It feels like democrats are trying to join republicans more and more cause they keep “winning.” The reality is that Republicans aren’t simply winning, but they are getting away with abandoning their constituents. Democrats who are in it for nothing but power are seeing this and starting to simply join the side in power. Newsom is no different and I won’t be surprised when he finally swaps colors.
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Yea i've been trying to figure out whats going on with Newsom, but im convinced at this point he's just a power hungery politican running to the winning team. Values as deep as his career will allow.
This would make a great republican campaign slogan. Maybe newsom has a good shot replacing trump
gavin newsom is the embodiment of dem rot
that said, democrats have become incredibly toxic. the purity tests continue to eat them alive. stop participating in garbage.
"Don't be a fascist, rapist, or bigot" isn't a hard test.
if that were it, and 2 out of three of those weren't incredibly subjective then yeah, i'd agree
the reality is much different. you can call anyone anything you want. keep expecting perfection and you will get nothing done. that doesn't mean we need to turn a blind eye to everyone but it does mean that we should maybe chill the fuck out for three seconds and realize human beings have flaws. the ones throwing the most stones are often giving themselves away anyway so keep slangin
that whole "thing" is not only flawed but is a huge reason why we are down so bad. perpetuating that thinking, you can miss me with that shit.
What's subjective about supporting an authoritarian dictatorship, sexual assault, or believing someone is of lesser value because of their demographic?
if thats what you think i'm doing, you might be beyond saving
see the comment by the other user stating "how this actually works" they are completely spot on
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Newsom’s look and mannerisms remind me of Christian Bale from American Psycho. I can easily imagine him as a serial killer if he weren’t getting his rocks off as a politician.
Politics attracts sociopaths and narricists who are only in it for the power. There was a guy named Steve Panky who ran for governor in Idaho a few yeaes ago and he was convicted of stalking and murdering a little girl back in the 80's. He had a decent shot at winning too. If he had won I don't think he would have been convicted.
These motherfuckers will still be chirping about "cancel culture" while hanging from chains in Trump's gulag.
California is full of liberal fash. This dude is the main event.
I fucking hate my state for this shit. Acts like we're better than Texas or Florida but still is proudly bigoted and hates the poor.
Hey california has a super progressive college system. instate tuition at community college 90% paid by the state? Thats like the most based social service in this country. It allowed a poor kid from the midwest like me to pay for college while working at the college.
We can be good, but we have a lot of poverty testing that prohibits others from that same system.
It is generous, and I hope we can keep it that way, but it also is means tested and often sucks people out of higher education. I'm personally a victim of that, with my local community college.
I am however thankful you got something good, and I wish more people could have it.
I went off to college back in the great recession so it really was like the best option i could find. The experience really shaped me as a person and im so greatful i didn't lose my chance at education to poverty in a recession.
I'm sorry to hear they prevented you from that program. No system is without need for reform. Hopefully they can continue to improve the system and make it more inclusive.
Newsom, a Democrat, has attempted a fresh approach to political divisiveness
Seriously? Lurching to the right and courting republican voters is new, is it? Seems to me it's the same shit democrats have been doing for quite some time. Newsom should just get it over with and change parties.
He doesn't need to switch parties though, the leadership is on board with throwing trans women under the bus and approving GOP spending bills.
Yet they can't figure out why the Democrats are considered "toxic" right now, and their ratings are in the shitter.
California isn't loving his schtick. I hope we vote him out in 2026 for governor. We'll see how that works for his presidential asperations. What a moron
He’s term limited so he won’t be running again for Cali anyway
He's setting up a go at the presidency. He knows that the DNC will want him to lean conservative, but he doesn't want to be painted as flip flopping or pandering, so he's leaning into it early. Now when the GOP inevitably calls him a woke far left extremist (or whatever buzz words they're using by that time) he can point back to this period as proof that he's "always been a centrist" who can appeal to non-MAGA conservatives.
Of course, he and the rest of the DNC haven't figured out yet that conservative voters are NEVER going to vote for the LESS conservative party.
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The worst kind of carpetbagger.
Newsom is a part of it, but he's not wrong.
He’s completely misreading WHY Democratic numbers are dropping - it’s not because they’re not working closely enough with Republicans; it’s because they’re not treating them as they have us and blocking every single thing they do!
I used to think he was a viable presidential candidate, and he might still be, for non-MAGA Republicans. He's no longer a viable Democratic candidate, though.
He's a perfect Democratic candidate, and that's the core problem with the party
One year ago I would have agreed. I would have loved to see him with Harris as the VP pick.
And now I just regret ever thinking that.
Harris is incredibly unpopular. She was the most or second most unpopular primary candidate in 2020. There are better picks.
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Katie Porter is running for California Governor
She's pro-Israel. Worth pointing that out. Not sure the government needs more pro-Israel sycophants.
State governor has a lot less influence on federal matters than house and senate.
Here is a summary of her position:
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/18/katie-porter-bilateral-ceasefire-israel-hamas-00132368
I'm not scared of what she would do when in power. But having the opinion matters. It matters. You shouldn't elect people to lead us who don't treat others like humans. Period.
I won't help get her elected for the same reason I won't help get a member of the KKK elected--and if you can't see the parallel there, then I won't help you get elected, either.
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He's a zionist anyway. We're all full up of genocide apologists. He should leave.
Gavin Newsome likes to talk to bigots on his podcast, now wants to call his former party toxic
Is RFK Jr. sharing his alien mind control brain worms with all these other political candidates, or have they always been this garbage?
Gavin is making them even more toxic.
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