WEBVTT - Becerra In Hiding? 0:00:01.139 --> 0:00:04.920 Some might label us right wing. We say clip our 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:10.400 wings and just call us right. It's the John Phillips Show. 0:00:11.220 --> 0:00:14.140 And a very happy Wednesday to you at 12.07 in 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:17.610 the West. It's the John Phillips Show. Mr. Randy Wings 0:00:17.670 --> 0:00:18.430 in Culver City. 0:00:18.790 --> 0:00:22.090 Johnny, we are broadcasting live on the radio on 790 0:00:22.090 --> 0:00:26.410 KABC in Southern California and 810 KSFO in the Bay Area. 0:00:26.650 --> 0:00:30.090 And we're broadcasting live on video every single day from 0:00:30.170 --> 0:00:32.519 noon to three on our YouTube channel, which you can 0:00:32.580 --> 0:00:37.940 find easily at johnnydontlike.com. That's Johnny with a Y. Johnny 0:00:37.979 --> 0:00:41.059 don't like.com. 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All right, Randy, are 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.039 you ready for a pop quiz? 0:01:25.540 --> 0:01:25.900 Yes. 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:30.520 Okay. I need you to tell me what the following 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:35.250 individuals have in common. Are you ready? I'm ready. The 0:01:35.330 --> 0:01:44.860 Lindbergh baby. Natalie Holloway. Nancy Guthrie's mother. And Javier Becerra. 0:01:45.420 --> 0:01:47.400 Boy, I really wish you hadn't said the third one. 0:01:49.660 --> 0:01:50.580 They're all missing. 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:55.150 That's right. You win the 64 silver dollars. 0:01:55.830 --> 0:01:56.340 Scrub it. 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:01.720 It is debate day in San Francisco as Steve Hilton 0:02:01.820 --> 0:02:07.100 will be debating Javier Becerra on CNN, moderated by Jake 0:02:07.140 --> 0:02:11.430 Tapper and Dana Bash for some reason. And Javier Becerra 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.609 is still nowhere to be found. This is like the 0:02:14.669 --> 0:02:17.850 finale episodes of a season of Love is Blind, and 0:02:17.889 --> 0:02:20.370 they haven't found the groom that's supposed to go on 0:02:20.410 --> 0:02:21.010 the stage. 0:02:21.970 --> 0:02:25.190 We need to put his face all over milk cartons 0:02:25.350 --> 0:02:29.079 in the state of California. Because that guy is missing 0:02:29.139 --> 0:02:29.640 in action. 0:02:30.380 --> 0:02:36.000 Because the debate is being hosted on CNN, the California-based 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:41.590 host of CNN, Alex Michelson, put together a little preview. And, 0:02:41.630 --> 0:02:44.010 of course, when you do a preview for the debate 0:02:44.190 --> 0:02:47.940 on your cable network, you want a little pre-interview with 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.660 the candidate to see what they're going to say, what 0:02:50.700 --> 0:02:54.459 they're feeling about the debate. Steve Hilton sat down with 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.579 Alex Michelson. Hell, Steve Hilton sat down for a 20-minute 0:02:57.620 --> 0:03:02.769 interview on NBC Bay Area. Javier Baccaria said, said he 0:03:02.850 --> 0:03:06.070 couldn't do the pre-interview for the debate with Alex because 0:03:06.110 --> 0:03:09.730 of scheduling conflicts. And then when Alex asked what those 0:03:09.770 --> 0:03:13.060 scheduling conflicts were, they had no answer. 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.780 What are all these scheduling conflicts? What is he doing 0:03:16.820 --> 0:03:19.840 that's so important where he can't do the normal things 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:23.920 that a candidate does when they're running for office? Is 0:03:23.940 --> 0:03:26.680 he at the beauty parlor that often? Is he at 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.139 one of these massage parlors at a strip mall? 0:03:30.419 --> 0:03:31.279 Yum, yum, number two. 0:03:32.220 --> 0:03:34.870 Maybe he's taking art classes. I don't know. 0:03:35.730 --> 0:03:39.430 The only legitimate reason to be this unavailable all the 0:03:39.490 --> 0:03:43.330 time for everybody as you're running for governor is he's 0:03:43.370 --> 0:03:46.340 going to kidney dialysis three times a week, and I 0:03:46.380 --> 0:03:48.160 don't think he has diabetes. 