White House torches Newsom as ‘inauthentic slimeball’ after California governor walks back ICE rhetoric

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The White House slammed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom as an "inauthentic slimeball" after he attempted to walk back his staff’s description of an ICE officer-involved shooting as "state-sponsored terrorism." "Newscum is an inauthentic slimeball who has no principles -- he simply says whatever he thinks he needs to, in the moment, to get attention," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox Digital on Friday. "He’s happy to smear ICE officers and incite violence against them when he thinks it will score points with his radical left base, but as soon as he’s pressed on his dangerous claims he throws his staffers under the bus and tries to distance himself from the content they put out under his name. Newscum will never be ready for primetime," she added. Jackson was responding to Newsom's comments on his podcast published Thursday, when he walked back his office's message on X following an ICE-involved fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 was "STATE. SPONSORED. TERRORISM." NEWSOM RETREATS AFTER SHAPIRO PUTS HIM ON THE SPOT OVER CHILLING ICE TERRORISM CLAIM Federal authorities and the administration said the ICE officer opened fire on Good after she allegedly used her vehicle as a weapon against the agent. Democrats have described the death as a "murder" and amplified criticisms of federal law enforcement officers in the days following. Newsom was joined on the podcast by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who pressed him about his office's message linking ICE to terrorists. "And then your press office tweeted out that it was state-sponsored terrorism, which I mean, governor, I do have to ask you about that," Shapiro said on the podcast, " This is Gavin Newsom. " "That sort of thing makes our politics worse. Yeah, I mean, it does. I mean, our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists. A tragic situation is not state-sponsored terrorism." Newsom responded: "Yeah, I think that's fair." Newsom continued during their conversation that he has buck…