离投票日还有六天，副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯于周三下午返回湾区为...奔走民主党州长加文·纽瑟姆在周二的罢免之前选举。
纽森在下周的罢免投票中面临一个由两部分组成的问题:选民是否愿意罢免他，以及他们想用谁来取代他。
哈里斯在乔·拜登总统将于下周与纽森一起出现之前，在一次工会工人集会上告诉人群，帮助投票给州长是一个优先事项。
她说:“我回家只有一个目的，回家站着说话支持我亲爱的朋友真的很重要。
“我们希望我们在加州的领导人对可能发生的事情有一个愿景，看到一个时刻激励和提升所有人的机会。这是加州人民一直想要的。这就是为什么共和党的召回会失败，”哈里斯继续说道。
哈里斯是最新一位为纽森竞选的知名民主党人。集会前不久，他的竞选团队开始播放前总统巴拉克·奥巴马的广告，他鼓励加州人投票反对召回。Sens。伊丽莎白·沃伦，麻省理工学院。，和伯尼·桑德斯，I-Vt。，也出现在电视上支持纽森，明尼苏达州参议员艾米·克洛布查尔(Amy Klobuchar)与他一起在本月早些时候投票。
纽森受到了批评者的抨击，并因其对20世纪90年代的反应而重新唤起了人们的希望冠状病毒大流行，包括最近全州一些公共场所的疫苗和口罩授权。
哈里斯称赞了他在大流行问题上的决策。
”加文挺身而出。超过2200万加州人已经接种了疫苗，因为他领导并实施的项目，因为他不害怕。他没有说:“这个问题对我来说太大了。他没有说‘我的状态对我来说太大了。不，他很有勇气，”她说。
纽森和其他民主党人试图通过强调参议院微弱的优势来将竞选国有化，如果共和党州长能够任命参议员黛安·范斯坦，会发生什么座椅打开。
哈里斯周三说:“得克萨斯州正在发生的事情，佐治亚州正在发生的事情，我们国家周围正在发生的事情，这些政策是关于攻击妇女权利、生殖权利、投票权、工人权利的，他们认为如果他们能在加州获胜，他们可以在任何地方做到这一点，但我们要向他们展示他们做不到。
到目前为止，根据收集的数据政治数据公司。，一家在加州开展竞选活动的公司，在加州2200万活跃选民中，29%的人都通过邮件收到了选票，他们已经退回了选票。仅根据选票返回的党派细分，民主党和共和党的选票返回速度相似，分别为33%和30%，尽管该州的民主党选民人数几乎是共和党的两倍。
纽森在介绍哈里斯的讲话中，描绘了拉里·埃尔德——一位有争议的召回候选人，他说他认为最低工资应该是0美元女人并不像男性那样聪明——如果召回通过，加州人应该期望的那种州长，并指出他认为如果埃尔德成为他的继任者，该州将面临的风险。
“他说他宣誓就职后要做的第一件事——他说他在喝第一杯茶之前要做的第一件事——是他将签署一项行政命令，取消我们的孩子在公立学校戴口罩，并取消对医护人员的疫苗验证。考虑一下这样做的后果，”纽森说。
尽管许多选民表示，他们仍未决定选择谁作为替代者，但全国联合保守派电台主持人艾尔德领导着召回领域的大多数公众投票。
纽森还提到，如果埃尔德去年担任州长，并任命一名共和党人来填补哈里斯的席位，华盛顿的权力平衡。
“会有最后一次刺激吗?会有多数党领袖查克·舒默吗?想想后果，加州。这就是利害所在...你有机会决定这个州的命运和未来。我认为这会影响美国的命运和未来。这是一次重要的选举。
加州的每个选民都收到了这次选举的选票，所以纽森在培养高投票率以击败召回方面的压力较小。这最新民意调查来自加州公共政策研究所上周发布的数据显示，58%的加州人反对召回。
在那次民意调查中，49%的受访者表示，他们要么不会就第二个问题投票选择替代候选人，要么还不知道自己想选谁。
纽森还对前总统唐纳德·特朗普对共和党的控制以及关于被盗选举的谎言表示赞同，这些谎言已经成为共和党许多人的平台。
“这是美国历史上多么了不起的时刻。但是我们有机会，也有机会，在加利福尼亚州创造我们自己的历史。拒绝那种愤世嫉俗，拒绝那种恐惧，拒绝那种轻蔑。加州，我们比那更好，我们有机会对这次召回投反对票。我们比那更好，”他说。
Vice President Kamala Harris rallies with Gov. Gavin Newsom ahead of Tuesday's recall election
With six days to go until ballots are due, Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the Bay Area Wednesday afternoonto stump forDemocratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ahead of Tuesday's recallelection.
