1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Can't. I am six forty. You're listening to the John 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 2: Continue to use the iHeartRadio app send me your questions 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 2: and sound off on the issues we're talking about. We 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: just chatted about Prop fifty and the best way to 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 2: convince your friends to vote no even if they're leaning yes. 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: So check that out on the podcast when it's posted 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 2: if you missed it. We're gonna talk about California voter 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: ID this hour. We're in the middle of a signature 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 2: drive to get a million signatures to put that on 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 2: the ballot. 12 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 3: That's important, but. 13 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: I need your help because I can't do this alone 14 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 2: and there's an important role for you to play to 15 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: get those signatures. And then at three o'clock we're going 16 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 2: to talk about Gavin Newsom lying once again when his 17 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: mouth is moving. 18 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 3: He is lying about somehow. 19 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: Shrapnel hit a car a vehicle on the I five 20 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: down across from Camp Pendleton this weekend and that justified 21 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 2: him creating a bridge gate like traffic nightmare for southern 22 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 2: California residents on the along that freeway. He's lying, and 23 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: we have an easy way to prove it. Plus the 24 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 2: mayor of La asking for an investigation of ice in La. 25 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: Oh God, the only people she wants to investigate, the 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: only people that she would like to use law enforcement 27 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: to go after. Our other members of law enforcement trying 28 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 2: to protect us. YEP, seems about right. Not the criminals. 29 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: But first, we were cut off in our conversation at 30 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,319 Speaker 2: the last hour. I was just about to get to 31 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 2: the good part. I was about to name names. You've 32 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: seen the no on Prop fifty ads, maybe the few 33 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 2: that were run. They're not good and they're not running 34 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: a good campaign. About sixteen million was given to the 35 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 2: state Republican Party and another group run by former House 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: Speaker Kevin McCarthy to lead and fund the campaign for 37 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 2: No Reform California. 38 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: Is doing all of our work with small. 39 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 2: Dollar donors giving five dollars at a time, average sixty 40 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,359 Speaker 2: seven dollars a year, and tens of thousands of volunteers statewide. 41 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: So we are the grassroots. We squeeze a penny into 42 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: a dollar. But the grifters are these big committees in 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: the California Republican Party, really lousy ads and almost no 44 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 2: real campaign. The person releading the McCarthy effort is a 45 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 2: woman named Jessica Patterson, the former chair of the California 46 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 2: Republican Party. She stepped down in March. So someone who 47 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 2: has failed abysmally at her job, because we became the 48 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: super minority under her watch, failed abysmally, didn't care about 49 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: breaking the supermajority in Sacramento, and as a result, the 50 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 2: Democrats had the votes to put Prop fifty on the 51 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: ballot in the first place. Who do you hire to 52 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 2: fight Prop fifty? While the lady that helped make it 53 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: possible Jessica Patterson, and she has a gaggle of consultants, fundraisers, 54 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: and political consultants who all get fifteen percent of every 55 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 2: dollar they touch. So the consultant gets fifteen percent, the 56 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 2: fundraiser gets fifteen percent. So out of sixteen million dollars, 57 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 2: my friends, how much are they getting at least five 58 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: million dollars of it for their own profit. This is insanity. 59 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: It's a complete travesty, and it's why Republicans aren't competitive 60 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: in California is that you have a cabal of failed, 61 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: profit seeking, grifting political consultants and fundraisers who keep getting 62 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 2: hired and they keep failing. So my message to the 63 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: donors out there, but you know, the big guys that 64 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: write big checks. You would never tolerate this in your business, 65 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 2: so why are you tolerating it in the business of politics. 66 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: And then, of course, the chair of the California Republican Party, 67 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 2: Corn Rankin almost as bad as Jessica Patterson. 68 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 3: Almost. 69 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 2: I think she probably wants to do the right thing, 70 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: but she's too arrogant and ignorant to be an effective chair. 71 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 2: She's very arrogant, and I have no problem with arrogant 72 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 2: people if they're competent. Hey, if they're really talented, then 73 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 2: maybe the arrogance is warranted. It's unnecessary, it's annoying. But 74 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 2: she's arrogant and ignorant. At the same time, she sees 75 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 2: a conspiracy theory around every corner, and so she doesn't 76 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: want to work with the grassroots. She doesn't care about 77 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 2: the grassroots. She just wants the money for her budget. 