Newsom posts himself as 'Sparkle Beach' Ken doll in clap back at Bessent

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) fired back at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday by posting a meme parodying the secretary’s description of the governor.

Bessent described Newsom as a cross between Patrick Bateman, the main character of American Psycho, played by Christian Bale, and “Sparkle Beach Ken,” the clueless boyfriend of Barbie, during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Bessent said Newsom “knows less about economics” than former Vice President Kamala Harris, and that he is “too economically illiterate to know anything.”