After weeks of escalating criticism, Assembly Republican Leader Chad Mayes still doesn’t have any regrets over bucking his party to support California’s cap-and-trade program on climate change. “When you do the right thing, it’s a good idea to stand by that.”Whether he did the right thing is a question that has engulfed California’s struggling Republican Party. Jerry Brown, Senate leader Kevin León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon after the cap-and-trade vote. Jerry Brown, Senate leader Kevin León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon after the cap-and-trade vote. That often leads to recriminations when Republicans cross party lines to support proposals that don’t fit conservative orthodoxy.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 14, 2017 07:07 UTC