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Bad Timing: California Gov. Gavin Newsom Ratchets Up Feud With Joe Rogan as Republicans Lead the Field to Replace Him
So, in case you haven’t been following California Gov. Gavin Newsom — and heaven knows, you should try to avoid it if you can until he starts running for president in earnest — he’s still doing that whole impersonating-Donald-Trump-on-social-media thing where he writes posts all in caps like a smart aleck.
Someone on his campaign staff thinks it’s funny. I’m assuming Newsom must be in on it, even though he’s told us he can’t really read. (Another real thing that’s happened these past few months in Newsom-dom, for those of you who can avoid Patrick Bateman: He’s assured us he can’t actually read a speech because of his dyslexia. This was supposed to make him relatable to black voters. Seriously.)
There are probably a few liberals with dim senses of humor who still get a giggle out of it. The rest of us find it tiresome.
Well, whatever. This usually isn’t a problem for anyone except those who get fed this idiot-bait by the algorithm so that we can be assured Newsom’s social media team is still playing that one note. However, it becomes a little more problematic when 1) Newsom is picking a fight with the most important podcaster in America and 2) he’s doing it at the same time he’s not only soft-launching his presidential campaign, but where the gubernatorial campaign in his state might go so sideways that a Democrat doesn’t end up in the general election.
In yet another all-caps pseudo-Trumpian rant, one of Newsom’s team responded to Joe Rogan calling Newsom a........