1 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: And we are back with another edition of the Federalist 2 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,920 Radio Hour. I'm Matt Kittle, Senior Elections correspondent at the 3 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,559 Federalist and your experience SHRPA on today's Quest for Knowledge. 4 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,520 As always, you can email the show at radio at 5 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,920 the Federalist dot com, follow us on x at fbr LST, 6 00:00:37,439 --> 00:00:40,600 make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast, and 7 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,280 of course to the premium version of our website as well. 8 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,079 Our guest today is Arianna Ausenmacher, chairwoman of the California 9 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:54,280 Young Republican Federation. Previously, Arianna served as chair of the 10 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,799 Los Angeles County Young Republicans from twenty eighteen to twenty 11 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,799 twenty four. Today we get a little perspective from young 12 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:08,040 conservatives in a very deep blue state how to turn 13 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:14,560 that state trending red. It is, surprisingly enough. We're going 14 00:01:14,599 --> 00:01:17,040 to get into that in just a moment. Arianna, thank 15 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,280 you so much for joining us on this edition of 16 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:20,439 the Federalist Radio Hour. 17 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:22,599 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having me met. 18 00:01:22,879 --> 00:01:26,879 Speaker 1: Well, let's begin in November, because a lot of impressive 19 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:33,159 ground made up in blue states across this country in 20 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:38,040 a sea change election that put Donald Trump back in 21 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:42,120 the White House. Put Republicans back in control full control 22 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,680 of Congress, and it's interesting to see. We think of 23 00:01:45,799 --> 00:01:50,400 California as so deeply blue. We think of all of 24 00:01:50,519 --> 00:01:55,439 San Francisco's problems and Los Angeles' problems all related to 25 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,719 the Democrats that serve there, and we think maybe there's 26 00:01:58,799 --> 00:02:04,239 no hope for California ever for its conservatives to see 27 00:02:04,599 --> 00:02:08,039 actual leadership change there. But you made some pretty serious 28 00:02:08,159 --> 00:02:11,400 ground up in California. Tell us about that. 29 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 2: Definitely, we saw significant shift in our voting in the 30 00:02:18,479 --> 00:02:24,039 November election. Every county in California, there's fifty eight of 31 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,360 them all voted more read in the twenty twenty four 32 00:02:29,439 --> 00:02:32,960 election for President Trump. And not just that, but in 33 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,039 significant areas like Los Angeles County, you saw a ten 34 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:42,479 percent shift in voting from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty four. 35 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,199 So I think that goes to show that the messaging 36 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:50,759 across the board with the current administration really is hitting 37 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:55,560 home with voters, and in places like California, it's not 38 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,639 just Republican turnout. It means that the messaging is coming 39 00:02:59,719 --> 00:03:06,719 across to independence and Democrats who have either felt disenfranchised 40 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:12,759 from the Democrat Party, and it's you know, presidential candidates, 41 00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:18,639 or they realize that there's something off with messaging and 42 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,319 that Republicans are the ones addressing issues that are that 43 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:23,919 are facing this nation. 44 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: What are those issues for Californians? I mean, I think 45 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,080 about I think you can open up the box and 46 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:35,360 see so many different issues, so many different problems facing 47 00:03:35,439 --> 00:03:39,039 the left coast in general, California in particular. But what 48 00:03:39,199 --> 00:03:45,800 were the biggest issues for those in California who said, Okay, 49 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:52,159 I'm done with the Democrats. Now we've we've burned that bridge, 50 00:03:52,439 --> 00:03:57,000 and now it's time to vote put Republicans in charge. 51 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:03,479 Speaker 2: It's very simple. It is is affordability, cost of living, crime. 52 00:04:04,479 --> 00:04:09,639 California had a statewide ballot proposition called Proposition thirty six, 53 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,919 and over seventy three percent of Californians were in favor 54 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,639 of this proposition being funded. It passed with overwhelming support, 55 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:27,399 and it essentially reverts back these laws that were put 56 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,480 in a couple of years ago that made crime essentially legal. 57 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,000 It takes misdemeanor laws and returns them back to felonies, 58 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,000 and it's to keep people safe. We've seen a significant 59 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:43,319 rise in crime in California and so this was one 60 00:04:43,319 --> 00:04:47,959 of the top issues beyond that we're talking. California obviously 61 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,480 has some of the most expensive taxes in the state 62 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,279 when it comes to property, sales, income, and people are 63 00:04:57,319 --> 00:05:00,120 having to choose whether to pay their bills or or 64 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,199 to put food on the table, or to pay rent. 65 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:08,079 And so these are the types of issues that the 66 00:05:08,079 --> 00:05:13,040 Trump administration was able to hit home on. Although Republicans 67 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,959 are in a minority in this state, those are winning 68 00:05:16,079 --> 00:05:20,800 issues that they are addressing in the capital. You can 69 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,319 see that when it comes to our gas tax and 70 00:05:23,399 --> 00:05:27,480 it comes to the Democrats here pushing a high speed 71 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,759 rail bullet train that is billions of dollars over budget 72 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:36,920 and years delayed, and so bringing the conversation back to affordability, 73 00:05:37,319 --> 00:05:43,680 cost of living, lowering taxes and making this state affordable 74 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:44,720 to live in. 75 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,759 Speaker 1: It's Pelosi's pet project, right We're talking about the train 76 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:56,040 in particular in the Bay Area cost overruns. I mean, 77 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,920 that just sums up what has been happening under Democrat 78 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:03,399 control in California and elsewhere for such a long time. 79 00:06:03,399 --> 00:06:08,439 And I guess that's the thing too. Time plus pressure 80 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:16,800 equals change, for sure. And it's in California you have 81 00:06:16,959 --> 00:06:25,319 had decades now of Democrat control in that state. Are 82 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:30,319 people waking up to the reality that this is not 83 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,720 going to change under Democratic party control, under leftist control 84 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,160 in California. 