Politics Isn't Fair (Bianco Should Have Won)

 

You can have the right resume, an excellent pedigree, a great record of accomplishment, and you still don’t get elected. Politics isn’t fair. Oftentimes, it isn’t moral. The outcomes come and go depending on the place, time, candidate, or the other opponent making one more mistake than the winner.

Sometimes, though, a candidate doesn’t make any mistakes. Public sentiment drifts in a different direction.

I still remember the student council election for my senior year. A young lady, beautiful in spirit and form, let’s call her Patty, had served on the student council for our class for three years in a row. She did the hard work when no one was looking. She fundraised for the class programs. She attended the high school sports events. She was a good student, too.

When the race for senior class president rolled out, she was the lead contender. Then stepped in a relative nobody named Jenny. She was a nice girl, someone I had known from elementary school. She was quiet and unassuming, and she had never done anything major on campus. Never participated in extracurricular activities. Never worked for any school cause. Come student council election day, Jenny won the Senior Class President. Patty quietly rushed to the student library (where I was studying at the time), and she just sobbed: “It’s not fair!” and crashed into her friend’s arms.

All her work meant nothing to the rest of the student body. Her pain still sticks out in my memory, and it underscores clearly how politics isn’t fair.

At the end of it all, campaigning is an amoral quest to get the most votes. Sadly, sometimes the contenders lie, cheat, and steal to win. Even setting aside outright fraud, elections can turn up winners who don’t deserve the win on many levels.

That’s a lesson I wasn’t happy to relearn following last week’s California primary.

From the moment he announced, I supported Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco for governor.

He was already an effective elected executive. He had served thirty-three years in law enforcement, having defeated a corrupt incumbent to lead one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country.

He made national news when he revolted against California Governor Gavin Newsom’s lockdown orders and mask mandates in 2020. Most elected officials were biding their time, wondering when the worst of the lockdown madness would blow over.

Bianco didn’t wait. He told the Riverside County Board of Supervisors plainly that he would not enforce those mandates. No one was going to jail for refusing to wear a mask or choosing to keep his business open.

In early January 2021, I attended a “Stop the Steal” rally in Murietta, and I enjoyed visiting the department stores and eating at the local restaurants—and without having to wear a mask or show proof of vaccination. I live in Los Angeles County, and the most I could get away with was not wearing a mask outside. Businesses and government buildings insisted on the mask, even when I voted in the recall to get rid of Newsom in August 2021 (which crashed and burned, by a worse margin than expected).

Sheriff Bianco set the standard for resistance to medical tyranny. He set the standard that other sheriffs would follow, even the Democratic Sheriff of Los Angeles County Alex Villanueva, who announced in July, 2021 his refusal to enforce the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ reinstatement of the indoor mask mandate.

For years, I have been fighting illegal immigration at the local and state levels in California. Many of the city council and county supervisor meetings I attended had to do with immigration: partner with ICE, work with the federal government, reject California’s sanctuary state policies.

The health freedom fight replaced my activism against illegal immigration. Rallies and protests erupted across Los Angeles and Orange Counties. More Californians found out that they can—they must—reject COVID-19 tyranny.

And Bianco represented that courage, a red-blooded American sheriff in a blue state standing strong for the United States Constitution.

And not just for health freedom.

Bianco bucked the gun-control trends of the Golden State, setting up a one-stop shop for concealed carry weapons permitting. While most sheriffs rarely issued CCWs to law-abiding citizens, Riverside County boasted 60,000 permits. That’s a tsunami of Second Amendment support compared to other more conservative counties like Orange, Placer, or San Bernardino counties!

That’s leadership, and you cannot manufacture that.

Bianco worked with federal law enforcement to deport as many illegals as possible from county jails. He didn’t send deputies to accompany ICE raids (that is illegal under SB 54), but Bianco did everything he could within the law to ensure a safer county.

