Newsom unwisely picks a fight with DOD over Hegseth enjoying ‘America’s favorite past time’

California Governor Gavin Newsom unwisely picked a fight with the DOD, and X users were here for it.

As the leftist governor continues to gaslight Americans over riots that have taken over swaths of Los Angeles, essentially claiming they’re no big deal, he glommed on to a picture of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth taking a well-deserved break from cleaning up Newsom’s mess.

America’s @SecDef ‍ America’s favorite past time pic.twitter.com/dzQ9f86dwi

— DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 11, 2025

Newsom responded to the DOD post with a picture, reportedly of U.S. Army troops that were sent to California by Hegseth.

“Pete sent 4,700 troops here (when they weren’t needed) without adequate fuel, food, water or a place to sleep,” Newsom posted. “But don’t worry, he’s at a baseball game.”

Pete sent 4,700 troops here (when they weren’t needed) without adequate fuel, food, water or a place to sleep.

But don’t worry, he’s at a baseball game. https://t.co/C6g0327GCF pic.twitter.com/2L1G9qN3LT

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 12, 2025

The DOD was quick to fire back on Newsome’s “not needed” claim:

“Weren’t needed” https://t.co/27EfQvFhma pic.twitter.com/MpFuX65eH2

— DOD Rapid Response (@DODResponse) June 12, 2025

The DOD was not alone in the Newsom beatdown:

You are crying on twitter while your state burns

— Joey Salads (@JoeySalads) June 12, 2025

If California didn’t have such weak leaders we wouldn’t need to send in the military!

Democrats are horrible for this country!

This is the type of behavior you can expect with Democrats. They cater to criminals and stoke chaos!

— Patriot Dad ❤️✝️ (@NickCAdams) June 12, 2025

Why are you tweeting instead of feeding and comforting those troops?

— Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) June 12, 2025

If you would have done your job they wouldn’t be there. But tweet/post away.

You’ve posted how many now?

You are looking like a nut.

— “Scoop” Texas (@VEtFeMaLE) June 12, 2025

That’s rich, coming from Mr. French Laundry himself. While we were locked down and kids were kept out of school, this was you: https://t.co/BE1pLbs0I6

— CallMeBernita (@CallMeBernita) June 12, 2025

I guess you’ve never served lol. Troops sleep outside in the cold… In the desert…

— The Brane Show! (@BraneShow) June 12, 2025

If Newsom is so concerned, why doesn’t he have his friends at the French Laundry cater some meals for them?

Absolutely mind-blowing that you’re choosing to sit here and post all day, trying to pick fights with the Trump admin instead of handling the situations in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, etc.

— Miker (@MikeRTexas) June 12, 2025

The Democrat blame game continues. It’s never their fault. It wasn’t their fault the riots started, and now it’s not their fault that the cleanup is happening. They are allergic to responsibility.

— Voted for this (@PatriotChris__) June 12, 2025

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