1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: And we continue at one oh five in the afternoon 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: on the John Phillips Show, Mister Randy Wings in Culver City. 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 2: John, I'm going to need Henry Lee for this one. 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 3: It's happened yet again. 5 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: A blown insulator shut down the Barton Barcadero station yesterday. 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 3: It's happened yet again. 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: And they wonder why people don't want to use public transit. 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: I wonder how many people are going to sign that 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 2: petition knowing just how maybe actually it works in their favor. 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: Bart says, Hey, we need this money. Obviously, we're broke. 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 2: We can't even keep the system running. 12 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 3: It's happened yet again. 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 14 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: Jellphone number one. Eight hundred two two two five two 15 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: two two. It is our pleasure to welcome our next 16 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: guest to the program. She is the Professor of Political 17 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: Science emeritus at California State University at Fullerton. Professor Barbara Stone. 18 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 4: Welcome, good afternoon, John Well. 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if you heard any of the interview 20 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: that Julie Watts did with Tom Steyer, but did you 21 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: get the impression that he was man explaining to her. 22 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:15,279 Speaker 4: Probably remember he's of a different generation, and he thinks 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 4: he's pretty wonderful and he can't even hide it in 24 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 4: his ads. So of course, all. 25 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: Right, well, let's shift gears and talk about a different candidate, 26 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: because Eric Swalwell is now in a heap of trouble, 27 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: as we have learned from a Democratic attorney and former 28 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: congressional candidate who says that she's spoken to a number 29 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: of women on Capitol Hill who've experienced sexual harassment at 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: the hands of Eric Swalwell. She has alluded to staffers 31 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: and interns who have worked inside his office, both as 32 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: a member of Congress, going all the way back to 33 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: his time on the city Council in Dublin, California, up 34 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: in the East Bay, and said that many of the 35 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: stories are very similar, where sexual harassment took place at 36 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: the office, they were forced to sign an NDA and 37 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: they were asked to move on. She said that they're 38 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: going through each of the claims that will be coming 39 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: out and they're vetting them as best they can. She 40 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: is doing some of that vetting. They're working with reporters 41 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: at independent shops to do the same thing, and she 42 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: said she has been overwhelmed with emails and calls from 43 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: people who have been the victims of Eric Swalwell and 44 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: his sexual harassment. She's also alluded to the fact that 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: leadership in the Congress was aware of this and chose 46 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: to do nothing about it, and that certainly Eric Swalwell 47 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: is aware of what claims are coming because they are 48 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: in fact true. What do you make of all of 49 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: this and where do you think it leaves him. 50 00:02:54,960 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 4: I'm glad he's theirs and not ours, to be honest, John, 51 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 4: people like this are scumbags, and it's good that they 52 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 4: occasionally get caught. To put it in some kind of perspective, though, 53 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 4: and you almost understand because knowing this is there, why 54 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 4: would he run for governor, which is high profile? People 55 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 4: are going to look And the answer, I truly believe 56 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 4: is that because what he did happens in Washington. It 57 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 4: happens in Washington all the time. And in fact, today, 58 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 4: for some reason, I was laughing to myself, remembering, do 59 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 4: you remember Wilburn Mills and Fanny Fox and the title 60 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 4: pool where the poor ole committee chair from Arkansas was 61 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 4: with a prostitute and drove into the title pool. And 62 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 4: I remember reading at the time that what was wrong 63 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 4: with him was that he did not engage in this 64 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 4: kind of behavior all the time and therefore didn't know 65 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 4: how to protect himself, but the rest of official Washington 66 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 4: did and did so. My best guess, without knowing is 67 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 4: that Swallwoll's a scumbag. That's not nice to say, but 68 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 4: it's true, who is like many of the others in Washington, 69 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 4: and that at one level he's very surprised that anybody cares. 70 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 4: I'll draw, probably not very good analogy to Harvey Weinstein. 71 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 2: Who. 72 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 4: Attacked and molested all kinds of want to be actresses 73 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 4: and whatever for years and years and years, and that's 74 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 4: just what happened, and the poor guy couldn't deal with 75 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 4: it when finally the tide turned and for some reason 76 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: they went after him. I spect you'll find the same 77 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 4: thing with Swallwell. 78 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: If you are Swallwell and you're giving up your safe 79 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: congressional seat to run statewide and right now you're pulling 80 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,280 Speaker 1: pretty decently, whatever answer you give has to be an 81 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: answer that a Democratic primary electorate find satisfactory. If you're 82 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: Eric Swallwell and I assume that at least some of 83 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: these allegations are true, what do you say to that electorate? 