On this episode, we are joined by our old friend Cynthia Kaui who is now the Executive Secretary for John McCann, Mayor Chula Vista, as well as the newly appointed President of the San Diego Young Republicans.
We discuss how she got started in local politics, and how the barrier for entry is not as high as many people think it is. Further, we discuss how most political offices and campaigns are looking for good people to join their teams and why there is a need for young blood.
*The California Underground Podcast is dedicated to discussing California politics from a place of sanity and rationality.*
Support California Underground on Patreon at www.patreon.com/CaliforniaUnderground
Follow California Underground on Social Media Instagram: www.instagram.com/californiaunderground
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj8SabIcF4AKqEVFsLmo1jA
Substack: https://substack.com/profile/72986149-ca_underground
Shop California Underground Merchandise: https://california-underground.creator-spring.com
Review the Anchor.Fm Privacy Policy: Anchor - The easiest way to make a podcast
00:00:00
What's going on everybody? Thanks for tuning in to another
00:00:02
episode of the California underground podcast.
00:00:05
We have a familiar face back with us tonight.
00:00:08
If you've been a fan of the show, you know, she was the
00:00:11
former co-host, but she is currently they get this, right?
00:00:16
The executive secretary of John McCain, not John McCain, mayor
00:00:22
of Chula Vista, which is the second largest city in San Diego
00:00:25
County if I'm not mistaken. So that's a pretty big deal, and
00:00:28
she is also So the rising newly appointed president of the San
00:00:34
Diego. Young Republicans her resume.
00:00:36
It seems like every time I check in with Cynthia, her resume
00:00:38
continues to grow more and more, it's great to have you back on
00:00:42
the podcast. Cynthia, how are you tonight?
00:00:45
I'm doing great. Thanks for having me on excited
00:00:48
to be back. Excellent.
00:00:50
And as always the fastest and best researcher in the west, my
00:00:54
co-host Camille with me. How are you Camille?
00:00:58
I'm good. Thanks.
00:00:59
Phil, how are you? I'm doing, well, it'll too much
00:01:02
for dinner, but that's expected. So, if I let out like a silent,
00:01:07
burp, please do not judge me. So tonight, we're going to talk
00:01:12
all about aliens, right? We're going to talk about
00:01:15
aliens, Sam Smith and what was Riri doing?
00:01:19
That's the no, that's not the podcast tonight.
00:01:22
Tonight, we're going to be talking about basically Cynthia
00:01:26
your journey. How you got started, how you got
00:01:29
involved in local politics because I could tell the story
00:01:34
about when we first met and it was an event, ironically at a
00:01:37
San Diego. San Diego, young Republicans
00:01:39
event. And you would literally just
00:01:42
said to me, I want to get involved in politics and I think
00:01:45
I'm just going to dive headfirst into it.
00:01:47
And now here you are working side-by-side with a mayor of a
00:01:52
rather large city in California. So why don't we start there?
00:01:56
Where did you get started? And let's talk about your
00:01:59
journey to where you are now. Sure.
00:02:02
So I'm Cynthia Crowley and I work as the executive secretary
00:02:06
for chill Buster Mayor, John McCann, and to be very clear.
00:02:10
I'm speaking as an individual, I'm not representing him or, you
00:02:13
know, I'm not representing my employer and as Phil had
00:02:17
mentioned I am the new president of the San Diego, young
00:02:20
Republicans. So just some fun facts it seems
00:02:24
like you know, it's pretty impressive but I think it's
00:02:26
important to for people to have contacts.
00:02:29
I did not grow up being a political person.
00:02:31
And I was not interested in politics what growing up or, you
00:02:35
know, as a family we didn't necessarily talk about it.
00:02:38
So I think that's you know, of interesting thing to note, how
00:02:41
my life is, you know, very consumed with it.
00:02:45
But I wasn't always this way and I didn't get involved into
00:02:48
politics or became interested in politics until the 2016
00:02:52
election. At the time, I was in college
00:02:55
and you know your student, it's very hard for you to not, you
00:02:59
know, get plugged in or hear people talk.
00:03:01
Talk about it. So it was just one of those
00:03:03
things that was inevitable and then the family friend has
00:03:06
encouraged me to vote and you know, I voted and I and I got
00:03:11
interested in politics more from like the activism and like
00:03:14
cultural perspective. So I really, you know,
00:03:16
appreciate different media and student LED organizations.
00:03:21
Because I do think they provide a really great Benchmark and
00:03:24
Community for people that, you know, need people would want to
00:03:27
find people with similar values and, you know, have different
00:03:31
Valleys and Figures were they can you know dive in deep into
00:03:35
their values and learn more about the news.
00:03:37
So I appreciate everyone that the daily wire Turning Point USA
00:03:41
and Prager you because I think they provide a lot of great
00:03:44
resources for you to learn and be absorbed and get your head
00:03:48
and your head started into politics fast forward to the
00:03:53
2020 election and then, you know, beyond that I decided I
00:03:59
even there's a lot of things I didn't know about.
00:04:01
About the political process. One being, you actually have the
00:04:04
opportunity to influence, who can get elected.
00:04:07
And there's a lot of ways you can do that.
00:04:09
You can be a part of a campaign or even if you're not like a
00:04:12
paste, offer you actually have an opportunity to be a
00:04:15
volunteer. So just little things like that
00:04:17
where you can assist people getting getting into office that
00:04:22
people that you agree with and you want them to be at the sea,
00:04:25
the table versus someone that, you know, you would prefer not
00:04:28
to. So just little things like that
00:04:30
or like, you know, Can donate and even the, you know, being on
00:04:34
the campaign side, I can tell you like even small dollar
00:04:36
amounts, you know, make a big difference.
00:04:39
And we appreciate those people just as much as the big donors
00:04:43
who you know, max out and things of that nature.
00:04:46
So you know when you're looking at things from the medium like
00:04:50
the cultural side, it is very different getting involved in
00:04:53
the political campaigns and the government is still a fair side,
00:04:57
so I became more interested. So I kind of shifted my interest
00:05:00
in Ticks to going in that direction so fast forward to
00:05:04
January 2021. I decided to get involved.
00:05:09
I'm based here in San Diego so I decided to get involved with our
00:05:14
Central Committee. Now when I you know share a
00:05:17
little bit about that, I do want people to bear in mind that when
00:05:21
I speak about Central, committee's your county and your
00:05:25
precincts, or your city is going to be run very differently, but
00:05:29
for San Diego. We have our bimonthly meetings
00:05:33
which is where you know, Freedom minded and registered
00:05:37
Republicans or Center Center or right-center right-leaning.
00:05:42
People we meet bimonthly where, you know, we have different
00:05:45
speakers and that's open to the public as long as you register.
00:05:48
So those are opportunities for people to network and meet
00:05:52
different people that work in politics or people that are
00:05:54
interested in politics. And then on the other months,
00:05:58
where we don't have that, we have smaller meetings Within in
00:06:03
registered people in their Assembly districts.
00:06:07
So, in San Diego, we have, like, I think like six or five
00:06:10
Assembly districts. So those meetings are caucus
00:06:13
meetings and they're made up of elected people that run for to
00:06:21
be, you know, caucus members every four years.
00:06:25
So if you would like to run for your Central Committee for San
00:06:30
Diego, that's actually coming. Up for the 2024 cycle.
