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brestugo
09/29/23 3:19:17 PM
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article279899194.html

California Republicans have spent the past 20 years becoming a superminority in a deep blue state. But the red opposition will gain a sudden surge of relevance this weekend as former President Donald Trump and his fellow 2024 presidential candidates come to Anaheim to make their case at the state GOP convention.

No Republican has won a statewide office in California since 2006. Trump lost the state by more than 30 points in 2016 and 2020. But he remains royalty to the GOP. He will speak on Friday in the conventions prime lunchtime slot. And he will address a party that recently changed its rules so that he can capture Californias entire trove of 169 national convention delegates if he wins 50% of the vote in the March 5 primary an important chunk of the 1,234 needed for nomination.

The August Berkeley-IGS poll had him the choice of 55% of California Republicans. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was next at 16%. But simmering under the cheer for the former president is a recognition that a Trump-focused GOP will never be competitive in California.

A lot of party professionals understand that Trump and Trumpists cannot win statewide elections, but the party base is different, said John Pitney, professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and former Republican National Committee staffer

Lanhee Chen is not a Trump supporter. He ran as a Republican for state controller last year, drawing national attention to a usually-obscure race because it seemed a GOP candidate might actually have a shot at a California-wide office. But Chens Democratic opponent, Malia Cohen, won the election handily with 55% of the vote. Afterwards, he reflected on the image of the party. People dont have a nuanced view of the Republican Party in California, he told The Bee. They see all Republicans as MAGA Trump acolytes.

Chen and others see opportunities around the state to elect the sort of moderate Republicans who once dominated state GOP politics. Center-right candidates do well every cycle all over California, said Matt Rexroad, a Republican consultant. That is who gets elected to school boards, city councils and boards of supervisors. They are doing good work that is not defined by political parties.

Mike Madrid, a Republican Latino voting trends expert, has said GOP anti-immigrant policies of the 1990s drove the party into obscurity as Californias Latino population grew and built political influence.

Today, he said, Republicans have really no gameplay and have no real strategy to make the adjustments they need to get to relevancy. The reason for that is because all of the messaging is focusing on the shrinking segment of the California population, which is white, non-college-educated males, Madrid said.

Madrid said the states cultural and racial transformation was clear decades ago, but party members have gotten more strident in their right-wing ideology. They simply dont care, he said. Theyre choosing to go extinct by by not compromising, by not evolving. And that didnt work out well with the dinosaurs, and its not working out for the Republicans.

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brestugo
09/29/23 3:20:26 PM
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Was going to provide a link to the stream, but it's going to be the same song and dance.

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DarthAragorn
09/29/23 3:21:37 PM
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brestugo posted...
People dont have a nuanced view of the Republican Party in California, he told The Bee. They see all Republicans as MAGA Trump acolytes.
gee I wonder why

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Error1355
09/29/23 3:26:52 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
gee I wonder why

It couldn't at all have to do with the fact that he is STILL leading the republican polls while under 4 indictments and 90+ charges could it?

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SiO4
09/29/23 3:28:12 PM
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brestugo posted...
Was going to provide a link to the stream, but it's going to be the same song and dance.


You should...even if it is

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Axiom
09/29/23 3:29:45 PM
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Republicans fucked up so hard. They half-assed it hoping that someone else would take care of Trump and they wouldn't have to stand out and here we are. Trump is the frontrunner GOP candidate again lmao
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Starks
09/29/23 3:39:42 PM
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He's going to say something vile about Feinstein, isn't he? Might not even get the reaction he wants.

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GranAures
09/29/23 3:53:15 PM
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brestugo posted...
People dont have a nuanced view of the Republican Party in California, he told The Bee. They see all Republicans as MAGA Trump acolytes.
Well maybe they shouldn't do things like
brestugo posted...
He will speak on Friday in the conventions prime lunchtime slot. And he will address a party that recently changed its rules so that he can capture Californias entire trove of 169 national convention delegates if he wins 50% of the vote in the March 5 primary an important chunk of the 1,234 needed for nomination.
And
brestugo posted...
The August Berkeley-IGS poll had him the choice of 55% of California Republicans.

brestugo posted...
Republicans have really no gameplay and have no real strategy to make the adjustments they need to get to relevancy.
Maybe, and I'm just throwing this out there, the whole party might want to stop simping for Trump and stop being openly hateful asshats?

