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And Brandon, of 18 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: course and the Boarder Patrol know all too well smuggling 19 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: operations that can lead to these kinds of disaster. Brandon, 20 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: how are you. I'm doing well. Thank you. I appreciate 21 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: you having me on. All right. What is your understanding 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 1: of the circumstances of what happened down there with this 23 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 1: truck that apparently had no air conditioning. I mean, this 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: is something that we see on a regular basis. You know, 25 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: it's kind of funny that the left is using this 26 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: and saying this that and saying that this is an 27 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: example that the border is closed because they're going to 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: extreme measures, and that's just not true. People that don't 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: want to be detected or apprehended, they're going to go 30 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,759 Speaker 1: through extreme measures. We see this all the time. We've 31 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: seen that throughout my entire twenty five year career in 32 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: the border trol and so it's not an example of 33 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: the border being closed. In fact, it's an example of 34 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: the border being open. The reason why it's an example 35 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: of that is we just don't have the manpower and 36 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: the filter detect these types of instance that are taking place. 37 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: This semi trailer went through a checkpoint, and because our 38 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: personnel are ostensibly being used to do administrative duties such 39 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 1: as processing, hospital watch, transports, and detention security, all duties 40 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: that were not supposed to be doing. But because of 41 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: the huge flood and illegal immigration, that's what we're relegated 42 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: to doing. We just didn't have the people in the 43 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: field that would have allowed us to detect this smuggling 44 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: event taking place. And that is a tragedy. But let's 45 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: be clear, this is it's a tragedy because it's such 46 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: a large number of people at one time. But if 47 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: you look at this fiscal year, we've already had five 48 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: hundred and nine deaths on the border this fiscal year. Well, 49 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 1: let me ask you this, what are the guidelines when 50 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: a truck like this is coming through a border crossing? 51 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: What are the agents supposed to look for? How do 52 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: they handle that? So this this truck did not as 53 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: far as I know, it didn't come across the border 54 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: from Mexico. These people crossed the border illegally. They did 55 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: not cross through the port of entry. They then loaded 56 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: into the tractor trailer in the United States and then 57 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: they drove north and they went through a border roll checkpoint. 58 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: That is not right on the border. You know, we 59 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,959 Speaker 1: have these checkpoints. We have these checkpoints there there to 60 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,959 Speaker 1: their uh. The main purpose is to stop smuggling u 61 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: The furtherance of a smuggling event, but we just didn't 62 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:20,519 Speaker 1: have the resources um at that checkpoint to properly detect 63 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: this event. So let me ask you this because the 64 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: response has been, well, yeah, closed borders, But if the 65 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: borders were open, why would people need to be smuggled 66 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: into attractor trailer into the United States, or at least 67 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: someone as you were saying now, they were put into 68 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: the truck after they got into the US. Why do 69 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: we have to do that the borders wide open because 70 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: of Biden, people don't need to to smuggle into the 71 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: country illegally anymore. Well, so you've got you've got two 72 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: things that are happening on the border. You've got the 73 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: people that across the border illegally and they don't care. 74 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: They don't care that we detect them. They don't care 75 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: that we're that we're fingerprinting them, that we that we 76 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: find out who they are and whether or not they 77 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: have a criminal record here in the United States. But 78 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: then you've got the other people that are trying to 79 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: avoid apprehension. They don't want to be detected, they don't 80 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: want the government to know that they're here. And those 81 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: are the people that are embedding themselves in the tractor 82 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: traders or in these very very dangerous situations that we're 83 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: seeing across the entire body. You know, you got to 84 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: look at the numbers of people that have been released 85 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: into the United States under what we dubbed the Catching 86 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: Release Program, and that's been over a million, about a 87 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 1: million and one million, two hundred thousand people have been released. 