85 00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:40,639 Speaker 2: They are. We've seen a significant shift in voter registration 86 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:44,360 and I think that that shows a trend here. People 87 00:06:44,399 --> 00:06:49,480 are leaving the Democrat Party in California at a very 88 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:54,560 high rate and joining the Republican Party. And also, I 89 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,800 mean even deregistering. If you're not ready to put the 90 00:06:57,959 --> 00:07:00,879 R next to your name, We're okay with that. We're 91 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,000 just asking you to leave a party that has not 92 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,399 been there for you for years. And yes, we're talking 93 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,040 decades of one party rule in this state, which has 94 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:21,040 led to no oversight, no regulation, in absolute spending without 95 00:07:21,279 --> 00:07:25,399 taxpayers in mind. And so I believe the most recent 96 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,079 numbers that came out across the state show that there 97 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:34,399 has been over five hundred thousand new registered Republicans in 98 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,959 just the first quarter of twenty twenty five. So yes, 99 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:43,920 it's really really significant. We haven't seen registration numbers this 100 00:07:44,199 --> 00:07:49,040 high in almost thirty years, going back to the time 101 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:54,680 of Schwarzenegger, when we really last had solid Republican leadership 102 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,279 in the state. And there was a poll that came 103 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:04,079 out about a month ago. It surveyed about seven hundred 104 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:09,959 Californians from many walks of life and many political you know, standings, 105 00:08:10,279 --> 00:08:15,000 and it showed that over fifty percent or roughly fifty 106 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:20,519 percent would actually consider voting for a Republican in the 107 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:25,199 upcoming gubernatorial race in twenty twenty six. And obviously that's 108 00:08:25,279 --> 00:08:28,560 a far way off, but it does show that there 109 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:35,840 is a shift in the thinking and the connotation for 110 00:08:36,519 --> 00:08:40,360 conservatives and Republicans in a blue state like California. It 111 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:42,919 is viable and it is not something that is ten 112 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,440 years down the line, but very close. 113 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,519 Speaker 1: Amazing, Yeah, because you think about this and say, five 114 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,480 years ago it would have been pie in the sky. 115 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,240 I think to believe that at any time in the 116 00:08:56,279 --> 00:09:01,000 near future California was in reach for Republicans were conservatives 117 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,440 the polling that you see does that have something to 118 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,080 do with the fact that Kamala Harris is thinking about 119 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:12,480 running for governor in the upcoming gubernatorial election in California, 120 00:09:12,519 --> 00:09:16,960 because it's clear that a lot of California didn't want 121 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,440 her to be president, just like the rest of the nation. 122 00:09:20,759 --> 00:09:25,279 Speaker 2: Agreed. The poll itself was funded by a consulting firm. 123 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,759 There's obviously, you know, we can go back and forth 124 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:32,039 on whether you support polling or not in general, but 125 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,759 it does show that there is a shift in ideology. 126 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:39,919 And I think Kamala's run in the twenty twenty four 127 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:45,399 presidential race is very reminiscent of how Republicans feel in 128 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:51,799 California and how even Democrats feel in California. They overwhelmingly 129 00:09:51,919 --> 00:09:57,240 rejected her, and that goes to show that there are 130 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,799 issues that the Democrats are holding on very tight. Two 131 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:09,200 AOC and Bernie Sanders just finish up their oldarchy tour. 132 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: You mean the oligarchs finished up their anti oligarchy tour. Yes, 133 00:10:15,639 --> 00:10:16,879 very interesting, Yeah. 134 00:10:16,759 --> 00:10:20,879 Speaker 2: Passing through California, and they tried to claim that these 135 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,480 numbers for these rallies that they had were super significant 136 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,960 and in relation to the actual population and the registration numbers, 137 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,360 they were abysmal. And beyond that, the issues that they're 138 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:38,080 talking about the California behind, you know, Kamala and Gavin 139 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,200 Newsom that they've championed, you know, free health care for 140 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:46,039 illegal immigrants, over sixty percent of Californians opposed that. We're 141 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:51,679 talking about the transgendered issue, allowing biological males to participate 142 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:56,320 in female sports in high school. There's only you know, 143 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,960 twenty four percent of people support that. And these are 144 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:05,720 eighty twenty seventy thirty issues that Democrat leadership like Kamala 145 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:10,320 and Gavin Newsom and AOC and Bernie Sanders are tightly 146 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,919 holding on to and claiming these are winning issues, and 147 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,600 they're not. And that's where Republicans are making gains and 148 00:11:17,639 --> 00:11:23,799 that's where the ideology in this state, in blue counties 149 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,200 like Los Angeles and even San Francisco are changing because 150 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,039 people are really fed up and obviously, as we know 151 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,559 in other parts of the country, these are not winning issues. 152 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about it, and it just seems like 153 00:11:36,639 --> 00:11:40,320 they're doubling down. So I ask you this as you 154 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:43,480 followed California politics, and it's interesting, you know, one of 155 00:11:43,519 --> 00:11:47,840 the big issues, of course, the cultural issue about trans 156 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:54,200 the trans issue and men in women's and boys and 157 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,600 girls' sports. I mean, you played Division III softball. Before 158 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:02,240 we get into some of the past and where we've 159 00:12:02,279 --> 00:12:07,639 come from, let's talk about your perspective on this. This 160 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,120 is something that obviously has exploded as an issue over 161 00:12:11,159 --> 00:12:15,480 the last several years in this country. Can you imagine 162 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,720 when you were playing Division III softball going to school, 163 00:12:19,159 --> 00:12:22,919 having a man playing in the sport what that would 164 00:12:22,919 --> 00:12:23,320 have meant? 