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a candidate for the governor
of California who is extremely unique in a

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number of ways. First of all, he's a

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Republican. And second, he's a Brit.

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Welcome to the program, Steve Helton.

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It's [music] a joke. I mean, what are
these Democrats doing? We already have

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the highest [music] taxes in the country.
Your first 100 grand tax-free.

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Even Katie Porter agrees with that.

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>> Prior to that, he was in Silicon Valley
as a tech entrepreneur. People are so

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sick of the nonsense. Is everything
twice as good when they've [music]

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doubled the budget? Of course not.

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California means to America what America

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means [music] to the world. Please

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welcome Steve Hilton. [music]

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[applause] [music]

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Wake up. Wake up, buddy. Let's go.

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>> Hi. >> All right.
Wake up, California. We have

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seven weeks to save our state.
Are you ready?

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>> Are we going to do it?

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We got seven weeks. That's all. But we

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can do it.

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>> Seven weeks. Um,
there's a lot of people

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here who aren't from California.

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>> Well, actually, who's from California?

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Raise your hand. Some >> res

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California. Yeah. What's but but help

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explain why California is so important.

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>> California is not
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uh the richest state and the richest

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most important country on earth. It's

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it's as I said just then and and you saw

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California means to America what America
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moved here in 2012

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neighbors with Chamath. So how about

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that? I picked a good spot. Um and

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I was inspired by this state. It

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represents for me and for so many people

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over the like century plus that this state
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many ways the absolute essence of what

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we love about America. innovation and

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energy and ambition and hustle and that

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kind of rebel spirit that that create
that's why we've created so many

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industries here that have completely
transformed the world starting right

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here in Los Angeles over a century ago
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tech that you're all so familiar with

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but also our great a we have the leading

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agriculture industry in the world we've

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in so many different fields we have led

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the world that's why it's so important
We don't let California go down any

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further. >> What is the
state of the state then?

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>> This state, I'm afraid, despite all our
incredible advantages, and of course, we

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still have them. The things that the
people in charge haven't managed yet to

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ruin, um, our incredible natural beauty

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and the weather and the energy that you
see in our startup communities, the best

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innovation ecosystem anywhere in the
world, great universities. But look at

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the facts. We've had 16 years of one
party in control. Today in California,

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we have the highest poverty rate in the
country, the highest unemployment rate,

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the highest cost of living by far.
Look at how you we have housing cost the

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highest in the country. That's why
people are leaving. They are leaving.

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Millions of people leaving California.

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This beautiful place.
>> You got two right here.

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>> And exactly. You've got now Chief

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Executive Magazine has ranked California

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in its annual survey of business leaders

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for more than a decade 50th out of 50

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for business climate. It's just

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incredible when you look at the range of

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issues where the policies that we've

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been subjected to have just

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>> created the worst outcomes. Not just um

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bad in comparison to other states,
the worst out of every state. So look, we

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know we know how you measure the

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outcome, but go go back a few layers and

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think about just the root causes.

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Democrats have run this state for a long

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time. Democrats used to be sort of like

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peace and love and permissiveness and

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openness. Um, so just

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corral that for us because I think this
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top of rules on top of rules. How did
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like peace and love and leave us alone

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become the rule police?

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>> It's ex exactly right. Um we this is

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what happens with one party rule
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whether it's on the from the right or

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the left, it always ends up with a kind

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of insular self- reggarding elite that

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just forgets about their responsibility

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to everyone else and just just gets

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obsessed with their own ideology, their

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internal motivations that whoever their
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And by the way, in Sacramento, we have
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in in in the country in terms of the
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who make the decisions, the the unions,
the uh the trial lawyers. That's why we

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have the worst litigation risk anywhere
in the country. You run a business in

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California. You start a business
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end up in litigation. So, it's just a

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complete mess when you get one party

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rules. Now, um 16 years, the Democrats

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have run everything. all eight statewide

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elected positions, the state legislature
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county, every big city,
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Democrat-appointed majority. So, this is

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what happens. The rules get piled up

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because every year they pass legislation

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that just adds to the burden and the

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bloat. Last year, the the the Sacramento

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legislature passed 1,118

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bills. So, we printed them out. I did an

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>> Very productive. We'd very exact
productivity going up there. We're going

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to we're going to be doing this year's
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all out. I mean, I'm not that tall, but

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it was twice my height. Okay. Nobody's

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reading this. You think Gavin Newsome is

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reading all this before signing it? No.

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It's written in the interests of the

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narrow groups that control that process

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and it benefits them but hurts everybody
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highest regulatory blow. That's why
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actually is that we're going to cut the
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where we are today, which is over 420,000
by the end of my first term to under

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200,000, which makes us competitive
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a nar if there's a narrow interest group

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that controls the legislature, is it not

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also the case that that narrow interest
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would argue doesn't necessarily elect
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it difficult for rational outsiders to

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have a shot at a true kind of democratic
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harvesting machines, that they own
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everyone in the state behind them, all
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aligned under one controlled mechanism.

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And therefore, it is at this point
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impenetrable and we
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have this very uh powerful and corruptly

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funded machine that's running every
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ways that we're telling the story
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machine. That's what this is.
But there's a majority of Californians who

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want change. That's clear from every
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election part of this campaign, if you
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night in California in the governor's

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race, uh if you add up the myself and

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the other Republican, that's um 35%. I

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got 25%, the other Republican 10. You

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add up all the Democrats, 65%. That's a

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30point gap. The first poll came out,
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people were discouraged by that, but we
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look what's happened just in the last

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couple of months from a 30point gap on

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primary night to 25 points, 18 points,

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uh 14 points. The latest poll,
an 8 point gap. We are showing that people

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want change in this state. And I just
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this. And your only choice is to put up

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with all this nonsense and bloat and tax

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and cost and all the hassles of living
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only choice is to put up with it or

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leave. That's if I may say so as a new

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American citizen. That's a very

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unAmerican attitude that it can't be

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done, that we can't make change happen.

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We've got to fight for it. There are

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plenty of people who um believe that the

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state needs change. We just have to show
in the next seven weeks that change

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really is possible. If we get more
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that it would be almost a betrayal

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though, even if they want change to not,
you know, vote Democrat? Why is that?

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There there there seems to be in
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lot of very rational people who feel
sort of out of place. They're not quite

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sure whether they should be a Republican.
They're made to feel guilty

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for not being completely a Democrat.
So, they either don't vote or they just go

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in and they find the D and check the

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box. Um and so all of the insanity sort

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of compounds. And if that if
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don't we need to hit rock bottom? Like
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event or otherwise that
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>> I got to tell you, I think it's pretty
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actually like to live here. I mean,
I traveled this state. I've been to every

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one of our 58 counties. No candidate's
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we've done hundreds of events, town

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halls up and down the state. Every

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single day, I see this the the just the

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pain and the struggle in people's eyes
to live here. I mean, look, we house you

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try and own a home here. We used to have
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the country in California and the most
affordable housing. Now the median house

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price in California is nearly a million

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dollars. The median salary in California

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for an individual 65,000. I mean it's

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just completely broken. And people are
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for change. The number one thing that
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and where they come up to in the airport
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events it's not good luck, hope you do
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The number one, it's almost word for word.
This is what everyone says to me.

