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[–] CarmineCatboy@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

On the economy, a critical vulnerability for Biden and Democrats, Newsom offered a credible defense of the president’s economic policies and did so in a convincing way that Biden has been unable to do

the wisdom of not pretending that there's no inflation because the 'quarterly year on year adjusted for vibes times feelings by hopes and dreams index' said so

[–] robinn_IV@hexbear.net 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Omg I love demolishing homeless camps thank you Newsom!!

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

The real problem is that we're not doing that on a federal scale enough

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Moreover, Newsom agreed with DeSantis that the border is an issue while defending Biden’s border policy, even pointing out that it’s actually Republicans in the House who are holding up the president’s request for funding to hire more border agents.
And on foreign policy, Newsom pulled no punches condemning Hamas and supporting Israel, at a time when progressives in his party are demanding that Biden abandon Israel and call for a ceasefire.

one paragraph later...

Taken together, Newsom’s ability to defend Democrats’ spend-heavy economic policy, criticize the GOP’s position on abortion and advocate for a moderate approach on the border and foreign policy is a more politically advantageous strategy than Democrats’ current tactics of increasingly far-left positions.

fortress USA and open genocide: the moderate's approach.

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Democrats’ current tactics of increasingly far-left positions.

wut

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 9 points 11 months ago

Far left is when rainbow capitalism

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah... We're living through the Weimar Republic era of Amerikan Decline.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I thought it was the people's Democratic party? Isn't that what democracy looks like, when the people use their electoral power to define policy? You mean to tell me it doesn't work this way? hillary-apartment

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Are they gonna push this soulless ghoul into the nomination?

[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

Oh, so now you want 100% genocide? You won't even try to get us to 99% genocide instead?

[–] Aryuproudomenowdaddy@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You don't need to push someone when they're already sprinting at a full tilt.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

It's one of the steps in the ritual...

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 15 points 11 months ago

His China policy could potentially be better than the majority of Dems. That's the only real positive I can think of.

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

I can't imagine a more appropriate face for the Democratic Party

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Can't wait for the oppo research to drop on him

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

Heard the other day that he had a 19yo girlfriend when he was 39

[–] ZapataCadabra@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Newsom is the kind of Democrat that has wanted to be president since he was 9 and has lived his life in a way that nothing will ever threaten his political career.

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's what they always think until someone connects enough data points together to illustrate a trend that points to a deleterious belief that he believes could never threaten him because he's white and privileged

It took several trends to link Kamala to the Top Cop narrative after all

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago

Douglas E. Schoen is a political consultant who served as an adviser to President Clinton and the 2020 presidential campaign of Michael Bloomberg

LOSER!