1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Can't find a M six forty. You're listening to the 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: John Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose in for John Cobelt today. John back with us. 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: On Tuesday, President Trump has ended secret Service protection for 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 2: former Vice president Kamala Harris. Alex Gngitano is with the Hill. 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 2: It's the big story. They're back in DC. 7 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 3: But he didn't pull it. 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 2: It ended on its own and it was extended, but 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: he ended the extension. 10 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 4: Phillis and Alex, Yeah, that's right. So basically, vice presidents 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 4: get security protection for six months after leaving office, so 12 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 4: that puts her at July for when that would end, 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 4: as opposed to presidents who have Secret Service for the 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 4: rest of their lives. That's only you know, a small 15 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 4: group of people. But before President Biden left office, he 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 4: signed a directive that basically extended vice president's security the 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 4: Vice President Harris's security clearance for another year. So that's 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 4: what President Trump threw a memo on Thursday, rescinded and 19 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 4: said six months is enough. You're done with your security clearance. 20 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 4: And you know it comes after we've seen him revoke 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 4: other protective details for Hunter Biden. Ashley Biden, the children 22 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,759 Speaker 4: of the former president, also his former secretaries of Defense 23 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 4: Mark Esper, his former National security advisor John Bolton. So 24 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 4: it's this tool that this president uses for some of 25 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 4: his you know, now political enemies. I guess too, you know, 26 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 4: kind of he has the upper hand on this one 27 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 4: and can can make moves like this. 28 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 2: We do we know why then, President Joe Biden extended 29 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: the Secret Service protection for his vice president for an 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: extra six months after she left office. 31 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 3: I mean, are we privy to the rationale? 32 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, So we don't know exactly what the thinking was there. 33 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 4: We do know that the president on his way out 34 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 4: made a lot of moves. He also pardoned in case 35 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 4: of political you know, retribution against some of his folks. 36 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 4: He preemptively pardoned some people. I think it was along 37 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 4: those lines. Doesn't know that this vice president was in 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 4: an unpresident situation that we hadn't seen since you know, 39 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 4: al Gore ran for president, which is she was the 40 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 4: major nominee for president, lost in November and then left office, 41 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 4: and so there might have been some thinking there too 42 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 4: that she wasn't just a former vice president, she also 43 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 4: was the person that President Trump law or beat. She 44 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 4: also was the person who President Trump, you know, used 45 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 4: as his political rival for the final four months or 46 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 4: so of the election. So there was a lot of 47 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 4: layers there, but it does align with the fact that 48 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 4: President Biden took a lot of steps to protect the 49 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 4: people who worked for him in these last moments, protect 50 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 4: his family and so forth in these last moments that 51 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 4: his presidentcy. 52 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: So you're suggest from what I'm hearing, you're saying that 53 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 2: the at least some conventional wisdom there in DC is 54 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 2: that she needed to protect from domestic threat. Not like 55 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 2: usually when I hear Secret Service protection, it's Alcato or 56 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 2: something like that. Right, But so what you're saying is 57 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: the conventional wasn't back there, is that he believed that 58 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: his vice president, then the presidential nominee who lost to Trump, 59 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: needed protection because it was such a hotly contested election. 60 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, it would, you know, go with the fact that 61 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 4: the President Biden was so forceful in his thinking that 62 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 4: there was too much political violence in rhetoric. Obviously we 63 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 4: saw even President Trump himself be a victim of two 64 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: assassination attempts. I mean, we were at this really heightened 65 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 4: moment in political violence and political aggressive rhetoric and whatever 66 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 4: else you want to call it, But you are right, 67 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 4: there are the foreign threats as well. Even becoming a 68 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 4: presidential nominee like she did in August that put her 69 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 4: on this platform on a national scale, on an international 70 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 4: scale that is, you know, so unique that it's not 71 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 4: just that she's leaving as a vice president. She's leaving 72 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 4: as somebody who foreign leaders and foreign you know, adversaries 73 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 4: and whoever else abroad thought about her, thought about what 74 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 4: could have Harris presidency look like for us and what 75 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 4: does that mean to the extent that I think he 76 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 4: wanted to protect his people from all any sort of retribution. 77 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: Former Vice President Harris following the election was pretty low profile. 