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Gavin Newsom has memes and dunks, but does he have anything else?

The California governor has received a lot of attention lately for adopting a new persona as the most prominent troll of President Donald Trump and Republicans. Some news outlets have called this his “dark woke” pivot , noting that he’s using Trump’s tactics against him.

This is certainly boosting the profile of a man who very obviously wants nothing more than to be the Democrat 2028 presidential frontrunner. But is it working?

My colleague, Tony Kinnett, noted on our daily podcast “Top News in 10,” that Newsom has certainly attracted a lot of attention lately with his aggressive social media strategy. Kinnett said that on X Newsom is “up 450% in terms of the number of followers since mid-June” a

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