Obama’s comments appear in a new video supporting Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50 which would allow the California legislature to draw new congressional boundaries ahead of the midterms
Barack Obama has entered the political fray ahead of November’s special election in California, accusing Republicans of attempting to “rig the next election” in a new ad backing Governor Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50, a ballot measure that could reshape the state’s congressional map.
“Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years,” Obama says in the 30-second ad, urging voters to approve the proposal. “You can stop Republicans in their tracks.”
So they’re finally acknowledging it.
Not just the next one, but every future one.
I swear… if Trump lasts past 2028, I’m gonna lose my shit
Maybe it’s just me but it almost seems like OP was trying to make this title seem bad as if it’s not the truth.
I love how the majority of comments here didn’t even read the whole headline, let alone the article, before confidently spouting whatever they already thought.
As far as I can tell, Newsom is just a ‘fascist, but not too obvious, so people won’t protest’ kind of candidate. A perfect pick if you want to salvage what remains of the empire and delay its inevitable collapse. But then again, it’s not like Americans have any reasonable candidates. And we’re also going on the assumption that there will be another election, so let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Would he be an improvement for the American people? And for other countries? At the very least, minorities in the USA would be [mostly] safe for a few years.
He’s a capitalist. Fascist I don’t think so. We have to stop purity testing left candidates, it’s a trap. So what if he doesn’t have every opinion we have - he’s more in touch with the average voter on those issues, frankly. We need to start thinking like we want to win, not like we want to be right.
He’s a capitalist.
He’s an American politician. Of course he is.
Leftists in USA do need to band together, and I feel like it is more difficult to do so because of our individually. Most of our goals are common.
Edit: as pointed out, my comment is derailing from Governor Newsom to the broad america imperialism, So I apologize in advance for being off-topic here.
Inb4 I’m not calling you (specifically you) out. The you is aimed at “People of America” as a whole
independent of left or right, I’d like to say you guys need to elect someone that doesn’t expand that list further more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
In other words, Could You All Please Stop Fucking Raping The “Global South”? Pretty Please???
And I’m using the word rape both metaphorically and literal at the same time. Also, I’m not downplaying the word. I’m just pointing out the fucked up things US (as a nation) did to all of us outside of “global north”, “western civilization”, “first world” or whatever term you guys keeping using to refer to us, the “inferior” class of “subhumans” people.
The US was always imperialist, but now the masks are off and Trump is just bringing what US did to other countries (see the list above) inwards to US. That’s why most of the population are worried.
Except for the few leftist that called out what US always was, most people aren’t worried of US raping other countries. But they are now worried because the military force is turning inwards against the enemy within.
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He’s just your stereotypical neoliberal corporate Democrat which is a much better alternative to Trump’s admin. I don’t like Newsom like most on here, but if he gets the nomination still show the fuck up.
They are actively shaping the electoral environment. They don’t just want to, they are actively preparing to do so.
The voting machines now in Republican control are a give away that they will rig the elections. We should have the UN look at how the ballots are processed in this coming election just to be sure.
I’m expecting them to pull some bullshit that lets them “postpone” the election when the time comes.
I like how it’s still “accuses” and is not “confirming” after all the actions taken by project 2025 ghouls to rig the election since orange man waddled back up to the white house
Chairman mayo
Lets not forget Obama (in-part) paved the way for the shit we’re in now
Obama… Obama… The mainstream dude?
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/137156-obama-says-hed-be-seen-as-moderate-republican-in-1980s/
Oh how brave of him to stand up now when he has no skin in the game. Bravo brave sir. I hope you sleep well at night on your pile of Netflix money.
He might run 2028 if trump does with gavin as VP or vise versa.
Nope. The plan for Trump to run again is to argue that a president is not allowed to serve more than two consecutive terms. Trump has had two non-consecutive terms while Obama has had two consecutive ones. They thought of this.
The text of the 22nd amendment is pretty clear:
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice
If they’re going to try to argue that means 1+2 terms is ok, doesn’t seem like that would preclude 2+1.
Holy shit, the number of whiney comments crying about Newsom when the ad is about prop 50 is staggering.
I would think that people were illiterate if they didn’t read “Newsom” and start blindly frothing at the mouth.
Recognizing names is far from literate, a 4 year old can do that easy. In fact illiteracy almost necessitates that you be able to recognize names and symbols and be able to associate a feeling with it to navigate the world. This name hurts me, avoid. This other symbol brings me pleasure, engage. So navigating by emotion rather than reason.
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The US requires a hard reset imo. The US political discourse is heavily biased towards the right causing the ratchet effect and muddies the pool of water of ideas. Liberals and progressives can’t get along because the term socialism in the country has been heavily demonized, that socialists and progressives alike have no choice but to side with the pseudo-left party that is the Democratic Party. The party exploits the lack of choice to be complacent and provide bread crumb policies. Meanwhile, conservatives and the right typically prefer order in spite of differences, so they tend to have stronger voting cohesion to elect the Republican party.
The US requires a hard reset so that the two party system is rid of and political variety will blossom. Actually popular policies will be enacted and not demonized. Progressives could decouple from the Democratic party and finally call themselves socialists without the taboo. And moderate conservatives could dissociate themselves from the far right. However, this hard reset could mean a lead up to a civil war and the only people who would benefit from this are Russia and China.
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People want more people lime Zohran. Where is Zohran endorsment? Enjoy facism folks
Welcome to the left. A leftist’s favorite passtime is telling other people that they are not left enough. They’d tell Karl Marx he isn’t left enough if he lost his right arm. Drives me nuts.
You’re just now figuring out that we’re in fascism, but telling people to “enjoy” it? lol
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