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brestugo
09/29/23 4:05:02 PM
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Live feed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6oWl3dVs0c


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SiO4
09/29/23 4:34:00 PM
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brestugo posted...
Live feed:


Ty, and yes I love we are both radio nerds!!

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creativerealms
09/29/23 4:37:02 PM
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Starks posted...
He's going to say something vile about Feinstein, isn't he? Might not even get the reaction he wants.

It will be like his holiday messages to people who don't like him. Extremely mean spirited and condescending.

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SiO4
09/29/23 4:38:52 PM
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Holy fucking Neck Beard.

https://imgur.com/8JefExV

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jefffan
09/29/23 4:47:13 PM
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Imao wtf is that.

Is it 1903?

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09/29/23 5:01:34 PM
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SiO4
09/29/23 5:06:22 PM
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jefffan posted...
Imao wtf is that.

Is it 1903?


No, they had fashion sense.

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brestugo
09/29/23 5:06:32 PM
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My golf course is the best in California!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/0/AAcJoVAAEzs-.jpg

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SiO4
09/29/23 5:07:37 PM
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brestugo posted...
My golf course is the best in California!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/0/AAcJoVAAEzs-.jpg


I hope he talks about toilets again.

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brestugo
09/29/23 5:08:39 PM
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I had forgotten how moronic Trump sounds when talking about the environment. Holy shit.

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brestugo
09/29/23 5:15:39 PM
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"Under my administration, you would have so much water you wouldn't know what to do with it."

-Donald "Rainmaker" Trump

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UnholyMudcrab
09/29/23 5:19:30 PM
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brestugo posted...
"Under my administration, you would have so much water you wouldn't know what to do with it."

-Donald "Rainmaker" Trump
The wettest administration we've ever seen from the standpoint of water

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SiO4
09/29/23 5:19:48 PM
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Hehehe, he's going on about raking the forests.

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Error1355
09/29/23 5:20:47 PM
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brestugo posted...
"Under my administration, you would have so much water you wouldn't know what to do with it."

-Donald "Rainmaker" Trump

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/0/9/AADAKwAAE4jR.jpg

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darkace77450
09/29/23 5:21:00 PM
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brestugo posted...
"Under my administration, you would have so much water you wouldn't know what to do with it."

-Donald "Rainmaker" Trump

Typical Trump: make grand promise, give no details on how to fulfill it, then blame someone else when it doesn't happen.
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brestugo
09/29/23 5:21:37 PM
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SiO4 posted...
Hehehe, he's going on about raking the forests.

It's legit like asking a 6 year old about the environment.

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SiO4
09/29/23 5:26:19 PM
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brestugo posted...


It's legit like asking a 6 year old about the environment.


NGL, there were some Down State New Yorkers, who asked for the same thing in their Summer homes in The Adirondacks. I know someone who was paid to do it. It became a well, okay sure, kinda thing.

It's batshit crazy.

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brestugo
09/29/23 5:35:32 PM
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"If you're in an electric boat and it goes down, do you get electrocuted? I guess if there's a shark [unintelligible] I'm taking the boat."

-Admiral Donald J. Trump, September 29, 2023.

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brestugo
09/29/23 5:36:19 PM
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Says he will ban "child sexual mutilation".

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SiO4
09/29/23 5:43:57 PM
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brestugo posted...
Says he will ban "child sexual mutilation".


It's become the creepest complaint of the Right.
I suppose it is because they have nothing left.

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SiO4
09/29/23 5:47:43 PM
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Whoa, he actually said you should be shot for Petit Larceny.

~I've heard some fucked up shit in my life, but that is up there.

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brestugo
09/29/23 5:47:59 PM
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Called for shooting shoplifters.

Edit: Ninja'd

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SiO4
09/29/23 5:50:48 PM
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Holy shit he is calling for summary executions.

A man-child with 90+ felony charges.

This is pure evil.

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creativerealms
09/29/23 5:52:48 PM
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SiO4 posted...
Whoa, he actually said you should be shot for Petit Larceny.

