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John Thomas Welcome, Hey John, 41 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 2: great to be with you. Well, thanks so much for 42 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: stopping by. So yesterday we learned that candidate for US 43 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 2: Senate in the state of Maine, Graham Platner, was accused 44 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 2: by an ex girlfriend of sexual assault. We know that 45 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 2: this guy has had a million and one problems, including 46 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: having a Nazi tattoo declaring himself to be a communist, 47 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: and at one point he called the Virgin Mary a skink. 48 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 4: And now we know that he's an. 49 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: Accused rapist by at least one person, an ex girlfriend. 50 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: He has denied all of the allegations. He put up 51 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 2: a video yesterday where he did so they must have 52 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: done about fifty five cuts though, because that was something 53 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 2: that was all edited together, which is odd and a 54 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: video that you would post denying that you're a rapist. 55 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: But anyway, he said he didn't do it, and that 56 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: he has not decided how he would move forward in 57 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 2: terms of his campaign for the United States Senate. What 58 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 2: do you think his options are at this point and 59 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 2: what do you think he's going to do. 60 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 5: Well? This is actually an interesting circumstance, John, for a 61 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 5: couple reasons. First of all, Graham won his primary fair 62 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 5: and square, even after some of these first allegations, you know, 63 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 5: whether it's the Nazi tattoo, etc. Had come out, and 64 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 5: main voters, Democratic voters chose him overwhelmingly. It reminds me 65 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 5: a little bit, John, of you know, Joe Biden carrying 66 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 5: the nomination to be the Democratic nominee for president again 67 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 5: and yet being coued by his own party when they 68 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 5: decided that he was not viable any longer. And this 69 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 5: feels a little bit like that to me. The Democrats 70 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 5: at the leadership level knew about Graham's issues, they didn't 71 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 5: do anything about it. Now they're doing something about it 72 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 5: for only one reason, John, and that's because it's crystal 73 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 5: clear that he will not beat Susan Collins, and the 74 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 5: Senate map is so critical, and this is a seat 75 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 5: that could have potentially been flipped. It's all about winning. 76 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 5: The Democrats clearly don't care about the flaws or the 77 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 5: racist candidates they prop up as long as they're winning. 78 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 5: When it becomes clear that they're no longer winning, then 79 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 5: leadership steps in and they pulled the largest ship they have. 80 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 5: It's not Yankee endorsements. I don't think that matters. It's 81 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 5: that they're pulling the Senate Campaign Committee from the Democratic side, 82 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 5: supporting cash. This is going to be an incredibly expensive fight, 83 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 5: even with good candidates against Senator Collins, and now that 84 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 5: they're pulling the air support, it essentially assures a loss 85 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 5: for Graham and that puts him in a bind. So 86 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 5: what he's trying to do right now is one, look 87 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 5: like he's going out on his own terms and he's 88 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 5: not forced out. And then secondly, it's to extract some 89 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 5: kind of concession somewhere from the Democratic leadership before he 90 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 5: bows out. 91 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 2: You compared Graham Plattner to Joe Biden. I thought that 92 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: was an interesting comparison in that, based on what I've 93 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 2: been reading, it looks like it's the party that wants 94 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 2: him to drop out, but it is his wife that 95 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 2: wants him to stay in the race and fight and 96 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 2: not drop out. Similarities yet again to Joe Biden. 97 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, there are a lot of similarities there. That was 98 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 5: interesting John. When I think it was The New York 99 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 5: Times to drop the first bombshell against Platner, that what 100 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 5: he did. Instead of immediately airing his defense, he had 101 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 5: his wife give a bit of a rambling selfie video defense. 102 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 5: I think it was that night of the following day, 103 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 5: and it was clear that she's the one that wants 104 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 5: the power. But yeah, it's interesting. Look, Graham can't stay 105 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 5: in this race much longer, just there's a lot of 106 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 5: pressure on him, particularly with he's just fundamentally not going 107 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 5: to have the resources he needs, and so it's interesting 108 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 5: that Graham's response to me is to see if he 109 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 5: can anoint his successor. Now, if you're Susan Collins, obviously 110 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 5: you want Graham to stay in this race because that 111 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 5: assures you a victory. But even if they plug somebody 112 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 5: in last minute, it'll be interesting to see how they 113 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 5: stack up. On the one hand, perhaps you could say 114 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 5: they don't have enough time to mount a serious effort 115 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 5: again against Collins. On the other hand, sometimes short campaigns 116 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 5: anure to the benefit of the of the first time 117 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 5: candidate because it's not enough time to mount a rigorous 118 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 5: defense it. It can go both ways, as you saw 119 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 5: with Kamala she had a short lived presidential campaign and imploded. 