Gavin Newsom’s Desperate Meme Act Will Definitely Save Democrats
Eddie Scarry
MAGA better run and hide. Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom is mocking Donald Trump on the internet!
That’s a real narrative that Democrats and the dying news media are trying to push this week in what is another naked attempt at giving that corpse of a political party some semblance of life.
CNN: “Gavin Newsom is owning the MAGAs. How far can he take it?”
Politico: “Newsom is not only getting on Republicans’ nerves, but potentially redefining how Democrats function as the opposition party in the age of Trump.”
MSNBC: “Newsom goes on offense with Trump mockery campaign”
The Hill: “Newsom’s Trump act wins raves from Democrats”
In case you haven’t yet been assaulted by Newsom’s social media activity of late, the gist is that he’s recently engaged in that very original form of humor where Democrats imitate the way the president talks and tweets, including the excessive superlatives, idiosyncratic punctuation, and chintzy graphics and videos. And per usual, contrary to the media’s applause, it falls flat because Newsom and his legion of unattractive women supporters are incapable of understanding what makes Trump’s communication methods compelling.
Here’s the secret: Trump is in on the joke. So are his voters. So is anyone who has even the slightest grasp of actual humor. That’s why when he publishes any one of his equally wry and sardonic missives or shares a photo on X of his presidential signature guided by the hand of Christ, it is, for any Democrat reading this, funny. And so long as you’re not consumed by irrational bursts of hatred, you get the joke.
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