Gavin Newsom is Not a Progressive
Gavin Newsom is Not a Progressive
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Gavin Newsom is Not a Progressive
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Cheap knock off is more like it.
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The guy literally did a photo op of personally tearing apart a homeless encampment.
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It's sad, he used to be a progressive. Like making headlines levels of progressive when he was the SF mayor. Then he sold out.
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We know he's not.
But we also know he isn't a pedophile rapist fascist who has a lukewarm IQ, shits his pants, kowtows to dictators and....
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Real high bar you've got there.
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Perfect example of lib mentality
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He sucks, but, right now, he's also the only dem taking real actions, with real momentum, against the gop. Actions that aren't just symbolic.
Jefferies talked a lot? Who tf cares.
Schumer's gonna write another stern email? Okay....
If we continue to eat our own in the face of fascism we will get another Warren.
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he’s also the only dem taking real actions
No, so far he's just been posturing. We'll see if he actually does what he said he was going to do, or if he finds an excuse not to.
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Most people here will probably hold their nose and vote for newsom. However, since 2000 that strategy has only worked in 1 of the 6 elections that have taken place.
Running a campaign on changing things however has won 4 of the elections. 66% of presidents in the last 24 years that campaigned on mixing up DC etc have won.
If I said Gavin Newsom has a 17% chance of winning the general election in 2028 and thats the best dems have, would you bet on those odds?
And this is assuming no republican fuckery occurs. The reality is we need somebody can be as popular as Obama so there is no way to fuck with the election but who is also willing to fight fascists tooth and nail. Newsom isnt it. What we need is people to realize this and find that person who can fix this.
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He's taking real action, yes (though not nearly enough), but here's the thing: He's not doing this out of the goodness of his heart; it's an attempt to get support for a 2028 run. And if that happens, and if there's even a democracy by that point, it will be an unmitigated disaster. Just because he did a good thing once or twice doesn't mean we should forget who this slimy, homeless-oppressing Charlie Kirk sellout really is.
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Didn't we already do the whole "he isn't progressive enough! Let's infight and give conservatives everything!"-strategy?
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We already did the "let's move to the right and blame the left when we lose" strategy.
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Clearly you deserve it.
Zero sympathy for Blue MAGA. -
Jesus Christ, it's not even the primaries for the midterms yet, but the BlueMAGA chuds already demanding progressives swear fealty to their neoliberal ghoul of choice.
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2023 news. Remove it
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Yes, it’s still a good read. They also reposted it today and it’s going viral on socials.
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Evergreen. He still sucks.
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He sucks so much