As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of RedState, my thoughts turn to the incredible impact the site has had for so many as we yearn for a true voice in these frankly insane times.
I’ve lived for almost 30 years in the bluest state in the nation, California, and I’ve raised my four kids here in this former paradise. I have a mostly liberal extended family and am surrounded by mostly liberal friends. And yet, in 2022, I was honored to be asked by Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar to write for RedState after she’d seen a passionate op-ed I’d written about the nightmare scenario unfolding in the Golden State for children and young people at the time.
The opportunity was an utter blessing, as Democrats’ Soviet-style COVID policies destroyed my business and sent my children into chaos, cut off from work, school, and friends. I desperately wanted a chance to speak out, and…
