Gavin Newsom's trolling of Ron DeSantis deftly unmasks his cruelty

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Gavin Newsom's trolling of Ron DeSantis is getting epic:

*Slams DeSantis migrant stunt as "cruel"

*Signs law offering sanctuary to trans families abused in red states

*Sends aid to Florida, in contrast to DeSantis opposing aid for Sandy

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Opinion | Gavin Newsom’s trolling of Ron DeSantis deftly unmasks his cruelty
How Newsom and DeSantis are waging a shadow war over the direction of the country.
10:06 AM · Sep 30, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/30/gavin-newsom-ron-desantis-hurricane-ian-migrants-transgender-laws/

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It’s hard to deny that Gov. Gavin Newsom harbors garish and even cringeworthy presidential ambitions. The California Democrat regularly trolls Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a top 2024 GOP contender, and Newsom surely knows playing foil to DeSantis will generate media buzz about his own similar prospects.

But Newsom’s role as a leading DeSantis antagonist also serves a little-noticed purpose. It’s filling a void among Democrats, by making a big argument to the Democratic base — and perhaps to the country — about ongoing GOP radicalization and red-state cruelty that most Democrats cannot or will not make in quite the way Newsom can.

This week, Newsom sharply attacked DeSantis’s ugly transporting of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Newsom also extended an offer of disaster aid to hurricane-ravaged Florida, amid extensive media discussion of DeSantis’s 2013 vote in Congress against similar aid for hurricane victims elsewhere.

And on Thursday night, Newsom signed a new law creating a kind of sanctuary for transgender kids and families fleeing draconian red-state anti-trans laws, an area in which DeSantis has excelled. In all three cases, the effect was to demonstrate a set of blue-state values that contrast sharply with the reactionary turn we’re seeing in many Republican-led states.

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[CTyankee]

1. There couldn't be a bigger contrast than with those two. I think Newsom is "on" to the game that

deStantis is playing with the American people. Good for him for taking that evil man on, and whittling him down.

DeSantis won't go away without a real fight but Newsom is one of our best and brightest and can outplay him. I wish Newsom a lot of luck!

[yellowdogintexas]

2. Newsome is in the catbird seat to blast DeathSantis and other equally

horrible Magas. It's an off year, so he has nothing to lose and no f**** left to give.

I am thoroughly enjoying his and Fetterman's trolling of the Enemy

[GoCubsGo]

5. Yep, and yet it's Newsom's ambitions that the article portrays as "garish and even cringeworthy ."

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But, for DeSantis, or any other GOP, far worse behavior is just "standard practice." Good for Gov. Newsom for going on offense. I would be happy to have him as President some day.

[OMGWTF]

9. That pissed me off. It's like calling an ambitious woman a "bitch" but a man is "a leader."

Have I told you lately how much I fking loathe Rethuglicans?

[NBachers]

3. Let's hope this catches on throughout the entire Democratic Party.

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. Excellent! Any pressure that can be applied to DeathSentence is welcome indeed!!!

[IcyPeas]

6. Newsom expresses his frustration that Democrats aren't better at messaging

Citing statistics on issues like crime, taxes, and gun deaths,
@GavinNewsom
expresses his frustration that Democrats aren't better at turning blue state/red state contrast into messaging to voters.

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[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[Cha]

8. TY & Gov Newsom! De Sadist Needs

to Be Exposed!

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. Keep illustrating the differences between helpful Democrats and hateful Republicans.

Some people are slow to learn, so keep hammering until they hear it.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

THESE are the races that will determine control of the House of Representatives:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217192221

Stick 'em up for a blue wave: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217078977

[KPN]

11. Newsome is superb. He like Fetterman knows

almost instinctively how to message to great effect. I would be very happy were he to actually decide to run for President at some future point.

And WTF?! “… garish and even cringeworthy ambitions presidential ambitions”???? Give us a fucking break — there was zero objective reason for that portrayal.

[2naSalit]

12. "...garish and even cringeworthy presidential ambitions."

Really? How so?

Can't seem to offer a compliment without first denigrating the recipient.

[calimary]

13. Well he's just what the doctor ordered, in my book.

I think Gavin’s pretty Great!

Maybe even presidential material.

[2naSalit]

14. I think he has a chance...

At some point. He's had some experience, California is like a small country all by itself.

[calimary]

15. Last time I heard a statistic on this order,

it had California positioned as maybe the fifth or sixth economy in the WORLD. It could indeed be its own country. It’s got pretty much everything.

[UTUSN]

16. K&R