REDDING–Make California Great Again: Time for the California Republican Assembly To Step Up and throw out from county or state leadership any GOP Republicans In Name Only (RINOs) as did Texas voters on Tuesday when they selected Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn, a 23-year Senate incumbent, by more than 28 percentage points after receiving a complete endorsement from President Donald J. Trump the week before.

Cornyn, the senior Texas senator, was voted out of office despite having spent over $40 million to run vs. $8 million spent by Paxton. President Trump praised Paxton as a supporter of terminating the filibuster and pushing forward the SAVE America Act (Editor’s Note: a national election integrity measure; the Shasta County election integrity measure on the primary ballot is Measure B: see May 12 story on SCRA Endorses Measure B) while saying Paxton would fight to cut taxes and regulations, secure the border, stop migrant crime, protect the Second Amendment, support Texas oil and gas, and safeguard elections.

President Ronald Reagan called the California Republican Assembly “The Conscience of the Republican Party.” The California Republican Assembly has 68 local assemblies (chapters) which can be viewed at: https://cragop.org/local-units/. Cost for joining is $25 and can be done at: https://cra-membership.wildapricot.org/join-us. The California Republican Assembly believes in: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Victims’ Rights, The Sanctity of Life, Parental Rights, Limited Government & Free Enterprise System, Inalienable Rights, Judeo-Christian Foundation, and Self-Government. See short videos at: https://cragop.org/.

On February 11, 1934, a small group of young Republicans assembled in San Jose to pick up the pieces and rebuild a party devastated by the Democrat’s landslide victory in 1932. They had enough of Republican politics-as-usual and were determined to restructure and revitalize the Republican Party in California. In his The Story of the California Republican Assembly, Markell Baer (CRA President, 1951-52) wrote that these men: “dedicated themselves to promote the restoration of public confidence in the Republican Party, freed from the domination of reactionary leaders. . . and to developing a strong public opinion to offset the dangers of the New Deal administration. . . They saw the threat to the American tradition of freedom, private initiative, and local government, and sought to arouse the people to a re-adherence to the principles of our government, as handed down from our forefathers.”

The following month, at a convention in Fresno, the California Republican Assembly was formally organized on March 12, 1934. By June of 1935, 47 of the state’s 58 counties had CRA organizations and CRA membership exceeded 8,000. CRA was set on a path to make political history in California.

“In 2025, the mission of the Republican Assembly movement is essentially unchanged from 1934: to rebuild and revitalize the Republican Party; to warn the people about the dangers of Marxism, Progressivism, and Socialism; and to awaken in the public a recommitment to America’s founding principles. To carry out this crucial mission, we must be courageous, determined, principled, and well-prepared while being civil and honorable.”

The CRA President is Carl Brickey. The motto of the CRA is: For God, family, and country.  The scripture verse on the CRA website: “but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,” ~ 1 Peter 3:15 (ESV). The Shasta County Republican Assembly (SCRA) meets on the first Thursday of each month at the Shasta Bible College Chapel, 2951 Goodwater Avenue, Redding, CA 96002. The next meeting is Thursday, June 4th.