The California Impact Republicans, And the Need to Sit at the Cool Kids' Table

September last year, I attended a meeting of the South Bay Impact Republicans. This group is an offshot of disgruntled members who left the California Republican Assembly.

Apparently, there were reports of fraud, corruption, fake memberships, blah, blah, blah.

It would be nice to see principled conservative leadership in the state of California, but the divisions have gone from bad to worse, especially as big money establishment people seem more invested in barely getting by as Republicans continue losing ground in the state of California.

I am not privy to all the problems that were eating away at the California Republican Assembly leadership way back in the day. I do know that Aaron Park was summarily banned for life from the CRA, which is really strange. That's a pretty heavy-handed punishment, and for what?

In February 2017, at the Winter CRP Convention, the California Impact Republicans sought a statewide charter. They got it, and I had no problem with that. Some people opposed this move, including the new leaders of the Calfornia Republican Assembly Thomas Hudson. The CRA President sought to table the move until a later time.

That motion failed. Other people spoke up at the microphone and asked for a "No" vote because of their dubious views of the Park brothers, the men and women behind the group. Other former CRA members have joined the Impact Republicans, including Todd Blair and William Briscoe, who had served as President of the CRA.

It seems like there's a lot of hurt and upset among the different members, and the whole purpose of starting the CIR was to get back at the leaders or the conflicted members in the CRA.

Just an observation.

At the October 2017 Convention, the CIR sent around a flyer endorsing John Cox for Governor. Cox, with his immense wealth, also put big money behind lanyards to hold up delegate and associate badges. It was a cheap move to get support, but Cox cannot buy love and support in that manner. They are backing Cox, the same guy who had voted for Gary Johnson, who has no discernible record of taking on illegal immigration, who has not even been elected to office.

Sorry, Johnny, but we the conservative voters of California are just not that into you. Your money can't buy our love. It's not working. From this connection between Cox and the California Impact Republicans, I have this sinking feeling that the only reason why the California Impact Republicans got behind John Cox is due to his money. This focus comes from  a consultant mentality, nothing more. Consultants matter, sure, since candidates running for office cannot rely on themselves to organize and coordinate key events.

But the consultant class in general is most interested in enriching itself. This is a big reason why big primary fights are breaking out in some states. It's more than conservative resurgence. It's also a clash of political campaign consultants and managers who want to make big money, and the primary and general election results be damned.

This is not good.

At any rate ….

California Impact Republicans invited me to meet Sheriff Joe Arpaio two months before the 2016 Election. That was nice. He was in the midst of his toughest re-election yet, and that time Arpaio lost, mostly because of a trumped-up contempt of court charge. President Trump pardoned him in spite of that. Now Sheriff Joe is running for US Senate. Wow, how times have changed.

At any rate, I could see that the California Impact Republicans, at least the leaders whom I have met and the meetings that I have attended, seemed more interested in working with the Central Committees, especially the corrupted leadership of RPLAC.

It was very disappointing when I look back at the September, 2017 meeting of the CIR in Torrance, CA.

Here are the videos I recorded of the meeting:

I look back at this meeting, and I must say that it was sad to see the South Bay Impact Republicans invite Janice Webb. She is corrupt, a terrible leader whom other members of the Central Committee have no respect for.

She called my work to pressure my boss and me to cancel a meeting. Shameful.

What is going on here, though? It all comes down to this: this new volunteer group was interested in sitting at the Cool Kids's Table, even though the RINO leaders in the weak, useless central committees from the county leadership down to the different districts.

I chased away Janice Webb:

Again, what is the point of a volunteer club if they spend more time making nice with bad leaders? I noticed that some of the leaders in CIR did not say anything to me when I confronted the corrupt leaders and the progressive losers who sold out to sit at "The Cool Kids' table."

Here's the final problem: the Cool Kids' Table is not cool. I fear that some of these volunteer groups are more interested in being liked, and they are more interested in going with the establishment "winning" candidate, i.e. the guy who seems to have a better chance because he has lots of money.

That is wrong. Besides, the California Impact Republicans … have not had much of an impact to begin with. Where is the leadership to make California Great Again? John Cox didn't even vote for Trump for President!