Written by Michael Palomba<\/p>\n
Initially, Gov. Newsom paid no mind to the recall he is facing and refused to even mention it aloud, but time has proven that he can not ignore it any longer. And this week, he launched Stop the Republican Recall<\/a>.<\/p>\n Newsom’s strategy here is to portray the recall as a far-right effort orchestrated by “national Republicans, anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon conspiracy theorists and anti-immigrant Trump supporters.”<\/p>\n The website is plastered with images of Trump supporters, as well as for former President himself. Additionally, Newsom included video footage of the Jan 6th Capitol riot, which was condemned by Republicans and Democrats alike (and also has nothing to do with California.).<\/p>\n “A partisan, Republican coalition of national Republicans, anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon conspiracy theorists and anti-immigrant Trump supporters.<\/p>\n According to the Los Angeles Times, they include \u201cpeddlers of Q-Anon doomsday conspiracies; \u2018patriots\u2019 readying for battle and one organization allied with the far-right extremist group, the Proud Boys.\u201d<\/p>\n Instead of helping fight the pandemic, these partisan forces are pulling a page from the Trump playbook and attacking Californians.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The website also claims that “Democrats and prominent progressives are united in opposition to the Republican recall.” Which is anything but true.<\/p>\n With that being said, Newsom’s allies have already started echoing his messaging. Infamous San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez tweeted against the recall this week, using almost identical language to the website, which was not launched at the time.<\/p>\n The Republican recall attempt in California is led by a coalition of national Republicans, anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon conspiracy theorists and anti-immigrant Trump supporters. Donate to help @GavinNewsom<\/a> stop the Republican recall: https:\/\/t.co\/EFXNiCyT1d<\/a><\/p>\n — Lorena Gonzalez (@LorenaSGonzalez) March 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n