The pressure to remove California Governor Gavin Newsom is a “non-partisan issue,” argued Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce in “Fox & Friends”.
Fox Nation presenter “Get Tammy Bruce”, who once helped in the only successful recall attempted since 1911 against California Governor Gray Davis in 2003, criticized Newsom as not being for the people of his state when the campaign to revoke it won a huge increase in donations.
“The concern is that Gavin Newsom is doing things that benefit this lobbyist and those interests, rather than the people of California,” Bruce told co-host Griff Jenkins.
GOV. NEWSOM SAYS FAUCI ‘WE COULD HAVE EXCESSIVELY PROMISED’ IN THE AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES
“How do you know?” she added. “Because the people of California are in trouble and Gavin Newsom and his friends are not.”
Bruce said “it’s the economy, the management of COVID, the corruption, this lobbyist guy. Californians don’t like it and I think it will be a success.”
The effort to revoke Newsom, launched on June 10, comes amid a Los Angeles Times report about his friendship with lobbyist Jason Kinney, who was at the dinner that Newsom attended without mask at The French Laundry in Napa Valley . The governor was widely criticized for dining in person at an establishment that offers white truffles and caviar for $ 1,200 per person.
The pressure to remove Newsom also comes after the state reportedly distributed about $ 2 billion in fraudulent unemployment benefits in one of the states most affected by the pandemic.
In November, a judge extended the signing deadline to March 17, 2021, after supporters argued that the deadline should be extended by 120 days due to COVID-19 hampering his efforts.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION
Anne Dunsmore, the campaign manager and financial director for Rescue California 2021, told Fox News in December that the effort was a “citizen tide” against the missteps that Newsom had taken during the pandemic.
“Closing the beaches and closing the parks really was the beginning, which I saw on the ground, from the beginning of the end for him, when it comes to people taking the recall seriously,” said Dunsmore.
Fox News’ Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
To watch daily episodes of “Get Tammy Bruce” and many more shows and series, go to Fox Nation and sign up today.