Newsom Walks Back Social Media Post

California Governor Gavin Newsom has once again proven that the only consistent thing about him is his inconsistency.

On Thursday, the governor distanced himself from his own taxpayer-funded press office after conservative commentator Ben Shapiro pressed him on a deeply controversial post from the official @GovPressOffice X account — a post that outrageously labeled an ICE-involved shooting as “STATE. SPONSORED. TERRORISM.”

This is the verified, public-facing communications arm of the Governor of California. And yet, its posts often read like a high school burn book — or something scribbled in a spiral notebook by Beavis and Butt-Head. One such post even suggested former Trump adviser Stephen Miller resembled a member of Hitler’s SS — a disgraceful jab that should’ve never made it out of draft, let alone onto a state-run account.

But here’s the kicker: when Newsom was forced to stand by that post on his own podcast — This Is Gavin Newsom — he folded like a cheap lawn chair.

Shapiro laid it out plainly: “Your press office tweeted out that it was state-sponsored terrorism, which, I mean governor, I just have to ask you about that. That sort of thing makes our 🏛️Politics worse, and it does.”

Newsom’s response? Just one word: “Yeah.”

Shapiro pressed further: “Our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists. A tragic situation is not state-sponsored terrorism.”

And again, Newsom caved: “Yeah, I think that’s fair.”

Let’s be crystal clear — this wasn’t a casual post by some campaign intern. This came from the official voice of California’s governor. And rather than back up the public message coming from his office, Newsom ran for cover. As of this writing, the tweet is still live. No retraction. No apology. No correction. Just silence.