• mr_manager@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    3 days ago

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

    • Andy@slrpnk.net
      4·
      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.

  • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

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

  • sin_free_for_00_days
    5·
    3 days ago

    Aside from everything else, why would he want to have any association with that fucking troll Kirk?

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    3·
    3 days ago

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

    • Andy@slrpnk.net
      3·
      3 days ago

      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.