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California Governor Gavin Newsom's Tourism Pitch to Canadians is Tone-Deaf and Insulting
Do you think we're stupid?
...Are we supposed to believe that because Washington DC is on the other side of the continent from California that you’ve got a different president?
We get the same news. We can see what’s going on.
Canadians are not going to the U.S. for damn good reasons. We can’t trust the US government anymore, and we don’t feel safe.
Instead of dismissing these complaints and asking us for money, quite frankly, we would appreciate some support and solidarity....
If Newsom wants to be helpful to Canadians and to his fellow Americans, he’ll take a stand against the blatant lawlessness of the current President to make America Sane and Safe again.
Whistling past the graveyard of American Democracy is not the way to do it.
What is happening right now in the U.S. is an American tragedy. Trump risks destroying America, because he is engaged in a full on assault on everything good America has ever stood for.
So, as a Canadian who would love to be able to return to the U.S. and visit, my feedback to California Governor Gavin Newsom is that instead of asking me to run the risk of a security gauntlet and questioning at the U.S. border, and supporting a regime that is on the record as wanting to occupy and subjugate my country and my fellow citizens, I suggest that he do his job and enforce the law.
Defend the U.S. constitution. Defend the U.S. First Amendment. Defend the 14th amendment. Defend the constitutional right to vote.
Defend the best of the founding principles of the US - the idea that it is self-evident that people were created equal. Due process. Individual rights and freedoms.
...Right now, the lunatics are running the asylum because they think no one can stop them.
The answer to this lawlessness is to enforce the law, and to ask that others follow it.
The turn against Trump in Canada was palpable. You could see and feel it on social media: the tide turned, because Canadians were clearly awakened to the threat.
The same is now happening with Trump in the U.S. It is also palpable. His cheerleaders look grim.
Enforcing the law fairly and ending these abuses of power are what need to happen to rebuild and restore America. It’s what other countries want for the U.S., for themselves as well as for American citizens.
But for Christ’s sake, don’t ask Canadians to turn a blind eye and worry about our vacation plans being spoiled.
Trump and his foul basket of deplorables hit a new low on Monday:
Trump and Bukele were just so damned delighted with themselves too, smirking in the tawdry gold-encrusted Oval Office about how Garcia could just rot because reasons.
It was disgusting.
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.":
Next, Trump will find that courage is contagious. US universities are starting to fight back:
Harvard, of course, has billions in its endowment. Many other universities aren't so lucky. Still, Harvard is leading the way in fighting back.
"Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free" Canada will be their refuge now:
Today in Elbows Up!
This is pretty good:
Election update:
Yes, I'm sure somebody told Trump to shut up about the 51st state business during the election campaign, so PP could talk about other issues like Brookfield.
Let me say, I don't think Canadians are stupid:
Well, so much for the talking point that Carney was somehow "disloyal" to Canada by working for Brookfield:
Today in endorsements, Poilievre may have a troop of retired CEOs, but Carney has Neil Young:
I think Canadians are also smart enough to see through this Conservative smear:
2 comments:
Amongst other things, Gavin Newsom obviously has had no contact with the Department of Homeland Defence stationed at US borders!
None is going to run that gauntlet of fire if they dont have to.
Come see California !! via El Salvador.
Perhaps Gavin would be better employed promoting a Cascadia connection with western Canada?
TB
Yes it was really tone deaf. They have no idea what is happening on his own border.
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