84 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: To get them to vote for you, because that electorate 85 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: stood behind Bill Clinton when he was accused of similar 86 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: things and they didn't have a problem with it. So 87 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: they're very situational with when they get offended and when 88 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 1: they don't. 89 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 4: I think that's a fair statement. And for him, let's 90 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 4: put it this way, I'm not sure where his future 91 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 4: is if this whole thing implodes, So you have to 92 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 4: act as if it's going to work out and they'll 93 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 4: move on for it. I suspect that what you do 94 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 4: start with this is all Donald Trump's fault. Okay, Trump 95 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 4: is the one putting out these stories and his people 96 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 4: if a member. It started with Cash Pattel, and this 97 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 4: is all trying to destroy him. Eric Swalwell the big 98 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 4: threat to Trump to be governor of California and then 99 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 4: just go from there. I wouldn't deny it because you're 100 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 4: going to have I think it sounds like other having 101 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 4: women coming forward going well, he forced himself on me 102 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 4: and whatever it's they're gonna I'm not gonna be the 103 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 4: only one here who's gonna believe. Oh come on, sister, 104 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 4: someone like Swalwell is well known in Washington and you 105 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 4: went to work in that office. I don't approve what 106 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 4: he did, but give me, comp me some slack, and 107 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 4: you just charge and you hope that something else starts 108 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 4: filling the airwaves, although there isn't very much time left, 109 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 4: which is not good either. You just John. What I 110 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 4: would expect him to do is just sort of bull 111 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 4: through it because I'm not sure of what else is. 112 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 4: I'm not actually sure. But the downside there is unless 113 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 4: his donors stop giving. 114 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: How about this for an answer? And I bet you 115 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: a certain element of what I'm about to spitball with 116 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: you is true. He could say, Look, I was part 117 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: of the impeachment of Donald Trump, which turns you into 118 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: a target in any number of ways. I was a 119 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: regular on cable news. I was on c Span leading 120 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: the prosecution. I was a close confidant of Nancy Pelosi. 121 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: In the world of Washington, DC and left wing cable. 122 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: I was a star. And these women pursued me. They 123 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: came after me because they saw me on TV. And yeah, 124 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: I did some things I shouldn't have done, but I 125 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: never beat anyone up. I never raped anyone. I never 126 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: did anything illegal. And because I was in high demand, 127 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: when I would get done with one of them, I'd 128 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: move on to the next one, and again it's a 129 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: it's a personal failure, but it's nothing illegal, and it's 130 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: nothing abusive. They were the ones pursuing me. 131 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 4: I love it. By the way, that would be my 132 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 4: second line of defense. My first line of defense is 133 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 4: this is all Donald Trump going after me. Then when 134 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 4: the women emerged, then I would do that and you 135 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 4: hope to God from his point of view that they 136 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 4: no abuse is true. Coercion coersion can be in the 137 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 4: eye of the beholder. If it turns out he has 138 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 4: certain kinky things he likes to do, then this isn't 139 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 4: going to work. The other thing we'll play in here somewhere, 140 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 4: if it's true, are the stories. 141 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 5: That he. 142 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 4: Favors Asian women and that those that's what he hired, 143 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 4: and that that's what you're going to see coming forward. 144 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 4: I don't know how that plays out if that's true. 145 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 4: We certainly know fang fang fit, but that was different. 146 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 4: A spy is better than abusing someone in your office. Yeah, 147 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 4: that might work. I honestly, John, expect him to do 148 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 4: all of the above because I don't see him backing off. 149 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 4: The time is short, and if he can get by 150 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 4: and say, be the one Democrat in the runoff with 151 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 4: a Republican I he might survive. 152 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: Okay, so we know that the California Teachers Association endorsed them, 153 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: we know that the SEIU endorsed them, We know that 154 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: Adam Schiff endorsed him, and I think he has the 155 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: most members of the House of Representatives endorsing him. Do 156 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: you think any of those people are getting nervous right 157 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: now or do you think they're in for the long haul? 158 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 4: Well, two things, one of which is, of course they're 159 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 4: getting nervous. Dear Lord, someone's going to associate me with 160 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 4: that guy. Secondarily, though, where are they going to go? 161 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 4: Katie Porter? I don't know how popular or unpopular Swallowell is, 162 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 4: but compared to Katie Porter, he's probably beloved. And it 163 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 4: gets difficult cult it gets very difficult to know what 164 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 4: happens because Stier clearly must be at least somewhat obnoxious. Well, 165 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 4: you just talked about his interview and that fits and I, yeah, 166 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 4: I guess what I think. And I obviously haven't thought 167 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 4: about the question enough that what you could hit is 168 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 4: the scam breaking if one important person or one important 169 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 4: union backs off, if they don't John, I don't know. 170 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 4: The guy might survive. And right now UTLA is not 171 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 4: paying attention because they're all about to go on strike. 