SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 1 on the steps of the California’s state capitol, the state GOP-endorsed Congressional candidate Buzz Patterson was crazy busy. ​ While emceeing the often angry “Rescue America Rally” he had co-organized, Patterson stumped for his long-shot bid for Congress. He also launched a web-based rebranding of himself as the “Back2School Guy” – complete with cartoon likeness – to publicize his desire to reopen schools at the height of the pandemic. And he even