California’s First Partner, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, has launched a fierce critique of former President Donald Trump, labeling him a “vile specimen” in response to his recent comments about her husband, Governor Gavin Newsom. Trump had suggested that Governor Newsom’s dyslexia made him unsuitable for presidential office.
In a video released on Tuesday, Siebel Newsom addressed the comments Trump made in the Oval Office, where he stated, “I think a president should not have learning disabilities, OK?” Her video, shared on X, condemned Trump for what she considers to be disqualifying behavior.
Siebel Newsom did not hold back in her criticism, describing Trump as “a convicted felon, a man found liable for sexual abuse, a man notorious for degrading female journalists, a man with a track record for bankrupting businesses, a man whose name has shown up thousands of times in the Epstein files.”
In her message, Siebel Newsom further characterized Trump as “the most corrupt president in our nation’s history.” As a documentary filmmaker and actress, she used her platform to defend her husband, who has lived with dyslexia since he was five years old, against Trump’s remarks.
Siebel Newsom, who is referred to as the ‘First Partner’ of California, said Trump was ‘the most corrupt president in our nation’s history.’
The documentary filmmaker and actress then turned to Trump’s criticism of her husband, who was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of five.
‘Suggesting that someone with dyslexia or any learning difference for that matter is somehow less capable of leading or achieving is extremely ignorant and offensive.’
Siebel Newsom, who has been married to the governor since 2008, claimed that ‘some of the most successful leaders’ have dyslexia as well and that young children with the affliction are ‘trying to believe in themselves.’
Gavin Newsom’s wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom (pictured) attacked Donald Trump , calling the president a ‘vile specimen’ after he said her husband’s dyslexia disqualified him from running the country
Jennifer Siebel Newsom released the video after Trump said of Newsom’s disability: ‘I think a president should not have learning disabilities, OK?’
She added that ‘as someone who grew up in a Republican household, shame on the Republican Party for normalizing this vile specimen of a human being stationed at the top of their party.’
White House spokesperson Davis Ingle defended the president’s characterization of the California governor.
‘President Trump is right. Gavin Newscum is the worst governor in America, and he also may be the dumbest,’ Ingle told The Daily Beast in response.
Trump doubled down on remarks aimed at Newsom in recent days when he made the comment about learning disabilities.
Trump cited Newsom’s public discussion of his dyslexia, a learning disability, and suggested such conditions should disqualify someone from the presidency.
Newsom is seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in the 2028 election and often trades barbs with the president, who has nicknamed him ‘Newscum.’
‘Gavin Newscum has admitted that he is a — that he has learning disabilities,’ Trump told reporters.
‘Honestly, I’m all for people with learning disabilities, but not for my president. I don’t want – I think a president should not have learning disabilities, okay?’ Trump said.
‘And I know it’s highly controversial to say such a horrible thing – the president of the United States. Gavin Newscum admitted that he has learning disabilities, dyslexia, everything about him is dumb.’
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Newsom is seen as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in the 2028 election and often trades barbs with the president, who has nicknamed the Californian ‘Newscum’
Siebel Newsom, who has been married to the governor since 2008, claimed that ‘some of the most successful leaders’ have dyslexia as well and that young children with the affliction are ‘trying to believe in themselves’
The comments marked the third time in recent days that Trump has targeted Newsom over his dyslexia, which the governor has discussed in interviews and in his book.
At a February conversation with the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, Newsom discussed his lower SAT score and said he does not read speeches as governor due to his dyslexia, a learning disability that is defined by difficulties in word reading or spelling that involve accuracy and speed, according to the International Dyslexia Association.
Newsom faced accusations of racism from conservative media figures after telling an audience of black voters at a book event he was just ‘like’ them because he struggles with reading.
When a female reporter inquired with Newsom’s communications director, Izzy Gardon, about the governor’s medical history, it led to a profanity-laced meltdown.
‘Hey Susan — thanks for reaching out. Respectfully, f**k off,’ Newsom’s spokesperson wrote to Real Clear Politics reporter Susan Crabtree on Monday.
Previously, the reporter respectfully asked Newsom’s top staff for evidence to disprove conservative critics who claim Newsom is faking the dyslexia diagnosis.
Gardon doubled-down on the comments after his expletive reply became public, writing on X: ‘I was very generous to the MAGA blogger and told her to “respectfully fuck off” in her request to inspect the Governor’s childhood medical records. That’s not a meltdown. That’s good customer service!’
Trump made similar comments on Friday in an interview with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade.
‘He admitted he had learning disabilities. Somebody said, ”Well, what’s wrong with that?” I said, “That’s okay, but not for the president,”‘ Trump said in the interview.
‘Presidents can’t have a learning disability. If you have that, that’s not a good thing.’
Newsom’s team responded to Trump’s remarks on Monday by posting a tongue-in-cheek video that clipped the comments to make it sound like Trump was calling Newsom the president of the United States.
After Trump last week referred online to Newsom as ‘a cognitive mess,’ the governor responded in a social media post saying: ‘I spoke about my dyslexia. I know that’s hard for a brain-dead moron who bombs children and protects pedophiles to understand.’
Prediction markets and early Democratic voter polling show Newsom leading the field, along with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
His latest memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, released on Tuesday. The governor’s book traces his early political rise as mayor of San Francisco.
