Gov. Newsom delivers State of the State address amid intensifying recall effort
AP
Share: Normal was never good enough. Normal accepts inequity, Newsom said.
Newsom delivered the address from Dodger Stadium, timed to coincide with evening news broadcasts that showed him surrounded by 56,000 empty seats representing roughly all of the people in California who have died of COVID-19.
It was a critical speech because Newsom faces a likely recall election later this year, fueled by widespread anger over his handling of the pandemic in the nation s most populated state.
Even before the speech began, Republican challenger Kevin Faulconer criticized Newsom, saying the governor will say anything to save his political career.