Newsom has "California" next to his name, which is disqualifying for a presidential run as far as I can see it. Too many independents with the opinion that "Newsom made Cali a shithole"
Anyway, I think national voters are mainly unfamiliar with Newsom, and once he gets exposure he'll be well received. His performance on Hannity is one example of this.
Stop watching Fox news.
You can't blame a governor for crime rates anyway. Nor can you draw much correlation to things like policing. It's idiotic and a juvenile view of how and why crime happens. These things happen from so many societal factors and it isn't politicians causing or preventing it.
But it's been a republican culture war wedge issue for a few years lately. Seems like you fell for the con.
> You can't blame a governor for crime rates anyway.
dems made small value crimes not felony, it is strong incentive for crime rise, and strong motivation for police to not go after such cases.
Call me when the murder rate reaches the 1990s peak. They haven't. I'll say again, American cities are much safer than they've been in my living memory.
> dems made small value crimes not felony,
This is a horse shit explanation. Firstly, that was a ballot initiative passed by will of the voters, probably because California prisons, like most US prisons, have been overcrowded and we have insanely high incarceration rates exceeding pretty much every other nation, which is not appropriate. Secondly, I think people who have looked at this will tell you it had no impact on crime rates. Unless they work for Fox news etc.
that path is easily manipulated and compromised, because majority of voters don't have capacity to carefully review all propositions. And yes, population blindly supporting dems are also accountable for their actions.
Not interested to discuss your other statements, because I see them as low quality.
Are you seriously blaming the Democrats for the invention of misdemeanour crimes? Or for adjusting the threshold between misdemeanour and felony according to inflation?
Texas has misdemeanour theft to a far higher threshold than California… oops.
Stop watching Fox News.
From the guidelines.
For those interested in diving deeper on the topic of crime in California: [0]: https://www.ppic.org/publication/crime-trends-in-california/ [1]: https://data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2023...
That's pretty much it. I get so tired of internet discussions where people do not understand this, and I lost my patience to "converse curiously" with people who choose to remain ignorant of this in order to justify fear or anger or dehumanizing hate.
I've had countless discussions, including on HN, where you can cite this and people will sooner say that crime statistics are false, and specifically falsified in a way that destroys their argument, than admit being wrong or not having a complete perspective.
When this happens, simply refrain from commenting until you regain that patience. This forum only remains civil if we all make our best effort to keep it that way.
Eg. American political discourse has gone so crazy that people can openly support fascism and it's acceptable. I don't think it ought to be.
that's has to be verified, if any affordable housing was approved in reasonable distance from his current house. Approving affordable housing in other's backyard is obviously not YIMBY.
But seeing him debate Hannity had something click for me. He is pretty sharp, and has some qualities that national democrats have seemed to lack. I started to think he may have a better chance at the presidency than people give him credit for. I start to think a lot of people haven't really gotten to know him, self included.
Time will tell how that plays out.
His personal life is a potential liability, though. He’s a pretty well-known philanderer and that’s exactly how the right knows how to attack opponents.
nah, it's the cali is a shithole thing.
Of course, in an oligarchy (which we are) that has a lot of pull.
The “shithole” state nonsense is just copium.
Why is every single member of Congress vastly richer after a few years in office?