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I've heard it even here backstage. You

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have to win. There's an intensity about

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it this year. Um, and I think that this
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to your point about Democrats,
that's true that you've had this habit of

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voting Democrat even though the results
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don't know. I give Friday 911. I was at

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the 911 memorial event in Sacramento.

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Not there participating. I was just
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seat in the back. Um, people came up to

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me, take pictures and so on as they

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often do. Just there just randomly in a

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pretty small event. I had a number of

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people, must been four or five people

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just randomly all almost said the same

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word for word thing. I'm a lifelong

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Democrat, but I'm voting for you this

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year. It's just I think we have reached

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that point and I' that's why I'm saying

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we got to wake up because the other

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thing I hear all the time from business

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leaders or business owners every single

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day is if you don't make it in November,

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we're out. And I'm just serious about

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this. If we if we think that it's bad

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now, I think that the exodus of business

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that we've seen from California in the

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last couple of years, if we don't show
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system, it's going to turn into
a stampede for the exits. It really is. I

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think this is a now or never
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>> Let's let's talk about the metrics and

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the path to victory here. Poly market

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has you at 5% chance of winning. The

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actual polls have you as close as 8% to

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20%. And it's incredibly polarized. You

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have 90% or 89% of Republican voters.

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Okay, mission accomplished. You've only
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you've got less than 10%. So you've

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captured the Republicans making some
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not making, aside from the anecdotal
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headway with these Democrats yet. But

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you have one debate September 30th

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versus Bisera. What do you have to do
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to shake this up? >> What's the plan?

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>> No, it's a great question. It's the
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give you our metric and our numbers,
which is, you know, we wanted to see

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what is the pathway to victory for real.

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So, this is not us cooking the numbers
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right at the beginning of the of the

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campaign when it's clear that it was

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myself and uh Javier Bera and these are

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the numbers. 33% solidly with me, 41%

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solidly with Basera, 26%

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um up for grabs. Now most of that 26%

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have voted Democrat before, but they are

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not committed Democrats. They are open
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who are those people and what are
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uh, non-oleducated, regular
working people in California who

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are at breaking point financially.
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practical things to help with the
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campaign's been all about, not just in

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specific, but since the beginning of the

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campaign. And I can tell you what it
is very simply. um to reduce the bloat and

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the waste in our budget. They've doubled
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the last 10 years with two million
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Everything's gotten worse. We're going
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have a 10% headcount reduction

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[applause] in the government.
5% efficiency many other things. Stop the

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funding of these nonprofits that are

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making homelessness worse. And that all

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adds up to enough money for us to cut

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state income tax. your first 150 grand

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tax-free, no state income tax. That puts

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thousands of dollars in the pockets of

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regular working people. Secondly, we're
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Instead of shipping oil halfway around
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something about climate change,
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emissions by doing that, we're going
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that means and and get rid of the
ridiculous outdated regulations and the

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hidden taxes on gas so we can deal
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working people every day, which is gas
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towards $3 gas in California like
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um premium or getting rid
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>> No, it's not that at all. It's
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things. The low carbon fuel standard,
the cap and invest program. That's about

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a $150 on the gas price right there.

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Guess where that money goes? The cap
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highspeed rail. I mean, you dig into all

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these things in California. They are
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thing they can. the announcement we made
last week. It's going to help regular

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working people uh to register your car

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or truck in California, hundreds of

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dollars. Many people paying $8, $900,

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over $1,000. In most other states, it's

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under $100. It's another hidden tax.

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Well, we are going to cap vehicle

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registration at the flat registration

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rate of $73 per vehicle per year by

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abolishing the DMV, which is a symbol of

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the [applause]

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a symbol of this this this absolutely

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ridiculous bloated nanny state

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bureaucracy that is driving everyone

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crazy and driving up everyone's cost.

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You just need to send an outsider
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system that's clearly broken.
>> Why shouldn't people vote for Bisera?

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What is the flaw in this person?

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>> Well, I I mean, the short answer is I'm
going to quote uh the people who worked

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with him. He touts the fact that he's
got so much experience. Yeah, he's a

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36-year career politician. Let's look at

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uh the verdict not of other Republicans,
but Democrats who work with him. Susan

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Rice, President Biden's head of domestic

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policy, was President Obama's national

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security um head of n national security

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adviser. She worked with him for four

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years. Her description, Bera is a quote

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idiot. >> Okay,
so the reason not to vote for him

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is by the way, she also said, and I
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he's a ass. So make of that
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>> Sounds like he's pretty qualified
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>> Exactly. Maybe it's
just He's a ass idiot.

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>> A ass idiot. ass.
So that give him the keys.

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Another one right from the Biden cabinet
said, "But the thing about Javier you

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need to know is running a large
executive agency is not exactly his

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skill set." I mean this is just if if

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you don't think it can get worse after

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Gavin Newsome, I have two words for you.

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Javier Bera. He [laughter] is exactly

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what the machine to your point wants. a

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puppet who will do the bidding of the

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unions and the trial lawyers and all

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these activists that have run ruined uh
the the business climate in California,

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made everything more expensive. He'll
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worse than Newsome. >> I want
to get you in Sachs here. Um why

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haven't the Republicans invested
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you're coming in, Steve, I think with a

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lack of infrastructure, correct? And you
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why haven't >> Well, >> on this podcast,

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>> we haven't we haven't had a candidate
as good as Steve, so we needed the right

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candidate. Right. >> So,
can can you get some more money from

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President Trump? He just called in, but
when he calls in this afternoon, can we

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get him some more funds here? He seems
like he's got a puncher shot. I mean,

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I'm If you put this energy into
the debate, maybe you take this guy out.

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Look, I think how gone is California,

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sir. California. I mean, look, what we

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need is for this election to be about

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the state, not about national politics,
right? And Steve is focused on the

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problems here. Let's not bring in the
rest of the country because we have to

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appeal to the independents. And Steve
is right. The state's really broken. We

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have all these budget deficits for no
reason. We're gifted with so many

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unbelievable assets. We have Silicon
Valley. By the way, you know what? One

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observation Peter Till made years
ago was that Silicon Valley was like a

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resource curse for the state
of California because it generates so much

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wealth and taxes that they don't
need a good government here.

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>> You know, it's like one of and
that's how you get a one party state.

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>> Can I just sort of pick up on that if
I may? So if you actually there's there

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was a brilliant moment I mean depressing
moment with Bera just before the the

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primary where he was on CNN and he was

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asked um that question and the to be
fair to this the host said look we got

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some problems here homelessness highest
poverty rate highest unemployment rate

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terrible cost of living uh what do
you think really would you have done

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differently what needs to change from
a policy point of view he literally said

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well you know with the fourth biggest
economy in the world and many people

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still love coming to Disneyland and our

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beaches. So things must be going right.

