. >> reporter: senior politico's california playbook karla maranucci explained september gives republicanstime to wage a campaign against newsom. >> they were looking for months to be able to pound newsom on his reporter: republicans have their own take. one of the main recall proponents. how do you think the timing of the recall date will impact this election? >> i think it's going to actually be a huge problem for him and less of a problem for us. august, september, october, november, if you're a bad governor, you're a bad governor. >> reporter: dunsmore thinks the delta variant and election timing with back to school could be problematic for newsom. >> i think they were expecting that covid will be gone. people will forget and he's home free. people aren't going to forget. >> reporter: is governor newsom pleased with the september 14th recall date? >> i mean we're ready to go. >> reporter: senior wip e repu answer my question theicaai wants to get the recall the republican side are against climate change. they do not stand for our immigrant communities and they don't represent our value

. >> reporter: senior politico's california playbook karla maranucci explained september gives republicanss time to wage a campaign against newsom. >> they were looking for months to be able to pound newsom on his weaknesses which they think homelessness, crime rising in the cities. >> reporter: republicans have their own take. one of the main recall proponents. how do you think the timing of the recall date will impact this election? >> i think it's going to actually be a huge problem for him and less of a problem for us. august, september, october, november, if you're a bad governor, you're a bad governor. >> reporter: dunsmore thinks the delta variant and election timing with back to school could be problematic for newsom. >> i think they were expecting that covid will be gone. people will forget and he's home free. people aren't going to forget. >> reporter: is governor newsom pleased with the september 14th recall date? >> i mean we're ready to go. >> reporter: senior adviser with stop the republican recall nathan glick would not directly answer my question but said their campaign wan