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Unhinged tweets and absurd self-promotion? Two can play at that game | Margaret Sullivan
Just when you thought Donald Trump was parody-proof, Gavin Newsom comes along to prove you wrong.
Unhinged all-caps tweets with nonsensical punctuation? Insulting nicknames for political enemies? Self-promotional merchandise for sale?
This will all sound familiar unless you have been living in a bubble for the past decade. But if the description conjures an orange-toned Republican in a golf cart – a wannabe dictator in a red tie down to his hefty thighs – your system needs an update.
Because it turns out that Trump is not the only one who can play that game.
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