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The 2016 CA 45th Congressional District Race: The Marine Vs The Machine

The rematch of the Marine Colonel and the Career Politician coming to south Orange County June 7th

You and your neighbors in California's 45th Congressional District have a choice to make this year. Yes, we know that a Republican will be elected to fill your seat in the House of Representatives, but which Republican. Will it be the one selected for you by the Republican Establishment who doesn't even live in the 45th District or the one who will serve you and has lived in the 45th District since 1978?

I'm guessing that Mimi Walters is the one that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants. In fact the two of them are having a fundraiser next month for a whopping $25,000 a host couple. McCarthy couldn't help but notice that she has a long record as a good Republican soldier. Look at her voting record in the California Senate. She has consistently voted the party line. And now is her first term in the House of Representative, again Republican Establishment party line.

However, when it came to issues that We the People are truly concerned with, such as fiscal responsibility and trade, she votes with the Obama Administration. She voted for 2,009 page omnibus bill that contained a staggering $1.1 trillion in spending, to include Obamacare, Syrian refugees, amnesty, and quadrupling the H2-B visa program for next year. She also voted for the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), dubbed Obamatrade that grants a special fast-track status to trade deals negotiated by the president.

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Mimi is so confident of the overwhelming power of the support of the Republican Establishment that she rarely appears at community forums to present herself for your approval. She hides letting the treasure that she's received from special interests and the Republican Establishment do the talking for her.

It doesn't take much imagination to see how she'll vote if you let her stay in Congress for another two years is it? So, who will We the People send to Congress next year?

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Let me give you a clear choice. Vote for Greg Raths in 2016.

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