Kid Rock responded Tuesday to Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the politician’s press office publicly trolled him on X.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ’s online trolling act has claimed another victim: Kid Rock. The musician and prominent supporter of President Donald Trump was triggered on Monday by a post from Newsom’s press office account that used an AI image of Kid Rock to claim he endorsed the governor.

Kid Rock made it clear he does not support Gavin Newsom after the California governor shared the rock star's image on social media.

Did Kid Rock endorse California Governor Gavin Newsom in mid-August 2025? No, that's not true: The origin of the viral image is satirical. The picture was a parody of Donald Trump's post from the previous year,

In 2022, White pulled his record label, Third Man Records, off of X after the social media platform's owner, Elon Musk, allowed Trump to return to the social media platform. In 2016, Third Man sold T-shirts with the phrase, "Icky Trump," a reference to the White Stripes' 2007 album, "Icky Thump."

California Governor Gavin Newsom ignited a social media firestorm by posting an AI-generated image of himself being "blessed" by MAGA figures like Kid Rock, Tucker Carlson, and the late Hulk Hogan. The image,

This mockery has riled up some on the right, including Fox contributor Tomi Lahren, who said that Newsom has a “team of beta males who sit down to pee.” Many on the right are obsessed with gender roles and believe that accusing a man of not being masculine enough or a woman of not being feminine enough is a deep insult.