Seeing Gavin Newsom on the news last week: This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV (derogatory) Seeing Gavin Newsom on the news today: This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV (neutral) - ThreadSky

lolennui.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Seeing Gavin Newsom on the news last week: This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV (derogatory)

Seeing Gavin Newsom on the news today: This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV (neutral)

Comments

sallyannes.bsky.social•5 days ago

I disagree….was an excellent speech

staunchny.bsky.social•5 days ago

ceu---azul.bsky.social•5 days ago

ruthless opportunist

you mean a politician?

rteeeg.bsky.social•5 days ago

Seeing Gavin Newsom on the news (by next week): This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV!!!

martinnagle.bsky.social•3 days ago

Call him what you like - he will not soon remove his teeth from Donald Trump's pant leg.

polyneuro.bsky.social•5 days ago

Democrats want to fall in love with their candidates.

Republicans fall in line behind them.

That's one of the reasons they win elections.

Keep "purity testing" Democratic candidates...and Trump will be President for life.

1950oldlady.bsky.social•5 days ago

Republicans only win when they cheat! Period!

jcav123.bsky.social•5 days ago

Wrong person- Trump wants all eyes on hin

kriswal.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s one of the strongest anti Trump voices

sanity134.bsky.social•4 days ago

positive!!

elonisabum.bsky.social•5 days ago

doug-holst.bsky.social•5 days ago

No one is all good or all bad.

3k0bolds.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump
Miller
Noem
Hegseth
Kennedy

Want more "all bad" people?

doug-holst.bsky.social•5 days ago

Fair enough. I’m not a Newsom fan but he is not all bad, not in the same category as those others. Life is not all black and white.

vanlighet.bsky.social•5 days ago

Exactly. I’m sick of the Newsom dissing. He’s showing up & pushing back on the bully. He’s got issues but he’s not a fascist, misogynist, racist, war monger, Christian supremacist, or narcissistic sociopathic sadist. That’s enough for me. I don’t give a shit if he talked to those twats on a podcast

deaddropholiday.bsky.social•5 days ago

Gavin is tall, intelligent and handsome. Three good reasons not to like him.

vanlighet.bsky.social•5 days ago

No joke, I think that’s exactly why many men hate him but pretend it’s about politics. 😂

kshap.bsky.social•5 days ago

And I would add:

Seeing Gavin Newsom on the news today: This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV - thank you for standing up to the MAGA / ICE cowards, for me and my neighbors

drcarol.bsky.social•5 days ago

Narcissistic weak self aggrandizing amoral coward. He is on tv and his podcast while 86 yo Maxine Waters is on the front lines. ( and did not have an affair with Kimberly Guipol 🤢🤮Katie Porter is a real leader! Adam Shiff is as lame as Schumer the Vichy collaborator and Zionist coward.

gentlepoet.bsky.social•5 days ago

He was married to Kimberly Guilfoyle...not affair.

thehillshaveayes.bsky.social•2 days ago

He can infiltrate them

drcarol.bsky.social•5 days ago

Can 2 non humans marry? If he’s just a bad human and she’s a soulless nazi ghoul is that still a marriage?

gentlepoet.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think they're both flawed humans like the rest of the human race.

drcarol.bsky.social•5 days ago

Then so was Hitler and so is Shitler. So agree in a sense, but they are also a metastatic lesion of the primary orange cancer and need to be eradicated to save the innocent.

emmettroserose.bsky.social•5 days ago

Some people actually pay good money to look like Guilfoyle. Where am I?

glyph.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•5 days ago

@lolennui.bsky.social this was very funny (he should still apologize for the harm he's done to trans kids and resign though)

edwoodk.bsky.social•5 days ago

🤭

andyger.bsky.social•5 days ago

Satire? …

realitycheckroom.bsky.social•5 days ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom is on the news telling the public that Trump is dictator and a POS and that CA is not standing for it. He has filed 2 lawsuits to protect us. This is not neutral.

captharpo.bsky.social•5 days ago

My interpretation of the intent was that OP (apologies if I'm wrong) was saying their response changed from derogatory to neutral, which is pretty much how I reacted. Newsom's doing well standing up for CA right now, but his recent behaviour has been ... not so good imo (ie: asset tests, podcast)

realitycheckroom.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thanks for clarifying. I agree with you. I was furious with Newsom before but now he is stepping up big time and if his motivation is to be seen responding to the citizens of our state, well, that's a good thing. He represents us.

