Yes. I think that having the Democrats adopting Project 2025 rhetoric and goals would end up worse for my community, because that would mean the end of any reasonable amount of legislative resistance to MAGA attempts to eradicate us. Losing our allies is a death sentence. That's what makes
genocide possible. If Newsom wins over a progressive, the GOP will win, because people who want GOP policies already vote GOP, and people who oppose GOP policies aren't going to vote for a guy who is running on GOP policies. It's literally because the GOP is evil that I don't understand why this
is so hard. Newsom is actively hanging out on GOP pundit media, agreeing with GOP pundits about GOP policy.
He was doing that for months, but I think he sees the writing on the wall, and has stopped it - motivated by opportunism, not justice, of course!
Ok. Has he publicly renounced the positions he held on those shows, and done anything to demonstrate that he's changed his mind BACK to what it was before?
Oh yeah, I believe you’re totally right about that. The Establishment Dems’ centrism seems more mercenary than ideological. They’ve forgotten that the purpose of elections is voting, not fundraising. When we offer a candidate who appeals to lower income voters, we win. To Wall St.? We lose.
And this is why we're campaigning against Newsom NOW. To make it clear years out that he's not an acceptable candidate. Not that it matters, because everyone seems to be responding as though we're already in the general for 2028.
I don’t think he’s had his coronation just yet. His new-found spine is improving his image, but much of that is the novelty of his team’s strategy. We want to see the asshole punch the bully, but that doesn’t mean we LIKE the asshole now.
I hope so.