0:03:48.820 --> 0:03:50.280 Or maybe Dana Williamson does. 0:03:52.340 --> 0:03:55.590 For more on tonight's debate that will air on CNN 0:03:55.620 --> 0:04:00.640 at 6 p.m., And the missing in action candidate who 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.280 is supposed to be one of the two on the stage. 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:05.860 Here is a report from. 0:04:05.620 --> 0:04:10.650 Hang on, hang on, hang on. No, Javier is not 0:04:10.690 --> 0:04:10.990 in there. 0:04:12.660 --> 0:04:15.270 If you have seen Javier Becerra, please let us know. 0:04:15.770 --> 0:04:18.650 In the meantime, here's a report from our friend, Alex 0:04:18.710 --> 0:04:20.130 Michelson and CNN. 0:04:20.630 --> 0:04:24.989 Here's a look at why California and this race matters. 0:04:28.070 --> 0:04:30.190 Because the rest of the country has to watch this 0:04:30.230 --> 0:04:31.290 thing and they're like, why? 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:38.600 California's current governor often says this state is the country's 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:39.700 coming attractions. 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.670 It's one of those stupid things he spiels over and 0:04:42.790 --> 0:04:44.090 over and over and over again. 0:04:45.290 --> 0:04:48.669 It's home to 39 million Americans, the fourth largest economy 0:04:48.690 --> 0:04:51.010 in the world, and many of the world's leading companies 0:04:51.070 --> 0:04:55.690 in tech, entertainment, agriculture, and more. Gavin Newsom is termed out, 0:04:55.930 --> 0:04:58.540 and one of these two candidates will replace him and 0:04:58.560 --> 0:04:59.310 write California. 0:04:59.740 --> 0:05:02.000 I don't know where they found that file photo of Becerra, 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:03.180 but it's an interesting one. 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.400 Well, probably from about 10 years ago, because that's the 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:07.419 last time we've seen him. 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:10.040 Scrub it. His next chapter. 0:05:12.540 --> 0:05:13.300 Are you ready? 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:14.940 Democrat Javier Becerra came in first. 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.740 You know the last time I've seen him? When's that? 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:19.420 Caitlyn was still bruised. 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.919 In a bruising, expensive primary battle against a crowded field, 0:05:28.420 --> 0:05:31.140 he's the son of Mexican immigrants. He became a member 0:05:31.190 --> 0:05:33.930 of Congress in 1993. It seems to me we have 0:05:33.970 --> 0:05:36.010 to find a way to provide money to the pot. 0:05:36.690 --> 0:05:39.430 It doesn't help, at least in my opinion, that he's 0:05:39.470 --> 0:05:40.950 been around for that long. 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:44.880 This guy has been around since Hector was a pup 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.760 because before he became Secretary of Health and Human Services, 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:52.980 he was the appointed Attorney General of California. Thanks, Jerry Brown. 0:05:53.660 --> 0:05:58.479 Before that, he was a multi-decade congressman representing the east 0:05:58.500 --> 0:06:01.420 side of Los Angeles. And prior to that, he was 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:06.380 in the California Assembly. He's been around forever. What does 0:06:06.420 --> 0:06:07.680 he have to show for any of it? 