{"id":5022,"date":"2021-01-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5022"},"modified":"2021-01-13T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:57:19","slug":"reform-california-chairman-carl-demaio-calls-for-supervisor-fletchers-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5022","title":{"rendered":"Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio calls for Supervisor Fletcher&#8217;s resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba<\/p>\n<p>Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio is calling on County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher to resign after Fletcher made some &#8220;false and dangerous smears.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nathan Fletcher needs to RESIGN from office for making these false and dangerous smears. Of course absolutely NO ONE in the media will hold him accountable for this nonsense. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UsVpadQMvk\">pic.twitter.com\/UsVpadQMvk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carl DeMaio (@carldemaio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carldemaio\/status\/1349410320335343617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The smears were aimed at Californians who have signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/rescuecalifornia.org\">Recall Gavin Newsom<\/a> petition, which has garnered over 1,000,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher referred to these citizens as &#8220;Trump-inspired conspiracy theorists&#8230;now seeking to undermine our democracy in California.&#8221; He went on to say that those leading the recall effort &#8220;are linked in associate with Neo-Nazi, with white supremacists, with right-wing militia groups, and we cannot stand for this here either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher isn&#8217;t the only one bashing the effort, newly elected Mayor Todd Gloria said the recall campaign is &#8220;an attempt to overturn a democratic election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Mayor Gloria and Supervisor Fletcher conveniently leave out is that there is a legal process for recalling a governor and the organizers of the effort have been subject to and followed all of the rules laid out by the state.<\/p>\n<p>The petition to recall Newsom was approved by the Secretary of State&#8217;s office on June 10th, 2020. And on November 17th, the deadline for signatures was extended to March 17, 2021, by the Sacramento County Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p>The signatures are not limited to any specific political party, and everyone who has signed has participated in a legal process. So why Supervisor Fletcher and Mayor Gloria would use such harsh rhetoric during these divisive times remains a mystery. They certainly did not use the same rhetoric when Gov. Newsom was caught lying about his <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2020\/11\/photos-emerge-showing-newsom-dining-with-large-group-at-upscale-restaurant\/\">outing at the French Laundry.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/reformcalifornia.org\">Reform California<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba Reform California Chairman Carl DeMaio is calling on County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher to resign after Fletcher made some &#8220;false and dangerous smears.&#8221; Nathan Fletcher needs to RESIGN from office for making these false and dangerous smears. 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