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Friday showed 25 percent of Democratic primary voters saying they would support Newsom as the nominee, a jump from the 12 percent he received in a similar poll conducted in June.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg received support from 16 percent of respondents, consistent with what he received in June, while former Vice President Harris’s support slid from 13 percent in the June poll to 11 percent in Friday’s poll.

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[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 10 points 12 hours ago

Newsom is a wet sack of political ambitions with no stance or principles.

“We’re about to put a memecoin out. And you know what? Donald Trump, we’ll see how well your coin does versus our coin,” Newsom said.

Seriously, what the fuck??? Memecoins are scams through and through. You don't release a competing scam to troll Trump. It's asinine.

All of this is a PR team backing him up anyways. He's had some short term success with a few hits that landed with milquetoast liberals, but he can't sustain that "momentum" because none of it is genuine. That fake, toothy smile makes my skin crawl. The mask will slip, but even with all that said, I'm still afraid it'll be sufficient to fool enough of the people. I hate it.