WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.160 It's somewhat amazing to behold, but so much of the 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:13.320 election is actually hinging not on how you know, how 3 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:16.519 the ten thousand stupidest people in Pennsylvania are going to vote. 4 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:19.879 I was actually looking at this the other day. It's 5 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:23.920 all gonna come down to Pennsylvania. I'm now more and 6 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:26.519 more convinced whoever wins Pennsylvania is winning this thing. 7 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:30.320 That's it. That's like the long and short of it. 8 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:35.479 Because it looks like Trump's gonna win a couple of 9 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:37.799 states that he's winning, and the one state that's still 10 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:44.320 standing on a knife is Pennsylvania. So this is the 11 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.799 American way. The fate of the entire world, the fate 12 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.240 of the free world, rests in the hands of the 13 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:54.960 ten thousand stupidest people in Pennsylvania who still have not 14 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:58.000 made up their minds about whether they like Donald Trump 15 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:05.799 or not. Now regardless, there's another place that is basically 16 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:09.480 the battleground for the country, and that is right here 17 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.359 in California. I don't know how many of you, within 18 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.439 the sound of my voice have turned on a television 19 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.599 in the last month and a half, but you have 20 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:26.000 been bombarded by non stop ads for or against two 21 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:33.560 different people, John Duarte and David Valadeo. So, John Duarte 22 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:39.359 is running for congress. He is up north, David Valadeo's 23 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:43.959 down south. Duarte. His congressional seat involves a lot of 24 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:45.719 pretty much all of them are Said County, a lot 25 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.599 of Madera County, Santosous County, San Joaquin County up north. 26 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:54.840 David Valadeo has King's County, parts of Toularry County. I 27 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:58.079 think he goes into current county, et cetera. So David 28 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:05.000 Valadeo South, John Darte North. Duarte is running against Adam Gray, 29 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:09.159 a former member of the California State Legislature, as is 30 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:12.479 David Valdeo running against Rudy Sallas, a longtime member of 31 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:19.599 the California State Assembly. And you are seeing NonStop constant 32 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:22.639 ads for or against these two people. 33 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:29.319 Why well, the whole fate of much of. 34 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:31.639 What could happen over the next four years is going 35 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:35.039 to be determined by who wins those two races. Let 36 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:40.639 me explain the ways. Right now, Republicans control the House 37 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:46.319 Representatives by an incredibly narrow margin. It is with well 38 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:52.599 within the realm of possibility that Democrats could take the House. 39 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:00.719 And there are so many different outcomes that one side 40 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:06.039 or the other controlling the House could alter. Allow me 41 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:11.520 to relate all the ways. Let's suppose Donald Trump wins, 42 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:17.479 but Democrats take the House. Trump will be impeached at 43 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:22.280 least one more time, at least one more time, possibly 44 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:22.879 two times. 45 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:25.319 God knows. 46 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:27.960 God knows how many times are they going to impeach him. 47 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:33.599 I don't know, but that's on the table. They could 48 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:38.240 have non stop impeachment inquiries because when you control one, 49 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.719 when you control the House, you can start impeachment hearings. 50 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:44.680 And when you control one house or the other, you 51 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:48.719 have subpoena power. You can investigate things for the sake 52 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:53.919 of legislation, you can interview witnesses, et cetera. So they 53 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:58.439 could have January sixth Committee style hearings for all kinds 54 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:03.280 of things. Plus with the January sixth Committee, they've now 55 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:07.120 established this precedent that you know, if Democrats have a majority, 56 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:12.000 they are going to they will, for some politically charged cause, 57 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:14.520 they will set up committees where they will not allow 58 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.560 Republicans to pick the people that they necessarily want to 59 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:22.480 pick to be the minority on the committee. So you 60 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:29.639 can have incredibly biased presentations of facts et cetera. Now, 61 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.079 if Democrats take control of the House and Trump wins, 62 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:38.399 that could happen. But here's the other big thing. Let's 63 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:42.319 suppose Democrats get the trifecta. I think it's the most 64 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:46.120 unlikely scenario is the idea of Democrats taking the Senate 65 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:51.720 or retaining the Senate. I think pretty much universally people 