This is why Democrats will keep losing. Newsom stands up for the rich, while Bernie stands up for the rest of us. In the end, the DNC will choose Newsom as their candidate.
...and that's how we'll get JD Vance for president in 2028.
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
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Vance doesn’t have a chance bro, don’t worry about that.
Tucker Carlson and MTG, however…look out for those two. If/when the DNC anoint Newsom, they will join the race to trounce him.
Tucker, maybe, but not MTG. They would never vote for a woman. She might menstruate all over the nukes or something. I forget their exact reasoning.
The DNC can nudge the scales, but ultimately primary voters decide who is the candidate. Gavin Newsom just shot himself in the foot.
As far as I can tell the DNC basically decides who will be on the ballots for the primaries. (It's not directly, but without them a candidate needs to run 50 well funded campaigns simultaneously)
Of course write-ins exist, but are not viable.
Its insane to me that you can look at every democrat primary in my lifetime and come to this conclusion.
If they have a primary, and even then they discriminate against candidates who aren’t part of the establishment.
This is true. But it also means we all need to get our shit together this time, and actually show up.
Because Bernie Sanders is a progressive, and Gavin Newsom is a mainline Democrat. Mainline Democrats are not progressive, and they'll continue to lose because of it.
They're all bark, zero bite
My personal opinion is that these wealthy people are already a drain. They use all of the resources without paying back into the system. Why would anyone care if they leave?
The Billionaire Flight From Wealth Taxes Myth
Digging deeper into the economic literature on whether wealth taxes cause billionaire flight is extensive—and remarkably consistent. Across countries, time periods, data types and research methods: wealthy households are far less mobile than public debate suggests.
Exactly. Make em pay or make em leave. These people dont need to be coddled -- they need to be taxed out of existence
They’re hardly taxed anyway, and for most of them leaving is 100% a bluff. The expense of actually uprooting is enormous for an established titan of industry, as your source alludes to.
Just fucking make them pay taxes already, this is ridiculous.
The expense of actually uprooting is enormous
And even if it wasn't, it would be severely inconvenient. That's a MAJOR dealbreaker for the most pampered group of people in the world.
Does Newsom want to take an L before he's even officially launched his campaign?
I read this as Bernie and Newsom being on the same side against taxing billionaires. Phew! Bernie still one of the few good guys
Newsom tweets a big game but he's just a billionaire cuck like the rest of the neo libs. The alternative to the tax is not no tax, it should be the fucking guillotine.