One of the nastier nicknames for California Gov. Gavin Newsom is “Patrick Bateman.” He’s the thoroughly amoral yuppie protagonist of the novel and film “American Psycho.”
The reason is that Gavin bears more than a slight resemblance to him morally and a massive resemblance to the Christian Bale portrayal in the 1999 film version. Of the least of the fictional Mr. Bateman’s sins is that he’s a frequent user of recreational drugs, especially cocaine. He also likeskilling people in sickeningly innovative ways.
Newsom’s thoroughly weird social media team, inexplicably, has tried to lean into this comparison, including with this tone-deaf X post in March:
For so many years people have been saying that Patrick Bateman and I look alike. Now this pic has been going all over the place. What do you think?pic.twitter.com/K5j4vKNzUL
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom)March 24, 2026
“Gavin 2028: You Like Huey Lewis and the News?”
Anyhow, despite the fact that Gavin has a bit of history with certain substances, it’s generallyaround his use of alcohol. That’ll come out in time, but nobody’s ever talked about his use of other drugs, mostly because that’s not been on the radar of many people.
Well, it is now, and let me tell you: His embrace of that “Patrick Bateman” comparison is starting to make a bit more sense.
The context: Last week, Trump said regardingNewsomthat “we should give him a cognitive test,” adding he was “the only president to take a cognitive test.”
“Bragging about being the only president repeatedly asked to take a cognitive test …” Newsom responded from his social media account. “Right.”
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