WEBVTT - Its Debate Night in Southern California 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.320 And very happy Tuesday too. At twelve oh six in 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:07.080 the West each the John at Phillips Show broadcasting live 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:11.760 from the Land of Trees and PhDs, Claremont, California. Mister 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:13.319 Randy Wang is right beside me. 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:13.920 John. 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.320 We are in Claremont because it's debate day in southern 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.599 California at Pomona College at five point thirty. CBS is 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:23.919 going to have a big debate with all eight top 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:28.080 candidates participating, and we were invited by Julie Watts to 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:30.880 be there, so we are broadcasting close by so we 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:34.560 can quickly pack up, head over there and sit down 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:37.280 and watch the debate live. But since we are in 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.080 crunch time and the debate is tonight, there's another debate 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:43.440 next week, and then another debate next week, and the 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.000 ballots go out in the mail next week. It's time 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.440 for everyone in this race who has any money to 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:53.920 spend to spend it. And so Tony Thurman pulling at 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.560 one percent, but we'll be on the debate stage tonight. 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:58.959 He's got a new ad that he just put out 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:02.520 on social media and it takes an interesting right turn. 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:06.360 They say it's impossible to elect someone like me, the 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.560 son of an immigrant orphaned at six. I lived in 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:14.360 poverty off government chiefs. Then worked for three dollars an hour, became. 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:18.319 A social was the government Chase swiss hey, government cheese 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:19.800 makes an excellent case Ada. 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.080 Then work for three dollars an hour, became a social 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:27.840 worker and steak superintendent. I'm Tony Thurman, and as governor, 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:32.319 I'll enact a billionaire's tax, single payer healthcare, two million 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:35.759 housing units, will arrest ice agents who break our laws, 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:37.240 and then tell Trump. 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:46.319 Whoa We have heard a lot of political ad campaigns 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.960 that will use the S word or the b S 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:55.640 word Swawell, Porter Styre. This is an attempt to get attention. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:59.280 The first time I think ever in a political ad 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:01.240 someone is using the F word. 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.760 Now, wait, Randy, did you just hear that? What's that? 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:09.560 I just heard a car backfire and I just saw 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:14.320 a big plume of black smoke here in Claremont, which 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:17.519 means Katie Porter is here and she's in the minivan 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:24.280 out of my shot. Because this debate, unlike the last one, 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:27.480 is going to include a lot of the candidates that 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.000 have been left off stage. 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:32.320 It is being called the most inclusive debate. It's why 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:34.960 everyone at CBS was like, Betty Ye, why are you 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.760 dropping out? We were going to put you on tonight's stage, 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.160 but she dropped out and she endorsed stire. 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:41.760 But there is. 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.399 A new poll out for this debate that's conducted by 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:49.359 CBS and you gov, and it shows some interesting changes 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:53.200 in the race. For more on the pole that's leading 0:02:53.280 --> 0:03:07.919 to tonight's debate at Pomona College. Here is CBSLA lovely. 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:12.919 Fanfare the California governor's raise heading into the June primary. 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:17.239 Eight candidates and none with a strong lead, means anything 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:21.240 can still happen. And all eight candidates accepted our invitation 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:23.800 to debate tomorrow here on CBSLA. 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.919 And apparently what we found out yesterday was Katie Porter 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:32.000 was a holdout until yesterday Julie Watts broke on our 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:33.919 show that Katie Porter was coming. 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:38.680 No, Now, what was the hold up because she's been 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:40.120 polling above two percent. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.320 Well, they don't say yes to all the debates. I 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.960 think that was the situation. Maybe she was otherwise engaged, 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.360 but she decided that she's coming. 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.120 I'm reading for governor because I'm a leader. 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.120 What did she have going on that was more important 0:03:55.120 --> 0:04:00.600 than debating her opponents on live television. Maybe, and I'm 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:05.600 just putting this out there, maybe Katie Porter was apprehensive 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:09.960 about this debate because one of the moderators tonight is 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:10.920 Julie Watts. 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.240 Well to those voters, Okay, so you I don't want 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:14.520 to keep doing this, I'm gonna call it. 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.600 Thank you. 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:19.600 You're not gonna do the interview with them? 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:20.240 Nope, not like this. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.200 I'm not not with seven follow ups to every single 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:22.960 question you ask. 