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Reddit just called me a Republican plant for not liking newsom. Before the primaries have even started. Pisses me off
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Perhaps. But I'd rather have this guy than a pedophile rapist.
The USA does not need a progressive rn. It needs someone who can stop the fascists. Newsom has the best chances of doing that.
This sort of dipshittery is exactly why the democratic party keeps trotting out center-right nobodies that fail to energize their base, and why actual progressives like Mamdani are doing so well despite widespread attempts by the left AND right to pretend he's not.
To be as polite as possible on the matter? Shut the fuck up, and take your lies elsewhere.
And Newsom is stopping them by?
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He threw Trans people under the bus. He can fuck right off.
If you want someone better then they need to elevate their profile by being as openly defiant and pissed at Trump like he is. I don't care if Newsom's acting insincere he's at least doing something to push back instead of writing another strongly worded letter. For the meanwhile stop letting perfect be the enemy of good.
CLOSE ENOUGH. for fuck’s sake if you wait for perfect you’ll get stuck with shit like trump again.
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Leadership will pick the least objectionable neolib to promote the shit out of, and they'll end up gambling - again - that voters care more about sticking it to Trump than achieving real relief from our capitalistic hellscape.
Newsom's only redeeming qualoty is his ability to get under Trump's skin. Literally everything else is focus-group tested neo-liberalism.
Early to be predicting anything but dems are fucked if Newsom is gonna be their guy.
Don't care. Way better than fascism and besides, the tweets are hilarious.
Can't trust anything written by prager
Prager? Is that the Prager U guy?
No.
As a Californian, Newsom is just the other side of Trump's coin. He has no principles. He puts his finger in the wind before he does anything. I'd vote for literally any other Democrat first. It's not about him being a Progressive or not. It's that he'd pursue literally any position if it was advantageous to him, including hard right ones.
Backing big oil list my vote