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brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:04 AM Apr 2021

Scoop: Caitlyn Jenner makes it official for California governor

Source: Axios

Former Olympic decathlete and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner has filed her initial paperwork to run for governor of California and will officially announce her bid later today, her campaign tells Axios.

The big picture: Jenner, a longtime Republican, is seeking to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall election, hoping her celebrity status and name recognition can yield an upset in the nation's most populous state.

But in deep-blue California, she's decidedly not branding herself as a Trump Republican even as she's counting on some of the former president's advisers to drive her strategy.

She's assembled a team of prominent GOP operatives including Tony Fabrizio, the top pollster on Donald Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns, Ryan Erwin, founder of RedRock Strategies, and Tyler Deaton, president of Allegiance Strategies.


Read more: https://www.axios.com/caitlyn-jenner-california-governor-run-710153ef-7a89-460d-b9ec-9efed2a9399f.html



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Scoop: Caitlyn Jenner makes it official for California governor (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2021 OP
CA has had two useless celebrity puke governors, political neophytes. It does not need a third. niyad Apr 2021 #1
I see what they are doing. Do you? nt joetheman Apr 2021 #44
Please enlighten me. niyad Apr 2021 #63
GOP not i in it to only win. They are in it to DIVIDE the vote count. nt joetheman Apr 2021 #76
I am totally opposed to celebrities running for these type of office. Srkdqltr Apr 2021 #2
That's dangerous, California will always heed a celebrity bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #3
She's not much of a celebrity. SunSeeker Apr 2021 #21
I absolutely agree obamanut2012 Apr 2021 #75
I doubt the San Francisco area is gonna fall for her act. Crowman2009 Apr 2021 #23
My sense is that she is a bit craftier than Trump and will drop out as soon as Beastly Boy Apr 2021 #4
Dear Goddess, is that thing still running? niyad Apr 2021 #64
The Goddess is not amused. xxqqqzme Apr 2021 #79
She's not a serious candidate. This is a publicity stunt. She's lonely, and... NurseJackie Apr 2021 #5
Ding! Ding! Ding! Percy Apr 2021 #16
Probably! pandr32 Apr 2021 #26
Probably FBaggins Apr 2021 #33
She's a joke. Arnold's intentions were honorable. NurseJackie Apr 2021 #62
∆ This ∆ GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #71
He had a tent installed on the lawn xxqqqzme Apr 2021 #80
That is correct. paleotn Apr 2021 #66
GTFOH nt aocommunalpunch Apr 2021 #6
Qualifications????!!?? JT45242 Apr 2021 #7
Her college degree was in 1973; Olympic gold medals for track were in 1976 NullTuples Apr 2021 #54
Disqualified in my eyes. mwooldri Apr 2021 #8
From the Hoarse Whisperer LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #9
Getting massacred on Twitter. They're going to end up being one of this weeks 'Main Characters' GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #73
The good news... Newsom will NOT be recalled PortTack Apr 2021 #10
"The good news...Newsom will NOT be recalled." LenaBaby61 Apr 2021 #24
My daughter used to watch that worthless show...... all it did was to glorify stupidity. groundloop Apr 2021 #34
Exactly seta1950 Apr 2021 #38
Ridiculous. MLAA Apr 2021 #11
What kind of sick ego trip is she on? Really? What makes her so special? flying_wahini Apr 2021 #12
What kind of sick ego trip is she on? Really? What makes her so special? flying_wahini Apr 2021 #13
a vanity run from the vapid one.... bahboo Apr 2021 #14
I wonder who's funding her? kimbutgar Apr 2021 #15
not all of ca is blue . most of it isnt . my county is mostly red with huge blue streaks in it. AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #17
Not enough of them though seta1950 Apr 2021 #39
When I lived in San Diego, Randy (Duke) Cunningham, Felon, was my congress person. NNadir Apr 2021 #49
Land doesn't vote dexdah Apr 2021 #50
She has no chance to be elected. nt SunSeeker Apr 2021 #18
We should have emulated Caligula and made Secretariat a Senator. malthaussen Apr 2021 #19
Jenner ... just sayin ;) Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #41
Unless Ted Nugent endorses. GoneOffShore Apr 2021 #72
PR stunt.....the cash has dried up....no longer a 'thing'....needs publicity ashredux Apr 2021 #20
Just like the convenient Kardashain/West divorce. Gotta stay in the public eye! oldsoftie Apr 2021 #59
I will be throwing my support behind Weird Al Yankovic. Sneederbunk Apr 2021 #22
That would be a better choice ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #43
Somebodies star is waning.... Jon King Apr 2021 #25
Meh Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 #27
Poor woman is dumber than a box of rocks. Roisin Ni Fiachra Apr 2021 #28
Just what California needs, another celebrity Warpy Apr 2021 #29
Contemptible ibegurpard Apr 2021 #30
Gee I wonder if they'll turn it into a "reality" show. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #31
Sure, why not - remember this packman Apr 2021 #32
God, no! She's a total, Trumpological idiot. SpankMe Apr 2021 #35
No thanks seta1950 Apr 2021 #36
No more reality TV "stars" for elected office. LudwigPastorius Apr 2021 #37
Who's her running mate? peppertree Apr 2021 #40
She's just trying to generate a little buzz. patphil Apr 2021 #42
A spoiler candidate keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #45
Reality star thinks she will be our gov. maliaSmith Apr 2021 #46
The whole Jenner/Kardashian family are just a bunch TexasBushwhacker Apr 2021 #47
So true Rebl2 Apr 2021 #57
Pardon Me while I Puke Mad Kirrua Apr 2021 #48
Welcome to our DU family. LOVE your sig pic! niyad Apr 2021 #65
Welcome to Our Land Mad Kirrua Apr 2021 #81
I thank you for that. None of my people were on this land before the 1930's on one side, and the niyad Apr 2021 #82
She's a Repuke...hopefully CA voters say no thanks! roamer65 Apr 2021 #51
Frist the primary which is full . . . Lovie777 Apr 2021 #52
Yawn... Sibelius Fan Apr 2021 #53
Her running as a Republican, the party actively attacking & erasing trans kids... NullTuples Apr 2021 #55
She might be up against another celebrity attention whore ... SarcasticSatyr Apr 2021 #56
A family affair? keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #61
Post removed Post removed Apr 2021 #58
Anyone donating to her "campaign" should know... Mawspam2 Apr 2021 #60
THAT is who they are going to put up against Gavin Newsom??!?!!! FlyingPiggy Apr 2021 #67
These celebrities need to get over themselves. llmart Apr 2021 #68
move to Alabama Caitlin, the governor needs replacing there Shellback Squid Apr 2021 #69
Yawn ... she's just putting her name out there along with about a hundred others Raine Apr 2021 #70
Yup, all for publicity stunt to keep her name relevant onetexan Apr 2021 #74
Don't Laugh - Big Money Far Right will Fund This, enabling her win Tiger8 Apr 2021 #77
She is not engaged to twodogsbarking Apr 2021 #78
I heard her little sound bite from her announcement TexasBushwhacker Apr 2021 #83