172 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: Let's just say for the moment there's something in one 173 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: of these outlocations. It causes him to blow up. Who 174 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: benefits what candidate that's currently in the race. Because the 175 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: filing deadline is coming gone, no one new can decide 176 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: that they're going to run. 177 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 4: Who benefits well, Katie Porter does because she has name ID. 178 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 4: I mean, I have no doubt about that. She doesn't 179 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 4: have loving supporters, she doesn't have colleagues who want to 180 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 4: rush to her defense. But from her run for Senate, 181 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 4: she has name ID, So you have to put the 182 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 4: woman first. Out there with her is Tom Steyer. Because 183 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 4: he's been spending money like there's no tomorrow now. It 184 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 4: should tell him something that with all all that money spent, 185 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 4: he has the endorsement of one Democrat member of the Assembly. 186 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 4: I think because he keeps running that the guy has 187 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 4: real personal limitations. And by the way, Swallwell be ongoing 188 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 4: after him in interesting ways. But those two just from 189 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 4: name I d one bought, the other bought by having run. 190 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 4: I honestly believe, but may be wrong. I'm making this 191 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 4: up that the person who thinks he would be there 192 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 4: and who does poll next is Javier Besserah, you know 193 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 4: Javier Bakaria, the former anyway, the former federal official. 194 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 3: It's the Secretary of Health and Educations. 195 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 4: Are I nominated Javier Bakaria. I've just loved that in 196 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 4: case you ever wanted proof of what affirmative action does 197 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 4: for you. But the bottom line is that apparently he 198 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 4: has some money, and I think he thinks if the 199 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 4: others drop off in this state, that an ethnic vote 200 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 4: and some level of connection will get him there. The others, 201 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 4: I just don't see how they do it in a 202 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 4: way never have beens or have beens, and I might 203 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 4: be entirely wrong. I just can't find a path forward 204 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 4: for any of the others. 205 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: Do you think it's over for Matt Mayhan? 206 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 4: H ask me after the next polls come out. 207 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: Well, there was one that came out today having him 208 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: at four percent. 209 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 4: Okay, I didn't see it, because he's he has spent 210 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 4: some money. He's after sty He's about the only one 211 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 4: that has and I hate to say it, and Heaven 212 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 4: help us with our state. John that the guy. He 213 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 4: is a Democrat mayor of a very large northern California city, 214 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,839 Speaker 4: and he's much too moderate for the party at this 215 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 4: point in time, and he started with virtually zero name. 216 00:13:58,280 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 6: I d. 217 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 4: Probably he's not going anywhere. You notice he didn't even 218 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:06,119 Speaker 4: flip into my mind, although he'd be the one Democrat 219 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 4: I would think might not be horrible, and that's a 220 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 4: real bad sign for him. 221 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: Let's shift gears here and talk about the Republicans, because 222 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: Donald Trump came out over the weekend and endorse Steve 223 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: Hilton for governor. In the poll that just dropped today 224 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 1: that was taken before the endorsement, it was Bianco and 225 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: Hilton tied in first place, with the Democrats being left 226 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: out of the money. If the election were today. 227 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 4: I wish he hadn't done that. I understand, by the way, 228 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 4: at one level he didn't do that, although it's logical 229 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 4: he knows. Hilton apparently has known it for quite some time, 230 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 4: has a real affinity for Fox News, so I'm not surprised. 