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Newsom is a conservative-sliding turd who is actively abandoning left-leaning causes by paling around with anti-trans bigots in a cynical and harmful attempt to ride the Overton Window's continuing shift to the right.
Fuck that guy.
That just sounds like he's trying to run for president in 2028 and really needs to get the DNC behind him
As much as I dislike the guy, he is at least standing up to some of what trump is doing. Is he my first choice? No. Is he my third choice? No. Is he my 12th choice? Still no. But fuck dude. I would literally take anyone who agrees that brown people should not all be slaves at this point. Like anyone who isn't a right wing christofascist cumbucket.
But then again, if we don't get someone willing to discuss and rewrite large portions of the Constitution and other founding documents, we're just dead in the water anyways.
Honestly, I think he's just a political opportunist, with no real convictions. He sets his sails with the direction the wind is blowing. He's nominally a democrat, because that is the prevailing party in California, but I guarantee he'd flip if the political calculus were in favor of doing so.
That’s a good thing. A politicians job is to represent their constituents. If the people want a certain thing by majority, the politician should try to make it happen, with some exceptions of course.
My elected officials can win my vote by having morals and ideals which are compatible with mine. Changing your position when it's convenient is decidedly not a quality I value in a leader
Again the will of the people should be followed. California has the largest population of republicans in the country. As the governor he has to represent those people as well. Not everything is blue versus red. That’s the whole mentality that got us in this mess.
Things change because populations change.
A politicians job is also to lead, not just follow. They should follow their voters wants and needs, but of their ideas are rejected, someone else should be the representative instead. With career politicians z they change their views to get elected rather than have beliefs to better the country or state.