00:06:32
So you would need to file for that, you know, sometime in the
00:06:37
fall to be able to do that, but even if you're not an Electic
00:06:41
caucus member, you can still attend that.
00:06:44
So, that's how I got plugged in because if you go to the Central
00:06:48
Committee means and Phil has gone to those as well.
00:06:53
You know, it can be very overwhelming, especially if you
00:06:56
are someone that, you know, might not know who all these
00:06:59
people are. But, you know, As you get
00:07:01
involved in, if you are a republican in California
00:07:05
politics and you're actually someone that you know is well
00:07:08
connected and you network around, you know, you'll go
00:07:11
still start to feel small because there's not many of us
00:07:13
so you'll get to know where one is.
00:07:15
But in the beginning, you know, for the first few months it can
00:07:18
be very overwhelming. And I can understand that
00:07:20
because I was someone, I got involved in politics after
00:07:23
college. Anyone can tell you that, if
00:07:26
making friends and socializing after college is a lot more
00:07:29
difficult than you being in. School, you have to put yourself
00:07:32
in situations that make you uncomfortable.
00:07:35
You're working full time most of the time and you know, nine
00:07:38
times Outta ten after you have for qu, you don't want to
00:07:41
socialize you want to go be a beached whale.
00:07:43
So you know, it takes a lot putting yourself out there and
00:07:46
networking and doing all of that.
00:07:48
So these caucus meetings are great because they're smaller,
00:07:51
they're people that live in the same Assembly District as you
00:07:54
and speaking for like myself, they're kind of funny.
00:07:58
So, one of my favorite shows is Parks and Recreation and And
00:08:01
just because you know, it's not pertain you for everyone to be
00:08:03
passionate and you know, want to fight for Change and Revolution
00:08:07
but you know so that's kind of like my little tidbit.
00:08:11
So that's kind of like myself and I'm nutshell and I hope with
00:08:15
my little Spiel you know it encourages you to look at what's
00:08:19
going on your new County, get involved locally.
00:08:22
If I'm someone that did not grow up political and someone that
00:08:26
was not a lifelong Republican. Can you know be where I am in a
00:08:29
short amount of time? I want you to Able to feel like
00:08:32
you can make a difference as well.
00:08:33
And the last thing I'll say is you don't have to make politics
00:08:37
your entire life like myself. If you're someone that because
00:08:40
there's something to be said when politics is something that
00:08:43
you were live on the source of income versus you know, perhaps
00:08:47
you being a volunteer there's you know lots of pros and cons
00:08:50
to whichever route you want to take but you know regardless of
00:08:54
how much involvement you want to be involved in the political
00:08:57
process and in local politics. It's something that I still
00:09:01
Encourage you to do regardless of you know which hat you wear
00:09:06
and how much you would like to do.
00:09:10
Yeah, I think the biggest thing is people, I think always think
00:09:14
politics is really hard to get involved in.
00:09:17
I think people think of politics and they think it's like this
00:09:20
foreign entity. It's like way out there.
00:09:23
And no there's no way to get involved and I found like when I
00:09:27
started to go to meetings to Central committee meetings and
00:09:32
started to meet people, it really becomes like they're just
00:09:37
looking for someone to like raise their hand and say.
00:09:39
Hey, I want to help and like that's almost the bare minimum
00:09:43
to like just get started in politics is like, hey I just
00:09:46
want to help. They're always looking for
00:09:49
people to help whether it's on like a small scale as a
00:09:51
volunteer on a campaign. They're always looking for like
00:09:55
good people to help and it's not really it's not as high as a
00:10:02
barrier as people think it is. I think that's something that a
00:10:05
lot of people have to get across or the lesson should be Is and I
00:10:10
get this question all the time in my DMs. Was, how do we get
00:10:13
involved? How do we do all these things?
00:10:15
How do we make our voices, heard?
00:10:17
Well, you just show up to meetings and you just start to
00:10:19
talk to people and you start to make an impact.
00:10:21
And it's really it's really not as closed-door as people think
00:10:26
it is. And I think you saw that too.
00:10:29
Like, when you first said I'm going to just dive into
00:10:32
politics, you literally just raise your hand and you were
00:10:34
like, I want to help. I want to do whatever I can to
00:10:37
get experience and get into politics.
00:10:40
And I think you found a lot of doors open to you because of
00:10:43
that, right? No absolutely.
00:10:45
And to be very clear also because you know I'm someone
00:10:49
that came from both sides someone that you know how
00:10:52
activism and media experience and conservatism and then also
00:10:56
being on the government and the political campaign sign like the
00:11:00
party side whatever you want to call it.
00:11:01
And I can tell you like the biggest issue that we have right
00:11:06
now is finding people. People that can be staffers for
00:11:10
campaigns people that can be staffers for elected officials.
00:11:12
Like we desperately, Li like meet people.
00:11:15
That's why one organization that sprouted after the California
00:11:20
recall was a republican staff Association.
00:11:24
So it's a networking hub for people that are full-time
00:11:28
Professionals in, you know, the part of the apparatus for
00:11:32
elected officials for political campaign Consulting, things of
00:11:37
that nature. So that way we can feel like we
00:11:39
have that kind of community and also, you know, it's
00:11:41
Professional Network were able to share if, you know, Job
00:11:44
opportunities within people within our region.
00:11:48
Or if also, you know, basically Republican staff Association has
00:11:52
four different divisions as one in Fresno Central Valley,
00:11:55
Sacramento San Diego and then Orange County.
00:11:57
I'm just came out was 5. So that was literally that
00:12:03
organization was only sprouted. Because we desperately need
00:12:05
people to feel like campaign stuff, and even like we're some
00:12:08
elected officials, you know, here, like locally like we're
00:12:14
always He's like asking around like, hey, like do you know
00:12:17
anyone that can do this? And there's needs for both,
00:12:20
right? Because there's, you know, it's
00:12:22
great to have students for for certain things because they have
00:12:25
the time more importantly and then also you know for some
00:12:29
roles in politics you know we there are more needs where you
00:12:33
need someone that's professional that's full time.
00:12:36
So I definitely want to I definitely concur with you Phil
00:12:40
and I want to really Echo your point loud and clear is that you
00:12:44
You know, we always need people and we probably always well
00:12:47
especially if you are someone that's right-leaning
00:12:50
conservative or republican. But that's definitely like the
00:12:52
biggest issue that we have right now is that we actually really
00:12:55
do need people. When you people that, you know,
00:12:58
are willing to learn that work hard, and that care about the
00:13:01
cause Especially, I feel like as anyone who's Republican or like,
00:13:08
center-right in California. There's probably a need for
00:13:11
anybody to just kind of well, not anybody.
00:13:13
I don't want to make it seem like just anybody can like
00:13:16
stroll in off the street and I mean you have to have like
00:13:18
qualifications and skills and you know I definitely don't want
00:13:23
like diminish Cynthia and her career so far Cynthia's got
00:13:27
where she is because she's bright and she's passionate and
00:13:29
she puts a lot of effort and works really hard.
00:13:32
Hard. I know you were like you
00:13:34
volunteered for campaigns and then that sort of like
00:13:37
snowballed into like your where you are now also you were
00:13:42
working for oan for a little bit.
00:13:44
So all of that stuff you kind of just like really do Vin and you
00:13:49
said, I'm just going to do everything.
00:13:50
I possibly can, how invaluable was it to?