I have many friends in Riverside County, and they love their sheriff. They came out in droves to support him in two elections for the top law enforcement job. Democrats, Independents, and Republicans supported him, too.

Sheriff Bianco didn’t sit on the sidelines when it came to parents' rights in education. He endorsed conservative candidates, including outspoken mama bear Sonja Shaw—who is in the running for the State Superintendent of Schools this fall.

Bianco is pro-life, pro-family, unafraid to share his Christian faith in public. He also openly endorsed President Trump in 2024, declaring half-jokingly: “It’s time to elect a felon for the White House.”

February 2025, Bianco announced his bid for governor. I thought he was a shoo-in for the general election.

Then Steve Hilton launched for governor two months later.

Hilton had never been elected to office. He served as a campaign strategist for the UK Conservative Party under David Cameron for two years. He dragged the center-right party to the left on abortion, LGBT issues, climate change, and guns.

He was a Fox News anchor who advocated for lockdowns during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak. He talked about asset reparations for black Americans. On “The Young Turks,” he openly admitted that he was to the left of socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders on economic issues.

This guy was no conservative, and he had admitted that he was not a Republican at one time, too!

Conservative activists in California were not impressed. We gathered at the California Republican Assembly convention in February 2026, and during the endorsement process, Bianco was far ahead of the other Republican challengers. In the end, Bianco received the endorsement with 71% of the vote compared to 29% for Hilton.

It was a shut-out!

Then came Easter 2026—and President Trump issued his endorsement for Steve Hilton.

Despite an incredible resume and record of accomplishment, Bianco lost traction. Hilton surged ahead and backed Bianco into fourth place. His supporters believed that the polls were wrong and that Trump’s endorsement wouldn’t matter come election day. We were wrong, and Hilton won.

The sheriff had leadership experience, skill, and an enviable record. Yet the news commentator had the anti-establishment (?) Trump endorsement, and voters went along.

It’s not fair. I don’t think it’s right, and I think it jeopardizes an otherwise winnable governor’s race for November. Will some Democrats and Independent voters look past Hilton’s Trump endorsement and his tenure on Fox News to elect him governor? I doubt it.

Bob Burchett: CAGOP isn't supporting Steve Garvey -- Why?

WTF is the GOP doing when the Dems know better strategy that WE should be deploying than WE do for OUR opportunity to put a Republican in the late Di Fi’s seat??

According to DEMOCRAT reporter Tom Elias he points out some very accurate statistics on the upcoming backfilling of this CRITICAL seat filling we CAN and SHOULD have a better-than-average shot at by HIS calculations.

 

Is anyone in the CAGOP doing anything with campaign donations other than eating dinner and paying their cell phone bills?

 

Why do we Republicans NEVER hear from them about how to rally around a HIGH PROFILE name like Steve Garvey to fill that seat? READ what Tom says; he has it nailed down very well.

 

COPY THIS AND SEND IT TO EVERY GOP REP WE HAVE ASAP. THIS IS OURS TO LOSE FOLKS!!

CAGOP Discusses The California Promise

 Will this set of proposals really win hearts and minds?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2022 916/448-9496 Contact: press@cagop.org California Republican Leaders Unveil The California Promise to Promote Government Reform and Political Balance at the State Capitol SACRAMENTO – Today, Republican leaders and candidates from the California State Senate and Assembly unveiled The California Promise,   a pledge promoting a better vision for the Golden State ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Lawmakers, candidates, Republican Party leaders and supporters held a press conference outside the State Capitol highlighting that under Democrats’ failed one-party rule, the California Dream has become less attainable for those who want to better the lives of their families. By highlighting important issues impacting our state and Republican solutions to address them, The California Promise aims to get the state back on track. "The Republican ‘California Promise’ is our covenant with the people to deliver meaningful results to all Californians,” said Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk (Santa Clarita). “The Democrat supermajority always delivers for the special interests but ignores California’s many challenges. If voters give us an opportunity, we will lead with common-sense solutions to benefit everyone."  “We’ve created a new promise to Californians who are starting to give up hope,” said Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City). “We want the people of this state to know that someone is listening to their concerns. Republicans have solutions that will drive down costs, improve public safety and help kids get the best education possible.” The California Promise outlines Republican solutions to critical issues that plague our state today. Republicans aim to deliver: An Affordable California A Safe California A Quality Education A Solution for Homelessness A Reliable Water Supply A Fire Safe California To learn more about The California Promise and the candidates who have pledged support for the effort, visit www.TheCaliforniaPromise.com

