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It’s a lifeline for Gavin Newsom: why Trump rivalry paves way for 2028
The Times ^ | Wednesday, June 11, 2025 | Katy Balls and Leighton Woodhouse,

Posted on 06/11/2025 5:26:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

This is about all of us, this is about you,” Gavin Newsom declared this week, his eyes boring into the lens of a camera.

In a televised speech styled like a State of the Union address, the California governor warned that the scenes in Los Angeles, where thousands of military troops took to the streets this week to clamp down on protests against President Trump’s immigration raids, were a taste of things to come.

“Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived,” he said.

Newsom’s latest battle against his long-time foe Trump was spurred by the president’s decision to deploy 4,000 National Guard members and 700 marines. He saw it as a heavy-handed stunt that has made the unrest worse, not better. The 57-year-old Democrat responded by suing the US government, threatening to withhold tens of billions in annual federal tax dollars and embarking on a media blitz of print, broadcast and social media — at one point tweeting Trump’s border tsar to “come and get me, tough guy”.

(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: california; fakenews; gavinnewsom; karenbass; katyballs; leftistbs; leightonwoodhouse; limeyagitprop; losangeles; newsom; trump; unitedkingdom
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To: Robe

Correct.


21 posted on 06/11/2025 6:00:15 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a more feckless politician in my entire life.


22 posted on 06/11/2025 6:02:32 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: MinorityRepublican

LMAO


23 posted on 06/11/2025 6:05:25 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: MinorityRepublican

What rivalry?


24 posted on 06/11/2025 6:06:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The only real advantage that democrats have is election fraud and media control. If the election system is cleaned up they will be in trouble no matter who their candidate is.

The problems in California from the fires, to pro-illegal policies, to the sh*t on the streets, high crime, etc. will seriously hurt Gavin’s chances. He’s losing the current PR battle pretty badly right now. He looks bad. But anything is possible I guess in our current political system. I see him having an uphill battle.


25 posted on 06/11/2025 6:10:06 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: MinorityRepublican

LOL- has the Times released the Khalidi video yet?


26 posted on 06/11/2025 6:11:58 PM PDT by God luvs America
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To: Disambiguator
...I think many people are unfamiliar with the term.

Ah but that means it can be said without trepidation while virtue signaling superior vocabulary!

Maybe we can get liber-ills to use it. Tell 'em that's the original Germanic pronunciation, and therefore a sign of sophistication.

27 posted on 06/11/2025 6:11:59 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: McCarthysGhost
All of this will be old news by 2028.

Newsom won't be running against Trump.

Trump is kryptonite to Newsom.

It'll be up to Vance or Rubio to make their case against Newsom.

28 posted on 06/11/2025 6:13:20 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yeah, the Charlie Kirk thing is Gavin’s attempt to do the Sister Souljah thing. But that worked for Clinton only because he was not an obvious leftoid to most people. It will not work for Newsome.


29 posted on 06/11/2025 6:16:58 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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To: Belteshazzar
Bill Clinton is from Arkansas.

Gavin Newsom gets away with ignoring Republicans in California.

California is an one party state so he does not have any experience in trying to appeal to voters outside of his base.

30 posted on 06/11/2025 6:23:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Go away leftist limeys. Jackson kicked your a— s off the Continent.


31 posted on 06/11/2025 6:23:38 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: rfp1234

“T” is the word. Representing for the other side on an issue where the majority agrees with Trump doesn’t strike me as a good place to launch from. The left is stuck: they can’t dump their positions on LGB and immigration, but the people oppose those positions. Better to howl at the moon than do anything that would change their fortunes


32 posted on 06/11/2025 6:30:18 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

More like a noose... But if the lefties want to run with it... Let them run with it.

Defending Biden’s dementia worked out swimmingly for them... Maybe calling organized violent riots ‘peaceful’ demonstrations will fool the American people too... Or not.


33 posted on 06/11/2025 6:33:13 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Democratic Party Approval Rating

🟢 Approve: 21% (-49)
🔴 Disapprove: 70%

Quinnipiac | June 5-9 | 1,283 RV


34 posted on 06/11/2025 6:35:07 PM PDT by CFW
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To: vespa300

It’s hard to believe that show is still on the airwaves.


35 posted on 06/11/2025 6:39:45 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: No name given

No kiddin. 5 cows with bad breath.....no thanks.


36 posted on 06/11/2025 6:43:13 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: MinorityRepublican

We are NOT a democracy.

Since we are a Constitutional Republic, it’s good that the democrats twisted ideas of *democracy* are under attack.

Because otherwise, their democracy would finish destroying us.


37 posted on 06/11/2025 6:45:37 PM PDT by metmom ( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.”)
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To: rfp1234

Seriously….lol. The man took the lifeline , made a noose , wrapped it around his head and basically hung himself.


38 posted on 06/11/2025 7:03:26 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: MinorityRepublican

Smokin’ crack.


39 posted on 06/11/2025 7:22:53 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
...where thousands of military troops took to the streets this week to clamp down on protests against President Trump’s immigration raids...

This is a bald-faced lie.

The troops are there to quell the riots and violent rioters. No one cares if they protest. They can protest all day and night, but when you start throwing punches, cinder blocks, Molotov cocktails, and (trying) to beat up cops, you're no longer a protestor, but a felon.

40 posted on 06/11/2025 7:37:41 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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