88 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: But then you also have those people that are in 89 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: these smuggling events that are trying to evade apprehension that 90 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: we call gataways, and there's been nearly a million of 91 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: them as well. And those are the people that do 92 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: not want to get caught. They don't want to be detected. 93 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: The smuggling operations, too, are quite lucrative for the cartels, 94 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: aren't they. Oh, extremely, And it's it's very disappointing to 95 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: us because what we're doing by the Catching Release Program, 96 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: which is the main magnet that is allowing these cartels 97 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: to go out throughout the world and advertise their services, 98 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 1: we're in enriching them. Our policies are enriching are enriching 99 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,239 Speaker 1: these very very dangerous organizations. We just saw this event. 100 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: It clearly shows these cartels do not care about life. 101 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: They do not care if people die. All they care 102 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: about is the bottom line. They just care about making money, 103 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: and because business is so booming right now, the amount 104 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: of money that they're making is astronomic. We've just never 105 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 1: seen anything like this before. The details we're hearing too 106 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: about this particular incident in San Antonio that perhaps the 107 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: smugglers pulled over to the side of the road realizing 108 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: that something was going on in the back, maybe people 109 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: trying to get out, and when they discovered what was 110 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 1: going on. Did you hear that they may have put 111 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: food seasoning over them to try to cloak the smell. No, 112 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: I didn't hear that. I don't know the specifics of 113 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: it because this is not a Board of trol event. 114 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: This is going to This has turned over to Homeland 115 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: security investigations. Texas VPS was involved in the investigation, so 116 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: we didn't have a hand in this. Those people that 117 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: that and you know that the death tolls up to 118 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: fifty three. There are still several individuals in the hospital 119 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 1: in critical condition, so the death toll could actually go up. 120 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,799 Speaker 1: But once those people then come out of the hospital, 121 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: then they'll be turned over to Border troll custody. What's 122 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: your take to on this year and a half or 123 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: so we've had of Biden as president. We've had you 124 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: on the show obviously a few times since Biden's become president. 125 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: But honestly, things haven't changed. I just saw the latest 126 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 1: migrant and counter numbers. They were just off the charts. Yeah, 127 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: things just keep getting worse. I thought, you know, any 128 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: any intelligent person would have thought the first three months 129 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: the Biden administration, when they hit up to one hundred 130 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: and seventy thousand apprehensions in one month, we thought we 131 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: hit the ceiling. We thought for sure the administration was 132 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: going to have to do something about it. The problem was, 133 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: was the mainstream media covered for him. They weren't reporting it, 134 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: they weren't telling the American public what was going on, 135 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 1: and so because of that, they were allowed to continue 136 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: status quo. And the problem has just gotten worse and 137 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:11,559 Speaker 1: worse and worse. And let's be honest, the mainstream media, 138 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: even with this event, they're buying into this whole preposterous 139 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: notion that well, the borders closed. Look, they're going through 140 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: extreme measures, and they just will not tell the American 141 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: public the truth. Yeah, I don't know what the border 142 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: is closed means to them because with the number of 143 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: migrant apprehensions, clearly the border isn't closed. Because if you 144 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: just talked about the getaways, the catch and releases, it's 145 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: really out of control, more than it ever was during 146 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: a Trump's four years. Now, it's more than anything that 147 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: I've ever seen. And it's not like it's close. You know, 148 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: when we talked about we're breaking records here and we're 149 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: breaking records there, it's not like we're breaking records by 150 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: a little bit. We're breaking records by double the amount 151 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: of previous and that's that's scary. When you consider the 152 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: people that are entering the country. We're dealing with people 153 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: from countries around the world. You know, the Middle Eastern countries, 154 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: Eastern European countries, Western African nations. We know those countries. 