How Gavin Newsom trolled his way to the top of social media

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/20/gavin-newsom-twitter-trump-00515785

With an inescapable, smashmouth, all-caps-laden and meme-filled X account, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is holding a mirror up to MAGA — and MAGA doesn’t like what it sees.

There’s Newsom on Mount Rushmore. There’s Newsom getting prayed over by Tucker Carlson, Kid Rock and an angelic, winged Hulk Hogan. There’s Newsom posting in all caps, saying his mid-cycle redistricting proposal has led “MANY” people to call him “GAVIN CHRISTOPHER ‘COLUMBUS’ NEWSOM (BECAUSE OF THE MAPS!). THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.”

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btaf45@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 364d (2 replies)

I love this so much. Dem politicians absolutely need to be flexible and savvy enough to use the appropriate rhetoric that Treason Trump deserves.

mcbenavides85@piefed.social · 9 pts · 363d (1 reply)
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Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 363d

Let's ditch Newsom and keep her.

distantsounds@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 363d

Enemy of an enemy trollz for lolz as a little treat