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:12.780 Nothing. He is, as Steve Hilton describes him... the emptiest 0:06:12.820 --> 0:06:13.660 of empty suits. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.630 He served as California's Attorney General and then as President 0:06:16.670 --> 0:06:18.909 Joe Biden's Secretary of Health and Human Services. 0:06:19.190 --> 0:06:21.950 That's not the name of the job or his name. 0:06:22.230 --> 0:06:26.539 For Secretary of Health and Education, I nominate Javier Baccaria. 0:06:29.650 --> 0:06:33.750 And let's not forget, Johnny, the Biden administration tried to 0:06:33.790 --> 0:06:36.190 make sure that no one ever saw Becerra while he 0:06:36.230 --> 0:06:38.710 had that job because they knew he was an idiot. 0:06:39.029 --> 0:06:41.380 That's what I'm saying. He's been in the witness protection 0:06:41.420 --> 0:06:42.540 program for years. 0:06:43.779 --> 0:06:47.620 Becerra has kept a relatively low profile since the June primary. 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.960 We will not be bought. We will not be bullied. 0:06:52.500 --> 0:06:54.400 We will not be bought. Didn't you just tell the 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.849 San Francisco Standard yesterday that you would love to take 0:06:57.910 --> 0:06:59.110 money from Purdue Pharma? 0:07:00.210 --> 0:07:02.890 Does he wear tinted glasses indoors? 0:07:03.970 --> 0:07:07.550 Yeah, he's one of those. Maybe he's got the transitions frames. 0:07:09.810 --> 0:07:11.800 And we are never backing down. 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.480 You know where he could be? If we haven't seen 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.460 this guy in years and no one can get a 0:07:20.500 --> 0:07:23.020 hold of him, no one can get him to show 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.970 up to anything. No one knows where he is. Maybe 0:07:27.030 --> 0:07:30.210 he has courtside season seats at the WNBA. 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:34.600 You're only going to be able to do that joke 0:07:34.620 --> 0:07:36.840 for like another year or two because the WNBA is 0:07:36.860 --> 0:07:37.660 getting popular. 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.180 Steve Hilton has been virtually everywhere. 0:07:41.700 --> 0:07:45.420 I feel this incredible energy everywhere we go. 0:07:45.820 --> 0:07:48.760 He's a Trump endorsed Republican who once worked in the 0:07:48.820 --> 0:07:52.160 British government with Prime Minister David Cameron, then served as 0:07:52.220 --> 0:07:55.580 a Fox News host and is now a first time candidate. 0:07:55.830 --> 0:07:56.830 He looks better with the beard. 0:07:58.150 --> 0:07:58.530 He does. 0:07:59.770 --> 0:08:00.970 Wake up, California. 0:08:01.270 --> 0:08:02.680 Change is coming. 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:06.200 Steve Hilton is trying to be the first Republican to 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.640 win statewide in California in 20 years. 0:08:08.660 --> 0:08:11.140 Now, wait a minute, though. He's not the first candidate 0:08:11.180 --> 0:08:15.060 for governor to work for the British government. Did you 0:08:15.100 --> 0:08:15.460 know that? 0:08:15.980 --> 0:08:16.990 I did not know that. 0:08:17.250 --> 0:08:22.570 I think Jerry Brown worked for King George when he 0:08:22.610 --> 0:08:26.860 was a young man. Hi, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:30.840 The last Republican governor was Arnold Schwarzenegger, then a famous. 0:08:30.860 --> 0:08:33.140 Who's been palling around with Nithya this week. 0:08:33.300 --> 0:08:34.640 Yeah, what's the deal with that? 0:08:36.660 --> 0:08:40.870 Well, he probably wants the spite vote. There's no good option, 0:08:40.929 --> 0:08:42.809 so at least we can kick Karen out of that 0:08:42.870 --> 0:08:43.510 Getty house. 