155 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: They do not like the United States, They want to 156 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: do us harm. And yet those are a lot of 157 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: the people that we're dealing with. And so when you 158 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: consider the gataways, when you consider that nearly a million 159 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: people have been able to enter this country without detection, 160 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: that's a scary thought. And we might not know what 161 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: the actual outcome is for a couple of years, but 162 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: Ultimately it's going to hurt the American people. Yeah, they've 163 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,960 Speaker 1: they've picked up people that have been on the watch lists, 164 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: Terra watch lists, I mean, yes, bizarre. So we're waiting 165 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: out to see what happens with the title forty two. 166 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: And I think the Supreme Court is looking at the 167 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: remain in Mexico policy, aren't they They are. The problem 168 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: with that is is the administration is always going to 169 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: exercise what's called prosecutorial discretion. They're going to determine whether 170 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: or not they have the resources to prosecute these people 171 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: or send them back to Mexico. And if they say 172 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: they don't have the resources to do it, then there's 173 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: no teeth to the ruling. What the Supreme Court is 174 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,959 Speaker 1: going to rule on is whether or not the Biden 175 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: administration legally get away with the remaining Mexico program. But 176 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: they can't tell them that you must send every single 177 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: person back. Now, what I do anticipate is there's going 178 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: to be more lawsuits, you know, challenging the notion that 179 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: the administration doesn't have the resources, and those lawsuits are 180 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: are going to be huge. But the first step is 181 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: is get the Supreme Court to rule on this Hopefully 182 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: they rule in what I believe is lawful, which is 183 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: that the remaining Mexico program should remain in place. And 184 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: if they do that, then then other lawsuites can follow. 185 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: All right, Brandon, always a pleasure to talk to you. 186 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for taking some time. Appreciate your time. 187 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: Thank you, all right. Brandon Judd, president of the National 188 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: Border Patrol Council, commenting on the horror that was discovered 189 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: the other day in San Antono, Texas. The death toll 190 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: is now fifty three the migrants who were jammed into 191 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: the back of the tractor trailer. It was a refrigerated 192 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: truck that had no air conditioning. More coming up on 193 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: the John and Ken Show KFI AM sixty and Yeah. 194 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: We just got done talking to Brandon Judd with the 195 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: Border Patrol Council, he's the president that's the union for 196 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: Border Patrol Agents, to get his take on this tragedy 197 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: in Texas where fifty three migrants so far have been 198 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: found dead after they were loaded into a tractor trailer. 199 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: The new piece of information we got from Brandon is 200 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: that this truck didn't drive across the border with the migrants. 201 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: It picked them up after they had crossed. They were 202 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 1: probably led there by a smuggling operation, and then the 203 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: idea is to load them up so they don't look 204 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: too conspicuous trying to all separate around the border, and 205 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: they may not know where they're going. This is somewhere 206 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: close to San Antonio. We're not exactly sure where they 207 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: got into this truck or how long they were in it. 208 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: And then they drive them to some other designated place 209 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: and drop them off where sometimes they're sent to a 210 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: drop house where they can't get out until they pay 211 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: the rest of what they owe. I mean, this can 212 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: cost thousands of dollars per person, and a smuggling operation 213 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: like this, so no wonder these men that are responsible 214 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: for this disaster. This is a federal case, but man, 215 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: I wish Texas would prosecute this. They deserved the death 216 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: penalty because it's pretty clear when they knew something wasn't 217 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 1: right back there, and they probably took a quick look 218 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: and saw all the bodies lying there. Reports are they 219 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 1: just threw some meat seasoning over them and fled so 220 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: that perhaps nobody would smell it and the bodies wouldn't 221 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 1: be discovered for a while. Apparently a local government worker 222 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: came along and noticed something was amiss, and that's where 223 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: they eventually called in the local police to rescue those people. 224 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 1: The victims include at least twenty two Mexicans, seven Guatemalans, 225 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: two Hondurans. There's still a number of people hospitalized with 226 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: all sorts of heat problems. Now, the update on this 227 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: story is that the two guys that were taken into custody, 228 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: and I got to believe they're related when you hear 229 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: their names, Juan Francisco de Luna Bill Baio and Juan 230 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: Claudio de Luna Mendez, So they both have the Deluna hyphen. 231 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,880 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised. All they're being charged with right 232 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: now is possession of a weapon by an alien illegally 233 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 1: in the United States. Oh good lord. They use the 234 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 1: word alien. And the charging Documents DHS, as you heard 235 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: Brandon said, has taken over this case. It's a federal case, 236 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: and what they generally do to hold onto you is 237 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: they charge you with whatever they can until they put 238 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 1: the bigger case together. So these two apparently had overstayed 239 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: their visas nice and because they possessed guns. Oh why 240 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,959 Speaker 1: do you think they possessed guns? Oh? Yeah, right, they're 241 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: part of a criminal smuggling operation, of course, so at 242 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: least to hold onto them for now they've been taken 243 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: into custody. The thing that happened immediately, and I hate 244 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: to call it politics, because everything is really politics. The 245 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: Texas Governor Greg Abbott immediately pointed a finger at the 246 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 1: Biden administration. This is what you get with the open border. 247 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 1: I have said this repeatedly. It's a numbers game. It's 248 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 1: the same problem we have with the homeless and releasing 249 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: all the criminals from the prisons. The more you put 250 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: people in play that are in these categories, the more 251 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: trouble you can have. So the more you tolerate homeless people, 252 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: sure they're not all violent, they're not all dangerous, but 253 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 1: the more you have, the more incidents you're going to have, 254 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,319 Speaker 1: and people's lives are in danger. Same thing with releasing criminals, 255 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: same thing with having border policies that are pretty loose. 256 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: You're inviting people from all over the world to get 257 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: here anyway they can. And I think Brandon explained it 258 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: well because someone say, well, we had an open border, 259 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: why didn't they just come across our open border. No, 260 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,839 Speaker 1: it's not that literal. What it means to people around 261 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: the world is that there's an opportunity and if you 262 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: can get into the United States, the Biden administration will 263 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: probably be hands off. I mean they announced the policy 264 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,600 Speaker 1: where deportation will only be the worst of the illegal immigrants, right, 265 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: the murderers, the rapists, people that are dangerous, people that 266 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: use guns. Obama did said the same thing, so that 267 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: kept Although Obama deported a lot of people, that was 268 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: their way of at least saying to the activists, We're 269 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: going to keep deportations to a minimum and only go 270 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: after the worst of the worst. Everything I'm saying gets 271 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: back to people in Central America and in South American 272 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: of course in Mexico, and it does. Believe me, it's 273 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: big news down there. Whatever happens here, it often gets 274 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: lost in translation and misinterpreted. But they saw the Biden 275 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: administration as a sign that things have changed and loosened up. 276 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: And as Brandon said, they don't necessarily want to come 277 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: into the country at the border where they have to 278 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: fill out paperwork and their names are taken and they're 279 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: put on a list and they can apply for asylum, 280 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: because that's too complicated. Plus there's a track record of them. 281 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: If they can get into the United States any other way, 282 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: they can. Once they're here, even if they're caught. Thanks 283 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: to the Biden administration is Department of Homeland Security, they're 284 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: probably okay. There's not really much chance of Interior enforcement 285 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: and any problem with them ever being deported. They would't 286 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 1: have to go through the court system, they wouldn't have 287 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 1: to go to the asylum system. They won't have to 288 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: do anything. And if they're ever picked up, and oh 289 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: for even a minor infraction is discovered, there's no real 290 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: record of you. Who are you? And if it is 291 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: determined that they are in the country illegally under the 292 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: Biden administration, who cares? That doesn't matter? All right? When 293 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: I come back, I'll be talking to Carl Demayo Reform 294 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: California tomorrow. Well, the day after tomorrow is July first, 295 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: So the gas tax is going up in twenty seventeen, 296 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: despite our best efforts. They raise California's gas taxes not 297 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: just immediately, but for years to come, hikes for years 298 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: to come, and when it happens the half year mark 299 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,119 Speaker 1: July first, they're not going to stop it. In Sacramento. 300 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: Despite these ridiculously high gas prices. Carl and his group 301 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: are doing something special on Friday to bring attention to this, 302 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: and I'll talk to him about it as soon as 303 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: I come back. John is on vacation. I'm here. Deborah 304 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: Mark has a news update coming up. After three o'clock. 