Larry Elder at a campaign stop

Larry Elder is running to be elected California's next governor if Governor Gavin Newsom is recalled. Elder is the front runner in most polls. These are quotes collected by CNN. The recall election will be September 14.

"Glass ceiling? Ha! What glass ceiling? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism," radio host Larry Elder said in a 1996 ad for his radio show.

"Blacks exaggerate the significance of racism"

"Medicare should be abolished"

He has mocked premenstrual syndrome, known as PMS, calling it "Punish My Spouse (or Significant Other)." He prominently promoted on his webpage a 1950s textbook on "how to be a good wife" that said women should "have dinner ready" and told them, "Don't complain."

His disparaging comments have been as recent as January 2017, when he deleted a tweet that implied women taking part in the Women's March were too unattractive to be sexually assaulted, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In another previously unreported comment from a January 2017 radio show, Elder mocked women attending the Women's March as "obese."

Elder suggested in a video news conference with U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) that he would end the "war on oil and gas" and the "attack on the logging industry," adding that he would reduce regulation of fracking and deemphasize wind and solar power, which he called "not very efficient."

Are you OK with Larry Elder's views on the issues he has discussed? If so, go ahead and vote for him but don't be surprised about the outcome.

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