260: Recap of the California Recall Election September, 2021

Life Matters

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston explorers what happened in the 2021 recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom.

Previous episodes leading up to the recall prepared listeners for the fact that it would be a difficult task and that aside from simply voting ‘YES’ on the recall, there was a great need to also vote for a replacement.

Brian explains how, for the first time in California history, the Democrat party demanded that there be no Democrat replacement even suggested, and promised to punish any Democrat officeholder who presented themselves as a possible replacement candidate. All government employee unions instructed their members to only vote ‘NO’, and under the strong possibility of social exclusion, there was to be no discussion or suggestion of supporting a replacement.

In addition to the multiple millions spent by these government employee unions, outside leftist money from the likes of political provocateurs like George Soros poured into the state.

But Brian is not discouraged. All along, this particular effort was a long shot. The great advantage is that it brought serious question on the nature of both the Democrat party and the policies of the governor. What it has done is prepared conscientious voters for the very real election that is now upon us, the elections of 2022.

Every Congressional district, State Assembly and Senate district will have new boundaries in the coming year. Recent efforts by California Prolife and other politically attentive organizations have encourage people to vote and be involved in the most local elections - county supervisors, city councils, school boards. It is this level of civic involvement that can have the most dramatic change. And because these diffuse elections are harder for both the media and the Democrat party machinery to focus on, the odds of gaining seats on all of these levels have increased dramatically for the year 2022.

Instead of being discouraged about the recall, it is merely the first salvo in an ongoing political war and the great advantage is that it was initiated by those that have had enough and are unwilling to simply walk away from their responsibilities as citizens.