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   your once great state, California," Trump said. "This is not a great state   
   anymore. This is a dumping ground. You're a dumping ground. The world is   
   being dumped into California. Prisoners. Terrorists. Mental patients."   
      
   Trump told his supporters "help is on the way," falsely claimed his 30-   
   point defeats here were the result of fraud and said, improbably, that he   
   would win California in next year's general election. He railed against   
   using mail ballots on the same day the Republican National Committee   
   launched its "Bank your Vote" initiative in New York, which urges   
   Republicans to vote before Election Day. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel   
   brushed off Trump's continued skepticism.   
      
   "I think we have to take those fights on but also understand that, once it   
   gets to game day, the rules that are on the field are what we need to play   
   by and President Trump is all in on that," she said.   
      
   Trump was in California just two days after he bypassed the second GOP   
   debate held at Ronald Reagan's presidential library northwest of Los   
   Angeles, signaling again that he sees no need to appear side-by-side with   
   lesser-known contenders.   
      
   Crowds at state party conventions tend to be thick with conservative   
   grassroots activists, an ideal setting for the former president, even as   
   he faces felony charges in four criminal cases.   
      
   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and   
   entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy were also scheduled to speak at the two-day   
   convention being held at a hotel near Disneyland.   
      
   Scott said police should get more respect and more money but stopped far   
   short of Trump's call for violence.   
      
   "We should respect the police, re-fund the police and thank God Almighty   
   they're willing to run in when everybody else is running out," Scott said   
   to a significantly smaller crowd than Trump's in remarks that appeared to   
   be cut short after the frontrunner's speech ran late.   
      
   DeSantis said people are "voting with their feet" and moving in large   
   numbers to Florida in search of freedom from mask and vaccine mandates,   
   low taxes and school choice. He warned that a second Biden term would   
   bring California's policies to the nation.   
      
   "The California model represents more American decline," DeSantis said.   
   "The Florida model represents a way for us to reverse American decline and   
   represents a way for us to have an American revival, and that's ultimately   
   the choice that people are going to have to make."   
      
   Waiting in line to enter the ballroom for Trump's speech, Dan Cox, a real   
   estate agent from Orange County and registered Republican, was sporting a   
   "Keep America Great" cap and red tie, telegraphing his support for Trump.   
   He lamented rising prices that have put homeownership out of the reach of   
   many families in the state.   
      
   "I'm voting for someone who can get the job done," he said, adding that he   
   doesn't trust Biden.   
      
   Not surprisingly, a smattering of Democrats protested near the convention   
   site.   
      
   "When the leading candidate of a major political party is under indictment   
   for attempting to overthrow free and fair elections, every voter needs to   
   stop and think about where our country is headed," San Bernardino County   
   Democratic Party Chair Kristin Washington said in a statement. "The last   
   thing any American needs is to relive that madness."   
      
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