'Burn it down': This deep-red California county is now a recall warzone

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https://www.sfgate.com/california-politics/article/Shasta-County-Republican-recall-warzone-16810959.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-Editors-Picks

Threats of beheading. Six-figure political donations from an out-of-state millionaire with a grudge. A rogue IT worker who will be “dealt with.” Baseless allegations of voter fraud before a single vote has even been counted.


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Anger over COVID-19 restrictions has fueled recall elections of public officials across the state over the past year, but the recall election set to take place in Shasta County is different. Moty is a Republican. Former President Donald Trump won the county by more than 30 percentage points in 2020. And the run-up to this particular election has seen a political climate that county elections chief Cathy Darling Allen isn’t comfortable with.

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There are five people on the Board of Supervisors. The two most conservative — Patrick Jones and Les Baugh — helped target their three more moderate conservative colleagues for recall, but organizers were only able to collect enough signatures for Moty. During the pandemic, Jones and Baugh have regularly caused fireworks and drama at meetings — that is, until board meetings were moved online because Moty began receiving credible death threats.

Jones’ and Baugh’s chief complaint is that Moty and the other two supervisors didn't do enough to defy Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jones, meanwhile, opposes all COVID-19 restrictions. He told SFGATE that he is not vaccinated, relying on his "natural immunity," dietary habits and the number of supplements he consumes to protect him from the virus. When SFGATE asked the 53-year-old Jones when he was infected, he said he has not yet been infected to his knowledge.

[Lovie777]

1. Again . ... .

just stop it.