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IcyPeas

(21,871 posts)
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 05:10 PM Aug 2021

Newsom: In just ONE WEEK ballots will arrive in the mail. Vote NO on the Republican led recall

Minimum wage.
Climate change.
Abortion access.
Gun violence prevention.
Our ability to fight COVID.

It’s all on the line.

In just ONE WEEK ballots will arrive in the mail.

Vote NO on the Republican led recall by September 14.

There’s too much at stake to sit this out.





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Newsom: In just ONE WEEK ballots will arrive in the mail. Vote NO on the Republican led recall (Original Post) IcyPeas Aug 2021 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Aug 2021 #1
I'll be voting a big HELL NO on the recall. Can't wait to get my ballot!!! nt chowder66 Aug 2021 #2
Ditto FreeState Aug 2021 #3
taking mine direct to election central in our county.(about 1 mile away from me. AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #5
+1 chowder66 Aug 2021 #11
+1 chowder66 Aug 2021 #10
i am voting for him AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #4
You forgot one Dirty Socialist Aug 2021 #6
Maybe it wasn't such a good idea keeping Dems off the ballot? krawhitham Aug 2021 #7
Holy shit, I didn't know that leftstreet Aug 2021 #8
As long as Newsom wins, that's all I care about. LenaBaby61 Aug 2021 #9

Response to IcyPeas (Original post)

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
9. As long as Newsom wins, that's all I care about.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 05:56 PM
Aug 2021

This is why they had no back-up plan.

"....The California Democratic Party is openly discouraging other candidates from entering the race, and Newsom has reinforcements in Washington.

The Democratic Governors Association last week gave Newsom his single largest donation, $500,000, signaling its commitment. And President Joe Biden’s White House has several officials close to Newsom, including Vice President Kamala Harris, who shares some political advisers with Newsom and served as San Francisco district attorney while Newsom was the city’s mayor.

“Democrats in California and across the country are united against this partisan Republican recall,” Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said in a statement. “As governor, Gavin Newsom fights for Californians every single day.”

Among prominent Democrats, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer are rumored to be considering a run, but neither appear to have taken concrete steps.

“At this point, any Democrat who jumps in would be doing it more for their own ego than for the state of California,” said David Atkins, one of California’s Democratic National Committee members.

There’s still plenty of time, with the election expected to be scheduled for sometime in November or October and the deadline for candidates to enter 60 days before that.

Christine Pelosi, another Democratic National Committee member and the daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, said there are more Democrats who quietly signed the recall petition against Newsom than his campaign’s rhetoric would suggest.

But she said even with his detractors, there’s no better alternative out there and anyone who tried to run as a backstop would likely be dismissed as an opportunist. Instead, she said, Newsom and other Democrats are better off just trying to do a good job before the election.

“The best insurance policy is good policy,” she said..."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/california-s-recall-democrats-would-rather-not-have-backup-plan-n1268182

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