WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Independence Day Florida ad has vaulted him deep into the national conversation about the 2024 presidential race as Democrats on social media hail him as a tell-it-like-it-is stalwart.
“If the goal was to get folks talking about Newsom and to praise his aggressive stance on the GOP — it worked,” said California Democratic consultant Andrew Acosta, who cited widespread praise on social media for the gambit.
The ad, which slammed former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, also had another national effect: It stirred the country’s powerful network of Republican critics.
