1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: Can'f I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 3: The latest development is that the jury has reached partial 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 3: verdicts in the Diddy trial, or you may call him 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 3: Sean Combs, and so we will continue to update that. 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: Deborah is watching that minute to minute. Among other things, you. 7 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 3: Know, the Trump administration suing the City of Los Angeles 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: challenging the constitutionality of the sanctuary city policies, and Mayor 9 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 3: Karen Bass pushing back on President Trump. Michael Monks has 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,279 Speaker 3: been watching all of this and joins us. Now, Hi, 11 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 3: Michael Monks. 12 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 4: Hey, it's good to see you. 13 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. 14 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 5: Ayr Bass was busy at her press conference this morning 15 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 5: stating her case on behalf of a Los Angeles. She 16 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 5: calls this policy a reflection of LA values. I'll let 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 5: you know that the city council meeting that is taking 18 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 5: place right now. They're last one before their month long 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 5: hiatus that they take every year kind of a marathon. 20 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 5: But they are also about to have a press conference 21 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 5: as this meeting concludes to talk about this issue as well. 22 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 5: Keep in mind the mayor and the city council both 23 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 5: named as defendants in this lawsuit. But earlier today we 24 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 5: did hear from Mayor Bass. She had some strong words 25 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 5: for the administration. Here's part of what she had to say. 26 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 6: First, the raids, then randomly grabbing people off the streets, 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 6: chasing Angelinos through parking lots, sending and federalized troops to 28 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 6: stand idle protecting two buildings, and having US Marines trained 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:39,199 Speaker 6: to fight the enemy abroad stationed here and caravanning around town, 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 6: intimidating Angelinos, creating a sense of fear and terror in 31 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 6: our city. 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 4: So why is she saying that? 33 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 5: Well, the lawsuit says Los Angeles and the sanctuary policy 34 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 5: therein has resulted in the vandalism and the violence around 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 5: those early protests. That's what the Department of Justice says 36 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 5: in its lawsuit. Karen Bass, the mayor says, no, Actually, 37 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 5: this stuff has been caused by the Trump administration coming 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 5: in full throated, full fisted, ready to rumble here in 39 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 5: the streets of Los Angeles. And that's the problem here, 40 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 5: further proving the deep disconnect between the local government and 41 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 5: the federal government on the issue of illegal immigration. 42 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 3: She road testing a legal argument here, I mean a 43 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:23,679 Speaker 3: legal narrative might be the way to put it. 44 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 5: I think that that will have to be evaluated in 45 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 5: the court of law should this go to that level 46 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 5: where they're actually looking at evidence and having witnesses. Is 47 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 5: what triggered any type of violence. Now, the National Guard 48 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 5: wasn't sent in until after the initial eruption of minor 49 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 5: violence and then the serious vandalism that took place in 50 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 5: downtown Los Angeles, and then there were some violent demonstrations 51 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 5: after the arrival of the National Guard. But the mayor 52 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 5: says it's the Trump administration that's causing this, not really 53 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 5: just by sending in the military, but by doing the 54 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 5: deportations in the first place, citing fear in the communities here, 55 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 5: shutting down shops, diminishing commerce, and just creating just this 56 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 5: sense of anxiety across Los Angeles. 57 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 4: That seems to be the position that she's taking here. 58 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 3: Well, she's not wrong about a lot of that. I mean, 59 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 3: they are doing that, and there is a chutlling effect 60 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 3: on that community of immigrants. And the I mean, the 61 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 3: bald face fact is that there are people who have 62 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 3: been here decades and they are getting pinched and thrown 63 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 3: into detention, it threatened with deportention. 64 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 4: It's what I talked to you about yesterday. 65 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 5: The specific language that was used when they quoted city 66 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 5: council in Hugosoda Martinez in the lawsuit. The Trump administration's 67 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 5: lawsuit quoted him. I'm not quoting directly now, but a 68 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 5: little loosely here. They quoted Soda Martinez as saying, we 69 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 5: will not stand by as the Trump administration deports in parentheses, 70 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 5: the lawsuit says illegal immigrants. But Hugosda Martinez put out 71 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 5: a statement, so that's not how I said it. I 72 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 5: said we will not stand by while the Trump administration 73 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 5: deports our friends, family, co workers, et cetera. That's the disconnect. 