| − | '''Gavin Christopher Newsom''' (born October 10, 1967, age {{age|1967|10|10}}) is the [[Democrat]] Governor of California, serving since January 2019. He faces a recall election on September 14, 2021, with mail-in ballots sent out a month earlier. Newsom is an icon of [[liberal hypocrisy]], as his self-centered [[Leftist]] tyranny shut down nearly the entire state throughout 2020 until January 25, 2021, when petitions neared the 1.5M signatures to needed to force an election to remove him from office. Newsom and his family were repeatedly seen violating his own shutdown orders and masking demands. | + | '''Gavin Christopher Newsom''' (born October 10, 1967, age {{age|1967|10|10}}) is the [[Democrat]] Governor of California, serving since January 2019. He faces a recall election on September 14, 2021, with mail-in ballots sent out a month earlier. Newsom is an example of [[liberal hypocrisy]], as his self-centered [[Leftist]] tyranny shut down nearly the entire state throughout 2020 until January 25, 2021, when petitions neared the 1.5M signatures necessary to force an election to remove him from office. Newsom and his family have been repeatedly seen violating his own shutdown orders and masking demands. |
| | He was the mayor of [[San Francisco]], elected in 2003, and holding that office until 2011. He attracted national attention in February, 2004, when he ordered San Francisco's city clerk to begin issuing [[marriage]] licenses to same-sex couples,<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/22/same.sex/ Mayor defends same-sex marriages] CNN, February 22, 2004</ref> despite the fact that this violated state law. Over 4,000 marriage licenses were issued in this manner until the [[California]] Supreme Court ordered a halt to this on March 11. All of these marriage licenses were voided by the California Supreme Court on August 12, 2004. Newsom was the Lieutenant Governor of California from 2011 to 2019. | | He was the mayor of [[San Francisco]], elected in 2003, and holding that office until 2011. He attracted national attention in February, 2004, when he ordered San Francisco's city clerk to begin issuing [[marriage]] licenses to same-sex couples,<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/22/same.sex/ Mayor defends same-sex marriages] CNN, February 22, 2004</ref> despite the fact that this violated state law. Over 4,000 marriage licenses were issued in this manner until the [[California]] Supreme Court ordered a halt to this on March 11. All of these marriage licenses were voided by the California Supreme Court on August 12, 2004. Newsom was the Lieutenant Governor of California from 2011 to 2019. |