Three members of the Cal State Fullerton College Republicans have been
named in a lawsuit backed by the California Democratic Party in
retaliation for their work to recall State Senator Josh Newman, who was
the pivotal vote in support of April’s $52 billion gas tax increase.
The Democrats’ lawsuit, which was filed in Sacramento Superior Court last
Thursday, alleges that the College Republicans and other conservative
activists “misled” voters in their successful signature gathering effort
to recall Senator Newman. The suit names Amanda McGuire, Brooke Paz, and
Ryan Hoskins (pictured below) as defendants in the suit, for volunteering
their weekends to talk to constituents about the cost of Newman’s vote to
the district’s taxpayers.
The recall effort gathered nearly 85,000 signatures in a matter of
several weeks, due to constituents’ frustration and anger at Newman’s
vote on the gas tax. The Democrat Party has alleged that recall
organizers, which also included dozens of local conservatives of all
ages, lied to voters about the true nature of the recall campaign by
claiming that the recall would repeal the gas tax.
Brooke Paz, who serves as Public Relations Director for the College
Republicans told Daily Wire, "This lawsuit is a baseless attack on the
character of hardworking and passionate activists, as well as a shameful
intrusion on the democratic processes that are my right as an American
citizen."
"As we just celebrated the 241st anniversary of our independence, my God-
given rights are being threatened by the California Democrats simply
because they disagree with me and my colleagues," Paz continued. "Our
elected representatives are supposed to govern by the people and for the
people. The people do not want higher taxes, and as proven by the
incredible amount of signatures we've gathered for this recall petition,
the people do not want Newman."
Once Democrats in the state legislature realized that the recall petition
was moving forward at a record pace, they scrambled to develop a number
of subversive methods that would stop the lawful recall by the voters.
Democrats, who hold a two-thirds supermajority in both the Assembly and
Senate, and hold all eight statewide elected offices, worked to change
the rules on signature verification, tried to alter contribution limits,
and fought for legislation that would push the election further back.
Organizers of the recall told Daily Wire that the Democrat Party is
desperate for any way to stop the election by any means necessary, which
has a high likelihood of forcing Newman out of office only months into
his first term.
Amanda McGuire, who is Vice-President of the College Republicans,
asserted that "the lawsuit is a shameful and frantic attempt to silence
voters of the district. The intimidation tactics espoused by the
California Democrats should no longer be tolerated. It's gone too far
when college students are being dragged into court for becoming involved
with the issues faced by their local cities. I'm proud to be a part of
the party that fights to fix our government on every level."
"This lawsuit is the definition of frivolous, and more than that, an
obstruction of the very processes that every Californian should hold
dear," Ryan Hoskins, Secretary of the College Republicans said in a
written statement. "By naming myself and my fellow club members as
defendants on this lawsuit, the California Democrats are attempting to
scare us into backing down from this signature gathering effort. They
will not succeed in breaking our spirit, and with the support of the
California Republican Party, we will fight it in the court of law."
Fred Whitaker, Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County, where
much of Newman’s district is located, echoed the College Republicans'
sentiment in a statement to Daily Wire.
"Democrats are desperate to hold on to absolute power – whether it is
changing the rules ex post facto on signature verification, or
contribution limits, or a lawsuit challenging the validity of signatures
– they will stop at nothing to keep absolute power," said Whitaker.
"There is no principle left for them, it’s only power, and it doesn’t
matter if we change the rules or ruin the finances of ordinary college
students now having to defend their own signatures."
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