Democrat Gavin Newsom malfunctions over Israel funding

‘Gruesome’ Gavin Newsom is the governor of California. Famous for his war on homeless people, Newsom is a controversial figure, albeit one who exists within the mainstream of the modern Democrat Party (unfortunately):

Great bible quote.

Anyway, here’s Gavin Newsom inflicting violence on homeless people and throwing away the few belongings they still have for a photo op: https://t.co/lUEzMSQRaH pic.twitter.com/iXPC54Ue1s

— ꧁ R I L E Y ꧂ (@RileyTX) September 13, 2025

Newsom is also a beneficiary of funding from Israel, which spurred the following exchange:

Zionist Dem leader Gavin Newsom struggles to speak after podcast host brings up AIPAC.

He repeats “it’s interesting” 10x and claims nobody has brought up the foreign influence operation in years 4x while failing to say anything more when asked. pic.twitter.com/5ENQfqB4Wz

— YourFavoriteGuy (@guychristensen_) October 15, 2025

Malfunction

In the video above, host Van Lathan Jr. asked Newsom about funding from AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee). Newsom responded:

Interesting, you’re like the first to bring up AIPAC in years, which is interesting.

Lathan clarified:

I will not vote for a candidate that takes $1 from AIPAC.

Following Israel’s genocide, this is an increasingly common opinion. It’s not just a left thing, either, with elements of the American right increasingly saying stuff like this:

Tucker Carlson blasted US leaders for letting Israel dictate American policy, saying Netanyahu brags about controlling Trump and the US, and called it humiliating that Americans are being forced into harmful decisions for another country.

Carlson said the “humiliation ritual” pic.twitter.com/Acjq2IDtXF

— Irlandarra (@aldamu_jo) October 4, 2025

Back to Newsom, his malfunction continued:

It’s interesting. I mean, it’s interesting. I haven’t thought about AIPAC. And it’s interesting. You’re like the first to bring up AIPAC in years, which is interesting.

Asked “why”, Newsom said:

It’s not relevant to my day-to-day life. Which is just interesting. It’s interesting you say that.

We’re going to go out on a limb and suggest Newsom found this question ‘interesting’.

Continuing, he noted:

JPAC perhaps more, but AIPAC less and less.

As people highlighted, JPAC is a regional equivalent of AIPAC:

JPAC is the Israel Lobby’s “AIPAC” just for California.

Gov. Newsom just last week signed JPAC-sponsored bill AB 715 into law to mirror the Trump admin/ADL’s anti-Semitism crackdown at the state level.

The bill establishes an Anti-Semitism Czar to oversee all K-12 public… pic.twitter.com/DmVimINJAE

— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) October 15, 2025

A study in narcissistic manipulation:

Newsom tries to make the interviewer feel dumb by saying “interesting” ~20x & attempting to minimize AIPAC’s role in politics by claiming he doesn’t deal with them.

He does mention JPAC which is part of the California Israel Lobby. https://t.co/GldGTov20Y

— Nadia Rahman 駱雯 (@nadiarahmansf) October 15, 2025

People also said stuff like the following:

The body language lol https://t.co/ZcQSLNFSIr

— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) October 15, 2025

The tide is turning

Newsom continued to waffle on about how interesting he found the question, but he didn’t – you know – pledge to stop taking money from a genocidal foreign power. He may have to eventually, of course, as all American politicians may have to. Israel has lost public support in the West, and even the most cynical politicians will have to recognise this reality if they want to keep the gravy train running.

Featured image via Van Lathan