Chad Mayes, the until-recently Republican state assemblyman from Yucca Valley, California, didn't want to talk about President Donald Trump.But it was impossible to avoid the elephant in the room."Even though I'm a state legislator, trying to focus on state policy, the question I get from
Chad Mayes, the until-recently Republican state assemblyman from Yucca Valley, California, didn’t want to talk about President Donald Trump.“Even though I’m a state legislator, trying to focus on state policy, the question I get from my constituents is, are you with the president or are you against the president?” Mayes, a former party leader, told me Monday morning, a few days after he made headlines by leaving the Republican Party.
Q: OK, I’m going to have to ask: Can you talk about how much your decision was influenced by the president’s rhetoric or the discourse surrounding the president?But it’s the obsession that people have on both sides. The blind loyalty among Republicans to the president, or for that matter, the blind hatred that Democrats have for the president is the problem.Q: Tell me about how you got into politics.I interned for U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft back in the ’90s.
I grew up a little bit and realized that this work is really a public service and the job of the elected official is to make good policy that makes people’s lives better. That was the beginning of it. Story continuesA: The goal of the New Way was to try to provide an avenue for disaffected California Republicans.The challenge has been that you’ve got people who say, “Look, if you really want to build a bridge, then why stay? Why try to fix the Republican Party? Why not do away with parties?”Q: Since you’re hoping to focus on policy, let’s talk about what’s important to your constituents.
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