Mockery abounds over Newsom-DOJ revelation: 'Congrats to his fundraiser'

The internet fired off reactions on Monday after California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the Department of Justice launched an investigation targeting him and his wife.

Newsom claimed that federal agents — under President Donald Trump's orders — have contacted people and organizations connected to California's first lady, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, and have begun investigating him as one of the president's political adversaries. The governor and outspoken Trump critic has considered a presidential run for 2028 and cited that as the reason behind the probe.

He dropped a direct message for the president in a video response posted on X.

"Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us," Newsom wrote.

"Mr. President, come after me. I am not going anywhere," Newsom said.

Media and political experts responded to the news.

"Malignant narcissists target anyone who threatens their image and challenges their interests. Especially effective communicators like Newsom who criticize with what seem like accurate allegations," Bob Pickard, principal at Leadership Communication Inc., who has more than 86,000 followers, wrote on X.

"Congrats to Newsom's fundraiser," Igor Bobic, Senate reporter at NOTUS, wrote on X.

"Trump is disgusting," Jennifer Fatzinger, a Democratic political commentator with more than 11,000 followers, wrote on X.

"Newsom's 2028 numbers have been falling the last few months, but with Trump seeking to prosecute him those numbers are bound to go back up," politics and culture writer Nick Field wrote on X.

"What a petty little man-baby Donald is. He constantly lies and wraps himself in a cloack [SIC] of victimhood. But his number one focus, besides his ballroom and momuments [SIC], is weaponizing every branch of government against people who stand up to him," progressive political commentator Janice Hough, who has more than 37,000 followers, wrote on X.