00:13:54
Just kind of volunteer for campaigns and get that
00:13:57
experience and make those connections to Your current
00:14:02
position, sure. So I'm gonna, you know, I'm
00:14:07
pretty sure people have heard of this out ledge before, but it is
00:14:10
very true. It's not about what, you know,
00:14:12
it's about who, you know, and that can definitely make or
00:14:15
break you especially in politics.
00:14:18
And, you know, I've had experience in the private sector
00:14:21
and, you know, everyone's kind of like, oh, like that's the
00:14:24
thing for like every industry, it's hard, it's this.
00:14:26
And that in my personal opinion, there's just something very
00:14:29
unique about the political Tree. I don't know and I can't even
00:14:33
really put my finger on it, but I was kind of reflecting on how
00:14:37
to really describe it, but I don't know if it's just because,
00:14:40
like, in politics, I feel like are in general.
00:14:43
Our values are just on full display like me.
00:14:47
Like, and that's reflective and how we vote.
00:14:49
And so in my personal opinion, I think people take things very,
00:14:54
very personal but I think it's like a level 100.
00:14:58
If you work in the political industry, So I just think
00:15:02
there's something very unique about it and why, you know, I
00:15:05
have found that my friendships that I developed by getting
00:15:09
involved in politics. There's just something very
00:15:12
different about it even though, like, yes, a lot of those
00:15:15
conversations are political base.
00:15:17
And obviously, I would say my most important friendships I
00:15:21
developed in politics or people that, you know, I've hung out
00:15:24
with outside of Politics as well.
00:15:28
And I can talk about lean on things, outside of that.
00:15:30
And that's You know, that group gets smaller.
00:15:33
That struggle is obviously smaller than, you know, your
00:15:36
political connections and who you network at these meetings.
00:15:41
And I think one lesson to as far as like how invaluable
00:15:46
volunteering is and how it's gotten me to where, where I am
00:15:50
and where I hope other people can kind of take these lessons
00:15:53
in this episode, and, you know, be able to dive in.
00:15:57
Because even though it is all off, here the elections coming
00:16:00
up and there's So much we can do during this off here and
00:16:03
technically it is it is campaigning even if feels like a
00:16:07
year away like I just, you know, an off-year is not really an
00:16:10
option, to be honest with you. So basically one invaluable
00:16:16
thing and volunteering also is I mean, I don't know if this is
00:16:22
necessarily unique situation, but I'll share, you know,
00:16:26
something personally. So you might kind of here, like,
00:16:31
certain things like a myth, like, oh, you need to have this
00:16:33
non EX experience to like, dive into this.
00:16:36
I'll be very honest, like I said earlier, January 2021, was where
00:16:40
I got involved with the party and right now we're in like
00:16:44
February, 20 23. So I was like two years ago.
00:16:46
So if we wanted to count like last cycle, that's like the 2022
00:16:50
cycle. So there was a lot of
00:16:52
volunteering during that cycle for me as far as the campaign
00:16:56
side, but I actually was paid by one of those campaigns and I was
00:17:00
like a campaign staffer. And so I want to give a shout
00:17:05
out to Michael Grant. Who was the General consultant
00:17:09
in the campaign manager for a former Congressional candidate
00:17:11
needs to make a Hamilton? Which I know, you know, is a
00:17:14
great friend of ours of the show and you know, for all three of
00:17:16
us personally I was talking about different things.
00:17:21
Things, you know, because I was getting pulled in different
00:17:23
directions for different opportunities in politics and,
00:17:28
you know, I was very obviously spread, then I was as Phil said,
00:17:31
I was working for uyen full time.
00:17:34
I had gotten laid off from my private sector job, and I
00:17:37
remember that day of I went to like my first and new Young
00:17:40
Republican event. And yeah, like those said, fun
00:17:42
fact. I meant at that event and I'm
00:17:44
present so it's really full circle moment, for me and
00:17:48
everything you said is true. I told him about like I just got
00:17:51
laid. Often work in politics.
00:17:53
But anyways, so Micah told me like you don't have to get
00:17:56
baptized in this industry. Like you don't have to wait
00:17:58
multiple Cycles to feel like you have worth and the truth of the
00:18:01
matter is like I had years of experience of doing certain
00:18:05
talents and skill sets that are applicable to politics.
00:18:09
And as someone that, you know, cared a lot about politics and
00:18:12
had been studying it and, you know, learning about different
00:18:16
things for years. Prior, it's not like, even
00:18:18
though like, yeah, I'm new to block as far as As you know,
00:18:22
raising my hand and getting to know these people that you know,
00:18:25
are influencers and major stakeholders within the local
00:18:29
party. But that's not to say that I'm
00:18:32
like some new. I'm someone that has a lot to
00:18:34
bring to the table and even if an in my personal opinion, you
00:18:38
don't have to be someone that's in their 20s that, you know, has
00:18:41
like experience whatever. Like you're a student.
00:18:43
You should be able to say that too.
00:18:44
Because guess what, the one thing that you have over
00:18:46
fessional, is you have time? And I can tell you, like,
00:18:50
there's something, like, when When the younger someone is and
00:18:53
the more and the young, and when they're involved like, you know,
00:18:57
they like, you know, adults like love you so much because it
00:19:01
gives that you hope or whatnot and they want to be able they
00:19:03
open more doors for you and whatnot.
00:19:05
So that's kind of like one pro. So don't feel like because
00:19:07
you're younger. You don't have anything
00:19:10
available like no. Like you'll there's plenty of
00:19:12
room for everyone. There's room for everyone.
00:19:17
But anyway, so I got paid my first campaign cycle and I do I
00:19:21
want Pete and I want to share that because I don't want people
00:19:23
to feel like you know, I can only volunteer and do that
00:19:26
because volunteering is great. But for me like I personally
00:19:30
knew I wanted to make politics. It's like dedicate my life to it
00:19:34
for a long time and so I knew because of my involvement how
00:19:37
much I cared like there was just no way.
00:19:39
I can just be this devoted to something and not feel like I
00:19:42
can't monetize my creativity and my skills and my talents because
00:19:46
of just how much time I was invested into the cause
00:19:52
Volunteering was incredibly invaluable because that's your
00:19:55
opportunity to, you know, make relationships and you know,
00:20:00
build your skill set. So obviously my first campaign
00:20:03
that I helped, I was in a cape, a camp campaign stop.
00:20:05
Because I know anyone, but I volunteered and I met different
00:20:09
people from that campaign and went to Central committee
00:20:12
meetings. And then, you know, as the
00:20:15
because basically I helped with the special elections that was
00:20:18
like an early 2021 and obviously the Election was November 20,
00:20:22
22. So we have like a year before
00:20:25
like, you know, the primary like the general election started.
00:20:27
So, I had all that time to start cultivating those relationships
00:20:31
and network and do different things.
00:20:33
So, I was volunteering for, you know, one of our good friends at
00:20:36
you in Qatar, hillbrand for State Assembly last cycle, and
00:20:40
has been on this podcast before my car, my political big and
00:20:44
then like her business partner. Dina like I helped with
00:20:47
volunteering for fundraisers so I kind of learned what that Is
00:20:51
like, obviously, for volunteering.
00:20:53
I help with door knocking and like texting and phone banking.
00:20:58
So I learned like the political and field stuff.
00:21:02
So just little things like that and then basically, after I got
00:21:05
let go from my private sector job.
00:21:07
I worked for one America news networks.
00:21:09
I was a producer and a writer. So I had that experience of like
00:21:12
the conservative media side and understanding how that works.
