Marc Short: Newsom’s Trump-Style Tweets Is His Way to Separate Himself Inside the Democrat Field

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SHORT: “I‘m not sure that he could, Kate. I think that Donald Trump actually likes having a foil, but I‘m also not sure that‘s what he‘s after. I think in this, he‘s actually separating himself from the ‘28 field this early, and I think that he‘s getting a ton of attention right now. He‘s gaining a lot of followers. And so, for him inside Democrat politics, this plays extremely well. Certainly, Donald Trump is the object of a lot of his tweets, but I think the strategy behind it is really more internal to separate himself inside the Democrat field.”