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Is Congressman Garcia Representing All of CA25 or Only Radicals? — Corey Nathan — March 5, 2021

By: Corey Nathan, host of “Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other”

Congressman Mike Garcia has devotedly served Georgia’s deeply red 14th district. The problem is he was elected to Congress by California’s very purple 25th district.

Republican Mike Garcia beat Democrat Christy Smith by less than 1/10th of 1% of nearly 350,000 votes. Imagine the Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons at capacity. Now add 150 people of standing-room-only. Mike’s margin was the equivalent of just 1 person in that entire crowd.

One may expect a Congressman elected by that narrow margin to act as an actual representative of such a constituency. Unfortunately, Mike Garcia has not. In fact, his most significant actions have been more aligned with violent extremists than with the diverse, family-friendly population of this district.

Specifically, Congressman Garcia has cast the following key votes:

  • Voted to object to the counting of the Electoral Votes of Pennsylvania and Arizona
  • Voted NO on the resolution to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Committee on Budget and the Committee on Education and Labor.
    • Note: This was NOT a vote to remove “MTG” from Congress; only to remove her from certain committees.
    • This is the “MTG” who stalked and harassed a teenager just days after he survived the tragedy in which 17 classmates and teachers were killed.
  • Voted NO on the impeachment of Donald Trump

To be clear, reasonable arguments have been made for certain decisions such as South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace on why she objected to impeachment. But Mike Garcia has relied on empty talking points, false narratives and vilifying Democrats with dishonest attacks.

Congressman Garcia has asserted that his objection to the Electoral College vote counts had to do with instilling confidence in the country’s elections. Horse hockey! As Republican Senator Mitt Romney said the evening of the insurrection, “The best way we can show respect for the voters who are upset is by telling them the truth. That is the burden, and the duty, of leadership.”

In a January 19th letter, Congressman Garcia tried to explain, “…these two states abdicated their Constitutional mandate under Article I, Section 4, which determines that state legislatures are responsible for state election laws… (States) violated the law when officials outside of the state legislature changed state election laws without the state legislature’s approval…”

The truth is this is a frivolous legal rationale. There is no way around it. That is the assessment of the conservative legal movement, who have been standard-bearers during this ugly chapter in our history.

As just one of dozens of examples, note Trump appointee U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig’s ruling: “Plaintiff’s conflation of these potential nonconformities with Constitutional violations is contrary to the plain meaning of the Electors Clause. If plaintiff’s reading of ‘Manner’ was correct, any disappointed loser in a Presidential election, able to hire a team of clever lawyers, could flag claimed deviations from the election rules and cast doubt on the election results. This would risk turning every Presidential election into a federal court lawsuit over the Electors Clause.”

Of the numerous suits the Arizona Republican Party filed, judges either threw out the cases or denied them for procedural AND EVIDENTIARY reasons. The same can be said for Pennsylvania such as the case that was referred to the entire Supreme Court by Justice Alito only to be unanimously rejected.

Mike Garcia supports a political, rather than legal, attack on a central tenet of democracy – free and fair elections, which are terribly undermined when Congressmen attack it with baseless claims and contribute to the big lie that this election was stolen. Leaders must be fervent defenders of the peaceful transfer of power when they are winners or losers.  America, not any political party, must come first for those serving their constituents. It is the voters – all of us – whose interests our Congressman serves; not the allegiance of a political party.

Of all those historic votes, was there even one the representative of this closely divided electorate could have cast to oppose those who tried to overthrow the government? Could there have been one opportunity to exhibit integrity by reflecting the diverse community he serves? Surely, it was imperative to display the independence indicative of a district so equally balanced. Was it not?

Mike Garcia’s answer is no. The individual who is supposed to be our representative has chosen to serve a radical fringe who support insurrection instead of all the people of CA-25.


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Is Congressman Garcia Representing All of CA25 or Only Radicals? — Corey Nathan — March 5, 2021

7 comments

  1. I noticed your views for this diatribe about Mike seems to be lacking views, 19 and holding at the time of my post, most likely half are yours.

    And it looks a lot like way less than 1/10th of 1%

    To be clear, I think your time would have been better spent focusing on certain individual who our supposed to representative ALL of this country.
    Instead, for some reason you have unfortunately not chosen the demented clown that represents the United States, BIDEN, who’s accomplishment are few and far between when it comes to the AMERICAN people.

    In case you missed it,
    He, Opened the US border to Illegal migrates known to have the Covid virus and now find themselves scrambling as they Pour Across the Border at Record Pace as well as putting kids in cages…
    Our border is now totally out of control overwhelming local communities, depleting budgets, crowding hospitals, and taking jobs from legal American workers,
    He, destroyed Millions of American Jobs canceling the Keystone XL pipeline project, and his newest stimulus bill is projected to cost millions more, which has caused the cost gas to raise significantly in the last two months
    He, just hired a White House’s Special Assistant to the President for Criminal Justice who is a former fellow at George Soros’s Open Society Foundations.
    On Day 36, Biden bombs Syria.
    Mike is doing just fine, maybe you ought to keep an eye on Nancy, Chuckie, and Dementia Joe,
    There destroying America

    • I fail to see how being able to fly an F-18 is a qualification for representing a Congressional District, especially when Garcia supports the people who attempted to overthrow a lawful election for President through violent Insurrection. Traitors should be duly labeled.I will NEVER vote for one. I believe in the Constitution and the rule of law.

      He further believes that his faith in a God overrides a Right to NOT believe in God. Unfortunately, this misguided interpretation of the Bill Of Rights bleeds over into his trampling a woman’s right to self determination concerning Abortion Rights. Does an F-18 pilot feel that he has that right also, or does the fact that a majority supports the difficult CHOICE have zero impact on this elected person? Absolutely disgusting egotism at a governmental level. He’s free to hold his own beliefs, as is any misguided, delusional clown, but Congressmaan? I don’t think so.

  2. Corey, Thank you for your letter to the editor. You are not alone in the way you feel. Most of us stay silent because the other side is so loud ! And threatening!
    I do believe a great person said, The ones that stay silent are the ones with the intelligence.
    As far as Mike Garcia, 2022 can’t come quick enough. The intelligent people will be herd.
    I have lived and raised my children in Santa Clarita for over 30 years.
    Yes, I am an Old Timer !

  3. Thanks, Robert. That’s encouraging. Like you, I’ve been here for decades and have raised my kids here. For what it’s worth, the strange thing is I’ve voted almost exclusively for Republicans at the state and local level.. But I simply can’t identify with those who support sedition.

  4. Corey, not that it matters but, we have lived and raised our children in Santa Clarita for over 54 years, Emblem, Saugus High School, I guess that makes me an OLDER timer,

    And you are far from being alone, and staying silent and intelligence, since most of you have chosen to remain and stay silent about this county that most love, Never really thought I would have to, if you know what I mean, I hope this isn’t to threatening, or loud.
    IMO, for the first time in my life living in this great town of Saugus feel that I/we are about to lose the country we all have raised are wonderful kids in.
    Among the many great freedoms “Americans” enjoy is the right to engage in political discourse,
    Disagreements are natural and healthy.

  5. p s hiett, Corey, Robert: Decent, patriotic, logical words well spoken! The Loud Mouth. anti-American, Woke, Censoring sheeple are busy at work tearing our wonderful country down! It’s scary/amazing the condition we’re in and going! Can one imagine what type of creatures would allow 1,000s of illegal aliens in to an already crowded USA, many with all types of infections/diseases and criminal makeups from the corrupt 3rd world countries they’re coming from!

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