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ARTICLE VIEW:
Newsom’s press office under scrutiny for social media post targeting
Kristi Noem
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN
Updated:
5:28 PM EDT, Sat September 20, 2025
Source: CNN
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office could be
investigated for a social media post that some Republicans perceived as
a threat to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid a heightened
threat environment for political figures.
“Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today. You’re welcome,
America,” Newsom’s press office said in a on Saturday morning.
Bill Essayli, the acting US attorney for the Central District of
California, said Saturday that he has called on the Secret Service to
investigate the post and to perform “a full threat assessment.”
“We have zero tolerance for direct or implicit threats against
government officials,” Essayli said in a .
Following Essayli’s announcement, Newsom’s press office said in a
hours later that the original post was referring to an
immigration-related legislation that the governor was , that includes a
ban on federal law enforcement wearing masks.
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin
criticized the press office’s post, saying, “This reads like a
threat.”
“This is ugly, @GavinNewsom. Your keyboard warrior team may hide
behind their laptops and spew this kind of vitriol but you would never
have the guts to say this to her face,” McLaughlin added in a .
A Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement that the agency “is
in receipt of the Department of Justice’s communication.”
“To preserve operational integrity, we are not able to comment on
specific protective intelligence matters. However, the Secret Service
must vigorously investigate any situation or individual, regardless of
position or status, that could pose or be perceived as posing a threat
to any of our protectees. Especially in a politically charged climate,
such as this,” the statement said.
CNN has reached out to Newsom’s office for comment.
The exchange comes amid a tense political environment in the wake of
conservative activist’s Charlie Kirk’s killing. Government
officials, including members of Congress, have called for more
security.
In recent days, Republicans and members of the Trump administration
have gone after Democrats for their rhetoric. One GOP member of
Congress, Rep. , squarely blamed Democrats’ rhetoric after last
week’s assassination.
Former DHS adviser Charles Marino told CNN that “the threat level has
never been higher in the United States.”
Marino went on to say that rhetoric from politicians, including
Newsom’s press office’s post, is “not helpful.”
“This is not the maturity and the civility that helps lower the
threat level here,” Marino said, adding, “There needs to be a
cooling down here. There is responsibility on the part of politicians,
and they need to own that and act accordingly.”
White House communications director Steven Cheung slammed Newsom’s
press office for posting “a threat” ahead of Kirk’s memorial on
Sunday.
“To make a threat like this, especially on the memorial weekend for
Charlie, is beyond the pale and totally disgusting,” Cheung said in a
. “This is what happens when Gavin Newsom lets deranged Leftist
lunatics post messages on his behalf.”
Earlier this year, DHS and Secret Service investigated — Trump’s
former FBI director and now staunch critic — for a photo he posted on
Instagram of seashells spelling out the numbers “86 47.”
Trump allies immediately accused Comey of threatening the president’s
life as the number 86 can often refer to getting rid of or tossing
something out, while 47 corresponds to Trump’s current term in office
as the 47th president.
Comey eventually deleted the post, claiming he “didn’t realize some
folks associate those numbers with violence.”
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