California residents demand to recall the governor: signatures are almost collected

Efforts to forcibly remove Gavin Newsom from his post as Governor of California look all the more likely as more than 4 million signatures were collected according to the Recall Gavin Campaign as of Thursday, February 1,4. Fox News.

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Supporters of the withdrawal hope to collect 2 million signatures by March 17 to vote on the issue, although only 1,5 million are needed to hold elections in the middle of the year.

The campaign was initiated by Orrin Heatley, chairman of the California Patriotic Coalition. She was soon joined by other like-minded people, including Republican Congressman Joe Collins, who launched the 28-day Recall Road Trip in early February.

Collins will visit 16 cities to address Californians frustrated by the Democratic governor's response to the coronavirus pandemic. He will collect signatures.

“Gavin was less than mediocre for California,” Collins told Fox News on Thursday, February 4th.

The Los Angeles native believes California has become a hotbed for the virus "due to lack of leadership."

“Instead of giving money to illegal immigrants, he should have given it back to small businesses... He should have been transparent about why he decided to shut down California,” Collins said.

California has the most coronavirus cases nationwide, although the state's total death toll is still lower than New York City. But a recent spike in cases prompted the governor late last year to enact a new round of stay-at-home orders, which infuriated California Republicans.

The state had the highest daily incidence in the entire pandemic on December 15, with more than 53 confirmed cases. But after nearly two months of tightening the restrictions, the incidence has dropped sharply: on Wednesday, February 700, just over 3 cases were reported.

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Collins argued that since the death rate remained relatively low, it was not worth closing the factories.

“They would have closed targeted public places instead,” he said, adding that the stay-at-home order should have been limited to those who were at higher risk of contracting the virus. “In my opinion, the best solution is to listen to what people want.”

Among other things, he denounced Newsom's November decision to dine at the prestigious French Laundry diner, with the governor advising Californians to stay home over the holidays. Collins said the Democratic leader should not "be a hypocrite."

Although Newsom later admitted that he should have “simulated better behavior,” and that the outdoor meal met the state’s requirements, his decisions during the last two months of 2020 drew a lot of ire from the GOP in the state.

A new poll by the Berkeley Institute for Government Studies, in which 10 Californians took part, showed that Newsom’s ouster initiative could be unpopular with voters, despite rising odds of a vote on recall.

As a result, only 36% of those polled in California said they support this initiative, the overwhelming majority of whom are Republicans, while 45% of respondents are ready to support the governor. Another 19% of voters were undecided.

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But Collins told Fox News that after talking to voters in California, he is confident Newsom will face a real threat in his vote to withdraw.

“There are a lot of people who think we deserve better,” he said.

Collins is running for the 2022 House seat to unseat Maxine Waters, a 15-term House Democrat. He has not yet endorsed any of the candidates vying for Gov. Newsom's potentially open seat.

"If the Republican Party can't come up with any viable candidates, I might have to pitch in and see what I can do," he said.

Several Republicans, including former San Diego Mayor Kevin Falconer, have announced their intention to run for Newsom if a mid-year election is decided in March.

Since the start of the pandemic, California has recorded nearly 3,3 million cases of coronavirus and nearly 42 people have died.

If you want to sign a petition to remove Newsom from his post, do so here.

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