put up of {a photograph} of Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and responded by including {a photograph} from the film Dumb and Dumber.
The put up was deleted after greater than 13 hours on-line, and after extreme criticism from individuals who had been offended that the Governor of California would mock the discharge of 20 harmless hostages who had been kidnapped by Hamas terrorists through the October 7, 2023 assault.
The put up additionally appeared to mirror poorly on the Democratic Social gathering, parts of which have cultivated an intense hatred of each Trump and Netanyahu.
The backlash would nearly definitely have been even stronger, had the put up not been revealed on the Jewish vacation of Shemini Atzeret, when observant Jews are offline. The date additionally marks the second anniversary of the October 7 assaults on the Hebrew calendar.
No apology was forthcoming from the governor’s workplace.
Newsom’s press workplace didn’t delete one other, comparable put up that additionally mocked the hostage launch by drawing consideration to pores and skin on the president’s neck in a Time journal cowl story in regards to the hostage-and-ceasefire deal.
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