1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: The last few months in San Francisco have been honestly 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: better than you expected. Still hot and dry, but now 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: that you're in fall, the heat has become manageable. In 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: the Bay Area, at least, staying with your brother has 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: been actually really nice. The first few showers felt like luxury. 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: Recently he's had less of a good time. He found 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: out he was getting laid off right before the school 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: year started. He told me. Over fifteen thousand other teachers 9 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: have been fired as a part of the governor's new 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: reform schools program. The teacher's union is fighting it, but 11 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: your brother isn't too optimistic of regarding the outcome. He's 12 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: been looking for new work, and meanwhile, you've gotten a 13 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 1: shitty retail job to help with bills while you decide 14 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: on what hospitals you want to apply to. You don't 15 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: really miss your old MS job in Redwood Valley. When 16 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: you finally do get back into medical care, you really 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: prefer something in a hospital or clinic setting as opposed 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: to the extra stress inherent in emergency services. The one 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: chance you have had to use your medical skills it's 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: moving was during the fires last September and October. Back 21 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: up north, they got really bad and hundreds of thousands 22 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: of people evacuated down south. Some old activist friends of 23 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: yours from college made their own fire relief slash mutual aid, 24 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: set up to give out clothes and food and to 25 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: help people displaced by the fires. You haven't talked much 26 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: with your old college buddies in the past few years, 27 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 1: but upon hearing of the relief effort, you happily offered 28 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: up your skills to help with minor medical issues in 29 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: a small medic tent they set up. It was the 30 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: first time you've helped with anything related to protests organizing 31 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: since he moved up to Redwood Valley ten years ago. 32 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: It was oddly refreshing. Politics hasn't been a major part 33 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: of your life since college. But speaking of politics, mid 34 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: terms are finally this month. The past year has felt 35 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: like it stretched on forever. Your brother and his union 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: buddies have been doing canvassing for a few progressive city 37 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: council candidates that might actually get a shot at getting in. 38 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: You haven't had time to adjust to San Francisco's local 39 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: political scene, and honestly, you're not sure if you really 40 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: care to. You have been keeping half an eye on 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: the big state electoral races, though, which feels kind of weird. 42 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: You know, there's no way the Republican government will get 43 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: re elected, not here in California. One thing that has 44 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: gotten you worried is the weekly anti election fraud rallies 45 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: that have been happening in l A ever since October. 46 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: The governor, surrounded by state troopers, has made it down 47 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 1: himself a few times to drop up support from his 48 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: fan base, and after the rallies, roving gangs of far 49 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: right extremists have gone around randomly attacking homeless encampments. You 50 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 1: heard that just last week after a Sunday rally, three 51 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: people had to be rushed to the emergency room. It's 52 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: now just a week before election day. You're on the 53 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: bus home from your job at the vintage clothing store 54 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: when you receive a message on signal from one of 55 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: your old college mutual aid buddies you met up with 56 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: again during the fire relief effort. The message reads, hey, 57 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: are you free on election Day? You hadn't really thought 58 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: about the day itself, You respond, maybe nothing really planned yet. 59 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: Your friend replies with a fat wall of text, My 60 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: affinity group and I are heading down to l A 61 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: on Tuesday. There's a big stop, the Steel type rally happening, 62 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: and where it is. Lots of Proud Boys are going 63 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: to show up. Comrades and l A have put out 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: some calls for support, So my crew is going to 65 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: go down and probably bring some medical stuff. If you 66 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: want to come, we got an extra seat in the van. 67 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: The thought of driving down to Los Angeles to deal 68 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: with Proud Boys doesn't excite you, especially on an already 69 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: stressful day. You think about it for a few minutes. 70 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: Images of the people maimed during and after the recent 71 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: rallies floods your mind. Your buddies no more about organizing 72 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: and protests than you do, but you have more medical training. 