California Republicans risk being taken even less seriously.
Steven Greenhut writes:
California Republicans face a discouraging dilemma, as GOP numbers wither in the state Capitol. Democrats gained supermajorities in both houses of the legislature, which leaves the remaining Republicans virtually no power to stop anything and little more than a bully pulpit for their policies. How will they handle this bleak situation?
They have few good choices, but it’s still hard to understand the approach taken by Assemblyman Travis Allen. The likable and normally low-key Huntington Beach Republican is trying out a new role as the legislature’s bomb-thrower. He is getting widespread social-media attention for his latest article, but his over-the-top rhetoric may turn himself—and the party—into something taken even less seriously, and not just by Capitol Democrats.
Allen grabbed the spotlight in late December with a column in the Washington Examiner headlined, “California Democrats legalize child prostitution.” This wasn’t some headline writer’s overstatement. Allen wrote, “Beginning on Jan. 1, prostitution by minors will be legal in California. Yes, you read that right. … So teenage girls (and boys) in California will soon be free to have sex in exchange for money without fear of arrest or prosecution.”
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