WEBVTT - Politics with Kamala Harris 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:10.879 Ron Podcast. And we're back at the Ron Burgundy Podcast 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.960 season two. Baby. After a long back and forth with 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:19.880 my heart, a few lawsuits, two mysterious deaths, and a 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:22.239 whole lot of memories, we are back in the studio. 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:26.200 During our hiatus, I'm happy to say that Carolina went 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:28.600 to rehab. I know, I know, I went on a 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.600 yoga tree. It's not rehab. Okay, well, that's a great 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.000 cover story, which reminds me Carolina. Baxter and I listened 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.680 to the whole first season of the podcast, and after listening, 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.640 we decided to scrap it. We're not going to release it, 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.519 but it was just too rough. But we know what 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.160 we did wrong. And to be honest, there there could 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.760 be less of you in this season because this one 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:57.280 we're definitely going to release. Season one got released into 0:00:57.360 --> 0:00:59.600 the general public. Are you serious? Yeah, it's just it's 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:04.720 out there, Oh so embarrassing. Are they going to release 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.880 this episode, the one recording right now? Yes, they released 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:11.960 all of them. Cripes. Okay, well that's better be good. 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:14.680 I mean, you better pull it together, Carolina. Hope that 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.120 trip to the looney bin set you straight. It was 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.640 a yoga retreat into lou Mexico. I'm glad we're on 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.720 the air today because there have been some rumors circling 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.640 and I have to make an official statement. After talking 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:32.600 to my family and my friends and some strangers online, 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:37.039 I have decided, after years of thought and dreams, that 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:42.800 I will not be running for president. Okay, So to 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:47.240 everyone out there listening to this fireside chat, I know 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.160 it's a lot to take in at once. How do 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:54.160 you feel about it, Carolina? Um, I feel about the 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.520 same as I did before you said it. Okay, so 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.440 you don't You don't feel upset? No, a way, I'm 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:03.520 actually relieved. I mean, that would be so scary if 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:08.239 you're running for president. Scary. Well, that's it's a bit insulting. No. 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.040 I mean, Ron, I really enjoy you as a colleague, 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:13.040 and I think that recording a podcast with you has 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:17.640 been an adventure. But a president has enormous responsibilities. Okay, 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.600 but I could do it. I could do it pretty 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.799 simple stuff. You just have to be honest and remain 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:27.600 calm and keep the country running smoothly, you know, making 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.120 sure no shenanigans are taking place. I think I'd be 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:33.280 good at that. I can do some tough work. This 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.880 this podcast, you know, hasn't been a slice of cake. Well, 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.760 you fired three people yesterday, and don't you think that 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:42.840 shows my leadership strengths. No, I mean after you fired them, 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:44.519 we had to hire three new people and it took 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:48.160 the rest of our work day to really interview candidates. 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:52.919 You know that happens. Yeah, right, I mean not really. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:56.240 But it's fine. But did it slow us down? Absolutely, 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:01.079 But it's not like it ground owned this operation to 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.920 a complete hall. It absolutely did. We couldn't record. Okay, 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:10.080 they just rubbed me the wrong way. So one of 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:14.760 them just said hi to you, but with a smirk. Okay, 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.880 it could have been a smile, but that's besides. And 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.919 the other guy always wore a stupid captain's hat. It 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:25.560 was a baseball hat. Well, what's happened has happened? All right? 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:31.920 Today we're talking to a woman, Senator Kamala Harris, who 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:38.480 was running for president in the year two. Hindsight, Yes 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.280 it is. Let me ask you, Carolina, how hard is 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:44.080 it to become president when you're a woman. Um, well, 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.320 it's never happened before, and there have been women who 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:52.320 have been qualified, so yeah, it seems very difficult. And 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.080 why why is that do we think? Um? You know, well, 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:59.320 there are a lot of prejudices and misconceptions about women. Yes, 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:03.120 that they can't read your mind, you know, but have 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:06.080 you ever seen the movie What Women Want starring Mel Gibson. