Fiddling While Rome Burns

For John, BLUF:  Governor Gavin Newsom seems to not grasp that the California of the 1940s, 50s and 60s then started a slow motion implosion.  I was a resident for 38 years, before ending up in Lowell in 1994.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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California governor says Republican Party is headed 'into the waste bin of history'

From The Hill, by Mr Owen Daugherty, 17 June 2019.

Here is the lede plus four:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in an interview published Monday said the Republican Party is headed for the “waste bin of history.”

In an interview with Politico, Newsom compared national Republicans to the GOP in California in the 1990s.

California Republicans were once a force, but have seen their power disappear over the last two decades.

Washington Republicans will "go the same direction — into the waste bin of history, the way Republicans of the '90s have gone. That’s exactly what will happen to this crop of national Republicans,” Newsom told Politico.

Former California Gov. Pete Wilson's (R) push for a ballot measure in 1994 that prohibited illegal immigrants from gaining access to public schools and health care has been widely linked to the GOP's erosion in the state.

It is sad, what has happened to the once wonderful state of California, but the voters lost track of what made California great..

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff