If former President Barack Obama believes a solid dose of fear will help Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom hold onto his job, the former president certainly delivered in a new ad designed to support Newsom.
California voters will head to the polls this upcoming Tuesday to take part in a recall election triggered by millions of voters, disenchanted with Newsom’s COVID-19 policies and lockdowns, who signed petitions to remove the governor from office.
Voters face two questions. They will be asked if they want to recall Newsom, and if they do, who they want to replace him with. Conservative talk show host Larry Elder is the leading Republican in the race to take Newsom’s place, if voters decide to recall the Democratic governor.
Obama’s message tried to frame the recall as a partisan attempt to undo whatever good things Newsom accomplished.
https://twitter.com/patrickjwitt/status/1435932585448902666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“Republicans are trying to recall him from office and overturn common-sense COVID safety measures for health care workers and school staff,” Obama said in the video.
The ad includes a photo of former President Donald Trump with Elder, a piece of the Democratic communications strategy to frame the recall as an attempt by far-right Republicans to grab power in California.
Although Newsom’s policies led to multiple lawsuits from parents saying his lockdowns implemented the school closings that harmed their children, Obama said the real risk lies in booting Newsom.
“Your vote could be the difference between protecting our kids and putting them at risk, helping Californians recover or taking us backwards,” Obama said.
However, not everyone bought what Obama was selling as America’s first black president encouraged voters to block the election of a man who would be California’s first black governor.
Obama supporting Newsom is nothing more than the establishment ensuring their reign. Our oligarchs don't like it when their powers are challenged. https://t.co/q1ckurVHT5
— Adam B. Coleman, Cerebrum Arsonist (@wrong_speak) September 9, 2021
Obama (like Newsom) is flat out lying when he calls this a Republican recall. Sorry Barack, not true.
From Monday’s @larryelder rally… https://t.co/6hPFLsthZq pic.twitter.com/cgbXR94z0E
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) September 9, 2021
Obama’s ad was released on the same day that Vice President Kamala Harris came to California, the state which elected her to the U.S. Senate, to support Newsom.
As Harris goes to “campaign” for Newsom, remember that she has a historic disapproval rating and finished 5th in California during the primaries.
— George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) September 5, 2021
Elder said that by resorting to throwing every big name they can into the ring, Democrats are “scared to death” that Newsom will lose.
“They know they are in trouble,” Elder said Tuesday, according to CNN.
“They know that Gavin Newsom can’t defend his record on crime. They know he can’t defend his record on how he ignored science and imposed all sorts of mandates that he didn’t abide by himself. They know that he is unpopular,” he said.
Obama without a doubt has been the worst thing that has ever happened to this country, but like China said years ago, black are the biggest problem America has.
He needs to be sent packing back to Keyna where he belongs! And his gorilla of a wife with Him! His mansion was built with blood money from Iran!
Totally agree !
Uh, From what I’ve seen Newsome hasn’t been good for California, unless you’re an illegal murderer/rapist.
Exactly what Obozo supports! He supports his Muslim brother terrorists too!
He’s done a fine job of turning CA into a massive sh*thole !
Just think what they did in CA is what they are wanting for the rest of the US. After all that is what the less developed countries look like.
“The master planners devised the strategy of a merger – a Great Merger – among nations.
But before such a merger can be consummated, and the United States becomes just another province in a New World Order, there must at least be the semblance of parity among the senior partners in the deal. How does one make the nations of the world more nearly equal? The Insiders determined that a two-prong approach was needed; use American money and know-how to build up your competitors, while at the same time use every devious strategy you can devise to weaken and impoverish this country. The goal is not to bankrupt the United States. Rather, it is to reduce our productive might, and therefore our standard of living, to the meager subsistence level of the socialized nations of the world.
The plan is not to bring the standard of living in less developed countries up to our level, but to bring ours down to meet theirs coming up… It is your standard of living which must be sacrificed on the altar of the New World Order.”
I have to agree with you considering California is the only state I know of where cleaning up human excrement off the sidewalks is a government job.
Just another one of EX-King OBAMA’S, fear mongering speeches to show he is still in the game. He was never any good to begin with and has gotten more rotten since Biden took office. You can not get any worse than what’s there now as Governor, Indeed it is time for a rebirth of power, new ideas, and caring for the citizens of California.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, ONE DIVIDED NATION UNDER GOD,
BEWARE OF VOTER FRAUD FOR THIS IS A BIG ONE.
Please California Voters – Vote for Elder to Clean To Your Cesspool.
HE is NOT related to Nancy!!