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:10.800 He could read women's minds to the tune of three 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:16.479 hundred and seventy five million w w BO. Um, what 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.080 does that have to do with what we're talking about? 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:23.200 Three hundred and seventy five million w w BO? Do 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:26.080 you know what w w b OH stands for? Worldwide 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:31.640 box office? Because he had the ability to read women's minds. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.960 I don't know what you're talking about, um, But as 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.919 I was saying, some common misconceptions about women are that 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.440 were easily distracted or emotional, or can't be in charge 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.520 of important decisions, can't be respected. Wait wait wait wait, 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:48.239 shut up, shut up, Carolina. I just realized I left 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:52.919 Baxter at the Dippin' Dots down in Thousand Oaks. Sorry, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.600 can you please pick him up if he's lost? Caroline? 0:04:56.640 --> 0:05:03.280 I just anything to get him back. I probably smash 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.080 all the windows in this place. Nick is back to 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:11.520 your back there? Oh thank god. Okay, anyway, we have 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:15.279 a big interview today with Senator Kamala Harris. I'm very 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:19.480 nervous and very excited. UM, and you're prepared, right because 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:23.599 you got those policy questions I gave you yes. Okay, great, 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:28.479 because this is a big deal. Listen between you and I. 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.880 I think I'm just gonna wing it. Please do not 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.599 do that. You have no idea how hard it was 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.839 to do. I feel like I work better when i'm relaxed, 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.840 you know, I know that's how you feel. I'm just 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:44.400 gonna wing it. Just look at these questions. Please. Up next, 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:52.920 we have a presidential candidate from the future year, Senator 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:59.880 Kamala Harris Presidential. I'm throwing out the notes, folks, please 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:05.400 going rogue. This is gonna be a wild one, right Carolina, 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:20.839 I hope not. We'll be right back and welcome back 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:26.280 to the Ron Burgundy Podcast. UM. We are very excited 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:30.320 to have one of the most esteemed guests that we've 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:34.920 ever had on the show. Uh, Senator, former Motley Crue 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:40.240 bandmate and presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Kamala, thank you so much. 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:43.039 It's great to be with you, Ron. Thank you. You 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:44.520 know what, as soon as I said that out loud, 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:46.760 I think you you weren't a member of Motley Crue. 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.120 Were you not in this life? Okay? Yeah? Did you 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.480 do you play a musical instrument? You know? I actually 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.880 played many musical instruments in high school. Um, I played 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:01.360 the violin, I played the French horn. But it's a 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:05.159 messy instrument. Yeah, it's messy. You have to kind of 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.680 keep emptying the cartridge. Then I moved on to the percussions. 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.560 I played the xylophone, and that I thought it could 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:17.560 get more interesting, so I played the vibraphone and then yeah, 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:21.360 and then I moved on to the kettle drums, which 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.920 was really fantastic because you're in the back, yes, and 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:28.720 you've got these big batons and these huge drums in 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.559 front of you, and you just not you the kettle 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.000 on the kettle drum. That's okay, we'll believe it out. 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:37.880 Don't worry. Don't worry. But I've always hated the fact 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:39.720 that the kettle drums are in the back. Move them 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:41.960 to the front. I agree they should be in the front. 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.600 They deserve so much more attention. But that is why 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.800 one plays them the way we do to get that. Well, 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.720 if this plays out in your favor, maybe that can 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:54.600 be your first executive order to force all high school 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.120 symphonies to move the kettle drums to the front of 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.560 the band. Yeah, something you're thinking about. No, we should 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.040 stop the coordinating the kettle drums. I agree with you. 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.200 So we finally cut We covered that kettle drums. Good. 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:10.920 Um you were you start out District attorney San Francisco. 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.040 What was hard about that job? Is it the snack breaks, 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:17.000 all the snack brakes you have to take legally? Well, no, 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.880 ron Um, it was you know, what was hard about 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:24.880 the job was saying some of the worst of human behavior. 