0:08:44.130 --> 0:08:49.510 How did she even enter in his orbit? I know 0:08:49.530 --> 0:08:53.790 she's got a husband that works in Hollywood. So maybe 0:08:53.830 --> 0:08:55.790 he's looking for a role in one of that guy's 0:08:55.830 --> 0:08:59.290 sitcoms or something. Or maybe she's got an attractive maid. 0:08:59.410 --> 0:08:59.890 I don't know. 0:09:00.950 --> 0:09:03.250 That guy used to work for The Daily Show. Maybe 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:05.640 Arnold wants to be a correspondent. 0:09:06.059 --> 0:09:06.540 Could be. 0:09:07.140 --> 0:09:11.400 This movie star married into the Kennedy family. Hi, Jerry Brown. 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.160 Since then, there's been 16 straight years. 0:09:14.740 --> 0:09:15.540 Hi, Gavin Newsom. 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.090 Of Democrats controlling all of state government. 0:09:19.570 --> 0:09:22.730 Enough is enough. Enough is enough. 0:09:23.100 --> 0:09:26.470 Hilton points out that California has the country's highest gas prices. 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.750 Fact check true. And it's not even close. 0:09:30.670 --> 0:09:32.510 The most people experiencing homelessness. 0:09:32.730 --> 0:09:38.510 Fact check true. Half of the nation's unhoused. And by unhoused, 0:09:38.610 --> 0:09:41.600 I'm not being politically correct. I mean people living on 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.120 the sidewalks, in the parks, and on the streets. 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:46.300 The most expensive housing. 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.920 In fact, San Jose is the most expensive housing market 0:09:51.460 --> 0:09:52.280 in the world. 0:09:56.309 --> 0:10:00.459 On the stump, Hilton often references this CNN interview. where 0:10:00.620 --> 0:10:04.220 I asked Becerra how he's different from Governor Newsom. What 0:10:04.420 --> 0:10:07.720 changes from a policy perspective? What's different with you than 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.089 what we've seen over the last four years with Governor Newsom? 0:10:10.510 --> 0:10:14.250 We'll get things done. I think you're suggesting he hasn't? No, 0:10:14.270 --> 0:10:15.870 he's done quite a few things, but we'll get more 0:10:15.929 --> 0:10:17.810 things done. We'll get them done a lot faster. 0:10:18.309 --> 0:10:22.840 He didn't... That's what he is. If you think Bob 0:10:22.900 --> 0:10:26.940 Bonta has a monopoly on the bucket full of cliches, 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.400 you're wrong. Javier Baccaria uses just as many. 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:31.600 Scrub it. 0:10:33.300 --> 0:10:36.580 It is shocking every single time I see an interview, 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.160 and maybe this is the reason that Becerra's in hiding 0:10:39.210 --> 0:10:43.370 instead of doing the pre-interview with Alex. That's the guy 0:10:43.390 --> 0:10:47.920 of all the choices. Oh, the Katie Porters that Matt 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.560 Mahan's obviously not the Swalwells, but that was the guy. 0:10:51.580 --> 0:10:52.920 Yeah, I know. 0:10:53.260 --> 0:10:56.770 Tom Steyer spent a jillion dollars, but still that's the guy. 0:10:58.230 --> 0:11:02.910 Well, this is Kamala Harris's fault because everyone assumed that 0:11:03.030 --> 0:11:06.050 she was going to run and she took forever to 0:11:06.110 --> 0:11:09.090 decide against it. So a lot of the people who 0:11:09.110 --> 0:11:12.370 would have been credible candidates decided to run for something 0:11:12.490 --> 0:11:15.550 else or do something else instead of run for governor. 0:11:15.950 --> 0:11:19.050 And you can probably throw Rick Caruso into that category. 0:11:19.750 --> 0:11:24.830 You also had Bob Bonta considering running for governor, but 0:11:24.990 --> 0:11:26.610 he might be getting indicted soon. 0:11:27.390 --> 0:11:27.809 Maybe. 0:11:28.610 --> 0:11:29.650 Trials next month. 0:11:30.290 --> 0:11:34.030 We have an answer. So he's clearly saying basically things 0:11:34.110 --> 0:11:36.670 are fine. Maybe a little tweak here and there. I'm 0:11:36.710 --> 0:11:37.510 saying they're not fine. 0:11:38.010 --> 0:11:41.320 That message resonates with Hilton supporters. I see a lot 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:42.960 of problems with high taxes. 