As 'Edgy' As a Butterknife: Axios Goes to Bat for Gavin Newsom's New Trump Resistance

Gavin Newsom is clearly eyeing an upgrade from the California Governor's mansion. He's laying the groundwork for his 2028 presidential campaign, and the central plank of his platform is: 'ORANGE MAN BAD' and 'RESIST!'

It's a misguided strategy at best, because a) Donald Trump isn't running again in 2028 and b) the way Gavin Newsom is going about this is, in a word, cringey.

But here's Axios, going to bat for ol' Governor Smarmy and his new approach to attacking President Trump:

Gavin Newsom and his team have used online trolling, meme wars, mocking TikTok videos, insults such as "cuck," and even a lawsuit against Fox News — to create an edgy resistance against Trump. https://t.co/N8kn8HpBYX
— Axios (@axios) July 18, 2025

Does Axios know what 'edgy' means?

Here's more on this 'strategy' from Axios:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently shook up his communications team, and now the outspoken Democrat is turning many of Donald Trump's brash political tactics against the president himself.
Newsom and his team have used online trolling, meme wars, mocking TikTok videos, insults such as "cuck," and even a lawsuit against a media company — in this case, one accusing Fox News of misleading reporting — to create an edgy resistance.
Why it matters: In the lead-up to a potential 2028 presidential campaign, Newsom is essentially acknowledging that many of Trump's tactics are effective — and he's betting they can help Democrats reach more voters in the attention economy.

Newsom remains coy about a White House run, but he's increasingly acting and sounding like a candidate.
He's also sat for lengthy podcast interviews with conservative figures, and last week made a trip to the early primary state of South Carolina.

If only he and his team worked as hard at making California an actual functioning state. Of course if this is them doing their best at “edgy memes” then I doubt they’d be able to govern effectively even if they bothered to try. https://t.co/bYm8wxYBZF pic.twitter.com/B86qsSjJyH
— Aleph Null (@The_AlephNull) July 18, 2025

They haven't bothered to try governing, and they never real.

Most of what I see of the new Gavin Newsom Twitter brand is attacking reality TV stars who are upset Democrats let their homes burn down and are now ALSO upset Gavin Newsom won’t let them rebuild. https://t.co/f3UMltEvom pic.twitter.com/KtEQB8Ugrx
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) July 18, 2025

Gavin is banking on those stars still voting for him, even after he's abused them.

He's probably right, alas.

When the job is just a launchpad, the fallout lands on us. https://t.co/Zt13s9uLrq pic.twitter.com/KiYFHkeVjy
— George Andrews (@GeorgeAndrewsCA) July 18, 2025

Newsom is hoping to be POTUS before the day of reckoning hits California.

"Edgy"

Yeah, that's it. https://t.co/Odm70PylEN
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) July 18, 2025

Run with this, Gavin.

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