Politics | California Jerry Brown's Spokesman: GOP 'Basically Moronic' California governor doesn't think Republicans are very bright By Matt Cantor Posted Jun 27, 2011 8:42 AM CDT Copied Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown talks about the California budget as he addresses the Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco, Thursday, June 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) With California Democrats and Republicans at an impasse on the state budget with a deadline looming, here's a sample of how things are going from Gov. Jerry Brown's spokesman: “The Republicans in Sacramento are basically moronic,” he tells Southern California Public Radio. "They aren’t smart enough to write reforms. They don’t know the first thing about the details of reforms." Republicans had previously blasted Brown, who wants to extend tax hikes. "Such acidic rhetoric is typical of talks that have broken down," notes the Los Angeles Times. Read These Next For these factory workers, an unexpected windfall. A request to turn off football game ends in a murder-suicide. Toll from UPS plane crash rises to 15 after a Christmas Day death. Edited version of It's a Wonderful Life has viewers perplexed. Report an error