@kurtbardella details just how much the Republican party has changed since the 2003 recall for @latimesopinion. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
“In many ways, the recall election of 2003 was a battle between the state’s more moderate and conservative factions. Schwarzenegger, who was then a member of the Kennedy family, became the standard bearer for the moderates...”
“In 2003, Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield was the Assembly Republican leader who attached himself to Schwarzenegger and helped lead the fight for the 'moderates' in the party.”
“Today, McCarthy, House minority leader, has wrapped himself in the cloak of conspiracy theories and anti-democratic identity politics.”
“A new CNN poll revealed that 59% of Republican voters believe that adherence to ‘the big lie’ that Donald Trump won the 2020 election is ‘important’ to being a Republican.”
“In just two decades, Schwarzenegger has gone from being the standard bearer of the Republican Party to an outcast who probably couldn’t beat a figure like now-Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove) in a GOP primary.”
“In what has become a familiar cycle, this iteration of the Republican Party will make a lot of noise, raise a lot of money, generate a lot of headlines, and ultimately lose.”
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