San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria And Other California Democratic Leaders Compare Newsom Recall Campaign To The Capitol Hill Riot, Calls The Recall Effort A “California Coup”

The California Democratic party held a press conference today in which they addressed the ongoing recall effort against Newsom and compared it to the Capitol Hill Riot that took place in Washington D.C. on January 6th. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria justified this comparison by saying the recall effort seeks to overturn a democratic election.

San Diego Mayor @ToddGloria likens @GavinNewsom recall effort to capitol riot since it seeks “to overturn a democratic election”

— Jeremy B. White (@JeremyBWhite) January 12, 2021

San Diego Mayor @ToddGloria says Californians should "draw a straight line" from the #CapitolAttack to the #RecallGavinNewsom campaign, that the same elements are trying to stage a coup in CA. This is a dramatic scaling up of @GavinNewsom & @CA_Dem efforts to block the recall.

— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) January 12, 2021

All anyone, including Todd, would have to do is look at California’s constitution to see that recalls like the one against Newsom are completely legal and democratic. So why say such a dramatic and over-the-top thing?

Chairman of the California Democrat Party, Rusty Hicks, also tried to falsely connect the people involved in the D.C. Riot with the people involved in the Recall effort. He provided no evidence of any connection between the two. In fact, none of them provided any evidence or specifics.

.@rustyhicks calling @GavinNewsom recall "California coup"

"Some of the same individuals and groups who were encouraged by California republican leaders and attacked the peoples’ house are also engaged in a recall effort”

— Jeremy B. White (@JeremyBWhite) January 12, 2021

.@nathanfletcher said there was "substantial evidence" of these links…and then provided none https://t.co/tJqS5kefV1

— Christine Mai-Duc (@cmaiduc) January 12, 2021

Tom Del Beccaro, Chairman of Recall Effort, released a statement calling on Newsom to denounce the smears people in his party made against individuals involved with the recall campaign.

Why would the California Democrats come out with this strategy to try and connect these two issues when there is absolutely no evidence to back their claims up? It seems like they have turned to desperate measures to fight this recall, I wonder why that would be..