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Newsom mocks Trump's social media in a flurry of redistricting posts
Writing posts in President Trump 's signature all-caps style, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is using the nationwide redistricting battle to satirize the president's communications.
Why it matters: Newsom has made trolling Trump a deliberate part of his strategy for opposing the president, who is pushing red states like Texas to draw new congressional boundaries early to shore up Republicans' odds of holding the House in the midterms.
Democratic governors like Newsom are threatening to respond with new maps of their own.
What he's saying:"I'm just following his example," Newsom told reporters Thursday. "If you have issues with what I'm putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he's putting out as president."
"To the extent it's gotten some attention, I'm pleased, but I think the deeper question is how have we allowed the normalization of his tweets, Truth Social posts over the course of the last many years, to go without similar scrutiny and notice?"
Driving the news: Newsom's posts are being shared from his press office's account. Many are signed with "GCN," a riff off of Trump's "DJT" signature.
The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
Case in point: "DONALD IS FINISHED — HE IS NO LONGER 'HOT,'" Newsom's officewrote in Thursday post. "FIRST THE HANDS (SO TINY) AND NOW ME — GAVIN C. NEWSOM — HAVE TAKEN AWAY HIS 'STEP.' MANY ARE SAYING HE CAN'T EVEN DO THE 'BIG STAIRS' ON AIR FORCE ONE ANYMORE — USES THE LITTLE BABY STAIRS NOW."
In a Wednesday post, the governor's office said the announcement of California's proposed new congressional maps would be "LIBERATION DAY FOR AMERICA," a term Trump has repeatedly used.
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