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Larry Elder the wacko who could possibly be the next governor of California:
and this is just from wikipedia.
"The perplexing finding that women do not perform as well as men on political knowledge still persists in the year 2000."
- "Women know less than men about political issues, economics, and current events," Elder wrote in his article. "Good news for Democrats, bad news for Republicans. For the less one knows, the easier the manipulation."
- He is an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, frequently praising him on Twitter.[31][34][35] Elder has argued that it is unfair to blame Trump for the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
- He calls for abolishing the IRS; passing a national sales tax, reducing government by 80%; ending welfare and entitlements, abolishing the minimum wage, and eliminating corporate taxes.
- Elder opposes minimum wage laws, arguing that "The ideal minimum wage is $0.00."[38] He opposes universal basic income.[39] Elder opposes California's unpaid family leave law.[30] In his 2020 film Uncle Tom: An Oral History of the American Black Conservative, Elder criticizes the War on Poverty.
- Elder has argued that Roe v. Wade should be overturned,[33] calling the decision "one of the worst decisions that the Supreme Court ever handed down."[30] He has called abortion "murder"[30] and believes that abortion laws should be decided at the state level
- Elder has a history of making anti-LGBT remarks on Twitter.[31]
- In 2021, Elder accused California of having a "soft-on-crime ethos"; he opposes a California law that banned police from using certain chokeholds.
- Elder published and gave airtime to misinformation and fringe views on scientific topics, such as smoking, climate change, and COVID-19 treatments.
- Elder's website once described climate change as a "myth"; in a 2008 interview, he called climate change a "crock,"
- Elder pledged to remove current statewide public health mandates for state government workers in California, such as COVID-19 vaccine requirements, face mask requirements, or regular COVID-19 testing.[33] In 2020, while denying that Donald Trump mismanaged the response to the COVID-19, Elder sought to justify Trump's refusal to wear a mask in public and defended Trump's mass political rallies that he continued to hold at the height of the pandemic.[45]
- He said that he was encouraged to run by fellow conservative talk-radio figure Dennis Prager, a mentor to Elder.[30]
- Elder's former fiance Alexandra Datig, accused him of brandishing a gun in anger at her in 2015 when she was seeking to break off the engagement over what she considered his abusive and addictive behaviors.
- "Women know less than men about political issues, economics, and current events," Elder wrote in his article. "Good news for Democrats, bad news for Republicans. For the less one knows, the easier the manipulation."
- He is an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, frequently praising him on Twitter.[31][34][35] Elder has argued that it is unfair to blame Trump for the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
- He calls for abolishing the IRS; passing a national sales tax, reducing government by 80%; ending welfare and entitlements, abolishing the minimum wage, and eliminating corporate taxes.
- Elder opposes minimum wage laws, arguing that "The ideal minimum wage is $0.00."[38] He opposes universal basic income.[39] Elder opposes California's unpaid family leave law.[30] In his 2020 film Uncle Tom: An Oral History of the American Black Conservative, Elder criticizes the War on Poverty.
- Elder has argued that Roe v. Wade should be overturned,[33] calling the decision "one of the worst decisions that the Supreme Court ever handed down."[30] He has called abortion "murder"[30] and believes that abortion laws should be decided at the state level
- Elder has a history of making anti-LGBT remarks on Twitter.[31]
- In 2021, Elder accused California of having a "soft-on-crime ethos"; he opposes a California law that banned police from using certain chokeholds.
- Elder published and gave airtime to misinformation and fringe views on scientific topics, such as smoking, climate change, and COVID-19 treatments.
- Elder's website once described climate change as a "myth"; in a 2008 interview, he called climate change a "crock,"
- Elder pledged to remove current statewide public health mandates for state government workers in California, such as COVID-19 vaccine requirements, face mask requirements, or regular COVID-19 testing.[33] In 2020, while denying that Donald Trump mismanaged the response to the COVID-19, Elder sought to justify Trump's refusal to wear a mask in public and defended Trump's mass political rallies that he continued to hold at the height of the pandemic.[45]
- He said that he was encouraged to run by fellow conservative talk-radio figure Dennis Prager, a mentor to Elder.[30]
- Elder's former fiance Alexandra Datig, accused him of brandishing a gun in anger at her in 2015 when she was seeking to break off the engagement over what she considered his abusive and addictive behaviors.
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