78 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 3: I mean, she was at the inaugural and she was 79 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 3: quiet for what, which is fine. 80 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: I mean, she has every right to, you know, running 81 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 2: a presidential campaign exhausting, so she could use the time 82 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 2: to recover. And there was some talk around the fourth 83 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 2: of July about her potentially running for governor, and really 84 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,239 Speaker 2: it's it's only been in the last couple of weeks 85 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: that she's even made news or made any statements or 86 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 2: has had a profile at all. 87 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 1: So yeah, I. 88 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 2: Mean it seems it seems like she would probably be 89 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 2: higher profile now than she was for the first six months. 90 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 4: That's a very good point. She spent those six months 91 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 4: that she was guaranteed, that security clear and in a 92 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 4: really low profile, really not doing much. We only heard 93 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 4: that she was officially not running for governor of California 94 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 4: after a lot of speculation, like you said, last month, 95 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 4: And now she's coming out with this book tour, which 96 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 4: is interesting considering, you know, she is now going to 97 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 4: hit fifteen states to promo her book about the one 98 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 4: hundred and seven days of her presidential campaign. You know, 99 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 4: so presumably she was off writing her book in the 100 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 4: six months after she left office. But you're right, she 101 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 4: kept a very low profile, was rarely seen. She just 102 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 4: her and her husband went back to California, and I 103 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 4: think in those times she was mulling over what's my 104 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 4: next move, decided not to run for a president in 105 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 4: your state. But you're right, I mean that was interestingly, 106 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 4: I lie so perfectly with the fact that she had 107 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 4: security or security protection at that time. And then when 108 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 4: she's ready to hit the road is when it's no 109 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 4: longer given to her. 110 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 3: We're talking with the hills. 111 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: Alex Agangitano President Trump has pulled Kamala Harris's former vice president, 112 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris as Secret Service protection. She's here in California, 113 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: as you mentioned, Alex, I don't know if you heard 114 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 2: this this morning. Both Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles 115 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: Mayor Karen Vass have opined on this a little bit 116 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 2: and have offered dignitary protection of some sort. 117 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 3: I don't know if that's CHP. Well in California would 118 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 3: be HP for the governor. 119 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 2: I don't know what dignitary protection is available to her 120 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles at the mayor's discretion, But that's unprecedented. 121 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 3: Have you ever heard of a story like that where a. 122 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 2: Former federal official, she was Vice President of the United States, 123 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 2: has been a granted local dignitary protection. Yeah. 124 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 4: I thought that was so interesting that Governor Newsom came 125 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 4: out and said we could have her back, we could 126 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 4: figure out how to give her protection here. I mean, 127 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 4: I've never heard of something like that before. And you know, 128 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 4: we are in this situation right now. Newsom is responding 129 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,679 Speaker 4: to a lot of things that President Trump does right now, 130 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 4: and this is just one of the many things that 131 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 4: happens to be impacting the former vice president from his 132 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 4: state that he can say, you know what, I could 133 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 4: step in and provide some detail here. It's also you 134 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 4: know a lot of times people do personal detail. Her 135 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 4: and Doug Amhoff are pretty financially secure. I mean I 136 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 4: used to look at their their financial statements when she 137 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 4: was in office and had to put them out. You know, 138 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 4: would she just on a personal level get her own protection, 139 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 4: But if Newsom's offering too on a state level, I'm 140 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 4: not sure how that works. If she you know, leaves 141 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 4: the state that she brings people with her or whatever else. 142 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 4: But yeah, I found that that unprecedented, but also not 143 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 4: surprising in the moment in time when we have governors 144 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 4: like Avenue some really having to feel like they have 145 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 4: to step in and either comment or act on really 146 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 4: anything that the president does that somehow affects the people 147 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 4: around them. 148 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 3: No, you're right, I mean everything is unprecedented today. 149 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 2: I mean, working at the Hill, everything's got to be unprecedented. 150 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 2: I mean that word has to be used so frequently 151 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 2: at the Hill. Alex Gangitano, thanks so much. I appreciate 152 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 2: you coming on to give us the backstory on this. 153 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 2: We'll talk again soon. 154 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 4: Thanks thanks so much for having me. 155 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 3: So there you have it. That's the top story. 