Santa Barbara’s influential state senator breaks down the politics and policies behind the unprecedented push by Democrats for an emergency re-draw of congressional maps in California.
Illegal immigration is a driven by sanctuary state policy. And illegals are adding 5-10 million non citizens to CA population. Politician Limon is also Keely aware these illegal populations bolster democrat members in Congress and in the presidential race. The census counts illegals and they count toward Democrat victories even if none of them vote. This it’s imperative for Dems to stem any removal of these illegals. And so Madam Limon will work tirelessly to continue sanctuary policies, and suborn police and other government to protect and shield the illegal population from federal officers. This is similar to the prewar south where Democrat official brazenly denied federal control of the southern democrats enslaved workers. And today’s battle over illegal immigration brings to mind the idea of equal protection of the law.
For instance our local Santa Barbara police chief indicated the police are here to protect and serve all residents and visitors of our community equally. And that although Santa Barbara is not a sanctuary city, CA is a sanctuary state. And Madam Limon is a certain proponent of this sanctuary state, and sanctuary cities, police, BOS, government schools and so on.
Thus our local police are following CA law and are therefore ignoring federal immigration law. For us that means local police will not enforce any federal immigration laws and, will not inquire about citizenship when doing any police business.
This promise from our police chief of equal protection is a hollow claim.
From our hallowed constitution, Equal protection of the law also means equal application of the law. From rich to poor, regardless of race, religion, creed or sports team preference. Yet the police and our state legislature are applying laws selectively. Illegal visitors are given a pass from obeying federal laws. They don’t need to prove citizenship, no proof of vaccinations, no proof to work, or even vote. They are given immunity from federal law by our state legislature featuring Limon, and of course our governor.
This unequal application of the law is not only unconstitutional on its face, it hurts all of us. When citizens see that some laws are enforced and some are ignored, it removes faith in our government of laws. Breeding cynical views of government and our way of life in America.
And it hurts people trying to obey the laws: When our housing is filled up with illegals, and illegals receive section eight for housing, SNAP for child care, free medical from the state, free education, free food, free free free for the illegal visitors!
This unequal application of the law hurts our legal populations, and deprives them of the basic rights of citizenship. Their voices and votes are diminished, diluted, their faith in a fair government dissolved.
And the reasons for all this state government enforced inequality is simple. It’s federal apportionment. Because federal apportionment law requires the census count all persons in the nation, to adjust the number of members in congress. And so the more illegals crammed into liberal cities and liberal states, will create more political power in congress for those liberal states. More congress people and federal money for those states. So CA likes that federal law, but not laws on immigration.
Our American Civil War was fought over this issue of unfair application of the laws. The democrats slave states demanded and obtained by threat, 3/5ths vote per every slave they owned. And the slave states used those illicit ‘votes’ to prolong and extend slavery across the USA. The democrat slave states goal was: Slavery all the way to the pacific.
If the war had not been won by the north and Lincoln, we would have slavery today. But instead Lincoln and the Republicans stood, fought and died for equal application of the laws. That all men and women shall have equal protection of the law and equal application of the law. And that is what America stands for.
Today, California’s quaint decision to ignore federal immigration laws, ostensibly to protect minorities, belies the true motive of gaining political power. If there is no limit to illegal visitors, there is no limit to disenfranchising voters and dissolving our constitution. And If the left wants a civil war over this transgression, they may get one.
In last two minutes of that conversation, Senator Monique Limon clearly stated that the only constituents she cares about are Democrats. Democrats represent CA and no one else, because the current 83% of 52 house districts isn’t enough to properly represent CA. Thats a pretty terrible statement from one of our state representatives. On the other side, I heard Supervisor Bob Nelson at a speaking engagement today say, “I represent my entire district, it has Democrats, Republicans, Independents, far left, far right, and I try my best to find common ground.”
Senator Limon clearly has common ground with Congressman Salud Carbajal that uses his official socials and site to bash 40% of his constituents daily. Terrible and never any facts. I can’t recall ever saying anything negative about Monique Limon, but the end of this interview was clear to me that I don’t matter to her.
To the rest of the conversation, two points:
1. The only gang out causing fear and chaos during Fiesta was our own criminals that murdered people. Criminals we let out on the streets because of broken policies here.
2. Both parties gerrymander congressional districts. I’ve gone through the data on every state. There are at least a dozen states on each side that are significantly overrepresented, but Democrats are actually getting more house seats from it because they have the big urban area states, like IL, NY, NJ, MD, etc. Urban population centers are the #1 weapon in gerrymandering. Just go look at IL and try to explain the shape or sense behind some of their districts.
CA is also already significantly overrepresented. The Independent Redistricting Commission keeps it from being much worse as we see with the new map, because Republicans definitely do not have the cards here with all of heavy blue urban populations.
I don’t agree with what Texas is doing mid census, and I certainly don’t agree with CA’s response - particularly the selective outrage. This is going to set off a chain reaction and it will become status quo of playing these games mid census cycle. Imagine our elected officials actually doing work for their constituents versus constantly using time and resources to keep themselves in political power. Newsom can’t find the $100M fire money, or the $24B homeless money, but he can find hundreds of millions to have a gerrymandering political war with Trump, literally at our expense.