231 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 4: I just wish he hadn't done it. Not because I 232 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 4: think we're going to win, but at least we had 233 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 4: a shot. I saw somewhere that his advisors had. Well, 234 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 4: let me back up. Donald Trump is not thinking about this. 235 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 4: Donald Trump is thinking about bombing Iran and trying to 236 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 4: get oil through the straits of horror moves. Donald Trump 237 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 4: is not putting deep thought into this. So that's number one. 238 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 4: So we're actually talking about his advisors against the background 239 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 4: of Trump knowing the guy and we will presume liking 240 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 4: him well enough. But something they've put out is twofold, 241 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 4: one of which okay, the other of which I don't regard, 242 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 4: is okay. The one was that, well, yeah, they knew 243 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 4: the argument that maybe two Republicans could be in the 244 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 4: runoff and that's how you'd get a Republican governor. They 245 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 4: concluded that the odds were that wouldn't happen. Okay, certainly 246 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 4: the odds are won't happen. But I saw a thing 247 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 4: where some big time Democrat consultant was getting all hysterical 248 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 4: because they figured the chance of it happening we're up 249 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 4: to twenty five percent. Okay, that means the odds are 250 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 4: that it's not going to happen, but it means you 251 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 4: have a shot. And in this crazy state, I do 252 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 4: a whole lot just to elect a Republican. I don't 253 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 4: even care what Republican to break the train somehow, dear heavens, 254 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 4: and you never know. I understand that argument, but I 255 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 4: don't like it. Okay, the other argument, and I've been 256 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 4: reading that the wonderful War Lumer and other people close 257 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 4: to Trump don't like Chad Bianco because he's a rhino. 258 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 4: John someday and I'll let this go because this one 259 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 4: upsets me. I'll bore your listener out of their minds 260 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 4: by explaining that if you're idiological, you can be conservative, 261 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 4: you can be populous. Those two are different, they are 262 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 4: not the same. But as you go forward, you combine 263 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 4: people under a single banner to try to reach a 264 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 4: majority so you can run the place. And I'm with 265 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 4: Ronald Reagan who said, as long as you agree with 266 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 4: me on eighty percent of the issues, you're welcome in 267 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 4: my party. The other side of this is the people 268 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 4: who look and go, ha, I just found the ten 269 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 4: percent you don't agree with me on. You are a rhino, 270 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 4: and therefore I throw you out of my party. I 271 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 4: think i've rand and raved you about this before. That's 272 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 4: what we did in California, and it shows you what 273 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 4: it gets you, which is a bunch of absolutely leaning 274 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 4: toune left wing Democrats running the state. So if that's 275 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 4: what you want find but don't come yet telling at 276 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 4: me about rhinos when what you're trying to do is 277 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 4: take a small minority and make it smaller. So anyhow, 278 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 4: if you wanted my opinion on the Trump endorsemuth, that's it. 279 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: All right, Well, we're going to have to leave it there. 280 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: Professor Barbara Stone, Professor of Political Science Emeritus at California 281 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 1: State University at Fullerton, thanks so much for stopping by. 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Is 302 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: the telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 303 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: two two two. Well, the La Times is doing quite 304 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: possibly the most La Times thing they've done in a 305 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: very long time, and that is they're going after LA 306 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: mayoral candidate Eate Spencer Pratt, who's pulling in the top 307 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: two because he no longer lives in the city of 308 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. And you go, okay, well, you should live 309 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: in a city if you want to represent that city 310 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: as mayor. Well consider the following. The city burned his 311 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: house down and then doctored up a report to deny 312 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: that they did it. He has no place to live, 313 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: so now he's living with relatives in Santa Barbara County. Now, 314 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: the La Times is suggesting that he's ineligible to run 315 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: for mayor of a city because he's not a resident 316 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: in that city, because his home no longer exists. 317 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 2: Even though the La Times in their own story didn't 318 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 2: ask the La County Registrar, who has said, Well, because 319 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 2: your house burned down, your temporary address doesn't count. Your 320 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 2: real address is still your burned out lot. 321 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: That newspaper is the absolute worst. 322 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: I still remember that video you sent me during the 323 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 2: Covid Times where you three years in the trash. 324 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: Oh I did, and I canceled my subscription and I'm 325 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: never coming back. 326 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 2: Well, Spencer Pride is speaking out about this for more. 327 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: Here's a report from SLA. 328 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 7: A former reality show star and candidate for La mayor, 329 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 7: Spencer Pratt is blasting the La Times tonight. Yeah, the 330 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 7: Times reported a story questioning whether Pratt is still living. 331 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 2: In It was one of those headlines where it says 332 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 2: Spencer Pratt's residency is raising some questions. Questions were raised 333 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 2: by who you. 334 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: And answered by the registrar if you bothered to ask. 335 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 7: Is still living in Los Angeles, which is a requirement 336 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 7: for candidates. Pratt's home was destroyed in the Palisades fire 337 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 7: and CBSLA political reporter Tom Way to sear with Pratt's 338 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 7: response and the latest poll numbers in this racetime right, the. 339 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 8: Poll is interesting and also Pratt a fiery defense from 340 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 8: this article. So Pratt responded to The La Times with 341 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 8: a combative video pointing out that his home burned to 342 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 8: the ground, but he's also claiming he is living in 343 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 8: a trailer on his lot. 344 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 2: Pratt also questioned he got an airstream. 