78 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 3: And she's being. 79 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: Paid north of four hundred thousand dollars a year salary. 80 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 3: Insane. 81 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: I think the chair of the Republican Party of California 82 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 2: should be a volunteer position, not paid. 83 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 3: But I'm naming names. 84 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 2: That's why I reform California we don't use fundraisers, we 85 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: don't use political consultants. Every dollar we raise goes directly 86 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: into the fight, and we rely exclusively on volunteers. They're 87 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: the power of our movement. They fuel our movement. I'm 88 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 2: speaking to you from San Jose. 89 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 3: That's right. 90 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 2: I'm at the gates of Hell. I'm in the Bay Area. No, 91 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 2: I'm not going into San Francisco. I will not step 92 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 2: foot in that infested, dangerous, contagious hell hole. But we're 93 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: we're doing seventy two events in thirty days to jump 94 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 2: start a grassroots fight against Prop fifty and to jump 95 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 2: start the signature drive for California Voter ID. And we 96 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 2: had planned this way before Prop fifty was even a thing. 97 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: And so when Prop fifty happened, I said, well, since 98 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: we're already going to go out and deploy all these 99 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: volunteers statewide and do all these events and do a 100 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: bus tour, we might as well not just collect signatures 101 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: for voter ID. We ought to also educate people and 102 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: why they should vote no on Prop fifty. 103 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 3: But I'm going to need your help in order. 104 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: We don't know what's going to happen with the fifty. 105 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: I think We're probably going to lose, but I'm hoping 106 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 2: we win and we can still win. And that's why 107 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 2: the last hour I covered the messaging you need to 108 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 2: use to convince your friend who's more of a moderate 109 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 2: or a liberal who might be voting yes, to convince 110 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: them to vote no. If you missed it, check it 111 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: out on the iHeartRadio app. But as you talk to 112 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 2: them about Prop fifty, I need you to collect signatures 113 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 2: on something everybody agrees with, and that is the California 114 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 2: Voter ID initiative. And I want to turn our attention 115 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 2: to that because no matter what happens with Prop fifty, 116 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: our immediate next step needs to be the finish collecting 117 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 2: a million signatures for California Voter ID and put it 118 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: on the ballot and pass it in this coming election. 119 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: Democrats may be able to rig the maps, but they're 120 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 2: not going to be able to rig the voting if 121 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: we get voter I D So I want to start. 122 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 2: I want to cover three things. Number one, what does 123 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: California Voter ID do. What's in the initiative Because a 124 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 2: lot of you are going to say coral illegal immigrants 125 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 2: have driver's licenses, so voter ID is meaningless as long 126 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 2: as that have Ah huh, I agree, and that's why 127 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 2: my initiative solves that problem. 128 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 3: Really, yes, So the. 129 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: First thing we're gonna do is we're talking about what 130 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: is in the California Voter D initiative. 131 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 3: The second thing is, in. 132 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 2: Order to do California Voter ID, we need a million signatures. 133 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 2: And I want to talk to you about the campaign 134 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: we have underway to get one million signatures, how to 135 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 2: get one million signatures and your role in it. 136 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 3: And third, I want. 137 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 2: To tell you how this Voter I D Signature drive 138 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 2: is not just because we need to get voter ID 139 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 2: on the ballot, but it is a means to the end. 140 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 2: Have you ever seen the movie Karate Kid, You know, 141 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 2: the original one, not the cheap imitation knockoffs, but the 142 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 2: original nineteen eighties Karate Kid movie. Remember mister Miyagi's wax 143 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 2: on wax off Remember that? And the karate Kid was 144 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: really frustrated, saying, why do I have to but you know, 145 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 2: wax this car by hand? And he said, nope, you 146 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 2: will not use electronic buffer. You will do it by hand. 147 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 3: So the karate Kid dutifully. 