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California Republicans claim 1.7 million signatures on petition to recall Democratic Governor Newsom
The petition drive against California Governor Gavin Newsom, organized on a right-wing basis by the state Republican Party, is on track to reach the 1.5 million signature threshold required to force a recall election later this year.
The recall organizers claim to have collected 1.7 million signatures as of February 17. The California Secretary of State’s office has validated 668,000 of those signatures thus far, and must have the full 1.5 million validated by March 17 to proceed with the recall election.
The campaign, which seemed destined to fizzle like previous earlier efforts, was given a new lease on life in November when a state superior court judge provided the campaign with an additional four months to meet its signature requirement due to public gathering restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recall Gavin Newsom Movement Includes Proud Boys Members and Man Who Called BLM Black KKK
On 1/28/21 at 8:09 AM EST
Members of the far-right Proud Boys group, the Three Percenters militia movement, and someone who has described Black Lives Matter activists as vile, violent.the black version of the KKK are among the activists linked to the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom.
The Proud Boys, founded in 2016, are a right-wing extremist group who were involved in the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6. The group, which glorifies violence and believes men and Western culture are under attack, has been banned from several social networks, and is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.