After the events of January 6th, it is no surprise that the Establishment will use this opportunity to clamp down on any future outsiders holding the White House any time soon.
Piggy backing off the chaos in the Capitol, San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher calls anyone who supports the Recall effort against Gavin Newsom as "Pro Trump extremists" and says the organizers are linked to "Neo Nazis and white supremacists." Ironically, the more Democrats smear the Recall, the more popular it gets.
More tax hikes on the agenda, yet California has so much cash that it may actually have to return it to the tax payers.
Show Links
- California Has So Much Cash It May Need to Return Some to Taxpayers
- Tax Hikes Back on the Agenda for 2021 Legislature
- San Diego County Supervisor Claims Recall Leaders Linked to Neo-Nazis
- https://www.kusi.com/demaio-calls-on-supervisor-nathan-fletcher-to-resign-after-making-false-and-dangerous-smears/
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If you're a California, conservative a Libertarian, a
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moderate Democrat. Believe in common sense or just
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the same person. This is the political podcast
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for you. It's the California underground
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podcast. What's going on here, but I
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think you're doing to another episode of California and
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Granny. Host, Phil Crazy times.
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Crazy week another. I'm sure crazy week coming up
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ahead of us with the supposed inauguration of see Joe and the
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welcoming of a new Administration, but we got a lot
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of stuff on the docket today regarding California.
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We got San Diego County, Supervisor, Nathan Fletcher,
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Colleen, those linked to the recall effort neo-nazis, the
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fact that it California may be raking in so much tax money that
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by law. They actually may have to return
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some but that won't stop them from having more tax hikes
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coming up on the agenda coming up in 2021.
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So before we begin, let's get started with our out of the gate
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monologue. This past week has been a rough
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week for conservatives. And those who supported
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President Trump, the chaos that occurred at the Capitol last
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week, has given only the left a huge opportunity.
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Not only the left a huge opportunity but also
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establishment Republicans who seek to distance themselves from
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President Trump and his final days it has become increasingly
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clear? That the establishment could not
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stand President Trump and are more than happy to get rid of
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him in just a few days, the chaos in the capital provide the
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perfect excuse for such a stylish and types.
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To give themselves the moral High ground and cut ties with
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the president. They can clutch their pearls and
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feigns shock and outrage at a supposed claim that President
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Trump attempted to overthrow the government through violent
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Force. Even as they fail to point out
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to any concrete evidence for President Trump, explicitly told
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supporters in January 6 to violently attack, the capital
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they continue to push the narrative, CNN, is now a point
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investigators are learning that the attack and I put that in air
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quotes was playing well before President Trump speech, this
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would be evidence that his words did not directly influence the
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plan that was already in motion. Regardless, a story is out there
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and now conservatives and Trump supporters wake up today with
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allegations of them being domestic terrorist.
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Now, the number one thing I figured after January 6 was the
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establishments will to spin this into painting all Trump
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supporters as enemies of the state.
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What's that claim is out there? It's kind of hard to combat.
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We are seeing it unfold right in front of us, social media has
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run with this claim and now uses it to ban conservative voices
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and counts. President Trump has been nuked
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from all major platforms. Hell even Pinterest piled on and
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band him I guess they were afraid that he was going to try
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and sending coded messages with specific story boards who is
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setting up. But that's besides the point The
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left. You could expect would use any
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excuse to Tar and feather, President, Trump, and his
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supporters. Now when you see Republicans
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like Mitch Mitch McConnell actually consider convicting.
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President Trump for Insurrection and incitement of violence
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you're even more dismayed at The Establishment.
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Wanted him gone a long time ago they're probably all clinking
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champagne glasses that he will be leaving on January 20th.
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Now we're seeing this unfold in our local politics here in
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California as well. It's spilled into every aspect
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of political life, opponents of the recall effort against
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Governor Newsom, when are capitalizing on the allegation?
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Using it to smear those who support it?
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San Diego County, Supervisor, Nathan, Fletcher, and an
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abhorrent and up substantiated way claimed without evidence
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that those who support the recall effort are quote
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pro-trump extremists and those who organized that are quote
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linked with neo-nazis. White supremacist, a disgusting
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accusation. If I've ever heard one even for
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a bully like, Nathan Fletcher, forget that the recall has been
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ongoing for months. Now long before the events of
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January 6, forget that recalls or right.
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Given to the citizens of California through our own
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California Constitution. They are jumping on the
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bandwagon to label as a coup and if you support it watch out
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because we are branding you as An Enemy of the State.
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All this leads to one thing and the ultimate goal Of the
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establishment, conservative populism, and actually
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Progressive populism will be made illegal.
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And banned from society, the election of President Trump was
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a speed bump for them. It was one that got through and
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shock them and they weren't ready for it.
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Their goal now is to Salt the Earth and prevent the election
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an outsider like him ever again here in California, they look to
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stamp out any chance of a conservative Uprising.
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Don't surprise be surprised when they start labeling, Kevin
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Faulkner as a pro Trump extremists.
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Make him walk back. Any support for the president as
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he runs for governor. They'll make it illegal to be a
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conservative soon not by any specific law.
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But just by treating you, as An Enemy of the State, they will
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publicly shame you. They will ban you from Flat
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forms. They will call you a danger to
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society. If you want to be a part of
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society, you will either have to repent or accept your fate as an
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outsider The Establishment in this on both sides have made it
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very, very clear, obey us or be destroyed.
