And racist
things that really matter (0:18)
Like opposing genocide? I’d consider that something that really matters.
Im honestly not sure how he is different from Mitt Romney. They might be the same person.
This greaseball wants to sell out trans people, not understanding that the reactionaries will just move on to the next target.
But you can’t expect a liberal centrist to understand solidarity. I want him to lose the gubernatorial primary so fucking much.
Presidential primary? He’s already governor but term limited. Fortunately, the more people see him and not his social media team, the greasier he’s revealed to be
When I saw him the first time I thought it was a scene from American Psycho
Ah, right. I guess we’ll have to flush him nationally now.
IMO, a California politician would face an uphill battle in the general anyway.
Republicans have spent so long demonizing California as a place full of communists and corruption that any politician associated with California is going to be viewed with intense suspicion by the (unfortunately all-important) flyover states.
Now, to be clear, fuck those ignorant assholes. But we do kind of need their votes, regardless. And it would be a mistake to run a candidate in the general election who has this disadvantage in swaying them.
The funny thing is newsom is so far removed from being any of those things Republicans paint California Dems as.
I suspect he understands fully how appeasement works and just doesn’t care
Yes, I think he likes it that way. The status quo is the goal. He’s not actually progressive at all, he just wears a progressive mask when he needs to, so it gets him votes.
He’s portrayed as satan to the people he’s trying to meet half way
This is a guy who does not understand the current media landscape and will Keir Starmer himself into being Donald Trump Lite. He is a political dead end that will inevitably reinforce fascism.
The hand move at 0:26 feels offensive
He is doing Genjutsu hand signs
Jesus he’s really leaning into being blue maga
Remember when Bernie Sanders called out Newsom for being part of the big business class?
He’s a classic D.
Ratchet effect enabling corporate puppet.
“More culturally normal” = white
Don’t forget straight and cis
HomelessTrans peopleHe’s really going all in on the “no matter what” part
Yeah, that’s not the problem.
How did the other side get so many votes being extremely culturally abnormal? The claim makes no sense.
I’m sure that the genocide the US armed and funded had nothing to do with it.
Well, he’s close to saying they need to focus on universal material issues more than leaning into identity politics, which I agree with, but I don’t think that’s quite what he’s going for. Focusing on universal material issues does not mean throwing this or that marginalized group under the bus and he’s already run over some people.
When centrists say “focus on kitchen table issues” they don’t actually mean focus on universal material issues. It’s just a cudgel to try to crack the left and make them think nothing should be done on anything. Most of his vetoes have been against straightforward material concerns, not mandating trans flags on paper straws.
Most of his vetoes have been against straightforward material concerns, not mandating trans flags on paper straws.
This is the most damning part against giving him the benefit of the doubt.
He is doing the classic Liberal doublespeak.
He starts off by saying Democrats should not focus on identity politics. But then right after it he says that Democrats should adopt his version of identity politics to solve the issue instead of not letting it be the focus.
Holy heck. The Voyager app autoplays video with the sound muted, but his facial expresssions and body language are slimy and supercilious.
