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Why Democrats Keep Losing to Trump — and How Newsom Could Change That

Democrats cannot beat Trump with facts alone. Newsom shows fight, but must back his insults with bold action to protect the vulnerable.

“You have an incompetent governor in California. Gavin. I know him very well…He’s a nice guy, looks good…He’s got some strange hand action going on.”

– Donald Trump

“You really want to have the conversation about hands?”

– Gavin Newsom

I first broke with the Democratic Party during the Clinton presidency, when five Democrats joined Republicans in impeaching him over a lie about an adulterous sex act. This was not a “high crime or misdemeanor;” it was revenge for forcing Nixon to resign. Watching Democrats fail to stand together, I changed my party registration in protest.

My frustration had been building for a while. Republicans had long understood how to weaponize emotion — fear, anger, identity — while Democrats clung to an approach that was heavy on facts but uninspiring. In…