Newsom is facing a two-part question on next week's recall ballot: whether voters would like to recall him and who they would like to replace him with.
Harris, who appeared with Newsom before President Joe Biden is set to do so next week, told the crowd at a rally with union workers that helping get out the vote for the governor was a priority.
"I came home for one purpose, it was really important for me to come home to stand and speak in support of my dear friend," she said.
"We want our leaders in California to have a vision of what is possible, to see the opportunity of a moment to inspire and uplift all people. That's what the people of California have always wanted. And that's why the Republicans' recall will fail," Harris continued.
Harris is the latest big-name Democrat to stump for Newsom. Shortly before the rally his campaign began airing an ad featuring former President Barack Obama, who encouraged Californians to vote against the recall. Sens.Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., andBernie Sanders, I-Vt., have also appeared on the air in support of Newsom, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., rallied with him to get out the vote earlier this month.
Newsom has come under fire from critics and recall hopefuls for his response to thecoronaviruspandemic, including recent vaccine and mask mandates in some public settings across the state.
Harris lauded his decision making when it came to the pandemic.
"Gavin stepped up to the moment. Over 22 million Californians have been vaccinated because of the programs that he led and put in place, because he was not afraid. He didn't say, "This problem is too big for me.' He didn't say 'My state is too big for me.' No, and he led with courage," she said.
Newsom and other Democrats have attempted to nationalize the race by highlighting the thin margins in the Senate -- and what could happen if a Republican governor is able to make an appointment should Sen. Diane Feinstein'sseat become open.
"What's happening in Texas, what's happening in Georgia, what's happening around our country with these policies that are about attacking women's rights, reproductive rights, voting rights, workers rights, they think if they can win in California they can do this anywhere, but we're gonna show them they can't," Harris said Wednesday.
So far, according to data collected byPolitical Data Inc., a firm that works with campaigns in California, 29% of California's 22 million active voters, who all received ballots in the mail, have returned them. Based solely on partisan breakdown of ballot returns, Democrats and Republicans are returning ballots at similar paces, 33% and 30%, respectively, although the number of Democratic voters in the state is nearly double that of Republicans.
Newsom, during his remarks introducing Harris, painted Larry Elder -- the controversial recall candidate who said he believes the minimum wage should be $0 and thatwomenare not as smart as men -- as the type of governor Californians should expect if the recall passes and pointed to the risks he believes the state would be in if Elder were to be his successor.
"He said the first thing he'll do after he gets sworn in -- he said the first thing he'll do before his first cup of tea -- is he will sign an executive order, eliminating mask wearing for our kids in public schools and eliminating vaccine verification for health care workers. Consider the consequences of that," Newsom said.
Although many voters said they are still undecided on who they'd choose as a replacement, Elder, a nationally syndicated conservative radio host, leads most public polling of the recall field.
Newsom also referenced the balance of power in Washington if Elder had been governor last year and appointed a Republican to fill Harris' seat.
"Would there have been that last stimulus? Would there be Majority Leader Chuck Schumer? Think of the consequences, California. That's what's at stake ... you have the opportunity to determine the fate and future of this state. And I would argue impact the fate and future of the United States of America. This is a consequential election," he said.
Every voter in California was mailed a ballot for this election, so there is less pressure on Newsom when it comes to cultivating high turnout in order to defeat the recall. Thelatest pollfrom the Public Policy Institute of California released last week showed 58% of Californians opposing the recall.
In that poll, 49% of respondents said that they either will not vote on the second question to choose a replacement candidate or they do not yet know who they'd like to pick.
Newsom also nodded to former President Donald Trump's grip on the Republican Party and the lies about a stolen election that have turned into a platform for many in the GOP.
"What a remarkable moment it is in American history. But we have a chance, and an opportunity, to make history of our own here in the state of California. By rejecting that -- well, that cynicism, rejecting that fear, by rejecting that kind of dismissiveness. California, we are better than that, we have the opportunity by voting no on this recall. We're better than that," he said.