74 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 5: The Trump administration's position is, I don't care about these 75 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 5: heartstrung stories that you're sharing about your neighbor and the 76 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 5: grandfather and the flower shop in the taco stand. These 77 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 5: folks are here illegally, and we said there would be 78 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 5: mass deportations, and that's what's happening. 79 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: Well, I mean, and they're not wrong about that. 80 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 3: They promised and won the presidency on a platform of 81 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: mass deportations. Now, I mean the one bit of disconnect 82 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 3: I think and criticism that many have leveled across the 83 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 3: board is, Hey, I thought you guys are going to 84 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 3: start with the criminals and violent offenders. Instead, you're just 85 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 3: going to pick up my landscaper and the day worker 86 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 3: at home Depot. 87 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 5: It's been a mixed message because we do know that 88 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 5: they flat out said, yes, we're going to be targeting 89 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 5: the criminals, the worst of the worst. But we've also 90 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 5: heard the reporting from national media figures about the internal 91 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 5: goals of hitting three thousand detainments a day. There's just 92 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 5: not that many that would fit the criteria of worst 93 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 5: of the worst. You know, So if you're going to 94 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 5: home Depot looking for anybody who might be hanging about, 95 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 5: if you're hitting the fruit stand on the corner, you're 96 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 5: running up the scoreboard a bit. You're still enforcing the law. 97 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 5: I mean, if you're here illegally, then you are subject 98 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 5: to arrest and deportation. But that is a conflicting narrative 99 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 5: that's come. I think folks here on the ground would 100 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 5: like a little clarity on who they're going after, because again, 101 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 5: so many parts of Los Angeles are completely shut down, 102 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 5: and you see how reliant the local economy is here, 103 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 5: not just on businesses and workers, but customers who may 104 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 5: not have legal immigration status. 105 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 3: It's just a it's a ripple that will extend beyond California. 106 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 3: But we're such a robust economy, especially if you consider 107 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 3: the agriculture that is feeding the world dependent on immigrant 108 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 3: working I mean at workforce, I should say that if 109 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 3: primarily those who are not here legally. I mean, you know, 110 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 3: it reminds me of the effective Brascero program that really 111 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 3: was designed to include a lot of these agricultural workers. 112 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 3: They phased it out in the sixties and it was 113 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 3: a brilliant program. And now you hear President Trump actually 114 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 3: talking about something like the Brescero program and in relation 115 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 3: to what I'm speaking about California agriculture. 116 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, it was like the second time that this has 117 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 5: come up, because a couple of weeks ago, the issue 118 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 5: of hospitality workers and migrant farm workers seemed to touch 119 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 5: Trump in a different way, whereas like, maybe we'll take 120 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 5: it easy on that, and then the White House clarified, no, 121 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 5: we're not taking it easy on that. And then this 122 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 5: week this new reporting comes out that maybe they're looking 123 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 5: at something They're not calling it a visa, but something 124 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 5: like a visa for certain industries. 125 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 4: Again because folks are real. 126 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 5: This is also supported by Republican state lawmakers here in 127 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 5: California that maybe we're being a little heavy. 128 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 4: Handed here with who were grabbing. 129 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 5: The other interesting part here in Los Angeles is this 130 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 5: has only been a sanctuary city for a short period 131 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 5: of time officially, but there have long been policies in place, 132 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 5: including an LAPD not to question people's immigration status when 133 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 5: making arrest so as not to deter them from participating 134 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 5: in the legal process. We want your testimony, We want 135 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 5: your help in finding bad guys. The LAPED has been 136 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 5: getting it from both ends throughout a lot of this, 137 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 5: and there was a police Commission meeting today this morning. 