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Former President Donald Trump on Thursday launched a new nickname: ‘Newscum,’ a label for California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom.
The former president spoke in Eagle Pass, Texas, as he and President Joe Biden participated in mourning trips across the Texas border as immigration has become a major issue of the 2024 campaign.
Trump lashed out at Newsom, alleging that he was allowing illegal immigrants to cross the southern border by promising them free services, including education and health care.
‘Look what this governor, Newscum, of California says. Isn’t that his name, Newscum? What he’s done in California is incredible,” Trump said. “People are pouring in.”
Trump mocked the juxtaposition of immigrants thinking they would receive free healthcare. “And our soldiers, our veterans, are not being taken care of,” the former president said.
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday launched a new nickname: ‘Newscum,’ a label for California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom.
Trump claimed that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat whose ex-wife is engaged to Donald Trump Jr., was allowing illegal immigrants to cross the Mexico-California border.
For years, Trump has assigned nicknames to his political rivals, so much so that there is a Wikipedia page dedicated to them..
As he told those present in Eagle Pass on Wednesday, he used to use “crooked” to describe Hillary Clinton and has since transferred that insult to Biden.
“I took Hillary’s name off because it’s no longer relevant. I guess it was terrible, but what she’s doing is just incredible,” Trump said.
“I call him ‘Corrupt Joe’ because he’s corrupt, he’s a terrible president, he’s the worst president our country has ever had, probably the most incompetent president we’ve ever had,” Trump also said.
The former president also gave nicknames to his 2024 rivals, including undefeated Nikki Haley, whom he calls “bird brain,” and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who left office in late January.
Trump called DeSantis both ‘DeSanctimonious’ and ‘DeSanctus,’ but said he would retire DeSanctimonious once the Florida governor retired and endorsed his 2024 presidential bid.
During the election campaign, Trump would also complain about former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, another 2024 rival but who never polled more than 1 percent nationally, by mispronouncing her name ‘Ada.’
Hutchinson was among a trio of anti-Trump candidates who ran in the GOP primaries and dropped out the day after the Iowa caucuses.
Another of those rivals, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was called “careless” by Trump, who also made practical jokes about his former debate coach.
During the 2020 race, Trump referred to Biden as ‘Sleepy Joe,’ mocking the president’s now 81-year-old age.
Previously, Trump did not have a nickname for Newsom, a rising star in the Democratic Party, who many believed would have launched a 2024 presidential bid if Biden had not run for a second term.
But Trump knows Newsom well, as the Democratic governor toured disaster sites and appeared publicly with the Republican president during his term.
Newsom even praised Trump, saying he hasn’t “played politics” during natural disasters.
The Newsoms and the Trumps also have a family connection, as Newsom’s ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle, is now engaged to the former president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.