1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: I am six forty. You're listening to the John Cobelt 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: podcast on the iHeartRadio app. We're on every day from 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 1: three to six. You ought to be here too. If 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: you miss anything, that's what the podcast is for. On 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: the iHeart app. John Cobelt's show on demand and you 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: get to listen to what you missed, what we did 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: last hour. Actually, you played a part of a rap 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: song last hour because it turned out among the many 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: thousands of people who stole money from the California government 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: during COVID, one of them is a rap star who 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: did a song about it. And so we talked about 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: the massive, massive amount of fraud that knew them aloud 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: during the COVID era. And we also had the launch 14 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: of Artemis two, which is on its way to circle 15 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: the moon. So you want to hear that. Let's now 16 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: go to well. Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments 17 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: in a case that's been bubbling really as long as 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: I've been out here in californiaeople have been arguing about 19 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 1: this birthright citizenship. Your parents are here, and they mom 20 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,680 Speaker 1: gives birth to you, and as soon as you're out 21 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: of the birth canal, you are an American. Citizen. And 22 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if you're a legal American, you're here 23 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: on a temporary visit visa, or you're an outright illegal alien. 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: If you inhale your first breath of air on American soil, 25 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: you are a citizen for life. And Trump issued an 26 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: executive order to say no. And he took his case 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: to the Supreme Court today and actually showed up in person. 28 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,479 Speaker 1: Let's talk with Royal Oaks, ABC News legal analysts. Royal, 29 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: how are you? 30 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 2: I'm great, John, And yeah, kind of weird. I mean, 31 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: no president in our history, according to folks who have 32 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: looked it up today, has ever sat in on a 33 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: US Supreme Court or an argument. So you know, you 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: can say it was for intimidation purposes, or he just 35 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: thinks it's a big deal. Yea oblishedly does a big deal. 36 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: His very first stay in office a year ago, January, 37 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: he issued this executive order says, hey, you know that 38 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: fourteenth Amendment that says you're a citizen if you're born 39 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: here and subject to the jurisdiction of the US. Well, 40 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: nobody knows what that phrase subject of the jurisdiction means, 41 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: but I know what it means. Trump said, unless at 42 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: least one of your parents is here legally or is 43 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 2: a permanent resident. If you're born here, you ain't a citizen. 44 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 2: Unfortunately for the President, John I think he's going to 45 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 2: lose this one because most of the questions out of 46 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: the justices, even the conservative ones, were kind of hostile 47 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 2: to his side. 48 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 1: What I noticed is his Solicitor General, who gave his 49 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: argument to the Supreme Court. At one point he sour said, 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: we're in a new world now. In other words, this 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: Constitution was written before there was airline travel, before you 52 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: have all these countries who are in chaos, right. I 53 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: think he was making the argument that if the founding 54 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: fathers and the legislators had known what the world was 55 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: going to be like, they would have written that amendment differently. 56 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, a good argument. The problem for the Solicitor General 57 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: is after he said that, Chief Justice John Roberts said, 58 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 2: you know, it is a new world, but it's the 59 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 2: same old constitution. Roberts actually referred to Trump's arguments as 60 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 2: just a little quirky. Amy Coney Barrett expressed skepticisms. Now 61 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 2: you know the three liberals on the court, all they 62 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 2: needed are two people and they'll win five to four, 63 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 2: and so it looks like they may have an easy 64 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: time doing that, but you know, it's something people are 65 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: not comfortable with them. You referred to something that's this 66 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: birth tourism business. About a million and a half people 67 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 2: a year are born in America as a result of 68 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: birth tourism. Folks who set up tours with the express 69 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 2: purposes coming to America for a month or so, have 70 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: your baby. That's a big deal because if you have 71 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 2: your baby and that baby is a citizen, they can 72 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 2: stay forever, they can get a passport and travel anywhere. 73 00:03:54,440 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 2: They've got all constitutional rights, social security, welfare, you know, Obamacare. 