1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:02,279 Speaker 1: Can't. I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 2: We're on from one until four, live after four o'clock 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: on the iHeart app John Cobelt on demand podcast, so 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: you could listen to what you missed. And we're live 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 2: on Instagram right now too. I'll tell you why in 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: about fifteen seconds. Obviously, we've got a lot of election coverage, 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: even though the flow of votes has trickled to almost nothing. 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: What a stupid system in La County and in California 10 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: only about half. 11 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: The votes are in. I don't know what this system 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: is about. 13 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 2: How could you have only fifty percent of the vote 14 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: in eighteen hours after the polls close. It's nuts. And 15 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 2: just briefly, because we're gonna have a lot of time 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: to get into this. Nathan Hockman is going to be 17 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: on the show with us in an hour. He's in 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 2: the number two position right now, behind George Gascon gascone. 19 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: Is that only twenty one percent end of the vote? 20 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 2: Hawkman at seventeen, John had, Tommy at thirteen, nobody else 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: in double digits. We'll talk to Hawkman coming up at 22 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 2: two o'clock and Now in just seconds, we're going to 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 2: talk to Steve Garvey. Because Steve Garvey and Adam Schiff 24 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: are extremely close. They're both going to be in the 25 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: runoff in November for US Senate. Schiff is up by 26 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 2: eight tenths of a percentage point thirty three point two 27 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 2: thirty two point four and over three point six million 28 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: votes have been totaled up so far, about fifty five 29 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: percent of the vote, and Garvey's only twenty seven thousand 30 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: votes behind Shiff. You know got smoked? Who just got skunked? 31 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 2: Katie Porter, She's nearly twenty points behind Garvey, which Garvey 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 2: did really better than expected. And let's get on Steve Garvey. 33 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 3: How are you, John? 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: I'm good. How are you doing. 35 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 3: Well? 36 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 4: I'll tell you exhausted number one because and by the way, 37 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 4: thanks for allowing me to share my voice to all 38 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 4: the listeners along with Tim Conway Junior. But it's only 39 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 4: been five months. I'm so proud of our team. I'm 40 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 4: proud of the people for standing up, for listening to 41 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 4: what I've had to say and then saying, you know, Steve, 42 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 4: we agree with you, we believe in you, we know 43 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 4: it's about our constant living it's about crime in the streets, 44 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 4: it's about the border. You've been talking to us about 45 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 4: issues that we deal with every day. And in the registration, John, 46 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 4: every county has set a record in people registering over 47 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 4: the last three or four months. And that's what really 48 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 4: excites me is people are starting to get engaged again. 49 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 4: And you know, you and I talked that there's been 50 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 4: a malaise in California. It's a one party system. People 51 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 4: have been beaten down. They haven't seen anybody that they 52 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 4: could engage in and believe that. So last night the 53 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 4: people had spoken. But like you say, you know, fifty percent, 54 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 4: I'm battling it out with because I want to win 55 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 4: the primary. But we have a pretty good lead in 56 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 4: the secondary seed voting right now, so we're ready to go. 57 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 4: I called it the first game of a doubleheader. We're 58 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 4: ready to go the next nine innings and we're going 59 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 4: to win because more and more people are going to 60 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 4: stand up and make a statement. 61 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: How's your campaign going to change? 62 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 2: Now that you are likely to have Schiff as a 63 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 2: one on one opponent and you don't have to deal 64 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: with Katie Porter and Barbara Lee because you do these 65 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 2: debates and it was three against one and they're all 66 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 2: shouting at you at the same time. Now it's going 67 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: to be a much more personal square off against schiff. 68 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: So what are you going to do differently and what 69 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: issues are you going to emphasize more or less? 70 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 3: Well, John, We're not going to do much differently. 71 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 4: Look where we've come in five months as compared to 72 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 4: twenty five years for my competitor, current politicians policies have 73 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 4: failed to people. The quality of life is what it 74 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 4: was three or four years ago. We're going to continue 75 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 4: to message to the people about their daily lives. And 76 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 4: just like I said before, it is crime in the streets, 77 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 4: it is the economy inflation. Uh, it is the border. 