Spyke
lemmy.world

Gavin Newsom is everything that is wrong with the Democratic establishment. Phony-ass, performative, spineless opportunist.

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A better headline would be "Faithless Millionaire Winery Owner Adopts Fascist Campaign Strategy"

Newsom is a complete piece of shit. Everyone knows that. He is the latest in an ongoing test of the health of our democracy. My expectation is that he's outta luck. I think that this kind of naked attempt to copy Republican culture war distractions and re-re-re-doubling down on the attempt to appeal to pro-business "moderates" is going to absolutely crash and burn if there is any candidate in the race espousing an actual plan for rebuilding the social safety net.

But hey: that's a big if. He's gotten this far.

Something tells me that the only thing that is going to beat Trump (who I fully expect to run again) is an actual change agent. I think he might be planning to run as a whipping boy for Trump to defeat and then milk a career as "leader of the #resistance" through this podcast grift. But I don't want to let him get anywhere near having the chance to do that.

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This loser thinks he's going to be the next president. General strike couldn't come soon enough

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lemmy.sdf.org

There’s no way he can win. He’s too disliked. They need to run someone who hasn’t already been noticed.

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I think he's probably fine with losing. He could make another decade of his career podcasting as "leader of the resistance".

I expect the GOP to attempt to block anyone with actual populist cred from trying to run in the Democratic primary, but that they'll let through a planned loser like Newsom.

It's our job to make sure he doesn't get anywhere near there.

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This is why the DNC won't change course. They still have their eyes on power and think they will be the ones to get it. | Spyke