WEBVTT - CA Prop 50 Passes | Old Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>Wild Fork Restaurant. And we're going to talk about Prop

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<v Speaker 2>fifty right now. But before I do, and this somehow

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<v Speaker 2>has been lost a little bit in the shuffle, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is the Supreme Court is hearing a case as

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<v Speaker 2>to does the President have the right to arbitrarily invoke tariffs?

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<v Speaker 2>And he's done this under the National Emergency Powers Act.

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<v Speaker 2>And effectively, what the Court is going to decide is

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<v Speaker 2>the president's declaration of a national economic emergency?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that legitimate? If he says it is that true.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. That's where the Court's going to go. If

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<v Speaker 1>he says it's true, it is true.

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<v Speaker 2>Same thing with the war powers act, with the cartels,

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<v Speaker 2>with the immigration. If there is an invasion, it is true.

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<v Speaker 2>There is an invasion, notwithstanding anything else. Okay, that's a big,

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<v Speaker 2>big deal, which we'll be talking about now. Prop fifty

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<v Speaker 2>passed yesterday overwhelmingly. It passed basically two to one, and

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<v Speaker 2>we sort of knew that was going to happen. And

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<v Speaker 2>this has to do with redistricting. Now, there are two

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of redistricting, and that's drawing a district map and jerrymandering,

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<v Speaker 2>which should draws these ridiculous maps that enclose some neighborhoods

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<v Speaker 2>and not others. And there are two kinds of the redistricting.

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<v Speaker 2>Who does it one independent commissions. California decided back during

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<v Speaker 2>the Schwarzenegger years that we didn't want to politicize this.

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<v Speaker 2>We wanted an independent commission to redistrict so politics did

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<v Speaker 2>not have anything to do with it, and that was

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<v Speaker 2>happening every ten years based on the census. The other

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<v Speaker 2>side of it is the legislatures still have the power

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<v Speaker 2>and this is mainly in the South, still have the

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<v Speaker 2>power to redistrict themselves where they look at politics and

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<v Speaker 2>it's pure politics. And what California is done this time

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<v Speaker 2>is now pass a law that undos the Independent Commission

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<v Speaker 2>temporarily until twenty thirty and it gives the legislature the

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<v Speaker 2>power to redistrict. And what's going to happen. This is

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<v Speaker 2>what redistricting is about. Is the legislature takes one district

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<v Speaker 2>reforms it. So let's say all in this case, it

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<v Speaker 2>is this way, all the Democrats in the South, all

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats are in one area. They sort of draw

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<v Speaker 2>the line around a well with a Democrat with this

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<v Speaker 2>legislature around a Republican area, leaving all the areas around

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<v Speaker 2>it at least a good chance to be to vote

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, does that make sense? It can be a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Complicated, so it basically almost guarantees that what was a

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<v Speaker 2>swing district can now be much closer to your political position.

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<v Speaker 2>And Prop fifty undid that. Now, some democratics states did this,

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<v Speaker 2>but this one was in direct response to President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>who told Texas, I I want you to readistrict. I

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<v Speaker 2>want the legislature to draw those districts. So all the

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats in that area are in one district, Okay, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>give you that one, but the ones around it, we

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<v Speaker 2>want the chance for them to be Republican. And it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like five seats could go the other way and

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<v Speaker 2>become Republican. So California did exactly the same thing. California said, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you do that, We're gonna do the same thing. Screw

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<v Speaker 2>the independent commissions. We're gonna make sure that a Republican

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<v Speaker 2>district stays Republican, but all the areas around it, we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna make absolutely sure that they're going to be democratic.

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<v Speaker 2>That's jerry mandering, that's redistricting. And California went that way.

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<v Speaker 2>So now the politics of this, I'm going to come

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<v Speaker 2>back with deal with this one. The politics of this

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<v Speaker 2>has to do with which way Democrats are deally within

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<v Speaker 2>this state, Gavin Newsom and how powerful he has become,

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<v Speaker 2>and the power of the president when he says this

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<v Speaker 2>is what I want, and of course the Republican Party

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<v Speaker 2>does exactly that is what happened in Texas. So there's

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<v Speaker 2>a few moving pieces here that I want to share

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<v Speaker 2>with you. And then the absolute fun one. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a post by the President. And I'm not gonna say

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<v Speaker 2>yout does himself because he outdes themselves every time he

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<v Speaker 2>posts something, and then he out does himself. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>one of the reasons, one of the reasons why there

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<v Speaker 2>was a guarantee that Prop. Fifty was going to pass

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<v Speaker 2>under any circumstances outside of the overwhelming number of Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>in this state. As a matter of fact, we knew.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew it was going to pass. Why I know

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<v Speaker 2>it was going to pass because the President in social

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<v Speaker 2>site on his called the vote a giant scam and

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<v Speaker 2>it was rigged and under very serious legal and criminal review.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, when that happens, it's a win on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side usually.