00:21:16
So it's incredibly invaluable for you to get your foot in the
00:21:19
door. Would start, you know?
00:21:21
All cheering and that's what I recommend for everyone.
00:21:24
So, you know, for the next steps, basically, the filing
00:21:27
deadline is in the fall but you are going to start seeing people
00:21:32
do more media rounds and start announcing their campaign soon.
00:21:35
And in California particular in 2024, it's a huge herb
00:21:39
opportunity like outside like the present stuff even though
00:21:42
like that's you know that's a whole other conversation, it's
00:21:46
going to be huge year for California particular.
00:21:49
If you look in Sacramento where our state capitol was Is in the
00:21:52
State Assembly, the states that it 12 years ago, they passed,
00:21:57
you know, term limits, which means in 2020, for most of the
00:22:01
state legislature is going to be turned out which means there's
00:22:05
open seats. So it's just going to be a huge
00:22:07
year for California politics because yes, we have the
00:22:10
presents that's going to drive huge voter turnout but I just
00:22:13
think about like all the money and just how much enthusiasm all
00:22:16
the ads and like, you know, just how much all both political
00:22:20
parties are going to be About it, because there's just, you
00:22:23
know, when the basically in and campaign turns, if there's an
00:22:26
open seat, that means like both major parties are going to be
00:22:31
pouring in all their resources in it, which means the voter
00:22:33
turnout is going to be higher. So, I just kind of like a
00:22:37
campaigner. I'd like that.
00:22:37
I think about those kinds of things.
00:22:40
So that's what I recommend. So, to answer your question,
00:22:44
felt it's incredibly invaluable. It's opened a lot of doors.
00:22:47
Don't feel like you have to get baptized in this industry.
00:22:49
But if you're someone that has never Business social committee
00:22:52
start with you know, first volunteering so you can make
00:22:55
relationships and then, you know, from there, you know,
00:22:59
people see your worth in your value and your someone that
00:23:02
works hard. You're someone that's passionate
00:23:04
and devoted, like, people remember that.
00:23:08
And it's not something that like, you seek out necessarily
00:23:12
to sometimes it's the most unexpected opportunities are the
00:23:14
best. Like, you know, they'll campaign
00:23:17
L is employed. By was any record for San Diego
00:23:19
supervisor, if you ask Me like a year before, like my when I
00:23:23
first volunteered for my first campaign, I would have never
00:23:26
first of all. Amy didn't think she was gonna
00:23:28
run until January 23 when the lines were redrawn.
00:23:31
So that itself, you know, she even know she was going to be a
00:23:33
candidate until Dad, like so. And then like a month later, I
00:23:38
got, you know, I got recruited by the campaign manager and
00:23:41
herself. So you know, that kind of
00:23:43
happens. And I never again, Not only was
00:23:46
the campaign something that like all of us never thought would
00:23:49
happen. But also like, I never thought.
00:23:51
That would be the specific campaign that I would be working
00:23:54
for. So I hope, you know, all of that
00:23:58
makes sense to you all. And I hope that you all leverage
00:24:01
these opportunities to volunteer and get involved for the for
00:24:04
this election cycle. So, I'll go ahead and give me
00:24:10
all. I could tell you have a
00:24:11
question. I do have a question, you talked
00:24:14
about the central committee's, which I understand what those
00:24:16
are, but you are the president of San Diego.
00:24:18
Young Republicans, is that correct?
00:24:20
Yes. Okay, so, explain the difference
00:24:24
between a Central Committee and the young Republicans group and
00:24:26
how they work together or don't work together.
00:24:30
Sure. So, the Central Committee I
00:24:33
would describe it as like the cream of the crop as far as like
00:24:37
the pyramid. Basically.
00:24:40
You know, it's kind of like that's like kind of like the big
00:24:43
umbrella of it all and where I would encourage people to get
00:24:46
involved first. So what the Central Committee is
00:24:49
it's basically like a huge body of Freedom minded center, right?
00:24:54
/ Republican conservative people that gather to kind of you know
00:24:57
Mastermind and you know get together to network.
00:25:00
Have different speakers, things of that nature, those Central
00:25:04
committee's our run bar, our County party.
00:25:07
So in particular, I'm speaking about San Diego County, so the
00:25:12
central committee's are put together and organized by the
00:25:15
San Diego, Republican party. And that obviously includes like
00:25:20
the cost means which is the other bimonthly aside from the
00:25:23
Central committee's San Diego. Young Republicans works with the
00:25:29
is within that umbrella. But it's kind of like it's
00:25:32
basically a standalone organization.
00:25:35
However, because you know, young Republicans is a very
00:25:39
well-established Statewide and to be honest and national wide
00:25:43
organization and apparatus, you know, it's not that it's not
00:25:47
like something that's like grass, roots or anything, and
00:25:48
something's been around for a long time.
00:25:50
So if you look up young Republicans, there's
00:25:53
organizations across the state. So there's one in Orange County.
00:25:56
There's one in Los Angeles, there is one in San Bernardino.
00:26:00
And then we also we have those local County, young Republican,
00:26:05
organizations. And then we have like the
00:26:09
California National Republican Federation, which is kind of
00:26:13
like, you know, you know how we have like the County Republican
00:26:16
parties. And then we have like the
00:26:18
California, Republican party, which is like the state party.
00:26:21
We have a state like, quiet organization.
00:26:25
That's representative of like the young Republican, like
00:26:28
apparatus and then You know, we have, you know, if we go beyond
00:26:33
party stuff, we have like the Republican National Committee,
00:26:37
which is like the national side of like, you know, the party
00:26:40
apparatus. And then, you know, each state
00:26:42
has their own thing. And in each County for young
00:26:45
Republicans, we have the young Nash, yuck, the young Republican
00:26:49
National Organization. So, while there's a lot of
00:26:56
collaboration amongst everyone, they are very Separate but like
00:27:01
for example like if there's like a specific campaign or whatnot,
00:27:07
where it's about LeBron, where there is an opportunity for
00:27:10
Republicans to win the county parties.
00:27:13
If they're good, they should be collaborating with all the
00:27:16
necessary organizations to do that.
00:27:18
So, you know, in San Diego we have like, you know, We have the
00:27:22
young Republicans and then, you know, we have like some other
00:27:27
other causes as well. I'm personally like plugged into
00:27:31
our County part. Our County party along with our
00:27:34
chairwoman Paula would stolen an All-Star chairman emeritus
00:27:37
Tomica varric. So, if there's any kind of like
00:27:41
big things going on within the party stuff, you know, I you
00:27:45
know, I'm plugged into those specific stakeholders and those
00:27:48
leaders for us. So that's kind of like the
00:27:50
difference between all the Even though like we're all Republican
00:27:54
and, you know, we're all involved intertwined.
00:27:56
It is very, very different. Can I ask how old is Young?
00:28:01
When you say you like what is, is there an age limit?
00:28:03
Is there an age range? How young is Young?
00:28:06
Yeah, so young Republicans were speaking in terms of if you are
00:28:10
the age between 18, so 40. Now that is not to say that we
00:28:14
don't have, you know, people that don't do the socials that
00:28:18
are above that or or under that all are welcome, but that's how
00:28:23
we Define young Republican. I am officially old.
00:28:31
I like the cut barely, that's that's great.
00:28:34
Feel, so you're the new president.
00:28:39
What's the first order of business as the new president of
00:28:42
San Diego? Young Republicans.