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So starting off, I want to talk about this one, big fear that I
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had, which is regarding the fact that I knew on January 6th when
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I saw what was going on, I knew right away that they were going
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to run with this. I knew that they were going to
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run with this and start labeling, anybody who supported
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Trump a Enemy of the State, not only that, it gives a lot of
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establishment, Republicans like Mitch McConnell, Liz Cheney.
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A lot of these swamp rats. That we've seen a good excuse to
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hold their head high and say, well now we can officially cut
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ties with President Trump. They had no problem with
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president. When he was Raising records
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amount of money for the RNC and for any other Congressional, or
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Senate, candidates, or any other Governors, anything like that,
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forget the fact that he helped recruit more and register more
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voters. The Republican Party.
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Forget all of that for a second. It gave them the opportunity to
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get what they wanted. A President Trump, they said
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well he won. Let's see where it goes and it
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turned out. He was actually pretty good for
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the Republican party then it turns around and they're now
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going to use this as an opportunity to turn their back
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on President Trump. It's no surprise.
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It's not really surprising to me.
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If you've been following the blood politics going on, you can
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see that these rhinos, these neo-cons all were excited to get
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rid of President Trump, they were ready to use him for what
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he was using for the fundraising and then turn around and get rid
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of them. The problem is though, President
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Trump will go on. Do I think he'll be locked up in
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jail? I think maybe I don't know.
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They say there's a lot of litigation going on against him.
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They might try and Pummel, President Trump and his entire
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family into the ground. They really try and make an
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example of the Trump's and say look don't ever cross the
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establishment again. Don't ever think you're going to
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make something happen here in Washington.
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Don't ever think you're going to be an outsider because at the
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end of the day, We're just going to crush you and yet, President
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Trump slip by, we weren't expecting that.
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We were expecting our, Our Queen, Hillary Clinton to get in
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and, and run and be effectively. What would have been President
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Obama's, third term, but he kind of snuck in, they weren't
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expecting it. He ran a very unique campaign
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and he was able to win. So this time they made sure he
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wasn't going to win and now they're going to Salt the Earth
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and make sure that President Trump probably never runs again.
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If they impeach him with the caveat that they might add in,
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that he can never run for federal office ever again then
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they're really going to send a message that people like
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President Trump or any Outsiders are not welcome in Washington,
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and I posted this on the Instagram, my Instagram page
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saying, if you think that it's just President Trump, you're
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very mistaken, you're being very naive because at the end of the
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day, they're not going to just go after present, roads are
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going to go after every single Outsider.
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Look, what happened to Bernie Sanders, not once, but twice
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2016. They know it was stolen from
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Bernie Sanders. They know that they stole the
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election in the primary away from it even though he's way
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more popular in way more support than Hillary Clinton, there was
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way more enthusiasm behind him. It was evidence in 2016 that it
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was The Outsiders election. It was really President Trump.
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And Bernie Sanders who are really the most popular two
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candidates. But Bernie Sanders sold out.
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He was able to be bought off and he just went away.
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He slunk away and he went back to being a senator from Vermont,
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and that's fine by him. Republican party wasn't so lucky
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to get rid of President Trump at that time, just candidate Trump.
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But if you think that the left and the right, if it's only
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conservatives, and then you're wrong.
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It's this thing. I've been talking about this you
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and a party. This idea that there's is just
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one party. They Play the same.
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They play their roles pretty well.
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That Republicans do a little things a little bit more
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conservatively but at the end of the day, the debt grows the
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deficit grows and they stand on and you know, a little marginal
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moral victories. The left does things that you a
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little progressivism here, a little progressivism there, but
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the end of the day they just both sides are really enriching
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themselves at the government, trough and they're just feeding
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like pigs at the trough at this point and they made it very
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clear, Outsiders are not welcome and watch to and I don't Ink,
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unless President Trump figures out how to run again, in 2024
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and figures out how to get past, any sort of election fraud, or
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voter fraud or anything, that might be rigged against them,
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it's going to be hard to see if there's ever an outsider who
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wins again, unless it's an outsider, who's disguised as an
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Insider, and then, once they get in turns out to be an outsider,
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that's kind of hard to do. If you're an Insider, you're
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really an Insider not really an outsider.
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But is this the end of that sort of Outsider politician?
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But even more fear, more scary to me, is people who supported
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President Trump or conservatives.
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Going forth after this. There is a wake now.
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And, and well, you know, I talked about it in the out of
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the gate monologue which is that you as a trump supporter are
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going to be branded and labeled as An Enemy of the State.
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State as an Insurrection as or a domestic terrorist from here on
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out. And that what happened on
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January 6th was probably the worst thing that could happen to
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President Trump on his way out. It left a bad taste and
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everybody needs mouth, they made it look like all his supporters
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were rushed into the capital, even though.
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Now, we're finding out that a lot of a number of the people
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who were there were actually not really Trump supporters for
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example, this guy named John Sullivan from Utah, was an
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avowed, a BLM activist and he said he's never was a trump
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person. The guy who had the podium and
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is ham. Actually has never voted never
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voted for Trump. The last time you voted was in
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2009, I believe. They also found out that there's
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this other guy who was an antifa or far-left activist, we're
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sorry to find out more and more that these far-left activists
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and agitators, really infiltrated and really caused.