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<v Speaker 1>So, now, what does this mean.

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<v Speaker 2>I told you in the previous segment the particulars, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is it's redistricting. It's making if you're a Republican

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<v Speaker 2>legislature you're going to get extra seats in the Republican Congress,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you're a Democrat it goes the other way completely. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this has to do with a couple of things that

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<v Speaker 2>are really important. One, it's fighting fire with fire. If

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<v Speaker 2>Texas did this, pursue it to the request of the president,

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<v Speaker 2>then we're going to do this. It's just that simple.

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<v Speaker 2>It's fighting fire with fire, nothing more, nothing less. And

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<v Speaker 2>now comes the politics of this. Gavin Newsom he bet

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<v Speaker 2>effectively his political future on Prop fifty and it won

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<v Speaker 2>two to one, immediately catapulting him into more of a

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<v Speaker 2>national figure than he was before to the extent that

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<v Speaker 2>he is going to be running for president. And also

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<v Speaker 2>keep in mind Alex Padilla, US Senator just dropped out

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<v Speaker 2>Kamala Harris. She says she's not running, So it's big

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<v Speaker 2>news for Gavin Newsom. And the other one is a

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<v Speaker 2>repudiation of the president. I was watching Fox News yesterday

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<v Speaker 2>with their analysis, which I thought was damn good by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, I thought that actually I thought it was

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<v Speaker 2>better than CNN and better than MSNBC. And they pointed

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<v Speaker 2>out that without Trump on the ticket, the chances of.

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<v Speaker 1>Passage are far far less.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, carrying some carrying someone, or it's a

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<v Speaker 2>down ticket that is going to win. That's how important

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<v Speaker 2>Donald Trump is to the Republican Party, to the MAGA supporters,

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<v Speaker 2>to the election of any kind as far as the

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans are concerned.

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<v Speaker 1>And so if.

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<v Speaker 2>Trump isn't there you know what, I don't think we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna vote that way. If it ain't Trump, it ain't good.

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<v Speaker 2>Even when he endorses people, they look at the endorsement

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<v Speaker 2>not nearly as powerfully as when he is on the ticket.

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<v Speaker 2>And what does that translate to, Well, it wasn't just

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<v Speaker 2>Prop fifty. It was on the East coast, the governor

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<v Speaker 2>of New Jersey, the governor of Virginia, Mom Donnie On,

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<v Speaker 2>the socialist mayor in New York. It was a across

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<v Speaker 2>the country. It was a Democratic landslide. It was a wipeout.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the now the Republicans are looking at do

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<v Speaker 2>we really want Trump's endorsement, much like Joe Biden towards

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<v Speaker 2>the end, Democrats didn't want to get anywhere near Biden's endorsement.

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<v Speaker 2>Even when he offered it. The Democrats said, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want it. That's not gonna help me. He's

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<v Speaker 2>probably gonna hurt me. And I think in the case

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<v Speaker 2>of Trump, an endorsement is going to hurt a candidate

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<v Speaker 2>more than not because what this was and described not

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<v Speaker 2>only redistricting, not only either gaining seats or losing seats

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<v Speaker 2>depending on which side of the coin you're on which

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<v Speaker 2>side of the aisle, but it was defined as and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it's true. This vote was a direct repudiation

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<v Speaker 2>of Donald Trump by a lot of America. And in

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<v Speaker 2>Fox they did that. They did a diagram and doing

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<v Speaker 2>the analysis, and the number of voters who voted across

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<v Speaker 2>the country, not for the issue at hand, but for

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<v Speaker 2>the repudiation of Donald Trump was an astronomical figure. Frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>I was stunned. Republicans, I think were stunned. Not at

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<v Speaker 2>the win, because everybody knew Prop fifty was going to

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<v Speaker 2>win two to one.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>And then when you look at the governor's race in Virginia,

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<v Speaker 2>you look at the governor's race in New Jersey that

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<v Speaker 2>was supposed to be Democrats still had.

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<v Speaker 1>A lead, but very close.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a wipeout, and Mam Donnie, well, we knew

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<v Speaker 2>that was gonna win. The only place where Mamdani lost

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<v Speaker 2>dramatically was in the Jewish parts of New York because

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<v Speaker 2>he's a Muslim, and not so much he's a Muslim,

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<v Speaker 2>is that in the past his political views were very

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<v Speaker 2>anti Israel and very pro Palestinian and and he's walking

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<v Speaker 2>that back.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way. The same thing with defund the police.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of his politics and his positions are coming

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<v Speaker 2>back and why well, he had to to win the election.

