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Posted on 06/10/2025 7:15:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has found himself in the center of the internet’s spotlight after squaring off with President Donald Trump on social media over the deployment of military troops to counter protesters in Los Angeles.
While police deployed tear gas and shot at protesters in Los Angeles with rubber bullets on Monday, Newsom shared a screenshot on TikTok of a Washington Post headline reporting that California would sue Trump over the National Guard’s presence, paired with a trending sound sampled from the movie “Mean Girls.” The video was captioned “We will not stand while Donald Trump illegally federalizes the National Guard” and was liked more than 255,000 times.
In another video, posted Friday to X, Newsom talks right into a phone camera with the attached message: “Let’s do a simple Econ 101 lesson for @realDonaldTrump.” That post grabbed 1.7 million views.
Newsom’s clapbacks catapulted to meme status as posters on the left and the right devoured each new beat in the Newsom-Trump showdown. During the back-and-forth, Newsom grew his TikTok following by almost 50 percent, to 897,000 as of Tuesday, and gained 60,000 new followers on X.
While Newsom didn’t ask for the military response in L.A. that ignited tension with the president over the weekend, he responded to the sudden attention with internet-savvy posts that borrow strategies from professional creators, such as speaking straight to camera, shooting vertically and using trending sounds on TikTok to reach more viewers. Audiences responded with Newsom-related memes of their own, introducing his political persona to throngs of young people online.
In a political economy that’s increasingly beholden to the incentives and payoffs of social media, political experts say Newsom’s online strategy could rally support for his position on the L.A. protests and bolster his profile among younger, more online voters.
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Newsome, sit down and shut up while you still can. You’re going to start a war. You will get the blame.
I don’t see a legal basis to do so, unfortunately.
Astroturf support for Navin.
Even MSM polls show Americans support president Trump’s policies.
In a CBS News/YouGov poll conducted June 4-6, 54% of Americans said they approved of Trump’s deporation policy, and 50% approved of how he’s handling immigration.
OMG he’s achcually looking at the camera in vertical mode what a BOSS
NewScum might just end up on the terrorist watch list. He should be informed that given his anti-federal policies and his personal war with Trump, that he has no right to privacy as government leader suspected of being involved in acts of rebellion, treson and harboring illegal people stealing from the US citizens by their illegal presence.
“In a political economy that’s increasingly beholden to the incentives and payoffs of social media, political experts say Newsom’s online strategy could rally support for his position on the L.A. protests and bolster his profile among younger, more online voters.”
meanwhile the biggest city in his state is burning to the ground, again, as people loot stores....
yeh WaComPost- keep relying on this type of BS to prop up your failed rat politicians...
We want the invaders gone.
We would like them to leave on their own.
Why bother he is a prisoner in his own state. Gavin walk to your City hall in LA. I dare you. alone.
“people loot stores”
LA retail was already in a sad state between tents and Amazon.
Wonder what social media sites will be available in the 15-minute cities the elites have in store for these idiots.
That’s his standard line at the gay bar.
He federalized the national guard yrs ago for Covid vaccines
LMAO
being associated with being on the side of the illegal alien murderers is not going to help Gavin.
Newscum entered the meme war and promptly stepped on his own d!@k.
Just ignore the little twerp.
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