“BREAKING: Blockbuster says they won’t open new stores in California.”

Bed Bath & Beyond, which shut down all 360 shops in 2023 after submitting for chapter, is making an attempt a comeback. Yet its new management declared that California wouldn’t see any reopened places. California Gov. Gavin Newsom replied to the information in a really blunt means, and it shortly went viral. 

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Lately, Gov. Newsom and his press workplace have leaned exhausting into dunking on Republicans and rage-baiting MAGA loyalists with Trump-inspired all-caps social media posts. The response to Bed Bath & Beyond is the most recent within the firing vary.

Bed Bath & Beyond skips California, and Newsom responds

The firm’s govt chairman, Marcus Lemonis, just lately defined his reasoning in a publish on X. He insisted the selection wasn’t political however as an alternative primarily based on what he referred to as the “reality” of doing enterprise in California. He blamed increased taxes, charges, and wages in California for making operations unsustainable.

“California’s system makes it nearly impossible for businesses to succeed, and I won’t put our company, our employees, or our customers in that position,” Lemonis tweeted, sharing a full assertion as a picture hooked up to the tweet.

Newsom clearly wasn’t shopping for it. He quote-tweeted a publish sharing the information with a brief however sharp line, saying, “The company that already went bankrupt and closed every store across the country two years ago? Ok.”

His reply, filled with snark, unfold shortly throughout timelines. His tweet has been considered almost 16 million occasions, preferred over 300,000 occasions, and retweeted/QRTed over 22,000 occasions in lower than two days, with many praising his capability to ship a clapback. At the identical time, MAGA Republicans crammed the replies and QRTs with criticism, accusing Newsom of ignoring California’s financial challenges.

The web piles on with jokes and cheers

Despite partisan outrage, a lot of the web celebrated Newsom’s comment. One person admitted, “I just cackled I’m sorry.” Another posted, “lmfaooooo idgaf just make him president already. We deserve to go down as a nation with a hot sassy b*tch from California.”

Others jumped in to defend the state. “Watching random ppl hate on California meanwhile if given any chance we know they would visit and even move here on an instant,” one commenter wrote. “Ooooo your fake outrage is nothing WEST COAST WILL ALWAYS REPRESENT AND BE AHEAD OF THE GAME.”

Many echoed an analogous sentiment, saying issues like, “We don’t want them in our state anyway.”