October 21, 2025 • 30 mins
The John Kobylt Show Hour 2 (10/21) - CA State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio fills in for John. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco comes on the show to talk about his campaign to be the next Governor of California. What will it take for a Republican to be elected Governor of California?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
I am six forty. You're listening to the John Cobel
podcast on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
We've got a Republican candidate for governor, Chad Biaco, who'll
be joining us momentarily. We just had on Steve Hilton,
also a Republican candidate for governor, and I'd like you
to sound off in the iHeartRadio app talk back feature,
who's your preference for governor of California and what questions
would you have for them. We'll be joined momentarily by
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Chad Bianco.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
We do have them awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Joining me on KF I Am six forty is a
Republican candidate for California governor, Chad Bianco. Chad, thanks for
making time today. We heard from Steve Hilton, and you
and I know each other.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I like you.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
You've done a good job as sheriff, and you threw
your hat in the ring to run for governor. What
prompted you? What do you hope to accomplish as governor?
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Well, ultimately ring our beautiful state, giving everyone back that
California dream that I had when I came here thirty
six years ago. California used to be the gold, the
gold glow in the sky that brought everyone here for
that California dream to make a better life for yourself
and your family, And unfortunately that doesn't exist for my kids.
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It's certainly not going to exist for my grandkids. And
doing what I do now, spending so much time in
Sacramento that I do, I realized very early on in
this election process. And I say that because it started
about two years ago with the Democrats all lining up.
There's nothing going to change in California unless honestly a
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Republican wins, and looking at the environment, looking at California,
I think California is starving for a leader that they
can look up to, that they know, that they can trust,
that they know has their best interest at heart, that
has a proven record of doing it. And I sit
that Bill and I have that to offer. I certainly
don't believe any of the rhetoric that California is too
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far gone. I think it's going to be a very
easy fix with entering common sense back into the equation
again and right versus wrong, and concentrating on public safety.
We can lower the cost of living all we want,
but if it's unsafe to go out of your house
or to open your business. Nobody's going to want to
stay in California. So I think it's just a perfect storm.
I think the best thing we can do in a
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corrupt city is send a guy with a badge and
a gun and handcuffs in there and let's get it
cleaned up.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Obviously, we are in a blue state and Democrats have
significant advantages money, They've got the media, they've got the
built in registration advantage. How do you wage the campaign
to actually win in this blue state.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Well, we certainly are not running a political campaign. It
is a campaign for California, and it is a campaign
based on law and order, common sense, lowering the cost
of living in this state, and truly releasing and removing
the stranglehold that government has on businesses and even our residents,
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getting rid of regulation, all of those things. So, being
in government as long as I have, especially at the
leadership level that I am now, I know all of
the things that are broken. But at the same time
I know the things that are not, and so going
in and only concentrating on the things that are broken
will be easy. The proven record that I have of
working with Democrats already, everyone knows that I don't have
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an agenda other than what's doing right for the people
that put me in that position. So we're really targeting
the entire medal. It's whether you're independent, whether you're a Democrat,
or whether you're a Republican. This is an election about
Californians and that's who we're targeting. And the idea of
electing a sheriff a person of law and order, and
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you know, it's appealing to a lot of people, and
we know it's going to take a crossover a Democrats
to actually cross party lines and vote for a Republican
and that makes it easier for them when it's a
person of law and order.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Well, one of the questions I asked Steve Hilton, and
I asked this of all candidates, Republicans have felt burned
in the past by supporting a candidate in a primary,
a Republican candidate, to only have that candidate sell out
or become a squish. Later on, you mentioned you work
with Democrats and that kind of causes some of us
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to be like, oh, oh wait, hold on a minute. So
what would you say to Republicans who feel that they've
been burnt in the past as to why you are
the better Republican to be the nominee, because you do
have to make it through the primary and get those
Republican votes, and then of course the other challenges as
you just described, you have to tack a new campaign
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approach to make sure you get your moderates and your.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Independents and Democrats.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
What could you say those Republicans that may be a
little nervous because they've been burned before.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Yeah, well I'm going to I'm really truly the only
person in this race on both sides that has a positive,
proven record. It's not something that I'm just telling you
I'm going to do. I've already proven that I'm going
to do it in a blue county with a blue
board and not predominantly blue, but substantially blue city councils.
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That is seventeen of my contract cities working with Democrats.
It's not giving into Democrats, it's actually building a relationship
with them knowing that they're going They know that in
order for me not to expose them, they have to
do what's best for the public, not for their own
personal agenda political agenda, And that truly is what I've
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shown that how it is here my record speaks for itself.
I've never caved into anything other than what's best for
the county, what's best for the community, what's best for
the peace. That put me in this position, and it's
going to be no different. So experience wise, working with
a You've got to be honest. We're going I'm going
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to win this election, and I'm going to go into
a Sacramento that is still blue, and we're still going
to have to get things done. It can't be just
the stalemate. It's got to be leadership ability. So that
leadership ability to do what's right for other people instead
of what's right for yourself or your own political personal agenda.
That's the ability that I have. That's the leadership ability
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that I've proven to show to everyone that's out there.
You just got to look. You don't have to believe me.
All you got to do is look for the last
eight years in Riverside County.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
So you're running, you previously ran in Riverside County, but
now you're statewide.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
What are you struggling with?
Speaker 2 (06:49):
What are the biggest surprises you're having with scaling to
a statewide campaign, particularly as a Republican.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I've got to be really honest with you there aren't.