phylliswalker.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well, in being on the other side of the country, to hear Newsom declaim the slide to authoritarianism was pretty darn refreshing (ha, as if hearing this is happening can in any conceivable way be “refreshing”).

annegolden.bsky.social•5 days ago

I agree. I don’t like every single one of his policies and statements, but it’s no time to be purists.

captharpo.bsky.social•5 days ago

Exactly!

vanlighet.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s been in politics for decades. Get some perspective. Look at the big picture. Is he perfect? No, but he’s also not a racist misogynistic pathologically lying narcissistic sociopathic sadist. I’ll take that over this clown car cabinet & their cult leader.

realitycheckroom.bsky.social•4 days ago

🎯✅

captharpo.bsky.social•5 days ago

Geez, people. Talk about perspective needed. Did i say he needed to be perfect? Did I say he was evil? Never said I wouldn't vote for him vs a republican; of course I would and did. (I would vote for ANY dem over the Orange party.)

vanlighet.bsky.social•5 days ago

Apologies 🙏🏼

nursegenius1019.bsky.social•5 days ago

Most Politicians are opportunistic Now is not the time to spread criticism and divisive rhetoric It is an important moment when we need to huddle and not give voice to Gavin smacking as it only fuels MAGA Of course you can voice your opinion but please consider time and place We need cohesion

workingclasshero76.bsky.social•5 days ago

💯🔥👍in 2025 the billionaires got their dictator. #ETMFR #guillotines historically just vote doesn’t fix fascism. the democracy has fallen. #andthentheycameforme anti fascist/anti rascist.we all must fight back! Nothing is more powerful than righteous dissent against tyranny.

jimannca.bsky.social•5 days ago

What's the solution? An invisible governor?

basstoad.bsky.social•5 days ago

a different guy that doesn't suck

jimannca.bsky.social•5 days ago

What does that mean for RIGHT NOW then,?

3k0bolds.bsky.social•5 days ago

It means it's time for another recall vote. Fuck Newsom.

jimannca.bsky.social•5 days ago

Sit down. He won the statewide election. Deal with it .

3k0bolds.bsky.social•5 days ago

He's a piece of shit who platforms nazis, personally trashes the last possessions of homeless people, and threw rltrans people under the bus. A recall is the LEAST that should happen to him.

basstoad.bsky.social•5 days ago

Gavin newsom should get into one of those carnival dunk tanks at the protest to show solidarity with them

jimannca.bsky.social•5 days ago

Mature reply. SMH

basstoad.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm not kidding.

cdugas.bsky.social•5 days ago

I feel like no mater what person they put there you would just say they suck 🤣

jimannca.bsky.social•5 days ago

100% Some just like whining.

theexistentialcafe.creator.blue•5 days ago

So why don't you name someone who "doesn't suck"?

basstoad.bsky.social•5 days ago

i dunno i think hosting a bunch of Nazis on your podcast and excitedly saying that your son loves Charlie kirk is like the baseline of what not to do so anyone else would be better

cubane-revolution.bsky.social•5 days ago

Newsoms campaign manager:

"Capitulating to fascists is down 10 points in the polls! QUICK!!! PIVOT!! DO IT NOW!!!!"

hikeitup.bsky.social•4 days ago

Are you a Californian?
If so, try "thank you."
A ruthless opportunist? Really?
When it's time to pull together there will ALWAYS be those wanting to pull it apart.
And what gets me is that it's 100 percent selfish.
The good always ends up paying for the bad.
And it freaking sucks.

michalrobinson.bsky.social•4 days ago

What's your point, Amy?

bonstrous.bsky.social•5 days ago

this nails it

somewhereinco.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s won some points with me this week…but I still don’t like him.

uky12.bsky.social•5 days ago

He is literally the only Dem calling out Trump’s abuse of our military and daring Trump to arrest him. He is using his pulpit properly and more Dems need to follow suit.

michalrobinson.bsky.social•4 days ago

While you Dems keep looking for your perfectly pure leader the Republicans will keep trouncing you and the rest of America.