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A lot of the the Ruckus for a lack of a better term and the
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chaos that ensued in the u.s. capital.
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That's not really surprising. Using a trump supporters because
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I think a lot of trump supporters probably say, well,
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that's not really our style to kind of destroy property, like
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antifa or what was going on over the summer.
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But that's not going to get run on the mainstream media.
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That's not going to get run that up.
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Well maybe it wasn't all Trump supporters, maybe we were wrong,
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they're going to keep running this idea.
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That Trump supporters and President Trump or
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insurrectionist, that they are enemies of the state that their
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treasonous and therefore they should be treated as Enemy of
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the State. And when your enemy is, Stay all
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rules, all bets are off, they can treat you however they want
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because you're An Enemy of the State and its National Security.
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Not only that in a time where everything is already super
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sensitive and heightened. And this idea of partisanship is
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really, really between covid and the presidential election,
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everyone's really already partisan and very divided and
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polarize and crystalizing, their their beliefs And now we have
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this idea that Trump supporters are insurrectionist and it's not
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just a national thing. It took all of about point two
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seconds before every Democrat in the entire country is started to
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run with this idea that Trump supporters are insurrectionist
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enemies estate and therefore we're just going to smear them
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every chance we get in the most late.
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Latest example, was San Diego County, Supervisor down here, in
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San Diego, Nathan Fletcher. I came out.
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He's the new chair of the County Supervisor so I guess he feels a
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little bit more emboldened by the fact that he's now the chair
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of the County Supervisors that somehow that makes them more
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powerful and people believe in a more.
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I guess that's his thinking feeds his ego a little bit more
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but now he has come out and said and it's got widespread
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attention. He called out all those who
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support the California recall effort against Gavin Newsom
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saying that they are pro-trump extremists and those who are
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running, it are now neo-nazis and white supremacist and I'll
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play the clip for you where he talks about.
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And now, I'm going to play a clip of Carl demaio, who also
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responded to that. We're going to talk about a
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little bit more. Thank you.
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I thank you. Mayor Garcia.
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It's my privilege to join. Assemblymember chiu, mayor,
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Gloria civil rights. Leaders and the chair of our
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Democratic party and joining California Democrats, it really
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is unfortunate that in this day and age.
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We have to come together to denounce acts of terrorism
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against our own country acts of terrorism.
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Against the will of the American people who turned out in record
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numbers to have their voice heard and have their votes
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counted, as a combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
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I trained to respond to situations like an embassy being
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overrun by enemies of America. But I never imagined, I would
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see the day where the same situation would play out with
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the US Capitol being overrun by enemies of America.
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This was a direct attack on our democracy on free and fair
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elections and the peaceful transition of power.
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In 2016. I did not like the outcome of
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the election results, but I accepted them and it motivated
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me to work harder in 2020. What we are seeing happen
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across, our country is inspired and motivated.
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Indirectly by Donald Trump, trump and trumpism pose, an
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existential threat to our peaceful democracy.
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And so I'm joining fellow Democrats today.
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Is we take a stand against right-wing militia groups
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against the proud boys, white nationalist.
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And everyone who is encouraging violence on our democracy but
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these same extremists. These same Trump inspired
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conspiracy. Theorists are now seeking to
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undermine our democracy. Christian California, they are
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involved in recall elections against our governor.
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Gavin Newsom, the recall efforts led by Pro, Trump extremists,
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seek to undermine the Democratic process across our state.
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There is substantial evidence that those who are leading this
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recall effort, our LinkedIn associated with Neo-Nazi, with
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white supremacist with right-wing militia groups and we
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cannot stand for this here. Either we have to stand up and
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show them that we will outwork and out organized and that we
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intend to Of our democracy and improve.
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Preserve our democratically elected governor.
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In this state, adding fuel to the fire as a former mayor of my
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city, and the city of San Diego. A mayor who is trying to exploit
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a environment of extremism to undermine and undercut.
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The leadership of our governor, and I would be Kevin Faulkner.
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Our governor has led during one of the most difficult times in
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the history of our country responding to the covid-19. 19.
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Pandemic with science-based data, driven approaches.
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One of the most difficult situations that has ever been
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encountered by any governor in anytime, but he's also battle
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wildfires and natural disasters and a series of social unrest,
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and he has done it all with consistency with purpose and a
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commitment to serving the people of California.
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If you contrast that with Kevin Faulkner, who half-assed his way
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through his term in office, setting low expectations,
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cutting them in half and then delaying it for Successor you
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have a clear contrast and Leadership he left now, mayor
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Todd Gloria. A structural budget deficit, a
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homeless crisis, billions of dollars in unfunded clean water,
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obligations a pension disaster of his own, making a series of
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failed, real estate, boondoggles and years of backlogs of
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problems. And an inability to make the
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difficult decisions. And that is a stark contrast to
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what we see in Governor. Newsom and leading our state and
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California. Democrats stand with Governor
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Newsom against this recall and against the Trump efforts.
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It should also be noted that mayor Faulkner joined President,
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Donald Trump on the day. He announced for re-election in
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the Oval Office. Trump went on Sean Hannity, that
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night to brag about how much mayor Faulkner supported
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building the wall along, our Southern border and just
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recently, mayor, Faulkner made clear that he did.