120 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 5: But we'll see how this all shakes up. There's a 121 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 5: lot of uncertainties and a lot of democratic leadership that 122 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 5: has a pretty bad look right now. That stood in Graham's. 123 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 2: Defense, let me play the devil's advocate here for a 124 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: second and make the case for him staying in the race. 125 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 2: If you are Graham Platner, and you are at the 126 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 2: center of the storm right now, the public, the American public, 127 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: has the attention span of a nat and next week 128 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: we're going to be focused on Travis Kelcey and Taylor 129 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 2: Swift's wedding or divorce or whatever, or we're going to 130 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: be talking about some new political scandal, or we're going 131 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: to be all worried worked up about the World Cup, 132 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 2: or something's going to come along that's going to take 133 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 2: our attention away from that Senate race and onto something else. 134 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 2: And if you can survive being at the eye of 135 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: the storm, then maybe you can survive in the long term. 136 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 2: And I'll give you an example of when that's worked. 137 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 2: That was what the governor of Virginia did, Ralph Northam, 138 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 2: when those photographs came out of him in blackface that 139 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 2: he claimed was not him. Certainly, a lot of the 140 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 2: members of the Democratic Establishment turned on him, asked him 141 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 2: to resign his position as governor. He just dug in 142 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: his heels and refused to do it. And after he 143 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 2: dug in his heels and there was nothing that they 144 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 2: could do to remove him from power, they just went 145 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: back to accepting him as the governor, like none of 146 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: them ever called on him to resign. If you're a 147 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 2: grand platner and you just dig in your heels and 148 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: you go, look, it's great that all of you are 149 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: threatening me and asking me to drop out of the race. 150 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 2: I'm not going to do it. And come whatever date 151 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 2: it is, that's the deadline. In July. I'm the only 152 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 2: game in town. So if you want to control the 153 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 2: US Senate, you're going to have to make nice with me. 154 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 2: So start now. 155 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 5: That certainly is an option, John. I think it would 156 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 5: turn on that decision I think would turn on and 157 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 5: only Graham knows this for sure, which is to do 158 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 5: the blackface comparison with Ralph Northam. That was it, that 159 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 5: was the hit. There weren't any other black eyes that 160 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 5: were going to come out as a result of that, 161 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 5: and so they could ride out that storm. In Graham's case, 162 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 5: the question is are there more stories? Is this going 163 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 5: to continue on? And if it does, I'm not sure 164 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 5: that he can survive. It reminds me John of Eric 165 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,719 Speaker 5: Swallow made the calculation to drop out of the race 166 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 5: for California governor, most likely because he knew there were 167 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 5: more women and there were more stories, and so he 168 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,599 Speaker 5: had to get out in front of it because the 169 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 5: drift drift drift would not just cause him to lose, 170 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 5: but could ruin everything he ever had. So I think 171 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 5: it comes down to that. The other thing is this, 172 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 5: the level of resources financially required to win probably one 173 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 5: of the most contested us Ander races in the country 174 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 5: is so vast and so great it's very difficult to 175 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 5: do it without the party. So if Graham feels that 176 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 5: he can still get their support at the end of today, 177 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 5: then maybe there's an argument to stand in our stadium. 178 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 5: But if he thinks that the money's not coming back, 179 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 5: then there just is no path. 180 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 2: I've heard from sources in Washington, DC that Republicans are 181 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 2: sitting on a very damaging story involving Graham Platner that 182 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 2: was not the story that just came out, was something 183 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 2: that was totally different and might even be worse than 184 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 2: the one that was just published in Politico. Also, I 185 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 2: spoke to a friend who's a deputy district attorney here 186 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 2: in the state of California who prosecutes sex crimes cases 187 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 2: against those who pray on children, and I asked her 188 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 2: about the website that Graham Platner was on. I had 189 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: not heard of it, and she said that that is 190 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 2: one of the go to websites when law enforcement is 191 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: trying to look for individuals who are targeting children for 192 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 2: sex and they pose as children themselves. That is