Forget the high road: Newsom takes the fight to Trump and his allies

[Zorro]

In a common insult the Trump administration uses against dissidents of federal policy, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called a California judge a “communist” after she blocked roving immigration arrests based on race alone.

The MAGA-embraced epithet from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s official press office in response, however, was hardly typical for a Democratic politician.

“This fascist cuck in DC continues his assault on democracy and the Constitution, and his attempt to replace the sovereignty of the people with autocracy,” the California governor’s office posted on social media. “Sorry the Constitution hurt your feelings, Stephen. Cry harder.”

Popular among the far right and the gutters of social media, the term is used to insult liberals as weak and is also short for “cuckold,” which refers to the husband of an unfaithful wife.

The low blow sanctioned by a potential 2028 presidential candidate set a new paradigm for the political left that has long embraced Michelle Obama’s “when they go low, we go high” motto to rise above the callousness of Trump and his acolytes.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-20/newsom-more-aggressive-social-media-stance-trump

[bucolic_frolic]

1. When looking back, that may well be a turning point.

Shove it right back in their little fascist faces.

[CrispyQ]

2. Good for Newsom!!!

It's way past time for the dems to exchange the kid gloves for boxing gloves. 🥊🥊

"Cry harder!" 📣 Maybe that should be the dems battle cry for 2026.

[CousinIT]

3. Dem electeds and the party do not want to or maybe don't know how to..

....do offense. They're still way too polite.

[Linda ladeewolf]

4. We democrats have tried political correctness for so long.

Any attempt at fighting dirty should be encouraged, we must show people that we have as much sand as they do.