Scoop: Caitlyn Jenner makes it official for California governor

[DonViejo]

Axios
Lachlan Markay, Alayna Treene, Jonathan Swan

Former Olympic decathlete and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner has filed her initial paperwork to run for governor of California and will officially announce her bid later today, her campaign tells Axios.

The big picture: Jenner, a longtime Republican, is seeking to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall election, hoping her celebrity status and name recognition can yield an upset in the nation's most populous state.

But in deep-blue California, she's decidedly not branding herself as a Trump Republican even as she's counting on some of the former president's advisers to drive her strategy.

She's assembled a team of prominent GOP operatives including Tony Fabrizio, the top pollster on Donald Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns, Ryan Erwin, founder of RedRock Strategies, and Tyler Deaton, president of Allegiance Strategies.

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[onecaliberal]

1. No. Not even a slim chance.

[JohnSJ]

2. Hopefully she won't get the chance, and the recall will go down in flames

[Botany]

3. Caitlyn Jenner is one more person I can go from now until I'm worm food or ashes that I can ...

... hear her name again or see an image of her and that would be just fine.

[ecstatic]

4. 🙄🙄 nt

[betsuni]

5. No, nobody wants to watch "Keeping Up With The Caitlyn Jenner" show.

Boring.

[Initech]

6. Good luck getting conservatives to rally behind a trans athlete.

[hatrack]

7. The only thing dumber than running for CA Governor as the GQP candidate . . .

. . . is Caitlyn Jenner doing so.

[lame54]

15. THE candidate? - there were 130 in the last one...

https://images.app.goo.gl/5Ln59EDNykFg9TPr5

[hatrack]

17. "Nominee" would be more accurate (if she makes it that far) . . . .

And besides, that sweet campaign cash is hard to turn down, and the fever swamps of Fresno and Orange County always seem happy to pony up.

[lame54]

18. There is no nominee. You just put your name on the list...

That's why we had Gary Coleman and pornstar Mary Carey

The whole thing is a farce

[hatrack]

19. Blecch . . . . who the hell came up with THAT system?

[Johonny]

8. I can't wait to hear Ben Shapiro sing her praises

This should make California GOPers head's explode.

[kysrsoze]

9. Go Caitlin! One more clown to split the Qpub vote and make them look stupid.🤡

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[Arthur_Frain]

11. Well this may push my folks over the edge.

nt.

[tinrobot]

12. Not getting enough attention Caitlyn?

Must be tough when your kids get all the likes on Instagram.

[jcgoldie]

13. Gop wont even let her use the bathroom

Who’s going to vote for her?

[lame54]

16. But how OWNED would we be? - don't count her out

[Caliman73]

14. Questions...

1. How has Caitlyn Jenner been a "quiet disruptor"? I mean so damn quiet that no one ever knew she was disrupting I guess.

2. What does going to the Olympics have to do with...anything basically? She was a great decathlete, good for her, so what? She was on the cover of Wheaties. That does not make anyone qualified for public office.

3. Advancing equality? How? It is good that Jenner was able to do what she needed to live her truth. It does take courage for anyone to do that. That, however, is not "advancing equality". Advancing equality is breaking down barriers so that OTHERS who don't have fame, fortune, and status can live their truths as well. I have not seen Jenner do anything that would remotely qualify as advancing equality.

This is a vanity driven project and the GOP (some GOP) are only too happy to try to advance their agenda of lower taxes on the wealthy using this shell of a person to do so.

[fescuerescue]

20. What a train wreck