78 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 3: You know. 79 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 4: I've gone to these places and I'm going to go 80 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 4: back to these places and continue to talk to the people, 81 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 4: tell us border patrol that they put their lives in 82 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 4: the law, just like to police and sheriffs do every day. 83 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 4: And we've had a pretty good business planning game plan, 84 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 4: and that is continue to reach the people, don't change 85 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 4: the message. 86 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 3: Uh, and we're going to continue to grow our growth. 87 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 4: My competitor, you know, is what he is and uh 88 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 4: and you know what I'm talking to families. I'm talking 89 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 4: to moms about their struggles now, you know, about simple 90 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 4: things like getting our kids to to their games, traveling ball, 91 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 4: having to be concerned about the cost of gas, and 92 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 4: can we stay at a hotel and spend the whole 93 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 4: weekend like we used to do with a family, you know, 94 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 4: those memories that are created. So we are going to 95 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 4: sit down in the next five or six dayes and 96 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 4: put a game plan together that's going to have the 97 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 4: same honest, straightforward message. And people know me and they've spoken. 98 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 4: I mean, we've shocked not only California, but the country. 99 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 4: I mean, everybody's watching it from Washington all the way 100 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 4: to the ocean. And we'll have to power up a 101 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 4: little bit because now it's this stretch run and as 102 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 4: time goes on, hopefully I'll be able to share with 103 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 4: you the things that we are adding to this campaign 104 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 4: because we're listening on a daily basis or what the 105 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 4: people say. 106 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 2: When when I saw you do the first debate, and 107 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 2: actually I heard much more of that debate than I saw, 108 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 2: and maybe it was listening on the radio. You get 109 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: a different perspective. And I told you this, you came 110 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 2: across as so normal and even keeled and talking about 111 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 2: issues that normal people care about. And I heard I 112 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: heard a Schiff and Katie Porter and Barbara Lee really 113 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: all screaming hysterically at you and over over your voting, 114 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: and and it was it was remarkable. And I went 115 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: on Channel five a couple of days later, an anchor 116 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 2: question b and what did I think of the debate? 117 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 2: And I said, Garvey came across as really normal because 118 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: they were trying there were others on the panel trying 119 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 2: to paint you as out of your depth, not prepared. 120 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 2: And I said, no, he came across. He came across 121 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 2: as normal. I said, I think he's going to hit 122 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 2: big with people. And I remember the anchor's eyes kind 123 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 2: of bugged out. He didn't understand it, because they don't. 124 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 2: They don't know how to look at life through the 125 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 2: eyes of regular people the way you described. You know, 126 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 2: a family trying to go to a baseball game and 127 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 2: want to stay at a hotel and they can't afford it. 128 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: They don't look at it that way. 129 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 2: They look at it through their political insider prism, and 130 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 2: they get a completely distorted vision of what that debate 131 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 2: was about. 132 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 4: Yees, Johnny, you know people have had blinders on, and 133 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 4: especially my opponents in that party. It's blinders. My opponent's 134 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 4: only running for half the people. At most they vote 135 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 4: ninety eight ninety seven present down party lines. And by 136 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 4: the way, he's running for power, and it's a deceitful 137 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 4: quest for power by looking down at the people and 138 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 4: lying to you know, I said, you know that debate, 139 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 4: they started pushing me and pushing me, and you know 140 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 4: they've mistaken kindness for weakness. And I finally looked at them. 141 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 3: It's sirt. 142 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 4: You even censored in Congress, one of only three people 143 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 4: in history. And I said, by the way, you lied 144 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 4: to three hundred million people, and you can't take that back. 145 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 3: And everybody went ooh, But you. 146 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 4: Know this guy that most people know that out and 147 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 4: played hard on the field with passion and you know 148 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 4: one lodged and got up again and played with injuries 149 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 4: and so forth. I won't be pushed around, and like 150 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 4: I said in my speech last night, I will have 151 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 4: political courage to chair to challenge those that I feel 152 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 4: don't have the best interests of the people. And it's 153 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 4: resonating and I said, I'm your neighbor. I've lived in 154 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 4: seven or eight different places in California, but the currency 155 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: of the playing in front of millions of people for 156 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 4: twenty years plus and then going back into the community 157 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 4: since then. And I told you, I love the state. 158 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 4: I love the people. I mean, that's why it's seventy five. 159 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 3: I'm running. 