California Democratic challenger says he was barred from entering Newsom’s ‘Stop

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California Democratic challenger says he was barred from entering Newsom’s ‘Stop the Republican Recall’ rally
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-recall-kevin-paffrath-newsom-warren

A California Democrat vying to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom says he was barred from entering a campaign event that portrayed the recall effort as a Republican stunt.

"They’re so far beyond weanie baby at this point – that was a compliment in retrospect," Kevin Paffrath, a 29-year-old real estate millionaire and YouTube star who goes by the name Meet Kevin, told Fox News Saturday.

Paffrath, who had his campaign announcement post briefly taken down by Instagram after calling Newsom a "weanie baby" and whose lawyers sent CNN a cease-and-desist letter last month for reporting that Newsom faced no Democratic challengers, had RSVP’d in advance and seemed excited to go.

Kevin Paffrath was barred from a campaign event for Governor Gavin Newsom. It stemmed from calling him a "weanie baby".

But wait, there is more.

"It seems like they go out of their way to avoid saying ‘you’re not allowed’ by playing games saying ‘it’s full,’ when it’s not," he said. "Classic Newsom camp: misleading people."

Hours later, he summed up his situation on Twitter.

"Democratic Party is not inclusive," he wrote. "Very sad."

He said he believes he had been blacklisted. And there was collateral damage, too, he said.

"A credentialed press photographer was banned from entering while other people were being let into the Newsom event because she was photographing me," he alleged.

[Eupher]

I love it when they eat their own. 

[DLR Pyro]

Paffwrath is running as a democrat but he leans right.  He's called out the democrat party a few times on their double standards during this recall election.

[Ptarmigan]

California recall candidate banned from viral memestock forum behind GameStop surge
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/california-recall-kevin-paffrath-r-wallstreetbets

A California recall candidate says the meme stock subreddit r/wallstreetbets banned him without warning this week after a profile on his candidacy compared his popular YouTube channel to the viral retail investment forum.

"They’re trying to draw this parallel like, ‘Oh, Kevin’s young, he talks about stocks; people on Reddit, Wall Street Bets, they’re young, they talk about stocks,’" Kevin Paffrath, the candidate, told FOX Business Wednesday.

The Verge article, titled, "How a Gamestonk YouTuber is shaking up the California recall," highlighted how some of the topics Paffrath covers in his Meet Kevin YouTube channel overlap with the same themes popular on r/wallstreetbets and his gubernatorial campaign.

The moderators at r/wallstreetbets aimed to distance themselves from the association with politics, Paffrath said, and cited the article as a reason for his ban – even though he said he never posted on the forum.

Kevin Paffrath is banned from Wall Street Bets at Reddit. One thing, he has not posted there.