I feel like we're more or less saying the same thing, we've just spun it on opposite directions. But his gerrymandering thing, while good, is also reactive. Granted, it's more interestingly reactive than nearly every other thing Democrats are doing in response to R, but it's still reactive, and I still have no faith in his values.

So again, is he better than Trump? Yes. Yes he is.

Will a 2028 Newsom run just be a return to white men who are only slightly less openly owned by their donors than Republicans and Trump? Yes, yes it will.

Now here's where it gets tricky. I voted Kamala even though I was very bothered by her poor strategic decision to try getting Republican votes (see my visual aid below) and her seeming turn from everything Progressive. (The Atlantic had her pegged on this way back.)

So, I've been watching this R goes Right and D follows them for votes from people who will never, ever vote for them at the expense of progressives and the left for several decades now. I ain't no spring chicken.

When I voted Kamala, I vowed that I would no longer support a Republican-lite party. Where we are today is the logical eventual conclusion of every conservative and Republican platform position and policy I can remember from the entire course of my entire life. And they have arrived here via the Ratchet Effect.

I will no longer support it. If 2028 is someone with a D after their name running on policies that could have been pre-Trump Republican policies, or 2016-era Democrat rhetoric, they will have to beat whoever replaces Trump without my vote. I will no longer support the ratchet effect and no longer support a Democratic party who blames all their losses on the left while simultaneously clinging to leadership that is ancient, out of touch, right-leaning, and corporate owned.

This is very specifically not OK, and is enough by itself to lose my vote:

sacrificing trans rights as a necessary step so they can win some bigot votes

Edit: And before someone replies to mention Ken Martin and the supposed changes he will bring, wake me up when he's done something that shows it's not going to be more of the same.

Edited to add visual aid about R votes and to fix hyperlink.

Newsom is far from an opponent to the trans community.

That's a nice claim Senator, let's see you back it up with a source.