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In fact cast his vote for Donald Trump.
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That is not the approach that we need in the state of California.
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And today, I'm joining the Credit party, in my fellow
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Democrats in taking a strong stand against extremism against
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what we are seeing and on behalf of the Democracy in our country,
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and it's my pleasure to join you here today.
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I would now like to turn it over to civil rights leader racial
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Justice Advocate. Now, if you're not familiar with
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Nathan Fletcher, he's making a name for himself, not in a good
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way. I don't believe if you're
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someone here in San Diego, you know, you're very familiar with
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you and Nathan, Fletcher, is Nathan Fletcher.
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Someone who has voted consistently to keep this.
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Businesses shut all while hiding behind the idea that we have to
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follow the science and we have to follow the data even though
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his own Public Health, director Wilma, Wooten said that places
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like restaurants and gyms. I actually don't contribute to
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the spread of covid, but forget that it doesn't really matter
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Nathan Fletcher, hides behind it and he says that businesses
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should remain closed. He had a press conference once.
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Actually shame businesses and say, you guys are being selfish
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and greedy and dangerous, he has come out and said stuff like
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this before. About Trump supporters, he's
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tweeted about it now. He's actually coming out and
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saying it on video and saying stuff like trumpism, and Trump
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supporters are not welcome, in San Diego County, this guy and
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his wife Lorena Gonzalez. And Lorena Gonzalez is the if
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you don't know who she is she is the author of a B5.
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They once joked on Twitter about how she was the job killer of
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California. All, while in the middle of
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Cohen when businesses are shut down and we are losing bit
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record, number of jobs. Nathan Fletcher is a bully.
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He is a guy who wants to get into power and wants to get into
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more political power. Simply I think because he's a
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bully and he tries to hide behind the hole, will I serve my
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country and there's nothing wrong with serving your country.
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Obviously a tip of the hat for anybody who puts on the uniform
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defense, the country. But I think as any person who
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served in the armed forces would say, it doesn't make you immune
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to criticism. And as a political Figure here
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in San Diego County. He has become quite the
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notorious guy and people seem to really support them.
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He's losing more and more support.
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I think, as this goes on, he is up for re-election, 2022.
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So will be interesting to see who, what kind of Challenger
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they put forth against Nathan Fletcher.
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There's anyone who's probably more vulnerable, it's Nathan
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Fletcher, he seems to think that he's Invincible that he can say
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these things, he can get away with these things and they
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notice what he went through. You went through the idea.
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He went one from use, he talked about being a marine and the
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storming of the embassy, and then he went to the
00:20:29
Insurrection. He said it was an Insurrection
00:20:31
as storming of the US Capitol, and then he went from the US
00:20:34
Capitol and brought into the recall election.
00:20:38
And he tried to talk about how there was a record number of
00:20:41
people who voted in this last election.
00:20:43
As if he honestly if he honestly believes 80 million people for
00:20:46
job, voted for Joe Biden that I, he's either die.
00:20:50
Leave or is lying through his teeth because it's unbelievable
00:20:52
to think that any 80 million people voted for Joe Biden more
00:20:55
than President Obama. I mean, or President Trump for
00:20:58
that matter. So it goes from this argument
00:21:01
that more people than ever voted for drill bios.
00:21:05
A historic election. Obviously the wind was buying
00:21:08
and Joe Biden's, the Transcendent figure and that
00:21:11
this was an attack on democracy. And then he's now linking it to
00:21:14
the recall effort, and he's trying to and without evidence.
00:21:18
And this is the big thing. A lot of people jumped on That
00:21:20
he said, that there's evidence and belief that the people who
00:21:23
were behind, the recall effort are linked to neo-nazis and
00:21:27
white supremacist. Now, Nathan, Fletcher,
00:21:30
supervisor, Fletcher, if you do have any sort of evidence, it
00:21:33
would behoove you to probably release that evidence and he
00:21:36
hasn't released that evidence. He hasn't come out and press
00:21:39
conference and said, hey look the people who are buying it,
00:21:42
here's the evidence, here's what they've said in the past, here's
00:21:44
them on forums or story where you know there's a bunch of
00:21:48
different ways to improve this. He's not going to prove Of it,
00:21:50
it's just him throwing more mud. And now he went from the recall
00:21:55
effort, which is obviously gained Steam.
00:21:58
And now, he moves his attention on to Kevin Faulkner, which
00:22:03
shows you a couple of things. One, the fact that the Democrats
00:22:07
are in lockstep about this at the Newsome Administration, is
00:22:11
now have a little team of people who are going out and attacking
00:22:14
the recall effort and trying to link it to insurrectionists and
00:22:18
domestic terrorists and calling a white.
00:22:20
Process neo-nazis and all this stuff shows that I think Gavin.
00:22:24
Newsom is a little worried about what's going to happen with this
00:22:27
recall effort. The same thing can be said for
00:22:32
the fact that Nathan Fletcher in lockstep with his supreme
00:22:35
leader. Gavin Newsom, I think Nathan
00:22:37
Fletcher, sees himself, as the next Gavin Newsom.
00:22:41
Although a little history about Gavin news or a little history
00:22:44
about Nathan Fletcher, he flip-flop between democrat or
00:22:47
republican to see which party would give him more.
00:22:50
More political power and who would actually back him?