0:11:43.340 --> 0:11:45.580 I think California is in a heap of trouble. You know, 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.420 I'm really concerned about my children, my grandchildren. 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.790 But does that message play with non-Republicans? A recent PPIC 0:11:54.850 --> 0:11:58.710 poll shows just 27 percent of likely California voters approve 0:11:58.870 --> 0:12:02.510 of Trump's job performance. There are twice as many Democrats 0:12:02.550 --> 0:12:04.830 versus Republicans in this state. And in a place like 0:12:04.850 --> 0:12:09.140 this farmer's market, voters say President Trump's endorsement of Hilton 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:10.700 is a deal breaker. 0:12:11.140 --> 0:12:11.520 Bam! 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.750 Yeah, did you have to do that, Trump? Couldn't you 0:12:14.770 --> 0:12:16.059 have left this race alone? 0:12:16.980 --> 0:12:19.400 Helped him in the primary, not so much in the general. 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:20.520 You got it. 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:21.700 Yeah, that's it. 0:12:21.980 --> 0:12:22.180 Yeah. 0:12:22.700 --> 0:12:25.500 I don't think that Trump and his party has the 0:12:25.540 --> 0:12:27.000 best intentions for California. 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.540 I think anyone who's backed by MAGA at this point 0:12:30.020 --> 0:12:33.640 just has lost, should be losing everyone's vote. 0:12:33.890 --> 0:12:37.430 Hilton hopes to change that dynamic at CNN's debate this week. 0:12:37.929 --> 0:12:43.010 Among the pressing issues, housing affordability, the future of AI, immigration, 0:12:43.670 --> 0:12:45.120 and dealing with the president. 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.180 That's because this is a national debate on a national 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:52.240 network instead of, you know, all of the issues that 0:12:52.300 --> 0:12:55.059 Californians are dealing with every day. How is high-speed rail 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:55.740 not on there? 0:12:56.059 --> 0:12:59.280 Which is exactly what we warned against. This is why 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.880 Jake Tapper and Dana Bass should not be moderating this debate. 0:13:03.500 --> 0:13:05.580 And you have to wonder, was the only way that 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.140 Baccaria agreed to come out of hiding to do this 0:13:08.179 --> 0:13:10.640 debate is if it was a national focus? 0:13:11.660 --> 0:13:13.840 Debate the most important day of the campaign. 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:16.640 So far, for sure, it'll be the moment when that 0:13:16.700 --> 0:13:17.840 choice is really clear. 0:13:20.580 --> 0:13:23.939 Our panel is back. Politico's California Bureau Chief Melanie Mason 0:13:23.980 --> 0:13:28.490 and CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein. Welcome back, both 0:13:28.540 --> 0:13:31.620 of you. I should point out that we asked Javier 0:13:31.660 --> 0:13:33.929 Becerra for an interview for that, and we were told 0:13:33.950 --> 0:13:37.370 that he is scheduling conflicts. We asked for public events 0:13:37.410 --> 0:13:39.089 that he was hosting in the days ahead, and he 0:13:39.170 --> 0:13:41.949 said that they were doing private events. So That kind 0:13:41.990 --> 0:13:44.270 of tells you about that campaign. 0:13:45.030 --> 0:13:50.240 There you go. Javier Becerra. Javier Becerra could not do 0:13:50.670 --> 0:13:54.520 a quick little fluff pre-interview promoting the debate he's going 0:13:54.540 --> 0:13:57.800 to be on, and he has no actual reason as 0:13:57.840 --> 0:13:59.360 to what he's doing instead. 0:13:59.780 --> 0:14:00.900 He's washing his hair. 