1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Canf I am six forty. You're listening to the John 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 2: This is Carl Demayo filling in for John Cobelt, and 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: we are having our conversation about how broken California state 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 2: government is. The politics out here are corrupt to the core. 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 2: We went through the five ways. Our political system is 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: completely broken. But oh, do not be hopeless. I don't 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: want you to be hopeless. I want you to be hopeful. 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: We have a plan to fix it. Oh it's not 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 2: going to be easy. No one's gonna come galloping in 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: to save us here in California. We're gonna have to 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: save ourselves. It's gonna be a grassroots citizens rebellion. And 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 2: I've said it for years. There is a laundry list 14 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 2: of reasons why common sense people are fleeing California. The 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 2: highest cost of living in the nation, crime wave, homelessness 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 2: everywhere called the crime and crime failing. School's job is 17 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 2: being destroyed, freedom's being infringed upon. But you can't get 18 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 2: the great things that California still offers. Beautiful environment, wonderful people, 19 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 2: the memories, your family, your friends. So I get why 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: people think of fleeing California. I understand why some already have, 21 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 2: but don't. As bad as things are that I'm revealing 22 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 2: to you on this show that you already know in 23 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 2: your heart of hearts, you feel it, you see it 24 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 2: every day, you don't need to flee because, you know what, 25 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: we haven't even tried to fight. Okay, I can understand 26 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 2: people fleeing a state if the Republican Party of California 27 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: put up the real fight and we lost repeatedly, If 28 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 2: they put up a real fight, that's emphasis. If they 29 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 2: put up a real fight and we were still losing, 30 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: then I'd say, Okay, give up, hope, let's pack our bags, 31 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: get out with the Gooittin's good. But no, no, no, no, no, no, 32 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: we haven't even begun to fight. No, the Republican Party 33 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 2: has been a dumpster fire of incompetent Yes, and I 34 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 2: would even argue on several levels corruption. They've only learned 35 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: how to surrender. That's all they've been good at doing 36 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: is surrendering. And so that's where Reform California comes in 37 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 2: the group that I lead. That's what's propelled a lot 38 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 2: of good people into office here in California. And we're 39 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: getting more and more people elected, and that's good. That's 40 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: the story the liberal media won't tell you. But Reform 41 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: California has a five point plan to first fix the 42 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: political system in California and then secondly fix the problems 43 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 2: that we're all challenged with. So check out the website 44 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: Reform California dot org. Reform California dot org. You can 45 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 2: not only get updated on all of our campaigns, the 46 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: candidates that we're recruiting, our voter id initiative for twenty 47 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 2: twenty six, our California Taxpayer Protection Initiative, our efforts to 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: stop bad policies like the California mileage tax, the natural 49 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: gas up clients ban. All these topics we cover on 50 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 2: that website. But you can sign up to be part 51 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 2: of the grassroots movement. If you're not signed up, you 52 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 2: don't know what's going on in your area and how 53 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 2: you can be part of it. You're also not going 54 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 2: to get our plain English voter guide. When it comes 55 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 2: time for the election, we actually tell you which judge candidates, 56 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,799 Speaker 2: which school board candidates are good bad. We great all 57 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 2: the candidates that you can't get information on. We give 58 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: you the information. Oh and more importantly, than anything else. 59 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 2: We give you a plain English description of the ballot 60 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: measures skis. You know damn well that the politicians are 61 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: lying to you on your ballot. They're hiding the tax increases. 62 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: Yes means no. No means yes. They say something will 63 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: improve public safety, but what it does is it lets 64 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: the criminals roam on the street. Takes away the ability 65 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: to hold people accountable through arresting them and prosecuting them. 66 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: So our voter guide, if you sign up, you get 67 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 2: that voter guide because we ask what your zip code 68 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 2: is so that we can and send you the custom 69 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 2: voter guide for your area. And you also then will 70 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: get informed about the various efforts that we have underway, 71 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 2: like the voter ide initiative events that we do in 72 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: your area. Check it out at Reform California dot org. 73 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: Sign up at the bottom of that website. But here 74 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 2: are the five We have a five point plan, a 75 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 2: five prong strategy for taking back California. So here it is. 76 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 2: In order to take back our state, number one, you've 77 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 2: got to make the case for change to California voters 78 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 2: because these voters have been lied to by the liberal media. 