The spouse of California Gov. Gavin Newsom stated that President Donald Trump’s firing of Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi was “no surprise” and is a part of his wider “war on all women.”
In an Instagram video posted Saturday, Jennifer Siebel Newsom started by setting out that she was “no fan” of Bondi and Noem, who just lately turned the primary Cabinet members of Trump’s second administration to obtain the boot.
Bondi was fired as Trump’s Attorney General final week, whereas Noem was given her marching orders from the Department of Homeland Security final month following a disastrous efficiency throughout congressional hearings.
“The conservative women that Trump handpicks who align themselves with an agenda that controls women, restricting our rights, limiting our autonomy… is only in service of men,” said Newsom, who is the founder of a gender rights non-profit.
“There’s a familiar pattern here,” the mom-of-four continued. “Women are brought in, packaged Mar-a-Lago style, and lifted up as long as they commit to wholeheartedly serve the interests of the patriarch at the top.”
Gavin Newsom’s spouse stated that President Donald Trump’s firing of Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi was ‘no surprise’ and is a part of his wider ‘war on all women’ (Getty Images)
Newsom, who selected to be generally known as California’s “first partner” versus “first lady,” claimed that neither Noem nor Bondi had any true energy or job safety in their positions due to Trump, and pointed to historic allegations of inappropriate behavior against the president.
“When you align yourself with that value system, with a leader who has publicly devalued women, degraded them, and been found liable of abusing women,” Newsom continued. “Well, guess what? You’re going to be the first to go.”
“Your power is only temporary, and ultimately they will come for you. That’s the unfortunate truth for all women,” Newsom added. “No woman is safe in Trump’s Republican Party unless she has enough wealth or the ability to buy her own job security and safety.”
Newsom concluded her take by summarizing that there’s a “war on all women” no matter their political affiliation.
Bondi and Noem turned the primary Cabinet members of Trump’s second administration to obtain the boot (AFP by way of Getty Images)
In response to criticism about firing two girls from his Cabinet, the White House has pointed to the president’s feedback from a 2025 Women’s History Month occasion. “I’m also thrilled to say that we have more women in our Cabinet than any Republican president in the history of our country,” Trump stated.
Of his authentic Cabinet and Cabinet-level appointments, one-third have been girls, in keeping with the Center for American Women and Politics.
Trump introduced Bondi’s departure as Justice Department chief on Thursday, the place he praised her as a “Great American Patriot and a loyal friend.”
Bondi’s ousting follows bipartisan outrage over her dealing with of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and the discharge of tens of millions of information related to the late intercourse offender. Trump seems to have misplaced confidence in Bondi’s management after the scandal blew up into an enormous political legal responsibility for the president and his allies.
The president has additionally publicly raged in opposition to the Justice Department’s failure to prosecute his political enemies after the president demanded their imprisonment, as instances in opposition to former FBI director James Comey and the New York Attorney General Letitia James fell aside in court docket.
Noem claimed Trump had signed off on a multi-million-dollar deportation marketing campaign in which she featured prominently (DHS)
Meanwhile, Noem was ousted from her position as Homeland Security Secretary final month after she claimed Trump had signed off on a multi-million-dollar deportation marketing campaign in which she featured prominently. The president denied ever doing so and swiftly introduced he was eradicating her from the division in a put up on Truth Social.
Last week Noem was on the middle of one other scandal involving her husband, Bryon Noem, after footage of him cross-dressing have been leaked to the Daily Mail, alleging that he engaged in a “bimbofication” fetish as his wife served in Trump’s Cabinet.
