California’s governor is being touted as a successor to the Biden throne. Though he’s often imagined as a beacon of progress, his feckless record shows otherwise.

  • 0ndeadEnglish
    69·
    4 months ago

    Who benefits from this anti-Newsom rhetoric? Trump and Co, not progressives.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      4 months ago

      What’s anti-Newsom about getting progressives ready to hold their nose as usual?

      Besides, he’s not even the nominee and maybe making him look bad will get some other liberal the win.

      • 0ndeadEnglish
        28·
        4 months ago

        Congrats, you’ve fallen into the divided party trap. Or is the trap what you’re actually pushing?

        • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          4 months ago

          I’ve been at that party since I had a Kucinich for President bumper sticker and made a deal with someone in a blue state to vote for Nader.

          I hate that I have to be a Democrat and don’t want to be one. But I have to be otherwise I can’t make my displeasure known in the primaries.