Posted on 02/17/2020 4:38:50 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump is set to travel Tuesday to the belly of the Democratic beast — California, the prime target of his clashes on sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, a powerful foe of his auto-mileage proposal, a flashpoint in his battle over federal funding for abortion and the home of what he calls House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “disgusting slum” district in San Francisco.
The president is making his fifth trip to the state that has become his Ground Zero of everything that’s wrong with the Democratic Party. In addition to his high-profile policy disputes with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, California is home to some of his least favorite Democratic lawmakers: Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the House impeachment manager; Mrs. Pelosi; Rep. Eric Swalwell, and Rep. Maxine Waters of Los Angeles.
Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier of California stalked out of Mr. Trump’s State of the Union address, which Mrs. Pelosi shredded on camera.
State Republicans say it’s not him, it’s them.
“I think if you’re a Republican in general, you have a poor relationship with the Democrats in the state. They don’t care,” Riverside County Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Ingram said in an interview. “If you’re a Republican in California, you get a target painted on your back, that’s just the way it is.”
Mr. Trump’s approval rating in the state was a chilly 33% in a January Morning Consult survey. Only Vermont, home of Democratic socialist presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders, gave the president lower marks, at 32%.
Still, Mr. Ingram said the president is generating excitement in conservative areas of the state such as Bakersfield, in the district of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy; and in Riverside County, which stretches along Interstate 10 east of Los Angeles.
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Trump has a huge ego, exceeded only by the size of his testicles!
Trump can focus on getting some house seats.
It doesn’t mention where in Cali he is going, or did I miss it?
I will say, it would be beautiful if he would do a full-on rally there.
Bakersfield.
I think he’s going to Bakersfield.
The point in CA is to motivate down-ticket voters even if Trump is unlikely to get the EVs. There are likely at least a few house seats that were lost in 2018 that could be regained with Trump up-ticket.
Bakersfield is what i heard
Not without fixing the cheating.
I believe Palm Springs.
once you get out of Los Angeles City Limits yo will find it is very conservative, basically North or West of the San Fernando Valley
He should campaign in California for congressional seats, and for getting out the vote in 2020. In the end the popular vote doesn’t matter that much, but if republicans vote even if they are in big blue states, he can win the popular vote.
And wouldn’t you know it. I’m in the San Fernando Valley until Friday. I’m having a procedure done on my knee and couldn’t stand for a long time anyway. Fun gettin old.
“Trump can focus on getting some house seats.”
CA lost 14 House seats to Democrats. All by slim margin.
They can be won back on his coattails.
That’s half of what is need to win back the House.
Bakersfield.
Voted at least 65% for Trump. As does most of the landmass of this great state.
You’re right.
It’s a smart move.
Going to places where Rs feel forgotten IS a great way to get swing seats.
ONE visit too staten island an Rose, that POS is OUT.
Trump carried SI with almost 60 percent of the vote.
The part of brooklyn that is in our district with lots of demonrat russians is killing us.
If he were to have a rally in the Coliseum, it would fill up.
And that’s exactly what he should do.
Then move on to Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium, and the Padres stadium.
He would make this state competitive, and we could move some of the democRats out of local offices.
Wishful thinking at best.
The demographics here are not going to allow much change to the right in this state.
Well, good luck with that.
My area went below the water line a decade or more ago.
Ah the glories of swamping our nation with foreign nationals.
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