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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 02:11 PM Jan 2019

It's time for the California Republican Party to stop living in denial: Trump cost them big

A new dissection of votes from the November election has produced solid evidence that President Trump cost California Republicans seven congressional seats.

That was half the state’s already measly GOP House contingent. Democrats now outnumber Republicans 46 to 7 in the California delegation.

More precisely, it was the Republican candidates’ kowtowing to the very unpopular president and his congressional agenda that cost them the support of local voters.
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The smart thing for the California Republican Party to do would be to stop living in denial and accept the costly lesson: To survive in competitive California congressional districts, a GOP candidate must stay as far away from Trump as possible.

If the president asks for a vote, leap to the other side. If he flies out to California, run for cover.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-trump-congressional-seats-california-20190117-story.html

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It's time for the California Republican Party to stop living in denial: Trump cost them big (Original Post) Zorro Jan 2019 OP
No it isn't time !!!! Let them stay as they are until oblivion ! OnDoutside Jan 2019 #1
They're doing fine. Stay the course dalton99a Jan 2019 #2
The problem with California republicans is they act like temporary311 Jan 2019 #3

temporary311

(955 posts)
3. The problem with California republicans is they act like
Thu Jan 17, 2019, 11:40 PM
Jan 2019

Missouri republicans, or Texas republicans, or Nebraska republicans. The culture wars shit, and the racist shit might do better in those states, but in California (and the west coast as a whole) it sinks them.

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