165 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:27,639 Speaker 2: I could not. And it's very clear to me that 166 00:12:28,519 --> 00:12:32,559 there was a reason softball was created. It is a 167 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:38,840 female sport for female and baseball was separate. It was 168 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:44,720 designed specifically for men. And so to think that women 169 00:12:45,399 --> 00:12:51,360 and young girls are faced with these challenges of losing 170 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:58,919 spots on teams and losing games because they're being challenged 171 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,399 by not how good they are, but something that is 172 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,559 not within their control, breaks my heart. And if we're 173 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,320 going to take it full circle here, everybody's brought it up. 174 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,320 We can relate back to Gavin Newsom's quote on his 175 00:13:14,519 --> 00:13:18,200 famous podcast with Charlie Kirk where he said it is 176 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,399 not fair and that that is the root issue. It 177 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,080 is not fair. And if that's the case, why are 178 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:29,799 states like California and Maine and others still allowing it? 179 00:13:30,519 --> 00:13:36,399 And there's not a you know, what adults choose to 180 00:13:36,399 --> 00:13:40,519 do is what adults choose to do. But relating this 181 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:45,960 back to children and even collegiate sports, it is not 182 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:51,600 a place to welcome this kind of mentality. We need 183 00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:54,279 to stand behind women and I think that that's one 184 00:13:54,320 --> 00:14:00,159 thing that the Trump administration has done amazingly while in 185 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:05,840 passing legislation and in holding states accountable with funding for 186 00:14:05,919 --> 00:14:11,000 these issues, because public school and athletes and Title nine funding, 187 00:14:11,879 --> 00:14:16,360 those were all created in order to put women in 188 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,679 a place where they could have a space to participate 189 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:27,600 in sport and represent themselves. And we're now deteriorating that 190 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,480 at a rapid rate. And so it's something that breaks 191 00:14:32,519 --> 00:14:35,960 my heart in my own home state of California here 192 00:14:36,679 --> 00:14:40,879 that we're encouraging this and promoting it. But I do 193 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:46,799 commend the current administration and leadership for standing by women 194 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:51,039 and by girls and providing you know, opportunities here and 195 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,559 trying to hold states accountable. 196 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 3: The people out there that follow their politicians off cliff 197 00:15:00,559 --> 00:15:02,600 are a bit of a problem. The Watchout on Wall 198 00:15:02,639 --> 00:15:05,919 Street podcast with Chris Markowski every day Chris helps unpack 199 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,320 the connection between politics and the economy and how it 200 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,639 affects your wallet. Many pensions are down billions after the 201 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,399 market sell off from the tariffs. Could this mean pension 202 00:15:14,519 --> 00:15:17,159 cuts down the road? Some people out there fail to 203 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,559 see the force for the trees, whether it's happening in 204 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,000 DC or down on Wall Street. It's affecting you financially. 205 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: Be informed. 206 00:15:22,679 --> 00:15:24,519 Speaker 3: Check out the watch Dot on Wall Street podcast with 207 00:15:24,639 --> 00:15:27,799 Chris Markowski on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. 208 00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: And again, who fought like hell for Title nine? Who 209 00:15:35,039 --> 00:15:40,679 fought for women in sports and equal treatment of women 210 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:41,600 in sports? 211 00:15:42,159 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: You know, Richard Nixon is one of my heroes, despite 212 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,840 how everybody may feel sure towards the end, But what 213 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,600 do your college where I went is his alma mater. 214 00:15:53,159 --> 00:15:57,320 I was honored to learn about his legacy there behind 215 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:02,799 Title nine and it's republics. We've always championed the idea 216 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:09,960 of women having a place and providing opportunity, equal opportunity, 217 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:13,399 and that that's not what we're seeing right now by 218 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,360 allowing biological men to compete against women. 219 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,039 Speaker 1: You raised a very good point, the fairness question. I 220 00:16:21,039 --> 00:16:24,799 think that permeated the twenty twenty four election cycle. I 221 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,799 really do. I think the fairness question came up over 222 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,519 and over again in so many different areas, so many 223 00:16:29,519 --> 00:16:36,759 different leading areas of concern for Americans in twenty twenty four. 224 00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:41,399 One of those issues of innate fairness was on the 225 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:49,879 immigration side. It was the border crisis, the flood. Millions 226 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,639 of illegal immigrants poured into this country through the southwest border, 227 00:16:55,200 --> 00:17:01,320 through California, through Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. And it 228 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:06,680 wasn't just those border towns that experienced the invasion the 229 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:11,559 rest of the country. The border became everyone's backyard. How 230 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:16,440 much did that play into Is that playing into the 231 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,920 growth of the conservative movement, the return of the Republican 232 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:23,880 Party in California. 233 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:29,519 Speaker 2: I think immigration is a huge factor in California and 234 00:17:29,599 --> 00:17:33,359 a lot of these border states. You've seen a shift 235 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:39,160 with Latino voters supporting President Trump supporting Republicans in this administration. 236 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:46,359 There's a narrative being told for years now that Republicans 237 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,240 are racist, and that's not the case. We care about 238 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,680 legal immigration and doing things the right way. We care 239 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,440 about holding people accountable if you break the law and 240 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:01,039 returning you to your home country if you are here illegally. 