1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Can't find AM six forty. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt. Good to have you 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 3: along with this Happy Friday. So the California Democrat jerry 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 3: mandering plan is headed toward the ballot. The legislator passed 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 3: and the governor signed legislation yesterday to place the redrawn 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 3: jerry mandered congressional map on the November fourth ballot, and 8 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 3: the proposition will be called Prop fifty. Something tells me 9 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 3: we're going to hear a lot about Prop fifty in 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: my mailbox and on the radio and on television, and 11 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 3: has already raised thirteen million dollars. So the political fight 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 3: is on. California State assembly Member Tom Lackey joins US 13 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 3: Assembly member, thank you for coming on. I mean, we 14 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 3: we've got to get to work. It's all going to 15 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: be about no on fifty. 16 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: Icespect well, it's. 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 4: Clearly going to be a battle, and it's one that's 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 4: really fighting. And I believe as long as the people 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 4: really understand the wording of the proposition, because I do 20 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 4: believe that the title summer is going to be very 21 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 4: misleading because way too often on these propositions, yes means 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 4: no and no means yes, and so we've got to 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 4: make sure our public understands what a mess we're proposing. 24 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 3: Do you think they will go so far as to 25 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 3: pull that trick we're voting no means yes because you know, 26 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 3: I contend and you tell me your thoughts on this. 27 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 3: This is really inside baseball stuff, right, redistricting, apportionment, congressional distress, 28 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 3: congressional lines. This is not stuff that you know, the 29 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 3: average voter is used to having to understand. And the 30 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 3: tendency is when they don't understand, they just vote no 31 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 3: and figure, just let it be the way it is, 32 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 3: whatever the new idea is. But you're right, misleading and 33 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: dishonest ballot titles and and the way they word it 34 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 3: can result in actually voting no means yes, we wanted 35 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 3: to go forward. 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: You think they'll go. 37 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 4: That route, well, absolutely. I think what's going to happen 38 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 4: is this is going to be a field tested title 39 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 4: that they've already floated, testing within our public on getting 40 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 4: what they think is going to be successful, even though 41 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 4: it'll be glaringly misleading, because I think what's going to 42 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 4: be in the title is some retention of the citizen's 43 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 4: rediscingct process because they do indicate that this is a 44 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 4: one time flash and that we will return back to 45 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 4: that process after this takes place. 46 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't believe that for a second. I don't 47 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 3: believe they will ever give up the control to do it. 48 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 4: I heard, why neither do I. But that's what they're alleging, 49 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 4: right and right. 50 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: No, they're saying that. I heard. I heard the governor 51 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: said that. 52 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 3: He said, all we want to do for the for 53 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 3: the to save democracy from this dictator in DC is 54 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: allow us for the next three cycles and then we'll 55 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: I'll give it back. 56 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: And I'm thinking that's never gonna happen. 57 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 3: They'll claim in twenty thirty one those ads too expensive 58 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 3: or something, but they'll they'll never get back control. 59 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, once the toothpaste comes out of the tube, you're 60 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 4: in trouble. I mean, it's hard to get it back in. 61 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 4: I'm just telling you that trust is a big problem 62 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 4: with the legislature and the citizen ry, and this is 63 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 4: the very reason why they don't trust us. I mean, 64 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 4: yesterday we had an agreement on three very very powerful 65 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 4: principles as they relate to this problem. We all agree 66 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 4: that jerry mandering is wrong. The second thing we agreed 67 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 4: on is that the gold standard we have here in 68 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 4: California and it's a citizen redistion process. And the third 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 4: thing was is that Texas is doing the wrong thing. 70 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 4: But what did we adopt to do the very same 71 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 4: thing that we were denouncing? And it makes no sense 72 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 4: to me. 73 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 3: So I saw that already, yes, I Prop fifty or 74 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 3: whatever the campaign is going to be called, as already 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 3: receiving campaign funds reported up the thirteen million dollars? Who 76 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 3: is on our side? Who can we ask? Who can 77 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: we go to to ask for financial support? 78 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 4: Well, Republican donors typically understand the issue very very clearly, 79 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 4: and it's not just Republicans, but the first people we 80 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 4: should turn to are the funders who support the Republican 81 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 4: Party and understand the principles that were standing for. And 82 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 4: I do believe that we have a number of Democratic 83 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 4: colleagues that wanted to vote on our side, but they 84 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 4: felt the press yesterday and they weren't free to vote 85 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 4: their conscience. 