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turbinetree

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Tue Feb 22, 2022, 12:30 PM Feb 2022

California GOPer distances himself from Trump as he makes a bid for statewide office

By Tom Boggioni
Published February 22, 2022

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In an interview with the New York Times, former Mitt Romney policy advisor and Hoover Institution Fellow Lanhee Chen attempted to make the case why he, as a Republican, has a chance of being elected to statewide office in deep-blue California where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a two-to-one margin.

While he was willing to talk about his vision if he become the state's top fiscal officer as the controller, Chen was repeatedly questioned about former president Donald Trump, who he has frequently criticized.

With Politico reporting, "For the foreseeable future, Republicans likely won’t be winning top-of-the-ticket statewide races in California — or even seriously competing in them. Even party stalwarts here acknowledged it," the Times' Jonathan Martin noted "California has not elected a Republican to statewide office since 2006."

https://www.rawstory.com/lanhee-chen/

Dear Mr. Chen, do you think it just fine and dandy for a hedge fund operator to lets say buy a company and then ship said jobs over to China, like your Bain Capital boss did on numerous occasions...so that quote "Obviously I have great respect and admiration for Mitt Romney. There are very few things I wouldn’t do for him.".....so do you think it's just fine and dandy to shove people under the bus based on greed......do I hear crickets.......

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