one 193 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 2: of the websites that they go to to find those guys. 194 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 2: That there's one reason to be on that website and 195 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 2: not really much else for people to be there. And 196 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 2: so the fact that he was on that website and 197 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 2: the fact that he was participating in chat or whatever 198 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 2: on that website was a massive red flag for her. 199 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 2: And she thinks it's highly likely that something damaging from 200 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 2: that website, whether it's inappropriate conversations with underagers or swapping 201 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 2: inappropriate pictures, or maybe something even worse. But she was 202 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 2: of the belief that something along those lines would probably 203 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 2: come out too. 204 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 5: Well. If true, that is, obviously Graham would know what 205 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 5: his conversation interactions was. If that's true, I mean, there's 206 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 5: no way to survive that level of depravity. It's clear 207 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 5: that Graham is a damaged human being, and I wish 208 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 5: him recovery and all of that. But you know, being 209 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 5: a Democratic nominee or potentially, and here's the thing, John, 210 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 5: this isn't just one sentency. This could potentially be the 211 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 5: entire shift of balance of federal power, not just in 212 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 5: the Senate, but if we assume that the House flips 213 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 5: in the midterms. This could be the entire tilt of 214 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 5: power in the federal government outside the executive branch. The 215 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 5: consequences for this seat are so great that somebody with 216 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 5: that level of baggage and risk should shouldn't be running. 217 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 2: Why do you think so many players within the party, 218 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 2: including sitting US senators and donors, we're willing to get 219 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 2: behind someone who had never been vetted before, who clearly 220 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 2: had a million and one red flags. 221 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 4: That were already visible. 222 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 2: Why would they they go in, you know, all in 223 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 2: with a guy like that. 224 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 5: You know, great, It's a great question, and I think 225 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 5: it certainly begs some reflection, But I think let's not 226 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 5: overthink this. Democrats care more about optics and kind of identity, 227 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 5: I think, than than certainly their policy stances. And from afar, 228 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 5: he does check a lot of boxes. And he reminds me, 229 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 5: in in a way without the brain damage, you know, 230 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,839 Speaker 5: of a John fetterman like candidate optically. So I think 231 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 5: I think he kind of fit the working man persona 232 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 5: with a with a you know, with a military background. 233 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 5: So I think they were just so dying to have 234 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 5: a viable candidate, and he looked the part, and that 235 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 5: was good enough. But it's really a reminder that there 236 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 5: even though having an electoral history of a voting record 237 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 5: can be a double edged sword, there is there to 238 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 5: having your candidate come up through the ranks because they're 239 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 5: battle tested through multiple election cycles. 240 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 2: I've read rumors that he is trying to extract the 241 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 2: ability to name his successor if he were to drop 242 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 2: out of the race, where it wouldn't be Chuck Schumer 243 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 2: making the decision, it wouldn't be the main Democratic Party 244 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 2: making the decision, it would be Graham Platner himself making 245 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 2: that decision. Do you think that that's something the Democratic 246 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 2: Party would be willing to give him? 247 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 5: Probably not, I don't unless unless that choice conveniently lines 248 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 5: up with what the establishment, you don't want it anyway. 249 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 5: So my guess is right now, that's what is going 250 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 5: on behind the scenes. Is there jockeying, uh, so that 251 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 5: Platner can save face and say there's somebody you know 252 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 5: who shares his ideological worldview and he helps select the successor. 253 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 5: The question to me, John is, uh, you know, are 254 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 5: there state ages or are there are there potentially h 255 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 5: adverse consequences or additional leverage of the Democratic establishment is 256 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 5: holding over Graham right now. Besides just withholding money, If 257 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 5: they have bigger leverage than that, could be litigation, force 258 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 5: him to go bankrupt, could be criminal consequences, things like that. 259 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 5: Then Graham has no cards, they don't have that. Then 260 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 5: I could see Graham holding out until he gets something 261 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 5: to kind of hold his head high as he gets 262 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 5: bounced out. 263 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 2: Let's go back to when the negative stories first started 264 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 2: coming out, and he met with the Senate Democratic Caucus 265 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 2: to assure them that there would not be more on 266 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 2: the horizon. One of the questions that he was asked 267 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 2: was a point blank question from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, 268 