WEBVTT - Why is Xavier Becerra Dodging the Press? 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:04.560 Some might label us right wing. We we say clip 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:07.640 our wings and just call us right. 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:10.320 It's a John Phillip. 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:14.040 Show and very happy Thursday to you at twelve oh 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:17.360 six in the West, It's the China Phillip Show, Mister 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:18.920 Randy Wings in Culver City. 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:22.480 John, We're broadcasting live on the radio on seven ninety 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:27.120 KABC in Southern California, eight ten KSFO in the Bay, 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:30.480 and we're broadcasting live on video. You can watch us 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:34.279 every single day at Johnny Don't Like dot Com. 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The man who 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:17.640 is hiding out behind shrubbery in cars at home behind 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:22.959 Wilson's backyard fence on home improvement. Wherever it is that 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.959 he can hide out, That's where basement bakarea is. 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.480 Scrub it scrub a dub dub. 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:33.520 Was at a press conference that he left twelve minutes 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:42.560 in and literally started running away from reporters. Ashley Zaballa 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:46.160 posted the first video on her social media. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.160 And that went everywhere. 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:53.360 Bessarah, who has not had a actual press conference or 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.000 an a veil for the media to ask him questions 0:01:56.040 --> 0:02:02.120 since the primary in June, doesn't want to talk to anybody. 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.880 Let's find out what's going on here. Here is kc 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.240 ra A three and you guessed it, Ashley Zavala. 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:13.520 Governor Gubernatorial candidate Javier Bassera made his first public appearance 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.160 at the state capital today since he advanced in the 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:18.240 June primary election, and we were hoping to get a 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:18.640 chance to. 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:19.800 Ask him questions today. 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:22.520 Our case Area three political director ash Zavala joins us, So, 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:23.920 how did that go today, Ashley? 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:27.680 You know Lisa Vetcetera dadds the California Capital Press Corps today. 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:33.560 A sign of things to come. 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.720 Well, if you don't read the newspaper, you don't have 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.560 answers to any of the questions. 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.760 Spokesman said he was running on a tight Schedulevetcea was 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:45.840 there for a Voting Rights Act event. He's throwing his 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:50.960 support behind two proposed state laws. One broadly prohibit city, county, 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.320 or local agencies from any action that could result in quote, 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:55.480 voter suppression. 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.239 That Senate Bill eleven sixty four. 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:00.200 Another would expand language access for voting materials of those 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.160 who are limited in their ability to speak or read English. 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.920 That's Senate Bill thirteen oh six. Here's a look at 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:07.840 some of Vecerra's remarks at this event. 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:14.080 Democracy lives in breeze on the vote. 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:19.120 If he should stick to the glasses. How about this 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:23.360 for democracy? Is it okay for the Attorney General to 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:27.600 give a ballot initiative a completely misleading title in summary? 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.440 Is that good for democracy? Sign trick people so they 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:31.640 don't know how they're voting. 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.480 Well, Bakaria would say so, because when he was Attorney General, 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:39.960 he retitled the Repeal the Gas Tax Act the Defund 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:43.200 Roads and Bridges Act Americans. 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:47.279 If Californians don't vote, democracy dies. 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:53.360 And fifty percent of Californians don't vote. 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:58.400 Fortunately, we've seen too often how there are efforts underway 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:02.880 by bad actors to diminish the vote, to interfere in 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:03.400 the vote. 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.160 Jech, So as you can see on your screen. Besides 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:06.840 tall is he? 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.560 By the way, he looks like a little guy. 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:16.440 Let's see Javier beisera height you anyone want to guess 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:21.760 in the chat. Javier Besera's official height is not widely 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:26.200 documented in mainstream or government biographical records, but an unofficial 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:31.960 profile estimates generally placing him between five seven and five nine. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.279 He looks about five to seven in this video. 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:40.800 The event early about twelve minutes in. 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:43.200 As the press conference continued, he refused to stop to 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:47.159 talk to journalists. Vescera has not gaggled with reporters since 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.520 June ninth in Los Angeles, shortly after he advanced in 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:54.400 that June primary. When I asked, his spokesman said, Bassa 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:57.080 couldn't make five minutes for reporters today because he was 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.239 heading to Fresno for a healthcare related event. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:05.040 Sure don't forget. 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:09.039 This is the guy that Grampy Joe would outsmart every 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.520 time they'd have a cabinet meeting, and Grampy Joe would 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.120 pepper him with questions. He wouldn't have the answers to 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:20.240 any of them, and he would turn in embarrassing performance 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:24.039 after embarrassing performance, to the point to where it became 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.680 painful to attend those meetings. According to the people who 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:31.640 were there, these are professional democratic political operatives. 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:37.560 He has been described by his colleagues in the cabinet 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:41.240 as the kid doing the book report that obviously didn't 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.359 read the book. And I should know, I used to 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:46.400 be one of those kids. 