• mr_manager@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

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

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      3 days ago

      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.