74 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 2: It's a huge deal. And as a Solicitor General suggested, 75 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: things are different now than they wore one hundred and 76 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 2: twenty years ago when the Supreme Court seemed to be 77 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 2: okay with it. But based on the reading the tea 78 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 2: leaves today, the Court's going to give more bad news, 79 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: you know, after of course, dumping his tariffs a month ago. 80 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: What's ironic is Sour was making an argument that liberal 81 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: advocates often make that the Constitution should be modernized. It's elastic, 82 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,239 Speaker 1: you know, because you know, times change and society changes, 83 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: and they try to create document. Right, it's a living document. 84 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: And so he's making a left wing argument really to 85 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: try to sell the idea that don't pay attention to 86 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: how it's written. Let's look at the reality of the 87 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,799 Speaker 1: world that this amendment is outdated. 88 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, and the world is complex. I mean, everybody agrees 89 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 2: on both sides that certain babies born in the US 90 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 2: are not citizens. For example, if you're the Russian ambassador 91 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,679 Speaker 2: from Moscow and you're over here doing your thing, cheating 92 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 2: and stealing, and you have a baby in Washington, d c. 93 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 2: While your other job, that baby's not an American citizen. 94 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 2: The baby's not subject to US jurisdictions, all kinds of immunity. Similarly, 95 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,799 Speaker 2: if you're a soldier for Iran or some other foreign 96 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 2: country and you're fighting against the US here and you 97 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 2: have a baby, you're your family members, that kid is 98 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: not a citizen. So there are exceptions. The real question 99 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 2: is whether the Supreme Court is prepared to go the 100 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 2: extra mile here and say, you know, the real rational 101 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: modern interpretation of this is to say, you know, if 102 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 2: you're here illegally, you just don't get all the goodies 103 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 2: or flowing from the citizenship. 104 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: So Sara's making the argument that there's a million babies 105 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: born in America from birth tourism. I'd never heard that, younger. 106 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, he didn't mention the number. The birth tourism number 107 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 2: here in America, it fluctuates depending on who you talk to. 108 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 2: Some people say it's a lover like thirty to fifty thousand. 109 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 2: Other people say it's a million or million and a half. 110 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 2: But it's a lot of people. And there are hundreds 111 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 2: of companies in China, mainland China whose travel business is 112 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 2: to arrange for Chinese folks to come over here, have 113 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: the baby, and then they can go back and then 114 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: be free to move around any way. 115 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: They want, and they come here to the La area. 116 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: I remember some years ago we did several segments on 117 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: in Orange County. There was a house in a suburban 118 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: tract and there were like twenty two Chinese immigrant mothers 119 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: in various stages of pregnancy and they were giving birth 120 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: either in the house or they were being taken to 121 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: the local hospital. And the guy running the house was 122 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: making a lot of money, charging a price, you know, 123 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: an all encompassing price to get these women into the country, 124 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: care for them, make sure they had proper medical services, 125 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: then come back to the House to tend to the 126 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: after birth. I mean, it is big business. 127 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 2: It is a huge industry, you know. Looking at the 128 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 2: t leaves based on the oral argument this morning, of course, 129 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 2: the three Liberals, so to my R. Kagan and Jackson, 130 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: they're going to vote against Trump, probably Clais Thomas and 131 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: Samuel Leito they'll vote for Trump. That leaves four and 132 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: the three Liberals only need two people of Kavanaugh and Gorsich, 133 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: Justice Barrett and the Chief And based on the questions, 134 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 2: it doesn't seem like it'll be a real tough job 135 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: for them to get at least two of those to 136 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: create a five four majority upholding birth right. Now. 137 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: Chief Justice Roberts didn't seem to care about the birth 138 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: tourism argument because he asked hour how common that was, 139 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: how significant a problem, and then he said, well, you 140 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: do agree this has no impact on the legal analysis. 141 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: He's just looking at what the Constitution says. Whether there's 142 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: a modern problem now that's difficult to solve because of 143 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: the Constitution is really not Roberts' concern. And that's the 144 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: message I got out of I got out of that. 145 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is a weird message, isn't it. Because it's 146 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: one thing to say, well, you know, I'm just going 147 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 2: to look at the statute and make the right decision. 