Wes Moore follows Gavin Newsom's playbook against Trump

Wes Moore has ramped up his anti-Trump social media strategy and floated redistricting in Maryland as he ponders a 2028 White House bid. Even so, the up-and-coming Democrat remains in Gavin Newsom’s shadow.

The Maryland governor recently lampooned Donald Trump as “President Bone Spurs” — following Newsom’s all-caps tweets mimicking Trump’s signature Truth Social style. Moore says Maryland is open to redistricting to respond to a red state ambush, but any effort in his state has yet to take off while Newsom is leading California in an aggressive remapping push. Moore’s even trailing his West Coast counterpart in receiving Trump’s ire: The president’s threats to deploy the National Guard to Baltimore comes months after he stationed them in Los Angeles, lending to Newsom’s growing star power.

And just this week, Newsom again commandeered the spotlight, warning in an interview with POLITICO that Trump is driving the country toward authoritarianism, saying, “I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election.”

It all amounts to a challenge for the 46-year-old first-term governor to find a way to stand out in what will be a crowded field of White House hopefuls, while still tending to the responsibilities of running his state as he seeks reelection. And it raises the question of whether Moore is willing to deploy the same street-fighting tactics needed to take on Trump — and the rest of the field in 2028.

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