Just a few months ago, the X account run by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office was pushing out anodyne content that was barely noticed in the social media landscape.

It touted Mr. Newsom’s effort to improve vocational education in California. It announced that a new steel mill was breaking ground. It assured Californians that the state was preparing for incoming winter storms.

It was official, routine and easily overlooked. In other words, as President Trump might say, SAD!

No more. Last week, the account morphed into a Democratic imitation of Mr. Trump’s Truth Social musings, hyping Mr. Newsom as “AMERICA’S MOST FAVORITE GOVERNOR.”

Dismissive nicknames, grandstanding boasts and long, winding tangents ARE WRITTEN IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. They are peppered with an inordinate number of exclamation points!!!

Perhaps most strikingly, the posts have been written in a scathing tone and at times have been intentionally offensive.