In politically polarized states like California, presidential endorsements can paradoxically hurt Republican candidates because voters in such states often hold strong negative views toward the president regardless of party affiliation, making local political authenticity and consistent messaging more valuable than national political connections.
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I saw something about Trump endorsing Kilton. He came on the podcast the day after being on the podcast. Trump endorsed him and I heard a couple different things from you on the endorsement of Trump uh endorsing uh uh Hilton. I heard on one end, of course, I would want the endorsement, but I also heard one other part where you said the endorsement of Trump actually hurts you as a Republican in California. What are your thoughts on that?
>> Absolutely. So, I mean, it's the president of the United States. To get his support, his endorsement, I mean, from a for a personal perspective, that would that's amazing. But it's California and whether anyone likes it or not, I mean, we love our president, most of us there, some of us there, but California does not. He's ran three times statewide as he's running for president and he's lost 6040 in the state of California, which says that not only is it just Democrats that are voting against him, so are the independents and Republicans. So the the whole Trump derangement syndrome is actually real in California, and I would I would even say that it's worse than maybe most states.
>> Why is that? Why? Why?
>> I don't know. Because it because we're predominantly Democrat.
>> Okay. Everything about the government is supermajority and all they hear on the news all day long is it's Trump's fault.
Everything is Trump's fault. Even during Biden, they blamed Trump still. It it it's just it is absolutely bizarre.
These campaigns, if if you watch the debates, every single one of them, in every question that was asked to them, Trump's name came up. And Trump has absolutely nothing to do with California.
>> Yeah. Yeah, and I saw that in the debates every time they were asking it's Trump's fault, it's Trump's fault with you and Katie, which looks like you guys became very very good friends by the end of it. But going back to California, you think it's a part of a like I was watching Pure Pol. I was very critical of the guy who ran in uh Canada, the conservative. I don't know if you know who he is or not. He ran in Canada and it was always during the campaign, he didn't want to go and do any interviews.
He refused to go to Joe Rogan. He refused to go to a lot of the bigger podcasts in America that invited him down. was like, "No, in Canada, you have to be careful." And you know, rep Democrats in Canada, they're not going to be supporting. And then now he's finally going out there and talking to other people. Do you think California Republicans uh have to almost act like they're semi-liberals to have a chance of winning? Or do you think California Republicans just need to have a backbone and say, "Look, this is what we stand for. Your policies are broken. the Democratic Party in California has some sort of a Stockholm syndrome where you guys keep reelecting the same people that are destroying your state and it's time to try something else out. What What do you think is the right strategy for the Republican candidate?
>> It it's more along those lines. And I think that even Democrats are looking for that. And I'm not talking about the far-left Democrats. I'm talking about the middle-of the road just a a normal regular middle-of the road Democrat.
Throughout this campaign, if you go back from to the beginning of this campaign, I was the first Republican that announced that I was going to run. Steve announced three months later, two or three months later.
>> Yeah. You did February 25, he won April or April of 25. Yeah.
>> There were already a dozen Democrats at the time. There were a lot more talking about it, but nobody knew who they were.
There were prominent Democrats, a dozen of them.
If you go back to that time until now, every single one of them have changed their stances on things except for me. I haven't changed probably in my life. My my my conservative stance, my view of government, my um my position even in what I do is outside of politics. I'm just a common sense right and wrong public servant problem solver. just go answer an emergency, fix the emergency and move on to the to the next emergency. So everything that I have said has been the exact same stance from February until today. And every other person has changed and and I'm not sometimes when I talk depending on who I'm talking to I say that I've already changed politics in California because I even have Democrats repeating the things that I have said from the very beginning because it's resonating all across the state. And I think what people are looking for is just someone that they know is telling them the truth. They know I'm not BSing them just for a vote.
>> Yeah. And and so then why do you think even though you started two months earlier, why do you think Steve Hilton is polling better than you are?
>> Well, the polls now aren't real. The polls now are only to get your voter your money. They're they're they're push polls. They're they're bought and paid for by candidates. And right now it is from January on everything is about the candidates trying to v for who you're going to >> you really think there's multiple polls to look at and he's holding a whole leading all of them as a Republican candidate for for California.
