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Gov. Gavin Newsom blames right-wing extremists for the drive to recall him, and there\u2019s no doubt that they want him gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the recall would not have qualified for the ballot, nor would polling<\/a> indicate that the issue is in a virtual tie (47% of likely voters in favor, 50% opposed) if only die-hard Trumpies were supportive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The polling by UC Berkeley\u2019s Institute of Governmental Studies indicates that a very sizeable segment of California\u2019s voters dislike or distrust Newsom. In fact, just 50% of all voters, not just those planning to vote on the recall in September, approve of how he\u2019s managed the state, with 42% disapproving. The latter number is nearly twice the Republican share of the registered voter pool, so it obviously includes a fair number of Democrats and no-party-preference voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsom\u2019s popularity soared during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, hitting 64% approval in the Berkeley IGS poll<\/a> in September of 2020, but has been slipping ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The factors in that decline may be as individual as fingerprints, but there\u2019s little doubt that Newsom\u2019s character is one of them. Many Californians see their governor as slippery, and he continues to say and do things to bolster that image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best known example, of course, is his now-infamous attendance at a dinner party of lobbyists, celebrating the birthday of one, without wearing masks even though he had issued a mask-wearing order and urged Californians to avoid social gatherings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsom apologized after photos of the party emerged, but his approval rating plummeted from 64% a few weeks before the November 2020 event to 46% a few weeks afterwards in the Berkeley IGS poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new example of how Newsom is sometimes his own worst enemy surfaced last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has ordered that when children return to public schools, they must wear masks. The order also applies to children\u2019s camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a group opposed to the mask order acquired and circulated a photo of Newsom\u2019s 10-year-old son posing with other kids at a summer camp. All were unmasked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is in clear violation of his own mask mandates,\u201d the group, Reopen California Schools, tweeted. \u201cWhy can his kid be maskless, but not ours?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Newsoms were concerned to see unvaccinated children unmasked indoors at a camp their children began attending yesterday and after seeing this, removed the kids from the camp,\u201d Newsom spokesperson Erin Mellon said in a statement. \u201cThe family reviewed communication from the camp and realized that an email was missed saying the camp would not enforce masking guidance. Their kids will no longer be attending this camp.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That seemed to be that, but in a CBS News interview<\/a> soon after, Newsom seemingly contradicted what Mellon had said, shunned responsibility and played the victimization card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want to come after me, come after me, and don\u2019t come after nine- and ten-year-olds,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cYou know, he was there for one day and said they wanted to take a picture so he took off the mask, he had a mask in his hand, and they\u2019re attacking and weaponizing my son. I watched network news last night and they\u2019re weaponizing my son. He was sitting there crying with me last night. You want to come after me, come after me. He did nothing wrong. We pulled them out of that camp, basketball camp. Want to come after me? Come after me, not my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two versions of the summer camp incident are completely incompatible, thus giving Californians another reason to question Newsom\u2019s credibility and character.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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