{"id":738047,"date":"2021-09-10T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=738047"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:50:19","slug":"attack-on-larry-elder-a-hate-crime-says-democratic-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attack-on-larry-elder-a-hate-crime-says-democratic-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack On Larry Elder A \u2018Hate Crime,\u2019 Says Democratic Sheriff"},"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%2Fattack-on-larry-elder-a-hate-crime-says-democratic-sheriff%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=738047&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1235132266-scaled-e1631291726390.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles County\u2019s Democratic sheriff called the egg-throwing attack on California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder by a white woman in a gorilla mask this week a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQUESTION: How is this not a hate crime?\u201d Sheriff Alex Villanueva tweeted Thursday about the attack on the Black Republican. \u201cANSWER: Because \u2018woke privilege\u2019 means a white woman can wear a gorilla mask and attack a black man without fear of being called a racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is the outrage from our politicians?\u201d he added. Democratic Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/08\/dangerous-him-arnold-schwarzenegger-reveals-thoughts-gavin-newsoms-recall-chances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>, who is facing the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/biden-campaign-newsom-recall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recall election<\/a> on Tuesday, has yet to comment on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Elder is the frontrunner to replace Newsom if Californians vote to recall him, with an average 18.9 point polling lead, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/california-recall-polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to FiveThirtyEight. Averages show Newsom with a 13 point advantage against efforts to recall him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.450704225352\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">QUESTION: How is this not a hate crime?<\/p>\n<p>ANSWER: Because \u201cwoke privilege\u201d means a white woman can wear a gorilla mask and attack a black man without fear of being called a racist.<\/p>\n<p>Where is the outrage from our politicians?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hypocrisy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hypocrisy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WokePrivilege?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WokePrivilege<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larryelder?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LarryElder<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h6vnXQ2Uzd\">pic.twitter.com\/h6vnXQ2Uzd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Villanueva (@LACoSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LACoSheriff\/status\/1436030628948971520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The egg <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/larry-elder-egg-attack-hate-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just missed Elder\u2019s head<\/a> after the woman threw it at him, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/la-sheriff-calls-larry-elder-egg-attack-by-gorilla-masked-assailant-a-hate-crime-blames-woke-privilege\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Elder said hecklers also yelled racial epithets at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not somebody who pulls out the race card the way Barack Obama does, the way Al Sharpton does, the way CNN does, the way Black Lives Matter does,\u201d Elder told Fox News on Thursday. \u201cMaybe it was just an idiot. Maybe it was just a fool. Maybe it was just someone who doesn\u2019t like Larry Elder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I know is: if I were a liberal and somebody wearing a gorilla mask who was a White woman threw an egg at me, the left would be screaming about systemic racism,\u201d he added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/09\/larry-elder-gavin-newsom-vaccine-mandate-campaign-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Larry Elder Blasts Gavin Newsom\u2019s Vaccine Mandates At Campaign Rally)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Villanueva, who often calls out the \u201cwoke left,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/la-sheriff-on-larry-elders-gorilla-mask-assailant-how-is-this-not-a-hate-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the Washington Examiner he would investigate the incident as a hate crime, \u201cbecause the woman wore a gorilla mask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust imagine the outrage if the roles had been reversed. We would never hear the end of it,\u201d Villanueva told the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt conveniently hides her identity, but there was a message there. She could\u2019ve picked a Groucho Marx mask,\u201d he added. \u201cI think the message was clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Gonzalez, chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkJGonzalezLA\/status\/1402472815320715270?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a> for Villanueva\u2019s resignation on June 8.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County\u2019s Democratic sheriff called the egg-throwing attack on California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder by a white woman in a gorilla mask this week a hate crime.\u201cQUESTION: How is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}