156 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: The Secret Service protection to former Vice President Kamala Harris, 157 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: which ordinarily is extended for the first six months out of. 158 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 3: Office, which, by the way, that's where we are for 159 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 3: some reason. Uh. 160 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: And you just heard Alex Gangitano say that it was 161 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 2: a concern of domestic terrorism. President Biden extended that to 162 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 2: a whole year. I don't even know what authority that is, 163 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 2: but so that's what's happened. President Trump canceled the extension, 164 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 2: so nothing has been pulled, but that's the way it's 165 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 2: being characterized. 166 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 3: All right. There's a couple of thoughts on this. 167 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 2: I worked close with Secret Service when I worked in 168 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 2: politics and when I worked in Palm Springs. 169 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 3: The Secret Service protecting former President Jerry Ford. 170 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: So I got to know these guys and how they worked, 171 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,720 Speaker 2: and I'll share with you a little backstory and insight. 172 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 3: That's coming up next. 173 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: Louke Penrose Info John Cobelt on the John Cobelt Show 174 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 2: KFI AM six forty. 175 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 176 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 5: six forty. 177 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose Info John Cobelt. 178 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 2: John will be back on Tuesday, President Trump has pulled 179 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 2: former Vice President Kamala Harris secret Service protection. Now, the 180 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 2: way this works, as you just heard, every vice president 181 00:09:55,559 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 2: enjoy Secret Service protection six months after they leave office 182 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 2: for whatever reason, President Biden, and we're not privy to 183 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 2: the reason. We're just privy to the discussion. President Biden 184 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 2: said she needs it for six extra months or a year. 185 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: Now. Secret Service protection is expensive, Like they go with 186 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 3: you everywhere they go. 187 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 2: If you stay in a hotel, they got to rent 188 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 2: the hotel rooms on each side of you, and they've 189 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 2: got to be you know, they work twenty for hour shifts, 190 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 2: so the teams of three and then the weekends it's 191 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: twenty four to seven. So there's a lot of guys, 192 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 2: and you pay for it, not Kamala Harris. And it 193 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 2: doesn't come out of the budget of the president, which 194 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 2: would still you'd be paying for but at least it 195 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: orady be budgeted. This would be extra money going out 196 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 2: of the treasury for her protection. And there is no 197 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 2: clear threat that I'm aware of. There was no clear threat. 198 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 3: To her in January. 199 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 2: I don't know when Joe Biden made made the decision 200 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 2: to do this, but I think it's out of order. 201 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 3: I see no reason for. 202 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris to stick it to the taxpayer for another 203 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 2: six months. 204 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 3: I'm surprised she didn't say so. 205 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: I'm surprised in reaction to President Trump's decision to save 206 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 2: the taxpayer the money and give these Secret Service agents 207 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 2: another detail that is more pressing. I'm surprised she didn't 208 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 2: make a statement that said, you know what, that's fine. 209 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 2: I can take care of myself and if I believe 210 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 2: I need protection, then I can hire private security. 211 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 3: But she hasn't said anything. 212 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 2: And it's because Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris is a very 213 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 2: entitled person. I don't prefer her. I understand that she 214 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 2: was the vice president of the United States, she was 215 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 2: the Senator from California and the Attorney General. Not my 216 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: cup of tea. And it's because of her in entitled mentality. 217 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 2: She in many respects, was the perfect standard bearer for 218 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 2: the Democrat Party for President of the United States. Just 219 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,719 Speaker 2: a braddy, entitled in way over her head. 220 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 3: Bureaucrat. And I'm happy she lost. And I'm glad that 221 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 3: she's running a book. 222 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 2: I'm not going to read it, but good for her, 223 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 2: because she has no business being in American politics. She 224 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: doesn't represent Americans well at all. I would argue she 225 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: doesn't represent Californians well at all. And I don't even 226 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 2: think President Biden knew that he extended her Secret Service 227 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 2: for an extra six months, because I don't think Biden 228 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 2: knew what was going on in that White House at all. 229 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: President Biden didn't take any steps to protect Himmers and 230 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: other people did all the pardons. 231 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 3: He didn't do any of them. 232 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 5: It's ridiculous. 233 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's right. 234 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 2: I think auto Pen gave her an extra six months 235 00:12:58,920 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: of Secret Service production. 236 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 3: So a little bit about the Secret Service. 237 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 2: I got to know members of the Secret Service when 238 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 2: I worked on the Bush Cheney campaign in two thousand 239 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 2: and four, and prior to that, I worked in Palm 240 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 2: Springs and former President Ford lived. 