If you choose, there are many reasons not to like Carl DeMaio.
The first San Diego member of parliament was Maga’s, bringing Donald Trump’s harmful political and personal attitude to Sacramento. For Democrats, only mentioning his name works the same as nails that work on blackboards.
Republican compatriots don’t like Demaio either.
The party leaders worked hard, far from success – making Demaio elected last fall. They accused him of criminal misconduct. Allies spent millions of dollars to increase his Republican rivals.
The Republican’s enemy “invoked his relentless self-promotion, criticism of his party and his tendency to win for victory, and he had little or no involvement to help him raise funds and enhance his political brand,” Calmatters wrote in his harsh January profile.
But when the Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution commemorating the Pride Month, there was no excuse for the foolishness and teenage behavior of the majority of Democrats last week.
Demaio, the first openly gay Republican member of the convention, stood on the floor and expressed his objection. Usually, lawmakers have about five minutes to make their own comments without interruption.
Not this time.
Demaio complained that the resolution had more than three dozen, while ES-E strayed from direct praise, and even members of the LGBQT+ community opposed some “very controversial and extremist positions”.
“It’s not about confirming the LGBT community,” Demaio said. “It’s about using them as political pawns to split us.”
You may agree or disagree with Demaio. Can you embrace the solution and its countless terms with all your heart. That’s next to it.
During his speech, about 90 seconds, Demao was interrupted by Long Beach Democrat Josh Lowenthal by the congressman in charge of the debate, saying he had “a very important announcement.”
And what is the pressing problem that cannot wait for a longer second? Happy birthday to another parliamentary Democrat.
Cheers and applause filled the room.
Demaio recovered, but was interrupted after a short period of time. Lowenthal died, and he forgot: a few days ago, it was the birthday of another Democratic lawmaker. More cheers and applause.
Demaio resumed, and then broke for the third time, so Lowenthal could hope that the third Democratic parliament member was “very, very, very happy” to commemorate the occasion the next day.
The reaction in the chamber, laughter mixed with more cheers, suggesting that Lovental and Democrats’ deceptions were fun and terrible.
no.
This is very small. This is stupid.
It customizes a super majority party arrogance, and has also once walked its own path and promoted Sacramento far more than Republicans.
It is worth noting here that there are several things worth noting because of how California should be controlled by representative democracy.
Demaio’s political peers may not be fascinated by freshman MPs. But he is a favorite among San Diego voters, who sent him to parliament at a profit margin of 57% to 43%. Their views and voices are worth hearing.
The Democrats may be California’s majority party with considerable registration advantages. They hold 60 of the 80 seats in the parliament and 40 seats in the state Senate. But the state has nearly 6 million registered Republicans. There is no doubt that California has more parties that support the party, or at least its policies and broad philosophy, but chooses to unofficially unite with the Republican Party.
They should hear it, too.
A group of non-significant California residents felt neglected, ignored and unrepresented by Democrats and their hegemony over Sacramento. This frustration has left the fruitless and wasted 2021 attempt to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom (losing over $200 million in taxpayers) and provides for a perennial fantasy of a rural country known as Jefferson.
A bigger point is: One-party rules are not good for California.
“When you play, you have to succumb to your toes,” said Thad Kousser, a political science professor at UC San Diego.
“When you are firmly in control, you don’t need to prove that to voters,” Kuser continued. “You can log out certain areas of the state. You can ignore legislators on the other side because you don’t think the shoe will fall on the other foot.
“None of this is good for democracy,” Kuser concluded.
It’s been more than a decade since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s left office and Republicans wield meaningful influence in Sacramento. The last Republican control session was when Bill Clinton was in the White House. Gerald Ford last time was the state Senate majority president.
This is unlikely to change anytime soon.
Meanwhile, Democrats don’t have to love their legislators. They don’t even have to like them. But at least, the Republicans who served in Sacramento should be respected.
Their voters deserve it.