79 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 2: They have been lied to by people like Gavin Newsom 80 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 2: and Karen Bass and the whole gaggle of leftist Democrats, 81 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: and they haven't been told the truth by most Republicans. 82 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 2: Most Republicans sit on their rear ends and they don't 83 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,359 Speaker 2: do a damn thing. There are good exceptions. We're going 84 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: to be featuring some of them on the show this week. 85 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 2: And by the way, we never endorse the Republican unless 86 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: they are one of the good ones. But you've got 87 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 2: to make the case for change. And the good news 88 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 2: about making the case for change is that most people 89 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 2: are waking up to the problems on their own because 90 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 2: they are experiencing them. You know, it doesn't matter how 91 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 2: many lies the liberal media tells, how many lies Gavin Newsome, 92 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 2: you know, shares when you realize your cost of living 93 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 2: is spiking, most voters say, all right, this is the 94 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 2: wrong direction. When they say, oh, crime is down, but 95 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: you see crime everywhere in your community, homelessness is down, 96 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 2: and you see hobos and tents and encampments all around. 97 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: Your eyes don't lie to you. Your nose doesn't lie 98 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 2: to you either when you smell it. When they say 99 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 2: your schools are great, but you know, little Johnny and 100 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 2: Jane come home and they're talking about personal pronouns and 101 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 2: a whole bunch of other inappropriate topics. You know, the 102 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 2: system is broken, and that's why the making the case 103 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: for change is almost being made naturally for us out 104 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 2: in California because things are really that bad. But we 105 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 2: still need to do more because there's more voters to 106 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: convince voters to open the eyes of and so at 107 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: Reform California, we have a whole set of programs to 108 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: make the case for change. That's why I'm here today 109 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: doing double duty duty. I love having the conversation on radio. 110 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 2: I did it for eight years hosting my own show. 111 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 2: We do it every day at five o'clock on YouTube, 112 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: the Carl Tobayo Reform California Show. You can get that 113 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 2: on demand. But making the case for change is our 114 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 2: top priority at Reform California. Second, we have to offer solutions. 115 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 2: So for every problem, we offer the solution. So, for example, 116 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: on cost of living, we have a whole set of 117 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,239 Speaker 2: reforms on cost of living to drive down the cost 118 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 2: of living in California. Insurance, we have a whole three 119 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 2: point plan to lower the cost of insurance and make 120 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,359 Speaker 2: sure people don't get dropped and forced into the California 121 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 2: unfair plan for while end fire management. We have a 122 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: comprehensive plan for reducing fire risk by clearing brush, prioritizing 123 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: public safety, adding more firefighters schools. We have education savings accounts, vouchers, 124 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 2: school choice for parents. You want to empower parents, don't 125 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: just say, oh, let's looks better school board members. Sure 126 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 2: that will help, But why don't we give him money. 127 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 2: It's the money, honey, the golden rule. He who has 128 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 2: the gold makes the rules. If you give parents money, 129 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: they can take their child to any school of their choice. 130 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 2: That's real empowerment. Telling the education bureaucrat, I'm sick and 131 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: tired of your controversial sex said curriculum. I'm taking my 132 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: child to another school that doesn't try to fill their 133 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 2: head with all sorts of nonsense. Any maybe some parents 134 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 2: like that crap and they can go ahead and use 135 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 2: their voucher to send Johnny or Jane to a school 136 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: that does that. That's you know, it's a parent's decision. 137 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 2: But education vouchers school choice. So we have to offer solutions. 138 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 2: Republicans haven't been offering solutions, and by the way, offering 139 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: solutions also means not just laying out policy prescriptions, but 140 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 2: recruiting better candidates for office. That's a solution. People vote 141 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 2: for candidates. They don't usually get a chance to vote 142 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: for a policy. They usually vote for a candidate who 143 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 2: says I'm going to do these things. So offering the 144 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: solution is not just crafting a plan, which we have 145 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 2: a lot of those on the website reform California dot org. 146 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 2: But it's recruiting, training, mentoring, and supporting the right candidates 147 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: for office, people who will be the solution. I will 148 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 2: tell you there are some Republicans in office today that 149 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 2: are not the solution. They are part of the problem. 