Sheryl WeikalWhen Gavin Newsom says "the Democrats need to be more culturally normal" with "less focus on pronouns" what he's actually saying is "the trannies aren't normal and don't normalize them."
Kevin Karhan 
Anne OminousNewsom is nothing but an attention whore. that asshole can get fucked
Todd Knarrs/culturally normal/Republican/
14mission@theleftistlawyer I've heard other people express similar things, and tried to disabuse people of this.
Some people are just hateful, and these people will never vote for Democrats, so D's should just not give a crap what they think.
There's more people out there who feel neglected and are susceptible to the "D's don't care about regular folks like you" line. Some of them are recoverable but not by throwing LGBTQ-folks under the bus, just actually do things that make working people's lives better.
(The fact that so many people perpetually fall for "blame X minority for your problems" sucks but the crappy nature of the human race is just something we have to deal with).
Grassroots JoeOr we can use effective methods, like the race-class-gender (RCGN) narrative framework, to tell very different stories that build solidarity across differences and put the blame where it belongs, on Broligarchs and the #EpsteinClass.
RCGN works, we just need more people to learn about it and use it.
Please see my pinned toots for helpful links.
PS RCGN was piloted in Minnesota and Wisconsin, something that helped make the neighborism we've seen in MN possible.
Jes@theleftistlawyer Fuck this guy and any of his supporters. Neoliberal bullshit can fuck off
Sir David Nielsen@theleftistlawyer @gwynnion fuck you Newsom, I will normalize the fuck out of trans people and so should you.
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderGavin Newsome needs to read the room.
Hakuso@theleftistlawyer
Same guy who has already gone after the homeless.
He'll move through group after group, abandoning one after another, until nobody is left.
It should be very obvious, at this point, that when you give "elites" any concessions they'll just move on and take more.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESpeople need to show up in the primaries and make sure #Newsom does not make it to the general #election in 2028
and we can start building on that now by showing up in the #primaries in 2026 and get 50 mamdanis in in the general in november
the way you defeat this bullshit is you *show the fuck up*
if you hear Newsom say #transmisic shit and go "i'm not voting," then you wind up helping #MAGA win and that will be even worse for #trans people
fuck Newsom
draNgNon"50 mamdanis" is not a person running against Newsom. has anyone else announced, or made it obvious they are going to?
the point is we have to get some momentum
i'm not going to talk about 2028, it's too far away
we need people showing up in the primaries this fucking year
that's the topic that matters
Creamy Spinach Jalapeño@benroyce @theleftistlawyer why? Newsom is probably the best shot they have at ousting Anyone in the Trump regime
HakeemG@benroyce @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer Newsom has some opinions that I don't agree with but there aren't many credible candidates that are running much further to his left. For all that talk about Mamdani being some radical agent of change, where is it?
@HakeemG @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer
i voted for bernie in the primaries, then hillary in the general. because i'm not stupid
likewise i'll vote against newsom in the primaries, but reluctantly for him in the general if he unfortunately wins the primaries. again, because i'm not stupid
but a lot of people are stupid. they get very emotional and don't understand tactical voting. so we get maga winning
we need an exciting candidate from the left
besides: centrists are spineless and weak
@benroyce @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer I always vote for the furthest left person in every primary except for president and then support the winner in the general. However I disagree that the centrists are weak, quite the contrary, the leftists often fail to even field a candidate. Obamacare saved my aunt's life, luckily she didn't have to wait on Bernie to deliver anything.
@HakeemG @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer
Joe Lieberman killed much of obamacare. what you like about obamacare could have been much better
centrists like him are corrupt and paid for. if we want universal healthcare we have to go hard left, we won't get anything from centrists except lies and stalling and betrayal
@benroyce @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer It's F Joe Lieberman all day every day, but the rest of the Dems still saved my aunt's life. I won't hear lectures about how they haven't done anything from privileged people who have always had health insurance.
@HakeemG @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer
you don't seem very sincere if you admit obamacare could have been better if it weren't for centrist assholes, then you go right on defending centrist assholes. pay attention. be honest on the topic. we win more if we go further left. centrists suck
@benroyce @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer It depends on your definition of centrists. If you're referencing Fetterman or Lieberman then I'm in agreement, if you're referencing Schumer or Jeffries, then I hard disagree. Pelosi is the fing GOAT IMHO, got more done for this country than any other person in Congress in my lifetime. Other people promised more, but she actually delivered.
C.S.Strowbridge@DrCampbell @benroyce @theleftistlawyer
No he is not. Anyone who is more progressive and also willing to fight would crush Trump in the general election. You win elections by getting your base excited, not by trying to win over the centre.
Getting someone who is only a little to the left of Trump is a losing strategy.
@csstrowbridge @benroyce @theleftistlawyer lmfao you know as well as I do the u.s. has proven too sexist and racist for your statement to be true. Try again.
Jürgen Hubert@DrCampbell @benroyce @theleftistlawyer
And then that? He makes minor adjustments to the tools of oppression that don't really fix anything, and then the next Republican president massively expands them again.
The USA needs a President who is actually committed to fighting fascism.
@juergen_hubert @DrCampbell @theleftistlawyer
to get real left candidates vs scum like #newsom, is the #primaries
happening in only a few weeks in the #USA
anyone who spends a single iota of their thoughts going "man these #democrats suck": you BETTER FUCKING SHOW UP IN THE PRIMARIES
if you don't i don't want to hear you say a single fucking political opinion ever again
NOW is when you fix the problem
1. register NOW
2. learn your #candidates
3. #vote for the real left one
happening NOW
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Robert J. Berger@theleftistlawyer Newsom is great at Trolling Trump. Please keep it up.
Newsom would be another Clinton like Neo-liberal as President and that is exactly what we do NOT need or want.
Jo - pièce de résistanceHis head of social media is whose trolling we enjoyed, a woman named Camille Harper Zapata.
HTPC NZ@theleftistlawyer just like Cuomo, force him run as the independent and split the right vote. This where unlike Sanders, AOC likes have to have the guts to take on DNC to say, pick me or I will run as an independent and split the left vote to guarantee a MAGA victory and let DNC show their true colours of being MAGA lite.
Pinchy63 🇨🇦@theleftistlawyer
I don’t get what people see in Gavin Newsom. He reminds me of a used car salesman.
I don’t get what people see in Gavin Newsom. He reminds me of a used car salesman.
SKC 🏳️🌈@theleftistlawyer for an asshole who seemed to be standing for “what’s right”, he sure is mostly an asshole than anything else