Does President Joe Biden know that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is going to primary him if he decides to run again in 2024? Newsom’s been projecting a presidential run for a while now, and despite having enacted travel bans to any red state that passes legislation he doesn’t like, Newsom is set to go on a $10 million “Campaign for Democracy” to tour the country and see firsthand the right-wing assaults across the nation.
Never has a state governor been more concerned with other states’ legislative decisions than Newsom.
NEW: @GavinNewsom launches "Campaign for Democracy," with a $10 million fund transfer and plans to go on a nationwide tour to "learn more about the rightwing assaults across the country." https://t.co/YKYafCSjgF
— Lara Korte (@lara_korte) March 30, 2023
So Gavin spends $10 million to go tell other states what to do?
Could think of at least 3 things we can do with $10 million here in California, but I guess that’s why we’re running a deficit with no end to homelessness in sight
— TheFourthBranch (@The4ourthBranch) March 30, 2023
He knows people voted for their leaders in those states right?
— JRP (@JRPSD) March 30, 2023
So Newsom just doesn't like federalism?
— The New Adventures of Henry (@Car94Hen) March 30, 2023
And by right wing assaults he means democracy that he doesn't like.
— Florida Man in Missouri (@FloridaManInMO) March 30, 2023
So tax payers are going to fund a nationwide vacation for him which is obviously a career campaign for him. Is that legal? I thought California banned government paid travel to red states
— john (@johnnyl50) March 30, 2023
It did.
Slow-motion secession: California bans state-funded travel to 23 states, including the entire Southeast. From NYT: https://t.co/fJGITfY2O4 pic.twitter.com/zu5eMylLE4
— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 26, 2022
And is this really taxpayer money going toward what is clearly a 2024 campaign tour? How does this help California in any way?
I guess he forgot we’re a Republic.
— Christopher (@G_Male_Baby) March 30, 2023
So the campaign for democracy is about complaining how other states vote and govern themselves? https://t.co/Aj56o1HrBS
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) March 30, 2023
Newsom originally became governor pledging to make health care free in California. Health care's not free in California. Why's he doing a quasi presidential campaign with no opening and not tending to his state? https://t.co/bXqDvZBCZI
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) March 30, 2023
@GavinNewsom goes campaigning for Presidency.
Don't buy into this, people. CA sucks. People are leaving in droves.
— Irex (@Irex64181849) March 30, 2023
Newsom already broke his state’s ban on travel to Texas and again when he was caught vacationing in Montana.
“Campaign for Democracy” … right. These other states are functioning as democracies — he just doesn’t like the outcome.
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Update:
From the douchebag himself:
NEW: I'm launching a new organization, Campaign for Democracy.
America is in an existential struggle for democracy.
Extremist Republicans are systematically attacking the very foundations of our free society — denying women equality, attacking https://t.co/dhkSqoB0db… pic.twitter.com/cvdJu9mNro
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) March 30, 2023
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Related:
Gov. Gavin Newsom appears in Texas despite California banning official travel there https://t.co/AtrxFxuGWQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 27, 2022
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