We are overwhelmingly surprised and pleased of support that we have,
not only from Republicans across the state, but from those
Democrats that I need to support us, those middle of
the road Democrats that tell me they don't necessarily agree
with everything I believe in, but they absolutely know that
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we need a different direction in California and I'm the
only one that's going to be able to provide that.
And I think it goes back to that leadership style
and ability of just my personality in being able to
interact with other people that may not disagree with me
in a respectful, upfront, factual, but yet forceful manner that
I mean, I hate to say it this way, but
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the commands respect and truly it's just leadership ability. And
it's leadership ability is not something that you tell someone
you have. It's something that you have to show. It's
something that you have to earn, and it's something that
you have to prove. And that's kind of what I
have to offer. And as we travel the state, it's
we've had nothing but overwhelmingly positive response. We haven't had
a road block, we haven't had a negative, we haven't
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had anything bad or that's set us back. We're raising
more money than anyone else, and more importantly, we have
double minimum of double the donors that anyone else has.
So my campaign is going very positive. And the proof
that we have is not only are the Democrats running
against me, but the Republicans are worried and concentrating on
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me too. They're not running their own race. They're paying
what they should be raising money. They're paying their money
to somehow lessen my ability to come out one or
two in this jungle primary. Crazy thing that we have.
But we're in a perfect spot and we're very comfortable.
We're very optimistic knowing that as hard as I'm working,
I have one, two or three events every single day minimum.
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I don't have days off. I don't have time off,
and it's showing in the public's reacting to it.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
I appreciate the fact that you reached out. You know,
Steve Hilton has joined me at events on the California
Voter ID bus tour, the No On Prop fifty bus tour.
The invitation is absolutely yours to join us at any
of our events, and we'd love to have you there. Plus,
you did reach out and you got a bunch of
petitions so that you can collect signatures to your campaign.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
And I really appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
We'd love to see you at one of our upcoming
events if you can fit us in, we'd love to
hook up with you and be moving the voter Ide
initiative forward with your help.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Yeah. Absolutely, I can't even I can't emphasize the what
everyone in this state, the kudos and the appreciation that
they should have for you and your effort in making
this happen. It's something that everyone knows is way overdue.
I think I saw a poll that was like in
the air, really close to eighty percent of the people
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want this to happen. And you know, you and I
both know in politics you can't get fifty percent of
the people to degree on anything, but eighty percent. Everyone
knows this has to happen. So I appreciate your effort
in getting the word out and in all the travels
that I'm doing, in all the meetings. It's nice that
there are multiple people going out there and spreading the
word making sure that we get this done.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Chad Bianco your website If anyone wants to connect learn
more about you, donate, volunteer, what's your website?
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Yes, all of those things. Bianco for Governor, dot com
or sheriff, Chad Bianco on all of the social media platforms.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Bianco, b I A, n CEO, Bianco dot.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Com correct, Bianco for Governor dot Com for governor, Bianco
for Governor dot com.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Excellent, Chadbanco, Thanks so much. We'll catch up with you
on the campaign trail. There you have it, Steve Hilton
and Chadbianco making their cases.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
What did you like? Which one do you lean towards?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Use the iHeartRadio app talkback feature and sound off coming up.
I'll tell you what it will take for a Republican
to actually win in the state, and yes, I do
believe it's possible, and how you can help in this movement.
Carl Tomyo filling in for John Coblt on KFI AM
six forty.
Speaker 5 (11:11):
You're listening to John Coblt on demand from KFI AM
six forty.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Carl Demyo sitting in today for John Cobelt on the
KFI AM six forty channel. You can hear us on
that channel every day one to four and of course
thereafter on demand. Every show goes up on a podcast
after four o'clock every day. We just spoke with Steve
Hilton and Chad Bianco. These are the two leading Republican
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candidates for governor, and I'd like you to sound off
using that app, the iHeartRadio app, the talk back feature.
Which of these two candidates do you support? Because I
would like to narrow down the field before the primary
to one candidate, because I don't want us to waste money.
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And I also am worried that you're going to have
a split in the vote that will result in two
Democrats going into the runoff.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Ah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Two Democrats going into the runoff means we get shut out.
You get a choice between being hung or shot. It's
very bad, and I want us to have a good choice.
So which of these two candidates do you think has
enough to offer, that you trust, enough, that you like
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enough to vote.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
I don't see another candidate getting in this race.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
It's down to these two, and I think both of
them are good people, but I'd like to get down
to one.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
So who would you support?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Talk back feature iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
I want to talk.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
About the four things that are needed in order to
win for a Republican in California and yes, I do
believe it can actually happen.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
There's no doubt in my mind.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
And let me tell you, people in California are pretty
darn depressed. They think that there's no way that a
Republican can win, and the gods are pretty daunting. Democrats
have a forty five percent stranglehold on voter registration, Republicans
are only at twenty four percent. The remaining are independents.
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But the reason why I believe it can happen is
that you have sixty five percent of Californian to think
our state is on the wrong track. That's according to
the Public Policy Institute of California. In other words, Californians
are in the market for change. They're not happy the
same reasons why you're unhappy. Democrat voters are unhappy and
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independent voters are unhappy. The high cost of living is
only getting worse as Democrats add more taxes, more mandates
and regulations and costs. Our schools are failing our children,
and instead of fixing the schools, they're adding personal pronoun lessons.