150 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 2: And that means if we're going to offer solutions, we 151 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: have to offer better elected Republicans. We have to hold 152 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 2: Republicans accountable for standing on principle and fighting the good fight. Third, 153 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 2: you make the case, you offer the solution, you gotta 154 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 2: recruit the movement volunteers in every target seat. That's what 155 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 2: we need. And you know what I'm going to be 156 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 2: telling you at Reform California. I don't want you to 157 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: walk your own neighborhood with our doorhanngers. I don't want 158 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 2: you to make phone calls to your own neighbors because 159 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 2: we can't win that seat or it's a safe seat, 160 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: and where I need you are in the target seats. 161 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 2: So recruiting the movement is getting activists signed up. The 162 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,199 Speaker 2: Republican Party hasn't been doing volunteers or activist recruitment for years, 163 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 2: for decades, but we're doing it at Reform California. We 164 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 2: are getting people off the couch and into the fight. Fourth, 165 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 2: during elections, you gotta turn out the vote. Elections are 166 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 2: all about turnout, and I'm gonna explain that as to 167 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 2: why we can win the governor's race in twenty twenty six. Yes, 168 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: it is possible Republicans can win the governor's race in 169 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six if we turn out our base voters 170 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 2: and excite them and give them hope. And then finally, 171 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 2: the fifth thing is raise the resources to do the 172 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: first four things, because as I told you, part of 173 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 2: the problem is the wrong people are funding California politics. 174 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 2: The labor union bosses and the lobbyists and the CEOs 175 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 2: and the big special interest They've got these unlimited dark 176 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: money funds. Don't we will never have the money that 177 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 2: they have, But we need enough resource to be competitive. 178 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 2: Those are the five points of our plan, and we 179 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 2: lay it out very succinctly on the website Reform California 180 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 2: dot org. Make the cases number one, offer the solution 181 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 2: and the candidates that bring those solutions to bear. Third, 182 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: recruit the movement to win. Fourth, turn out the votes 183 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 2: in the midterm election. And fifth, raise the resources to 184 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 2: do the first four things. It is really not that 185 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 2: difficult when you break it down to a comprehensive plan, 186 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: but it requires you. Can't be done can't be done 187 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 2: without you, So check it out Reform California dot org. 188 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 2: Sign up on that website. You will be given opportunities 189 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: to get involved in your area. Now coming up, we 190 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 2: need to talk about the governor's race in twenty twenty six. 191 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 2: I told you we can win it. We need a candidate, 192 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 2: and we're going to have one of the two leading 193 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 2: Republican candidates who just announced this week. Did a big 194 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 2: rally in Huntington Beach this morning. Massive rally by the way, 195 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 2: wonderful turnout, lots of energy in his campaign. Steve Hilton 196 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 2: is coming up. We'll hear his case for running for 197 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 2: governor and what is his plan to win. 198 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 199 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 3: six forty. 200 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 2: Coming up at three o'clock, We're going to be talking 201 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 2: about Mexico dumping sewage on US southern California beaches. You know, 202 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 2: Democrats in California like to talk a big game about 203 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 2: how you know, pro environment they are, but they seem 204 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 2: to be awfully quiet about millions of gallons of raw 205 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 2: sewage being dumped by are wonderful neighbors to the south 206 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 2: Well Trump Administration EPA administrator Lee Zelden was in San 207 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,959 Speaker 2: Diego today. He held a press conference, made big announcement, 208 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 2: but I don't think it goes far enough, but it's 209 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 2: a good start. We'll talk about Mexico's sewage problem and 210 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 2: the impact it's having here in southern California. But first, 211 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 2: Carl Demayo sitting in for my good friend John Cobalt, 212 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 2: let me just say we have a lot of folks 213 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 2: coming up with questions about California politics and issues that 214 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 2: you want me to cover. If you have anything that 215 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 2: you want me to cover in the next couple of 216 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 2: days while I sit in for John, go to the 217 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app the talkback feature and let me know what's 218 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 2: on your mind. We might play some of those coming 219 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 2: up in the next hour. So go to the website 220 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 2: Reform California dot org. Reform California dot org. That tells 221 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 2: you about our whole entire grassroots movement that we're leading 222 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,680 Speaker 2: in the state of California to make change happen, to 223 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 2: fix our broken political system. And I can't do this alone. 