73 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: You decide you'll do it. You reply, I'll come with 74 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: and pack some extra iFACTS and tourniquets. Among the issues 75 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: of Republican recall, challengers have raised to attack Newsom force 76 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: mismanagement has leomed large among the recent complaints. This type 77 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: of thing hearkens back to Trump's old habit of blaming 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: the governor and not raking enough leaves for California's fiery plight. 79 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: On a larger scale, this can be seen as part 80 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: of an effort to push all the blame of wildfires 81 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: off of oil gas and our transformation of the climate 82 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: and onto a simple lack of fire prevention measures. This narrative, 83 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: of course, makes the fossil fuel industry more happy. The 84 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: thing is, all of these things are contributing factors for 85 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: California's wildfire problem. Climate changed caused hotter temperatures and droughts 86 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: makes fires easier to catch and spread, and inadequate force management, 87 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: plus above ground power lines do the same. Just because 88 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: there are bad faith attacks on Newsom doesn't mean there 89 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: aren't actual failures he's made as governor, especially in relation 90 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: to the forests. An investigation from CAP Radio and California 91 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: MPR published last June found out Newsom had grossly misrepresented 92 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: and fled out lied about his promises of new wildfire 93 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: prevention efforts. Elements of the piece were of course used 94 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: by Larry Elder and the Right to push for support 95 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: of the recall, but the article itself is a very 96 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: fine piece of journalism. Back when Newsom first took office 97 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: in January, one of the first things he did was 98 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: signed on the executive order overhauling how California handles wildfire 99 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: prevention and forest management. The measures included removal of hazardous 100 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: dead trees, vegetation clearing, creation of fuel breaks and community 101 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: defensible spaces, and creation of ingress and egress corridors. In 102 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: January twenty a year after Newsom's initial announcement, the Governor's 103 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: office claimed in a press release that under the Executive 104 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 1: Orders Priority Projects, nine acres got treated with these fire 105 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: prevention measures, But according to data attained by CAP Radio 106 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: and MPR, the actual number of acres treated by these 107 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: priority projects was only eleven thousand, three hundred and ninety nine, 108 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: just thirteen percent of the number Newsom boasted about, quoting 109 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: the piece by CAP Radio. Quote data shows cow Fire's 110 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: fuel reduction output dropped by half and twenty twenty two, 111 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: levels below Governor Jerry Browne's final year in office. At 112 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: the same time, Newsom slashed roughly one hundred and fifty 113 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: million dollars from Cowfire's wildfire prevention budget. In twenty twenty, 114 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: four point three million acres burned, the most in California's 115 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: recorded history. That was more than double the previous record 116 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: set in twenty eighteen, when the camp fire destroyed the 117 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: town of Paradise. Ultimately killing eighty five people. A decade ago, 118 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: cow Fire was treating a poultry seventeen thousand acres annually. 119 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: That number has steadily climbed, though Newsom misrepresented the number 120 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: of acres treated in his priority projects. The overall amount 121 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: of wild fire mitigation work carried out by CalFire spiked 122 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: in his first year of office to sixty four thousand acres, 123 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: but in fuel reduction totals plummeted to less than thirty 124 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: two acres, a roughly fifty drop unquote. Multiple factors contributed 125 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: to twenty twenties subpar fire prevention and reduction efforts in 126 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: the year with the large number of akers treated in 127 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: recent history, the state budget allotted for three hundred and 128 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: fifty five million dollars for wildfire prevention and resource management, 129 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: but after the COVID nineteen pandemic hit California in early 130 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: Newsom cut the budget down to two hundred and three million. 131 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: On top of the budget cuts, the fires themselves made 132 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: prevention work more challenging. Twenties wildfire season started out early, 133 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: which resulted in less time to do prescribed burns and 134 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: thinnings because the same teams that are tasked with prevention 135 00:07:55,680 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: and fuel reduction often also service firefighters once the fires. Account. 136 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: As of MAE, cal Fire has treated over twenty three 137 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: acres throughout the year. This puts California on a trajectory 138 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: better than last year's total, but not as high as 139 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: the sixty thousand plus acres treated in Newsom has been 140 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: trying to make up for his missteps and gross exaggerations. 