Oh and you know, allowing biological mails to compete against girls.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Our jobs are being destroyed.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
We are seeing job losses at a record rate in California.
But Democrats in office don't seem to be worried. They're
creating more government jobs as they grow the size and
scope of government. We also know that the homeless problems
and the crime problems still beset every neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
They allowed fires.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
To go out of control in Los Angeles, and the
poor people who had their homes burned down, as I
predicted back in January, the next nightmare after the fire
is having to deal with government in trying to put
your life back together. By every metric, California is a
failed state, and so the appetite for change, I believe
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is there.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
But here's the problem.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Californians don't like the Republican brand. Californians overall don't like Trump.
They've got a lot of Trump derangement syndrome. It's abating
a little bit. It's getting better a little bit as
Trump delivers good results. But it's hard to be a
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Republican in California. But there are four things, four things
that would allow a Republican to actually win.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
I'm coming up.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I'm gonna give you those four things, and you're part,
in large part of those four things. What are they
stay tuned. This is Carl Demyo filling in for John
Cobelt on IM six forty.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
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Speaker 2 (16:05):
I love causing trouble up in Sacramento because the place
is fundamentally broken and corrupt, and that is going to
play into what I'm about to tell you is the
path forward for Republicans to actually win the governor's race. Oh,
I'm not telling you it's gonna be easy. It's gonna
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be a long shot. It's gonna be hard, but it
is impossible unless you do these four things. Okay, we're
gonna go through the four things, and you actually are
a big part of these four things. In order for
a Republican to win, despite all the advantages Democrats have
in voter registration, the media that carries their water and
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covers up for them and is biased, all the dark
money super packs, you need four things. Number One, you
need voter ID that's right. We need a fair election.
We need to make sure that the voter rules are
cleaned up, that only citizens and eligible individuals are getting ballots,
and that people who are who they say they are
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are the only ones casting the ballot, which is why
we need to get a million signatures on my state
constitutional amendment, the voter ID Initiative. If you've not signed
it yet, go right now to the website voter id
Initiative dot com. Voter ID Initiative dot com, download the petition,
print it off on your home printer, sign it and
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mail it back. You have to sign it with a
wet signature. It's got to be a wet pen. If
you signed online previously, what you did was you signed
up to get the petition and I did mail it
to you. But if you haven't signed it with a pen,
you have not signed the initiative.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
I need you to do that.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Voter ID Initiative dot com. More importantly, I can't just
rely on your one signature. I need you to get
a couple from friends, so I will mail you the
voluntar your kit with extra petitions. If you request a
volunteer kit at Voteridinitiative dot com, join me at one
of my events coming up. I'm all over the southern
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California area next week. Right now, I'm broadcasting live from
a bus in Chico, California, which is about an hour
and a half north of Sacramento. We're on our way
to a rally this evening in Reading, but come to
one of my events. They're listed online at voter voter
id Initiative dot com. Voter ID is the foundation for
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a Republican having the shot to win in California.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Get it on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
It turns out more Republican votes in the midterm, so
it even helps before it's enacted. It helps turn out
votes in this gubmentorial election.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
That's why we need to get it on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
The second thing that needs to happen is we need
a good candidate with a good message. And I want
to be very clear about this. Voters smell a fraud.
Voters see inauthentic phony, bologna politicians all the time. In
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order for a Republican to win, they cannot run as
a Republican. Oh, they can be registered Republican, but they
need to say, yeah, I know I'm a Republican, but
the reason why you should vote for me is I'm
not part of the system. A Republican cannot run as
a Republican in California. They have to run as the
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candidate of disruption and change. They have to make the
case that the reason why you're hiring me is that
I'm going to tell you the truth. Yeah, I'm a Republican,
and ordinarily that would anger you because you don't like Republicans.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
But I'm telling you the truth.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
I'm not like Rick kruse So, who's a Republican but
pretends to be a Democrat simply because he wants power. Yeah,
I said the quiet part out loud. Rick, you gotta
run against the system. It is a corrupt system. Only
the rich and powerful benefit from the California political system.
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And we have not had two parties in Sacramento. We've
had one party, the uniparty, which means a candidate on
the Republican side needs to be willing to criticize the
Republican Party as well for being a sellout and a
surrender caucus.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
They did not.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Offer alternatives, they did not hustle, they did not fight,
they did not work as an opposition party for the
last twenty years, and now you're wondering why you're in
the super minority.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
The candidate on.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
The Republican side needs to say I'm not run just
with the prescription on issues to fix the issues. I'm
running because the issues being fixed.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Is the easy part.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
The hard part is you have a corrupt system where
good ideas will never be implemented, like.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Prop thirty six.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Prop thirty six, the voters overwhelmingly passed the make California
Make Crime Illegal Again initiative in California, but the politicians
had six years, six chances to enact Prop thirty six
with out a vote of the people, and they failed.
They killed the bill every.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Year, six years running.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
And so if we can get a candidate who isn't
Mamsy Pamsey, who isn't oh, I'll work with everybody. And
I'm so sorry that I'm a Republican and I don't
want to answer the question of whether or not I
support President Trump.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
I'm looking at you, Steve Garvey. Oh that's right.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
You had a great chance to run for Senate in
twenty twenty four, twenty twenty four, and you couldn't even
answer the question, honestly, are you going to vote for Trump?
