- Republican Caitlin Jenner started her political campaign.
- The former Olympic athlete is running for governor of California, hoping to get rid of the current Democrat Gavin Newsom (Gavin Newsom).
- On Thursday, Jenner started her campaign in the Venice area of Los Angeles, where she made some controversial remarks.
Olympic athlete, transgender reality TV star, now wants to be a politician; Caitlyn Jenner started running for the next governor of California on Thursday.
For Republicans, this is a low-key and high-spirited release. He is one of the crowded areas, hoping to overthrow the current Democrat Gavin Newsom (Gavin Newsom).
Jenner is a wealthy socialite and the stepparent of Kim Kardashian. He chose the Venice area of Los Angeles, where there are hundreds of tarp-covered tents on the streets of homeless people, and the drug trade is also clear.
“Today, we are here to discuss the issue of homelessness,” she told various reporters in the garden of an apartment building.
“We have to solve this problem because it is a very, very complex problem… and it is not easy.”
Jenner suggested that the solution is more than just “throwing money.”
“We need boots on the ground,” she said.
In the 30-minute stand-up meeting, she repeated this sentence several times, but it was not fulfilled.
During an earlier walk, she was wearing skinny jeans and a white Polo shirt, and was cheered, abused and dumbfounded by confused passers-by.
“I didn’t even know she was running for governor,” a skater in her twenties told reporters. Another man whispered that there was a “corpse” a few streets away.
Remember
The 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist fell behind his opponent in the September 14 vote, which was triggered after Newsom’s opponent collected enough signatures to try to recall him.
Newsom is a demure and neatly manicured former mayor of San Francisco who has ruled California since 2019 and is mostly at the top of the polls.
But his initial reaction to Covid-19—some people ridiculed him for being too fast to lock, while others said he was too slow to reverse these locks—eventually got opponents involved.
Voters will be asked two questions next month: Should Newsom be expelled? Who should replace him? The second question is meaningful only when the first question is passed.
But in this case, the candidate who gets the most votes—no matter how small they make up the total votes—will win.
Although there have been dozens of attempts in the past, the only successful recall in the history of the governor of California brought cigar-smoking action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger to power.
The Newsom team only campaigned on the first issue, urging to vote “no”, and no big-name Democrats raised the second issue. (Newson himself cannot be a candidate.)
In the field led by conservative talk show host Larry Elder, Jenner is one of the few Republicans and Republican-leaning competitors.
However, despite her national image, in the 1970s it crossed the cereal box to Keep up with the KardashiansSo far, she hasn’t shined. She started her campaign after returning from a trip to Australia on Thursday. She said she has been fulfilling her TV promises.
Jenner avoided questions about whether her political flirting was related to reality TV shows or book deals, insisting that her motive was to restore the country where she had lived for 48 years.
“If you don’t like what is happening, not only in this state, but across the country: stand up.
“We must break the cycle of political clubs that govern our country and manage our country as I call it.”
Rubbish
On the streets of Venice, flies swarmed around piles of trash, and the media pack and Jenner were winding their way through a tour that seemed to have no real destination.
It did not stay in the tent of 53-year-old Albert Martinez, who said he had lived in the town for more than 20 years.
He is not worried about the recall, but about keeping his diabetes medication cool enough under the scorching sun and whether he can find the restroom.
It’s not that she asked him when he was sitting on the old office chair outside the tent, but Jenner’s candidacy had nothing to do with Martinez.
“We are worried that they will drive us out,” he said.
She also did not ask Colin McCabe, the 64-year-old Scot has been in California since 1978 but was homeless a few years ago.
“If you are interested in solving the problem, you should be there (ask the police) if they have a court order.” Let the homeless move on, he pointed to an area that he said had been cleaned up recently.
But Jenner has moved on.
