He ran TV ads taunting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and raised billboards in seven states telling women that California would defend their access to abortion.
He lashed out at fellow Democrats for being insufficiently incandescent in their rage over the Supreme Court's impending reversal of Roe v. Wade. "Where the hell is my party?" Gavin Newsom demanded.
Then, just last week, California's gallivanting governor announced the formation of a nationally focused political action committee, accompanied by all the trappings of a budding White House bid:
