xc2215x@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoKatie Couric confronts Gavin Newsom on his shifting views on transgender youthwww.advocate.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down14
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minus-squareDomeGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 hours agoNewsom isn’t a democratic nominee running against Trump. He’s a Democrat who wants to be chosen over other Democrats to be the 2028 nominee. Calling out any apparent backsliding or bigotry is relevant, be it transphobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, sexism, or racism.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·10 hours agoIt’s not backsliding if he’s always been a bigot. And frankly, the way he deals with homelessness is bad enough for me to vociferously oppose him. We need solutions that fix people’s problems, not feeds the prison slave labor industry.
Newsom isn’t a democratic nominee running against Trump. He’s a Democrat who wants to be chosen over other Democrats to be the 2028 nominee.
Calling out any apparent backsliding or bigotry is relevant, be it transphobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, sexism, or racism.
It’s not backsliding if he’s always been a bigot.
And frankly, the way he deals with homelessness is bad enough for me to vociferously oppose him.
We need solutions that fix people’s problems, not feeds the prison slave labor industry.