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.280 That event was not open to the press. 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:52.960 The group of reporters that he avoided today are the 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.000 same ones he'll have to work with for the next 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:56.800 four years if he's elected governor. 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:59.160 Lisa Okay, So, besides the other event in Fresno, does 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.159 he have any other public appearance scheduled in the Sacramento 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:02.719 area soon? 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:04.919 It's almost like he's not running for governor. 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.719 Well, he knows at this point that the campaign is over, 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:09.599 so why bother. 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:13.159 Yes, he is expected to speak at the at a 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:16.840 summit that's hosted by Politico Net here in Sacramento next week. 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:19.600 When I asked if we could expect to be. 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:23.359 Able to ask him questions there, his spokesman said, stay tuned, 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:25.279 we'll see all right. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:26.800 We'll be waiting and watching us. 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:29.120 That's a no. 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:33.200 Get ready for the most transparent administration you've ever seen. 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:38.320 Of course, it wasn't just Savalla that Besarah was running from. 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:42.080 He was also running from Jenny ha of ABC ten. 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.560 So let's see what she had to say. 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.240 Well, Democratic candidate for governor Javier Basera made a public 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.520 appearance in the Capital City today. ABC ten State Matters 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.400 political reporter Jenny Huss spoke to him and so, Jenny, 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.560 what is he saying about a possible debate? 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:00.880 Yeah, well, Chris. 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:04.200 A group of reporters, including myself, followed Bisarah as he 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.440 rushed to his car. I asked him the looming question, 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:11.200 will he commit to a debate with Republican opponent Steve Hilton? 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.920 He proposition thirty nine. 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:16.840 You know what this is like? 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.760 This is like someone is accused of murder and they're 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.440 walking from the courthouse while the trial is going on, 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.640 and they can't get away from the press corps fast enough. 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.520 Here's the vote, Secretary, your challenger, Steve Hilton has challenged 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:33.720 you to a series of debates. 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.520 Can we just get your reaction to the challenge? 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:37.320 Will you be accepting? Secretary? 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.200 He is straight up. He's not running, but he is 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.400 power walking, that is for sure. 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.320 He's acting like Casey Anthony. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.640 This is usually you know when you see this, this 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.440 is like a purp walk. This is not what you'd 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:56.320 expect from somebody that is actively trying to get your vote. 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:59.080 Speaking of purp walks, what do you think BoNT is 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:02.320 doing today? Bob Bonta. 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.920 Probably going through all of his emails over the past 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:10.320 fifteen years and deleting anyone that has the name Dong 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:10.640 in it. 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:14.600 We doing a debate, We'll be through. 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:19.320 Lots of debates, so you're accepting the challenge by your opponent. 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.320 And by the way, Bessarah's influencer crowd is trying to 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.920 trash Jenny haff for doing this kind of interview or 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:30.160 trying to follow him and ask him questions. That's her job. 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:34.480 When a candidate refuses to do interviews, that's when you 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.880 do the ambush interview. Only when they say I'm not 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.560 going to talk to you, the reporter's going to do 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.840 their job. And a lot of reporters in the California 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.160 Press Corps, including our friend Julie Watts, are sticking up 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:46.800 for Jenny. 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:51.960 Hah Democratic candidate for Governor Halvier. Bessarah got into his 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:55.319 car and drove off, leaving behind a group of reporters 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:59.199 with unanswered questions. This was Wednesday morning at the state capitol. 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.920 Bisarah spoke at an unrelated press conference on election integrity, 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:06.120 but he left early with no media availability. 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:10.720 Nothing says election integrity like refusing to talk two reporters. 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.480 This is the Party of Democracy and they want to 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:18.960 deny California voters a conversation over what the next four 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:19.960 years will look like. 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:21.840 Just let that sink in for a moment. 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:25.440 ABC ten followed him to his car and asked whether 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.880 he would debate Republican opponent Steve Hilton. Basara said yes, 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.600 but when and how many times? Still unknown? Campaignspookes. 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:37.960 There have been six proposed debates by different outlets, television 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.240 or radio stations or newspapers, what have you. There have 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.800 been six proposed over the next three months. Steve Hilton 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:48.760 has agreed to all of them. Javier Bakaria has agreed 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:50.360 to none of them. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.960 You know, as much as this it pains me to 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:56.960 say this, he's probably better off doing what he's doing 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:01.319 than answering questions, because it if you're as remedial as 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:05.480 he is getting asked basic questions could cause the needle 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.800 to go off the record, and it could cause negative 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:12.520 attention to come raining down on you. If you just 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:16.760 avoid the press corps, then the tiny percentage of the 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:20.080 state population that follows the news will know that you're 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:23.400 not answering any questions. But that's not going to be 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.680 enough to deny you victory in the election. If you 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.720 constantly put your foot in your mouth, that could cause 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:34.360 an upset to occur. But if you just appear to 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.240 be an elusive guy who's thumbing his nose at the 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.199 news media, you're definitely going to get dinged over it. 