86 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 3: So I notice fine, large like the business roundtable groups 87 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 3: and the chambers of commerce, they're always head to head 88 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,359 Speaker 3: with the governor with respect to regulations, but they tend 89 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 3: to support the majority because that's the smart thing for. 90 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: Business to do. 91 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 3: Then you have, like the CEO of bed Math and beyond, 92 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: having the political courage to go out there and say, look, 93 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 3: I got to call a spade of spade and California 94 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: is just not something we're looking at reinvesting in because 95 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 3: it's too hard to do business. There is there an 96 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 3: opportunity here for more business leaders and business leader representation, 97 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 3: lobby groups like Chambers of Commerce and others to seize 98 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 3: on this opportunity. 99 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, of course it's really hard to put partisanship aside, 100 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 4: but this is one of those principles that I believe 101 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 4: that we'll be able to get enough people to understand 102 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 4: that this is not what the people deserve. Jerry Mandering 103 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 4: under any circumstance is wrong, and so that's really the 104 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 4: mantra that needs to be pushed because that is the issue. 105 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 4: You always will have people that are fearful of upsetting 106 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 4: the power in California, which is Governor Newsom obviously, but 107 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 4: there are also times when people will stand up. They will, 108 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 4: but they have to really believe what you're telling them. 109 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 4: And so we need to be very forceful and reminding 110 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 4: people that jerry mandering is wrong. We don't want to 111 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 4: replicate the very thing that we're denouncing, and what we 112 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 4: need to do is try to implement a citizen's reditioning 113 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 4: process nationwide. That's really what that's the answer, and that's 114 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 4: where the impetus should be. 115 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 3: California simply, Member Tom Lockey, always good to catch up 116 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 3: with you. 117 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on. We appreciate it. 118 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you for having me, and please, please please 119 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 4: get involved in this issue. It's very, very critical and 120 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 4: I appreciate the time to advocate for what's right. 121 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 3: I appreciate you, and I think we're going to be 122 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 3: spending a lot of time talking about this over the 123 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 3: days and weeks to come, because it is so that 124 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 3: we in California have the gold standard. 125 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: I don't know how gold it was, but it was 126 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: certainly a good. 127 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 3: Standard of having a citizens run redistricting committee. Again, this 128 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: is all very inside baseball, and that's where I start 129 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 3: on this one. I think that this issue the governor 130 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 3: was looking for a national issue to champion, to raise 131 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 3: his profile nationally as the Democrat leader, to square off 132 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 3: against President Trump, and he thinks he's found it in 133 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 3: this to fight fire with fire with respect to congressional 134 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: district maps in Texas. 135 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: Blah blah blah blah blah. 136 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 3: I think it's too confusing. I think it's the wrong issue, 137 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 3: and I think he is going to lose. And I'll 138 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 3: tell you why I've come to those conclusions when we 139 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: come back. Lou Penrose Info John Cobelt on KFI AM 140 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 3: six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 141 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 142 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 5: six forty. 143 00:07:55,400 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 3: I'm Lou Penrose infa John Cobelt talking about the Prop 144 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 3: fifty that's going to happen and the whole redistricting idea. 145 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: I have a couple of thoughts on this. 146 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 3: Having done this political work, I work for three members 147 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 3: of Congress, two of them. I went through the redistricting 148 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 3: process that happens every ten years on the ones, because 149 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: the census comes out on the o's and then you 150 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,679 Speaker 3: get the numbers and you go on the ones, you 151 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 3: create a new congressional district to get ready for the twos, 152 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,079 Speaker 3: which is the first year that a member of Congress 153 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 3: or a candidate is eligible to run in a new 154 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 3: district and see, look, I just lost eighty percent of you. 155 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about. This is such inside baseball, 156 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 3: This is so confusing. This is such like minutia in 157 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 3: American politics that the average voter doesn't want to know 158 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 3: about it, doesn't need to know about it. That's why 159 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 3: we set up a citizen's redistricting Commission so that we 160 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 3: know it's being done fairly, because we have jobs to 161 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 3: go to, right, I mean, we like, we can't be 162 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 3: constitutional scholars all day every day to keep the politicians 163 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 3: from taking advantage of the system to their own benefit. 