141 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: Quoting the Cap Radio report again quote, Newsom is trying 142 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: to play catch up with the state enjoying an unexpected surplus. 143 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: Newsome proposed two billion in spending on wildfires and emergency preparedness, 144 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: with one point two billion going towards wildfire resiliency in 145 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: the upcoming budget. Experts say the increase in prevention spending 146 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: could help the state get closer to a less dangerous 147 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: wildfire season over time, but they also expressed concern over 148 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: whether the state will sustain that commitment for years to come. Unquote. 149 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: Revelations about Newsom's and cow fires lies in lackluster force 150 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: man innagement were quickly jumped on by Larry Elder and 151 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: other Republican challengers as an easy way to attack Newsom 152 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: and to move the conversation about wildfires away from climate change. 153 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: Elder has said he has quot unquote no idea why 154 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: more prevention and reduction measures aren't being done, and when 155 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: he becomes governor, he'll be quote implementing these common sensical 156 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: kinds of plans so that we can reduce the severity 157 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: of these fires unquote. Elder has given no concrete plans 158 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: on what measures he'll be shooting to implement, or any 159 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 1: indication on how much money will be directed to prevent 160 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: or fight fires on the noted budgets. Elder has said 161 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: that the more recent spending on wind and solar power 162 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: has left quote less money for removing trees and putting 163 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: power lines underground, the kind of things that would make 164 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: these fires less intense unquote, and he promises to drastically 165 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 1: cut spending on renewables while also investing more in oil 166 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: and gas. To be clear, Newsom's upcoming budget contains billions 167 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: for both prevention, slash fuel reduction and renewable energy such 168 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 1: as wind and solar. Whoever ends up governing California is 169 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 1: not only in charge of local politics like a governors 170 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: in other states. What happens in California affects people across 171 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: the country. And even globally, whether that's wildfire smoke traveling 172 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: across continents or changes to supply chains and industry rippling 173 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: across the world. California is, after all, the world's fifth 174 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: largest economy. There are also political ramifications that could affect 175 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: the States as a whole if Elder gets in office. 176 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: The Senate is currently a fifty fifty split between Republicans 177 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: and Democrats, with Vice President Kamala Harris getting the tie 178 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: breaking vote. One of California senators is eighty eight year 179 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: old Diane Feinstein, the oldest act of editor. If she 180 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: dies in office or has to step down due to 181 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: medical reasons before her term is over, the governor of 182 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: California gets to appoint her replacement. If Elder appoints a Republican, 183 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: then the Senate will be back under geop control and 184 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: give it his connections to the far right media sphere. 185 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,599 Speaker 1: The list of potentials that Elder could appoint is frightening. 186 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: This is by no means inevitable even if Elder gets 187 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: into office. If he does, Finstein does have the brief 188 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: opportunity to step down and put a replacement in before 189 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: the new governor has sworn into office, However, Feinstein has 190 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: said she has no plans of doing so. Reports of 191 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: her declining health have become only more common in recent years, 192 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: but like many politicians and judges, she's not keen on 193 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,400 Speaker 1: stepping aside, even to possibly help prevent a disastrous outcome. 194 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: Changes in the Senate are not required for horrible outcomes. 195 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: In the wake of an even brief Elder governorship, his 196 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: anti vax sentiments and planned to open up the state 197 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: and remove basically all COVID restrictions will result in hospitals 198 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: being pushed to max capacity. Elder has said he has 199 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: plans to appoint education officials similar to former Secretary Betsy Divas, 200 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: and judicial appointees like conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. 201 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: Elder has stated his intention of declaring states of emergency 202 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: and using executive orders to push through otherwise unpopular legislation. 203 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: He has discussed plans to declare an education emergency in 204 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: order to fire upwards of twenty one quote unquote bad teachers. 