160 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 4: People said, you don't have to do this. Why you 161 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 4: do this, I said, because you know, somebody has to 162 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 4: stand up. Somebody has to stand up for the people. 163 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 4: And their voice will take me back to Washington, be 164 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 4: there as a senator next year at this time, and 165 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 4: I will all already have spoken to the other ninety 166 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 4: nine centers. And my apparents look at me. It's as 167 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 4: if you'll not do that, but I will. And I'll 168 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 4: look on the eye and say, Steve Garvey, I want 169 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 4: to work with you for the best instance of this country. 170 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 4: And I think it's refreshing the people. They say, thank 171 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 4: you for running. God bless we haven't heard that, and 172 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 4: we don't know why we haven't stood up. We're better 173 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 4: than this. And I said, well, if you vote, if 174 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 4: you use the single greatest currency that we have in 175 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 4: this country, I said, I'll be your voice. You'll talk 176 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 4: to me for the next eight months and tell me 177 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 4: what you are and I'll go to Washington and make 178 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 4: sure that happens. 179 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 2: You know, I thought was one of your more effective 180 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 2: moments in the debate is when they were the monerarrator 181 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:41,320 Speaker 2: is trying to pin you on policy and that you 182 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: didn't have detailed policy shift for example, and you said, well, 183 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,839 Speaker 2: their policies failed. And I think that's a great thing 184 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 2: to keep emphasizing because if anybody looks at the window 185 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 2: about life in California, especially Los Angeles, that is a 186 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 2: fail of all these progressive policies from Washington down to 187 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 2: the local city council. Nobody's happy with day to day 188 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 2: life the way it looks, the way it feels because 189 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 2: they failed. They had their run and they failed at it. 190 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:16,439 Speaker 3: Well. 191 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 4: And they're always talking about priorities. You know, they owe people. 192 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 4: I don't owe anybody anything. I'm not a politician. I'm 193 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 4: somebody that's had success in life and understands understands people 194 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 4: and their needs. People involved in charities raising money for cures, 195 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 4: but they have priorities and it's not the people. And 196 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 4: that's why you know, I turned the TV on you 197 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 4: and I talked almost a year ago, and it was 198 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 4: a snarkiness between politicians. 199 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 3: It was a. 200 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 4: Dysfunctional Washington and I'm thinking to myself, and this is 201 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 4: who we hired. There's got to be somebody that we 202 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,839 Speaker 4: can get behind, and there wasn't. And finally, I know. 203 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:58,599 Speaker 3: I pat my wife. 204 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 4: On the shoulder that day. She turned around and I said, honey, 205 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 4: let's run for the Senate. Yeah, our wives have that 206 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 4: true vision. And she turned over and then she turned 207 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 4: her out, looked back and said, aren't you a little young? 208 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 4: So the humor really got us to start thinking. And 209 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 4: it took a while to find a pathway. And it's 210 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 4: very narrow because of the odds, you know, and then 211 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 4: the outnumbering of demoshafts too. 212 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 3: Can you can you look? 213 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: Can you stand in the segment? 214 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, I just quickly say that we are doing so 215 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 4: well with independence and undecided, and I think that's going 216 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 4: to be the key to our success. 217 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 2: That's what I want to talk to you about, about 218 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 2: making inroads with independence, undecided and and and some Democrats. 219 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: So hang on the line. 220 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 2: Steve Garvey, uh, he is neck and neck with Adam 221 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 2: Schiff to win the California primary for Senate. They both 222 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: get in no matter how it exactly turns out. 223 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from kf I 224 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,079 Speaker 5: A M. Six forty. 225 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 2: We're live on Instagram because we're talking to Steve Garvey. 226 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 2: Steve Garvey right now is neck and neck in the 227 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 2: California primary for US Senate. Whether Schiff wins by a 228 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 2: hair Adam Scheff or Steve Garvey wins by a hair, 229 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 2: both they're going into the runoff in November. Right now, 230 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 2: Schiff is at thirty three percent, Garvey thirty two percent, 231 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: and only twenty seven thousand votes separate them out of 232 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 2: over three point six million cast. And there's still forty 233 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 2: forty two percent I'm sorry, fifty two percent of the 234 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 2: state vote still to come in. So more than half 235 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: the vote is outstanding. So anyway, let's continue talking with Steve. Steve, 236 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 2: at the end of the last semi segment, you talk 237 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 2: about wanting to when you restart your campaign, get because 238 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,959 Speaker 2: obviously you got a Republican votes, a lot of Republican 239 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 2: votes during this primary, more independent votes, more votes from Democrats. 