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He's not on the left though. He only ran as a dem because he is in California and Republicans have no chance there
Can you show your work on this?
You want me to go though his entire polical history to show how he's only on the side of whatever he thinks is popular instead of being principled?
Proof goes hand-in-hand with credibility.
So yes you do on a thread about this article?
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/11/gavin-newsom-is-not-a-progressive
Or you just want it from other sources?
You said this:
Prove it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Newsom
You want more?
That in no way supports your argument. Try again.
Why?
I asked you to prove this:
-and you cannot. Therefore what is happening is you are positioning an opinion as fact. This means it can easily be dismissed as irrelevant to the topic.
No why continue when you obviously don't care about anything other than trying to cancel out any valid criticisms.
Yes it's easily dismissed by you saying continue I don't accept reality
You lied. Just have an ounce of shame and admit it. And for the record, I’m not asking you to continue. By all means. Stop. Disinformation isn’t something I believe needs to be allowed a platform, though I do believe it is everyone’s duty to call it out when it happens.
Prove it then