| Jim Desmond’s carefully crafted facade as a “common-sense” moderate voice to voters in CA-48 just shattered.Â
As soon as Donald Trump and the MAGA Republican caucus came calling with their “complete and total endorsement,” Desmond didn’t hesitate to fully embrace it.
These endorsements are the clearest proof yet that Desmond will be another rubber stamp for the worst of an extreme agenda driving up costs, gutting health care, and leaving Californians to pay the price.
The full-throated endorsement comes as Desmond has already shown his true MAGA colors in recent weeks:Â
- As gas prices in California skyrocket to nearly $6 per gallon, Jim Desmond dismissed the financial burden on working families, calling it “no pain, no gain,” and saying “President Trump is right.”
- Desmond refused to “[shy] away from his support for Trump” and endorsed “Trump’s more controversial efforts — including ending birthright citizenship.”
- Desmond voted against his own housing proposal to avoid acknowledging that Trump’s tariffs and economic agenda are crushing Southern California families.
- As the president escalates his costly war in Iran – now draining $1 billion a day from American taxpayers – Desmond admitted “I support” it.
- Desmond then tried to wave away rising gas prices altogether, saying they’ll just “go away once…this Iran issue, you know, goes away,” yet acknowledged it’s “bloody murder when the president’s actions…[cause] the gas prices to go up.”
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
“While Southern California families struggle with rising costs, Jim Desmond is busy auditioning for Trump. He’s proven he’ll fall in line with his party bosses – no matter the cost – to push an extreme, unpopular agenda that’s making life more expensive and more difficult for the people of CA-48. He just sealed his fate, and voters won’t buy it.”Â
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