Overview
- Newsom posted the clip late Tuesday after polls closed and captioned it, "Now that's what we call a takedown."
- Outlets described the video as an altered WWE-style montage rather than unedited footage.
- Cameos include Barack Obama joining Newsom against President Trump, Hakeem Jeffries facing Mike Johnson, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez striking Tom Homan, and Alex Padilla targeting Stephen Miller.
- The post followed Democratic gains: California's Prop 50 passed by a wide margin, Democrats won the Virginia and New Jersey governorships, and Zohran Mamdani won New York City's mayoralty.
- Coverage framed the clip as consistent with Newsom’s pattern of meme-driven jabs at political rivals and amplified it as a celebratory response to the night's results.