Gucci Loafers and Twitter Wars Gavin Newsom Isn’t the Answer

After spending years as the only woman in rooms full of political power players, I’ve picked up more than a few things about messaging, bravado, and what actually lands with voters. If you’re craving someone who cuts through the noise with sarcasm, honesty, and zero patience for posturing, you’re in the right place.

Let’s call it like it is Trump changed the game with his snark and sharp comebacks, and now politicians like Gavin Newsom are trying to play copycat instead of offering something new. Both parties, in my view, are failing to deliver the grown-up leadership and serious candidates we all deserve. Instead, we’re bombarded by social media wars, distractions about cultural issues, and nonstop grandstanding. It’s time for our political discourse to move past the childish antics and get back to candidates who focus on policy, substance, and real solutions.

“Don’t act like an arrogant asshole. Don’t act like a child. Don’t act like we should put you in, you two in a sandbox.”

- Jennifer

This Week on Political Contessa:

• The rise of snark and sarcasm in political messaging
• How Trump’s style turned American political talk on its head
• Why Newsom’s imitation game just isn’t working
• My frustration with the lack of serious leaders from both parties
• How Democrats are losing voters by focusing on cultural wedge issues
• Why we need a new wave of policy-driven candidates
• Stories from being the only woman shaking things up in political meetings
• Why it’s time to demand maturity and real leadership, for once

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