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 2: who asked him if he ever raped anyone. And I 269 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 2: remember that day thinking to myself, that would be a 270 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 2: wildly inappropriate question to ask someone in a setting like that, 271 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 2: unless you have been briefed not only on allegations, but 272 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 2: on details related to the allegation. Do you believe that 273 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: she and others were aware that this was on the 274 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: horizon when they decided to endorse him. 275 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 5: I do, for a couple of reasons. First of all, 276 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 5: you don't ask that specific of a question in that 277 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 5: particular setting unless you're looking for a last ditch attempt 278 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 5: for some kind of like reaction, to see how he 279 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 5: handles it, and then decide, if you're warned, are you 280 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 5: comfortable with his reaction? You know? So, I do think 281 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 5: they knew about it. I think they probably thought it 282 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 5: wasn't going to come out in time, or the accusations 283 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 5: weren't be credible enough to be taken seriously. The other 284 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 5: thing we know, John, and I've done campaigns for years. 285 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 5: You're a media pro, so you know how this works. Typically, 286 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 5: when these hit pieces come out, they don't generate in 287 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 5: a twenty four hour cycle, John, They're weeks and weeks 288 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 5: in the making, meaning that since the hit landed on 289 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 5: the race stuff just recently, it means that it's been 290 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 5: percolating with a team from New York Times and others 291 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 5: for weeks. And there is no way that an East 292 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 5: Coast politician who's as plugged in as she is, like 293 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 5: Elizabeth Warren, didn't know that this was coming. 294 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 2: Let's say you get hired to run a race for 295 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 2: US Senate in a seat that is one of the 296 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 2: contested seats that might determine the balance of power in 297 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 2: the United States Senate, so you know, all eyes are 298 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 2: on you and your reputation is on the line, and 299 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 2: you're working for a first time candidate, you're working for 300 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 2: someone who's a non traditional candidate. What kind of oppo 301 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 2: research do you do on your own candidate to know 302 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 2: if there's something there that could potentially derail everything. 303 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 5: So this is something we typically do in any kind 304 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 5: of higher profile race, not just US Senate races that 305 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 5: I've run, but even governor's gubernatorial races, targeted congressional seats. 306 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 5: It's called the self vulnerability study. And first, you do 307 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 5: a resumeh You do the basics John You know things 308 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 5: that the that your candidate has said publicly. You get 309 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 5: copies of their resume that you request. You know the 310 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 5: actual credentials, whether it's you know, the degrees from their 311 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 5: supposed colleges or their military credentials. So you do those 312 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 5: basic fact checks. But if it's a higher profile race 313 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 5: or contested race, you actually add a human component to 314 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 5: it beyond just what Lexus Nexus or an investigator would 315 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 5: pull up online, and you start interviewing people, everybody that 316 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 5: that candidate has ever come into contact with. We're talking 317 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 5: ex girlfriend's, ex wives, kids, grandkids, if they've got a neighbors, coworkers, 318 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 5: former business partners, and if you talk to twenty thirty 319 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 5: forty of those people, you start to get a profile 320 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 5: and understand if there's there there that is required. And 321 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,719 Speaker 5: we know John from coverage that that did not happen 322 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 5: with Graham Platner. He was quickly a poltage caught fire. 323 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 5: And the consulting team that is kind of more the 324 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 5: dsa kind of liberal wing of the democratic consulting class. 325 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 5: Thann't do any of that level of diligence. 326 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 2: John Thomas republican political strategist. You can follow him on 327 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 2: Exit V Thomas Guide. Thanks so much for stopping body. 328 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 5: Thanks John, appreciate it. 329 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 2: It's the John Phillips Show. Eight hundred two two two 330 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 2: five two two two is the telephone number on eight 331 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 2: hundred two two two five two two two. 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Time for the California Crime Blodder and Randy. 375 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: This edition is a holiday edition from the City by 376 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 2: the Bay. 377 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 3: We've got a lot more clean up of all the 378 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 3: insanity that was going on in the Bay Area when 379 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 3: it comes to illegal fireworks, these are, of course the 380 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 3: fireworks you could see the official shows were blocked by 381 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 3: the fog. For more on this, we go to ABC 382 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 3: seven in the Bay and since it's an ABC seven 383 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 3: in the Bay story, I'm going to boost the sound 384 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 3: because they run their video very low. 385 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 4: Here we go. 386 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 6: They area celebrated America's two hundred and fiftieth Birthday in 387 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 6: a big way on July fourth, but police and firefighters say, unfortunately, 388 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 6: many of the parties involved illegal fireworks, leading to some 389 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 6: fires and even some injuries. ABC seven I Winness News 390 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 6: reporter of Cornell Bernard is live in San Francisco's Mission 391 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 6: District where police head boy. 392 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 3: There are certain neighborhoods in San Francisco that are just beautiful, immaculate. 