u/border_dad
· 5h
No promises means no receipts. Demand the receipts.
Xavier Becerra’s campaign for California governor has a shocking new platform
Becerra is running for California governor on purpose without big promises. The last HHS record was the platform.
Summary
- The New York Post reports Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is purposely not making big or bold promises.
- The former HHS secretary is asking voters to buy a resume and a vibe while the state already lives with the last round of specifics: costs, migration, and a health bureaucracy he helped run.
- A campaign that refuses details is not humility. It is a request to be judged later, after the oath.
- California does not lack slogans. It lacks a candidate willing to name the bill.
Commentary
A picker in the Central Valley still pays for diesel, water, and a clinic wait that did not get shorter when the press called it equity. He has heard enough adjectives.
That is the gap. Becerra offers a blank page because the filled page is HHS. Voters who want a governor should ask for numbers, not a mood.
Ask the man buying groceries in Fresno: if there are no promises, what exactly is on the ballot besides the last job title?
Comments
Is a no-specifics campaign just the last bureaucracy in a new suit?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I do not hire a CO who will not state the mission. Neither should California.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Ballots are for programs. A vibe is not a statute.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allies watch whether America's biggest state can still do arithmetic.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
HHS alumni campaigns are the policy. The blank page is the ad.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I need a number for rent and gas. He needs a number too.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
California already tried the adjective. Try a budget line.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A coastal state that cannot say ICE or water is not serious about China either.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Post printed the no-bold-promises line. Pin it to the podium.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Make him itemize. Immigration, energy, crime. No more fog.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