66 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:56.199 think Republicans are going to take and whole are going 67 00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:02.240 to take back the Senate. Democrats are certainly going to 68 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:08.839 lose the race in West Virginia where Joe Manchin is 69 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:10.759 going to be replaced by a Republican. That will be 70 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:14.079 one guaranteed Republican pickup. It looks like Democrats are certainly 71 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:17.439 going to lose in Montana where John Tester is going 72 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:22.360 to lose. So right there, that's a switch that gives 73 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:28.480 the Republicans the majority from forty. Republicans right now have 74 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:31.759 forty nine Senate seats, and that would flip them to 75 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:36.079 fifty one. It's a pretty favorable year for Republicans in 76 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.839 the Senate. Democrats are defending more, far more seats than 77 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:46.600 Republicans are. Maybe there's some scenario where also who is 78 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:50.920 president plays into this. If Trump wins Republicans only need 79 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.680 to get fifty votes to technically get the majority in 80 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:58.240 the Senate, fifty votes plus Jade Vance as the tiebreaker. 81 00:05:58.759 --> 00:06:01.879 On the flip side, if Kamala Harris wins, Democrats only 82 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:07.279 need fifty votes plus Tim Walls as the tiebreaker. But 83 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:12.480 let's suppose Democrats get the majority in the Senate. They 84 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:14.800 get at least they hold on to at least fifty seats, 85 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:23.519 Kamala Harris wins, and Democrats win the House. What happens then, Well, 86 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:28.800 if that happens, all hell is going to break loose 87 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:32.240 because the Democrats will get rid of the filibuster rule 88 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:32.800 in the Senate. 89 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:34.480 So what does that mean. 90 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:40.560 The filibuster rule in the Senate is the rule that says, 91 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.519 in the Senate you actually need sixty votes, not just 92 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:50.560 fifty plus a tiebreaker to advance most pieces of legislation. 93 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:55.600 So this is a long standing Senate rule. It kind 94 00:06:55.639 --> 00:07:01.160 of requires more consensus. It makes it harder pass legislation 95 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:04.839 in the Senate. You need actually sixty votes rather than 96 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:12.000 just a simple fifty vote majority. The Democrats in the 97 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:14.839 Senate have all pledged they will get rid of well 98 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:17.560 at the very least forty nine of the fifty one 99 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:21.480 Democrat senators right now have all said we will get 100 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.879 rid of the filibuster rule for certain things. The only 101 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:27.279 two Democrat senators who don't want to do that are 102 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:33.759 Joe Manchin who's leaving, and Kirsten Cinema who's leaving. So 103 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:39.000 the Democrats are like all in on this idea of 104 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.160 getting rid of the philibuster rule in the Senate so 105 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:47.279 that they can pass, for example, universal nationwide abortion. You 106 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.800 know under what circumstance They won't do that though in 107 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:55.560 the Senate. If Republicans have the House. That's the situation 108 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:58.040 right now, Democrats have fifty one votes in the Senate. 109 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:00.360 They could get rid of the philibuster rule in the 110 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:05.279 Senate to pass things they want. Why aren't they doing it, Well, 111 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:07.639 they're not doing it because it makes no sense right 112 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:12.519 now to do that kind of enormous precedent breaking move 113 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.040 when the House is not going to pass legislation they want. 114 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:26.319 It doesn't make any sense. So basically, Republicans retaining control 115 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.800 of the House, at least retaining control of the House, 116 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:37.960 provides this break against Democrats doing the absolute worst things 117 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:47.200 they can do. That's the only reason why Biden hasn't 118 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.720 been able over the last two years to accomplish the 119 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:53.120 worst things he wants to do. I think the first 120 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:58.200 two years of the Biden administration he sort of was softly. 121 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.799 He was okay with breaking the filibus but thank god 122 00:09:00.919 --> 00:09:06.519 Democrats didn't quite have the fifty didn't quite have the 123 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:09.759 votes necessary to get rid of the philibuster. Kirston Cinema 124 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:12.759 and Joe Manson basically saved the Republic and said, no, 125 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:14.919 we're not going to abolish the filibuster rule just for 126 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.480 the sake of accomplishing something in the short term. Now, 127 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:21.240 they were going to do that with They were going 128 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:25.399 to do that with their voting rights bill, so called 129 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.039 voting rights bill that they wanted past, which would basically 130 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.919 just export all of California's voting rules to the rest 131 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.120 of the country. They were rattling their sabers to do 132 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:38.679 that after roev Wade was overturned. After Rovy Wade was overturned, 133 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:41.440 they wanted basically just to pass a new nationwide law 134 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.200 to make abortion legal in all fifty states, override all 135 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:49.440 the laws of all the fifty states regulating abortion. But 136 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:52.679 again Kirston Cinema and Joe Manchin didn't want to break 137 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:54.000 the filibuster in order. 