393 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 3: North Beach's gorgeous Coal Valley, the Golden Gate Park area, 394 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,920 Speaker 3: it's just gorgeous. You get to the Mission, it's a 395 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 3: whole different city. 396 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 6: To disperse crowds of spectators, Cornell. 397 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 7: Yeah, hey, Cameron, we are live at Harrison and twenty 398 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 7: fourth Streets, where I have to tell you if firework 399 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 7: debris is really all over the place. 400 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 4: On the yikes are those mortars. 401 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 3: The lurry strategy has been, let's clean up the rest 402 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 3: of the city, but leave the Mission. So on the 403 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 3: tenderloin to the dogs and well, if you live there, 404 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 3: it probably isn't great. But if you're a tourist, do 405 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 3: you know which neighborhoods did not go to? San Francisco 406 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 3: has so much fun right. 407 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 7: Now streets here on the sidewalks. On July fourth, police 408 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 7: in riot Here tried clearing the streets and stopping illegal 409 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 7: firework shows. July fourth was loud and explosive in San 410 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 7: Francisco's Mission District, block after block hosting impromptu illegal firework shows. 411 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 7: Many residents say it felt like a war zone. Lots 412 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 7: of firework debris out litter Harrison Street where Travis Hayes lips. 413 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 5: Slave. 414 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 4: Whoa is he having to cover his trade hole? 415 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 3: I think we've got a straight up tracheotomy guy as 416 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 3: the man on the street on the illegal fireworks. 417 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 4: Story might need to click a little rewind on this one. 418 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 4: I wonder if he took a firework to the neck 419 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 4: at one point in the past. 420 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 3: Well, that would be a tragic story. My guess is smoking. 421 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 7: Litter Harrison Street where Travis Hayes lips. 422 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 8: Oh man clamper Let's grave. 423 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,920 Speaker 2: Okay, that man has some problems and the noise that 424 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 2: the fireworks make that doesn't make the top ten. 425 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 3: It was so loud I mean, Libray. If you needed 426 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 3: a public service announcement in the middle of this comedy show, 427 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 3: you just got one. 428 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 4: Don't smoke, kids. I don't think i'd smoke a smoke 429 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 4: a sausage after seeing that, Oh I would. 430 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: The area will be cleared by the police. 431 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 7: SFPD officers closing streets after ten pm, dispersing hundreds of people. 432 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 7: Some in the crowd taunted and jeered at officers. 433 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 3: Oh, come on, you're booeing the officers and not the 434 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,560 Speaker 3: jackasses trying to light your neighborhood on fire. 435 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 4: Priorities lady. 436 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 7: San Francisco firefighters say they responded to more than five 437 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 7: hundred calls on July fourth, including multiple spotfires and people 438 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:45,919 Speaker 7: injured by fireworks. 439 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,360 Speaker 9: Unfortunately, we did have two medical emergency responses for two 440 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 9: individuals separate incidents that suffered life altering but non life 441 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 9: threatening injuries. 442 00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 4: As that means they lost a limb. Oh, well, hopefully 443 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 4: they aren't engaged and it's not the ring finger. 444 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 9: The result to firework explosions. 445 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 7: Mayor Daniel Lurie getting breathed. 446 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 3: You know, we should start really doing that report to 447 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,240 Speaker 3: really aggregate these numbers. I want to know how many fingers. 448 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 3: Did San Francisco lose? How many toes did Oakland loose? 449 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 3: A couple of people in La lost. There are a 450 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 3: site over the weekend, a couple lost their cars. 451 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,880 Speaker 7: Chiefed on the explosive celebrations. 452 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 10: Just spoke to our police chief. It was a pretty 453 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 10: standard night when it came to that. It's something that 454 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 10: we are going to debrief about in the days I had, but. 455 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 3: Not the biggest problem for Luri right now. His biggest 456 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 3: problem is he made such a huge deal out of 457 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 3: fireworks at the Golden Gate and the fog made it 458 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 3: impossible to see any of them, and they told everyone 459 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 3: to take Muni, and there were people that took the 460 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 3: bus and the bus was stuck in the gridlock traffic, 461 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 3: and so they took Uni and were late to see 462 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 3: the no fireworks. 