205 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: Elder blames teacher unions for quote protecting bad teachers, and 206 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: in a recent interview stated, quote someone told me that 207 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: between five percent and seven percent of public school teachers 208 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: need to be fired. An emergency declaration would give the 209 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: power to get rid of bad teachers faster than the 210 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: system allows. Once you did that automatically, education would improve 211 00:12:55,040 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: overnight unquote. Now, Elder is not specified who had eased 212 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: him on teacher terminations or how he plans to weed 213 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: out the so called bad teachers out of the three 214 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: thousand in the school system. He's also touted plans to 215 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: declare a homeless emergency, but his solutions have nothing to 216 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: do with actually helping homeless people. His homeless emergency declaration 217 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: would allow him to suspend the California Environmental Quality Act, 218 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: the longer requiring environmental review of building projects. Elders stated 219 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: goal is to unleash developers and contractors without environmental regulation, 220 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: which he claims to quote trice developers and contractors like 221 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: criminals unquote, and allows building projects to get suspended indefinitely, 222 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: ultimately raising the cost of housing in his opinion. One 223 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: of the more frightening aspects of Larry Elder is his 224 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: close ties to many far right propagandists. He's done work 225 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: for Praker You, Epic Times, and has been a guest 226 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: on Fox News at least two hundred and twenty times 227 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: in the past five years. In the last episode, we 228 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: discussed his friendship with Dennis Prager. Also, Dave Reuben just 229 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: recently campaigned for Elder at a recent rally, and a 230 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: month and a half ago, Elder was on Candice Owen's 231 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: show discussing how the descendants of slave owners deserve reparations 232 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: for having their property i e. Black people stolen from 233 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: them when the slaves were freed. Those are his words, 234 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: not mine. What's probably most concerning is Elder's connection to 235 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: Stephen Miller. In fact, we wouldn't have Stephen Miller if 236 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: it were not for Larry Elder. Back in the late nineties, 237 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: a conservative student from Santa Monica High School would call 238 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: into Larry Elder's show to rant about his school's liberal culture. Reportedly, 239 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: the student would go around demanding staff and fellow students 240 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: regularly recite the Pledge of Allegiance. He railed against condom 241 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: giveaways and called Spanish language announcements quote a crutch preventing 242 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: Spanish speakers from standing on their own unquote. Young Californians 243 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: calling into Elder's show and agreeing with him wasn't very common, 244 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: and Elder ate it up he loved talking with the 245 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: students so much that he let the kid on basically 246 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: any time he wanted a platform to rant and rave. 247 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: You know where this is going. That student was Stephen Miller. 248 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: According to Miller, he appeared on Elder's show sixty nine 249 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: times throughout his time in high school and university, and 250 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: calls Elder quote the one true guide I've always had unquote. 251 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: Miller's appearances on Elder's radio show made him a recognizable 252 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: figure in the larger conservative media world, helping him connect 253 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: with Steve Bannon and eventually President Trump. By extension, Elder 254 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: was Stephen Miller's on ramp to the White House. In 255 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: an email to Miller in twenty sixteen, Elder told him quote, 256 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: I hope to live to see the day when you 257 00:15:52,360 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: become president. When media has brought up his friendship with 258 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: Stephen Miller, Elder tries very quickly to change the subject 259 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: when pushed on the topic. In a recent interview, Elder 260 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: shot back with quote, why would you bring up Stephen Miller? 261 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: I'm just wondering what the agenda here is. What's the point? 262 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: Am I somehow what a Nazi? A fascist? Unquote? I 263 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: think that says enough. The reason we haven't discussed the 264 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: other candidates in the recall election is because at this point, 265 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: if Newsom is recalled, it's absolutely certain that Elder will 266 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: be the one to succeed him. He has a twenty 267 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: point lead ahead other challengers, but that lead is still 268 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: only a tiny fraction of the total electorate, which demonstrates 269 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: the part of the problem in California's recall process. There 270 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: are other Republican challengers with concerning pasts and beliefs, lots 271 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: of anti mask, anti trans, anti vax, total disbelief, and 272 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 1: climate change people spouting q and originated conspiracy claims advocating 273 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: the lie that the presidential election was stolen. And there's 274 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: even a Democrat challenger that plans to use the National 275 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 1: Guard to round up all homeless people and put them 276 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: in concentration camps. But Elder himself shares a lot of 277 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: those views and uses the fact that he's black as 278 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: a shield for criticism against his racist and nationalist policies 279 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: and ideas. We haven't even mentioned that last month Elder's 280 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: ex fiance came out and said that Elder was extremely 281 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: abusive and had threatened her with a loaded gun in 282 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 1: early August polls were showing pretty much neck and neck 283 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 1: for the first question on the ballot, yes or no 284 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: on the recall itself. A Serve A USA pull from 285 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: that time even had respondents vote no on the recall 286 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: and fifty one percent vote yes to remove Newsom. Throughout 287 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: August and September, results started to flip the other direction 288 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: as ads against the recall hit the airwaves and internet. 