In the wake of declining registration numbers and a devastating election in November, California Republicans are searching for a path back to relevance in the Golden State. Many Latino Republicans have voiced strong opposition to the GOP's current direction, decrying the Nationalist-leaning "Trump Wing" of the Party that has embraced loaded racial rhetoric and calls for a wall between California and Mexico. Latino GOP consultants Luis Alvarado and Mike Madrid sat down with the Capitol Weekly Podcast to discuss the state of the California Republican Party from their different vantage points: Madrid sees a Party in deep decline, having abandoned Conservative ideals in favor of white identity politics; Alvarado offers a glass-half-full view, defending the campaign of failed Gubernatorial candidate John Cox and looking for the bread and butter issues that will drive voters back to the GOP. Sparks fly as Alvarado and Madrid hash out their ideas about saving the Party that each has devoted his professional life to.
In the wake of declining registration numbers and a devastating election in November, California Republicans are searching for a path back to relevance in the Golden State. Many Latino Republicans have voiced strong opposition to the GOP's current direction, decrying the Nationalist-leaning "Trump Wing" of the Party that has embraced loaded racial rhetoric and calls for a wall between California and Mexico. Latino GOP consultants Luis Alvarado and Mike Madrid sat down with the Capitol Weekly Podcast to discuss the state of the California Republican Party from their different vantage points: Madrid sees a Party in deep decline, having abandoned Conservative ideals in favor of white identity politics; Alvarado offers a glass-half-full view, defending the campaign of failed Gubernatorial candidate John Cox and looking for the bread and butter issues that will drive voters back to the GOP. Sparks fly as Alvarado and Madrid hash out their ideas about saving the Party that each has devoted his professional life to.