California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office claims he was denied entry into a venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the governor was denied entry into a venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, after being invited to speak at the event due to “pressure” from the Trump administration.

Newsom had been scheduled to speak with Fortune at the USA House, Davos, a privately organized event, at the World Economic Forum, which has been recognized by the U.S. government as the nation’s headquarters in Davos.

  • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    No idea why you’re being downvoted. Likely the Liberal Mob with the “he’s better than what we’ve got” mentality.

    Newsom might be good at trolling Trump, but he’s a garbage Neolib dick-weasel.

    • porcoesphino@mander.xyzEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I think Newsom has a mob that idolises seeing him do theatrical owns of MAGA and confuses that with having a plan or substance and I think they see criticism of that as not fighting enough against MAGA

      I don’t know how you see his soundbites at Davos and don’t notice they are for domestic US voters and have no substance besides a performative campaign akin to Trump’s strongman

      • TheGoldenV@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        I like to refer to the folks that believe in him (and people like him) as Blue MAGA.

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I’m not a fan of Gavin since he’s just a run of the mill neoliberal, but I think it’s silly to characterize this as his getting bullied, the USA House was the one that caved in this instance.