224 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 2: I'm a volunteer, all right. I don't take any salary 225 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 2: for any of the political work I I'm doing. I 226 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 2: never have, never will. I'm like the conductor of a symphony. Okay, 227 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 2: I show up with the sheet music. I got this 228 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 2: little stick, and my job is just to keep a 229 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,959 Speaker 2: bunch of people who want to play great music, keep 230 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 2: them together, and integrate the symphony together. You get to 231 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 2: pick up whatever instrument you want. Some people, I'm saying, 232 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 2: just share our website, Reform California dot org. Share the 233 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 2: voter ID petition. Get people to sign up on the 234 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 2: voter ID petition at voter idpetition dot org. Voter idpetition 235 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 2: dot org. We need a million signatures. If you can 236 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 2: sign up to be a volunteer, go to that website, 237 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 2: Reform California sign up to be a volunteer because we 238 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 2: need canvassers, callers, mail people who help with mailers, handwritten mailers. 239 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 2: Up and down the state of California can't do it 240 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: without volunteers. Volunteers are our most important secret weapon. Help 241 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 2: with an event, show up to an event again, go 242 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 2: to Reform California dot org sign up for one of 243 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: our upcoming events. Also, share our voter guide each election. 244 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 2: Share our podcast every day at five o'clock. We have 245 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 2: a new show every day at five o'clock covering a 246 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 2: different topic in California news and politics. Again, you can 247 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 2: get that at Reform California dot org click under podcast, 248 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 2: or just go to the YouTube channel. I told you 249 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 2: that we can win in California. Things are changing. Here's why. 250 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 2: First and foremost, we haven't had a real effort to 251 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 2: take back our state, but now we do. With Reform California, 252 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 2: we're building the statewide movement out. Second, voters are waking 253 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 2: up naturally. A poll was done recent a pPIC poll 254 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 2: showing two thirds of California voters think that the state's 255 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 2: on the wrong track. Eighteen percent say that we're on 256 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 2: the right track. Those eighteen percent need to pull their 257 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 2: head out of there. You know what, they need their 258 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 2: head examined. But don't worry about the eighteen percent. You're 259 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 2: never going to get one hundred percent of people to 260 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 2: agree on anything, but two thirds of agreeing that we're 261 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: on the wrong track shows that people are in the 262 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 2: market for change. Here's another poll. Madison McQueen found forty 263 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 2: eight percent of respondents in California say they would consider 264 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 2: voting for a Republican candidate for governor in twenty twenty six. 265 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 2: And here's the best number. If everyone who showed up 266 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 2: and voted for President Trump in the twenty twenty four 267 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 2: election shows up and votes for a Republican candidate for 268 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 2: governor in twenty twenty six, it becomes overnight winnable, a 269 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 2: coin tossed race fifty to fifty. The question is who 270 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 2: do we have to run for governor? Do we have 271 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 2: a good Republican candidate to run for governor? Last time 272 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 2: we didn't have any candidate to run for governor. Some 273 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 2: guy named Brian Dolling who no one knows, put his 274 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: name on the ballot. He became the Republican nominee. Didn't 275 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 2: do a damn thing to run for governor didn't put 276 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 2: his effort into it. Knewsome cake walked to the governor's 277 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 2: mansion for a second term despite having an awful record. 278 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 2: So who do we have to run. We've got two 279 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 2: Republicans now we had sheriff Chad Bianco from Riverside County, 280 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 2: announced a couple weeks ago, but today formally kicking off 281 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 2: his campaign for governor is former Fox News commentator because 282 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 2: he's a former commentator because now that he's a politician, 283 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 2: he had to give up his gig. Steve Hilton, impressive guy, 284 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 2: very articulate, really has energy and connects with audiences. Again, 285 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 2: I like both Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, but we 286 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 2: have to get behind one of these guys. And I'm 287 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 2: not saying that you should rush to make your decision. 288 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 2: Let them go show you what they got, you know, 289 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 2: in the next couple of weeks, a couple months. Let 290 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: them work for your support. But coming up, we've got 291 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 2: Steve Hilton joining us, and he's going to explain why 292 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 2: he's running for governor, who he is if you don't 293 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 2: know him from his Fox News show, and what is 294 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,719 Speaker 2: his plan to win? How does he put together a 295 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 2: coalition in California to win the governor's race, which I 296 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 2: believe is winnable with the right candidate, with the right campaign, 297 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 2: with the right effort. Plus, we are going to hear 298 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 2: from a number of other candidates running for state legislature, 299 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 2: because my goal is not only to get a governor 300 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: candidate that we can support and see if we can 301 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 2: win that office, but to break the Democrat supermajority and 302 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,399 Speaker 2: Sacramentos that we're finally relevant again. All that's coming up 303 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 2: is Carl Demyo me sits in for John Cobelt. 