241 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 3: In Rancho Mirage. 242 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 2: Now former presidents enjoy Secret Service protection for life. So 243 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 2: for the most part, the agent that was assigned to 244 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 2: President Ford at Thunderbird. 245 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 3: Like live with him. 246 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 2: Ford went ahead and just built I don't know Ford 247 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 2: paid for it, but a small casida was built for 248 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 2: the Secret Service agent that was mostly there. And Ford 249 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 2: was quite public, at least in the nineties when I 250 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 2: lived in Palm Springs. He was very involved in lots 251 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: of organizations, Bighorn Sheep Protection Society, obviously Betty Ford and 252 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 2: the Betty Ford Clinic. But he was high profile, played 253 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 2: a lot of golf, and so you would see him 254 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 2: around at celebrity events and dignitary events and all kinds 255 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: of things that he was involved in. If there was 256 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 2: a gala or ribbon cutting, he'd be out there, good 257 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 2: guy and always with the same Secret Service protection, and 258 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 2: we would get to know the Secret Service guy. These 259 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 2: guys are these agents, men and women are on top 260 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 2: of it. 261 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 3: Twenty four to seven. 262 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 2: I mean, they never ever are not working. And as 263 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 2: I said, it is twenty four to seven. So when 264 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 2: there's days off, there's there's others and it's a three 265 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 2: shift cycle around the clock. 266 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 3: So this is not an inexpensive endeavor. 267 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 2: Now, you could make the argument that even presidents probably 268 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 2: don't need round the clock Secret Service protection for life, 269 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 2: but that's. 270 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 3: Where we are. 271 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 2: It was very different post nine to eleven like prior 272 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: to nine to eleven in the when I became familiar 273 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 2: with then President Ford's Secret Service, it was pretty much 274 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 2: like a driver, you know, like a friend because they 275 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 2: were so close to you, and they work with the 276 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 2: family so closely that you would just be They become family. 277 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 3: I think your own personal bodyguard. 278 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 2: One of the things that I found unique about the 279 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 2: Secret Service, they are with the President of the United 280 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 2: States wherever they go, rain or shine. So if it's 281 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 2: a break and the President is on vacation, the Secret 282 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 2: Service are there. If the President is traveling abroad, the 283 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 2: Secret Service is there. If they're home for Thanksgiving dinner, 284 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 2: the Secret Service is wherever Thanksgiving dinner is. 285 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 3: And the story in DC. 286 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 2: President Obama used to like to spend his holidays Christmas, 287 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 2: New Year's, Thanksgiving in Hawaii, where he was from, and 288 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 2: would often do that. And that's fine. President of United States, 289 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 2: allowed to go wherever you want. You're from Hawaii, a 290 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: big flight, but whatever. You got a young family. It's 291 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 2: really warm in Hawaii at Christmas time. DC's freezing cold. 292 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: I get it, no problem. And that's what Obama used 293 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 2: to do for eight years. He would vacation in Hawaii, 294 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 2: spend the holidays in Hawaii. The contrast is the Bush family. 295 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 3: George W. 296 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 2: Bush eight years as president as well, could go back 297 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 2: to Texas or could have gone to Kenny Bunkport, where 298 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 2: the Bush family would always gather. 299 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 3: But the Bush. 300 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: Family, George and Laura Bush, and they had daughters too, 301 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 2: would stay, chose to stay in Washington, d C. During 302 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 2: the holidays, even though it's warmer in Texas. Family's in 303 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 2: Texas gatherings are either in Texas or in Maine, yet 304 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 2: they chose to stay in Washington, d C. Now, keep 305 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 2: in mind, this is post nine to eleven, and we 306 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 2: were at war with al Cata, and you remember those 307 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 2: days with the colors red alert and Orange alert, and 308 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 2: TSA was just being formed, and everybody was on pins 309 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 2: and needles, especially the early days after September eleventh. So 310 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 2: obviously the Secret Service were on high alert at all 311 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:23,439 Speaker 2: times too. But the President then chose to spend the 312 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 2: holidays in DC on purpose for one reason, not because 313 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 2: DC is so beautiful on Christmas Eve, and not because 314 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 2: the White House is so warm. He did it because 315 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 2: that's where the Secret Service family is, the family of 316 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,720 Speaker 2: the Secret Service stations. So Bush chose to spend all 317 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 2: the holidays in Washington, DC, so that his Secret Service detail, 318 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 2: when they got off duty, could go home to Alexandria, Virginia, 319 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 2: or to Baltimore or wherever they were so that they 320 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: could be close to their family during the holidays. 