00:28:45
Sure. So we released a press release
00:28:48
last week, where our former president, who's a great friend
00:28:51
of mine, working can borrow. He was the president for three
00:28:54
your ears. So now he's the chairman
00:28:56
emeritus, and then I'm going to be the new president and base.
00:29:00
Leah. I will be you know assuming like
00:29:02
the previous board from the last cycle so we have you know, that
00:29:07
pretty set already. And then essentially you know,
00:29:13
one great thing that the young Republicans did that I
00:29:16
definitely would like to continue is to have a monthly
00:29:19
events and then you know some additional things that I would
00:29:23
like to add you know on top of building the Legacy that you
00:29:26
know the former president did I will actually want to be able to
00:29:29
expand Upon those monthly events and they'll socials to doing
00:29:33
like different Flagship events. Now, as far as specifics, I
00:29:37
don't want to share all that, just yet, I will share, you
00:29:39
know, when it's all finalized, you know, because I just, you
00:29:43
know, I don't want to share things and then you know, things
00:29:45
slip through the cracks. You know, and then I'm setting
00:29:47
myself up for failure but you know aside from like the
00:29:50
blueprint on how I envisioned that there's definitely monthly
00:29:53
events. And then I want to be able to
00:29:57
have like some bigger Grand scale, Flagship events that are
00:30:00
Unique outside of just those monthly networking and social
00:30:03
opportunities for our young Republicans in San Diego.
00:30:08
And another thing that I actually also want to add on top
00:30:13
of this is, you know, basically even though yes it is a
00:30:18
political organization. I do recognize that there are
00:30:22
people that might not be like as political fanatic says, maybe
00:30:26
myself. So even though like we are
00:30:28
welcoming to people of, you know, that Irish Republicans,
00:30:31
and people of different that that reside within like the
00:30:35
different fractions within the Republican party.
00:30:37
There are people that are young, Republican members that don't
00:30:42
work in politics. They work in the private sector
00:30:44
or the public sector, whatnot. They might not be like, you
00:30:48
know, the operatives and like the Consultants or people that
00:30:53
are government staffers and work in politics and whatnot.
00:30:56
So we have a very diverse group of memberships right now.
00:31:00
And I am very optimistic that we are going to continue to grow
00:31:04
our membership, you know, under under my tenure as well.
00:31:10
So outside of that, I want to be able to include opportunities
00:31:15
like on Saturdays where, you know, we can be out in the
00:31:18
community and, you know, I'm thinking of ranging anywhere
00:31:22
from like, doing like a beach cleanup on Saturday to baby like
00:31:25
volunteering at, you know, different local, San Diego
00:31:27
organizations. So that's, you know, My plans
00:31:31
for the San Diego young Republicans is to be able to
00:31:34
facilitate an opportunity for people to network and find
00:31:37
friends with Summer, valleys, which is where I met Phil, if
00:31:42
you kind of cool if we have, like a social and then we see
00:31:45
members start a podcast because so, that'd be fun.
00:31:48
So that's kind of my goal. And then also opportunities
00:31:51
where people can, you know, do things outside of politics.
00:31:54
And then I also want to be able to lead the boot print, where we
00:31:57
do things outside of, just our monthly socials.
00:32:01
You know, have opportunities that are a little bit more than
00:32:04
that. How did this all come about?
00:32:11
How did you were you elected? Were you appointed where you
00:32:17
teach you? Was it a hostage hostile
00:32:19
takeover of the San Diego? Young Republicans did you just
00:32:21
go one day? I'm going to take over the young
00:32:23
Republicans. How did this all come about?
00:32:25
You know, she did, she totally did.
00:32:27
She went over there just took it over.
00:32:28
Cynthia, just marched over there and said I'm present now it's
00:32:31
like that. Captain Phillips movie.
00:32:33
She absolutely The president now.
00:32:39
So, is that what happened? No, yeah, spelling a tea Kermit.
00:32:46
No, it was very surprising. I never envisioned myself to be
00:32:51
the present at all when the popping was like the day before.
00:32:56
Like the day, before I started my job, it was brought to my
00:32:59
attention if I would like the position and And I was very
00:33:05
overwhelmed, I was very surprised.
00:33:06
Those also very honored and then, you know, basically every
00:33:11
month, the board we meet monthly and so when it was brought to
00:33:17
the board and ends up being a unanimous vote.
00:33:21
So basically everyone supported it.
00:33:23
So I'm you know, incredibly grateful for the board and like
00:33:27
the former present for trusting in me and believing in me and
00:33:31
you know, not having any kind of doubts or Mission at all.
00:33:34
So I you know really am just incredibly grateful because I
00:33:38
know that there's a lot of different scenarios that it
00:33:41
could have gone down. So as far as that's concerned,
00:33:44
I'm being welcomed with open arms and I'm incredibly grateful
00:33:47
and blessed about it, and that gives me a lot of motivation to
00:33:50
be able to, you know, take the Helm of the organization and
00:33:53
make it even greater. You know, what's funny,
00:33:56
something, obviously you and I we talked a lot for long hours
00:33:59
when we do and you were telling me all about how you were going
00:34:03
to take this really long vacation around that time.
00:34:06
Like before when you were ending one job and starting another and
00:34:09
you're like, I am leaving town. I'm turning off my phone, I am
00:34:13
not talking to anybody, and I am going to be a beached whale, and
00:34:16
no one's going to know where I am for, like a month, and then
00:34:18
you're like, yeah, no, a million things came up and no vacation
00:34:21
for me, you know, that is what Sorry, could go on.
00:34:28
I'm sorry. Was there anything else?
00:34:30
No no that's just you were you didn't get to be a beached whale
00:34:33
for all that time. No, I really did it.
00:34:36
So what basically to kind of give context what Camille said
00:34:40
that's a hundred percent, right? I was like well I never you know
00:34:45
I basically if you ask myself even just a few months ago, my
00:34:48
life I thought my life was going to be very different.
00:34:50
So like I said earlier I work for one America News Network
00:34:54
that was my full-time. I'm job for the plus h whatnot,
00:34:57
and then I was volunteering for different campaigns and then I
00:35:02
was employed by one night campaign.
00:35:04
And then when I was at a fundraiser for a candidate that
00:35:08
I was volunteering for, I met this great, a gentleman named
00:35:13
Dan home, who is now, the new chairman of the Lincoln club,
00:35:17
which is, you know, a very different organization outside
00:35:20
of young Republicans, I'm a member of, but he runs a public
00:35:24
affairs. Public relations firm and he's
00:35:26
someone you know, he's like a lifelong third-generation.
00:35:29
Republican has Uncle as Tom Homme with who was the first of
00:35:33
minority and Asian elected to the San Diego city council, and
00:35:37
then chriskate came after that. And then obviously now it's kept
00:35:40
me. And then he was also like a
00:35:42
second, Asian elected to the California State Assembly, you
00:35:48
know. So he comes from a long
00:35:50
political family background and, you know, is very well known
00:35:53
within the community. So I had met him and, you know,
00:35:59
I end up working for him part-time doing like Consulting
00:36:02
and like you know, managing like different accounts of ours and
00:36:08
you know it's very touching story but basically like the job
00:36:11
at, I'm not working for the Chula Vista mayor.
