Dr. Butch Ware for California Governor 2026

Dear progressives, You will get your chance to vote for an establishment Dem in November no matter what. Vote your values in the primary. The surest way to get Team Red Fascism out of the race is to vote for me now. Even if you don’t think I’ll win, which would you rather see, a corporate Dem having to face me in debates, or them chasing the Repubs to the right?

Excellent discussion with @freedomrideblog and @butchware about Butch’s campaign for Governor of California, the shenanigans of @CA_Dem to undermine his campaign, and Green politics in general. It is well worth a listen.

If you were wondering why the Democrats threw Butch Ware off the ballot, just imagine mealy-mouthed corporate shills trying to debate this.

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“Ain’t nothing going on but the goddamn rent.” Rent shouldn’t take half your paycheck. Experts say 25–30%. We’re fighting to cap rents, build social housing, and end predatory gouging. No more landlords getting fat while you work two jobs. #ButchWare #California

I’m Butch Ware. Team blue genocide or team red fascism? Neither. 🔗 butchware4gov.com #ButchWare #California #GreenParty

The sheep fears the wolf – only to be eaten by the shepherd. 🐑🐺 If you made a Venn diagram of Republican and Democratic donors, it’s one circle. Same donors. Fake culture war. Real robbery. You’ve been asked to choose between two destructive options. There’s a third.

Thanks to Butch Ware for joining me on Black Agenda Radio. We discussed his Green Party campaign in the California gubernatorial race. Please "like" the video and subscribe to the BAR Youtube channel. Thank you. @ButchWare @cagreens1 @blkagendareport youtube.com/watch?v=1OI9dC…

Let’s build a California that serves YOU, not corporations. 🔗 butchware4gov.com #ButchWare #MayDay #TaxTheRich #AbolishICE #greenparty #LosAngeles

📍 Where to find Butch: FRIDAY, MAY 1 🕡 6:30pm — Candidate Forum @ Midnight Books (941 E 2nd St, LA) SATURDAY, MAY 2 🕑 2–4pm — Revolutionary Rally @ Paul Robeson Community Center (6569 S Vermont Ave, LA) 🔗 Register: tinyURL.com/May2nd-LA-Rally This is a movement, not a moment.

No more blue. No more red. Vote Green instead. 💚 This May Day weekend, Butch Ware is on the ground in Los Angeles — standing with workers, demanding tax the rich, abolish ICE, and a democracy that serves all of us.

@JennuhMarilyn I apologized less than 24 hours later, and have always stood for trans rights. My platform has the strongest trans rights protection and my deputy CM is Angelica Ross who makes sure we are accountable to the trans community at all levels. Thanks for your question.

@ButchWare Have you apologized for your transphobic beliefs or are you still pretending you didn’t say them?

Tom Steyer is a lying piece of $hit and anyone who falls for his ‘benevolent billionaire’ con needs a thorough cult deprogramming. He made hundreds of millions from prisons, gave none of it back, made no one he harmed whole, and has spent 400 million trying to buy elections.

If CNN declines, I’ll host the two of you for a “would the Black Panthers side with Hamas or IDF” debate on my show.

Liberalism wants you to think fascism and genocide are abnormal. They’re not. They’re features. 🔗 butchware4gov.com

“I was stopped seventeen times for driving while black. An officer drew his weapon and pointed it at my face. I could have died that day.” That’s not an aberration. That’s the system. After ICE murders, people said “this isn’t the America we know.” Black people know different.

@VanJones68 Van needs to keep the Black Panthers names out his mouth. They stood for the resistance as did every other Black liberation figure. And if he wants to debate the matter on CNN with an actual scholar of African and African American Revolutionary history. I’ll happily school him.

Hasan Piker says the designated terrorist organization Hamas is 1,000 times better than Israel. His statement outraged many — who now just want to write him off. That's a mistake. He has a massive audience and is emerging as one of the major voices of his generation. Those of us who disagree owe him — and his audience — a real argument. Here's mine … And my position doesn’t come from ignorance about oppression. For a big chunk of my life, I was a grassroots activist — because of the pain of my own people. During those years, I was lucky enough to learn from elders who had been in the Black Panther Party, in SNCC, in the ANC. These were people who had to choose whether to pick up the gun — and how to use it if they did. They taught me this: even in armed struggle, there are principles. No women. No children. No rapes. No kidnapping. Mandela held that line. Amílcar Cabral held that line. You don't become what you're fighting. Hamas fails that test. They are not fighting for MORE freedom for Palestinians. They're fighting for less. They want theocracy, not democracy. And their means? They don’t use principled armed struggle (hitting military targets). They use terrorism (targeting civilians). The vast majority of Americans — including those who sympathize with the Palestinian cause — reject terror tactics. Reasonable people would agree on three principles: secure homelands for both peoples; no hatred for Jews or Muslims; and protection for all civilians. Hamas’ approach undermines all three. That's the conversation Piker's audience deserves. Not name-calling.

I’m Butch Ware. Let’s get ICE out. 🔗 butchware4gov.com

With me as governor, we’re going to get ICE out of California. ICE will have to go through every law enforcement officer and lawyer in this state before they touch a hair on your head. If LAPD or any municipality colludes with ICE, they face the full wrath of the state.