138 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:54.240 To do it. 139 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:04.200 But Harris is so oh behold into abortion, so committed 140 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:09.000 to it that she wants to do that. There won't 141 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:11.519 be any of the ambivalents that Biden showed on the question. 142 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.600 She desperately wants to do that. 143 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:16.480 I think she. 144 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:19.399 I mean, she's now open about wanting to do her 145 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:24.960 scheme to pack the Supreme Court, like she wants to 146 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.000 do all these insane things. To do these insane things, 147 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:30.279 she needs to control both the House and the Senate. 148 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:32.320 She needs to break the philibuster rule in the Senate. 149 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:36.080 They're not gonna bother breaking the filibuster rule in the Senate. If, 150 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:40.759 for example, John Duarte and David Valadei hold onto their seats. 151 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:44.919 If John Duarte and David Valadeill hold onto their seats, 152 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:47.759 it probably means Republicans are going to hold on to 153 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:51.000 con I'll hold on to the House of Representatives. These are, 154 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:57.840 honestly two of the top ten most hotly contested, most 155 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:04.200 expensive races in the country are John Duarte and David 156 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:08.840 Valdeo's races. Now, when we return, we'll be able to 157 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:11.519 talk with We will be speaking with John Duarte We're 158 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.200 going to talk with him about an sort of an 159 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.279 interesting topic, a little bit of a side the importance 160 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.919 the ongoing importance of AM radio Duarte's efforts to retain it, 161 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:23.440 and will get an update from him on his race 162 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.320 against Adam Gray. This is the John Girardi Show right 163 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:31.879 here on Power Talk. A topic of kind of selfish 164 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.720 interest for me, but non selfish interest for a lot 165 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:37.720 of farmers out there, a lot of people dealing with 166 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:43.480 emergency response is the ongoing existence of AM radio. For 167 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.879 those of you listening to this, I know a lot 168 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:46.879 of you are listening to this on Power Talk ninety 169 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:49.879 six seven in Fresno. They're probably also though, a lot 170 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.919 of you listening to this on AM thirteen sixty in 171 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:55.919 Modesto and AM fourteen hundred in the South Valley. Here 172 00:11:55.960 --> 00:12:00.200 to talk with me about the effort to preserve AM 173 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.960 radio in cars is still at least a third or 174 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:06.480 more of the radio stations in the country or AM radio. 175 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:09.840 Here to talk with me about it is Congressman John 176 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:13.000 Duarte from the thirteenth District of California. Congressman, thanks so 177 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:14.600 much for being on the John Girardi Show. I really 178 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.080 appreciate it. 179 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:20.320 The John Girardi Show and Congressman John Duarte. We got 180 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:22.440 to keep that extra straight today, don't There we go? 181 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:23.679 John? And John, there we go. 182 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:28.399 So Congressman, Uh, tell me a little bit about this 183 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.399 effort that I know you're signed on as a co 184 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:39.240 sponsor to this legislation. Your district obviously comprises the very 185 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:43.399 ag heavy I was pretty much everything between the ninety 186 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.639 nine and the five from Fresno, almost almost reaching up 187 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:51.120 to Stockton, so Olmer said, County Madera, County at Stanislaus County, 188 00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:54.440 et cetera. Tell me a little bit about why you're 189 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:57.960 you're signed on to this effort to kind of keep 190 00:12:58.159 --> 00:12:59.360 AM radio preserved. 191 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:02.639 Well, you touched on the most important part of it, John, 192 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:06.000 This is a bypart is an effort to recognize that 193 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:12.879 AM radio is the most reliable, flexible, already established system 194 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.639 for people to get communications during emergencies and when you're 195 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:18.840 up in Tahoe in the whole mountain snowed in and 196 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.960 everyone's stuck in traffic, it's the AM radio stations that 197 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.759 the caltrams direct you to listen to to find out 198 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:29.600 what road conditions are and get emergency updates. This is 199 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:34.159 true during fires, floods, everyone's got an AM radio and 200 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:39.960 the emergency response folks can rely on radio AM radio. 