What does it mean to be republican??? I'm not asking, but one repub in California is...

[a kennedy]

Chad Mayes, a Republican state lawmaker who represents the Coachella Valley in the California Assembly, has for years questioned the future of the state's Republican Party. On Monday, Mayes turned to Twitter to crowd-source answers to this quandary.

“What does ‘Republican’ mean to you? A sincere question,” he wrote to his approximately 3,200 followers.

Just 24 hours later, Mayes had received more than 10,000 responses. They were overwhelmingly negative. Among the replies were personal anecdotes, philosophical takes, critiques of President Donald Trump and a lot of biting political cartoons and memes.

“Fascinating. Keep the comments coming," Mayes responded. On Tuesday afternoon, he retweeted himself and wrote: "Hey fellow Republicans, if you want to know what people think of us, read the comments. It’s instructive.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/20/california-lawmaker-asked-twitter-what-republican-means/2068155001/

[AlexSFCA]

1. it means being white nationalist

btw, one doesn’t need to be white to be white nationalist

[matt819]

2. Okay

But will it change his mind? My bet is that it won’t.

[Brother Buzz]

3. Chad Mayes may be a republican, but to his credit, he gets it

"The California Republican Party must be willing to abandon toxic messengers and outdated thinking and adopt policy approaches that will meet the needs of today’s California," Mayes wrote. "Otherwise, it will have no future."