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:31.480 I mean I specialized for a while in assault of children. Um. 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:33.360 I you know, spent a lot of time over the 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:37.520 years with moms whose sons had been killed. Um. That 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.480 was rough stuff. It was rough stuff and um, but 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.880 it was also there were highlights I enjoyed when I 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:48.400 was district attorney, challenging the status quo and I said, look, um, 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.120 let's stop acting like you know, there are only two 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:53.360 ways to do criminal justice policy. You know, people would 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.120 say you're either soft on crime or tough on crime, 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.720 and say, no, let's be smart on crime. Let's look 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.600 at prevention as one of the smart just ways to 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:04.520 create public safety, and so I started an initiative, you know, 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.520 and everybody was like, why are you doing this? I 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:10.800 started initiative focused on low level on drug sales offenders 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.520 and getting them jobs and counseling, and when they graduated 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.320 the program, I dismissed the charges against them. And that 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:21.320 was incredible work in terms of just seeing that the 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.160 human potential that when you give people the opportunity to 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.240 reach for something, they will naturally reach for it. And 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:35.319 so there were highlights. Your parents were civil rights activists. 0:09:35.679 --> 0:09:38.400 I mean, were they pissed when they found out you 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:42.000 wanted to become a d A. They were curious about 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.360 the decision, and with some of them and some of 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.719 my family, I had to defend the decision like one 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:50.199 would a thesis. But you know what I said, then, 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:52.800 I'm glad I didn't grow up in your family, because 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.719 I don't know what the word thesis means. So, yes, 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.280 it means you have to do you have to defend 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.920 your point, You have to um, you have to be 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:04.800 able to to articulate why you're doing something as opposed 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:08.320 to just doing it and everyone accepts it without challenging 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:12.720 your reasons. And my reasons were that the criminal justice 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:15.200 system Listen, I was born knowing how flawed it is. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:16.679 I didn't have to learn about it. I have to 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:19.760 read about it. I knew it. And I felt that 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:23.680 when you want to reform systems, um, let's also think 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.160 about being inside the system where we can have the 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:28.640 power to reform it from the inside. And so that 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.640 was the choice I made, and um and I don't 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:34.560 regret that choice because having been on the inside, I 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.480 was able to create re entry initiatives for low level offenders. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.800 I was able to say, look, children who are being 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.040 prostituted should not be thought of as teenage prostitutes. We 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.240 should think of them as sexually exploited you and give 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:49.360 them the safety and the and the support that they deserve. 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.079 I was able to do things like saying that we're 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.280 gonna acknowledge that the war on drugs was a complete 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.120 failure and we need to have a different approach that 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.640 understands that it's actually a public health issue more than 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:05.199 it is from Retal Justice Issia, you were also attorney general, yes, 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:09.200 for the state of California, And just so I'm clear 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:13.400 what branch of the military is that it's not a 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:17.600 branch of the military. Run it's actually but you're you're 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:22.240 a general, Yes I was. I was, General Harris. You 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.599 are correct, but it's a it's it's a part of 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.680 the executive branch of government. Got it. So nothing to 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:34.040 do with the military. Correct, Okay, Well I'm learning. This 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.360 is what I love about this podcast. I learned as 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:42.200 much as the audience does sometimes more. Um, So that's 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:45.400 good to know, Attorney General. Nothing to do with the military. 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:49.000 Although I did speak out about how we want to 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:53.920 make sure that law enforcement is not militarized. So there 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.480 you're onto something, they're not on the zone. It wasn't 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:59.680 the worst question you've ever been asked. No, it was 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.920 not the worst, but like might be top ten it was. 