Trump blamed by CA Republicans for 'nuclear political holocaust' that obliterated midterm GOP

[workinclasszero]

Trump blamed by California Republicans for ‘nuclear political holocaust’ that obliterated midterm GOP candidates

BOB BRIGHAM 01 DEC 2018 AT 09:18 ET

Republicans in California suffered a devastating loss in the 2018 midterm election — and are admitting the historic implications of the loss they suffered under President Donald Trump.

Democrats flipped at least six congressional districts in the most populous state — and possibly a seventh. Every single statewide Republican lost as Gavin Newsom was elected governor.

“This is the death of the Republican Party” in California, Republican consultant Mike Madrid told Politico.

“There’s no coming back from this for at least a generation, if not more,” he added.

RNC committeeman Shawn Steel called the California election results “a nuclear political holocaust for Republicans.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-blamed-california-republicans-nuclear-political-holocaust-obliterated-midterm-gop-candidates/

[SHRED]

1. Love my State! ❤

[workinclasszero]

3. So do I from afar in redstate hell

"As California goes, so goes the nation"

[shraby]

2. Couldn't have happened to a finer bunch of crooks.

[workinclasszero]

5. Yeah

The birthplace of ****ing Raygunism is SOLID BLUE DEM now!!

[Downtown Hound]

4. Well, feel free to kick him to the curb

Republicans. Believe me, we won't object.

[workinclasszero]

6. If they don't

2020 is going to be a bloodbath for the dying GOP!

[beachbum bob]

7. we have to continue leverage this across america and eliminate the GOP presence in all blue states

AND turn redstates purple and purple states blue

this is how we send this crowd back to the shadows. BUT NEED REFORM HAS TO happen otherwise its all useless exercise.


fairness doctrine
citizens united
ban lobbying
set total campaign limits to $1,000 in any given YEAR
ban all PACS
total reform of the tax code


just for starters

[workinclasszero]

8. When we get Texas and Florida

It's all over for the GOP as a political force in this country.

[uponit7771]

9. K&R, was recently in OC ... don't know if KGOP will get that back after the SALT hit gets to them

[Beakybird]

10. Which is the 7th seat referred to in the article?

[workinclasszero]

11. It's over now I believe

Final OC Election Results: Democrats Win Big as GOP Looks to 2020

NICK GERDA 10 hours ago

Orange County election officials finished counting ballots Friday night and released the final results from the Nov. 6 election, in which midterm voters turned out at the highest rate in decades and Democrats gained major wins in local Congressional and state legislative seats.

With 71.0 percent of registered voters casting ballots, this was OC’s highest-turnout midterm election since 1970, according to data from county election officials. A higher share of people voted than in the 2012 presidential general election, when turnout was just over 67 percent.

The high voter turnout this year is believed to have helped Democrats, whose turnout tends to trail Republicans, particularly in non-presidential elections that have overall low turnout.

And the Democrats scored big – flipping all four of OC’s Republican-held Congressional seats, picking up two Republican state legislative seats, and a county supervisor seat.

The final results in Orange County were posted at 9 p.m. Friday.

https://voiceofoc.org/2018/11/final-oc-election-results-democrats-win-big-as-gop-looks-to-2020/

[Brother Buzz]

14. CA 21

Cox clawed his was back from a 7 point deficit, a race that was called for his opponent election night, and now leads by slim .6 % lead.

[Wounded Bear]

12. The arc of their demise pre-dates Trump by many years...

Repubs have been on the outs for a while now. Trump just hastened the process.

Californians started to really wake up after Prop 8 and 22. White progressives came to realize that they could no longer sit on the sidelines as Christian Talibangelists took over the state. As usual, when more people come out to vote, progressive candidates are elected and progressive proposals are enacted.

[stopwastingmymoney]

13. Even before that

Prop 187 was a turning point in CA. Prior to that Hispanic voters often voted Republican, not anymore...

As someone said above, as goes California, so goes the nation. Here's hoping

ETA, I like to point out that the demographics of Texas are not all that different from CA. The difference is turnout, motivation and voter suppression.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Yeah, couldn't think of the prop number there...

I know that, along with the Gray Davis to Ahhnold fiasco had many people getting sick of Repub shenanigans.

[NastyRiffraff]

16. Orange County

went from deep red to 100% Blue. Congratulations to the County and the state of California!

[roamer65]

17. CA, NY, NJ and New England will be permanently gone for the Repukes after April 15, 2019.

The SALT deduction cap will be the nail in their coffin.

It may even be the impetus for secession movements.