Posted on 07/17/2021 8:04:33 AM PDT by hapnHal
The massive pool of candidates looking to unseat Gavin Newsom as California governor has a new addition.
Conservative talk show host Larry Elder announced his bid for governor on Monday. Elder, who hosts the Larry Elder Show on the Salem Media Network, explained that he was hesitant to join the race: “This is a change of heart for me.… I’d love to serve. I’d hate to have to run.” He says that California’s poor condition under Newsom."
“I am a native son of California,” Elder told The American Spectator. “I grew up here. I love this state. I hate what’s happening rising crime, out-of-control homelessness, and the outrageous cost of living.”
Elder’s concerns reflect recent data. California has the third-highest cost of living of any state, and homicides jumped by 31 percent in 2020 over 2019.
The radio show host’s campaign went after Newsom’s hypocritical behavior during the pandemic: “Newsom imposed the most restrictive COVID mandates in the country — and then [proceeded] to ignore them when it came to him.” The governor was criticized for dining maskless with other public officials in November 2020 while California was still under his mask mandate.
Under Newsom’s leadership, California’s public schools switched to remote learning in March 2020 and plan to continue operating under COVID-19 restrictions, even as other states announce reopening in the fall with no mention of restrictions. In June, California’s largest teacher’s union moved to defend Newsom in the recall election. Elder seized on this point, telling The American Spectator, “We need choice in education, something that will never happen because the current governor is embedded with the teachers union.”
In large part because of these policies, Newsom is the second governor in California’s history to face a recall. A petition for the recall garnered over 1.7 million signatures.
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He seems to be an okay conservative, but he’ll need a dozen experienced staffers to keep him from being eaten alive by the professional kleptocrats who run Sacramento.
I doubt CA’s majority Hispanic population knows or cares who Larry Elder is.
Vote and election fraud keep voting in the same left-wing liberal politicians knowing things would never change. They just get worse.
Forensic Audit all elections this last cycle
so we can find out how ridiculously minute
the real number
of living legal dems voters there are
and show California was NEVER blue ,
but deeply red and conservative.
.
/-)
so we can find out how ridiculously miniscule
Larry’s got my vote.
Larry is an outstanding candidate. And he CAN WIN.
Too bad we couldn't all unite in support of him.
I am in total agreement about the need for Forensic Audits.
And I bet Trump won California in a landslide.
bump
Larry has name appeal and will pull many people to the polls who would otherwise not be inclined to vote.
I think he stands a very good chance.
Wrong. The other choice is Assemblyman/attorney
Kevin Kiley who took Gov Newscum to court over
abuse of power and beat his ass.
There goes a wasted vote. And a FReeper, too😉
I’m sure Kiley is a fine man, but someone with name recognition who isn’t part of the horde of RINOs trying to suck the air out of the GOP side is required here.
This man could be my brother; in beliefs and value he is my brother. God bless Larry Elder.
I’ve never heard of Kevin Kiley. He stands no chance. You need name recognition in a recall election. Kiley obviously doesn’t have. I’d bet no one on this thread had ever heard of him before your post.
We need to get behind a single candidate. There are a hundred nobody’s running. You can number your guy among them.
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