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McCarthy, Patterson, Ross, Munger, Schwarzenegger to RUN anti Newsom Redistricting Effort:  California Republican Party NOT Part of the Real Effort

(Note:  Tom Ross who is taking a leading role in the anti-Newsom Redistricting effort, is a consultant.  For several years he was a designee of the Chair for Team Cal on the CRP Board.  At the first meeting, an hour after the organizational convention ended, she fired the Chair of Team Cal—which raises money for the CRP (even though the bylaws say the Chair of Team Cal—not the CRP Chair—appoints the Team Cal Chair.  When he spoke up against this, CRP Chair dressed Ross down and dismissed him)

Is the way Chair Rankin treated Team Cal Chair Tom McKernan and Tom Ross the reason the California Republican does not have a say in the management of the fight against Newsom?  Is it part of the reason the Assembly and Senate Caucuses ENDED their financial arrangement with the CRP?  (On Monday I will expose the CRP finances.  A hint:  In six weeks, from July 1 to August 14, the CRP went from $3.8 million cash on hand, to $2.94 million cash on hand.)

Outright Lie #1 / Lie of Omission #1: Frank writes that Tom Ross was fired by the CAGOP’s Board in violation of the CAGOP’s By-Laws. Ross’ lawyer did get involved, but they backed off of filing an actual lawsuit after lawyer letters were slung back and forth because Ross’ crew realized their position would not win in court (Steve has parroted their position repeatedly). As long as the Team Cal money is spent in accordance with its’ individual charter, the CAGOP’s board gets to pick the leadership. Steve Frank knows about the legal drama and has refused to write about it, including Ross and co. standing down – thus adding a lie of omission to the outright lie about the by-laws of the CRP.

Lie #2, when Tom Del Baccardi was chair and getting advice from Steve Frank, they attempted to take over Team Cal and did not have the support of the CAGOP’s board at the time. So, Mr. Frank’s duplicity is on full display. He knows the truth yet wrote what he wrote above. Lying is not a conservative value. This was not the first time it was attempted, but the first time it succeeded because Corrin Rankin had her ducks in a row.

Note: every bad thing I ever head about Mr. Ross came from Mr. Frank. I don’t know him that well, just that he is a moderate and a paid consultant. Thusly, it is absurd that Steve is now treating Ross like a victim, it sounds like the democrats protesting attempts to stem the crime wave in Washington D.C. Anything Trump tries to do, the democrats oppose, including 70% support issues. Anything Corrin does, Frank opposes.

Stupid Statement #1: Frank asks if the firing of Ross was part of the decision for Kevin McCarthy to set up an independent federal effort to oppose Gavin Newsom’s gerrymandering constitutional amendment. Kevin McCarthy would not walk across the street without Trump, Inc. telling him it is ok. Remember, McCarthy got run out as speaker of the house, but within mere months, Matt Gaetz who orchestrated McCarthy’s ouster was himself out of office too. If you think Trump, Inc. had nothing to do with that you are a fool. If you think McCarthy + the RNC is going to raise $100 Million for this without Trump’s advice and consent, you are Steve Frank.

Also note, that Corrin Rankin has been to Mar-A-Lago and is a hard-core Trumper with contacts throughout that team. As I wrote yesterday, nothing is as it seems.

The headline of his blog is an almost true statement. Charles Munger is a donor, not an employee of the effort. Arnold will likely be a campaign mouthpiece and his recent attacks on Trump vis a vis the meeting with Putin appear to be timed to allow him to appeal to trump haters. Ross and Patterson have been paid consultants of McCarthy’s crew for years, so nothing changes there.

Anyone that works for Trump, Inc. / McCarthy will make a ton of money off of the effort – hat tip to them. They had better succeed. (P.S. I endorse any and all legitimate efforts to oppose Gavin’s ballot measure) I am not being paid by anyone related to things CRP or the ballot effort.

Then Frank writes that he is going to expose the CRP’s finances. Since Mr. Frank has demonstrated an inability to read and write with integrity – my guess is he will post a bunch of stuff with cherry picked facts and inaccuracies. However, one thing everyone can know for certain is that the information he got – from which he will cook up his latest BBQ of BS – is from the current CAGOP Treasurer Jack Guerrero.

It is my opinion that Jack Guerrero lacks the courage to do the deed himself (aka blowing open the finances of the CAGOP) and is using Frank as the delivery vehicle. I can only conclude that Guerrero is getting ready to run for another office (on the heels of helping Jerry Brown appointed Supervisor Chuck Washington get re-elected in Riverside County despite the district being R-Leaning). Guerrero has never raised more than $35K for a run, including when he ran for State Treasurer. Washington raised about a Million all in. What is it? Is race #7 Congress this time for Guerrero?

I have been told by several (I have no direct proof – see the difference in how I am presenting this?) that Guerrero was asked to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement by CRP Staff. My guess is they anticipated everything CRP ending up in Steve Frank’s email inbox via Jack. This sounds plausible. Given that Guerrero has not done the financial reports, is reputed to be non communicative with staff and has not signed a single check, it makes this bit of hearsay very believable. I have no doubt that Jack refused to sign the NDA and has also refused to do his job. He was expelled from the Cudahy City Council a few years for missing meetings, then he carpet-bagged to Riverside County to help the GOP lose a supervisor race there.

Here’s the deal – I’ve been told that several of the above players and Molly Parnell have been attempting to interfere with the CRP raising money. I have worked with Parnell on campaigns (but I don’t say I agree with her on party stuff), and she is a professional, period. If you can hire Parnell to raise money for you, do it. These assertions by Frank about Patterson / Parnell in past blogs are false, had I been able to substantiate them, I’d have lit them all up myself.

Further, Corrin Rankin has Ron Nehring and Kevin Faulconer on her team, both have influence and networks of their own. I’ve been told they are telling people they are going to raise gobs of money of their own for a CRP led effort as well. Thusly, I am dubious at this time on any assertions about the CAGOP’s finances until everything comes out in the wash.

I have seen a long history of everyone CAGOP Related in and outside of the party over-promise and under-deliver. I want to be wrong. I want them all to succeed.

Some have attempted to add the issues with the “One Ask” program and the “leg” to this situation. Those issues are separate from anything related to the Newsom attempted re-draw of the Congressional Map. If you want to know why McCarthy and crew are leading the opposition, someone needs to call Trump, Inc. and ask why there is a separate effort going on. There are a ton of people in that orbit within the opposition that can get the frank truth from that crew in DC.

You deserve the frank truth, not a BBQ of BS.

Meantime, one can only conclude that Jack Guerrero and Steve Frank want to take down the CAGOP at a critical time when 5 seats in Congress are on the line. They should work for Thomas Massie with this mentality. Conservative Leaders should stand up to both of them and tell them to put a sock in it for the good of us all.