138 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 5: LAPD Chief Jim McDonald was there offering some clarity because 139 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 5: there have been activists who are opposed to the federal 140 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 5: Immigration enforcement saying the LAPD is clearly in collusion. 141 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 4: But here's what the chief said this morning. 142 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 7: To further clarify the department's position and promote transparents, we 143 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 7: also published an updated Immigration Frequently Asked Questions document. 144 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: This resource is. 145 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 7: Readily available to the public and outlines in clear terms 146 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 7: that the LAPD does not participate in immigration enforcement and 147 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 7: does not initiate contact based on immigration status. The FAQ 148 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 7: explains our responsibilities and legal boundaries and reaffirms our commitment 149 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 7: to all Los Angeles communities regarding regardless of immigration status. 150 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 5: So they put out this new document. This updated document 151 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 5: frequently asked questions to say, we do not enforce immigration law, 152 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 5: but we are going to be showing up when things 153 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 5: get routing. I mean, that's what we're here for, to 154 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 5: keep the peace. But it's not just activists questioning laped's 155 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 5: role here. Just moments ago, Mark the La City Council 156 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 5: has approved a motion pushed by City Council Women Unites 157 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 5: Hernandez that is requesting a report from the city attorney 158 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 5: very soon, within fifteen days. They want this report to 159 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 5: see any and all laws at every level of government 160 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 5: that require and or trigger LAPD to respond to a 161 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 5: call for assistance from another law enforcement agency. They also 162 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 5: want to know from the Chief Legislative Analyst that's the 163 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 5: guy looks over all different motions at city Hall to 164 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 5: report back very soon with information on how other municipalities 165 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 5: and jurisdictions across the country are responding to these actions. 166 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 5: Basically a little suspicious of how LAPD is being used 167 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 5: during these federal immigration. 168 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 3: Sure, what happens when the Feds pick up the phone 169 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 3: or community kate that they want LAPD help. How do 170 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 3: you handle that since you're not actually supposed to by 171 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 3: law aid the Feds in their immigration what mandate, I'll 172 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 3: just call it that and their work with rounding up illegals, 173 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 3: that's not supposed to be the work of LAPD, and 174 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 3: you're not supposed to be there helping them. But as 175 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 3: we were mentioning yesterday and we got to take a break, 176 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 3: but the way in which LAPD protects the immigration officers 177 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 3: from the public that collects and might actually become involved 178 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 3: in some sort of violent confrontation of some sort, that 179 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 3: is the job of the LAPD. 180 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 5: That's exactly what the chief is saying, and that's probably 181 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 5: what he'll explain to these council members again when he's 182 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 5: probably hauled back into the city building to answer questions. 183 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 3: Wow, this is such an extraordinary thing, and you know, 184 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 3: we seem, as usual to be the test case for 185 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 3: the rest of the nation the Donald Trump. No love 186 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 3: lost between the Democrats in the state of California and 187 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 3: the President. 188 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 1: Thank you, Michael Monks, my pleasure. Mark, Yeah, good to 189 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: see you. 190 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 3: It's like KFI AM six forty, the John Cobelt Show, 191 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 3: Mark Thompson sitting in. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 192 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 8: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 193 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 8: six forty. 194 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 3: Jimmy Swagger died ninety years old. He was really playing 195 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 3: a hot hand in the eighties. I would say he 196 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 3: might have been the top, wouldn't you say? He was 197 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 3: in the top five of televangelists. 