240 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, you look at the numbers, and 241 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 2: you know all the commentators harp on this. Democrats are 242 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 2: forty six percent of the state. The Republicans are twenty 243 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 2: four percent, there's about thirty percent independence or other parties. 244 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 2: So you're going to have to have a message that 245 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 2: doesn't just hit a purely Republican voter, but everybody else, 246 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 2: even you know, get some Democrats too. 247 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: What what what is it? 248 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 2: What is it that you're going to say and do 249 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 2: to reach out to them that you think they'd find appealing. 250 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 3: Yes, well, just exactly what we're talking about. 251 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:33,599 Speaker 4: Somebody that's not talking about about prejudice, someone who's not 252 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 4: talking about looking down at the people and telling them 253 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 4: what's good for them. You know, I have talked about 254 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 4: it's a suppression of the people's voices. It's about time 255 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 4: the people had a chance to stand up and tell 256 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 4: Washington what they want instead of the other way around. 257 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 3: So we're going to. 258 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 4: Keep talking to the people, looking them in the eye 259 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 4: instead of looking down to them and talking about their 260 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 4: quality of life and how when I get back to Washington, 261 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 4: I'll start to focus on the things that affect them 262 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 4: on a daily basis. Let's get back to a pre 263 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 4: market capitalism, Let's get back to lower taxes. Let's get 264 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 4: capital flowing again into the hands of the people. Let's 265 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 4: make it easier to start a small business. You know, 266 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 4: small business is the foundation of this country. But a 267 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 4: lot of people who had small businesses and just couldn't 268 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 4: run them anymore. They're the people that left California. They're 269 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 4: part of that one point two million that left California. 270 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 4: And not only did they take closed businesses with them, 271 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 4: they took taxes with them. So a lot of good, strong, 272 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 4: middle class, hardwooden Californias that paid good taxes they left. 273 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 4: And that's why, all of a sudden, this surplus we 274 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 4: had is a deficit now. And we literally have a 275 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 4: two layered status in California. 276 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 3: We have the wealthy and we have the welfare. 277 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 4: And a shrinking middle class who just saying, tell me 278 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 4: how I can get out of this. Tell you if 279 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 4: your leadership will be able to make a difference, And 280 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 4: then I keep telling you I guarantee it will because 281 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 4: I'm not going to vote down Party Live. I'm going 282 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 4: to look at what's good for the people and build coalition. 283 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 4: You know, we talked about this. I'm a team builder. 284 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 4: Are you unite people? And people are responding to that. 285 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 4: And if your first met in a simple way, not 286 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 4: only with the voice voting for me, but that they're 287 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 4: registering to vote so they can make a statement. 288 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 2: You know what, one of the issues that you've highlighted 289 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 2: to me aren't political issues. If inflation goes up thirty 290 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 2: percent in the grocery stores, which it has, you know, 291 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 2: the price of eggs, that's I don't see how that's 292 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 2: a democratic Republican issue. That's the price of eggs shooting 293 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 2: way too high. If you're walking the street and you're 294 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 2: terrified that you're going to be robbed and you're going 295 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 2: to have your watch ripped off your wrist, that's not 296 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 2: You're not being targeted by the thief because your politics. 297 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: It's because he's a thief and he wants your stuff. 298 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: And I don't understand how this becomes a political debate. 299 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: Nobody wants to be robbed, and nobody wants to pay 300 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 2: double the price for riggs. 301 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 4: You know, we're going to store and buying things that 302 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 4: on the price egg people can come in and steal 303 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 4: nine hundred and fifty dollars and that's okay. You know 304 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 4: they can't halp away and they can't. Yeah, let justice 305 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 4: state takes That's crazy. What has America come to so 306 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 4: when I'm talking, I said before and I never took 307 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 4: the field for Republicans, Democrats, indepense, I took the field 308 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 4: for all the fans, and now running for all the people. 309 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 4: And yeah it's the Conservatives, but the independence and the 310 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 4: undecided and the moderates, where there's a probably Democrats, but 311 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 4: mostly Democrats who've been neglected too. They said, wait a minute, 312 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 4: I've already so far left. They don't care about me anymore. 