304 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 3: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI A 305 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 3: six forty. 306 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,880 Speaker 2: This is Carl Demyo filling in for John Cobelt. We've 307 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,440 Speaker 2: got a lot to get to in these few days. 308 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 2: I know that a lot of you have questions about 309 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 2: issues and how to you know, fix problems in California. 310 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 2: But I can tell you the single most important thing 311 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 2: we can do, if we can do it, and that's 312 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 2: a big if, is we need to get a good governor. 313 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: You get a good governor, a lot of things start 314 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 2: falling into place, and you might say, well that's impossible. No, 315 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 2: I'm here to tell you it is absolutely possible. With 316 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 2: the right candidate and the right campaign, it is absolutely possible. 317 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 2: Stop listening to the political consulting class. It's absolutely winnable 318 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 2: in California. I would not be asking you to be 319 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 2: part of this effort if it were a lost cause. 320 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 2: I'd be telling you to pack your bags, get the 321 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 2: hell out while the while the getting's good. And so 322 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 2: we've got to be very selective with who we're going 323 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 2: to get behind in the California Governor's race in two 324 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 2: As I mentioned, two Republicans are running, Sheriff Chadmianco from 325 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 2: Riverside County, and my next guest Steve Hilton. You may 326 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 2: know him as a host from Fox News. He hosted 327 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 2: a wildly popular show for many years on Fox News, 328 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 2: but now he's decided to throw his hat in the 329 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 2: ring for California governor. Steve, thanks for joining us. 330 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 4: It is so great to be with you. It's the 331 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 4: first day and it's a real honor and a treat 332 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 4: to join you. Carl. You've shown the spirit that we 333 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 4: need with the way you fought, and that's what we 334 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 4: need right across the state. We've got to fight and 335 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 4: fight to end this ridiculous disastrous fifteen years of Democrat 336 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 4: one party rule. I'm very confident we can do it, 337 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,239 Speaker 4: just like you, if we actually get out there and 338 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 4: we show not just what's gone wrong, but how we 339 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 4: put it right with common sense, practical ideas. That's going 340 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 4: to be the theme of my campaign. Golden Again. Great jobs, 341 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 4: great homes, great kids. Get rid of the taxes and 342 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 4: the bureaucracy and the nonsense there's plague do state. I'm 343 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,399 Speaker 4: really confident we can turn this around. I think this 344 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 4: is the best shot we've got for change in California 345 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 4: at the governor level for at least twenty years. 346 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 2: So if people don't know you from your show on 347 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 2: Fox News, give us a little bio breakdown, because you 348 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 2: do have a wonderful campaign video. It's only two and 349 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 2: a half minutes long. I encourage people to google it 350 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:30,400 Speaker 2: on YouTube under Steve Hilton, candidate California Governor. It's very 351 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 2: well produced. I thought it was very Reagan asque. Actually, 352 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 2: very good job on your campaign video. Tell us a 353 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 2: little bit about your bio where you came from so as. 354 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 4: People can hear from the accent. I'm originally from the UK. 355 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 4: My parents are actually Hungarian. They were immigrants. They fed 356 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 4: Communism and I was born in England and I didn't 357 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 4: have much money. My family's a working class family. My 358 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 4: dad worked construction, my mom worked in the shoes store. 359 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 4: So I've always identified with that aspirational desire for opportunity 360 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 4: and upward mobility. And then eventually I went to Oxford University. 361 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 4: I ended up in politics, worked for the Conservative Party. 362 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 4: My first job there when Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister. 363 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 4: Then I left and did Merris. I started businesses and 364 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 4: worked all over the world. And then when David Cameron 365 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 4: ran for leadership of the Conservative Party, I helped him 366 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 4: get elected. Worked in ten Downing Street a senior advisor, 367 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 4: focusing on implementing our domestic policy program. Then in twenty 368 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,479 Speaker 4: twelve we moved here as a family for family reasons, 369 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 4: to California, not necessarily knowing that it would be forever. 370 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 4: But after a few years, I just felt so clearly 371 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 4: that this is my home. This is in every way 372 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 4: home for me, not just where we're raising our family. 