Posted on 04/01/2021 11:23:47 AM PDT by Vendome
Orrin Heatlie was recovering from a back procedure and browsing social media in 2019 when he found a video of California Gov. Gavin Newsom instructing immigrants in the country illegally not to open their doors to law enforcement unless officers had a warrant.
The 52-year-old retired county sheriff's sergeant was incensed, believing Newsom's message was an insult to his profession. It was an unsurprising reaction for a Republican who built a 25-year career in law enforcement.
What Heatlie did next would eventually slingshot the political neophyte to the center of California's political world: He started researching a recall campaign. Twenty-one months later, 2.1 million signatures have been gathered and it's now a near certainty that Californians will choose later this year whether to remove Newsom from office.
Republicans had many grievances against Newsom, including his moratorium on the death penalty and power shutoffs related to wildfires. But it took the pandemic and an infamous decision by Newsom to dine out with lobbyists — maskless — at a fancy restaurant while telling Californians to stay home to generate the necessary recall signatures.
Now that the signature gathering is over, Heatlie isn't sure what's next for his group. He doesn't envision the group endorsing a candidate to replace Newsom, but he hopes they'll continue bringing grassroots energy to other races and initiatives.
“We will continue to have an influence over California," he said.
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We still rally all over The Great Lone Star Republic of California and will not be letting up.
We are also not going to fracture and fall into clique's.
We take all comers. Q-anon, 3%, Proud Boys, Democracts, Republican, weirdo's
We don't care.
Each person votes and has influence on other people to take action and we need every person.
FOAD Gavin.
You rule like a king and govern by consensus. You are a contradiction.
I saw Heatlie last Friday when he addressed Huntington Beach Together, a group of activists in Huntington Beach.
Good man.
I’ve known him since last year at the rally in Sacramento.
Guy is everywhere.
I don’t know how he does it.
A younger retiree that needs something to do. if I haven’t heard of him he’s wasting his time running just like Gary Coleman.
You’re hilarious.
He is out of work for a work related back problem. He didn’t want to retire.
Oh, and he’s not running. Has zero interest.
His only interest is to end Gavin’s career and keep California organized for Liberty
Sorry. Too many whackos out there I thought he was one of them.
Most of the other current so called candidates are grifters and weren’t there at all until the last 3-4 weeks when they saw the recall winning.
the only two guys who have been there since the beginning and for a year now are
Grover for Governor
https://groverforgovernor.com/
and
Major Williams
https://majorforgovernor.com/
these are the only two guys I support right now and Grover is my personal favorite.
He is really on the issues and explains them in a meaningful and impactful manner.
The only spoiler for me would Rick Grinnell and then I’m in for him but, for now it’s Grover for me.
Grover for Governor
https://groverforgovernor.com/
Thank you. I like the tents and booths seen around LA with “Recall Newsom” banners: a CVS parking lot, a Trader Joe’s parking lot and a Ralph’s parking lot.
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