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GigiLeigh

(184 posts)
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:07 PM Yesterday

If Newsom Wants the White House, He Needs to Show Up in the Streets

https://newsfromunderground.substack.com/p/if-newsom-wants-the-white-house-he


If Newsom wants to lead a nation, he should start by walking into the crowd downtown. Face the people. Let the cameras roll. Dare them to arrest you. At this moment, that’s not political theater—it’s leadership the people are craving.


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Gavin Newsom doesn’t need another interview or press release. He needs a moment.

Imagine the governor of California—surrounded by National Guard troops and riot police—walking into a crowd of peaceful protesters holding an American flag. Not flanked by aides. Not behind a podium. There with the people. Present. Daring the system to turn its power on him the way it has on so many others.

That kind of act wouldn’t just make headlines—it would send a shockwave through the political landscape. It would show voters that Newsom understands what this moment demands: not calculation, but courage. Not spin, but solidarity.
Here’s the truth—his 2028 hopes have lost steam. The base isn’t inspired by slick media appearances or performative sparring sessions. They want someone who shows up. Someone who’s willing to bleed, metaphorically or otherwise, for the people they claim to lead.

This is Newsom’s state—and Trump is invading it. These are his people. And if he wants to lead a nation, this is the test. Walk into the crowd. Face the cameras. Dare them to arrest you.

That’s not political theater. That’s how presidents are born.
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If Newsom Wants the White House, He Needs to Show Up in the Streets (Original Post) GigiLeigh Yesterday OP
Post removed Post removed Yesterday #1
How are the protestors not helping? I need to know before I show up for No Kings Day. Hekate Yesterday #5
he is "the silent type" Skittles Yesterday #6
Because more migrants will be deported. It's not helping the people we supposedly care about. Silent Type Yesterday #9
Why will "more migrants" be deported because of us? Stephen Miller's daily quota is already 3,000 Hekate Yesterday #18
right, we need to BEHAVE while fascism takes over Skittles Yesterday #8
Don't need to make things worse for migrants, supposedly the ones we care about. Silent Type Yesterday #11
protesting fascism is ESSENTIAL Skittles Yesterday #14
Protecting migrants is what is important to me. This hurts them. Silent Type Yesterday #16
HISTORY SHOWS OTHERWISE Skittles Yesterday #19
Disagree, in this case. Migrants are in a worse position. Silent Type Yesterday #21
You've obviously got your opinions & are sticking to them. But facts are stubborn things too. Hekate Yesterday #20
Yeah, I'm a 50501 type protester, not one that plays into trump and his henchmen's plan. Silent Type Yesterday #24
I don't see any evidence that it is in fact, making anything worse than it is. Torchlight 23 hrs ago #26
What? Cirsium 21 hrs ago #34
the world is full of needs, people telling other people what to do. like..republicans do nt msongs Yesterday #2
I'm not going so I won't be telling others what to do. Kaleva Yesterday #3
Nice how America expects instant solutions. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #4
He's doing just fine. BannonsLiver Yesterday #7
Dead martyrs don't make good POTUS candidates. . . DinahMoeHum Yesterday #10
My gov. has already dared Homan to come get him & to keep his hands off 4 year old girls Hekate Yesterday #12
Continuing to pile on Newsom just like MAGA wants us to do. Basso8vb Yesterday #13
Oh, you noticed that too? It's seriously tiring. Hekate Yesterday #22
He dared to say something out loud more than 70 percent of Dems agree with a few months ago. BannonsLiver 23 hrs ago #27
I dislike Newsom for a lot of reasons that MAGA doesn't. Cuthbert Allgood 22 hrs ago #30
Newsom PLUS every other democratic governor and congress person. IcyPeas Yesterday #15
Doesn't make any sense madville Yesterday #17
"That's how presidents are born"? maxsolomon Yesterday #23
That's kind of what I was thinking ITAL 21 hrs ago #32
I love these armchair strategists SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #25
Let's create pathways fro women to be president Pris 22 hrs ago #28
Nope, not really how presidents are born. No matter what he does, if he runs he's got mine & the Democratic Party vote. ancianita 22 hrs ago #29
For what it's worth, I have been thinking along these lines for several days. flashman13 22 hrs ago #31
Who says Newscom is interested in the Presidency? elleng 21 hrs ago #33
Can't tell if that's sarcasm or not Polybius 20 hrs ago #35

Response to GigiLeigh (Original post)

Silent Type

(9,873 posts)
9. Because more migrants will be deported. It's not helping the people we supposedly care about.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:40 PM
Yesterday

Hekate

(98,009 posts)
18. Why will "more migrants" be deported because of us? Stephen Miller's daily quota is already 3,000
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:52 PM
Yesterday

By the way, Rachel Maddow does a sterling job of reporting how much effect Indivisible and others are having. She’s on tonight at 6:00 pm Pacific/9:00 pm Eastern — get back to me.

