WEBVTT - Running In A Blue State: CA Candidate Steve Garvey Talks To A&G

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<v Speaker 1>This is they're running them. We have to. It's the law.

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<v Speaker 1>This would be this would be My first question is

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<v Speaker 1>Steve Garvey?

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<v Speaker 2>If I just didn't want put him in an uncomfortable position,

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<v Speaker 2>He's a not Steve Garvey.

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Ship is a.

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<v Speaker 2>Lying, cynical piece of crap and I hate him, disagree

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<v Speaker 2>very strong.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't we introduce Steve Garvey?

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<v Speaker 3>First of all, great baseball star second half of the

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<v Speaker 3>twentieth century. Of the fact that he's not in the

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<v Speaker 3>Hall of Fame as a joke, but we won't get

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<v Speaker 3>hung up on that. Steve has also been since his

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<v Speaker 3>retirement to active in a variety causes from special Olympics

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<v Speaker 3>to juvenile diabetes, the United Way, Ronald McDonald, House and more.

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<v Speaker 3>And Steve Garvey candidate for US and in California joins US.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Steve, how are you.

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<v Speaker 4>Great? To be with you guys? Could you play that

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<v Speaker 4>home run again more and more?

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<v Speaker 1>If he does, there's going to be a fight. How honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>how often? How often do you think about that?

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<v Speaker 4>You went through the recovery program, the Cubs revo tape

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<v Speaker 4>from Garvey program.

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<v Speaker 2>Well we'll get to the politics. But yeah, I always

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<v Speaker 2>wondered we got a terrible delay problem going on.

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<v Speaker 4>We're going to use that. We're going to use that

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<v Speaker 4>Don Drysdale call, which has been infamous on Tuesday Night,

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<v Speaker 4>Primary night, because you know, we've run My team has

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<v Speaker 4>run an amazing campaign. It's just five months now and

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<v Speaker 4>we've gone from zero to the mid twenties in terms

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<v Speaker 4>of carolling. And we believe that we'll be a tomorrow

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<v Speaker 4>and there'll be eight more months after Tuesday Night where

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<v Speaker 4>the people that have good people at California have stood

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<v Speaker 4>up and say, Steve, thanks for running. Bless you. It's

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<v Speaker 4>a narrow path, but we can't believe that California is

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<v Speaker 4>in the States. And your voice is saying we want

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<v Speaker 4>to be the wind beneath your wings back to Washington.

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<v Speaker 4>So it stays like they were a chance to talk

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<v Speaker 4>to you, and the message is so vitally important.

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<v Speaker 3>So you live in a pretty comfortable life as a

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<v Speaker 3>retired baseball star, well regarded in your home state. Why

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<v Speaker 3>would you toss that all up in the air to

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<v Speaker 3>run for the Senate in a blue blue stain.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you know, there's a wonderful saying that the two

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<v Speaker 4>most important days of your life are the day you're

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<v Speaker 4>born and the day you realize why. And you know,

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<v Speaker 4>in the seventies, September first, in nineteen sixty nine, I

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<v Speaker 4>was called up to the Dodgers. You know, they bring

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<v Speaker 4>up minor league players in September. And a longer story

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<v Speaker 4>is me being a back boy at the age of

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<v Speaker 4>eight in Tampa, Florida for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the

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<v Speaker 4>Boys this summer. It's a longer story, but I got

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<v Speaker 4>a chance to ba boy two or three times for

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<v Speaker 4>eight or nine years with Hodges and Trillo and Jackie Robinson.

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<v Speaker 4>So I grew up with my idols. And then twelve

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<v Speaker 4>years after that first day, I was after by the Dodgers,

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<v Speaker 4>and on that September one, fifty five years ago, I

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<v Speaker 4>put on a Dodger uniform for the first time, and

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<v Speaker 4>my dream came true. And that was when California was

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<v Speaker 4>the heartbeat of America. You know, people remember people coming

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<v Speaker 4>here with their dreams and hoping to grow the family

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<v Speaker 4>and build businesses and having their dreams come true. And

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<v Speaker 4>that heartbeat became a murmur. And you so ably every

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<v Speaker 4>day talk about this one party state that suppresses the

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<v Speaker 4>good people who like me, have common sense, They have compassion,

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<v Speaker 4>They try to work together and build businesses that they

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<v Speaker 4>can't And the most important thing is that we had

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<v Speaker 4>finally somebody stand up. And I decided in March that

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<v Speaker 4>I'm better than this. And I woke up in the morning,

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<v Speaker 4>turned TV on and saw the snarkiness and career politicians

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<v Speaker 4>not representing us, but representing their party, and they were

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<v Speaker 4>doing it for a job, they were doing it for power.