>> You think they're all fake?
>> Um I don't want No, they're not fake.
They're they're strategically designed.
They're they're 800 people at the most.
You might find one that that maybe touches close to a thousand.
Statistically, a a poll is supposed to have something like 2,230 something to be considered a valid statistic, but none of these ever are. Some of them are 400 400 800 people. And if you if you're traveling the state of California, that's not what California is talking about. That's not what the media is talking about. That's not what the uh what comments on media podcasts are. It it it is different. And then the thing with these polls, they're pulling the same people all the time. It's likely voters. Well, what's happening in California is it's not going to be likely voters. The people who don't vote, the 40 to 60% who don't vote are finally saying enough is enough. We have to come out and vote.
>> So, let's look at a couple of these.
This is the Which one's this one? Right.
Create strategies. We'll go through a few of them, right? That one has Hilton 22, Bera 20, Styr 14, Bianca 13. So, so the part as a as a a person who's a Republican that would like to see a Republican winning, if I combine you and Hilton and Beran Styer, they would be at 34. You guys would be at 35 on this poll, which means Republicans in this poll could beat Democrats top. Now, of course, Porter, all the other guys, we know where they roll up. Go to another poll.
>> Anderson, and I want to put something out there. These are paid for these even though it's it's create strategies, but it's paid for by Bera. So you have >> Emerson is paid for by Bisera.
>> This poll was I mean you can go to anybody to do the poll, but it's the it's the candidate or the Democrat party that's paying for the poll.
>> Well, there's one thing that doesn't lie. One thing that doesn't lie is cash on where people bet, right? Which is the uh uh the betting market. So if you go to Khi, go to Khi and look at the California governor race on Koshi. And this here shows Bera at 58%.
Styer at 29%.
Hilton at 10.1. And go a little bit lower. Uh Bianca's at 3%. Okay. Now, keep in mind this isn't Nobody can manipulate this cuz this is $36 million of volume that's been paid for. How much credibility do does you and your camp give to a Cali pole like this?
>> None.
>> Really?
>> None. None. Those aren't, you have no idea where those are coming from. Those aren't California voters. Those are people from all over who believe that California is never going to change.
They're not traveling the state talking to everybody all across the state. Even Democrats, they're not going out and talking to Democrats. They're just going in there and saying Democrats are never going to or Democrats are always going to win California. And they're placing their bets on who the polls are saying.
Tommy Styer is influencing all of his.
It's all of his money that >> $200 million he spent $197 million >> and he does it on this too. So he can influence. So these are >> You think Tom Sty is putting money into Cali?
>> Absolutely.
>> Absolutely. They've been talking about this forever. And what's the other one?
There's another one that's poly market.
>> Yeah, he's doing that one too and you you put a bunch of money into it and then it's just a it's just where is the money going and who's betting on it. So then it changes the odds. I mean it's just it's no different than a horse race.
>> Got it. So, you're not giving any credibility to this because >> the the the the the combination of the two of you is a very attractive combination. You and Hilton, very attractive combination. Your strength is going to be border, law, crime. No question. There's not even a question.
Like I have my friends, you sat down with a couple of my friends in Bakersfield, uh with one of my good friends, Ricky Aguilar, who is one of our leaders in the insurance company. you guys had a great conversation because the crime that's going on in California and then Hilton, you know, being more of a a a popular, you know, people have known him on TV. So that recognizability sometimes is all that matters to be honest with you. Roger Stone said 40 years ago, half the battle of picking somebody is is this guy known? Is he popular? Do people know his name or do they not know his name? They didn't necessarily know your name come two years ago. The average person we talked about Chad Biano, they don't know who Chad Biano is. Steve Hilton, they did Fox News, you know, he worked with David Cameron. And then for him, he's more the finance guy. When we set out to create a shoe that blends comfort, function, and luxury, we had the choice to make it fast. We had the choice to make it cheap. We chose neither. Instead, we chose Tuscan Italy. We chose true Italian craftsmanship. Each pair touched by 50 skilled hands. We chose patience, spending two years perfecting every detail. And we chose the finest quality at every step. Introducing the future looks bright collection. Not rushed, not disposable, not ordinary, rather intentional, luxurious, timeless.
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