Overview

• On Monday’s The Five, Fox News co-host Dana Perino said Gavin Newsom was “making a fool of” himself with Trump-style all-caps posts and urged him to stop.
• The Governor Newsom Press Office soon retweeted the segment with the message “ALMOST A WEEK IN AND THEY STILL DON'T GET IT,” signaling the posts are an intentional tactic.
• Newsom said at a press conference last week that the parody is designed to prompt scrutiny of how the president uses social media.
• Fox anchor Trace Gallagher called the posts “childish” on Friday, and one example from Newsom’s account mocked the president’s news conference with Vladimir Putin in all caps.
• Initial reports credited digital director Camille Zapata with the posts, but later updates said a team of staffers is responsible for the strategy.