Silent Type

(9,873 posts)
21. Disagree, in this case. Migrants are in a worse position.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:58 PM
Yesterday

Would you like to bet on whether trump’s approval tanks, rating stays the same, or increases? I’ll take latter.

Hekate

(98,009 posts)
20. You've obviously got your opinions & are sticking to them. But facts are stubborn things too.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:57 PM
Yesterday

Trump & enablers are hell-bent on violence, and they refuse to be diverted. Any ideas?

Oh, and watch Rachel Maddow tonight on MSNBC — she’ll be covering the effect the protest movement is having, as she always does.

Silent Type

(9,873 posts)
24. Yeah, I'm a 50501 type protester, not one that plays into trump and his henchmen's plan.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:00 PM
Yesterday

Would you like to bet on whether trump’s approval tanks, rating stays the same or increases? I’ll take latter.

Torchlight

(4,785 posts)
26. I don't see any evidence that it is in fact, making anything worse than it is.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:05 PM
23 hrs ago

trump's agenda is in play regardless of the behavior of protestors. They could sing kumbayah or strap on heavy weapons, either way, trump is going tp dp what he's ging to do... with or without editorials.

Cirsium

(2,625 posts)
34. What?
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:09 PM
21 hrs ago

Supposedly the ones we care about??

So, don't resist authoritarianism because that causes authoritarianism?

The right wingers sure have people cowed.

msongs

(71,378 posts)
2. the world is full of needs, people telling other people what to do. like..republicans do nt
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:22 PM
Yesterday

bucolic_frolic

(50,743 posts)
4. Nice how America expects instant solutions.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:33 PM
Yesterday

Newsom came a long way today. He'll be sure of the ground he stands on before he acts.

Hekate

(98,009 posts)
12. My gov. has already dared Homan to come get him & to keep his hands off 4 year old girls
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:41 PM
Yesterday

For 15 minutes of your time, you can hear it here


"Tom, arrest me. Let's go." Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/gov-newsom-tells-president-trump-to-stand-down-amid-l-a-protests-241152581707

BannonsLiver

(19,248 posts)
27. He dared to say something out loud more than 70 percent of Dems agree with a few months ago.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:11 PM
23 hrs ago

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,259 posts)
30. I dislike Newsom for a lot of reasons that MAGA doesn't.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:42 PM
22 hrs ago

Primary among them is his move to the center. Is that MAGA convincing me he's not left enough for me? Because they all seem to think he's a commie.

madville

(7,745 posts)
17. Doesn't make any sense
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 06:51 PM
Yesterday

He’s supposed to surround himself with the very riot police and guardsmen that the protesters are sparring with and go mingle with the protesters? That won’t work out well lol.

Newsom isn’t going anywhere near those protests. I could see maybe a coordinated press conference with some of the protest “leaders”. He doesn’t have that dog in him to go into an uncontrolled crowd of regular people like that.

maxsolomon

(36,631 posts)
23. "That's how presidents are born"?
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:00 PM
Yesterday

Name one who was "born" that by joining a protest crowd, Evan Fields. It wasn't Obama.

ITAL

(1,054 posts)
32. That's kind of what I was thinking
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:05 PM
21 hrs ago

I can't think of a single instance where someone who led a massive protest used that to catapult their way to the White House. I mean....maybe George Washington since he led the revolutionary army, but that's all I got.

SocialDemocrat61

(4,772 posts)
25. I love these armchair strategists
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 07:03 PM
Yesterday

who never ran a campaign or even for an elected official. Like they have any credibility.

Pris

(127 posts)
28. Let's create pathways fro women to be president
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:36 PM
22 hrs ago

We are a failing democracy partly because of low numbers of women in elected office,
Let's change that:

Where is Governor Whitmer who changed her states legislature from red to blue? She needs to be speaking. President hopefuls need moments. This is her moment.

Where is Senator Klobuchar who keeps getting reelected in a needed swing state. She needs to be speaking. President hopefuls need moments. This is her moment.

ancianita

(40,591 posts)
29. Nope, not really how presidents are born. No matter what he does, if he runs he's got mine & the Democratic Party vote.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:41 PM
22 hrs ago
Gov Newsom has run the 5th largest economy on planet Earth for how many years now? He'll do for America what he's done for the country of California.

Personally, I'm hoping to vote for a Newsom-Pritzker ticket.

flashman13

(1,254 posts)
31. For what it's worth, I have been thinking along these lines for several days.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:00 PM
22 hrs ago

My thoughts have also leaned toward, where are our congress people? Say you want our votes? You want your seat? You want to be a leader? Then get out there and lead.

And public personages need to start stepping up as well.

June 14

elleng

(139,685 posts)
33. Who says Newscom is interested in the Presidency?
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:07 PM
21 hrs ago

Maybe he's just interested in serving as Cal Governor.

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