198 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: He was. 199 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 3: Playing before huge crowds, got a ton of media attention, 200 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 3: held what he was calling crusades across the globe, I 201 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 3: mean across Latin America, South Africa, Jamaica, Liberia. He had 202 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 3: the Swagger Ministries, and he had that broadcasting network. I mean, 203 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 3: the power of Christian broadcasting was really still super hot 204 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 3: in the eighties, and that i'd say was sort of 205 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 3: the height of his power. So, you know, moving from 206 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 3: radio broadcasts, which were always a big part of if 207 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 3: you've grown up in any kind of I would say, 208 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 3: you know, in even through the decade of the seventies, 209 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 3: Sunday morning it was wall to wall radio with the 210 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 3: basically going to church. Then you go to Sundays on 211 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 3: television sort of the same thing. And so if you 212 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 3: had the swaggered ministries dominant as they were, you were 213 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 3: in really great shape. And the reality is he spread 214 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 3: that word, as they say, called it a crusade across 215 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 3: much of the world. So what brought him down, of course, 216 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 3: was in the late eighties was like nineteen eighty eight 217 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,839 Speaker 3: he got slammed with that was he coming out of 218 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 3: a motel room, I think with a prostitute. 219 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 5: There was I can't. 220 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 9: Remember if it was a motel room, but he was 221 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,719 Speaker 9: with the prostitute. 222 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, And then he was I think he was. 223 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 3: He was defrocked and then that kind of that sounds 224 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 3: sort of sexy if you don't know what it is. 225 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: Uh. 226 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 3: And then he was caught again. I think there were 227 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 3: two scandals involving prostitution, and he became well, he made 228 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 3: that big apology, remember the apology of Superful Chuma, Lord 229 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 3: of sind against you. I thought that was one of 230 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:49,320 Speaker 3: his best performances. And he is from a family, I 231 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 3: believe of I want to say they're musicians or singers. 232 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: Singing was part of his thing, Debra. 233 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 9: I didn't know that. I mean, I wasn't a huge 234 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 9: follower to tell you the well the Swaggered family, then 235 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 9: this will come as a surprise to you. 236 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 3: They want a Grammy nomination for Best Gospel Performance. 237 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,320 Speaker 1: So how dare you not be aware? 238 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 4: I'm so sorry of their. 239 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: Prowess when it comes to music. 240 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 9: Streak me down. 241 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 3: They had an album called Worship in nineteen eighty one 242 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 3: and that got the Grammy nomination. He look, he was 243 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 3: a leading figure in the powerful movement of the Christian right. 244 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 3: And again he wasn't someone who had I guess, I 245 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 3: want to say a political agenda, you know in his preaching, 246 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 3: but clearly the message was implicit, and he did have 247 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 3: praise for the Republican Party and for Donald Trump. So 248 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 3: he made it all the way to age ninety and 249 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 3: he passed away in the hospital ninety years old. Jimmy 250 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 3: Swaggert and his ministries so very powerful, and again I'll 251 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 3: bet that his power would have continued had it not 252 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,239 Speaker 3: been for those scandals. 253 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: You know, he. 254 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 3: Wrote fifty Christian books and sold over fifteen million records worldwide. 255 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 9: His family apparently is still running the Family Worship Center 256 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 9: in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 257 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 3: It's the gift that keeps on giving. Got to keep 258 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 3: it running. You know, there's no business like the lord business. 259 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:46,239 Speaker 3: So Jimmy Swaggert has made his way out. The California 260 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 3: Republicans now are speaking to Donald Trump. They're saying, mister President, 261 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 3: and they said this in a letter. We are urging 262 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 3: you to get back to targeting violent criminals with your 263 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 3: immigration crackdown. The sweeping raids are producing widespread fear in 264 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 3: all of our communities here in California. These again are 265 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 3: Republicans who author this letter. They are driving these raids, 266 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 3: are they're driving workers out of critical industries. The Republican 267 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 3: Coalition sending this letter and saying that the heavy handed 268 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 3: nature of these ICE enforcement tactics are leading to the 269 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 3: arrest of non criminal migrants and also ultimately producing labor 270 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 3: shortages in California and only worsening the state's affordability crisis. 