148 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 2: Did it, broke his back doing it. He was really 149 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 2: exhausted doing it, but he did it, and that car 150 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 2: shined like it was brand new. But before long there 151 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 2: wasn't just a shiny car, but the process of shining 152 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 2: and buffing and waxing that car, the process itself developed 153 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: a warrior, built muscle, built. 154 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 3: The capacity to fight. 155 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 2: And my friends, as I just told you, the professional 156 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 2: political consultants of the state of California have sold us out. 157 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: They are profiting and grifting on failure. They are not 158 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 2: going to win elections. They are not going to save us. 159 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 2: If we're going to save California, if we're going to 160 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 2: take back our state, it. 161 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,359 Speaker 3: Will be you, the grassroots. 162 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 2: But in order for us to do that, I need 163 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 2: to get you in the fighting condition. 164 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 3: We need to take a movement. 165 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 2: That I think is already there, that already exists, but 166 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 2: is slumbering, is depressed, ill equipped, doesn't have direction. I 167 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: need to animate that existing movement, equip it, train it, 168 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 2: and then deploy it. Not just to get a million 169 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 2: signatures on California voter ID, which is the current task, 170 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 2: which is buffing the car. But I'm going to deploy 171 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 2: the army we build to get the signatures for voter 172 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: I d I'm going to deploy that army next year 173 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 2: to flip seats and we hope break the Democrats supermajority 174 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 2: in Sacramento. 175 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 3: Does that make sense to you? 176 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 2: Are you intrigued? Are you interested? Coming up, we'll talk 177 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 2: about how it all works. First, what's in the California 178 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 2: Voter d Initiative. Second, how you can get involved in Third, 179 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 2: how it builds to something much greater taking back the state. 180 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 2: But I'm going to activate you right now. Go on 181 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 2: the website voter ID Initiative dot com. Voter ID Initiative 182 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 2: dot com. Do three things on that website. Number one, 183 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 2: if you haven't yet signed the petition, download, print, sign 184 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 2: and mail it back cal go to voter ID Initiative 185 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 2: dot com. Uh. The second thing is I'm touring the state. 186 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: Join me at one of my events. List of events 187 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 2: are up there that you can activate by going to 188 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 2: the event. And finally, don't just sign the initiative. Get 189 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 2: a petition kit request one. I will mail it to you. 190 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 2: I will pay the postage. Voter ID Initiative dot com. 191 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: Click under volunteer Voter ID Initiative dot com. 192 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 4: So do those three things you're listening to John Cobalt 193 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 4: on demand from KFI AM six forty. 194 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 2: Carl Tomyos sitting in on AM six forty KFI and 195 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 2: John Cobalt is off this week and I'm keeping a seat. 196 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 2: Orm we're talking about the California Voter ID Initiative, which 197 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 2: is a. 198 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 3: Game changer in California politics. If we get it on 199 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 3: the ballot. 200 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: With one million signatures that we need to collect on 201 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 2: the petition, we are going to get it passed and 202 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,080 Speaker 2: we're going to start flipping seats, and with flipping seats, 203 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 2: you restore sanity at every level of government. 204 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 3: But we got to get the million signatures. 205 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 2: So I'm going to talk about what's in the initiative 206 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 2: in just a moment, but I need you to sign 207 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 2: the petition to put the initiative on the ballot. Go 208 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:36,119 Speaker 2: on the website Voter Idinitiative dot com, Voter ID Initiative 209 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 2: dot com, or just go to Reform California dot org, 210 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 2: click under sign petition, download, print, sign and mail back 211 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 2: to me. We need a million wet signatures on this 212 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 2: petition to put voter ID on the ballot. Voter ID 213 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 2: Initiative dot com. We have a lot in this initiative 214 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: but let me walk through why it is so profound 215 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 2: in what big impact it can have. First and foremost, 216 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 2: we start not with a voter ID. We start with 217 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: cleaning up the voter roles. The initiative requires that we 218 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 2: audit every county's voter role in the off year, So 219 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, twenty twenty seven, twenty twenty nine, twenty 220 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 2: thirty one, every off year when we're not holding an election, 221 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 2: unless Gavin Newsom is trying to rig the election with 222 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 2: Prop fifty, we will audit the voter roles to make 223 