305 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: We're going back to the La County District Attorney George 306 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: Gascone would by the way, if you haven't signed a 307 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: petition and you're in La County Register voter, what the 308 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: hell's wrong with you? But secondly, we need your help. 309 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: They need a buffer and the number of signatures collected 310 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: to try to get this on the ballot. You go 311 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: to Recall DA George Gascone dot com and you're gonna 312 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: have to drop the petition off at one of their sites. 313 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: You cannot nail it. It's too late. It's one week 314 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: from today that they have to turn over the hundreds 315 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: and hundreds of thousands of signatures to the Lake County 316 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: Register of Voters for the signature verification to allow this 317 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: to go on the ballot, which by itself will probably 318 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: a whole tricky endeavor. But anyway, coming up after three, 319 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: Whittier is where we're going Yep, Whittier, California, in La County. 320 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: We're going to be talking to the mayor because they've 321 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,479 Speaker 1: decided to try to bypass George Gascone. They may put 322 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: a ballot measure out there for their voters to allow 323 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: them to prosecute misdemeanors because Gascone ignores and I'll give 324 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: you the list of misdemeanors and fractions crimes that we're 325 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: talking about a lot of things that affect quality of 326 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: life that are ignored by Gascone because look around, things 327 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 1: are certainly better now that he's been da Right, all right, 328 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 1: we move over to gas prices. Now on Friday, July first, 329 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: whether you like it or not, the gas tax is 330 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: going up by a few cents per gallon. That was 331 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: talked by the governor in January that long ago, ready 332 00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: when he gave his budget message, oh maybe we'll suspend 333 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: that was a tiny little giftback. That's not even going 334 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: to happen because the legislature folded his arms and said, no, Christ. 335 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: They announced this plan the other day to give people 336 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: inflation relief. It's just like a stimulus check because it's 337 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 1: all based on income, with the lowest income people getting 338 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: the most money. We're gonna bring on Carl Demio, of course, 339 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: and Carl Demio is a chairman of Reform California. They 340 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 1: got a big event up and down the state coming 341 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: up on Friday to talk about Carl. Welcome back. Hey, 342 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,119 Speaker 1: thanks so much for having me back on ken Yah. 343 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: So tell folks what your people are going to be 344 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: doing on Friday. Well, as you noted, these Sacramento politicians 345 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: are so untethered from the pain and suffering that Californians 346 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: are experiencing at the pump that they actually are increasing 347 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: the gas tacks on Friday, right, three cents, So the 348 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: state gas tax and state tax burden per gallon of 349 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: gas will be a dollar twenty nine per gallon, a 350 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: dollar twenty nine for the state tax. Now, this is 351 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: despite the fact that Joe Biden has called on fellow 352 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: Democrats across the country to suspend at least all or 353 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: portion of the state gas taxes and their jurisdictions. So 354 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: what we're doing is we're getting people to go to 355 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: gas stations and talk to drivers as their pumping gas 356 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: and let them know California Democrats are increasing the gas 357 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: tax as of today. You should punish them by voting 358 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: against them in November. And it's all it takes. And 359 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: we're also hoping that they'll be part of something proactive 360 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: to fix the problem long term. We're collecting signatures on 361 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: the California Taxpayer Protection Act. We only need one hundred 362 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: and fifty thousand more signatures. Last week when I joined 363 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: you to talk about this initiative, we needed three hundred thousand. 364 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: Now we're down to one hundred and fifty thousand. We 365 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 1: have about two weeks left the July fifteen deadline, and 366 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: people can get those petitions sent to them at Opposed 367 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: Tax Hikes dot Com. All they have to do is 368 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: sign up, put their information in. We will mail people 369 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: the petitions at Oppose tax Hikes dot Com Oppose Taxheights 370 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: dot Com. And so those are the two things we're 371 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: doing on Friday. We're trying to engage drivers, let them 372 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: know what's happening, urge them to remember it in their 373 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: vote in November. And then also if people do have 374 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: those petitions in time for Friday, get people to sign 375 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: the petition at the gas pump. Now you're going to 376 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: have an event at a gas station like a news 377 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: conference Friday morning. It looks like it's an arco in 378 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: San Diego. And you're inviting the media, California media, you 379 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: think they're really going to care. The way they've covered 380 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: the gas price fiasco is pretty minimal, Oh, of course, 381 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: because they know that their side in politics would get 382 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 1: hurt if the voters actually knew the truth. And so 383 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: here you've got the media giving credit to Gavin Newsom 384 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: in California Democrats the same week that they've decided to 385 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: increase the gas tax and ignore Biden's call for some relief. 