uky12.bsky.social•4 days ago

😂😂 Okay there Michal. It’s pretty clear though that I’m supporting Newsom here (“flaws” and all). No purity tests from me as that’s the only way Trump can (and will) be defeated next year.

somewhereinco.bsky.social•4 days ago

We don’t have to apply a purity test to know what or who we like or don’t like. Obviously the Republicans have NO purity test as they will scrap the bottom of the barrel. All they care about is grievance politics. Sad.

somewhereinco.bsky.social•5 days ago

I would heartily agree with this!

ddagger2024.bsky.social•5 days ago

he reminds me too much of Bill Clinton in a way that I’m sure there’s lots of good there, but he gives me the skeevies.

canti56.bsky.social•5 days ago

At this point in time,you the one that needs help.

jenaihuff.bsky.social•5 days ago

I feel you but am appreciating calling a spade a spade

gallykaren.bsky.social•5 days ago

Desperate times

ignotumaliquis.bsky.social•5 days ago

He actually has ruth. I know. I checked.

blahpers.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nope, still derogatory

crobink.bsky.social•5 days ago

One takeaway is that people can be brought to bear the better part of themselves.

They're still the same flawed people, but with proper channeling/motivation/guardrails it's possible to align with their self interest such that they can make positive contributions.

thehillshaveayes.bsky.social•2 days ago

You scold his sociopathy. I encourage him to crash out on gop. We are not the same

channelingmaga123.bsky.social•5 days ago

If you were the governor of a state that trump is attacking with lies and the military, would you stay quiet?

thehillshaveayes.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some are

messyjess.bsky.social•5 days ago

Can’t wait until we get to

Seeing Gavin Newsom on the news today: This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV (complimentary)

sazerac66.bsky.social•5 days ago

Right there with you. Totally agree with that sentiment. Now... Where the fuck are @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov ???

hikeitup.bsky.social•4 days ago

Someone doesn't live in California, right?
But whatever it takes to whine, huh?

cferens.bsky.social•5 days ago

He will make a great president someday!

figment2.bsky.social•5 days ago

He hasn't changed, why have you?

jimbosaur.bsky.social•5 days ago

If he actually goes out and gets himself arrested live on the news: This ruthless opportunist will do anything to get on TV (complimentary)

brixbuilder.bsky.social•5 days ago

🎯 😂

jlmicky.bsky.social•4 days ago

Complain if he is on the news and complain if he is not on the news. Complain, complain, complain.

elliottness47.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m not getting the hate on Newsom. I think it’s mostly coming from young leftists who like to impose purity tests on politicians and “cancel” the ones that fail. That is a much bigger problem than Gavin Newsom. Some of you need to grow up.

meatwharf15.bsky.social•5 days ago

“Purity tests” and it’s being upset about how he personally destroys homeless encampments.

heidrunmead.bsky.social•4 days ago

My sense of him is that he doesn't have any innate morals/beliefs/standards, rather that he adopts those that he thinks will get him to where he wants to go. That's different from making compromises that will edge society closer to one's goals. That said, he's doing well w. opposing the regime.

vreyea27.bsky.social•5 days ago

Let's do a food analogy.

We all have standards for what food is vs trash.

Newsome is like a spoiled peach. I wouldn't want to eat it, I have lots of valid criticisms about its quality I stand by.

Trump is like a soggy papertowel pulled from the floor of a portapotty. Not food and never was.

messyjess.bsky.social•5 days ago

Something to do with his anti union activities, probably. Or his anti homeless activities. Or his pro right wing podcast. Do you want me to go on, or

elliottness47.bsky.social•5 days ago

It is not a pro right wing podcast. That’s just slander.

stegosaurus-rex.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why doesn't he get some of his Republican colleagues to join him rather than the most vile blogosphere trash he can find? I'd much rather hear the defenses of MAGA from the people in office than the revolving door of formerly relevant grifters.

elliottness47.bsky.social•5 days ago

fair - it was a weird move

stegosaurus-rex.bsky.social•5 days ago

That said I don't think hes bad bad.