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 2: sure that they are accurate and properly maintained. If not, 224 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 2: the judges the courts can force remediation. Oh more importantly, 225 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 2: we require that before anyone is registered in the state 226 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 2: of California that their citizenship be verified. In order to 227 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 2: be registered as a voter in the state of California, 228 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 2: we mandate voter citizenship verification. This is a game changer, 229 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: so that if legal immigrants somehow got on the voter rolls, 230 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 2: we get them off. And if they get a driver's license, 231 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 2: which is a bad policy, but it is the policy 232 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 2: until we can fix it, that they don't get automatically 233 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 2: roll enrolled as a voter, voter citizenship verification. So the 234 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 2: first part of fixing the problem with our bad election 235 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 2: policies is to make sure that our voter roles are 236 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 2: accurate and the people on there are eligible. 237 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 3: I think that's the most powerful part of this initiative. 238 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 3: I'm so excited about. 239 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 2: It because it will clean up our voter roles. The 240 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 2: second thing, though, is the voter ID, and that requires 241 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 2: a government issued voto ID if you're voting in person 242 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: or if you want to vote by mail. And I 243 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 2: don't like mail in ballots, but voters in California do, 244 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 2: so that's why our initiative allows that practice to continue, 245 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 2: but we mandate verification of identity. 246 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 3: How do we do that. 247 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 2: Each voter will have to select one of their government 248 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: dot com documents that they have as their voter ID 249 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 2: for that mail in ballot, and they would put the 250 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 2: last four digits of that government document on the envelope 251 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 2: instead of signing their signature. Because signatures are hard to verify, 252 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 2: people don't even remember what their signature was from. 253 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 3: Twenty five years ago. 254 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 2: So this makes it a lot more simple and confident 255 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 2: to vote last four digits and do not worry if 256 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: you don't have a government ID. Or if you say, well, 257 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 2: I don't want to use my driver's license, I don't 258 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 2: want to use my Social Security card, I don't want 259 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: to use my passport, that's fine. 260 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 3: We'll give you a free voter card and you can 261 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 3: use it just to vote. 262 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:42,359 Speaker 2: But we've thought of everything with this initiative. Any complaint, 263 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 2: any challenge, any critique, any criticism, we've done a reform 264 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: to answer. And that's why sixty nine percent of Californian 265 00:15:54,480 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 2: and support voter ID, seventy eight percent support citizenship verification. 266 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 3: And audit voter roles. 267 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 2: Oh and don't worry about the Democrat politicians calling it 268 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 2: racist because. 269 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 3: A greater number of non white. 270 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 2: Voters support voter ID than white voters by about two 271 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 2: percentage points. This gets on the ballot, it passes overwhelmingly. 272 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 2: Like we did with Prop thirty six, the make Crime 273 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 2: Illegal Again initiative from twenty twenty four, This is the 274 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 2: same deal. We get it on the ballot by collecting 275 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 2: a million signatures. 276 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 3: It passes. But therein lies the challenge. We don't have. 277 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 2: A bunch of big backers funding the campaign. We need 278 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 2: volunteers to collect the signatures and That means I need 279 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 2: you to not only sign the initiative, but I will 280 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 2: mail you a volunteer kit with petitions inside of it 281 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 2: to get. If you can get ten signatures from your 282 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 2: friends and family, twenty five would be ideal. It's easy 283 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 2: to get the signatures. Again, with so many people supporting 284 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 2: voter idea, it's easy to get the signatures. But I 285 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 2: need you to activate because I can't do this for you. 286 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 2: No one is going to save you. We're going to 287 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 2: save ourselves working together. So if you want a better California, 288 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 2: if you want voter ID, get off the couch and 289 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 2: into the fight. Go to that website, voter id Initiative 290 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,919 Speaker 2: dot com. Sign it, mail it back to me, but 291 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:26,199 Speaker 2: request a volunteer kit voter id Initiative dot com. I 292 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 2: will pay the postage and mail it to you. 293 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 3: Coming up, I mentioned that. 294 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 2: There's a process to get the million signatures and how 295 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 2: you can play a part of that process. It's not 296 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 2: just getting the kit, but it's a couple other tips 297 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 2: that I want to give you. We can get the signatures. 