289 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: The latest Survey USA poll has fifty four percent voting 290 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,359 Speaker 1: no and the RICO and voting yes. Other polls hover 291 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,479 Speaker 1: around the same ten to fifteen point lead for Newsome 292 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: staying in office. Now, with pools not going the way 293 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: Elder in the GOP would like, we're starting to see 294 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: a new, yet familiar narrative being prepared on on my 295 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 1: on my website elect elder dot com. We have voter 296 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: Integrity project, we have lawyers all set up, are ready 297 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 1: to go to foul lawsuits in a timely fashion. The 298 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: reason the lawsuits did not did not work in the election. 299 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: We know what happened there is because the lawsuits were 300 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: filed too late and many of them were dismissed. One 301 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: procedural around cors don't like to overturn an election. So 302 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: when did you hear of anything suspicious. We've heard a 303 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: lot of things that have been suspicious so far. Go 304 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: to elect golda dot com. We're gonna sick our lawyers 305 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: on them, foul lawsuits right away. They're gonna cheat. We 306 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: know that, and I'll tell you why. So many people 307 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,199 Speaker 1: are angry about the crime, about the homelessness, about the 308 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: way he shut down this state, About the fact that 309 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: one third of all small businesses, many of them are 310 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: owned by black and brown and Asian American people that 311 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: they care about, but the declining following the schools, but 312 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: the fact that people are leaving rolling BrownHouse, black of water. 313 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: So many people are angry. The number of people that 314 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: are gonna vote to recall this man is gonna be 315 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 1: so overwhelming. So then even when they cheat, they're still 316 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: gonna lose. That's Larry Elder saying that if he doesn't win, 317 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: that means the election must have been stolen. Fox News 318 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: has been promoting the same idea the past month. All 319 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: of it is in the vein of the Stop the 320 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: Steel movement postidential election, culminating with the attempted insurrection on 321 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: January six. Here's Elder again on Fox News in early September. 322 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: But you're right, I am concerned about voter fraud and 323 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: that's why I'm asking people to go to elect elder 324 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: dot com. That's my website. We have a voter integrity 325 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: project set up with a bunch of lawyers ready to 326 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: foul lawsuits if anybody sees anything suspicious. Big election fraud 327 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,239 Speaker 1: conspiracy proponent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was one 328 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: of the first people to chime in to stoke disinformation 329 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: about the recall election. And I think this may well 330 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: be the most rigged stay wide election we've seen probably 331 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 1: at least a half century. And I think people should 332 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: look carefully of this because it's pretty good evidence that 333 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: if Newsom is in a straight, honest count, he probably 334 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: has a good chance of losing. But if they can 335 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: stuff every ballot box in California and they can cheat 336 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: in every way possible, and of course this type of 337 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: propaganda has made it onto the most watched cable news 338 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: show on air, Tucker Carlson. California does not get the 339 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: credit it deserves for the corruption that's endemic there. It's 340 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: a one party state and they act like it, and 341 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,959 Speaker 1: you've got to have concerns about whether this recall election 342 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,159 Speaker 1: will be free and fair. Are you concerned, Well, of 343 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: course I'm concerned, Tucker. I'm involved in election integrity efforts 344 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: throughout the United States, and I'm also member of the 345 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: Republican National Committee. So we have a team of lawyers 346 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: that is ready to deploy throughout the state here and 347 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: we are monitoring things every single day. Just a couple 348 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: of hours ago, I filed a lawsuit to intervene in 349 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: a challenge to the constitutionality of the recall