~I've heard some fucked up shit in my life, but that is up there.
He is getting closer to actually shooting someone on fifth avenue. That is one of the few campaign promises he could keep.

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brestugo
09/29/23 5:53:09 PM
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It's bullshit of course, but I'd like still like to see these numbers on how ending illegal immigration will create a budget surplus.

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SiO4
09/29/23 5:53:57 PM
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creativerealms posted...

He is getting closer to actually shooting someone on fifth avenue. That is one of the few campaign promises he could keep.


I wish this was a joke.

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BewmHedshot
09/29/23 5:58:01 PM
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Does anybody believe the bullshit he's spewing?
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Block_that_Kick
09/29/23 5:59:15 PM
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As his own Secretary of State once said, this guy is a fucking moron.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1707868632561115375

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SiO4
09/29/23 6:01:27 PM
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BewmHedshot posted...
Does anybody believe the bullshit he's spewing?


Only if it hits their bottom line, or is in line with their bigotry.

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brestugo
09/29/23 6:07:41 PM
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BewmHedshot posted...
Does anybody believe the bullshit he's spewing?

So far it's like 90% snarky "humor" and 5% whining about indictments and 5% crazy proposals. Like bad political standup.

Crowd is about the size of a full high school gym (admittedly, this is probably what passes for GOP VIPs) but they seem to be eating it up.

This shit will kill Republican campaigns all over the state though.

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SiO4
09/29/23 6:08:32 PM
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brestugo posted...
Like bad political standup.


That is exactly what I am getting out of this.

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divot1338
09/29/23 6:10:15 PM
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Starks posted...
He's going to say something vile about Feinstein, isn't he? Might not even get the reaction he wants.
Interesting fact. When Harvey Milk got shot she literally had to stick her fingers in the bullet holes in his body to [futilely] attempt to stop the bleeding. She was the acting mayor of San Francisco after the assassination.

Skip forward a decade or so.

Within a year of taking office in the Senate she had successfully led the legislation of the 1994 Assault Weapon ban that she authored. She was an impressive lady.

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Error1355
09/29/23 6:10:16 PM
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"We can actually dampen our forests with water that costs us nothing that will come pouring down. If you had dampened floors, you wouldnt have forest fires"

Is he now campaigning that CA will get more rain if he is elected?

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UnholyMudcrab
09/29/23 6:10:38 PM
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Rake those soggy leaves, California

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divot1338
09/29/23 6:11:32 PM
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Error1355 posted...
"We can actually dampen our forests with water that costs us nothing that will come pouring down. If you had dampened floors, you wouldnt have forest fires"

Is he now campaigning that CA will get more rain if he is elected?
Better than claiming that they wouldnt have so many wildfires if they just raked the forests.

Messy Californians. Get a maid!

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mybbqrules
09/29/23 6:12:25 PM
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Oh, Trump's in Cali? I thought I smelled Cheeto dust, a full Depends, and failure in the air.

SiO4 posted...
Hehehe, he's going on about raking the forests.
Reminder that the Paradise fire (the one Trump was talking about raking the forests for) happened in a cherry red MAGA chud area of the state, so the man was literally insulting his own voters, to their faces, after their town burned down.

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brestugo
09/29/23 6:12:28 PM
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On the war in Ukraine: "Settled. Settled very fast."


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GranAures
09/29/23 6:13:44 PM
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brestugo posted...
"Under my administration, you would have so much water you wouldn't know what to do with it."
Stable
SiO4 posted...
Whoa, he actually said you should be shot for Petit Larceny.
Genius
brestugo posted...
Says he will ban "child sexual mutilation".
Most pro-LGBTQ president
So, I reiterate.
brestugo posted...
People dont have a nuanced view of the Republican Party in California, he told The Bee. They see all Republicans as MAGA Trump acolytes.
Maybe 55% of GOP voters shouldn't be simping for this fuck if the "other" 45%(many of which will pinch their nose and vote for him because he's not a demonrat) don't want to be held in the same camp.

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brestugo
09/29/23 6:14:24 PM
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"China virus".

Again, dude?

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thronedfire2
09/29/23 6:15:50 PM
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Trump is going to ban circumcision?

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