386 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: What they say is they're going to send out rebates 387 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: and but the rebates aren't going to go to everyone. 388 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, they're going to mail them 389 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: out right alongside with the ballots in October. So of 390 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: course that transparently buying votes. And worse, because as you know, 391 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: the crime wave across the state of California is so bad. 392 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: Mailbox thefts have been going off the charts. What more 393 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: invitation do you need to send out to criminals than 394 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: to say, guess what they're gonna be two hundred and 395 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: fifty ebt or debit cards in a lot of these mailboxes. 396 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: It'll be open season plus handing out money to people 397 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: when we're already in inflationary times is a little bizarre 398 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: at least what we've been talking about. If you actually 399 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: cut the price at the pump, and this is how 400 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: insulated and embolden they feel. Unsacramental because if you actually 401 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: made a move like suspending the state's gas tax and 402 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: certainly suspending the July first increase, you would be saying 403 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: directly to people, and you get plenty of media coverage 404 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: that we understand your pain when it comes to the 405 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: gas prices, because that's like the worst of the worst 406 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: that people are facing with inflation every times. You would 407 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: think that that would be a big easy get for 408 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: them as far as publicity is concerned, But they don't 409 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: care full their arms because they want that money to 410 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: continue to pile into Sacramento from the gas taxes. You 411 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: nailed it. They are so intent on keeping money that frankly, 412 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: they shouldn't have in the first place, because it's not 413 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: like they're fixing our roads of that money. But they 414 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: are so intent to keep the money that they've gotten 415 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: through ill gotten gains that they are willing to basically 416 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: turn a blind eye to the challenges that working families 417 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: have but the reason why they're able to do it, 418 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: back to your original question about Friday's gas tax revolt 419 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: press conference, the California politicians know that their friends in 420 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: the media will carry their water. They will cover it up, 421 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: they won't be called out out and so you know, 422 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: we are up against the machine of media and the 423 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: blackout on coverage on these issues, which is all the 424 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: more reason why on Friday, having people show up at 425 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 1: a gas station and just casually, you know, say hey, 426 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: I'm here because I think you need to know today 427 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: the gas tax went up, you're paying more, and you 428 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: need to remember that Newsom and the California Democrats did it. 429 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: You may be a Democrat, but at least remember that. 430 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: You need to send them a message. And that's how 431 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,919 Speaker 1: you're going to start changing people's voting, and that's how 432 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: we can break through that media blackout that we seem 433 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: to be encountering. Now they're going to have the petitions 434 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: at the gas stations as well on Friday. Yeah, so 435 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: a lot of our volunteers already have petitions, So we're 436 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: encouraging our existing volunteers to get to those gas stations 437 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: with the petitions. But there's still is time for you 438 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: to sign up at the website Oppose Taxhikes dot com 439 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: Opposed Taxhikes dot Com. And if we mail you the 440 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: petition tomorrow, because we mail them every day and it 441 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: doesn't get to you into the weekend, then you could 442 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: always do this on your own next week or grab 443 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: a friend. It doesn't absolutely have to be on Friday. 