Op-ed:
California Dreaming...Turning Blue Back To
Red
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots on Right Side Patriots Radio
Sometimes miracles do indeed happen as
it seems hell has frozen over a bit for the once thought impossible
actually now seems possible, or at least possibly possible, as we are
now witnessing Californians finally starting to rescue their state
from the clutches of uber liberal, decades long, Democrat party rule.
And to be honest here, this is probably the only positive side effect of
the mainstream media's fabricated and then spewed
“we are all
going to die” panic scenario that has become the 24/7 hallmark
of COVID-19.
And it all started at the beginning of
the month when Southern California residents pressured Governor Gaven
Newsom to reopen parts of California most especially Orange county's
beaches, and to ease up on the stay-at-home mandates...mandates
intended, Newsom claimed, to help slow the spread of the virus,
albeit mandates some health experts are now saying actually helped to
increase the numbers of those sickened by COVID-19. In fact, two
counties to Sacramento's north, Sutter and Yuba counties, are the
ones who led that very fight against these draconian mandates after
seeing many of their fellow small business owners that did take the
chance on reopening in early May, receiving warnings and threats from
Newsom's administration...threats that included phone calls and
emails from the state board saying that if said businesses did not
comply with state regulations then they will be forced to close
down...yet again.
In fact, Sean Covell, the owner of three 'Fitness System' gyms in the Sacramento
area, was set to rightfully defy Newsom's lock down orders and reopen his gyms
but unfortunately did not after county attorneys notified Covell that
he would face serious fines up to $1,000 a day for committing a
criminal misdemeanor if he did. Nothing like issuing threats against
a trying to stay afloat small businessman just to create lovely
(sarcastically said) if Covell dared to open photo-op moments for
Newsom's leftist agenda's photographic archives.
And the threats continued on as a good
many of those small businesses that dared to open were beauty salons,
barber shops, and nail salons, businesses whose owners are now being
told by the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology that it may pursue
disciplinary action against them if they remain open in spite of
the fact that no one in either county has died of COVID-19 in
over a month. But somehow I don't think any of those threatened
closures will happen as too many Californians, just like those of us
in red states, are sick and tired of being placed under what is akin
to house arrest...too sick and too tired to ever allow American
businesses to fall prey to any kind of mass shutdown ever again.
Exempt, of course, or at least outwardly
left alone after their having garnered most of the media's attention, were
the big boys...big boys like Elon Musk, CEO of automaker Tesla. And
it was Elon Musk who, in a show of defiance of Newsom's stay-at-home mandates,
said that he would and then did, resume operations at Tesla’s
Fremont, CA automotive facility, and that if he was stopped from doing so
that he would be forced to move Tesla's operations out of state, thus
putting hundred's if not thousands of folks out of work. Guess the
governor was afraid to loose all the tax dollars Musk, his company,
and his employees generate for the state, so Elon Musk and his
Fremont facility was left alone...left alone even after Musk had
outwardly baited Newsom to have him, not his workers, arrested for
violating the governor's continuing in effect stay-at-home mandates.
And if a liberal Democrat like Elon
Musk is as disgusted as he is can other Democrats be far behind...I
surely think not.
Simply, Americans, whether they be
rich, poor, or middle class, simply want to get back to work sooner
rather than later for no matter the amount of stimulus
monies one receives, the American worker across all socioeconomic brackets is the one that is hurting. And remember, while the virus from China continues to
infect and wreak havoc on the American people, the fact is that if
our economy remains shut down for an overly extended period of time
we’re not only facing trillions of dollars lost in both tangible
wealth and economic activity, but the actual act of not being able to
work and put food on the family table will surely lead to a rise in
depression, drug abuse, and even suicides, especially amongst those
who see their situation as now being hopeless. And something
seemingly being forgotten is that many who need it are still being
denied medical procedures and diagnostic tests that could be life
saving.
Just another little gem to add to the
infamous gift delivered to us courtesy of Yuhan, China...a gift that
we need to economically return to them tenfold, and do so post-haste.
So while it's now a few weeks past from
when all the above cited happened, Californians are continuing to
upset Newsom's apple cart in ways even he never expected...as in
political ways he'd consider to be of the very worst kind...ways that just might help to
someday turn “blue” California “red.” And while
it will take time to do so...if it ever happens that is...it has to
start somewhere...and simply...it has.
How so? Take for example that a week
and a half ago Republican candidate Melissa Melendez, a mother of
five, a small business owner, and an Army veteran who flew on covert
missions in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, won a special
election to finish out the remainder of the term vacated by
Republican State Sen. Jeff Stone, the man who resigned earlier this
year to become Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Labor. Now
becoming state senator for the 28th
District, Melendez
handily defeated Democratic challenger Elizabeth Romero, a Riverside
County Board of Education member, with 56% of the vote...numbers that
were actually four percentage points higher than what Jeff Stone had
garnered the last time he ran and won.