00:36:14
He was a city council member and you know, I've been in the game
00:36:16
for, you know, very long time. But we did have a very, you
00:36:20
know, Exciting campaign against, you know, a mark a Najar and it
00:36:26
was just, you know, very, you know, if you've if anyone's
00:36:30
fault along, it was just a very inch.
00:36:31
It was a very exciting campaign to say the least.
00:36:35
And, you know, obviously end up being Victorious.
00:36:38
And my plan was to work for Dan harmful time and do like, you
00:36:41
know, public affairs, public relations, lobbying things of
00:36:44
that nature, you know, kind of Shifting away from just doing
00:36:47
political campaigns and whatnot, and like, Media, stuff and doing
00:36:51
being Like behind the scenes instead of like being like, you
00:36:54
know, the star whatnot or kind of helping people be a star
00:36:57
whatever. And, you know basically like you
00:37:01
know John Dan had, they went to high school together so they go
00:37:04
way back. So when they were trying to
00:37:06
figure out things for the administration, they ask
00:37:08
permission for Dan to hire me. And you know, I was very
00:37:12
emotional and cry about it. So I, you know, I never saw
00:37:16
myself being a government staffer and I never saw myself
00:37:19
being San Diego, young, Republicans president.
00:37:21
So I mean that was They say the best opportunities come when you
00:37:23
least expect them. But yeah basically I you know
00:37:28
basically John got inaugurated December 13th and so that was
00:37:34
when I first started my job and so I did not have like you know
00:37:38
I wasn't able to take like you know once off for anything.
00:37:41
I've basically you know I ended my Employments and obligations a
00:37:45
little bit you know quickly and then after Thanksgiving I got to
00:37:49
be a beached whale and you know I You know why was productive
00:37:54
traveled? And did different things, but
00:37:56
that was basically only like two weeks it was not, it was not a
00:37:58
long time but here I am. And I feel like as you continue
00:38:05
along in your career, that's just going to happen more and
00:38:07
more. It's going to be like you'll be
00:38:09
at the end of one chapter and you'll think oh, I'm going to
00:38:12
take a break now. And then your phone is going to
00:38:14
ring and they're going to be like, hey Cynthia, we need you
00:38:17
to come be. You know, this position for
00:38:20
this, do you want? Okay, final can be this position
00:38:24
and like all of a sudden, your life is just going to keep
00:38:26
changing. So we've talked a lot now that
00:38:31
you've been in local Politics for a while.
00:38:36
In this little, these last couple minutes.
00:38:40
What's what's the big thing? That's bugging.
00:38:42
You right now and local politics.
00:38:46
And don't say Sam Smith or Rihanna or aliens, because those
00:38:50
are not the correct answers for a local politics.
00:38:53
Aliens, aliens alien invasion. No Alien Invasion, here in San
00:38:58
Diego. So what's one thing that like?
00:39:02
I know there was a little bit of controversy down, Chula Vista
00:39:06
because we've been focusing a lot on Sand deck.
00:39:09
And what kind of like happened with all of that?
00:39:11
And like, how they set that sent their representative and John
00:39:17
McCain when he was like, blocked or denied from being enceinte
00:39:21
Lake? Can you talk a little bit about
00:39:23
that? Or is that public?
00:39:24
Not like, I don't want to step on any toes, but sure, so I'll
00:39:29
share like, you know, certain perspectives.
00:39:32
So essential, and I'll kind of recap, you know, because there
00:39:35
might not people that are aware of it, but essentially, And
00:39:39
there's a lesson to be had that you know because the theme is
00:39:42
local politics. There is a lesson to be had on
00:39:45
why I really drive, you know, hit the nail as far as I drive
00:39:49
the message as far as getting involved.
00:39:54
So for sandag, you know, traditionally it usually is the
00:39:58
mayor, that is the representative, you know, for
00:40:04
the municipal force and a bag. Now, if you Studied the,
00:40:10
although the city council, the mayor is nonpartisan offices.
00:40:16
You know, ultimately, while there are some things that both
00:40:19
parties can agree on and there are successes that have come
00:40:23
from those kinds of things. There are obviously some topics
00:40:25
that, you know, both major political parties Democrats and
00:40:28
the Republicans will not agree on.
00:40:30
And I'm not saying that to be divisive, it's just a fact, it
00:40:33
is what it is. So if you study the political
00:40:38
nature, Of Chula Vista. It's you know very unique
00:40:41
because if you go back and see archives and study San Diego
00:40:44
politics, once upon a time, we were very Republican.
00:40:48
Like the city council was mostly Republican.
00:40:50
The County Supervisors is also mostly Republican and the Nathan
00:40:54
Fletcher was like, you know, outnumbered Once Upon a Time,
00:40:58
most people don't realize he was like the second Democrat.
00:41:01
And then obviously in 2020, we lost like the 32 majority to be
00:41:05
32 Democrat. So once and then now, Now, you
00:41:09
know it was mostly Republicans in San Diego city council.
00:41:12
And now, it's all Democrats, things can change over the next
00:41:15
decade. And one thing that you know, I
00:41:18
am frustrated as far as Republicans and I hope then can
00:41:21
change locally. Hey, once upon a time, a decade
00:41:24
ago, Republicans took were all over that.
00:41:29
And now the Democrats took that decades, he like build the bench
00:41:32
and take over everything in the next decade, this is an area of
00:41:36
opportunity where Republicans in San Diego can do this.
00:41:39
Bing. But flip the script and start
00:41:42
essentially, like, flipping things one by one by one over
00:41:45
the next decade, and the political landscape can change
00:41:49
if we wanted that enough. So I think that's one thing
00:41:52
that's frustrating is, you know, everyone even though I'm not
00:41:55
denying that Congress in the present aren't important at all.
00:41:58
I'm not saying that at all. But I, that's my biggest
00:42:02
frustration for republicans. In general is I wish that the
00:42:05
focus could always be on local politics.
00:42:07
So, for example, bringing It to Chula Vista.
00:42:10
And again, I'm just sharing facts.
00:42:12
I'm not sharing my personal opinions at all about what
00:42:16
happened. I'm just simply laying out what
00:42:18
happens, essentially, because memory can is like the only
00:42:23
Republican. If you look at the political
00:42:25
registration, you know, for this matter because in the new Santa
00:42:30
is extremely controversial and it is very partisan and the
00:42:35
sense that, you know, the Republicans essentially support,
00:42:39
Art more things versus the Democrats, they support one
00:42:41
thing or the other and essentially, John McCain, like
00:42:46
he campaigned heavily on hosing, the mileage, taxes and tax
00:42:49
opposed. And he obviously does not still
00:42:52
agree with that at all. And so he had made the motion at
00:42:56
like one of the council meetings in December to be the
00:42:58
representative, didn't get any seconds and then, you know,
00:43:01
essentially You know, ends up being one of the council
00:43:06
members, being the representative, and then all the
00:43:08
other council members being became like the first altar in
00:43:12
the second election, it because of the different motions that
00:43:14
they brought up. In that council meeting mayor
00:43:18
McCann did feel that it was important for them to have a
00:43:21
representative. So I do want to clarify that
00:43:23
because I know if you study, you know, different San Diego
00:43:26
regions, you know, Vista Nest, you know, how they run things,
00:43:29
it's just very different if you compare Carlsbad San.
00:43:33
Ego things of that nature. Every city and region is
00:43:35
different and I can't speak for all of them and I'm not going to
00:43:39
pretend that the times, you know, all that but just know
00:43:41
that they are very different. So like for example I am aware
00:43:44
of that in Escondido and Vista instead of just going through
00:43:48
the motions and having representation.
