California Gov. Gavin Newsom — golden boy of the Democrats, self-appointed model of “leadership,” and apparently now an amateur contortionist — was roundly mocked online after attempting a painfully awkward comeback to being called out by the New York Post for sitting in a, let’s say, self-destructive pose during an interview.
After the Post highlighted Newsom’s knee-over-knee stance — one that had half of America wincing and the other half questioning how he plans to run for president without… equipment — Newsom’s press office decided the best way to respond was with an AI-created image of him in an even more compromising, yoga-gone-wrong position on stage at the NYT Dealbook Summit.
Because nothing says presidential like doubling down on a self-own.
“Democracy requires flexibility,” the Governor Newsom Press Office proudly posted, proving once again that California isn’t just experimenting with bad policies — it’s pioneering new forms of public embarrassment.
The internet was not impressed:
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“They… posted this?” wrote Mark Mitchell of Rasmussen Reports, speaking for everyone with eyes.
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User Viva Frei quipped, “In a moment of rare honesty, Gavin Newsom replicates the position of his typical California citizen as he prepares to tax them up the a– even more.” Ouch — and not just for his polling numbers.
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“This isn’t a parody account,” another user noted, in the kind of horrified disbelief usually reserved for UFO sightings and California budget proposals.
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“Self-deprecating humor doesn’t work with Gavin Newsom. He’s too narcissistic,” Maze added — and honestly, nobody was arguing.
Memes exploded across X, many highlighting the governor’s unusually flat undercarriage in the AI photo — a detail that somehow made the stunt even worse.
The whole saga began on Dec. 4, when Newsom sat down with Andrew Sorkin of The New York Times to discuss National Guard policies. Except nobody heard a word he said because the internet was too distracted by what BoredElonMusk described perfectly:
“I have never seen a man crush his testicles harder than this dude.”
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Democrat Party’s presumed 2028 frontrunner.
But hey — if America ever needs a president who can fold himself like a pretzel while dodging accountability?
Gavin’s already in position.
