Gavin Newsom

And this was the night before he federalized the National Guard and wanted to talk about his nickname for me, New Scum.

how proud he was.

It's so original, isn't it?

It's literally how the conversation began.

I'm like, Mr. President, it's not original.

In fact, and I write about it in the book, there was an eighth grade bully on Baltimore that used to call me Newscum.

And then he immediately shifts to MAGA.

It's pretty impressive, isn't it?

I'm like, how are we having this conversation?

And it went on like that.

Twelve hours later, I pick up, you know, the

you know a text from the staff they said did you read the true social and it's trump laying me out sending read me the riot act complete bs and now just announced he was federalized in the national guard 4 000 national guard were fellow eyes 700 active duty marines were not sent overseas were sent to the second largest city in the united states of america militarizing the streets we said at the time this was a preview of things to come california has been in the front

We've been tested first in so many respects, but I was tested in a way where I said, I can't go back to my original form.

I've got to shift.

And we radically shifted gears and we started to put up a mirror to Trump and Trumpism.

A guy who's cosplaying, dressed up as a Pope, dressed up as Superman, is putting his face up there on Mount Rushmore.

someone in all cap demeaning and attacking people.

Meanwhile, he's got all these people complicit on these propaganda networks like Fox, the primetime line up there, not saying a damn word about it.

And then offended they were when I started putting that mirror up.

How dare the governor react like this?