WEBVTT - California's Crumblin: Katy Grimes Talks to Joe Getty

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<v Speaker 1>Right now.

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<v Speaker 2>What a pleasure this is to welcome back to the

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty Show. Katie Grimes the editor in chief

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<v Speaker 2>of the California Globe. Katie a long time investigative journalist

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<v Speaker 2>covering the California state capital. She authored a book, California's

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<v Speaker 2>War against Donald Trump, Who Wins and Who Loses? And

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<v Speaker 2>is a just terrific read at The California Globe. Recent article,

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats don't want the public to know they're protecting pedo files. Great, Scott,

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<v Speaker 2>what is this all about? Katie Grimes joins us, Hey, Katie,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you?

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<v Speaker 3>Hey? Joe Getty doing well? How are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm terrific for listening, folks.

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<v Speaker 2>Jack had to jet off to a follow up appointment

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<v Speaker 2>for his eye surgery, but he's doing great and he'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back tomorrow. But that's a hell of a headline.

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats don't want the public to know they're protecting pedal files.

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<v Speaker 1>What are we talking about?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it is in quotes, and I quoted Assemblyman Bill

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<v Speaker 3>a Sale from a Assembly floor speech yesterday, or not

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<v Speaker 3>really necessarily a floor speech. He forced the Assembly to

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<v Speaker 3>try and to vote, or he was trying to on

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<v Speaker 3>a bill that he has which would end sanctuary protections

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<v Speaker 3>for illegal aliens convicted of sex crimes against minors. So

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<v Speaker 3>it's kind of a mouthful, but the bottom line is

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<v Speaker 3>the Democrats, not one Democrat in the Assembly yesterday would

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<v Speaker 3>consider having a debate about this and voting on it.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's not jump past that the bedrock of

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<v Speaker 2>this too quickly. So California extends sanctuary status to illegal

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<v Speaker 2>aliens convicted of sex offenses against child the children being

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<v Speaker 2>child rapists.

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<v Speaker 3>Essentially, well, essentially, what it is is California passed the

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<v Speaker 3>law a few years ago that phibits law enforcement from

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<v Speaker 3>working with ICE agents. So even if they have a

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<v Speaker 3>sex crime illegal alien in their custody and ICE shows up,

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<v Speaker 3>there's like no cooperation happening. And so it essentially, according

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<v Speaker 3>to assemblymen, as Faily offers sanctuary protections for these people.

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<v Speaker 1>It's absolutely horrible.

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<v Speaker 2>And the assemblyman just wanted his bill to be heard

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<v Speaker 2>and debated, but I understand it got kind of hairy

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<v Speaker 2>on the floor as he was trying to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it was.

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<v Speaker 3>Quite a sight. And when this happens in the Assembly

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<v Speaker 3>or the Senate, it's very telling. So when he was

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<v Speaker 3>just reading the motion, that he was making to allow

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<v Speaker 3>the Assembly rules to be suspended so that his bill

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<v Speaker 3>could bypass the committee process because they won't hear it

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<v Speaker 3>in committee and instead be heard on the floor. The

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<v Speaker 3>Speaker pro Temp cut off his mic and told him

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<v Speaker 3>to stop it and accused him of trying to debate,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, the issue right then and there, and they

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<v Speaker 3>continued with his mic cut off. So he had to

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<v Speaker 3>yell his motion across the Assembly floor, for which they

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<v Speaker 3>did grant a vote, and that's what was voted down,

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<v Speaker 3>that the rules would not be suspended and his bill

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<v Speaker 3>would not be heard.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow wow, I think is that another quote from Assembly

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<v Speaker 2>in a sale He said it's been languishing as Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>in the Public Safety Committee refused to hear it quote

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<v Speaker 2>because they know I'd bring angel moms and county sheriffs

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<v Speaker 2>to testify, and they just don't want the question to

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<v Speaker 2>be asked, right, That's exactly it.

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<v Speaker 3>So the bill did sense, it did get assigned to

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<v Speaker 3>the Assembly Public Safety Committee, but the committee won't hear it.

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<v Speaker 3>They won't put it on the calendar or the agenda,

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<v Speaker 3>and so that's why he tried to force this yesterday.

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<v Speaker 3>He did have a mother there whose whose son was

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<v Speaker 3>killed twenty two years ago by an illegal alien, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, she's a living, breathing testament to the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that this is still, twenty two years later, a massive

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<v Speaker 3>issue in California.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, and it doesn't have a chance of getting out

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<v Speaker 2>of committee or getting voted on or anything like that,

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<v Speaker 2>which is just testament to the one party banana republic

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<v Speaker 2>politics that California is dealing with these days. Is there

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<v Speaker 2>more to that story, Katie, or are you up for

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<v Speaker 2>moving on to other fair.

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<v Speaker 3>We can move on. I will just one last little

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<v Speaker 3>not is there were thirty members of the Assembly yesterday

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<v Speaker 3>who refused to vote no. So thirty spineless human beings

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<v Speaker 3>who wouldn't even put their yes or no vote out there.

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<v Speaker 3>And I included that in the article if people are interested.

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<v Speaker 2>To know who California is ungovernable, so you write a

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<v Speaker 2>fair amount. I love reading you on California Globe. What

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<v Speaker 2>recently has really got your attention and fired up that you've.

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<v Speaker 3>Written about, Well, all kinds of good news coming your

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<v Speaker 3>way from me to the California Air Resources Board is

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<v Speaker 3>going to add another f defense onto our gas taxes.