Surprise: Media-Hyped Anti-Semite CA GOP Candidate A Long-Time Democrat

When I read this headline on Flash Report, I knew that more digging was needed:

• NYT: Holocaust Denier in California Congressional Race Leaves State G.O.P. Scrambling
• SFC: Bay Area GOP candidate denies Holocaust, campaigns on anti-Semitism

Really? Once again, the press is going to extreme lengths to smear all Republicans as racist extremists because of a small smattering of really bad candidates.

I decided to looking into John Fitzgerald, this Holocaust-denying anti-Semite a little further.

Media Matters for America reports:

Fitzgerald ran for Congress as a Democrat in the 2010 and 2012 primaries but got little traction, gaining just 15 percent and 7 percent of the vote, respectively. He said on Friend's program that though he ran as a Democrat in those elections, “I wasn’t really a Democrat. But I was just trying to get in the system, and so I did so.”

Fitzgerald has gone out of his way to claim that "I was really a Republican, but ..."

It's important to keep in mind that California did not have the jungle primary until after the 2010 elections. Why would he run as a Democrat in 2010?

To the New York Times, he gave a more convoluted answer:

Mr. Fitzgerald ran for Congress in California as a Democrat in 2010 and 2012, but did not receive the party’s endorsement in either case. He is running as a Republican in November but said he identifies more as an independent.

“Am I a Republican?” Mr. Fitzgerald said. “What is a Republican anymore?”

What is really going on here?

The San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Times, and other left-wing media outlets are going out of their way to smear all Republicans by looking for one or two marginalized GOP candidates. The same thing happened in 2016, when life-long Democrat, white supremacist, and anti-Semite David Duke ran for US Senate ... as a Republican.

John Fitzgerald, Long-time Democrat
not Republican

The only reason these crappy candidates in engage in such perverse political antics is that they will get more media coverage, since the corrupt press is looking for every change to smear conservatives as alt-right, alt-white hatemongers.

Let's not forget that the very notion of Making America White Again came out of Nancy Pelosi's mouth (even if she was trying to shame and defame President Trump). Democrats have a much longer (and ongoing) history of racism, sexism, and anti-Semitism. There has been no party switch, as much as racist liberals will switch party affiliations to get more attention.

Let's also not forget that Republicans were pressing for official recognition of the state of Israel, not Democrats. In his private correspondence, President Harry Truman had disparaged black people and Jews, but he ended up leading the desegregation of the United States Army as well as issuing official recognition of the state of Israel. Why? He had barely, barely won re-election, and he needed to shore up votes (so he thought) by adopting some planks of the Republican platform.

Once again, we see the corrupt press going to great lengths to spin, distort, and outright minimize the truth to suit their progressive-left agenda. In other words, the New York Times is printing all the news that fits their agenda, not what is fit to print.

The Democratic Party has a long Anti-Semitic past and president.

They remain the true home of the anti-Semitic Ku Klux Klan.

The base of delegates and activists rejected Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and they booed God during the 2012 DNC Convention floor vote.

The current DNC Vice-Chair is a well-known anti-Semite, Keith Ellison, who has frequented rabid Jew-haters like Louis Farrakhan. Let's not forget that Crooked Hillary Clinton called one of her staffers a "Kike". Ellison also has ties to the Anti-Semitic and Islamic hate group CAIR.

