Unsurprisingly, there has been little indication the American progressive left perceives Newsom as deserving anything but disdain. Recent weeks have only bolstered the sense that committing to the abolition of ICE is a prerequisite for any remotely moral candidate in 2028. If Newsom fails to become that candidate, it will not be because he appeared too left-wing, but because he lacked the guts or the inclination to be anything except what he manifestly is: a preening political operator, beholden to a status quo that no longer exists.
Newsom would keep ice and the patriot act in place and wouldn’t even fix the cost of living
He’s a hollow bell that tolls for money
Yup. When the rubber meets the profits Newsom will always side with capital. It’s he better than trump? Yes. But is he the man to fix our nation. Absolutely not.
Exactly!
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Yet you offered nothing to counter their claims. Newsome serves Newsome
Why would I bother debating with a bot regardless of whether I agree or disagree with their opinion? It’s a bot. It repeats what it’s programmed to and my opinion on the validity of it is unimportant.
AI can fuck off regardless of whether it’s programmed to parrot things I like or dislike.
Yeah, Newsom would be an extremely depressing dystopian candidate. I want Ro Khanna or AOC. Or either one as president and vice president.
Ro Khanna is just lighting things up this year. Very pleased with everything he’s been doing
He doesn’t have a chance, because it’s going to be a fair primary all the way thru.
They might be able to buy the first couple states especially if they start early, but they can’t keep up the whole cycle which is why prior DNCs always tried to call it like 2 weeks after the first states vote.
2028 will run until ever state votes, and the DNC isn’t going to favor anyone.
So the only chance Newsom has, is depressing turnout for the primary.
Which is why so many people keep acting like the DNC hasn’t changed, they’ve already fell for the propaganda and are spreading it.
why do you think the primarys will be fair this time and that the DNC won’t favour a corporate Democrat? There’s been no evidence or prior indications that this will be the case this time that I have seen.
why do you think the primarys will be fair this time and that the DNC won’t favour a corporate Democrat
Because the chair is all powerful and accountable to no one…
And the new one led Minnesota for like a decade and ran fair primaries turning a purple state progressive without any bias.
It’s been a year, and they’ve been sending record breaking levels of funding back to state parties, that’s why we keep “over performing” in special elections.
What’s important here, is that this funding was a cudgel wielded by prior neoliberals: do what we saw or we’ll bankrupt your whole state.
That threat is literally gone.
Had you not “seen” any of that on billionaire owned media?
To them the dnc doing what they do to tip the scales in the open rather than completely behind the scenes is proof they won’t…
It’s crazy to me honestly.
Especially with all the shenanigans that have happened since the new chair took over to fuck over progressives. But sure totally will be different this time
The DNC will back whoever THEY want as their candidate and they will do everything on their power to make sure everyone else falls in line. And they will use the same tropes they’ve always used about ‘most important election of our lifetime™’ and every liberal voter will fall on line
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Same crowd as last time is already trying to discourage and divide the left. Like it’s their job or something.
You know that primaries haven’t happened yet, and that this is reason to not vote for him in them? He’s not the winning candidate everyone needs to get behind yet. There’s no one to divide.
We’re allowed to criticize political charlatans when we see them. I live in CA and most people here can see this. It’s only people outside the state who can’t because they aren’t watching as closely. All they’ve seen is his social media posts which he didn’t write and has stated he doesn’t even agree with. There is no substance to this man. He’s all hair gel.
As someone from San Bernardino I must agree, he’s a pretty bog standard Bay Area shitstain. Nothing but an empty suit who only really made it past the recall cause the recall doesn’t trigger a standard election something we really need to fix IMO, but yeah if the recall triggered an actual election and had the lieutenant governor take over in the interim he’d have been ousted back then.
Stop acting like he’s already the choice. He’s not. And he won’t be, because he’s a terrible fucking choice. Criticizing a terrible choice isn’t dividing anything. He’s a billionaire puppet hellbent on pretending to act tough then doing fuck all to actually change anything or stand up for anyone.
Democrats are not left. Newsome is not left. If you want another neoliberal POS to defend go right ahead, but those of us that have been right about every candidate your party has run are also right about Newsome
Even moderate capitalists don’t want another pro oligarchy candidate
Hey, fuck face, I was disgusted at non-voters/virtue-abstainers in 2024. I almost find my feelings for them irredeemable but understand: Newsom is a hollow suit. He doesn’t fucking believe in anything but power. If he lived in a red state, he’d be a republican.
He would be a dystopian candidate. He’d probably pass progressive policy purely for political gain but he’d just as much stamp out progressive policy if it got under the rich’s skin too much. I would vote for him if he won the primary (with bags under my eyes), but the democratic primary is not even close to having started yet. We can have discourse over who may be the best candidate for a little while still, we don’t have to fall in line already more than a thousand days before the 2028 presidential election.
