California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) highlighted the apparent hypocrisy of President Donald Trump and his conservative administration, once again trolling him with a Trumpian all-caps post about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel at ABC.
Newsom’s press office shared a clip of Trump falsely stating Thursday on Fox News that the 2020 election was rigged. They argued that if Kimmel can get suspended for commenting on the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, Trump should be similarly punished for lying.
The post on X, formerly Twitter, read: “DOZY DON WHO LOOKS AWFUL RECENTLY (‘THE HANDS’) IS LYING ON LIVE TELEVISION! HIS SO CALLED ‘FCC CHAIR’ BRENDAN CARR MUST IMMEDIATELY APPLY THE MADE UP ‘JIMMY KIMMEL’ RULE AND KICK TRUMP OFF TV!!!”
The social media post continued, “LET’S GO BRENDAN!”
That latter statement is a reference to the “Let’s go, Brandon” chant conservatives used to insult then-President Joe Biden that took off after the crowd at a NASCAR race several years ago chanted, “Fuck Joe Biden.” A confused NBC Sports reporter thought they were cheering for driver Brandon Brown.