00:22:53
He also tried to run for mayor unsuccessfully.
00:22:55
I think the whole reason you switch from Republican to
00:22:57
Democrat, he flip-flopped back and forth between parties was
00:23:01
because he was a republican originally wanted to run for
00:23:04
mayor as a good young Republican.
00:23:06
Then all of a sudden when the Republican Party didn't support
00:23:09
his bid for mayor of San Diego, he flipped a Democrat and this
00:23:12
is where he is now. So obviously the Nathan Fletcher
00:23:15
this is just as long as he can get into Power, that's all that
00:23:19
really matters to him. The fact that they now directed,
00:23:23
he directed his anger and his harsh criticisms towards Kevin
00:23:26
Faulkner. I think shows that they're
00:23:28
really scared of Kevin Faulkner. That's something I've been
00:23:32
saying is that Kevin Faulkner. As soon as he stepped onto the
00:23:34
stage as a gubernatorial camera, he's trying, he's doing this
00:23:37
extra Tory committee or is exploratory committee.
00:23:40
Excuse me, I think that scared someone like Gavin Newsom and
00:23:45
I've been saying we will what we can talk about Kevin Faulkner
00:23:48
another time but I think this It shows that he has the best
00:23:51
chance to win as a governor Republican, Republican governor
00:23:55
of California is because the Democrats are clearly scared of
00:23:58
him. Gavin Newsom immediately went
00:24:00
out and attack Kevin faktor as soon as he said he was going out
00:24:03
for an exploratory committee. Now you see Nathan Fletcher like
00:24:05
a good little Democratic Soldier attacking Kevin, Faulkner trying
00:24:09
to go after him and cut him down.
00:24:11
So I think that shows that they're really scared but this
00:24:14
is what the bigger picture is that they're going to use
00:24:18
January 6 and what happened And linking people to present Trump
00:24:22
and what happened at the Capitol to try and distance them from
00:24:26
President Trump or to demonize people.
00:24:29
So now you can no longer really be conservative because if
00:24:33
you're conservative, people are going to say, well, did you vote
00:24:36
for President Trump? Oh, well, then you're supported
00:24:38
an insurrectionist things that domestic terrorists and yada
00:24:42
yada yada. And obviously, you're An Enemy
00:24:44
of the State because you supported a guy like that and
00:24:47
that's just going to be personal attack, personal attack,
00:24:49
personal attack, personal attack.
00:24:50
Act, which the left is very good.
00:24:52
At the left is very good at, not really arguing.
00:24:54
The merits of a case. They always just want to go
00:24:56
right to the personal attack. Now, I'm going to play for you a
00:24:59
little bit. What, Carl demaio, Carl demaio
00:25:01
is a local radio host here in San Diego and he had a response
00:25:08
for Nathan Fletcher on our local, no-stick New Station.
00:25:12
Here's what he said. So Carl demaio did not take
00:25:14
these supervisors comments, lightly and is now calling on
00:25:17
Nathan Fletcher to resign from office for quote, These faults
00:25:21
and dangerous smears and the chairman of Reform, California
00:25:23
Carl demaio joins us now, with more reaction to that language,
00:25:26
Carl, good to see you. What were your thoughts?
00:25:28
When you first heard supervisor Fletcher, discuss his thoughts,
00:25:32
I was not only shocked and outraged.
00:25:35
I was a little sickened by his remarks because it douses
00:25:41
already burning division in this country in our state, in our
00:25:46
region with kerosene at a time when we cannot be doing that,
00:25:50
He's Reckless, Nathan. Fletcher's comments are
00:25:53
dangerous. They are smears against
00:25:58
Californians. Who have a write a
00:26:00
constitutional right to use the recall process.
00:26:04
When they believe that their elected officials are out of
00:26:07
step and have gone too far on issues, and need to be replaced.
00:26:12
The recall of Governor Gavin Newsom has nothing to do with
00:26:16
right-wing extremism, militia groups, neo-Nazi, Is it has
00:26:21
everything to do with Gavin Newsom, Zone failures, and the
00:26:25
laundry list of failures is lengthy from his mishandling of
00:26:30
the covid-19 epidemic to failing to get people.
00:26:33
Vaccines in these last four weeks where we have a lot of
00:26:37
vaccines that are at risk of going bad because he's Dillard
00:26:40
and a lead to the fact that he hasn't gotten unemployed
00:26:44
Californians. The benefits that they need to
00:26:46
survive because he has an inept in that does not hold people
00:26:51
accountable. The fact that we have criminals
00:26:54
that are being released from prison, and the ones that are
00:26:56
remaining are applying for benefits committing benefits
00:27:00
fraud, the list goes on and on and and Nathan Fletcher would
00:27:04
like us to talk about those right now.
00:27:06
Because it would divert attention from his own,
00:27:09
reprehensible conduct. In making these statements does,
00:27:13
I am like a lot of, what would you say to the Jewish Community
00:27:18
here in San Diego? Who when they hear you likin a
00:27:24
democratic process of a recall of people complaining about high
00:27:28
taxes and an unaccountable government that that somehow
00:27:32
equivalent to Adolf Hitler and the genocide against six million
00:27:36
Jews. Are you absolutely out of your
00:27:39
mind? Nathan Fletcher.