201 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:44.759 One AM radio tower can broadcast over and around mountains, 202 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:49.080 that can broadcast hundreds of miles, that can cover many 203 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:52.159 cities with a single radio station. So a generator in 204 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.360 a radio broadcast station with AM radio can provide emergency 205 00:13:57.039 --> 00:14:00.519 information to hundreds and hundreds of thousd and if not 206 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:04.159 millions of people. And that's why when you're when you're 207 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:06.200 in your car and you're in an emergency or there's 208 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:09.240 an evacuation, AM radio is what we. 209 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:12.879 Go to, right, and the other, the big the other 210 00:14:12.960 --> 00:14:15.279 sort of big push for this. It seems to be 211 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:20.200 coming from a lot of congressmen in rural areas, agricultu 212 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:24.240 ag heavy areas. And maybe you could explain a little 213 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:27.120 bit about how this is. I mean, certainly, any farmer 214 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:29.120 is listening to this on an AM radio station probably 215 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:33.320 already understands this. But maybe for our city slicker listeners, 216 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:37.840 the ways in which AM radio is useful for especially 217 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.799 for the ag community and farmers and such. 218 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:47.399 Well, Yeah, AM radio is a very popular rural communications channel. 219 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.720 So one of the side benefits to keep an aim 220 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:52.559 radio around is that this is kind of the low 221 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:55.799 rate zone. This is the local news, This is the 222 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:59.399 ag report. These are the specialty radio station. Sometimes you 223 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:03.080 find a local college campus has a socialist radio station 224 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.799 or some some crazy thing like that. But this is 225 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:10.159 where you can find a very democratized communication medium that 226 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:13.960 can really serve local and niche needs. And I don't 227 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:16.320 want to lose it. And I don't want big tech 228 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.759 to take over any more of our communications. I don't 229 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:22.960 want everyone to have to have a radio subscription to 230 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.279 get media. I don't want everyone to have to go 231 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:28.720 online or go into one of the podcast sources that 232 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:32.320 can be edited or jocked around with. We've seen too 233 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:35.519 much of that lately. AM radio has a long history 234 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:42.480 of democratized niche and local content, and that's where're protected. 235 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:45.240 Yeah, I totally agree. 236 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:50.320 And you know, I think this is a legitimate role 237 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:53.559 of Congress. You know, I think a lot of conservatives 238 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:57.720 complain about, you know, congressional congress overreaching. That's not what 239 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:01.080 the framers want. Well, No, this is is interstate commerce. 240 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:06.120 This is the airwaves that you know don't necessarily radio 241 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:08.240 airwaves don't necessarily recognize state boundaries. 242 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:10.000 This is interstate commerce. 243 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:16.720 This is huge multi state you know businesses, car manufacturers, 244 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:21.240 et cetera that are looking to you know that they 245 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.519 have a profit mode of interest, and you're as a congressman, 246 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:28.519 you're having to deal with questions of you know, nationwide 247 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:32.120 public safety and things like that. Any thought sort of 248 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:35.000 on that, you think this is an appropriate role for 249 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.679 Congress to be stepping in here. 250 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:41.279 As we talked about, John, I think that the public 251 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:46.440 safety and public information system that FM radio uniquely plays 252 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.559 is the most compelling argument in this bill. Right, we 253 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:53.360 all want to be careful when we start to use 254 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:57.200 government to structure the media markets, right, and you want 255 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:59.360 to let that kind of flows. That flows. A lot 256 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:01.639 of us listen to more podcasts now than we used to. 257 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.640 Am Rady's still got a very strong role to play 258 00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:09.000 for a lot of listeners. But I certainly wouldn't make 259 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:15.279 a move in Congress. There's full communication channels away from 260 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:18.119 listeners who want to access the information of the entertainment 261 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:23.160 that groups like yours provides. The biggest, most compelling part 262 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:26.640 of this bill, though, truly, is the emergency communication system. 