Fred Guttenberg: Language matters! Newsom didn't "survive" a recall, he thoroughly defeated it.

[highplainsdem]

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Language matters! Last night @GavinNewsom did not "survive" a recall, he thoroughly defeated it. HE WON!!! In doing so, Democracy also won.

Anyone who questions this vote and victory should be denied a platform & be ignored.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gavin-newsom-survives-recall-election-and-will-remain-governor/ar-AAOs1HC?li=BBnb7Kz

[Walleye]

1. Yes seeing that "survives" headline everywhere. Pisses me off

It’s like they already had their story and they’re sticking with it, in spite of the actual landslide results. Only gives these right wingers more ammunition

[PortTack]

5. Let em...our resounding win is no doubt a bellwether for the midterms

They are killing off their base, discouraging them with non stop the election was stolen, to say nothing of the thousands of ppl leaving the gqp.

Just stay out of their way!!

[Walleye]

7. Agree. We should probably just ignore this shit

[sheshe2]

2. I agree.

This was such good news to wake up to this morning. 🎶❤️👍

[Aristus]

3. Just like those idiotic "The Flat-Earth debate rages on!" headlines.

Nobody is debating whether the Earth is flat except morons and idiots.

Only morons and idiots see this as 'survival' rather than a triumphant victory.

[PortTack]

6. Adding some levity to their stupidity

[highplainsdem]

12. LOL!

[Jerry2144]

13. That is so wrong

Don’t you know that Pluto is no longer a planet in the solar system?

😀

[Seinan Sensei]

14. Some of those morons bear a striking resemblance to Uranus

[pwb]

4. The Pukes were trounced, beat down, humiliated?

Embarrassed, and other words our media won't use to describe them but will use those words to describe us every time.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Newsom won big and was vindicated

[ailsagirl]

17. 👍👍👍

[Initech]

9. I prefer to think of it as he swatted the blood sucking MAGA leech!

[Bobstandard]

10. And Elder is not a conservative, he's an extremist

The L A times called Larry Elder “a conservative talk show host” when he is, in fact , a crack pot extremist right wing talk show host. Calling him the former makes normalizes his extremism and ignores his grift. He’s fundraising off his loss, proceeds probably going to his pocket. He’s not a politician. He’s a shock jock without even the charm of a Howard Stern.

[peggysue2]

11. Exactly!

Read those headlines before going to bed and thought WTF! Survived, managed to win, etc.?

This was a complete rout, a mega win, a full rejection of the extreme right. Yes, it was California, a blue, blue state. But CA Republicans convinced the base that they could win, that they were on the way to victory, that they were the voice of the majority.

Unless fraud stole the show, of course.

This is what we need to do--beat them like a drum as Joe Biden would say. Beat them again and again.

Now on to Virginia, New Jersey and the other state and local races coming up. Make them cry!

This is the way we save the country.

[ShazamIam]

15. If Newsom only survived, where does that place Elder, in the waste bin, while the media treats him

like a contender.

[ailsagirl]

16. I noticed that -- thought it was just me