Posted on 01/31/2021 6:43:56 PM PST by george76
Rising frustration over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-Calif.) response to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a growing number of California Democrats to renounce their support for the liberal leader.
Newsom, who first came under fire for dining with unmasked guests at an upscale restaurant while advising citizens to stay home, is now being condemned for his hypocritical actions towards businesses.
A number of small business across the Golden State have suffered under Newsom’s restrictive stay-at-home orders.
“All the businesses that are going under, we need your help,” Angela Mardsen, owner of Pineapple Saloon and Grill said. “We need somebody to do something about this!”
More skepticism surrounding the efficacy of the lockdowns has continued to rise. One restaurant owner claimed state officials wouldn’t give her a straight answer when she asked about the data used to support California’s second wave of lockdowns.
The growing disdain against the Democrat state leader has prompted several businesses to take legal action. Now, members of Newsom’s own party are criticizing him for his lack of support for labor groups statewide.
The vice president of SEIU United Services Workers West Union said Newsom is putting workers out to die. Her remarks came after Newsom removed a number of union workers from the state’s vaccine priority tiers.
The Lincoln Club of Orange County called for the Democrat’s resignation, citing his mishandling of billions in taxpayer dollars and a botched distribution of Paycheck Protection Program funds.
This week, Labor Secretary Julie Su confirmed $11 billion in unemployment benefits were illegitimate, and another $20 billion were labeled as potentially fraudulent.
“There is no sugar coating the reality, California did not have sufficient security measures in place to prevent this level of fraud,” Su stated. “Of the $114 billion in unemployment paid by California since March, approximately 10 percent has been confirmed as fraudulent.”
Su said no safeguards were ever put in place to prevent Chinese and Russian criminals from stealing up to $31 billion with “sophisticated methods of identity theft.”
Several prominent Republicans have announced their support of the recall, and even proposed to replace the Democrat governor. John Cox stated his intent to run against Newsom if the recall garners enough signatures to be placed on the ballot.
Cox, who lost a gubernatorial run against Newsom in 2018, said his home state is a mess, pointing to the high cost of living, rising poverty rates and steep tax rates.
Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer has also floated the idea to replace Newsom by launching an exploratory committee into a gubernatorial run.
“Everybody wants to do the right thing and we’ve encouraged that, but yet when we see things like outdoor dining is not allowed, no science to that, when we see the delay in safely reopening our schools,” Faulconer stated. “You see that frustration that has built, not just here in San Diego, but all across California.”
The recall effort must earn at least 1.5 million signatures by March 17 in order to be placed on the ballot.
Gavin Newsom / democrats have their knee on the necks of small businesses - the mom & pops can not breathe.
A number of small businesses?
How bout tens of thousands
Forget Cox. I don’t know who could win for a Republican or even conservative in this state. We’d better be careful what we wish for. In this environment we could get someone even more left radical than Gruesome.
Recall this adulterous bastard.
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Well, SNL didn’t seem to treat Weird Beard and the ZuckerKid all that well.
Kalifornia turning bright red!(/S)
He’ll be replaced with something even worse, bank on it.
They’re turning Red alright. My guess is, if they get rid of Newsom, a Marxist latino candidate wins.
Questioning sanity meme....
Fauci: But you have to admit, they both are wearing masks.
**** California!
Recallgavin2020.com
And imagine that new governor with a president like Biden,
both sides of Congress, and perhaps even a gamed SCOTUS
on his side.
What a cluster...
He needs to be ruined politically. You don’t want this guy on the national stage.
Worse to come if Newsom is gone-—which he won’t be.
When Gretchen Whitmer was attracting attention as the worst governor, the most lockdown ordering, out of control tyrant,
and there were groups *peacefully* protesting her, FReepers said she was on her way out.
Shortly after that she had 55% popularity and got stronger later. Waitstaff, restaurant food suppliers, exercise places, hundreds of hospital and health insurance employees laid off (no elective surgery at all allowed for months) and the citizens of Michigan loved her. Fools.
And her next in command Jocelyn Benson is the one who quickly destroyed all evidence of vote tabulation irregularities and erased voting machine totals (at Whitmer’s urging-—so they won’t be late for a future election someday!) —while lawyers were serving papers to stop her. Not a good replacement.
Fine. What's the number now? Anybody know?
grey davis. i bought a tube of neutral grey paint because i use a lot of gray in painting i got tired of mixing white. blue and brown. so i buy the grey and then add brown and blue to make it a real nice tone of gray. well gray davis brought all that to mind talking about recalls etc. lol
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