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.680 And what does that mean for law enforcement to be militarized, 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.680 meaning that we don't want local law enforcement to be 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.319 or conduct itself as a branch of the military. We 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.360 we do not and should not think of local law 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:20.920 enforcement as being engaged in a war. Um. Local law 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.959 enforcement has is its primary purpose making sure people are 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.800 safe in a community, and so that's part of it. 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:29.480 And so we want to make sure that local LA 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:33.160 enforcement is not equipped with tools that are tools of war, 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:36.600 because that's not their function and that should not be 0:12:36.720 --> 0:12:43.319 the perspective. With your legal expertise, your knowledge, extensive background, 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:48.360 I want to ask you a question. Let's let's say 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:55.040 one a person kept hinting to someone who works very 0:12:55.080 --> 0:13:02.200 closely with them, in fact, that that person is female, 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.920 has curly hair, and wears glasses. And you, that person 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.080 was hinting to that other person that all you've ever 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:13.199 wanted was a small boat, specifically a catamaran. And you 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.240 you hint, and you hint, and you hint, and then 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:22.880 your birthday rolls around and nada, nothing zip. Can you 0:13:22.960 --> 0:13:26.840 take that person to small claims court? No? Thank you? 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:30.720 Thank you. If someone makes a funny face at me, 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:36.680 small claims court. No, my soup was too hot, more importantly, 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:40.200 too spicy at a restaurant, small claime score. Well, there's 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:46.080 tea hot and pea hot. For pea hot, no, that'd 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:51.240 be pepper hot for tea hot. Potentially that's temperature hot. 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:58.480 Um if for example, it was so hot that injured 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:03.360 you know, and there was no you know, giving you 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:05.560 any notice that it might be too hot and wait, 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:12.800 potentially potentially hot. And so when I walk into a restaurant. 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.520 I'm going to say, what's your tea hot level? I 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.280 think that's smart. You should do that, or your hot 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:24.160 Hopefully they know those terms, because right it might be 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:30.280 missing to exactly you know what's it's exactly right? Um, 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:36.520 a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage. 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:43.920 Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan. Let's make America great again? No, no, 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:50.000 Donald Trump, Let's make America gay again. Why what was 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:54.400 America more gay than it is now? America could not 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:59.840 be gay enough. I love that. That's my slogan. Yeah, 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:04.720 so to Mr Trump, make America gay again? It was that? 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:09.080 Is that what you mixed it up? Trump's is make 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:16.160 America grade again? Okay, all right, Well I'm not very political, 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.400 so that's why this is so great. This is this 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.880 is a wonderful exercise for me. Do you have a 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:25.280 campaign slogan at this point? For the people? Kamala Harris, 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.600 for the people, simple to the point, for the people. 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:33.120 And that means it means that this is by the people. 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.480 It's for the people. It's fueled by the people. It 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:39.560 means that I intend to be a leader that will 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:43.120 be committed to the service of other people as opposed 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:47.480 to self service and self interests, and um, it means 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.120 hard for me. And well, yeah, but that's why you're 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:55.400 not running. I'm sorry to tell you. We've gone back 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.560 and forth. Is he thinking about it? I just announced, 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:02.080 I Wasn't you announced you were prior to your arrival. Okay, 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.000 I mean, there's still time if you want to jump in, 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:08.880 but it might be putting as to bed. Besides, I 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.520 tried to. I tried to put some feelers out to 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:16.800 raise some money for my campaign. I'm fifteen thousand in 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.640 the hole. I raised negative fifteen thousand dollars in my 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:23.120 first day. Yeah, you Ron had a party and to 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.720 raise money. But he well, people just got in touch 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.720 with me and reminded me of their debts that I 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.960 owe them. Yeah, the debts I owe to them. So yeah, 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:36.000 sometimes when you reach out to people, that's what happened. Okay. 