Bill Maher shames Newsom’s Trumpian behavior in awkward exchange - BERITAJA

Gavin Newsom recovered himself connected the protect during a tense question and reply connected Real Time pinch Bill Maher, arsenic big Bill Maher called retired the politician for adopting a combative style akin to Donald Trump.

Newsom appeared connected the show to beforehand his memoir Young Man successful a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery, but the speech quickly shifted to his messaging style and whether it mirrors Trump.

Maher accused Newsom of “imitating” Trump. The politician pushed back, saying, “I’m trying to put a reflector up to Donald Trump. We’re conscionable trying to bespeak that reality and definitive the absurdity of each of this.”

Maher was not convinced. “Many group would opportunity that you are imitating him. Of each the group who whitethorn aliases whitethorn not beryllium running, you’re the 1 who imitates his style pinch the trolling,” he said.

The Fox News suit flashpoint

The speech grew much pointed erstwhile Newsom’s suit against Fox News came up. Newsom filed a defamation suit successful June against the news network, alleging it misled the nationalist about a telephone telephone that took spot betwixt him and Donald Trump during civilian unrest that erupted successful Los Angeles.  

“We’re going into discovery. Fox amended look to settee correct now aliases apologize for defamation,” Newsom said.

Maher responded immediately, “OK but that sounds precisely for illustration what he does. Suing media?”

Newsom replied, “Well then, don’t defame, don’t lie.”

Maher doubled down. “Okay, again, but that does sound for illustration him,” he said arsenic the assemblage laughed.

Maher pressed Newsom to explicate really his suit differed from Trump’s ineligible threats against media outlets. Newsom based on he was holding Fox accountable and “putting a reflector up to Donald Trump,” but Maher kept returning to the aforesaid point: the strategies sounded similar.

Newsom’s trolling strategy

Newsom defended his attack successful a abstracted question and reply connected Meet the Press, saying, “Quite the contrary, the full look was to not let it to beryllium normalized. It was becoming normalized. He’s dressing up arsenic the Pope, arsenic Superman. He’s putting his look connected Mount Rushmore. It’s madness and truthful I put a reflector up to that madness.”

On societal media, Newsom has leaned into all-caps posts, crisp jabs and meme-ready messaging, echoing Trump’s style. The attack has go a defining portion of his governmental personality since Trump returned to office. During the Maher interview, Newsom described the existent ambiance arsenic a “sewer,” adding, “He’s not doing thing to effort to merge this state successful immoderate way, shape, aliases form. To me, that’s the biggest reflection of this infinitesimal — conscionable the sewer we’re now surviving successful because of Donald Trump.”

Joe Rogan weighs in

The disapproval extended beyond Maher. Podcast big Joe Rogan took purpose astatine Newsom, calling him “a cardboard cutout of a person” and “a chromatic cold, narrative-driven politician.”

“Whether you for illustration Trump aliases not, whether you deliberation he’s corrupt, he’s a quality being … pinch Newsom, you’ve sewage for illustration this construct,” Rogan said.

Newsom fired backmost connected societal media successful a Trump-like tone: “JOE ‘LITTLE GUY’ ROGAN IS TOO CHICKEN TO HAVE ME ON HIS FAILING PODCAST BECAUSE HE KNOWS I’D CRUSH HIM. ALL TALK, NO ACTION.”

Trump attacks Maher aft the interview

Trump reignited his feud pinch Maher pursuing the segment, posting connected Truth Social that the big appeared “defenseless” and “totally deficient.”

He besides claimed the question and reply made Fox News “look weak, stupid and ineffective.”

Using the nickname “Newscum,” Trump said Newsom “took Bill Maher complete the coals” while criticizing the governor’s grounds connected homelessness, infrastructure, wildfires and organization shifts successful cities for illustration Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Trump besides urged Fox News to extremity featuring Maher. “Fox should extremity putting [him] on. He’s not representing us,” he wrote. “DON’T USE BILL MAHER ANY LONGER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOU! I dislike proceeding that ‘Bill Maher said…’ — Bill Maher is simply a MORON, though somewhat much talented than Jimmy Kimmel.”

His remarks followed chat of the question and reply connected The Big Weekend Show, wherever panelists praised Maher for challenging Newsom connected issues including California’s costs of surviving and its high-speed obstruction project.