263 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:31.400 Yeah yeah, well, Congressman, I appreciate all the insight on 264 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:35.000 this Bill in particular. I think I'd be remiss though, 265 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:38.319 to ask you about your campaign right now. I mean, 266 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:43.759 this is one of the big most hotly contested races 267 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:46.920 for the House of Representatives in the whole country, your 268 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:49.720 race against Adam Gray. I just thought i'd ask how 269 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:52.680 it's going, how are you feeling, and sort of what's 270 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.480 sort of the choice for voters in. 271 00:17:57.279 --> 00:17:58.519 Within the thirteenth district. 272 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.119 Well, the choice is clear. We can stay on the 273 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:05.839 path of high taxes, high inflation, high gas prices, high 274 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:09.920 grocery prices, and fleeing companies from California as well as 275 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:13.119 the United States. Or we can go back to the 276 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:18.480 policies of affordability, opportunity, bring the gas price of gas 277 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:22.640 and groceries down, drill American oil, repatriot of manufacturing, because 278 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.440 when you have low cost energy, you have manufacturers look 279 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:29.200 at look at our nation differently when it comes to 280 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.960 where they manufacture. Right now, in the thirteenth district, we've 281 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.960 got families paying forty seven cents a kilowatt hour to 282 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:41.519 pgene for electricity. Nobody is going to put great jobs 283 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:45.279 and the energy intensive factory in a location that's got 284 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:46.920 forty seven cent kilowatt today. 285 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:50.119 Yeah, well it's our Gavin Newsom fiber ten years them. Yeah, 286 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:51.839 you know, Gavin Newsom is going to have that handled. 287 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.240 He'll make sure that there's enough oil in all those 288 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:57.519 refineries so that there will never be price fluctuations. It'll 289 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.640 just always be high priced. 290 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:01.640 So that's great. Do some ANPTI the checking account so 291 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:02.799 he bought more checks? 292 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.960 Right, yeah exactly. 293 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.799 I don't know how that works. You screw up the 294 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.799 fossil fuel industry, so you build more tanks for fossil fuel. 295 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:13.319 It makes no sense. But we don't expect much out 296 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:13.960 of these guys. 297 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:16.960 I love how the you know, the gas companies are 298 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:18.359 telling him, do not do this. 299 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:21.319 We will not keep investing here. That will increase all 300 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.880 your prices. 301 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:25.400 Oh I'm going to do this. Okay, good sounds great. 302 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:29.079 Thanks thanks a lot for engaging honestly with us. All right, Well, 303 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:33.279 at any rate, Congressman Duarte, we appreciate having you on. 304 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.799 Good luck. 305 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:38.279 We'll probably I assume Trevor and I will be checking 306 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:40.079 in with you guys on election night. 307 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.400 Again. 308 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:44.319 It's one of the how these California races you and 309 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:47.680 David Valadeo goo that could determine the whole you know, 310 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.480 whether Keem Jefferies or Mike Johnson is Speaker of the House. 311 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:55.039 So we're we're going to be watching with great interest. 312 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:58.480 I'm available over the weekend. Keep in touch, glad to 313 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.000 connect with you. 314 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:01.559 All Right, it sounds good, and we will be back 315 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:06.319 with more right here on the John Girardi Show. All right, 316 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:12.519 let's talk about some more local elections stuff. The thing 317 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:15.200 I want to talk about. I want to talk about 318 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.079 some of the bond measures, specifically the Clovis Unified and. 319 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:19.680 The President Unified bond measures. 320 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.640 Now, my wife got in the mail because we live 321 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.160 in kind of the Clovis Unified area. Yes, on measure 322 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:35.200 A five proofs of a great bond. Now, I thought 323 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:39.920 this was funny phrasing because five proofs is commonly used 324 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.720 phrased in the. 325 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.599 History of philosophy. 326 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:45.079 That relates to the five proofs of the existence of 327 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:50.119 God that Aristotle and Saint Thomas wrote about extensively in 328 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.680 their works. 329 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:53.200 So I'm like, oh, five proofs. 330 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.319 Hey, you've heard of Aristotle and Saint Thomas giving five proofs. 