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Pluvious

(5,433 posts)
Fri May 1, 2026, 11:53 AM 19 hrs ago

Governor Newsom with the Troll of the Week !!!




WOW. FAKE NEWS FOX IS LOSING THEIR MINDS OVER OUR BEAUTIFUL 175TH ANNIVERSARY DRIVER’S LICENSE. SAD! SO IN HONOR OF SEAN “SLUMPY RATINGS” HANNITY, I HAVE DIRECTED THE DMV TO CREATE BRAND-NEW LIMITED EDITION LICENSE PLATES. I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR PERSONALLY (STEVE, GREAT GUY, WHO TURNED THAT PLACE AROUND SO WELL THAT EVEN HARVARD IS TALKING ABOUT HIM) AND HE SAID: “SIR, THESE ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLATES WE’VE EVER MADE." THE "PLATES" ARE NOT JUST VERY BEAUTIFUL, THEY ARE CLASSY, JUST LIKE ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, GOVERNOR OF THE FREE WORLD. MAILED IN DECEMBER. A LITTLE CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM ME TO YOU (WE ARE SAYING MERRY CHRISTMAS AGAIN, BECAUSE OF ME). YOU'RE WELCOME! — Governor GCN
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Governor Newsom with the Troll of the Week !!! (Original Post) Pluvious 19 hrs ago OP
Ok, ok, he HAS got tRump's stupidity down pat......bravo Governor Newsom. a kennedy 19 hrs ago #1
Newsome shouldn't give popsdenver 11 hrs ago #30
Kick dalton99a 19 hrs ago #2
Awesome! n/t Liberal In Texas 19 hrs ago #3
Like him or not you gotta love his trolling of 47 vapor2 18 hrs ago #4
Except.....I Want That License Plate! Okay, I'm In PA, But Still! 🥰😊 ColoringFool 17 hrs ago #5
Me too BlueKota 14 hrs ago #26
Me Three TurboDem 12 hrs ago #27
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #6
Stephen Colbert imitated Bill O'Reilly on the Colbert Report. It's called satire. AZLD4Candidate 17 hrs ago #9
Stephen Colbert is a comedian Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #13
So a governor can't engage in satire to poke the bear? AZLD4Candidate 16 hrs ago #19
Personally, I hate purity tests Martin Eden 11 hrs ago #32
Leaving trumps insults alone is one reason we've got him AGAIN. Callie1979 12 hrs ago #29
Newsom contributes to normalizing of that crass nonsense Martin Eden 11 hrs ago #31
It's not imitation nor flattery... it's mockery. Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #10
It absolutely is imitation, for the purpose of mockery Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #14
Alright. May the candidate with the most votes win. n/t Justice matters. 16 hrs ago #20
I'm sure he'll be just fine. BannonsLiver 17 hrs ago #11
This isn't imitation. llmart 17 hrs ago #12
Newsom is mocking Trump by imitating him Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #15
But how will he be able to go on without that support? BannonsLiver 17 hrs ago #16
Are you suggesting Newsom would lose some support Martin Eden 15 hrs ago #24
No I'm sorry. I wasn't clear. I was specifically referencing YOUR support. BannonsLiver 14 hrs ago #25
It's too early to decide. I won't rule anyone out yet. Martin Eden 12 hrs ago #28
Imitiation for reasons of emulation would be flattery FoxNewsSucks 16 hrs ago #21
"Krasnov does the same shit every day" Martin Eden 15 hrs ago #23
Bwah! electric_blue68 17 hrs ago #7
🤣🤣🤣 ultralite001 17 hrs ago #8
Pluvious.......... Upthevibe 17 hrs ago #17
Newsom needs to have a mugshot to use to complete the effect Zelda_Orchid 16 hrs ago #18
... orangecrush 15 hrs ago #22
LOL Martin68 10 hrs ago #33
LOL Blue Owl 6 hrs ago #34
The same Governor Newsom who was Abolishinist 5 hrs ago #35
LOL Emile 57 min ago #36

popsdenver

(2,488 posts)
30. Newsome shouldn't give
Fri May 1, 2026, 07:22 PM
11 hrs ago

Republicans any ideas, next thing Trump's mug will be on all the license plates in Washington DC......

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
6. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Fri May 1, 2026, 01:20 PM
17 hrs ago

Every time I see one of these, I am less likely to vote for Newsom in the 2028 primary.

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
13. Stephen Colbert is a comedian
Fri May 1, 2026, 01:54 PM
17 hrs ago

While I appreciate a president with a sense of humor, a candidate lowers himself for that high office by mimmicking Trump.

