Posted on 12/06/2025 8:50:56 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
“He’s a fighter, that’s what we need!” a top-tier producer, and reliable Dem ATM over the decades, told Deadline of Newsom. “I just wish more Democrats, like Schumer and the leadership (in Congress), would emulate him, not take any sh*t from Trump,” the producer added of Newsom and his Trump 2.0 strategy of throwing punches online and off line at the authoritarian “loser” White House.
With legislation like the January 1 effective ICE unmasking “No Secret Police Act” and his landslide Proposition 50 redistricting victory last month mentioned, admiration for Newsom’s fightin’ ethos is a sentiment echoed throughout town time and time again, we found — and not just by fanboy Bill Maher.
Still, the donor money is there in SoCal.
Even as Trump endlessly teases a Constitution-busting 2028 run of his own, the fatigue and detachment that followed the debacle of the well-financed 2024 campaign has burnt off under the glare of the MAGA administration’s chaotic and often cruel policies since returning to office. The result is the bandwagon effect that helped boost Clinton and Obama in previous cycles is revving up.
“Enthusiasm by L.A. donors is very strong and very encouraging, big checks are being written,” longtime Democratic insider James Costos insists, with a looming big DNC gathering in the City of Angels later this month. “It was a slow build early on as we recovered from the loss in November, but there has been momentum building, No Kings events, legal wins, the Kimmel effect, resistance growing and it’s turning into clear ways to fight back against the administration’s overreach and organize to win in 2026 and 2028,” the former Barack Obama-era ambassador to Spain and HBO exec says.
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