321 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:02,359 Speaker 3: Absolutely true story. 322 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 2: Those of us that were there saw it and know it, 323 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 2: and I don't think it's ever been written about, nor 324 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 2: has he ever gotten credit for such kindness. But that's 325 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 2: the way the Bush family rolled. Lou Penrose Info, John 326 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 2: Cobelt on KFI AM six forty Live Everywhere on the 327 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. 328 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM sixty. 329 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose Info. John Cobelt on The John Cobelt Show. 330 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 2: John will be back on Tuesday. Good to be with you. 331 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 2: So President Trump has pulled former Vice President Harris's Secret 332 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 2: Service protection. That's the headline. That is somewhat inaccurate. And 333 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 2: this is an ongoing thing. The headlines are always. 334 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 3: Kind of right. Yes, that is true. 335 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 2: He has ended an extension of the Secret Service protection. 336 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 2: Nobody knows why the Secret Service protection is extended for 337 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 2: six months. It really doesn't make a whole lot of 338 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 2: sense because if there was some international plot, everybody know, 339 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 2: I mean, certainly the plotters would know that the former 340 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 2: vice president and the idea that she'd be the target 341 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 2: of an international plot is absurd. 342 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 3: Nobody cares about her. Like nobody cared. 343 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 2: About her who were American, why would some international cabal 344 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 2: care about her? But nevertheless, let's just say that people 345 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 2: outside the United States really think she's important and in 346 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 2: the way of their I don't know, like an ocean's 347 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 2: eleven thing in Las Vegas. I can't even imagine why 348 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 2: she would need to be out of the way of anything. 349 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 2: But nevertheless, let's just go with the working theory that 350 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 2: apparently President Joe Biden had, and that is that she 351 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 2: needs an extra six month of protection. 352 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 3: By granting her an extra six months of protection means. 353 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 2: That her Secret Service protection would have ended on January 354 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 2: twenty of twenty twenty six instead of August. 355 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 3: Twenty ninth of twenty twenty five. 356 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 2: So wouldn't the plotters just wait till January twenty first 357 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 2: of next year when she is wide open? Like it's 358 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 2: so silly, even the fact that we tell the world, well, 359 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 2: the former vice president is a guaranteed Secret Service protection 360 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 2: for six months. 361 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 3: You know, bad guys have calendars. 362 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 2: So it's just also foolish, absolutely foolish. 363 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 3: And I don't think she needs anything special. 364 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 2: This is one of the things about former Vice President 365 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris that I don't prefer. She walks around with 366 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 2: this entitlement mentality. She believes that being a woman in 367 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 2: and of itself is an accomplishment. 368 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 3: She believes being a woman of. 369 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 2: Color in and of itself is an accomplishment. And I 370 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 2: don't think that helps. I think that serves to divide us. 371 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 2: She talks about color and talked about the color of 372 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 2: people's skin more on the campaign trail than anybody I've 373 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 2: ever known. The Democrat Party when Kamala Harris or Kamala 374 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 2: Harris was the nominee, constantly referred to the color of 375 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,959 Speaker 2: people's skin. That Democrat invention. That's all they talked about, 376 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 2: was the color of people's skin. I never saw a 377 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 2: political movement so obsessed with the color of your skin. 378 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: It's all they ever talked about. So I don't care 379 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 2: that she doesn't have Secret Service protection. Let her hire 380 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 2: a bodyguard. She's going on a book tour. Who doesn't 381 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 2: negotiate security going into a book tour. I've seen these 382 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 2: people negotiate books. I worked for lawmakers and lawmakers who 383 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 2: no longer were serving and decided I'm going to retire 384 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 2: and read a book, or more frequently, I'm going to 385 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 2: retire and run for president. That's how you know she 386 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 2: is running for president. By the way, you know she's 387 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 2: running for president. When they write a book. You know 388 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 2: the reason for that. It's not to sell books. Nobody 389 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 2: wants to read her story. Anybody that is going to 390 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 2: buy her book was already voting for her. 391 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 3: Do you know why they write books? They'd write books. 392 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 2: So there's an income stream outside of political contributions. You see, 393 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 2: you can only give a presidential candidate so much money. 394 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 2: Let's say she does decide to run for president in 395 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 2: twenty twenty eight, you can only give her so much money. 