241 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:08,599 Crime and immigration, unfortunately, have been correlated. And a lot 242 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:13,039 of these border states where you've seen mass illegal immigration 243 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:19,680 and you've seen a huge uprising in crime, and those 244 00:18:19,759 --> 00:18:24,559 numbers are connected. And so for people to support a 245 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:30,359 stricter border, a stricter immigration process because they want to 246 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,400 feel safe in their own homes. They want to feel 247 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,079 safe driving and going out to have lunch for families. 248 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:41,559 I mean, we saw a significant increase in crimes, not 249 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:46,920 just like home burglaries, but we're talking about violent crimes, 250 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:51,519 smash and grabs, and obviously that then translates to the 251 00:18:51,599 --> 00:18:55,400 problem that we've got going on with not enforcing our 252 00:18:55,480 --> 00:19:03,119 laws and turning felonies into misdemeanors and no bail and 253 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:09,400 just letting people go. So immigration as a whole reflects 254 00:19:09,839 --> 00:19:15,279 state policy because you're seeing an influx of people who 255 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:18,359 are not being held accountable to anybody, and when that's 256 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,680 the case, they're more likely to commit crime. 257 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,279 Speaker 1: And then back to the proposition, I mean that all 258 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,839 of that was tied in the public safety issue that 259 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,000 brought so many Californians out to the polls that enough 260 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:36,119 is enough. In your major cities across California, San Francisco, Oakland, 261 00:19:36,759 --> 00:19:42,359 in Los Angeles and elsewhere, you have had leftist prosecutors, 262 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:45,440 you know, that were funded, bought and paid for by 263 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:51,640 George Soros and crew that created environments that only fostered 264 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:55,240 crime and violent crime in these cities over the last 265 00:19:55,319 --> 00:19:59,759 several years. I think Californians did rightly say we're tired 266 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:03,720 of that. Not only did they vote for this proposition 267 00:20:04,839 --> 00:20:10,440 to return public safety, to make crime crime again, but 268 00:20:10,839 --> 00:20:16,079 they rejected those district attorneys and mayors who approved this 269 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,480 sort of stuff. You had a pretty successful run at 270 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:25,960 least against these politicians, these policy makers in twenty twenty 271 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,079 four as well, did you not? 272 00:20:27,839 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 2: We did. We saw and initially started with the recall 273 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:38,680 Chambourdin in San Francisco, and that really kicked off the 274 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,400 idea and the pitch for making crime illegal again. There 275 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,720 was this huge fund for Prop thirty six. It passed overwhelmingly, 276 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:50,839 and in Los Angeles County we were able to finally 277 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:58,720 remove George Gascone and elect essentially a conservative in Nathan Hawkman, 278 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,359 restoring justice back to our District attorney's office. 279 00:21:03,599 --> 00:21:08,519 Speaker 1: And my hope is, yes, Praise God, I am so 280 00:21:08,759 --> 00:21:12,480 happy a prayer answered for the people of Los Angeles, 281 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,039 for the people of California. 282 00:21:14,319 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 2: Yes, And you know, to that extent, he came in 283 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:23,039 ready to go. He's been amazing at his job these 284 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:28,960 last four months in really cleaning house and restoring justice 285 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:33,240 and order back to the city of Los Angeles. And 286 00:21:33,279 --> 00:21:38,200 my only hope is that other cities who have unfortunately 287 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:44,079 been affected by the das backed by George Soros, allow 288 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,720 their people to wake up and restore justice. I know 289 00:21:46,759 --> 00:21:49,839 that there's a big race in Manhattan, and there's a 290 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,200 Republican there running, and so all we can hope for 291 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:57,839 is that, you know, law and order is restored to 292 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,200 these major cities to start tacting its people. 293 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:06,319 Speaker 1: Indeed, and that is what a good many Californians voted 294 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:10,119 for in twenty twenty four, and I think they'll continue 295 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,640 to vote for if the messaging is correct on all 296 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,559 of this. Our guest today is Ariana Ausenmacher, chairwoman of 297 00:22:16,599 --> 00:22:20,680 the California Young Republican Federation. She previously served as chair 298 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,160 of the Los Angeles County Young Republicans from twenty eighteen 299 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,599 twenty twenty four. If there is anyone tapped into the 300 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:33,279 young conservative movement in deep blue California, it is Ariana. 301 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,319 I think we have to talk about where we've been 302 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:43,279 to know where we're going. It's always essentially, it's critical. 303 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:49,240 So Democrats for decades once again must have been doing 304 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,680 something right because they maintained power for so long. I 305 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,759 think it was a mixture of a number of things, 306 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,960 including some shenanigan at the polls. I don't think we 307 00:23:02,039 --> 00:23:06,960 can ever dismiss that fact redistricting people. You know, we 308 00:23:07,039 --> 00:23:11,720 know that the spoils of a victory or the spoils 309 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,839 of war go to the victors. So that also played 310 00:23:14,839 --> 00:23:17,960 a part in how these districts were set up in 311 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,599 the state congressionally, all of that sort of thing. But 312 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,079 they must have appealed. They did obviously appealed to a 313 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,720 good number of majority of voters. What do you think 314 00:23:30,839 --> 00:23:34,160 they did right for so long or what was it 315 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,359 that delivered them control? Has delivered them control for so 316 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,079 long in California. 317 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 2: Definitely, We unfortunately have been behind the times a little 318 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:52,920 bit when it comes to voter registration, ballots and even 319 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,640 our voter roles. Republicans have had to play catch up 320 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:01,599 a lot of the time. And what I've seen is 321 00:24:01,799 --> 00:24:07,079 a couple of things, especially coming out of the COVID era. Obviously, 322 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:12,759 nowadays we California does not have voter ID. You can 323 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,799 show up to any poll location and give them your 324 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:22,720 name and they will ask you if the address is correct, 325 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,960 if that's your address, and you just say yes or no, 326 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,119 and you get to vote. 327 00:24:28,279 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: I think there's your answer right there. Uncontrolled California politics 328 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,000 for so long, that's not just that is very alarming. 