Governor of California Gavin Newsom
Gavin NewsomNewsom criticizes “political power grips” amid California recovery effort White House chief of staff: Young, a “very serious candidate” for OMB director Sanders urges to support Newsom in the midst of a MORE recovery effort (D) During his statewide speech, he defended his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday and pointed to critics amid a growing withdrawal effort to remove him from office.
“I am just determined. And I just want you to know, we will not change course just because of some followers and convicts, “said Newsom. “So critics of California who promote partisan political power take obsolete prejudices and reject everything that makes California really fantastic, we say, we won’t be distracted from getting gunshots and our economy will grow again. This it’s a struggle for the future of California. ”
The reprimand comes when the withdrawal effort appears to be on track to gather enough signatures to force special elections that could jeopardize Newsom’s political future.
Organizers of the effort said Sunday they gathered 1.95 million signatures in support of the withdrawal more than a week before the March 17 deadline. Only 1.5 million signatures are needed, but hundreds of thousands more are expected to be submitted in the hope that some will be invalidated.
“That’s more than enough to get this initiative to qualify for a special election later this year to let people finally decide … what will happen to the fate and future of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.” , Randy Economy, a political adviser working on the effort, said Sunday.
The recovery effort was sparked by boiling frustration among Republicans over Newsom’s restrictions, primarily against meetings and business closures. The buzz surrounding the retreat increased even more in November when the governor was seen without a mask in an elegant restaurant celebrating the birthday of a political adviser in violation of his administration’s guidelines.
But it is still unclear whether Newsom would have a serious risk of being ousted in the event of a special election. It is already difficult to remove a governor in a by-election; 2003 was the last year a state governor was initiated. Since then, California has only become bluer and registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by a margin of nearly 2 to 1.
Newsom pointed briefly to the criticism he endured, saying he would learn from the mistakes he made during the pandemic.
“I know our progress hasn’t always been fast enough. And look, we’ve made mistakes, I’ve made mistakes, but we own them, we learn from them and we never stop trying,” he said.
The governor devoted most of his early speech to defending his response to the coronavirus, promoting, among other things, an order to stay at home early, the same kind of movement that has pushed Republicans to try to remember. lo.
“We were the first state, the first state to issue a stay at home, which helped us avoid the first rises in cases. The most prominent minds of our nation’s leading research institutions and live science companies immediately jumped to the development of innovative treatments and vaccines. And while others competed to buy personal protective equipment at exorbitant prices, we quickly built our own pipeline by supplying critical material to millions and millions of essential workers, ”he said.
The governor also highlighted California’s vaccination efforts to frame the pandemic about to end, noting that 11 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered. Newsom also made sure to highlight a 53,000 drop in daily cases at the state peak to just over 3,800 on Sundays and an 80 percent drop in hospitalizations.
“The basics of our recovery are really in place and we are now leading the way out of this pandemic because we listened to the experts and we were guided by tests. Today the light at the end of this tunnel is brighter than ever, ”he said.