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.640 But you're going to get ding for being arrogant. And 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.680 I think he's perfectly fine being ding for being arrogant. 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.080 If he proves to the public that he has a 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:53.200 room temperature IQ, that could cause some people to not. 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:57.160 Vote for him well, and his handlers definitely know this. 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:00.800 After two weeks ago, when he was speaking at that 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:04.800 Latino conference and boldly claim that you should never get 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.440 a taco from a brick and mortar restaurant, only a 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:10.880 street cart, it didn't go very well for him, So 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.160 he definitely is being advised to shut the hell up 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:15.640 for the next ninety days. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:17.720 Every once in a while, you know where you see 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:21.120 this as you see this in professional athletics. When you 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:23.920 have a sport where let's just say, the athletes take 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.960 a lot of hits to the head and they weren't 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.640 that bright to begin with and they end up with 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:33.200 a seventy five IQ. You don't want to put them 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.480 in front of the sports press corps. You don't want 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.480 to have them call into a sports talk show. You 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:40.920 don't want to put them in a situation where they're 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:44.080 speaking off the cuff. You take them and you put 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.000 them in the children's hospital, and you take the pictures 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.520 of them with the kids and the casts, and then 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:51.560 you put that out and you leave it at that, 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:56.040 and you allow pictures to speak for themselves, and you 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.360 never allow that individual to open their mouth, or if 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:01.960 they're from another country, you just claim that they don't 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.400 speak English. That well, everything goes through a translator, and 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:10.680 the translator says things that are appropriate. It's common in sports. 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:14.240 You don't see it happen too often in politics, But 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.600 when you're dealing with someone like him, I guess that's 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:19.479 how you have to package him. 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.880 There's a word that's being floated around in the chat 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:26.360 that we can't say on the air, but it seems 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:28.480 like a lot of people are agreeing with that word. 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:33.200 Person Jonathan Underland, walking alongside with Sarah in the video 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.880 told us but Sarah how to rush out due to 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:38.920 an event visiting a rural health care clinic in Maderra. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:43.120 So the Vassarah campaign might be tempted to sit on 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:47.119 a lead and not rock the book during this campaign. 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.959 They call it the shift strategy. Shifts stop campaigning. After 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:55.360 he won the primary for Senate, and so did Steve Garvey, 0:12:56.720 --> 0:12:58.480 the Dodgers were hot, and he wanted to go to 0:12:58.559 --> 0:12:59.680 Dodger Stadium a lot. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.240 I don't blame him, but I will say that voters 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.160 don't want to be taken for granted. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:09.479 Political ANALYSTI Swat says despite the built in advantage Democrats 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:12.520 have in California with nearly double the number of registered 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.040 Democrats as there are Republicans, as well as recent polling 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.520 showing Bessara with the near double lead among likely voters. 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:22.839 But Sarah has no reason not to get involved because 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.960 he has a nice cushion to work on. Even if 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:28.360 he should make a mistake or two. I mean, he's 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.920 got the most important message in California, which is he 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.160 is against Trump and Hilton is a Trump disciple, Stephen. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.480 And when we break elections down like that, no matter 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.320 what's going on in the state, well then it's all 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:42.720 just about partisanship. 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:46.480 And that's why Besarah doesn't care that he looks bad. 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.000 He doesn't care, and he's going to drive the press 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:53.359 corps crazy and maybe they'll kill him in their reports. 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:57.120 I don't know, but from his point of view, it's 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.400 not going to cost him the election, So what does 0:13:59.440 --> 0:13:59.840 he care? 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.880 Elton, responding in part quote, Javier Bassara seems to think 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:06.400 he can be elected governor of our state without taking 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:09.160 questions from the press. What an insult to every voter 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:12.000 and the democratic process. I won't believe him until he 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:13.000 actually shows up. 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:17.679 The big difference between this campaign and that shift Garby campaign. 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:22.680 Steve Hilton is actively campaigning. He is doing hits up 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.600 and down the state of California, going on local television, 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.200 going on radio shows, going on podcasts. He was just 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:32.560 on our podcast. He is definitely putting his voice out 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.120 there and giving this thing a shot. 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.440 He is are you saying there could have been a 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:42.560 smarter tactic the Massara campaign could have implemented Van essentially 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:43.920 run away from reporters. 