California Gov. Gavin Newsom downplayed President-elect Donald Trump’s nickname for him as the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires entered their second week, now claiming at least 25 lives.
“This is serious. I get it, I’m not naive, I get the ‘California Derangement Syndrome,’ I’ve been living with that for years and years. ‘Newscum,’ same [since] 7th grade,” he told Jen Psaki on MSNBC on Tuesday.
“I remember the guy on Baltimore Avenue that called me ‘Newscum,’ I was in 7th grade. I can handle that,” Newsom continued. “I understand what they’re trying to do. I want to work with them, it’s not about me, it’s about people we both represent.”