00:27:40
That is disrespectful. It is outrageous and you need to
00:27:43
apologize your comments. Have no place in civil discourse
00:27:49
and yet. He seems to be getting a pass on
00:27:52
these comments. Logan, the Union Tribune is not
00:27:55
calling him out for it. Other politicians are not being
00:27:58
asked to call him out for it. No, he gets by with a smiie rely
00:28:02
and a comparison to Nazis who brutally murdered 6 million Jews
00:28:08
during World War true WWII. It's outrageous.
00:28:12
Yeah. Now I'd like to read for you.
00:28:16
The actual text. Of the California Constitution.
00:28:22
So Nathan Fletcher has no problem with saying that this
00:28:27
recall of her is a similar to a coup.
00:28:30
A coup is when you overthrow the government because the
00:28:34
government is not working for you or it's like in Cuba when
00:28:37
they overthrow the government or Venezuela and they throw over
00:28:39
the through the government. That's not what a recall is.
00:28:44
And the fact that they're now trying to link This purported
00:28:49
coup which they've made up to the recall effort, which is
00:28:53
started. I'm pretty sure almost a year
00:28:55
ago over a year ago at this point to say the recall effort
00:28:59
is a coup is not true at all. It is a constitutional process
00:29:03
that we're allowed here in California.
00:29:05
It's a lot of probably in a lot of States but California, we've
00:29:09
had success with a, we have actually recall, people most
00:29:11
recent being Gray Davis was the the most recent Governor recall
00:29:16
where they will get rich. Gray Davis out now.
00:29:18
Obviously led to Arnold Schwarzenegger but it's a
00:29:22
democratic process, it's in our California Constitution.
00:29:26
It's not something that people came up with, it's not something
00:29:30
that's a coup, a coup would be of a whole bunch of armed
00:29:32
right-wing militia, is went into Sacramento and overthrew and
00:29:35
took away. Gavin Newsom has office and
00:29:37
said, well, we now run Sacramento, that's a coup, but
00:29:40
doing a democratic process and following the laws of our state
00:29:45
that are prescribed to us, as a That's not a coup.
00:29:50
So in section 14, actually it starts in section 13.
00:29:54
Is this recall is the power of the electors to remove an
00:29:58
elective officer. And this is Article, 2 Section
00:30:02
13 section. 14 goes on, say recall of a state officers
00:30:07
initiated by delivering the Secretary of State petition.
00:30:10
Alleging reason for recall, sufficiency reason is not
00:30:12
reviewable proponents of 160 days to file.
00:30:15
Sign petitions goes on to talk. About what they have to do
00:30:18
section 15, and election. To determine where the recall
00:30:21
now officer. And if appropriate to elect a
00:30:24
successor, shall be called by the governor and he'll not less
00:30:26
than 60 days. And Marte days, from the day of
00:30:28
certification, sufficient signatures, they put it back up
00:30:34
section 17. If recall, the governor of
00:30:37
secretary of state is an issue. The recall duties of that office
00:30:39
shall be performed by lieutenant governor of cop Governor or
00:30:42
controller. And it goes on to say, the
00:30:46
legislature shall provide Recall the local officers, this section
00:30:49
does not affect counties and cities has chartered provide for
00:30:51
recall, so it's in our constitution.
00:30:55
It's in the California Constitution.
00:30:57
You can look at it starts on Section, let's go back up.
00:31:01
I just want to make sure it starts around section 13 of
00:31:06
article to the California Constitution.
00:31:09
So when people say that this is not a democratic process and
00:31:13
this does not honor the will of the voters.
00:31:17
Just say, okay, we'll go look at our calfire constitution.
00:31:20
Most people don't even realize that there is such thing as a
00:31:22
California Constitution, they believe it's the US Constitution
00:31:25
and that's it. Every state has its own
00:31:26
Constitution which governs the state and state laws.
00:31:30
That's what all of these proposition ballots.
00:31:32
Add amendments. That's why there's a bajillion
00:31:33
Amendment to the California Constitution because every
00:31:36
proposition and men's the Constitution.
00:31:38
But you can point them right here, Article 2 Section 13
00:31:42
starts. There goes from 13.
00:31:44
All the way down through 19 and in fact actually goes into 20,
00:31:47
it looks like and it talks about the recall effort.
00:31:51
So, when a by says that that it's not, the will of the
00:31:53
voters, and it's not Democratic process.
00:31:56
Just say, okay, we'll go tell me why it's not Democratic by
00:32:00
looking at Article 2 Section. 13 sections 13 through 19 or three
00:32:04
sections. 19 through or sections. 13 through 20, excuse
00:32:07
me. And our whole argument is
00:32:11
usually well. Why can 1.5 million people
00:32:15
recall? Someone who may have gotten, how
00:32:19
many votes, some people got it. Wrong said, all we got 40
00:32:22
million votes. There's only 40 million people
00:32:25
around 40 million, people in the entire State of California.
00:32:27
There's no way that cut Governor.
00:32:29
Newsom, got 40 million votes, but that's the recall effort.
00:32:32
It applies, not only to Governor's Statewide offices.
00:32:35
You can recall, anybody in California.
00:32:37
You can recall, County people, you can recall City people.
00:32:40
The recall effort is something that is used and it is available
00:32:44
to people in the state of California.
