California Republican Party Launched Statewide Video Ad Campaign Targeting Democrats Who Shielded Predators
Jun 10, 2025 09:18AM ● By California Republican Party News Release
The video ad has been deployed digitally throughout California with a five-figure budget targeting women and parents. Photo courtesy of California State Assembly
SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - The California Republican Party (@CAGOP) launched video ads on May 6, 2025, targeting Democratic Assemblymembers who voted last Thursday to strip Assembly Bill 379 of a provision that would have made soliciting a 16 or 17-year-old for sex a felony rather than a misdemeanor.
The video ad features three California teenage girls speaking directly to camera, confronting not just fear, but the harsh reality that adults who solicit sex from 16- and 17-year-olds often escape real punishment. With a nod to pop culture references, the video underscores a simple, unmistakable truth: California Democrats are not like us. They chose to protect predators, not kids.
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Additionally, the video can be found here.
The video ad has been deployed digitally throughout California with a five-figure budget targeting women and parents.
The first eight video ad buys will name and target the following Assemblymembers who voted to prioritize predators over children:
Esmeralda Z. Soria, District 27
Pilar Schiavo, District 40
Jacqui Irwin, District 42
Dr. Corey A. Jackson, District 60
Sharon Quirk-Silva, District 67
Dr. Darshana Patel, District 76
“There’s no excuse for voting to protect predators,” said California Republican Party Chairwoman, Corrin Rankin (@CorrinRankin). "No parent should have to explain why Democrats refused to make it a felony to buy sex from a teenager. That’s not justice. That’s betrayal. The California Democratic Party isn’t just out of touch. They are a threat to our kids’ safety. And we are going to hold them accountable. Every vote. Every district.”
Here is the video script:
Teenager: "Democratic Assemblymember and the rest of the Democrats in the state Assembly blocked a law that would’ve protected us."
Teenager: "I’m 17. In California, soliciting a teenager for sex isn’t always a felony. That’s not right.
Teenager: "I’m 16. Every day, I worry about being targeted, being unsafe."
Teenager: "They not like us—they don’t know what it’s like to feel this fear."
Teenager: "Our safety isn’t minor. This crime should never be just a misdemeanor."
Teenager: "It isn’t a minor crime—it’s a violation of our childhood."
Teenager: "Call your Democratic Assemblymember today. Tell them to protect us."
Teenager: "Because trying to buy a child should break the law, not bend it."