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.480 So it's no secret that running for office brings a 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:42.400 lot of scrutiny. Um, for instance, you know, a few 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:47.160 neighborhood kids made fun of my mustache once, and and 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.120 sometimes I can't leave the house because I don't want 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:52.680 to run into those me neighborhood kids. I mean, how 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:56.440 do you think or how are people going to criticize 0:16:56.480 --> 0:17:01.120 you during your run. Well, I've already heard some criticism around, 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:05.760 for example, my belief that we should have free community 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.879 college and debt free college for all. And people say, well, 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:11.080 you know you're living a pipe dream. How are you 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.320 going to pay for that? And my response is that, 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:17.399 look that that's really shortsighted to think of it as 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:20.480 a cost. Instead, we should be understanding it's an investment. 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.560 And UM I challenge people to understand that. Even in 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:28.040 the private sector, people know you put money in as 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:31.240 an investment because you will get a great return on 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.919 the investment r o I and so, but you know, 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.719 people are critical of that. People are critical of my 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:40.840 position that we should legalize marijuana. UM. They say, how 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.119 can you say that? You're a former prosecutor. But I 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.560 say it because I know, I know really well how 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:52.080 the criminalization of marijuana has resulted in the mass incarceration 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:55.080 problem that we have in our country. It has resulted 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:59.800 in UM desperate kind of application of the laws UM 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:04.240 and particular adversely against black and Latino young men. UM. 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:05.800 And those are some of the areas that people are 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:09.679 critical of, their critical of um my perspective on you know, 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.200 the Green New Deal. But I say, look, climate change 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:16.840 is one of the most existential threats to us as 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.280 human beings, as a species, and we need to take 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:21.880 it seriously and have a sense of urgency about it 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:26.920 and have goals that are specific. We may not reach 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:30.040 them all, but let's be let's be aggressive about this 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:33.200 because this is the only planet we've got. So when 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:36.439 the current president says we need global warming because the 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:41.600 winners are getting too cold, you would disagree. I think 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:45.440 that he is selling science fiction instead of science fact, 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:49.000 and the only way to change that perspective is to 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:52.360 have a new precedent. I love science fiction, though that's 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.359 the only thing. Well, it's okay to read it, but 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:58.120 you don't want to live it fair enough, it's kind 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:03.320 of different. Um, here's the thing. The primaries are going 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:07.320 to happen. Everyone's going to start to make distinctions between 0:19:07.320 --> 0:19:10.560 each other. But at the end of the day, how 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:15.080 does everyone keep the harmony h and not rip each 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:18.760 other the shreds to the point where there's no going backwards. 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:23.920 I think we will keep the harmony when we agree 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:29.120 and understand that we are common purpose chicken in every 0:19:29.119 --> 0:19:37.119 pot car and every garage, car every garage. Um, what 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:41.280 do you think about men speaking over women? It happens 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:45.399 a lot, yes, and it should not. Everyone should have 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:48.320 an equal voice and should be respected when they speak, 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:52.240 and should be listened to. I think that's fair, absolutely, 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:54.000 And I just have to say, as a woman, it's 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:56.760 always so exciting to have a female candidate run. And 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:58.520 I'm sure you're so tired of hearing the word of 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:01.840 female before candidate, but it just means, yes, it's so 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:06.760 important to have a female candidate. Okay, just overlook that part, Caroline. 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:08.600 I would do that. That's what I do most of 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:11.840 the time when it's phrased that way. Just pretend you 0:20:11.880 --> 0:20:15.960 didn't hear it. Um. And also, Senator, the night of 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:20.959 the election, your victory speech was so helpful and processing 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:22.640 what was by the way I was going to say 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:26.520 the night of the election run? Oh I'm sorry, what 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:33.720 were you saying? Never mind? That's that's fine. Um, we 0:20:33.840 --> 0:20:36.440 have a male president. Now, how do you think it's 0:20:36.480 --> 0:20:41.280 going not so well? And what do you mean by that? Ron? 