California’s governor, once praised, faces backlash over pandemic response

The trust has been broken' a nurse says as Gavin Newsom sees his job rating plunge and a recall movement gain steam

California's coronavirus death toll is continuing to climb. Its vaccination rates remain low. And some of its residents are losing faith in their governor.

California's governor, Gavin Newsom, has found himself in an increasingly precarious political position: a Republican-led recall movement is garnering support from far-right groups as well as mainstream Republicans and some Silicon Valley bigwigs. And while the effort is unlikely to succeed in unseating him, even long-term allies are publicly questioning his leadership through this latest, most deadly phase of the crisis.