Democrat Senator Slams Gavin Newsom Over Nick Shirley Tweet

Sen. John Fetterman rebuked Gavin Newsom, a chap Democrat, complete a tweet mocking blimpish characteristic Nick Shirley complete his claims astir millions of dollars of fraud successful California.

Shirley’s latest film, “I Exposed California’s Billion Dollar Fraud Crisis,” alleges that operators of daycare centers, hospices, and nursing homes successful California are engaged successful wide fraud, billing nan authorities for services they are not providing.

Responding, Gov. Newsom posted an AI image of a pallid, ghoulish-looking Shirley connected his property agency relationship connected X (Twitter), successful which nan taxable is seen leering successful nan doorway of a kindergarten, festooned pinch cameras, and asking a teacher: “Hey, tin I spot your kids?”

While Democrats person mostly shouted nan governor’s efforts to satirize President Donald Trump and his MAGA activity online complete nan past year, Sen. Fetterman expressed discourtesy astatine nan Shirley caricature.

“Why can’t you observe immoderate journalist aliases immoderate activistic doing that?” he asked during a Wednesday interview pinch David Friedberg for nan All-In podcast.

“And Governor Newsom put retired a disgusting video implying that he’s a pedophile aliases he’s that… Why? That’s benignant of a smear. You want to disagree, but to connote that personification successful 1 of nan astir gross kinds of position for illustration that – it’s like, hey, shouldn’t we agree, destruct each nan waste? If it exists nether my purview let’s destruct it, let’s telephone that what it is.”

Fetterman continued: “You should beryllium angry. Fraud tin hap connected some sides, but erstwhile it’s identified, I don’t attraction if it’s successful a Democratic state. We should each conscionable admit possibly location is simply a problem here.”

The senator, who represents a important plaything state, has emerged arsenic a wildcard since nan 2nd Trump management began, raising eyebrows by reaching crossed nan aisle to o.k. immoderate of nan president’s much contentious Cabinet nominees and joining Truth Social arsenic portion of a transportation to money communal crushed pinch MAGA voters.

Speaking to Trace Gallagher connected Fox News Wednesday, Shirley himself – sporting a “Where Did My Tax $$$ Go?” hoodie – said: “It’s really bad, it could beryllium successful nan billions, successful nan hundreds of billions, it could beryllium 500 billion, who really knows really bad nan fraud is?”

Gallagher attacked Newsom for responding to nan concerns raised by Shirley pinch memes, while nan second said, “The politician of California is an force to nan group of California.

“He’s virtually moving to support nan fraudsters; meanwhile, he could beryllium moving to expose nan fraud. I mean, really stupid do you person to beryllium to say, ‘OK, let’s spell aft nan feline who’s exposing nan fraud, let’s not spell aft nan fraudsters.’ That is what he’s doing.

He continued: “These taxation dollars don’t opportunity correct aliases near connected them. They don’t opportunity Republican aliases Democrat. Each taxation dollar is simply a dollar for nan American group and erstwhile they spell successful and bargain these dollars from us, they’re not robbing, they’re not robbing nan wide Democrat successful California, they’re robbing everyone.

“And past nan politician gets huffy astatine nan personification exposing nan fraud? How crazy do you person to beryllium to deliberation pinch that logic?”

Shirley made waves astatine nan move of nan year erstwhile he released a akin video entitled “I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal,” successful which he accused nan state’s Somali-American organization of misappropriating “upwards of $100 million” successful payer costs by moving bogus daycare centers.

It was viewed millions of times connected YouTube and retweeted by Vice President JD Vance and FBI Director Kash Patel.

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem duly announced that agents from her section were conducting “door-to-door” raids successful consequence to nan report, a measurement that proved to beryllium a prelude to nan disastrous Operation Metro Surge.

The swarm of national migration agents into Minneapolis attracted fierce protests that yet saw 2 section activists changeable dormant successful January, causing a nationalist outcry, nan ngo to beryllium coiled down, and, ultimately, Noem to beryllium removed arsenic secretary earlier this month.