Orange County Democrats hope anti-Trump energy will mean wins in cities where GOP has dominated for

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Orange County Dems hope anti-Trump energy will mean wins in cities where GOP has dominated for decades


In a roundabout way, it was President Donald Trump’s rise to power that prompted Democrat Beatriz “Betty” Valencia to run for city council.

Within a few months of Trump’s 2016 victory, the 47-year-old protested in the streets of Los Angeles with the Women’s March. Soon after, she began attending council meetings in her home town, Orange, for the first time.

And it was there, on April 10, 2018, the night that city leaders passed a resolution opposing California’s sanctuary state law – and supporting local law enforcement’s cooperation with ICE – that something in Valencia shifted. Speaking loudly enough for meeting attendees to hear, she suddenly addressed the majority-GOP city council and said:

“You’re in my seat.”

“That night, I told the people around me, ‘I’m going to run,’” said Valencia, an executive in a local lending institution who emigrated from Mexico to Orange when she was 6.

Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/10/01/orange-county-dems-hope-anti-trump-energy-will-mean-wins-in-cities-where-gop-has-dominated-for-decades/

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. i'd vote for her for 2 reasons

1. "You're in my seat."

That's the way to energize others whom the GOP will not represent.

2. That smile while standing in front of the sign, "Follow me to the listening tour!"

If those are typical GOPs on the council, they don't listen; they dictate through their propaganda machine of Fox and radio.