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Yes or no? Me me me me, me, me me
me me.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Week sell out at least own it. We need an
anti establishment, anti system candidate who's authentic, not political. That's
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why a lot of voters liked Trump still do authentic,
willing to say some of the most you know, over
the top things, but it resonates because people have been
screwed repeatedly by politicians from both parties. Can we find
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that candidate in Steve Hilton Chad Bianco?
Speaker 3 (23:02):
I believe, I believe.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
One of them has the ability to do it, but
they need to pick up the pace. Coming up, there's
two other things that are needed. Voter id and an
anti establishment disruptor are the first two. The second two deal.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
With you your role.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Coming up the four things needed for a Republican to
actually be competitive in California. Plus sound off on the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
App Who do you prefer for Governor?
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Use the talkback feature on that app and we'll play
some of your thoughts. Coming up at three o'clock. Why
do Democrats hate Jews? I know, I'm just I have
to frame it that way because what I'm about to
share with you is appalling, absolutely appalling. It is anti Semitic,
and it's happening inside the Democrat Party. The liberal media
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won't cover this, but you deserve to know the amount
of hatred toward Jewish people that we are uncovering in
the Democrat establishment.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
All that coming up.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
As Carl Demile fills in for John Cobelt on KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 5 (24:04):
You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM sixty.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
We're looking at the four things I think Republicans need
in order to even be competitive in the governor's race.
The first one is California voter ID. We need to
have fair elections, so we need to get that initiative
on the ballot. We need your help with that voter
ID initiative. Dot com sign the petition, circulate the petition,
send me the signatures. The second is you need a
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better candidate. You need a great candidate who's not just
going to run as a Republican. Frankly, that's going to
be the death. Now you can be a registered Republican,
but you can say, look, I could have easily run
as a Democrat. I could have pretended like I'm something
I'm not, which is what all these politicians do. I'm
anti establishment, I'm antisystem.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
The system is.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Corrupt, and all the problems are actually easy to solve,
the problem is the political system refuses to implement the
easy solutions, the common sense solutions. So you need to
run against the system. You need to criticize the Republican
Party for selling out, for not fighting for Californians, for
not being a true opposition party. Now, the political consultants
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will tell candidates, don't do that, pretend to be a Democrat.
Do what Steve Harvey did when they asked, did you
vote for Trump?
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Don't answer.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
That always goes over well with voters who just simply
want an honest answer. By the way, if you really
want to improve your chances of winning political office in
California as a Republican, don't hire the consultants. Don't allow
the grifters to take campaign cash and fail. So we
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need an anti establishment, disruptor, anti system. A candidate who
says the system is core, I'm not part of it,
and I'm the change agent, and i will fight for you.
I'm not beholden to any of these special interests. Third,
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because the candidate is going to disrupt that system that
benefits the special interests, they need a political movement. They
need grassroots volunteers. They need volunteers in every part of
the state. The man power is what matters, not the money,
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not the media. It's the man power.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
The movement.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
That's why I Reform California focuses like a laser beam
on recruiting volunteers.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Going door to door.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Our goal for California voter IDE was ten thousand volunteers,
where right now cresting fourteen thousand volunteers, and I believe
we will get to twenty thousand volunteers statewide, active equipped
volunteers who are getting signatures, who once they get the
signatures on California voter ID, We're not disbanding this army.
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We're continuing to march to Sacramento and a city hall,
which is where your role comes in. I need you
off the couch and into the fight, out of your home,
into the street, because the best way to convey a
message is organic.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
It's viral.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
It's neighbor telling neighbor, friend telling friend, mom telling daughter,
father telling son, colleague telling coworker. You are powerful, but
you've been told to shut up that somehow you're a Republican.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
You're extreme.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
No one agrees with you, Beloney, on the issues that matter,
we actually have a super majority. Prop thirty six was
perfect example of that. Voter ID a seventy percent initiative
supported even by a majority of day Democrats. We have
ideas that cut across power party lines. So don't be silent,
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get active, get loud, get proud. I need the movement.
Whoever runs for governor has to have a movement. You
can't hold You can't just hold fundraisers and hang out
with rich people. I'm looking at you, Kevin Faulkner. That's
why you're a failure. You don't even know who Kevin
Faulkner is, but the rich.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
People in this state.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Wasted eight million dollars on that sellout and he came
in dead last. Larry Elder had a movement who listened
to him on the radio, and that's why he crushed
Faulkner's eight million dollars. Still wasn't enough to win, which
shows that we have to build a broader music movement
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beyond people just listening to talk radio. But it's happening
as more forgotten calans wake up and get involved in
the fight. The final thing is, I know money is
the mother's milk of politics. We're going to need to
raise at least enough money to cover hard costs because donors.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Have given up hope, and of.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Course, the special interests that benefit from corrupt governors. They're
in the tank for anyone who's a Democrat because they've
concluded that Republicans can't possibly win. So that's where you
come in. You have to chip in five dollars.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
It's all it takes. If everyone does.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
Five dollars, then you can actually compete with George Soros's
big bucks voter ID, an anti establishment candidate, the grassroots movement,
and at least enough money to cover hard costs. Those
four things you could actually run for governor as a
Republican and possibly win are coming up. You're going to
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sound off on the iHeartRadio app talkback feature who do
you support for governor of these two candidates, Chad Byanck
or Steve Hilton. We'll let you weigh in, but first
the latest news with Deborah Mark.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast.
You can always hear the show live on KFI Am
six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday,
and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.
