Californians Call For #PresidentNewsom on Twitter

CALIFORNIA — #PresidentNewsom was trending Wednesday on Twitter after Californians took to the social media site to commend Gov. Gavin Newsom's response to the new coronavirus pandemic, which has sickened some 16,000 Californians.

The #PresidentNewsom trend comes after #PresidentCuomo trended on Twitter last week, a reference to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Nearly 150,000 people in his state have tested positive for COVID-19.

In California — where there are nearly twice as many registered Democrats as registered Republicans — a recent Microsoft News and Microsoft Research poll found Newsom's approval rating soared to 79 percent, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported last week.

The trend apparently started after Newsom made an appearance on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show Tuesday and gave the public an update on efforts to secure protective gear for workers in California and possibly beyond.

Newsom has served at the helm of the Golden State since 2019.

He first stepped onto the political stage after an appointment to serve as a San Francisco supervisor in 1997. Newsom went on to become mayor of San Francisco in 2004 and served as California's lieutenant governor from 2011 until he replaced former Gov. Jerry Brown after Brown's final term.

See what Twitter had to say here and in Tweets below:

I'm so proud to be a Californian, and to have the leadership of @GavinNewsom. Thank you #PresidentNewsom https://t.co/RCV4W965Lv
— Miss. Bree (@Miss___Bree) April 8, 2020

"Enough of this playing small ball."

THIS is what leadership looks like. I'm so grateful to be a Californian. @GavinNewsom is leveraging CA's buying power to properly supply his state—and possibly others—with desperately-needed masks. I'd vote for #PresidentNewsom https://t.co/EFKEQbGEVu
— Erin Finnegan Really Misses Sports (@eringofinnegan) April 8, 2020

America’s #PresidentNewsom will give his fact-based and comforting #coronavirus update. Thank you for your helpful daily updates @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom! https://t.co/fNBtNsMgHP
— Ann (@AnnStrahm) April 8, 2020

#PresidentNewsom has a nice ring to it! https://t.co/0YCgLpMQJQ
— El George (@SirGeorgeCastro) April 8, 2020

You are a true leader, @GavinNewsom! Thank you for saving California from catastrophe, and for generously offering help to other states. #PresidentNewsom https://t.co/3roXbKBbfj
— Michelle Stevens PhD (@DrMStevens) April 8, 2020

I like this guy. Let’s #CalExit and have #PresidentNewsom . https://t.co/XKPUOVwF9V
— ASHER PHOENIX (@asherkpx) April 8, 2020