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Robespierre
Coverage of Robespierre in the Nexus archive.
- JONATHAN TURLEY: Newsom thinks he can control the far-left mob, but history disagrees
Gov. Gavin Newsom is criticized for attempting to lead the far-left mob by proclaiming himself an "established insurgent." The article draws historical parallels with Georges Jacques Danton and the French Revolution, noting that Danton also struggled to stay ahead of revolutionary violence. It warns Newsom about purges within the Democratic Party as radicals denouncing dissenters as "factionalism."