148 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 2: But if your mo is to set aside any shred 149 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 2: of reality or common sense or practicality or what the 150 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 2: modern world consists of, is that really doing a good 151 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 2: job coming up with your legal decisions, Because I mean, 152 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 2: obviously precedents change. I mean the Supreme Court one hundred 153 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 2: and twenty years ago they said yes, birthright citizenship. Well, 154 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 2: they also said segregation's okay in the late eighteen hundreds, 155 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 2: and Brown versus Board of Educations that we don't care 156 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 2: what you said sixty years ago, it's wrong. Same thing 157 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:41,719 Speaker 2: with abortion. Roe versus Wade was the law of the 158 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 2: land for fifty sixty years. Supreme Court said, well not anymore. 159 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: So things change, But I don't know that these nine 160 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: justices are prepared to change the birthright citizenship rule. 161 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: All right, thanks very much, Roloaks, ABC News legal analyst, Thank. 162 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 2: You, you bet. Thanks. 163 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: All right. When we come back of all the money 164 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: that we're wasting, do you know we're still spending money 165 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: on Kamala Harris's security for her book tour? Yikes, and 166 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: We got a report from KCRA Channel three and Sacramento 167 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: Ashley Zavala that we're gonna play for you on this matter. 168 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,720 Speaker 1: She's still costing us a lot of money. What she's 169 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: a multi millionaire, she and her husband. That that woman 170 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: slapping husband he should be paying for the security. Maybe 171 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: there's a reason he doesn't want to. 172 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM. 173 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: Six forty caf I Am six forty more stimulating talk 174 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: radio John Cobelt Show. Moistline for Friday is eight seven 175 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: seven Moist Steady six eight seven seven Moist Steady six. 176 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: So usually talkback feature on the iHeartRadio app. It is 177 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: an exciting day. We have a moon launch. It happened 178 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: less than an hour ago, and there's four astronauts now 179 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: leaving Earth's bit and headed to the Moon. They're going 180 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: to circle it and then come come back here. And 181 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: so we carried that launch live on KFI. In fact, 182 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app you could hear our number one 183 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: where we voted some of the time to the live launch. 184 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 4: And the pilot is from southern California, Pomona, Pomona Natives. 185 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: What's his name? Again. Last name is Glover. Let me see, 186 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: let me make sure I used to when I was 187 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: a kid. I loved all the Moon missions. I knew 188 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: all the astronauts' names. I still remember their names. I 189 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: feel it like coming back, like I want to know 190 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: these guys. I want to read Victor Glover. All right, Pomona, 191 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 1: he is he is piloting a spacecraft with three other people, 192 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: and they're headed for the Moon. I mean, that is 193 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: the coolest thing in the world. All right. Meantime, Oh 194 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: and Trump, we're carrying, uh a Trump speech at six 195 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: o'clock our time, live on KFI, and he's going to 196 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: be making announcements about the Iran war. Uh. Nobody knows 197 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: exactly what, because he gives out many conflicting statements all 198 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: day and night. And I don't know. Maybe we'll pop 199 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: off about the Supreme Court, because he did go to 200 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: the Supreme Court today over that birthright citizenship and some 201 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: of the a lot of the justices were skeptical, including 202 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: the ones he appointed. So you know, maybe maybe he'll 203 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: lose it over the Supreme Court judges. 204 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 2: Uh. 205 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: Meantime, back in California, the fraud machine continues to crank 206 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: the taxpayer sucking apparatus that is set up in Sacramento. 207 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: You know who's getting a piece of the Uh some 208 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: of the tax money still is Kamala Harris she here 209 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: and an idiot, uh fake slapping husband, Doug m Hoff. 210 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: You know he's part of that stupid no King's rally 211 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: in Malibu. Well, uh, they don't want to pay for 212 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: security for her book tour. So Newsom has the CHP 213 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: still providing the security. You're still paying for it. This 214 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: book tour never seems to end, and neither does the bill. 215 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,960 Speaker 1: It's really outrageous. And now Newsom, we'll talk about it, 216 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: won't release any details. Here's CACRA Channel three Sacramento reporter 217 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: Ashley Zabawa. 