I am six forty. You're listening to the John Cobel
podcast on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
We've got a Republican candidate for governor, Chad Biaco, who'll
be joining us momentarily. We just had on Steve Hilton,
also a Republican candidate for governor, and I'd like you
to sound off in the iHeartRadio app talk back feature,
who's your preference for governor of California and what questions
would you have for them. We'll be joined momentarily by
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Chad Bianco.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
We do have them awesome.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Joining me on KF I Am six forty is a
Republican candidate for California governor, Chad Bianco. Chad, thanks for
making time today. We heard from Steve Hilton, and you
and I know each other.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I like you.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
You've done a good job as sheriff, and you threw
your hat in the ring to run for governor. What
prompted you? What do you hope to accomplish as governor?
Speaker 4 (00:58):
Well, ultimately ring our beautiful state, giving everyone back that
California dream that I had when I came here thirty
six years ago. California used to be the gold, the
gold glow in the sky that brought everyone here for
that California dream to make a better life for yourself
and your family, And unfortunately that doesn't exist for my kids.
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It's certainly not going to exist for my grandkids. And
doing what I do now, spending so much time in
Sacramento that I do, I realized very early on in
this election process. And I say that because it started
about two years ago with the Democrats all lining up.
There's nothing going to change in California unless honestly a
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Republican wins, and looking at the environment, looking at California,
I think California is starving for a leader that they
can look up to, that they know, that they can trust,
that they know has their best interest at heart, that
has a proven record of doing it. And I sit
that Bill and I have that to offer. I certainly
don't believe any of the rhetoric that California is too
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far gone. I think it's going to be a very
easy fix with entering common sense back into the equation
again and right versus wrong, and concentrating on public safety.
We can lower the cost of living all we want,
but if it's unsafe to go out of your house
or to open your business. Nobody's going to want to
stay in California. So I think it's just a perfect storm.
I think the best thing we can do in a
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corrupt city is send a guy with a badge and
a gun and handcuffs in there and let's get it
cleaned up.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Obviously, we are in a blue state and Democrats have
significant advantages money, They've got the media, they've got the
built in registration advantage. How do you wage the campaign
to actually win in this blue state.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Well, we certainly are not running a political campaign. It
is a campaign for California, and it is a campaign
based on law and order, common sense, lowering the cost
of living in this state, and truly releasing and removing
the stranglehold that government has on businesses and even our residents,
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getting rid of regulation, all of those things. So, being
in government as long as I have, especially at the
leadership level that I am now, I know all of
the things that are broken. But at the same time
I know the things that are not, and so going
in and only concentrating on the things that are broken
will be easy. The proven record that I have of
working with Democrats already, everyone knows that I don't have
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an agenda other than what's doing right for the people
that put me in that position. So we're really targeting
the entire medal. It's whether you're independent, whether you're a Democrat,
or whether you're a Republican. This is an election about
Californians and that's who we're targeting. And the idea of
electing a sheriff a person of law and order, and
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you know, it's appealing to a lot of people, and
we know it's going to take a crossover a Democrats
to actually cross party lines and vote for a Republican
and that makes it easier for them when it's a
person of law and order.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Well, one of the questions I asked Steve Hilton, and
I asked this of all candidates, Republicans have felt burned
in the past by supporting a candidate in a primary,
a Republican candidate, to only have that candidate sell out
or become a squish. Later on, you mentioned you work
with Democrats and that kind of causes some of us
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to be like, oh, oh wait, hold on a minute. So
what would you say to Republicans who feel that they've
been burnt in the past as to why you are
the better Republican to be the nominee, because you do
have to make it through the primary and get those
Republican votes, and then of course the other challenges as
you just described, you have to tack a new campaign
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approach to make sure you get your moderates and your.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Independents and Democrats.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
What could you say those Republicans that may be a
little nervous because they've been burned before.
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Yeah, well I'm going to I'm really truly the only
person in this race on both sides that has a positive,
proven record. It's not something that I'm just telling you
I'm going to do. I've already proven that I'm going
to do it in a blue county with a blue
board and not predominantly blue, but substantially blue city councils.
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That is seventeen of my contract cities working with Democrats.
It's not giving into Democrats, it's actually building a relationship
with them knowing that they're going They know that in
order for me not to expose them, they have to
do what's best for the public, not for their own
personal agenda political agenda, And that truly is what I've
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shown that how it is here my record speaks for itself.
I've never caved into anything other than what's best for
the county, what's best for the community, what's best for
the peace. That put me in this position, and it's
going to be no different. So experience wise, working with
a You've got to be honest. We're going I'm going
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to win this election, and I'm going to go into
a Sacramento that is still blue, and we're still going
to have to get things done. It can't be just
the stalemate. It's got to be leadership ability. So that
leadership ability to do what's right for other people instead
of what's right for yourself or your own political personal agenda.
That's the ability that I have. That's the leadership ability
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that I've proven to show to everyone that's out there.
You just got to look. You don't have to believe me.
All you got to do is look for the last
eight years in Riverside County.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
So you're running, you previously ran in Riverside County, but
now you're statewide.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
What are you struggling with?
Speaker 2 (06:49):
What are the biggest surprises you're having with scaling to
a statewide campaign, particularly as a Republican.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I've got to be really honest with you there aren't.
We are overwhelmingly surprised and pleased of support that we have,
not only from Republicans across the state, but from those
Democrats that I need to support us, those middle of
the road Democrats that tell me they don't necessarily agree
with everything I believe in, but they absolutely know that
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we need a different direction in California and I'm the
only one that's going to be able to provide that.
