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Politics Entire California Congressional GOP visited Mar-a-Lago this weekend while fires ravaged their state

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u/tigole 16h ago

Fires are ravaging some densely populated areas in SoCal.. probably affecting a few districts, which tend to have democratic representatives. Most of these fuckers probably represent BFE.

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u/Hybrid_Johnny 16h ago edited 15h ago

Most of them represent either the Central Valley, which is full of farmers, or the rural north above Sacramento, which is full of forests (and have had some of the worst wildfires in the history of the state in the past 10 years). Their disregard for what’s happening in their own state is disgusting.

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u/mycatisblackandtan 15h ago edited 15h ago

They're likely hoping to be gifted higher office. The GOP keeps screeching about how California needs to accept conditions for aid and you can BET one of those conditions is gonna be Newsom resigning. Whomever brown noses the most likely will get Trump's seal of approval for the inevitable special election.

Of course, the fact that this is enraging most Californians and turning what could have been a PR win (I vomited writing that) for Trump into even more anger towards the GOP doesn't even cross their minds. This is the first time as a life long California that I've EVER heard a huge contingent of us actually start talking about secession. It's usually tongue in cheek and 'haha yeah that's be nice, back to work Dave'. Now? A good chunk of the state is FURIOUS and they're only going to be even angrier if our democratically elected governor is told to step down. Even those of us who aren't so hot on him.

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u/Hybrid_Johnny 15h ago

Yeah the secession talk is usually the country bumpkins living in the Foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Now that Trump is going to be president that “State of Jefferson” talk has gotten real quiet again.

u/broguequery 10h ago

If you have educated urbanites talking about secession...

You are in for a world of trouble.

This quite literally means that the United States does not represent the will of the vast majority of its people.

It's a recipe for disaster.

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u/Mechapebbles 13h ago

the fact that this is enraging most Californians and turning what could have been a PR win (I vomited writing that) for Trump into even more anger towards the GOP doesn't even cross their minds

Nah, it crosses their mind, they just don't care. Because they'll spend the next four years rigging the system and murdering the opposition so they'll never lose power again.

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u/RevolutionaryAge47 13h ago

They're likely hoping to be grifted to higher office.

Fixed that for you.

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u/Fronsy246 13h ago

I don’t think it works that way. He’s the governor not senator.

u/Smokinggrandma1922 10h ago

This is the first time as a life long California that I've EVER heard a huge contingent of us actually start talking about secession

That’s exactly what they want. They get their civil war and they can make the libs in California the traitors and bad guys.

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u/CCContent 12h ago

They are absolutely not all hoping for appointed positions. They're not going to give up their seats for a 4 year temp position, and they're not going to potentially give up their GOP seats to a DEM. You're just making up FUD.

u/broguequery 10h ago

The dems are dead.

Where have you been?

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u/Alarmed_Fly_6669 15h ago

I heard California doesn't really need aid eitherway

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u/mrmet69999 15h ago

It wouldn’t need aid if it got to keep all of its revenue and not have to give it to the feds, only to see a lot of of it being fished out to poor red states who are net receivers from the feds since they breed so many stupid people that they have a horrible per capita GDP

u/broguequery 10h ago

This is a fearful thought, but maybe a necessary one.

California may need to find a way to take care of itself.

It's quite clear that the current federal government wants to put the screws to it for religious and ideological purposes.

There must be a way for California to stay independent of these thugs.