Newsom and his team have successfully tapped into the need that many rank-and-file Democrats have for adopting a confrontational approach to Trump and his policies. But few people outside of California know much about the governor’s actual record — and many Democratic voters will be turned off to learn that his fervent opposition to a billionaire tax is part of an overall political approach that has trended more and more corporate-friendly.
A year ago, Newsom sent about 100 leaders of California-based companies a prepaid cell phone “programmed with Newsom’s digits and accompanied by notes from the governor himself,” POLITICO reported. One note to the CEO of a big tech corporation said, “If you ever need anything, I’m a phone call away.” While pandering to business elites, Newsom has slashed budgets to assist the poor and near-poor with healthcare, housing and food – in a state where seven million live under the official poverty line and child poverty rates are the highest in the nation.
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“Governor Newsom’s reluctance to propose meaningful revenue solutions to help blunt the harm of federal cuts undermines his posture to counter the Trump administration.” The statement said that the proposed budget “will leave many Californians without food assistance and healthcare coverage.”
So far, key facts about Newsom’s policy priorities have scarcely gone beyond California’s borders. “National media have focused on Newsom as a personality and potential White House candidate and have almost completely ignored what he has and has not done as a governor,” said columnist Dan Walters, whose five decades covering California politics included 33 years at the Sacramento Bee. “It’s a perpetual failing of national political media to be more interested in image and gamesmanship rather than actual actions, the sizzle rather than the steak, and Newsom is very adept at exploiting that tendency.”
Also see https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/10/gavin-newsom-presidential-candidate-democrats
Like Trump, Newsom breaks promises, serves billionaire interests and mistakes social media theatrics for leadership. Is that really what American voters will want in 2028? After Richard Nixon, Americans chose Jimmy Carter. After George W Bush, they chose Barack Obama. After Trump, they’ll likely want change – authentic, strong, moral leadership, a leader with competence and vision.
We already have Trump 2.0
I think they mean whoever the next fascist is to become President once Trump is gone.
The shitlibs are desperate for the next fascist to be Newsom. If he won, then after his one and only disastrous term, we will get full blown Handmaids Tale in retaliation. If he loses — which is more likely — we just go straight to Handmaids Tale.
The only way this cycle is broken is by filling government with leftist reformationists and aggressively hunting and punishing every last Republican nazi. If a candidate isn’t a member of the DSA or something similar, they must be crushed by any and all means.
I have to assume at this point that anyone defending Newsom as a viable, reasonable candidate is a foreign agent.
Unless you're referring to conspiracy theories about being replaced by a clone, in pretty sure it's still the same guy
yes, trump 2.0 usually refers to this being his 2nd term. lets stray in reality please, its bad enough with out adding conspiracy theories.
Trump is still Trump, he has a second term, but he is still the same trump. No one calls the same person in their 2nd term "2.0" Trump 2.0 will be whoever the person that replaces Trump will be. He'll be younger, and possibly more dangerous.