Gavin Newsom wants to be President so bad you can see him slobbering over the desire. He is, given the horrible job he has done in California, one of the least qualified people in the country to be the nation’s Chief Executive, and his vile, dishonest, vindictive character makes him, well, frightening at best. All the great Leftist movements in the 20th century—in the Soviet Union (Lenin, Stalin), China (Mao), Cuba (Castro), Vietnam (Ho), Cambodia (Pol Pot) had charismatic leaders who could demagogue the ignorant masses—and they, to a man, demonized their opponents. Whether Gavin Newsom, or any current Democrat, has such charisma remains to be seen, but we certainly hope not.

Newsom recently called Stephen Miller a “fascist,” which is, of course, nothing new for the Left. Miller is not a fascist, not even close, when one looks at the true definition of fascism. Miller has never argued, as true fascists do, for a government takeover or direction of the economy; in fact, of the two men, Newsom is a whole lot closer to true fascism than Miller is. But with his hateful, mendacious rhetoric, Newsom is energizing the worse elements of the Left. And it’s hard to believe he doesn’t understand that. He has no real policy arguments against what Mr. Trump is doing at the moment, so he tries to stir up bitterness and malice among his sycophants by comparing conservatives and Republicans to “fascists” and “Nazis.” And then, naturally, he takes no share of the blame when his deranged robots decide that maybe the new “Hitlers” and “fascists” should be eliminated before they do to America what Hitler did to Germany. Gavin Newsom is much more dangerous to America than Donald Trump ever thought about being. But he loves, and wants, power, and he apparently believes this is his road to it. Or doesn’t care how........

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