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<v Speaker 4>And I said, maybe I want to have the chance

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<v Speaker 4>to do it for the people. So I woke up

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<v Speaker 4>my wife and I said, Canvas, you know, honey, let's

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<v Speaker 4>work for the Senate. And she is a dutiful wife.

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<v Speaker 4>Turned over. She turned back and said, don't you think

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<v Speaker 4>you're a little young for the Senate? You know, seventy

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<v Speaker 4>fourth time, And I said, well, I used the Reagan line.

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<v Speaker 4>I think I can overcome my youth and inexperience and

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<v Speaker 4>we are better than this. And I started a pathway

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<v Speaker 4>to running. We announced almost five months ago. Unfortunately it

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<v Speaker 4>was a day after the Israeli War, which captivated the

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<v Speaker 4>media world and devastated all of us. But we've come

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<v Speaker 4>from zero to the mid twenties and a short amount

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<v Speaker 4>of time with that great momentum and an he writes

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<v Speaker 4>this ad campaign that they've spent tens of millions to

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<v Speaker 4>paint me in a corner. It's got people mad, but

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<v Speaker 4>for us, it's created a tremendous amount of awareness. And

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<v Speaker 4>by the way, the pictures look good. What all the

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<v Speaker 4>women say? What's important? The days like today where we

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<v Speaker 4>can share my vision are so important during this stretch.

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<v Speaker 4>Run now to the next Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>So we know who your likely opponent is. True of false?

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Ship is a lying piece of crap.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you know, about three weeks, almost a month, we

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<v Speaker 4>had the first and three debates, and I hadn't debated

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<v Speaker 4>in sixty years. You know, I figured out it was

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<v Speaker 4>a junior class president. We had a debate at Chamberlain

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<v Speaker 4>I in Dampa, and that debating is really interesting. You're

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<v Speaker 4>standing on the stage and I wanted to make sure

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<v Speaker 4>I was at the one end and that my three

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<v Speaker 4>progressive opponents were done the wrong. And then all of

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<v Speaker 4>a sudden they started to attack me, and Shift looked

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<v Speaker 4>at me, and I just raised my hand to the

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<v Speaker 4>moderators and I said, mister Schiff, you've lied to over

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<v Speaker 4>three hundred million people, and you can't take that back,

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<v Speaker 4>and he looked at me and he started going, well,

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<v Speaker 4>I won't take it back, and this and then and

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<v Speaker 4>by the way, you were censored. Well, only three people

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<v Speaker 4>in the history of Congress have been censored. So that night,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, it was a volley. Those two statements have

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<v Speaker 4>reservated to pay to ten million people on the you know,

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<v Speaker 4>on the web. And that's established. You know, dot mistake

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<v Speaker 4>kindness for weakness, if you're going to hack me what

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<v Speaker 4>I'm standing up for. And my wife said that, she said,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, you never took the field for Democrats, Republicans, independence,

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<v Speaker 4>You took the field for all the fans. And now

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<v Speaker 4>you're running for all the people. And that's the difference.

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<v Speaker 4>They're running for half the people. They're running for a job,

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<v Speaker 4>they're running for power. I'm running for all the people

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<v Speaker 4>and a chance to go to Washington and represent them.

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<v Speaker 4>Go to bed every day.

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<v Speaker 3>What issues are important to you, Steve, I mean, what

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<v Speaker 3>do you really want to get done in the Senate.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you know, they we've done our polling and varies.

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<v Speaker 4>But let's face it, I'm law and order. I'm let's

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<v Speaker 4>fight crime. So that's important. The economy and inflation every

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<v Speaker 4>day moms get up and dads and they go to

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<v Speaker 4>the kittens, and mom has to decide what she could afford.

