Ben Shapiro

Here was Gavin Newsom pretending that he is now being victimized by the DOJ.

And so again, this is his routine.

The routine is going to be, he's just like, remember when the Biden DOJ went after Trump?

It's just like that.

Now Gavin Newsom's the victim.

Well, there's only one problem.

Turns out the investigation has nothing to do with Gavin Newsom.

The Daily Wire's Mary Margaret Olihan reports that none of the investigations are into Newsom himself.

One investigation, which began in 2025, is related to his wife and her taxes.

A separate DOJ investigation, which began under the Biden DOJ, involved Newsom's chief of staff.

That investigation involves multiple Newsom staff, according to Mary Margaret.

So he's trying to turn an investigation into his wife's nonprofit, into President Trump is trying to get him.

He is the victim.

I do not think that this is likely to work particularly well for Gavin Newsom.

He's going to need to rally around the flag effect.

I don't think he's going to get one.

Well, one of the things that's very weird is that the president right now is not in high order with the American people.

The polling numbers for Republicans are not very good.

With that said, the Democrats and their midterm lead is significantly lower than 2006 and 2018.

According to Harry Enten, those were the big Democratic waves of the last 20 years or so.