Overview

• Newsom unveiled the online Patriot Shop on Aug. 24 with an all-caps X post declaring it open and “the greatest merchandise ever made.”
• The lineup copies MAGA aesthetics with a red cap reading “Newsom was right about everything,” a “Trump is not hot” tank, a “Chosen One” tee, and a $100 “Holy Bible” shown as sold out.
• Newsom said sales quickly topped $100,000, and a spokesperson later told outlets the total surpassed $300,000 in the first 24 hours.
• The site discloses that purchases are donations to his Campaign for Democracy, with fulfillment handled by Texas-based printer Bright Blue Ink.
• The gambit intensifies his public clash with the president over redistricting and prior security deployments, drawing criticism from Fox News hosts and a stated plan by Trump to sue over California’s map proposal.