Larry Elder promises to fight mask and vaccine mandates if elected California governor; Gavin Newsom attacks him as more right-wing than Trump

California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder vowed to repeal mask and vaccine mandates in the state if he is elected the governor of California. Gavin Newsom, the current governor of California, has gone on the offensive against Elder by claiming he is more right-wing than former President Donald Trump.

Elder spoke on Thursday afternoon to a packed crowd at Calvary Church in San Jose, where he promised to ban mask and vaccine mandates.

"This man that I'm going to defeat on September 14, he shut down the state in the most severe way than any of the other 49 governors have," Elder said of Newsom. "When I get elected, assuming there are still facemask mandates and vaccine mandates, they will be repealed right away and then I'll break for breakfast."