329 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,279 You're right, you only have to you only have to 330 00:24:40,319 --> 00:24:44,920 provide this information if I'm correct, upon registration. You don't 331 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,640 have to provide it at the poll. 332 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 2: And we also allow same day registration when it comes 333 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,960 to election day, so if you're not registered to vote, 334 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,160 you can show up and say, hey, I would like 335 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,480 to register and vote today, and they will give you 336 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:06,480 a special type of provisional ballot that you fill out 337 00:25:06,559 --> 00:25:11,799 with your registration and submit it that day. So there 338 00:25:11,839 --> 00:25:16,279 are obviously all these things as it comes to voter fraud, 339 00:25:16,799 --> 00:25:19,880 as it comes to sending people day of if you 340 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,400 look at voter registration, turnout and numbers, we don't clean 341 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,480 our voter roles. So if you move states or if 342 00:25:27,519 --> 00:25:30,440 you pass away, there's been a lot of times where 343 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,480 those ballots have been issued and people show up and 344 00:25:33,519 --> 00:25:37,039 claim to vote for those people. So those are some 345 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,160 of the significant issues that have been around Nowadays, coming 346 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:45,799 out of COVID, everybody receives a mail in ballot, so 347 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,200 that's been a significant challenge and an issue is long gone. 348 00:25:50,279 --> 00:25:53,920 Are the days of being an absentee voter. Everybody gets 349 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,480 a mail in ballot now, and so there's the issues 350 00:25:57,559 --> 00:26:01,480 of voting by mail or voting in person. You also 351 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,079 have you know, what we're allowed to do in California, 352 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:12,680 which is ballot harvesting, which typically as Conservatives and Republicans, 353 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,720 your ballot is very sacred, and so you turn it in, 354 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,839 you signed that line, and you put it in the mail, 355 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,359 or you go to vote in person. But what people 356 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,559 are allowed to do in California is collect ballots that 357 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:32,079 have been sealed by individuals and turn them over to 358 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,680 individuals who sign the back of the envelope that you 359 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,079 know says I'm turning this in on behalf of so 360 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,759 and so, and you are supposed to do it within 361 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,960 an X amount of days, and then you go drop 362 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,519 them off either to the registrar, or you could put 363 00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:49,680 them all in the mail together, or we even have 364 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:55,400 ballot drop boxes in our state. And so Republicans really 365 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,640 had to catch up to this game. And I will 366 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:02,680 credit our party former chairwoman Jessica Patterson and her leader 367 00:27:02,759 --> 00:27:08,680 under her leadership, really launched a full statewide assault to 368 00:27:09,319 --> 00:27:14,799 train and educate Republicans in every county on how to 369 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:19,400 do this, and I think it allowed us to have 370 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:24,119 a significant shift in the twenty four election cycle. If 371 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:28,400 people don't know, we also picked up three statewide seats. 372 00:27:29,519 --> 00:27:32,960 We flipped two state Assembly seats that were not on 373 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:38,839 anybody's radar out in the Inland Empire, and we flipped 374 00:27:38,839 --> 00:27:43,079 a state Senate seat in Orange County. And so by 375 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,359 doing that and by educating our grassroots operations, it allowed 376 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,440 us to actually be competitive when it came to our 377 00:27:51,519 --> 00:27:56,920 election cycle. And now we've got Assembly Member Carl Demayo 378 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,680 who was just elected, and former Assembly Member Bill A. 379 00:28:00,759 --> 00:28:05,559 Salee who recently stepped down for another great position, which 380 00:28:05,759 --> 00:28:09,319 hopefully we'll talk about homelessness in a little bit. They 381 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:14,240 are actually running a California voter ID law in California, 382 00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:17,079 and there was a court case one of our cities, 383 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:24,559 Huntington Beach, basically established voter ID law and Gavin Newsom 384 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,200 did not like that, punish them, challenge them, and the 385 00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:32,920 court just upheld voter ID in that city. And that 386 00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:37,039 is momentum here for this new Voter ID and Election 387 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:42,640 Integrity Act that hopefully Californians will vote for and support. 388 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,880 And I truly believe that there is a huge majority 389 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:50,960 of voters that support this, and arguments against voter ID 390 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,200 are essentially racist. They claim that people can't get an 391 00:28:55,240 --> 00:29:00,640 ID because they don't have access or they're two ignorant 392 00:29:01,079 --> 00:29:05,079 on how to get a government ID. And if you're 393 00:29:05,119 --> 00:29:09,039 talking about minority communities, that is a complete insult to 394 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,440 these people that they cannot figure out how to go 395 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,720 get an ID to vote and cast their bollot. And 396 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,880 a lot of these immigrants and a lot of these 397 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,640 minority communities voting is very, very important to them. And 398 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:27,599 so I believe that there's overwhelming support for this initiative 399 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,400 which will hopefully continue to change our elections and make 400 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,599 them more safe and more secure in our state. 401 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:37,319 Speaker 1: Absolutely, they call it the soft bigotry of low expectations. 