Unsurprisingly, there has been little indication the American progressive left perceives Newsom as deserving anything but disdain. Recent weeks have only bolstered the sense that committing to the abolition of ICE is a prerequisite for any remotely moral candidate in 2028. If Newsom fails to become that candidate, it will not be because he appeared too left-wing, but because he lacked the guts or the inclination to be anything except what he manifestly is: a preening political operator, beholden to a status quo that no longer exists.
As someone from San Bernardino I must agree, he’s a pretty bog standard Bay Area shitstain. Nothing but an empty suit who only really made it past the recall cause the recall doesn’t trigger a standard election something we really need to fix IMO, but yeah if the recall triggered an actual election and had the lieutenant governor take over in the interim he’d have been ousted back then.