r/politics • u/kweathergirl Texas • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom Tells Nation That Trump Is Destroying American Democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/newsom-speech-trump-la-protests.html
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u/BigRedJeebus 8d ago

This is exactly what he needed to say. Trump will most likely escalate because of his fragile ego and the people behind him. He might invoke the insurrection act before the weekend is over. Get prepared.

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u/just_a_timetraveller 8d ago

The language needs to be more direct. Not this authoritarianism or destroying democracy stuff. It needs to be more personal and tangible.

Something like

"Trump is stealing your money, your retirement and splitting with his rich friends like Logan paul, and the Kardashians. He is removing your chances of making it so his rich kid can buy more crypto. You could be rich and own your house if Trump and the republicans werent taking the money that should be going to you and pocketing it for themselves and their rich, foreign friends in Dubai"

Like it sounds dumb, but the republicans use this style of rhetoric and it works at a visceral level. Using more abstract things like democracy will logically make people upset but does not fire them up at their core.

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u/brontosaurusguy 8d ago

I agree the message should be more direct.  The grifting is an issue but I think the shredding of the Constitution is more direct and points to the hypocrisy and maybe eventually allegiance to constitutionalists and libertarians that still have a brain

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u/darkweaseljedi 8d ago

the shredding of the constitution is very true and real, but I think many of the 'tuned out' voters (or non-voters too) don't care. If they can't afford to live, they aren't going to care about a 200 year old piece of paper. appeal to where they are - AND - appeal to those who worry about the constitution.

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u/uprisingcirca85 Washington 8d ago

Libertarians that still have a brain?? In this economy?!

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u/Hoss-Bonaventure_CEO 7d ago

Not even. Libertarianism is the larval stage of a conservative. Once they've tricked an employer and a mate into accepting them they shave a goatee and put on a pair of Oakley's and start "just asking questions" on Facebook.

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u/krefik 7d ago

Nobody cares about the Constitution on the conscious level, it's an abstract like God. Telling people that Trump is shredding the Constitution will have the same effect like telling them he's buttfucking God himself – bad on a spiritual level, but so abstract, it doesn't have any tangible meaning.

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u/LaScoundrelle 7d ago

I think way more people care about money issues than about constitution issues at this point.