271 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 3: We urge you to direct to ICE and DHS to 272 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 3: focus on their enforcement operations on criminal immigrants, they wrote, 273 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 3: and when possible, avoid the kinds of sweeping raids that 274 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 3: instill fear and disrupt the world work. In response to 275 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 3: the letter, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson points to new 276 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 3: comments made by Donald Trump about efforts to give the 277 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 3: hospitality and farming industries a temporary pass from the negative 278 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 3: impacts of ice operations. Again, what that will actually look 279 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 3: like is the big question mark. But it sounded to 280 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 3: me because I watched Trump talking about this. He had 281 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 3: a long press conference about that Alligator Alcatraz that they're 282 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: opening in Florida. And by the way, they're selling merch 283 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 3: that says Alligator Alcatraz on it. That would strike me 284 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 3: again as the oddest thing. But anyway, that's going up 285 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 3: in Florida, and he was saying, well, I want to 286 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 3: try to. 287 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: Do something for the farmers. I love the farmers. 288 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 3: I always had a good relationship with the farmers and 289 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 3: those farmers who are affected by this. We've got to 290 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 3: try to figure out some kind of program that can 291 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 3: accommodate the workers. So those people have been in this 292 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 3: country for a while. I'm paraphrasing, but that's almost exactly 293 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 3: what he said. And that again, that reminds me of 294 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 3: the Brasero program that did exist. There's no reason. 295 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: They shouldn't bring it back. 296 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 3: That would address these issues while still honoring the overall 297 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 3: goal that they have of this administration's policies. 298 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: When it comes to illegal immigration. 299 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 3: And finally, the White House spokesperson said President Trump remains 300 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 3: committed to carrying out the largest mass deportation operation in 301 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 3: history by removing dangerous, violent, criminal illegal aliens from American 302 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 3: communities and targeting the sanctuary cities that provide safe harbor 303 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 3: to criminal illegals. So they're leaning in and they're leaning 304 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 3: on the state of California, even as California Republicans say, hey, 305 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 3: these ice rates should focus on criminals and not where 306 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 3: they're focusing. It is the co Belt Show. Mark Thompson 307 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 3: sitting in for John on KFI AM six forty. We're 308 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 3: live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 309 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 8: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM 310 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 8: six forty. 311 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 3: Mark Thompson here for John Cobelt's looking at the the 312 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 3: world of ice and immigration raids and controversies back and 313 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 3: forth and who started. What's It's fascinating, it's disturbing, it's 314 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 3: it's everything, and it's also just bizarre. I mean, among 315 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 3: the things that I'm reading, most everything that Christy Noms 316 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 3: says just strikes me as bizarre. Now, she may be 317 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 3: your north star, so I don't mean to insult her, 318 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 3: But I just mean that she really sings from the hymnal, 319 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 3: you know, and the I'll start first with just what 320 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 3: she said about this deportation of a cannibal. Yeah, that's 321 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 3: what she's talking about. She says, the government tried to 322 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 3: deport and Eric has the the the audio for in 323 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 3: a minute, the deportation of a cannibal. But the immigrant 324 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 3: was so quote deranged, he began eating himself on the plane. 325 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: He shared. 326 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 3: He shared this story this morning during the Trump It 327 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 3: was called a roundtable, which was to announce the Alligator 328 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: Alcatraz opening, which is going to happen this weekend. This 329 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,879 Speaker 3: is the facility in Florida's Everglades. It'll house up to 330 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 3: five thousand people. But she starts in with this story. 