The California governor described White House reporters as ‘sycophants’
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the media for what he described as overly deferential coverage of Donald Trump, characterizing reporters in Oval Office press briefings as “sycophants.”
The Democratic governor — widely seen as a potential contender for the 2028 presidential race — made the remarks during a Sunday interview with progressive commentator Jack Cocchiarella.
Cocchiarella pressed Newsom on what he framed as “hesitancy” within the White House press corps to scrutinize certain subjects: namely, the 80-year-old president’s health.
“You see these press conferences in the Oval Office,” the governor replied. “You maybe have one or two reasonable reporters. They ask a question; there’s no chance for a follow-up. And then it’s seven sycophants from news outlets.”
Neither is a 3rd party candidate.
No 3rd party candidate will win a General Election unless something changes in the way the Is voting system works. Voting for a 3rd party is literally throwing your vote away at best, or helping the Republicans at worst.
It’s either naivety or intentional disinformation to spout otherwise.
Indeed. Anyone spreading stuff like this is either doing to to help trump or is really stupid
so in your worldview does voting Libertarian hurt the Republicans and/or Does it help the Democrats?
Additionally, voting 3rd-party is not “Figuratively throwing your vote away.” Not voting when you’re registered is “Figuratively Throwing your vote away.” Voting 3rd party at the very least puts the other parties on notice that you’re willing to vote -just not for them.
Are you actually asking this? You actually don’t understand how spoiler candidates happen in US democracy?
Yes I am and you have to be removed or clinically insane to think the the largest third-party by votes would actually be spoiling any vote except for the Republicans.
And they have next to no chance of winning.
Let’s follow that thought. Why do you think that?
Newsom is just as much of a fascist as the orange pedophile
For one thing, there is no serious third party. For another: history.
If we had ranked choice voting, it might be different. If Democratic Socialists want to run in and win primaries and run as Democrats, hey, great.
I am not throwing away my vote in the general for some unserious party like the Green Party (which is probably just a cutout anyway) who runs a candidate at the national level every 4 years and does next to nothing at the local level.
it’s not “throwing away your vote” it puts on record that your willing to vote just not for the major party candidates. Not voting is “throwing your vote away.” Voting for someone you don’t like and winning --That’s throwing your vote away.
Cool. Let’s peel off just enough Democratic votes to
throw awayput into some column C that is going into a record, while we install the next Trump, dutifully carrying out the next iteration of Project 2025.I’m sure that’ll show 'em. We will all take solace in the fact that we can…point to the third party votes that are on the record while the conservatives have several more years of free reign to utterly destroy the country.
and you would have nobody to blame except your own party.