[Coop]

Thank you for your kind words. They are appreciated. I never said Kim would win. But I am darned proud of her for trying. And I have said repeatedly that she and others (like Navy combat veteran Joe Collins) are changing the narrative, hopefully helping to break the Dem stranglehold on urban districts and the media narrative that Republicans are essentially all white males.

CA-43 is Maxine Waters' district. D+99. Okay, not really. But Trump got <17% there, while McCain earned 22% of the vote. However, south L.A. native and U.S. Navy veteran Joe Collins* is going at Mad Maxine full speed, and God bless him for it.

Navy veteran Joe Collins targets Democrat Maxine Waters' home in campaign ad

As of late July Joe Collins had raised over $3M.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I’m proud of Joe Collins, too, but would be even prouder if he lent a helping hand to fellow Californians Buzz Patterson, Ted Howze, Erin Cruz, Young Kim, David Valadao, Greg Raths, Michelle Steel, Brian Maryott and Jim DeBello (as well as freshman incumbent Mike García), all of whom are running in districts that we actually can win.

And while Joe Collins (unfortunately) will not be able to get elected in Maxine Waters’s overwhelmingly Democrat district, he could win a future statewide run if he becomes better known in other parts of the state and cultivates allies that he helped elect to Congress.