Today, the growing violent Left (which is the "future" of the Democratic Party) opposes Israel and champions the rabid terrorism of Iran and the fake Palestinian "victims", while condemning Israel for everything that goes wrong in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Let's not forget that the Democratic Soclialists of America got behind upstart Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has remained silent on whether she supports the Boycott, Sanction, and Divestment Movement against Israel. (Click here for more information).

Let's cut through the media hype, folks. Anti-Semitism is a left-wing, and thus a Democratic, fixture, not a Republican one.

Travis Allen: The Only #CAGOV Candidate to Support the Death Penalty

The San Francisco Chronicle connected with six of the major gubernatorial candidates for the Electoin 2018 race for Governor.

Here are their views on the death penalty.

Full disclosure: this issue has been the most contentious for me, as I have changed my mind many times back and forth over it.

As of now, I am still a firm supporter of the death penalty, and Travis Allen's support for the policy makes him the best candidate for governor, too.

5 of 6 candidates for California governor oppose death penalty

Democrats:

State Treasurer John Chiang: He “personally opposes the death penalty but would enforce the law as written. Commutation requests would be handled on a case-by-case basis,” a spokesman for the candidate said.

Every one of the candidates likes to play that game: "I am personally opposed to it, but I will follow the law on the subject."

Blah, blah, blah.

Delaine Eastin, former state school superintendent: “I am against the death penalty. It is not a deterrent to crime, too often its application throughout the country has been racially biased and it tends to impact poorer individuals who can’t afford expensive lawyers. Life in prison offers the opportunity to free an individual if we later determine their innocence. ... As governor I will follow the law, and I will carefully consider ALL requests for clemency.”

Plays the race card.

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom: A spokesman said Newsom “has long believed that evidence overwhelmingly proves the death penalty is a waste of money, fails to deter crime and is fundamentally inhumane. That’s why he supported previous ballot measures with the more effective alternative of life in prison without parole. ... At the same time, he recognizes that California voters have spoken on the issue and, if elected governor, he’d respect the will of the electorate by following and implementing the law.”

Newsom cares about money? Really.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: Villaraigosa “is fundamentally opposed to the death penalty because it has proven to not be a deterrent and disproportionately impacts the poor and minorities. ... His opposition to the death penalty will not change as governor, and he will work to ensure that due process is followed under the law because there is no room for error,” said a spokesman.

The class warfare card. "Hurts the poor". Since when should anyone care how much or how little money a convicted criminal has?

Republicans:

Assemblyman Travis Allen: “I believe the death penalty is absolutely necessary in cases where heinous crimes have been committed. As the next governor of California, I will reject any requests to commute a death sentence for someone that has been rightfully convicted and sentenced.”

Winner!

Businessman John Cox: A spokesman said Cox “has opposed the death penalty on fiscally conservative grounds, but is also pro-life and anti-death penalty because of his Catholic faith. He argues that life without the possibility of parole is a just and fitting punishment without the significantly higher costs of keeping those same felons on Death Row for decades. ... As governor, he would not interfere, though, with a lawfully passed and administered death penalty statute or sentence.”

Is this the reason why John Cox was endorsed by some pro-life organization? Who cares?

Travis Allen is my choice, the only candidate willing to stand on his own for conscience and principle's sake, regardless of the views of others around him.

Call Ken Calvert: No DREAM Act, No Amnesty, Secure Our Borders NOW!

