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87. All this says to me is Newsom is a selfish asshole

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 10:32 PM

Mar 2025

Seems to me that he is more concerned about setting himself up as the next Dem presidential nominee more than being a fighter. trump is actually giving democrats a gift with his insanity.
What is necessary now and moving forward is someone to connect the dots and tap into the real fear and anger people are feeling.

How the eff can you be talking about “cancel culture” when people are being disappeared? When blatant racism is on display? When people literally are scrubbing words from Gov websites and literature to erase women and minorities?

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California Governor Newsom Says the Democratic Brand Is 'Toxic' [View all] Polybius Mar 2025 OP

Post removed Post removed Mar 2025 #1

What the hell Traildogbob Mar 2025 #4

Becoming a Repug at warp speed... red alert! red alert! NotHardly Mar 2025 #58

Could he even get re-elected Governor if he was eligible?! Somehow I doubt it. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2025 #133

Oh come on Polybius Mar 2025 #9

Perhaps you haven't noticed... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #11

Yes, I'm not disagreeing with that Polybius Mar 2025 #12

"He's far from a Nazi." LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #76

I have no idea who that is Polybius Mar 2025 #88

That's Charlie Kirk. LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #93

Post removed Post removed Mar 2025 #86

I can't believe the amout of people calling Gavin a Nazi in this thread Polybius Mar 2025 #89

collaborator? A Vichy Democrat? /nt thought crime Mar 2025 #99

Nixon Was Fascism 1.0 -- Bush & Bush Was Fascism 2.0 MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #29

Nixon was a criminal Polybius Mar 2025 #45

History Demonstrates That Silence Is Complicity MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #47

I wouldn't call them Nazis either... I'd call them fucking Nazis!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #79

Yeah sure Polybius Mar 2025 #90

MAGA is worse Cirsium Mar 2025 #85

Oh Gavin, Democrats want to inflict universal healthcare on population Walleye Mar 2025 #2

He's done that and more in his career. ificandream Mar 2025 #36

Gavin was sposed to be a "Super Pol." I liked him but he's now holdin the back of the line of potential 2028 candidates. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2025 #132

What is toxic is having been married UpInArms Mar 2025 #3

I second this. FalloutShelter Mar 2025 #19

If you mean Guilfoyle, she was a liberal before she turned stupid. ificandream Mar 2025 #37

Nah ... UpInArms Mar 2025 #50

And he cheated on her madville Mar 2025 #67

BS! Sorry not sorry Granny Blue Mar 2025 #128

I know I'm done with him... ZERO chance he gets the 2028 nomination, at least not for the Democratic Party!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #82

Agree....that fucker is toast. He just DeSantis's himself AND much faster. Bengus81 Mar 2025 #102

welp, so much for thinking things would be better here in CA FirstLight Mar 2025 #5

Oh!!!!!the Gargoyle toxins got him Traildogbob Mar 2025 #6

If you poll people subjected to propaganda BootinUp Mar 2025 #7

Wait, wut? no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #8

That's not what he's saying. It's the public's attitude toward the party he's talking about. ificandream Mar 2025 #38

That's stile over substance. no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #40

Bernie Sanders isn't a Dem. maxsolomon Mar 2025 #124

Wow, has he misread the room! highplainsdem Mar 2025 #10

That's a major understatement!! Watch for Newsom backpedal in 3... 2... 1... InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #81

Big mistake, Gav. ms liberty Mar 2025 #13

On edit..Charlie Kirk was his second big mistake. First was raising the flags Bengus81 Mar 2025 #103

Jeez. He can't stop shooting himself in the foot these days, can he? Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #14

It's crazy... why throw your base under a bus?! Makes no sense!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #115

Our leaders, if they were smart, would be speaking of nothing but our strengths. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #117

Why? For the 30 peices of silver, of course Granny Blue Mar 2025 #127

Showing his true colors Blue Full Moon Mar 2025 #15

Guilty. I don't consort with nazis. CountMyVote4Reality Mar 2025 #16

No comment. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2025 #17

Gavin Newsom's messaging is toxic Quiet Em Mar 2025 #18

i am so disgusted by my governor kimbutgar Mar 2025 #20

So you do a poll about Democratic Party favorability House of Roberts Mar 2025 #21

...and the solution, of course, is to "move to the center"... regnaD kciN Mar 2025 #30

Appeal to bigots and theocrats and it will become toxic to me. Solly Mack Mar 2025 #22

Gavin, Gavin, Gavin. You've just cut your political throat, you aging pretty boy, you. hedda_foil Mar 2025 #23

Agreed, the only way I'd vote for him at this point is if he pulls off a MIRACLE to become our party's nominee in 2028. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #84

It's only toxic because of people like Newsom Nigrum Cattus Mar 2025 #24

Bullshit. kacekwl Mar 2025 #25

Not sure about this. I'll wait until Californians decide. bluestarone Mar 2025 #26

Yay! More trans bashing. Oneironaut Mar 2025 #27

I hope that I will be n the majority Lifeafter70 Mar 2025 #83

And just like that...Poof! Zorro Mar 2025 #28

As a Californian, I'm disappointed. Appeasement is not the way forward; resistance is the way forward. Magoo48 Mar 2025 #31

Gavin Newsom is a "Toxic Sellout". I expect him to announce he is a Repug any day now. flashman13 Mar 2025 #32

He might but MAGOTS won't vote for him......... Bengus81 Mar 2025 #106

You are absolutely right that MAGAts won't vote for him. flashman13 Mar 2025 #112

