America's most progressive governor "compares Trump voters to cave dwellers."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Jerry Brown compares Trump supporters to cave dwellers

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday called President Donald Trump’s approach to climate change and North Korea “stupid and dangerous and silly,” sharpening his criticism of the president and comparing his supporters to cave dwellers.

“They’re both kind of very similar,” Brown said at a climate change event in New York. “You should check out the derivation of ‘Trump-ite’ and ‘troglodyte,’ because they both refer to people who dwell in deep, dark caves.

Brown, the Democratic governor of the nation’s most populous state, has been rushing to recruit other state and local governments to sign onto their own nonbinding climate agreements in defiance of Trump. At an event coinciding with the United Nations meeting in New York, Brown said Trump’s election has made it easier to promote climate-related policies, with the rise of a “real adversary that is not believable, is not credible.”

“President Trump is the null hypothesis, which he’s proven,” Brown said. “Everything he’s doing is … stupid and dangerous and silly. I mean, come on, really, calling the North Korean dictator ‘Rocket Man'? … He is accelerating the reversal through his own absurdity.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/jerry-brown-criticize-trump-supporters-242846

[greeny2323]

1. Not fair

I'm not sure that is fair to troglodytes.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. I agree

Of course the . . .

'we should' crowd will be along any second now to tell this man who actually knows how to WIN AND GOVERN that he's hurting the widdle feelings of this second cousin twice removed who is a really good person who just happened to vote for Trump.

[JCanete]

7. never about hurting feelings. never the point. Always the strawman. nt

[JustAnotherGen]

15. You are off topic

Strawman

[JCanete]

16. Response was to your post, not the OP, so maybe you were off topic.

[JustAnotherGen]

18. Nope I wasn't

[ck4829]

3. Here's the problem with this comparison

Cave dwellers drilled holes into their skulls because it was the best medicine they had at the time.

A Trump voter would drill a hole into their skull just because a liberal said it wouldn't be a good idea.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. LOL

[Willie Pep]

4. Jerry Brown doesn't care.

He is like "screw it, I am throwing down the gauntlet!" I can't say I blame him. If he was younger and maybe thinking about running for president in 2020 I would say that this was bad optics but at this stage of his career I say speak your mind Gov. Brown!

[Control-Z]

8. How old is Brown?

I can't remember but he has to be a good 10 years younger than Sanders. He is a proven leader who knows how to govern. I'd like to see him run. We know Sanders will. Why not Brown?

[spanone]

12. Governor Brown is 79 yrs. old

[Control-Z]

14. Wow.

That is amazing. I imagine he'll still be sharp at 90.

[calimary]

6. There he goes again...

Speaking for ME!

That's my Governor! I've had the proud pleasure of voting for him FOUR times!

[ileus]

9. We shouldn't even let these folks vote.

They're dragging us down the tubes with them, this has to stop.

[Orrex]

10. I encourage him to use my favorite label for them:

Idiot racist fuckheads.

It's simple, accurate, and unlikely to be ironically co-opted by them.

[Orsino]

11. "Not cool, man!"

[underpants]

17. LOL

[flibbitygiblets]

13. He'd make a great President

I hate that ageism prevents him grin consideration. Look what he's done for CA...Its the size, diversity and economy of a major nation. We need experienced leadership for goodness sake.