Newsom Slams 'Spectacle,' Ignores Funding Real Ones
Gavin Newsom recently chided Donald Trump and JD Vance for suggesting a 'Marine Corps spectacle' during protests, calling it an 'absurd show of force.' A noble sentiment, perhaps, from a Democrat governor, decrying military theatrics on home soil. Yet, one might wonder where this principled outrage evaporates when the 'spectacle' involves U.S.-supplied weaponry used by Netanyahu's government—a
regime Newsom has otherwise shown little public dissent towards. While Newsom draws a line at domestic optics, the real 'Marine Corps spectacles' (or rather, F-16 and Apache spectacles) continue overseas, paid for by the very taxpayers Newsom represents. This isn't just about parades; it's about the fundamental contradiction of criticizing performative military displays at home while tacitly
endorsing, via silence or policy, actual military devastation abroad. How many 'King' protests would it take for our politicians to question the true 'absurd shows of force' we export daily?