may be wrong, but I see people "obsessed" with any direct and pointed response to trump's bs not with newsom

This is why I always add a disclaimer that my approval of a particular statement or action by Gavin Newsom does not equate to supporting him in the 2028 primaries. And yet I inevitably get accused of the latter anyway, as if context couldn't possibly exist. Curious!

Y'all are still normalizing him and his views. Giving him free time promotion. He's Blue Trump. Fascist bullshit deserves to get called out for what it is regardless of which team it's from.

You don't need to waste your time on us'all. Brian Tyler Cohen has several means of contact, if you want to flesh out the argument that he's doing resistance to Trump wrong.

What’s sad is that people like you don’t realize we don’t have the luxury of a purity test at this moment. ANYONE who defies and challenges mango Mussolini should be encouraged.

There's a gulf of difference between defying authoritarianism and this BlueMAGA hero worship of a guy who treats the homeless the same way Trump does.

A) No one is worshipping Newsom. I don’t even like Newsom, but I appreciate the effort and I’ll support the effort. B) We are at the point where if Trump is allowed to continue there won’t be any voting and we’ll have military crushing anyone who dares speak. Newsom is no where close to the same

Look at the OPs bluesky timeline. It's all been astroturfed posts about Newsom for days on end, as though it's a paid advertisement.

Everyone is excited for good reason. The vast majority of the Dems have been doormats and it’s exciting to finally have someone in power stand up to the idiot in charge.

Lmfao

It’s people like you and the guy you reposted why Kamala lost and we’re stuck with Trump. She wasn’t pro Palestine enough so can’t vote for her. Newsom isn’t even running, but still you have to oppose the effort. Don’t bother responding. I’ve muted you. Y’all are the flip side of MAGA.

I voted blue, but you're still blaming the election on me. Just like you're going to blame the next election on people like me when the real issue is that you're supporting deeply disliked candidates owned by the 1% who spew right wing talking points. Anyone into their messaging already votes red.

I’m sorry facts bother you.

I'm sorry you're so eager to defeat Trump that you'll embrace fascism tinged in blue.

What’s the difference between people who voted for Trump to stick it to the libs and people who didn’t vote to also stick it to the libs?

I voted blue. Doesn't change the fact this BlueMAGA bullshit depresses the vote. People don't turn out for MAGA-lite.

Newsom is not MAGA lite and anyone saying otherwise is being disingenuous and full of BS.

Well Jess, the point is that at this rate, you won’t get to vote. Do you understand that? So this is not about whether or not Newsom is a good candidate for 2028. This is about attacking Trump and his ilk. And at this moment, he’s the only one really doing so. Pritzker to some degree, rest: crickets

You do realize AI generated memes aren't going to do jack shit to allow us to vote, right?

If it leads to Trump getting so angry he pops a vessel, I think it actually will. Vance will not have that support from Congress. If it leads to the press finally reporting honestly, again, fine by me. If it works as a mirror for all these deluded people to wake up? Who knows.

This is absolutely as delusional as MAGA is.

Well, fine, think what you want.

The point of the memes was to get Abbott to stop gerrymandering in Texas.

I wasn’t aware we’d reached 2028 already.

You’re right! That’s three years away. Sounds like it would be pretty stupid to tell people not to have purity tests right now. Since having tests to filter out shitty candidates for the primary, rather than brainlessly following them, is exactly what these intervening years are good for. Thanks!

We’re screaming for pushback, Gavin’s pushing back, and it’s « Not him. Not like that. » If nothing is done, we won’t be voting, so purity tests when combating a morally bankrupt GOP/president is insane.

You literally just tried to use “it not 2028” as an argument. You don’t get to mewl about how it’s early and then demand people line up behind a shitty human being simply because he’s resisting in a performative way for comfortable people whose political beliefs boil down to what they see on the TV.

I think it’s great that Newsom is pushing back. Truly. Doesn’t mean I want to see a soulless husk of a human take power just because he’ll wear a blue tie rather than a red one. I’ll take a shitty ally doing good because he thinks it benefits him. I’m just capable of also wanting better. Are you?

I’m aware not everyone deserves to be president just because they’ve stepped up to defend democracy. You’re going to need to show me where I implied otherwise or stop making ignorant assumptions.

« It’s not 2028 » works as an argument because we need action before that and can’t wait for elections to effect change. But you do you boo.

We need action before 2028. However, we can’t criticize shitty opportunists. Which would be…an action. Sounds like you just like his opinions and actions and are too terrified to say it. Because this type of “blindly follow this person because he did one thing I liked” is just brain dead sycophancy

It is real simple don't vote if you don't like the choices

Americans are failing to look in the mirror. He did not do thay in a vacuum. He did it because most Americans do nothing but demonize the homeless. They bitch about crime and drug use and have screamed for it to be man handled. Americans asked for him to do it so if we are doing purity tests.....

If we want to look at hypocrisy then look no further then the mirror. All of a sudden everyone is so concerned but where was the concern when we allowed city after city to criminalize camping? To criticize housing first? To bitch about shelters in their neighborhoods? Get real.

Lmfao, y'all are desperate for fascism in blue.

Did i hit a nerve? Because it seems like your deflecting.

Nah, it's just astounding to watch y'all repeat the same failures over and over.

Im curious here. All I stated was that we DO have a problem. We point fingers at how horrible so and so treats the homeless but we fail to look in the mirror and ask why. My point is that it is horrible what America has done to homeless but the problem lies in public sentiment. It has to change.

Yet you're here criticizing me, the one pointing out how atrocious it is and making excuses for the billionaire taking the actions against the homeless.

I don’t think there’s any hero worship going on here. Just appreciation of sticking it to Trump.

tell me how wanting a candidate who does not openly support genocide or have a history of being transphobic and anti homeless is a purity test

^^^ this!!