Dave Rubin dropped a DM clip that conservative audiences will eat up — a short, telling moment where ABC’s Jonathan Karl awkwardly lobbed the “American Psycho” comparison at California’s Gavin Newsom and seemed stunned by the reaction. The exchange, which went viral, left Newsom visibly flustered as Karl tried to keep a straight face while the governor brushed off the jab, a moment captured and amplified by Rubin’s circle.
The clip Rubin shared features a roundtable vibe with Clay Travis and Buck Sexton dissecting the interview, and it exposes something the mainstream won’t tell you: Newsom’s swagger is more performance than substance. Instead of answering like a serious statesman, he pivoted to self-congratulation and PR, proving once again that the left’s elites prefer image over results.
This isn’t merely about looks; it’s about a pattern that conservatives have been pointing out for years — the disconnect between a smug coastal class and everyday Americans. Even the cultural conversation around Patrick Bateman shows the fetishization of polished, soulless elites, a phenomenon the film’s makers have publicly bemoaned as being misunderstood and idolized. Ordinary people on social media have long noticed the eerie resemblance between that performative blankness and politicians like Newsom.
What the clip also highlights is how the supposed “serious” press behaves when confronted with Democratic celebrity-politicians: they smile, they tolerate the gaslighting, and they handwave away the substance. Karl’s attempt at professionalism — trying not to laugh as Newsom preened — underlines how cable and network outlets often function more as public relations desks than interrogative journalism. Rubin and his guests did the public a favor by pointing out the theater.
This moment matters politically. Gavin Newsom’s performative responses and the media’s protective tolerance are exactly why so many Americans are fed up with a ruling class that loves virtue-signaling but delivers economic pain, rising crime, and policies that hollow out opportunity. If Newsom imagines selfies and soundbites will paper over real failures, he’s misreading the country — and conservatives should keep shining a light on those flimsy facades.
Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who earn respect through accomplishment, not coiffure and headlines. Rubin’s clip is more than entertainment; it’s a reminder that the culture-war elites can be exposed with a single honest question and a camera that doesn’t blink at their self-regard. Keep watching, keep calling out the charade, and don’t let the media’s smirks bully the truth into silence.
