Bad blood runs deep in Hanford over GOP Rep. David Valadao’s infamous impeachment vote. Could it cost Republicans a seat this November?
HANFORD – It’s been a year now, but in this Central Valley farm town, like the nation, the divide has only grown.
Historians will look back to Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, as a day of infamy. But in Valadao’s hometown of Hanford, they point to Jan. 13, 2021, when, as local mechanic Joe Flower puts it, the local congressman “not only stabbed the president, but stabbed us all in the back.”
“Those angry Trump supporters aren’t going to vote for a Democrat in November, but it’s entirely possible that they simply don’t vote at all,” said GOP political consultant Dan Schnur. “This could end up being the greatest challenge to congressional Republicans regaining their majorities.” HANFORD, CA – January 10: Kings Gun and Archery Center owner Todd Cotta shows a campaign mailer on Jan. 10, 2022, by a Republican running against Congressman David Valadao.
“He’s related to me and I don’t give a damn,” said Jack Toledo, 78, who just returned from Tulsa showing cattle. “He used to fight for us, but, boy, he turned coat.” Valadao’s own words about why he voted to impeach are now being used against him by two Republicans challengers in the June primary. Chris Mathys, an Army veteran and real estate broker who calls himself a “Pro-President Trump conservative Republican,” emblazoned the incumbent’s impeachment quotes on a campaign flyer, attacking Valadao as a “RINO” — Republican in name only.
Oralia Vallejo, a former farm worker and Democratic activist in Hanford who sits on the nonprofit Kings County Latino Roundtable, said that while “we were very impressed and very surprised” with Valadao’s impeachment vote, she is backing Salas, a popular moderate, for Congress.
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