This drama is a setup for elevating Newsom to the Democrat audience and push back on the progressives. And fuck knows, Newsom isn't a progressive.
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No no he is not.
Trump taking a play out of Hillarys book... Picked the worst candidate to boost knowing he'll get wrecked. Newsom has a worse chance than Kamala ffs which means that's the exact thing we're getting and it will be "our" fault for letting the old "moderate" idiots vote for him in the primaries since so many people sit them out...
He is fucking senile.
Maybe, but he's always been ignorant and stupid, so it is nearly impossible to tell.
I think his primary crime is running for governor because he’s done such a bad job.
Yeah Donnie, i think you've done such a bad job you should be arrested too if we're playing that game.
Certainly if he's legalizing the open arrest of political leaders then he's at the top of the list.
That's our Dementia Don.
“But you have a governor who let the city burn down, didn’t want water to be sent down to him,” Trump complained about Newsom and January’s wildfires. “I mean, I sent billions of gallons of water. I wanted to do it in the first term. He wouldn’t do it over. I don’t know, they have environmental reasons, but there were no environmental reasons. It’s, I think it’s just a political philosophy. But it’s lucky for the people in Los Angeles and in California that we did what we did.”
They dumped an entire reservoir full of water designed for agriculture purposes, into the fucking ocean! That reservoir didn't even connect to LA's supply.
I wish he would have the governor arrested. I want to see him send in the states on national guard or state police and take Newman. Then maybe the fucking democrats would wake the fuck up and see they need to do more then strongly worded letters. But Trump won't this all smoke and mirrors he to big of wuss to do it. Come on Taco do it I triple dog dare you. Lets light this candle.
Spoiler: the democrats won’t do shit.
They got the headline they wanted.
They did in this case, too.
Trump still playing the media like a fiddle.
I had forgotten they did that. I know they're evil but it shocks me again
What crime has he committed? I think his primary crime is running for governor because he’s done such a bad job. What he’s to that state is like what Biden did to this country. And that’s pretty bad. It’s the wrong philosophy. Thousands, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, many of them prisoners, they’re taking up your healthcare, they’re taking up your space in schools, they’re taking up your hospital. And in many cases, they’re criminals. And we have to do something about it. And we’re doing something about.
Jesus fucking Christ what have you Americans gotten yourselves into? Do we need to pop across the pond and sort you out again?
I’d ask for rescue, but your Supreme Court just ruled that I shouldn’t be allowed to piss anywhere at all because a mediocre children’s author is apparently a kingmaker now. Maybe y’all should prioritize taking care of your own homegrown fascists? This is sorta “there but for the grace of god go I” except yall also did stupid shit like Brexit.
Do we need to pop across the pond and sort you out again?
For fucks sake, yes.
West coast checking in, sure would appreciate the assist.
I'd like just one of these fuckers talking about what Biden "did to this country" have to explain themselves in a forum where it's moderated. A forum where they cannot get away with magabrained fanfic like "the autopen" or "Hunter's harddrive, oops, I mean 'laptop'".
I keep hearing these dumbfucks saying this and Biden had everything going quite well domestically and headed in even better directions. This dumbass came in and broke everything again.
So I would love to see them called on their claims and have to answer the question - just what was so bad about Biden, exactly?
The media is totally out to lunch. I watched HitlerPig in a few different interviews bragging about the cost of gasoline being only $2, and not one "journalist" challenged that assertion. Where is it $2? What state? I travel the entire East Coast for work, and I haven't seen gas below $2.50 since the peak of Covid.
I'm in Florida, and it cycles between $2.90 and $3.20 on a predictable cycle. It's about $2.95 today, and it will be at $2.89 by the weekend, then jump to $3.20 next Monday or Tuesday, guaranteed. The cheapest gas on the East Coast is always South Carolina, and I haven't seen it below $2.60, and it's usually in in the $2.80s.
So $2? Where?
If you need, I'll write up a declaration of dependence.
Man, what I want from Americans is writing down "I will not vote for a fascist again" 100 times. You can keep your independence.
I identify with this as an American Idiot, but I think the lesson is this can happen anywhere when the interests of those in power diverge from humanity.
I'll get started on that.
Yes please. The sooner the better
+1, I'll make cookies.
I think you mean biscuits.
Well it was this or a woman.
Pretty hard choice for them.
Whole lotta people that should know better stayed home, too. Also, a lot of people still bleating out nonsense, even now, about "both sides" and talking about "shitlibs" and GenocideJoe and so on.
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We could use the assist!
Dude this is everyone in MAGA country. It's so fuckin bad. I had a client rant unprompted to me about Biden and electric cars for a half hour on Friday.
My ass is moving to the UK ASAP. Helps when your spouse is from there.
Yes, please come pick up your rebellious teenager
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Interesting. Donvict is a felon who has not had to sit in prison yet. Can we have him arrested, please?
Trump committed the crime of running for president.
Yeah, but running for President when you aren't eligible for the office for fomenting rebellion really is a crime.
It's unconstitutional, but I don't think simply holding office when you're forbidden is a crime. Maybe lying in your oath of office is a crime?
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This is him normalizing the accusation, because he knows it will be made at him in 2028.
If Newsome and others are successful in their defense/cases on this, Trump can say "they did it, so I can do it" in 2028 (giving the media their sane washing angle to investigate and content create about). If the governors he goes after are unsuccessful - he'll further prove his absolute power.
It's win win.
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