The attempt to force a recall vote against Gavin Newsom, California, seems increasingly likely as more than 1.4 million signatures were collected as of Thursday, according to the Recall Gavin campaign.
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.
The Democratic governors’ recall campaign was launched by Orrin Heatlie, chairman of The California Patriot Coalition, but other groups took part in the effort – including the hope of Republican Congressman Joe Collins, who earlier this week held a 28-day “Recall Road Trip” launched.
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Collins will visit 16 cities calling on Californians frustrated by the Democratic governor’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. He will collect signatures.
“Gavin was less than mediocre for California,” Collins told Fox News on Thursday.
The Los Angeles resident believes California has become a “hotspot” for the virus “due to a lack of leadership.”
“Instead of giving money to illegal immigrants, he should have given back to small businesses … he should have been transparent about why he chose to close California,” Collins said.
California has seen the largest number of coronavirus cases across the country, although the state’s mortality rate is still that of New York. But a recent increase in affairs prompted the governor to enforce a new round of stay-at-home orders late last year, which angered California Republicans.
The state saw its highest daily impact of the entire pandemic on December 15, with more than 53,700 cases confirmed. But after nearly two months of heightened restrictions, cases in the Golden State dropped, with just over 13,000 cases reported Wednesday.
Collins argued that since the death toll had remained relatively low, “closing down businesses should not have been the solution.”
“Instead, you should shut down the public areas,” he said, adding that only people at greater risk of contracting the virus should be limited to home orders. “I think a better solution is to listen to what people want,” he continued.
He also condemned Newsom’s decision in November to dine at the luxury French laundromat, after advising Californians to stay home for the holidays, saying the Democratic leader should not be a hypocrite.
Although Newsom later conceded that he had to ‘model better behavior’, despite the outside meal that complied with state guidelines, his decisions over the last two months of 2020 sparked much anger from the West Coast GOP. is aroused.
But a new poll by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies – which surveyed 10,000 Californians – found that the revocation of Newsom may not be popular with voters, despite the growing chance that the revocation vote will be held.
Only 36% of California polls said they supported the effort – the vast majority of whom were identified as Republicans, while 45% of respondents said they would support the governor. Another 19% of voters said they remain undecided.
But Collins told Fox News that after speaking with California voters, he is confident that Newsom is experiencing a real threat in the recall vote.
“There are a lot of people who feel we deserve better,” he said.
Collins is currently ousting President Maxine Waters – a Democrat who has served 15 terms in the House – in the 2022 election. He has yet to endorse candidates vying for Newsom’s potentially vulnerable governorship.
“If the Republican Party can not hand out any valid candidates, I may have to step in and see what I can do,” he told Fox News.
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Several Republicans – including former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer – have announced plans to run against Newsom in a by-election in March.
Since the pandemic began, California has reported nearly 3.3 million cases of coronavirus, with nearly 42,500 deaths so far.
Fox News asked Gavin Newsom to do a Zoom interview about the recall, but he did not respond to the request.