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.830 He's got scheduling conflicts. That's why he can't sit down 0:14:04.870 --> 0:14:08.110 with Ashley Zavala. He's got scheduling conflicts, why he couldn't 0:14:08.150 --> 0:14:10.350 sit down with the Southern California News Group and their 0:14:10.429 --> 0:14:13.670 editorial board. He's got scheduling conflicts, so he can't sit 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:17.020 down with Julie Watts. He's going to have so many 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:24.580 scheduling conflicts. Meanwhile, he's not doing anything. You want to 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:26.040 hear what the panel has to say about him? 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:27.020 Yeah, let's listen. 0:14:28.340 --> 0:14:31.100 And yet he's doing this debate, and it is probably 0:14:31.140 --> 0:14:32.680 the biggest moment of this whole campaign. 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.000 Well, look, I mean, you have sort of the national 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.020 eye of CNN. I mean, I do think it nationalizes 0:14:38.460 --> 0:14:40.040 this race. I mean, obviously, there are a lot of 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:43.280 California-specific issues that these candidates are going to have to 0:14:43.330 --> 0:14:45.090 talk about. But I think the fact that it is 0:14:45.130 --> 0:14:46.570 going to be in this setting and we're going to 0:14:46.630 --> 0:14:49.130 have it in the context of these broader midterms, I think, 0:14:49.630 --> 0:14:51.070 you know, naturally, the conversation is going to be a 0:14:51.110 --> 0:14:52.250 lot about President Trump. 0:14:54.090 --> 0:14:55.210 This is what we're going to get. 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:59.900 I'm not watching this thing live. I don't even have CNN. 0:15:00.550 --> 0:15:02.750 Hopefully they post it on YouTube and I will scroll 0:15:02.790 --> 0:15:05.950 through it for good stuff. But this seems like an 0:15:06.010 --> 0:15:07.470 hour and a half of my life I will not 0:15:07.510 --> 0:15:08.050 get back. 0:15:08.450 --> 0:15:11.530 You want to talk about a rigged election. You have 0:15:11.570 --> 0:15:15.610 an election where one candidate doesn't even campaign because they 0:15:15.670 --> 0:15:19.930 know they don't have to. The voters are denied a 0:15:20.220 --> 0:15:25.460 discussion about the problems and proposed solutions for the state 0:15:26.180 --> 0:15:29.420 because we're going to get a national election. cable channel 0:15:29.490 --> 0:15:32.989 talking about Donald Trump for two hours. This is an 0:15:33.050 --> 0:15:37.270 election that essentially is happening in a vacuum. 0:15:37.290 --> 0:15:41.870 That's exactly what Javier Becerra wants this debate to be 0:15:41.910 --> 0:15:44.260 about because that's the ground that he's most comfortable on. 0:15:44.270 --> 0:15:45.900 I mean, I do think one public event that he 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:46.420 has had. 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:49.340 So what you're saying is Javier Becerra is not comfortable 0:15:49.420 --> 0:15:51.220 talking about California issues? 0:15:51.580 --> 0:15:54.640 How could he be? His party has wrecked the state. 0:15:55.790 --> 0:15:57.970 And he has no answers for how he's going to 0:15:58.010 --> 0:15:58.910 be any different. 0:16:00.150 --> 0:16:03.620 Recently is for against Proposition 39, which is this voter 0:16:03.670 --> 0:16:06.380 ID initiative. And what does he talk about? That this 0:16:06.420 --> 0:16:09.380 is a Trump backed initiative to impose voter ID. He 0:16:09.460 --> 0:16:12.000 wants to talk about President Trump and how he is 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.000 in opposition to him because that's the type of message 0:16:14.020 --> 0:16:15.420 that resonates with California voters. 