313 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 4: They're talking over my head. Those are the people that 314 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 4: are coming up to me and saying, I never voted Republican, 315 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 4: but I'm going to vote for you because you're talking 316 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 4: to my quality of life. And along with a few 317 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 4: giant fans who came up and say guard you know, 318 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 4: we hate the dogs, We're going to vote for you. Now, 319 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 4: there's a freason for optimism. And that's why we think 320 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 4: these next eight months, and we talked about the second 321 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 4: game of doubleheader, are going to see a continuous growth 322 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:24,960 Speaker 4: in people relating to me. 323 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: Well, I think you ran a remarkable campaign. I mean 324 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 2: you you came really from almost zero, and you had 325 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,120 Speaker 2: all the political experts practically laughing at you, and now 326 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 2: you got a third of the vote. And your neck 327 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 2: and neck with Adam Schiff and you're definitely going to 328 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:46,120 Speaker 2: the runoff. So congratulations. Whatever you did, whyever you did it, 329 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:50,200 Speaker 2: it really worked and most didn't expect it. So maybe 330 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 2: maybe you know something that they don't. So listen. You're 331 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 2: welcome to come here anytime you want and talk further 332 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 2: about this. 333 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 4: Well, John, thank you so much. Hearing your voice reaches 334 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 4: obviously quite a few people, and I want to thank you, 335 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 4: and I do look forward to next time. 336 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, good talk with you soon. Steve Garvey, 337 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: former LA Dodger san Diego Padre and now he's about 338 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 2: to be in the runoff to be a US Senator 339 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 2: against Adam Schiff. More coming up, we got Nathan Ackman, 340 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 2: who's at number two in the race for district attorney 341 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 2: right now, a little bit behind gascone. Top two go 342 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 2: on to November as well. He's a little bit ahead 343 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 2: of Jonathan Adami. We'll talk about all that after two 344 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 2: o'clock with him. 345 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelts on demand from KFI AM 346 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 5: six forty. 347 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 2: We're on from one until four and then after four 348 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,919 Speaker 2: o'clock John cobelt Show on Demand. Say It along with me, 349 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 2: and you can listen to what you missed, and if 350 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 2: you're tuning in this moment, you just missed a half 351 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: hour with Steve Garvey. Steve was on with us since 352 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 2: one o'clock because see, he and Adam Schiff are going 353 00:18:55,480 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 2: to the runoff in November for US Senate and they're 354 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 2: only less than a point apart. But that doesn't really 355 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 2: matter because top two go in neither have fifty percent. 356 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 2: They're at thirty three and thirty two percent shift and 357 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 2: Garvey and nobody else is close. A Katie Porter, missus 358 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 2: potato Head, only got thirteen percent, and Barbara Lee, that 359 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: nut from Oakland who wanted to make the minimum wage 360 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: fifty dollars an hour to fly to shake fries and 361 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 2: flip burgers, she only got nine percent, so that one 362 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 2: is pretty set. Again, the number of votes that have 363 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 2: been counted are ridiculous. I mean it's it's it's less 364 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 2: than fifty percent of the Senate race. That's an unacceptable, 365 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 2: stupid system. And the longer they have the votes and 366 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 2: they're not counting them, the more suspicious I get. The 367 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: more time they have, and it's almost as bad here 368 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 2: in La County only fifty five percent of the vote 369 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 2: is counted, and really don't trust La County Dean Logan, 370 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 2: who's the registrar. 371 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 1: Jeez, he should go look him up on Google. 372 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 2: Anyway, Gascone is winning for DA with twenty one percent, 373 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 2: and people are shocked. And this was entirely expected because 374 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 2: the opponents of Gascone, well, there are eleven people running 375 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 2: against him, and there was only one who would continue 376 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 2: Gascon's policy, and that was Jeff Schamerinsky. He only got 377 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: seven percent, so he was back in the pack. The 378 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 2: nightmare would have been if Gascone and Schamerinsky finished one 379 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 2: to two. Yeah, and we are going to talk with 380 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 2: Nathan Hockman because he is the number two guy, and 381 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 2: we will talk to him in just moments. John hit 382 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 2: Tommy is third. It's Gascone with twenty one. Hawkman was 383 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 2: seventeen point seven, Tommy with thirteen point four, so he's 384 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 2: still in the race, but he's got four points to 385 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 2: make up with almost half the vote to go. We're 386 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 2: not going to talk to Carl Demyo. Carl Demyo running 387 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 2: for State Assembly and he has run Reform California for 388 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 2: a number of years. He's been one of the few activists, 389 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 2: for normal people, for the good guys, and let's talk 390 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 2: to him now and see how things are going in 391 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 2: his race, Carl, how are you? 392 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 6: I am doing well and we're very grateful. Voters rejected 393 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 6: the last minute dishonest attacks from the Sacramento Swamp from 394 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 6: both sides of the political spectrum, both Republican Act organizations, donors, 395 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 6: lobbyists who frankly, the establishment on the Republican side has 396 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 6: failed us, and they know that I'm a change agent. 