On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedicationof the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of a decisive battle of the Civil War.Lincoln’s speech was brief, only 272 words, but eloquently stated America’s founding principles andpurpose.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceivedand so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We havecome to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave theirlives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—thisground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above ourpoor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here,but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here tothe unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather forus to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored deadwe take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure ofdevotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that thisnation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, bythe people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
On Memorial Day, we remember and honor the men and women who bravely sacrificed their lives forour country, our liberty, and the principles upon which the nation was founded. On this Memorial Day,let us not forget their sacrifice and let us resolve, as Lincoln admonished us, to devote ourselves to thecause for which they sacrificed, “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—andthat government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Sincerely,
Carl Brickey, PresidentCalifornia Republican Assembly
The California Legislature is about to make two Islamic religious holidays into official state holidays. The bill has already passed unanimously through the two committees needed. No Jewish or Christian holiday is an official state holiday, and I am writing about how it is especially bad that these two Islamic holidays are being honored given
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A California Assembly committee has advanced a bill to make Muslim holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha official state holidays. At the same moment, a University of Michigan professor is facing backlash for praising Palestinian activists — and specifically pro-Hamas protesters — in a commencement address. Rabbi Michael Barclay, a widely read columnist and host
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(INSIDE SOURCES) – The Supreme Court has done something remarkable. It has been declared that the Constitution means what it says. The Equal Protection Clause forbids racial discrimination. Apparently, this is controversial. The court’s decision striking down Louisiana’s court-mandated congressional map has sent Democrats into theatrical fits of outrage. Chuck Schumer calls it a return to Jim
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(AMERICAN GREATNESS) – On April 8, the California Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement voted 19–0 to adopt AB2017, followed on April 22 by the California Assembly Committee on Appropriations, which voted 7–0 to adopt the bill. And with those votes, all that is left for this to become California law is the passing
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(AMERICAN THINKER) – Should California codify Islamic religious observances into state-recognized holidays in the United States? As a nation, the essence of who we are as a People is rooted in our Judeo-Christian values and principles, dating back to the Magna Carta. This shared moral vocabulary has shaped Western thinking since America’s founding. Why, then,
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May 31, 1982 Mr. President, General, the distinguished guests here with us today, my fellow citizens: In America’s cities and towns today, flags will be placed on graves in cemeteries; public officials will speak of the sacrifice and the valor of those whose memory we honor. In 1863, when he dedicated a small cemetery in
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Status 4/22/26: Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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2026 will be a pivotal year for the future of CRA, our party, and our state. At this juncture, it is fitting to remind ourselves of CRA’s early history and ongoing mission as we prepare for the critical 2026 Gubernatorial Election.
The Founding of the California Republican Assembly
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 and to become “The Conscience of the Republican Party” as stated by President Ronald Reagan.
Today, the Mission Remains Fundamentally Unchanged
In 2026, 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 in our conduct.
View and Share CRA’s Endorsements
You can now view CRA’s endorsements for federal, state, and local offices on the CRA website and social media for the June 2, 2026, Primary Election. The CRA website is cragop.org and CRA can be found on Facebook, Truth Social, and X (formerly Twitter) using @cragop. On our social media, the endorsement link is pinned to the top of the page. While you are there, if you are not already following CRA on Facebook, Truth Social, or X, click the follow button.
In closing, I want to thank you all in advance for your commitment and sacrifice. Together, we can make a difference and continue to promote conservative values in our state and country. Let us unite and work towards a successful primary election.
For God, family, and country,
Carl Brickey, PresidentCalifornia Republican Assembly