And I think it goes back to that leadership style
and ability of just my personality in being able to
interact with other people that may not disagree with me
in a respectful, upfront, factual, but yet forceful manner that
I mean, I hate to say it this way, but
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the commands respect and truly it's just leadership ability. And
it's leadership ability is not something that you tell someone
you have. It's something that you have to show. It's
something that you have to earn, and it's something that
you have to prove. And that's kind of what I
have to offer. And as we travel the state, it's
we've had nothing but overwhelmingly positive response. We haven't had
a road block, we haven't had a negative, we haven't
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had anything bad or that's set us back. We're raising
more money than anyone else, and more importantly, we have
double minimum of double the donors that anyone else has.
So my campaign is going very positive. And the proof
that we have is not only are the Democrats running
against me, but the Republicans are worried and concentrating on
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me too. They're not running their own race. They're paying
what they should be raising money. They're paying their money
to somehow lessen my ability to come out one or
two in this jungle primary. Crazy thing that we have.
But we're in a perfect spot and we're very comfortable.
We're very optimistic knowing that as hard as I'm working,
I have one, two or three events every single day minimum.
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I don't have days off. I don't have time off,
and it's showing in the public's reacting to it.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
I appreciate the fact that you reached out. You know,
Steve Hilton has joined me at events on the California
Voter ID bus tour, the No On Prop fifty bus tour.
The invitation is absolutely yours to join us at any
of our events, and we'd love to have you there. Plus,
you did reach out and you got a bunch of
petitions so that you can collect signatures to your campaign.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
And I really appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
We'd love to see you at one of our upcoming
events if you can fit us in, we'd love to
hook up with you and be moving the voter Ide
initiative forward with your help.
Speaker 4 (09:30):
Yeah. Absolutely, I can't even I can't emphasize the what
everyone in this state, the kudos and the appreciation that
they should have for you and your effort in making
this happen. It's something that everyone knows is way overdue.
I think I saw a poll that was like in
the air, really close to eighty percent of the people
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want this to happen. And you know, you and I
both know in politics you can't get fifty percent of
the people to degree on anything, but eighty percent. Everyone
knows this has to happen. So I appreciate your effort
in getting the word out and in all the travels
that I'm doing, in all the meetings. It's nice that
there are multiple people going out there and spreading the
word making sure that we get this done.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Chad Bianco your website If anyone wants to connect learn
more about you, donate, volunteer, what's your website?
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Yes, all of those things. Bianco for Governor, dot com
or sheriff, Chad Bianco on all of the social media platforms.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Bianco, b I A, n CEO, Bianco dot.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Com correct, Bianco for Governor dot Com for governor, Bianco
for Governor dot com.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Excellent, Chadbanco, Thanks so much. We'll catch up with you
on the campaign trail. There you have it, Steve Hilton
and Chadbianco making their cases.
Speaker 3 (10:50):
What did you like? Which one do you lean towards?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Use the iHeartRadio app talkback feature and sound off coming up.
I'll tell you what it will take for a Republican
to actually win in the state, and yes, I do
believe it's possible, and how you can help in this movement.
Carl Tomyo filling in for John Coblt on KFI AM
six forty.
Speaker 5 (11:11):
You're listening to John Coblt on demand from KFI AM
six forty.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Carl Demyo sitting in today for John Cobelt on the
KFI AM six forty channel. You can hear us on
that channel every day one to four and of course
thereafter on demand. Every show goes up on a podcast
after four o'clock every day. We just spoke with Steve
Hilton and Chad Bianco. These are the two leading Republican
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candidates for governor, and I'd like you to sound off
using that app, the iHeartRadio app, the talk back feature.
Which of these two candidates do you support? Because I
would like to narrow down the field before the primary
to one candidate, because I don't want us to waste money.
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And I also am worried that you're going to have
a split in the vote that will result in two
Democrats going into the runoff.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
Ah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Two Democrats going into the runoff means we get shut out.
You get a choice between being hung or shot. It's
very bad, and I want us to have a good choice.
So which of these two candidates do you think has
enough to offer, that you trust, enough, that you like
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enough to vote.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
I don't see another candidate getting in this race.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
It's down to these two, and I think both of
them are good people, but I'd like to get down
to one.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
So who would you support?
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Talk back feature iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
I want to talk.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
About the four things that are needed in order to
win for a Republican in California and yes, I do
believe it can actually happen.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
There's no doubt in my mind.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
And let me tell you, people in California are pretty
darn depressed. They think that there's no way that a
Republican can win, and the gods are pretty daunting. Democrats
have a forty five percent stranglehold on voter registration, Republicans
are only at twenty four percent. The remaining are independents.
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But the reason why I believe it can happen is
that you have sixty five percent of Californian to think
our state is on the wrong track. That's according to
the Public Policy Institute of California. In other words, Californians
are in the market for change. They're not happy the
same reasons why you're unhappy. Democrat voters are unhappy and
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independent voters are unhappy. The high cost of living is
only getting worse as Democrats add more taxes, more mandates
and regulations and costs. Our schools are failing our children,
and instead of fixing the schools, they're adding personal pronoun lessons.
Oh and you know, allowing biological mails to compete against girls.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Our jobs are being destroyed.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
We are seeing job losses at a record rate in California.
