This one probably cuts real deep for them because the venn diagram of "ICE" and "Think they're the punisher/would use a punisher decal" is a nearly perfect circle

You could be a multimillionaire who has never worked a day in your life, and you would be, by this definition, “working class.”

I wouldn’t necessarily say this is unique. Even Trump pushed through a bunch of stuff early on.

The difference is that Mamdani followed through on an agenda to uplift people, while Trump followed through on an agenda to uplift the 1% in a way that was detrimental to the majority of the population.

He's set himself up nicely for an "I've been cancelled by the left so now I'm a reasonable moderate Republican, the left gave me no choice" heel turn.

Don't read into it. Newsom is a Republican sympathizer and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he went the Eric Johnson route, positioning himself as a moderate, post-Trump Republican in 2028 to challenge JD Vance.

Whether he does or not, he is not our friend and should be handled with caution.

The point here is to believe people when they tell you who they are. Gavin Newsom hangs out with Republicans because he likes hanging out with Republicans. This isn't 4-D chess. He wants to hang out with Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon. When he says he agrees with them on things, it's because he does.

What's the political position newsom holds that separates him political from shapiro?

Because they certainly didn't find any in this whole 2-hour mutual hand job