The Department of Homeland Security hilariously destroyed Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office's attempt to meme President Donald Trump's response to the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.

In a post on Wednesday on X, the Governor's press office post included a ridiculous meme with a clip from "Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith." It featured an AI voice of General Grievous, the leader of the Separatist army, using the words from one of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller's Truth Social posts.

Our love for America is stronger than their hatred. pic.twitter.com/25snKnQk39

— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) June 10, 2025

The post read:

"The insurrectionist mobs will be defeated. Our love for America is stronger than their hatred. Sovereignty will be restored. The illegals will be returned. Our way of life will prevail."

In response, the DHS reminded Newsom's office of the well-known fact that liberals can't meme with another popular meme. 

https://t.co/wvCW62zLOH pic.twitter.com/bPeUJd4JHw

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 11, 2025

It read:

"Don't make me tap the sign. Liberals don't know things. They don't read history, they don't obsess over stats, the few data points they do see they forget. Their entire world is driven by the consumption of fiction."

The DHS wasn't the only one who torched the Governor's Press Office for its failed attempt to hit Trump over his response to the riots in LA. Following several days of law enforcement being under attack in the city, Trump called in the National Guard, and later, he sent in hundreds of U.S. Marines to aid the police under attack by the lawless rioters.

"They know that General Grievous was part of the Separatists... right?" one person wrote.

Another added, "Um… Based? I don't think this post will have the effect you think it will have lmao."

A third person wrote, "You realize the CIS were the good guys in the story if [Emperor] Palpatine weren't playing both sides."

While a fourth wrote, "Making a meme where French Laundry is General Grievous is not the flex you think it is."

It wasn't the first time Newsom's Press Office failed in its attempt to meme about the riot. In a previous post, it wrote on X, "A ONCE GREAT AMERICAN CITY HAS BEEN OCCUPIED!" using another "Star Wars" clip and AI voiceover that it clearly didn't understand.

RedState alum Kira Davis aptly noted:

"The left can't meme, but Newsom is trying. I legit thought this was a pro-Trump post until I read the account name. They DO NOT GET IT, and it's hilarious just how much they DO NOT GET."

The governor's failed attempt to meme is almost as bad as the so-called address he gave on Tuesday to the anti-ICE riots and his attack on Trump for helping to get things under control after local law enforcement said it was "overwhelmed" by the rioters, as RedState reported.

Susie Moore wrote:

And then...he held a big press conference to excoriate President Trump. Only...his audio feed failed, so the bulk of his lies fell on deaf ears. He sounded hoarse and agitated, too. 

In case you've any interest in what he said in between the audio failure, here's a sampling:

🚨NEW: Gavin Newsom accuses ICE & the Trump administration of "disappearing" American citizens.

This will only inflame riots in Los Angeles & his state! pic.twitter.com/QC08EZxAHx

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 11, 2025