OPINION

Purple is the New Party

What is a Republican today?

by Paul Moomjean

paulmoomjean@yahoo.com grew up without their permission. To think that characters like Carlson ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer STAFF WRITER and Shapiro are upset Derek Chau- Kimberly Rivers vin is going to jail after being found CONTRIBUTORS Right now, Cheney is at war the GOP had Rep. Tim Scott of South guilty of murdering George Floyd Michael Cervin, David Michael Courtland, Ivor Davis, Emily Dodi, Alicia Doyle, Marina Dunbar, Chuck Graham, Chris Jay, Daphne with her own party. On May 5 she Carolina, who is Black, speak after is downright wrong and insincere. Khalida Kilea, Karen Lindell, Paul Moomjean, Mike Nelson, Tim

Iwas sitting in a cigar shop the tweeted: “History is watching us. We Biden’s address to the nation. He said There’s no way they watched that Pompey, Kathy Jean Schultz, Alan Sculley, Kit Stolz, Mark Storer other day, enjoying a stogie with a buddy I had not seen in over a must decide whether we are going to choose truth and fidelity to the ConAmerica isn’t racist, and while America isn’t racist, it’s not entirely not video and saw Chauvin as the man in the right unless they are clearly GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Bret Hooper, Paul Braun, Elaine Cota SALES TEAM LEADER year, when he looked at me and asked, stitution or join Trump’s crusade to racist. The talking points of Tucker racist (which I don’t believe) or just Warren Barrett “What the hell is a Republican today?” delegitimize and undo the legal out- Carlson and Sean Hannity, two very fighting for noise in the YouTube ADVERTISING SALES Having been a former GOP member myself from 1999 to 2002 and come of the 2020 election, with all the consequences that might have.” privileged white males on Fox News, seem to be the official talking points and 24/7 news cycle vacuum. Conservatism and the GOP have Barbara Kroon CLASSIFIEDS Ann Turrietta labeling myself a libertarian conservative most of my life, I really couldn’t tell him what a Republican This set off the degenerates of the party, and they are looking to remove her from any form of power, includof the new unhinged GOP. This is the party that has lost the war on abortion, gay marriage, gun rights and the become the party of “whiteness.” It’s no longer a party with any ideals. It simply wants white people Advertising information, call 805.648.2244 Classified Ads | Display Ads is today. I just know I’m not it at all. Is it a member of a group of rioters ing a May 2021 conference where she would be the third-highest-ranking nuclear family. Now they might prop up Caitlyn Jenner for governor of Calmad and hopes that its 75 million members will one day be enough to EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE 805.648.2244 warren@vcreporter.com (Advertising)led by a man in a bear suit who lives GOP member. Remember, this is the ifornia, while systematically denying take back the presidency. nancy@vcreporter.com (Editorial) at home with his mother? Is it what daughter of maybe the most powerful transgender people the respect they Not everyone is doing this. Con- aturrietta@timespublications.com (Classifieds) Bill Maher once said, “old white men republican of our modern era, former ask in pronoun assessment. And the servatives George Will, Michael The Ventura County Reporter is distributed every Thursday in Ventura, Oxnard, Port taking care of my money?” Or is it Vice President Dick Cheney. To think reason the GOP lost everything is Medved and Mitt Romney are trying Hueneme, Camarillo, Ojai, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village and Agoura Hills. The some balance of both? Recently Liz she could be removed from a seat at because they listened to Hannity and to be the practical people. But with Reporter is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. The Reporter may be distributed only by Reporter authorized distributors. No person may, without prior Cheney and Mitt Romney have been the table because she believes what Carlson. And now the next wave is George Will leaving the GOP, Medwritten permission of the Reporter, take more than one copy of each Reporter issue. The Reporter is copyright ©2020 by Times Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part facing backlash for holding the line every state also does, that Joe Biden Ben Shapiro and Michael Knowles ved being fired from Salem Radio of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part in any form or by any means against the banned-from-social media won the election fairly, shows how from Daily Wire. These people want for not signing a Trump loyalty conwithout permission in writing by the publisher. An adjudicated Newspaper of General Circulation (SP50329). Submissions of all kinds are welcomed. However, the publisher and former President Donald Trump, causing a series of hot mic drops and far the party has dropped. Sadly, the GOP is now a party ratings. To those still in the GOP, in the words of Malcom X, “You’ve tract, and Mitt Romney being booed by Mormons in Utah recently, only assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. A stamped, self-addressed envelope must accompany all submissions expected to be returned. AD PROOF corporate booing. 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