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And the point about the resource curse
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from Gavin Newsome the whole time.

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Fourth biggest economy in the world.

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That's mainly driven by the fact that we

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have this incredibly successful sector
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not creating a lot of jobs. It's a very
imbalanced economy. The other reason

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that we have the fourth biggest economy
in the world is that that number is the

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GDP number includes the size of the
government. They've doubled the size of

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the government in the last 10 years. The

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num the the figure for net job private

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sector job creation since the pandemic

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in California is basically zero. It's a

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disaster economically, but we're
kept afloat by that one sector. A

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>> lot of it home.
>> And by the way, if Prop 40 passes, I

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think that'll no longer be >>
it's going. Exactly. That's why

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honestly, wake up everybody.
This is a really serious moment.

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>> Hey uh Friedberg, we had an idea.
You have another guest here who might be

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great to join. Steve. >> Yeah.
So, Steve, you know, you've

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obviously I think um been running
a great campaign. Someone else ran a great

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campaign here in LA and we were hoping
you'd be okay to have him come out early

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and maybe join you for a little bit.

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>> Yeah. I don't know who
you could be thinking of.

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>> Let's find out. >> Let's
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the campaign a reality show. No, no, my

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my dear, you made my life a show when

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you burned my town down.

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>> You know his face. [music] You know
his name. His name is Spencer Prattton.

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>> A media entrepreneur.
>> To be clear, I never wanted to run for

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any political office or have
anything to do with politicians.

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>> Like to see him do well.
He's a character.

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>> Mayor Bass and I are definitely
[music] not working together. I blame this

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person for burning my house and my
parents house and my town and all my

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neighbors down. [music] I'm only running

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for mayor to to do one last Hail Mary.

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Please welcome Spencer Pratt. [music]

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>> Wow, you're popular. Wow. >>
Popular with this crowd. All right. Nice

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to see you. All right. Welcome,

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>> Steve. Spencer. Spencer. Steve. Buddy,

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how are you? >> You guys
have some things in common.

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>> I mean, how how hard is it to break
the machine in California? Spencer,

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>> uh, he keeps calling it a machine. I

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like to call it a corrupt criminal mafia
cartel. [laughter] You know, machine is

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when you're a candidate, you have
to call it a a machine. These are

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criminals. That's that simple. They

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launder all of our tax money to increase

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people dying on our streets. And then

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they say, "Oh, he's a Republican

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candidate. You can't vote for him. Let's
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cuz we have compassion." So, no,
those are criminals. Actually,

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>> Spencer, the criminal machine.

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>> Spencer, you did something worthy
of a round of applause for sure.

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>> Let's go. Spencer, you did something

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extraordinary um in terms of an

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independent candidate getting massive

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earned media with these videos, AI

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generated, but they were incredibly

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deaf at communicating messages. Who made

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them? Did you direct them? Was this like

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a covert group chat with a not and then

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how can we get Steve to do these?

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>> I am. We got the same team.
Okay, tell us what's going on. Yeah.

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>> So, >> and the impact
it had cuz we saw them.

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Yeah. >> Initially, what kicked
off was just the truth. You

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that's all I did. I went out on as many
platforms and I just started saying the

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truth and what that created was a

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grassroots movement and to reference a

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machine. It became a machine that

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creative people across the country could

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throw their genius or their ideas into

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it. I wouldn't say it was the AI that
worked. I think it was a piece of a lot

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of things that were working. Same
with Steve. You know, AI is a piece of it.

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Every, you know, people just expect
these things now. But for me, it's the

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message that was cutting through it.
It wasn't the AI. It was what was in these

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videos. I was saying in real life, just

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as Steve is saying in real life, people

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are tired of being lied to. People want

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the truth. I didn't set out to be, as

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the president would call me, a big MAGA
guy or the guy with the mojo for the

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Republicans. I set out as a guy whose
town burned down, my neighbors burned

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down. I just wanted somebody speaking
the truth. And that wasn't political to

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me. And so that's why most of the people

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that voted for me were Democrats. I

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would have won a 100% and beat all the

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super meth addicts that voted for Nitia

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Ramen and Bass uh if the 200,000

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Republicans that are registered in Los
Angeles actually voted. And that's what

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we need people to do for Steve. People
need to vote. We've got to this idea

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with the mail and ballots and all the

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alleged voter fraud and the non-alleged

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voter fraud that we can't beat this
system, but people just need to show up.

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One of the great things the president
did say was the too big to rig. And not

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only is that work, you know, I've talked
to a lot of people behind the scenes,

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you can beat these margins
of cheating with voting.

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Steve, can you I mean, Spencer, can you
actually explain what happened in your

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election? Because for the casual
observer, it seemed like there was a

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period you were winning and then
something happened and then a lot of

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votes showed up at the end and then
there was a I So for for those of us

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that were not steeped in what happened
in LA, can you just give us a summary of

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what happened? >> Yeah,
I was at Don Antonio's celebrating

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while my opponent Nitia Ramen from the

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Kami DSA was crying on camera because

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she was losing by 10%. And then

463
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,237
mathematically the most impossible thing

464
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,317
in the history of politics happened. The

465
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,077
third place candidate started slowly

466
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,797
each day winning. But of course they'll
say, "Oh yes, but Democrats, they they

467
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,957
vote by mail and ballots." But this
Democrat was against the current mayor

468
00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:51,117
who's also a Democrat. And the third

469
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,597
place candidate somehow bypassed not

470
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,397
just me, but the first place Democratic

471
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,117
candidate to get just enough votes to

472
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,117
beat me. And here's my favorite part of

473
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,397
the 43,000 votes she got in those mail

474
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,917
in ballots. How many naked drug addict

475
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,397
zombies are there in downtown LA in this

476
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,117
area? 43,000. There's really about a

477
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:18,077
100,000, but they say 43,000. So again,

478
00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,117
I'm not saying they
cheated because the system

479
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,117
>> I think you just did, guys. Wait, no.

480
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,077
But hold on a second.
You just did say they cheated.

481
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,517
>> Okay. The system is designed so what we

482
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,157
think is cheating is not cheating. Cuz

483
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,557
ready for this mail and ballots, the

484
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:39,837
witness can sign with a smiley face,
an X. This witness can be a witness to

485
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:41,117
>> They're not allowed to check.

486
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,397
>> This This witness can be
a witness to 43,000 ballots.

487
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,117
>> All right, guys. Listen, these two
are only here cuz Steve's got to go to

488
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,357
another thing. But I want to see if
Spencer and Steve maybe have you guys

489
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,957
met or talked much about his campaign
and is there anything you can share

490
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:57,197
about the experience here
that you've just went through?

