Conservative Provocateur Larry Elder Leads Field to Replace Gavin Newsom in Recall Election

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🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Larry Elder, the diehard Trump champion who opposes the minimum wage and said that climate change is a "crock," is the frontrunner to replace Governor Gavin Newsom, should Californians vote to recall him next month. Elder, an attorney who grew up in South Central Los Angeles, forged a decades-long career as a libertarian talk radio host, at one point nurturing the aspirations of Trump advisor Stephen Miller. We'll talk about Elder's political views and the controversies that surround him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.2	Welcome back to Forum.
0:39.7	I'm Mina Kim.
0:41.2	The recall election is set for September 14th,
0:43.8	but registered voters are getting their mail-in ballots now.
0:47.1	And the candidate who remains best poised to replace Governor Gavin Newsom
0:51.3	should California voters approve the recall, is Larry Elder.
0:56.4	While he's a household name in right-wing talk radio circles, most Californians still know very little about him.
1:02.3	But CalMatters Ben Christopher sat down with him for an hour recently, and KQED's Marisa Lagos has been closely following the growing scrutiny on Elder.
1:10.2	Welcome, Marisa. Hey, Mina. And the growing scrutiny on Elder. Welcome, Marisa.
1:11.5	Hey, Mina. And welcome, Ben. Hello.
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