Gavin Newsom says he regrets using term ‘apartheid’ to describe Israel

If he runs for president, he should run as a republican. At least he can pull the overton window towards the center more.

Edit: corrected "overturn"

"Regrets" his words after AIPAC privately showed him how easily they could crush him politically if he didn't change course.

"Spineless bitch regrets calling a spade a spade"

Fixed that headline for you

This is what he felt the need to apologize for:

“A lot of Democrats have looked at the Netanyahu regime and felt like, you know what, we don’t like his trajectory; that it’s time to rethink the U.S. relationship with Israel, especially military support,” Vietor said.

Newsom responded:

“The issue of Bibi (Netanyahu) is interesting because he’s got his own domestic issues. He’s trying to stay out of jail. He’s got an election coming up. He’s potentially on the ropes. He’s got folks, the hard line, that want to annex the West Bank. Friedman and others are talking about it appropriately as sort of an apartheid state.”

Co-host Jon Favreau then pressed him directly:

“Do you think, looking down the road, that the United States should consider maybe rethinking our military support for Israel?”

Newsom answered:

“It breaks my heart, because the current leadership in Israel is walking us down that path where I don’t think you have a choice but that consideration.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/newsom-questions-u-alliance-israel-204355476.html

He's not even allowed to say that some day things might hypothetically get bad enough where they may need to consider not funding Israels genocides with a blank check...

He shouldn't hold any sort of political office.

Yet we'll get yelled at for not supporting this scumbag.

Unless his reasoning is that it was just apartheid before and is full blown genocide now, he's wrong. They've been running on apartheid my entire life.

I regret ever considering him to be a viable presidential candidate.

Never, never ever, regret the truth.

milquetoast bitch of a man. pathetic.

He almost had a spine

I'm actually surprised by the people who actually think he's a good guy just cause he trolls Trump, he's just another piece of shit who is bending over to you know who, and dropping trou...

Seems like timing is a bit early to move to "center" for the general, Gavin, seeing as how we haven't had 2028 presidential election primaries yet.

Aipac givin gavin guidance

Ghoul

As he should, Israel is much worse !

AIPAC made him call them daddy.

Do you think if you put a big enough check on a fish hook and dangled it above him, maybe he'd jump?

Feels like these politicians are either (1) extremely bad at reading the room or (2) they are making sure they have a space in the next stage of fascist takeover and realize it's pointless to try to appeal to the MASSIVE anti Israel polling in the Democratic party AND this country.

It felt like they were leaning into Liberal Zionism with a taste of "Benjamin Netanyahu is the problem" so they could call it a genocide.

But, now, the slimiest of these politicians like Gavin Newsom are going in complete reverse to his voters and polls. Feels like they don't even have to consider the voters. They're not speaking to us at all.

I try not to assume they are stupid. It's too simple. They are doing this for a selfish reason to maintain some sense of position or at least not be rounded up with the rest of us.

I guess it's better than 'nazi ideologists'.