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We have a tacit admission here that. Donald Trump's midterm convention is. toxic. I'm joined now by uh by the next. governor of California, Javier Bera. Can. you talk about these California. Republicans who've decided not to go to. this midterm convention in Dallas? >> Ryan, I think uh California Republicans. are finding uh where there is a place. where they can go because anywhere Trump. goes is going to be toxic. And so at. this stage uh right now I think they. probably the best place for them is some.

black hole underneath the ground. >> You know there is also the added fact. that Donald Trump is making these. Republicans pay their way into this. convention. And I just think it's ironic. that a lot of these people have a little. bit of trouble earning or raising money. Uh certainly can't can't get as much. earned media as he can. He's sitting on. half a billion dollars and yet is. forcing these Republicans to pay. anywhere between$25,000. to $100,000 just for the privilege of. walking into that door so that he can.

tie themselves to them, these candidates. who, you know, with his 33% approval. rating just a few weeks before midterms. >> Yeah. It's like wanting to be tied to an. anchor right before you you jump into. the water, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. So, I think uh to to that we. we'll put that to the side, but we. actually do have uh some actual some. some legitimate issues that we're. contending with by these Trump aligned. Republicans right here in the state of. California. So, can you give a lay of. the land of what Prop 39 is because.

voters are going to have to contend with. that as we head to the polls just a few. weeks from now? >> Well, it goes along with what we just. finished talking about, Brian. The fact. that Donald Trump and his politics are. toxic. His agenda is toxic. He's trying. to go after all immigrant families. He's. trying to make it harder for us to have. access to health care. He's making it. very difficult for us to feel like this. is an inclusive society. All of that is. forcing Republicans to make choices. Do. they want to be with Trump or not? And. Trump is trying to make it so that they.

can win. The only way they can win is to. not have us all vote because they know. if we're all voting, we're not going to. vote for that Trump agenda. So, right. now there's an uh initiative, Prop 39 on. the ballot that would make it tougher. for Californians to vote. It would. require you to identify your one of your. uh forms of identification, whether it's. your driver's license, maybe it's your. passport, maybe it's your student. identification, whatever you use to. register to vote, you would have to now. be able to put that identification.

number, at least the last digits of it, on your envelope when you go vote by. mail. And so for a lot of folks who are. very concerned about privacy, about uh. identity theft, the this is the last. thing you want to be doing. At the same. time, he's trying to intimidate all. those new voters. So people like my mom, a naturalized citizen, he wants to make. it so that you fear going to vote. He's. going to try to intimidate you. So Prop. 39 puts up all those those boogeymen out. there telling people why you should not. vote. And what we want to tell him is. just the opposite. Please go out and.

vote. defeat measures like Prop 39 that. Donald Trump depends on to keep you from. exercising your democratic right to. vote. >> You know, this is all predicated on this. idea that Republicans have been. perpetuating for years that there is. rampant or widespread voter fraud. Can. you speak about the existence of actual. widespread voter fraud that would. supposedly uh warrant all of these. steps? Well, we can't actually speak about. widespread voter fraud because there's. not widespread v voter fraud. That's why.

Donald Trump has never been able to. prove that the 2020 election was a hoax. that he really won. We all know what the. votes showed. And unfortunately, Donald. Trump has never admitted that. Republicans don't admit it. And so, what. they're trying to do is make it very. difficult for all of the rest of us to. vote by saying that there's actual voter. fraud. And so we just have to defeat. that type of politics that tries to. exclude, tries to intimidate, and if we.

can just get out and vote, vote against. Prop 39, we will defeat that type of. agenda that Donald Trump has been. espousing since he got into office. Well, you know, I think the ultimate. irony of this is Republicans would not. have to do this. they wouldn't have to. put all of their chips in the let's. change the election rules basket 5. minutes before an election if they were. actually able to run on their agenda and. they've got full control of government. So presumably with no Democrats to have. gummed up the works, they would be able.

to run on all of the things that they. had campaigned on because they have the. House, the Senate, and the White House. And yet costs are higher. The Epstein. files still aren't released. We have a. brand new war in the Middle East. And so. and so it kind of puts on full display. that they were perfectly content to lie. to their voters uh in the leadup to the. election and and now because they know. that they're going to be held. accountable by those very voters knowing. that they can't win on the merits, they. have to just change the rules of the. game to benefit themselves. >> Yeah. It's uh it's one of those. situations where Donald Trump and.

Republicans understand that this is a. referendum on their leadership. They. understand that Donald Trump is on the. ballot and they don't want you to know. that. And if they can't keep you from. voting, they're going to force you not. to vote with propositions like Prop 39, which would make it very difficult, much. harder for you to vote. So, they. recognize that they are on the ballot, that Donald Trump is on the ballot, that. if this is a referendum on their. leadership, and they know what the. outcome will be, and so they're doing. everything they can to keep people from. voting. >> Right. And and by the way, before.

anybody sheds a tear for these. Republicans, they have had years to. distance themselves from him to show. that they're a copical branch of. government to exercise their own. autonomy. And every step of the way, they've contracted that autonomy over to. the executive branch. And and they did. it when the trade war happened, didn't. say a word. They did it when the Iran. war happened, didn't say a word. They're. still doing it to demand the release of. the outstanding 3 million files in in in. the Epstein files. So every step of the. way they've shown this president that. they're not willing to act as a co-equal.

