I won't post a wall of text, but here are a few areas where Newsom has been a dismal governor:
https://twitter.com/KevinKileyCA/status/1728981086330605892COVID: In April of 2020, you welcomed the arrival of COVID-19 as an “opportunity” for a “new progressive era.” Three and a half years later, it is clear that California fared worse than any state. California had the longest school shutdowns and most sweeping business closures out of all 50 states, yet a study in the Lancet found it had one of the highest standardized COVID death rates as well. With the evidence so clear, you recently acknowledged “we would've done everything differently” and said “we didn’t know what we didn’t know.” Yet how is it that all 49 other governors knew better?
Economy: Over the last few years, you have repeatedly claimed California is “roaring back” and “leading the nation’s economic recovery.” You've claimed California's economy “continues to outpace other states.” In a recent Fox News interview, you claimed the state’s economy is booming. Yet California currently has the second highest unemployment of any state; last year, it ranked 50 out of the 50 states in personal income growth; and it has the nation’s highest real poverty rate. If this is a “boom,” what would a bust look like?
Vaccine Mandate: On October 1, 2021, you announced that California was going to be the “first state in the nation” to impose a student vaccine mandate for COVID-19. It applied to all grade levels, public and private schools alike, with no exceptions for religion or personal belief. You were the first governor to announce such a mandate, and you wound up being the only governor. At the beginning of 2023, you formally withdrew the mandate without it ever going into effect. Even the WHO now says “COVID vaccines are not needed for healthy kids and teens.” Why did you propose such a sweeping restriction on the rights of parents, without any basis in evidence, when every other political leader in America knew better?
