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He actually thinks this is gonna work doesn't he

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[–] qcop@hexbear.net 70 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Blue MAGA in full swing. The guy is truly preparing for 2028. He soon will want to be called "The Gavin". He'll just need to be even more openly transphobic and right wing to really embrace it

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Except they have their guys so who the fuck is this for??? No right wing MAGA type is gonna be "now hang on gruesome Gavin is making sense here" they like their guys they have

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Some relatives and friends of mine think this shit is based and funny.

[–] MizuTama@hexbear.net 12 points 9 months ago

I mean, it's like a good bit that has the soul sucked out of it with more than 0.5 seconds of thought into why it's being done.

[–] qcop@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago

My take is that this is an outlet for people who vote democrats but want to let out the same Pulsions as MAGA crowd. However it was not socially OK to openly support trump in their circle.

This way they can enjoy and spout the same reactionary rethoric without being excluded from their social in group

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Libs will settle on The Gavinator

[–] shallot@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago

β€œThe noose”

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 56 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What if ALL CAPS is actually the secret to talking to the average USAmerican voter and we've just been sleeping on it?

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 38 points 9 months ago

Post the manifesto in caps lock and suddenly world revolution

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago

GAVIN PLANE! NO BRAKES*! LIKE "TRUMP TRAIN" - GET IT?!?

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^*Of^ ^course^ ^in^ ^flight^ ^an^ ^civilian^ ^aircraft^ ^doesn't^ ^utilize^ ^anything^ ^like^ ^a^ ^"brake".^

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Capitalist politics is very cool and normal

[–] i_drink_bleach@hexbear.net 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

More like all-caps politics. Fuck sake. He was doing good on the mocking. Guess he's past that now and he's going to go back to platforming nazis. I can't be bothered to read anything in all-caps. GGs on your tiny moment, Gav, moron.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 44 points 9 months ago

even if you think politics is just about aesthetics, trying to be a discount imitation of Trump is a terrible idea.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The problem with gavin Newsom copying trump posting is that Trump is actually funny and this is just fucking stupid and cringe. Newsom simply lacks the comedy power for a post like that time trump shat on john Bolton

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not Newsom, he has a team of three people writing these lol, some liberal rag published an article on it just the other day

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 29 points 9 months ago (2 children)

A team of three people who collectively have less sauce than a mic'd up 13 year old on call of duty

Newsom recruiting his PR staff:

[–] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Liberals are deeply unfunny.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago
[–] sempersigh@hexbear.net 38 points 9 months ago

I thought he was going to just do this once as a throwaway bit but I am infinitely more annoyed knowing that he’s going to beat this into the ground

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

i never thought the fall of the am*rican empire would be this funny

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 24 points 9 months ago

Makes me wonder what sort of tweets would've existed during the late roman empire.

"ALARIC THE VISIGOTH? MORE LIKE ANEMIC THE VISIGOTH! IF ALARIC THINKS HE CAN SACK ROME HE HAS ANOTHER THING COMING!" -Honorius

"How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?" -Romulus Augustulus

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not with a bang, but with a looooooooooooooooooong fart.

[–] NotALeatherMuppet@hexbear.net 30 points 9 months ago

Oh good democrats are taking the "if you can't beat them, copy them" approach

[–] spudnik@hexbear.net 26 points 9 months ago

The leadership of the democratic party has been floundering for months, doing next to nothing to even slow down the trump admin doing exceedingly ghoulish stuff. After months of lying low, and I'm sure polling and triangulating, this is what they've come up with. And the libs just eat it up

[–] TrashGoblin@hexbear.net 24 points 9 months ago

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I can think of almost nothing worse than being the kind of person that has to read that

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 19 points 9 months ago (4 children)

lmao emdashes. He literally used a chatbot to write this.

Also the replies are weapons grade cringe

[–] BynarsAreOk@hexbear.net 13 points 9 months ago

Indistinguishable from bots.

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

America first means escalating a war so wine mom libs can have a moral victory to brag about because American military involvements have been disastrous and morally repugnant

[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

EM dashes are a thing real people use.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago

Deeply lead poisoned

[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 17 points 9 months ago

Stranger things have happened than gavin newsom becoming president but this id like one of those things where it looks unbelieavable until it happens and then everyone starts to be able to see how the signs were already there

Kinda like trump winning im 2016 or russia invading ukraine in 2022

[–] FortifiedAttack@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Imagine trying to imitate Trump and failing at it.

I've used LLMs that did a better job than this.

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago

Okay he is posting but it's still a bit stilted. lose your mind just a little bit more mr newsom, maybe eat a baby idk how trump did it

[–] huf@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago

he should try shooting someone on fifth avenue, that should cement his lead

[–] FedPosterman5000@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Netflix-anime-adaptation-ass monologue

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago

YOUR "POWER" IS NO MATCH FOR MY STAND [THE MAPS], IT IS I, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, THAT WILL PUT AN END TO YOUR "LITTLE GAME".

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You don't beat him by taking his schtick. That's following, not leading, SAD!

What's all this MAPS talk? Is it code for didnt-kill-himself?

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They're threatening to gerrymander California to wipe out any gains the Republicans might get from gerrymandering Texas.

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[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] OptimusSubprime@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

Gavin Bellend

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 7 points 9 months ago

It probably will unfortunately

Folks, this is what megalomania looks like...

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

geordi-no Healthcare

geordi-no Treating unhoused people like human beings

geordi-no Protecting trans rights

geordi-yes Whatever the fuck this is

[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 9 months ago

…fuck.

[–] mechwarrior2@hexbear.net 3 points 9 months ago
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