397 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 6: And of course the Democrats who benefit from the crupt 398 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 6: system in Sacramento, John, they spent one point four million 399 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 6: dollars in just four weeks against me, and we got 400 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 6: our volunteers out there, our supporters from across the state, 401 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 6: and as a result of their support, we were able 402 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 6: to push back the Sacramento Swamp attack and we won 403 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 6: the first place spot in the Assembly seat. And it 404 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 6: doesn't matter who I face in November. It'll either be 405 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 6: a Rhino Republican or a Democrat. Let me no difference between. 406 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 2: Let me go through the numbers so people know, and 407 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 2: this is district is seventy five and what towns does 408 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 2: District seventy five cover? 409 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 6: So people know, it's the east and northern portions of 410 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,919 Speaker 6: San Diego County, So it goes all the way up 411 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 6: to Borrego and includes Julian, Ramona, Lakeside, Powway, Fallbrook, goes 412 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 6: all the way down to the US Mexico border. So 413 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 6: I will be the border representative and I plan to 414 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 6: take that responsibility very seriously in terms of being a 415 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 6: watchdog as what's really going on at our southern border. 416 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 2: Well, right now, you're at almost forty four percent of 417 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 2: the vote. Another Republican, Andrew Hayes, is at sixteen, so 418 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:05,640 Speaker 2: obviously you've got a big win there. And oh, Kevin 419 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 2: Jews is actually second place at nineteen percent. So it's 420 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,439 Speaker 2: you at forty three jus a Democrat at nineteen Andrew 421 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,159 Speaker 2: Hayes at sixteen. So things continue this way, it's going 422 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 2: to be you against Kevin Juse. 423 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 6: Yeah, but remember it's really Neat against the Sacramento Swamp. 424 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 6: The Sacramento Swamp gave money and the one point four 425 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,959 Speaker 6: million was spent to try to boost this Rhino Republican 426 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 6: into the runoff because they want to tie me down. 427 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 6: They don't want me traveling the state as I've done 428 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 6: every single campaign cycle with Reform California to try to 429 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 6: flip seats to break their supermajority. And they also know 430 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 6: that I'm going to be taking a lead role in 431 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 6: passing the California Taxpayer Protection Initiative that we got qualified 432 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 6: on the November ballot to protect Prop thirteen and they 433 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,919 Speaker 6: are terrified of that. So that what they're trying to 434 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 6: do is and that's what the one point four million 435 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 6: dollar campaign that they ran against me unsuccessfully was all 436 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 6: designed to try to muddy the waters and potentially knock 437 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 6: me out of even getting into the runoff. It didn't work, 438 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 6: but we we have to recognize that they're going to 439 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,239 Speaker 6: come for us in the general election no matter who 440 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 6: our opponent is. 441 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 1: What is it that they're trying to protect? What it is? 442 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: Why is it that they fear you? 443 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 2: Because you've been on our show dozens of times and 444 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 2: it's always on an issue or some kind of referendum 445 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 2: that that most people would agree on. 446 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: That most people the gas gas. 447 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 2: TESK tax repeal, for example, Yes, and we and we 448 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 2: were right on the gas tax repeal. Because they ever 449 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 2: since that that that gas text went in, they've squandered 450 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 2: all the money. 451 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 6: And they lied to voters on the ballot when we 452 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 6: put our initiative on the ballot to repeal it, they 453 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 6: changed our title at the last second to basically commit 454 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 6: an election fraud. They wanted to deprive voters of an 455 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 6: honest ballot, and they deceived voters. And that's exactly why 456 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 6: they don't want me in the legislature. They know I'm 457 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 6: going to shine a light on their corrupt system, their 458 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,239 Speaker 6: corrupt practices. They're self dealing. These are powerful interests that 459 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 6: are getting benefit at our expense. 460 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: John. 461 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 6: They are raising our taxes, they're cutting our services, they're 462 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 6: giving themselves special exemptions. The Panera bread you know scandal 463 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,360 Speaker 6: that we see in the past week alone. It's pay 464 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 6: to play politics for the very influential and rich powerful groups. 