Newsom's Press Office Posts Vulgar Photo of Governor to Troll the New York Post - But It Immediately Backfires | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila
This is the Democrats’ 2028 front-runner.
Gavin Newsom’s office posted a vulgar photo of the California Governor to troll the New York Post and it immediately backfired.
The New York Post hilariously savaged Gavin Newsom’s “odd ‘testicle-crushing’ sitting pose.”
“The internet had a ball Thursday mocking California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s weirdly tense “testicle-crushing” style of cross-legged sitting at a speaking engagement,” The New York Post reported.
“The 58-year-old pol was discussing National Guard policies at the New York Times Dealbook Summit when he struck a pose that made him the butt of a joke on social media,” the outlet said.
Internet goes nuts over Gavin Newsom’s odd ‘testicle-crushing’ sitting pose https://t.co/WY2tU8x1kE pic.twitter.com/NOMtDRn6Q1
— New York Post (@nypost) December 4, 2025
Newsom’s official press office responded with a vulgar and (allegedly) photoshopped picture of Newsom.
“Democracy requires flexibility,” Newsom’s office said in the caption.
Democracy requires flexibility https://t.co/gjwAx1ixGv pic.twitter.com/xiushvIksV
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) December 6, 2025
It immediately backfired.
They… Posted this? https://t.co/7Jb4mYwmdF
— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports (@honestpollster) December 6, 2025
Newsom responded to his own official press office account.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) December 6, 2025
Ummm…. https://t.co/DR4ldUyPN4
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) December 6, 2025
Gavin illustrating his taxation policy on your average California residence. https://t.co/uQ7JoM6URQ
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) December 6, 2025
This is literally not the flex you think it is. https://t.co/G7WAk7CCyc
— Los Angeles Republicans (@GOPLosAngeles) December 6, 2025
OMG. WHAT THE ACTUAL… https://t.co/1LHdTIFMUx
— Monterey County Republican Party (@MCGOP_CA) December 6, 2025
Whoever runs this account needs to be fired. https://t.co/nL9JNBO5WQ
— Renatta (@Renatta) December 6, 2025
And this is the guy who the Democrats might run in 2028?
“Admit It. Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner,” Politico wrote last month.
“It’s easy to find Newsom naysayers. In fact, there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee and so doubted by the smart set since, well, Joe Biden in 2020,” the outlet wrote.