218 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 4: At this point, they're not saying much, still citing those 219 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 4: security reasons. These California Highway Patrol officers have been assigned 220 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 4: to her and her international book tour since August. We've 221 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 4: learned this is an unprecedented move and an amount of 222 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 4: time for a former California state elected official. So after 223 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 4: we reported this last month, we submitted two California Public 224 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 4: Records Act requests. So on March fourth, we filed one 225 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 4: with the Governor's Office. We asked specifically for documents and 226 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 4: information related to just the cost the numbers for the 227 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 4: security arrangement. That can include communications with the book publisher 228 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,359 Speaker 4: Simon and Schuster, or the Harris campaign. We also requested 229 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 4: budget documents. A couple of weeks later, the Governor's legal 230 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 4: unit replied that quote, the govern Office is not the 231 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 4: custodian of records for this request, Please contact the Highway Patrol. 232 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 4: We actually did contact the Highway Patrol that same day. 233 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 4: On March fourth, I submitted the request through their public 234 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 4: records portal. I asked specifically for the salaries or hourly 235 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 4: rates and overtime pay for the officers assigned to Harris 236 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 4: between August of last year and April of this year. 237 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 4: I also asked for receipts or evidence showing the total 238 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 4: amount paid for flights, hotels, meals, and other travel expenses 239 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 4: during that time period. The Highway Patrol confirmed they have 240 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 4: records related to the situation, but they will not release them, 241 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 4: citing a section of the law that protects law enforcement 242 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 4: related records. Beneficial with the public record Sector wrote quote, 243 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 4: releasing costs related to a protective detail would reveal sensitive 244 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 4: security information. We also reached out to the book publisher, 245 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 4: Simon and Schuster for comment. We also reached out to 246 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 4: the Harris campaign. We have yet to hear back. I 247 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 4: just want to double down on the fact that we're 248 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 4: not asking for lowcated We're not asking for even the 249 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 4: number of officers. We are just asking for the numbers, 250 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 4: just the balance sheet, like exactly tell us at the 251 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 4: autumn of the total. 252 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: Arre you cut it off here. This is really crazy 253 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: because first of all, Kamala Harris and an already husband 254 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 1: ought to be paying for this. They got plenty of money, 255 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: they're multimillionaires. Secondly, she's making money off the book tour. Thirdly, 256 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: the publishing company Simon and Schuster, should be paying for this. 257 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: She doesn't live all that far from me. I pass 258 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: her security detail all the time going on Sunset Boulevard 259 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: because she lives near Sunset Boulevard and there's always these 260 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: big black SUVs all lined up and it's hers. So 261 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: this is costing a lot of money. This is CHP stuff. 262 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: She is a private citizen. She's no longer entitled to 263 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: vice presidential protection because she's not the vice president that 264 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: expired last year. She's not entitled to any state protection 265 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: because she's no longer the attorney general, she's no longer 266 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: the US senator. She is a citizen just like you 267 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: or me. Nothing special for us to be giving spending 268 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: god knows how much money. And Newsom will not release 269 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: any information, no dollar figure, no list of how many 270 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: security officers, CHP officers are protecting her. Nothing. She's stealing 271 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 1: money from us. Greedy, I mean, entitled. 272 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 3: Who the hell is she? 273 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: So she wrote a book What be? We got thousands 274 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: of authors telling us how she blew three billion dollars 275 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: on that campaign. She got beat badly by Donald Trump, Right, 276 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: you know what she thinks of Donald Trump. So she 277 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: gets up in the morning, it's like Hillary and they 278 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: get they she Kamla got solidly whacked by Trump. Now 279 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,480 Speaker 1: we got to pay for her loser book tour. Still 280 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: it is now April of twenty twenty six. But see 281 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: they're all they're all arrogant, obnoxious. They think they're bulletproof. 282 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: None of them will be voted out of office. Nobody's 283 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: gonna do anything about it. Just hand over the money 284 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: and give the princess, give the princess her protection. I 285 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: think that's really outrageous, really outrageous, and you know this 286 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: is something to be calling the capital on and screaming 287 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: about who the hell is she? Huh? And she's stunk 288 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: as a vice president, she stunk as a senator, she's 289 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: stunk as an attorney general. 