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<v Speaker 2>And as Barack Obama said, it's when he was after

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<v Speaker 2>he became president. It's real easy to campaign. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a grind, but it's real easy to campaign and

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<v Speaker 2>say what you're going to do and what you're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to do. Get behind that desk. It is a

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<v Speaker 2>whole different world, and I think that's what Momdani is

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<v Speaker 2>going to have to deal with. Okay, Okay, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you a story. Okay, and let me start with.

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<v Speaker 2>Federal judges are appointed for life, literally for life vacations.

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<v Speaker 2>They take them whenever they want cases they can say

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<v Speaker 2>no to. They can sit on a beach in Cancun.

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<v Speaker 2>Now they don't even for the most part. They work very,

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<v Speaker 2>very hard. So there is one federal judge and this

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<v Speaker 2>has to do with people aging out, and that connects

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<v Speaker 2>with Mom, Donnie and certainly Cuomo. There is a US well,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a federal US Circuit Court judge by the name

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<v Speaker 2>of Pauline Newman. Pauline Newman is ninety eight years old.

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<v Speaker 2>Pauline Newman, Pauline Newman does not know what they have,

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<v Speaker 2>where she is, and what she is. She knows she's

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<v Speaker 2>a federal judge. She knows she can't be bounced. The

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<v Speaker 2>only way a federal judge can be removed is by impeachment,

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<v Speaker 2>so they are there for life. She's the oldest federal

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<v Speaker 2>judge not to have taken the form of semi retirement

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<v Speaker 2>known as senior status. Senior status means that they hear

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<v Speaker 2>oceans and do calendar calls and don't get into the merits.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't get into the weeds of a case. She says, nope,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to hear cases now. Is there anything that

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<v Speaker 2>can be done?

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<v Speaker 1>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, The Chief Federal Circuit Judge, kimber Judge Kimberly Moore

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<v Speaker 2>said that she has shown signs of serious cognitive and

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<v Speaker 2>physical impairment, and then put her on this retirement if

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<v Speaker 2>you will, but still on the men. She still makes

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<v Speaker 2>her two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, and

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<v Speaker 2>she is suing. She says she is fit to serve

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<v Speaker 2>and sued the council. This judicious council considered consisting of

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<v Speaker 2>other judges who want to put her on senior status,

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<v Speaker 2>which means she's not going to hear any cases.

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<v Speaker 1>And the wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, so far the appeals court has ruled against her,

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<v Speaker 2>saying the courts themselves have consistently affirmed the judiciaryes authority

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<v Speaker 2>to police itself, not remove her. That is not going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen there. When I lived in Los Angeles on

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<v Speaker 2>the West side, Hancock Park, adjacent my neighbor, his dad

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<v Speaker 2>was the oldest sitting judge in the country. He was

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<v Speaker 2>hearing cases at ninety three. But again he was only

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<v Speaker 2>hearing motions, and he did calendar calls. Lawyers would go,

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<v Speaker 2>your honor, I can't do trial at that time. I

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<v Speaker 2>have to go ahead and ask for continuance. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>he sort of did. Newman wants to hear cases. Is

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<v Speaker 2>she going to She should sit in Cancun and by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, she's going to die in office. There's one

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<v Speaker 2>apocryphal case and it's I don't know if it's an

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<v Speaker 2>urban leg or not, but there's one a profitable apocryphal

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<v Speaker 2>case of one of the judges sitting in California that

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<v Speaker 2>one of the senior judges that win the clerks applied

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<v Speaker 2>to be applied to their office.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how that's what happens after law school.

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<v Speaker 2>If you really want to move up, you clerk for

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<v Speaker 2>a judge, usually a federal judge or above. Part of

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<v Speaker 2>the job is they had to change the judges diapers.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a tough thing to do as a court clerk.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because judges stay put for the rest of their lives.

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<v Speaker 2>So now, yesterday I heard an interview with Nancy Pelosi.

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<v Speaker 2>Nancy Pelosi is eighty six years old. She gave up

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<v Speaker 2>her leadership. She was speaker, and she voluntarily gave up

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<v Speaker 2>her leadership to Hakim Jeffries, who I think is in

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<v Speaker 2>his forties, to go to a younger generation. And she

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<v Speaker 2>said something very interesting the reasons she gave it up,

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<v Speaker 2>and talked about Trump, who she hates, and went on

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<v Speaker 2>and and she said she's retiring at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>this term. But she also said, if I decide to

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<v Speaker 2>run again, I will win. That's a given. There is

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<v Speaker 2>no argument against that. That is as real as gravity.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no chance I would ever lose at eighty six.

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<v Speaker 2>And therein lies the issue, and this is particularly among Democrats.

