My God, you are obtuse. We get the joke. It's called mocking. He is taking every demented aspect of Trump that you have celebrated over the last 10 years and is throwing it right back in your face. And you guys are getting your panties in wad because you can't stand it. Have good cry, snowflake.
He's my governor. I dislike him because he's insincere and untrustworthy. This act, like everything else about his, is a performance without principles. But you're a rage bot, so I understand why you'd like him.
Not a rage bot and he's my governor too, thank you, but I'm very upset that our country has taken this disgusting turn. I wish that the old rules and norms still applied, but they don't. Play the game you are in, not the one you want to be in.
Also, how do you suggest that we counter what Trump and his party are doing to this country? Write a strongly worded letter? This strategy, as offensive as it may be, seems to be one of the few that is getting any traction, besides lawsuits.
Gavin Newsom said that he didn't think 25 year old adults should get medical care if they were trans. He's not getting "traction"—he's getting publicity. Fuck him and everyone too blind to see that. bsky.app/profile/govp...
If Newsom wants to be Pritker's asshole hype man clowning on Vance or whoever? Good for him! Maybe he can be made ambassador to a country with an extremely low age of consent. But Newsom should never be anywhere near policy making power again.
You contradict yourself. There are no rules. So instead of playing the Goofy Authoritarian game to get attention for yourself, *actually* fight back. Pritzker just created LGBTQ resources and resisted occupation. Gavin said trans people aren't real and sent CHP to shoot journalists in occupied LA
If there are no rules, why are you bitching about this? Until we can get back to regular order in this country, I'll accept anyone that is willing to fight. I'm not that precious. So how that face looking now that you've cut off your nose?
My face is fine because Newsom isn't my fucking nose. He's just some asshole, and fortunately there's a list of far better, more accomplished, more trustworthy alternatives for the presidential primary in three fucking years. But I give a tip of my hat to this clown's imminent retirement
I'll accept anyone willing to fight. Woulda been nice to have seen some of that *before* Newsom deployed state forces to shoot journalists, but better late than never. But I will *not* hire any fighty creep for a critical administrative role. Let them go fight without being the boss.
I'm actually happy Gavin is being an annoying dipshit back at Trump. I hope it causes an appropriate degree of suffering all around. He's also a fucking snake and will not win the primary, so once he's done playing clown, he can fade away.
Excuse me? First of all, I fucking hate Trump and have mocked him for a decade. Secondly, I also hate Newsom because his POLICIES are shit. I know he pisses off Trump. Great. Who cares? I want a president who give a damn about people; and Newsom doesn’t care anymore than Trump does. Wake up.
Have I at any time said that I want Newsom for president? No. Do I want him rubbing Trump and MAGA's face in it every change he gets? Fuck yes. We need every person we can at the front lines. You can't let your feelings about him get in the way of the larger task.
Also, I read your initial post as a troll post. My apologies for that misread, but my broader point still stands. Trump and his side must go down, and go down hard, as in the ending to the Civil War that we should have had. No one can be free until this scourge is eliminated.
Let's get to the point that we can have elections again. That isn't until 2028. Like I told Zota, stop being so precious. You don't want Newsom for president, then don't vote for him, but we have to get there first. And I never said I want him as president either.
I don't recall you telling me to stop being so precious, but I will certainly say it to you. Stop crying about people being mean to your precious snowflake Gavin. If he's really a big boy politician, he can take what he dishes. If he needs your tossed panties, to defend him… welp.
Whose side are you on? Gavin hurt your feelings and you just can't get over it? JFC! We don't have time for any of your fucking purity tests. Its BS like this that got us into this mess in the first place.
You want to vote against him if/ when he runs for president, that is you right and privilege (for as long as we have them). In the meantime, don't take players off the board when we need all hands on-deck. Trump and MAGA and Heritage/ Project 2025 are the enemy. Focus on the task at hand!
He's my governor. For the next year and a half. Cool that you enjoy his mean tweets. That's fun for you. The dem governors of Illinois and fucking Kentucky have stepped up for trans rights. Other govs doing a better job resisting federal occupation and creating meaningful resources.
If you don't like Gavin Newsom's voters and current constituents picking on him when there is currently zero electoral risk to doing it? Then go have a good cry about it, snowflake.
Are you still talking about an election that is three years away? We don't win wars by only sending the "nice" people to fight. Will you focus on the fight at hand, for fuck's sake? Bringing a pillow to a gunfight is why we've been losing for the last 20 years. Still not crying. Nice try.
The fight at hand is my governor, who is mean tweeting (yay) saying medical care for trans youth should be banned, that trans adults should not be allowed to make their own medical decisions, perusing anti-homeless policies more severe than Trump (boo) He's a problem for me. Right now.
And some of his policies are reversals because he's currently trying to run in that primary three years from now by figuring out which vulnerable people he can use to ~triangulate~ Fuck that. Fuck him. And fuck you for treating this all like a spectator sport while Californians die
We need a GOOD Dem to win. We keep running weak candidates who try to appeal to the right and we keep losing. Newsom is buddying up with Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon! That’s not someone who can lead Dems to an actual win. That’s someone who will betray us for power.
I disagree with that assessment. Speaking with those two knuckleheads was a mistake. I've heard him admit as such. He was trying to navigate this complex landscape that we are in. I think that he's found a better formula. It's rattling their cages.
We need assholes in this war. Macarthur won significant battles in Japan and Korea. Would I want him as president? Hell, no! I still chafe at some of the comments he made as mayor of SF.
Newsom may be in this very same mode, but I want to win this war and make sure that we CAN vote for a president in 2028. Do I hope that there are better Dem candidates than him? Fuck yes! but I will vote for him if the alternative is another MAGA admin. I cannot sacrifice the good for the perfect.
I felt that you deserved a more nuanced response. Please accept it with that intent.
If the choice is between Newsom and another MAGA admin, sure. That choice is in *THREE YEARS*. Why is everyone so intent on whitewashing all of Newsom's MANY problems and settling for him when we have YEARS to find a better candidate?
I agree fighting Trump should be the main priority because he’s a fascist asshole; but we have to pressure Dems to get us a quality candidate. Newsom is great at pissing off Trump; but his policies are ass. We gotta demand better of Dems because I’m sick of losing elections.
Pritzger for pres 2028 (he has the smarts & the money): Newsom for VIP troll. GOP can't tolerate being ridiculed on their own terms.