The California governor described White House reporters as ‘sycophants’

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.”

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      63·
      2 days ago

      For one thing, there is no serious third party. For another: history.

      If we had ranked choice voting, it might be different. If Democratic Socialists want to run in and win primaries and run as Democrats, hey, great.

      I am not throwing away my vote in the general for some unserious party like the Green Party (which is probably just a cutout anyway) who runs a candidate at the national level every 4 years and does next to nothing at the local level.

      • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
        37·
        2 days ago

        it’s not “throwing away your vote” it puts on record that your willing to vote just not for the major party candidates. Not voting is “throwing your vote away.” Voting for someone you don’t like and winning --That’s throwing your vote away.

        • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          62·
          2 days ago

          Cool. Let’s peel off just enough Democratic votes to throw away put into some column C that is going into a record, while we install the next Trump, dutifully carrying out the next iteration of Project 2025.

          I’m sure that’ll show 'em. We will all take solace in the fact that we can…point to the third party votes that are on the record while the conservatives have several more years of free reign to utterly destroy the country.