Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newson Efforts are being made to ensure that voters know that his main Republican opposition to Larry Elder in the recall election “does not believe in minimum wages.”
At a press conference in San Bernardino on Friday, Newsom slammed Elder, a veteran conservative talk radio host, as a replacement for Newsom in recent polls Always at or near the top. Sacramento Bee On Tuesday, his “ideal” minimum wage will be “zero.”Newsom did not name Elder, but pointed out that he had the support of the former president Donald TrumpFormer consultant Rudy Giuliani Before listing a series of attributes that are unlikely to be popular in the highly democratic California.
“Rudy Giuliani [is] Support a candidate who believes that the minimum wage should be zero,” Newsom said.[Elder] Believe that women have no right to choose and want to overthrow Roe vs. Wade… Believe that we need more offshore oil drilling and hydraulic fracturing in California… Believe not only in Trump, but also in Trumpism. He also believes that Trump was unfairly responsible for the incident that occurred on January 6. “
Giuliani supported Elder “with real enthusiasm and confidence” in a tweet on August 1, stating that he hoped Elder would “save California from drifting to the People’s Republic of China.”
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Elder talked about the minimum wage again in an interview with KABC on Wednesday.He defended himself Sacramento Bee But he insisted that if he wins the September 14 election, he will not give priority to abolishing California’s minimum wage. However, he did say that he plans to remove some public health restrictions designed to stop the spread of COVID-19.
“This question is about the minimum wage. I said the ideal minimum wage is $0.00,” Elder told the media. “I have no intention to abolish the minimum wage. I will be committed to fighting crime. I will be committed to solving the problem of homelessness. I will be committed to coping with the rising cost of living. They will be cancelled.”
Newsom also mentioned Elder, while hinting on the Zoom conference call on Thursday night that his views are inconsistent with the majority of California voters, putting forward many of the same views he repeated on Friday.
“The main candidate thinks that climate change is a hoax,” Newsom said. “[He] I don’t believe in the minimum wage…I’m not making up, zero. I mean, he didn’t even argue about the advantages and disadvantages of $15 an hour. “
The current minimum wage in California is $14 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees, and $13 per hour for employers with 25 or fewer employees. Next year, the wages of large companies will rise to 15 US dollars, and the wages of small companies will rise to 14 US dollars, and by 2023, all employers will be required to pay at least 15 US dollars per hour.
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