MAGA is taking the Gavin Newsom hits hard, according to a Salon writer on Sunday.

Sophia Tesfaye wrote over the weekend a piece called, "Fox News sees the power of Gavin Newsom's trolling," in which the writer discussed how the right-wing network's stars are "fuming."

"Gavin Newsom is winning. By any measure -- the attention economy, donations or algorithmic reach -- the Democratic California governor's response to President Donald Trump's Texas power grab is accomplishing its mission. Trump and his sycophants at Fox News are clearly triggered by the Democrat's incessant trolling," the report states. "Last week, the governor's social media team launched a snippy troll campaign against the White House and its supporters in MAGA media, including Fox News' Dana Perino and Tomi Lahren, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, mimicking Trump's style of capital letters and nicknames. White House communications director Steven Cheung cried that Newsom is a 'coward and Beta Cuck.' Fox News stars clutched their pearls over Newsom's ribbing."

The writer highlighted how Perino responded on Wednesday: "If you're doing this and it's not authentic and you're trying to do somebody else who you say is Hitler and you think that we don't get the joke, oh no, we get the joke, it's just not funny."

According to Tesfaye, "It's the same strange defense deployed by Vice President J.D. Vance during his Wednesday interview with Fox News" when the vice president said, "I think [Newsom's strategy] the fundamental genius of President Trump's political success, which is that he's authentic."

Tesfaye continues:

"It's fascinating to see them all pretend not to get the joke so they don't anger Trump. The president's defenders have to frame Newsom's mimicry as though he means to emulate Trump rather than mock him. But their over-the-top whining belies their true understanding. Newsom is throwing red meat to the resistance while baiting the right. He's learned from Trump, as well as his years engaging with Fox News, that being an internet troll can consolidate media attention without falling into the 'fact-check' trap that has beguiled Democrats for the entirety of the Trump era."

"And enraged Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity, who acknowledged that 'maybe it wins you points with the looney radical base in your party,' and Greg Gutfeld, who spent the week trolling that Newsom's antics are somehow doomed to fail, understand that's why the trolling is funny," the writer added. "Newsom is like the court jester pointing out how stupidly the king is acting. The inability of Trumpists to see it makes it even funnier."

'Clearly triggered': Writer flags 'fuming' MAGA's 'strange defense' against Gavin Newsom