Ca has a moral obligation to the citizens of the US! BTW Smith “I’ve gone through the data” is grammatically correct. Have you really went through the data?
If you compare the 2024 Presidential voter share in each state to the share of House seats, but exclude all states with fewer than 2 congressional districts to eliminate outliers (it's invalid to say a state with 1 congressional district is gerrymandered), the difference can provide an over- or under-representation score. There are many more complex ways to analyze the data, but this method tells the same story and is the simplest for general understanding. For example, Trump received 56% of the vote in Iowa, but Republicans hold 100% of the congressional districts, so Iowa has a 44.0 point over-representation score for Republicans. Following? I have all of the states' data in pivot tables, so I can provide this information in any format you prefer if needed.
From that data, we can see all states with a score greater than 15 points. We could choose 20.0 or 25.0, or whatever you prefer, same idea. There are 15 states (IA, UT, NE, WI, AR, OK, SC, TN, NC, AZ, IN, KY, KS, MO, and FL) for Republicans and 11 states (NM, CT, MA, OR, IL, NV, MD, CA, NJ, WA, NY) for Democrats above a 15.0 point gap. Notice you don't see TX because it's currently within 7.0 points, making it one of the fairest states. It seems ridiculous for TX to take heat from CA, one of the most unbalanced states, doesn't it?
The average gap score is 27.5 for Republicans and 29.5 for Democrats, indicating Democrats have a slight edge in gerrymandering %, but let's call it even since Republicans control a few more states. The main difference lies in the total number of seats. For those scores and states, Republicans hold 98 out of 122 Congressional Districts, while Democrats hold 125 out of 152.
So, what's the takeaway? Both parties are creatively districting in many states. Democrats are benefiting from larger district states giving them more congressional seats. This data shows CA as 24% overrepresented, which matches TN. CA has 52 seats, and TN has 9. When the big Republican state says it's done playing fair, CA cries foul. Selective outrage.
I'm not Salud Carbajal. You will never see me spout rhetoric that isn't backed by data and facts. So when I say I've looked at the data, you can trust it. You can disagree with how I've analyzed it, and I'm happy to approach it differently for you to see what we get.
Do you want to explain the moral obligation? And is that a party obligation or moral?
Illegal immigration is a driven by sanctuary state policy. And illegals are adding 5-10 million non citizens to CA population. Politician Limon is also Keely aware these illegal populations bolster democrat members in Congress and in the presidential race. The census counts illegals and they count toward Democrat victories even if none of them vote. This it’s imperative for Dems to stem any removal of these illegals. And so Madam Limon will work tirelessly to continue sanctuary policies, and suborn police and other government to protect and shield the illegal population from federal officers. This is similar to the prewar south where Democrat official brazenly denied federal control of the southern democrats enslaved workers. And today’s battle over illegal immigration brings to mind the idea of equal protection of the law.
For instance our local Santa Barbara police chief indicated the police are here to protect and serve all residents and visitors of our community equally. And that although Santa Barbara is not a sanctuary city, CA is a sanctuary state. And Madam Limon is a certain proponent of this sanctuary state, and sanctuary cities, police, BOS, government schools and so on.
Thus our local police are following CA law and are therefore ignoring federal immigration law. For us that means local police will not enforce any federal immigration laws and, will not inquire about citizenship when doing any police business.
This promise from our police chief of equal protection is a hollow claim.
From our hallowed constitution, Equal protection of the law also means equal application of the law. From rich to poor, regardless of race, religion, creed or sports team preference. Yet the police and our state legislature are applying laws selectively. Illegal visitors are given a pass from obeying federal laws. They don’t need to prove citizenship, no proof of vaccinations, no proof to work, or even vote. They are given immunity from federal law by our state legislature featuring Limon, and of course our governor.
This unequal application of the law is not only unconstitutional on its face, it hurts all of us. When citizens see that some laws are enforced and some are ignored, it removes faith in our government of laws. Breeding cynical views of government and our way of life in America.
And it hurts people trying to obey the laws: When our housing is filled up with illegals, and illegals receive section eight for housing, SNAP for child care, free medical from the state, free education, free food, free free free for the illegal visitors!
This unequal application of the law hurts our legal populations, and deprives them of the basic rights of citizenship. Their voices and votes are diminished, diluted, their faith in a fair government dissolved.
And the reasons for all this state government enforced inequality is simple. It’s federal apportionment. Because federal apportionment law requires the census count all persons in the nation, to adjust the number of members in congress. And so the more illegals crammed into liberal cities and liberal states, will create more political power in congress for those liberal states. More congress people and federal money for those states. So CA likes that federal law, but not laws on immigration.
Our American Civil War was fought over this issue of unfair application of the laws. The democrats slave states demanded and obtained by threat, 3/5ths vote per every slave they owned. And the slave states used those illicit ‘votes’ to prolong and extend slavery across the USA. The democrat slave states goal was: Slavery all the way to the pacific.