164 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: It's exhausting with these people. 165 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 3: So we have a like as good as it's going 166 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 3: to get a commission, and it was a constitutional amendment. 167 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 3: We passed it in twenty ten and we said, all right, 168 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 3: we're like four Republicans, four Democrats, and like two independents, 169 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 3: and you guys draw lines, keep it fair, keep your 170 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 3: thumb off the scale, and do your best and then 171 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 3: let the chips fall what they may. And it still 172 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 3: isn't really even in California, Democrats have too much weight. 173 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 3: But it is what it is, and it's a fight 174 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 3: that we can at least win where the districts are 175 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 3: pretty close. So the way this works, let me just 176 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 3: give you a little political science lesson quick again. This 177 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 3: is why I think this is a bad issue for 178 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 3: Democrats in California, because I think that it's two inside baseball. 179 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: But let me just bring it up to speed. 180 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 3: So the census comes out every ten years, because we 181 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 3: have to know how many Americans are in the country. 182 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 3: And there are four hundred and thirty five members of Congress, 183 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 3: and there are they are portioned. You're supposed to every 184 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 3: Congress member is supposed to have about the same people. 185 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 3: So based on the census numbers, it's seven hundred and 186 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 3: seventy thousand people currently. When I started working Congress in 187 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 3: the year two thousand, it was six hundred and forty 188 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,839 Speaker 3: Hey six forty, ok, I am six forty. Now it's 189 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 3: seven hundred and seventy thousand. And so this the congressional 190 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 3: districts all have to do a couple of things. They 191 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 3: have to be reasonably shaped. They are supposed to keep 192 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 3: not split cities and not go into different counties. 193 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: If it's possible. 194 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 3: They're supposed to be keep communities of interest together. And 195 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 3: there are some civil rights regulations and they have to 196 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 3: add up to as close as seven hundred and seventy 197 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 3: a piece. And in California we have fifty two squares 198 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 3: or as close to a square as you can. 199 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: Of seven one hundred and seventy thousand people. 200 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 3: And you know, the lines are supposed to be reasonable, 201 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 3: and they're not supposed to take politics or political registration 202 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 3: into effect. 203 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: They're just Americans. We're citizens. 204 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 3: And if you let a politician draw the line, well 205 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 3: they're going to want to draw the line that captures 206 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 3: the most amount of registered Democrats if you're a Democrat, 207 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 3: or registered Republicans if you're a Republican, to make the 208 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 3: district more easily winnable. 209 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: That's human nature. 210 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 3: So I'm not surprised politicians want to do that. That's 211 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 3: why we have to keep them out of it. So 212 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 3: what they decided to do in Sacramento is in fact, 213 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 3: on purpose redraw the line mean jerry Mander. 214 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: The Jerrymander thing. This really gets inside baseball. 215 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: It's actually a mispronunciation of Massachusetts Governor Gary with the 216 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 3: sopht G. 217 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: Back in the eighteen hundreds. 218 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 3: He was drawing he was a governor, he was drawing 219 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 3: state Senate lines that would favor his party. And somebody said, 220 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 3: that looks like a salamander because it all squiggily right 221 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 3: to get into some of the areas where the registration 222 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 3: was better. And they said, no, it's a gary mander, 223 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 3: not a salamander being cute. 224 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: And then it became political culture. 225 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 3: And because of what nationwide, whenever politicians attempted to do it, 226 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 3: they didn't know that the governor was Gary or so 227 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 3: they just said Jerry because it looked like a g 228 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 3: And there you go. 229 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: There's the history of jerry mandarin. It didn't work, by. 230 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 3: The way, for the governor of Massachusetts back in the 231 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 3: eighteen hundreds, he lost reelection as governor because of those 232 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 3: kinds of shenanigans. He did ultimately ultimately become vice president 233 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 3: of the United States. You know that the jerry and 234 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 3: jerry mandering was the vice president. But now they're trying 235 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 3: to do it. They're trying to make squiggly lines that 236 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 3: are obviously dishonest to try and capture as many Democrat 237 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 3: registrants so that the odds of a Democrat winning that congressional. 