Newsom trolls MAGA Mike

[speak easy]

[Autumn]

1. Is Gavin Newsome the leader of the Democratic party?

He sure is doing a great job of it.

[Abstractartist]

2. I believe so

Or I would say, it sure as shit isn’t Schumer, Jeffreys, Pelosi, majority of the senate democrats, and majority of the house democrats, sooooo?

[Hekate]

14. Never disrespect Nancy Pelosi. She has fought hard all her life, & was magnificent during the insurrection

[Oopsie Daisy]

34. It's that time again. My cuckoo clock is sounding!

Time for everyone's favorite game show "Let's Shit on Democrats!" 🤪😡🤬🤡

[Hekate]

36. Sure is that time. It has become very fashionable around here to diss Hakeem & Schumer....

But I draw the damn line at Nancy Pelosi. She deserves respect forever for what she’s been through and how she’s dealt with it.

[thebigidea]

37. Agreed.

People can't have it both ways. They demanded she pass the torch, and then they are upset she isn't leading.

[Abstractartist]

44. You don't have to be a leader to speak out.

The citizens speaking out at town halls and street protests are not leaders, they are the most important part of this country. They/ we are the constituents.

[Cha]

61. You Got That Right.. Mahalo, Oopsie Daisy!

[Abstractartist]

43. I'll disrespect any person, I feel deserve it.

[Hekate]

46. I will certainly bear that in mind when I see you coming. However, remember that DU exists to support Democrats

We are not expected to be blind followers, and indeed we should not be.

So you just tell me here and now what you think House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has done to deserve your disrespect. The insurrectionist mob hunted the hallways for her, calling her name in mocking tones. One female said on camera that she wanted to find Pelosi and drag her from the building by her hair. One male said he wanted to put a bullet through her brain. They were quite serious about decapitating the line of succession — gibbet erected for the VP, plans to murder the Speaker on sight.

I saw this part unfold from my living-room, didn’t you?

Out of sight, the Speaker of the House was working the phones from her secure location, doing everything she could to get hold of the National Guard, among other things. This is on film from a documentarian who happened to be following her around that day — thinking it would be a normal-enough changing of the guard after a contentious election, but getting instead an insurrection.

When her home was invaded and her husband got slammed in the head with a hammer, the assassin was looking for the Speaker, intending to “kneecap her, so she’d go back to the House in a wheelchair. “

That’s just from Trump’s prior term. Before Trump there was a decades-long GOP history of making her the bogeyman from San Francisco — rather like Hillary Clinton being turned into a she-demon. It’s what the GOP does to Democratic women. It’s what they do. You really want to take part in that?

Don’t hold yourself back. Tell us all.

[Abstractartist]

47. Disrespect

Disrespect can come at any time. I was high on her when she lead during the insurrection, and I was low on her lead during the President Biden election “push out”. If and when I begin to hear her support and call to action for the 2026 midterm elections, and she does make the media circuit as many others who are former leaders tend to do, I may change my mind.

[Hekate]

48. Attaboy. Bite 'em on the anklebones, bite 'em on the knees. They'll never see ya comin'

[Oopsie Daisy]

49. 🤣😜😂😹

You rock!

[Hekate]

50. 😉

Glad to oblige

[Abstractartist]

59. 😆

I’m sorry if I don’t meet YOUR standards. I thought I was allowed to have my own opinion on things and people on this platform.

[Oopsie Daisy]

62. Oh, please.

Good grief.

[Autumn]

28. They have been sadly silent.

[Omnipresent]

53. I wish they would do everything possible

But, they don’t really have any plans!

[Stinky The Clown]

57. Nancy Pelosi WAS a leader.

What's your problem with her stepping aside to make room others/younger leaders.

The following is NNOT rhetorical: when was she ever a bad leader? Now's your chance.

Put up or shut up.

[Oopsie Daisy]

64. You are correct in your assessment. At this point, the Pelosi-hatreis just an unthinking automatic "knee-jerk" response*

* that happens whenever her name is mentioned, even in passing. She was shat upon for being too old and demands were made that she make way for someone new, someone young... but apparently she can do nothing right in the eyes of some online. If she's calm and measured, her critics say she should show more fire. If she gets angry and pointed... her critics argue that she's being too emotional and hysterical. When she talks of her faith, her haters accuse her of preaching. There's just no winning. But these attacks and hyper criticism seem to be limited to her, while others seem to be given a free pass. --- Weird.