00:43:50
I know that, you know this doesn't have a sandbag rep.
00:43:54
So it just it depends on like you know, the personalities
00:43:57
depends on the region but that's you know, what happened in Chula
00:44:00
Vista. So essentially From the campaign
00:44:04
side, we did have two Republicans running into of
00:44:07
those city council seats. So, essentially like, you know,
00:44:10
if people paid attention to local politics, things could
00:44:14
have looked very different, you know, from that City
00:44:16
perspective, as far as votes are concerned.
00:44:21
So that's, you know, kind of been my biggest frustration, you
00:44:25
know, just in general, not specifically, just focusing on
00:44:28
like, my day-to-day necessarily, but in general, like I really
00:44:31
hope Republicans. Get involved, locally, get
00:44:34
involved, the young Republicans and you know, get involved in
00:44:38
the process because these little things like make a difference
00:44:40
and they matter so much. I'm not I you know, love
00:44:44
Grassroots activism but there's something to be said you know,
00:44:49
being proactive instead of just being reactive because I can
00:44:52
tell you at the end of the day, if there's like a certain shift
00:44:56
as far as the political power, I mean, I'm really just sorry to
00:44:59
say this but I don't want to be like, I don't wanna, you know,
00:45:03
discourage people and say your votes, your voice doesn't
00:45:06
matter, but I'm just letting you know, right now, there are very
00:45:10
distinct, you know, it doesn't, there's not much that can change
00:45:14
their minds when they're up there, that's just the truth.
00:45:17
And I'm not saying that to be a black pillar or Doom and Gloom.
00:45:21
ER, there's just look at San Diego County politics, look at
00:45:25
local politics. I'm not saying that to like
00:45:28
discourage people. I'm just saying, I don't even
00:45:30
have to, like, You know sensationalize.
00:45:35
It it's just been in the news a lot.
00:45:36
I'm not saying anything that's not true.
00:45:41
Right. And I think all everything
00:45:44
you're saying kind of comes full circle, which is first off
00:45:50
younger people do have to get involved in politics.
00:45:54
That's one thing. Democrats do have a much
00:45:56
stronger Advantage at is that they do get a lot of younger
00:45:59
people involved and likewise those younger people.
00:46:03
They stay in the Democratic circles longer.
00:46:06
They become staffers, they do this.
00:46:07
They do that sooner or later they say, hey, one of you look.
00:46:11
Pretty good. Why don't you run for office
00:46:13
over here? They get them to run.
00:46:16
Those people become City, Council Members, they become
00:46:19
local politicians. And then those local
00:46:22
politicians, become your state senators, and your State
00:46:25
Assembly, man. And it just kind of percolates
00:46:27
up from there. So, and likewise on the
00:46:32
Republican side when you don't get people involved in local
00:46:37
politics in caucuses in Central Committee, you A lot of, and I
00:46:42
hate to say it, like, I guess, like the Boomers who kind of run
00:46:46
the party and just think like if somehow we could all just
00:46:51
Resurrect The Ghost of Ronald Reagan, like everything would be
00:46:53
better and and the truth is they just continue to lose ground
00:46:58
more and more because they're stuck in the past and they don't
00:47:03
have young people who are kind of coming in saying like, hey
00:47:05
this is what's going on? What's happening?
00:47:07
What's going on in culture? And this is what we believe.
00:47:11
So it all kind of comes full circle and I think your story is
00:47:16
so inspiring because it shows like, if you want to get
00:47:20
involved, you just got a raise your hand.
00:47:23
Like just get out there because before, you know, it you're
00:47:27
going to be like, Cynthia, where there are like eight different
00:47:29
people pollen, you different ways because they see that
00:47:32
you're talented. And you want to get involved and
00:47:34
be like, hey can you be involved in?
00:47:35
This can be involved in that and it is a small community like
00:47:39
even San Diego. You think like a big A big city
00:47:42
like this, it's going to be a lot of people, but it really
00:47:46
isn't you kind of keep running into the same people over and
00:47:48
over again. And once you find your people,
00:47:51
like in the political scene, I know, Cynthia, I we have like
00:47:57
our people down here that we always talk to and hang out with
00:48:00
all of a sudden it's like you're a little like Posse that you
00:48:03
hang out with and make things happen.
00:48:05
So yeah, it it all the lessons are very important that people
00:48:10
should take away from. This.
00:48:14
It don't be discouraged if you're over 40.
00:48:18
Let's hope for us to. We also agree with the law as
00:48:23
far as, you know, the messaging and you know, getting involved.
00:48:26
And you know, bringing back, you know, going trying to go back in
00:48:29
the past, thinking it's going to work now.
00:48:31
You know, what worked then work then, but in my personal
00:48:35
opinion, I agree with you like You know what's work.
00:48:39
It's what worked back then is not necessarily relevance now in
00:48:42
most cases and yes, there are some Boomers that we do love.
00:48:46
So if you are refer the, you're definitely welcome to San Diego,
00:48:49
you have Republic. And the not a boomer party is
00:48:53
not Boomer. Camille is insulted.
00:48:58
She's storming off the podcast, I'm okay.
00:49:01
All right. I'm thinking, what's that?
00:49:11
Sorry, no, I just wanted to do something really fast because
00:49:13
along the things, Cynthia said they were wonderful but we're
00:49:17
talking about before the podcast.
00:49:21
You don't have to be this highly organized people person who's
00:49:25
like a go-getter. Like you know you don't have to
00:49:28
be the person on the phone in front of people.
00:49:29
Like Cynthia was talking about there's a need for people in the
00:49:32
creative sector, they need photographer.
00:49:34
If they need graphic designers, they need people that can edit
00:49:36
and can write can do web design and stuff like that.
00:49:39
Like, there's all kinds of talents that are necessary for
00:49:43
political campaigns. And so I just wanted to add that
00:49:47
100%. And like, if you are someone
00:49:49
that loves Tech and data and coding and programming, we need
00:49:54
dated people to like there's so many things where you filled and
00:49:58
political stuff and media stuff concept is not interest.
00:50:02
You, I promise you there is things for everyone that they
00:50:06
can do and contribute to the cause And I'm not a boy.
00:50:15
That was all. We could get.
00:50:17
We get you some more creative. I think on the Republican side,
00:50:20
I feel like it's kind of gotten a little stale.
00:50:23
Oh, 100%. I brought up some people that
00:50:26
can come up with something other than Reagan, you mean, so what I
00:50:30
really like about because I don't know if you've been
00:50:32
getting the emails Cynthia. From our Mike cargile, he's
00:50:39
running for chairman of the California Republican party.
00:50:43
Has I would probably say like no shot in Hell of winning but I
00:50:49
just opened up one of his recent emails and the first headline
00:50:52
was Reviving Reagan's Legacy. Which I mean we I think a lot of
00:50:58
people have positive ideas about Reagan but at this point it's
00:51:02
now 2023. I think maybe we should move on
00:51:05
from I'm Ronald Reagan. It be, you know?
00:51:09
Anyway, that's that's getting off topic.
00:51:11
So I think well, I mean, like, you and I talked about
00:51:14
yesterday, so we're trying to reach gen Z, break, it died
00:51:18
before Jim's, he was born. Yeah, this to them.
00:51:22
This is like, he's like as historicals Lincoln, you know.
