Newsom is just 'name dropping'. He wants so much for ANYONE to get angry at him, just to give him the credibility. "You are defined by who your enemies are" taken to an extreme by Newsom. You will never hear Abbott talking about Newsom. You will never hear Cruz talking about that fake Mexican skateboard guy. You will never hear DeSantis talking about Newsom.
These are people looking to start trouble with people 10 times greater than them, just to get their name on the air and in print. For losers, it is all about publicity. And if they can hang on to the coattails of somebody great, they will do it.
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