But Democrats in office don't seem to be worried. They're
creating more government jobs as they grow the size and
scope of government. We also know that the homeless problems
and the crime problems still beset every neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (14:46):
They allowed fires.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
To go out of control in Los Angeles, and the
poor people who had their homes burned down, as I
predicted back in January, the next nightmare after the fire
is having to deal with government in trying to put
your life back together. By every metric, California is a
failed state, and so the appetite for change, I believe
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is there.
Speaker 3 (15:12):
But here's the problem.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Californians don't like the Republican brand. Californians overall don't like Trump.
They've got a lot of Trump derangement syndrome. It's abating
a little bit. It's getting better a little bit as
Trump delivers good results. But it's hard to be a
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Republican in California. But there are four things, four things
that would allow a Republican to actually win.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
I'm coming up.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
I'm gonna give you those four things, and you're part,
in large part of those four things. What are they
stay tuned. This is Carl Demyo filling in for John
Cobelt on IM six forty.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI A six.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I love causing trouble up in Sacramento because the place
is fundamentally broken and corrupt, and that is going to
play into what I'm about to tell you is the
path forward for Republicans to actually win the governor's race. Oh,
I'm not telling you it's gonna be easy. It's gonna
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be a long shot. It's gonna be hard, but it
is impossible unless you do these four things. Okay, we're
gonna go through the four things, and you actually are
a big part of these four things. In order for
a Republican to win, despite all the advantages Democrats have
in voter registration, the media that carries their water and
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covers up for them and is biased, all the dark
money super packs, you need four things. Number One, you
need voter ID that's right. We need a fair election.
We need to make sure that the voter rules are
cleaned up, that only citizens and eligible individuals are getting ballots,
and that people who are who they say they are
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are the only ones casting the ballot, which is why
we need to get a million signatures on my state
constitutional amendment, the voter ID Initiative. If you've not signed
it yet, go right now to the website voter id
Initiative dot com. Voter ID Initiative dot com, download the petition,
print it off on your home printer, sign it and
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mail it back. You have to sign it with a
wet signature. It's got to be a wet pen. If
you signed online previously, what you did was you signed
up to get the petition and I did mail it
to you. But if you haven't signed it with a pen,
you have not signed the initiative.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
I need you to do that.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Voter ID Initiative dot com. More importantly, I can't just
rely on your one signature. I need you to get
a couple from friends, so I will mail you the
voluntar your kit with extra petitions. If you request a
volunteer kit at Voteridinitiative dot com, join me at one
of my events coming up. I'm all over the southern
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California area next week. Right now, I'm broadcasting live from
a bus in Chico, California, which is about an hour
and a half north of Sacramento. We're on our way
to a rally this evening in Reading, but come to
one of my events. They're listed online at voter voter
id Initiative dot com. Voter ID is the foundation for
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a Republican having the shot to win in California.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
Get it on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
It turns out more Republican votes in the midterm, so
it even helps before it's enacted. It helps turn out
votes in this gubmentorial election.
Speaker 3 (18:49):
That's why we need to get it on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
The second thing that needs to happen is we need
a good candidate with a good message. And I want
to be very clear about this. Voters smell a fraud.
Voters see inauthentic phony, bologna politicians all the time. In
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order for a Republican to win, they cannot run as
a Republican. Oh, they can be registered Republican, but they
need to say, yeah, I know I'm a Republican, but
the reason why you should vote for me is I'm
not part of the system. A Republican cannot run as
a Republican in California. They have to run as the
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candidate of disruption and change. They have to make the
case that the reason why you're hiring me is that
I'm going to tell you the truth. Yeah, I'm a Republican,
and ordinarily that would anger you because you don't like Republicans.
Speaker 3 (19:56):
But I'm telling you the truth.
Speaker 2 (19:58):
I'm not like Rick kruse So, who's a Republican but
pretends to be a Democrat simply because he wants power. Yeah,
I said the quiet part out loud. Rick, you gotta
run against the system. It is a corrupt system. Only
the rich and powerful benefit from the California political system.
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And we have not had two parties in Sacramento. We've
had one party, the uniparty, which means a candidate on
the Republican side needs to be willing to criticize the
Republican Party as well for being a sellout and a
surrender caucus.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
They did not.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Offer alternatives, they did not hustle, they did not fight,
they did not work as an opposition party for the
last twenty years, and now you're wondering why you're in
the super minority.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
The candidate on.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
The Republican side needs to say I'm not run just
with the prescription on issues to fix the issues. I'm
running because the issues being fixed.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Is the easy part.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
The hard part is you have a corrupt system where
good ideas will never be implemented, like.
Speaker 3 (21:14):
Prop thirty six.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
Prop thirty six, the voters overwhelmingly passed the make California
Make Crime Illegal Again initiative in California, but the politicians
had six years, six chances to enact Prop thirty six
with out a vote of the people, and they failed.
They killed the bill every.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
Year, six years running.
Speaker 2 (21:40):
And so if we can get a candidate who isn't
Mamsy Pamsey, who isn't oh, I'll work with everybody. And
I'm so sorry that I'm a Republican and I don't
want to answer the question of whether or not I
support President Trump.
Speaker 3 (21:54):
I'm looking at you, Steve Garvey. Oh that's right.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
You had a great chance to run for Senate in
twenty twenty four, twenty twenty four, and you couldn't even
answer the question, honestly, are you going to vote for Trump?
