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SleeplessinSoCal

(10,412 posts)
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 05:21 PM Nov 2025

Schwarzenegger and all face the music over Prop 50 win.

Republicans, including 'cowardly' Schwarzenegger, take heat for lopsided loss on Prop. 50

Summarizing article:

"Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego), a conservative firebrand, called on state GOP chair Corrin Rankin to step down and faulted other Republican leaders and longtime party operatives for the ballot measure’s failure, calling them “derelict of duty and untrustworthy and incompetent.”

“Unless serious changes are made at the party, the midterms are going to be a complete disaster," DeMaio said, also faulting the other groups opposing the effort. “We need accountability. There needs to be a reckoning because otherwise the lessons won’t be learned. The old guard needs to go. The old guard has failed us too many times. This is the latest failure.”

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Schwarzenegger and all face the music over Prop 50 win. (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2025 OP
It needs to be a federal law SSJVegeta Nov 2025 #1
There was no failure, the people spoke, whether or not you and your cohorts like it. nt MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #2
It was a failure to not defeat it SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2025 #3
Yeah, that's what I meant but I worded it poorly, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #4
Blame your Traitor and yourself, Carl DeMaio. Cha Nov 2025 #5
I still love Arnold even though he's a traditional Republican Shellback Squid Nov 2025 #6
what I don't like about Arnold these days... SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2025 #7

SSJVegeta

(2,848 posts)
1. It needs to be a federal law
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 05:22 PM
Nov 2025

If it isnt uniform across all 50 states its kinda stupid to do it all.

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,412 posts)
3. It was a failure to not defeat it
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 05:27 PM
Nov 2025

It was a blowout. That means heads must roll. It just means even more radical leadership in the CA GOP. I hope and pray that Trump succeeds in giving the Republican Party the biggest black eye known to mankind.

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
4. Yeah, that's what I meant but I worded it poorly,
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 05:29 PM
Nov 2025

it was a loss for the repigs, a win for Democracy.

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,412 posts)
7. what I don't like about Arnold these days...
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:27 PM
Nov 2025

Is his preachy style over being ambitious. To never be satisfied. To always want more. If he isn't meaning that, then he needs to reassess his sermons.

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