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Pro Illegal Groups Are Targeting Republican CA Congress Members Below is one of the action alerts open border groups are promoting. https://www.facebook.com/The.IEIYC/photos/pcb.1878038352236703/1878031865570685/?type=3&theater Inland Empire - Immigrant Youth Collective  ·  In California, we currently have 40 House Representatives supporting a Clean Dream Act. We are 13 votes away in our state, One of them is in the Inland region:  Rep. Ken Calvert (Corona). We ask YOU, IE community, to call these this local representative! We demand A CLEAN Dream Act NOW!   TAKE THE OPPOSITE ACTION CALLED FOR IN THE ALERT CALL Rep Ken Calvert and Tell him to OPPOSE DACA AMNESTY, OPPOSE ALL AMNESTY legislation! Stand up for enforcing the law, prosecute employers who hire illegals: deport! ALSO CALL THE WASHINGTON, DC PHONE NUMBER! If it is after business hours, leave a voice mail message. **ALSO CALL THE WASHINGTON, DC PHONE NUMBER** (202) 225-1986 WEBSITE https://calvert.house.gov/

Mike Spence: Shame on Cap and Traitor Tax Hiker RINOs

I don't like to think about it, but how true it is, nonetheless.

The elected officials in Sacramento either think that we are stupid, or they are just not afraid of us.

ENOUGH.

I think it's time to take down these Crazy 8 Cap and Traitors.

These arrogant tax-hikers do not succumb to the costs and harm caused by these disrespectful, arrogant, out-of-touch, useless Republicans who do not honor the rule of law or their oaths of office as elected officials to do what is best for the hardworking California citizenry.

I fully endorse this resolution without equivocation.

They are laughing at you and the Republican Party! How many times as a California Republican have you heard, "We can't let the Democrats get to two-thirds because they will...raise taxes"? This year several REPUBLICANS responsible for passing increases in the gas tax and cap and trade. That's right... Republicans. Even more insulting is the fact some Democrats voted AGAINST these tax increases. These GOP members think the path to a majority is more taxes, or is it to help Gov. Brown? Either way, they hurt our brand. Below is a resolution that makes it clear the GOP doesn't support what took place. After grassroots pressure was applied, Assembly GOP Leader Chad Mayes stepped down. Great news. The next week he was appointed Assistant GOP Assembly Leader. They think you and I are stupid.They laugh as they betray our party and platform. I was asked to make the resolution "positive" and not call out the legislators by name. The only way they might hear you is if we call their name. I hope you will stand and help the party get its brand back.   RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN GOP TAX RAISES AND PROTECT THE GOP BRAND WHEREAS, The state legislature passed and Governor Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1 and Assembly Bill 398 that will take billions from Californians in the form of higher taxes, fees, and regulation of the price of Gasoline; WHEREAS, Californians are overtaxed and burdened by the reckless policy decisions made in Sacramento; WHEREAS, The California Republican Party Platform claims that we are “the party of balanced budgets, limited government, and fiscal responsibility” and “We believe that taxes in California are too high, and that our state government spends too much” and calls on “ our government officials to join a pledge to stand together against any new taxes;” WHEREAS, Even some Democrats opposed or didn’t support SB1 and AB 398; WHEREAS, AB 398 and SB 1 were opposed by every major taxpayer organization including the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association; WHEREAS, Due to the Constitutional provision that requires a 2/3rds vote to raise taxes, SB 1 and AB 398 could only become law if Republican members of the legislature voted for these bills; WHEREAS, Keeping the Democrats from gaining a 2/3rds majority is a key Republican Party message; WHEREAS, Republican Senators Berryhill and Canella and Republican Assemblymembers Baker, Chavez, Cunningham, Flora, Mathis, Mayes and Steinorth voted to raise taxes and increase the size of government; WHEREAS, the California Republican Party Board of Directors voted to ask Republican Assembly Leader Mayes to resign or be replaced; WHEREAS, in 2009 the California Republican Party voted to rebuke and prevent campaign funding of six Republican lawmakers that voted to increase taxes by a lesser amount as part of a budget deal; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Republican Party thanks the majority of Republican legislators that were true to defending the citizens of California from increased taxes and bigger government; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the California Republican Party reconfirms the CRP Platform statements on taxes; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the California Republican party condemns, rebukes and censures  Republican Assemblymembers Baker, Chavez, Cunningham, Flora, Mathis, Mayes and Steinorth and  Republican Senators Berryhill and Canella for their votes to raise taxes. Submitted Mike Spence

More CAGOP-e Failure: Republican Local Leaders Bought to Support Top Two

The stupidity of the Republican "leadership" hurts.

