• neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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    In this case, he’s an imperfect solution to the real problem, which is trump and his fascist cronies. Literally anyone who’s not down that road is better.

    Is Gavin perfect? Fuck no. Not even a little.

    But if it puts us in a better state than we are now, I’ll welcome it.

    We need to get off this fucked up train the trump era nazis have sent us down before it gets even worse.

    And it will.

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      Is he actually helping though? Or just sucking up press oxygen and adding to his own brand? What is the actual benefit of this performance?

      The thing that will stop Trump is widespread public resistance. Not likely Newsom’s tweets or whatever is going on right now.

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        Or just sucking up press oxygen and adding to his own brand?

        Clearly not. He’s using someone else’s brand.

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        Not sure. Too early to tell. What I do know is that it’s a bit of a rallying cry right now for dems/progressives. Like Mamdani is. Ride the lightning, no matter the source at this point. We need to galvanize everyone against trump. It may take any form it wishes, and we need to get behind it if we want a shot at fixing this cesspit they’ve made.

        TL;DR; He’s useful until he isn’t. Then we move on to the next thing. We need people aligned and fighting trump, whatever form that takes.

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        I do not believe it. First of all, Fetterman has had a brain injury. Newsom has not.