He also vetoed telework protections for us state workers and we are on the verge of a strike because his admin has returned our union's proposals with... ZERO. Literally, NOTHING. Their response to our demands in union negotations was 'how about nothing, instead?'

He has clearly become red-pilled, idk what's wrong with him but the most cynical interpretation would be money, stupidest interpretation would be he thinks this will help him become president.

This is why I dont want him as a presidential candidate. 😒 We cant allow people to get hunted down so his chances of winning are better. MAGA wants to force facism upon us and I'm not willing to let establishment dems move their moral compass.

Mark my words, he would NOT hold anyone, including trump, accountable. He and the other paid-fpr establishment dems would say, "Oh, we need to move on as a country." No we don't, we need accountability, STARTING with the dems!

Our next President-apparent. Fucking hell, this is who they're going to run against Vance, aren't they?

For someone like Newsom there will never be a right time or manner to implement protections for trans people. And there will always be some clever excuse for which to cling. But when they are called to protect the interests of the powerful, they will break any precident or boundry to achieve those aims.

Basically he said that he thinks this should be left up to the governor, whoever that is, and no matter how righteous and well intentioned, the issue shouldn’t be decided for all time this way, eroding future governors’ authority.

What a spineless position. Why pass any laws at all? Why not leave everything up to the whims of whoever is in office?

Doesn’t the legislature decide issues all the time and enshrine those decisions for the future in law? Isn’t that what they do? Why the fuck should extradition for providing healthcare be any different? Isn’t he “eroding the authority” of the legislature in saying no, we should leave this as governor’s discretion, just in principle?

I’m not just hating Newsom reflexively here. I seriously don’t understand his argument, despite trying.

Newsom is a neoliberal. Neoliberals are conservatives. He is controlled opposition. He will try to trick the public into believing he is progressive in 2028. He is a pathological liar and conman just like any other conservative.

So he vetoed the “You can’t hunt down doctors across state lines because they gave trans people health care” law, because it… “sets a bad precedent”.

How about the precedent of not hunting down doctors for… being doctors…???

How about the precedent of not being insane fascists?????

We can't let him win the primaries. He's probably the one candidate who could keep any Democrats home.

They hate you and want you to die.

(Repeat until it sinks in)

I can't wait to get yelled at by democrats when i refuse to vote for this shit head in a few years.

And I thought he was coming around on transgender rights, sigh Fuck you Newsom

This is why I don't want him to run for president. He is not a progressive.

I have no idea what the red line is for "leftists" defending this guy both as governor and a presidential candidate.

Hey liberal dems, great job at losing the queer vote.

bUt ItS sTiLL beTTeR tHAn GoP

No, we have third parties. I wouldn’t trust anyone that throws me under the bus, in a dumb attempt to score points with voters that would never vote that candidate in the first place.

Fuck fascism. This is how we succumb to fascism. Liberal politicians try to appease fascists.

"Governor vetoes bill that would limit the powers of the Governor."

I'm so shocked.

Definitely won’t have my vote in the primaries.

Who needs the GOP when the dems are like this?

I suspect that earlier in his governorship he was willing to go along more with the Democratic legislature because he knew it would not risk his re-election. Now that he has his eyes on the presidency he is going straight down the middle, which these days is basically the Right.

Once again, the only thing leftist can be reprimanded for is being right too early.

This guy should have never had any sort of power

Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine, the lead sponsor of the bill, noted 18 governors have “signed identical provisions into law without fanfare”

DNC voters when they let this guy through and lose again:

The Democratic party has put us in this position and for that, they have my deepest disappointment.

I sincerely hope that a progressive governor replaces this shitbird. Newsom might be better than any given member of the GOP, but that bar is in hell.

What a fucking cuck

He wants to be your president, wooooo! Asshole. Tried to force state workers back to the office, too.

Ghoul-som?

Let's hope for a veto override.

Fuck you newsome

Get fucked Gavin.

This guy is also horrible but the bar is so low these days.... The democratic party is also responsible for the mess we are in. They stopped being a party of the people long time ago. Need to purge the Schumers, Pelosis and Newsoms.

His official explanation:

“While I share the author's views on the importance of protecting these important healthcare services, extradition is an exclusively executive function. When discretionary, that discretion is appropriately placed with the Governor. I am troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor based on their shared policy preferences, regardless of how righteous and well-intended those actions may be.”

He doesn’t want to set the precedent that such actions can be mandated in advance by an outgoing administration.

The Blue Nazi DNC wants amekos to vote for.