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During a quick trip to California Monday with her boyfriend Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle proclaimed that voters in her home state are ready to embrace President Trump’s MAGA values and can build the “red wall” to stop Democrats’ “blue wave” from seizing control of the House.
In an interview with Breitbart News in Santa Monica, the former Fox News anchor and pro-Trump activist said, “I’m very optimistic about the role of California.”
“I was born and raised in this state,” continued Guilfoyle, who is vice chair of the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action. “There’s a healthy love of capitalism and opportunity for free markets in this state, and it can transcend the social strife and political issues here.
“The people here have been (politically) suppressed in so many ways, and oppressed by political ideology, and I would love to see them overcome that,” added the San Francisco native.
It’s clear that Guilfoyle doesn’t see her home state through the same political lens as her ex-husband, Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for governor.
Moreover, her optimism about California’s potential for embracing Trump’s agenda isn’t reflected in polls.
A recent USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times showed that two-thirds of likely California voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing, the Sacramento Bee reported this week. That opposition to Trump is “a major driver” in Californians’ support for Democratic candidates, including for Newsom, who has a commanding 54-31 percent lead over Republican challenger John Cox
While Guilfoyle has previously said she and Newsom have maintained a friendly relationship since their 2006 divorce, his name didn’t come up in her Breitbart interview, which took place as Guilfoyle was to deliver a keynote address for the California wing of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
Instead, Guilfoyle’s focus was on GOP congressional candidates running in seven fiercely competitive districts, mostly in Southern California. These seats are currently held by GOP incumbents, but the districts voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and are seen as key to Democrats’ strategy to retake the House in the Nov. 6 midterm elections.
The Los Angeles Times has reported that GOP support in California is “badly diminished after more than two decades of decline.” But Guilfoyle sees things differently, telling Breitbart News that she’s sensed a revival of Ronald Reagan’s glory days in her travels through California and the rest of the country. “We’re feeling that again, a middle American economic renaissance,” she said.
She added that she had seen “lots of strong, robust support for what the president is doing.”
Guilfoyle recently visited Newport Beach to help the re-election campaign of Orange County Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who is in a very tight race with Democratic challenger Harley Rouda.
Guilfoyle has warned GOP voters that they need to get out and vote to stop the Democrats from reversing all of Trump’s accomplishments. She also said it’s “fake news” to say there is little support for the president in minority communities. She said she should know such support exists. Her mother, who died when she was 11, was Puerto Rican.
“I stand proudly for Latino communities who have embraced President Trump,” Guilfoyle said. “Record numbers of African-Americans and Latinos are embracing the president’s agenda.”
Trump’s support among African-Americans is debatable, with Michael Tessler, a UC Irvine associate professor of political science, writing in the Washington Post in August that “there’s no way” that Trump’s approval rating among African-Americans is 36 percent. That number, often touted by conservative outlets like Breitbart News, is based on what Tessler called an unreliable Rasmussen poll; Trump’s support among African-Americans has held steady at 10 to 15 percent, he said polls show.
As for Hispanic voters, surveys show that they hold mostly negative views toward Trump due to his repeal of DACA and his policy of child separations — though by a smaller margin (a 58 percent disapproval rating, according to a Quinnipiac poll) than Democrats overall, Vox reported.
But Guilfoyle believes she knows what she’s talking about when it comes to minority support for Trump, saying, “I’m a proud single mother and Hispanic female who appreciates the fearlessness and courage of this president.”
On a lighter note, Guilfoyle laughed off the recent announcement by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, that DNA tests show her to be 0.1 to 1.6 percent Native American.
“I’m the real Pocahontas,” Guilfoyle said, saying she’s 6.1 percent Native American.
As Kimberly Guilfoyle spoke to Breitbart News, Trump Jr. hovered nearby and later said he is proud of his girlfriend’s role on the campaign trail. President Trump’s oldest son and Guilfoyle began dating in the spring, shortly after Vanessa Trump, Trump Jr.’s wife of 12 years, filed for divorce. Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle made their official debut as a couple during a July 4 visit to the White House.
Following Guilfoyle’s departure from Fox News, she and Trump Jr. have campaigned for GOP candidates throughout the country. Trump Jr. said Guilfoyle has “a phenomenal way” of connecting with his father’s base of voters.
“She’s been a supporter of my father from the very start and is an incredible asset for the conservative movement,” he said. “Simply put, she’s pure MAGA.”