So what -- so what if they lose some support back home? They were elected to do a job. They can't get -- if they can't get the job done, they should lose office, not just support, they should lose office.
Gergen argues that politicians should be held accountable for failing to fulfill their responsibilities.
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You know, his comments today about doctors are, you know, are milking the system so they can get rich off the pandemic. It is just so odious, and to go after Laura Ingraham like that was just wrongheaded.
Gavin Newsom is not going to allow Washington D.C. to tell him what - how his citizens should live, and how they should behave.
We need leadership now, at the Presidential level, that it matches the leadership we're seeing at the gubernatorial level.
If you -- but a lot of Americans are also going to judge him. I think he's teetering on the edge because of the complacency in the past, and letting this many precious weeks pass without urgent action.
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