{"id":2476403,"date":"2025-08-19T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-called-out-by-kid-rock-for-using-his-image-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:40:39","slug":"gavin-newsom-called-out-by-kid-rock-for-using-his-image-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-called-out-by-kid-rock-for-using-his-image-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom called out by Kid Rock for using his image on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-called-out-by-kid-rock-for-using-his-image-on-social-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2476403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that musician Kid Rock publicly criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom for using his image on social media without his support. Newsom&#8217;s press office adopted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-new-white-house-twitter-strategy-highlights-his-administrations-incompetence\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s New White House Twitter Strategy Highlights His Administration\u2019s Incompetence\">social media strategy<\/a> resembling that of former president Donald Trump, targeting Trump allies like Kid rock to mock the former president. Newsom&#8217;s team posted AI-generated images portraying Newsom being &#8220;prayed for&#8221; by Kid Rock and others, and also depicted Kid Rock as Uncle Sam endorsing Newsom. Kid Rock responded by firmly rejecting any support for Newsom, using a sarcastic phrase. Despite this, Newsom&#8217;s account continued to use Kid Rock&#8217;s likeness, posting additional images such as Kid Rock tipping his hat in response to a Trump-related post. The Washington Examiner attempted to get comments from Newsom&#8217;s office. The article highlights a tense dynamic between Kid Rock and Newsom amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provocative social media campaign<\/a>. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gavin Newsom called out by Kid Rock for using his image on social media<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2203026\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3365571\/kid-rock-confirms-pleasant-meeting-between-trump-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kid Rock<\/a> made it clear on Monday that Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3759230\/gavin-newsom-trump-social-media-strategy-backfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) does not have his&nbsp;support despite Newsom sharing the rock star&rsquo;s image on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3759325\/newsom-trolls-trump-in-all-caps-posts-calling-him-tiny-hands-and-low-iq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This month, Newsom&rsquo;s press office pursued a new social media strategy to mirror that of President Donald Trump. Since Kid Rock is a staunch ally of the president, Kid Rock became a target in Newsom&rsquo;s campaign to mock Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3760090\/conan-obrien-says-late-night-television-is-going-to-disappear\/\">Conan O&#8217;Brien says late-night TV &#8216;as we know it&#8217; is going to &#8216;disappear&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3759201\/nfl-to-again-require-social-justice-slogans-in-end-zones-for-all-32-teams\/\">NFL to again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-to-again-require-social-justice-slogans-in-end-zones-for-all-32-teams\/\" title=\"NFL to again require social justice slogans in end zones for all 32 teams\">require social justice slogans<\/a> in end zones for all 32 teams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3758736\/fbi-james-comey-taylor-swift-video\/\">Former FBI Director James Comey fangirls over Taylor Swift in bizarre video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Newsom&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-the-media-cant-ignore-this-stenographer-calls-out-white-house-after-what-it-did-to-garbage-comment\/\" title=\"Even the Media Can\u2019t Ignore This: Stenographer Calls Out White House After What It Did to \u2018Garbage\u2019 Comment\">press office&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s X account shared an image, seemingly generated by artificial intelligence, of Newsom with his head bowed while Kid Rock, Tucker Carlson, and the late Hulk Hogan &mdash; depicted with angel wings and a halo &mdash; lay their hands on him in what appears to be a prayer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So nice!&rdquo; the caption said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">so nice! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mkOMRvAalh\">pic.twitter.com\/mkOMRvAalh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1957109612211229007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In another post, Kid Rock is depicted as Uncle Sam, pointing straight forward at the viewer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kid Rock wants you to support Governor Gavin Newsom,&rdquo; the post said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">I ACCEPT! &mdash; GCN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DLWF65DraJ\">pic.twitter.com\/DLWF65DraJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1957233788083442083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As a result, Kid Rock addressed the posts to clarify his own politics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The only support Gavin Newscum will ever get out of me is from DEEZ NUTZ,&rdquo; Kid Rock wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The only support Gavin Newscum will ever get out of me is from DEEZ NUTZ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H67yDceIpf\">https:\/\/t.co\/H67yDceIpf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KidRock (@KidRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KidRock\/status\/1957610006003741030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Kid Rock&rsquo;s response did not stop the account from using his image. <\/p>\n<p>When FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino congratulated the Trump administration for its recent successes with a post that read, &ldquo;hats off,&rdquo; Newsom&rsquo;s account shared another AI-generated image of Kid Rock tipping his hat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">ok <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODHto4OZTn\">pic.twitter.com\/ODHto4OZTn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/1957805678409499016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Newsom&rsquo;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3501130\/gavin-newsom-trump-impersonation-california-redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>GAVIN NEWSOM&rsquo;S SAD TRUMP IMPERSONATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I HATE KID ROCK !!! &mdash; GCN&rdquo; Newsom&rsquo;s press account posted Tuesday, referencing Newsom&rsquo;s initials: Gavin Christopher Newsom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump often signs off his posts with his own initials, DJT.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kid Rock slams Gavin Newsom for using his image online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2476404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kid-rock-gavin-newsom.jpg?1755610550&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42231,32742,61553,35029,32364],"class_list":["post-2476403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-celebrity-controversy","tag-gavin-newsom","tag-image-rights","tag-kid-rock","tag-social-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kid-rock-gavin-newsom.jpg?1755610550&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476407,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476403\/revisions\/2476407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}