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Why I’m Running
I’m running for Governor because the decline of California isn’t the fault of its people. Our government is what’s ruining the Golden State. Our schools are closed to both students and their parents. Our streets aren’t safe from rising violent crime or the disaster of rising homelessness. And the scandals of Sacramento aren’t going to stop on their own. It’s time to tell the truth. We’ve got a state to save.
Hello California, I’m Larry Elder, also known as the Sage of South-Central, and this is the launch of my campaign.
I am in it to win it.
Our first task…recall our arrogant governor, Gavin Newsom.
Newsom imposed the most restrictive COVID mandates in the country— and then proceeded to ignore them when it came to him.
Californians lost their jobs, their businesses. Kids lost a full year of in-school education, all in defiance of the very science that Newsom and his cohorts said they would follow.
I will make clear that I am the man to replace him.
I’m a native Californian, but I grieve at what’s happening to the state…
And, I’ve got common sense, something sadly lacking in Sacramento, especially under this smug, corrupt governor.
This is a change of heart for me.
I subscribe to the Walter Cronkite philosophy. I’d love to serve. I’d hate to have to run. I just don’t believe I have the stomach, the temperament, the personality, the drive, the willingness to deal with these “doofi” in Sacramento for the next four years of my life. Have I exhausted all of my excuses yet?
Newsom has made those excuses irrelevant.
Here’s why I’ve done a 180.
Newsom and his cohorts are destroying a state that was once a beacon of hope and prosperity,
A state once admired for its public schools, its dynamic economy, and, above all, its people who strive for racial harmony, pursuing a common cause.
Newsom and his cohorts are literally dismantling, brick by brick, the very virtues and values that made California great. He’s surrounded by an army of radicals for whom climate change is a religion— and growth and development a villain.
Because of their fierce opposition to growth, the average home in California costs 150% more than the national average.
Because of their radical environmentalism, they oppose building the infrastructure necessary to supply consistent energy and water to a population of 40 million, leaving us with a crumbling system built in the ‘70’s to support a population twice that size.
Crime. Homelessness. The outrageous cost of living and Newsom’s arrogance in handling COVID with headstrong mandates that imposed the most severe lockdown of all 50 states. Ignoring science, he caved to the demands of the teachers unions, while still paying teachers, kept kids out of school while sending his to private schools.
And the radicals’ assault on public safety demonizes police officers trying to do their job. Firefighters risk their lives fighting infernos made more frequent and deadly because of poor state land management.
The Sacramento elite enables criminals by allowing them to avoid conviction and incarceration.
I will never sacrifice public safety just to appease a corrupt minority that chants “defund the police” and that falsely accuses police officers of “systemic racism.” But Newsom and his cohorts will.
