In 2021, the recall circus returned to California. Republicans sent in the clowns
by Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times
Dec 08, 2021
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — By March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom knew he was in trouble.
His people had been tracking what, until then, was a mostly nascent campaign to recall the Democrat from office. It's the sort of thing generations of California governors have faced, and only one — Gov. Gray Davis — with real political consequences.
But, this year, the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything.
"In 25 months, there's been six efforts to put a recall on the ballot," Newsom said in mid-March on ABC's "The View." "This one appears to have the requisite signatures," he acknowledged.
Indeed, by April, Secretary
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