238 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 1: Seat is higher, so they can deny Donald Trump the 239 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: House of Representatives. That's what's going on here. 240 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 3: I think that is all very inside baseball, close to 241 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 3: boring for most of us, and I think people will 242 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 3: see through it and they're going to vote no. 243 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: Now, early polling shows that it's popular. 244 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 3: The Los Angeles Times, forty six percent say they're in 245 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: favor of the Democrats jerry mandering in order to get 246 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 3: more congressional Democrat seats to thirty six percent, but there's 247 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 3: eighteen percent undecided. Now the issue itself among the Democrat 248 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 3: base for Gavin Newsom, that's soaring. The Democrats have Trump's 249 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 3: arrangement syndrume and California they hate him. 250 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: They want to do anything they can, you know, legal 251 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: or otherwise. This is legal, but ethical or otherwise. They're 252 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 1: happy to cheat. 253 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 3: As long as they can stick it to Donald Trump, 254 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 3: and the polling supports that. Here is Harry Enton, who 255 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 3: is the political analyst over at CNN. 256 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 6: My goodness, gracious, a rising tide of support for Gavin Newsom. 257 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 6: Remember back in twenty twenty three, the majority of Democrats 258 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 6: did not want Joe Biden run for another term, but 259 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 6: California Democrats and Gavin news in his own state did 260 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 6: not want. 261 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: Him to run either. And now seventy five percent are 262 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: excited for him to run. Seventy five percent. 263 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 3: These are registered Democrats in California who just two years 264 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 3: ago did not want Newsom to be the nominee. Now 265 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 3: seventy five percent want him to be the nominee. Now 266 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 3: it's odd because I think California Democrats with tru arrangement 267 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 3: syndrome think that Newsom will be squaring off against Donald Trump. 268 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: But the reality is Trump will not be on the 269 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: ball at this point. 270 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 3: I mean, if you want to change the state constitution 271 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 3: to allow gerrymandering, which is normally illegal, then why would 272 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 3: you thumb your nose at a national effort to change 273 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 3: the US Constitution to allow. 274 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: A president to run for a third term. 275 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 3: That's all that is. You know this idea, President Trump 276 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 3: is not allowed. No, no, no, He's ineligible. 277 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: To run for a third term. It's a two terms. 278 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: Too bad, too bad, too bad. It's just an amendment 279 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: to a constitution. 280 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 3: We amend the Constitution a lot, like over two dozen times, 281 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 3: so it's not an outlandish idea to amend the constitution 282 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 3: to allow for a third term. 283 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: I don't know that. 284 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 3: Trump wants it. Talk of it is so triggering to Democrats. 285 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 3: But here the same Democrats that bristle at the idea 286 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 3: of amending the US Constitution to allow Trump a third 287 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 3: term are freely joyously amending the California Constitution to allow 288 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 3: dishonest districting lines drawn by Democrats for the purposes of 289 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 3: letting more Democrats get elected, just to stop Donald Trump 290 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 3: by denying him the House of Representatives. 291 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: All right, when we come back, there's two other. 292 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: Things out there that Democrats are in denial about that 293 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 3: could cost this effort. 294 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: To go down in flames, and I'll share it with you. 295 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: Coming up next. 296 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt on the John Cobalt 297 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 3: Show on KFI AM six forty. 298 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 299 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 5: six forty. 300 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt Today, Tim Conway's show 301 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 3: follows the news at for Nil Sevet for Tim Conway, 302 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 3: and then Tiffany Hobbs in for Mokell Wow. So it's 303 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 3: guest hosts Walt Wall on KFI Today, who's in charge 304 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 3: of that scheduling. So Governor Gavin Newsom is moving forward 305 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 3: with this redistricting Democrat map. It's a sparked intense discussion, 306 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 3: and money is rolling in. Thirteen million dollars already has 307 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,719 Speaker 3: been raised in this effort, and it has ignited the 308 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 3: Democrat base for Newsom, not just in this effort, but 309 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 3: in his national effort to become a Democrat leader and 310 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 3: potential presidential candidate. In twenty twenty three, only twenty three 311 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 3: percent of registered Democrats in California. 312 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: Wanted Newsom to be the Democrat nominee. 313 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,199 Speaker 3: Today, that has gone from from twenty three percent to 314 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 3: seventy So right, wrong or indifferent, the issue is working 315 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 3: to raise Newsom's political star and there's more and more 316 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 3: than that. 317 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,880 Speaker 6: He's getting a higher percentage of the vote than Kamala Harris. 318 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: In her home state. 