What is Newsom's "break the class" plan to keep two Republicans out of Gov election?

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10:42a, 5/18/26
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CA Governor Newsom was asked about the possibility of ending up with two Republican candidates for governor and no Democrats. His response?

"We all have agencies. We can shape the future… I don't anticipate this need to be the case, but there is a 'break the glass scenario.'

There's many people that have a deep understanding of what it would look like if Democrats were locked out, and we're going to do everything to make sure that doesn't happen. I'll leave it there."



My guess is Los Angeles County using a proprietary Smartmatic voting system they bought a several years back.

Any other thoughts? Federal court? It is state law to have the jungle primary. Not seeing a federal question. So state courts? What else?
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10:54a, 5/18/26
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They purposefully created a system to "lock out" Republicans, never fathoming in their unscrupulous minds the possibility of change and when change does arise they can't abide their own rules.
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10:56a, 5/18/26
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Obligatory "Republicans are the ones trying to outlaw democracy!"
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11:02a, 5/18/26
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Break the GLASS...

Definitely not going to "protect/defend our democracy."
Absolutely a lustful quest for absolute power.

And for goodness sake, he's term limited. So what is it that he doesn't want a Republican coming into the office to find? Generational Democrat skeletons?
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In reply to aggiehawg • 11:08a, 5/18/26
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It would/will involve an executive order to change the primary rules ex post facto ("in the interest of 'fairness'") which their farce of a state supreme court would rubber stamp as with all other Democrat fraud initiatives in the state.
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 11:11a, 5/18/26
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Kenneth_2003 said:
Break the GLASS...

Definitely not going to "protect/defend our democracy."
Absolutely a lustful quest for absolute power.

And for goodness sake, he's term limited. So what is it that he doesn't want a Republican coming into the office to find? Generational Democrat skeletons?

My bad. Didn't notice the misspelling in time to edit. I remember when NJ did the illegal switch from Torricelli to Lautenberg years ago. So I'm assuming the "break the glass" scenario will not be legal. Using the Smartmatic system in CA's most populous county for election fraud is the easiest, IMO.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 11:18a, 5/18/26
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Yeah, he's certainly bein intentionally vague with his remarks. Certainly gives the impression he's going to pull something fast and quick that will catch folks off guard and leave little time to challenge
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11:21a, 5/18/26
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Assist to Rocky for the source image.
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11:21a, 5/18/26
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Can't wait to see what tyrannical playbook they will adopt here.
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11:21a, 5/18/26
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a republican in office might try to do some crazy fascist dictator type things like review various grants and spending commitments that might be frivolous, waste, fraud, or abuse, revisit the ease and amount of handouts and entitlements, especially to illegal aliens, reduce regulatory and bureaucratic red tape, shrink the size of state government, and ultimately lower taxes and fees to businesses and consumers to spur growth. Those things would obviously be threats to democracy.
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11:22a, 5/18/26
Force all but the top two Democrats to drop out, and then somehow remove them completely from the primary ballot.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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In reply to aggiehawg • 11:22a, 5/18/26
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This is what real voter disenfranchisement smells like

Not voter ID requirement.
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In reply to YouBet • 11:23a, 5/18/26
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YouBet said:
Can't wait to see what tyrannical playbook they will adopt here.

Day long power outages in every large Republican area? Hijinks at the Sec of State's office?
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11:27a, 5/18/26
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Brought to you by the party that literally kicked a presidential primary winner off the ballot and installed someone who got 0 votes.

Where there is a will they will find a way.
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In reply to nortex97 • 11:30a, 5/18/26
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nortex97 said:
It would/will involve an executive order to change the primary rules ex post facto ("in the interest of 'fairness'") which their farce of a state supreme court would rubber stamp as with all other Democrat fraud initiatives in the state.

An EO that mandates the highest Dem also be on the ballot for the General? In the interest of "fairness" so Dem voters are not disenfranchised?
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11:36a, 5/18/26
The question he was responding to was:


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Do you think Democrats will hold you accountable for standing by this principled neutrality, by withholding your endorsement in this not-impossible scenario where two Republicans take the ticket?


So he is probably talking about breaking the glass and doing an endorsement.



But its a California Lib. Anything is possible with these creeps!! LOL

I'm Gipper
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In reply to Im Gipper • 11:39a, 5/18/26
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So he is probably talking about breaking the glass and doing an endorsement.