345 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 1: Those things are pretty slick. 346 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 8: Pratt also questioned whether this story was reported because of 347 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 8: this recent poll showing he's in second behind incumbent Mayor 348 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 8: Karen Bass. 349 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, at this point, we have two polls that kind 350 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 2: of show the race of the same place, with Bass 351 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 2: in the low twenties and then Pratt. And then there's 352 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 2: that weird outlier poll that showed that everyone loves the 353 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 2: DSA and Nity is at thirty percent. I don't know 354 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 2: about that one. 355 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: Well, that was a screwed up LMU poll. The two 356 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: legit polls have him in second place. And by the way, 357 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: go back to the interview that we did with him 358 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: when he appeared on the program. 359 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 2: Remember the last thing I told him, you said, they're 360 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 2: going to come after you. They're going to do you 361 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 2: dirty the way they did Larry Elder. 362 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: That's right, and I specifically mentioned the La Times. They're 363 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: going to try to kill him, not literally but figuratively. 364 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: They're going to try to kill him off if they. 365 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 9: Want to try and write a hip piece about me 366 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 9: about my residency. 367 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 8: Candidate for LA Mayor Spencer Pratt lashing out at The 368 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 8: La Times over a story questioning whether Pratt is living 369 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 8: in LA a requirement for mayoral candidates. 370 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 1: Pratt lost his home. 371 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 2: He literally films his podcast on his burned out lot. 372 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 1: I don't even know if that's healthy. 373 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 8: A requirement, no, but it's powerful. That's true, a requirement 374 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 8: for mayoral candidates. Pratt lost his home in the Palisades 375 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 8: fire disaster. 376 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 9: I think want to attack me for not living in 377 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 9: the Palisades while running for mayor. Hey, brain surgeon, my 378 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 9: house burned down. 379 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: I mean, FactCheck true. 380 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 2: I don't know who thought that this was a good 381 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 2: idea or if this is some kind of favor to 382 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 2: the bass campaign, but it only reiterates and puts out 383 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 2: there that Spencer Pratt is running because the city burned 384 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: his house down. 385 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: And don't forget about the second part of it. They 386 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: doctored up the after action report to try to shift 387 00:23:58,440 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: the blame elsewhere. 388 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 8: The former reality show Starr says in the video posted 389 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 8: in response to the Time story that his family is 390 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 8: sheltered up at his father's rental property in Santa Barbara, 391 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 8: but a defiant Pratt says he's still staying at his 392 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 8: property in the Palisades. 393 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 9: Pratt dad used his SBA disaster loan to get an airstream, 394 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 9: craned into my burnt outlaw in the Palisads. 395 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 1: I'm trying to think if my house burned down in 396 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: a fire and I had to find some other place 397 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: to live, I don't think I know anyone well enough 398 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: in my particular city to go live with them. I 399 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: would have to live with a relative or live with 400 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:47,199 Speaker 1: a friend somewhere else, definitely a different city, probably a 401 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:47,959 Speaker 1: different county. 402 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 8: We reached out to a Pratt's campaign for an interview. 403 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 8: They directed us back to the video posted on social media. 404 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 6: The common Sense tells me, uh. 405 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 2: Boy, every single time there's any kind of political story, 406 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 2: CBS gets zev on the line. 407 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: He's their go to. 408 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 6: The common Sense tells me, uh, you know, he lost 409 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 6: his home in the Palisades. He's got to find a place. 410 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 2: How do you think he likes the daughter in law 411 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 2: using his name? 412 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 1: Oh, he's got a hater. He was a rational voice. 413 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: I disagreed with him on many subjects, but there was 414 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: always an argument that justified whatever it was that he 415 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: was doing, and you could follow the argument even if 416 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: you disagreed with it. And she plays footsie with the DSA, 417 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 1: she's in with that crowd. It has to drive him nuts. 418 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,200 Speaker 2: But of course she runs with his name, so people 419 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 2: assume that it's his daughter and it's the daughter in law. 420 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 6: The common sense tells me, uh, you know, he lost 421 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,199 Speaker 6: his home in the Palisades. He's got to find a 422 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 6: place to live. So I'm not sure this is an 423 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 6: issue that gets any traction. I don't think it's consequential 424 00:25:58,920 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 6: to the mayor's race. 425 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 2: In fact, it helped Spencer Pratt. 