Why has Gavin Newsom gone 'dark woke'? The BBC explains

California Governor Gavin Newsom has flipped the script, using social media to come after US President Donald Trump and other political opponents. Newsom's X feed has in recent weeks featured posts in full capitalisation, with AI-generated memes and trolling critics - similar to posts from Trump on Truth Social.

While the posts have won Newsom support from some Democrat voters, Republicans are calling the governor "desperate" and "attention-seeking".

The BBC's Bernd Debusmann takes a deeper dive at the strategy behind the governor's social media posts.

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