491
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,437
>> Can can I just want to say one thing
to underline what Spencer said at the

492
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,277
beginning which is the deep thing that's
going on here about what's happening

493
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:09,277
with our money for everyone who put
their hand up and said I'm here in

494
00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:11,517
California. So you'll know this story.

495
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,877
Um you've seen it, you've been there,
you told the story. I was with at

496
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:19,357
Langers the other week. Langanger's
Delhi right by MacArthur Park and we

497
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:24,637
crossed the G and nearly 80 years
in business a couple of years ago uh Norm

498
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,957
Langanger wanted to shut it down because
the chaos all around in LA the customers

499
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,957
rallied around it's still in business
and the chaos is back even though you

500
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,837
got a DA now in LA that's cracking down

501
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,157
on the drugs and the crime and you've

502
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,957
got a US attorney Billy good friend
of ours who's doing a great job trying to

503
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:47,277
go after the criminal gangs
and the cartels But but what's actually

504
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:52,637
happening? This was a Tuesday morning
last week about 10:30 midm morning. We

505
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:53,997
he said come and see what's happening.

506
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,957
It's like whack-a-ole because you go out

507
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,277
into MacArthur Park 10:30 on a Tuesday

508
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:02,557
morning. Every single place you look

509
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,717
you've got the people you described.
You got crack pipes, people smoking crack,

510
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,717
injecting drugs folded over with
fentinel in the middle of a beautiful

511
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,957
sunny day in the center of LA. Dozens

512
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,917
and dozens of people. Why? Because every

513
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,997
single day, four nonprofits show up

514
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,397
handing out crack pipes, handing out

515
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,437
needles, handing out drugs. Who's paying

516
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,597
for that? You are. We are.
We are paying for these people.

517
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:30,957
>> What do you mean
we're paying for drugs?

518
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:35,357
>> Because the taxpayers are funding the
nonprofits who are handing out the crack

519
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:36,637
pipes, the needles, and the drugs.

520
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,077
>> No. What drugs are we talking about?

521
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,037
>> Fentanyl. They hand out
fentanyl needles. A black G.

522
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,757
>> I pay taxes. They take the taxes.
They buy fentinel and then they give it to

523
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,677
>> Oh, they buy the needles.
And interestingly enough, one of these

524
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,517
people from the NOS's that was handing

525
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,797
out the needles. Billis also caught him

526
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,717
selling the drugs too. So technically,
you're not buying the drugs, but the

527
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:02,877
people that were paying for the needles
happened to also be selling the drugs on

528
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:07,197
the side. >> I ju can I
just tell I I'm going to be

529
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,597
>> it's called the side
quest in our industry.

530
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,997
>> I just want to say one one other story
that really captured I I'll head that

531
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:18,397
out. I just want to tell this other
story that capt this story that we've just

532
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,157
>> we've just had experience of and one
other that actually captures for me in a

533
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,077
deeper way what this election is all
about. Just a couple of days before that

534
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,757
experience in MacArthur Park, there's
this Latino couple wanted me to come and

535
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,557
see their business in South Central LA.

536
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,317
It's, you know, it's not Skid Row,
but it's pretty rough and it's the usual

537
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,237
squalor that I'm afraid we're used to in
this city because they don't know how to

538
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,717
run the place. But in the middle of all
that squala, this beautiful little

539
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,557
store, they run a store. It's a shoe

540
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,597
store. And they've been running it 14

541
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:53,837
years. Latino couple. We went in, we
were talking, they gave me all the usual

542
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:58,077
things that I'm very familiar with,
the taxes, the ridiculous bureaucracy, the

543
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:02,477
permits that get more complicated
and costly every year, the electric bill,

544
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,157
etc. Said, "But that's not why we wanted
you to come here. Come with me." They

545
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,357
took me outside. You walk along. We we

546
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,197
went for a walk. Two city blocks. could

547
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,437
have gone even further. Every single

548
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,597
part of the sidewalk, street vendors.

549
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,437
You think illegal street vendors. What

550
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,197
are they selling? Shoes and apparel and

551
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,637
t-shirts. Just the entire sidewalk.

552
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:31,917
this 14-year business, a lovely little
local business, everything spotless,

553
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,757
everything clean. Exactly what we would
want to see, is going out of business

554
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:40,877
because you got people there that are
not paying tax, not paying electric, not

555
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,957
paying rent, not complying with any
licensing. And then I said to the guy,

556
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:49,357
when did all this happen? Uh when did
it start? Was this has this been here all

557
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,397
the time you've been here? No, it's
the last six or seven years. Said, is it

558
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,957
something to do with the pandemic? No.
I looked into it eight years ago in 2018.

559
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,917
They passed a bill in Sacramento
to legalize street vending in California

560
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,117
across the state. Cities can't do
anything about it. Counties can't do

561
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:09,277
anything about it. Um you've got
and langers, you've got food stands there

562
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,277
that are pouring their grease into the

563
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,117
drain right in front of their store. You

564
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,557
got rats, you got all of it legalized.

565
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,517
And what does it tell you when you take
that into account and then what you see

566
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,397
in Macarthur Park with the drugs?
You know what you guys should do?

567
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,157
>> Can I just tell you what this lesson is

568
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,117
from this? That we've become a state

569
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,477
where if you do the right thing, you're

570
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:37,117
punished and if you do the wrong thing,
you're rewarded. That is upside down.

571
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:41,117
But that's the story bel beneath
everything. And that's what we need to

572
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,197
turn around. That's what this election
is actually about. No, I I really think

573
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,797
it's important for you guys to be able
to tell the stories of these specific

574
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:53,037
laws because it doesn't it doesn't
matter your political persuasion when

575
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:57,277
you hear that if it is as accurate
as you say, it's functionally one of the

576
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,677
stupidest things I've ever heard. And if

577
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:04,317
there's a 20 or 30 of these examples,
it's important for people to know this

578
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,637
because that's the only thing that cracks
this entrenched system because I

579
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,557
do think that these belief systems are

580
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,917
very difficult to turn over and you have

581
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,557
to just hit them with facts over and over.
But these things are in insane if

582
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,437
if AC as accurate as you
said, Steve, it's insane.

583
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,997
>> The craziest part
about this, so there's

584
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,957
they say there's 50,000 food vendors.

585
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,477
50,000. and they made it more affordable.
So, most of them don't even

586
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,757
have the permit that costs $21, but our

587
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,397
city council green lit and they already

588
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,957
did this. They gave these food vendors a

589
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,717
$500,000 to give them an actual cart. My

590
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,437
town burned down because Mayor Bass and

591
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:49,437
the LWP didn't repair the reservoir

592
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,237
cover that was $200,000.

593
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,877
So they have money to have a lot of

594
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,077
these people are not cit taxpaying

595
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:02,557
citizens. They have the money to give
them $500,000 for food cards, but they

596
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:07,117
can't get the civic palaces is paying
most of the taxes for the whole city.

597
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,557
They can't get the reservoir cut.