402 00:29:37,359 --> 00:29:40,440 It's the hard bigotry of low expectations that's infused the 403 00:29:40,519 --> 00:29:43,960 Democrat Party for so long. I think that's being rejected 404 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:48,200 across the country, and obviously in California, the good folks 405 00:29:48,359 --> 00:29:50,440 in Hunting and Beach who stood up for this are 406 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,359 standing with seventy to eighty percent of Americans. The polling 407 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,720 is pretty consistent. Voter ID is not only effective for 408 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:04,000 a election integrity, it is very very popular, and we 409 00:30:04,079 --> 00:30:06,440 just saw in the state of Wisconsin in a recent 410 00:30:06,519 --> 00:30:11,359 election they codified their voter ID laws there in the constitution. 411 00:30:11,559 --> 00:30:14,559 Other states are doing that as well. California is indeed 412 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:19,960 like behind. But young voters, I think you know this 413 00:30:20,039 --> 00:30:24,400 better than anybody, based on the numbers that I've seen 414 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:30,920 for several years now, prefer getting an early ballot. They 415 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,119 have other things going on in their lives like the 416 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,559 rest of us do. They would many would rather vote 417 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,839 by absentee ballot or early ballot than stand in a 418 00:30:44,039 --> 00:30:48,680 long line on election day. So that dynamic has had 419 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:52,519 to change for everybody in the Republican party. But you've 420 00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:56,960 definitely had to recognize that in young Republican young conservative groups, 421 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:57,319 have you not? 422 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 2: We have? And I'll say, as an individual who moved 423 00:31:04,039 --> 00:31:08,720 from Arizona to California for college, I was an absentee 424 00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:12,400 voter my entire life. The first election I ever voted 425 00:31:12,519 --> 00:31:17,480 in person in was in twenty twenty two for our midterms. 426 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:23,000 I have always voted absentee because young people don't always 427 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,319 have the same address. You're moving constantly, so updating those 428 00:31:28,359 --> 00:31:32,880 records is really important. You also don't know if you're 429 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,000 going to be in town on election day. So I 430 00:31:36,119 --> 00:31:40,480 fully support the option of mail in and have some 431 00:31:40,599 --> 00:31:45,279 tee you know, voting. I do think that mailing every 432 00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:50,519 person on your voter roll about it is a little much, 433 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:55,400 especially when you've got people questioning do I vote by mail? 434 00:31:55,559 --> 00:31:58,799 Do I vote in person? What's What's more, what is 435 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,880 more safe and secure to make sure my vote is counted. 436 00:32:03,759 --> 00:32:08,000 So I'm not against mail in voting. I'm just against 437 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,759 mass mail in voting. I do think that some states 438 00:32:12,799 --> 00:32:15,599 do it right and they have people apply for an 439 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,559 absentee ballot. We used to do that here in California, 440 00:32:19,799 --> 00:32:22,079 and so I think that there are many ways that 441 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,359 you can look at it. But young people obviously want 442 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,960 update upgrades. We don't want to be stuck standing in line. 443 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,319 That even goes to show I mean, obviously technology has 444 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:40,240 changed so much. I will commend. Ballot tracks is the 445 00:32:40,279 --> 00:32:44,640 way that you can guarantee that your vote is counted. 446 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,920 In California. It goes from the day that your ballot 447 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,960 is mailed to you to when you drop it in 448 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,319 the mail yourself. For if you turn it into the 449 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,720 registrar's office and it shows you the process by which 450 00:32:57,799 --> 00:33:02,319 it's been collected. It's been counted, and it's been you know, 451 00:33:02,359 --> 00:33:06,039 your vote has been cast. And so that's a nice 452 00:33:06,079 --> 00:33:11,359 process to have, especially if we're talking about utilizing technology 453 00:33:12,079 --> 00:33:14,279 and you're not going to wait in line all day 454 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:18,480 on election day. I do commend those that are tried 455 00:33:18,519 --> 00:33:21,480 and true and show up on election day every year 456 00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:27,240 to vote, but again it's hard with time, commitment, all 457 00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:30,799 these factors that play into it. And so I think 458 00:33:30,839 --> 00:33:35,799 that variety and options are definitely what the youth are 459 00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:39,319 looking for. And with that, we want to make sure 460 00:33:39,359 --> 00:33:44,279 that if we're voting electronically or we're voting with a 461 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,079 vote by mail ballot, that it's still secure. And so 462 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,160 I think as we continue to see technology play a 463 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:56,079 factor in that, it'll help continue to support young voters 464 00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:01,400 voting absentee and feeling like that's a that's a secure 465 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:02,480 and safe option for them. 466 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: By the way, you can pull off that expression a 467 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,599 lot better than an old fifty something year old guy 468 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:11,480 like yours truly can. When I say the youth, the 469 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,000 youth look at me like this guy used a rotary phone, 470 00:34:16,039 --> 00:34:17,880 didn't he Wait a minute, what's a rotary phone? I 471 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:22,519 don't know, yes, but no, I agree. One hundred percent. 472 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:27,800 There is a difference between options to vote to providing 473 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,679 absentee ballots for those who cannot for whatever reason, vote 474 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,440 on election day. But I am a fifty something year 475 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,880 old guy. I will always vote on election day. I 476 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,000 always have voted on election day. It's just the wave 477 00:34:41,039 --> 00:34:45,480 that you know, my circuits work. But to have universal 478 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:50,559 automatic mailing out of ballots is and has been a 479 00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:56,519 recipe for election integrity abuses, and it is a real problem. 480 00:34:57,039 --> 00:35:03,119 Turn our attention to the current governor, podcast Newsom. Well, 481 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:08,320 he really is moving into the next chapter, whatever that 482 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:13,760 will be. But how much of the move the trend 483 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:20,840 toward red has to do with Gavin Newsom's leadership, if 484 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:25,639 you will, through COVID, through the twenty twenty two midterms, 485 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:30,039 all of that California experienced under Gavin Newsom. 