On Monday, the California Secretary of State, Dr. Shirley Weber, admitted that âthe requisite number of valid signatures has been reported to our office to initiate the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.â The link in that sentence takes readers to the county-by-county breakdown of the recall signature tallies, which totals 1,626,042. That is in itself a victory for the grassroots citizen effort, which Newsom attributed to white supremacist groups and â...folks that are literally part of the 3% militia group—right-wing group—that are part of the principal proponents of this effort.” What else could he say? He is simply a pretty-boy puppet of the Democrat/Progressive Party that currently has dominion in the state. He is lip-synching the contemporary mantra. He may not have that many original thoughts apart from the talking points supplied to him.