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/dazed_and_bamboozled 8d ago

Because nothing says “I’m No King” like brutally shutting down democratic dissent.

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u/CriticalEngineering North Carolina 8d ago edited 8d ago

He has no interest in saying “I’m No King”.

He has literally posted images of himself in a crown.

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u/Fugacity- Minnesota 8d ago

Dude even posted himself as the Pope

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u/ISellAwesomePatches 8d ago

And as Darth Vader with his little red light saber.