I call them the CAGOP-e, or the California GOP establishment.

It hurts really bad, and it is hurting our partisan political process.

Men and women no longer real choice in their elections.

The argument that the Top Two Jungle Primary would create more moderate candidates and requiring them to reach across the aisle and compete for votes from other political parties.

The exact opposite has occurred, of course. More left-wing, progressive candidates are eating out our civic culture, ignoring the needs of California citizens, doing the bidding of vocal, rabid interest groups rather than listening to the voters.

In some cases, a general election runoff between two Democrats has allowed otherwise disenfranchised Republicans an opportunity to make a difference.

The better approach to doing better in California, however, rests on Republican reaching out to communities and making the difference to the individual residents and local interests. How about standing true to principles and values, and then registering voters in turn, in connection with those values? How about working with President Trump and his agenda, and showing how MAGA works for everyone?

Nope. Instead, Republican elected "leaders" are more interested in going along with the slow yet "inevitable" decline of the California Republican Party, as if there is nothing more that can be done.

Nonsense across the board.

Check out this latest appeal to authority as another failed argument for keeping Top Two:

Dear Delegate, By this time, you have heard arguments for and against the existing top two primary system framed in the context of its impact on legislative races. We thought it important for you to hear from those of us who have to run locally in open primaries and proven that when Reagan-Republican conservatism is properly explained, we can, and do, win in top two elections. As local elected officials, we are required in top two elections to reach out and build our conservative coalition early in the election process. Under these rules, Republicans actually hold over 1200 city and county offices, almost equal to the number of Democrats. We, your local elected officials, are rebuilding our party from the ground up. Republican candidates learning to win votes across party lines under top two rules isn't just a good thing - it's a necessity for Republicans in Democrat-dominated California. But now, some are arguing that we should eliminate the top two primary for our legislative and statewide candidates, as if just talking to ourselves until the general election will somehow make it easier to win in November. Republican friends, as local elected officials, we cannot stress enough that this effort to repeal the top two primary is short-sighted and will hurt the future growth of our party. Simply changing the rules won't grow our party, it will just send a message that we want to disenfranchise the fastest growing group of voters in California - NPP's and decline to states-- making it harder for us to reach out and win in the future. We urge you to reject efforts to repeal the top two primary. Local elected Republicans are proving that with our conservative message, we can reach out and win across party lines. That's how we will win again at the legislative and statewide level. Sincerely, Jesus Andrade Council Member, City of Stockton Jesse Armendarez Council Member, City of Fontana Mike Diaz Council Member, City of Chula Vista John Franklin Deputy Mayor, City of Vista Johnny Khamis Council Member, City of San Jose Linda Lindholm, Board Member, Orange County Board of Education Alan Nakanishi Council Member, City of Lodi Bob Nunez Council Member, City of Milpitas Peter Ohtaki Vice Mayor, City of Menlo Park Brian Raymond Council Member, City of Atwater Rich Silverman Council Member, City of Manteca Bernadette Suarez Council Member, City of Lawndale Ashley Swearengin Mayor, 2009-2016, City of Fresno Kirk Uhler Supervisor, Placer County Roland Velasco Mayor, City of Gilroy Acquanetta Warren Mayor, City of Fontana Lupe Ramos Watson Council Member, City of Indio Chuck Winn Supervisor, San Joaquin County Who cares who any of these people are? Really? I do not care what office they hold. The Top Two has been an unmitigated disaster for the state party, and for the democratic process  across the board. We as voters, we as Republicans, must take back our partisan primaries and re-establish control  over who gets elected. This Top Two stuff needs to stop. We need to allow for multiple parties to reference their preferences. We need real options,  whether we win or lose. Or else:

Assembly GOP Line Up RINOs into Leadership? The Fight is Not Over!

