GOP's Darrell Issa concedes his district on Fox News before polls open: 'We know the results already

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory



MARTIN CIZMAR
06 NOV 2018 AT 10:12 ET

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is retiring from his district in suburban San Diego after 18 years. The district, which Hillary Clinton won handily in the 2016 election, is now the subject of a fight between Republican Diane Harkey and Democrat Mike Levin.

But on Tuesday, Issa went on Fox News and conceded that the Democrat would win even before the polls opened. This despite the fact that his would-be Republican successor was still trying to rally voters.

“Quite frankly, we know the results already, there will be a Democrat representing La Jolla and Solana Beach for the first time in a number of years,” he said. “For now, California is leaning very hard to the left.”

Issa thinks that his seat will be the only one to go, despite the fact that the state has seven Republican-held seats in districts Clinton won.

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“We’ve been outspent two-to-one, but there’s been enough money to get the message out there,” he said.

[knightmaar]

1. Haha, "leaning very hard to the left"

No, it's standing back up straight after having fallen into the craziness.

[zipplewrath]

3. Really

gerrymandering is basically over in California and so you're seeing appropriate levels of representation from there.

[SHRED]

6. The 49th was redrawn

In 2012 it became much more blue.

[zipplewrath]

8. Exactly

And if we can get rid of gerrymandering, this will happen in all sorts of states, including Texas.

[NOMOGOP]

54. If Dem wins in Florida

and felon voting rights passes the Republikkkans can kiss Florida good bye.

[NewJeffCT]

7. every time somebody says that "both sides do it" in regards to gerrymandering

I bring up that most blue states have non partisan means of drawing up congressional districts. Many red states have the partisan method of doing it via the heavily red state legislature.

[zipplewrath]

10. And differently

I've pointed out before, that the democrats tended to amplify their majority using redistricting. Roughly speaking, they ensured that the GOP was spread out very evenly. They could do this because the democrats had the majority so they could spread out the minority. I'm not defending it really, but what resulted was that the party that controlled the state, did so because they had majority support. The GOP on the other hand tends to concentrate the democrats into a single, or a few, districts, and then spread the rest out as a minority in the rest of the state. The result is that they are able to maintain control, with minority support. The minority controlling government is a very dangerous condition, especially when sustained. It can lead to fascism.

[Amimnoch]

37. Exactly.. and we need to stop that practice.

We need our states to Gerrymander the ever living fuck out of their own districts.

Only when we start gerrymandering will the con's get off their ass and get the practice of it outlawed.

[bearsfootball516]

2. Stay in line and keep voting.

This is an attempt to get Democrats to not vote because he wants you to believe it’s over.

[SHRED]

5. The beauty of California

Is that I mailed.my ballot in last week.
No lines.

[SHRED]

4. I live in this district

Seems like the GOP has given up here.
I'm only seeing pro-Levin television commercials.
It's been like that for a few weeks now.

[Kind of Blue]

12. I live in his district, too. Sitting here about to cry because his days

in Congress are finally, finally over.

[SHRED]

17. Thank goodness!

[durablend]

44. He can go back to his precious hobby

Carjacking!

[stuffmatters]

46. Yay from Encinitas!

I remember that sad, wretched day we found out we'd been drawn into Issa's district. It took six years to get the supposedly undefeatable Issa out, turn this district blue, and the work of many, many irrepressible, crative Democrats.

What a wonderful day. Next up we all have to work on turning that Republican bastion, San Diego County Board of Supervisors, blue.

[Kind of Blue]

47. Hey, Encinitas! Gorgeous part of North County and really cool people!

Not only was the redistricting brutal but to hear Applegate won election night 2016 then Issa declared the winner was almost unbearable. This is the last section of the County that would ever turn blue. What a good job we've done, Neighbor!

[stuffmatters]

48. Hearts & hugs! And I sure hope Levin thanks Applegate in his acceptance speech.

Could not be happening without Applegate's campaign in 2016.

[Kind of Blue]

52. Word!

[Juneboarder]

9. Bye Felicia...

May the door hit your sorry ass on the way out! xoxo

[Kind of Blue]

14. Amen! It is done.

[BlueIdaho]

11. Fuck that arsonist...

[wolfie001]

51. Wasn't he a carjacker as well? Ha ha

[ET Awful]

13. Screw him. I haven't and won't forget what he did to Gray Davis.

n/t

[2naSalit]

15. No shit...

Grey was a good civil servant.

[Judi Lynn]

50. One of the dirtiest ploys imaginable. Vicious, and not at all good for anyone of value. n/t

[dembotoz]

16. are the polls open yet???? and you believe issa????????????????

vote then celebrate

[sandensea]

18. Issa foregone conclusion

And, I might add, a small miracle.

I lived in that district for about a decade from the late '90s to the late aughts, and to admit you were a Democrat was tantamount to having a target on your back.

Then the Bush debacle struck. Most lost hundreds of thousands overnight; some of course lost everything.

As awful as it was, people live and learn (sometimes). And besides: under Obama home prices recovered, and are now at their 2005-06 highs again.