598
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,717
>> What does it say, Spencer? If this city

599
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,557
elects Karen Bass again and what does it

600
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:21,437
say in terms of lessons about your
campaign that you can't beat somebody

601
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,637
that incompetent? >> I mean,
we're up against dumb and dumber

602
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,117
would say they're less dumb than picking

603
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,997
this socialist communist alleged

604
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,797
terrorist supporter, uh, Nitia Ramen.

605
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:37,197
So, we're in a position where it's
either worse or worse. And at least with

606
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:43,517
Mayor Bass, we know, oh, she only burns
down one town every four years, [laughter]

607
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,997
>> right? >> How many
does Nitia Ramen burn down?

608
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,877
>> We'll find out. >> Yeah.
So, no, it's I hate to say those.

609
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,477
Let's hope we don't, you know, what
can I say? That's not a complete joke,

610
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:56,477
right? What what you just said. So,
we launched our general election campaign

611
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,717
after the primary in Boille Heights,

612
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,997
East LA. Why? because that that was the

613
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,797
site of another fire where Karen Bass

614
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:09,197
was out of town. Incredible.
The warehouse fire that burned for a week.

615
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,637
She was out of town for that one as

616
00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:13,837
well. Um and you had it was a warehouse.

617
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,877
You had 85 million pounds of rotting

618
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,397
meat that was left there for five weeks.

619
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:25,277
This is a workingclass Latino
neighborhood in LA. It's just you. We

620
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,717
launched our campaign that the press
wasn't very happy because you have flies

621
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,197
everywhere. The whole place stinks. You

622
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,997
have rats, medieval diseases. This is in

623
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,277
the the the second city of America. I

624
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,517
mean, it's just what these people have

625
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:44,397
done is actually unforgivable. We've got
to kick these people out this year. We

626
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,517
really do. >> Spencer,
before Steve leaves, any advice

627
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,517
for him?

628
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,517
>> Uh, I feel like Steve doesn't need my

629
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,197
advice. Uh, he's doing incredible. what

630
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:59,437
he just needs to continue doing and he
does it is appealing because you're

631
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,517
never going to win as a Republican
in California. But what he's running is

632
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,517
common sense. And the message is, you
know, for the people that are like, I'm

633
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,997
voting for Basara B. What does what does

634
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:14,717
Biden call him? Back. I think we say Bas.
We're going to take Basura from

635
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,317
Karen Bass and apply it. >> You know,
>> these people think they're voting

636
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,997
because he says, "I'm going to fight
president." The president is gone in two

637
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,317
years. So then what? You're just going
to have another entrenched terrible

638
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,077
person running the state. And don't

639
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,357
worry, the whole entire state is run by

640
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,677
Democrats. If there's one registered

641
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,717
Republican, it's okay. So, I would say

642
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,197
the message is Steve is about common

643
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,237
sense and he just wants our tax money to

644
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,037
stop being stolen and he wants kids

645
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,277
being able to go back to parks. These

646
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,237
aren't a Republican or a Democrat. It's

647
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,957
just a non-communist message. So,
>> you're you're going to stay with us for

648
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,597
a bit. Steve, I know you got to run.
Any last words? anything you want to say

649
00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:00,477
before you head out?
>> I just want to tell um everyone that

650
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:04,797
actually it's not just about stopping
the crazy stuff that we've been talking

651
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,557
about. There's a there's it's there's
so much we can do in this amazing state.

652
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,877
I've got a plan here uh that we're
publishing today. 10 new cities for

653
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,957
California. We've got so much

654
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,277
opportunity here. If we just have some

655
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,237
common sense, we get rid of these insane

656
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,877
regulations and lawsuits and fees and

657
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,597
taxes. The talent is here. The energy is

658
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,917
here. We can once again be the place

659
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,557
where people are coming to build amazing

660
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,437
businesses and companies and houses and

661
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:38,077
the great things we built in the heyday
of California. We can be all that again

662
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:42,397
and very very quickly because we've
got everything we need to be truly

663
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,477
magnificent again except a good

664
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:50,050
governor, but very soon we'll have that
as well. Thank you very much. [applause]

665
00:36:50,240 --> 00:36:53,037
>> Thanks for being here.
[music] Thank you.

666
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,997
What's your favorite viral Spencer Pratt

667
00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:00,237
video? I know mine >> it's um
we have the money is just being

668
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,917
stolen. >> You remember that one?

669
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,877
>> I do. I mean, what's I loved about

670
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,957
running so much is it was finally a way

671
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,557
to channel all of my anger and it was it

672
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,317
was so therapeutic. It [laughter] was

673
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,517
just like this feels so good. Um but

674
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,757
yeah, Steve's incredible. I pray for

675
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,957
him. Uh I obviously everybody who I

676
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,797
thought was a genius
involved in my campaign

677
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,797
connected these people. So he's got >>
Spencer. What's going to happen in this

678
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:35,917
election? Now >> if people vote, Steve
wins, but people need to vote. It's like

679
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,197
>> So you you think you think there's
still an opportunity to vote in the state

680
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,597
versus having the machine
fill it out for me?

681
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,997
>> Correct.
I I is I'm a I'm so optimistic.

682
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:50,317
Psyche. No, I mean uh you just got to be

683
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,237
you got we got to try. People need to

684
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,597
vote. And I don't think the the machine

685
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,877
and the idea that we can't win should

686
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,277
stop from trying. Yeah. Like if I had

687
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,517
thought that way. I mean, I had my plan.

688
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,917
I would 100% been the mayor. I didn't
know they were going to pull what they

689
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,277
pulled that soon. I thought they were
going to wait till November. So, I had

690
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,637
the plan to win, but I'm going to save

691
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:19,437
it for my next election. So, you know
>> what uh what what does that what does

692
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,277
that mean exactly? >> Well,
I mean behind offstage I can tell

693
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,037
you you know I can't give the >>
basically you you need a better vote

694
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:28,957
stealing operation than they have.

695
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:31,837
Right. I mean >> what I've
learned is it's not stealing.

696
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,997
It's legal. So my got my own
harvesting they call it. Yeah.

697
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,557
>> You know I got something up my sleeve.

698
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:42,237
>> Well no no no in seriousness
Spencer. Um he is being serious.

699
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,357
>> I'm [laughter] dead. >> Okay. So,

700
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,477
um, you have legal recourse. Voter fraud

701
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:52,157
is a very significant crime. People have

702
00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:56,957
been prosecuted very regularly
for committing voter fraud. You're making

703
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,077
these claims. Freeberg's making
these claims. You're piling

704
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,277
>> Hold on. What claims did I make?

705
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,997
>> You just said if
you can actually win or

706
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,437
that somebody automatically signs it for
you. You're insinuating that the system

707
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,397
is corrupt. Let me >> claim you
made that was a joke about the

708
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:15,277
>> Okay, fine. But in our private chat,
in our private chat, you say all the time,

709
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,797
"No, >> I'll totally insinuate it.
I'll assert it."

