🧵 Since @GavinNewsom thinks we're stupid or have no memory, here's a refresher of his autocratic, illogical, unscientific power grabs during COVID. In no particular order:
1) After his French Laundry incident, ordered a "nightly curfew" for 90% of CA
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He also DIDN'T follow CDC guidance on masks - he went even more hardcore. redstate.com/jenniferoo/202…
Then he wanted the name and address of every Californian who signed a recall petition. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
While all of our kids were kept out of school in the fall of 2020 (including those with special needs who needed in-person occupational therapy, including mine) Gav's went back to in-person school. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
Which his wife admitted...
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And he didn't follow his own rules, so when one child was exposed to COVID at school, he lied and said a CHP officer in their security detail exposed the family. (Seriously, what a jerk.) redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
He was sued, and lost, after abusing his power. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
Oh yeah, almost forgot about this one - the equity measures for reopening, including how much of that area has a tree canopy and the density of liquor stores... seriously. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
And this @RedState exclusive, where we successfully made reservations at @GavinNewsom's Plumpjack winery over 4th of July wknd, 2020 - but once it got out that they were open, a sudden "emergency" shut the winery down 😂 (gotta take your fun where you can) redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
And @GavinNewsom's regulators made crazy rules about having to order food with alcohol so that "bars" wouldn't be open, but wineries would... 🙄 redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
And, is Biden the only one with a China problem? Gavin paid $1 BILLION for masks from a Chinese supplier, BYD, an electric vehicle company... they failed to deliver but he paid anyway. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
Don't forget all the violent offenders released to CA streets b/c Gavin was more concerned about THE CRIMINALS getting COVID than our safety. This headline nails it: "Sheriff Refuses to Enforce Lockdown Orders, is Too Busy Re-Arresting Released Convicts" redstate.com/alexparker/202…
And... "An Early Release of Seven Sex Offenders Results in the Early Re-Arrest of Six Sex Offenders" redstate.com/alexparker/202…
Another retaliatory measure - Newsom closed beaches in Orange County (ONLY) because their leaders were uppity. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
But, @GavinNewsom did warn them. FA, FO... right? redstate.com/beccalower/202…
Very early on, he said the quiet part out loud about using this to usher in a progressive era... redstate.com/brandon_morse/…
He was ready TO ENACT MARTIAL LAW to get people to comply with his will. I'm sure there's more in our archives and I will update this. I refuse to allow this man to rewrite history when he's harmed all of us so deeply. redstate.com/jeffc/2020/03/…
And it's not directly related to COVID, but here's a little something I uncovered about him during the pandemic - something he has not cleared up YET, to this day. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
And, that cashout refi was a "sweetheart" loan as defined after the Countrywide scandal. AND he had one on his Marin house, too (which he has since sold) redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
BUT, even with all that cold, hard, tax-free cash coming his way (money laundering, anyone?) he didn't bother paying his property taxes on time. But told us that WE had to. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
Even three months after that first post, he still hadn't paid. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
And still tried to enforce ridiculous Thanksgiving gathering restrictions. redstate.com/bonchie/2020/1…
So, churches. Let's get into churches. Gavin wouldn't deem them "essential" and even allowed them to be targeted despite Constitutional protections. (Note, @tedlieu and @davidhogg, if public health emergencies don't affect 2A, they don't affect 1A either) ...
And courageous pastors like John MacArthur held services knowing they'd likely be targeted by authorities redstate.com/alexparker/202…
And another, my friend Rob McCoy, temporarily turned his church into a strip club to be deemed "essential" redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
I tweeted this separately but I don't want it to get lost.
When @GavinNewsom tries to dance away from accountability w/smarmy remarks like, "Who is 'we'?" I think of this boy I wrote about in 2020. The question at the end of the piece stands, Governor. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
@HerbertCat1 @GavinNewsom November 2020. When many states were open. abc7.com/governor-newso…
ADDING after some claim that DeSantis "took a page out of Newsom's playbook." May 2020, playgrounds at beaches still closed, and the pier was closed too.
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