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Greg Gutfeld Destroyed Xavier Becerra for One Question He Asked Before the Interview Even Started

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Xavier Becerra was sweating through a local TV interview before the reporter finished her first sentence.

That moment is now everywhere, and conservatives can't stop watching it.

Now Greg Gutfeld just made sure every conservative in America saw exactly what it means.

The Man Who Wants to Run California Couldn't Handle KTLA

The setup was as friendly as it gets.

KTLA reporter Annie Rose Ramos sat down with Becerra in Highland Park for what she described as a profile piece – not a gotcha, not an ambush – just a standard candidate interview about who he is and what he wants to do.

Before she asked her first question, Becerra looked at the camera and said: "By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a gotcha piece, right?"

Ramos replied that the questions would be fair and that the interview was about learning who he is as a candidate.

Becerra pressed further, insisting she confirm the interview would cover "all the things I've done, things I want to do" and only some tough questions – "but not only tough questions."

On camera. Before she'd asked him anything.

Gutfeld didn't need much material to work with.

"They barely turned the cameras on and this guy's sweating like they put Icy Hot in his undies," Gutfeld said.

"That's the sign of competence: Getting floored by tough questions like 'are you ready to start the interview?'"

"They ask his name and he's ready to plead the fifth!"

Ramos later told her KTLA colleagues she was "caught off guard" by the exchange, saying her experience with Becerra was "dramatically different" from every other candidate she'd interviewed.

This Wasn't a Slip. It's Who He Is.

Reporters who have dealt with Becerra over the years were not surprised.

NBC News correspondent Jonathan Allen noted that Becerra once physically held up his fingers in the sign of a cross to ward him off – as if Allen were a vampire – after a story accurately described Becerra trying to undermine Nancy Pelosi on the ACA.

David Axelrod, Barack Obama's top political adviser, posted a pointed observation on X: Becerra was rarely the face of the administration's COVID communications, and the KTLA clip explained why.

That wasn't a Republican attack. That was Obama's man quietly confirming what everyone already suspected.

The Record He Didn't Want Asked About

Becerra's discomfort made complete sense once KTLA got to the substance.

Under his leadership at HHS, more than 85,000 unaccompanied migrant children became impossible for federal officials to track after being placed with sponsors – the agency could not reach them in follow-up calls over a two-year period, according to New York Times reporting.

His own staff warned him in writing that the system had become one that rewarded fast releases over safe ones, and that child labor trafficking was increasing.

Becerra's response at the time was to demand the process move faster, telling HHS staff at a recorded meeting that the operation wasn't running with enough efficiency.

The Trump administration has since located more than 150,000 of those children – many trafficked for sex or labor.

Becerra's answer at a recent California gubernatorial debate was to call it a "MAGA talking point" and dismiss it as "Trump lies" – until Democratic opponent Antonio Villaraigosa reminded him the story came from a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigation.

When KTLA pressed him on the children directly during the interview, Becerra told the reporter she had her facts wrong.

She showed him a screenshot of the Times article on camera.

The Man Who Would Be Governor

Becerra is currently the frontrunner in California's June 2 jungle primary – a position he reached largely because Eric Swalwell, the previous frontrunner, resigned from Congress in disgrace amid sexual assault allegations.

His pitch to voters is that experience matters – that California needs a governor who won't need on-the-job training.

He's right that experience matters. That's exactly the problem.

His experience is a leaked recording where he compared HHS operations to a Ford assembly line – while his own staff was begging him to slow down because children were being trafficked. His experience is 85,000 kids the federal government couldn't locate. His experience is negotiating interview terms with a local TV reporter before she'd said a word.

Greg Gutfeld didn't need to make the case against Xavier Becerra for governor of California.

Becerra made it himself – before the interview even started.

Sources:

  • Leo Briceno, "Xavier Becerra lectures KTLA reporter on doing 'profile,' not 'gotcha' interview," Fox News, May 12, 2026.
  • Joseph Wulfsohn, "Xavier Becerra slammed for asking reporter for 'profile' interview," Fox News, May 12, 2026.
  • Amy Curtis, "Here's More From Xavier Becerra's Embarrassing Interview With KTLA," Townhall, May 13, 2026.
  • Staff, "Becerra leads California governor race, but awkward interview moment looms," KTLA, May 13, 2026.
  • Staff, "Becerra presses KTLA reporter: 'This is not a gotcha piece, right?'" KTLA, May 12, 2026.
  • Staff, "Former Biden HHS Secretary's gubernatorial bid shadowed by migrant children controversy," Fox News, April 2026.

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