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We'll carry that live on KFI, 296 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: obviously about the war, maybe about the Supreme Court issue 297 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: this morning on birthright citizenship, because the Justice did not 298 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: seem impressed with his lawyer's argument. 299 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 2: We have. 300 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: A lot of people leaving Los Angeles, and it used 301 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: to be they were replaced by illegal aliens or you know, 302 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: other people moving from out of state Americans I think 303 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 1: mostly illegal aliens. And now that Trump closed the border, 304 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: and now California has probably the most toxic image of 305 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: all fifty states. We're just flat out losing population like crazy. 306 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 1: I think you probably heard that we're down over three 307 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: hundred thousand people in La over the last few years. 308 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: We used to be slightly over ten million, and now 309 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: we're down to nine point seven million. This is a 310 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: This is a three hundred thousand net loss. During the 311 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: peak years of what they call outflow, we were losing 312 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: in La County about four hundred thousand people a year, 313 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: and like I said, they're not getting replaced anymore. So 314 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: we lead the US and population loss. In the last 315 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: twelve months ending July of twenty twenty five, we had 316 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: fifty three thousand net loss in the county. Fifty three 317 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:53,120 Speaker 1: thousand net loss. We've got over three million net loss 318 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: since twenty twenty And they talked to a high end 319 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 1: real estate developer named Robert Ravine. His company's called Ravanni. 320 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 1: This was out of Fox Business and he says, then 321 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: this is about you know, a lot of wealthy people 322 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: and others. There is a real sense of burnout. They're 323 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: paying insane taxes and getting absolutely nothing in return. He 324 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: is seeing a big migration of companies moving their headquarters 325 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: to his Miami building from California. People feel like they're 326 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: living in a place that's draining them financially, and in exchange, 327 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: they're dealing with rising crime, shrinking services, and a sense 328 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: that everyone around them is trying to leave too. And 329 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 1: Ravannie says, when I moved my family in my company 330 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 1: here to Miami, everybody thought I was crazy. They were 331 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: convinced LA was going to bounce back. Problems are temporary. 332 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: I saw the riding on the wall and Miami has 333 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: proven over and over again we made the right call. 334 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: It isn't just one factor. It's the breaking point pen 335 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: coming on, said Chad Carroll, and he's with Compass Realty. 336 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: The taxes, the lack of safety, the red tape. I 337 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: have a client from California who's home was broken into 338 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: twice in the past six months. Individuals who spent their 339 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,959 Speaker 1: lives building business and wealth, and they feel California has 340 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: become a place that takes everything and gives back very 341 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: little in terms of safety, infrastructure, and opportunity. They're moving 342 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: to other counties in California, other states. Obviously, you hear 343 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: the reports of literally hundreds of billions of dollars in 344 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: fraud over the years. The GAVENUW some years and you 345 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: just have your eyes open. You see the tens of thousands, 346 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of homeless in the state, especially here 347 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, the decrepit roads. Oh, in fact, I 348 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: got a story. I think I'll do it in the 349 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 1: next segment. They got a new story from Reason magazine 350 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: about where we went rank with roads, and that's its 351 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: own own separate issue. But it really everything has gone 352 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: to hell, and I'm just looking for signs that people 353 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: are going to stop voting for this Democratic regime. I mean, 354 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: there can't be any art. I mean I still see 355 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: comments on next door, and you know they're they're died 356 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 1: in the wool, progressive types, liberal types, and they say, oh, 357 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: no way, I'm going to vote for Steve Hilton or 358 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: Chad Bianco. And I'm looking at this It's like, are 359 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: you Almost all the Democratic candidates have zero criticisms of 360 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom. They disagree with none of his policies, with 361 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,640 Speaker 1: the exception of maybe Matt Mayhan from San Jose the mayor, 362 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: and he's got three percent of the vote. But all 363 