statute because frankly, 350 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: I don't trust the Secretary of State or the Attorney General, 351 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: who are both appointed by the governor, to defend him 352 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 1: in this regard, and so we are going to be 353 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: jumping on every potential opportunity to do that and fight 354 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: back against the Democrats. Of course, they are playing fast 355 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: and loose. We've seen some very alarming scenes of three 356 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: ballots bundled together in the car of a person with 357 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: a gun and some drugs, and so we are definitely 358 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: looking into all of these issues. But Tucker, ultimately it's 359 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: going to come down to how much do people want 360 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 1: to change in California. And I can tell you even 361 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: living in my latte, sipping avocado toast, eating you know, 362 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: Lululemon wearing neighborhood in San Francisco. People are fed up 363 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: with the crime, the drugs, the homelessness, the intermittent electricity, 364 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: and everything else that is wrong with California. So people 365 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: want to change here. It's just not working. And this 366 00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: really is a test of whether our system works. I mean, 367 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: can people get better leadership? That's kind of the question. 368 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: Will there be election observers on the scene so the 369 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: rest of us can know this was fair? Well. The 370 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: problem in California is that the voting doesn't just take 371 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: place on election day like it would in a normal place. 372 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: It takes It's taking place now on a rolling basis 373 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: through mail in voting. It's a hundred percent mail in 374 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: ballots this time around, and it is going to take 375 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: place for thirty days after the election if it's close, 376 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: because they have thirty days to count the vote. That's 377 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,159 Speaker 1: sixty days of voting, and of course a lot of 378 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: shenanigans can occur and ballots can disappear. So we are 379 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 1: going to be observing it very closely and demanding accountability 380 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: and filing lawsuits wherever we need to to hold the 381 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 1: Democrats accountable because we cannot trust them. Yeah, I hope. 382 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,879 Speaker 1: So people want to believe the system works, that it's 383 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: real that they have powered their vote matters. So I 384 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,199 Speaker 1: appreciate what you're doing, Harmydale. Thank you. A lot of 385 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: what's said in that last clip is either extremely misrepresented 386 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: or just flat outlines. Those three ballots found in a car, 387 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: we're actually part of a larger mail theft thing not 388 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 1: related to the election at all. Voters have received new ballots, 389 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 1: and for this election, just like the last one, Californians 390 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: have the option to vote in person, to mail in ballots, 391 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: or deliver them in a dropbox. The deadline to drop off, 392 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: mail or place your vote is September. Counting cannot start 393 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,479 Speaker 1: till the fourteenth either, and like every election, there will 394 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: be observers throughout the entire counting process. Obviously, this isn't 395 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: the first time conservative media has hyped up election fraud, 396 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: the last presidential election being the biggest instance to date. 397 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: But what is concerning here is that they're setting up 398 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 1: a template to use for all future elections whenever Republicans lose. 399 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: Here's a Fox clip from September seven. The only thing 400 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: that will save Gavin Newsom is voter fraud. So as 401 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: they say, stay woke, pay attention to the voter fraud 402 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: going on in California because it's going to have big 403 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: consequences not only for that state but for upcoming elections. 404 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: It's safe to assume that Stop the Steel Esque strategies 405 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: will be used almost every time a Republican loses in 406 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: an election going forward. We've seen exactly what this type 407 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: of rhetoric and propaganda leads to, and it ends in blood. 408 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: There were multiple attacks on state capitals during the Stop 409 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: the Steel rallies prior to January six. In some places 410 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: like Salem, Oregon, they succeeded in getting inside the capital. 411 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: Even if Newsom gets to stay in office, there will 412 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: still be many problems, election conspiracies, and the possibility of violence, 413 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: like January six, just being one. We haven't wanted to 414 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: righteously defend Newsom here. He's a politician and inept in 415 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: many ways. He deserves plenty of criticism, especially on the 416 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 1: issues of climate change. But the criticism levied at Newsom 417 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: from the likes of Elder in the GOP are based 418 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: on bigotry, nationalism, and climate denial. Newsom should be our 419 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,959 Speaker 1: punching bag, not theirs.