I don't know about Gavin Newsom, but

[grumpyduck]

I love that he took the battle right to Florida, right in FL's RWs' faces. Time to take the gloves off. Use their own playbook. Time to stop playing nice-nice.

More Democrats need to start doing that. And then watch the RWs whine and point fingers.

Fuck 'em all.

[rso]

1. Newsom

Newsom would be a great candidate, certainly a huge physical contrast between obese, decrepit orange man who uses makeup and eye liner, as well as obese dwarf DeSantis.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. Dwarf?

[rso]

10. Newsom

Yes, DeSantis is an obese dwarf, an evil one.

[DavidDvorkin]

13. DeSantis is 5'9", according to one site

That's only slightly shorter than average. I can't find his weight anywhere. In photos, he looks beefy but not obese.

He's evil, but that's nothing to do with his height or weight.

[rso]

15. DeSantis

No way, I live in PBC, and sometime in May I saw him and his entourage exiting a restaurant, he's very short and has actually ballooned to obese levels.

[PatSeg]

27. I just read that he is supposedly

5'9" AND weighs 154 lbs! Seriously? 154 lbs?

https://thepersonage.com/ronald-dion-desantis/

[Pacifist Patriot]

31. I am 5'9" and weigh around 150. I have seen DeathSentence in person.

No way he is my height and about my weight. No effing way.

[PatSeg]

35. I agree

He must use Trump's scale.

[Pacifist Patriot]

36. DUzy!

[FreeState]

18. Thats not shorter than average - that is the average hight of a US Male

https://www.medicinenet.com/height_men/article.htm

According to the latest CDC stats, these are the average heights for U.S. adult men based on age:

Ages 20 to 39: 176.1 centimeters, or roughly 5 feet, 9 inches
Ages 40 to 59: 175.8 centimeters, or roughly 5 feet, 9 inches
Age 60 and older: 173.4 centimeters, or roughly 5 feet, 8 inches

[rso]

22. DeSantis

What I'm saying is that I saw him in person, and in no way is he 5'9"

[FreeState]

30. He probably does lie about it

To be honest most peoples weight and hight dont match what is on their drivers license or ID as it changes over time. (Both are wrong on mine, I've lost weight and shrunk).

[Pacifist Patriot]

32. Agreed. That's my height and he ain't it.

I weigh about what he claims and am way more slender. I call BS on his stats.

[uponit7771]

34. +1,

[DavidDvorkin]

24. Thanks. I had misremembered the average as being 5'10".

[nolabear]

21. You might want to concentrate on the actual things that should disqualify him.

Neither obesity nor dwarfism makes one a bad person or a terrible leader.

[rso]

23. DeSantis

Sure, but let's face it, physical appearance is an important factor for politicians.

[BlueGreenLady]

3. Newsom is rockn' it

[maxsolomon]

4. What don't you know?

[aggiesal]

25. Here is Newsome's ad

Sorry, I thought you didn't know.
You were questioning the original post, what they didn't know.
I'll leave it here anyway, in case others haven't seen it.

Here is the actual AD.

This is a news report.

[ArnoldLayne]

26. I love his new ad.

[KPN]

5. Yeah. I think we need to be more comfortable in showing our strength. Newsome did that

with this. He showed his strength -- not simply as a personal characteristic, but also his whole being. We could use more of this. We are the stronger, more durable and persistent ideology in the long run. By comparison, authoritarian governance is transient. We shouldn't be afraid of showing strength by being direct and even confrontational in the face authoritarianism. After all, people are drawn to strength.

[Bucky]

6. It was trolling and it was well done.

But essentially it's an ad for 2024. He's not high on my list. I'd like to see Cory Booker take another run. I like Gretchen Whitmer from Michigan. I keep wondering when Chris Murphy (CT) is gonna make a move. I'm also a big fan of Eric Swalwell and Ted Lieu, if you really must have a Californian.

I'm not sure about the efficacy of saying "Come to California" at a time when people are leaving California in droves and the state's housing market is so steep that the streets of SF's biggest cities are clogged with the homeless. But yes, throwing some truth up in Ron DeSantis's face is a great idea.

[grumpyduck]

7. Well, maybe some of those other folks will follow suit.

Hopefully...

[leftieNanner]

9. Ted Lieu is wonderful

But he was born in Taiwan, I believe. Can't be President.

[caraher]

17. Darn, you're right

Here's a Vox article about the requirement and Lieu

[SleeplessinSoCal]

11. the housing crisis needs to be addressed nationally

The causes are many. The answers won't come quickly. Supply chain slows down needed materials for building affordable housing. The controversial eminent domain may be a necessity.

He's super bright. He's married to a Republican. (2nd one. 1st being Kimberly "gag" Guilfoyle). He's young and full of vitality. He is sitting on a huge surplus, AND he's an astute businessman with true progressive street cred. Money comes from Getty, not Putin....

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gavin-newsom-business-20181028-story.html

[onetexan]

16. If Biden isn't running, for me it's Transport Sec Pete B. He just knocks the socks off every time

i hear him speak on tv - brilliant, highly intelligent and that calm demeanor just kills those RW talking heads

[Bucky]

19. Buttegieg would be great. I still can't spell his name.

[moonscape]

20. My choice also. n/t

[applegrove]

12. Democrats do the perpetual campaign Republicans have been doing

for ages.

[Oscarthegreat]

14. The best we have

Gavin Newsom is the best we have and he must be our candidate in 2022. He is that rare progressive playboy who truly cares about the ninety nine percent and who is utterly unafraid to go toe to toe with the wingnuts without mincing words. He has been a very successful businessman who didn't have to go into politics but did because he truly wanted to make life better for everybody. He is articulate and much smarter than anyone the GOP can come up with, and he is not afraid to be highly aggressive against the extreme Right, something virtually unknown among Democrats, who tend to bring plastic forks to a fight against AK-47s.

[Deep State Witch]

28. I Would Move To California

Except that I can't afford to live there.

[McKim]

29. Gavin Newsom Has it All!

Gavin Newsome has it all, brains, great communicator, has gravitas, experience and he has done wonderful things for California. I see him as a mature Bobby Kennedy type who will attract voters from across the Democratic Party big tent! He is the one!!!!

[AmBlue]

33. As a sane Floridian...

I absolutely LOVED seeing his ad!!! More please!