319 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 6: He is beating the former vice president, who of course 320 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 6: was the Democratic nominee in twenty twenty four. As I said, 321 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 6: a rising tide of support for the California government. 322 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is Harry Enton over at CNN. He gets 323 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: very excited. 324 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 3: You know who Harry Enton is, Harry Enton, the political 325 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 3: analyst over at CNN. You just heard that is Neil 326 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 3: Sedaka's nephew. I love, love, love Michlnder girl. 327 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:41,679 Speaker 1: That's his nephew. 328 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 3: So this is certainly working for Newsom, so he is 329 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 3: finally found an issue that ignites the Democrat base behind 330 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 3: him and pushes him, at least in the polling ahead 331 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 3: of Kamala Harris, who already said that she's not running 332 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 3: for governor, so the only thing left to do is 333 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 3: run for president. 334 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 1: So that's gonna be an interesting fight. But I still 335 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: believe this is. 336 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 3: A dog I think this is a dog of an 337 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 3: issue for the reasons I stated before the break. I 338 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 3: think this is boring inside baseball stuff redistricting. Now they 339 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 3: can rely on dishonest and misleading ballad statements where no 340 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 3: means yes and yes means no, and they probably will 341 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 3: have to, but it's still gonna be a hard one 342 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 3: to explain what all is going on. I mean, even 343 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 3: if it's no means yes and yes means no, people 344 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 3: will get confused enough fill it out at all. This 345 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 3: is gonna be a very challenging one for I think 346 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 3: Democrats to get over the finish line because of the 347 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 3: minutia of it all. That's one thing. Then there are 348 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:52,680 Speaker 3: other political realities. I think that Democrats in California are 349 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 3: in denial about Democrats in California have such trumped arrangement syndrome. 350 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 3: They hate him so much more so than probably any 351 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: other state that it causes them to not see clearly. 352 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 7: Right. 353 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: What's that line from Godfather? I clouds your judgment. 354 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 3: When you have anger for your enemies, And I think 355 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 3: that's what's happening here, number one. 356 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: And this is just straight political science. 357 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 3: Trump did better in California in twenty twenty four than 358 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 3: he did in twenty twenty. He outperformed, and he didn't 359 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 3: just outperform among Republicans. He did do that, he got 360 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: more Republicans to turn out, which is interesting in and 361 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 3: of itself that he was able to do that. But 362 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 3: he outperformed among areas that have been traditionally and are 363 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 3: in other races and congressional races and district races, locally 364 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 3: assembly races, governor city council. He outperformed in areas in 365 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 3: which traditionally Democrats have always done well, and that is 366 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 3: young people and minorities. In other words, more young people 367 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 3: voted for Donald Trump in twenty twenty four than they 368 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 3: did in twenty twenty. More Hispanics voted for Donald Trump 369 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty four than they did in twenty twenty 370 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 3: and that goes for black men as well, and the 371 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 3: number among young people is really significant. This guy, Charlie 372 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 3: Kirk with Turning Point USA, who goes to these college 373 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 3: campuses and has debates. Back in the day, sometimes he 374 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 3: was unable to have the event because the young people 375 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 3: on college campuses hated conservative thought, hated Republicans, hated anybody 376 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 3: that had anything to say that wasn't exactly what Obama wanted. 377 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 3: That they had to have security guards, and they eventually 378 00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 3: canceled the event. 379 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: Now that tied his turned significantly. 380 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 3: Kirk has done events where I broadcast in San Diego 381 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 3: at STSU at you see Irvine in Orange County, throughout 382 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 3: the state. 383 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: He's going up and down the state. 384 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 3: And you know what you see at some of these 385 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 3: Turning Point USA events where Charlie Kirk, who's certainly associated 386 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 3: with President Trump. You see college students, mostly men, but 387 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 3: some cute girls too, with red Make America Greatagan hats 388 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 3: on cheering Charlie Kirk as he's debating the weirdo with 389 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 3: the purple hair and the tied it T shirt on 390 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 3: some transgender issue or some such you. 391 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: Know, really radical progressive discussion. 392 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 3: And the weird ho the weirdo girl with the purple hair, 393 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 3: she's the one being laughed at and mocked. So the 394 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 3: culture has changed, and that's not small. So if you 395 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 3: have young college aged men flipping their registration or registering 396 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 3: for the first time as a Republican, a Trump Republican, 397 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 3: and that will have an effect on young college age girls. 