331 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 3: Here's a piece of it. 332 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 10: President Trump is upholding freedom by what he is doing, 333 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 10: the freedom to live safely in this country and to 334 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 10: do things legally and to have justice. And because those 335 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 10: liberals and I'm calling out you, CNN, I'm calling you 336 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,120 Speaker 10: out because you lie every single day about what these 337 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 10: operations are. We are going after murderers and rapists and 338 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 10: traffickers and drug dealers and getting them off the streets 339 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 10: and getting them out of this country because Joe Biden 340 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 10: let the worst of the worst come in here. The 341 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 10: other day, I was talking to some marshalls that have 342 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 10: been partnering with ICE. They said that they had detained 343 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 10: a cannibal and put him on a plane to take 344 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 10: him home, and while they had him in his seat, 345 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 10: he started to eat himself and they had to get 346 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 10: him off and get him medical attention. These are the 347 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 10: kind of deranged individuals that are on our streets in 348 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 10: America that we're trying to target and get out of 349 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 10: our country because they are so deranged they don't belong here. 350 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 10: President Trump is upholding freedom. 351 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: There you go. 352 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 3: Well, I don't know about that story. I don't know 353 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 3: whether to believe it. By the way, if deranged people 354 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 3: are eating themselves on the streets of America, I almost 355 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 3: don't care. I mean, if they can do it in private, 356 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 3: i'd prefer it. But they're not affecting me. 357 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 9: But I as long as they don't come after. 358 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 3: You, thank you. It's true. Yeah, I'm not on the 359 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 3: menu yet, but I do think that it just feels 360 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 3: like there's hyperbole there. 361 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:56,719 Speaker 1: But I don't know. 362 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 3: Maybe it happened Christinenome to me, is not the most 363 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 3: dependable witness. I'll just put it that way. She was 364 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 3: the governor of South Dakota, as you know. And one 365 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 3: of the things that's come out just in the last 366 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 3: day is that Christy Nome supplemented her income by secretly 367 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 3: accepting a cut of the money that she raised for 368 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 3: a nonprofit that promotes her political career. This is according 369 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 3: to tax records. This is a wild arrangement. She had 370 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 3: the nonprofit rooted funds to a personal company of Christy Nomes. 371 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 3: It was established in Delaware, That's where a lot of 372 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 3: these companies are established, as you know. And the payment 373 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 3: was eighty thousand dollars. That year, she was making one 374 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 3: hundred and thirty thousand dollars on her government salary, so 375 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 3: she added eighty k to that. And since the nonprofit is, 376 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: you know, one of those dark money groups, one that's 377 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 3: not required to close the names of its donors, the 378 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 3: original source of the money is unknown, but she didn't 379 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 3: disclose the eighty thousand dollars payment. And after Trump chose 380 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 3: Nome to be running DHS, she had to release a 381 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 3: detailed accounting of her assets and sources of income from 382 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three on. She did not include that income 383 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 3: from that dark money group on her disclosure form. So 384 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 3: those who've looked at it say that it was Nome 385 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:39,239 Speaker 3: personally taking money that came from political donors, and this 386 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 3: has been revealed as a payment for fundraising, essentially wet 387 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 3: my beak, and indeed for her fundraising, she was apparently compensated. 388 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 3: So this is disturbing by the way. I don't think 389 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 3: it's going to affect Christyome at all. I don't think 390 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 3: it's going to affect policy at all, but I do 391 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 3: think it's a window on more of this dark money 392 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 3: and how dark money finds its way to so many legislators. 393 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 3: I'll remind you also as I do the story, that 394 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 3: it's not the Christi Nome who's running DHS now who 395 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 3: took that money. No, it's the Christi Nome who was 396 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 3: at that time governor of South Dakota. As I say, so, look, 397 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 3: she's someone who likes nice things. She wore that Rolex 398 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 3: during that tour of the Latin American prison they're in 399 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 3: El Salvador, so we know she's a high end girl. 400 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 3: There's nothing wrong with that. But the eighty thousand dollars 401 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 3: payment again, sort of a bad look. It was a 402 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 3: Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch, is what she was wearing. 403 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 4: How much? 404 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 9: How much is that thing? 