Nicki Minaj launched a blistering assault on California Governor Gavin Newsom after his controversial “trans kids” remarks, escalating her public embrace of Republican politics and deepening her alliance with Donald Trump and JD Vance.

The Queens rapper didn’t maintain again when responding to Newsom’s current interview assertion about desirous to “see trans kids.”

Nicki Minaj fired again on social media, writing: “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… GavOUT.”

The put up instantly went viral and pulled Nicki Minaj immediately into the heated political debate surrounding transgender youth insurance policies.

Her assault on Newsom comes because the California governor faces rising scrutiny over his evolving stance on trans points, notably after calling trans ladies’s participation in ladies’s sports activities “deeply unfair” earlier this yr.

Minaj’s criticism represents her most direct political assault but and indicators her full break from Democratic politics. The timing coincides together with her more and more vocal help for the Trump administration and her budding friendship with Vice President JD Vance.

Just days earlier than her Newsom assault, Nicki Minaj praised Vance as “an assassin” after he weighed into her longstanding feud with Cardi B.

When Vance posted “Nicki>Cardi” on social media, Nicki Minaj responded enthusiastically: “Nothing brings me joy like the Vance memes & knowing he leaned into it like a boss. But make no mistake, Vance is an assassin. Don’t debate him. On anything. Quick as a computer. Maybe quicker.”

The rapper’s Republican transformation has been months within the making.

She just lately reposted a White House TikTok video selling Trump’s agenda, together with messaging about “no men in women’s sports” and “criminal illegals are being deported,” set to her 2012 hit “Va Va Voom.”

Critics have referred to as out what they see as hypocrisy in Minaj’s stance, pointing to her personal immigration story. In a earlier interview, Minaj revealed she was dropped at the United States from Trinidad and Tobago illegally when she was 5 years previous.

Her help for Trump’s deportation insurance policies has sparked accusations of betraying her personal immigrant expertise.

Nicki Minaj’s political evolution started to realize consideration final month when she spoke at a U.S. Mission to the United Nations occasion on Christian persecution in Nigeria, receiving an introduction from Ambassador Mike Waltz.

During her speech, she thanked Donald Trump for his management whereas stating, “This isn’t about taking sides. This is about standing up in the face of injustice.”

Nicki Minaj’s assault on Newsom over transgender points places her squarely in keeping with Republican speaking factors on LGBTQ+ rights.

Her remark about desirous to see “healthy, safe, happy kids” whereas excluding transgender kids from that class drew sharp criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates who accused her of perpetuating discrimination.

The rapper who as soon as criticized Trump throughout his first presidency has now change into certainly one of his most high-profile celeb supporters, utilizing her large platform to amplify conservative messaging to her 25.5 million X followers.

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