398 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 3: College age girls that actually want to date and marry 399 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 3: someone who has the capacity to earn, they tend to 400 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 3: flock to the Republican college guy because Republican college guys 401 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 3: tend to earn when they graduate. 402 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: Girls know that they jump on that bandwagon. 403 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 3: So you add that to the amount of Latino voters 404 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 3: that are pro Trump. Trump flipped Imperial County, California, that's 405 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 3: like eighty five percent Latino and has been voting Democrats 406 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 3: since forever, and then the last election cycle he flipped 407 00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 3: it along with six other counties in California, so he 408 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 3: has mo politically. Why would you think that it has 409 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 3: hit its ceiling? Democrats? I think conclude that it hit 410 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 3: its ceiling in twenty twenty four. 411 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: Why it did? 412 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 3: I mean he did better in twenty twenty four than 413 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 3: twenty twenty and better still than he did in twenty sixteen. 414 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 3: Why would you reach the conclusion that his popularity has ended. 415 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 3: Why wouldn't it continue that? Plus time, time kills all deals. 416 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 3: Anybody that's in sales, you know that, got to get 417 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 3: the signature on that sales contract right away because time 418 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 3: kills all deals. We are four hundred and thirty eight 419 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 3: days until the November midterm election. That's a goodly amount 420 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 3: of time for things to go wrong for Democrats and 421 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 3: things to go right for Republicans and Trump, and Trump 422 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 3: has been having some. 423 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: Pretty good days. 424 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose info John Cobelt on The John Cobelt Show 425 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 3: on KFI Am six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio. 426 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 5: App you're listening to You're on coblt on demand from KFI. 427 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt on the John coblt Show. 428 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 3: As we head into the weekend, speaking of young people, Uh, 429 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 3: there is this viral video going around she broke up 430 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 3: with her boyfriend because her boyfriend voted for Trump, and 431 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 3: she is asking everybody to check your boyfriend's voter registration 432 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,479 Speaker 3: and if he voted for Trump, you should break up 433 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 3: with him, break up. 434 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 7: With your Republican boyfriends. By continuing to date these Republican men, 435 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 7: you are invertently supporting this movement with one your body 436 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 7: and your affection, and two not allowing these men to 437 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 7: understand the consequences of their action. They voted against you, 438 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 7: They voted against your body, they voted against your right. 439 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 3: I knew so many split households growing up, like where 440 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 3: the husband was Republican or the wife the wife was Democrat, 441 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 3: or vice versa, and that that certainly goes out in families, 442 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 3: right you have Democrat members of the family and Republican 443 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 3: members of the family. 444 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: And it's like it used to be good. 445 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 3: And then it really got bad, Like it used to 446 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 3: be just funny, and now it's like people will not 447 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 3: come to your house for Thanksgiving dinner. 448 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: So I don't know will that ever happen again? 449 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 3: Will will a Democrat ever marry a Republican again? I mean, 450 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 3: have we reached that point that we are polarized in 451 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 3: affairs of the heart? Or can a Democrat woman bring 452 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 3: herself to actually love someone that voted for Trump? She 453 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 3: says no, And I love the reasons why the rationale 454 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 3: is really good. 455 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: Let's hit that again. 456 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 7: Break up with your Republican boyfriends. By continuing to date 457 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 7: these Republican and you are invertently supporting this movement with 458 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 7: one your body and your affection, and two not allowing 459 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 7: these men to understand the consequences of their actions. 460 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. 461 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 3: So there are consequences to voting for Donald Trump, and 462 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 3: I guess those consequences. 463 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:22,160 Speaker 1: Have been bad for the liberal white women. What are 464 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,160 Speaker 1: those consequences again? 465 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 7: They voted against you, They voted against your body, they 466 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 7: voted against your rights. 467 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 3: I hear this all the time at all these anti 468 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 3: Trump marches and anti Trump rallies. I hear about all 469 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 3: these rights that liberal white women don't have anymore. You 470 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 3: don't hear it so much in Hispanic Democrats, never among 471 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:51,639 Speaker 3: black democrats, Asian Democrats really don't rally. But liberal white women, 472 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:54,199 Speaker 3: they're always talking about all the rights that have been 473 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 3: taken away by President Trump. 