465 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 6: The rest of us get the shaft. The rest of 466 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 6: us get you know, enforcement actions against us. We lose 467 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 6: our freedoms, they regulate our businesses. It's a never ending 468 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 6: cycle of of you know, government intrusion. And they know 469 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 6: that I'm going to be shining a light on that, 470 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 6: and it terrifies them because they like their system because 471 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 6: it basically has been unchallenged for about twenty years because 472 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 6: no politicians are there seemed to really want to rock 473 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 6: the boat. I'm willing to rock the boat. I'm supported 474 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 6: by the independent grassroots activists that reform California. I don't 475 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 6: need the powerful lobbyist money. I need the support of 476 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,400 Speaker 6: grassroots activists who propelled the victory that we saw last night. 477 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 2: I seem to sense that there is shifting going on 478 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 2: among people in their political views. I don't know if 479 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 2: you saw the San Francisco Chronicle today, but they had 480 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 2: a headline. I'm going to call it up right now 481 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 2: so I get it exactly right. San Francisco Chronicle, top 482 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 2: of the page it said progressivism is out for now. 483 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 2: Voters make it clear San Francisco can no longer be 484 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 2: called a progressive citty. 485 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 1: Things are changing. 486 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 2: I mean, I think Steve Garvey's showing in the Senate 487 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 2: race was also another sign to actually tie Adam Shift 488 00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,640 Speaker 2: for the top spot. And I think your big win 489 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: here by what twenty five points is also another sign. 490 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. 491 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 6: I would agree that voters don't want these extreme policies. 492 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 6: I think they've been sending that message for a while. 493 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 6: Politicians haven't been listening. But I haven't seen the change 494 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 6: in policy from Sacramento or City Hall in San Francisco, 495 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 6: or frankly, even the San Francisco Chronicles own editorial page. 496 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 6: None of these powerful interests have changed their behavior, even 497 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 6: though they have failed so miserably. Because people are fleeing 498 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 6: the state, that should be an indication of their failure. 499 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 6: But they've not changed their bad policies. So I think 500 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 6: that what we need is a good old fashioned intervention, 501 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 6: and that's what Reform California is trying to achieve, not 502 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 6: only with my seat in San Diego, but we've endorsed 503 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 6: and recruited and supported candidates across the state of California 504 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 6: for State Assembly, state Senate. They did very well last night. 505 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 6: I'm very pumped up and excited about getting a Reform 506 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 6: California Caucus created in Sacramento. But I need people to 507 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 6: help me fight the swamp. And so if they can 508 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 6: go on the website, sign up as a volunteer, or contribute, 509 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 6: go to Reform California dot org. That's Reform California dot org. 510 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 6: I can't fight the Sacramento swamp alone. I know it's impossible, 511 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 6: but all of us together can't. 512 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 2: Carl, thanks for coming on. We'll talk again soon. Congratulations 513 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 2: much John Thank you, proud DeMaio. Having a good night 514 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 2: in the San Diego area. More coming up Nathan Hawkman 515 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: after two. We're talking to a lot of winners or 516 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 2: people who did really well in the fight against all 517 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 2: this progressive destruction in the state. 518 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 519 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 5: six forty. 520 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 2: Coming up right after two o'clock, we're going to have 521 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 2: Nathan Hochman on. He is at the moment number two 522 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 2: behind Gascone in the race for a district attorney. He 523 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 2: would be in the runoff against Gascone. He's a former 524 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 2: US Assistant Attorney General. 525 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: Uh and. 526 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 2: Right now he's at st seventeen point seven percent. Gascone 527 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 2: at twenty one point four. John Hatammy third at thirteen 528 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 2: point four, followed by Debora Archiletta at about nine, Maria 529 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 2: Ramirez about seven and a half, Jeff Schamerinski seven, John 530 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 2: McKinney six, Eric Sadal six. You know, I had given 531 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 2: two recommendations ha Tommy and McKinny, hoping they would get 532 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,200 Speaker 2: the top two spots. But I did say there were 533 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,959 Speaker 2: a number of excellent candidates. I just didn't want to 534 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 2: list six endorsements and split the vote unnecessarily. 535 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: But Hawkman is one of the best candidates as well. 536 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 2: And so if you were gonna if you did vote 537 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 2: for ha Tommy or McKinny, then you vote for Nathan 538 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 2: Hackman come November, because the object is to get rid 539 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 2: of George Gascone, and Hakman is very well financed. He 540 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 2: had the best television budget out there, and that really matters. 