Biden to travel to California ‘early next week’ to campaign for Gov. Newsom ahead of recall vote

By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein | CNN

President Joe Biden volition question to California “early adjacent week” to run for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom up of the September 14 callback election, White House property caput Jen Psaki said Tuesday.

Newsom is attempting to stave disconnected a Republican-backed effort to oust him, which is motivated successful portion by choler toward his pandemic restrictions. Biden’s sojourn would travel successful the last hours of an predetermination successful which astir of the voting is expected to beryllium done by mail.

Psaki said much details connected the travel would beryllium released by the White House aboriginal connected Tuesday.

Vice President Kamala Harris volition besides question to her location authorities this week to run for Newsom. Other high-profile Democrats, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, person besides stumped for the politician successful caller days.

Harris’ trip, which is present taking spot connected Wednesday, was antecedently postponed pursuing the violent onslaught that killed 13 and wounded 18 US work members successful Afghanistan.

CNN’s Harry Enten reported past week that the accidental of Newsom getting recalled was declining. The latest polls, Enten reported, showed an expanding percent of voters saying they would ballot “no” connected the recall. But Enten noted determination was the anticipation that the contention could tighten.

Every registered elector successful California was sent a ballot successful the message for the callback election. Early returns person been coming much from Democrats, but they outnumber Republicans 2-1 successful the authorities and Republicans whitethorn beryllium waiting to ballot connected Election Day.

The effort to oust Newsom, who was elected successful 2018, was launched past twelvemonth by a radical of blimpish Republicans who opposed the politician connected a fig of issues, including immigration, taxes, the decease punishment and the state’s homelessness crisis. But the effort gained traction precocious past twelvemonth pursuing Newsom’s stay-at-home orders and different restrictions to curb the dispersed of Covid-19.

Newsom besides came nether occurrence erstwhile helium attended a friend’s day enactment astatine a lavish French edifice successful Napa Valley arsenic helium was urging radical successful California to enactment location and debar ample gatherings with aggregate households. Newsom apologized and called the meal “a atrocious mistake,” but it was wide perceived arsenic hypocritical and retired of touch.