Fox News host Dana Perino attempted to defend her pearl-clutching toward California Gov. Gavin Newsom ’s trend of trolling tweets on Tuesday’s episode of “The Five.” But doing so required her to ignore the reason for the governor’s recent mockery of Donald Trump ’s social media style and insisted Newsom is just being a copycat.

Supposedly they “don’t think about” Newsom’s online antics “at all.” But taking the time to craft an original meme says otherwise.

ANALYSIS: Gavin Newsom’s pitch-perfect parody has resulted in several Fox News hosts taking the bait — and making the governor’s point, Justin Baragona writes.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is receiving a boost from his state’s voters as he moves to counter a plan backed by President Donald Trump, his longtime pollster wrote in an internal memo released by Axios on Thursday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom insulted Scott Turner, President Donald Trump's Housing and Urban Development Secretary, in Spanish after announcing the removal of languages in the department's website. "HUD is ENGLISH only," read a post by Turner ...

Gavin Newsom becoming an internet troll to relentlessly mock Donald Trump is “absolutely working” in the California governor’s favor, according to CNN’s top data guru.

The Trump administration isn’t impressed with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) new social media strategy, responding with mockery of its own in one of the first-ever official White House press statements consisting of a meme.

In recent weeks, one of Newsom’s social media accounts has been mocking MAGA with Trump-style tweets criticizing the president and touting the California governor. While some MAGA pundits have decried Newsom’s new strategy, Enten revealed Tuesday that Newsom’s plan is actually working to gain attention.