What killed the GOP in california? Arnold Schwarzenegger.
When Arnold lost his referendums, Maria took over running the state. Arnie thought he was elected to do what he had said he would do. But as usual, when the dems were defeated, they pushed back and got their ‘voters’ to the polls to destroy Arnold. It worked. From then on his Admin was Dem all the way and the Republicans/Conservatives in California just gave up. We moved with my husband’s company shortly after. It was a good move.
BS. It was gone long before Arnold showed up.
Had he not been Elected we would have ended up with Cruz Bustamante. If anything, Arnold slowed the onslaught by two years, but blaming him and the People who Voted for him for the demise of CA is ridiculous.
Arnold pushed for Voter Approved Reforms that were rejected by the Electorate thanks to a Teacher Union funded multi Million Dollar effort. After that, Arnold just gave up.
Unlike POTUS Trump, Arnold folded like a cheap suit when he hit a roadblock. Then his Liberal Social Agenda emerged. He was Elected because of the Budget Crisis that Taxpayers were forced to fund through the ridiculous Gray Davis Tax hikes.
I give Arnold this, he tried and he failed. The Public Service Unions and Mexico run CA. He didn’t have a chance.
I lived in CA most of my Life. The CA I grew up in bears no resemblance to what it is today. The BIG change began in the 90’s after Bill Clinton was Elected POTUS.
I lived in the last Coastal bastion of Conservatism, South Orange County. Alas, it was swept away in 2018 when every Elected Representative came from the Rat Party.
#2 Agreed.
“What killed the GOP in california?”
The GOP was toast in the early 80’s, almost 40 years ago. What killed the GOP in California was a combination of liberal lies, greed, stacking the deck, and filling the voting coffers with illegal voters through welfare programs to keep it that way. A vast majority of the populous is trapped there and at the mercy of what they are given to just keep them alive. And more arrive every day uneducated or uninformed about the ambush they are walking into.
rwood