I don't think I'd want him as president, but if it's him or any Republican, it's an easy enough choice.

twitteraddict.bsky.social•5 days ago

He apparently was advised to do it by his ex... Kimberly Guilfoyle. Which would explain why he had a bunch of bad faith right-wing propagandists, and not honest conservative intellectuals. (Also the latter category is like five guys and they're all never-Trump)

theexistentialcafe.creator.blue•5 days ago

So it's okay that he platformed Charlie Kirk and Michael Savage and Steve Bannon?

grbbngtheshovel.bsky.social•5 days ago

this!!!

valdraper.bsky.social•5 days ago

He literally had a guest spout transphobia and didn't actually offer a rebuttal. Like, if he wanted support from the left, he could at least offer genuine pushback that wasn't Democratic Party talking points.

elliottness47.bsky.social•5 days ago

I don't like the turn he took there, but it's not fair to hammer a politician for what they didn't say. It really isn't.

valdraper.bsky.social•5 days ago

It is when your interlocutor is literally a bigot. Charlie Kirk wants people like me dead. Forgive me if I am reasonably angry that a popular Governor is platforming him without offering pushback.

elliottness47.bsky.social•5 days ago

I disagree with him on lots of issues. That doesn’t excuse hating on him at this critical moment for California.

messyjess.bsky.social•5 days ago

I hope he acquits himself well in this time of crisis. I still think he’s a morally flexible weasel.

elliottness47.bsky.social•5 days ago

Most politicians profit from being weasels. I don’t like him much either, but Inthink he’s a talented politician.

katieryall.bsky.social•5 days ago

Which we need right now.

cobaltfae.bsky.social•5 days ago

'I think he's a talented politician' so you do get it ?

cobaltfae.bsky.social•5 days ago

Well at 58 it's nice to be called young I guess.

Tbf I do think anything leftish of center has a problem trashing people ob single issues....Gavin has more than one problematic issue though.

suzylaineoc.bsky.social•5 days ago

Fuck you. Do you live in California? You have no idea.

citizenswain.bsky.social•4 days ago

He’s not a ruthless opportunist. If you think that really, you’re confused.

rootedinresistance.bsky.social•5 days ago

Exactly😂

mayukomatsumoto.bsky.social•5 days ago

Crazy how politics work. I’m disliking him a little less each day.

sdrose.bsky.social•5 days ago

Another perspective on that from @mikemadrid.bsky.social

larry-l.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thanks for posting …

walt88.bsky.social•5 days ago

What do you mean by ‘neutral’?

geegeeloch.bsky.social•5 days ago

About time we have a ruthless opportunist of our own!

the-aero-engineer.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s an opportunist, but he’s also mostly right in this case and he’s incredibly charismatic and smooth

mycrazywrld23.bsky.social•5 days ago

You could have just said he's a politician LOL

bardoillusion.bsky.social•5 days ago

Fetterman 's a politician. All the people cuddling up in Congress are politicians. Newsom is speaking out.

mycrazywrld23.bsky.social•5 days ago

Okay I'm not sure where you took a wrong turn, but I was talking about the description the guy above me used. I was just saying you could have just a politician. And even laugh. We can't be attacking at each other.. it was just some laughter.

bardoillusion.bsky.social•5 days ago

I took no wrong turn, and no one attacked anyone.

the-aero-engineer.bsky.social•5 days ago

I dislike Newsome for the same reasons I dislike Fetterman - but Newsome is 100x a better politician.

mycrazywrld23.bsky.social•5 days ago

😆 true

the-aero-engineer.bsky.social•5 days ago

He is indeed - and I very much dislike him for the way he changes positions whichever way the wind blows. But I think he’s far more charismatic and a more formidable debater than most politicians. He’s smooth, he’s charming, he presents himself very well & it’s fun to watch when we agree

smullins3000.bsky.social•5 days ago

Man, do I feel this.

threnody.bsky.social•5 days ago

honestly still a charitable take!

misformyley.bsky.social•5 days ago

I feel this. 😆

matthewrigdon.bsky.social•5 days ago

Every politician has to be an opportunist. That’s how you get attention and then money and volunteers and a chance to win election.

bonstrous.bsky.social•5 days ago

he didn't have to quite go that far against the homeless and for the prison system

and even before then i was pissed about his parties during covid lol

but yeah he's our attack dog, i will give him that

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply