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Well, former California Attorney General 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:20.130 and candidate for governor, Javier Baccaria, has come out of 0:01:20.230 --> 0:01:23.830 Joe Biden's basement to tell us there's not a dime's 0:01:23.850 --> 0:01:26.069 worth of difference between him and Gavin. 0:01:26.810 --> 0:01:31.669 Javier Becerra is starting to do small two or three 0:01:31.770 --> 0:01:35.590 minute interviews with local outlets. He talked to ABC 10 0:01:35.590 --> 0:01:37.959 the other day. He talked to ABC 7 in the 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.180 Bay Area yesterday. And the one thing that you can 0:01:41.220 --> 0:01:44.980 take away from this governor's race is while over half 0:01:45.060 --> 0:01:48.340 the state thinks that they don't like the current management 0:01:48.670 --> 0:01:52.780 and we're heading in the wrong direction. Javier Becerra is 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:55.680 just going to be so much more of the same, 0:01:56.190 --> 0:01:59.630 but maybe even worse because he is totally bought and 0:01:59.650 --> 0:02:00.170 paid for. 0:02:02.390 --> 0:02:04.950 Well, he's a guy who would prefer that you just 0:02:05.010 --> 0:02:08.590 forget there's an election because what his entire strategy is 0:02:08.650 --> 0:02:14.340 based on is the registration advantage the Democrats have over Republicans. 0:02:14.980 --> 0:02:17.779 And if there's no emphasis on the race, then he 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.510 can't do anything stupid and that would upset the imbalance 0:02:21.570 --> 0:02:25.010 in registration, and that's all he needs to win. 0:02:26.169 --> 0:02:30.210 Unfortunately for him, whenever he does decide to open his mouth, 0:02:30.370 --> 0:02:33.580 it does not go well. When asked a very simple 0:02:33.660 --> 0:02:36.820 question of, how are you going to accomplish housing goals 0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:40.799 that Gavin couldn't, he doesn't really have an answer. For 0:02:40.860 --> 0:02:44.810 more on this, Here is ABC7 in the Bay. Raised 0:02:44.820 --> 0:02:48.369 to become California's next governor, Democrat Javier Becerra is betting 0:02:48.389 --> 0:02:51.710 that his experience will help him win the job. Experience 0:02:51.770 --> 0:02:52.530 doing what? 0:02:55.410 --> 0:02:56.130 Good question. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.579 He has been in some sort of elected or appointed 0:02:59.700 --> 0:03:02.820 office for 30 years. What does he have to show 0:03:02.860 --> 0:03:05.320 for all of his years in the Assembly or in 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:09.280 Congress or as Attorney General or as HHS except for 0:03:09.300 --> 0:03:10.250 all the missing kids? 0:03:10.990 --> 0:03:11.210 Well. 0:03:11.580 --> 0:03:14.940 Nancy Pelosi thought he was an idiot. The Biden people 0:03:14.980 --> 0:03:18.120 thought he was an idiot. And he won't answer questions 0:03:18.180 --> 0:03:21.400 for many of us in the California press corps. So 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:24.580 the voters can't tell that he's an idiot. 0:03:25.419 --> 0:03:28.370 ABC 7 Eyewitness News political reporter Monica Madden sat down 0:03:28.470 --> 0:03:32.150 with the former California Attorney General and U.S. Health Secretary 0:03:32.570 --> 0:03:36.120 to ask what he would do differently than Governor Newsom. Monica, 0:03:36.130 --> 0:03:36.900 what did he tell you? 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:38.320 Yeah, I sat down with him when he was in 0:03:38.340 --> 0:03:38.780 San Francisco. 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.480 What he'll do differently is I don't think Becerra is 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:43.260 going to have his own podcast. 0:03:44.710 --> 0:03:45.810 Not with Marshawn Lynch. 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.300 Doing a different event earlier this week. And, you know, 0:03:49.340 --> 0:03:51.740 here's the thing. Most polls show that Becerra has a 0:03:51.860 --> 0:03:55.180 double-digit lead over Republican Steve Hilton. And it's a state 0:03:55.220 --> 0:03:59.320 where Democratic voter registration vastly outnumbers Republicans. But with voters' 0:03:59.370 --> 0:04:02.970 frustration over California's direction, I asked the Democrat to make 0:04:03.010 --> 0:04:06.450 his case for why he should lead the state. As 0:04:06.490 --> 0:04:09.630 Javier Becerra crisscrosses the state... He's there for all of 0:04:09.690 --> 0:04:13.130 our Democrats. the Democrat is vowing to take on President Trump. 0:04:13.610 --> 0:04:14.090 Of course. 0:04:15.940 --> 0:04:18.279 That's all he's interested in talking about. 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.700 So that would be year one and year two of 0:04:21.750 --> 0:04:25.229 a Baccaria governorship. What does he do when Trump's gone? 0:04:28.010 --> 0:04:29.610 Donald Trump's not going to know what hit him. 0:04:30.210 --> 0:04:30.729 Oh, boy. 0:04:32.310 --> 0:04:33.950 I'm sure he's real scared of you. 0:04:34.730 --> 0:04:38.089 But in California, his party also has a record to defend. 0:04:38.210 --> 0:04:40.950 And more than half of voters say they are unhappy 0:04:40.990 --> 0:04:42.270 with the direction of the state. 0:04:42.540 --> 0:04:45.800 The exact same poll where Becerra is up by over 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:51.670 double digits, 54% of the electorate says everything's going wrong. 0:04:52.710 --> 0:04:56.589 This is why he cannot talk about state subjects. If 0:04:56.610 --> 0:05:00.330 he talks about state subjects, there is no defense over 0:05:00.350 --> 0:05:04.310 the condition of the homeless encampments. There is no defense 0:05:04.529 --> 0:05:08.690 over the bullet train. There is no defense over retail 0:05:08.750 --> 0:05:11.909 theft or the insurance crisis. So what do you do 0:05:12.050 --> 0:05:14.810 if there's no defense of your own record? You talk 0:05:14.870 --> 0:05:15.810 about something else. 0:05:16.730 --> 0:05:20.550 Do you think the Newsom administration and the Democratic legislature 0:05:20.650 --> 0:05:23.890 has failed to deliver some of these things for Californians? 0:05:24.500 --> 0:05:26.800 I hope to be able to do things differently. I 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:28.260 certainly will be a different governor. 0:05:29.180 --> 0:05:31.239 No specifics whatsoever. 0:05:31.980 --> 0:05:35.820 This is what they do. It's cliches and it's empty words. 0:05:36.460 --> 0:05:38.830 I don't know if anyone comes in with my background 0:05:39.170 --> 0:05:42.589 and my level of national and state experience. 0:05:43.610 --> 0:05:47.110 What exactly does that qualify him for? He was so 0:05:47.250 --> 0:05:50.530 bad at his job at HHS. They hid him from 0:05:50.570 --> 0:05:54.160 the public during COVID, which was probably the biggest moment 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:55.420 for that department. 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:59.640 And when they nominated him for that job, Nancy Pelosi 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.360 was furious that they didn't come to her and ask 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.420 her for her opinion because she would have told them 0:06:06.460 --> 0:06:08.240 to stay far away from this dope. 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:13.160 Well, In their defense, Biden thought he was nominating somebody 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:14.380 else for a different job. 0:06:14.500 --> 0:06:18.880 For Secretary of Health and Education, I nominate Javier Baccaria. 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:24.420 Healthcare, I asked how he could protect Medi-Cal coverage while 0:06:24.460 --> 0:06:25.780 balancing the state budget. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.280 If we need more revenue, we'll look to make sure 0:06:28.540 --> 0:06:29.860 who's not paying their fair share. 0:06:30.820 --> 0:06:34.160 Never heard that one before. So that means he's going 0:06:34.180 --> 0:06:35.080 to raise your taxes. 0:06:36.610 --> 0:06:40.130 It is a novel concept that in California you can 0:06:40.190 --> 0:06:43.920 run on the, we're going to raise your taxes and 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:44.580 still win. 0:06:45.620 --> 0:06:48.200 Because the voters go, well, he hates Donald Trump, so 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:50.420 that's good enough for me. And then he's going to 0:06:50.460 --> 0:06:52.620 turn around and raise your taxes, and then they're going 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:56.040 to grumble about that as if they had no clue 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:58.260 that that was exactly what was going to happen. 0:06:58.930 --> 0:07:02.710 This state is in a massive budget deficit, partially because 0:07:02.970 --> 0:07:05.910 of Gavin Newsom's expansions of Medi-Cal to people in the 0:07:05.970 --> 0:07:09.630 country illegally. Becerra wants to double down on that, but 0:07:09.690 --> 0:07:12.770 instead of going into further debt, he's going to charge 0:07:12.850 --> 0:07:16.510 everyone else who's not paying their fair share. I saw 0:07:16.550 --> 0:07:19.830 my paycheck on Friday. I feel like I'm paying well 0:07:19.870 --> 0:07:21.210 more than my fair share. 0:07:22.930 --> 0:07:25.910 But he opposes the billionaire tax on November's ballot. 0:07:26.190 --> 0:07:29.440 I'm not a supporter of it, but I understand the sentiment. 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:31.860 And I do believe that we need to have everyone, 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.360 including billionaires in California, pay their fair share. 0:07:34.860 --> 0:07:37.220 He has nothing. He has nothing to say. 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.300 So you have to try to read the tea leaves. 0:07:41.580 --> 0:07:45.000 And if I'm looking at what he's saying here, he 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:48.460 doesn't support this particular measure. We know that the money 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:52.370 goes to one branch of the SEIU. If I'm reading 0:07:52.450 --> 0:07:55.410 him right, what I think he's going to do is 0:07:55.610 --> 0:07:58.050 he's going to want some kind of tax like that, 0:07:58.690 --> 0:08:01.590 only a tax that results in the money going to 0:08:01.630 --> 0:08:04.590 the general fund and not to one specific union. 0:08:04.950 --> 0:08:07.290 Well, he has a lot of benefactors that he needs 0:08:07.350 --> 0:08:10.450 to make happy. So it's not just the SEIU. He's 0:08:10.490 --> 0:08:12.510 got to get the teachers union some more money. He's 0:08:12.550 --> 0:08:14.670 got to get the building trades union some more money. 0:08:15.110 --> 0:08:17.210 And he's also got to make sure that he gets 0:08:17.250 --> 0:08:20.650 the money from the tech bros. It's a delicate balance 0:08:20.690 --> 0:08:23.130 to please everybody, but Becerra is here for it. 0:08:24.310 --> 0:08:27.680 Becerra says he would explore other ways to tax billionaires, 0:08:27.780 --> 0:08:30.920 but didn't identify specifics. 0:08:31.860 --> 0:08:35.370 You could really, if you want to, in the history books, 0:08:35.540 --> 0:08:40.230 talk about what the 2026 Becerra campaign was, two phrases, 0:08:40.830 --> 0:08:43.830 didn't have specifics and scheduling conflict. 0:08:45.390 --> 0:08:46.000 And scrub it. 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:47.260 And scrub it. 0:08:47.630 --> 0:08:51.100 He also wants AI companies to invest more in California's 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.720 schools and communities. Isn't that tax revenue from these companies 0:08:54.780 --> 0:08:57.300 already going toward those things via the general fund? 0:08:57.620 --> 0:09:01.040 Yeah, I don't think though that we see that the 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.480 revenue that we're collecting in the taxes that are paid 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:08.480 by some of these industries matching the wealth that California 0:09:08.500 --> 0:09:09.460 is helping them create. 0:09:10.100 --> 0:09:14.920 What? Okay, so you're going to chase them out of state. 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:22.000 If you want to Levy additional taxes on the industry 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:25.140 that allows your state to exist on top of everything 0:09:25.179 --> 0:09:28.490 that they're already paying. And you don't want to allow 0:09:28.570 --> 0:09:31.350 any new data centers to come into the state, which 0:09:31.410 --> 0:09:34.729 is what the Democrats are currently advocating for. How do 0:09:34.770 --> 0:09:36.970 you expect to keep them here? And how do you 0:09:37.010 --> 0:09:38.430 expect to keep those jobs here? 0:09:39.230 --> 0:09:43.210 And among his first priorities, housing. He wants deadlines for 0:09:43.250 --> 0:09:45.479 permits and more help for buyers. 0:09:45.970 --> 0:09:49.450 The only thing they lack as renters versus owners is 0:09:49.590 --> 0:09:50.550 usually the down payment. 0:09:51.370 --> 0:09:58.150 No, no, no. What we need is we need a 0:09:58.230 --> 0:10:02.500 larger supply of housing. We have a finite number of 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:06.800 homes because it's impossible to build anything here. The banks 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:11.339 want to loan people money. What he is advocating for 0:10:11.580 --> 0:10:15.990 is he wants more loans to more deadbeats who are 0:10:16.030 --> 0:10:19.000 not good for the loans. With the state on the 0:10:19.059 --> 0:10:21.760 hook if they don't pay the loan back, which is 0:10:21.820 --> 0:10:25.360 what one of the ballot propositions is all about. That 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.910 does nothing to increase the supply of housing in California. 0:10:29.610 --> 0:10:32.370 And these are usually not programs where everyone can even 0:10:32.429 --> 0:10:35.090 apply for this. It's a lottery system that maybe helps 0:10:35.130 --> 0:10:38.069 like a thousand families a year that does not even 0:10:38.150 --> 0:10:41.030 come close to putting even a tiny percentage point of 0:10:41.090 --> 0:10:42.470 a dent into this problem. 0:10:43.030 --> 0:10:45.929 No, and go back to what happened in 2008 when 0:10:45.970 --> 0:10:49.250 we had the housing crash. The problem with that housing 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.340 crash was that people who should not have qualified for 0:10:52.380 --> 0:10:55.480 the loans were given loans that they could then not 0:10:55.540 --> 0:10:56.140 pay back. 0:10:56.700 --> 0:10:59.400 Oh, I remember. I was watching late night TV and 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.079 all you would see is those commercials for no money 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:05.010 down loans for deadbeats in their 20s. 0:11:06.450 --> 0:11:09.030 And what he's advocating for is to go back to that. 0:11:10.270 --> 0:11:13.079 Payment assistance programs so that you could actually buy a house. 0:11:13.179 --> 0:11:16.260 Becerra running on his experience above all else. 0:11:16.620 --> 0:11:18.900 What I intend to do is make sure that I 0:11:18.940 --> 0:11:23.300 launch an effort to keep California buzzing based on what 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:23.780 I've done. 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:28.679 That means nothing. Keep California buzzing? Well, I'm going to 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.099 need to be hammered for the next four years, I guess. 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.480 He is going to win because this is a Democratic 0:11:34.540 --> 0:11:38.020 state and there's just more Democrats and Republicans. It's simple math. 0:11:38.790 --> 0:11:41.840 But I don't think they understand how bad this guy 0:11:41.890 --> 0:11:42.460 is going to be. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.839 I've delivered, so I don't have to make these inflated promises. 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:52.400 You've made no promises. Hold billionaires accountable and help with 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:58.390 down payment assistance, maybe. Oh, and go after Trump. He'll 0:11:58.429 --> 0:11:59.250 make that promise. 0:12:00.650 --> 0:12:01.729 And cannot then deliver. 0:12:02.660 --> 0:12:05.330 As for working with the Trump administration, Becerra told me 0:12:05.380 --> 0:12:08.150 he'll work to restore federal funding cuts. And of course, 0:12:08.190 --> 0:12:10.170 you can catch more from my interview with him and 0:12:10.230 --> 0:12:14.429 my earlier interview with Steve Hilton on ABC7news. com. We're just 0:12:14.490 --> 0:12:16.790 in the final weeks before this election. 0:12:16.870 --> 0:12:19.990 And he's up by roughly 20 percentage points, depending on 0:12:20.010 --> 0:12:20.870 which poll you look at. 0:12:20.990 --> 0:12:24.110 Yeah, at a minimum 18%, maximum 25%. 0:12:24.110 --> 0:12:27.340 My goodness. It's so pathetic. 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.160 It would be one thing if this was like Becerra 0:12:30.179 --> 0:12:36.219 versus John Cox, but... Steve Hilton has actually campaigned, unlike 0:12:36.460 --> 0:12:39.120 anyone in a statewide office I've seen for years and 0:12:39.140 --> 0:12:43.520 years and years. And he has actual policy platforms and 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.920 ideas that are very nonpartisan that could help the state. 0:12:46.980 --> 0:12:50.440 But it does not matter. All that matters in 2026 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:51.580 is tribalism. 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.540 It reminds me so much of the last mayoral election 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:01.260 when L.A. had the choice between Rick Caruso and Karen Bass. 0:13:02.230 --> 0:13:04.170 And you have someone who you know is right of 0:13:04.230 --> 0:13:07.410 center versus someone who you know is going to be 0:13:07.450 --> 0:13:12.420 a disaster. And they took the disaster willingly out of 0:13:12.580 --> 0:13:17.220 pure partisanship. What you're seeing at the state level now 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.800 is you're seeing a Republican who is right of center, 0:13:21.620 --> 0:13:24.170 who would help get the state back on track, or 0:13:24.210 --> 0:13:26.190 at least not make it any worse. I don't know 0:13:26.230 --> 0:13:28.960 what he'd be able to accomplish now. with the legislature 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.320 that we currently have, but through appointments and executive actions 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.859 and being the one who would be in charge if 0:13:34.900 --> 0:13:38.280 there was, God forbid, a natural disaster that happens here, 0:13:38.580 --> 0:13:41.370 we'd be in much better hands with him. And he's 0:13:41.420 --> 0:13:44.370 running against someone who you know is going to be 0:13:44.410 --> 0:13:48.050 a disaster. If we have the big one with this 0:13:48.130 --> 0:13:52.250 fool in charge, you are on your own. If there 0:13:52.309 --> 0:13:56.800 is more civil unrest that happens in California with this 0:13:56.860 --> 0:14:01.460 guy in charge, You are on your own. If there is, 0:14:01.700 --> 0:14:06.100 God forbid, a hurricane out in the Pacific that floods 0:14:06.340 --> 0:14:11.260 population centers in California, you are on your own. Do 0:14:11.340 --> 0:14:14.300 not expect any help from this guy. And you know 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:18.170 this going into the election. So don't pretend to be 0:14:18.250 --> 0:14:20.970 surprised the way you were with, oh my God, Joe 0:14:21.010 --> 0:14:25.630 Biden's senile. If only someone told me. None of that. 0:14:25.870 --> 0:14:29.340 Because you know going into it, He is what he is. 0:14:29.820 --> 0:14:32.640 This is his level of competence. He's not going to 0:14:32.660 --> 0:14:35.600 get better. He's only going to get worse over time. 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.220 So if you're willing to sign up for that, fine, 0:14:39.700 --> 0:14:42.920 but don't complain when there's no water in the fire 0:14:42.970 --> 0:14:43.760 hydrants again. 0:14:48.210 --> 0:14:51.050 That's the latest of any interview we have with Javier 0:14:51.090 --> 0:14:54.610 Becerra because that's as much as he'll do. 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Good 0:19:33.619 --> 0:19:34.600 luck dialing. 0:19:36.100 --> 0:19:39.100 One of the things that is very common in politics 0:19:39.180 --> 0:19:43.850 now is for influencers, people who have large followings on 0:19:43.930 --> 0:19:48.210 social media, to be on the take from political campaigns 0:19:48.410 --> 0:19:53.400 to shill for a specific candidate. The problem for voters, 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:57.260 or I guess I should say consumers, is that you 0:19:57.300 --> 0:20:01.620 may not necessarily know that your favorite influencer is getting 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:03.290 paid by that candidate. 0:20:04.450 --> 0:20:07.990 And this was very evident in the 2026 gubernatorial primary. 0:20:10.310 --> 0:20:13.710 Because a certain candidate that had too much money. I'm 0:20:13.730 --> 0:20:16.270 Tom Steyer and I'm about to ride the D. Was 0:20:16.350 --> 0:20:20.290 paying all kinds of influencers, including one from Dallas, like 0:20:20.290 --> 0:20:26.679 $ 150, 000 to endorse his campaign. But unlike with radio and 0:20:26.740 --> 0:20:30.120 TV ads, the influencers don't have to tell you they're 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:32.639 being paid to say that they like Tom Steyer. 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:37.620 And there's now an effort to change that. 0:20:38.510 --> 0:20:41.430 There is a new law that is going to go 0:20:41.470 --> 0:20:44.590 into effect that would make it so if you are 0:20:44.609 --> 0:20:48.939 an influencer and you're endorsing a candidate, you have to 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:53.020 disclose if they paid you to do that. For more 0:20:53.100 --> 0:20:56.590 on this, here is Fox 40 in Sacramento. 0:20:57.840 --> 0:21:00.760 Fox 40 is your local election headquarters. Should social media 0:21:00.800 --> 0:21:04.500 influencers have to disclose when they're paid to promote or 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:08.740 criticize political candidates online? A new California law says they should. 0:21:09.240 --> 0:21:12.060 If not, they could be facing some serious consequences. Thanks 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:14.260 for joining us here for Fox 40 News at 630. 0:21:14.260 --> 0:21:14.780 I'm Eric Harriman. 0:21:14.800 --> 0:21:16.580 And I'm Nikki Lorenzo, Fox 40 Capital Report. I would 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:19.520 also add this to it. It's not even just elected 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:24.030 officials who do this. It's people who want appointments in 0:21:24.180 --> 0:21:29.649 an administration that hire these people, as hired guns to 0:21:29.690 --> 0:21:32.080 then go out and either predict that that person is 0:21:32.100 --> 0:21:34.439 going to get it or start a campaign that the 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:37.619 person's going to get the appointment or attack the people 0:21:37.680 --> 0:21:41.090 who they believe are threats to their preferred person getting 0:21:41.109 --> 0:21:41.630 the job. 0:21:42.450 --> 0:21:45.030 Hey, Tom, all this explains what the law requires and 0:21:45.090 --> 0:21:45.810 when it takes effect. 0:21:47.190 --> 0:21:50.350 Yeah, when an influencer posts on social media to endorse 0:21:50.450 --> 0:21:53.709 or oppose a candidate, they certainly make their position clear. 0:21:53.930 --> 0:21:56.870 But what's not always clear, did a campaign pay them 0:21:57.230 --> 0:21:59.850 to say it? Well, now a new California Limes to 0:21:59.890 --> 0:22:01.230 make sure you know. 0:22:01.570 --> 0:22:05.280 The public deserves to know whether or not a post 0:22:05.380 --> 0:22:08.840 from a social media influencer was authentic and organic, or 0:22:08.900 --> 0:22:09.720 if it's really. 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:12.660 I mean, did we really think all of these young 0:22:12.680 --> 0:22:18.629 20-something influencers... gave a damn about Tom Steyer's campaign, especially 0:22:18.670 --> 0:22:21.650 the ones that weren't even from California? 0:22:21.670 --> 0:22:25.470 I think for a lot of it, it's just obvious 0:22:25.630 --> 0:22:28.570 if you're paying attention. And if you're not paying attention, 0:22:28.609 --> 0:22:30.879 you're probably not voting anyway, so who cares? 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:34.159 We're in a big-ass crisis. Any excuse. 0:22:34.690 --> 0:22:36.030