Community Voices: 'It is what it is' isn’t good enough for the valley

Bakersfield Voter: David Valadao’s Toxic Record “Isn’t Good Enough For the Valley”

“Valley families don’t get to say ‘it is what it is’ when the rent comes due.” In a new letter to the editor, a Bakersfield resident is slamming Valadao for shrugging off the pain he’s caused for Central Valley families. The voter calls out Valadao for backing “the Medicaid cuts he had promised to oppose,” in a district where “two of every three people… are enrolled in Medi-Cal.” That money instead went to “nearly tripl[ing] ICE’s yearly budget…

Community Voices: 'It is what it is' isn’t good enough for the valley

At the Oct. 6 debate in Bakersfield, Rep. David Valadao was asked about immigration raids in the valley. He said, “Sadly, a lot of them do have a criminal record … A lot of social media and a lot of…