Translation: Republicans are starting
to make inroads into the governing of this still overwhelmingly
“blue” state.
Inroads indeed for on the same day that
Melissa Melendez won her election, fellow Republican Mike Garcia, a
U.S. Navy veteran, won his by defeating Democrat Christy Smith in
another special election, this one for California’s 25th
congressional district. And that's the very district formerly served
by (rightfully) disgraced former Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill,
the woman forced to resign when a number photos of her in a hotel
room with a young female staffer were published online, including a
number of nude photos some of which showed her both holding a bong
along with a tattoo of a Nazi iron cross near her groin while she was
kissing the same female staffer. What tabloid and mainstream media
fodder that story was.
But more importantly is the fact that
Mike Garcia’s win was the first time in more than two decades that
the Republican party actually flipped a California U.S. House seat
from Democrat to Republican...hopefully being just the beginning of
more flips to come. Did the now being extended stay-at-home mandate coupled
with Newsom's refusal to reopen the state's economy have anything to
do with said flip? I believe it did for if Newsom does not start
following the lead set by states like Georgia, Texas, and Florida,
states now in the process of reopening their economies thus allowing
people to go back to work and businesses to reopen, he and other of
California's political leaders do indeed have much to fear come this
November.
And while Los Angeles itself is still
gripped by fear in regards to COVID-19, Newsom's newest mandate could
see the stay-at-home orders for L.A. possibly being extended through
this summer or even, some say, until there is a cure. And so we will
continue to see some Californian's up in arms...not literally of
course as “blue” California is not the most firearm
friendly state...for the reality is that if Governor Newsom does not
follow suit what with even more states starting to loosen
restrictions, California might actually not have an economy left to
reopen. And that's something that surely will resonate with voters
along with the fact that with California being home to twice as many
Democrats as Republicans, you just know that Newsom and crew have
even more taxes coming Californian's way, after all someone has to
pay for his coronavirus economic screw-ups now don't they.
So with all still seeming to be doom and gloom right now in regards to
California ever turning “red,”
we
must not forget that there are a number of conservative areas in
California, especially areas north of Sacramento, which sees
Republicans being elected in both congressional and legislative
districts. However, right now and until the coastal areas and cities
like Los Angeles...both being Democrat strongholds...see their
political demographics along with their progressive, self-serving
attitudes changing, the California of years ago when it was
predominately a
“red”
state and a 40-year Republican presidential electoral given (as in
from1952 until 1992), its citizens will continue to see
the political fallout from COVID-19 adding to the circumstances that allowed
California to turn
“blue.”
And why is that...because with the likes of far to the left Governor
Gavin Newsom, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Rep. Adam Schiff
continuing to hold sway over a state that while it has so much to
offer now sadly sees those offerings being afforded only to folks whose votes
they can figuratively, and in some cases literally, buy.
So while there now seems to be a glimmer of hope that
someday California just might return to the
“red” fold,
especially with her citizens now being totally fed up with high taxes
that are bleeding them all dry, heavy business regulations, and the ever
increasing socially must now be accepted
"new norms"...with all being the
calling card of most
“blue” states...sadly also being added into
that sorry mix is the COVID-19 forced mandates. Even California's Democrat
leaders must see that with folks moving out of state in record
numbers, California's much needed tax base is quickly being depleted
and not being replaced while at the same time increasing these now former Californians destination state's tax base.
And pretty soon if this trend continues the only folks left in
California will be the super rich who know all the state's tax
loopholes, a dwindling and struggling middle class, and sorry groups
of people with their hands out to freely get whatever they can in
exchange for their vote. And this in turn will bleed California's
coffers dry...not an ideal situation I'd say as a bankrupt
“blue”
state can no longer simply assume that the federal government will
bail them out just as the destination
“red” states cannot
assume that those entering will suddenly turn their political
leanings
“red,” making the entire situation a conundrum
indeed.
So what's the answer? It's quite simple really...fed up Californians
need to fix their state at the voting booth starting this very November, because as long as they keep voting in those representing the agenda of
the new Democrat-Socialist party the longer the exodus out of their state will continue on. And
while some Californians are just now starting to wake up to that fact...the
recent election wins of Republicans Melissa Melendez and Mike Garcia just
might help to start the ball rolling that will hopefully someday soon turn California back to
being a
“red” state again.
I, for one, have my fingers crossed for just that to happen. Case
closed.
Copyright @ 2020 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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