396 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 2: I think what is the maximum is a fifty six 397 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,680 Speaker 2: hundred dollars per campaign cycle. Now used to be fifty two, 398 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 2: now it's fifty six. And now there's other ways that 399 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 2: you can bundle money. You can contribute to the Political 400 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 2: Action Committee that is supporting her right in other ways, 401 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 2: but there is there is a point which you can't 402 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,639 Speaker 2: give a dollar more. There is a cap like you 403 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 2: can donate maximum amount per cycle to the Democrat National Committee, 404 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 2: and then maximum amount to Kamala Harris or president, and 405 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,719 Speaker 2: then the maximum amount for the citizens that want Kamala 406 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 2: Harris to be president and hate Donald Trump, and like, 407 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 2: there's all kinds of places for you to write a 408 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 2: check that will ultimately go to support her effort to 409 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 2: become the next president of the United States, but it's limited. 410 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 2: And believe it or not, there is a level of 411 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 2: donor class out there that have the kind of money 412 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 2: where they write a maximum amount to every conceivable way 413 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: to get a candidate elected, and then they come to 414 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 2: you and say, how else can we help the candidate 415 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 2: become president. So one of the tools that have been 416 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 2: used in the past to moderate success, Well, the candaida 417 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 2: has a book a and they get royalties every time 418 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 2: a book is sold. Okay, why don't I buy for 419 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 2: one thousand copies of the book and then as a 420 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 2: gift for it, and then then I invite my employee 421 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 2: political action committee. Let's say it's a big company, Xyz 422 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 2: Enterprises has ten thousand employees, and five thousand of those 423 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 2: employees belong to the political arm of the Many companies 424 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 2: do have packs, they have political action committees, especially if 425 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 2: they're in pharmaceuticals, biotech, if there are, if they're in 426 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 2: engineering and our suppliers to the military. A lot of 427 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 2: companies do have political arms. These are employees that wish 428 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 2: to get involved politically, so they'll throw fundraising events, and 429 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 2: they'll throw fundraising events for the next you know, the 430 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 2: candidates for president. 431 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 3: Of the United States, and the companies. Says, all right, 432 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 3: I'm also gonna get no cost to come in. 433 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 2: Come here, candidate Harris speak about how great she's going 434 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 2: to be, and on your seat will be a copy 435 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,239 Speaker 2: of her new book. And so the royalties of that 436 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 2: book right to her personally. 437 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 3: Think about it. 438 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 2: Barack Obama wrote a book, Ran for President. Hillary Clinton 439 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 2: wrote a book Ran for President. Now Republicans do it too, 440 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 2: But that's the reason the book is there. It's not 441 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 2: like she has anything to say. She was a candidate 442 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 2: for the Democrat nomination for president lost, She was the 443 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 2: vice president one served as the vice president for four. 444 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 3: Years, had bully pulpit and platforms. 445 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 2: Then was one of the most unique candidates for president, 446 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 2: only having been on the ticket after the current nominee, 447 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:46,479 Speaker 2: Joe Biden, in July dropped out, so she's had a 448 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 2: lot of time to share her story. The book has 449 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 2: very little to do with her story, all right, when 450 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 2: we come back, Governor Gavin Newsom is getting a little unhinged. 451 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 3: We will talk about. 452 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 2: His new crime suppression unit coming up a little bit later. 453 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 2: Will be joined by California State Senator Tony Strickland. There's 454 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 2: been a lot of feedback and reaction to the Covenor's 455 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 2: decision to muscle up on crime in California, and now 456 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 2: major news organizations, including kcra out of Sacramento, are really 457 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 2: holding his feet to the fire over the transparency of 458 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,880 Speaker 2: it all. Trump is tough on crime. Now you're tough 459 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 2: on crime. Tough, wants to go after the homeless. Now 460 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 2: you're going after the homeless. Trump wants to seal the 461 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 2: border and increase border patrol. Now you're talking about border protection. 462 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: Seems a little transparent. So we'll talk about that coming 463 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 2: up a little bit later. But there was yet another podcast, 464 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 2: which is all he does is either host a podcast 465 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 2: or guest on a podcast and whole press conferences when 466 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 2: he works. 467 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 3: I'll never know, but he. 468 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 2: Was on a podcast and he truly believes that the 469 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 2: federal government will upset the next election using ice agents. 470 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 3: I'll share with you what he had to say that's 471 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 3: coming up next. 472 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 2: Louke Penrose Info, John Cobelt on KFI AM six forty 473 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 474 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 5: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM sixty. 475 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 2: John Cobelt Show, lou Penrose Info, John Cobelt. John will 476 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 2: be back with you on Tuesday. 