298 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 2: I even got an initial count to share with you, 299 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 2: and I'm excited. But also, why is the process of 300 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 2: putting this on the ballot, getting the signatures. Why is 301 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 2: that the karate Kid wax On wax Off project for politics? 302 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 2: Why does it lead to something bigger? I'll tell you why. 303 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 3: Come right up. 304 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI Am 305 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 4: six forty. 306 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 2: Carl Demayo filling in STATA semi member and chairman of 307 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 2: Reform California. You can hear us live on the iHeartRadio app, 308 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 2: and if you miss anything, you can catch up on 309 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 2: the podcast. After today's show at four o'clock, we will 310 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: post it. You can also use that app, the iHeartRadio App. 311 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 2: Ask me any question or sound off on any of 312 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: the topics that we're covering. We're talking about the California 313 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 2: Voter Idea Initiative, and we need a million signatures to 314 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 2: put this game changing initiative on the ballot to restore 315 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 2: the integrity of our elections. If we get this passed 316 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 2: in California, it will flip seats. 317 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 3: You flip seats, you. 318 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 2: Start changing policies, you start changing policies, you start improving California. 319 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 2: This is part of a comprehensive plan to take back 320 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 2: the state, but it ain't happening unless you get off 321 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 2: your duff and be a volunteer. 322 00:18:59,520 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 3: Activate. 323 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 2: No one's coming to save you. You're gonna have to do 324 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 2: a little bit of work and save yourself. I liken 325 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 2: myself to the conductor of a symphony. My job is 326 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 2: to show up with the sheet music, the plan, and 327 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 2: I actually will pay for the instruments. I'll buy the 328 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 2: instruments and I'll lay them down the ground. 329 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 3: I'll print the petitions. 330 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 2: I'll hire the lawyers to draft the California Voter i 331 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 2: D Initiative. I'll give you signs that say voter ID 332 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: sign here. I will make sure that we have mailers 333 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 2: that go out. I'll cover the cost of postage. So 334 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,679 Speaker 2: I will give you the instruments. I need you to 335 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 2: pick up one of the instruments, whichever you want, and 336 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 2: start playing some music. You do that by collecting signatures 337 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: on the California Voter i D Initiative. If you are 338 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 2: too busy, then go to the website voter ID Initiative 339 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: dot com and at least download, print, sign and mail 340 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 2: back your own petition. Ship in a contribution so that 341 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 2: we can hire students to collect signatures at Voteridinitiative dot com. 342 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 2: But I really do think and I'm hoping. I just 343 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 2: have to implore you to try to get a few 344 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 2: signatures and you'll see how easy it is, and before 345 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 2: long you'll get ten to fifteen. Request a volunteer pack 346 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 2: voter id Initiative dot com. I will mail it to you. 347 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 2: I will cover the postage. Now, how do you get 348 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 2: the signatures? 349 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 3: You know what I do. 350 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 2: I just put them in my glovebox. I put them 351 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 2: in my computer bag. I tell the ladies to put 352 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 2: it in their purse. Just keep it on you and 353 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 2: as you interact with people throughout the day in the 354 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 2: next couple of weeks, collect signatures. 355 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 3: It is really that easy. 356 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: If you would like, I will give you a sign 357 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 2: and you can put a table in front of a store. 358 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 2: Most people don't want a table in front of the stores. 359 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,399 Speaker 2: But here's why I want you to know how easy 360 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 2: it is. If you're antisocial, you can do this. Here's 361 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 2: why voter id is so popular that if you just 362 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 2: put a card table in front of Vond's or Walmart, 363 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 2: and you're sitting there with a sign that says voter 364 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 2: ID Initiative, sign here and I'll give you a massive sign. 365 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 2: If you come to one of my events and they're 366 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 2: listed online at voterid Initiative dot com. I'll give you 367 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 2: one of these signs. And yes, we're all in the 368 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 2: southern California area, so there's no excuse. We totally have 369 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,120 Speaker 2: an event that you can make it to voter id 370 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 2: Initiative