463 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 4: Need to go back to the drawing board next year. 464 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 10: What I am so proud of is our sheriffs are 465 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 10: park rangers, our police kept people safe overall. 466 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 4: In the East Bay. 467 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 7: Illegal fireworks lighting up the night sky being seen and 468 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 7: heard from Oakland to Antioch. Firefighters say responding to firework 469 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 7: incidents is part of the job, but still frustrating. 470 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 9: I would say that our frustrations are shared equally with 471 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 9: our community members or your San Francisco firefighters are your 472 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 9: community members. 473 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 4: We see and hear the same thing that you are, 474 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 4: but we also have to respond. 475 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 2: Okay, I don't know if you saw those details, but 476 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 2: it looked like they were shooting the fireworks directly into 477 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 2: the power lines. 478 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 3: Yep, that makes a bigger boom. The people who do 479 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 3: this have no respect for the neighborhood they live in, 480 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 3: let alone the city they live in. 481 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 7: Folks who live in the Mission districts say they are 482 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 7: used to legal fireworks shows on the Fourth of July, 483 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 7: but some say this year was especially bad. Police apparently 484 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 7: making no arrests. 485 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 4: And may oh come on SFPD. 486 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,480 Speaker 7: Or Lurie says he plans to meet with law enforcement 487 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:22,880 Speaker 7: next week to review the city's response and crack down 488 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 7: too illegal fireworks. We live in San Francisco, Cornelbertard, ABC 489 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 7: seven Eyewitness News. 490 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 3: I mean SFPD was stretched very thin that night. It's 491 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 3: very possible that so many officers were busy doing crowd 492 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 3: control for the Golden Gate fireworks show that could not 493 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 3: happen because fog. 494 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 2: All right, Randy, it's time to reopen the blotter. Okay, 495 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 2: let's do it is to catch shit. 496 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 4: He's dummy. 497 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried. 498 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 4: I the hell no, ready, boy, let me get up 499 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 4: one out of here. 500 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: It's the California Crime Bloader. 501 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 2: So it wasn't just the power lines and vehicles that 502 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,719 Speaker 2: people were aiming the fireworks at. Some people, Randy were 503 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 2: even aiming the fireworks at their neighbors' homes. 504 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 3: That's fun. For more on this one, we go to 505 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 3: yet another report from ABC seven in the Bay. All right, 506 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 3: I have the volume cranked as high as it can get. 507 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 3: ABC seven does not make the volume very loud on 508 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 3: these stories, but we are doing our best here in 509 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 3: the North. 510 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 11: Bay, a Pedaluma man is facing felony charges after Polisa 511 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 11: he intentionally launched a mortar style around firework towards a 512 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 11: neighbor's house. 513 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 4: It looked like an opening salvo in a war. 514 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 11: Happy for you can see it right there on a 515 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 11: home security camera. ABC seven. I witness sud's report of 516 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 11: Cornel Bernard joining us live now in Petaluma and Cornell, 517 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 11: you spoke with the homeowner where that firework landed. 518 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,640 Speaker 7: Yeah, Larry, really a terrifying experience for that Pedaloma family 519 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 7: when that fire workshell landed on the roof a neighbor 520 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 7: now facing charges for launching it. 521 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 4: Whoa, here you go, Pedaloma. 522 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 7: It was loud. Yeah, we thought a car blew up Anthony. 523 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 2: Okay, So what do you say if you get popped 524 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 2: for that? Do you say it was a mistake or 525 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 2: do you say, yeah, I hate my neighbor. This is 526 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 2: the Hatfields and McCloy's and I was trying to blow 527 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 2: up his house. 528 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 4: Sure seems like a feud in to me. 529 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 7: Nip Rees' parent. Security camera capturing this startling moment when 530 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 7: a mortar style firework was launched on You. 531 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 3: Know, if you look at it almost looks like it 532 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 3: bounced off somebody else's house and then landed on that house. 533 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 4: Maybe it was intended to hit another neighbor's home. 534 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 7: Into the roof of a Pedaluma neighbor's home on Sunday. 535 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,959 Speaker 9: And then we just see fires is being thrown over 536 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 9: from that house to that house, right on that roof, 537 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 9: and we caught it all on camera. 538 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 4: It definitely does a ricochet. Yeah, it was a big shot. 539 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:11,959 Speaker 11: It was crazy. 540 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 5: Shock shock. 541 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 12: For a moment, I felt like frozen. 