477 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 3: Coming up following the. 478 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 2: News at two, the chief of police in Minneapolis. It's 479 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 2: that a rough week for sure, but at one point 480 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 2: asked the media not to say the name or not 481 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 2: to repeat the name of the shooter. 482 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 3: Now, we all know the name, we know the story 483 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 3: of the name change. 484 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 2: And we've been talking about it since it happened because 485 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 2: it's a major story. There's all kinds of interesting angles, 486 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 2: a lot of tragedy, a lot of drama, a lot 487 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 2: of heroism, and a lot of pain. So how can 488 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 2: we not talk about it as a society. But this 489 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 2: idea to not mention or repeat the name, it's the 490 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 2: first time I have ever heard of a law enforcement 491 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 2: official to specifically ask media to be silent with respect 492 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 2: to the name itself. And we'll talk about it coming 493 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 2: up following the news too. Right now, California Governor Gavin 494 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 2: Newsom a little unhinged these days, he's in his mad 495 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 2: Gavin mode. There's goofy Gavin mode. There's fun Gavin mode. 496 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 2: You see that, You know when he's having glasses of 497 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 2: wine during COVID when you're not allowed to have glasses 498 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 2: of wine. Goofy Gavin mode would be when he's inviting 499 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: Charlie Kirk onto his podcast to say, what are we 500 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 2: doing wrong as Democrats? 501 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 3: What do you think we should be doing? 502 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 2: Tell us what you think we should be doing. Then 503 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 2: there's a hardworking Gavin. This is where he has a 504 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 2: T shirt, sunglasses out picking up trash along the cow 505 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 2: trends right away under the overpass. You see that in 506 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 2: Los Angeles anytime Alec Michaelson's out covering him immediately strips 507 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:04,719 Speaker 2: down to a T shirt and starts picking up trash. 508 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 2: Then there is mad Gavin, Mad Gavin, angry Gavin is 509 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 2: This guy is a threat to democracy. This guy in DC, 510 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 2: the President of the United States, is the most dangerous 511 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 2: person I've ever seen. 512 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 3: He is the worst leader. 513 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 2: He's destroying the economy, he's destroying our communities, he's destroying 514 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 2: the world. 515 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:24,760 Speaker 3: He's destroying everything. 516 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 2: And I'll tell you what, there's not going to be 517 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 2: any democracy left if we don't stop him, there's not 518 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 2: going to be any free and fair elections. 519 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 3: Is he's going to be an autocrat. He's going to 520 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 3: be a. 521 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 2: Dictator, which is what they said during the campaign. 522 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 3: He was going to be a dictator on day one. 523 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 2: Remember that it would be the end of the of 524 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 2: the American democracy. He was going to shred the constitution. 525 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 2: He was going to be a dictator on day one. 526 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 2: And then Trump went on to win all seven battleground 527 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 2: states and the popular vote and flipped seven counties in California. 528 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 3: So the whole danger. 529 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:11,400 Speaker 2: To democracy line is not working. So now the new 530 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:16,440 Speaker 2: fear tactic that the governor is using is that Trump 531 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 2: is going to surround the polling stations with ice agents. 532 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 6: Now do you think ice is not going to show 533 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 6: up around voting in polling boosts to chill participation. You 534 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 6: know that the National Guard, you know that everybody knows 535 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 6: what's at stake. So we have to put a stake 536 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 6: in the ground and do things differently. 537 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 3: We have to do things differently. 538 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 2: This is interesting, all right, So Gavin says, it's absolutely clear. 539 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 2: You know that it's not only a concern, it's a fact, 540 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 2: and you know it's a fact that he's going to 541 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 2: surround the polling. 542 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 3: Stations with ICE agents number one. That's great. Well, I 543 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 3: mean I couldn't be happier. 544 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 2: What could be better than having immigration and customs enforcement 545 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 2: on their free time protecting our polling stations. 546 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 3: Sounds like a good idea. 547 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 2: I mean, we already have shareff's deputies protecting our polling station. 548 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 2: Why can't we have other guys who are deputized agents 549 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 2: of law enforcement with badges and guns protecting the polling stations. 550 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:18,880 Speaker 3: I think that sounds great. 551 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 2: What harm could come from an ICE agent parked out 552 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 2: in front of a polling station? 553 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 3: I think that sounds like a grand idea. I would 554 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 3: never be concerned that an illegalist casting a vote. Do 555 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 3: we don't? 556 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 2: I mean, are we still on the same page, Republicans 557 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 2: the Democrats alike? Are we still in favor of only 558 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:47,040 Speaker 2: eligible voters voting? I would hope we are, so that 559 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 2: would be great. I have no problem with National Guard. 