On Saturday, both Governor Gavin Newsom and   Senator Elizabeth Warren made the September 14 recall election a national issue. Speaking at Culver City High School, Newsom warned the audience about the outcome of the state if Republican Larry Elder won the recall vote.

Newsom told the audience that they had seen the Big Lie, they had seen what had happened on January 6. He also reminded them that there have been voter suppression laws across the country and reminded them of what had just happened in Texas.

He said that although they had defeated Donald Trump, they had not defeated Trumpism. He said that it was still alive in the country and had come to the state of California. In his message he was warning the voters in the state that California could become like Texas and Florida if voters removed him and   put a Republican in his place.

Elizabeth Warren continued with the same theme on stage. She said that governors matter referring to the laws passed by Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis against mask mandates that lead to an increase in coronavirus cases and Texas’ governor Greg Abbott who made abortion laws extremely strict.

Senator Warren told the audience that if they worried about what happened in Texas or Florida or South Dakota and how it would affect the future of the nation, then Larry Elder as the governor of the state should absolutely terrify them.

She went for the punch line by mentioning that Larry Elder dreamt of being California’s own Donald Trump. She added that she didn’t know about the audience, but she knew that she would fight with everything that she had to prevent “one more Donald Trump Republican in office.”

Recent polls through summer showed that the Republicans were very enthusiastic while the Democrats had a luck luster attitude about the recall vote. Democrats, who prefer mail in votes, have already sent their ballots. However, Republicans tend to turn out in large numbers for in person voting and this could make it a close race.

This recall vote could be close more due to apathy from Democrats rather than popularity of the Republican candidate. So, the Democratic Party has brought out the big names to campaign for Newsom. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to pitch in for Newson on Wednesday and the party is hoping that President Joe Biden will also make a trip to California before September 14.

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On a recorded call with religious advisers, on Thursday, former President Donald Trump complained about the lack of support from Catholics and Jews in the November 2020 elections. He claimed that he had done a lot for both these communities, but they had not reciprocated by voting for him. He also continued to baselessly claim that he had won the presidential elections.

The call, organized by the Intercessors for America, a religious group, began with Paula White, who is his controversial right-wing adviser and a televangelist. Trump said that he did a lot for the Catholics, and he was surprised that they didn’t do better with the Catholic vote.

He said added that he thought that they got 50 percent of the Catholic vote, although they did a lot for the Catholic vote. He said that they’ll have to talk to them and that they have to meet with the Catholics.

He was also disappointed with the Jewish voters and reminded them that he was responsible for setting up a U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. He said that he had also done so many other things for them and that Israel never had a better friend than him and yet he got only 25 percent of the Jewish vote.

White and Trump announced a new National Faith Advisory Board which would consist of religious leaders some of whom were members on the call. This board is similar to his White House Faith and Opportunity initiative that he set up in the White House in 2018.

He criticized President Joe Biden’s record on religion, spoke favorably the Supreme Court’s decision about the Texas Abortion bill and complained about the rise in COVID-19 cases, forgetting that hundreds of thousands of Americans died under his watch. He conveniently forgot that Republicans states such as Florida and Texas were the ones who were against mask mandates and had low vaccines rates and had the highest number of cases due to the spread of the delta variant.

When asked about his religious beliefs in a question-and-answer session, he replied that it was all “based around God” and it was so important and that’ “God” was “so important to the success” of what they were doing.

Dallas’ Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris ended the call with a prayer, and he said that he prayed for all those Americans who had “voted the wrong way.”

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