Trump said of California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom: “It’s traditional that at least one or two potential presidential hopefuls attend the correspondents dinner, but many of them seemed to have really chickened out. But I heard that he recently said that ‘we will lose our country if we don’t fight fire with fire.’ Newsom responded via social media: “Trump is cracking jokes about natural disasters while American families are still waiting for the disaster recovery dollars he promised.” Trump is cracking jokes about natural disasters while American families are still waiting for the disaster recovery dollars he promised. [NOTE: During his correspondents dinner speech, Trump said of Schiff, “I hate some people.”]