[Bengus81]

4. Murder rate in Birmingham Alabama. Highest in the 50 States. Rape capital of the 50

States is Anchorage Alaska. Go send your fucking troops those RED States Trump.

[Gimpyknee]

5. Birmingham would still serve Trump's purpose.

It’s mayors have been democrats for the past 50 years.

[Mblaze]

16. So send in the troops

And see how Alabama likes to be occupied.

[Mysterian]

29. Who cares who the mayor is?

The STATE is the sovereign entity with power over the cities. But pukes love the trope "it's a democrap mayor!" to explain why red states have much more violent crime than blue states. And that's a bunch of bullshit.

[Gimpyknee]

42. Obviously Trump does.

He’s sending National Guard troops into cities governed by democrats.

[Mysterian]

45. Into only BLUE STATES

Why not sending troops into RED STATES with much higher crime?

[misanthrope]

63. Not just members of the Democratic Party

but "Democrats" in the racially loaded code language that is used in Alabama to talk about Black people without using the older epithets.

[orangecrush]

7. Him and Pritzker

[patphil]

8. It does appear that he's stepped in and taken up the banner of leadership for the party.

His mocking of Trump has brought him to center stage, and is casting him as a prime candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028.
He's definitely a fresh look, and an excellent spokesperson for the leadership role.

[Hornedfrog2000]

10. Someone needs to call it

I mean, we literally have nobody willing to kick the door in, and make some people shake. This shit has gone too far, and im feeling gaslit by my own party acting like this shit isnt a 12 out of about 10 on the fucking insane meter. We are on the verge of losing the united states of america. I wouldnt be surprised if we arent even named the united states in 3 years. Thats how fucking insane this is.

[popsdenver]

19. It is already pretty much

the CORPORATE STATES OF AMERICA...............


Fascism is the merger of government and corporations, in it's simplest form........

WASF

Someone should write a book titled: WHILE THE NATION SLEPT...............And the introduction's first line:

"They" were all walking down the Jungle path, swatting at mosquitoes, and were oblivious to the herd of charging elephants......(pun intended)

[brakester]

21. Check this out.

We live in a fascist nation. What now? https://medium.com/@carmitage/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop-fascism-in-history-the-success-rate-is-0-a665e2e048a2

This starts with the bad news first but also offers a plan.

[TommyT139]

55. Deserves its own post

Thank you for linking it here. Sobering & succinct.

[Hekate]

12. Leadership is as leadership does

[Autumn]

22. At least someone is stepping up to do it.

[Hekate]

31. Good governor, good Democrat. MAGAGOP hates him, which is a good recommendation imo.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Respectful spelling, please. . . . nt

[Paladin]

30. He is, as far as I'm concerned.

The rest of the Democratic leadership needs to catch up. And damned fast.

[C Moon]

41. But his hair!!! :/

[Hekate]

52. That was a weird criticism, wasn't it? "He's too polished and his hair's slicked back" and something about...

… “the celebrity factor”

A bit baffling, if you ask me.

[C Moon]

54. Shocked me. That's for sure.

[NCDem47]

51. He's a street fighter!

Constantly calling out Republican hypocrisy over, and over, and over again.

Looks like some MSM giving him coverage--he's not just preaching to the choir.

[Brainfodder]

3. Showing it, yeah more of this!

[twodogsbarking]

6. Most other categories Lousiana finish last or near. Education, health care, poverty, obesity, redhatsyndrome.

[sprinkleeninow]

26. redhatsyndrome.... 😛 nt

[CTyankee]

9. EXCELLENT! Keep it up!

I promise I will send $ to your campaign! Not a lot, but what I can afford on my tight budget!

[Hornedfrog2000]

11. We are in a fucking war

And im sorry, but when you are in a war, some laws go out the window, or circumventing them. We are so close to losing it all, because our side wants to be overly fair to an antisocial, psychopath like trump.

I dont know what the answer is, but these people must be stopped or we are all living in cages if you speak out.