00:32:47
As I said, it's probably The available to a lot of other
00:32:49
states. I don't know all the
00:32:50
Constitution, but I imagine it's something that is available,
00:32:54
it's something that is allowed. If you will feel like you're
00:32:56
elected official is not fulfilling their duty of office,
00:33:00
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a new recall effort to
00:33:02
get rid of Nathan Fletcher after this.
00:33:05
If that's one thing that conservatives are people who are
00:33:07
just made with the Democratic stronghold here in California,
00:33:11
could really start to organize behind recall efforts because
00:33:15
recall efforts could really become a pain in the ass.
00:33:18
For a lot of these elected officials who feel like they're
00:33:20
not really. In polar really not held to any
00:33:25
sort of standard because they live in a super dark blue state,
00:33:29
but a recall might put them on a notice enough because you don't
00:33:33
have to get everybody who voted for that person to vote for, or
00:33:39
sign for a recall. You can get a small percentage.
00:33:41
So if there's a small percentage of conservatives, or people who
00:33:45
are dismayed or Independence or people in the middle, we're
00:33:47
tired of far live politicians or recall name Statewide I'd maybe
00:33:52
one of those things that could really just become a tool of the
00:33:55
minority here, and if so, like Nathan, Fletcher, who thinks
00:33:59
that no one's ever going to vote him out or recall?
00:34:02
Might be the one thing that, that wakes them up to the fact
00:34:05
that his words are poisonous and they're dangerous, and they're
00:34:08
more divisive. And that's another thing that I
00:34:11
don't seem to really understand is that if the head of your
00:34:14
party president-elect, Joseph R, Biden.
00:34:17
Junior says, it's time for a unity and it's time to return
00:34:20
the soul of America. It seems like every Democrat who
00:34:24
is really linked to Joe Biden. Is not following what he says he
00:34:30
is all about unity and let's get together and we're going to
00:34:33
bring the country back together. We're going to return the soul
00:34:36
of America. A lot of people on the left and
00:34:40
the Democrats don't seem to really be listening to that
00:34:42
advice and they seem to be driving wedges farther into
00:34:45
people instead of being a unifying figure.
00:34:48
Something like Nathan Fletcher is becoming more of a disunity
00:34:52
unifying person who is dividing people more than he's actually
00:34:56
bringing people together. Either, but that's Nathan
00:34:59
Fletcher. And I feel like we spent a lot
00:35:00
of time on him but it's the bigger picture that they are
00:35:05
using the co or the what happened on, January 6, what
00:35:10
they're calling a coup to. Now just paint everybody who's
00:35:14
conservative who or who opposes them, as An Enemy of the State
00:35:18
as some pro-trump extremists. As super alt-right far,
00:35:22
right-wing, militia is whatever they want to call whatever name
00:35:25
that suits their purpose. That's what they're going to
00:35:27
use. Call you.
00:35:29
It seems that this is only helped bolster the recall and in
00:35:32
the most ironic twist, the more they talk about this in the
00:35:35
more, they bring it up, the recall effort in the more they
00:35:38
really blunder this and even political, I think called amount
00:35:41
said that whole press conference, with Gavin Newsom
00:35:45
steam to call out the recall effort kind of blew up in their
00:35:49
face because now more people than ever are really looking at
00:35:52
the recall going out, maybe I'll look at the recall or it's
00:35:55
dividing people to sign the recall even faster.
00:35:59
So in essence, the fact that they're talking about actually
00:36:01
hurts them more. So in the end the ironic twist
00:36:04
is that they think that they're trying to dissuade people from
00:36:07
signing. The recall with a fact, they're
00:36:09
actually probably just helping the recall by getting more and
00:36:12
more people to sign it and tune into it.
00:36:16
So with that, there's another article, I want to touch upon
00:36:18
real quick before we finish for the day.
00:36:22
Trying to keep the episodes a little shorter because I've
00:36:24
noticed that more people tune in, and they stay around.
00:36:27
On for around thirty six to forty minutes.
00:36:30
So I only keep rambling on for an entire hour, this article
00:36:34
comes from Bright bar and title. Gavin Newsom, California has so
00:36:36
much cash, I can return some to the taxpayers, the state of
00:36:41
California, has so much cash, thanks to a revenue Surplus,
00:36:43
that may be required to return some to taxpayers, according to
00:36:46
a new budget, proposal from Governor, Gavin, Newsom for
00:36:48
trying 21 on Friday news and present.
00:36:51
His budget is staggering to two hundred and twenty seven point
00:36:55
two billion dollar planets. There was a fiscal blueprint
00:36:57
that Provides funding for immediate covid-19 response
00:37:00
relief, efforts for Californians.
00:37:01
Need at most will make the Investments for an equitable
00:37:04
inclusive and broad-based economic recovery.
00:37:06
In addition to propose a new spin on covid-19 climate change
00:37:10
and other typical Democratic priorities.
00:37:12
You should know that the state has 15 billion dollar Surplus,
00:37:15
despite the economic Devastation of the coronavirus pandemic as
00:37:19
the Sacramento Bee node. There might be so much of a
00:37:21
purse Surplus on a per capita basis that by that some money by
00:37:26
law may have to Refunded. The beat goes on to say.
00:37:31
The state is on Pace to hit a spending cap.
00:37:33
Voters adopted in 1979, when State politics were dominated by
00:37:37
a taxpayer Revolt Governor. Gavin, Newsom stir-fry as he
00:37:39
unveiled. A two hundred twenty seven
00:37:41
billion dollar twenty Twenty-One twenty-two spending plan.