00:51:25
And so I don't, I love writing and I love what he stood for.
00:51:28
I love what he did. But yeah, we do need to freshen
00:51:31
things up a little and I am not a boomer.
00:51:34
And so, therefore, I do understand that.
00:51:37
I'm young enough. I was only I was only a baby.
00:51:42
I was howl two years old when he left office.
00:51:45
So I don't remember a lot of the Reagan years.
00:51:48
Let's just put that down at my age.
00:51:50
Even I don't remember the Reagan years, but I guess in
00:51:53
California. Also.
00:51:56
Let's just focus on local politics and stop focusing on
00:52:01
Congressional races. That would be nice.
00:52:03
I mean, I get tired of like politicians were like, you know,
00:52:09
I want to go fight for California and then they run off
00:52:12
to Washington DC and they have nothing to do with California
00:52:15
anymore. It's like cool.
00:52:16
Oh, thanks, have fun in. D.c. hobnobbing and eating at
00:52:19
fancy steak houses while we're here.
00:52:22
So now is not a good time to announce my congressional.
00:52:25
Run know we'll save that for another podcast.
00:52:32
But only if you're running against Maxine Waters, then you
00:52:35
can announce your Congressional run, totally.
00:52:38
We actually colosi or Nancy Pelosi or Ted lieu or Adam
00:52:44
Schiff Soul. See.
00:52:46
But anyway, kind of pantry. Kevin or try the primary Kevin
00:52:49
McCarthy. Who's The Speaker of the House?
00:52:51
You know? Yeah.
00:52:52
Just, I'm not running for anything.
00:52:55
Nothing. Just for those on audio.
00:52:57
So we don't see me laughing. Nothing just to clarify.
00:53:00
None of us are running for anything.
00:53:02
No. No, we're all quite busy with
00:53:06
our own stuff. Yes.
00:53:09
So with that said, Cynthia any final thoughts anything you want
00:53:14
to kind of share with everybody? I once again, you have an event
00:53:18
coming up for San Diego. Young Republicans to kick
00:53:21
everything off just mention the date again, so people know.
00:53:25
Yes. So we are going to have our San
00:53:27
Diego, young Republicans kickoff event.
00:53:30
It's been awhile because of election season.
00:53:32
So I am super excited for us to reconnect after the holidays and
00:53:37
the new year and, you know, get everything, everyone
00:53:41
well-appointed again, you know, during our off here, and in San
00:53:45
Diego, where you're going to have, you know, some great
00:53:48
featured speakers. So it's going to be Wednesday,
00:53:51
March 1st from 5:30 to 7:30, it's going to be Questo.
00:53:56
And if you follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
00:54:01
just search up, San Diego, young Republicans, will, we will be
00:54:05
sharing a graphic soon about, you know, the address and the
00:54:08
date, and the location, and things of that nature.
00:54:11
And we're going to be, you know, having a me Riker who is the
00:54:17
co-founder of reopen San Diego as a featured speaker?
00:54:20
We will also be having Coronado, mayor mayor Richard Bailey We're
00:54:26
going to be having children system are John McCann and we're
00:54:29
also going to be having El Cajon Mayor, Bill Wells Hazard for
00:54:34
features as our Force featured speaker, so again, local
00:54:39
politics. So, I am super excited.
00:54:42
I've, you know, just been texting, like my loved ones
00:54:45
often, you know, just kind of saving the date and whatnot
00:54:47
before, you know, we make the graphic of What Not and, you
00:54:50
know, I'm, you know, everyone's has on their calendar, so I'm
00:54:53
just super excited. I think it's going to be a A
00:54:55
huge turnout. So if you are based here in San
00:54:58
Diego or even if you have, you know, if you're not, if you're
00:55:01
listening and watching and you're not in San Diego, if you
00:55:04
have friends that, you know, want to find people that with
00:55:08
similar values, like, you know, please let those your loved ones
00:55:12
know who are in San Diego to show up.
00:55:15
I am a huge believer and not running a fakery Bakery.
00:55:18
Like this whole talk. I'm like oh you need to have an
00:55:20
open mind things about all the boss.
00:55:23
Dude, it's okay to have a closed mind sometimes.
00:55:25
Is perfectly okay to have you know friends that think the way
00:55:28
that you do that believe the way that you do that have the same
00:55:32
values and dreams and Visions same vision for your life as you
00:55:36
like I'm not saying don't you know be mean to like people
00:55:39
don't agree with all the time but I just think that's
00:55:42
nonsense. It's perfectly normal for you to
00:55:44
Value having a similar community and having like a tribe that you
00:55:49
Vibe with. So again San Diego Republicans,
00:55:54
take off Wednesday. February 1st up webo at from
00:55:57
5:30 to 7:30 we're going to have great speakers and I think it's
00:56:00
going to be a great turnout. So be there or be square.
00:56:07
I will just assume my invitation to be a future speaker.
00:56:10
Got lost in the mail but it's okay.
00:56:13
And now I'm putting Cynthia on blast at the podcast.
00:56:16
No, it's fine. It's fine.
00:56:18
I understand, we were only co-host for how long and I guess
00:56:22
I'm not that great of a speaker. Now, that's a, that's an
00:56:26
impressive lineup. That's a lot of great.
00:56:28
Local San Diego. Yeah, Republicans come here
00:56:33
Camille is you've heard it? She's probably not welcome
00:56:41
there. Going to check at the door.
00:56:44
They'll be checking IDs, Orange County address.
00:56:49
You are not welcome at this event.
00:56:52
So anyway, Cynthia, thanks for coming on.
00:56:55
It's great to see how well you're doing in your career.
00:56:59
And it's only the beginning, really.
00:57:01
You just are there's a couple years ago.
00:57:02
I fully you see that. You'll just be continued to rock
00:57:06
it higher and higher. So so thanks for coming on.
00:57:10
It's great to have you back for an episode and look forward to
00:57:14
seeing what you're going to do with the San Diego, young
00:57:17
Republicans. Thank you.
00:57:19
And thank you both for having me.
00:57:22
Picked her up and so fun to see you.
00:57:24
I feel like we're a little King, even though I'm worse County.
00:57:29
We're all part of the same gang. Great, well for everyone who
00:57:33
tuned in. Yeah, make sure if, you're in
00:57:36
San Diego, check out the event. I'll be there.
00:57:40
I won't be speaking, but you can come say hi to be signing
00:57:44
autographs. No, I charge for autographs.
00:57:50
Pictures are free. Autographs cost, something.
00:57:53
Okay, but I'll be there. So if you want to come out and
00:57:56
see me and Cynthia, she'll be there.
00:57:58
Maybe Camille will show up if they let her pass the bouncer.
00:58:02
And yeah, and everyone who's listening show up to the event,
00:58:05
March 1st at Pueblo here in San Diego.
00:58:09
And anyone who's listening to podcast, make sure you like
00:58:14
share, subscribe review, all of that stuff.
00:58:17
Hit the notification Bell on YouTube to know when we go live
00:58:20
or die. A new episode, or anything like
00:58:23
that. And as always, if you like the
00:58:25
episode, make sure you share it with someone someone who might
00:58:29
get a kick out of this. So with that said, everyone have
00:58:32
a good night and everybody. A new episode, or anything like
00:58:23
that. And as always, if you like the
00:58:25
episode, make sure you share it with someone someone who might
00:58:29
get a kick out of this. So with that said, everyone have
00:58:32
a good night and everybody.