444 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: We're trying to mobilize people and get them to set 445 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: the appointment on Friday to do it. But if you 446 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: can do it sometime over the weekend or early next 447 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: week and get signatures, even five signatures from each person 448 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: would go a long way to helping us get this 449 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: California Taxpayer Protection Act qualified on the ballot and give 450 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: us a fighting chance to stop the constant taxecs that 451 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: we have in California. Yeah, briefly explain to people what's 452 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: in the California Taxpayer Protection Act so they have an 453 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: idea what they're looking at. Well. The power of this initiative, 454 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: which both Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Reform California consider 455 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: the most powerful tax revolt measures since nineteen seventy eight 456 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: with Prop thirteen. This measure had it been in effect 457 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen would have invalidated the gas tax increase 458 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,879 Speaker 1: and the car tax. That's how powerful it is. First, 459 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: it requires a two thirds vote of every tax without 460 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: any sort of loopholes that the politicians have been able 461 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: to get from the courts in recent years. So it 462 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,399 Speaker 1: reaffirms the two thirds vote for all tax hikes. Also, 463 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: that gas tax and car tax, which was approved only 464 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: by the legislature, would have had to go to a 465 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: public vote, and so that's the first part of this measure. 466 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: The second part of the measure requires that any measure 467 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: on the ballot that contains any tax increase in it 468 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: anywhere must have the words tax increase in the ballot title, 469 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: so that voters actually know what the heck they're voting on, 470 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: rather than these verbal gymnastics that the Democrats are the 471 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: politicians of both bodies actually play to hide the true 472 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: tax hikes on the ballot. And then finally, the measure 473 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: tightens the definition of what the word fee is so 474 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: that we can prevent taxes from being implemented disguised as fees. 475 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: So it's a pretty darn powerful measure, and we believe 476 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: it really does level the playing field in the fight 477 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: against tax hikes going forward. All right, so supposed tax 478 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: hikes dot com and give people that number again, Carl, 479 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: how much effective, Friday, do we pay in state gas taxes? 480 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: What's the dollar? What was it? Yeah? Would you take 481 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: the state excise tax on gas, plus the state cap 482 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: and trade tax on gas, and the state sales tax 483 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 1: on gas. It is a dollar twenty nine per gallon. 484 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 1: If you then add the federal gas tax, which is 485 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: eighteen and a half cents, then you're looking at a 486 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: dollar forty seven and a half cents per gallon. Right, 487 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 1: all right, Carl, thanks a lot for coming on, and 488 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: good luck with Friday's event. Thanks so much. Take here, 489 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: all right, Carl DeMaio, chairman of Reform California, and again 490 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: oppose tax hikes dot com. They're certainly going to do 491 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: something when this gas tax height takes effect on Friday, 492 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: John and Kent's show here on KFI AM six forty. 493 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna imagine that a dollar twenty nine of every 494 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: gallon of gas you put in your car goes to 495 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: state taxes. That's the outright gas tax plus the global 496 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: warming taxes, the climate change taxes. Ever a dollar twenty 497 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: nine a gallon and it will go up again on Friday. 498 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: The media does like to cover that because they love 499 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: to cover the gas price situation, and of course with 500 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: the tax increase coming Friday, they'll get some play. But honestly, 501 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: they'll be talking more about this later on in the show. 502 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: Apparently they're about to approve the budget in Sacramento, which 503 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: I guess includes that inflation relief payments that a number 504 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 1: of Californians are going to get, but they won't do 505 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: anything to the gas taxes itself. They're gonna let the 506 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: July first increase go into effect. All right. Coming up 507 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: after three o'clock, Whittier is responding to the La County 508 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,800 Speaker 1: District Attorney, George Gascone. They want to take over some 509 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: misdemeter prosecutions. Will go through the list of crimes that 510 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: those entail, and of course it's because the Elly County 511 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:09,119 Speaker 1: DA doesn't bother Nope. We'll also get into this El 512 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 1: Segundo time story about the horrific situation with the Probation Department. 513 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: Apparently the El Monty cup killer his name is Justin Flores, 514 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,719 Speaker 1: a gang member, a drug user, a one striker. They 515 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: hadn't seen him in months. Part of your probation is 516 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: they're supposed to see you in person once a month. 517 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: They changed that to phone calls because of the pandemic. 