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<v Speaker 2>Are Democrats a lot of them the leadership roles just

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<v Speaker 2>too old, is it? The Joe Biden syndrome where you go.

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<v Speaker 1>That's enough.

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<v Speaker 2>This really took a turn when Biden ran for president

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<v Speaker 2>the second time out. Why because I think he was

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<v Speaker 2>eighty one at the time, and an old eighty one.

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<v Speaker 2>He shuffled, he had a real problem with cognition. He

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<v Speaker 2>would forget. I mean, he was a really old eighty one.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Donald Trump was no youngster. But Donald Trump, I

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<v Speaker 2>think is he eighty yet. I don't know if he's

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<v Speaker 2>seventy nine or eighty, but he is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>youngest seventy nine or eighties that exists. The guy has

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<v Speaker 2>unbelievable amounts of energy. And if you're talking about old Biden,

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<v Speaker 2>old Trump young for his age. And they're into the problem,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly with the Democratic Party, because what you have, effectively

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<v Speaker 2>are old people that should be termed out that are

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<v Speaker 2>not termed out, because as long as they are keeping

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<v Speaker 2>getting elected, you can have people being elected into their nineties.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the oldest person whoever was re elected in

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate was either strom Thurman or Robert Byrd. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>trying to remember which one, but they were elected in

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<v Speaker 2>their nineties. So there's no such thing as turning out

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<v Speaker 2>when running for office. But here is A real problem

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<v Speaker 2>is that look at where the demic party is moving.

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<v Speaker 2>What did mom Dommy win? Was it just politics? No,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so. A lot was made of the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that he's thirty four years old, and Andrew Cuomo

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<v Speaker 2>is sixty seven years old, and sixty seven years old

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<v Speaker 2>is a youngster in the world of the Senate and Congress.

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry Nadler, who is a congressman, and he announced he's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to seek reelection. Why, well, he's seventy eight,

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm done.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe younger people can do a better job. But why

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<v Speaker 2>do few politicians in his age bracket feel the same way? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's a good job. I mean there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of work. If you do it right, you make a

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<v Speaker 2>real impression. You really have a power where you can

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<v Speaker 2>make change. And I think that is part and parcel

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<v Speaker 2>of it. But people just don't require retire. Maxine Waters

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<v Speaker 2>owns her district has for I don't know how many decades.

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<v Speaker 1>She's eighty seven. Stenny Hoyer when.

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<v Speaker 2>The leaders of the Republican or the Democratic Party, he's

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<v Speaker 2>eighty six. Nancy Pelosi is eighty five, Bernie Sanders is eighty.

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<v Speaker 1>Four, you know, at some point the.

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<v Speaker 2>Electorate say, okay, it's time for a younger generation. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is where a lot of people gave Nancy Pelosi,

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<v Speaker 2>or give Nancy Pelosi a lot of credence and a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of credit because she said, remember she's eighty six.

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<v Speaker 1>She said at his time for a younger generation.

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<v Speaker 2>We can't have people in their eighties and nineties still

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<v Speaker 2>deciding which way the company the country goes.

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<v Speaker 1>She's still in Congress. She just took a back seat.

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<v Speaker 2>She gave up the most powerful position that she held

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<v Speaker 2>for decades in the House of Representatives, and that's speaker.

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<v Speaker 2>And if the Democrats take over the House, it'll be

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<v Speaker 2>Hakim Jeffries. He is now the minority leader anyway, who

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<v Speaker 2>has has trend's power as the leader of the party

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<v Speaker 2>not in power, and he has power now the speaker.

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<v Speaker 2>That is an astoundingly powerful position. The speaker can call

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<v Speaker 2>a vote, can say we're not voting. The speaker can

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<v Speaker 2>bring a bill on the floor the speaker. The speaker

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<v Speaker 2>can say nope, we're not going to bring a vote

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<v Speaker 2>on the floor. And what you're gonna have is a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>What you do have is hockeying. Jeffries via Mike Mike Johnson,

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<v Speaker 2>who is a speaker. Both young men and I think

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<v Speaker 2>that they're going to stay in powerful positions. But these ulsters, man,

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<v Speaker 2>it is it time just to move. At some point,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you have to give it up, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>hard to give up. I mean a lot of kudos

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<v Speaker 2>going on, You get a lot of free meals, a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of yes sirs, Yes, ma'am. They have tremendous power.

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<v Speaker 2>No one says no to a congress person in their

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<v Speaker 2>own district, old people. That's why I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 2>here for the rest of my life. Matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 2>when I lose all cognition, which actually I have already,

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<v Speaker 2>when I don't know where I am.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty much what's happening right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, when I grope for words and don't really understand

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm speaking of. Yeah, pretty much, okay, KF I

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<v Speaker 2>am six point forty.

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