The California governor described White House reporters as ‘sycophants’
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the media for what he described as overly deferential coverage of Donald Trump, characterizing reporters in Oval Office press briefings as “sycophants.”
The Democratic governor — widely seen as a potential contender for the 2028 presidential race — made the remarks during a Sunday interview with progressive commentator Jack Cocchiarella.
Cocchiarella pressed Newsom on what he framed as “hesitancy” within the White House press corps to scrutinize certain subjects: namely, the 80-year-old president’s health.
“You see these press conferences in the Oval Office,” the governor replied. “You maybe have one or two reasonable reporters. They ask a question; there’s no chance for a follow-up. And then it’s seven sycophants from news outlets.”
But he’s the Next One Up, he’s already got the nomination. The primary is a formality.
The last time the DNC let a grassroots candidate take over and ruin the plans for the Next One Up, we got 8 years of a young, transformative President. They’re not gonna let that happen again under their watch!
I wish Obama was 1/10th as “transformational” as people like you (or conversely, Fox News) claim he was.
Dude didn’t even support gay marriage until Biden kind of forced his hand on it.
Still, sadly, the best president of my lifetime. So that’s just how low the bar is.
Uh you really didn’t. Obama was pretty much business as usual save for the affordable care act and some good foreign policy decisions.
Yeah, if you don’t count all the good things he did, he was kinda so-so…
If he did a grand total of 1 (one) transformative thing, then “eight years of a young, transformative president” isn’t the way to describe him. He was also beaten to his claim to fame by Mitt Romney, so… yeah. By that standard Romney would’ve been an amazing choice for president.