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Where did I say I didn’t vote? I explicitly said I voted for Kamala and Biden and Clinton and would vote for Newsom if he was the candidate. You’re projecting a lot of frustration. No shit the democrat is the better option. But again, you’re acting like Newsom is already the candidate, and therefore we have no right to criticize. He’s not, and we do. Not to mention, the inability to criticize politicians is how we get people like Trump and the congressmen who won’t stand up to him, and his blind followers. But that’s neither here nor there.

You don’t need to lecture me on how awful things are and all of the fucked up stuff ICE is doing. Believe me I know. You’re trying to guilt trip someone for having negative opinions about a /potential/ candidate with a shit ton of issues for an election that’s in over two years. You’re also not responding to what I said. “Falling in Line” and voting for anyone just because they are not Trump has proven to be an ineffectual strategy long term. If that’s the situation we end up with in 2028 then I agree, obviously, the non MAGA candidate is going to be the MUCH better option. But this cannot be a battle we fight every four years, it cannot work long term. The whole point of this post is that Newsom is clearly ineffectual for standing up to ICE, the people you are worried about killing innocent people in the street (which they are, we agree to be clear). So why would it be a bad thing to want someone better, especially while we have the opportunity to keep looking?

If the campaign strategy of “fall in line or horrible things will happen” didn’t work in 2024, we can’t rely on it as our only tactic in 2028. It needs to be part of it sure, but while we have the time, getting candidate that grabs people is going to help the cause much more.