486 00:35:31,159 --> 00:35:33,679 Speaker 2: I could talk for hours about Gavin Newsom, and I 487 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:39,440 would want to give his ego that much credits. You know, 488 00:35:40,199 --> 00:35:44,480 it's been a whirlwind, obviously we're in twenty twenty five now, 489 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:49,599 But what really I think started this whole thing is 490 00:35:50,079 --> 00:35:55,119 obviously his mishandling of COVID and shutting down the state 491 00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:01,000 fighting county supervisors. I mean we're talking about California. It 492 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:06,000 is what the fifth largest economy in the equated to 493 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:11,039 you know, yeah, And so you're trying to rule a 494 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:16,320 state that has fifty eight different counties, It has multiple 495 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,960 major cities, rural areas. It is not a one size 496 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,960 fits all approach. And so to lash out at counties 497 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,360 that we're doing things by the book and making things 498 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:35,320 safe and overruling them all because you wanted the power 499 00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:42,280 in that situation is completely unacceptable. There were counties they 500 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:47,719 had extremely low testing rates and COVID numbers coming out, 501 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:52,559 and Newsome you know, told them, too bad, We're going 502 00:36:52,639 --> 00:36:54,599 to follow. You're going to have to follow the rest 503 00:36:54,639 --> 00:36:58,159 of the state in this. And he completely eliminated the 504 00:36:58,199 --> 00:37:01,840 idea of local control, which just blows my mind. And 505 00:37:02,159 --> 00:37:06,000 you have states who then, like California, when people were claiming, 506 00:37:06,119 --> 00:37:10,400 you know, Trump should pass a federal you know law 507 00:37:10,519 --> 00:37:14,199 that requires states to be open. If you're against that, 508 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,119 but yet you're doing it at the state level. You 509 00:37:17,159 --> 00:37:22,199 don't get to pick and choose when you know, overrule 510 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,400 versus local control like matters, so that that's not the 511 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,239 way it works. It doesn't get to just benefit based 512 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,719 on whatever law or legislation you're trying to pass two. 513 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:37,440 I think closing beaches and outdoor locations blows my mind. 514 00:37:38,519 --> 00:37:43,159 I was fortunate enough that during that time frame, I 515 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,440 was actually in the Midwest visiting family, and I will 516 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:50,239 never forget I was supposed to fly back a few 517 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,679 days before, you know, the Summer of Love riot started, 518 00:37:54,119 --> 00:37:55,960 and my mom looked at me and she was like, 519 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,199 you're not going anywhere. I'm not sending you home to 520 00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,760 Los Angeles. I don't trust I don't want you alone 521 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,960 in that city, in that county with everything going on. 522 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:09,320 And I remember having conversations with friends who, for the 523 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:17,000 first time in their life, felt truly fearful to be 524 00:38:17,199 --> 00:38:21,079 in this city. And it was devastating to watch that, 525 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:26,920 to watch businesses shutter, businesses leave this state, and it 526 00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:31,360 just I mean, California still is not recovered. You know, 527 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:36,840 we're losing refineries, we're losing businesses. We've had mass migration 528 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:44,239 to other states because California starting, you know, even before 529 00:38:44,519 --> 00:38:47,320 twenty twenty. But I think twenty twenty is what really 530 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:51,239 put people on the map. For I can no longer 531 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,960 live here. It is a beautiful state, it is. You know, 532 00:38:56,679 --> 00:39:00,239 there's some amazing people here and unfortunately people will have 533 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:05,480 to leave families and leave legacy behind because Gavin Newsom 534 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:13,199 drove this state into the gutter. And from that, you know, 535 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:17,360 we have not seen a mass build back in the 536 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:23,039 last five years. We've seen gas prices increase significantly. We 537 00:39:23,119 --> 00:39:27,559 pay the highest gas in the nation. We have refineries 538 00:39:27,679 --> 00:39:34,000 leaving Chevron closed down. Voalero just announced a week ago 539 00:39:34,519 --> 00:39:39,599 that they're closing their refinery of North. It is unsustainable 540 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:44,360 for businesses to leave to be here. And with our 541 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:51,800 regulation on energy, we are becoming a state that will 542 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:56,360 no longer be able to do energy ourselves. We will 543 00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:01,039 be reliant, unfortunately on the federal government. And I think 544 00:40:01,079 --> 00:40:03,239 the biggest thing now that people can look at and 545 00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:11,360 what Newsom has done, is the wildfire mitigation or lack thereof, 546 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,360 that we saw in January this past year. People forget 547 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,079 that there are there were fires that occurred back in 548 00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:22,159 twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen. 549 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,079 Speaker 1: That had I remember them well, and the same sort 550 00:40:25,119 --> 00:40:29,320 of debates surrounding them. Policy it was really a California policy, 551 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:30,880 leftist policy, and. 552 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:36,400 Speaker 2: Catastrophic loss of life and loss loss of you know, structures, 553 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,920 in these communities up north, and to have the same 554 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:49,079 thing happen less than ten years later because of Biden's administration, 555 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:54,639 because of Gavin Newsom's lack of you know, caring for 556 00:40:54,679 --> 00:41:00,920 these communities and willingness to prep and release water. It 557 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,599 you know, it all comes to a head in January 558 00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:08,320 this year when the fires broke out in Los Angeles. 559 00:41:08,639 --> 00:41:13,960 I think it just proved the point and it validated 560 00:41:14,079 --> 00:41:18,920 so many people who voted for Trump in the twenty 561 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:23,320 twenty four cycles that we need change. And mind you, 562 00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:28,760 not only did Gaven Newsom then after the fires refuse 563 00:41:29,519 --> 00:41:34,920 to spend more on a truck or help these communities out, 564 00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:41,599 he went ahead and pushed fifty million dollars into fighting 565 00:41:41,599 --> 00:41:47,760 the Trump administration, passing a legal healthcare, passing healthcare for 566 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:55,760 illegal immigrants, and yes, yes, yes, and basically bankrupting our states. 567 00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,480 I mean, he is now begging the federal government for 568 00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:04,480 funding because we're way over budget, and he does not 569 00:42:04,679 --> 00:42:07,480 care about the citizens in the state. He cares about 570 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,199 an image. He's trying to be a chameleon and do 571 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:15,639 these podcasts and put himself out there and appeal across 572 00:42:15,679 --> 00:42:20,519 the board. But all anybody needs to do is look 573 00:42:20,559 --> 00:42:26,199 at California and look at how far we've gone off 574 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:32,400 the rails, and see that Gavin Newsom is not presidential material. 