In an interview hosted by Politico, the California governor said the US must ‘wake up’ to the the threat posed by the president’s disregard of democratic norms

Donald Trump is gravely serious about running for a third term in violation of the US constitution, California governor Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, warning Americans to “wake up” to what he described as the president’s flagrant disregard for democratic norms.

“I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election,” Newsom, a Democrat, said during a live interview at a summit hosted by Politico in Sacramento. “This guy doesn’t believe in free, fair elections.”

Newsom, who has gained national attention in recent weeks for his merciless trolling of Trump online and who is widely considered a presidential contender, said he had a stack of two dozen “Trump 2028” hats sent to him by the president’s supporters.

  • TomMasz@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Let’s be honest. He’ll just declare a “national emergency” and suspend elections, no third term necessary. He’s trying it out in DC and LA now. It’s all in the dictator playbook.

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      10 days ago

      mortality is the only thing that will get him out of office at this point. sadly he has the best medical care this country has to offer. thankfully he has the best medical care this country has to offer.

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        10 days ago

        He also eats like shit, doesn’t exercise at all, has a stimulant addiction, and his age is catching up with him.
        Even if by some miracle he makes it to the end of this term, he won’t last for a 3rd term.
        After that the real fun starts when there’s a struggle to fill the power vacuum, that could cause an actual civil war.

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        Does he really have the best care? Be honest if you were a doc and Trump gets rolled in are you going to be particularly good to him, sure you may follow the Hippocratic oath but there’s nothing saying you can’t go full WW1 combat medic and make the healing as physically painful as possible.

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            10 days ago

            Perfect. He’ll be dead in 6-12 months.

            For real though, RFK’s appointment was to intentionally kill and harm as many poors as possible. Christian fascists are among the most psychopathic psychology that can exist.

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        He has ACCESS to the best medical care, but he’ll demand a MAGA doctor, which means he’ll probably get some mental defective like Ben Carson, or some quack RFK Mengele will recommend.

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      Which is odd. I don’t understand how he would suspend elections, as the states run those. So, essentially if some states refuse to have an election, and the rest do, then he loses.

      Obviously he wouldn’t accept that, but the voting states will likely form the Union again, Ally with the rest of the world and crush the every loving shit of the Christian Nationalist movement once and for all.

      Maybe we let them keep Florida though. Just the cock part, and have a massive DMZ across it.

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            I was thinking of places like Tampa, Orlando, down to Miami. But I guess there is plenty of red down there too. Yes that’s where alligator Alcatraz is located.

            Was going by the old expression in Florida, the further north you go, the more south you get.

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        I like this scenario, except for the Florida part. Florida is too beautiful to leave it to the likes of MAGA Nazis. They can all go live on Epstein Island, and leave Florida for the good Americans.

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      True, except the guy can’t read so he’s not getting it from the playbook. He’s just being a standard narcissist and doing things that a narcissist would do.