Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
“This week, Gavin Newsom made his latest pitch to the mob by proclaiming himself ‘an established insurgent’. It was vintage Newsom in trying to be everything to everyone, part of the establishment and part of the revolution. Like a violent pacifist or a preservation arsonist, it makes no sense to anyone else. However, with the victory of radicals across the country, Newsom is trying to join other armchair revolutionaries in seeking to lead the far-left mob. He believes that he can use a class war that will spare him while destroying his enemies. Call it the Danton delusion. … What became known as ‘The Terror’ was started not by the working class, but by educated lawyers, journalists, and even aristocrats as part of the Jacobin movement.” (08/12/26)
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/08/12/gavin-newsom-the-dsa-and-the-danton-delusion/