373 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 4: I taught at Stamford University. I started a business here. 374 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 4: As you mentioned, the opportunity to host the show on 375 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 4: Fox and have a great opportunity to talk to the 376 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 4: country and to California about all our issues. So it's 377 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 4: been an amazing for me. But the real point is 378 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 4: that I love this state so much I cannot stand 379 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 4: what's happening to it. And that's why I've decided to 380 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 4: do this, because it's now on never for California. We've 381 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 4: got to stand up and fight. Otherwise, this beautiful state 382 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 4: that is so important to America, it's just going to 383 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 4: have more stagnation and decline and we cannot let that happen. 384 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 2: So how did we get here? You know, when people 385 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 2: are hired to do the job of a CEO, you're 386 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 2: being brought in to a bankrupt country, a company. Well, well, frankly, yeah, 387 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 2: a bankrupt country would be a good example. A bankrupt company, 388 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 2: the CEO, the new CEO comes in and the first 389 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 2: thing you need to do is assess why are things 390 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 2: so bad? So when I ask you, why is California 391 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 2: in such bad shape? What is your assessment? 392 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 4: So it's a combination of two things. It's really bad ideas, 393 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 4: really badly executed. So it's this combination of ideological extremism 394 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 4: and total governing incompetence, and it's all tied together by 395 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 4: this Democrat one party rule, they've got so arrogant, so 396 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 4: complacent the people that they're putting up just a more 397 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 4: and more incompetent machine, politicians who don't know what they're doing. 398 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 4: All they know how to do is navigate the party machine, 399 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 4: people like Karen Bass and Los Angeles, and they've just 400 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 4: been assuming that they're going to be in power forever, 401 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 4: that there's never going to be a challenge. So basically 402 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 4: they've lost touch with the practicalities of life for Californias 403 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,640 Speaker 4: and it's just been this one long ideological experiment. I mean, 404 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 4: you and I saw each other in San Diego the 405 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 4: other week and I said, this is as if they've 406 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 4: turned California into the Wuhan lab far left extremism, the 407 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 4: kind of ideological virus so extreme on the climate policy 408 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 4: that's now really crushing businesses, just piling costs on costs 409 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 4: on costs, the taxes, the bloat in the government as 410 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 4: they fund this extremism them it's just crushing people, and 411 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 4: they feel that they're going to get away with it 412 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 4: because they've never really thought there's a challenge. That's starting 413 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 4: to change. Honestly, the way you've taken Sacramento by storm 414 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 4: cold just in the last few months. They've never seen 415 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 4: anything like that for years, and you can see them squealing. 416 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 4: And that is what we need to do. We need 417 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 4: to fight back and say you can't do this to California. 418 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 4: This state is too precious, our future is too important. 419 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 4: We're not going to let you just have it all 420 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 4: your own way forever. 421 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 2: So you know, I always say it takes two to tango. 422 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 2: As much as I want to blame as you do 423 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 2: the Democrats for their bad ideas and bad execution, I 424 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 2: think that's a nice way of kind of, you know, 425 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 2: covering a whole bunch of problems that they've had, bad ideas, 426 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 2: bad execution, of extremism. I can't dismiss the professional political 427 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 2: class within the Republican Party for their culpability because they 428 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 2: basically surrendered. And many of the people who are responsible 429 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 2: for surrendering and having the policy of permanent surrender rather 430 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 2: than fighting are actually saying, oh, we shouldn't go with 431 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 2: Steve Hilton. So what is your assessment of the California 432 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,879 Speaker 2: Republicans And what would you say to those people who say, well, no, no, no, 433 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 2: we can't have Steve Hilton. Why what is it about 434 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: you that they're clocking that they don't like. 435 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 4: Well, maybe it's because I'm a fighter, and that's maybe 436 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 4: why you and I get on. I remember it really 437 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 4: reminds me of a conversation we had. I think it's 438 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 4: the first time we met, and I always remember it 439 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,199 Speaker 4: because you said, look that for far too long, the 440 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 4: assumption has been from the exactly those people you're talking about. 441 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 4: The only way a Republican can win in California is 442 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 4: to be some kind of you know, wishy, washy, watered 443 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 4: down democrat light don't offend anyone. You've got to kind of, 444 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 4: you know, go with the flow. And I actually, in 445 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 4: a way I didn't understand it, because that's so anathema 446 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 4: to me, so alien to me, Like why wouldn't you 447 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 4: just you know, tell the truth about what's happening. But 448 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 4: now I see what you mean, and I think it's 449 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 4: incredibly important. Were really clear, and so you're never going 450 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 4: to persuade the far left, extreme nut jobs in you know, 451 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 4: in places like Marine County, which who are so detached, 452 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 4: you know, the elites who are so detached from ordinary 453 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 4: life that they can indulge in It's a very important 454 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 4: concept I think in California, the so called Rob Henderson 455 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 4: I think first coined the phrase luxury beliefs. It's all 456 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 4: very well for the elite Democrats in Marine County in 457 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,479 Speaker 4: places like that to be pushing their climate ideas all 458 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 4: this stuff, and we've got to say, no, that's crushing people. 