Orange County GOP Slams Governor Newsom's Unconstitutional Executive Order

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2020 CONTACT: Randall Avila PHONE: (714) 453-0900 Statement on Governor Newsom's Order to Close All Beaches and Hikin Trails ORANGE COUNTY, CA – Hon. Fred M. Whitaker, Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, released the following statement on Governor Newsom's order to close all California beaches and hiking trails: “We are greatly angered that Governor Newsom decided to close all beaches and hiking trails starting this Friday. It is a complete slap in the face to local control and has nothing to do with health. The Orange County Board of Supervisors and local city councils are the best to determine the status of public areas such as beaches and hiking trails. These local bodies looked at the data, consulted with health experts, and more important their constituents before deciding to keep our beaches open.   Every local law enforcement entity found last weekend’s beach usage in Orange County to be in compliance with social distancing. Yet King Gavin decided press stories were more worthy of trust than law enforcement. I guess we should not be surprised. It has been a long six weeks since the Governor issued his original stay at home order. Orange County and California residents cooperated and flattened the curve. His actions are arrogant and unnecessary. From his lack of transparency with the legislature on spending to closing our public spaces - it is clear Gavin Newsom thinks he can control all aspects of society without question. A pandemic does not cancel our constitution, our branches of government or our right to be governed by those we elected in our local communities.”   ### Donate Here Paid for by the Republican Party of Orange County

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Orange County Republican Party: Let's DEFY HISTORY!

The Orange County Republican Party issued the following press release/eblast.

Normally, the party in power will lose seats in Congress because the voters want "a change."

Of course, parties have defied this history in the past. For example, George W. Bush's Republican Party gained seated in both the House and the US Senate in 2002. What was happening then? The President was leading a War on Islamic Terror.

He had continued keeping the country safe, and he had demonstrated qualified leadership during the rough storms facing the country in that first two year cycle of his Presidency. Bush enjoyed very high marks during that period.

Will it happen again? Trump's numbers are higher than Obama's were at the same time during his Presidency.

Can the Republican Party defy history across the country?

Will the Republican Party hold onto whatever it has left in California?

We need more fighting. We need more action. We need people to stop settling for "barely get by" and "let's try to win."

Let's be bold. Let's fight back and win.

It's time to Defy History:

My Fellow Republicans, Are you ready to defy history? The general election is less than 90 days away. Historically, the party in power loses seats in the midterm election. Democrats don't just want us to lose a few seats - they want us to lose the house and they are targeting Orange County for their "blue wave." You and I cannot let that happen. We know what a Democrat Congress led by Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters will look like: higher taxes, ICE abolished, and impeachment. As we saw in Congressional elections across the country, and most recently in Ohio, every vote counts. We must defeat the Democrats. We must win in November. But, we need your help. This election will be won by the hundreds of volunteers knocking on doors, registering voters, making phone calls and everything in between. If you have an hour, a day or more between now and November - there is a place for you on the Victory 2018 team. Just go to www.ocgop.org/volunteer to sign up for volunteer opportunities and we will contact you to join the Victory 2018 team. Together we can hold the House of Representatives, repeal the Gas Tax and stop the Democrat's failed supermajority in Sacramento. Join the Victory 2018 team today! Sincerely, Hon. Fred M. Whitaker Chairman, Republican Party of Orange County

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Democratic Infighting in Orange County ...

I have heard a common refrain among Republicans. The big reason why there is so much infighting is that Republicans are free people, individualists, willing to think and do for themselves. Every member has grand ideas on how matters should be run. Clashing visions create conflict and can lead to chaos.

In the military, there is one general and clear set of goals. The need for distinct, personal leadership is a must.

Democrats, on the other hand, or collectivist. They are willing to conform to any "great leader" and do what they are told. The issue of outstanding identity overruns a lot of clashes surrounding principle. The issue of attaching or following an inspiring leader--Republicans cannot lose sight of that necessity.

Leadership and unity are very difficult to accomplish. The force of strong identity makes a difference, or at least someone who can touch, speak for and effect results for the concerns which people have. Ronald Reagan and then Donald Trump accomplished those tasks very well.

But what about the Democratic Party and their members?

Yes, they have their intense infighting, too.

Read these remarks from the Orange County Register about the leadership of the Democratic Party in OC:

Infighting

Party chairman, whether Democrat or Republican, can be a thankless job – particularly given the perennial infighting by factions within the party.

“Everybody just seems to be at each other’s throats all the time,” Barbaro said in 2012 about his decision to step down after 12 years. “I don’t want to do it anymore.”

Barbaro served as the previous OC Democratic Party chair. Notice the upset and frustration about intraparty fighting. Democrats are human beings (for the most part), and they love to get into fights with each other. Ambition is the norm, not the exception in political parties, even among Democrats.

So much for the arguments about Democrats remaining a tightly-knit team.

So, what is going on with the Democratic Party in California? Why does it seem that this political party has its act together? One simple answer: the media rarely airs the Democratic Party's dirty laundry. Notice how they do not ascribe internecine conflicts to the current chairman who is stepping down. 

There may be an aspect of that behind Vandermeir’s decision as well, although his stated reason is to spend more time at the communications firm he runs with his wife and to travel.

Most leaders do not want to play the inside, backside, upside-down games. There is just no time for many people are more interested in winning elections and changing tings for their better.

What else holds the Democratic Party together? Labor unions and their coercive core. Not much else is holding a party which is defined by power at any and all costs.

Despite the infighting and the surging Democrats, county GOP chief Fred Whitaker says he will seek reelection at his party’s meeting later this month. So far, no challengers have surfaced.

Notice how the OC Register does not go into details about what is happening with the Republicans. The one thing that should be getting people's attention, however, especially in the Republican Party, rests on the diminishing Republican Party registration. How about the fact that Republicans have lost another assembly seat in Orange County. Young Kim took the seat back from the Democrats. Two years later, the voter registration shifted dramatically to the left, and Kim lost her re-election bid.

Terrible.

Let's also talk about the Orange County Congressional seat, CD-46, which was represented by Loretta Sanchez. She ran and lost in her bid for US Senate. The contest to replace Sanchez was fought between two Democrats.

Terrible. Just terrible.

What is happening to the political parties in our state? What can the Republican Party do in the midst of so much of its own division, and with no strength at its core or in an elected office to help enact Republican policies and expand the brand?