Extremist California Gavin Newsom has been trying to gain from the party crisis, appearing on every podcast that will have him, travelling to the early primary state of South Carolina in a move that does nothing to benefit hurting Californians, and pontificating in front of any camera he can find about the dangers Trump poses to Democracy.

Rarely does he mention his horrific record in California, where residents and businesses have been fleeing in historic numbers in recent years and the state’s biggest cities plunge into dystopian scenes of looting, drug use, and homelessness.

Gov. Podcast—er, Newsom—appeared on yet another internet talkfest Friday, this time with Democrat cheerleader Brian Tyler Cohen, and he ramped up his rhetoric to 11 as he vowed to fight his nemesis Donald Trump.

Time to light the torches:

If we want to still be in this game, we need to disabuse ourselves, disenthrall ourselves of the status quo in the past. We have got to enter a new mindset, and we’ve got to get back on this playing field, and we’ve got to do with the kind of vigor that our kids and grandkids deserve, that liberty and freedom deserves [in] this moment. The Founding Fathers deserve, the principles that find the best of Roman Republican and Greek democracy.

Roman Republican and Greek democracy? Is this guy trying to run California, or audition for the debate team?

No more Mr. Nice Guy, the expertly coiffed governor threatened—it’s time to go on offense:

That’s on the line unless we stand the line, and stand guard at this democracy, and that means we got to go an offense. No more defense, go on offense—fight fire with fire.

@CAGovernor Gavin Newsom on redistricting:

“I’m all in. Committed. This is not a bluff”

Democracy is on the line. We’ve got to go on offense. Fight fire with fire. pic.twitter.com/2CVkGvpSrb

— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) July 27, 2025

Longtime political junkies will remember that the media and the Democrats vilified former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s use of a crosshairs image in a campaign website graphic to highlight that she wanted to “target” former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in an election. Giffords was tragically shot (but survived), and although no link between the graphic and the shooting was ever established, the press came very close to outright accusing Palin of causing attempted murder.

And yet here’s Newsom, flat out saying it’s time to fight with fire. His media acolytes will probably laud him as a ”warrior,” because the double standard is truly that bad.

This next part, meanwhile, is open to interpretation: to me, it sure does sound like he’s basically saying he’s running for president without quite using those exact words:

So you asked me, am I in? I’m all in. You ask me, I’m committed, I’m all in, committed and resolved. And so this is not a bluff. This is a moment to be held to a higher level of accountability.

He’s better with words than fellow Californian Kamala Harris—I’ll give him that. The problem he will continue to face, however, is that he is very, very bad with results. I hope he finds that out over and over again when JD Vance or whoever his opponent is, should he run for election, reminds him of that for breakfast, lunch and dinner—and an extra time at dessert for good measure. He has utterly failed California, and the last thing this nation needs is his extremist vision at the pinnacles of power.