Unsurprisingly, there has been little indication the American progressive left perceives Newsom as deserving anything but disdain. Recent weeks have only bolstered the sense that committing to the abolition of ICE is a prerequisite for any remotely moral candidate in 2028. If Newsom fails to become that candidate, it will not be because he appeared too left-wing, but because he lacked the guts or the inclination to be anything except what he manifestly is: a preening political operator, beholden to a status quo that no longer exists.
Hey, fuck face, I was disgusted at non-voters/virtue-abstainers in 2024. I almost find my feelings for them irredeemable but understand: Newsom is a hollow suit. He doesn’t fucking believe in anything but power. If he lived in a red state, he’d be a republican.
He would be a dystopian candidate. He’d probably pass progressive policy purely for political gain but he’d just as much stamp out progressive policy if it got under the rich’s skin too much. I would vote for him if he won the primary (with bags under my eyes), but the democratic primary is not even close to having started yet. We can have discourse over who may be the best candidate for a little while still, we don’t have to fall in line already more than a thousand days before the 2028 presidential election.