331 00:20:56.319 --> 00:21:01.240 But here's five proofs on what a great bond measure A. Now, 332 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:03.039 for those who are not aware If you live in 333 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:05.599 Close Unified, you're voting on Measure A. If you live 334 00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:09.279 within the District of Fresno Unified, you're voting on Measure H. 335 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:14.400 Measure A is a four hundred million dollar bond measure 336 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:19.480 for construction projects. Measure H is a five hundred million 337 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:26.079 bond for construction projects. Both of these bond measures are 338 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:33.039 emanating from Proposition two. Proposition two is a statewide ten 339 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:40.960 billion dollar bond measure for schools and community colleges. And 340 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:45.000 that is maybe the chief reason why I don't want 341 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:48.119 to vote yes on any of these local, individual school 342 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:53.400 district bond measures. They're not Actually what they're doing is 343 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:59.400 basically they know that Proposition two is on the table statewide. 344 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:04.519 If Proposition two passes, they can get more money from 345 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:06.920 the state, like matching money from the state, if they 346 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:11.440 also raise money through a local bond measure. That's why 347 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:14.920 every single school district in the region is issuing a 348 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:19.359 bond measure right now. It's to capture the proposition to money. 349 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:24.920 So I guess this just makes me skeptical and not 350 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:29.440 really believe all these school districts when they say, oh, well, 351 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:31.680 we need the oh, all of a sudden we need 352 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:34.480 the sort even though we just passed, you know, several 353 00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:38.720 hundred million dollar bond measures just four years ago and got. 354 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.359 State funding for it. 355 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:42.640 Even though we already got a bond measure and a 356 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.880 ton of money just four years ago. 357 00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:46.480 No, no, no, no, no, we need it right now. 358 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:49.119 It doesn't have anything to do with the Oh just 359 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:52.599 klinky dink that the state bond measure is here. Yes, 360 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:55.200 I'm sure people would like all the money all the time, 361 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:58.319 all the time. And there's always things that school districts 362 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:00.240 could spend money on. It. I mean, I've heard people 363 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:02.839 from Clothes unifieds are, well, if we need this bond 364 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:06.079 measure finish Clovis South. Why do you need it to 365 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:08.680 finish Close South? Why did you start Clovis South without 366 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:10.680 a clear roadmap of how you were going. 367 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.039 To finish it. 368 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:14.279 Well, prices increased for everything during COVID, so you know 369 00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:16.599 we couldn't have anticipated that, so we we really need 370 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:19.279 this money. Well, you know what, maybe make Clovi South 371 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:22.519 a little less grandiose. I don't know, one less Olympic 372 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:27.559 sized swimming pool. I don't know, having to go to 373 00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:31.400 Close East for the swimming. I don't know, like tighten 374 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:34.559 your belt. Why is it that school districts are the 375 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:38.200 only ones who don't ever have to tighten their belts? 376 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:42.079 You know, I'm spending a lot more money on everything. 377 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:46.240 Why should I have to continue spending a lot on 378 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:51.359 my property taxes just so that your grandiose designed for 379 00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.319 Clovis South. 380 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.920 Like there's no fat you can cut out of Clovis South. 381 00:23:55.640 --> 00:24:01.519 How much of a shortfall are we at here? Anyway? 382 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:07.200 Here's what the Measure A supporters say about Measure A, 383 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:10.200 the five proofs of the existence of God. Note the 384 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:14.920 five proofs of why it's a great bond measure. It 385 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:20.559 starts out with a flat out deception. Maybe not a 386 00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:25.240 flat out lie, but it's certainly deceptive. Number one doesn't 387 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:29.839 cost you an extra penny? 388 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.519 Yes it does. 389 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:36.680 I'm so sick of this messaging from the Clovis Unified 390 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:40.119 crowd about how Measure A isn't going to cost you 391 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:42.039 an extra penny. How the last bond measure they passed 392 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:44.680 doesn't cost you an extra penny. It won't increase your 393 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:51.920 taxes at all. Let me just explain what bond measures are, 394 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:56.519 just to get rid of any illusions you guys might 395 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.440 have about what bond measures are and how that work. 396 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:03.559 A bond is a loan. 397 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:08.240 It is a loan to a municipal entity, like in 398 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:11.519 this case a school district could go to a state. 399 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.920 Could go to a city, could go to a county. 400 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:17.960 But a bond is a loan. That's what a bond is. 401 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:22.920