Peter GleickI'm not a fan of Gavin Newsom but heaven knows he's doing and saying things the rest of the democratic party should be doing and saying.
Evannakita@petergleick I really disagree here—he's actively throwing trans people under the bus.
Mr. Completely@evannakita @petergleick yeah I'm not speaking for Peter on this one but I'm personally not changing my view that he's a POS, but I do recognize that he's using the tactics a lot of the left want to see. I'm still not voting for him and I'm not OKwith abandoning anyone - you're either for rights for all or you're not, and he's not. I just want other pols who suck less than he does, people i actually like, to adopt an aggressive, confrontational style vs Trump like he's doing
@mrcompletely @petergleick Honestly, if we want someone uncompromising and assertive, I figure Zohran Mamdani is a much better example!
@evannakita @petergleick he is for sure. He's just not taking on Trump right now, that's not his job.
The social media stuff that Newsom is doing that's getting all the positive attention isn't his doing, it's hers 👇
But he's signing off on it, and playing the fighter in press conferences
He's still a putz. More good people just need to run this playbook. Political skill and worthiness are separate things, he's got one (part of that skill is hiring) and not the other.
