Gavin Newsom Trolls MAGA Rapper Child Rock With Faux Ban From California

Gavin Newsom mocked Child Rock with a faux efficiency ban in California, calling his music “horrific.”

Gavin Newsom used his official press workplace account on X to mock Child Rock with a faux efficiency ban in California, blaming the rapper’s “horrific” music.

The California governor’s submit learn in all caps: “BECAUSE OF HIS HORRIFIC MUSIC, CALIFORNIA WILL INDEFINITELY SUSPEND KID ROCK FROM PERFORMING IN THE GOLDEN STATE. YOU’RE WELCOME!”

The assertion wasn’t an actual coverage or authorized motion. As an alternative, it was a satirical jab aimed on the MAGA-aligned rapper’s politics and public picture, persevering with a social media feud that started weeks earlier.

Over the previous couple of months, Newsom’s workplace has mocked Child Rock’s reputation and even joked about revoking his California residency. One submit learn that Child Rock was “a menace to California’s eardrums” and steered he “keep in Michigan in the event that they nonetheless need him.”

In August, the governor’s social media account posted Trump-style all-caps rants, together with “I HATE KID ROCK!!!” and a digitally altered picture of Child Rock endorsing Newsom, styled like a mock marketing campaign poster.

The trolling is a political counterpunch that mimics Trump’s strategy to on-line insults. Trump has beforehand focused celebrities like Taylor Swift with an identical tone and techniques.

Child Rock, who has been vocal in his help of Trump and conservative causes, fired again with crude remarks. He referred to Newsom as “Gavin Newscum” and posted, “The one help Gavin Newscum will ever get out of me is from DEEZ NUTZ.”

The back-and-forth has performed out solely on-line, with no actual penalties past social media engagement. As of the time of Newsom’s newest submit, Child Rock had not publicly addressed the faux suspension.

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