South Placer Republican Women Federated

President's Message - January 2026

We cannot afford to lose

Something struck me the other day: It’s easy to get behind a candidate, but standing with them takes courage.

Voters tend to talk about getting behind a candidate, but when you get beyond the superficiality of that sentiment, you realize how much that lets you off the hook.

It is the candidate that takes the heat, has the insults hurled, receives the threats, and is scrutinized almost down to the molecular level. If you are a woman - and yes, we know what a woman is - your appearance is most always compared to a man. All of a sudden, to be told, "you look trans" becomes an insult from the person on the left who actually does know what a woman is.

The past is dredged, the lies are crafted, cruel lines are drawn. The candidate you are standing behind takes the arrows that are directed at all of us and that includes you.

We take shelter behind our candidate because we have the luxury of choosing where to stand.

Sometimes I think we forget who we are. We are the Patriots. Americans. Rebels to the core. And rather than getting behind a candidate, it's time we took a step forward to stand shoulder to shoulder with our fighters, linking arms as we share the arrows.

It is a scary place to be, uncomfortable even. But give some thought to our Founders and what they were willing to give up so that you could live in the greatest country in the world. What does freedom mean to you?

The stakes are high and every good Patriot is being called up. There is always room for more and my great hope is that you will join those of us who have answered the call.

We cannot afford to lose.