710
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,877
>> Anyway, the point is >>
the system is corrupt. It's

711
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:22,957
statistically impossible.
We all saw the lines

712
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,557
>> here. Here, I'll hold Let me I know
where this is going. Everyone says,

713
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,877
"Well, why didn't you why didn't you
investigate D?" So, obviously, I got the

714
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,397
top law firms. I'm like, "Yeah, we're
going to get them." And then you ready

715
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,157
for this? The second those mailin
ballots get to where they count the

716
00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:39,917
votes because they say, "Come down here.

717
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,557
Check this out. The second they get
there, you know what they do at the

718
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,397
ballots? They separate them from the

719
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,677
envelope. So, let's say I know 42,000 of

720
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:51,677
these were cooked with the NGO, drug
addicts, and the people that are paying

721
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,957
them billions of dollars cuz they want
that money to keep. I know it's all from

722
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:59,517
there. Oh, well, we can't connect those
ballots to those envelopes. We separated

723
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,877
the chain of custody from those. So,
>> the certification signature is on the

724
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:04,957
envelope to be clear. It's like right

725
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,357
there. So you so I know let's say I know

726
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,557
this DSA terrorist commie person signed

727
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:15,037
all these. I know that's this one. They
go and this is where they're from. Oh,

728
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:19,757
we don't have that person's signature
to connect those ballots. So you can't I

729
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:21,837
could have definitely
said I want to recount.

730
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,877
>> You can't audit is basically like >>
and they would have recounted the same

731
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,597
ballots. So I'm not alleging anything.

732
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,677
This is just a fact in California.

733
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,517
>> This is what I mean. I didn't get to
ask my question because this is legal and

734
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:38,077
the way it's set up legally is what
makes it impossible to intervene unless

735
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,117
you are willing to go play that game
where you're now going to go collect all

736
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,077
the ballots from the apartment buildings
and fill them all out and get someone to

737
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,277
put a happy smiley face on it and be
like here you go. That's the mechanism

738
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,957
that ultimately I think the other side
is going to end up having to employ if

739
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:52,397
they actually want to get people elected

740
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,557
in a state that's 2/3 one side of the uh

741
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,357
>> President Trump did
60 of these lawsuits

742
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:04,077
when he lost last time and claim
the same thing. All 60 he lost. You're not

743
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,077
even willing to do a lawsuit. But is

744
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:11,197
your contention that you lost
because of fraud? Yes or no?

745
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:12,957
>> It's a trick question.

746
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,837
>> Well, no. It's a simple question.

747
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:21,597
That's it's a trick question.
I without evidence I would say no.

748
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,597
>> Okay. >> So >> So but he can't
the thing is he can't collect on it.

749
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:30,077
>> So if I had the evidence I would
tell you I would be the mayor right now.

750
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,157
>> Okay. So >> well what I
would say what I would say

751
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:37,117
is that on election night you were
the clear number two and then a week later

752
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,317
you had been narrowly displaced by a
bunch of ballots that were counted out.

753
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,997
>> Yeah. the it seems like there would
have to be in this case, correct me if I'm

754
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,397
wrong, tens of thousands of fake ballots.

755
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,517
>> No, I'm not saying fake.
This is what this is. Again,

756
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,277
>> it's not fraud, Jason.
It's that they're

757
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:56,717
following the law that was created to let
them do what they're doing. It's legal.

758
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,357
>> Why is voter ID illegal?
>> All right, so watch this. Watch this.

759
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,757
Watch this. >> I'm in favor
of voter ID. Be clear, but

760
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,157
you still haven't explained
where the crime occurred here.

761
00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:06,937
>> Watch this.
The crime harvest. Go ahead.

762
00:42:07,020 --> 00:42:10,157
[laughter] >> Ready for this?
I'm awake now.

763
00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:12,957
>> All right, here we go.
So, if I go up to

764
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:17,197
you when you go to like a basketball
court to vote, you know, with the nice

765
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,717
people and they say in California, they
say, "Don't show us your ID. You, that's

766
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,037
illegal." Those people, if I go up to

767
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:28,077
you and I'm wearing like Mayor Pratt
hat and I say, "Who's on your ballot? You

768
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:29,837
This is why you should vote for Spencer

769
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,717
Pratt." This is electioneering. This is

770
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,637
illegal. But it's not illegal for DSA

771
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:40,637
commies to ride around on their bikes
and to go into your apartment building,

772
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:45,277
knock on your door, say, "Hey, this is
your ballot. You got to vote for Nitia

773
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,957
Ramen. She's going to make everything
cheap, give you free money, a cell

774
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:53,197
phone, she's going to pay for your
Netflix, all these things. Fill it out.

775
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,597
We'll take it in." This is would be

776
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,317
illegal at the gym, but it's not in

777
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,397
California with ballot harvesting. So

778
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:05,997
what these DSA soldiers, these are sold,
these are true believers do, they do it

779
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:10,077
in New York, they're doing it all over
the they go around, thousands of them,

780
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:14,717
and they go get these ballots.
So they're not fake ballots, it's ballot

781
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:19,757
harvesting, and they can people pay these
people. I did legal ballot harvesting.

782
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,277
>> You just can't pay them per ballot. And
this became law legal in California. How

783
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:24,637
many years ago? Like a decade ago?

784
00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:27,677
>> Now the claim is ago, so I understand.
I just want to make sure I understand the

785
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,197
claim. claim now is that DSA soldiers

786
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:35,437
went gave money to people and convinced
them to place their vote and then

787
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:37,917
brought their undocumented.
They're not giving anyone.

788
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,517
>> Can you let him answer freeberg?

789
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,717
>> The DSA operatives are being paid.

790
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,077
>> Got it. >> And some do it
as for free cuz they are true believers.

791
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,077
>> Like people who knock on doors and say

792
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,917
>> so my campaign legal
door knockers pay a

793
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,197
half a million dollars. They knock
and they say Spencer's so great. And they

794
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,797
say no, I don't want to vote. and the
door shuts and they walk away. These

795
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:03,917
people continue. They you go on the the
DSA website, they'll tell you a whole

796
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:07,677
there'll be a whole breakdown on ballot
harvesting and they'll say go back three

797
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,517
times. It becomes harassment. Finally,
somebody's going to be like here. Yeah,

798
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,437
take this. Get out of my >>
So now the claim is the DSA is

799
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:20,157
persistent and you weren't. You go one
time, they go three. Just so I'm clear.

800
00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:24,397
>> No, what I'm saying it's illegal to
harass people into who they vote. That's

801
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:28,397
illegal. What the DSA?
>> Has any of those people ever filed a

802
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,557
complaint about being harassed?

803
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:32,717
>> Do you know where they're going?

804
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,437
>> These people don't You can't >>
I'm asking you. You're the one making

805
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,197
this claim that you lost because of fraud.

806
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,677
>> No, I also didn't.
I said I don't have the evidence.