SunSeeker

(51,377 posts)
21. She's not much of a celebrity.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:41 AM
Apr 2021

And she has ZERO charisma, unlike Reagan and Schwarzenegger.

She will not be elected.

obamanut2012

(25,911 posts)
75. I absolutely agree
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 08:04 AM
Apr 2021

Even Trump had thuggish charisma, but Caitlyn Jenner has never had charisma, even after her Olympic wins and all the press. A very bland personality. Arnie is bigger than life, and Reagan had that folksy geegoshwillikers thing down pat.

Beastly Boy

(9,063 posts)
4. My sense is that she is a bit craftier than Trump and will drop out as soon as
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:23 AM
Apr 2021

the ratings for Keeping Up with the Kardassians recover and the series are renewed for the next season.

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
79. The Goddess is not amused.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:27 AM
Apr 2021

Ms Jenner is a huge disappointment. She will fail. The Governor will not be recalled.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
5. She's not a serious candidate. This is a publicity stunt. She's lonely, and...
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:27 AM
Apr 2021

... she's tired of not being followed by photographers. She's having a crisis because she's not on TV any more.

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
80. He had a tent installed on the lawn
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:35 AM
Apr 2021

of the capitol so he could smoke his cigars.

Hardly honorable. He thought it would revive his film career. Thankfully it did not. It took Jerry Brown 8 years to clean up the mess arnold created.

JT45242

(2,173 posts)
7. Qualifications????!!??
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:36 AM
Apr 2021

Let's see a degree in Physical education -- which was NEVER used.

Killed people in a car crash that was not prosecuted but settled in civil court (could be a perfect Iowa politician -- Branstadt and son as a model)

"Reality" TV star --- that worked so well the last time one of those was elected.



NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
54. Her college degree was in 1973; Olympic gold medals for track were in 1976
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 03:18 PM
Apr 2021

I'd say she used her degree as much as many people.

That fatal car crash that sure looked like it was 100% her fault is going to come back to haunt her though.

GoneOffShore

(17,309 posts)
73. Getting massacred on Twitter. They're going to end up being one of this weeks 'Main Characters'
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 03:54 AM
Apr 2021

Couldn't be more deserved.

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
24. "The good news...Newsom will NOT be recalled."
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:51 AM
Apr 2021



Caitlyn Jenner can go walk off a short pier. We don't need her as a celebrity HACK governor here in California. I honestly don't follow the Kardashians, but have heard enough about them to know that they seem to be dysfunctional, void of any real morals or ethics and as my niece says, they seem completely worthless as human beings. We've lived through that filthy, a moral, racist, treasonous, lying grifting tRump family, and I sure as hell don't want to see that Jenner-Kardashian "MESS" anywhere near any levels of power.

MLAA

(17,165 posts)
11. Ridiculous.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:02 AM
Apr 2021

Greed and missing the spotlight? It certainly is not concern for the masses or minority groups under severe pressure like transgender folks.

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
15. I wonder who's funding her?
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:31 AM
Apr 2021

They think California is so uber liberal we’re going to get rid of an excellent governor for a kardashian idiot!

