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KENNEDY: OH, I HAVE ALREADY HAD
ENOUGH OF GAVIN NEWSOM, BUT
GOVERNOR HAIR SPRAY ISN’T HEAVEN
RUNNING CALIFORNIA INTO THE
GROUND -- HAPPY, SO HE’S GOT HIS
SIGHTS SET ON TANKING FLORIDA
AND TEXAS AS WELL.
THE GOVERNOR FLEW TO TEXAS TO
BROWBEAT REPUBLICANS WHOM HE
WILL DESPERATELY NEED ONCE HE
LAUNCHES HIS ACTUAL PRESIDENTIAL
BUILD.
BECAUSE WHEN RATIONAL DEMOCRATS
CATCH WIND WITH OF HOW HE’S
BURNED THE GOLDEN STATE TO THE
GROUND, THEY’LL WANT TO DRAFT
JIMMY CARTER AT THIS POINT.
NEWSOM IS PRETENDING TO BE ANGRY
AT FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DEN
SANITIES.
HE’S MAD, HE’S FLYING MIGRANTS
TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD BECAUSE
HE’S JEALOUS.
SHOULDN’T HE WANT EVERY
PLANELOAD TO GO STRAIGHT TO
CALIFORNIA?
HE SHOULD BE THRILLED OVERRUN
GOVERNORS ARE OFFLOADING PEOPLE,
THEIR SOCIAL SERVICES ARE TOO
STRAINED TO FEED, SHELTER AND
PROPERLY PROCESS.
IT’S FUNNY.
BECAUSE NEWSOM THINKS HE’S
SWINGING HIS VEGAN SAUSAGE, BUT
WHAT HE’S DOING IS GUARANTEEING
THIS IS A MUCH BIGGER ISSUE.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE NOTHING
BUT RUN FROM.
NEWSOM KNOWS THIS IS THE GREAT
ANVIL AROUND KAMAL’S GOURD, BUT
HE’S NOT SMART ENOUGH TO LET IT
SINK HER IN SILENCE.
IT’LL OBVIOUSLY BECOME CLEAR
SOON ENOUGH THAT NEWSOM HAS NO
SOLUTIONS NOT FOR HOMELESSNESS,
NOT FOR WILDFIRES AND ESPECIALLY
NOT FOR IMMIGRATION.
WHAT HE DOES KNOW IS DEMOCRATS
HAVE A VERY WEAK BENCH, AND EVEN
AS A FAILING NARCISSIST HE MIGHT
BE THE BEST HOPE THEY HAVE IF
THEY’RE GOING FOR STORYLINES AND
A REALITY SHOW PRESIDENTIAL
STANDOFF.
NO ONE WANTS A BIDEN-TRUMP
REMATCH.
LEAST OF ALL BIDEN AND TRUMP.
THEY’RE BOTH WOUNDED AND CRANKY
AND OLDER THAN DIRT, AND
VOTERS -- ESPECIALLY
INDEPENDENTS -- ARE DYING TO
CLOSE THE BOOK ON THIS GERIATRIC
TORTURE DUO.
DeSANTIS IS REPUBLICANS’
OBVIOUS HEIR APPARENT TO TRUMP
AND A POLITICIAN WITH EXECUTIVE
EXPERIENCE IS ALWAYS MORE
ATTRACTIVE TO VOTERS.
PLEASE DON’T TELL THAT TO MY
BOYFRIEND, MIKE PENCE WHO, LIKE
MIKE POMPEO, THINKS HE’S THE
BEE’S BALLS.
BUT HE HAS NO SHOT IN HADES AT
THE REPUBLICAN NOM.
NEWSOM IS YOUNGER AND DUMBER
THAN BIDEN WHICH MAKES HIM A
PERFECT FIT FOR DEMOCRATS.
HE’S SOMEHOW A VERY MIGHT BE --
MORE VIABLE CANDIDATE THAN
TEENAGE PETE BUTTIGIEG.
NEWSOM WANTS TO DEBATE
DeSANTIS NOW, SOLIDIFYING THE
OPTICS.
BUT DeSANTIS KNOWS HE DOESN’T
HAVE TO PUNCH DOWN.
HE CAN SAY, HEY, CAPTAIN COIF,
I’VE GOT A STATE TO RUN, AND AND
UNLIKE YOU, I DON’T WANT TO DO
IT BADLY.
THERE ARE MANY MORE EPISODES TO
BINGE WATCH OF THIS NEXT
RIDICULOUS CHAPTER IN OUR
POLITICAL STREAMING SERVICE.
AND YOU KNOW MY KOESTER WILL BE
GLUED TO THE COUCH FOR EVERY
ABSURD MINUTE OF IT, AND I WILL
GIVE IT RIGHT TO YOU IN YOUR
FACE.
AND THAT’S THE MEMO.