807
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,637
>> You literally tweeted that the
fraudster stole the election from me.

808
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:46,397
>> I said, "No, I said 200,000
Republicans didn't show up and vote."

809
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:48,717
>> Okay, so that's why you lost.

810
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:53,197
>> There's many reasons to not
win and lose and games also.

811
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,677
Do you think Do you think that the other
side that Republicans are going to start

812
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,997
to employ the ballot harvesting tactics?

813
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:04,157
>> It won't work. I did it.
Unless you are nefarious, it doesn't work.

814
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:06,877
>> Mhm. >> If you are
just like a genuine like

815
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:10,397
hello knock like you like to vote like

816
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,117
that doesn't work these people. So tell

817
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:17,837
me this talk about claims.
>> Why won't California clear their voter

818
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:21,357
roles? >> What does that mean?
just a different

819
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:26,957
right now. The voter roles, if you moved
out of California, if you're dead, these

820
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:30,237
are all ballots. >> There's
an empty parking lot downtown LA

821
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:34,157
that gets hundreds of ballots mailed to
it. An empty parking lot and people have

822
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:36,477
registered to this address.
Hundreds of ballots show up there.

823
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,917
>> So, back to your thing, these are fake
ballots. They're not fake ballots. There

824
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,317
could be potentially a million ballots

825
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,597
out and about that now a DSA person

826
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,917
could harvest get these ballots, fill in

827
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,477
a circle, and then do a smiley face as

828
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,997
the witness and mail that in. So we can

829
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,877
call it a claim or we could call it who

830
00:45:56,960 --> 00:46:01,197
knows. It's like who knows what's
going on. The point is we need voter ID.

831
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:03,757
People need to get that on the ballot.

832
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,797
So >> yeah. Yeah. No, I mean you're the
person who made these claims, so I'm just

833
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,317
asking you the questions. And and for
the record, I I think if Hold on, let me

834
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:15,197
finish. Stop interrupting me. For the
record, I I think if you have to show an

835
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,237
ID to get on a plane, it's quite
reasonable that you should show one to

836
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:22,397
vote. So, I I'm I'm for a voter,
but >> you also need an ID.

837
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:25,197
>> You also need an ID to shop at Kami Mom

838
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:28,317
Dami's new markets. So, if you want if

839
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,797
you want food, you need an ID.

840
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,517
>> What are you doing next?
Let's move on past.

841
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:37,437
>> This is it. I This is the the >>
You're joining the show. fifth bestie.

842
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,797
Uh, you know, I have Zoom.
[laughter] You know, so

843
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:42,237
>> you have Zoom and you have time.

844
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,597
>> I do love premium
tequila. Uh, you know,

845
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,317
>> this could work.
This [laughter] could work. Fifth bestie.

846
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:52,397
>> There's a lot of >> I mean,
Brad Gerser is very popular, but

847
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,077
I think you have a [laughter] he we
might need to move him to sixth bestie.

848
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:58,477
what uh I will continue doing because I

849
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:02,317
only ever ran for mayor to increase my

850
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:06,957
message of fighting these people who
have destroyed my beautiful state, my

851
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,837
beautiful city and then >> and your home.

852
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,557
>> My home, my parents' home,
all my neighbors. So,

853
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,997
>> let me ask you a question about
the incompetence of these idiots. You they

854
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:20,157
burn your home down because they can't
keep water in the reservoir and then

855
00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:24,477
have you been able to rebuild? What's
the state of the palisades right now?

856
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:28,477
So, here's the best part. That empty
reservoir is still empty. And the

857
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:32,877
reservoir across the street from my
house that I was convinced I was house

858
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:35,517
was never going to burn. The one they
didn't even talk about, that one's still

859
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:39,357
empty. They have a hose. I just posted
a video about this. They have a hose that

860
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,997
comes all the way from Tanga through all
the regrown dead brush. This is the hose

861
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:46,317
now supplying the Palisades. But back to

862
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:49,277
rebuilding. What happened is we all had

863
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,517
farmers and all these great insurance,

864
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:53,357
but and I don't blame the insurance

865
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:56,397
companies because it's our Gavin Newsome

866
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,877
in our state parks that allowed the 60

867
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:02,157
years of dead fuels, dead brush to

868
00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:06,957
surround our communities knowing that
there's no fire break. All they would

869
00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:11,277
have had to do I talked to the top guy
that does all the cutting of this brush

870
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:15,037
and and I said, "How much would this have
cost to cut a whole fire break 300

871
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,437
yards around the palace?" He said under

872
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:21,357
$500,000 to save billions of dollars. So

873
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:23,517
back to rebuilding insurance dropped

874
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,597
everybody because they were smart. They

875
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,637
saw all this dead brush into every it's

876
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:31,997
illegal if I go cut. So if I'm my

877
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:36,557
backyard has Gavin Newsome State Park
dead brush coming into it. If I cut it,

878
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:38,477
those are protected milk veetch.

879
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,317
>> You're going to get a fine. I can the

880
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,757
LWP got fined $1 million for cutting

881
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,877
some dead brush around a downed pole in

882
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:51,117
these state parks. So the carb who's
in charge of this these people that care

883
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,877
more about plants. They're also ruining
the federal fire service right now and

884
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,277
they're fighting literal the federal

885
00:48:57,360 --> 00:48:58,957
government right now to protect these

886
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:02,157
plants again over people. So back to

887
00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:06,957
building. No, I won't be able to build
build until we win the lawsuit against

888
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:11,837
Gavin Newsome and his state parks
and the city and the LWP, which we are.

889
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:13,437
>> What What is the
lawsuit that you filed?

890
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,917
>> It's a mass tort.
There's 10,000 victims

891
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:20,637
for the negligence they let. So, but
people don't realize because they're not

892
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:25,917
in the weeds or we should we say in the
milk veetch on this. Uh on New Year's

893
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,597
Eve, there was a fire in the Pacific

894
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:31,757
Palisades, 8 acres. They put it out. The

895
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,997
state park did not monitor that fire,

896
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:35,917
which is in their state park manual, and

897
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,957
they let it smolder leading into a known

898
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,757
wind event that was coming on January

899
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,557
6th, January 7. I've now had firefighter

900
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:46,957
whistleblowers tell me that there was

901
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:51,597
clearly smoldering coals on the side
of this hill. And now in the depositions

902
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:55,517
with the state park employees, we have
their photos. They took photos of the

903
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:57,997
hillside just smoking. And when asked,

904
00:49:58,080 --> 00:49:59,837
"Why didn't you do anything?" They say,

905
00:49:59,920 --> 00:50:02,557
"Oh, we're not firefighters." So, the

906
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:05,437
state park is liable for allowing a

907
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,517
dangerous condition to burn down the

908
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,957
community. The LWP is liable for leaving

909
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:15,277
the reservoirs empty and having no water.
And the city is liable. So

910
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:18,557
basically, you're just trying to set the
record straight, hopefully get back some

911
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:22,157
recompense for you and these other
families, but is most of it this first

912
00:50:22,240 --> 00:50:26,877
part of just like make the record public
of of all of this incompetence and the

913
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,517
hope that people realize that it
doesn't need to be this way.

