John Cox's Republican Support

By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host

The Republican Party usually writes off California.  While we have a beautiful State filled with more conservatives than most States in the terms of numbers, we are greatly outnumbered on the voter rolls, and when it comes to the number of officials in government.  The insanity in California, however, has reached such a level of madness that Californians who are not hard left nutcases see the upcoming election as a do or die moment in the history of the Golden State.  With a record number of the middle class and businesses leaving the State for less liberal locations, we are literally at a crossroads when it comes to California's survival as a member of the union.

The problem is, liberalism is like a disease.  It spreads.  While California seems to be ground zero on the west coast, if the State reaches critical mass, the madness of Detroit-or-Venezuela-level socialism will begin to poison other surrounding States, as has already largely happened to Nevada, Oregon and Washington.  Therefore, while California seems to be a lost cause, if abandoned it will only become a festering cancer on the rest of the country.

The Trump administration understands that stopping the spread of leftism is necessary, and that while the circumstances look dire, California's demise may be something that can be averted.  Now is a good time to take action.  The liberal left has been passing laws in California that even the Democrat voters are not thrilled about.  Sanctuary State.  Gas Tax.  A law that, if challenged properly in court, could even be used to outlaw the Holy Bible.  Water use limits.

I have suggested that if Gavin Newsom wins the governorship in November, and the Democrats somehow regain a super-majority in the legislature, there will be nothing to stop the Democrats from completing their total destruction of California.  Housing prices will plummet.  The Middle Class will flee in greater numbers.  Businesses will either leave the State, or collapse.  And the implosion of California, economically, would then impose a major negative impact upon the entire country's financial system while producing a wave of refugees from the State greater than the illegal alien influx and Middle Eastern migrants, combined.

California's TOP TWO Jungle Primary adds insult to injury.  In most electoral races in California we wind up with a Democrat versus Democrat choice in November.  This November will be the second time in a row that has happened when it comes to U.S. Senator.  In the gubernatorial race our State Republican Party, whipped into submission by their Democrat overlords, seem to think only a liberal Republican can win.  As a result, we lose every election (or regret our winners, like Arnold Schwarzenegger).

While John Cox is not as liberal as the recent losers (Meg Whitman, Neel Kashkari), he's not as conservative as our other choice, Travis Allen.  Nonetheless, Cox is heads and tails better than the Democrat Party offering, former San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom.

The Trump administration is sending Mike Pence to stump for John Cox, and we need the help.  Democrat Gavin Newsom is not only not worried, he defiantly calls Cox "Trump's Golden Boy."

The arrogance of the Democrats in California is sickening.

The leftist media here in California is also fully convinced that Gavin Newsom is the inevitable winner.  In fact, they are so convinced of Newsom's victory that the rhetoric by the Democrats sounds exactly like the rhetoric they spewed regarding Hillary Clinton during their arrogant moment of assurance when they fully believed that Bill Clinton's wife was the heir apparent to the White House, and Trump could be easily defeated.

However, the Democrats are still making sure, just in case.  Their election schemes are in full swing.  San Francisco is opening registering illegal aliens to vote.  We are told that Democrat voter registrations outnumber Republican registrations twenty to one.  Motor Voter registrations at DMV are up, too, mostly regarding illegal aliens.

Nothing, the Democrats tell us, can stop them in November of 2018.

Trump does not believe that California is for sure a losing effort, it seems.  The Pence decision suggests that the Trump administration knows something we don't.  Not only is the Democrats' blue wave not all it is supposed to be cracked up to be, but even California is somehow showing signs to the President that it is worth some of his attention.

In fact, I am thinking that not only is it possible that John Cox may win the gubernatorial race, but it is possible the Republicans may gain legislative ground in California not only in Sacramento, but also when it comes to its number of Representatives the Golden State sends to Washington D.C.

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