Organizers behind the effort to recall California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom said late on Wednesday evening that they have reached the number of signatures required to force a recall election this year.
The multi-million dollar movement to oust Newsom from office comes in response to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. California has had nearly a million more cases than the state with the second highest number, and just recently passed New York as the state that has had the most deaths from the pandemic.
In a since-deleted tweet, FOX 11 Los Angeles anchor Elex Michaelson wrote: “Newsom recall leader @tomdelbeccaro says his team now has over the needed 1.5 million signatures to force a recall election this year … Those signatures have to be officially verified so organizers are hoping to get 2 million signatures by mid-March so they have extras.”
Following the publication of this article, Michaelson changed his reporting to state that the group has “NOT hit the 1.5 million signatures needed to force a recall…YET,” according to a group leading the recall effort.
However, “Tom Del Becarro, chair of the Rescue California PAC (a major recall supporter), said they HAVE reached the 1.5 million vote threshold, but wants to get to 1.9 million signatures by the end of March,” Michaelson added. “Economy disputes that figure & says he’s the sole spokesman for the campaign.”
Politico reporter Carla Marinucci tweeted earlier in the day: “Signature update just now received from @TomDelBecarro, chair of RescueCalifornia.org, the lead committee supporting @GavinNewsom recall: ‘We are above 1.5 million. The march to 2 million is on.’ Still must be verified, but recall qualifies with 1.4 million valid signatures.”
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked on Tuesday if President Joe Biden had any response to the recall effort California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing, which gained momentum in response to his disastrous handling of the state’s response to COVID-19.
While not giving her now-infamous “circle back” response, Psaki said she had not spoken about the recall effort with President Biden, but added he and Newsom agreed on a wide range of issues.
“We remain closely engaged with him and his office,” Psaki said.
Later in the day, Psaki tweeted Newsom has the White House’s full support and oppose any effort to recall Newsom, citing the work he has done to address “the climate crisis to getting the pandemic under control.”
During a press conference on Thursday, Newsom was repeatedly interrupted by chants of “recall Newsom!” while discussing the pandemic.
“The governor was making an appearance in Fresno at the city’s fairgrounds to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss a new vaccine distribution site in the Central Valley,” Fox News reported. “A visibly irritated Newsom did not acknowledge the chant, as he continued to answer a reporter’s question about a vaccination site that will be created at Ree”
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