dot com. 371 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 3: I'll give you a sign. 372 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 2: You sit there, you don't have to say a single word, 373 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 2: and people will see the sign and they will come 374 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 2: up to you. That's how much hunger there is for 375 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 2: voter ID. This is so easy. It's like giving Rosie 376 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 2: O'Donnell a donut. Nobody's going to refuse you. It's a 377 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 2: seventy percent issue. Thirty percent are not four voter ID, 378 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 2: but they're not animated enough to get upset about it. 379 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 3: They just walk by you. 380 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 2: But I really think that the easiest way to collect 381 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 2: signatures is just put it in your purse, put it 382 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 2: in your glove box, put it in your laptop bag, 383 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 2: in your truck, carry it around and you'll get. 384 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 3: Signatures in no time. 385 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 2: What we do ask that you pay close attention to 386 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 2: is the instruction sheet. 387 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 3: And I know that you're like Carl. 388 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 2: I can get people's signatures and get them to fill 389 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 2: out a form. Yes, but the politicians don't like what 390 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 2: we're doing. They don't like the fact that we're collecting signatures. 391 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: They make it as hard as possible. You have to 392 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: collect signatures one county at a time, so you have to, like, 393 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 2: for example, in San Diego County, I travel a lot 394 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 2: to Orange County and Riverside, so I keep three sheets 395 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 2: of the petition with me. One is Riverside, one is 396 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 2: San Diego, and one is Orange County. And if someone says, oh, 397 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 2: I'm from San Clemente, great, sign my Orange County petition. 398 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 3: And they're all the same petition. 399 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: But you have to write at the top which county 400 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 2: you're going to be turning it into. And then finally, 401 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 2: a lot of you who are returning signatures are not 402 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 2: signing the declarator the circulator declaration to the back of 403 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 2: the form. You have to sign saying I am the 404 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 2: guy or gal that collected these signatures. If you don't sign, 405 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 2: then the signatures are not valid. Someone has to say, 406 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 2: here are my signatures, and I yes, I collected them. 407 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 2: Why Because again, as they told you, the politicians are 408 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 2: trying to make it complicated. There's no value in all 409 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 2: the paperwork we have to fill out, but they're just 410 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 2: trying to make it hard. 411 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 3: Because they don't like what we're doing. 412 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 2: Please get signatures and turn them in November first, December first, 413 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 2: and we think we're going to be done by the 414 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 2: end of the year. But we will let you know 415 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 2: when turnins are in your instruction packet that I send 416 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 2: you if you sign up at voter id Initiative dot com. 417 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:10,520 Speaker 2: All this stuff is explained, but I cannot impress enough 418 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 2: if you don't activate and at least sign the petition, 419 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 2: if you don't chip in a contribution, if you're not 420 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 2: gonna volunteer, put five bucks in the tank. And if 421 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 2: you don't volunteer, then it's not gonna happen. Getting things 422 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 2: on the ballot in California typically costs ten million dollars. 423 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 2: We're trying to do it on a shoe string budget 424 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 2: with volunteers, and we're gonna do it. 425 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 3: Coming up. 426 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 2: I'm gonna give you our initial signature tally, and we've 427 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 2: just broken a record in the first two weeks. A 428 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 2: record has been broken. Do you not read into that 429 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: that this is gonna happen without your help? Because the 430 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 2: easiest signatures are always the first volley of signatures. Harder 431 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 2: part is getting the additional waves of signatures, which is 432 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 2: why I need you to go to voter id Initiative 433 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 2: dot com sign contribute or volunteer. But coming up, I've 434 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 2: got the initial tally and how voter ID is the 435 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 2: wax on waxoff karate kid project of our political movement. 436 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 3: All that and more. 437 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelts on demand from KFI AM 438 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 4: six forty. 439 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 2: Carl Tomayo in for John cobelt on AM six forty KFI. 440 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 2: I've got to say, the AWS outage today took down 441 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 2: the voter id Initiative dot com website and I was 442 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 2: so upset. 