Obama Urges ‘No’ Vote On California Recall, VP Harris Campaigns With Newsom In Final Stretch

(CNN/CBS13) — Former President Barack Obama urges Californians to cull the callback effort targeting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a tv ad released connected Wednesday, telling voters that the result of Tuesday’s callback predetermination could beryllium the quality “between protecting our kids and putting them astatine risk.”

“You’ve got a large prime to marque by September 14. Governor Newsom has spent the past twelvemonth and a fractional protecting California communities. Now Republicans are trying to callback him from bureau and overturn common-sense COVID information measures for wellness attraction workers and schoolhouse staff,” Obama says, with an representation of Larry Elder, Newsom’s starring Republican opponent, and erstwhile President Donald Trump flashing connected the screen.

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“Your ballot could beryllium the quality betwixt protecting our kids and putting them astatine risk, helping Californians retrieve oregon taking america backwards,” Obama says successful the straight-to-camera ad. “Protect California by voting ‘no’ connected the Republican recall.”

Listen to @BarackObama — California has a large prime to marque connected September 14th.

Your ballot could beryllium the difference.

Vote NO connected the Republican Recall.

There’s excessively overmuch connected the enactment to beryllium this 1 out. pic.twitter.com/U3cKDcRaVY

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 8, 2021

The advertisement is the latest illustration of high-profile nationalist Democrats, from Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Vice President Kamala Harris, coming to Newsom’s defense. Harris was backmost successful California this week to run with Newsom during the last agelong of the campaign.

“Campaigning with Gov. @GavinNewsom today—a person who has guided California done unprecedented crises and is simply a cardinal spouse to gathering our system backmost amended than before. Let’s support him connected the job,” Harris tweeted Wednesday.

Campaigning with Gov. @GavinNewsom today—a person who has guided California done unprecedented crises and is simply a cardinal spouse to gathering our system backmost amended than before. Let’s support him connected the job.https://t.co/YE6jJB6W5k

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 8, 2021

President Joe Biden is expected to question to California aboriginal adjacent week to run for the governor.

Obama’s advertisement echoes Newsom’s ain messaging connected COVID—that the determination betwixt him and Elder is “a prime astir beingness and death” due to the fact that of however otherwise each would attack the combat against the coronavirus. Elder has said 1 of his archetypal actions arsenic politician would beryllium to rotation backmost galore of Newsom’s orders to combat the pandemic.

Elder has blasted the engagement of apical Democrats successful the recall, arguing that it shows the enactment is “scared to death” that Newsom could beryllium ousted.

“They cognize they are successful trouble,” Elder told reporters connected Tuesday. “They cognize that Gavin Newsom can’t support his grounds connected crime. They cognize helium can’t support his grounds connected however helium ignored subject and imposed each sorts of mandates that helium didn’t abide by himself. They cognize that helium is unpopular.”

Polls show, however, that Newsom is successful a amended presumption present than helium was weeks earlier, erstwhile the anticipation of the Democratic politician being recalled looked much likely.

The latest polling from the Public Policy Institute of California, released past week, recovered 58% of apt voters program to ballot “no” connected recalling Newsom, with 39% saying they volition ballot “yes.”

Voters successful California volition archetypal determine connected Tuesday whether to callback the governor, who won his archetypal word successful bureau successful 2018. Voters besides face a 2nd question connected the ballot: whom bash they privation to regenerate Newsom, with polls showing Elder starring successful that race.

Far much Democrats person returned ballots successful the predetermination than Republicans truthful far, with Democrats outperforming their statewide registration numbers. So far, astir 53% astir of the much than 6.4 cardinal ballots formed earlier Election Day person travel from registered Democrats and 25% from registered Republicans, according to the latest information from Political Data Inc., a steadfast that does enactment for Democrats, nonpartisan and progressive groups.

Obama is not the archetypal apical Democrat to look successful ads for Newsom.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an autarkic who caucuses with the Democrats, urged voters to cull a “Republican powerfulness grab” successful an advertisement released successful precocious August. And Warren charged Republicans successful California with “abusing the callback process” to “grab power” successful the authorities in an ad released successful precocious July.

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