“Who’s behind the partisan recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom? Anti-vaccine QAnon extremists, violent white supremacists — like the Proud Boys who attacked our nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6 — and the same right-wing Republican politicians who supported [former President] Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election,” an ad attacking the recall effort, generated from the “Stop the Republican Recall” group, said.

“Instead of helping fight the pandemic, national Republicans are coming to fight Californians.”