426 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: I think so because it shows the La Times going 427 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: after him in an unfair way. And by the way, 428 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: it was their endorsed candidate who was responsible for this mess. 429 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 2: They told us vote for Karen Bass, She'll keep you safe. 430 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 8: Zev Yuroslovsky, who served as an La City councilman and 431 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 8: an La County Supervisor is with UCLA's Luskin School, which 432 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 8: just put out a poll showing a wide open race 433 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 8: for LA Mayor. A whopping forty percent of voters remain undecided. 434 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,360 Speaker 8: Among the top three candidates LA Mayor Karen Bass, her 435 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 8: support is at twenty five percent. 436 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: That is so pathetic, But I guess if you burn 437 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: the town down, it's understandable. 438 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 2: The only incumbent that I think has ever pulled lower 439 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 2: than that was Eric Adams, So that's not great company 440 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 2: to be keeping. 441 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: Karen Nope. 442 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 8: Pratt is in second with eleven percent, an LA City councilwoman, 443 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 8: and if the oraman is in third with. 444 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 6: Nine percent of the undecided or shopping. They're not thrilled 445 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 6: with the mayor, but they don't hate her. 446 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:12,640 Speaker 2: I don't know, they're not voting for her. 447 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's making certain assumptions. 448 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 2: If you have somebody that is currently in charge running 449 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 2: for another four years and you're in the unsure category, 450 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:31,199 Speaker 2: you're not going to her. No, you've already decided that 451 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 2: she's bad at the job. Karen Bess has a ceiling. 452 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 2: Any of the voters that are looking at Nit, the 453 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 2: other're looking at Spencer they're looking at Ray Hwang or 454 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,719 Speaker 2: Adam Miller or undecided. They are all a vote against 455 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,639 Speaker 2: Karen Bass. Seventy five percent of the electorate, according to 456 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 2: his poll says no to more Bass. 457 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: It's really appalling that she's even running for reelection. If 458 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: you were that bad at your job, wouldn't you just 459 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: find something else to do with your time. 460 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 2: Politicians are de Lulu. 461 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: She thinks she's doing great, but they don't hate her. 462 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,760 Speaker 8: In California's jungle primary, the top two vote getters in 463 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 8: the June primary will face off in the November general election. 464 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 8: Unless a candidate scores more than fifty percent of the 465 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 8: vote in the primary. 466 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not happening. No, No, this is definitely going 467 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: to a runoff. 468 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 8: And then they win outright, with so many voters' minds 469 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 8: not made up. Pratt Season opening. 470 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,439 Speaker 2: So there you go, Spencer Pratt lashing out at this 471 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 2: insane LA Time story, trying to go after his residency 472 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,959 Speaker 2: because he was temporarily living in CARPENTERIEA at his dad's 473 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 2: rental property because the city burned his house down. 474 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: I wonder if this is going to be one of 475 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: these situations where we go to bed on election night 476 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: and she's sitting at twenty nine percent, and then a 477 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: month later they go, yeah, we finished counting all the ballots. 478 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: She's at fifty plus one. No runoff. 479 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 2: I certainly hope not. But you know what's interesting is 480 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 2: this might be all they have. You know, Spencer Pratt 481 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 2: has pretty much worn all of his faults on his 482 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 2: sleeve for the past twenty years, and so people know 483 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 2: everything they need to know about him. There's not going 484 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 2: to be any skeletons you find in that closet. 485 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: You want a prediction, Yeah, here's where I think the 486 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,239 Speaker 1: La Times is going to go next. They're going to 487 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: say that because he keeps talking about the fires, he's 488 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: a racist, because the racial makeup of Pacific Palisades is 489 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: primarily white and it's not reflective of the city as 490 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: a whole, And because he spends a disproportionate amount of 491 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: time talking about a city failure that only impacts a 492 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,959 Speaker 1: largely white community, he's a racist. 493 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 2: That does seem preposterous, But this is the same organization 494 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 2: that called Larry Elder the black face of white supremacy. 495 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 1: I'd be willing to bet a dinner that they do that. 496 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: I think that's gonna happen. 