I don't want him for president just for Trump trolling.

It’s all about the redistricting - Yes on 50!

unfortunately most of the other commenters here have different intentions

You want homeless people to live in disease and addiction infested filthy encampments and never stay in treatment. Enough.

Is that why he’s spent 30B in four years housing the unhomed? Go take the lies back to X. 🙄

i do agree but the left needs to unify in order to get power comparable to the right's unity

a guy who has already thrown a good chunk of dem-leaning voters under the bus doesn’t seem like the most unifying candidate

How so? Give details. Pootiebot

please see the replies others have given re: his actions on homelessness, trans rights, and Palestine. And maybe consider putting some of the energy you spend defending Newsom into finding a better candidate. We tried this approach before with Clinton and Harris - look how that went.

and the dnc is going to push gavin newsom no matter what most probably so we have to line behind him even if we don't like him, thats what the right did and they got a dictator in office

Sure. He ain’t a saint. But he’s effective in rallying people against Trump better than most Dems and that’s what matters most.

thats all you guys ever say and its never true lol

"Well, at least he says Trump is a bad guy." Like why can't we just be able to back good people as politicians???

Look, I love Bernie. But I can’t not enjoy Newsom trolling the 🍊💩. Anyway, I live in the UK so it doesn’t matter

well i lived in california under newsom and any californian can tell you that he fucking sucks

You are obviously a MAGA troll and probably cannot even find California on a map

Yet you support a pedo. You’re the type who lets the predator back in the house after he’s touched the kids. Sicko.

why do you think that?

Yeah, he’s entertaining for the time being but also a piece of shit

Your ilk have reminded everyone about that a million times so far, but, I'm sure there might still be someone that hasn't heard.

you’re right. im shouting into the void. i always forget this is the same party

If he gives Trump an aneurysm he will have done something right.

keep that bar low 👍

I’m not saying he’s forgiven for everything bad he’s ever done, that’s why I said he would’ve done ONE thing right.

I guess I wrote something instead of one thing, but yeah.

understood apologies for my snark

No worries, I’m sure you meant well.

Oh dear... A view from the Old Continent. You – the United States of America – are currently suffering from a devastating oligarchy with a demented Putin puppet in the WH. And then there's the governor of California, fighting this evil by making jokes about it. And all you do is whataboutism? WTF!

whataboutism is fake, sorry

“Whataboutism” is a word in the dictionary. If you read one, you’d know that.

In your opinion. And your opinion is everything to you. So be it. You don't have to understand the whole picture.

She's probably a Republican operative.

Yes, maybe. There will be no cure for the loss of freedom and democracy as long as the oligarchs can maintain tribal habits and division in the "United" States. #FightOligarchy #DefendDemocracy #UnitedWeStand

why you guys talk like movie villains

Why do you sound like a bot?

oh damn im defeated! meanwhile heres your hero www.gov.ca.gov/2025/08/29/g...

Accelerate care? How dastardly devious!

Literally not a whataboutism, by definition. The solution to right wing problems isn't to start backing the Democrat who decided to move more right-wing. We don't solve fascism with diet fascism.

And trans people, and Palestinians.

BS. Trans in women’s sports in unfair and silly. Enough of the extremism.

That’s just not true—Newsom has openly supported LGBTQ+ rights for years, signing protections for transgender people into law, and he’s called for peace and humanitarian aid in Palestine.

certified ghoul

And yet infinitely better than Trump.

He really isn't. He's just a Trump that plays for your blue sports team instead of the red sports team.

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read this week, and I’ve read some WH press releases.

And that's why you'll very likely end up buying all the campaign merch that Newsom inevitably starts releasing to "Own the MAGAs"

Hehe. You fool.

Thank you for saying I'm absolutely right about you.

You don’t know sh!t about me, and a lot of other things.

Though I'm pretty sure I nailed that one thing about you though

Newsom's policies include persecuting the homeless, 'predictive policing', vilifying transpeople, platforming the architects of the current fascist state and supporting the genocide in Gaza.

And opposing Trump. I suppose you’re against that, too.

He's a political opportunist using gimmicks to win over rubes. You can't oppose fascism when you're happily platforming Kirk and Bannon on your podcast, and then going on another MAGA podcast to state that you agree completely with their stance on trans rights.

Yes he’s a political opportunist—he’s a politician. And yes you can oppose fascism after all those stupid actions — he is. In real time. More than any other democratic leader. And it is needed. So aim your fire at the existential threat and not the guy who is actually standing up.

Pritzker is providing a masterclass in opposing fascism. Newsom is providing a platform to the architects of fascism, and polls terribly against Trump and dozens of other Dems. Your approach to politics is what got us here.

Not really actually. Fascism is bad when it comes from Trump or Newsom.

That's a low bar not necessarily worthy of praise

Certified ghoul might be a tad hyperbolic as well.

ktla.com/news/califor... ghoul behavior

no it wasnt

I wouldn’t vote for him in the primary. I would vote for him against Vance. And you?

If we have the misfortune of being stuck with gavin at the next pres election, he would simply be benefiting from my vote against what ever deranged ghoul the GOP is trying to force on us next. But it wouldn't be a vote 'FOR' him.

I'd like to hope someday I'd get to actually feel like I voted for someone, instead of only ever feeling like I'm voting against someone since I been of voting age since Obama vs Romney.

It’s not hyperbolic at all. Newsom is a bigot and a fascist.

A fascist? How do you defend that claim. He’s a political opportunist, which is a misdemeanor compared to fascism.

If a politician collaborates with fascists, he is indistinguishable from a fascist. Newsom has proven he's on Israel's side as they massacre Palestinians and is happy to persecute transpeople and the homeless. Whether he's into palingenetic ultranationalism remains to be seen.

And yet he is provoking the fascist. Must be confusing in a world of no nuance.

I think his contempt for the homeless, trans community, and Palestinians is ghoulish, personally. Obviously hyperbolic as ghouls are a concept in fantasy.

And…….

We should aspire for more than just "better than Trump"

Someone who will appoint Ketanji Jackson, not Kavanaugh.

Find someone else.

Yeah you get it 👍