Cap-and-Traitor Cheating Chad Mayes was forced out as minority leader.

But guess what? He has been appointed as Assistant Minority Leader instead. The California Assembly leadership refuse to listen to the voters, the men and women who work hard and elected these individuals to serve the best interests of the people and the state of California.

What is going on here?

I thought that we had a victory here, didn't we?

Steven Greenhut reports:

Revenge of the RINOs: New California Republican Assembly leader Dahle thumbs nose at GOP grassroots

Sacramento . . .

Brian Dahle, the new Assembly Republican leader, just thumbed his nose at grassroots party activists. He announced a leadership team that’s a who’s who of “Republicans In Name Only.” That’s his prerogative, of course, but the lesson the Assembly GOP learned from the ouster of former leader Chad Mayes is to double down on the same strategy of making nice with the Democratic leadership.

The "leadership" will not be lead. They want to dictate, or at least go down making it clear to us "little people" that we will not be calling the shots in any meaningful way--at least as long as they think that they can last up in Sacramento.

WHAT?! Arrogance to the extreme. These politicians failed us. They lied to us, and they need to be held accountable. It's as simple as that. 

After Mayes and six of his Assembly colleagues voted to extend the governor’s cap-and-trade law by a decade, the Republican grassroots was furious. Prominent county party leaders called for Mayes’ ouster. Mayes not only went along with a deal that may increase the price of gasoline by 63 cents a gallon by 2021, but that he seemed so proud of what he had done.

Of course he was proud of it. The lack of activity, of outrage and upset against the

Mayes bragged about his “bromance” with Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon of Los Angeles. He posed for photo ops with the governor. He lectured conservatives about how the party has to change. The Republicans finally yielded to political pressure and replaced Mayes with Dahle, from the Redding area. Then instead of ameliorating the rift with conservatives, Dahle made these leadership appointments that are likely to infuriate Mayes’ opponents.

The party "leaders" want change because they want to line their pockets, they want to go along with the Sacramento Two-Step. What a terrible set of betrayals. How much more were we going to take? Not anymore! We have gone from Rodney King to Howard Beale! We are not just standing at the balconies, though. We are muscling our political power. Men and women of all backgrounds, conservatives at the kitchen table who can't figure out how to get through the month because the taxes increase and the regulations strangle us every year are not going to sit and take it anymore!

Our streets are unsafe, housing is scarce, the political class is ripping us off, and We the People face jail time for speaking our minds and stating our case. We are not going to tolerate this anymore!

For instance, Mayes is still a prominent part of the leadership team. He was appointed assistant Republican leader. The new deputy Republican leader is Rocky Chavez, the Oceanside Republican who voted for the governor’s deal and is probably the most liberal legislator in the GOP caucus. (Chavez, for instance, received a 75 percent rating out of 100 from Planned Parenthood and a 29-percent vote from the California Labor Federation.)

Rocky the RINO is just terrible. He has routinely played his conservative credentials to the crowds, but at the end of it all he just goes along with the corrupt Sacramento crowd. He wants to play the nice Latino card, going out of his way to turn illegal aliens into citizens without the legal status, while the rest of us taxpayers must pay through the teeth and watch our rights, our standing as citizens become eroded, degraded into second-class status.

Dahle also named Heath Flora of Ripon as assistant Republican leader. Flora is closely allied with the state’s labor unions. The other choices won’t ruffle feathers (Frank Bigelow as deputy Republican leader, Phillip Chen as yet another assistant Republican leader, Jay Obernolte as Republican caucus chair and Marie Waldron as Republican floor leader).

These Republicans are non-essential types. They will do what they are told, and they refuse to make noise or get in people's faces. When does this insanity stop? When we stop letting them get away with it!

Flora voted for the Cap and Betrayal, too. He was backed by Munger money, too.

