Steven Cheung, spokesman for former President Donald Trump, looks on during a news conference with the president, not pictured, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"Gavin NewScum spent all this time--instead of doing his actual job-- preparing for a webinar just for the audio to not work," Cheung said in a post on X late Tuesday evening. "The production quality is just like his leadership quality-- sh***y."
Additionally, Cheung suggested that Newsom had brought on former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign manager, who both repeatedly warned during the 2024 campaign cycle that a second Trump term would pose a "threat to democracy."
"NewScum must've hired Kamala and Biden's loser campaign team because he saying this is a ‘threat to democracy,’" Cheung said.
A spokesperson for Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Other White House officials also weighed in on Newsom’s address to defend the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.
"American voters elected President Donald Trump to carry out his agenda, which includes enforcing the immigration laws passed by their elected representatives," deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy communications director Alex Pfieffer said in a post on X on Tuesday. "California is trying to subvert democracy."
NEWSOM FILES EMERGENCY MOTION TO 'IMMEDIATELY BLOCK' TRUMP'S USE OF MILITARY TO STOP LA RIOTS
Demonstrators holding signs and flags face California National Guard members standing guard outside the Federal Building as they protest in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. (APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
While Trump has argued the National Guard troops are necessary to prevent destruction in Los Angeles, Newsom said most of the troops "are sitting, unused, in federal buildings without orders."
Additionally, Newsom argued that the move violates state sovereignty because governors typically oversee National Guard troops. Trump invoked a law to place the troops under federal command in order to bypass Newsom.
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"This isn’t about public safety," Newsom said in a post on X on Monday. "It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego."
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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