Gavin Newsom swat down a Republican-driven recall campaign in bright-blue California. A healthy turnout, spurred by some late anxiety, showed Democrats remain eager to vote against the former president, even when he’s not on the ballot. California voters rejected the “Republican brand that is centered around insurrection and denying the pandemic,” said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “It’s like us boasting about beating a recall in Alabama,” quipped Matt Gorman, a former strategist with the National Republican Congressional Committee. Gorman said Democrats would only get so much mileage out of demonizing Republican nominees and trying to tie them to Trump.

Source: thestar September 15, 2021 23:37 UTC