Overview

• The @GovPressOffice account posted fresh all‑caps messages on X targeting Fox’s Dana Perino, including a “they still don’t get it” reply and a separate Trump‑like screed using a derisive nickname.
• Newsom said at a press exchange last week that the posts are intentionally modeled on the president’s online style to make a broader point about social media standards.
• California Democrats have rolled out the Election Rigging Response Act and signaled they could pursue new state maps if GOP-led redistricting proceeds elsewhere.
• Conservative hosts Perino and Trace Gallagher criticized the tactic as childish and urged Newsom to stop, but the governor’s press account doubled down in subsequent posts.
• Outlets report unusually high engagement for the campaign, and journalists have linked multiple communications staffers to the feed’s authorship, though attribution remains only partially confirmed.