[jgmiller]

13. Nobody should ever underestimate Newsom

I've lived in CA all my life and it's amazing how many conservatives have thought they can take him out. I think it's because he isn't always in attack mode and when his position isn't threatened he can be very low key so they decide he's weak and they can go after him. Usually when that happens his response take time to get rolling because he doesn't react rashly but once he gets going he's unstoppable. What we're seeing now is him building up to full speed and expanding the attack surface.

[BannonsLiver]

15. "But he's from California!11 What about the rUsT bElT vOtErS!11"

I read that moldy old chestnut geography pablum at least once a week here by people who underestimate him.

[BurnDoubt]

18. Someone should mention...

if life sucks for them there, perhaps they should elect people who care about making life better for them, rather than "owning the libs".
Thus the saying... "you can't fix stupid"
Sorry to be harsh, but is it even a thing anymore?

[BannonsLiver]

35. Is what a thing anymore?

[NYC Liberal]

58. And then Democrats from the Rust Belt run and still get branded with the exact same "elitist" crap.

Turn out Republicans will attack our candidates no matter who they are. Shocking.

[BannonsLiver]

60. Precisely. Which is another reason why the "bUt CaLiFOrNIa!11" argument is so lame.

[DownriverDem]

20. I'm curious

Why is it when someone posts about Newsom there is a comment from someone saying they don't support him for president? What's with that?

[NoMoreRepugs]

23. Democratic purity tests are part of some peoples dna here at DU.

[jgmiller]

24. I think they also worry about electability

The right have done a very effective job of convincing California is this hellscape and that millions of people are leaving every year and that Newsom is the reason for all of this.

Of course that's stupid, if so many people were fleeing the state then why are we building so many homes and a apartments? Developers don't spend money if they can't sell the product. Why is the economy #4 in the world if this is all true?

I think this is part of what Newsom is now turning to that he's beat up on Trump for a while he's going to start working on changing the spin. He wants people that believe this stupidity to now question why their state sucks and yet the numbers in CA are so much better. It's going to take a long time to turn that around and if he is serious about 2028 starting now makes a lot of sense now that he's got people's attention.

Like I said people underestimate him at their own peril.

[thebigidea]

38. the fact that he signed free college into law when in office is more than 500 Bernies have done for the working class

[Hekate]

56. My personal observation is there is a small cadre here bent on eliminating governors one by one...

Why do I think this: every so often someone posts something like, “Which gov do you want to run for president in 2028? “ or “I really love Pritzker! But Shapiro sucks. “

Then a lively discussion ensues. Those who are not keen on a particular (unannounced) aspirant aren’t just meh about him or her, they are adamant about that person’s incredible failings.

Interesting.

Even more interesting is sooner or later Gavin Newsom’s name comes up, and invariably negatively. Some of it’s just plain weird, but it’s the implied slur. He was once married to Kimberly Guilfoyle, and that shows bad judgment. He’s too slick, his hair, his celebrity factor. He’s Californian. All of this and more is pretty much and can be refuted, but why is it coming up at all?

[red dog 1]

25. The only way to remove MAGA Mike as Speaker of the House is for the Democrats to win big in next year's midterms.

Meanwhile, governors like Newsom & Pritzger need to keep up the pressure on MAGA Mike, Spephen Miller, & the rest of Shitler's Project 2025 fascists.

[JustAnotherGen]

27. And it's the setting

The seated press conference. Love it!

[speak easy]

33. With that big 'ol Brown Bear right over his shoulder.

[enigmania]

32. In the early '60s, the rednecks

would swarm into Columbia, SC from surrounding areas, and shoot up Black neighborhoods from their beater cars. Some things never change.

[Cha]

39. Yeah, bring that pipsqueak

mouse into it... he needs to be serial Trolled.

TY speak easy

[calimary]

40. Honestly, Gavin, where have you been all my life???

Can hardly believe we FINALLY have a Gutsy Dem who’s not only willing but EAGER to spread the truth about Republicans, doesn’t tread lightly, and DOESN’T care if they don’t like it! Hey, if it’s true (as it IS), we all should be groovin’ like Gavin, and yelling the truth! Everywhere, and Anytime!