POLITICO reported earlier that Grenell was preparing for an election for governor in the deep blue state, which Trump lost by more than 29 percentage points in 2020. A GOP strategist who discussed Grenell’s plans with him said he plans to announce a run after the recall attempt reaches the signature threshold for the vote.
Grenell told POLITICO that “it’s not true” that he had started interviewing potential assistants and that he was ready to announce a run if the attempt to bring about a vote was successful, and that he was unlimited. was when asked about a possible run in a Newsmax interview.
‘California used to be a Reagan country. The shining example of business innovation and middle-class success, ”said Grenell. “But when you think of California now, you think of out-of-control wildfires, of outflows, of schools that are still closed, of sham businesses.”
Newsom went on the defensive because the attempt to recall him got steam, and held campaign events, while critics made him pay for the state’s coronavirus restrictions. The Republican National Committee has put hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bid.
On Saturday, Grenell received the apparent support of Mercedes Schlapp of the American Conservative Union Foundation, which moderated the next panel discussion.
“How wonderful was Ric Grenell? I do not know, I think he will become a great governor of California, ‘said Schlapp, a former Trump assistant and the wife of ACU President Matt Schlapp.