The California governor turned a time-honored slight back against the conservative network.
The California governor, who is positioning himself as a 2028 Democratic presidential contender, reposted a Fox Business segment on his press office’s X account on Sunday. “Why is Fox News starting a war on Christmas?” Newsom, 58, captioned the clip, flipping a line the Rupert Murdoch-owned network has long Fox Business host Dagen McDowell argued that land used for Christmas tree farms would be better spent on AI infrastructure.
“You know what? Buy a fake tree,” McDowell said, after a report highlighted a Maryland Christmas tree farm that is fighting a proposed energy project that would run transmission lines through the farm to power AI data centers in Virginia. “It’s a tree farm! Not growing food,” McDowell said of Mount Airy’s Gaver Farm. “The alternative would be some liberals would put some giant solar panels on that land, and you’re not going to be growing any Christmas trees either.” The 56-year-old Fox host claimed that the power lines are needed for the “growth and development of business” as well as “grid stability” and lower energy costs. Northern Virginia is one of the fastest-growing data center markets in the world, but is facing headwinds from the availability of land and electric power.“There will be transmission lines that have to go through developments and farms. That’s the very nature of a growing economy. Like, everybody needs to get on board,” she said, before adding, “You know what? Buy a fake tree.” The comment drew groans from her co-hosts, with Brian Brenberg quipping, “A dagger right in my heart.”Fox contributor Liz Peek, 76, also showed little sympathy for the Christmas tree farm’s concerns over the power lines. “I’m doubly suspicious that this is part of the narrative hitting back against AI, hitting back against the construction of data centers, which is probably the best economic power we have right now,” she said. AI data centers have become a hot-button issue, as their massive energy use drives up energy costs for households nationwide. But President Donald Trump has gone all-in on AI, signing an executive order Thursday that limits states’ authority over its regulation.
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