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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in an interview published Monday said the Republican Party is headed for the “waste bin of history.”
In an interview with Politico, Newsom compared national Republicans to the GOP in California in the 1990s.
California Republicans were once a force, but have seen their power disappear over the last two decades.
Washington Republicans will "go the same direction — into the waste bin of history, the way Republicans of the '90s have gone. That’s exactly what will happen to this crop of national Republicans,” Newsom told Politico.
“America in 2019 is California in the 1990s,” he told Politico. “The xenophobia, the nativism, the fear of ‘the other.’ Scapegoating. Talking down or past people. The hysteria. And so, we’re not going to put up with that. We are going to push back.”
Newsom also took several shots at President Trump, though he stopped short of calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. He instead voiced his support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a longtime friend and fellow San Franciscan.
“What’s so remarkable about someone with the experience and temperament of Speaker Pelosi is that she’s seen a lot of movies,’’ Newsom said. “She’s been there. She’s got a better sense than a lot of folks. So I think we should stay the course. What we’re doing is working ... I think Democrats are winning right now.”
I wish I got paid every time some dire prognostication was made about the imminent demise of both the right and the left over the course of my life. If I did then I could buy my own way into the presidency and do my best to wipe both of them out.
This is my favorite part:
"America in 2019 is California in the 1990s,” he told Politico. “The xenophobia, the nativism, the fear of ‘the other.’ Scapegoating. Talking down or past people. The hysteria. And so, we’re not going to put up with that. We are going to push back.”"
Yeah, it's not like the modern left is infected down to its very core with any of those things. No sirree.
In a two party duopoly which limits voices and choices for the people, there is no way that will happen. The political system is designed to work for the moneyed elite who'll bet on both horses and win every time.
If you add the white house, the US house, the US senate, governorships, and state leglslative bodies, the GOP controls right at 60% of the turf. Until 2018 the number was even higher. GOP had 33 governorships prior to Nov 2018; Dems had 16, so more than a 2-1 ratio. The numbers are now down to 27-23, but with the GOP still ahead.
At least Newsome represents a step up from the recent thread where a psychic predicted the demise of the GOP based on her Tarot readings.
In a two party duopoly which limits voices and choices for the people, there is no way that will happen. The political system is designed to work for the moneyed elite who'll bet on both horses and win every time.
Here is one time where I agree. This is why we end up getting so many petty debates and faux 'polarization' instead of substantive policy debates.
In a two party duopoly which limits voices and choices for the people, there is no way that will happen. The political system is designed to work for the moneyed elite who'll bet on both horses and win every time.
The Democrats do need the Republicans to keep them on the straight and narrow path towards good policies that benefit everyone. Two parties are indispensable for keeping things honest. But what we don't need is a republican-dominated bunch of political mobsters, as we have now in the Federal Government and about 1/3 of all state governments. One thing that the disaster of the Trump era may have accomplished, is to drive such a wedge between the parties, that the "duopoly" of the two may not be working so well anymore, to serve their own interests, at the expense of the people. Politics will be much more polarized to one side or another, for some time into the future.
The Democrats do need the Republicans to keep them on the straight and narrow path towards good policies that benefit everyone. Two parties are indispensable for keeping things honest. But what we don't need is a republican-dominated bunch of political mobsters, as we have now in the Federal Government and about 1/3 of all state governments. One thing that the disaster of the Trump era may have accomplished, is to drive such a wedge between the parties, that the "duopoly" of the two may not be working so well anymore, to serve their own interests, at the expense of the people. Politics will be much more polarized to one side or another, for some time into the future.
Indeed. LOL, well Gov Newsome if wishes were horses. However the Democrats as a party representing America for Americans is already history. They may as well change their name to the Social Justice party or some such. Socialist Totalitarian would work to.
Where this CA cretin is getting this felgercarb from is a mystery. But it's in keeping with the leftist agenda to predict they will be the sole party in power. Keep dreaming. Oh btw, I'm not a Republican.
Actually, it's the once-great (and once-beautiful) state of California, which is headed to the "waste bin of history."
Still, Republicans in his state must be thrilled to know what he thinks of them. He's Andrew Cuomo Lite.
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