Mrs. Petty vs King Petty — a Nicki-Newsom showdown.

Nicki Minaj is going viral after slamming Gov. Gavin Newsom over his comments about trans kids. After Newsom said his stance “comes from the heart” during a recent podcast interview, Nicki fired back on X, calling him “GavOUT.” But in Newsom fashion, he reciprocated the same energy and made his point by posting “Megan’s Law

Nicki Minaj appears to be a big MAGA fan these days.

Trinidadian-US rapper Nicki Minaj speaks during the panel discussion "Combatting Religious Violence and the Killing of Christians in Nigeria" at the US Mission to the United Nations in New York City

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Her latest pro-MAGA post on X featured a video of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, JD Vance, and RFK Jr., with her song “Moment 4 Life” playing in the background. She captioned the post: “Heroes. The Good Guys. God BLESS AMERICA. LET’S GO!!! WE GOT FUN TO HAVE!!!!!”

Tweet by Nicki Minaj mentioning "Heroes" and "God BLESS AMERICA" with a shared parody tweet showing digitally altered image of two men with crowns

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While in the news for praising MAGA, Nicki has also recently slammed a Democrat, Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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In a recent interview on The Ezra Klein Show, Newsom spoke about his controversial stance on transgender athletes participating in sports, and one line from his comments has gone mega-viral.

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“We didn’t get into trans sports. That’s an issue no one wants to hear about because 80% of people listening disagree with my position on this, but it comes from my heart. Not just my head. It wasn’t a political evolution,” Newsom said.

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“I don’t think it’s fair…I wanna see trans kids, I have a trans godson. There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I have, and no one has been a stronger advocate for the LGBTQ community,” he continued.

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Well, Nicki Minaj took to X to express her disappointment: “Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids. Haha. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that. Normal adults wake up & think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids… Not Gav. The Gav Nots. GavOUT. Send in the next guy, I’m bored.”

A tweet from Nicki Minaj humorously references a movie character, emphasizing the importance of kids being healthy, safe, and happy

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In response, one person wrote, “genuinely what the hell happened to her.”

Tweet discussing Nicki Minaj's response to Gavin Newsom's comments about trans kids, questioning what happened to her

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“nicki really went from a rap legend to an alt right grifter. huge disgrace to both her LGBTQ+ and POC fans that gave her her career,” another person said.

Tweet criticizing a rapper for allegedly changing their political views, disappointing LGBTQ+ and POC fans

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