5 takeaways after Newsom survives California recall attempt

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ably fended disconnected Republicans' callback attempt.

He did truthful by changing the stakes of the contention from a referendum connected his ain show and into a partisan combat implicit Trumpism and the coronavirus.

But Tuesday's callback offered its ain lessons. It showed that Republicans’ groundless claims of predetermination fraud aren’t going distant anytime soon.

Even portion ballots were inactive being cast, Republicans were claiming the predetermination was “rigged.”

But the callback was ever a agelong changeable successful a authorities wherever registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by astir 2-1 and wherever the GOP hasn’t won a statewide predetermination since 2006.