In this clip from our May 26th live roundtable, Kyle Campbell, Tess Abraham, Susan Collins, and Camille break down why Hilton is resonating across political lines — how he's holding Trump's endorsement at arm's length while quietly picking up Democratic crossover support, why he's refusing to campaign on issues a California governor can't actually change, and whether a state that hasn't elected a Republican governor since Arnold Schwarzenegger is finally ready for one.
The conversation gets into the real texture of this race: the fracturing of the Democratic field, the growing frustration with a decade of one-party leadership, and what it means that the same voters calling Hilton a "Trojan horse Democrat" might be his biggest asset.
California's primary is June 2nd. This conversation aired one week before.
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