(New York) The capital letters were there, as well as the superfluous parentheses, the arbitrary quotes and the narcissistic references. But Donald Trump was not the author of the message published on X on August 15. He was the target, shortly after his common press conference with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.
“Trump has just run away from the podium with Putin – no questions, nothing!” Completely low energy. The man seemed to have swallowed up 3 buckets of PFK with Vlad. Is he afraid that the press asks him something about me? ? ? (The favorite governor of America) and the fact that I have “diverted the spotlight” this week with “the cards”? Many people say he begged Putin to hold his hand (tiny) when leaving. Admit it, Donnie J … You are terrified because it was the worst week of your life because of me, Gavin C. Newsom. »»
Gavin Christopher Newsom is the full name of the California State Democratic Governor, the fourth world economy since last April. This data appears these days in several messages published on X, one of which is accompanied by an image generated by AI and showing Governor Newsom in a heroic pose in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and under a sky illuminated by fireworks.
Since mid-August, the X account led by the Governor Newsom press office has multiplied attacks on Donald Trump and his allies by parodying the messages of the Republican President on Truth Social.
This tactic coincides with the case of “cards”. In Texas, the Republican Governor Greg Abbott is preparing to promulgate, at the express request of Donald Trump, a new electoral card intended to give his party five more seats in the House of Representatives thanks to the mid-term elections in November 2026.
In California, Governor Newsom decided to respond to this unprecedented maneuver by proposing a similar modification of the electoral card of his state. And he uses a direct language to say the least to defend his approach.
“These sons of whores”
“This is a radical factor in the mid-term elections,” he said in a Balado program last week by describing the Texas maneuver, which could be imitated by other republican states. “So I’m sorry. I know the sensitivity of some people. But we take a very different path for the moment. We fight fire by fire. And we will fart their mouths, to these sons of whores. »»
Ouch!
Added to the parodies of Donald Trump on X, this braking attitude appeals to many Democrats, who are looking for a fighter since the defeat of Kamala Harris last November, if not even longer.
And now Gavin Newsom, potential candidate for the 2028 presidential election, demonstrates a desire to turn his back on the famous Dicton of Michelle Obama: “When they lower, we raise each other. »»
“Gavin Newsom does what I have been waiting for a democrat for a long time,” said radio host Hip-Hop Charlamagne Tha God during a recent program Breakfast club. “He has a similar energy (to that of Donald Trump) and I like it. »»
Even Barack Obama, who normally opposes electoral redistribution to supporters, gave his blessing to the approach of Gavin Newsom, finding it justified in the circumstances.
Other Democrats have expressed their support to the governor by paying more than $ 6 million in a week to his campaign in favor of the new California electoral card, which will be the subject of a referendum next November.
Other Democrats are still simply delighted that one of their own finally manages to carve out an enviable place in the attention economy, this market outrageously dominated by Donald Trump since his arrival on the political scene.
And they delight in particular the reaction of Fox News animators with parodies published on the X account associated with Governor Newsom.
Two weights, two measurements
“You have to stop with Twitter,” said host Dana Perino last Monday, serving Gavin Newsom. “If I were his wife, I would say to him:” You ridicule yourself, stop “. “And to add:” He has an important position as governor of California, but if he wants an even more important position, he must be a little more serious. »»
Trace Gallagher, another leader of Fox News, also played the censors.
“I don’t know what he is trying to do, but that seems childish and-you are the governor of the greatest state of the Union-what are you doing?” “He asked.
Like many others, Gavin Newsom did not fail to raise these two weights, two measures.
“If you have reservations about what I publish, you should absolutely worry about what (Donald Trump) publishes as president,” he said at a press conference in Los Angeles.
Insofar as it caught the attention, I am delighted. But I think the fundamental question is: how have we been able to let its tweets in recent years normalize without a similar examination?
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California
That said, not all Democrats rejoice in the enthusiasm aroused by Gavin Newsom within his party. Some recall that ridicule has never killed Donald Trump. Others fear that the Governor of California comes to overshadow his democratic rivals and to take an insurmountable lead in the race for the inauguration of their party for the 2028 presidential election.
This fear is linked to a conviction, which is perhaps wrong: American voters will not want to elect the governor of a state in 2028 whose problems, including a heavy taxation, are no less big than successes.
