Pressed further, he clarified he does not believe the term applies to Israel’s present.
Gavin Newsom is an idiot and his instincts are laughably bad here.
Who is this supposed to win over? Is he still gunning for the AIPAC money? What an utter spineless coward. Why would AIPAC trust him and why would the average voter trust him?
Gavin Newsom is an AWFUL choice to put our energy behind and his cowardly inability to reckon with Israel exposes how incredibly unfit for office he is.
If the DNC is allowed to consolidate power around Gavin Newsom, the next election WILL be lost to Republicans on a basis of centrist unwillingness to stand up to Israel and the winning Republican alternative will come from a rightwing racist bent (Tucker Carlson?) rather than a leftist anti-colonialist one and when that future comes it WILL be Gavin Newsom’s fault for needing his turn to play president like Biden needed his.
https://decisiondeskhq.substack.com/p/americans-dont-really-like-gavin-newsom
However, Newsom’s national standing is relatively poor. In Decision Desk HQ’s polling average, only about 30% of poll respondents have a favorable view of him, while about 42% hold an unfavorable opinion. Since early in 2025, attitudes toward Newsom have tended to be more negative than positive, except for about a three-month spell last fall when his net standing was closer to even.
…and this is before Gavin tries to pathetically tack to some imagined centrist position on Israel that makes absolutely everybody hate him except his AIPAC handlers.
The latest Newsom budget, released last month, continues his trajectory away from social compassion. “The governor’s 2026-27 spending plan balances the budget by dodging the harsh realities of the Republican megabill, H.R. 1, and maintains state cuts to vital public supports, like Medi-Cal, enacted as part of the current-year budget,” the California Budget & Policy Center pointed out. “Governor Newsom’s reluctance to propose meaningful revenue solutions to help blunt the harm of federal cuts undermines his posture to counter the Trump administration.” The statement said that the proposed budget “will leave many Californians without food assistance and healthcare coverage.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/is-gavin-newsom-progressive
He’s a political chameleon.
He’s a slimy git and he is not the leader we need in these dire times. Swipe left.
He’s right, it doesn’t apply to Israel’s present. It applies to israel’s past. “Perpetrator of genocide” applies to israel’s present.
So he’s in the Epstein files, too, then?
i regret Gavin’s mom birthed him
Yea, im sure ur mom so proud taco butt plug. So proud.
are you or i in positions of power, abusing them like a cunt? i mean, you’re clearly a daft cunt. one without aby power though.
They’re just saying if you had applied yourself a little more you could be Dr. TacoButtPlug
It’s really doesn’t make sense to me that he’s considered a strong presidential contender. He never sounds authentic and his political positioning at the edge of the party takes someone way more charismatic than he is.
Also, saying something with weakly good vibes and then walking it back after getting phone calls from donors was Harris’s 2020 strategy and we all know how that worked out. He’s got the stink of a similar mindset and similar influence networks on him.
He looks the part and for a depressingly large amount of voters, that’s enough.
Also, saying something with weakly good vibes and then walking it back after getting phone calls from donors was Harris’s 2020 strategy and we all know how that worked out. He’s got the stink of a similar mindset and similar influence networks on him.
Let us not forget that we also know how voters will respond on the same exact topic because Harris tried to pretend she could be equally as hamfisted about this. At least Harris had the excuse of being Biden’s VP who let the entire Genocide roar into action pretty much unimpeded. No matter what Harris felt personally, at least this was a difficult tactical position for her to navigate politically.
Newsom is just proving he is incapable of understanding when he has stepped on rake in front of ~300+ million people.
I can’t wait for him to get elected and Democrats to be crowing about how he’s so much better than trump because he’s blue. Meanwhile he’ll continue the war in Iran, which will almost certainly still be going on at that time, because he’s a feckless coward who will do anything to appease the people in charge of America, the Israeli lobby.