AZLD4Candidate

(6,856 posts)
19. So a governor can't engage in satire to poke the bear?
Fri May 1, 2026, 02:22 PM
16 hrs ago

This sounds like a solution looking for a problem.

"I agree with this Democrat 100%, but his shoes are tacky so I am not going to vote for the Democrat."

I love purity tests and how we always throw our candidate under the bus for the idiotic of reasons.

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
32. Personally, I hate purity tests
Fri May 1, 2026, 07:26 PM
11 hrs ago

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

Nobody is perfect. All have plusses and minuses. I see Newsom's ALL CAPS mimmickry of Trump as a negative. There are better ways to tear him a new one, including scathing wit and humor.

Callie1979

(1,384 posts)
29. Leaving trumps insults alone is one reason we've got him AGAIN.
Fri May 1, 2026, 07:06 PM
12 hrs ago

He's normalizing it. The ONLY thing that gets under his skin is making fun of him or embarrassing him.
There should be MORE of it. When he insults a journalist like he did Norah O'Donnell on 60Min she shouldve mocked his insult right then.

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
31. Newsom contributes to normalizing of that crass nonsense
Fri May 1, 2026, 07:22 PM
11 hrs ago

He can tear Donnie 2-Dolls a new one without acting like him.

Justice matters.

(9,984 posts)
10. It's not imitation nor flattery... it's mockery.
Fri May 1, 2026, 01:33 PM
17 hrs ago

Hoping the on-the-fence Republicans will realize they've been had by a conman and finally snap out of the mafia-don cult.

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
14. It absolutely is imitation, for the purpose of mockery
Fri May 1, 2026, 02:02 PM
17 hrs ago

There are much better ways to get one's point across. These ALL CAPS mocking posts won't move the needle for any swing voter or MAGAt.

It turns me off, and I'm sure I'm not alone. I've been a Democratic voter since 1976. I will always vote for our party's nominee, but there are more choices in the primary.

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
15. Newsom is mocking Trump by imitating him
Fri May 1, 2026, 02:09 PM
17 hrs ago

This might help him with some online users in the primary, but it will turn some (like me) off as well.

Won't help at all in the general election, though he'll probably change his messaging if he wins the primary.

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
24. Are you suggesting Newsom would lose some support
Fri May 1, 2026, 04:04 PM
15 hrs ago

If he found a different way to rip Krasnov a new one, or just stopped with the ALL CAPS Trumpian social media posts?

I suppose people have come to expect it, but I'd like to see the governor take a different approach to expose The Fascist Grifter for what he is, which can be done with scathing wit and humor.

BannonsLiver

(20,768 posts)
25. No I'm sorry. I wasn't clear. I was specifically referencing YOUR support.
Fri May 1, 2026, 04:48 PM
14 hrs ago

Won’t you at least reconsider, and give Governor Newsom another chance?

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
28. It's too early to decide. I won't rule anyone out yet.
Fri May 1, 2026, 06:54 PM
12 hrs ago

I like my governor better (Pritzger) but a lot can happen between now and 2028.

If it looks like the general election could be very close, my vote will go to the candidate who I deem most likely to beat the Republican.

That's what I did in 2020 with my primary vote for Joe Biden, breaking a vow I made in 2002 (the year I joined DU). I protested the war in Iraq before Dim Son Bush launched it. Heading into the Oct 2002 vote on the Iraq War Resolution, I was looking for strong Democratic leadership to oppose it. A little more than half the Dems in the House and Senate voted against it but several Senate leaders voted for it including John Kerry, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton. I vowed that no one who voted to give GW Bush authority to invade Iraq would ever get my vote in a Democratic primary. I held that vow for 18 years.

Newsom's ALL CAPS Trump trolling is a very minor issue by comparison.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,880 posts)
21. Imitiation for reasons of emulation would be flattery
Fri May 1, 2026, 02:40 PM
16 hrs ago

This is clearly laughing AT Krasnov, not WITH him.

This is MOCKING and RIDICULE.

I think it's great and hilarious. Maybe some idiot MAGAts will see it, and be shown how Krasnov does the same thing every day. Except he sincerely means that shit.

Martin Eden

(15,800 posts)
23. "Krasnov does the same shit every day"
Fri May 1, 2026, 03:58 PM
15 hrs ago

Exactly why I don't like it.

Just my opinion. To each his own.

Abolishinist

(3,018 posts)
35. The same Governor Newsom who was
Sat May 2, 2026, 01:44 AM
5 hrs ago

on tonight's Real Time With Bill Maher?

Really? His supporters should bombard him with messages asking him why he lowered his standards to such an extent!

JFC!

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