If the war had not been won by the north and Lincoln, we would have slavery today. But instead Lincoln and the Republicans stood, fought and died for equal application of the laws. That all men and women shall have equal protection of the law and equal application of the law. And that is what America stands for.
Today, California’s quaint decision to ignore federal immigration laws, ostensibly to protect minorities, belies the true motive of gaining political power. If there is no limit to illegal visitors, there is no limit to disenfranchising voters and dissolving our constitution. And If the left wants a civil war over this transgression, they may get one.
Narrative in search of facts...
Also there is the census.. It’s biased to overcount in D states and undercount in R states. This is giving the Ds about 12 extra house seats. Here’s or study. https://www.analytics805.com/post/the-census-bureau-is-a-rigged-and-biased-system
In last two minutes of that conversation, Senator Monique Limon clearly stated that the only constituents she cares about are Democrats. Democrats represent CA and no one else, because the current 83% of 52 house districts isn’t enough to properly represent CA. Thats a pretty terrible statement from one of our state representatives. On the other side, I heard Supervisor Bob Nelson at a speaking engagement today say, “I represent my entire district, it has Democrats, Republicans, Independents, far left, far right, and I try my best to find common ground.”
Senator Limon clearly has common ground with Congressman Salud Carbajal that uses his official socials and site to bash 40% of his constituents daily. Terrible and never any facts. I can’t recall ever saying anything negative about Monique Limon, but the end of this interview was clear to me that I don’t matter to her.
To the rest of the conversation, two points:
1. The only gang out causing fear and chaos during Fiesta was our own criminals that murdered people. Criminals we let out on the streets because of broken policies here.
2. Both parties gerrymander congressional districts. I’ve gone through the data on every state. There are at least a dozen states on each side that are significantly overrepresented, but Democrats are actually getting more house seats from it because they have the big urban area states, like IL, NY, NJ, MD, etc. Urban population centers are the #1 weapon in gerrymandering. Just go look at IL and try to explain the shape or sense behind some of their districts.
CA is also already significantly overrepresented. The Independent Redistricting Commission keeps it from being much worse as we see with the new map, because Republicans definitely do not have the cards here with all of heavy blue urban populations.
I don’t agree with what Texas is doing mid census, and I certainly don’t agree with CA’s response - particularly the selective outrage. This is going to set off a chain reaction and it will become status quo of playing these games mid census cycle. Imagine our elected officials actually doing work for their constituents versus constantly using time and resources to keep themselves in political power. Newsom can’t find the $100M fire money, or the $24B homeless money, but he can find hundreds of millions to have a gerrymandering political war with Trump, literally at our expense.
Go Monique!
Ca has a moral obligation to the citizens of the US! BTW Smith “I’ve gone through the data” is grammatically correct. Have you really went through the data?
I absolutely analyzed the data.
If you compare the 2024 Presidential voter share in each state to the share of House seats, but exclude all states with fewer than 2 congressional districts to eliminate outliers (it's invalid to say a state with 1 congressional district is gerrymandered), the difference can provide an over- or under-representation score. There are many more complex ways to analyze the data, but this method tells the same story and is the simplest for general understanding. For example, Trump received 56% of the vote in Iowa, but Republicans hold 100% of the congressional districts, so Iowa has a 44.0 point over-representation score for Republicans. Following? I have all of the states' data in pivot tables, so I can provide this information in any format you prefer if needed.
From that data, we can see all states with a score greater than 15 points. We could choose 20.0 or 25.0, or whatever you prefer, same idea. There are 15 states (IA, UT, NE, WI, AR, OK, SC, TN, NC, AZ, IN, KY, KS, MO, and FL) for Republicans and 11 states (NM, CT, MA, OR, IL, NV, MD, CA, NJ, WA, NY) for Democrats above a 15.0 point gap. Notice you don't see TX because it's currently within 7.0 points, making it one of the fairest states. It seems ridiculous for TX to take heat from CA, one of the most unbalanced states, doesn't it?
The average gap score is 27.5 for Republicans and 29.5 for Democrats, indicating Democrats have a slight edge in gerrymandering %, but let's call it even since Republicans control a few more states. The main difference lies in the total number of seats. For those scores and states, Republicans hold 98 out of 122 Congressional Districts, while Democrats hold 125 out of 152.
So, what's the takeaway? Both parties are creatively districting in many states. Democrats are benefiting from larger district states giving them more congressional seats. This data shows CA as 24% overrepresented, which matches TN. CA has 52 seats, and TN has 9. When the big Republican state says it's done playing fair, CA cries foul. Selective outrage.
I'm not Salud Carbajal. You will never see me spout rhetoric that isn't backed by data and facts. So when I say I've looked at the data, you can trust it. You can disagree with how I've analyzed it, and I'm happy to approach it differently for you to see what we get.
Do you want to explain the moral obligation? And is that a party obligation or moral?
In the interest of full disclosure, Newsmakers notes that Mr. Smith is running for Congress as a Republican in the 24th CD.