541 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,959 Speaker 2: He raised two and a half million dollars. He raised 542 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 2: at least three times as much as Tommy, if not more. 543 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 2: And Hawkman and Tommy were the only ones I saw 544 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 2: doing television commercials, and I just knew that without the 545 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 2: TV ads early and often, and Hawkman was early and 546 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 2: often with TV, that the rest of the candidates were 547 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 2: going to have a struggle. And we had said that 548 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 2: all the opponents of Gascone have similar messages, but it's 549 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 2: going to split the vote up too many different ways, 550 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 2: and that's going to allow Gascon to sneak in. If 551 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 2: we were down to just two or three opponents of Gascon, 552 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 2: it might have been different and Gascone would have been 553 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,959 Speaker 2: squeezed out. So what happened I read, you know, some 554 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 2: people online aren't shocked that Gascon got in there. Well, 555 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 2: he was going to go get in there with ten 556 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 2: other candidates opposing him. Most people didn't know most of 557 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 2: these candidates. Hawkmand stood out with his TV ads, some 558 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 2: name recognition because he'd run for Attorney general here in California. 559 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 2: Tommy had stood out as well, hit these high profile 560 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 2: cases involving two murdered children. Jeff Schamerinsky had a famous name, 561 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,440 Speaker 2: he had Gascon's policies, didn't see him on TV a 562 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 2: lot online, and he finished in sixth place, and that 563 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 2: would have been the nightmare if Gascone and Chamarinsky had 564 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 2: finished one and two. 565 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: That didn't happen. 566 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 2: You'd have to think though, that while Schamerinsky's seven percent 567 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 2: will go to Gascone roughly, you've got to think that 568 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 2: if a Tommy doesn't squeeze out second place, a lot 569 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 2: of his votes, I hope we're going to go to Hawkman. 570 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 2: John McKinney's votes going to Hawkman. Same thing with Deborah Archiletta, 571 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 2: Maria Ramirez, Eric Sadal. I think they should all go 572 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 2: to Hawkman because Gascon as an incumbent, to only get 573 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 2: twenty one percent, that's a terrible showing, and that's in 574 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 2: line with his approval rating. His approval rating is about 575 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 2: that twenty five percent. Now, I'm sure he's going to 576 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 2: run an aggressive, dirty campaign, but Hawkman's really tough. And 577 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,240 Speaker 2: we're gonna talk to Nathan Hawkman coming up, and I 578 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 2: think it's obvious that I'm going to give him my 579 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,480 Speaker 2: full support on the show here. Like Steve Garvey, Nathan 580 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 2: can come on as often as many times as he 581 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 2: wants because Gascon is the real cancer in Los Angeles 582 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 2: County and he's got to be removed. And if hawkman's 583 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 2: the guy, then Hawkman's the guy. And that's actually great 584 00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 2: because he's an excellent candidate. And if Tommy somehow squeaks in, 585 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 2: that would be great too. And everybody else, a lot 586 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 2: of them are qualified, a lot of it would have 587 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 2: been great, but a lot of these people just didn't 588 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 2: have name recognition, didn't have money, and name recognition is 589 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 2: the first thing you have to have when you're running 590 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 2: for something. 591 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 1: And there's a. 592 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 2: Lot of people ignorant and don't really know what Gascone 593 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 2: has done. You'd be shocked how many people don't know 594 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 2: what's going on because we don't have a media that 595 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 2: covers day to day politics and day to day, the 596 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 2: day to day workings of the District Attorney's office. What 597 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 2: they just show you is the result of bad policy. 598 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 2: Oh this jewelry store where there was a smash and grab. 599 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 2: Oh this guy got shot in his house. They show 600 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 2: you that. They don't show you or explain all the 601 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 2: policies that lead up to it. We do so people 602 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 2: who listen to our show, they know what's going on. 603 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 2: People who were just scrolling on social media all day 604 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 2: and look at their texts, they don't know, and they'll 605 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 2: go for the name, and Hawkmann's name was. I watched 606 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 2: a lot of news channels and news shows, and his 607 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 2: commercials were all over the place, Tommy to some extent late, 608 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 2: especially on the radio, and the rest of them. Really 609 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 2: I didn't see him as media prisons because they didn't 610 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 2: raised the money. And that's just the hard, cold reality 611 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 2: of the world. We're gonna talk to Nathan Hawkman coming 612 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 2: up after Deborah's news Deborah Mark Litten the CAFI twenty 613 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 2: four hour Newsroom. Hey, you've been listening to The John 614 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 2: Covelt Show podcast. You can always hear the show live 615 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 2: on KFI AM six forty from one to four pm 616 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 2: every Monday. Through Friday, and of course anytime on demand 617 00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio app.