Update, 8 Pm Pt: Caitlyn Jenner’s choice of Sean Hannity to make her national debut as a gubernatorial candidate was a bit incongruous to the state itself.
After all, California is bluer than it was than in 2003, the year of the last recall, when that year’s best known celebrity candidate, Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — great for publicity, benign in its partisanship. But in doing Hannity, Jenner signaled that she wanted to reach his rightward, pro-Donald Trump audience, perhaps to shore up support against Republican rivals. Yet she also risks playing right into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy, which has been to brand the recall as a product of the pro-Donald Trump far right. Earlier in the day, Jenner had unveiled a list of middle-of-the-road policy solutions on her website, including taxes, regulation and Covid-19 closures, steering clear of some of the cultural...
After all, California is bluer than it was than in 2003, the year of the last recall, when that year’s best known celebrity candidate, Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — great for publicity, benign in its partisanship. But in doing Hannity, Jenner signaled that she wanted to reach his rightward, pro-Donald Trump audience, perhaps to shore up support against Republican rivals. Yet she also risks playing right into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy, which has been to brand the recall as a product of the pro-Donald Trump far right. Earlier in the day, Jenner had unveiled a list of middle-of-the-road policy solutions on her website, including taxes, regulation and Covid-19 closures, steering clear of some of the cultural...
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