00:37:44
The cat, the cap known as the Gann limit in honor of taxpayer
00:37:49
Watchdog Paul Gauguin aims to restrict per capita, government
00:37:53
spending to 1978 to 1979 levels voters.
00:37:57
Passed it just after they adopted Prop 13, The Landmark
00:38:00
law that restricts California, property tax increases.
00:38:03
If the state exceeds the gain limit, the government must send
00:38:06
rebates to taxpayers to be notice that the state has not
00:38:10
sent money back to taxpayers since 1986 when it returned, 1.1
00:38:14
billion. The rejected refund in 2021 will
00:38:17
be more modest in the range of 50 million.
00:38:20
A similar situation arose in 2017, but then Governor Jerry
00:38:23
Brown exploited loopholes to structure the state budget.
00:38:26
So that money would not have to be Turn California's tax
00:38:29
revenues did well in 2020 because the state's tax system
00:38:32
is heavily dependent on a relatively small.
00:38:33
Number of wealthy individuals. Wall Street ended the year at
00:38:36
record highs driven largely by the success of Silicon Valley
00:38:39
Tech firms. So on the back of that there is
00:38:44
another article from The Daily Breeze.
00:38:46
So even though they have so much money that they actually have to
00:38:49
return some of it. The Daily Breeze reports tax
00:38:52
hikes are back on the agenda in Sacramento.
00:38:58
Article says that Newsome pledge back in September that in a
00:39:03
global mobile economy. Now is not the time for the kind
00:39:06
of state increases on income. We saw proposed at the end of
00:39:08
the legislative session and I will not sign such proposals
00:39:12
into law. The iron is not lost on us that
00:39:15
the governor said this while endorsing prop 15, the failed 12
00:39:18
billion dollar tax hike in lace attempt on gutting, Prop 13.
00:39:22
But his remarks did provide a bit of insurances Sates job
00:39:25
creators. On the other hand, there is no
00:39:29
such as it's a hesitancy to push tax increases in the California
00:39:32
legislator. Now, if you don't know what
00:39:34
happens is the beginning of legislative session, they got to
00:39:37
throw all their bills in at once which makes it a little
00:39:39
confusing. But there's a lot of similar
00:39:42
people who bring all their bills all at once the game January, so
00:39:45
assembly Bill 65, which we I think we talked about before is
00:39:49
Prem assemblyman mlo. It wants to create a California
00:39:51
Universal basic income. It was like a bee to and 27:12
00:39:59
presented last legislative session, which proposed to raise
00:40:02
the necessary money. Either through a value-added tax
00:40:04
raising, corporate taxes, or implementing a tax on services
00:40:07
or services or stuff. Like if you're an attorney,
00:40:10
they're going to start adding taxes.
00:40:11
On two attorneys assembly, Bill 71 out by a simile, mirrors,
00:40:15
lose Rivas and David. Chiu creates a 2.4 billion
00:40:19
dollar, homeless fund the devils in the details.
00:40:21
However, in the bill suggest the money could come from increases
00:40:24
in income taxes on Individuals making over 1 million
00:40:28
increasing, corporate income taxes, and collecting taxes on
00:40:31
increases in the value of assets, multiple blasts, through
00:40:34
capital gains, and finally assembly constitutional
00:40:37
amendment number, one is back at it again.
00:40:39
This year ACA one by assemblywoman Cecilia Aguilar,
00:40:43
Curry would repeal the two-thirds vote threshold needed
00:40:46
to pass local sales and parcel taxes for infrastructure and
00:40:49
affordable housing projects. This direct attack on Prop 13 is
00:40:53
the camels nose Under the Tent and power of a long-term
00:40:56
strategy. You to strip away the 2/3
00:40:57
protection on tacking tax increases.
00:41:01
So even though technically, we actually have more money than we
00:41:05
are supposed to have. And some of it's actually
00:41:07
supposed to be sent back to the people that doesn't stop a lot
00:41:11
of Democrats in the assembly. They will just continue figuring
00:41:14
out how to raise more and more taxes and it's, it'll be
00:41:17
surprising to see if there's ever a bill that comes to
00:41:19
California that actually Cuts taxes.
00:41:22
Hopefully in the future. We can see that one of those
00:41:25
taxes or one of those. Bill's where they actually look
00:41:27
to cut taxes as opposed to continually raising taxes, on
00:41:31
people who work hard to make our lives a little bit more
00:41:35
enjoyable here in the expensive State of California.
00:41:39
Hopefully, that day comes. We're all fighting for,
00:41:42
hopefully, that day comes soon. And hopefully more people wake
00:41:44
up and say, maybe we should start electing people who decide
00:41:47
about cutting taxes really rather than raising taxes.
00:41:51
Because it can't keep raising taxes on the Millionaires.
00:41:53
And the billionaires who are effectively leaving the In
00:41:56
droves, I know they're trying to figure out how they can continue
00:42:00
to tax people who are the multi, Uber rich people for 10 years,
00:42:08
but they'll figure out a way to tax it.
00:42:10
And it just seems like there's no end in sight for how they tax
00:42:13
people and what kind of taxes they can raise.
00:42:16
So, with that, I'm going to finish Today's Show.
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