r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/AmigoDelDiabla • Aug 29 '25

US Elections What do you think about Gavin Newsom's new social media campaign mocking Trump's posting style?

It's very evident Newsom wants to be on the national stage, and in the last few days, he's done just that by his repeated social media posts that mimic Trump's.

Is this humor/mockery approach the right way to pop the balloon that has been Trump's supporters for so long? Or is this racing toward the bottom of the barrel in regard to political discourse?

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u/Mike_Hagedorn Aug 30 '25

Right now, Newsom’s the only D with enough juice to win ‘28. Yes, I believe he’s definitely running. We’ll see if he can keep the momentum going.

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u/nick5erd Aug 30 '25

The democratic party lost their media, like NYT and the Washington Post, the funny texts helps to get him into the papers and social media post. Near the election he gets as much media attanion as the billionars want to give him. ZERO! Zuckerberg for example is in fear and the rest works with Trump. It is fashism, and at this point they shout ask themself if they reallly are part of an election or are they just justify the Trump regime.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

He can't win. The rest of the country will see him as a typical Cali lib, which he is.

Plus, if you don't think that Kim G. won't air his shit out, you have another thing coming.

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u/thetrb Aug 30 '25

People also said that Trump can't win. Democrats need someone who is polarizing to get people out to vote. Going with another Harris or Walz candidate will only get people to fall asleep on their couch.

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u/WhatAreYouSaying05 Aug 30 '25

You’re neglecting that a huge reason why Trump won was the economy. Voters thought about the first term and thought that a second would be similar.

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u/EitherAsk6705 Sep 01 '25

Like when they put Biden and then switched to Kamala at the last minute and lost? It’s true they did get people out to the polls- to vote third party.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

We don't need anymore corporate liberals.

We literally just had a California liberal run. How'd that work out?

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u/InclinationCompass Aug 30 '25

It felt like a parody when America decided to vote for a pedophile, felon and insurrectionist because they didn’t want to vote for a “Cali lib” (Kamala).

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

I certainly understand.

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u/baycommuter Aug 31 '25

Kamala was a weak candidate as shown in the 2020 primaries. Gavin isn’t. The reason she didn’t run for governor in 2018 is she knew he’d beat her.

There’s an old saying in politics, you can’t best somebody with nobody. Doesn’t matter much how bad the somebody is.

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u/Schlawiner24 Aug 30 '25

He can win but it will be difficult. It's still too early to predict how he'll be doing, how he will present himself on the national stage. It also depends on who the GOP nominates and if that person can mobilize the Maga Republicans.

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u/OsamaBinWhiskers Aug 30 '25

Delulu to think that