I don’t think so!

AllaN01Bear

(17,383 posts)
17. not all of ca is blue . most of it isnt . my county is mostly red with huge blue streaks in it.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:35 AM
Apr 2021

orange county , sandeigo county. most central valley counties kern city and bakersfield . a lot of extreime northern counties (think state of jefferson types) are red .

NNadir

(33,368 posts)
49. When I lived in San Diego, Randy (Duke) Cunningham, Felon, was my congress person.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 02:34 PM
Apr 2021

I was so embarrassed to have that freak "represent" me.

dexdah

(45 posts)
50. Land doesn't vote
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 02:35 PM
Apr 2021

CA is blue where it counts: in the big populated cities.
Caitlyn Jenner, really!?! LOL

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
19. We should have emulated Caligula and made Secretariat a Senator.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 11:37 AM
Apr 2021

Politics is so often the retirement option for washed-up athletes and celebrities who mostly weren't very good in their first career anyway. At least Jennings was a useful athlete when she was a he.

-- Mal

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
59. Just like the convenient Kardashain/West divorce. Gotta stay in the public eye!
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 04:34 PM
Apr 2021

Divorce coming after the show finally wraps up
Probably a NEW show to follow Kim around and see who she ends up with next.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
28. Poor woman is dumber than a box of rocks.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 12:08 PM
Apr 2021

Voted for Trump, thinking she could work within the Republican party to change its stance on LGBT issues.

Duh. About as vacuous as it gets.

Warpy

(110,913 posts)
29. Just what California needs, another celebrity
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 12:10 PM
Apr 2021

and right wing fluffball. I hope she's satisfied with another 15 minutes of fame and the voters are more sensible than they were in the 1970s with Reagan.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
30. Contemptible
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 12:10 PM
Apr 2021

Supremely self-centered privileged piece of shit. Republicans are terrorizing trans people in legislatures across the country and this scumbag comes along and adds fuel to that fire with zero awareness of how her allegiance to abusers harms trans people further.

patphil

(6,035 posts)
42. She's just trying to generate a little buzz.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 02:10 PM
Apr 2021

It's difficult being a publicity hound when you're pretty much irrelevant.
This will get about as much traction as a bald tire on an icy hill.

maliaSmith

(80 posts)
46. Reality star thinks she will be our gov.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 02:17 PM
Apr 2021

I'm a Californian who supports my great Gov
Gavin Newsom. He's done a very good job for Calif and won't be recalled. There are more Democrats than GOP in Calif and I just don't see any of us voting out our Gov.

niyad

(112,435 posts)
82. I thank you for that. None of my people were on this land before the 1930's on one side, and the
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 02:21 PM
Apr 2021

1950's on the other, so I am hoping that none were involved in destruction, desecration, or appropriation.

Lovie777

(11,992 posts)
52. Frist the primary which is full . . .
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 02:48 PM
Apr 2021

tons of republicans eyeing to run against Gov. Newsom. Second enlisting shithole's campaign members is a bad idea. Thirdly, many republicans just hate transgenders. Fourth, Democrats will vote for "D".

I'm pretty sure Newsome will be ok.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
55. Her running as a Republican, the party actively attacking & erasing trans kids...
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 03:25 PM
Apr 2021

Caitlyn's support for and promotion of the GOP, given her notoriety and platform, feels to me like a proverbial kick in the teeth, or whatever that saying is. It hurts and it feels dangerous.

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

FlyingPiggy

(3,373 posts)
67. THAT is who they are going to put up against Gavin Newsom??!?!!!
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 06:55 PM
Apr 2021

I am perplexed as to who they are targeting? Trumpers are so damn narrow minded, there is NO WAY in hell they will vote for her. Does she really think Democrats will take a liking to a person that is antiprogressive? Give me a break.....I've already donated to Gavin Newsom's defense campaign.

llmart

(15,501 posts)
68. These celebrities need to get over themselves.
Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:13 PM
Apr 2021

Speaking of which, whatever happened to Kid Rock who said he was running for President? Never heard another word after a month or so of that.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
70. Yawn ... she's just putting her name out there along with about a hundred others
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 02:53 AM
Apr 2021

it's not worth getting worked up about.

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
74. Yup, all for publicity stunt to keep her name relevant
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 05:25 AM
Apr 2021

And off of that become a media consultant or write a book or some other crazy platform nonsense to milk more $ from the public.

 

Tiger8

(432 posts)
77. Don't Laugh - Big Money Far Right will Fund This, enabling her win
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 09:54 AM
Apr 2021

She is a right winger who will push for their agenda on Taxes, Big Business, Climate, Anti-union, Guns, etc. - but her trans status can lull people into thinking she is a "reasonable" moderate and even progressive.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
83. I heard her little sound bite from her announcement
Sun Apr 25, 2021, 10:07 AM
Apr 2021

She said "It was easy coming out as trans. It was harder coming out as Republican."

Oh please. She was married to 3 women over a total of 38 years. She didn't come out publicly as trans until she was 65. I'm pretty sure she was always known as a Republican.

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