{"id":2477025,"date":"2025-08-21T06:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T06:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:51:56","slug":"newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom&#8217;s Desperate Meme Act Will Definitely Save Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2477025&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article critiques California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s recent online campaign mocking Donald Trump,describing it as a desperate attempt by Democrats and the mainstream media to revive their faltering political influence. While media outlets like CNN, Politico, MSNBC, and The Hill praise Newsom&#8217;s efforts to &#8220;own the MAGAs&#8221; and redefine Democratic opposition through humor, the author argues that Newsom&#8217;s mimicry of Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >distinctive interaction style falls flat<\/a>. Unlike Trump, who is perceived as being in on the joke and connecting with his audience, Newsom&#8217;s attempts miss the mark because mockery only works when the target is unaware or self-serious-not when imitating prosperous humor.The article further highlights Newsom&#8217;s failures, including his management&#8217;s inadequate response to devastating California wildfires and resistance to federal immigration efforts, portraying these as far more consequential than his meme-making. Ultimately, the piece suggests that despite Newsom&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hypemaster-musk-faces-scrutiny-sec-delivers-another-subpoena-to-tesla-over-elons-social-media-antics\/\" title=\"Hypemaster Musk Faces Scrutiny: SEC Delivers Another Subpoena to Tesla Over Elon&#039;s Social ... Antics\">social media antics<\/a>, his approach is ineffective and embarrassing, and will do little to help Democrats politically.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/5XC6hH7qqT0\" target=\"_blank\">California\/YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/gavin-newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Gavin%20Newsom%E2%80%99s%20Desperate%20Meme%20Act%20Will%20Definitely%20Save%20Democrats&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/gavin-newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Gavin%20Newsom%E2%80%99s%20Desperate%20Meme%20Act%20Will%20Definitely%20Save%20Democrats&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/gavin-newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/gavin-newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Gavin%20Newsom%E2%80%99s%20Desperate%20Meme%20Act%20Will%20Definitely%20Save%20Democrats&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/21\/gavin-newsoms-desperate-meme-act-will-definitely-save-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>MAGA better run and hide. Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom is mocking Donald Trump on the internet! <\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a real narrative that Democrats and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/somebody-tell-susan-glasser-to-sit-back-and-relax-this-time\/\" title=\"Somebody Tell Susan Glasser To Sit Back And Relax This Time\">dying news media<\/a> are trying to push this week in what is another naked attempt at giving that corpse of a political party <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/12\/gavin-newsom-is-the-white-male-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some semblance of life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-906979091\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/19\/politics\/gavin-newsom-2028-democrats-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a>: &ldquo;Gavin Newsom is owning the MAGAs. How far can he take it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2025\/08\/20\/how-gavin-newsom-took-over-your-x-feed-00515786?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=0000014e-f115-dd93-ad7f-f915a6170001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico<\/a>: &ldquo;Newsom is not only getting on Republicans&rsquo; nerves, but potentially redefining how Democrats function as the opposition party in the age of Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/all-in\/watch\/-donald-is-finished-newsom-goes-on-offense-with-trump-mockery-campaign-245323333603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSNBC<\/a>: &ldquo;Newsom goes on offense with Trump mockery campaign&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/5460581-newsom-trolls-trump-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hill<\/a>: &ldquo;Newsom&rsquo;s Trump act wins raves from Democrats&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In case you haven&rsquo;t yet been assaulted by Newsom&rsquo;s social media activity of late, the gist is that he&rsquo;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&rsquo;s applause, it falls flat because Newsom and his legion of unattractive women supporters are incapable of understanding what makes Trump&rsquo;s communication methods compelling.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;re not consumed by irrational bursts of hatred, you get the joke.<\/p>\n<p>Mockery works when it targets the self-serious and unaware. Mockery doesn&rsquo;t work when the target is successful humor itself. That&rsquo;s why imitating Trump is so rarely ever genuinely funny.<\/p>\n<p>Guess what, Democrats. <em>He knows<\/em> he has an alarming comb-over and a fake tan. <em>He knows<\/em> he talks like an infomercial. One of his closest allies is <em>the &ldquo;My Pillow&rdquo; guy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But they think pointing any of that out is a devastating blow to his mystique, a cutting attack to his charisma. Talk about self-serious and unaware.<\/p>\n<p>The media will happily feed that delusion though. Democrat wins are few and far between these days, so we&rsquo;re led to believe Newsom is onto something. Right, and Kamala Harris had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/30\/politics\/american-battleground-kamala-harris-brat-summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a &ldquo;Brat&rdquo; summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom just watched much of his state literally burn as his administration <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/01\/09\/here-are-all-the-ways-dei-crazed-officials-made-the-la-fire-more-deadly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">failed<\/a> to competently respond to raging wildfires that incinerated more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anderson.ucla.edu\/about\/centers\/ucla-anderson-forecast\/economic-impact-los-angeles-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16,000 homes and properties<\/a>. Then, rather than cooperate with the White House on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-dhs-chief-sanctuary-country-orders-ensure-majority-of-illegal-aliens-not-deported\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s DHS Chief: Sanctuary Country Orders Ensure &#039;Majority&#039; of Illegal Aliens Not Deported\">deporting criminal illegal aliens<\/a>, Newsom&rsquo;s state resisted, putting his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/09\/illegal-aliens-violently-rioting-in-l-a-is-the-natural-consequence-of-democrat-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public&rsquo;s safety at risk<\/a>, and he gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ca.gov\/2025\/06\/10\/governor-newsoms-address-to-california-democracy-at-a-crossroads\/#:~:text=The%20founding%20fathers%20did%20not,NOT%20give%20in%20to%20him.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speech<\/a> about saving democracy.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s nothing short of embarrassing. But he&rsquo;s got memes now. He&rsquo;s mocking Trump like we&rsquo;ve never seen before. MAGA won&rsquo;t know what to do.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/california\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">California<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/corporate-media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">corporate media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Gavin Newsom<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/humor\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">humor<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/maga-2\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Maga<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/memes\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">memes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/msnbc\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">MSNBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/politico\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">POlitico<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/the-hill\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">The Hill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit California\/YouTube. 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