This is just pathetic.
Some of the Democrats who are planning to run for president in 2028 are apparently hyping up their childhood traumas. It’s a mad dash for who can be the biggest victim.
This is part of a larger trend on the left to turn the entire country into a giant college campus, with safe spaces, trigger warnings, and microaggressions where everyone is a victim, everyone is special, and everyone is perpetually offended.
The report comes from Axios:
Dems eyeing White House lean into their childhood traumas
Some potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates are introducing themselves to voters in a striking way: by documenting their childhood resentments, family chaos and fights with their parents.
Why it matters: Many presidential hopefuls carry painful memories from complicated childhoods. But few have discussed them as openly as Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.
Their frankness about their formative years and family dynamics is a way to shape their public stories before journalists do. It’s also a sign of shifting taboos and a growing desire for candidates to appear relatable to voters.
Driving the news: In preparing for potential 2028 campaigns, the governors have opened up about how their difficult relationships with their parents still shape them…
If you spend any time on Twitter/X, you may know that Gavin Newsom has suddenly started talking about having Dyslexia as a child. The article gets into that:
– In his new book, “Young Man in a Hurry,” Newsom recounts having dyslexia and how his mother, Tessa— who carried most of the burden of raising him and his sister — tried to console him over his struggles in school by saying: “It’s okay to be average, Gavin.”
– Newsom writes that although she meant to comfort him, he recalls no “crueler words.”
– He also says that after his parents’ divorce his father, Bill, was often absent, leaving him looking to give his father “reasons to be a bigger part” of his life.
The report is getting dragged, for obvious reasons.
Yes, rich liberal white guys faced so much trauma growing up. 🤦🏻♀️
— DelilahM (@delilahmused) March 22, 2026
— Brian Pellens (@BrianPellens) March 22, 2026
It’s just so stupid and sad.
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
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