‘Patrick Bateman Vibes’Jon Karl Stuns Gavin Newsom by Revealing Own Friends Compare ‘American Psycho

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) was left visibly rattled during a sit-down with ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl on Wednesday after the journalist confronted him with viral meme comparisons between himself and American Psycho villain Patrick Bateman.

The ranging one-on-one interview at San Francisco City Hall rounded off with questions about the Democrat’s potential future presidential ambitions, which Newsom downplayed but didn’t write off, when Karl suddenly produced print-outs of memes depicting Newsom as the fictional manic 1980s Wall Street killer.

“What do you make of all the Patrick Bateman talk?” Karl asked.