542 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 7: Pamela Guzierra started getting texts and video clips moments after 543 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 7: the fireworkshell exploded on her roof. She was out of town, 544 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 7: but other family members were home. 545 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 12: They didn't know. You know, you hear a loud explosion 546 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 12: and you don't know what's going on, what it could be. 547 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 12: And then as a parent being across the country, I 548 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 12: just had this instinct I needed to get home right away. 549 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 4: My house is exploding. 550 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 2: Well, I wouldn't plan any vacations on New Year's either. 551 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 7: Lady, the firework burning a hole in Pamela's roof. It 552 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 7: was being repaired when we showed up. 553 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 4: The her insurance is going to drop her. Oh, she's 554 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 4: probably already on the fare plan. 555 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 12: Oh boy, turned suggusters up there now looking at the damage. 556 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 12: But my husband measured a four inch hole on our roof, so. 557 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 3: It obviously got in the house. Oh yeah, how much 558 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 3: ash is inside the living room. 559 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 7: Police believe it may not have been an accident. In 560 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 7: a statement, police say officers responded to Colewood Drive after 561 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 7: a report that a resident intentionally launched a mortar style 562 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 7: firework toward a neighboring home following an ongoing dispute a 563 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 7: forty three year old neighbor surrendered to police. He was 564 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 7: arrested and booked on multiple felony charges, including threats, arson, 565 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,080 Speaker 7: and vandalism. 566 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 12: All right now, we're just, you know, doing our due 567 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 12: diligence and letting the police do their investigation. 568 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 7: I think police offering a few details about that possible 569 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 7: neighbor dispute. Pedalma Police are urging anyone who witnessed dangerous 570 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 7: or illegal firework activity to call nine one one. A 571 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 7: professional fireworks show was scheduled on July fourth at the 572 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 7: Pedaluma Fairgrounds for Live in Pedaluma Cornel Bernard, ABC seven 573 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:09,480 Speaker 7: Eyewitness News. 574 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 3: So there you go, an intentional fireworks shot into a 575 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:19,600 Speaker 3: neighbor's house. It crashed through the roof. It was a 576 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 3: big shot the roof, the roof, the roof was on fire. 577 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 3: Three points. 578 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 2: It's and oh boy, Randy, our listeners participating in the chat. 579 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,600 Speaker 3: You know, I was trying to control the volume so much. 580 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 3: I didn't even see the chat exploded in the last 581 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 3: couple of segments as we open up the crime blodder, 582 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 3: but I wanted to feature a couple of them, including Cynical, 583 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 3: who writes in on X five people lost an eye 584 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 3: and four people lost a hand in San Francisco over 585 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 3: the weekend because of lighting fireworks. 586 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 4: Mmm mmmm. 587 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 3: And we have we have some just great comments on here. 588 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 3: We really appreciate all of the people just hanging out 589 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 3: during the show with us noon to three. 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So we get even more people 598 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 3: checking this out as we do it every single day. 599 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 2: And right now, Randy, it's time to reopen the California 600 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:43,280 Speaker 2: Crime Blotter. 601 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 4: Is this a blotterer story? Sure? A blatter story? 602 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 3: I think I don't think it is, but we'll do 603 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 3: it as not we'll do it as a blotter story. 604 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 4: Anyway, it's happened yet again. This Wow, Wow, what's up here? 605 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 1: Dun Dun dun, dunk, dunk, dunk, dun, dunk dun feeds 606 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: the crime bludder with junk. 607 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 4: You're right, it's not a blodder story. Yeah, we played 608 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 4: the sounder. 609 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 3: Anyway, Illegal street vending is taking over the gas lamp 610 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 3: in San Diego, and do you know who San Diego 611 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 3: police are blaming for not being able to arrest anybody 612 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 3: for it? 613 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 4: Who? Ricardo Laura. 614 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 2: I'm very kind of sketch boy before Scott Wiener, he 615 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,439 Speaker 2: was due North for all things bad. 616 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 4: For more on this. We got a Fox five in 617 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 4: San Diego. 618 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,120 Speaker 13: We've been hanging our hat on this latest court ruling. 619 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 13: But ever since the city tried to rein in the 620 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 13: influx of illegal street vendors, there have been a number 621 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,040 Speaker 13: of setbacks. Now it appears the city of San Diego 622 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 13: has backed off completely and. 623 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:48,919 Speaker 4: They're just throwing in the towel. 624 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 2: I love the fact that these cities and counties in 625 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 2: the state lived to regulate us to death. But then 626 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 2: every so often you have people operating without proper licenses 627 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,200 Speaker 2: and they go, oh, okay, go ahead. 628 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 4: From otion beach to the gas lamp quarter. 