459 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 4: It's raising the cost of gas, electricity, housing, everything. We've 460 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 4: got to be very very clear about it. You've got 461 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 4: to stop. We've got to go in a completely different direction. 462 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 4: The government's got too big, The regulations are too heavy 463 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 4: and complicated. Everything about government is just bloated and ridiculous, 464 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,880 Speaker 4: and we've got to cut it back right so it's 465 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 4: practical things. 466 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 2: Okay, So can you hold the line because I want 467 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 2: to hear this is all good stuff, but the question 468 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 2: everyone's asking, can you win? What's your plan to win 469 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 2: in a blue state? I want to hold you over 470 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 2: just for one more segment because I want to hear 471 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,120 Speaker 2: what would be your plan to win and why you're 472 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,640 Speaker 2: better than the other Republican running Because we have two 473 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 2: choices right now, so stick around. We're talking to Steve Hilton, 474 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 2: the Republican candidate for California governor in twenty twenty six. 475 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI A six. 476 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 2: This is Carl Demayo filling in for John Colbelt. Coming 477 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 2: up at three o'clock. We're going to talk about Mexico 478 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 2: dumping raw sewage on US beaches in bays, public health 479 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 2: and environmental disaster. Governor Gavin Newsom doesn't want to do 480 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 2: anything about it. How's that firm? Being an environmentalist? Also 481 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 2: help us get California voter ID on the ballot in 482 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty sixth election. You can sign the petition 483 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 2: online at voter ID petition dot org. Voter ID petition 484 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 2: dot org. Go to the website voter ID petition dot 485 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: org sign up and be part of the effort to 486 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 2: restore election integrity. We're talking to Steve Hilton. He is 487 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 2: a Republican candidate for governor. He kicked off his campaign 488 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 2: today with a massive rally in Huntingdon Beach. Bravo by 489 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 2: the way, Steve, that was a big turnout. So look, 490 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 2: we know that we would love to see you as governor. 491 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 2: You had us at hello because you're not Gavin Newsom 492 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 2: and you're not one of these other extremist liberal Democrats. 493 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 2: But how do you win? What is your game plan 494 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 2: to win this election? 495 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 4: Exactly the central question. Just quickly, though, Carl, I want 496 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 4: to say, I just signed my petition for vote writ 497 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 4: I signed it today live on stage at the event, 498 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 4: and I said, no one can leave this event unless 499 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 4: they've also signed their petition. We got to get vote trit. 500 00:28:56,320 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 4: So I've been working on this for over two years. 501 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 4: I've been traveling the state, meeting people in every part 502 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 4: of our state, all backgrounds, and the thing that I'm 503 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 4: hearing so strongly it's just people. So they're struggling so much. Businesses, 504 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 4: people are struggling so much. They really want to know 505 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 4: how you're going to solve their problems. And so to me, 506 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 4: the way we do this is to have a high 507 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 4: energy campaign to put forward simple, clear and credible answers 508 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 4: to their problems that they can believe in and say, yeah, actually, 509 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 4: I see this is not part of that. It's just 510 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 4: common sense. And so that's why I mean, people can 511 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 4: see the plans that I've laid out. It's on my 512 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 4: website Steve hiltonfogovernor dot com. Of course I'd love people 513 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 4: to support me financially there because we're up against the 514 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 4: Democrat machine with all the money from the unions and 515 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 4: the tech billionaires and all the rest of it. But 516 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 4: the answer I think is to be positive, practical, not ideological, 517 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 4: just common sense ideas on all the big issues on 518 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 4: how we cut people's taxes, because the simplest and quickest 519 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 4: way we can deal with the cost of living crisis, 520 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 4: which is such a nightmare, is to take working people 521 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 4: out of tax altogether. That's one of my proposals. If 522 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 4: you earn one hundred thousand dollars, you don't pay state 523 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 4: income text below that. That is a credible and costed 524 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 4: proposal on our website. We've got to make it easier 525 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 4: for people to run their businesses without this endless nonsense 526 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 4: from the government. They're a really detailed plan on Steve 527 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 4: hiltonfogovernor dot com for how we sunset our regulatory code. 528 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 4: Idaho did this, they cut their We've got to just 529 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 4: go for it and be clear. I think people are 530 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 4: going to really respond to that. This is day one 531 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 4: of a long campaign. I'm going to be all over 532 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 4: the state every day fighting for this change and to 533 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 4: make California golden again. 