575 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,920 He is not somebody you want running this nation. He's 576 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:40,920 destroyed California, He's destroyed San Francisco, and that's very clear. 577 00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:43,480 And I think as long as people continue to stay 578 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,719 on that messaging and show the data and show what's 579 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,280 taken place in this state under his leadership the last 580 00:42:50,679 --> 00:42:56,280 ten fifteen years, it'll be very clear that he only 581 00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:57,280 cares about himself. 582 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:02,239 Speaker 1: This is the guy who carried the gas tank to 583 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:06,280 the fire of California, the old California. I think you're right. 584 00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,760 I think COVID and the wildfires, you know, those the 585 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:13,880 five year spread between those catastrophic events. I think they 586 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,920 killed the old California. Both of those events the way 587 00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:19,480 they were handled, of course by the people in power, 588 00:43:19,519 --> 00:43:23,880 Gavin Newsom in particular, and that is why you're seeing 589 00:43:24,039 --> 00:43:28,199 this great sea chain shift in a deep blue state. 590 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,079 So with that in mind, the final question, what is 591 00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:37,199 it going to take now to put California that much 592 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:42,719 closer or into the red column, to bring back a 593 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:46,719 Republican governor, to change the power dynamic at the state 594 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:50,679 legislature and at the congressional level as well. 595 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:55,119 Speaker 2: We have some amazing leadership coming into this party. We 596 00:43:55,199 --> 00:43:59,079 just elected a new state chairwoman, Current Rankin, who I 597 00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:02,159 think has a very clear vision for this state and 598 00:44:02,199 --> 00:44:06,800 how to carry messaging out for Republicans. We have some 599 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:12,000 phenomenal young Republican leadership in our state Assembly with David 600 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:18,679 Tongkiba and Kate Sanchez, Josh Hoover, Ali Mesito, and we 601 00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:23,440 have Congressman Kevin Kyle Lee leadings away in the charge 602 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:28,440 against Gavin Newsom and supporting Trump's administration. So I think 603 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:33,920 with that leadership at the helm, plus our Assembly minority 604 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:38,880 leadership and our Senate minority leadership, we are finding the 605 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:44,800 issues that make sense. We're registering more Republicans, and at 606 00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:46,960 the end of the day, it's about common sense. It's 607 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:51,760 sticking to the messaging of California is unaffordable. Businesses are leaving, 608 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:58,559 and our state is in disarray, and it takes real leadership. 609 00:44:58,639 --> 00:45:01,400 And I think that we've got, you know, one or 610 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,719 two good Republican candidates that are planning to run for 611 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:09,800 governor who have a real chance and supporting them, educating 612 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:15,159 people on the issues continuing to talk about that with people. 613 00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:17,679 You don't need to come into it with a hard, 614 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:23,000 hoar conversation if you just talk to people about you know, 615 00:45:23,079 --> 00:45:25,119 how hard is it for you right now to pay 616 00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:28,639 your bills, how hard is it to pull up your 617 00:45:28,679 --> 00:45:30,920 gas take? You know, do you feel safe in your home? 618 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:35,079 What can we do to help that? And remember that 619 00:45:35,199 --> 00:45:39,480 this state is so large that there are issues affecting 620 00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:43,440 every community, and making sure that we are going to 621 00:45:43,559 --> 00:45:48,239 each community and we're talking to everybody about what's affecting them, 622 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:52,239 because not necessarily what's happening in Los Angeles is the 623 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:55,760 same issues happening in Fresno, the same issues happening in 624 00:45:55,800 --> 00:46:00,000 San Francisco and Sacramento, and obviously even in our rural community. 625 00:46:00,639 --> 00:46:05,119 We need to make sure that we are touching voters 626 00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:07,719 at every level, and that's when we'll start to win. 627 00:46:08,119 --> 00:46:11,519 We will win independence and Democrats and bring them to 628 00:46:11,559 --> 00:46:17,000 the table because saving this state is not a political issue. 629 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:22,679 It is a livelihood issue, and it's about creating a 630 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:28,239 state that generations can continue to thrive on. And right 631 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,880 now that's not possible. It is impossible to see a 632 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:36,440 future in this state, and we need to change that 633 00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,239 and Republicans right now are the only ones that have 634 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:40,760 solutions to do that. 635 00:46:42,119 --> 00:46:46,039 Speaker 1: Well. As weird as California has gotten over the years 636 00:46:46,079 --> 00:46:51,519 thanks to leftist control, leftist power, leftist ideologies in every 637 00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:56,440 walk of life, it seems there are a number of 638 00:46:56,519 --> 00:47:02,960 Conservatives and a growing number of conservatives, as Ariana noted, 639 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:06,400 that are making a difference. They're getting the message out there, 640 00:47:06,599 --> 00:47:10,320 and people are, quite frankly, are fed up. And as 641 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:14,960 California goes, the United States goes, as noted, one of 642 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,480 the largest economies in and of itself, the state of California. 643 00:47:20,679 --> 00:47:28,199 You you, as conservatives, as Republicans, you ignore California at 644 00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:33,119 the country'sone peril. And that is why twenty twenty six, 645 00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:38,480 the coming elections are so very very important. Thanks to 646 00:47:38,519 --> 00:47:42,360 my guest today, Arianna Aussenmacher, chairwoman of the California Young 647 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,119 Republican Federation, you've been listening to another edition of the 648 00:47:46,119 --> 00:47:50,079 Federalist Radio Hour. I'm at Kittle, Senior Elections correspondent at 649 00:47:50,119 --> 00:47:53,679 the Federalist. We'll be back soon with more. Until then, 650 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:57,920 stay lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray 651 00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:04,519 Speaker 2: Too.