branch of government. And so now when. the election is a referendum on him and. he's become so emboldened to just run. away uh um you know with his unpopular. agenda, of course they're going to bear. the consequences of that because they. had the ability to step in and chose not. to. >> Yeah. they they've they've resorted to. scaring voters, uh intimidating voters, lying to voters, trying to keep voters. away from the polls because that's about. the only way that they can get a vote. that uh they want. And by uh by keeping.

you from voting, it makes it so that if. anyone that wants to vote for them. becomes a more powerful vote, the more. we get out and vote, the more people who. don't like this agenda of exclusion, of. lying, of recklessness, the more the. chance that we're going to defeat that. referendum, uh I excuse me, that agenda. that Donald Trump has put forward. So, I. would just encourage folks, get out. there, exercise your vote. That's your. power. Uh we don't have the kind of. money Donald Trump has. We don't have. the recklessness and the law uh.

lawbreaking nature that Donald Trump. has. We can do this the right way. We. can do it the authentic way by getting. out and voting. And so really encourage. everyone to don't let the noise of. Donald Trump don't let the attacks of. Donald Trump uh keep you from exercising. your power, your vote. And let's show. them on November 3rd. We see exactly. what he is, what he's done. And by the. way, we see exactly who all his cronies, his sickopants are who go with him and.

now are trying to avoid him desperately. >> Okay. So, I want to to finish off with. with one more issue that is something. I've been focused on for years and years. and years. As you know, I'm coming to. you from from Los Angeles. I've lived. here for 15 years. Uh moved here for the. film and TV industry and uh and I still. uh advocate as much as I can for this. industry. we are now facing the prospect. of a nationwide TV and film tax credit. So, can you speak about um uh uh that.

issue and whether you'd like to see that. happen and if uh if you've been um a. party to any of the conversations that. are happening right now? >> Yeah, we we've got to fight fire with. fire. Uh right now countries around the. world are trying to steal our industry, our entertainment industry, TV and movie. industry because they know that it's. lucrative. There are good paying jobs. It creates a ripple effect in the job. market. Somebody's got to feed all those. uh workers and actors. Someone's got to.

create all the costumes. Somebody. someone has to build the sets. uh the. entertainment industry creates a lot of. economic uh activity, a lot of good. paying jobs and there are countries who. are doing everything they can to steal. that industry from us. I'm trying to. undercut us in terms of what the cost. would be for a production and so we have. to fight back and the best way to fight. back is to make sure nationally we do. exactly what the other countries are. doing. If they're going to try to say, "Well, we'll give you a break to if you.

come and shoot here." We're gonna say, "No, we're going to make sure that you. can match whatever they're trying to do. so we can be competitive and keep uh. Hollywood in Hollywood, Hollywood in. America, and make sure that the. production that people around the world. are anxious to see and and enjoy. originates in the US and here, of. course, in Los Angeles, in Hollywood.". >> Well, I want to I want to take uh take. you on on the second part of that. You're, as I said, you're going to be. the governor of California. You made the. case uh that that I was going to make to.

you, which is, you know, all of the. ripple effects that it'll have. Look, the the entertainment industry in in. here in Los Angeles is the the economic. engine of of the state. And we have. watched as we have lost this industry to. New Jersey, to New York, to Georgia, to. New Mexico, to New Orleans, uh in. Louisiana. And so all across the. country, they've been able um to to. offer better film and TV tax credits. than California has. Finally, California.

offered $750 million, which is certainly. a step up from where we were before, but. it's not good enough. And we're still. losing jobs to other states. Uh I, if. I'm not mistaken, Georgia still has a. better tax credit. And so something I've. been advocating for is an uncapped tax. credit. Again, I don't have to make the. argument to you because you just made it. to to the audience about all of the. virtues that a thriving film industry is. going to have and the downstream effects. that it has on the economy. We also know. that for every dollar of of uh of tax.

credit that's offered, it brings in more. than a dollar into the local economy. And so, is there a world where you would. be supportive of an uncapped tax credit. when you become governor of California? There there could be such a world, Brian, because we have to go punch for. punch, punch, counter punch. Make sure. that when we step into the ring to fight. for our entertainment industry, that. we're fighting to keep it not just in. America, but to your point in. California, in Los Angeles, because as. you said, the competition, the folks who. are trying to steal that industry, while.

we know it's around the world, it's also. in America. And uh maybe it's a little. friendlier competition with our f our. friends in Georgia or New Jersey, but. it's still competition. And we want to. keep Hollywood in Hollywood. So, we will. go punch for punch. We'll make sure that. uh America Californians understand why. it's so important to keep this industry. here because not is it's not just jobs, but it's also iconic to have Hollywood. in Hollywood. >> So, what would you be looking for in. terms of a commitment for an unc for an. uncapped tax credit uh so that that.

could become a reality? >> It's got to make it work. I got to see. the numbers. We have to make sure that. what we're doing is beneficial to not. just the industry, but Californians as. well because what we're asking. Californians to do is give us a chance. through our taxpayer dollars to make. sure our industry is competitive. And so. we just got to make sure that we can we. can pencil it all out. We can u do the. math. And what we're doing is not just. protecting an industry, but we're. creating we're generating economic uh. activity in California that will benefit.

our taxpayers. >> All right. Well, we will of course uh. continue this conversation because uh as. Governor Nuomo can tell you and every. other California official I have been. and will continue to be a bug up the ass. of everybody uh in a position of power. in California that can make this happen. So, so uh. >> we'll leave it there. Uh uh thank you so. much for taking the time. For folks who. are looking to donate to your campaign, I'm going to put a link in the show. notes of this episode. And uh again, thank you for taking the time today, >> Ryan. Good to be with you again.