I think the press needs to stop taking his comments out of context. ificandream Mar 2025 #33

NYT has a long history of attacking dems GoreWon2000 Mar 2025 #72

True journalism is not a fan club. ificandream Mar 2025 #75

NYT has long ignored actual facts GoreWon2000 Mar 2025 #121

Name one. ificandream Mar 2025 #122

W's claim that he was a "compassionate conservative" GoreWon2000 Mar 2025 #123

If Bush was actually quoted as saying it, the Times is likely to report it. There's nothing wrong there. ificandream Mar 2025 #125

Gore was attacked for Granny Blue Mar 2025 #129

I agree about Gore over Bush would have been better. ificandream Apr 2025 #130

"Lockbox" was the big joke on SNL, for late night comics. betsuni Apr 2025 #131

What are you reading now? ificandream Apr 2025 #135

You couldn't be more wrong GoreWon2000 Apr 2025 #134

"The Democratic brand is TOXIC" is a quote from him. Not taken out of context. Bengus81 Mar 2025 #108

He met with poo poo king just before he changed course. GreenWave Mar 2025 #34

Yeah. Did he get Lindsay Grahamed? LuvLoogie Mar 2025 #35

I guess he's joining Fetterman now, Butterflylady Mar 2025 #39

He's toxic wryter2000 Mar 2025 #41

People hate Democrats more than open fascists. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2025 #42

Nope, what they hate are women. efhmc Mar 2025 #55

I believe that it is the relentless right wing hate media since the mid '80's Tumbulu Mar 2025 #69

Harris lost by 2M votes out of 152 MILLION cast. The Dem brand is not toxic Bengus81 Mar 2025 #111

I read a title from a post that said he found common ground with Charlie Kirk.... wolfie001 Mar 2025 #43

Gleeful Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #44

FIFY Ray Bruns Mar 2025 #46

I hate to say it, but I can't argue with the general conclusion. snot Mar 2025 #48

Democrats are only mad at the party for not fighting back Ritabert Mar 2025 #49

Exactly GoreWon2000 Mar 2025 #71

This. BlueKota Mar 2025 #126

Not to me DownriverDem Mar 2025 #51

I wonder what it costs to buy a US governor? Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #52

I want Pete Buttigieg as the future leader of the Dems True Dough Mar 2025 #53

Pete over Newsom is a no brainer!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2025 #118

Glad to see that DU administrators seem to be loosening up on Newsom critiques. Paladin Mar 2025 #54

It costs way too much to live in Calif. CountAllVotes Mar 2025 #56

Depends how you say it Polybius Mar 2025 #59

He is Moving to the Right PCB66 Mar 2025 #57

I believe the coined term is "triangulation". LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #80

I'd like some specific examples of this "talking down to" and judgementalism that isn't equally egregious on the right SpankMe Mar 2025 #60

Maybe we should be polling college students and high school students. This will tell you what the mood Pisces Mar 2025 #61

The Newsome Brand is becoming toxic IbogaProject Mar 2025 #62

No, it wasn't. Don't think like a Republican. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #120

And I thought him playing patty cake with Kirk was disgusting. Phoenix61 Mar 2025 #63

Post removed Post removed Mar 2025 #64

Huh, what? Dems just need better MEMES and EMOJIS ! nt Exp Mar 2025 #65

I would Rebl2 Mar 2025 #66

What a pathetic sob he turned out to be. ananda Mar 2025 #68

Guy who married Guilfolye says what? Wild blueberry Mar 2025 #70

Why post something like this? It does not help Democrats at all and it just feeds the trolls that hate them. cstanleytech Mar 2025 #73

Excuse me? Polybius Mar 2025 #74

I'm confused, not angry. There is a difference in case you were unaware. cstanleytech Mar 2025 #95

Both aren't good reasons to be against the posting Polybius Mar 2025 #96

I get your concern but this needs to be discussed ificandream Mar 2025 #77

"He criticized Democrats for...resorting to 'cancel culture' to ostracize people whose views they find abhorrent." LudwigPastorius Mar 2025 #78

Cancel culture was just a 2020-2021 bizarre faze, and the left has abandoned it Polybius Mar 2025 #91

I don't think Cancel Culture was ever real tbh. Oneironaut Mar 2025 #97

All this says to me is Newsom is a selfish asshole tulipsandroses Mar 2025 #87

Same as Bernie Sanders saying candidates should run as Independents but for different reasons. betsuni Mar 2025 #92

I've supported Newsom .... Bread and Circuses Mar 2025 #94

Republicans are good at finding the most unpopular policies supported by some Democrats and then painting them as key andym Mar 2025 #98

Glad I learned way,way early that this asshat is NO Democrat. But now that the cat is Bengus81 Mar 2025 #100

What has become toxic... AntiFascist Mar 2025 #101

Sounds serious Torchlight Mar 2025 #104

Life in la la land struggle4progress Mar 2025 #105

Why do I bet he runs third party and gets the Republican installed again the next time? Vinca Mar 2025 #107

I doubt he'd play that second fiddle role. He wants the top slot in a party that could win Bengus81 Mar 2025 #109

I think his next move Keepthesoulalive Mar 2025 #110

I really wonder if his next move is even related to Democratic politics cadoman Mar 2025 #116

I just can't with him JustAnotherGen Mar 2025 #113

Senator Murphy wrote something similar in the Atlantic andym Mar 2025 #114

It's like this thread aspired to prove his point Sympthsical Mar 2025 #119

no, not really Skittles Apr 2025 #136