443 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 3: I said, oh my gosh. 444 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 2: People are trying to sign the petition for voter ID, 445 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 2: they're trying to sign up to get a volunteer kit, 446 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 2: they're trying to chip in, and we're dead, we're dark, 447 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 2: we don't the site's not up. Well, we finally got 448 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: it back up and you can go to that site 449 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,520 Speaker 2: right now. Voter id Initiative dot com, voter id Initiative 450 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 2: dot com, download, print, sign and mail back the voter 451 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 2: I d petition. We need a million signatures. But more importantly, 452 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 2: I need you to take action. Volunteer, have me send 453 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 2: you and I will gladly pay the postage to send 454 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: you a volunteer kit with multiple petitions for the California 455 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 2: voter Ity Initiative, along with instructions how to and then, 456 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 2: of course, if you can't volunteer, chip in a contribution, 457 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 2: help us hire some students to stand in front of 458 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,239 Speaker 2: stores and collect signatures. Because if we don't do this 459 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 2: through the grassroots, it's not happening. And this is the 460 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 2: beginning beginning of our recovery in California. As we fix 461 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 2: the integrity problems in our elections, restore the integrity, we 462 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 2: have a shot to flip seats and therefore rebalance our 463 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 2: political system. 464 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 3: That's why I call. 465 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 2: This the wax On wax Off project from Karate Kid. 466 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 2: The process of doing a million signatures is difficult, like 467 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 2: the process of waxing the car the karate Kid, but 468 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 2: it was an amazingly shiny car when the process was done. 469 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:11,360 Speaker 2: But more importantly, the karate Kid built the fighting capacity 470 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 2: through that project. You do understand why Republicans are a 471 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 2: super minority in the state. Oh well, there's a number 472 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 2: of reasons why they sold out. They weren't standing on principle. 473 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 2: They were the Party of No, rather than at least 474 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 2: offering alternatives. They stopped working hard, they stopped recruiting volunteers, 475 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 2: they stopped doing town halls. 476 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 3: They stopped. Oh so if we. 477 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 2: Actually start doing that, put a good idea out there, 478 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 2: a seventy percent idea like voter ID, and take action, 479 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,719 Speaker 2: file the initiative to get it on the ballot, and 480 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: then build an army of volunteers to collect a million signatures. Yeah, 481 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 2: every volunteer that we inspire, train and deploy is now 482 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 2: a foot soldier who's not going to stop with the 483 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 2: million signatures. I'm not gonna stop with the twenty five 484 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 2: signatures that they collect. They will be more likely to 485 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 2: canvass their neighborhood for candidates in the March primary, in 486 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 2: the general, the June primary, and the November general election 487 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 2: next year. People don't know that there's a fight underway 488 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 2: because there hasn't been a fight underway. But when we 489 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 2: build this volunteer army, and right now we have over 490 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 2: fourteen thousand, yes, fourteen thousand volunteers statewide collecting signatures. Now, 491 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 2: do you feel a little guilty that you're not doing it. 492 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 3: You should. 493 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 2: I'm like on the road up at four in the 494 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 2: morning in a bus an RV right now, I'm in 495 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 2: San Jose. Can you imagine I came to the Bay Area. 496 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 2: Do you see how committed I am? You need to 497 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,959 Speaker 2: do your part. And I think a lot of people 498 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,239 Speaker 2: when they see someone collecting signatures on voter ID and 499 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 2: they know that it's a volunteer, not a paid ex 500 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 2: carnival worker collecting signatures, they they realized, wait a minute, 501 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 2: there's actually people fighting in California. Maybe there's hope. Maybe 502 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 2: I should fight too. You damn right, you should fight. 503 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 2: And so we're gonna build this army from fourteen thousand. 504 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 2: Our goal was ten thousand. We blasted past that goal 505 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 2: on October first. Now we're at the fourteen thousand. I 506 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 2: think we're gonna be at twenty thousand by the end 507 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 2: of this month because we're getting hundreds of people on 508 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 2: my bus tour that we're doing tonight in San Jose. 509 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 2: We have almost five hundred people coming in San Jose. 510 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,960 Speaker 2: I don't think the last time Republicans got five hundred 511 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 2: people in San Jose. It's probably when Reagan was governor. 512 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 2: But we're seeing this energy of people coming waking up 513 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 2: from the slumber that they've been in to get involved 514 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 2: in the fight. So at the end of this process, 515 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 2: we're not just gonna have a million signatures. We're gonna 516 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 2: have an army, baby, an army of people who just 517 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,520 Speaker 2: talked to a bunch of people to get signatures. 