0:16:15.620 --> 0:16:18.510 Someone did email us if they should play the Trump 0:16:18.550 --> 0:16:21.550 drinking game in today's debate. And we cannot advise that 0:16:21.670 --> 0:16:24.670 because we don't want anyone to become the next Dana Williamson. 0:16:27.010 --> 0:16:29.850 We're grateful that he agreed to the only debate here 0:16:29.930 --> 0:16:33.630 on CNN, but is not doing local debates, maybe for 0:16:33.670 --> 0:16:34.250 that reason. 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:39.380 Six different local outlets put out debates. Steve Hilton said 0:16:39.420 --> 0:16:42.740 yes to all of them. Becerra had scheduling conflicts to 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.800 all of them, except for the national one on CNN, 0:16:45.830 --> 0:16:47.830 where it looks like he got to pick the moderators, 0:16:47.890 --> 0:16:51.410 because we just have to point this out. Why are 0:16:51.470 --> 0:17:00.200 you not having the California-based political reporter doing this debate? Yeah, 0:17:00.260 --> 0:17:03.240 maybe Jake Tapper and Dana Bash are higher profile, but 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:07.310 Alex and Dana did the primary debate. Why would you 0:17:07.369 --> 0:17:09.669 not use the guy who knows what's going on in 0:17:09.710 --> 0:17:12.450 California better than anyone else at CNN? 0:17:13.390 --> 0:17:17.150 There's only one reason that you don't use your California 0:17:17.190 --> 0:17:21.879 specialist for a California debate. Because you know going into it, 0:17:22.070 --> 0:17:25.370 it's going to be all about Donald Trump. So there's 0:17:25.430 --> 0:17:26.169 no need for him. 0:17:27.310 --> 0:17:31.010 Look, I mean, there is a legitimate dispute about what 0:17:31.070 --> 0:17:34.560 is the role of the governor vis-a-vis the federal government, right? 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.379 I mean, that is a legitimate difference between the two 0:17:37.420 --> 0:17:39.680 of them. It's not just that Becerra wants to talk 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.200 about Trump because Trump is unpopular. Trump has done a 0:17:42.300 --> 0:17:43.899 lot of things that— I. 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:46.850 Think we know where the rest of this interview is going. 0:17:46.869 --> 0:17:50.190 Yeah. What they're doing is they're already setting the table 0:17:50.250 --> 0:17:53.389 to defend themselves against the criticism that the debate is 0:17:53.410 --> 0:17:56.090 going to be all about Donald Trump. Because that's what 0:17:56.109 --> 0:17:56.550 it's going to be. 0:17:57.670 --> 0:18:02.360 We'll have some highlights maybe tomorrow. We'll see. And will 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:06.060 Javier Becerra actually show up? That's the million dollar question. 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.899 If you'd like to email the show, you can do 0:18:08.980 --> 0:18:16.330 so at johnnydontlikeshow at gmail.com. That's johnnydontlikeshow at gmail.com. And 0:18:16.390 --> 0:18:18.389 if you want to watch us perform the show live, 0:18:18.430 --> 0:18:22.750 go to johnnydontlike.com, participate in the chat, and click that 0:18:22.810 --> 0:18:25.070 like button because, Randy, that helps us out a lot. 0:18:25.470 --> 0:18:27.780 When you hit the like button, when you subscribe, when 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:30.419 you participate in the chat, it all signals YouTube that 0:18:30.460 --> 0:18:33.080 they should start recommending us to new people. It's happening 0:18:33.140 --> 0:18:37.200 every single day. We've grown. 6,000 new subscribers in just 0:18:37.260 --> 0:18:40.750 the last, what, three months? We're at the 90-day mark 0:18:40.770 --> 0:18:43.830 that we've been doing this live show on YouTube. Very exciting. 0:18:44.290 --> 0:18:47.680 We are currently at, on today's show, and we just started, 0:18:47.680 --> 0:18:48.879 147 likes. So how exciting is that? 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:49.000 And. 