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<v Speaker 3>It's their clean air tax, aren't you excited.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, How certain is that to happen? Is that one

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<v Speaker 2>of those aspirational uh plans? Or do you think that's

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<v Speaker 2>actually gonna hit the gas pumps?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>They already voted it. It's been approved by the unelected board,

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<v Speaker 3>which does not have the authority to pass taxes, but

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<v Speaker 3>they did. And yeah, it's it's supposed to hit the uh,

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<v Speaker 3>the tax board, I think in June.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I just it's it's it's so mountainous at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>the misgovernance of California and the the mobbed up feel

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<v Speaker 2>of the legislature and all.

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<v Speaker 1>I just I don't know, it's just so discouraging.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you're right, I find it extremely discouraging. It's it's

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<v Speaker 3>why I write the articles that I write. It just

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<v Speaker 3>trying to expose what they're doing or not doing. What

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<v Speaker 3>they're you know, the the bs that they're addressing U,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, on the Assembly, for all kinds of DEI

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<v Speaker 3>garbage and social welfare crap instead of what's going on

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<v Speaker 3>with the California economy. You know what the governor isn't doing.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, he's jetting off to you know, climate change

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<v Speaker 3>conferences with the Pope instead of staying here and governing

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<v Speaker 3>this horrific state.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, r Katie.

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<v Speaker 2>Katie Green brought us a story just a few minutes

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<v Speaker 2>ago about the one hundred million dollars or so being

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<v Speaker 2>dumped into this anti hate hotline foolishness. And I've tried

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<v Speaker 2>to describe this to people in various ways, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure you could do a better job or a different

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<v Speaker 2>job of explaining how government NHL menke and my hero

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<v Speaker 2>is so great on this. Government will identify a problem,

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<v Speaker 2>real or imaginable or imagine rather, and they will say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>we must solve this. This is a terrible problem. We

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<v Speaker 2>are going to devote this money to this solution, including

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<v Speaker 2>something as dopey as a phone line. But the point

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<v Speaker 2>is not solving the problem. The point is handing out

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<v Speaker 2>the money, isn't it exactly?

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<v Speaker 3>And that is one of the things I focus on

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<v Speaker 3>free It's this. The story that Katie Green reported on

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<v Speaker 3>is one I covered. We actually have a division of

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<v Speaker 3>the California Civil Rights Department called California Versus Hate, and

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<v Speaker 3>I wrote about it last year when the governor and

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<v Speaker 3>the first partner were hawking this ridiculous hotline where you know,

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<v Speaker 3>if you've been the victim of hate. You can call

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<v Speaker 3>and report it. And I called it, you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>Department of Snitches again, real or imagined hate, And they've

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<v Speaker 3>got people investigating this, and so really, what it's about.

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<v Speaker 3>It just celebrated its first anniversary. They did receive ninety

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<v Speaker 3>one million dollars in grants for to put a stop

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<v Speaker 3>to hate. Because ninety one million dollars, absolutely, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>strikes the fear of God in me and my hate.

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<v Speaker 3>And really, what it's about, Joe, is they're ramping up

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<v Speaker 3>for the twenty twenty four election because anybody who doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>vote the way the Democrats in California vote are haters

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<v Speaker 3>and they're anticipating a lot of calls about.

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<v Speaker 2>Politics, right, and anybody does vote that way gets paid

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<v Speaker 2>through some phony program or another. I can't imagine what

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<v Speaker 2>hilariously dopey efforts they're going to make it eliminating hate.

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<v Speaker 2>Will it be posters or public service announcements, or will

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<v Speaker 2>we just not ever see anything of that money? Will

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<v Speaker 2>it just kind of disappear into the pockets and cronies.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it disappears into NGOs, And in this case, some

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<v Speaker 3>of it might go to local governments for their efforts

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<v Speaker 3>to eradicate hate. Also, again, super subjective doesn't mean a

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<v Speaker 3>thing at all. You don't eradicate hate. You don't say, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>I wish there would be no hate in California and

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<v Speaker 3>then send money on it. So no, it's it's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>So the snitch line you got my attention, though, So

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<v Speaker 2>if Jack annoys me in particular, someday I can call

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<v Speaker 2>the snitch line and say that he's been discriminating against

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<v Speaker 2>me because of my Presbyterian heritage.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I don't know if that's a protected category, Joe, Well,

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<v Speaker 3>they might not be that interested. Yeah, I know. Well

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<v Speaker 3>they said that last year they received over two thousand calls,

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<v Speaker 3>a thousand of which were actual hate issues, so plenty

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<v Speaker 3>of people are I mean, I would have thought there'd

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<v Speaker 3>be millions of calls, but yeah, ninety one million dollars

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<v Speaker 3>for two thousand calls, half of which were even qualifying

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<v Speaker 3>for real hate.

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<v Speaker 2>That that that well, that ought to be on the

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<v Speaker 2>California state flag instead of a bear. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>how you would portray it, but what a beautiful symbol

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<v Speaker 2>of the current state of affairs. Katie Grimes of the

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<v Speaker 2>California Globe. You must, you must, you must bookmark California

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<v Speaker 2>Globe dot Com, read it, follow it.

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<v Speaker 1>It is realistic, it is not partisan.

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<v Speaker 2>It's smart, and it's a it's a fun read and

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<v Speaker 2>a kind of perverse way, just because you know, as

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<v Speaker 2>Katie was discussing, they're getting away with it, but they're

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<v Speaker 2>not getting away with it completely because somebody's shining light

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<v Speaker 2>on it.

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<v Speaker 1>So well done, Katie. We really admire what you do.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks a lot, Joe.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, you got it, and let's talk again soon, okay, please, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you, all right, thank you the fabulous Katie Grimes,

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<v Speaker 2>Armstrong and Getty