{"id":2208172,"date":"2024-03-28T11:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-seizes-on-latest-recall-effort-with-fundraising-plea\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:07:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:07:50","slug":"gavin-newsom-seizes-on-latest-recall-effort-with-fundraising-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-seizes-on-latest-recall-effort-with-fundraising-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom capitalizes on new recall attempt with fundraising appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-seizes-on-latest-recall-effort-with-fundraising-plea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208172&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>California Governor Gavin Newsom has responded swiftly to a new recall effort that aims to oust him, utilizing it as an opportunity \u200cfor Democrats in \u2062Nevada. The group &#8220;Rescue California&#8221; has been granted permission to collect signatures to push for a potential \u2064statewide\u2063 election. As Newsom faces this challenge, the \u2062recall backers criticize his governance, highlighting various issues impacting Californians.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>California Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D) has quickly seized upon a new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2885292\/gavin-newsom-faces-new-recall-after-last-attempt-fundraising-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> recall<\/a> effort, seeking to parlay that into an opportunity for Democrats to win the neighboring state of Nevada come November.<\/p>\n<p>The recall effort by the group<a href=\"https:\/\/rescuecalifornia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Rescue California<\/a> to oust Newsom was given the green light this week to proceed to the signature collection phase in its long-shot bid to cut the governor\u2019s time in office short.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a> election law requires recall petitioners to gather valid signatures from at least 12% of the total number of registered voters who participated in the last gubernatorial election in order to force a statewide election. Rescue California has until Sept. 3 to get a minimum of 1.3 million signatures, or about 12% of the 10.9 million votes cast in the last election for governor. The signatures must be obtained from at least five California counties, according<a href=\"https:\/\/elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov\/ccrov\/2024\/march\/24072ra.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> to a memo<\/a> from Secretary of State Shirley Weber\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has faced at least half a dozen attempts to unseat him since he took office in January 2019. All but a campaign in 2021, which was spearheaded by a retired Yolo County sheriff\u2019s sergeant but had Rescue California\u2019s fundraising prints all over it, failed to qualify for the statewide ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rescue California, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-tech-professors-post-fliers-calling-colleague-turning-point-usa-adviser-racist\/\" title=\"Tennessee Tech Professors Post Fliers Calling Colleague, Turning Point USA Adviser \u2018Racist\u2019\">conservative activist group<\/a>, is hoping to beat the odds this time and is arguing Newsom\u2019s political aspirations are coming at the expense of everyday Californians.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses members of the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California campaigning for Keep The Law (SB 1137) in Ladera Hills area of Inglewood, Calif., on Friday, March. 22, 2024. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jane Fonda are calling on voters to keep a law banning new oil and gas wells near homes, schools and hospitals as the oil industry fights to overturn it. The campaign is to keep the 2022 law. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGavin Newsom has abandoned the state to advance his presidential ambitions, leaving behind a $73 billion budget deficit and a public safety, immigration, and education crisis,\u201d Rescue California\u2019s campaign director Anne Dunsmore said. \u201cCalifornia needs a full-time governor who is fully focused on the serious problems the state and its citizens are facing. This may be our last opportunity to rescue and restore our state, while we highlight for the rest of the country the destruction Newsom has left in his wake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has devoted a considerable amount of time to raising his national profile in recent months. He\u2019s crisscrossed the country, visited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alabama<\/a>, fundraised to run ads in red states promoting abortion rights, and has operated like he\u2019s running a shadow campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. While he has denied he\u2019s interested in a 2024 White House bid, some Californians have expressed their impatience with their camera-ready governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are getting worse [in San Francisco] because people like Gavin Newsom and [San Francisco Mayor] London Breed are too busy trying to become president or get reelected,\u201d resident Marcus Burwell told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>ahead of the state\u2019s primary election<em>. <\/em>\u201cOne thing they are both getting good at is ignoring problems in California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Newsom has dismissed the latest \u201cwasteful\u201d recall attempt as an effort by Republicans to divert attention from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-controlled-house-makes-protecting-born-alive-babies-condemning-violence-against-pro-lifers-priority-number-one\/\" title=\"GOP-Controlled House Makes Protecting Born Alive Babies, Condemning Violence Against Pro-Lifers Priority Number One\">restricting abortion rights<\/a> and support former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s bid for a second White House run.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican, speaks in support of the recall of Calif., Gov. Gavin Newsom Calif., Friday, July 30, 2021. Huckabee, flanked by former California Secretary of State Bill Jones, a Republican, and Anne Dunsmore, campaign manager of the pro-recall group Rescue California. (AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli))<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But he has sought to spin a distraction into an opportunity. On Wednesday night, his political action committee issued a new fundraising email calling for support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Nevada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada<\/a> Democratic Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re emailing about the Republican attempt to recall Governor Newsom in California and we\u2019ll get straight to the point: we\u2019re asking you to help us defeat the far-right Republicans once again coming after Gavin Newsom,\u201d the governor\u2019s Campaign for Democracy Committee wrote in an email. \u201cIf everyone getting this email donated just $3 to the Nevada Democratic Party today, they\u2019d have the resources to make sure Democrats win the state\u2019s presidential and Senate campaigns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom is arguably more vulnerable to a recall now compared to 2021, when he won the support of 62% of voters.<\/p>\n<p>Although he has burnished his national credentials, likely with one eye on 2028, back home, the state of California is facing a massive budget deficit, a looming housing and homelessness crisis, and an uptick in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>crime<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rescue California has also pulled Newsom up on: Granting 700,000 illegal immigrants free healthcare at a cost to taxpayers while cutting programs for veterans; keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>schools<\/a> closed during Covid longer than other states and thereby \u201callowing California students to fall further behind in basic skills such as language and mathematics;\u201d closing prisons and ordering \u201cthe release of thousands of dangerous criminals onto our streets;\u201d weakening public safety laws; spending billions on government homeless programs that have failed; and forcing \u201cCalifornians to suffer under the highest taxes in the nation and the highest home prices outside Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the group\u2019s success in getting their recall effort to the signature stage, the group might already be at a huge competitive disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue California is more than a million dollars in debt, with much of the money still owed to staff from the 2021 failed effort. Public relations firm Gilliard Blanning &#038; Associates, which brought in more than $1.4 million, and Monaco Group, a Santa Ana conservative-aligned mail house that collected more than $1.9 million for sending out petitions, claim they have not been paid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rescue California is also being sued by Jesse Powell, the founder of crypto exchange Kraken, who gave the failed 2021 effort $1 million,<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2024\/02\/27\/gavin-newsom-recall-effort-million-dollars-in-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> according to<\/a> the <em>San Francisco Standard<\/em>, which first reported the story.<\/p>\n<p>Dunsmore, a former campaign bundler for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rudy-giuliani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Rudy Giuliani<\/a>\u2018s failed presidential run in 2007, told the outlet that Powell\u2019s dispute was over his contribution but didn\u2019t provide details.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She also said she did not personally \u201cmake that much\u201d money from the first recall because she was paying a staff of 10 to 15 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody walked out of that last round rich, at all,\u201d Dunsmore added. \u201cWe came out of it exhausted. But we also felt we had done our job in getting on the ballot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ann Ravel, the former head of the Federal Election Commission, sounded the alarm about dark money going to Rescue California during its involvement in the 2021 recall attempt. This week, she said the size of debt Rescue California is carrying into its 2024 effort is raising \u201cred flags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible to have that much debt,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom swiftly responds to a fresh recall attempt, aiming to leverage it for Democratic gains in Nevada in November. 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