Thread by @VABVOX

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In 2018, Christine Hallquist was the 1st out trans woman to run for governor for a major party. Hallquist won the Vermont Democratic race, beating FOUR other candidates. She lost to popular incumbent GOP Gov. Scott 55-40, but Hallquist's was an historic race in the US.
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For a decade, Hallquist had been the CEO of an electric company prior to running for governor, so she had defining executive experience. Also, Vermont is the 2nd least populous state in the US with only 625k people and the whitest. So a small, homogenous demographic.
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California is the most populous and most diverse state: 40M people, only 36% white. Caitlyn Jenner has no executive experience and little actual job experience. She was an Olympian in 1976 and a reality TV star for 15yrs due largely to her wife and stepdaughters' celebrity.
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Unlike Christine Hallquist, a progressive Democrat and astute executive, Caitlyn Jenner is a Trump GOP with no experience in governance. Does anyone want another rich white right-wing reality star in power? One hopes the sheer disaster of the past 4yrs says resoundingly, no.
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If you want Gov. Newsom out, fine. But elect someone better, more progressive, more representative of majority California. Not another white millionaire celebrity GOP with no policy ideas other than "close the borders" "build that wall" and "say no to Democrats."
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These are some of the reasons to #SayNoToJenner, but the main one is that, like Trump, she thinks her personal celebrity is equivalent to qualifications like Gavin Newsom's 20yrs in government. Four years of rewarding that kind of arrogance should've been enough for everyone.
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