As Gavin Newsom emerges as President Donald Trump’s chief Democratic antagonist, he has some shocking boosters: white nationalists and the far proper.
And sometimes, Newsom has performed alongside.
Whether or not by way of trolling or in honest flattery, many far-right accounts owned by racists, neo-Nazis and so-called Groypers have posted memes concerning the California governor, who has turn out to be a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.
Most famously, final week, Newsom quote-tweeted a picture from an account known as @YungPut1n that contrasted a younger Vice President JD Vance in his highschool yearbook along with his feminine classmates posing on the urinals versus Newsom with coifed hair and a shawl studying a newspaper.
“I miss that scarf,” Newsom posted.
Some hard-right white nationalists and racist accounts have boosted California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whether or not sincerely or paradoxically. (Getty)
This isn’t the primary time that the far proper has embraced a Democrat.
In 2020, Richard Spencer, the white nationalist, endorsed Joe Biden for the presidency. Additionally it is tough to see if white nationalists are honest of their assist for Newsom or are merely trolling for consideration.
A lot of the trolling surrounds a possible match-up between Vance and Newsom given the actual fact Newsom’s household is white whereas Vance’s spouse Usha is the kid of Indian immigrants and their youngsters are biracial.
X, the social networking website owned by Elon Musk, blew up with a video of Nick Fuentes praising Newsom. That led to Fuentes — a white nationalist who introduced Kanye West to dine with Trump in 2022 — placing out a cleanup video the place he mentioned that he would at all times vote Republican regardless of his disagreements, notably on assist for Israel.
“I’ll by no means vote for a Democrat, I’d by no means take into account it,” he mentioned. “It does not matter how unhealthy the Republican Social gathering abuses me, betrays me. It does not matter that they are owned by Israel. It does not matter that they are owned by Wall Avenue and Silicon Valley. It does not matter that the social gathering is run by girls and Jews and homosexual individuals and atheists.”
On the identical time, he praised a picture exhibiting Newsom and his household in contrast with Vance’s.
“His spouse can also be white,” he mentioned. “She’s tall, she’s good wanting. His youngsters, 4 of them are lovely, they usually’re all white with blue eyes and blonde hair.”
Against this, he mocked Vance’s bodily look.
“He is visibly overweight and really ugly,” he mentioned, trolling the vp’s bodily look the best way Trump trashes Rosie O’Donnell. “Let’s make another observations, his spouse and youngsters are usually not white.”
Different accounts, like Dr. Groyper – which had an avatar of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character who has turn out to be a logo for white nationalists – posted a video of Fuentes fawning over Newsom on the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference.
“Have a look at this Aryan,” Fuentes mentioned. In response, the account mentioned: “We’re voting for Newsom 2028.”
Newsom would probably by no means put on the assist, ironic it could be, with pleasure. Nevertheless it does present how his trolling of Trump has made him unimaginable to keep away from.
