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California Gov. Candidate Caitlyn Jenner: 'I’m an Inclusive Republican’
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1:30Now PlayingCaitlyn Jenner held her first news conference Friday as a candidate for California governor, 77 days after announcing she was entering the state's recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Meeting with reporters for just under 15 minutes, Jenner said she is a serious candidate and asserted she is leading the field of Republican candidates, even though no independent polling has been that shows that.
Jenner, who won the men's Olympic decathlon in 1976 and decades later became a reality TV personality and transgender woman, said she believes she has more name recognition than any other GOP candidate and even Newsom.
After an initial burst of publicity when she announced her candidacy on April 23, polling released in May suggested that she has been largely overshadowed by Republican rivals, including San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and businessman John Cox, who was defeated by Newsom in 2018.
The brief event was devoid of any detailed policy discussion.
The 71-year-old Jenner has anchored her campaign to media interviews, which have included embarrassing stumbles that highlighted her inexperience, including recently acknowledging she wasn't deeply versed in Newsom's budget.
Meanwhile, her candidacy brought a hostile reaction from some members and groups within the LGBTQ community, which frequently citied her ties to former President Donald Trump.
Jenner supported Trump in 2016 but later criticized his administration's reversal of a directive on transgender access to public school bathrooms.
She also split with Trump after he said transgender people would not be allowed to serve in the U.S. military.
She said Friday she doesn't want Trump's endorsement.
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