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:26.599 Or maybe Katie was going to skip the debate because 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.440 today is the day that Mattel is debuting their new 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:30.560 mister Potato Head. 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.359 I don't want to have an unhappy experience for you, 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:35.240 and I don't want this all on camera. 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.279 That might get brought up a time or two tonight. 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:41.120 You think we're aiming to. 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.919 Have the most inclusive, most impactful debate before ballots go 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:48.839 out next week. CBSLA political reporter Tom Waite is in 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.640 Pomona tonight where the candidates will face off, and Tom 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:52.599 one thing that's shut. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.880 No, no, no, they're not actually in Pomona. Pomona College 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:59.680 is part of the Claremont Colleges. It's in Claremont, not Pomona. 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:01.960 You know how I know we're in Claremont, not Pomona. 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.200 How do you know that? We haven't been shot at yet. 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:09.120 CBSLA political reporter Tom Waite is in Pomona tonight where 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.479 the candidates will face off, and Tom, one thing that's 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.920 sure to come up is the high cost of California living. 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.040 That is absolutely right, Rudeban. 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.520 In fact, we have some new exclusive CBS News polling. 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.680 We'll get to it in just a second. We asked 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:27.480 voters about that. We're sitting right outside of Bridges' auditorium 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.120 here on the Pomona College campus in Claremont, where. 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:32.160 There he got it right. All right, thank you. 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.200 The debate will happen earlier. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.560 I spoke with some of the moderators, including our own 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:37.200 Pat Harvey. 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:38.040 They're very excited. 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:40.200 Oh I didn't know Pat's a moderator too. 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:42.320 There you go. This is going to be an all 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:43.919 stark ast. Pat's seen it. 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.560 All to speak with these candidates and let them talk 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:48.200 to voters. 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:51.320 The debate stage is set. 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.520 In less than twenty four hours, the top polling candidates 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:58.159 vying to be California's next governor will battle it out 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:01.880 here at Pomona College in Claremont. A new CBS News 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:05.400 poll shows this race is very much up for grabs. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:09.680 Republican Steve Hilton leads with sixteen percent. Democrats in the 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.640 next two spots Tom Steyer at fifteen percent, Javier Besera 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:14.800 at thirteen percent. 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.359 I don't remember who coined this phrase, but I saw it. 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.440 They're saying with this poll, it's true. There's a becceleration 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:26.200 going on. Acceleration that's a word, huh, because he has 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.960 risen up in the polls ever since Eric Swalwell got 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:31.640 caught with his pants down like. 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.080 A phoenix from the ashes. 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:37.160 Democrats In the next two spots, Tom Steyer at fifteen percent, 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.400 Javier Besera at thirteen percent. 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.080 Republican Chad tom Steyer is going to be wearing his 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:43.839 old folks Home sneakers tonight. 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.720 He only has sneak according to that interview he did, 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.200 he only has one pair of sneaks and he's incredibly cheap. 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.600 Republican Chad Bianco with ten percent. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.839 Well, so this poll has Bianco in fourth. 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:04.000 Yeah, that would be that would be bad for the 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:08.719 Republicans if he's pulling that far behind the first place finisher, 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:12.600 the second place finisher, the third place finisher, because I 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.000 am still of the belief that the best shot and 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:18.800 only shot the Republicans have of winning the governorship is 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.600 to have Bianco and Hilton finish in first and second. 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.760 So if it's a Republican and a Democrat in the 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.120 top two spots in June, the race is over. Well, 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.720 if it's a Republican in the Democrat in November, it's 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.280 going to be the Yankees versus the mud Hens. So 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:33.040 you need to make sure that if you're going to 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:36.920 win this thing, you box them out of the November ballot. 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:41.200 Republican Chad Bianco with ten percent, Democrat Katie Porter at 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:41.920 nine percent. 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.520 Katie Porter's in fifth place. 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:49.480 Well, I guess now we know nine percent of the 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.680 California population is made up of angry Karens. 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:54.360 You can smart right here. 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:59.880 Democrat Katie Porter at nine percent, Matt Mahon, Antonia Via Ragosa, 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.160 and Tony Thurman all polling below five percent. 