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“A stunning betrayal” Gavin Newsom vetoes bill protecting trans kids in California
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Even worse since he's the sole reason why it didn't get made into law.
Like literally everyone from a majority of the state population, the state senators, judges, and state representatives would've been fine with this bill, but it got vetoed' because Gavin Newsom wants to run for President for ??? reasons and thinks that if he turns the bigotry dial that hayseeds in rural areas will like him more, when in reality either they don't care or won't like him because he looks like the California Liberal that a lot people don't like.
Actually sweaty it's democracy in action when one person vetoes overwhelmingly popular policy.
Yeah this is weird. I am not defending Newsom at all, fuck him. But given the support this seemed to have and that Newsom hasn’t been terrible on trans rights, I just figured he would sign it. Even if you see it as a heel turn because he wants to run for president… it’s becoming clear that attacking trans people isn’t a winning strategy. I guess the only “rationale” I can see is that this ostensibly hits at “parents rights” which a large number of Americans are absolutely psychotic about.