[Greg F]

The immigration issue is what doomed the GOP in California, a formerly GOP state.

Don't you think it was immigration itself that doomed the GOP in California. The voter base changed. Demographics. This bill will make all states California demographically, and California will go off the reservation politically with naturalized illegal voters.

[cripplecreek]

The immigration issue is what doomed the GOP in California, a formerly GOP state.

The open border crowd used a couple of high profile losses in the last election to blame strict border control for the losses . They refused to acknowledge that many of the democrats who were elected had taken a strong stance on border control. The recent vote in the house to cut emergency funding for sanctuary cities had around 50 democrats voting for it. Also there were congressional districts where "moderate" GOP incumbents lost to conservative GOP candidates.

[CheyennePress]

I personally do think it’s been demographic change in general that has hurt the GOP—not just illegal immigration. The Rats have been so good at stirring up identity politics and dividing people up in races that are supposed to be united that it has hurt the GOP. And the fact that blacks have been stuck in their ghettoes for decades on end despite all of the “help” the Democrats have supposedly been giving them just testifies to the sad fact that some people are going to continue voting as a bloc than with their heads.