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[Lovie777]

1. OH SNAP.................

[highplainsdem]

12. It's apparently fake. See reply 9.

[Tumbulu]

30. It is part of the shame game

One of Newsom’s points is to shame the creeps- the more of us using his own medicine to gag them the better.

That is my take on it. I observe a few groups where people share what they have created “in kind” - it is part of the humor.

[Maraya1969]

35. I didn't give a thought for it being real. I knew it was a joke. It is typical Newsom

[lastlib]

2. And he doesn't need bronzer by the truckload!

Aaannd, he has better neckties!

[BeerBarrelPolka]

3. And his wife

sleeps with him every night.

[KS Toronado]

4. And he still has never raked a forest !

[spanone]

5. K&R

[orangecrush]

6. Burn

[niyad]

8. Snicker!

[Celerity]

16. it's a fake quote, see multiple replies in this thread

[niyad]

17. Yes, I knew that when I saw it. But it is funny.

[highplainsdem]

18. So what? It's presented as a real quote, probably most of the recs are from people assuming it's real,

and posting it as real makes DU look bad - terribly gullible.

[niyad]

19. I am not responsible for what other people are thinking about an OP

that I did not post.

[highplainsdem]

20. Guess again. If you rec or give a positive reply to a fake quote that isn't clearly identified as fake, you

are helping encourage others to believe it's real, even if you know it's fake or suspect it is.

[niyad]

21. Cuing Lady Violet.

[highplainsdem]

22. Thanks for making it clear you don't care how stupid DUers look when fake quotes end up high on the

Greatest page.

[niyad]

27. You know, tthere is nothing quite like being attacked and scolded for

moral turpitude before one has even finished one's coffee. Do enjoy your day.

[highplainsdem]

24. Interesting that you're reccing your own posts here, too.

[Tumbulu]

31. It is humor

now to pretend to be Newsom posting. Acceptable if it rhymes so to speak.

The idea is to blast the creeps into shutting up- hoping that it works somehow someway. And fast!

[Celerity]

32. the OP claimed Newsom actually posted it, look at the comments of many in the thread who think he DID post it.

The result is misinformation, not humour.

[highplainsdem]

9. That's apparently fake. Zero news stories on it. That exact image has been on social media since

yesterday, and if it was a real post from Newsom there'd be multiple news stories about it by now.

[highplainsdem]

10. Please at least do a quick search before you post what are supposedly quotes.

[Blue Owl]

11. Poke poke poke....

I know it’s juvenile but I do enjoy seeing the fat fucked mercilessly poked by Gavin’s team…..

[highplainsdem]

39. It's a fake quote.

[Borogove]

13. Damn, he's good.

[Celerity]

15. it's a fake quote, see multiple replies in this thread

[Borogove]

25. I should have been a little more circumspect. All of this fake bs is really getting annoying.

[Celerity]

14. Another fake quote, you really to vet your OPs before posting. It is such a bad look for the board this has 132 recs.

[Wednesdays]

28. There should be a method for alerting on fake posts

I'm not saying I favor shaming or punishing the poster (he/she may very well have had the best of intentions), but there should be a mechanism where such posts are taken down.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

29. Agree.

[GreenWave]

23. No caps please! Some posters are pissed about easy to read words.

[Srkdqltr]

26. He's our guy , its a cartoon, meme thingy.

[ChicagoTeamster]

33. What was the typo in the DOJ filing against CA redistricting Newsom supposedly made fun of?

I've heard about it but haven't seen anything describing the actual typo he supposedly made fun of. Was that another misinformation?

[highplainsdem]

34. Here - and it takes just seconds for a search using a few keywords to check this sort of thing:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-skewers-doj-after-embarrassing-typo-in-lawsuit-against-him/

[ChicagoTeamster]

36. I haven't subscribed to daily beast

[highplainsdem]

37. If you clear your browser cache, you'll rarely hit paywalls.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-skewers-doj-after-embarrassing-typo-in-lawsuit-against-him/

The first line in the lawsuit reads, “Race cannot be used as a proxy to advance political interests, but that is precisely what the California General Assembly did with Proposition 50.”

X user Vance Ulrich noted, “I’ve been following CA politics a long time, but I never realized the CA Legislature was a ‘General Assembly.’ This is not North Carolina. Not sending their best!”

Newsom’s Press Office account reposted Ulrich’s find, adding, “When Trump’s hand-picked hacks at DOJ can’t tell California from North Carolina, you know the lawsuit is about as credible as Trump’s ‘I don’t know Epstein’ line.”

Both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly approved a new congressional map last month ahead of next year’s midterm elections. It appeared the DOJ meant to say California’s State Assembly, which is the lower house of the California State Legislature.

[ChicagoTeamster]

38. Thanks for the tip

[highplainsdem]

40. applegrove, did you know this was a fake quote when you posted it? If not, will you please correct

the OP?

And if you did know it was fake, please explain why you posted it without making that clear. It's obvious from some of the replies and the number of recs that a lot of DUers assumed it was real and may have posted it elsewhere as something Nrwsom actually posted.

[applegrove]

42. I did not know it was not real. I posted it just before I fell asleep

this morning. I try and not post fakes. I just assumed it was real. Sorry.

[Cha]

41. Great Way to Bring

Attention to who Is On the List.