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There won't even be an election to run in at this rate
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Apologies for being uninformed, can someone send some information about what he has done wrong. (I don't pay attention to california politics)
He's extremely willing to cave to the right and will run a centrist campaign to appeal to them while ignoring the success of someone like Mamdani who gets broad support for having a spine
Mamdani has a spine, but I think most of his support comes from not being a corporatist
It's part of why Trump got so much support, from such an unusual coalition. People, incorrectly, believed he would be anti-corporate and for the people. I can't personally understand why people thought a billionaire* real estate mogul would be anti-corporate, but here we are
Newsom has a history of using transphobic language and stances, has removed funding from LGBTQ+ organizations in California, has been spearheading the destruction of homeless camps without any alternatives for the people impacted, came out in support of Israel "defending itself", and has hosted multiple right wing christo-nationalists on his podcast. When kirk was killed, he immediately posted in support of him and his family and said nothing about a school shooting that occurred on the same day. A few months ago on bluesky he casually posted about how after Trump deployed armed forces to CA, he's since been using the NG himself to do drug interdiction operations within the state.
Gavin Newsom is an opportunist, simple as. He does not care about the working class or stopping fascism, just making sure he gets ahead himself. His interns might be memeing on Trump on Twitter to appease his base, but he's been pushing moderate and right wing policies increasingly in response to the Trump regime gaining traction. He sees the writing on the wall and wants to position himself for upcoming elections as a good option for disenfranchised right wingers and centrists, and doesn't care if he throws people on the left under the bus to do it.
Edit: Just to get ahead of the inevitable, I am a leftist who voted for Harris, and would vote for Newsom if forced to by the DNC. Not because I think either of them deserve any ounce of power over this nation, but solely because FPTP voting fucks over voters and forces people like me to pick the "not outwardly fascist" option. Our best course of action is to support progressive candidates so we won't have corporate center right posers forced on us in the first place.
He also likes to carve out loopholes so he and his friends can still make lots of money (see the bread exception in Ca's minimum wage law)
Leftists are unhappy with anything that‘s not a socialist revolution exactly according to their ideology.
Seriously, the above image is literally the reason the U.S. has Trump twice now. Delusional people genuinely don’t understand the world.
“Don’t vote Harris! She’s just as bad!”
“I hate Hillary Clinton though”
Congrats, this is your fault.
I will vote against Trump, even if it’s Gavin Newsom. If you don’t you’re a fucking moron.
You understand that people can vote against Trump and also think that it's a good idea to actually run decent candidates to oppose him, right?
The person you replied to absolutely understands that. What ends up happening is dumb leftist not voting for anyone because their candidate isn't perfect to their definition.
I say dumb, because I would describe myself as a leftist progressive, but I actually vote.
Sure, but is that a thing that actually happened or it is just a rhetorical device that people trot out to shut down any discussion of moving the Democratic party in the "wrong" direction?
Like we SHOULD be able to talk about why the DNC ran a really unappealing candidate and why their positions were unpopular without that discussion being. "So I GuESS yoU LoVe TRumP huh?"
A party that cannot analyze or even ADMIT to their own failure isn't one that is trying to win.
Everyone who voted for the Green Party were well aware that the intention was a Trump win and a Harris loss. Their people literally said as much.
Was it enough to cause a Harris loss? I don't know. I don't have enough information to know how many voters were discouraged. There were absolutely a ton of people on Lemmy talking about how the only "good" vote was a vote against Harris though.
So it is a problem. Just the matter of degree is unknown.
So your conclusion is that people not voting for Harris has absolutely nothing to do with Harris actual position on the issues or her suitability as a candidate? The tiny fraction of people that voted for someone else while somehow not wanting Trump to win is the real problem, not bad democratic candidates? You think that approach is going to accomplish anything apart from continuing to lose elections?
I don't believe I said any such thing, so I would appreciate you not implying that I did.
Oh sorry, I assumed you were making a substantive reply that merited a response. Feel free to fuck off then.
I replied to a specific comment with a specific reply about a specific issue, as the only comment by me in this chain.
You have chosen to apply some unrelated commentary to my response, tried to put words in my mouth, and then behaved like a jackass in your reply to me.
If thats the kind of person you are, then I'll happily add you to my block list and move on with my day.
What I find fascinating about people like you is that you take the position that extremist inflexible positions on Gaza are why Harris lost the election, but when pressed it always turns out that you view the extremist position as being OPPOSED to genocide.
If you want to blame an insane position on Gaza for Harris losing the election, why don't you blame the Democratic candidate who decided to firmly take a position on Gaza that mirrored fucking Donald Trump?
What I find fascinating is my comment included nothing of the sort.
So my previous statement is confirmed, thats exactly the type of person you are.
Goodbye.
I know, you have no intention of taking a substantive position on anything apart from hearing yourself talk. You are an empty vessel. My comment was for everyone else. ;-)
The term „genocide Joe“ targeting Joe Biden is a good example of this as well.
The American political system has successfully sidelined the left. The educated managerial class progressive left dominates left discourse with victim Olympics, complex and ever changing rules on language use, identity politics, moral purity testing. The (unionized) working class and petit bourgeoisie feels disregarded and vote MAGA. Both hurt Democrat success in elections.
I find it fascinating that people like you think that it is the people who OPPOSED the genocide in Gaza that have the extreme position and not the the democratic candidate for president mirroring Donald Trumps position.
I agree that an insane position on Gaza is why Harris lost. So I guess the question to ask is why did Harris TAKE an insane position on Gaza?
I don't want another centrist candidate. A lot of people share that view. Everyone knows a lot of people don't want another centrist. The current political landscape clearly favors a progressive candidate like Mamdani, Bernie, or AOC
We're years away from the election. Election results are good for progressives that focus on fixing real issues the average American experiences. Centrist Democrats have been performing poorly
If the DNC pushes Newsom in 2028 and he loses, it will squarely be the fault of the DNC. Voter preferences are clear, just as they were in 2024 and 2016
At some point we have to admit the candidates pushed by the DNC were unpopular. They lost because no one wanted them. The DNC preferred a Trump presidency over a progressive Democrat
"Vote blue no matter who" does not work. Democrats lost in both 2016 and 2024 against one of the worst candidates in presidential history because the DNC did a poor job. It's the DNC you should be upset with, not the people who got sick of pinching their nose to vote
I voted against Trump 3 elections in a row. I'm fucking sick and tired of having to vote for pro-corporate Democrats. I didn't feel any of them had my interests in mind
Are Bernie and Mamdani a "socialist revolution"? Because I'm quite happy with both of them as politicians. Then again I'm also happy with Tim Walz. Weird how all 3 of those are supposedly socialist revolutions despite having such different policies
So therefore the only thing we can do is elect bigot conservatives? How is that working out so far?
This black and white thinking only makes you feel morally superior, but doesn’t actually change anything.
Really? Cause I am the one suggesting that maybe we do something that we haven't done in 20 years, which is to run a candidate that ISN'T a corporate conservative democrat. And I am suggesting that we do it with a solid couple of years available to really make sure we do it right.
How is advocating to keep doing the same failed tactic over and over again the position that is going to "change" things?
So far you haven’t suggested to do anything, only criticized.
Really? Cause I am pretty sure I made a pretty clear suggestion. Oddly, you are the person who has contributed nothing but criticism in this discussion. Are you capable of actually suggesting something or can you only bitch and moan about what other people say?