I can only assume that you think that the GOP's aversion to illegal immigration destroyed the statewide party? Nice theory. However...
Once upon a time, in the DNC's California, lived a proposition. This proposition was loved by the fair peoples of California, as it denied expensive services to those who entered the country illegally and kept Californian's hard earned monies in their pockets.
They loved the proposition so much, they overwhelmingly voted in favor of enacting it. Oh, the glorious day; the will of the people was heard, for the proposition had passed!
However, along came the judicial Black Knight. The Black Knight merely walked up to the beloved proposition and smote it with an injunction. The California collective reeled back on their heels in horror, for they knew their beloved proposition had been dealt a fatal blow!
The beloved proposition now lies dead and buried, mourned by no one in fear that they be labeled "racists".
The End.
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Prop 187 would have caused self-deportation when benefits and social services were stopped--the only thing Pete Wilson ever did that I supported...