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Villaraigosa Is Right: California Can’t Blame Trump
New York Post ^ | May 18, 2026

Posted on 05/18/2026 5:53:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Former LA mayor and state Assembly speaker Antonio Villaraigosa hasn’t run the most electrifying campaign for governor. But he has been doing an admirable job in recent weeks of highlighting the most important reality in this campaign: California can’t blame Donald Trump for its problems.

“We can’t put everything on Donald Trump,” he said last weekend in an interview with MS NOW (once known as MSNBC, still as far-left as ever).

“We have the highest homelessness in the United States of America, the highest gas prices, the highest utilities, the highest home prices. People can’t afford rent. And those happened under Democratic policies,” he concluded.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; trump; villaraigosa
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1 posted on 05/18/2026 5:53:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

He won’t win because he’s not corrupt enough.


2 posted on 05/18/2026 5:54:33 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yep, he’s got no shot.


3 posted on 05/18/2026 5:55:29 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: nickcarraway

He won’t win because he spoke the truth and that is unforgivable sin to a Democrat..................


4 posted on 05/18/2026 6:03:12 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: nickcarraway

Correction…

“We can’t put ANYTHING on Donald Trump,”


5 posted on 05/18/2026 6:11:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican; dfwgator

No no, folks; Villaraigosa’s got evil to spare. He was the first to declare his a “sanctuary city” and direct L.A.’s law enforcers to withhold all cooperation with federal authorities trying to arrest and deport illegals.

He was a big promoter of “Reconquista” for his LaRaza compadres, maintaining that California was wrongfully stolen from Mexico. Did I mention he was a socialist?

If elected he’d only accelerate California’s ruination.


6 posted on 05/18/2026 8:11:32 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Spreading metal gospel on Sesame Street - Pastor of Muppets.)
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To: nickcarraway

Tony villar is his real name


7 posted on 05/18/2026 8:25:45 PM PDT by datricker (Go Trump/Vance! )
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To: nickcarraway

Speaking facts in California is no way to get elected.


8 posted on 05/18/2026 9:23:08 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: nickcarraway

Bookmark.


9 posted on 05/18/2026 9:49:00 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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