Let’s get one thing straight: California didn’t fall to the Left overnight — our side gave it away.
After I published “Want a Red Wave in California? Start Facing the Brutal Math,” the comments poured in: some called it honest, some called it hopeless, and some just called it delusional.
Good. That means it hit a nerve.
Now, let’s have the conversation that too many Republicans still run from.
It’s a Lost Cause? Let’s Start There.
One commenter said:
“Anyone still dreaming about flipping Maxine Waters’ district should have their voter IQ card revoked."
Ouch!
But I get it. You look at the numbers. You look at the culture. You look at decades of decay and how comfortably it’s been accepted. And you think: this ship isn’t turning around.
Here’s the real loss: when we treat California like scorched earth, we don’t just lose L.A. or San Francisco. We surrender the narrative. We forfeit every blue media market, every ballot initiative, every national headline, every census cycle — and with it, long-term power.
The RNC Won’t Help? We’ll Do It Without Them.
You're absolutely right. The RNC wrote off California a long time ago.
This commenter nailed it:
“This takes money and boots on the ground. The RNC won’t help, or doesn’t help, pick one.”
Another said:
“For far too long, the RNC has been reluctant to expend the resources necessary to try to turn deep Blue areas.”
Instead of building infrastructure in hostile terrain, the GOP chases easier wins in battlegrounds with better short-term ROI. I get it. But that’s a poverty mindset. You can win swing states and still lose the soul of the nation.
And that’s exactly what’s happening.
California Republicans must stop thinking in terms of election cycles and start thinking in terms of systems: the political machine, the cultural machine, and, yes, the money machine.
Building these machines — block by block, vote by vote, voice by voice — is the only way forward.
It’s Not a Messaging, But a Cultural Problem? Let’s Change That.
This RedState reader didn’t hold back:
“A few more yard signs or town halls will fix California ignores decades of cultural rot and socialist indoctrination, pumped through both the classroom and the Capitol… the solution isn’t “talk louder,” it’s Charlie Kirk-style disruption — bold, relentless, unapologetic messaging aimed where the numbers might give you a shot… California isn’t a communications problem. It’s a belief system problem.”
They’re right. But there’s a missing half:
Disruption without infrastructure? That’s just theater.
Theater doesn’t harvest ballots. And theater doesn’t flip school boards. Nor does theater protect kids from bureaucrats or break the union grip on Sacramento.
This is a culture war, and culture doesn’t shift by accident.
You need bold messengers and brutal mechanics grounded in math, message, and momentum. Conviction and coordination. Narrative and ground game.
That’s how you win over time.
We Need to Build
Some commenters offered real wisdom:
“To flip a deep Blue area, some groundwork has to be done; expand the local Republican operation, establish some candidates with name recognition… losing a few more elections, and accepting those losses as necessary expenses.”
That’s it. That’s the blueprint.
You don’t flip Watts with a press release. You flip it when someone’s knocking doors on 103rd Street in April, not just the week before ballots drop.
You flip it when a mom repeatedly hears a Republican talk about gas prices and groceries, not Ukraine and TikTok.
You flip it when working-class Black and Latino voters see that someone’s willing to show up and stay, not just parachute in and pose for Instagram.
Building takes time. It takes sweat. It takes showing up day after day, even when the odds say no.
You start by shaving 5 points in districts you lose by 30. You recruit five more precinct captains in neighborhoods that no one has walked in for ten years. You register 1,000 voters in a neighborhood the Democrat machine assumed you’d never touch. You run hard in deep blue, not because you expect to win — but because you refuse to disappear.
If California Republicans do that consistently?
We’ll lose better in 2026. We’ll lose closer in 2028. And maybe — just maybe — we’ll win something real in 2030.
Not just a district. A direction.
Abandoned, Not Lost
California’s not lost. It’s been abandoned.
By the party. By the donors. By the national movement.
I’m not okay with that.
I didn’t run for Congress thinking I’d ride a red wave and wash Maxine Waters out. I ran because I believe the fight is worth it.
When the math is brutal, that’s when warriors step up. When the odds are stacked, that’s when the fight gets real.
Call me delusional. But this isn’t about hope.
It’s about grit.
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