But on Tuesday, he did more than survive. Newsom used a powerful pair of somewhat related fears -- of pandemic backsliding, and one of a potential win for Trumpism -- toNewsom framed the recall less as an up-or-down vote on him and more about who could replace him: a far-right Republican, with all that that means, so long as former President Donald Trump is dominant in the GOP.
Newsom and his fellow Democrats leaned in on COVID leadership and the need to take restrictions seriously. They also painted the leading Republican candidate in the race, Larry Elder, as what President Joe Biden called a"Trump clone" who would roll back pandemic mandates and halt progressive advances if given the chance.
Some 63% said they see getting vaccinated as more of a public health responsibility than a personal choice -- a broad endorsement of the Newsom-Biden point of view. And 70% support the state's mandate that students wear masks in schools, which Newsom championed and his leading opponents promised to repeal.
A recall miss is embarrassing -- just ask Democrats in Wisconsin -- though few key midterm races will feature electorates as deep blue as the Golden State's.For all that, Republicans consolidated behind Elder, a conservative talk-show host with no previous political experience, with relative ease.
Idiots love idiots .
Republicans would have pushed a recall on Newsom for wearing a tan suit. Don’t pretend they have legitimate motivations.
The story is pure bulshit they've had a table out at Walmart in Corona for the last three years collecting signatures for this long before covid
How about an ANALYSIS of the GOP determination to undermine our democracy, ?
I ask all Americans, Republican & Democrat after seeing what directed by Trump in the January 6th insurrection and now finding out how he was going to start a war (Nuclear ☢️War) with China, do you really believe he should be a free man? Remember, no one lives after the fall out!
He did fine. I'm alive.
And yet his handling of the pandemic is what kept him in office. Go figure.
Probably true but he still won
BC he handled it well...?
That is literally the overwhelming reason he won. He faced a recall because of the lax recall laws in California.
🙄 y’all are causing me to eyeroll into another dimension.
Boring he will make more mistakes and feed more happy taxes higher, and watch Cali turn RED and it will turn Red at the end of 2022 and 2024. I declare it in Jesus name. No one saw GA turning RED but it did so yes voting and many other things are returning red. Yes Go blue, Go
The GOP would be upset with Newsom no matter what he did.
Nonsense
If you notice, no one Gov is handling the Covid pandemic perfectly. Everyone is doing their best to handle a lot of unknowns.
most voters are upset with pandemic, but you can't blame the pandemic. You can blame the governor, especially when he's forced to be the adult in the room. Californians mostly approve of Newsom's handling of the pandemic these days. His trip to French laundry was stupid.
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