{"id":11042,"date":"2024-03-28T15:15:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=11042"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:15:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:15:13","slug":"a-desperate-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=11042","title":{"rendered":"A Desperate Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Newsom is a desperate man. He cancelled the State of the State. His approval rating is at an all-time low. His \u201cProp. 1\u201d barely limped across the finish line. He\u2019s fallen out of favor in the Biden Back-up sweepstakes. And his cherished Prop. 47 is about to be toppled.<\/p>\n<p>So Newsom is resorting to what he\u2019s often done: trying to suppress voters. Courts have repeatedly rebuked him for these tactics, as when Newsom tried to remove ballot drop boxes from churches because he didn\u2019t like how the congregants might vote.<\/p>\n<p>His latest move is a laughably frivolous complaint, filed by a known crony, that aims to stop people from signing the End Prop. 47 petition. Bizarrely, the filing veers into a personal rant against me. It reads as part diatribe, part self-therapy from a man who knows the end is near:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Kiley\u2019s longstanding crusade to repeal Proposition 47\u2026Kiley has long been closely identified with the repeal of Proposition 47\u2026In the Assembly, he sponsored and championed the bill to repeal Proposition 47. Currently, in Congress, Kiley is a member on the Subcommittee on Crime\u2026and brags he has \u201cused [his] position to bring attention to California\u2019s reckless policies and have sponsored legislation to combat organized retail theft.\u201d Kiley has been active in promoting the [repeal] Ballot Measure\u2026he has provided crucial public awareness for the initiative.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Newsom\u2019s personal attacks are nothing new. The day we forced a vote on ending the COVID emergency \u2013 just before California hosted the Super Bowl \u2013 Newsom lashed out: \u201cApparently, Asm. Kiley and Gallagher believe it would have been better to let Californians die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom knows the initiative is close to qualifying. But with the deadline approaching we can\u2019t let up. I\u2019m mailing out one more set of petitions, so please share\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/prop47\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">End47.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with anyone who\u2019d like to sign one.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in Washington, we have several high-profile hearings coming up, where I\u2019ll have the chance to interrogate Biden\u2019s worst Cabinet members. (See last year\u2019s interrogations:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qi1D81N4QgI&amp;t=1s\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">Garland<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CxQZDNtP7GU\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">Wray<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdWorkforceCmte\/status\/1766950077401116839\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">Su<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justin_hart\/status\/1668702484309897216\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">Becerra<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oPuFhkGKFZY\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">Cardona<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G74tFoDU0DU\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">Mayorkas<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>And following my letter, the Ignorant 50 is now the Ignorant 44. Six more colleges have finally dropped their COVID vaccine mandates. Slowly but surely, sanity is returning and our citizens movement is growing. No wonder Newsom is so desperate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Newsom is a desperate man. He cancelled the State of the State. His approval rating is at an all-time low. His \u201cProp. 1\u201d barely limped across the finish line. He\u2019s fallen out of favor in the Biden Back-up sweepstakes. And his cherished Prop. 47 is about to be toppled. 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