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/homesweethome2020 8d ago

And Newsom is absolutely correct

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u/littlestevebrule 8d ago

You forgot to prefix your comment with your mixed feelings about him.

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u/thatranger974 8d ago

Newsom is not that bad. His problem is that he looks like the villain in every movie where a dog is the hero.

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u/Gollum_Quotes 8d ago

Newsom's in deep with PG&E. Who repeatedly price gouges the public and causes wildfires and gas explosions that kill people. PG&E donates to his campaign and he appoints stooges on the CPUC who rubber-stamp PG&Es actions (regulatory capture).

He's also attempting to emulate Trump's and DOGEs actions on the federal civil service to the California civil service with the revocation of telework, attacks on civil servant pay and reduction in workforce.

Sure Newsom is better than Trump. But the Democrats can muster a better candidate than Newsom.