Following weeks of mocking the Trump administration on social media, California’s governor went after Vice President JD Vance’s looks while he attacked his former “never Trump” beliefs.

On Tuesday, Newsom shared a video on X from the account Republicans against Trump . It featured a montage of clips of a beardless Vance before he ran for Senate in Ohio, back when he was more critical of Trump.

At one point in the montage, on Charlie Rose’s show in 2016, Vance said he was “a never-Trump guy” who “never liked him.”

“Grew a beard and lost his spine,“ Newsom captioned the post . ”But at least he kept the eyeliner."

Another clip from 2016 showed Vance agreeing with podcaster Matt Jones after the host said he thought Trump was a fraud.

“I do too,” Vance told Jones.

The montage also sho

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