Since his approval ratings are in the toilet so would he endorse the one he likes the least?
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In reply to aggiehawg • 11:44a, 5/18/26
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aggiehawg said:
nortex97 said:
It would/will involve an executive order to change the primary rules ex post facto ("in the interest of 'fairness'") which their farce of a state supreme court would rubber stamp as with all other Democrat fraud initiatives in the state.

An EO that mandates the highest Dem also be on the ballot for the General? In the interest of "fairness" so Dem voters are not disenfranchised?

Yes, he would cite racial disparities/lack of representation if the GOP got the top 2, and order that the statute be suspended pending a revision in the language/application, such that 3 to 4 total candidates be listed. That is what I suspect, anyway.

There would not be time for the 9th circus/Scotus to then intervene, where the governor is adding candidates to a state election ballot, and their state supreme court has steadfastly given approval to all manner of leftist shenanigans.

'Break the glass' is a euphemism for 'laws don't apply to Democrats here.'
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11:49a, 5/18/26
This is irony. The CA dems voted this in to keep Republicans off the ballot. Where was the fairness then?
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12:10p, 5/18/26
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To Hawgs point, the Cali Dems used public money to buy themselves insurance that this scenario of two R's as the final governor candidates won't happen and they are going to use it to it's fullest extent . If I had to bet I'd bet it doesn't happen.
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12:51p, 5/18/26
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Every Californian that is not mentally challenged, not communist, over 18, a legal citizen that still lives in CA, and not a felon should be voting for Steve Hilton anyway.... but in that state, it won't be enough.
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1:29p, 5/18/26
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Dems have a bill teed up in their legislature to rescind the top two rule and go to a primary based nomination. Would be done in time to have one GOP, one Dem for the general.
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In reply to FTAG 2000 • 1:48p, 5/18/26
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FTAG 2000 said:
Dems have a bill teed up in their legislature to rescind the top two rule and go to a primary based nomination. Would be done in time to have one GOP, one Dem for the general.

Which would then erase the results of the upcoming primary, after the fact, if two Republicans won first and second place?

That's about par for the course for Dems. Guess the CA state constitution would allow that too so no reason for the federal courts to become involved, just like the recent VA case.
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In reply to doubledog • 2:07p, 5/18/26
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doubledog said:
This is irony. The CA dems voted this in to keep Republicans off the ballot. Where was the fairness then?


Same thing with their 20 year effort to ignore the EC with their state pact to only recognize the popular vote. And when Trump won the popular vote last time out 2-3 of the states in that pact left it when the results didn't go in their favor.

Democrats will do anything to win. They have no morals or ethics but everyone knows that.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 2:31p, 5/18/26
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aggiehawg said:
FTAG 2000 said:
Dems have a bill teed up in their legislature to rescind the top two rule and go to a primary based nomination. Would be done in time to have one GOP, one Dem for the general.

Which would then erase the results of the upcoming primary, after the fact, if two Republicans won first and second place?

That's about par for the course for Dems. Guess the CA state constitution would allow that too so no reason for the federal courts to become involved, just like the recent VA case.

Let them do it. It either hastens an R being governor, or... it hastens the national divorce as though desperately and defiantly again cancel "democracy".

Newsom is a gift that keeps on giving for both the midterms and 2028.
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In reply to flown-the-coop • 2:42p, 5/18/26
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Let them do it. It either hastens an R being governor, or... it hastens the national divorce as though desperately and defiantly again cancel "democracy".

Newsom is a gift that keeps on giving for both the midterms and 2028.

Would severely hamper any Presidential ambitions for 2028. That crap won't play well nationwide.
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3:13p, 5/18/26
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Wait, I thought Democrats want to protect democracy? Oh that's right, that only means they protect what benefits the liberal agenda.
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In reply to TexasAggiesWin • 2:57p, 5/19/26
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TexasAggiesWin said:
Wait, I thought Democrats want to protect democracy?

"protecting our democracy" is their code phrase for "protecting our marxist regime"

/'surprised you didn't know that.gif
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In reply to oh no • 3:09p, 5/19/26
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oh no said:
TexasAggiesWin said:
Wait, I thought Democrats want to protect democracy?

"protecting our democracy" is their code phrase for "protecting our marxist regime"

/'surprised you didn't know that.gif


Democracy is a concept poor understood.

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-kremlin-elections-our-democracy-is-the-best-in-the-world/
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