Re:Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047
by ravenstine on Sunday September 29, 2024 @09:26PM
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It could be presidential ambitions, though I suspect his recent policies have been merely a way of not giving conservatives more ammo leading up to the 2024 election. The way he's been behaving recently is in stark contrast to pretty much everything he's done during and before his governorship. I don't think it's because he's suddenly any wiser.
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Newsom was a successful entrepreneur in the 1990s who built wineries. That alone would make him popular with conservative voters nationwide. What did Newsom do before that you thought would alienate them? Being pro-gay and pro-drug before it was cool? Come on. The way I see it, if Newsom was nuts enough to run for president, then he could unite left and right in a way that has not happened in a very long time.
No one even slightly right would vote for him, he is the poster child of the homeless industrial complex, being anti business and generally promoting social policies only the most fringe left wingers are excited about