518 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 1: But this guy was nowhere to be found and he 519 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: was getting into more and more trouble. It's another way 520 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,239 Speaker 1: they could have stopped what he did to those two 521 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: el Money police officers. Who's by the way. Funeral service 522 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: is tomorrow in Ontario and that's going to be a 523 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: really sad event. We have an animal story, how about that? 524 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: It is once again a bison attack in Yellowstone. What 525 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: is the matter with people? They're calling this one eighteen 526 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: hundred pounds. It looks like a family led by a 527 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: thirty four year old man and a boy there from 528 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 1: Colorado Springs. There was a guy took the video on it. 529 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,719 Speaker 1: If you've seen it yet, deb remark, But a man 530 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: from across the way took the video because he noticed 531 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: that the family was too close to the bison and 532 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: he wanted to see what was going to happen. The 533 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 1: video shows two adults walking towards the bison with a 534 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: little boy. They're sort of on a boardwalk path. If 535 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 1: you've been in the park, they have these boardwalk paths, 536 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: but that doesn't mean that you should hang out there 537 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: if there's a wild animal that weighs this much nearby, 538 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: and the animal suddenly turns and charges at them. So 539 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: the man who's walking ahead of his family is running 540 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: towards the other two adults and the boy and dust 541 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: is lifted into the air from the charging bison. He 542 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,479 Speaker 1: apparently the bison starts to charge at the kid, who 543 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: tries to run away, but the man lifts the child 544 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: into the air pushes him out of the way as 545 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: everyone turns around and watches in horror. But the bison 546 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: latches onto the guys arm during the attack, lifted him 547 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: into the air before he was able to escape and 548 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: run away. Supposedly though he was just treating. Yeah, that's 549 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: not the sound from the video. That's our special effects guy. 550 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: The man had an injury to his arm, so nothing 551 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: really bad came of this, Bucky. This is Darwinism. I mean, honestly, 552 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 1: I know it's a great photo opportunity and it's the 553 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: coolest thing to have your children exposed to wildlife, but 554 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,959 Speaker 1: stick to the zoo and if you're going to see 555 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 1: the bison, they say stay at least twenty five yards away. 556 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: They're faster than you think, and there's no telling what 557 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: they might do. I don't understand why people just I 558 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: don't understand why, you know, you know what could happen, 559 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 1: you know what the rules are. Why would you take 560 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: that chance? People can't help themselves, so they're ignorant, right, 561 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 1: they figured, oh, what could happen? All right? Yeah, the 562 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: bison might charge us, but the chances of that are low. 563 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: I'd rather get this picture or this video. Sad news 564 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: is they euthanize the bison. Oh no, I made that up. Okay, 565 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: thank you, but I just wanted you to get sad. Yeah, 566 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: that would suck. Yeah, I mean it's not the bison's fall. Plus, 567 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: Yellowstone is where they belong, that's the habitat. They're not 568 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: going to kill the bison for attacking a person. It's 569 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: not gonna happen, I think, And strangely enough, connected to 570 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: this story back on June first, Remember the twenty five 571 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: year old woman who got tossed in the air. Yes, 572 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: the Daily Mail continues to say she's dead in their 573 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: new story on this bison attack, But every report I 574 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: see she didn't die. She had some puncture wounds and 575 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,080 Speaker 1: got treated, but they still have it as she got killed. 576 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: That's kind of weird. And they claim that they that 577 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 1: they confirmed it with a park official. But if you 578 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: look the story up and most of the reports are 579 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks old, she's alive. In fact, a 580 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: lot of worldwide media went with the horrific headline that 581 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: she's dead. But I think she's alive. She was from 582 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: Ohio and it impaled her with its horn and tossed 583 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: her ten feet in the air. But from what I understand, 584 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: and I could be wrong, she's alive, not dead. Not 585 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,240 Speaker 1: that that should make you think. Oh, well, you know, 586 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: hasn't killed anybody yet. Let's go visit the bike, let's 587 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: go pet them. Well, they do have kind of interesting 588 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 1: like fur, and oh that's not the type of animal 589 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: you go in. Don't you want to touch the horns, 590 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: see what it's like. No, not at all. I want 591 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: to say hello. No, Kim mckiss, No, even though that 592 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: would be an amazing photo op. Yes, but even I 593 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't stoop that low. You have too much respect and 594 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: love for the animals and fear and fear is good. Yeah, 595 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: all right. Coming up next, we'll be talking to the 596 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: mayor of Whittier. 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