WILL THE RECALL EFFORT HIT ITS
MARK?
HOW MUCH OF THE CRITICISM DOES THE GOVERNOR DESERVE?
JOINING IS JOHN MEYERS OF THE "S
"LOSS ANGELES TIMES."
GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THIS WHOLE RECALL THING NAS
FASCINATES ME.
AS SOON AS JERRY BROWN GOT OUT
OF THE WAY IT WAS GAVIN NEWSOM.
HOW DID THE RECALL THING TOUCH
OFF?
WAS THERE A MOMENT WHERE IT
BEGAN TO LOOK VIABLE?
>> THERE’S ONE SIMPLE WORD IT’S
COVID-19.
I THINK THAT FUELED A LOT OF
THIS.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNORS HAVE FACED
RECALL ATTEMPTS FOR THE LAST 50
YEARS.
EVERY GOVERNOR HAD SOMETHING
THEY FIZZLED OUT EXCEPT FOR ONE,
2003 WHICH WE LEARNED LESSONS
ABOUT.
NEWSOM WON WITH 62% OF THE VOTE,
THAT SEEMS BULLET PROOF BUT
COVID-19 THE RULES HIS
ADMINISTRATION PUT IN PLACE,
THERE WAS AN INCONSISTENCY IN
THE RULES, HARD TO UNDERSTAND
THE SCIENCE, DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
THE DATA.
YOU MENTIONED IMAGES IN POLITICS
ARE EK PLOESIVE IVEEXPLOSIVE. HIM SITTING UP ATHE UPSCALE
RESTAURANT IN NAPA VALLEY, THE
HIP
HYPOCRISY
HYPOCRISY.
THERE HAVE BEEN THE FRUSTRATIONS
PEOPLE ARE FEELING AND THIS WAS
DRIVEN LARGELY BY REPUBLICANS.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF
REPUBLICANS IN CALIFORNIA AND
WHO HAVE CIRCULATED THE RECALL
PETITION ON THE VERGE OF GETTING
IT FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION
PROBABLY IN THE LATE FALL.
>> THE RECALL EFFORTS ENOUGH
SIGNATURES.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT IN FAVOR OF
THIS.
CALIFORNIA IS A BLUE STATE THAT
SEEMS TO BE SINCE JERRY BROWN
HANDED IT OVER TO GAVIN NEWSOM
CALIFORNIA IS A BLUE STATE TOP
TO BOTTOM GOVERNMENTALLY.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS
BEING SUCCESSFUL?
I ASK THAT CAREFULLY.
IF ANYONE SAID DO YOU THINK
ARNOLD ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER IS
YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR IN 2003.
>> THE THEN CALIFORNIA GRAY
DAVIS WAS FACING PROBLEMS, BIG
STATE BUDGET DEFICIT, A BAD
ECONOMY AND ONE ACTION WHERE HE
INCREASED THE VEHICLE LICENSE
FEE SCHWARZENEGGER RAN THAT
THROUGH TO THE SPECIAL ELECTION
AND WON.
THE RECALL ELECTIONS NEED
SOMEONE A VIABLE ALTERNATE.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S CLEAR WHO
THAT WOULD BE.
NO REPUBLICANS AWON STATEWIDE IN
CALIFORNIA SINCE 2006 SINCE
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER WAS ON THE
BALLOT.
I THINK THE CHANCES ARE LOOKING
GOOD GIVEN THE SIGNATURES THEY
COLLECTED.
DOES IT PASS?
HARD TO SAY.
THREE RECALLS PRIOR TO THIS ONE,
THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA,
HISTORY FOR EVERYONE.
SCOTT WALKER FACED A RECALL IN
WISCONSIN IN 2012, BEAT THAT
ONE.
THAT WAS SEEN AS A PROXY ON
NATIONAL POLITICS AND WALKER WAS
A STRONG, SO IS NEWSOM AND THE
SCHWARZENEGGER ELECTION IN 2003.
NEVER SAY NEVER.
THESE THINGS CAN SNOWPAUL AND
DEPENDS HOW NEWSOM HANDLES THE
VACCINE ROLLOUT, SURPRISINGLY
SLOW IN CALIFORNIA.
>> WE HAVE INVITED GOVERNOR
NEWSOM TO TAKE PART, THE DOOR IS
OPEN ANY TIME HE’D LIKE TO
DISCUSS THIS OR AN ARRAY OF WHAT
IS GOING ON IN CALIFORNIA.
JOHN, HAVING LIVED IN THE BAY
AREA FOR 6 1/2 YEARS BEFORE I
MOVED BACK EAST I WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT CALIFORNIA WOULD BE
HANDS DOWN FOR FIGHTING COVID,
THE HIGHLY EDUCATED POPULATION,
A GIGANTIC BIOTECH SECTOR AND
ACTIVE POPULATION, DIVERSE AND
CONNECTED POPULATIONS IN THE
COUNTRY.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT CALIFORNIA
WOULD HAVE HAD THIS IN THE BAG
AND HASN’T. WHY NOT?
>> WE COULD GO ONNEN THIS FOR A
LONG TIME.
ONE OF THE EPICENTERS LOS
ANGELES HIGH COVID RATES.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER PLACES.
THIS STATE PRIDES ITSELF ON
LOCAL CONTROL AND NOT STATE
CONTROL AND BACK AND FORTH WHO
CALLS WHAT SHOTS AND THERE
HASN’T BEEN ENOUGH VACCINE AND
STRUCTURE THAT HAS WORKED THERE.
THIS IS THE GOVERNOR’S MOMENT TO
RIGHT THAT SHIP.
HE HAS TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION
DIFFERENTLY OR GOING TO FACE
SOMETHING THAT IS POLITICALLY
VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN TO
PEOPLE WHY HE SHOULD KEEP THE
JOB.
AN ELECTION IN 2022 HE MAY SAY
GEV MY ANOTHER YEAR.