474 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: And I have to ask. 475 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 3: What right did you have on January nineteenth that was 476 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 3: taken from you on January twentieth, And you're talking about 477 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 3: rights plural, Name me one, namely one right that you had. 478 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 3: Name me, a right that was taken from you in 479 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 3: the first Trump administration that was bestowed back upon you 480 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty by President Biden and then. 481 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: Was snatched again. 482 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 3: It's just silliness, but like they keep going with it, and. 483 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: Then I've seen interviews like man on the Street interviews. 484 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: What right's he talking about? Oh, there's so many, there's 485 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: always so many, too many. 486 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 3: To list name three, name one, and they never can. 487 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: Then they never can. So they're just in delusion land. 488 00:28:55,680 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 3: And maybe somebody ought to be telling these Republican boyfriend you, 489 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 3: you need to ditch this chick. 490 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: She's not working for you. 491 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 3: There has to be others out there because this one 492 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 3: believes she has no rights and it's your fault. So 493 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 3: that's that's trouble. Hey, McDonald's decided to lower prices. 494 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: How about that. 495 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 8: McDonald's is lowering the cost of some combo meals. The 496 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 8: Wall Street Journal says it's a response to sticker shock 497 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 8: from customers after some locations were charging as much as 498 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 8: eighteen dollars for a big mac meal. 499 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 6: Yeah. 500 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 1: I didn't see eighteen dollars. 501 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 3: I did see thirteen dollars for the big macmeal, and 502 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 3: that is what sparked. I think Chili's went to war 503 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 3: against McDonald's because at Chili's you can get a cheeseburger 504 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 3: and fries and a soda and sit down and have 505 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 3: a waitress bring it to you with like a knife 506 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 3: and a fork for thirteen dollars. So they were teasing 507 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 3: and chiding the McDonald's folks. But the prices at McDonald's 508 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 3: has really kind of skyrocketed now in California. You can 509 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 3: make the case that well, you know, you pe in California, 510 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 3: you make it impossible to run a small franchise because 511 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 3: of the minimum wage. 512 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: That's fair, but the prices have. 513 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 3: Gone up everywhere for McDonald's, and you know, there's no 514 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 3: way around it. 515 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: They really get you with those fries. I was at 516 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: I was shopping. 517 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 3: I was at a drive through with my sons, and 518 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 3: we were just like, all right, let's just get a quick, 519 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 3: a quick one coming back from a game. And a 520 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 3: large fry cost more than a big Mac. Well, the 521 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 3: big Mac was on special, so I get that. But 522 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 3: like a large fry is four hours and ten cents, 523 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 3: like four hours for fries. You boys are splitting it, 524 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 3: and they've really let pricing get out of hand. Coffees 525 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 3: off the charts, Soda is ridiculously expensive. 526 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: There was a couple of summers ago where. 527 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 3: The McDonald's folks were having this special where like any 528 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 3: size was a dollar, small was a dollar. 529 00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: And large was a dollar. 530 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 3: I never understood the psychology there. There must be some 531 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 3: kind of sales psychology, because why. 532 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: Wouldn't everybody just get the large? 533 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 3: But nevertheless, they were still able to make money because like, 534 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 3: soda is really inexpensive for these franchises. And that's why 535 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 3: that when they realized that they make so much money 536 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 3: on soda, that they put the machines just right there 537 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 3: out in the lobby. You can go refill the soda 538 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 3: as much as you want as a customer convenience, because 539 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 3: they make all soda is is water a great big 540 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 3: co two canister that is replaced like once a month, 541 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 3: and Coca Cola syrup like the cups and the lids 542 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 3: and the straw are more expensive than the soda. So 543 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 3: they really had a good thing going. And though they 544 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 3: realized it, and now sodas are like four hours for 545 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 3: a large coke, and that you add that to four 546 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 3: hours for the large fry, and no matter how much 547 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 3: you discount the big mac, you're still. 548 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: North of eleven dollars for the meal. So McDonald's changing 549 00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 1: its ways. We'll see how that works out for them. 550 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 3: Loup Penro Info John Coblt on KFI AM six forty 551 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 3: and live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 552 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 2: Hey, you've been listening to the John Coblt Show podcast. 553 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 2: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 554 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 2: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 555 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 2: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app