Gavin Newsom
Role at the time: Governor of California, on his official X account
Statement summary
On X, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) responded to the White House's launch of a "Trump TV" livestream by writing that Trump "banned independent news from the White House" and is "now... launching what is quite literally state-run TV," which he called "truly autocratic behavior from a failed President."
“First, Trump banned independent news from the White House. Now, he's launching what is quite literally state-run TV to try drowning out the fact that he and his corrupt administration are failing the American people. This is truly autocratic behavior from a failed President.”
Newsom's post on his official X account (@CAgovernor), quote-posting a White House post that announced the Trump TV stream. The post is timestamped 8:08 PM EDT on September 21, 2026 (00:08:11 UTC on September 22).
Why we used this label
Relative to Trump's decision to exclude CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House access because of their coverage, Newsom links the new state-run livestream to that exclusion and directly condemns both as autocratic.