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:07.080 Matt Mayhan and Tony v are at four percent each 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:14.000 in this poll no, and Tony Thurman is at one percent, 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.280 which is why he decided to come out with an 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:16.800 F bomb. 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:17.080 AD. 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.000 What types of men do you think are voting for 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:23.640 Katie Porter? What was the name of that guy that 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:25.960 Liza Minella used to be married to that she would 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.200 beat up when she'd get drunk on vodka. 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.600 Matt Mayhan and Tonia via Ragosa and Tony Thurman all 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:38.880 polling below five percent. Twenty six percent of voters remain undecided. 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:43.120 The number one vote getter in this poll is not sure. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.319 Twenty six percent of voters remain undecided. 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.280 I read the data in this race as wide open. 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.680 There's a couple of reasons for that. One is even 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:56.480 the top candidates are clustered very closely together. 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.679 The other thing is that there's so many undecided voters. 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:01.880 In fact, the number of undecided is larger than any 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.640 one candidate has in preference right now. 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:08.080 What does that tell you about the field of candidates. 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:15.840 Well, usually usually there's a candidate that everyone knows. Maybe 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:19.000 everyone doesn't like them, but everyone knows them. We certainly 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.719 had that with Jerry Brown, who was governor for two 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.480 terms before he ran again. We certainly had that with 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:28.880 Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was an internationally recognized movie star. We 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.679 had Gavin Newsom, whose claim to fame was being mayor 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.800 of San Francisco and being at the heart of the 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:37.360 gay marriage bet. There's no one running for office this 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.479 time around who has that kind of notoriety. 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:45.599 CBS News Executive director of Elections and Surveys, Anthony Salvonto 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:50.320 says the biggest issue for California voters affordability, was seventy 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:54.280 percent of voters saying the cost of living is unmanageable. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.520 So I want to meet the thirty percent of voters 0:09:56.520 --> 0:10:01.079 that said cost of living is fine here. Yeah, even 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:04.080 the rich people I know complain about how expensive it 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:04.920 is to live here. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:06.960 Well, they got to buy Martiniz too. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:12.199 So many voters tell us they describe it as unmanageable. 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.439 A lot of aspects of that, one of them is 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:15.240 gas prices. 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.760 CBSLA is teaming up with Pomoter College zend Our CBS 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.640 stations across California to bring you the most inclusive debate. 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.120 Yet in the campaign. Our Pat Harvey. 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.439 Is We're the debate that invited Tony Thurman. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:28.400 I love it. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.319 Our Pat Harvey is one of the moderators. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.640 I'm hoping that they are able to discern from each 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:39.640 candidate their views and the audience members will listen and 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:42.840 then make their decision from what they hear on the stage. 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.040 Here's the one discerning thing that you'll be able to 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.719 take away no matter what. One of these people is 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:49.400 a billionaire, and the rest of them are going to 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:52.240 make sure you know it. So you think it's going 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.440 to be pile on Tom Steyer tonight, of. 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:55.040 Course it is. 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.960 And Tom Steyer is not great at defending himself. 0:10:58.200 --> 0:10:58.720 No he's not. 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.000 It was the last debate where he said, me paying 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.320 more taxes isn't going to solve anything. I really do 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.880 think that one of the problems that Tom Steyer is 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:10.160 going to experience tonight is that there is a huge 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:14.120 difference between how he's being portrayed in the ads and 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:18.120 what you see on stage. On stage, he looks like 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.480 a guy who's eating dinner at four o'clock and having 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:25.000 jello for dessert. In the ads, he's this ass kicker 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.120 who swear in right and left and he's going to 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:31.320 bulldoze the Trump administration and he's going to revamp the 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.600 healthcare system in California and he's going to do it 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.640 all before lunch. And there's just a massive disconnect between 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.720 how they're selling him and what you see on stage. 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:43.480 We're in a big ass crisis. 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.240 Maybe it should go back on real ninety two to three. 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.360 So I'm hoping that they don't deliver a lot of 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:55.520 talking points, but are very forthright and honest about what Well. 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.800 You invited Antonio Viragosa on the stage, Pat, So get 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.160 ready for Tony to say that he's a proven problem solver. 