High-ranking officials ignore their own Covid-19 adviceīefore California voters rush to do that, it is worth looking at another side of the story – one that is driven by data, not media coverage. And if the state’s chief executive badly mishandles a crisis like Covid, maybe there is an urgency to replacing him. By now we have all heard the stories about how Covid has ravaged California and how the state’s early successes against the pandemic have been overshadowed.Ĭalifornia is the country’s most populous state and has often drawn a lot of attention from the national media, so it is not surprising that the bad Covid news there is a national story. The larger issue is Newsom’s mishandling of the Covid crisis. This minor scandal, however, is only a small part of the recall rationale. It would be reasonable, if not expected, for Newsom’s 2022 opponent to use the French Laundry scandal against him, but it is does not rise to the level of provoking a recall – a process that skirts regularly scheduled elections and should be limited only to urgent situations. This was an enormous misstep by Newsom, for which he offered a less than entirely convincing apology. The affluent liberal from San Francisco having an expensive dinner with a lobbyist and other friends while flouting Covid rules. This was a scandal tailor made for Newsom’s opponents. To make matters worse, the dinner was a birthday celebration for a lobbyist. This occurred while California was under a partial lockdown and gatherings of a dozen people like this were forbidden, even if held outdoors. On November 6, 2020, Newsom attended a dinner at the French Laundry, one of California’s most famous and best restaurants. It was the third category that gave initial energy to the recall effort. The case for recalling Newsom, a liberal Democrat, is centered on his alleged failures on Covid-19, the general state of California and Newsom’s personal foibles. Lincoln Mitchell Courtesy Lincoln Mitchell
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