497 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 2: I think your odds are too good, so I'm not 498 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 2: taking that bet. 499 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 500 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: the telephone number? What eight hundred two two two five 501 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: two two two. And Randy, you may have found some 502 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: sound for us for tomorrow's show. 503 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 2: Well, CNN is not great about posting any of their 504 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 2: stuff on YouTube, and I'm not dealing with going on 505 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 2: their website and filling out my HBO Max password. But 506 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,840 Speaker 2: Katie Porter's on with Casey Hunt right now complaining about 507 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 2: the crowded field in the California's governor's race. 508 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 1: I wonder if she weighed in on the accusations against Wallwell, that. 509 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 2: Has not made cable news yet, and they mostly and 510 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 2: I'm surprised they're even doing this right now because I 511 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 2: thought they'd be going wal to Wall and what's going 512 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 2: on in Iran. But Katie Porter's on the TV. 513 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: All right, Well, something interesting was said there. We'll have 514 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: that for you on tomorrow's program. 515 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 2: If they put it on YouTube, which they probably. 516 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: Won't, Well, maybe someone will put it on Twitter. 517 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 2: Do you know I have to have Elex personally post 518 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 2: stuff on YouTube when he does something on his show 519 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 2: come on CNN. That's where all the young people are. 520 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 2: They're on YouTube. Get with it. 521 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: I wonder what the deal is over there because the 522 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: other stations post everything, right, I don't understand it. Maybe 523 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 1: they think, oh no, if they'll go to our site, 524 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: then they'll see our ads. But that YouTube is where 525 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:45,959 Speaker 1: the young people are at all, right, Well, La may 526 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: or Caring Bass. Her signature issue is Project Inside Safe, 527 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: where she said the homeless problem was the number one 528 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: problem in the city and she was going to take 529 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: the homeless off the streets and put them indoors through 530 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: Project Inside Safe. We've spent a fortune on it, and Randy, 531 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: we now know that it's not working. 532 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 2: Forty percent of the people that went through Project Inside 533 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 2: Safe went back to the streets. Some went to the encampments, 534 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 2: some went to the sewer, some went to the bridge pillar. 535 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: Which means we're spending a fortune, we're destroying the motels, 536 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: and they're ending up back on the streets. For more, 537 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: let's go to NBC LA. 538 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 10: Roughly forty percent of the people put in housing through 539 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 10: the city's Inside Safe program have ended up back out 540 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 10: there on the streets. Despite the thirty million dollars being 541 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 10: spent on that program's. 542 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 2: Oh, it's way more than thirty calling. 543 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: What does that tell you regarding the argument that this 544 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: is a housing problem. 545 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 2: It's complete nonsense. We have spent so much money on 546 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 2: taking a small portion of the population, putting them indefinitely 547 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 2: in motels into they finally say enough is enough already, 548 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 2: I'm going back to my tent. And some of them 549 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 2: still had a tent during the daytime. 550 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 10: Anyway, being spent on that program. 551 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 5: That's according to data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services 552 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 5: Authority otherwise known as LASA. As McCallum medina tells us, 553 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 5: some people are finding. 554 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 2: And by the way, you know what's interesting about this 555 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 2: is we had even though Karen Bass has had this 556 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 2: program for years. Do you know why LASA is speaking 557 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 2: out about it now because Karen Bass is handpicked head 558 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 2: of LASA, Doctor Velicia Adams Kellum had to resign in 559 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 2: shame for doctoring a whole bunch of things, including how 560 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 2: effective Karen Bass's inside Safe program was. 561 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,640 Speaker 1: Doctor This town is so corrupt yep. 562 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,719 Speaker 5: As McCallum medina tells us, some people are finding shelter 563 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 5: in very dangerous places. 564 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 11: Seed away from busy roads and under an overpass. At 565 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 11: least three people are calling this makeshift shelter home. It's 566 00:33:58,280 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 11: off Washington and Soto and east. 567 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: How long have you been here? 568 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 11: And if you had got any help from the city before. 569 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 1: Sounds like a perfectly sane person. 570 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 11: No Wood wanted to talk on camera, but many are 571 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 11: back on the streets after getting temporary help from the 572 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 11: Inside Safe program. They say the biggest reason why, well, 573 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 11: the housing wasn't permanent. 574 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: That reminds me of that line from National Lampoon's Christmas 575 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:30,320 Speaker 1: Vacation when cousin Eddie was unemployed for many, many years 576 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: and they go, why have you been unemployed that long? 577 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: And he goes, I've been holding out for management. 578 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,239 Speaker 11: They told us most placements rely on short term subsidies 579 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 11: or motel stays, not long term housing stability, and when 580 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,919 Speaker 11: those subsidies expire, people often can't afford rent and fall 581 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 11: back into homelessness. 582 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,240 Speaker 2: So what you're telling me is the program makes no sense. 