405 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 3: What do you think I've seen the answer, But I 406 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 3: mean if I said it was fifteen thousand dollars looking 407 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 3: it up right now, it would be that would be 408 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 3: a lot. I would say fifteen twenty would be a lot. 409 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 3: Fifty thousand is the answer. Oh, that's a fifty thousand 410 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 3: dollars Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch. Yeah, it was just a 411 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,719 Speaker 3: bad I'm not saying you may want to put that 412 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 3: on it's a collectible at some white house dinner. I'm 413 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 3: just saying at that max prison down there a door. 414 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 9: I might maybe she never takes it off as she forgot. 415 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 3: Oh that's good, and you know what, Yeah, that's good, 416 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 3: shouldn't She also was carrying three thousand in cash. 417 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: You got that stolen with a purse. 418 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, she's a she's a bit of a I don't 419 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 3: quite get her rhythm, but you said. 420 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 9: She likes a nice thing. She had a designer handbag 421 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 9: as well. 422 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 3: MS know, how much money do you have on you? 423 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 3: Just just just carr it. Let's see I got three 424 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 3: thousand here in the bag, and let's have another forty 425 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 3: five hundred year in my rock pocket. 426 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: My pocket. 427 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 2: Uh. 428 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 3: That's the latest on Christy Nome as it relates to 429 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 3: both California and to a aparently some dark money that 430 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 3: donned its way into her pocket. It is k I 431 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 3: Am six forty. This is the co Belt Show, Thompson 432 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 3: sitting in. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 433 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 8: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM sixty. 434 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 3: It is the John Cobelt Show, Mark Thompson sitting in 435 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:30,280 Speaker 3: and just looking at the the tenth birthday of gay marriage. Yeah, boy, 436 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 3: that seemed as though it was, you know, past the 437 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 3: finish line, no looking back. But now I think there's 438 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 3: been considerable evidence that maybe the new administration a new 439 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 3: way to look at gay rights in America maybe changing. 440 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: I mean, it was in. 441 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 3: Two thousand and four the first legal same sex marriage 442 00:25:56,520 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 3: in America took place in Massachusetts, and at that time 443 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 3: it was George Bushy was president, right, And I have 444 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 3: to say the polling on this really is doesn't really 445 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 3: reflect that people don't care. 446 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: There is. 447 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,959 Speaker 3: For a long time there was a trend of people 448 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 3: supporting gay marriage. Now it fears that things have shifted 449 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 3: a bit. And since twenty eighteen, support among Democrats for 450 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 3: gay marriage has grown modestly from seventy seven percent to 451 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 3: eighty percent. I mean that's most people. But Republican support, 452 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 3: which had surpassed fifty percent, it went from fifty eight 453 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 3: percent to forty five percent. So there is a souring 454 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 3: of opinions sort of on same sex marriage within the 455 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 3: Republican Party, and courts and state houses nationwide are going 456 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 3: to feel that pinch Legislators feel safer in introducing resolutions 457 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 3: to overturn the Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage. 458 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,360 Speaker 3: It was it overfelt, so again you're going to see 459 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 3: more of this. 460 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: Now. 461 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 3: We're in California, where generally liberal policies rule. You have 462 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 3: an all democrat democratic control of everything that matters when 463 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 3: it comes to the rights of the same sex people 464 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 3: to marry. But the Supreme Court is the last word, 465 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 3: and the Supreme Court has taken on some problematic cases. 466 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 3: From what I understand, it's only Clarence Thomas who suggested 467 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 3: that the Supreme Court would take this case up. But 468 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 3: this is an issue that spills over to it a 469 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 3: lot of other things, and the Republican coalition has changed. 470 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 3: You've got to admit the number of people who identify 471 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 3: with the Republican Party, the kinds of people who identify 472 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 3: with the party, the texture of the party has changed. 473 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 3: Moderate Republicans are fleeing the trump Ism that they see 474 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 3: rising in the Republican Party, and socially conservative Democrats feel 475 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 3: like the party speaks more to them than they've become Republican. 