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:43.880 You've got to get to the point that you are 0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:48.440 a little bit more self aware. I think that's important, 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:56.960 you know, so, so yeah, but it's not going well him. 0:20:56.960 --> 0:21:00.680 You're you're fine. I'm well, thank you. I feel great. 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:05.040 I lost four pounds last week. Yeah, that's going great. 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:11.400 You feel good. I feel good. Yes, I feel very good. Um. 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:15.400 All right, let me ask you this. Top four favorite 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:19.359 politicians ever. And they have to be real people. Oh, 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:24.160 they have to be real, meaning alive, or they truly existed, 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:27.280 they truly exist. In other words, you know the guy 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:29.760 from the West Wing, he wasn't really president, No, he 0:21:29.880 --> 0:21:35.440 was not. Um, I would say, surely Chisholm. I would say, 0:21:35.640 --> 0:21:45.879 Bobby Kennedy. I would say Abraham Lincoln. I would say, Um. 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:47.760 You know one of the people I think is really 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:50.200 great who is still living, but who has done really 0:21:50.200 --> 0:21:52.640 great work on an issue like climate change, for example, 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:58.080 is Jerry Brown. UM governor, former governor, former governor of California, 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:00.440 Jerry Brown. And I believe he was in her ten 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:05.399 times practically, Yes, you broke all the records. Yeah, I 0:22:05.440 --> 0:22:08.000 mean I didn't agree with everything he did, but UM, 0:22:08.119 --> 0:22:11.720 I do appreciate that he always as a leader, had 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:14.720 a vision of the future and tried to connect where 0:22:14.720 --> 0:22:16.880 we're going to end up with where we are now. Um, 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:20.879 and thinking about solutions and ways to mitigate harm in 0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:24.320 the future. And do you ever when you feel frustrated 0:22:24.359 --> 0:22:27.359 by politics or exhausted or sort of sort of feel 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:30.959 like sisiphus um, do you ever look to any of 0:22:31.000 --> 0:22:34.960 these moments in these politicians careers as an inspiration or 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:38.080 I do? I mean, look, you know someone I've been 0:22:38.119 --> 0:22:40.320 thinking a lot about because I am running for president 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:44.800 is Shirley chisholm Um. I love the fact that she 0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:50.560 would just own that microphone and speak truth and unburdened 0:22:50.640 --> 0:22:55.119 by what might what others might think of, as as 0:22:55.160 --> 0:22:59.600 the appropriateness of her being present and speaking as forcefully 0:22:59.600 --> 0:23:02.560 and as strongly she did. You know, she that famous 0:23:02.560 --> 0:23:07.400 saying she was unbought and unbossed. And I take great 0:23:07.440 --> 0:23:11.480 inspiration from that because she understood that she was a 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:15.920 voice of truth and a voice that must be heard. 0:23:15.960 --> 0:23:19.000 And she just went to that microphone and took hold 0:23:19.040 --> 0:23:23.879 of it and didn't ask permission. Someone, I'm surprised that 0:23:23.960 --> 0:23:27.120 you left off the list. And may he rest in peace, 0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:30.960 Sonny Bono. Oh he wasn't a politician. Oh he was. 0:23:31.000 --> 0:23:35.080 He was a congressman. Oh yeah, sorry, So guess what 0:23:35.119 --> 0:23:37.720 I got that one right, jerk? No, you're not a jerk. 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:44.080 I just feel really good that I got Sonny Bono correct. Uh, okay, 0:23:44.200 --> 0:23:48.520 changing gears here. Net neutrality, what does it mean? I mean, 0:23:48.760 --> 0:23:50.719 what will it make it harder for me to upload 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:54.480 my chili recipe on ron Burgundy Chili recipes dot com. Well, 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:56.840 if we're committed to net neutrality, you will be able 0:23:56.840 --> 0:24:01.120 to upload your chill with no problem. Um. The problem 0:24:01.320 --> 0:24:04.040 is that there are people in Washington, d C. That 0:24:04.359 --> 0:24:10.040 are trying to end net neutrality, and I am vehemently 0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:12.840 opposed to that. Everyone should have equal access. It's like 0:24:12.880 --> 0:24:16.240 being on a freeway, and why should somebody who has 0:24:16.280 --> 0:24:18.320 more money be able to be in a lane that 0:24:18.400 --> 0:24:21.760 moves quicker and with with greater access than you know, 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:24.560 a working person who doesn't have the kind of money 0:24:24.600 --> 0:24:27.840 to spend extra on a lane, a specific lane on 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:32.159 a freeway. And the argument for it is just focus 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:35.960 revenue and you could tax it and that sort of thing. Well, 0:24:36.040 --> 0:24:41.760 the argument for ending end lenge is basically, let the 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:45.120 so called free market have its way. But the free 0:24:45.119 --> 0:24:48.639 market doesn't necessarily represent a fair market, and we have 0:24:48.720 --> 0:24:52.320 to understand the difference. And this is the point about 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:55.080 the role of government. The role of government should be 0:24:55.200 --> 0:24:59.600 to have some level of oversight and ability to regulate 0:25:00.160 --> 0:25:04.440 behaviors that might become abusive in a way that harms consumers. 0:25:04.960 --> 0:25:07.720 And you know, I mean I was Attorney general California, 0:25:07.800 --> 0:25:10.199 the largest state in the country, forty million people, for 0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:13.600 two terms. One of my primary responsibilities was to fight 0:25:13.600 --> 0:25:16.760 for consumers, and so it ranged from always taking a 0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:18.960 position on net neutrality and in favor of that, to 0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:21.959 fighting for homeowners against the five big banks the United States, 0:25:22.119 --> 0:25:25.000 to fighting against pharmaceutical companies that were trying and suppress 0:25:25.880 --> 0:25:30.760