Very touching post by Gov. Gavin Newsom, showing what a President should look like

[Polybius]

Last edited Wed Sep 10, 2025, 10:15 PM - Edit history (1)

I knew Charlie, and I admired his passion and commitment to debate. His senseless murder is a reminder of how important it is for all of us, across the political spectrum, to foster genuine discourse on issues that deeply affect us all without resorting to political violence.

— Governor Gavin Newsom (@governor.ca.gov) 2025-09-10T22:05:43.191Z

[highplainsdem]

1. Thanks. Important statement by Newsom.

[RockRaven]

2. Dignity, class, and coherence.

Three things The Dotard never has.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Do not expect TACO Don to respond to Newsom in kind.

For TACO is incapable of any display of emotions.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. One of the many things that he's incapable of. ❤️

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

[spanone]

4. K&R

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Turns out he's one hell of a politician and patriot, I have an idea

Newsom/Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
2028

[Codifer]

7. Now I must

check to be sure that AOC is old enough.

She continues to amaze and delight.

[Ars Longa]

9. She is old enough right now! I think she is 35 now.... n/t

[niyad]

10. You are correct. Oct 13 1989.

[subterranean]

6. I wish he had just said "violence" instead of "political violence."

We don't know yet if the shooter's motive was political.

[Codifer]

8. My thought also.

He/she (the shooter) could anyone from rando nut job to skilled assassin.

[ReRe]

17. That's right. We don't know anything about

enemies he might have had in his personal life.

[Enter stage left]

11. What! No fully capitalized words...

It's plain to magats he could never be presidential.

[Keepthesoulalive]

12. I don't agree with violence in this case

But I do not condone bigotry ever. Stop giving these people legitimacy. His words are to be condemned or how about remain silent.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Condemning violence does NOT give Kirk or "these people" legitimacy

It actually condemns his words because he said gun deaths are to be expected.
It condemns them because we know violence is used to enforce racism and sexism: Kirk racism and sexism included.

[Keepthesoulalive]

20. He is speaking about dialogue and debate.

Kirk was a gaslighter and destroyer of facts, he would twist statistics to make his fans believe something that wasn’t true. As I have said before you don’t give bigots air you shun them. White people have used violence against minorities and they are still doing it. I did not shoot him nor did I want him to be shot, but as Malcolm said the chickens have come home to roost.

[Skittles]

14. THIS is how a real leader reponds

(praise of Kirk aside)

THIS is how someone who believes in the rule of law and due process responds.

[ReRe]

18. With dignity. n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

15. I like his "so me" staff. But this seems somewhat disingenuous to me.

Almost like posturing or maybe jockeying for a position in the headlines. But then I haven't read any other statements on the issue except Elizabeth Warren's and I am leaning more in her direction on the subject.
❤️

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. That's a more reasonable statement

compared to his very badly worded one earlier implying we should "honor" Kirk.