Good to see South Orange County have a chance at a real Representative again.

[Kind of Blue]

32. Oh, yeah. I was shusshed for admitting so

moving here a little over 20 years ago. It was a stunner. I remember being a poll worker Election Day 2004, Dem voters were whooping it up relieved to come out. I mean people who didn't know each other hugging it out. In spite of the results it was a beautiful day because of that.

[sandensea]

36. Ah, the memories.

I can't say I was ever that exuberant; but it felt nice to add your vote to the right candidate - even if that candidate had no chance.

In some precincts, the church ladies seemed "trained" to spot Democrats.

You'd come in, they'd see you were white and would give you a grandmotherly smile. But the second they saw that twinkle in one's eye and smelled the patchouli, so help me they knew you weren't one of them.

The treatment would then vary from scowls to ocassionally some silly attempt at putting you down.

Once, an older Greek man gave me the signature log upside down. I turned it around, saying "pardon me, it was upside down."

"Well," he chuckled in a heavy accent. "You are Democrat, no? You always vote upside down!"

Oh, well.

[Kind of Blue]

45. Yeah, a lonely place for Dems to be back in the day.

Glad to have come in on the tail-end of it. Hopefully you've moved to a more tolerant area.

[TruckFump]

19. A year ago on the 4th of July

I was in a parade in Issa's very wealthy district -- went there with a friend and his classic car to be in the parade. To my total surprise, along the parade route were anti-Issa signs. And...the signs were being held by people who looked like stereotypical Republicans -- older, conservatively dressed and white! I was pleasantly surprised and each time I saw someone with an anti-Issa sign, I threw huge handfuls of candy toward them!

[Recursion]

20. Darrell Issa stole my fucking hot dog in 2011

I'm still pissed at that asshole.

[3catwoman3]

23. There must be an interesting...

...story here.

[grantcart]

27. No kidding. Did he manipulate his frankfurter to act as a sex toy or did

He have an overheated caninevthat was very amorous, and how did Issa take it from him?

[Recursion]

28. Sit back and prepare for a tale of woe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1589027

Lo, even these many years later I feel the pang.

[3catwoman3]

30. Why am I not surprised...

...that he stared blankly right thru you? Fits right in with his superior being demeanor.

[aggiesal]

21. Issa spelled backwards is ASS-I ...

Perfect name for this ASS!

[33taw]

22. Keep Voting, it is not Issa's race to concede. Don't listen to that a....

[Auggie]

29. + 1,000,000

[3catwoman3]

24. The only thing that would make this sweeter...

...would be if Issa were running and got defeated.

[Soxfan58]

25. Please still vote.

If you are in darrell issa's district. This seems like a last ditch effort to suppress voter turnout.

[Kind of Blue]

34. It's not going to work, at least where I am.

We remember him hiding on top of his roof last year refusing to talk to us, the coward.

[rainbowsnunicorns]

26. California gonna California

California has been left-leaning for years. With today's political climate, this doesn't surprise me at all.

[Iliyah]

31. I notice that a lot of GOP congresscritters are afraid to come on

other news channels and run for cover at fake news (Murdoch).

[Cryptoad]

33. Thats pretty sweet,,,,

getting that feeling I may be in sugar comma by this time tomorrow!

[chowder66]

35. Seems like a move to suppress voters from turning out. nt

[BadGimp]

38. My only regret is he did not stay and get his ass kicked!!

This guy... oh man what an assclown.

[lunatica]

39. Well shut up and leave already!

Blah, blah, blah...

[BigmanPigman]

40. The Indivisible group in his district gets most of the credit for pushing him out.

As Rachel said last night, they stood outside his local office every single week, in all kinds of weather, for 50 straight weeks! I guess the super wealthy people who live in La Jolla will finally see blue! Now let's see what the people in Hunter's district do...there are rural and military voters in this group.

[Hortensis]

56. "Concedes" while the Repub candidate is still running?

What a crummy, crummy person. That just isn't done.

[BigmanPigman]

57. That shows his true character, doesn't it?

[Hortensis]

58. Yes. More of it, and consistently despicable.

Wonder if he kicks kittens. For real.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

41. Pray for the CA 48th! May his statement about the others stoke the Dems.

Idiot.

[DallasNE]

42. Don't Fall For It - VOTE

He wants you to stay home thinking your vote is not need. Instead, vote in force.

[pecosbob]

43. Buh-bye, Benghazi boy

Never want to see or hear of you again...

[Retrograde]

49. The coward isn't even running

He saw how things went in 2016, when he barely squeaked into re-election, and he knows his constituents are angry. Like a lot of Repubs who decided to retire this year, he can't take the heat or a defeat.

[oldlibdem]

53. YES!!!!

I hope my repuke cousin in San Diego fukin' strokes out!

[Snellius]

59. Sad. But Issa served many years with honor and defecation.

Hate to see him go and look forward to someone cleaning up his mess.

[Cha]

60. Issa Lost! Grand!!!