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.419 We are here every single day. Play around in the 0:18:56.460 --> 0:18:58.719 chat room. Make sure to participate in our poll that 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:02.639 I have going up this hour. 99% of respondents, no, 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:09.030 excuse me, 95% of respondents say that Javier Becerra absolutely, 0:19:09.290 --> 0:19:12.650 absolutely would be a worse governor than Gavin Newsom. 0:19:12.869 --> 0:19:17.950 Absolutely, absolutely. And coming up later today, the newest edition 0:19:17.970 --> 0:19:19.929 of the Accountability Podcast drops. 0:19:20.500 --> 0:19:22.400 I know there's a lot of people out there that 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.120 don't like the fact that your choice for LA mayor 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:29.530 is Nithya or this lady. If you're feeling down, if 0:19:29.550 --> 0:19:32.670 you're feeling blue, let's get help for you. 0:19:33.090 --> 0:19:34.990 So Daniel Gus has a solution. 0:19:35.609 --> 0:19:38.629 He is our special guest on the accountability podcast that 0:19:38.690 --> 0:19:41.210 airs at two 59 this afternoon. In fact, if you're 0:19:41.230 --> 0:19:43.310 watching the live stream, as soon as it ends, it 0:19:43.350 --> 0:19:47.290 goes right into it. Vote for both of them and 0:19:47.390 --> 0:19:50.939 cancel out your vote in protest. You cannot write in 0:19:50.980 --> 0:19:54.660 Spencer Pratt if you leave it blank somebody could fill 0:19:54.720 --> 0:19:56.919 it in down the line but if you fill in 0:19:56.980 --> 0:20:00.159 both of them it cancels out your vote for mayor 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:04.810 because neither of these candidates truly deserve your vote maybe 0:20:04.850 --> 0:20:07.910 you think one is worse than the other Daniel Gus 0:20:07.930 --> 0:20:12.369 does not And Randy, we're going to Long Beach soon. 0:20:12.990 --> 0:20:16.410 How exciting is this? We are going a week from 0:20:16.590 --> 0:20:19.650 Friday to one of our favorite places in Southern California, 0:20:20.090 --> 0:20:24.879 Gladstones in Long Beach. That is where we're going to 0:20:24.910 --> 0:20:28.700 be with our friends from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association 0:20:28.780 --> 0:20:34.020 and Susan Shelley talking about Prop 43, the Local Taxpayer 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:39.290 Protection Act. Local municipalities have made it very difficult for 0:20:39.330 --> 0:20:42.280 you to deal with the fact that they can raise 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:46.859 your taxes very easily. Prop 43 would eliminate a loophole 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:50.639 strengthening Prop 13. And that is why we're trying to 0:20:50.660 --> 0:20:53.280 get the word out about Proposition 43. There's a lot 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:55.230 of things on the ballot. A lot of them would 0:20:55.290 --> 0:20:57.610 raise your taxes. Prop 43 makes it harder to raise 0:20:57.630 --> 0:21:03.139 your taxes. So we're going to be at Gladstones in 0:21:03.180 --> 0:21:06.219 Long Beach a week from Friday, putting that message out 0:21:06.260 --> 0:21:08.540 there and, of course, enjoying the great food and the 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:11.780 great drinks on the Long Beach Harbor. Make sure you 0:21:11.820 --> 0:21:14.659 come down and see us next Friday from noon to 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:18.690 three at Gladstones in Long Beach. 0:21:20.250 --> 0:21:24.129 So earlier today, my phone started blowing up because of 0:21:24.170 --> 0:21:27.870 the incident that took place on the airplane. If you're 0:21:27.890 --> 0:21:33.669 not familiar with it, this is what happened. A fly-Dubai 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:38.180 plane left Dubai for Tel Aviv. There were more than 0:21:38.180 --> 0:21:42.500 170 people on board. Many of them were Israelis. About 0:21:42.619 --> 0:21:45.740 two hours into the flight, something very wrong went on 0:21:45.760 --> 0:21:50.880