Gov.
Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) criticized President Donald Trump's primetime address he gave on Thursday regarding election security, accusing him of spreading falsehoods to undermine confidence in the 2026 midterm elections.
Gavin Newsom Slams Trump's Election Claims Newsom blasted Trump's televised speech questioning the security of U.S. elections, calling it the "ramblings of a mad king" in a 53-second video posted on X.
"Well, the only thing missing tonight in Donald Trump's speech was tin foil," Newsom said, referencing Trump's long-standing and widely disputed claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
The California governor argued that while "foreign interference in our elections" is a legitimate concern, "nothing about what you watched tonight, though, was real.
