California Governor Gavin Newsom has faced a challenging period recently, with speculation swirling about a potential presidential bid despite significant setbacks under his leadership. His administration has been marked by several high-profile issues including a costly high-speed rail project that remains incomplete, the nation’s highest homeless population, an outflow of both residents and businesses, and minimal recovery efforts following the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in 2025.

These are just a few of the hurdles.

Instead of confronting California’s pressing problems, Newsom opted to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, seemingly aspiring to a role on the global stage. During this event, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a scathing critique of Newsom’s governance, highlighting the governor’s missteps in managing the state.

Newsom’s troubles compounded when he was barred from delivering his planned speech at the USA House pavilion in Davos. Instead, he found himself in the audience as President Donald Trump addressed the gathering, reinforcing his leadership of the United States and asserting the nation’s continued economic and military strength.

OUCH: Watch: Bessent Eviscerates Newsom in Savage Davos Take-Down – ‘Patrick Bateman Meets Sparkle Beach Ken’

OUCH: Watch: Bessent Eviscerates Newsom in Savage Davos Take-Down – ‘Patrick Bateman Meets Sparkle Beach Ken’

Fresh Humiliation for Gavin Newsom As He’s Barred From USA House Pavilion in Davos

Now that Davos is over, Newsom has some new mockery to contend with: street art titled “Comrade Newsom” showing him in communist gear. Fits pretty well, no?

🚨 ‘Comrade Newsom’s Invisible Coup’ street art just dropped in LA & Sacramento, hammer & sickle vibes, ballot babies, and Gavin in full commie cosplay.

California’s turning into a Soviet theme park and the locals are NOT having it. pic.twitter.com/K0xO5boreu

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 26, 2026

Did the new book, The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon, by investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, inspire the art?

The street art appears to hit many of the bombshell themes in Schweizer’s book, now the #1 book on Amazon, from the “Manchurian Generation” of more than one million Chinese with U.S. citizenship who grew up in communist China and could be eligible to vote in the 2030 American elections to the thousands of Chinese pilots sent to the U.S. and taught to fly. 

Online sleuths suspect the work might be the legendary street artist Sabo, whom RedState has reported on before. He’s put up some pretty funny — but right on the mark — material before:

This series is devastating. pic.twitter.com/vZgnZF0FrW

— Roxanne Hoge (@RoxanneHoge) June 14, 2024

TOO GOOD: Street Artist Sabo Mocks Biden and Amal and George Clooney on the Eve of a California Democrat Fundraiser

SAVAGE: Gonzo Street Artist Strikes at Hollywood Again, Just in Time for the Oscars

I often think that humor is one of the best political weapons there is, because if it’s good, it can expose the foibles of some of our worst politicians in an image instead of hundreds of words (not that I’m opposed to words, too — they work hand in hand).

Images like this remind us of when Newsom basically admitted in 2023 that he only cleaned up the famously disgusting streets of San Francisco because Chinese President Xi Jinping was coming to town. (They soon went back to their normal gross, dangerous conditions).

If this does turn out to be Sabo’s handiwork, I hope there’s plenty more coming.

Editor’s Note: Gavin Newsom wants to turn America into one big version of California – a failed, overtaxed, dystopian nightmare.