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: the others, the leaders like Swallowell and Missus potato Head 364 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: and Tom Steyer, they agree with everything Newsom's done. And 365 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: I'm thinking it's like, you have seen the destruction. You 366 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: read about the fraud every day. Are people already not 367 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: knowne to the fraud stories. You see people moving out, 368 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: you can count them. I mean, how the hell does 369 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 1: Los Angeles lose over three hundred thousand people net in 370 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: five years? And I know a lot of my friends 371 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: have packed up and they moved. They moved full time, 372 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: or they moved for part time purposes. You know the 373 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: old six months of the day. You get six months 374 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: of a day in another state, and then you're a 375 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: resident of that state and you pay their tax rate. 376 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: There's got to be an earthquake coming, don't you think? 377 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm reading about how people are really upset with Trump 378 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: because of the price of gas, which averages four dollars 379 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 1: around the country. And I understand that, I think it's 380 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: temporary and for a good cause to get the nuclear 381 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: weapons out of Iran or the potential out of Iran. 382 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: But it's four bucks, and I know people are paid. 383 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: How the hell is there in the same anger here 384 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: for six dollars a gallon because that extra two bucks 385 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: is entirely one hundred percent on Newsome. I don't understand. 386 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: This place defies the natural order of civilization. All all 387 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: these stories do people just not believe it? Are there 388 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: or is it? Is it a cult? Do they have 389 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: such deep emotional investment in progressive rule that they don't 390 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: They're not bothered anymore. They just trust their progressive gurus. 391 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: It is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen in 392 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: my life. And there's no The thing is the newsome 393 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: crowd doesn't defend it anymore, doesn't explain it, doesn't admit 394 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: to it. They know they don't have to, and so 395 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 1: far they're right. Why admit to it? Why apologize for it? 396 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: Why fix it? Why change it? Why respond to it? 397 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: They don't even respond. It's just every day is a 398 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: big few. Every day is the middle finger, the middle 399 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: finger to everybody, including all of his own voters, all 400 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: the people in his party. It's just the middle finger. Here, 401 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: stick it, six bucks a gallon, we come back. I'm 402 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: going to tell you about this new road survey Grand 403 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 1: Corporation did. In one of the major categories, We're last. 404 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: We're like last or next to last or bottom five 405 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: in all the road categories. And the thing is, they 406 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 1: claim the reason for like the high gas taxes in 407 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: part is because well you got to use the money 408 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: to fix the roads. Well they haven't been fixed. They 409 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: haven't been fixed. I think in decades, all the money's 410 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: being wasted or stolen or defrauded. Tell you about it. 411 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: We come back. 412 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 3: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI Am 413 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 3: sixty Oh. 414 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: Follow us on social media at John Cobelt Radio. Yes, 415 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 1: at John Cobelt Radio, and subscribe on YouTube. Do this 416 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: and then you'll get a notification whenever we put a 417 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: new video on YouTube dot com. Slash at John Cobelt's 418 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: show YouTube dot com slash at John Cobelt's Show. Doesn't 419 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: cost you anything to get the notification and then watch 420 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 1: the video. It's just me, oh, all right. We have 421 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: some of the worst highways and the worst main roads 422 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: in America. Again, the Reason Foundation came out with their 423 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: annual rankings for twenty twenty six. This is brand new. 424 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 1: Just this week, California ranks fiftieth condition of busy urban roads. 425 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,439 Speaker 1: So all the main roads that you see in Los 426 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: Angeles and in all the other cities in California, we 427 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: have the worst roads in the nation. And I have 428 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: to emphasize this because that gas tax we're paying is 429 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: really big and fat. It's just the gas tax that's 430 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: supposed to account for the roads is sixty one cents. 