Former California Democratic Majority Leader Backs Larry Elder in Campaign Against Governor Newsom

The former leader of the Democratic majority for the California State Senate Gloria Romero endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder in a campaign video.

“Our public schools need big changes. I am Gloria Romero; I was the leader of the Democrat Majority in the State Senate. I believe in charter schools and school choice. Larry Elder too, but not Gavin Newsom. He closed our public schools while he was sending his kids to private schools, “Romero said in a video posted by the Elder Campaign.

“Yes: I am a Democrat. But Newsom’s recall does not concern the political party. It is Newsom. Larry Elder for the governor,” she adds.

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Romero was leader of the Democratic majority in the state Senate from 2001 to 2008, when she stepped down to become chair of the education committee.

Elder is currently leading the group of Republican candidates seeking to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the September 14 recall election.

The election comes after harsh criticism from the government. Gavin Newsomthe handling of the coronavirus, including last November when the Democratic governor was spotted dining at a fancy restaurant without a mask and surrounded by people outside his own home.

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“He was sitting with the same lobbyists and medical professionals who drafted the mandates they were violating by not wearing masks and not socially distancing themselves,” Elder said in July of Newsom’s dinner, the calling it “hypocrisy”.

The conservative radio show host also campaigned for the repeal of mask and vaccine warrants in the state, and criticized Newsom for what he called decimating businesses with coronavirus policies l ‘last year.

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“This man that I am going to defeat on September 14, he closed the state in the most severe way that any of the other 49 governors have done,” Elder said earlier this month. “When I get elected, assuming there are still face mask mandates and vaccine mandates, they will be repealed immediately, and then I will have breakfast.”