Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a close ally of President Joe Biden, is under consideration for appointment as the next US ambassador to India, according to several media reports.Biden s Spokesperson Jen Psaki neither confirmed nor denied the .
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I love the smell of inevitability in the morning, and an election to Recall Gavin Newsom just became inevitable. The final count of verified signatures by the California Secretary of State:
1.7 million.
Confirmed by the local news.
NEW: The campaign to recall Governor Newsom announces that the California Secretary of State confirmed today that the campaign collected 1,719,943 verified signatures, which is more than 200,000 over the 1.5 million that was required. Goes to the ballot later this year.
And the data geeks.
1,719,943
Opponents hoping to short circuit the recall need to convince 224,234 voters to withdraw their signatures by June 8th, which seems like a tall order.https://t.co/Khb5QWeetDpic.twitter.com/zfitjtWWip
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With COVID-19 declining in California, a host of other issues could determine whether voters will recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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The campaign to recall Gov.
Gavin Newsom from office could lose one of its strongest selling points by the time voters are asked whether to remove him this fall namely, the devastation that ensued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recall organizers remain confident that animosity will continue to linger over past school closures, job losses and the billions of dollars the state paid out to fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic, along with Newsom’s missteps, such as attending a lobbyist’s birthday party at Napa Valley’s French Laundry restaurant after asking Californians to refrain from similar gatherings.
Report: Biden May Name L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti Ambassador to India
4 May 2021
President Joe Biden is considering appointing Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to a diplomatic post likely U.S. Ambassador to India, according to a report Tuesday evening by Axios.
The second-term mayor was an early backer of Biden’s campaign. But in December, he turned down an offer to serve in the Biden administration. As Breitbart News, citing
Politico, reported at the time:
“Joe Biden has told me for the last two years that he was very interested in me coming to Washington, D.C., and there were things on the table for me,” Garcetti said.
US President Joe Biden is considering naming Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as Ambassador to India. According to the news site Axios, which cited people close to the matter, Garcetti is one of many people being considered for the post. Garcetti served as co-chair of Biden s campaign and said in December that he turned down an unspecified position in the administration to remain LA s mayor. The appointment as India s ambassador would come as the nation of 1.36 billion people deals with a spike in COVID-19 cases, reported Axios. Axios reported that Biden was presented with a list of potential ambassadors in March, and a final decision on the appointment has not yet been made.