431 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 1: And every time we say, oh it, it should be cut, 432 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: it's too hot. How we needed for the roads. They're 433 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 1: not spending it on the roads. How do we We've 434 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: got the highest gas tax by far in the country 435 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: and we have the worst roads by the way, every 436 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: year comes out the same. In fact, we're fiftieth for 437 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: busy urban roads. If you take all the roads we 438 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: have interstate highways, state highways, urban roads, rural roads, all 439 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: the categories. Overall, we're forty ninth. The only state with 440 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: worst roads in total is Alaska, and their winners are 441 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: a bit tough. Alaska the state ranked in the bottom 442 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: half of the bottom third in every category and actual 443 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: road conditions because they have different categories congestion, fatality rates, 444 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: how much money you spend on bridges, how much money 445 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: you're investing. And we're bad in all the categories, but 446 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: the worst categories are the actual conditions of the roads. 447 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: Barook Feigenbaum wrote a piece for the Orange County Register. 448 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: He wrote this report and he says, with gas prices 449 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: rise and Californians are being reminded of the billions of 450 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: dollars a year they pay in fuel taxes and vehicle 451 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: fees to maintain the state's roads and highways. Yet despite 452 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: these high fuel taxes, California drivers continue to face some 453 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: of the worst road conditions in the country most expensive gas. 454 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: Now again, I go back to what I said a 455 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 1: few minutes ago. The roads are awful shape. There's potholes, 456 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: there's chasms, there's canyons, there's just rough roads. It just 457 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 1: seems like wartime here, and you drive over it every 458 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: day and it rattles your brain. It wears out your car, 459 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: your suspension, your tires, your alignment. It costs you thousands 460 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: of dollars. The average Californian has to pay thousand of 461 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 1: dollars in not necessary repairs. And then you go vote 462 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: for the same people who gave you, who stole the 463 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: money and gave you these horrible road conditions. Every year 464 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: it's the same thing. Why do people get out of 465 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: the state and see what it's like in other states 466 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: where the roads are smooth, paved. We're behind other large states. 467 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: Florida's fourteenth. They don't even have an income tax. Texas 468 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 1: is twenty seventh. New York New York is the only 469 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: state that is as bad tax wise as California. They 470 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: steal the money there too. They're forty seventh overall, but 471 00:29:54,160 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: we're forty ninth. And you could wag your finger, shake 472 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: your fists, sculd them, you cannot embarrass them. You vote 473 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: for a collection of psychotics and thieves, arrogant bastards. And 474 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: they don't care. They do not care about any of 475 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: this stuff, any of these scandals. They don't care that 476 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: there's hundreds of thousands of homeless people running around. They 477 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: don't care about all the criminals running around. They don't 478 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: care about all the medicare fraud, the hospice fraud. They 479 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: don't care. Got an election coming up June second, a primary. 480 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: Do something different. Really, you're not going to get struck 481 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: by lightning, You're not going to be swallowed up by 482 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: the earth. Do something different. Do you ever say to yourself, 483 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: this is enough, this is enough already ever, all right, 484 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: I will stand down because like I'm gonna pop up 485 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: artery in my neck. I don't blame you, I just 486 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: the roads are batter right, Yes, God, Sunset Boulevard is 487 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: the biggest atrocity in the world. It's just it's incredible. 488 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: The fact we don't know where to drive on Sunset 489 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: Boulevard because that's a scary road because you have cars 490 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 1: coming in the opposite direction and they're going at a 491 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: high rate of speed on the west side, and a 492 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: lot of the drivers are on their phones right They're 493 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: they're texting, they're scrolling, they're coked up or drunk, especially 494 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: at night. So you don't want to drive in the 495 00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 1: left lane. But the right lane, the right lane is 496 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: like the roads in Iran these days. I mean, it's 497 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: just nobody cares. I'm just gonna go. I'm gonna go 498 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: just shout into the wind. Yeah, you know what, Tomorrow 499 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: I'm doing the show. I'm gonna stand in the street 500 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: and just shout into the wind. Okay, Deborah Mark is 501 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: live and you Can't Fight twenty four our newsroom. You've 502 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: been listening to The John Cobelt Show podcast. You can 503 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 1: always hear the show live on KFI AM six forty 504 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: from three to six pm every Monday through Friday, and 505 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app KFI 506 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: AM six for six More stimulating talk