Gavin Newsom's Press Office has branded Donald Trump a "disgrace" after the president vetoed a new water bill.
In a string of posts made to X, the Governor of California's official X account backed GOP representative Lauren Boebert's statement regarding a bill that, if passed, would have given clean drinking water to Southeast Colorado. A statement released by the Republican Party rep, who earlier this year challenged Trump to release the Epstein files, criticised the president and his administration for disregarding rural Americans.
Boebert's statement reads, "President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Why? Because nothing says 'America First' like denying clean drinking water to 50,000 people in Southeast Colorado, many of whom enthusiastically voted for him in all three elections."
"I must have missed the rally where he stood in Colorado and promised to personally derail critical water infrastructure projects. My bad, I thought the campaign was about lowering costs and cutting red tape."
"But hey, if this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver water to rural Americans; that's on them."
Newsom's Press Office had already criticised the decision from Trump to veto the bill, with a post depicting Trump as a member of royalty shared. The image is captioned, "NO WATER FOR YOU PEASANTS, I NEED TO PUNISH YOU FOR A POLITICAL GRUDGE!"
A repost of Bobert's statement from the Press Office also added comment from the Governor of California's team. It reads, "We’re with Lauren Boebert on this one. Trump is a disgrace."
Boebert would end her statement by laying out her hopes that this was not "political retaliation" for demanding the release of the Epstein files.
She wrote, "And I sincerely hope this veto has nothing to do with political retaliation for calling out corruption and demanding accountability. Americans deserve leadership that puts people over politics."