California Governor Gavin Newsom is now selling merchandise a la Donald Trump — including $100 “Bibles” that are already “sold out” — in his latest move to troll the president.
After days of imitating the president’s signature all-caps social media posting style, Newsom capped off a week of trolling Trump with the opening of what he’s calling the “Patriot Shop.”
“THE PATRIOT SHOP IS NOW OPEN!!!!” the Democratic governor announced Sunday in a social media post. “MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS IS THE GREATEST MERCHANDISE EVER MADE. PLEASE ENJOY, AMERICA!”
In a direct jab at the president, the website lists a “Holy Bible” signed by “America’s Favorite Governor!” for $100.
The president’s hefty “God Bless the USA” Bibles went for $60 a pop and included the chorus to Lee Greenwood’s song by the same name as well as the text of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Within the last several weeks, the California governor has been mocking Trump’s idiomatic all-caps posting style, from his childish nicknames down to his classic sign-off — swapping “DJT” for “GCN.”
“I’m just following [Trump’s] example,” Newsom told reporters last week when asked about his posting strategy. “If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out as president.”
After Trump’s allies criticized the governor for carrying Bibles on the website, he wrote: “They still really don’t get it. Honestly incredible.”
The Patriot Shop also offers a “Trump is not hot” tank top, MAGA red-colored caps emblazoned with “Newsom was right about everything!” and “The Chosen One” T-shirt that features Newsom surrounded by far-right personalities Tucker Carlson, Kid Rock, and Hulk Hogan. Trump in 2019 declared himself “the chosen one.”
Three hours after the merchandise shop launched, Newsom boasted in an X post about its sales: “WOW! $50,000 IN PURCHASES ALREADY!! THANK YOU PATRIOTS!!!”
The store is administered by Bright Blue Ink, a Texas printshop working on behalf of Campaign For Democracy Committee, according to the website.
The store serves as Newsom’s latest salvo in his ongoing feud with the president, whose campaign and affiliated entities have monetized his political agenda and even his mugshot to make millions of dollars with Trump-themed sneakers, cryptocurrency, Christmas gift wrap, guitars, perfume, phones, and his line of MAGA hats.
The attacks have extended offline, too.
Newsom signed legislation this week calling for new congressional maps in California that could amount to five additional Democratic seats in Congress to offset a Trump-led effort to redistrict in Texas for five additional Republican seats.