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:07.439 No, you think Pat's gonna mix it up with one 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.199 of the candidates. Could happen. She's seen it. 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.839 All about what they say they can do to help 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.520 Californians because this is all about affordability. 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.600 With no major political stars on the ballot, the race 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.800 wasn't making big headlines until Democratic front runner, former Congressman 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.920 Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race amid rape and 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:27.640 sexual assault allegations. 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:29.079 And that is true. 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.160 Up until that, no one was really paying attention to 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.720 this race except for about six months ago. 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:37.440 Out of my shot. 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.640 Then, besides those two incidents, the average California voter was 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:42.280 checked out. 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:44.480 You think Eric Swalwell is going to be watching the 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:49.920 debate tonight. He might be busy. Well, maybe he'll invite 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:53.360 someone over make a couple of drinks. If he drinks 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.680 the right one, he'll be able to stay up long 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:57.960 enough to watch the debate. If he drinks the wrong one, 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:02.960 he'll be passed out till noon tomorrow. Apparently a bunch 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:06.800 of his donors are asking for refunds. I wonder why. Yeah, 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.559 well they better go to Bevmo. 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:12.559 Dropped out of the race amid rape and sexual assault allegations. 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.880 For the remaining candidates, the debate stage is a crucial 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:19.640 opportunity to connect with voters. Our poll indicates a strong 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.880 performance on the stage could mean a critical boost. 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.840 That's the beauty of these debates is you get those 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.040 moments where you might get a little back and forth 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.079 between the candidates. You might see how. 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:34.720 Typically what the consultants will say is the best you 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.600 want to come out of a debate is it's forgettable. 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.600 You can only really get in trouble at a debate. 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.760 Well, this is an atypical kind of election where we 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:48.240 have at least all the Democratic candidates, with the exception 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.720 of Virrigos in Mayhan and the Republicans, all the other 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:55.880 candidates exclusively want to talk about Donald Trump. And so 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:58.880 if you're talking about Donald Trump, you're not talking about 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:02.400 the problems facing the state of California. So we don't 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.200 get to have a robust conversation about all of our 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:08.600 problems and the solutions that they have to offer. All 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.040 we get is a season of the Hunger Games. 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.560 Tempers flare, or how there also might they might also 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.840 be kind to one another, the ways in which candidates 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.520 might greet one another. Those are things that the voters 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:20.840 are often looking for. 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:25.320 Oh yeah, that's what we're going to see tonight, candidates 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:26.520 being kind to one another. 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:32.320 They may shake hands beforehand, but it's passive aggressive at best. 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.080 Could you imagine what it's going to happen when Antonio 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.560 Vira goes it goes up to Katie Porter to shake 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.160 her hand, She's going to smash a beer can on 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:41.240 her forehead and burp. 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.520 So the countdown is on for our CBS News California 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:51.120 debate here in just less than twenty four hours. One 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.440 little wrinkle here in the election, by the way, is that, 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.240 of course we've seen some candidates like Eric Swallwell drop 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.200 out of the race. Their names will still appear on 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.240 the ballot. Reporting from Clairemont, I'm Tom Waite back to 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:02.880 you in the studio. 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.320 It is going to be interesting when all the ballots 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:09.480 are cast. How many people, despite every piece of news 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.280 that came out in the last month. Still vote for 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:14.040 Eric Swollwell. 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:16.640 Okay, I want to try something right now at eight 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:20.400 hundred two two two five two two two one. Eight 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:23.840 hundred two two two five two two two. We have 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.920 consistently seen in the polls that the undecided number in 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.400 this race is unusually high. Is that fair to say? 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.200 Yes, in this poll it's twenty six percent. It's been 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:36.960 just as high, and a lot of other polls Paul 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.640 Mitchell will say the real number is somewhere around ten percent. 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:41.760 But it sure seems like there's a lot of people 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.160 that still have no idea who they're voting for when 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:45.600 they get their ballots in a week. 