914
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:34,077
>> That was initially why I was out making
my videos and doing the content to like

915
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:37,837
help my community. And then when I saw
Mayor Bass was just automatically going

916
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,517
to be the mayor again. I was like, "Oh,
no way." And then I called Rick Russo. I

917
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:42,637
said, "Are you going to run or what?"

918
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:46,957
He's like, "No." I was like, "Oh, it's
on." So then I ran with the intention to

919
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:51,197
just try to stop her from becoming
mayor if that meant me being mayor. It

920
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:55,437
honestly people are like, "Oh, you have
no experience." Oh, to enforce the law.

921
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,437
What LA needs is a mayor that enforces

922
00:50:57,520 --> 00:50:59,997
the law. Neither Mayor Bass nor Niti

923
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,637
Ramen have any intention on enforcing

924
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:05,837
the laws because it doesn't look good.

925
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,757
It doesn't look good if you tell
the illegal food vendors that they can't

926
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:14,397
ruin a small business that's been paying
taxes for 40 years. Oh, you're you're

927
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:19,037
messing with this community, this atrisisk
community. No, this is illegal.

928
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:22,797
They're they're destroying this family's
business. So, these simple things that I

929
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:23,997
would have been able to do as mayor.

930
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:28,317
That's unfortunate that it's going
to take four years of pure destruction for

931
00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:29,997
them people to call me up in four years

932
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:34,237
like, "Let's go and I'll be ready." Um,

933
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,197
so you know, >> Spencer,
are you are you still are you

934
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:39,997
still doing content? Like what are
you doing right now with your time?

935
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:42,317
>> So there's three opportunities that you

936
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:45,677
know are in play and yes I you know

937
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:47,677
content what I realized when I got out

938
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,877
of this is the media and this sounds

939
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,437
very pot

940
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:58,077
lies like there's so many lies that I
witnessed all day long firsthand in my

941
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:02,317
city that I was like I need to be out
here making content with the truth. It's

942
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,757
not it's not a it's in the center.
I keep saying people like, "Oh, he's a

943
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:10,317
Republican." No, the truth doesn't have
a side. It's that it's that that simple.

944
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:14,557
And these people across the country
now are trying to destroy it. They truly

945
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:18,877
are. And when you start living this all
day long, like me, it's not for LA now.

946
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:22,157
And I'm like, damn, I got to fight
for America. Like, I'm like Jason Bourne.

947
00:52:22,240 --> 00:52:25,677
This is crazy. So, yeah. No, I you know,

948
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:29,197
now I'm flying to New York and meeting
with people in New York, trying to help

949
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:33,037
them because I don't want New
York to go down even worse than

950
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:34,237
>> I have a suggestion for you.

951
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:36,557
>> So, what were the other two things?
You said there was three things. Is that

952
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:39,837
that all three? >> No,
there there's three plays. I see,

953
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:43,917
you know, but I mean, I was going to be
the big guy in AI as mayor because I was

954
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:48,877
going to turn Skid Row into all
just data centers. [laughter] So,

955
00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:52,397
>> I mean, you're weaving, you're speaking
our language. I had a I actually had a

956
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:56,557
call trying to like get the information
about data centers with [laughter] a guy

957
00:52:56,640 --> 00:53:00,717
that knows data centers. He said and he
said, "Spencer, do you understand this

958
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:02,877
is the time for like a city like LA

959
00:53:02,960 --> 00:53:06,077
whose infrastructure is collapsing into

960
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:09,917
the ground to take private business and
billions of dollars be like, "Hey, yes,

961
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,157
you can put this data center where we

962
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:16,957
have naked drug addict zombies and no
actual human being can go for 50 blocks.

963
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:20,877
We're going to put that here. But you
need to redo our water pipes. You need

964
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,517
to redo our >> We can retrain
the fentinel addicts to

965
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,597
be electricians.
Meta's got a program for that.

966
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:31,357
>> You know, as I drove over here,
I >> solved two problems at once.

967
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,157
>> You know, there's a I was going
to solve a lot of problems. So that's

968
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:38,557
>> But Spencer, in all seriousness,
>> you're incredibly quickwitted and

969
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:42,877
entertaining on camera.
You should consider doing reality TV.

970
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,877
You know, you know why I don't like
reality TV and it's the only thing worse

971
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:50,797
than people in politics
is there's too much image crafting

972
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:55,197
>> and that's what makes a bad reality
shows. Now everyone is image crafting

973
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:59,437
trying to create a persona. What's going
to be in the comment section? What are

974
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,197
people going to say on the blogs? You

975
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:06,477
cannot be on real like the last reality
show I was on when they rebooted the

976
00:54:06,560 --> 00:54:09,757
hills. >> You were on a reality show >>
a couple. A couple you know you know I

977
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:12,317
am the reality candidate. That's a

978
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,877
reality check. But everybody was just

979
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:17,277
faking their actual identity. And now

980
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,437
what's so funny is if you watch any

981
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,997
politician, they're just a bad Tik Tok

982
00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:27,277
influencer. Like you look at Abdul say,
he thinks he's Alex Earl. It's like like

983
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:30,157
what are you what? >> Honestly,
I just got to tell you, I love

984
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:34,957
you. And what a mistake
because not only would

985
00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:39,197
you have gotten some great done,
this would have been the most entertaining

986
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:43,037
mayorship in history.
>> Well, he's got time.

987
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,197
>> Yeah, you got to run again.

988
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:48,957
>> This is [laughter] Yeah,
I know. I What's funny is I

989
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:52,717
actually am way more of a threat
to these people now because I have

990
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:56,317
>> You're dangerous. >> Two years
to really get into these comm.

991
00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:00,157
>> I suggest you torture them. tortured
Karen Bass for the next two years.

992
00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:02,717
>> You know, Karen Bass is not our worst

993
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:04,557
nightmare. And I will never say anything

994
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:07,837
positive. Nitia Ramen and the DSA people

995
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:12,237
like people do not get my Democrat
friends do not understand what the DSA

996
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:15,917
is. I keep telling them go on their
website. It's not a conspiracy. Read

997
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,957
their website and you tell
me >> abolish the police. Yes.

998
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:21,357
>> I mean, the list
goes on and on and this

999
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:25,357
is what they stand by. And then I used
to call them commies and every like oh

1000
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,237
you can't call them commi.
Now I'm like, that sounds nice.

1001
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:30,477
>> It's a compliment to them.
They're anarchists.

1002
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:33,197
>> Like gassing them up like [laughter]

1003
00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:33,997
crazy.

1004
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:38,077
>> Ladies and gentlemen, Spencer Pratt.

1005
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:43,880
Wow. Thanks, bro. All right. Great stuff.