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Grassroots Conservatives Urge GOP Establishment to Broach Social Issues

‘Our challenge is to represent the truth, which we all believe in, but to communicate it on an emotional frequency’
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Grassroots Conservatives Urge GOP Establishment to Broach Social Issues
Carl Brickey, president of the California Republican Assembly, at the group's booth at the 2023 California GOP convention in Anaheim, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2023. Brad Jones/The Epoch Times
Brad Jones
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11/13/2023|Updated: 11/18/2023

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Prominent conservative thought leaders, including Sebastian Gorka and Trevor Loudon, recently told about 250 conservatives gathered at a California Republican Assembly (CRA) convention in Orange County that the GOP must become better at connecting with voters on an emotional level if it expects to win their hearts.

A national security adviser to former President Donald Trump who served as a former British intelligence officer before immigrating to America, Mr. Gorka said facts without feelings aren’t enough.

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Brad Jones is an award-winning journalist based in Southern California.
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