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:49.320 So asking you who you're voting for may not be 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:53.240 the appropriate question. So here's the question that we have 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.760 for you now at eight hundred two two two five 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:59.000 two two two one eight hundred two two two five 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:03.440 two two two Which candidate would you not vote for 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:10.320 under any circumstances. The polls say you don't know who 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:14.200 you like, but the polls also say you know who 0:16:14.240 --> 0:16:19.120 you don't like. Who would you never vote for never ever, 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:23.440 never ever, never ever never in a million years. Who's 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.400 going to be on that stage tonight. I want to 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.360 hear it in your own words at eight hundred two 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:33.040 two two five two two two one. Eight hundred two 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.440 two two five two two two. And keep in mind, 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:40.000 many of these candidates are currently en route to Claremont. 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:45.040 They're in the car, they're listening to the radio, so 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:47.320 they can hear the words that are coming out of 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:51.880 your mouth. Feel like you're leading the audience in a 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:55.920 very small way. Mention here, I'm saying this with complete sincerity. 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.960 The late Great Dan Avy used to always say, always 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:03.040 be sincere, even if you don't mean it. So here's 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:08.359 what I'm saying to you. Be nice. You understand that. 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:13.800 Be nice? Wait, please, now, if you aren't nice, there's 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.280 nothing I can do to punish you. So this is 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:21.000 all on the honor system. But just no, I want 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:25.000 you to be nice because I said it myself. I'm 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:27.320 not your mother, I'm not your father. I can't punish you. 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:32.160 But just follow your better angels. That's all I'm gonna say. 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:35.520 Who would you not vote for under any circumstance? Who's 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.480 running for governor? Eight hundred two two two five two 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.480 two two one eight hundred two two two five two 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:44.560 two two. If you'd like to email the show, you 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:46.960 can do so at Johnny don't like show at gmail 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:50.359 dot com. That's Johnny, don't like show at gmail dot 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:53.000 com and Randy ear monitoring In the mail bag, Mike 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.320 in Vallejo writes in at Johnny, don't like show at 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:59.040 gmail dot com, crush a beer can on her forehead 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:02.000 and burp, You're gonna get my truck wrecked one day? 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:07.200 What could I say? I'm clairvoyant? All right? Which candidate 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.959 ready for governor? Are you definitely not going to vote for? 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:13.000 Eight hundred two two two five two two two What 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.920 eight hundred two two two five two two two. If 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:17.800 you'd like to email the show, you can do so 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:21.199 at Johnny don't like show at gmail dot com. That's Johnny, 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:25.120 don't like show at gmail dot com and Randy. 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We cursed it. 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:39.880 You can smell it right here. 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:44.520 All right, let's move on to the wealth confiscation tax. 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:51.359 So the SEIU union that is backing the billionaire's tax 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:56.440 says they have nearly double the required signatures and they're 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.320 about to present them to the Secretary of State's office, 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.840 which means that if they do get enough verified signatures, 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:08.360 the billionaire tax may very well be on the November ballot. 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:12.800 For more, here is ABC seven in the Bay. 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:17.200 Supporters of the proposed tax on California billionaires say they've 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:21.440 gathered enough signatures for it to qualify for the November ballots. 0:20:21.119 --> 0:20:22.919 And it's setting the stage for what will be one 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:25.880 of the most expensive ballot measures this year in battles 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.439 this year, ABC seven Eyewitness News, there's going to. 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.000 Be so much money spent on this thing on both sides. 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:36.040 Because if you remember when JJ Smith was doing those 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:39.720 investigations of the hopeless people in San Francisco and the 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:43.200 tenderloin getting paid five dollars to fill out a bunch 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:48.000 of fake names on proposition ballots, that was for the 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:50.520 anti Billionaire's tax initiative. 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:54.920 Well, here's something to think about too. This is the 0:20:55.080 --> 0:21:00.240 SCIU sending out a trial balloon because if if this 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:05.560 is successful, we know they are already pulling whether or 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:08.560 not they can do this to millionaires too. They've been caught, 0:21:08.920 --> 0:21:11.560 they were caught red handed pulling on that very question, 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:16.439 and the next natural place to go is to tax 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:22.160 Californians on unrealized gains related to their homes, because if 0:21:22.160 --> 0:21:24.840 you think about it from the point of view of 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.879 the unions, you have a lot of people who paid 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:30.280 a small amount of money for a home that is 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:34.679 now worth seven figures. And if they can go after 0:21:34.760 --> 0:21:36.959