534 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 2: So you are running against in essence, Chad Bianco, who's 535 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 2: the other Republican sheriff from Riverside. Why should Republicans and 536 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 2: independents and disgruntled Democrats choose you over Chad by uncle, 537 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 2: Because you're going to hear that question a lot throughout 538 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 2: the state. People are trying to figure out which one 539 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 2: of these guys are we're going to get behind. 540 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 4: Look, it's very important we all understand that the job 541 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 4: here is to beat the Democrats, to beat the Democrat 542 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 4: one party machine. I don't want to undermine Republicans who 543 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 4: are stepping up and trying to save California. I think 544 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 4: the purpose of the election is to establish who is 545 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 4: the best fighter that is most likely to win and 546 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 4: beat the Democrats. And I think that the way I 547 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 4: put this plan together on the policy front, the way 548 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 4: we're building a movement, the support you just today right 549 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 4: on stage, we had Kevin Kyleie one of our biggest 550 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 4: champions that the grassroots of the Republican Party support and 551 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 4: love very much. He endorsed me, he spoke there. We 552 00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 4: had Gloria Romero the endorsing me, being part of Charlie 553 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,040 Speaker 4: Kirk endorsing me, But he wasn't able to be there 554 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 4: today because he's in Texas doing a big event there. 555 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 4: He did a fantastic video strongly endorsing me, making clear 556 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 4: that turning point, his whole movement are going to behind 557 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 4: me to help win in twenty twenty six. John Voick, 558 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 4: the legendary Hollywood actor, he's behind me. He put a 559 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 4: video out today and we played that at the event. 560 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 4: Vivek Ramaswami, he's running for governor of Ohio. He joined 561 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 4: me live to take part in our event today. And 562 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 4: so I think I can put together a really broad 563 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 4: and powerful coalition of people and support from across the country, 564 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 4: not just here in California. That's what we've for so long, 565 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 4: California has been treated like a piggybanger. All these people 566 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 4: come to California, raise money here and go and spend 567 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 4: it on elections and the rest of the country. We 568 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 4: got to turn that around. We need the whole country 569 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 4: to focus on twenty twenty six, because if we flip California, 570 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 4: that is an amazing victory, not just for all of 571 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 4: us here in California, but for the whole conservative Republican 572 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 4: movement right across the country. 573 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 2: Indeed, Steve Hilton, when I saw you speak a week ago, 574 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 2: and do not present this as an endorsement reform California. 575 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 2: Our movement, myself included, will not be endorsing you know 576 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 2: for several months. We want you ya all to kind 577 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 2: of show us what you got. But when I saw 578 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 2: you and Chadmianco speak on the same stage a week 579 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 2: and a half ago, I got to say again this 580 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 2: no knock on Chad Bianco. Both of you said good things, 581 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 2: the right things, But you had some energy in your presentation, 582 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 2: some humor that really really resonated with the crowd. You 583 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 2: really engaged and activated that crowd. Not saying Chad is 584 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 2: is you know? 585 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 4: Bad? 586 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 2: But I felt that your presentation was much more electric, 587 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 2: much more engaging. But again, this election is just now 588 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:57,800 Speaker 2: starting and we want to kick the tires. We want 589 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 2: to make sure that you can run the distance, which 590 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 2: is why we want to see what you have in 591 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 2: the coming weeks. What's your website for people to connect 592 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 2: with you and join up? 593 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 4: Steve Hilton for Governor fo R, Steve Hilton forgovernor dot com. 594 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,720 Speaker 2: All right, Steve Hilton, best of luck on the campaign 595 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 2: trail and we will catch up with you coming weeks 596 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 2: and months. Carl Demo sitting in for John Cobelt. Let's 597 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 2: take a look at news, and then of course we'll 598 00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 2: be back talking about Mexico sewage dumping on California beaches 599 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 2: and bass. 600 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: Hey you've been listening to The John Cobalt Show podcast. 601 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,720 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 602 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,760 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 603 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: and of course, anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.