Newsom affair with friend's wife resurfaces amid presidential run rumors

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/gavin-newsom-affair-ruby-rippey-22363904.php

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orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 32d

He's not progressive. He's a corporate goon. I hope he tanks. The only thing going for him is that he's not Trump.

lobut@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 32d

Whatever it takes to make him drop out ...

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 32d (5 replies)

progressive politics

Hey so uh, Newsom is a status quo corporatist neoliberal political opportunist shitbag. If the DNC anoints him as The Chosen One in a couple years (assuming elections are still a thing), we are so fucking cooked, chat.

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 32d (4 replies)

Aka a corpo

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 31d (3 replies)

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 31d (2 replies)

Unfortunately yes, but he would be a corpo working for militech

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 31d (1 reply)

Oh right, The Other Guys, I forgot about them for a moment

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 31d

Yeah, please do some research before posting

_druid@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 32d (1 reply)

Windsock of a candidate. I wouldn't be surprised if he used focus groups to select his socks every day.

Cricket@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 30d

Windsock of a candidate.

Great term. I hadn't seen it before in this context, but makes perfect sense.

decolo@piefed.social · 2 pts · 32d

Gavin is a reptilian who dances around in human skin for the cameras

FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 1 pts · 32d

rests chin on hand

"When they write about this "afair" what they're really referring to is that, I feel like we should be a "big tent party". Big enough that we can act "normal" about accepting donations instead of queer people."

tilts head pondering

"I mean Israel certainly didn't do anything wrong. Why are we talking about Israel? I didn't bring that up."

crosses arms, nonchalantly gestures one hand outwards

"Ask David Pakman for all I care... "

solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 30d

Damn newsom had consensual sex with an adult? That's like worse that all the chomoing the Republicans do and cover up.

I really don't care about affairs. Sorry if you been cheated on, but I'm just not going to factor in people in power having consentual sex

fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com · 0 pts · 31d (2 replies)

OK people who don't like Newsom, who do you like?

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 31d (1 reply)

Is really too much to ask to not have a sleazy establishment Dem? Aipac slaves, the lot of them.

fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com · 1 pts · 31d

K. Its clear who you don't like. Who do you like?