Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and self-described “First Partner of California,” offered a bizarre defense of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Newsom, in a recent video, claimed that the two women — both recently removed from cabinet-level positions in President Donald Trump’s administration — were victims of “the Patriarchy” and proof positive that the war on women was raging ever onward.
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“Trust me, I’m not a fan of Pam Bondi nor Kristi Noem,” Newsom began, adding, “But I need to call out that it’s no surprise to me that the first two prominent people pushed out of this administration were women.”
“Let me explain. The conservative women that Trump handpicks, who align themselves with an agenda that controls women, restricting our rights, limiting our autonomy, and pushing us back into the straitjacket of femininity that is only in service of men, that’s a familiar pattern here,” Newsom claimed. “Women are brought in and packaged Mar-a-Lago-style and lifted up, as long as they commit to whole-heartedly serve the interests of the patriarch at the top.”
Newsom went on to argue that those positions only appeared to hold power “or proximity to power” and failed to provide any kind of real authority or security: “There’s no secure place inside this handpicked patriarchal body that systemically disrespects, devalues, and discriminates against women and girls.”
California’s “first partner” pivoted to attack Noem and Bondi — and other women aligned with the Trump administration — as “complicit” in devaluing other women and warned that they would always be the “first to go” when it mattered.
“Your power is only temporary,” she claimed, adding, “And ultimately, they will come for you.”
Newsom made no mention of the fact that Trump was responsible for hiring the first woman to manage a winning presidential campaign (Kellyanne Conway), the first working mother to serve as White House Press Secretary (Sarah Huckabee Sanders), and the first woman to serve as White House Chief of Staff (Susie Wiles). She also failed to acknowledge that it was actually a man — Green Beret veteran Mike Waltz, now serving as U.S. Ambassador to the UN — who was the first high-ranking official to be ousted from his role as national security adviser.
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