583 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: NOPEI we showed you this. 584 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,920 Speaker 11: Good Samaritan Juan last week attempting to help a couple 585 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 11: he accidentally found living inside this bridge off Washington and Soto. 586 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 2: And apparently the whole thing smelled like, well, I can't 587 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 2: even say what it smelled like. 588 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: Does Katie have a description for us? 589 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 3: You can smell it right here. 590 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 11: We reached out to LASSA to see if they were 591 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,440 Speaker 11: aware of the encampment in the bridge. They asked us 592 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 11: for the address and we've not heard back. Mayor Bassil's 593 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:25,359 Speaker 11: office told us. 594 00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 2: In this how is it that all of our local 595 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 2: news channels can find all of these incredibly dangerous places 596 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 2: that people are living, and the city and the county 597 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 2: and laws are like, oh, that's interesting. And sometimes they 598 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 2: just don't return the calls, like in this case, and 599 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,279 Speaker 2: sometimes they say we're only going to get rid of 600 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 2: them if you agree to move and bring the cameras 601 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 2: with you. That's what happened to the guy on the 602 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,239 Speaker 2: bus bench. Christina Gonzalez from Fox eleven was there, and 603 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,840 Speaker 2: they're like, we're not giving this guy any help until 604 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 2: you go away. 605 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,479 Speaker 11: Mayor Bassil's office told us in a statement, writing in part, 606 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 11: this is unacceptable and tragic. 607 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 2: It's happening on your watch and this is your number 608 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,040 Speaker 2: one issue, which means you've ignored everything else in the 609 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 2: city to focus on this. The city is in a 610 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 2: deficit because of all the money we waste on inside 611 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,600 Speaker 2: safe and that's the best you can do. 612 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,240 Speaker 1: Well, she's boxed in. She can't pivot because if she pivot, 613 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 1: she's going to have to acknowledge that her program didn't work. 614 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: So she's just going to double and triple down on it. 615 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: This is what California politicians do best. They double and 616 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 1: triple down on stupid, because nobody can ever admit that 617 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 1: something they thought of didn't work. 618 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,359 Speaker 11: Mayor Bassil's office told us in the statement, writing in part, 619 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 11: this is unacceptable and tragic. We are working closely with 620 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 11: council Member Ferrado to Now. 621 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 2: Good luck with that. 622 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, another one that won't answer calls. 623 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,200 Speaker 2: You know, it's got to be really bad when people 624 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,040 Speaker 2: in your district are thinking about the good old days 625 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 2: of Kevin da Leone. 626 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,400 Speaker 1: It is hot as hell, or the good old. 627 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 2: Days of Hosea whos are are the good old days 628 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 2: of Antonio Viragosa? 629 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 1: Is jose out of prison. 630 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,280 Speaker 11: Yet to evaluate the site and determine the appropriate next steps? 631 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 11: Where did reach out to the Councilwoman's office for common 632 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 11: and have not heard back either. 633 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:19,319 Speaker 3: These are humans, They're human beings. They should get help. 634 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 11: One who started a nonprofit to clean up La streets 635 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 11: once threet the time has seen the effects of LA's 636 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 11: homeless problem firsthand, encountering people living in rough places like 637 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 11: sewers and drainage pipes. 638 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,719 Speaker 2: And one's from Ecuador and he says, Ecuador ain't like this. 639 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: I believe him. 640 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 11: Some of them told us that support systems they needed, 641 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 11: like mental health care, job assistant or long term stability 642 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:42,839 Speaker 11: just weren't there. 643 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 2: No, Karen Bass's whole idea was to shove people inside 644 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,759 Speaker 2: a Rundown motel six and we'll figure out the rest later. 645 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,280 Speaker 1: And of course we can't put these people in mental 646 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 1: institutions where they belong, so we have to pretend like 647 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,359 Speaker 1: they just can't afford housing well. 648 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,120 Speaker 2: And it's worth pointing out the number because it is shocking. 649 00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,200 Speaker 2: These people who weren't getting any help were just getting 650 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:10,239 Speaker 2: put in a motel room. We were paying seventeen thousand 651 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,640 Speaker 2: dollars per bed per month. 652 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,880 Speaker 1: What would you pay at the four seasons? 653 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 8: Not that. 654 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 11: Mary Bass's office told us because of her efforts. 655 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 2: Even if you're at a hotel where it's one thousand 656 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 2: dollars a night, that means it's that means it's oh 657 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 2: that's about thirty thousand a month. So yeah, okay, maybe 658 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 2: it's not that high end, but it's still pretty damn 659 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 2: high end for a rundown motel where one of the 660 00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 2: crooked contractors was giving out Ramen noodles as the food 661 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 2: and cashing off all the rest of the money. 662 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: Yep, the taxpayers are being fleeced and the people in 663 00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,320 Speaker 1: charge won't acknowledge that we're not getting our bang for 664 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:54,759 Speaker 1: our buck.