I’m not sure the point of all these redundant titles, but I am sure of the point that the Assembly leaders are making. They are staying the course, and if the party’s activists don’t like it, it’s too bad.

It is too bad, for them. It's OUR Party, and we will cry aloud, spare not. We are not going to tolerate this abuse of power. These Republicans, whether committee leaders, party brass, or elected officials, all ran on a platform opposing tax increase, wanting to make California work for all taxpaying residents. This constant increase of taxes, of spending, regulatory nonsense, the attacks on life and family, the undermining of the civil and constitutional rights of all Californians, has turned California from the Golden State to the Welfare State, to the Corruptocracy of the Democracy, including illegal aliens, welfare queens, and public sector unions calling all the shots, while taking all of our money, time, resources, and dignity.

Pucker up, Brian!

The fight is not over, folks, not in the slightest. We California conservatives, Republicans, Trump supporters, grassroots activists, constitutionalists, citizens are not going to sit back and just take it on the chin. No way!

We have not yet begun to fight!

Why the CAGOP is Losing: From the Mouth (Accidentally) of CAGOP Vice-Chair Sue Caro

I cannot believe a Vice-Chairman of the California Republican Party actually tweeted this.

Yes, Sue Caro did indeed:

That is not what I said - the Republican Party does not maintain a compliance/conformity police to keep people in line

— Sue Caro (@SueCaro1) August 20, 2017

In a sad sense, this No vote should come as no surprise.

Aaron Park reports on "Right On Daily":

Sue Caro argued that the Bay Area Republicans supported the measure – basically towing the line of far left Republican Catherine Baker whose Assembly District is in the Bay Area. She was the only board member that spoke in favor of Chad Mayes and what he did. These assertions were despite the Solano, Sonoma and Monterey GOP taking action against.

Here's another tweet which she sent to me earlier today:

Just the opposite - you tried to shame me for my vote at CRP board without knowing my reasons You don't know me

— Sue Caro (@SueCaro1) August 20, 2017

And also:

Republicans trashing Republicans .. shame on you. No conformity/compliance doctrine in our party that I know of https://t.co/xMwYL0xIBW

— Sue Caro (@SueCaro1) August 20, 2017

Wrong!

To Sue Caro, I ask the following questions:

Why do we have political parties?

Why should anyone bother to affiliate with a party that does not expect compliance of any kind?

We have parties to ensure that a set of values becomes enacted in government.

People register with political parties because those parties abide by a clear set of values and want to see those values flourish across the state.

Check out the remarks from the lone Republican state senator in Hawaii, who was thrown out of office last year:

Slam was emphatic: parties are not social gatherings.

They exist to promote a clear agenda.

Notice in the above video that the Republican Party leaders in Hawaii refused to attend the round table. They refused to acknowledge that they are doing a terrible job, and they would have to come clean about their terrible leadership if they went public about the dismal future of the Hawaii GOP.

The same perverse future awaits the California Republican Party if leadership continues to advocate for what Sue Caro obviously believes in.

Right now, what we are seeing in the California Republican Party leadership is a dedication to barely getting by, not willing to take risks or take a strong stance.

Until this past week, Executive Committee Leadership formally demanded that Assembly Permanent Minority Leader Chad Mayes step down.

He co-authored and shepherded through the state assembly a corrupt, anti-Republican, anti-Californian Cap and Trade renewal. They should have left the whole thing in the lap of the Democrats--and many of the California Democratic Party members in the state legislature did not want to vote for it. At all.

The minority leader's decision to go along with that corrupt bargain was bad policy, bad politics, and just bad on principle. Mayes should have been gone by now!

Thankfully, the member who voted against removal of Mayes lost this vote.

But still, it's shameful. This is wrong!

And now we understand the mentality for this "no" vote--and we understand further why the California Republican Party has been losing rather than gaining seats in Sacramento and around the state.