476 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 3: So I'd say keep an eye on this because to me, 477 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 3: as I say, I thought this cake was baked, but 478 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 3: now I would say more and more, everything's on the table. 479 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 3: I've seen legislation just today. Look at this California rolling 480 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 3: back landmark environmental laws. This is in relation to another demand, 481 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 3: and it's the demand for affordable housing. This is a 482 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 3: national symbol of environmental protection as noted here, and it 483 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: was pointed to as a reason for the state severe 484 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 3: housing shortage and a homelessness crisis. Environmental restrictions that are 485 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 3: imposed that make it harder to build to develop, they 486 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 3: are now being rolled back, and so suburban growth and 487 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 3: parties to that growth they are affected by this. In 488 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 3: Nusenstein two bills written by Democrats, but with bipartisan support 489 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 3: in California, that will allow many developmental development projects to 490 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 3: go through and get fast tracked without the kind of 491 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 3: in environmental review that's informed all of that. Normally, it's 492 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 3: a very rigorous process, as you know, to get this 493 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 3: stuff done. But those reviews and those processes are pointed 494 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 3: to is one of the reasons that hey, this is 495 00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 3: the reason that there's not enough housing. It's all of 496 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 3: these environmental concerns. And this is a state that has 497 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 3: prided itself California has I'm reducing pollution, protecting waterways. You know, 498 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 3: we take environmental stuff seriously. Here, Well, mark this day 499 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 3: on the calendar. Democrats long reluctant to weaken this law, 500 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 3: they are weakening it. The bureaucratic hurdles that made it 501 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 3: so difficult to build enough housing for nearly forty million residents, 502 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 3: well those hurdles are being streamlined and you can thank 503 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 3: again both Democrats and Republicans in California for that. Newsom said, 504 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 3: if we can't address this issue, we're going to lose trust. 505 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 3: And that's just the truth. And so this is so 506 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 3: much bigger in many ways than the issue itself. It's 507 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 3: about the reputation of not just Sacramento and the legislative 508 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,240 Speaker 3: leadership and executive leadership, but the reputation of the state 509 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 3: of California. So the ways in which they might modify 510 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 3: environmental law that's been talked about for a long time, 511 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 3: but what Newsom has done is really rolled it back. 512 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: And you can see that. 513 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:23,719 Speaker 3: The fires informed this. The narrative in California is just different. 514 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 3: The demand for affordable housing has created a kind of 515 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 3: urgency to this, and those who comment on public policy 516 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 3: have said the same thing. This is a different political 517 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 3: environment today. Voters have been telling us in polling for 518 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 3: quite a while that the cost of housing is a 519 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:45,959 Speaker 3: big problem, and maybe for elected officials, the election itself 520 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 3: was a wake up call. In other words, you know, 521 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 3: see the first story I was mentioning. I mean, there 522 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,480 Speaker 3: is a changing political landscape, both nationally and in California, 523 00:31:55,520 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 3: and Newsom is responding to that now. And I've got 524 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 3: to say, when you look at the track record on 525 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 3: a homelessness and housing, it's pathetic. We throw all this 526 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 3: money at this, the homelessness industrial complex, and what do 527 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 3: we get for it? More homelessness. So this legislative rollback 528 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 3: of these environmental restrictions. Maybe that does spur development. I 529 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 3: don't know that it puts a dent in the homelessness issue. 530 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 3: I'm guessing not, but it's a sign of a political 531 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 3: tide that's turned, and both parties know it, most notably 532 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 3: the Democrats in California. When we come back back to 533 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,440 Speaker 3: the law, we're watching the situation with the Diddy jury 534 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 3: wavering maybe on one of the charges minimally that involves 535 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 3: Sean Combs. We'll talk to Royal Oaks in the next hour. 536 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 3: It is the John Cobalt Show. Mark Thompson sitting in 537 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 3: for John on KFI AM six five. 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