Before the California Republican Party convention starts Friday in Sacramento, let’s ask Orange County state Sen. John Moorlach what he wants to get out of the weekend-long event. “What are you, a therapist?” Moorlach cracked. “I’ll just stretch out on my couch here and tell you.” Perhaps group therapy might be useful as state Republicans remain in a deep funk, while nationally the party is giddily in control of the White House, Congress and most statehouses. Pass the Xanax. The question Republicans must answer this weekend: Do they distance themselves from the Trump administration, which is wildly unpopular among Californians but appeals to the GOP’s most conservative voters, or embrace it? State party Chairman Jim Brulte knows where he stands. “We’re going to celebrate the election of Donald Trump. There will be a lot of that at the convention,” Brulte, a former state legislator who enjoyed bipartisan respect in Sacramento, said Thursday. “As the president and the Republicans in Congress implement the agenda that they campaigned on, the economy will grow and that will be good for all Californians.” Embracing Trump is a risky strategy. Only 26 percent of California’s registered voters are registered Republicans, just slightly more than the… Read full this story
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