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.240 I would say so, I think the optics are not 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.040 good when any candidate or anyone runs it away from 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:49.520 a report. 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:51.720 You can't go if it's Gavin. 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.880 Gavin has a million and one problems, but he can 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.680 think on his feet. You can put him out there 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:02.760 and have him innswer questions. He doesn't do a ton 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.600 of press with the California Press Corps, but he does 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.880 appear from time to time. He'll do the national shows. 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:12.440 He answers questions, and he repeats a lot of the 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:15.360 same phrases, a lot of the same words, over and 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:18.640 over and over again. But the guy can talk, but 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:20.200 Sarah cannot talk. 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:24.120 We have seen him in the few long form interviews 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.520 that he has done in the primary, including when he 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:32.480 first announced his candidacy to Alex Michaelson of then Fox eleven, 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.760 and this was his answer to every single. 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:39.000 Question, scrub it. We were dumbfounded. 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:44.320 We were honestly dumbfounded that this guy was this stupid. 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:48.560 Oh yeah, when you hear him talk, it's not Is 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.840 this guy smart enough to run the state it's how 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.440 did this guy tie his shoes and make a baby. 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:59.280 Trary to opponent Steve Hilton. Besarah has been rather inaccessible 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.800 to medius since the primary. We confirmed with this campaign, 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:05.360 Butserah's lost media availability was. 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:13.440 June ninth, almost two months ago, and his campaign tells 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.440 me next week Masserah will have a media appearance at 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:20.520 an event alongside other politicians for Politico, but they did 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.240 not commit to him being available to media for Q 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:24.760 and A after that event. 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.000 Chris, Okay, Jenny, thank you. 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:31.240 It's not everything, but it definitely is something that the 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.800 story right now of the election is that one candidate 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.360 is running away from answering questions. 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.640 They're doing what they have to do. I mean, what 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.080 would you do if you were running his campaign? Would 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:44.080 you put him out there? 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:49.360 I would lock him in the basements. I mean, look 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:55.160 what happened with Grampy Joe. Remember when Democrats first started 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.560 to say maybe he should step down, And it was 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:02.560 after that first debate performance and they thought, Okay, we're 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.280 going to send him out for a network interview and 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:09.080 show that Grampy Joe can be quick on his feed 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:11.000 and I forget. 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:11.199 Who it was with. 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:14.119 Was it George Stephanopolis. I think it was George Stephanopolis. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.720 They sent him out for a sit down with George Stephanopolis, 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:22.679 and it was crash and burn because that was what 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:26.639 he was capable of doing. And you go, why in 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.080 the world would you send him out to do an 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.760 interview with George Stephanopolis when you know he can't do it. 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:37.200 But they sent him out there and he did it anyway, 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:42.480 and that was just another nail in the coffin. Imagine 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.000 if they kept him more in the basement the second 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:48.639 time around, if they delayed that debate until late in 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.880 the process and they just didn't put him out there 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:55.320 in front of reporters, he would have been the Democratic nominee. 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.120 I don't think they would have replaced him. 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.000 I don't know if they would have done any worse. 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.159 And you know whose idea it was to have that 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.320 debate in June, Biden. 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:10.359 Yeah, Well, being self aware was not something he was 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:15.240 known for. It's the Giant Phillips Show. It's the Giant 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.600 Phillips Show. 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They're now taking to 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:23.600 the streets to show it. 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:27.439 They've had enough with us just allowing people to do 0:20:27.520 --> 0:20:31.400 the fentanyl fold up and down places like the Tenderloin 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:37.520 and Soma in San Francisco, and people that are specifically 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:41.080 in the recovery world would like to see something different. 0:20:41.359 --> 0:20:44.560 For more on this, here is ABC seven in the bed. 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:47.800 Today in San Francisco, more than one hundred people rallied 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:51.040 urging city officials to do more to tackle the drug crisis. 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:53.439 Some are questioning the success of a key part of 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:56.240 Mayor Lori's strategy, the Reset Center, which. 0:20:56.160 --> 0:20:56.879 Is an alternative. 0:20:57.000 --> 0:21:00.560 Why does everything in local politics have to have some 0:21:00.720 --> 0:21:02.840 stupid acronym attached to it. 0:21:03.160 --> 0:21:06.919 Because there are entire departments that exist to come up 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:07.320 with them. 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.720 You know who is the best at that was La 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:12.560 Mayor Eric Garcetti. 0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:14.359 I received things on both ends. 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:18.520 The nonviolent responders, that's the Circle program. And I don't 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:21.000 know if you remember this one because he definitely didn't 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:23.800 follow through on it. When Eric Garcetti was mayor of 0:21:23.840 --> 0:21:29.000 Los Angeles, he started a program to examine reparations and 0:21:29.040 --> 0:21:36.879 it was called repair. Guess what it went nowhere to. 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:39.600 Jail for people arrested for using drugs or alcohol on 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:41.520 city streets. 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:43.600 Has anyone opened drinking in San Francisco? 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:45.679