518 00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 3: They came out of their shell. 519 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 2: They've talked about politics a seventy percent issue, of course, 520 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 2: But that army ain't going to be disbanded. We're going 521 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 2: to regroup, refocus, and go out on a new battle. 522 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: And we are literally breathing life into parts of this 523 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 2: state that haven't had a Republican campaign active on the 524 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,520 Speaker 2: ground in decades. Take a look at my list of 525 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 2: events that we're doing. It's exhausting just looking at the list. 526 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 2: I can tell you doing it. I am absolutely spent. 527 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 2: Voter id Initiative dot com. All the events are up there. 528 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 2: I'd love to see you at one of my events 529 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 2: coming up. Take a picture with you in front of 530 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,720 Speaker 2: the big bus. Give you a volunteer kit so you 531 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 2: can go home and collect signatures in the coming four 532 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 2: or five weeks. 533 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 3: By the way, on. 534 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 2: Wednesday, I'm filing a notice with the Secretary of State 535 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 2: of California because we will have an official count. 536 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 3: But right now, we are in the first two weeks. 537 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 2: Of the signature drive, and this is a record breaking number. 538 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 2: We've gotten over two hundred thousand signatures and we believe 539 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 2: we're going to be at two hundred fifty thousand by Wednesday. 540 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 2: This is a big, a big title wave of voters 541 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,800 Speaker 2: wanting voter ID because they know that our elections cannot 542 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 2: be trusted and they want to have confidence in our elections. 543 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 2: But these are the easier signatures. We need your help 544 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 2: as a volunteer. We need your signature on the initiative. 545 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 2: If you have not yet signed, go on that website 546 00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 2: voter ID Initiative dot com. Chip in a contribution, download 547 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 2: the petition, print it, sign it, send it back, and yes, 548 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 2: get a volunteer kit. I'll mail it to you, or 549 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 2: you can come to one of my events voter ID 550 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 2: Initiative dot com. 551 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 3: One final point, you know who's not. 552 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 2: Helping us with the voter IDA initiative. The consultants I 553 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,959 Speaker 2: just trashed at the beginning of this hour. The Republican 554 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 2: political consultants who do the least amount of work to 555 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 2: get the most amount of money for themselves and fail 556 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 2: in the process. They have bad mouthed us for two 557 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 2: years on this effort. They have undermined us at every 558 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 2: single turn. Consultants like John Franklin of the New Majority, 559 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 2: bad mouthing us, trashing us. 560 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 3: They're not going to be able to do it. Don't 561 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 3: waste your money, don't donate, don't volunteer. They cannot possibly 562 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 3: do it. And you know what, baby, We're doing it. 563 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 2: Because the grassroots are fed up with fat cats like 564 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 2: John Franklin. He sniffs a dollar, he starts breaking out 565 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 2: in a sweat because he wants a piece of it 566 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:56,479 Speaker 2: for his own pocket. 567 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 3: He doesn't care. 568 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 2: About winning an election, he doesn't care about moving the needle, 569 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 2: cares about profiting. And so many of these other consultants, 570 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,080 Speaker 2: they are a worthless bunch. And that's why Trump when 571 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 2: he ran in twenty sixteen and again in twenty twenty 572 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 2: and again in twenty twenty four, he basically was his 573 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 2: own political consultant, and he fired people if they didn't 574 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 2: do their job right as deservedly. So coming up, we're 575 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 2: gonna talk about someone who needs to be fired and 576 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 2: that's Governor Gavin Newsom who lied about shrapnel hitting a 577 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 2: vehicle on the Fire Freeway that he shut down in 578 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 2: the Camp Pendleton military exercises. And another person that needs 579 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 2: to be fired, La Mayor Karen Bass, who held a 580 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 2: press conference today saying that we need to investigate ICE agents, 581 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,480 Speaker 2: you mean, the people that are trying to keep us safe. 582 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 2: All that and more coming up, but first to check 583 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 2: on news KFI AM six forties News Center with Deborah Mark. 584 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 1: Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. 585 00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 586 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 587 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: and of course, any time on demand on the iHeartRadio 588 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: app