560 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 2: You know what, if off duty police officers from the 561 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 2: state of Arizona want to come and guard our polling stations. 562 00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 3: I don't care. 563 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 2: Any good guy is a good guy, whether it's the 564 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 2: National Guard, Sheriff's Department, Local PD, National Guard, Border Patrol, 565 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 2: Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Only somebody who was hoping that 566 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 2: an illegal would be voting would be concerned that ice 567 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 2: is around the voting station. 568 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 3: That's number one. Number two. 569 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 2: I thought we were all mail in ballot. I thought 570 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 2: that he was all in favor of mail in ballot. 571 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 2: I thought he didn't like the bolling station because it's 572 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 2: too hard. 573 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 3: Are in our. 574 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 2: Undocumented community can't seem to get to the bolling stations. 575 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 3: Too few of them. 576 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 2: Disenfranchisement people have to take time off from work every 577 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 2: election cycle. I hear all the time about these hardworking 578 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 2: people that are gonna get fired by their. 579 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 3: Boss if they go and vote. It's never happened, by 580 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 3: the way, in the history. 581 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 2: Of the Republic, nobody ever left to go vote, came 582 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,479 Speaker 2: back and the boss got mad at her and fired 583 00:32:59,480 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 2: her on this. 584 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 3: But they tell you that all the time. They tell 585 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 3: you that all the time. 586 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 2: It's really hard, lou people you know, have to work, 587 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 2: and uh, it's Tuesday, and its not everybody has a 588 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 2: time on Tuesday to go vote, and. 589 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 3: It's really bad for democracy. 590 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,959 Speaker 2: Everybody should have representation and if somebody's got to make 591 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 2: a choice between losing their job or exercising their constitutional right. 592 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 2: By golly, they shouldn't have to make that choice. That's 593 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 2: why I've got to mail you a ballot. That's the rationale. 594 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 2: So he's the one out there saying that everybody should 595 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 2: get to balot in the mail. 596 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 3: Comma. 597 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 2: But he's worried that the ice agents are gonna be 598 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 2: around the polling stations and scare actual Americans away. 599 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 3: I mean, that's the only man. That's the only way 600 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 3: I I I are. 601 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 6: You tell me you think Ice is not going to 602 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 6: show up around voting in polling boost to chill participation. 603 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 3: You know that the chill participation. Ah, that's good. 604 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 2: I have a rule, lou Penrose, rule number four. Words matter. 605 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 2: So let's examine the choice chill participation. Would you not 606 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:16,280 Speaker 2: go vote if an ice agent or an ice truck 607 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,720 Speaker 2: was near the polling station. 608 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,720 Speaker 3: If you are in favor. 609 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 2: Of what's happening in Los Angeles, that would make you happy. 610 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 2: If you don't like the ice vehicles and don't like 611 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 2: these ice raids, that would steal your intent. 612 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 3: To go and cast that vote. 613 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 2: I would argue that an increased presence of ice trucks 614 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 2: around polling stations in California these days would increase voter 615 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 2: turnout because we're polarized. People love ice, people hate ice. 616 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 2: Nobody's ambivalent, nobody's indifferent. So I don't think it chills 617 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:10,280 Speaker 2: voter participation. I think it heats it up. And ultimately 618 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 2: that's the best way to find out what is right 619 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 2: and what is wrong for California, what is right and 620 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,319 Speaker 2: what is wrong for national elections, and that is a 621 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 2: higher level of eligible voters. Say you know what, I've 622 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 2: had enough. I've seen enough. I want more of these 623 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 2: ice trucks. I want more of these ice raids. I 624 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 2: want more of these ice raids going on in my 625 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 2: community too. 626 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 3: And look at that. That reminds me there's a nice van. 627 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 2: I'm going to go inside that, the fire station, and 628 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go cast my vote. 629 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 3: Or the opposite. I've had enough. I'm sick of these 630 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 3: ice raids. They're being mean. 631 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 2: These are just hard working people, So I'm going to 632 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 2: go into that fire station and cast my vote. I 633 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,720 Speaker 2: would argue the opposite would happen. It would not chill 634 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 2: voter turnout and voter participation. 635 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 3: It would drive it. 636 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 2: But there's newsom Lou Penrose of John Coblt on KFI 637 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 2: AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 638 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,840 Speaker 1: Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobelt Show podcast. 639 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 640 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 641 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,720 Speaker 1: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.