629 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:14,320 Speaker 13: License vendors, supported by the business associations representing respective areas 630 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,279 Speaker 13: of the city say the latest situation is a disaster and. 631 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,800 Speaker 8: The city really has just dropped the ball completely. The 632 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 8: side of that is not important enough to enforce these 633 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 8: illegal vendors. That's been going on since twenty nineteen. 634 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 3: And these vendors are so brazen they're setting up right 635 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 3: outside of established restaurants. 636 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 4: That must drive you crazy. 637 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,799 Speaker 2: If you own a restaurant and you pay for all 638 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 2: the fees you have, the inspectors come to take a 639 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 2: look at all of your food and your kitchen, and 640 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 2: you get fined and you get knocked and you have 641 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 2: to deal with all of that insanity, and then you 642 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,959 Speaker 2: have someone operating right out in front of your door 643 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 2: and they don't have to do any of that. 644 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,879 Speaker 3: Well, and for as much as we want to talk 645 00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 3: about how environmentally conscious we are, you know what happens 646 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,640 Speaker 3: with a of these street venders. They drump the grease 647 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 3: from their traps right in the middle of the street 648 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 3: and it goes down the storm drain. 649 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 8: And they're basically stating that the state SB nine forty 650 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 8: six is the reason. 651 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 3: Okay, so a little history lesson. Back in twenty eighteen, 652 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,720 Speaker 3: when he was on the California State Senate, this jackass 653 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 3: very sketch wrote SB nine forty six, which if counties 654 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 3: opted in which San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco did. 655 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:32,239 Speaker 3: It decriminalized all aspects of street vending in order to 656 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 3: I guess, appease the illegal immigrant crowd. And what it 657 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 3: meant was law enforcement can't do anything when it revolves 658 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,320 Speaker 3: illegal street vending, whether that's you just don't have a 659 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 3: license or you're selling stolen goods. In the mission of 660 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,800 Speaker 3: MacArthur Park, it is a public works or a public 661 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 3: health matter. And what happened in the bission in San 662 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 3: Francisco is the public works employees were getting beaten up 663 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,320 Speaker 3: by the people selling stolen goods and nothing could be 664 00:37:59,400 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 3: done about it. 665 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 13: The state's the reason. We're not going to blame ourselves 666 00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,879 Speaker 13: for perhaps not following through. 667 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 8: But SB nine to forty six says that cities can 668 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 8: enforce for health safety eighty A violations they're renewed. 669 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:14,880 Speaker 1: KAO. 670 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:17,839 Speaker 4: The police can't go down there, but Barbara Ferrer can. 671 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,800 Speaker 13: Oh good lord US has us reacquainted with some of 672 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 13: the licensed vendors who've been on the front lines fighting 673 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,240 Speaker 13: for their livelihoods. The Soto family, for example, Pete Senior, 674 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,240 Speaker 13: Pete Junior, and wife and mother Letty. They've been selling 675 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 13: Brooklyn dogs at the Civic Center plaza for almost three decades. 676 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 3: And all of us and they have a license, and 677 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 3: they've been doing it for the right way for a 678 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,000 Speaker 3: long time, and they're getting undercut. 679 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:46,560 Speaker 4: That's the way you're supposed to do it. 680 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 14: So in three weeks past and it was like boom, 681 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,320 Speaker 14: like the bomb exploded. 682 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: And now they're just everywhere worse and worse every. 683 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 14: Night, worse when there's a pickle game right now, with 684 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,560 Speaker 14: the soccer event, when there's concerts. 685 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 3: The feeling is probably worse than actually eating one of 686 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 3: their hot dogs. 687 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:12,880 Speaker 14: There's no pushing these guys back the nighttime you you swamp. 688 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 1: Nothing's changed. They're taken over the whole sitting. 689 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 13: The UT contacted the office of City Attorney Heather Ferber, 690 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:24,239 Speaker 13: a spokesperson declined to discuss why the city isn't appealing this. 691 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,320 Speaker 3: Hey, none of these people are using plastic gloves, no, 692 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,239 Speaker 3: and it looks like nothing's refrigerated either. They also have 693 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 3: no hand washing stations, so you better hope they weren't 694 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,879 Speaker 3: scratching something before they served you your bacon wrapped hot dog. 695 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 13: So gross latest court setback or why the city has 696 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:47,160 Speaker 13: told it's police and park rangers not to enforce the 697 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 13: street vendor laws and the gas lamp ed Linderman, Fox 698 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 13: five News. 699 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:53,000 Speaker 4: There you go. 700 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,319 Speaker 3: San Diego throws their hands up in the air and says, well, 701 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,879 Speaker 3: I guess there's nothing that we can do about ille 702 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:00,880 Speaker 3: street vending. 703 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 2: All right, that's going to do it for us today. 704 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 2: But we'll be back tomorrow at noon for another edition 705 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,080 Speaker 2: of The John Phillips Show.