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<v Speaker 4>You know that we had to feed her children. Then

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<v Speaker 4>they go to the gas station. You go there and

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<v Speaker 4>you look around like I do here in the jail valley,

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<v Speaker 4>and people are taking a ten dollar bill instead of

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<v Speaker 4>their credit cards and buying ten dollars worth of gas

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<v Speaker 4>instead of ten gallons. Then you look at housing, and

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<v Speaker 4>you look at the mortgage and interest rates, and people

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<v Speaker 4>are getting up. And this is a very very founded

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<v Speaker 4>polways that they're probably losing eight to nine hundred dollars

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<v Speaker 4>a month. They're working harder and losing every day. They're

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<v Speaker 4>dreams than dull. They'll lose ten to twelve thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 4>a year. And this is a fact. Eighty percent of

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<v Speaker 4>California and are breaking or losing every day. So it's

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<v Speaker 4>the economy, it's crime. It's the border. I've been down

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<v Speaker 4>to the border. My opponents haven't. It's watching the infiltration

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<v Speaker 4>we did San Diego from the ocean at the top

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<v Speaker 4>of ot Mountain, which is right near Hokumba, and walking

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<v Speaker 4>him come across. I should cross in pacts of twenty

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<v Speaker 4>thirty forty raising their hands waiting for the US Border Patrol,

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<v Speaker 4>Border patrol bencements all their time processing, and that every

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<v Speaker 4>day is the reasons why there's five to eight ten

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<v Speaker 4>thousand people a day.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, And if you're going to focus on inflation and

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<v Speaker 3>the economy and the border, I think you're on exactly

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<v Speaker 3>the right track. I hate to interrupt, but we're actually

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<v Speaker 3>up against the break. Steve Garvey, we will stay in touch.

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<v Speaker 3>We will talk again. Good luck and best wishes. Thank

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<v Speaker 3>you for being here.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll stay in touch and talk again. I won't be here.

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<v Speaker 2>I just hate talking to politicians. I get nothing out

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<v Speaker 2>of talking to politicians. Be nice to who for what?

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<v Speaker 2>You got nothing out of that? Well, I got the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that he's never going to be a US senator.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of that, I got that m harsh words handsome.

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<v Speaker 2>The next time you suggest a politician, oh no, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ready to know. I'm ready to name names and

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<v Speaker 2>blame people. The next time you suggest a politician, make

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<v Speaker 2>sure you also schedule my day off. The next time

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<v Speaker 2>we get something out of talking to a politician might

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<v Speaker 2>be the first time. I don't know what school they

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<v Speaker 2>go to about answering questions to make sure it's few

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<v Speaker 2>people stay tuned in.

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<v Speaker 1>As possible or what.

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<v Speaker 2>Or just none of them have that skill, just very

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<v Speaker 2>few of them have that skill, that talent for like

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<v Speaker 2>getting to the things that could possibly interest somebody. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, I don't know what it is. Are they

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<v Speaker 2>their ability to just filibuster and eat up time? Oftentimes

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<v Speaker 2>that's it. I don't that's not usually what it is

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<v Speaker 2>when you're running for office. You're not trying to kill time.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to get elected. I mean, we've had plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of politicians on where you're trying to grill them and

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<v Speaker 2>they their skill is to just eat up time, just

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<v Speaker 2>to filibuster until you the five minutes are up.

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<v Speaker 1>But god dang it, moving along.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he's a nice guy that doesn't make any difference.

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<v Speaker 2>So he ain't gonna be a US senator.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm Jack on the Shift payroll pretty clearly and Adam

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<v Speaker 1>Shift that lying, cynical piece of crap.

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<v Speaker 2>He might be the worst person in all of government,

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<v Speaker 2>Adam Schiff, and he's going to be a senator from

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest state in the country.

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<v Speaker 3>So now it's clear to me or you here on

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<v Speaker 3>Maxine Waters payroll, who can you come up with anybody

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<v Speaker 3>who's running I don't even care.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you come up with anybody in the federal government

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<v Speaker 2>worse than Adam Schiff And but he's in the top

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<v Speaker 2>tier of evil and gutless and dishonest.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>God.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually when you do something like what he did during

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<v Speaker 2>the whole Trump collusion thing, you're like, you're you're sacrificing yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>You're sacrificing the rest of your career to go. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you're a joke for the rest of your life. You're

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<v Speaker 3>a punchline. But you took one for the team. No,

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<v Speaker 3>he's gonna be elevated to a US senator. That's a

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<v Speaker 3>disappointing reality about our politics.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, he'll be a senator till the day

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<v Speaker 2>he dies.

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<v Speaker 3>Because I think it's cute that you still have the

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<v Speaker 3>capacity to be disappointed.

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<v Speaker 4>Armstrong and Getty