According to Cox, he’s been “roaring through California gaining BEASTLY momentum” as Newsom’s “top challenger.”
ICYMI: John Cox roared through California gaining BEASTLY momentum as the top challenger to @GavinNewsom. #CAGovpic.twitter.com/JjqGbKy4dw
As part of his tour, Cox rides a bear-themed bus, and routinely makes comments casting himself as “Beast” to Newsom’s “Beauty.”
One beast-themed antic, however, allegedly went too far. Cox brought a 1,000-pound Kodiak bear named
Tag on a campaign stop in Shelter Island on May 11, then to San Diego the following week. Animal rights group Animal Protection and Rescue League, Inc. (“APRL”) filed a lawsuit against Cox and unnamed others earlier this week, claiming that they illegally held events “with a captive, 1000-pound bear who has been drugged and abused for this purpose.”