in World News MAKE CALIFORNIA GREAT AGAIN: California GOP Delegate Says Populists Still Outnumbered in Party Leadership Despite Growing Support — “60% of Our Delegates Are Basically RINOs”
As President Trump’s populist groundswell continues to build momentum nationwide, The Gateway Pundit gained an exclusive interview with the 2024 Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in California’s 24th district, Thomas Cole, regarding his recent experience as a voting delegate at the California GOP Convention in March.
“In California, the delegates are about 40% populist-style, and the other 60% are not quite in with Trump. They are like RINOs. Last week, the delegates elected ex-Democrat Corrin Rankin as the new Chair of the California GOP,” Thomas Cole told The Gateway Pundit exclusively.
“Rankin had a bail funds business that was harmed by Democrat policy. Democratic lawmakers instituted a zero-bail policy in California, and it destroyed her business.
“So, Rankin was recruited by [Assistant US Attorney] Harmeet Dhillon to the GOP. She flipped from being an Obama Democrat only 3 or 4 years ago, to becoming Chair of the California GOP,” Cole said.
Cole joined a large coalition at the California GOP Convention that favored Rankin’s opposition, the more populist Mike Morrell.
“As a delegate, I can appoint five associate delegates. We all voted for Mike Morrell to be Chair of the California GOP,” Cole said.
“Morrell is a former State Senator in California – but it wasn’t his time, apparently.