Former California Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox provides insight on ‘Fox and Friends.’
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All right, Rachel thanks
momentum is buildings and the
push to remove California,
Governor Gavin Newsom from
office.
The group behind the recall
recently raked in 600000ed as
the list of petition signatures
grows by the day.
So what is their gripe with
Gavin Newsom
lets? Ask the man who challenged
him for the governors chair in
two hundred and one John Cox
Happy New years Eve to you
good, see you
happy new year to you, Griff
Great, to be with you.
Griff Rescue, California is
getting closer to the
one point: five million signatures to recall
the governor,
absolutely
Griff. Why are they doing this?
This?
This governor has not
responded well to the pandemic
and not dealt with the problems.
Come into office, housing,
crisis,
homeless, crisis,
fires, black outs and, of
course, the pandemic.
I will give you one fact: Griff,
and that is Disney. World has
been open since July in Florida,
no outbreaks, no problems,
people are actually making some
money down there.
They are actually feeding their
families
here. Disney land is still shut
down and closed,
no possible reopening date
indicated there.
The southern California area
there is being shut down for
restaurants, hotels,
these are real jobs.
These are real small businesses,
pot shops are open
strip, clubs are open,
churches and small businesses
have been literally just shut
down. Looking at Incon Sis ten
think
governor rules by fear, the more
he shuts things down the worse.
It gets
im a small businessman. I solve
problems.
This governor doesnt solve
problems.
He listens to. The politic was of
the moment and act accordingly,
thats, not working for
California,
governor in crisis.
The last time a successful
recall happened in two thousand and three
democratic governor Gray Davis
was recalled during the energy
crisis.
Do you see parallels here?
Oh absolutely,
we had twenty five thousand separate
plaqueouts last August when it
was hot and humid in southern
California. People wanted to use
their air conditioners, but we
didnt have enough power.
Think about that. A second
griff
a lot has happened since two thousand and three
a lot of tech, no
a lot of growth,
and we still have blackouts in
this state.
He hasnt dealt with the fires.
He hasnt dealt with
homelessness, which is really
ruining a lot of our great
cities and our tourism.
What we need is solutions
Griff,
and nobody really sees that this
governor is interested in
solutions.
He is interested in politics,
our kids arent in school right
now, because the union bosses are
tell them that they dont want
to return police fire front
lines working, but the teachers
arent.
I know there is a lot of
teachers in the state that want
to get back to school, but the
schools are still shut down.
Griff John, let me ask you
things needed what a recall
effort needs is cash.
We just saw Irvine based
consulting firm, give half a
million dollars.
Where did the sort stand?
How likely do you think?
Ultimately, this will be.
Let me tell you: there is a
lot of money in this state.
There is a lot of successful
people who are watch this state
crumble.
You have had so many businesses
leave
now its become a torrent,
Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Charles
Schwab.
I can name dozens that have left
the state along with a lot of
people.
I think a lot of business
people, a lot of people
successful in this state are
saying to themselves. This has
gone on too long.
This governor is just not going
to improve and I could have told
them that a couple years ago I mean he ran San Francisco.
I mean he ran San Francisco
into the ground. He is now
running California into the
ground.
The recall is going to happen. I
think
people are going to row, move
people going to remove this
governor and get solutions.
Griff. You say its going to
happen
im going to ask you, John Cox,
since you run for governor
before
the recall before led to Arnold
Schwarz being the governor. Will
you put your hat in the ring?
I want solutions for the
problems of the state, Griff
thats, what I ran on in twenty eighteen,
the cost of how fasting cost of
housing providing water for
people
better schools.
Those issues are still there
today and gotten worse. So the
answer is yes,
the answer is yes. I will
probably be there putting forth
these solutions to problems.
We have got to get rid of the
politics and really focus on
what works, Griff and deliver a
better quality of life for the
people of this state.
We deserve it
and, frankly, its important for
the whole country.
This is the largest state in the
country,
the fifth largest economy in the
world.
We have got to get California
back on track,
Griff all right.
Well, we dont know what twenty twenty one
will hold for us in the future,
but possibly another run by John
Cox for governor.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-31.