🧵 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:
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
🧵Sneak preview of some of the info in my next story on Diana Teran/George Gascón/Max Huntsman scandal. This case has the potential to completely topple the power structure in LA County. I'm not saying that it absolutely will, but... read on!
SUMMARY(expand the photo):
On Friday, @AlexVilanueva33 was on @JohnKobyltRadio discussing all of the ramifications and gave some interesting details - think through how this touches so many things in LA County.
It's not just Villanueva saying this about Teran's actions essentially framing LASD deputies so they would be disciplined or terminated... so when you think about these personnel files, remember that the info contained in them is of dubious veracity
🔴SCOOP🔴 Sources w/knowledge of the investigation tell @RedState the charges relate to a plot by Teran and LA County Inspector General Max Huntsman starting in June 2018 to pilfer the personnel files of then-candidate Alex Villanueva and any LASD deputies who supported him. They say thousands of personnel files were illegally procured.
Full story coming shortly at RedState
@RedState Gascon gave a statement to @BillMelugin_ at @FoxNews:
🚨FIRST at @RedState: Student expelled from Vanderbilt organized harassment campaigns of FL school board members over "book banning" and walkouts over DeSantis' "Don't Say Gay" bill, had at least 4 White House visits. No, this isn't an organic movement. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
@RedState More receipts showing @jack_petocz's WH/DNC connections and activism, which previously centered on LGBTQ issues
@RedState @Jack_Petocz And more - selfies with Pelosi & Schumer, Pete Buttigieg, meetings with the Second Gentleman
🚨 🧵SCOOP w/audio: @lapublichealth under Barbara Ferrer didn't abide by its own COVID guidelines, leading to worker illnesses and deaths and possibly spreading disease throughout LA as inspectors were denied COVID leave and co-workers weren't properly notified when one tested positive.
"I want to be clear... the protocols that were being enforced, that we were given, were not even being practiced within our office. And then the outcome was what? Just sick, people getting COVID..."
Ferrer and county officials have known for at least two years that there were problems, as evidenced by CalOSHA letter and emails w/union reps exclusively obtained by @RedState. CalOSHA letter:
🚨 Workplace bullying and retaliation led to the suicide of Heather Hughes, an LA County Department of Public Health Employee, on Thursday. According to sources, Heather left a note on her desk referencing Liza Frias, Brenda Lopez, and Scott Abbott. Heather's requests for FMLA and reasonable accommodation were rejected, and sadly she saw no other way out. She put on her Public Health jacket and went to the top of the 18-story building at Metroplex Wilshire and jumped.
LA County DPH head Barbara Ferrer has known of the major issues in the Environmental Health Division for YEARS. In August 2021, despite the possibility of retaliation, more than 1/3 of the union members in the office participated in a Vote of No Confidence against Frias and her deputies, and noted that they'd brought up the issues over and over to HR reps and management and their concerns were dismissed out of hand.
The union also sent a cease and desist letter to Barbara Ferrer and Muntu Davis, which they ignored.
@JaniceHahn @LindseyPHorvath @kathrynbarger @HildaSolis @HollyJMitchell - will you do something about this? Ferrer, Frias, and all of the other toxic managers MUST GO.
🧵 Timeline to Ronna McDaniel's resignation ... Here is the first in-depth analysis that RedState - and ONLY RedState - did on RNC finances, in December 2022.
EXCLUSIVE Analysis Shows RNC Spent Millions Spent on Private Jets, Limos, Luxury Retreats, Broadway Shows redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
Ronna's people hit back hard, including Susie Wiles, claiming that my reporting was off-base, not complete, blah blah blah. But, they were wrong. Here, I debunked them. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…
Even after she won, the RNC was a little fixated on marginalizing me and my writing redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…