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Trump Quadruples Down On the ‘Sombrero Memes’ Battle With Democrats And It’s A Glorious Thing

By POLITICS COMMENTARY

For far too long, the Left has held the whip hand in American politics by controlling the narrative. Their favorite weapon has never been policy or results — it’s been language. They slap labels like “racist,” “bigot,” or the ever-tired “literally Hitler” on anyone who dares to oppose them, and for years, Republicans played along.

President Trump and his movement refused to bend to that game, but the weak-kneed GOP establishment and their media enablers always caved. They tripped over themselves to virtue-signal about “unity,” to wring their hands over Trump being “too divisive,” or to faint dramatically over “mean tweets.” And while they groveled, the Left steamrolled ahead.

It was a charade the country was forced to endure for years — endless lectures about tone while the real fight was ignored.

Here’s the truth: Trump’s genius has always been in how he fights — blending humor, memes, and raw authenticity in a way the Left simply can’t match. Democrats know it works, which is why Gavin Newsom has been flailing around trying to mimic Trump’s online style. The problem? Newsom is a walking cringe reel. He sees a winning formula but doesn’t have the personality or authenticity to pull it off.

That’s the Left’s blind spot: you can’t just slap on a “Trump mask” and expect a movement to form around you. Either you’ve got that natural spark, or you don’t. Newsom — with his slick hair and hollow delivery — doesn’t. The Democrats still haven’t learned that you can’t manufacture sincerity.

Real movements grow organically, from genuine connection to the people. Copycat politics won’t cut it in an era where authenticity is the only currency that matters. And we all know that Trump is the top general in the meme war. It’s in his blood. He gets it.

Yes, he’s obsessed with beating the Left — but unlike them, he does it with a sense of humor. That’s what makes Trump and his movement so different from the angry, perpetually outraged Left. Everyone on our side understands how serious the stakes are, but we also know you can fight hard and still laugh, have fun, and find real joy in the struggle. The so-called “party of joy” on the Left? They can’t even fake it anymore.

Which brings us to the newest battlefield: the sombrero meme. For those who somehow missed it, here’s the backstory. As talk of a government shutdown heated up, Republicans immediately seized the messaging and told the truth — that Democrats were ready to grind Washington to a halt just to hand out free healthcare to illegal immigrants.

Out of that came the now-famous “sombrero meme,” featuring Hakeem Jeffries in an oversized Mexican hat, a perfect symbol of his party’s endless pandering to illegals over Americans.

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Naturally, the only retorts Democrats and the left had when they saw the sombreros were….’RACIST!’ ‘BIGOT!’

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This only made things worse for Democrats. Not only were they stuck owning a shutdown of their own making — driven by their fixation on handing out free healthcare to illegals — but now they were being roasted online, mocked endlessly with sombrero memes and a (hilarious) fake mustache.

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Every counterattack from the Left has fallen flat. They can’t meme, they can’t laugh at themselves, and they certainly can’t take a joke. Just ask Al Franken, who tried to clap back and ended up embarrassing himself instead — proof once again that nothing the Left throws at this is landing:

The Democrat self-owning writes itself. These people are pathetic, and that could be an insult to pathetic people.

JD Vance nailed the “racist” nonsense perfectly… and while he was at it, he put the stuffy, schoolmarm-style propaganda media in their place:

Correct, JD. The American people aren’t stupid; they understand what a joke is.

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