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Yes or no? Me me me me, me, me me
me me.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Week sell out at least own it. We need an
anti establishment, anti system candidate who's authentic, not political. That's
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why a lot of voters liked Trump still do authentic,
willing to say some of the most you know, over
the top things, but it resonates because people have been
screwed repeatedly by politicians from both parties. Can we find
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that candidate in Steve Hilton Chad Bianco?
Speaker 3 (23:02):
I believe, I believe.
Speaker 2 (23:04):
One of them has the ability to do it, but
they need to pick up the pace. Coming up, there's
two other things that are needed. Voter id and an
anti establishment disruptor are the first two. The second two deal.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
With you your role.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Coming up the four things needed for a Republican to
actually be competitive in California. Plus sound off on the iHeartRadio.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
App Who do you prefer for Governor?
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Use the talkback feature on that app and we'll play
some of your thoughts. Coming up at three o'clock. Why
do Democrats hate Jews? I know, I'm just I have
to frame it that way because what I'm about to
share with you is appalling, absolutely appalling. It is anti Semitic,
and it's happening inside the Democrat Party. The liberal media
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won't cover this, but you deserve to know the amount
of hatred toward Jewish people that we are uncovering in
the Democrat establishment.
Speaker 3 (23:58):
All that coming up.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
As Carl Demile fills in for John Cobelt on KFI
AM six forty.
Speaker 5 (24:04):
You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM sixty.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
We're looking at the four things I think Republicans need
in order to even be competitive in the governor's race.
The first one is California voter ID. We need to
have fair elections, so we need to get that initiative
on the ballot. We need your help with that voter
ID initiative. Dot com sign the petition, circulate the petition,
send me the signatures. The second is you need a
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better candidate. You need a great candidate who's not just
going to run as a Republican. Frankly, that's going to
be the death. Now you can be a registered Republican,
but you can say, look, I could have easily run
as a Democrat. I could have pretended like I'm something
I'm not, which is what all these politicians do. I'm
anti establishment, I'm antisystem.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
The system is.
Speaker 2 (24:53):
Corrupt, and all the problems are actually easy to solve,
the problem is the political system refuses to implement the
easy solutions, the common sense solutions. So you need to
run against the system. You need to criticize the Republican
Party for selling out, for not fighting for Californians, for
not being a true opposition party. Now, the political consultants
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will tell candidates, don't do that, pretend to be a Democrat.
Do what Steve Harvey did when they asked, did you
vote for Trump?
Speaker 3 (25:25):
Don't answer.
Speaker 2 (25:27):
That always goes over well with voters who just simply
want an honest answer. By the way, if you really
want to improve your chances of winning political office in
California as a Republican, don't hire the consultants. Don't allow
the grifters to take campaign cash and fail. So we
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need an anti establishment, disruptor, anti system. A candidate who
says the system is core, I'm not part of it,
and I'm the change agent, and i will fight for you.
I'm not beholden to any of these special interests. Third,
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because the candidate is going to disrupt that system that
benefits the special interests, they need a political movement. They
need grassroots volunteers. They need volunteers in every part of
the state. The man power is what matters, not the money,
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not the media. It's the man power.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
The movement.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
That's why I Reform California focuses like a laser beam
on recruiting volunteers.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
Going door to door.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Our goal for California voter IDE was ten thousand volunteers,
where right now cresting fourteen thousand volunteers, and I believe
we will get to twenty thousand volunteers statewide, active equipped
volunteers who are getting signatures, who once they get the
signatures on California voter ID, We're not disbanding this army.
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We're continuing to march to Sacramento and a city hall,
which is where your role comes in. I need you
off the couch and into the fight, out of your home,
into the street, because the best way to convey a
message is organic.
Speaker 3 (27:30):
It's viral.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
It's neighbor telling neighbor, friend telling friend, mom telling daughter,
father telling son, colleague telling coworker. You are powerful, but
you've been told to shut up that somehow you're a Republican.
Speaker 3 (27:45):
You're extreme.
Speaker 2 (27:46):
No one agrees with you, Beloney, on the issues that matter,
we actually have a super majority. Prop thirty six was
perfect example of that. Voter ID a seventy percent initiative
supported even by a majority of day Democrats. We have
ideas that cut across power party lines. So don't be silent,
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get active, get loud, get proud. I need the movement.
Whoever runs for governor has to have a movement. You
can't hold You can't just hold fundraisers and hang out
with rich people. I'm looking at you, Kevin Faulkner. That's
why you're a failure. You don't even know who Kevin
Faulkner is, but the rich.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
People in this state.
Speaker 2 (28:31):
Wasted eight million dollars on that sellout and he came
in dead last. Larry Elder had a movement who listened
to him on the radio, and that's why he crushed
Faulkner's eight million dollars. Still wasn't enough to win, which
shows that we have to build a broader music movement
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beyond people just listening to talk radio. But it's happening
as more forgotten calans wake up and get involved in
the fight. The final thing is, I know money is
the mother's milk of politics. We're going to need to
raise at least enough money to cover hard costs because donors.
Speaker 3 (29:14):
Have given up hope, and of.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Course, the special interests that benefit from corrupt governors. They're
in the tank for anyone who's a Democrat because they've
concluded that Republicans can't possibly win. So that's where you
come in. You have to chip in five dollars.
Speaker 3 (29:31):
It's all it takes. If everyone does.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
Five dollars, then you can actually compete with George Soros's
big bucks voter ID, an anti establishment candidate, the grassroots movement,
and at least enough money to cover hard costs. Those
four things you could actually run for governor as a
Republican and possibly win are coming up. You're going to
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