The California governor described White House reporters as ‘sycophants’
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the media for what he described as overly deferential coverage of Donald Trump, characterizing reporters in Oval Office press briefings as “sycophants.”
The Democratic governor — widely seen as a potential contender for the 2028 presidential race — made the remarks during a Sunday interview with progressive commentator Jack Cocchiarella.
Cocchiarella pressed Newsom on what he framed as “hesitancy” within the White House press corps to scrutinize certain subjects: namely, the 80-year-old president’s health.
“You see these press conferences in the Oval Office,” the governor replied. “You maybe have one or two reasonable reporters. They ask a question; there’s no chance for a follow-up. And then it’s seven sycophants from news outlets.”
I can already see it. The DNC is going to shove this chucklefuck down our throats. I am tired of eating shit sandwiches. I don’t know the answer but he is not it.
Who cares. First get the nazi out and repair your democracy.
What democrat wins is a luxury problem you don’t have room for. Trump won not only by cheating but also by manipulating “leftists” to not vote.
Getting honest candidates is a luxury.
First repair your democracy- reisntate free press, regulate propaganda channels like X and fox , fix party financing, demand transparancy,….
Recovering the broken relationships with allies will take decades.
Biden campaigned as the dragonslayer who was going to get the Nazis out and force Trump out of politics. He spent four years tripping over his own dick and letting Trump get away with everything.
Party Democrats aren’t going to “repair (our) democracy.” They don’t want to, because doing so would jeopardize their personal economic interests.
Trump didn’t trick leftists into not voting. Democrats showed that they were unable or unwilling to do anything. Harris ran the same campaign as Biden: “I’m the only one who can defeat Trump.” There can’t be two Only Ones!
And before you say it, I held my nose and voted for Harris. Plenty of people did. But you can’t fault people for disengaging when the Democratic Party doesn’t deliver on literally their only campaign promise. Not universal healthcare. Not the minimum wage. Not housing. Just “Trump bad” and “this is democracy’s last chance” twice in a row.
Getting honest candidates is a prerequisite for having a candidate fulfill their promise to repair democracy and hold the current administration accountable.
Agreed. Stop the bleeding first, then triage based on wounds and prognosis.
I’m fully prepared to not live long enough to see that repaired. Not that it’s hopeless, but it really will take a lifetime.
Voting for the lesser of two evils, over and over again, is how we got here, so nah. Do it right or let it burn.
No it’s not. It’s the opposite
when a democrat is in office it’s column A when republicans are in office its column B.
ok look the result is the same
That’s not even remotely true. The trump regime is unique, only comparable to e.g. The first years of the nazis and idiocracy.
Nothing in the US is comparable to it. Stop this Russian propaganda
sure, trump is uniquely fast in his rightward push, as opposed to DNC democrats moderate rightward push.
we are one minute from eclipsing nazi germany and yet we still argue for the lesser of two evils. ESPECIALLY since we are years away from another election and have all the time we need to not feild a peice of shit, but nope, time to buckle in for another inevitable false compromise
I wouldn’t count on another real election. Russia style at best
The core of the problem is the extreme wealthy - no Republican candidate is going to do anything about that, Democrat candidates can be pressured into it.
The Democrat candidate in 2024 did not respond to pressure and instead opted to run with a Republican by her side. If I believed any particular democrat was going to run on a platform of getting money out of politics and their background was aligned with those goals, then I wouldn’t hesitate to vote for them but Gavin Newsom doesn’t even support his own states billionaire tax. -In reference to common metaphor here Gavin Newsome will NOT stem the bleeding.
My point is that you guys need to stop focusing so much on candidates, and start focusing more on organization. FDR was good in a lot of ways, but he did not show up magically out of nowhere, and he did not start the progressive movement on his own. The New Deal would never have happened without the urban unions and prairie populists.
Gavin Newsom is not ideal, and you should fight to ensure someone better wins the primary - but he is still more likely to find himself in a situation where he has to please some people with some good ideas.
They haven’t repealed Dodge vs Ford and that’s been in effect since 1919. No, they don’t give a fuck about regular people, just moneyed interests
Newsom is just as much of a fascist as Trump
Wow, why?
This piece of giant shit fucked up California so much. He’s to blame for all the fires, he stopped funding fire departments to do controlled burns and left it to the “consumers”.
Also, so many whistleblowers came out from his fundraising foundation that he and his wife were embezzling funds during the Biden administration, Biden’s doj launched an investigation still going on today.
He also used prison populations to fight fires as slave labor with no chance of becoming a fire fighter upon release because of their criminal records.
He regularly makes sure to cover for his habitually drunk driving asshole of an uncle, including VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. And plays the stock market just like his corrupt cunt aunt.
He gave billionaires WATER RIGHTS to waste on growing fucking almonds that DIRECTLY CAUSED droughts in the central valley.
This fucking swamp taint needs to have his personal winery dumped with the round up he approved to dump on forests, killing any life and draining into municipal water infrastructure. He’s directly causing more cancer and health issues for regular people
Newsom is JUST AS MUCH OF A FASCIST AS TRUMP.
HE SUCKS BILLIONAIRE COCK EVERYDAY, THAT’S WHY CALIFORNIA HAS THE MOST BILLIONAIRES IN THE FUCKING COUNTRY NOW.
HE FUCKING DESTROYED MY HOME STATE
They’re going to do none of that.
There are lots of good candidates that all deserve a look and a chance to be vetted publicly.
Where were all those candidates 2024?
…not running, because the sitting president ran for re-election?
Do you not know anything about politics or are you just pretending to be this way?
Excuse me but we don’t allow calm and well thought out replies here.