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2021-03-11 Home Front: Politix

Gavin Newsom, In Recall Hole, Keeps Digging

[PJMEDIA] Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Governor Gavin Newsom gave his "State of the State" address last night and decided he wasn’t giving his opponents and advocates for his recall enough ammunition. So he obliged them by choosing to frame his campaign for "equity" as a question of not going back to "normal" when the pandemic ends because "normal accepts inequity."

Telling people that things will not "return to normal" after what they’ve been through is not a way to win friends and influence voters. It is, in fact, another reason to sign a recall petition and vote the incompetent governor out of office.

The governor further explained his comment that "normal accept inequity" by elaborating that inequity was the reason Latinos were dying from COVID at a higher rate over any other racial or ethnic group in the state, why the poor wages of essential workers’ are not enough to live on, and why the state has seen mothers leave the workforce in dramatic numbers.

The reason those wages are not enough to live on is that your housing policies make it too expensive to live anywhere in your state. And it could be those mothers are leaving the workforce because your buddies in the teacher’s unions refuse to go back to work so the schools can open.

Those two issues — housing costs and school closings — are what have people most upset at Newsom and he’s not helping his cause any by deflecting attention from the real problems.

Needless to say, Newsom opponents are lining up to take him on. One challenger, the former Republican mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer, can’t wait to rumble.

"What we had, again, was more word salad and a lot of rhetoric," Faulconer said of the address. "And really, unfortunately, in California, we have a governor that is botching the basics. That’s why you’re seeing this recall continue to grow with so much strength."

Posted by Fred 2021-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's simply amazing he's not out on his bottom as Governor by now.

Posted by Raj 2021-03-11 00:32|| 2021-03-11 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 No matter who runs against him or how the recall goes, Newsom will be the one counting the votes alongside Dominion.

Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-03-11 01:09|| 2021-03-11 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Flaming asshole. Incompetent philandering hypocrite. Can't wait to replace this drunken bum.

Posted by Ebbomort Jolet2223 2021-03-11 03:33|| 2021-03-11 03:33|| Front Page Top

#4 We got Davis so we can get Given Gavin.

Posted by crazyhorse 2021-03-11 04:35|| 2021-03-11 04:35|| Front Page Top

#5 There are several other corrupted politicos who Californians ought to shit-can to save their state. The Covid relief bill is a pork-laden bill designed to suck money from the rest of us to poorly managed and corrupt blue states

Posted by JohnQC 2021-03-11 09:50|| 2021-03-11 09:50|| Front Page Top

#6 I just hope this recall election is as entertaining as the last one with Gray Davis.

Posted by Tom 2021-03-11 11:57|| 2021-03-11 11:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Need a Dem to split their party vote like Cruz Bustamante did to Davis

Posted by Frank G 2021-03-11 12:01|| 2021-03-11 12:01|| Front Page Top

#8 The recall went down to a strong defeat in the Bay Area, the only region where a majority voted to keep Davis in office.

Posted by crazyhorse 2021-03-11 12:50|| 2021-03-11 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 The reason those wages are not enough to live on is that your housing policies make it too expensive to live anywhere in your state.

Wrong. A relatively new California state law overrides local control of zoning so Newsom is slapping up massive apartment buildings as fast as the illegal aliens in the construction crews can do it. That is not the answer. In fact, they've been building as fast as they can for decades and the cost of housing continues to skyball. There is a lot of demand for housing in coastal California. It is prime real estate because it's very, very nice. People like Newsom and Faulconer seem to think that everybody in the whole, wide world who wants to live here should be able to find "affordable housing". That means illegal immigrants, Chinese, Somalis and...well...everybody...until San Diego looks like Calcutta.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-03-11 13:35|| 2021-03-11 13:35|| Front Page Top

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