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Shaun King's avatar

I won't feel guilty for opposing ANYONE who says genocide isn't real and that they have a crystal clear love for Israel. Period.

Mary-Elizabeth Meagher's avatar

Politicians on both sides of the aisle continue to be so morally bankrupt when it comes to Gaza. Newsome just lost my support as well. Such a cowardly, asinine response.

Shaun King's avatar

Just an absolutely awful response. At least now we know.

Mary-Elizabeth Meagher's avatar

Exactly. Now we know.

Aamir Razak's avatar

Well said, Ms. Meagher. Totally agreed, their lack of morality in regards to Gaza is just appalling, and it is on both sides of the political spectrum. Red or blue, two sides of the same bloodstained imperialist coin

Randabella's avatar

100%. He’s part of the establishment. No better than genocide Joe

Shaun King's avatar

Democratic voters, by and large, are not issues voters. They vote on how candidates make them feel. Most voters do. My fear here is that voters like how this man makes them feel, while ignoring his actual core beliefs.

Alison Bailey's avatar

That’s a hard no for Newsome, the squeaking dwarf put words into his mouth & Newsome was afraid to give a straight answer

Shaun King's avatar

Shapiro ran all over him.

Alison Bailey's avatar

I loathe & abhor the short one

Tom Gruver's avatar

I’m respect him for saying what he believes and glad he didn’t pretend otherwise. At least now I won’t waste a vote on a two faced liar like I did with John Fetterman

Shaun King's avatar

I agree with you. This is how he feels. Now we know.

Nightbird Nan's avatar

Clearly Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and continues to do so. Shocking that Gavin Newsome can't call it what it is. Red line for me. I will not support him if he runs for President. Rhetoric doesn't matter facts do. Shapiro makes me ill. Thanks for posting.

Shaun King's avatar

Welcome my friend. I agree with you.

Mohamed Oraby's avatar

My deep respect for you Mr. Shaun

Shaun King's avatar

Thank you brother.

Eduardo Quintana's avatar

Thank you for your courage sean. You give me courage and hope.

Shaun King's avatar

I am trying brother. Thank you for your support. Means the world to me.

Aamir Razak's avatar

Thanks for sharing this Shaun, and I am sorry that your friend has such disappointing views. I agree with you, considering his support for the genocidal occupation, and denial of the reality that is apparent every day by the videos and photos and text of the war crimes/crimes against humanity, human suffering and torture, I will never vote for this person for president.

Recent events have shown me that in both parties, there are really no politicians I trust or have respect for, and none I believe have genuine desires to stop the government's support for the genocide, occupation and warmongering/resource grabbing/regime change globally. Red or blue, Republican or Democrat, they are two sides of the same bloodstained, imperialist, racist coins.

Lewis C. Taishoff's avatar

Newsom can add. The arithmetic erases whatever conscience he has left. Even a threat, "no AIPAC, no money," means the Ziofascists have bought him without even paying his campaign a cent up front.

TR's avatar

Disgusting.

Judy Fusinaz's avatar

If he denies genocide by zionists he's NOT FOR ME, period!!!BDS ISRAELI ZIONISM FOREVER

Liza Jessie Peterson's avatar

Genocide is THE red line. Gaza is the litmus test for humanity and for all politicians who claim to fight for justice and for our rights. Gavin Newsome is a Hard No, same for Jasmine Crockett. AIPAC is death sentence for the soul of American politicians.

Shaun King's avatar

I agree with you wholeheartedly Liza.

Barbara Larcom's avatar

Of course, that is a no-brainer to oppose Newsom for President after he adopts that stance. But I have to ask myself, why is he being so politically foolish? The majority of the US population is supportive of Palestine. Two reasons occur to me: 1) There are other factors that many US people regard as more salient to their everyday lives -- various domestic issues -- that he is at least "better" on (not great, often), compared to global issues. 2) The power of AIPAC and its ability to kill campaigns? Just trying to figure out strategy for those of us who work on it.

Rocket Cat's avatar

Bubble Boy syndrome…no more rich fucks that live in a bubble. They will sell out people for AI every time.

LoveIsCourage's avatar

But it’s the only way to get selected president in the by the who can one not say army of social engineers, degenerating a:

disunited

dangerously now veering fascist

recently soviet wannabe

Isrealy the vassal?

States of

America

A decade+ of liberal gone woke powers dominant via Marxist demoralization and now will America return to its post WWII rabid security state intelligence and Operation Paperclip roots?

Who can we not say killed JFK?

Spare me the hand wringing over “our democracy” WTAF??

Knowing that voting for team Trump could become the Hegelian dialectical fascist advance of the Grand Theft Global Occultocracy was potential I did so and even in hindsight can’t see that I would ever regret that. The option was not voting at all. Team blue being a straight shot to racketeering Hell.

So in this moment of extreme peril for a potentially freedom serving American revolution, likely more of a continuation of the one started in 1775 and versus the same foes, I pray. As the predators within are many and diverse and the Gangsta TV star capricious magician of MAGA must continue to deny the fullest demands of Netanyahu to the extent possible as it seems so far he may indeed have.

War with Iran is likely worst for Israel and that doesn’t mean the rulers we aren’t allowed to see don’t want Israel sacrificed at their altar of death and loss. They win when we lose. They are the most frightened, as if the top of the world should be the bottom of Hell.

Not.

Everything they think and do is wrong and doomed to fail.

Truth only avails