IT’S LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE
DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT A BIDE
BIDEN RERUN.
BRET BAIER SAID IT AT THE TOP OF
THE SHOW, NEW ABC
NEWS/WASHINGTON POLL SAYS 356 --
56% OF DEM-LEANING RESPONDENTS
WOULD PREFER SOMEONE OTHER THAN
PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THE 2024
NOMINATION.
THEY WANT A LIVING HUMAN.
ONLY 35% WANT BIDEN TO BE THE
NOMINEE, AND HE WERE JUST BEING
POLITE.
DOES THIS MAKE IT EASIER FOR
GOVERNOR NEWSOM TO SLIDE ON?
BECAUSE HE’S ALL SLIPPERY.
THE PARTY PANEL IS HERE TO
DISCUSS.
CONSERVATIVE STRATEGIST AND Z
LABS’ VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS
BAEREN RON.
YES, SHE’S BACK.
DEMOCRAT POLLSTER AND COHOST OF
"THE FIVE," MY TWIN SISTER,
JESSICA JESSICA TARLOV AND
REASON FEATURES EDITOR AND THE
WORLD’S FOREMOST EXPERT ON
FLORIDA, PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS,
PETER SUDERMAN BACK IN ACTION.
GREAT TO SEE DAY DIS, ALL OF
YOU.
CHRIS, I WILL START WITH YOU.
IS GAVIN NEWSOM THE BEST THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> I MEAN, IF I WAS A DEMOCRAT,
I WOULD BE FEELING VERY BAD IF
THIS IS THE BEST WE HAVE.
I MEAN, LOOK, HONESTLY, FOR A
PARTY THAT, LIKE, CHAMPIONS
DIVERSITY AND EVERYTHING,
THEY’RE ADDICTED TO MEDIOCRE
WHITE GUYS.
WHETHER IT’S NEWSOM OR BETO IN
TEXAS OR THAT TUB OF LARD IN
ILLINOIS, IT’S BIZARRE --
[LAUGHTER]
KENNEDY: I THINK PRITZKER IS
PLEASANTLY PLUMP.
>> YEAH, VERY PLEASANTLY PLUMP.
LOOK, I MEAN, CALIFORNIA HAS
EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD GOING
FOR IT.
I MEAN, YOU COULDN’T ASK FOR A
MORE, YOU KNOW, A STATE THAT HAD
MORE AVAILABLE TO IT TO MAKE IT
GREAT.
LIKE, THIS IS A STATE THAT,
FRANKLY, ALL YOU SHOULD HAVE TO
DO IS PUT IT ON CRUISE CONTROL
AND WALK AWAY, AND EVERYTHING
WILL BE FINE.
YOU ACTUALLY ACTIVELY HAVE TO DO
A BAD JOB TO SCREW A STATE LIKE
CALIFORNIA UP.
AND CONGRATULATIONS, THAT’S
EXACTLY WHAT GAVIN NEWSOM HAS
DONE.
HE’S GOT A CRIME CRISIS, AN
ENERGY CRISIS, HE’S GOT, YOU
KNOW, AND HE CAN’T GET OUT OF
THE WAY OF HIS OWN. APPLE BIGGSS
AND EGOS AND -- AMBITIONS AND
EGOS AND FOCUS ON TRYING TO FIX
THE STATE HE HAS SCREWED UP SO
BADLY.
KENNEDY: WELL, AND HE’S
COMPLAINING, JESSICA, THAT RON
DeSANTIS, MAYBE HE BROKE THE
LAW OR BROKE PRECEDENT.
BUT I LOOK AT DEMOCRATS, AND I
THINK, FIX THE LAW.
IF THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED,
OBVIOUSLY, OUR IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING.
IS GAVIN NEWSOM REALLY THE
POSTER CHILD FOR FIXING WHAT’S
WRONG WITH UP THIS THIS COUNTRY
STARTING WITH IMMIGRATION?
>> WELL, I WANT TO START THE,
FIRST, WITH THE MEDIOCRE WHITE
MAN JAB.
BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH
CHRIS, BUT THEY CAN DO THAT
AFTER THE SHOW IS.
NOW BACK TO IMMIGRATION.
I’M NOT A PARTICULARLY BIG GAVIN
NEWSOM FAN --
KENNEDY: OH, THANK GOD.
I’M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
>> HAVE I DONE MY BIDDING NOW?
KENNEDY: NO, IT’S GREAT NEWS!
IT’S WONDERFUL.
>> AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT
ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO A
MIDTERM, WE DON’T REALLY NEED A
LOT OF DISTRACTION FROM WHO’S
ACTUALLY IN CHARGE OF THE PARTY.
AND I STILL HAVEN’T GOTTEN OVER
THE FACT THAT HE WENT TO THE
WHITE HOUSE WHEN HE KNEW BIDEN
WOULD BE AWAY SO HE COULD THROW
HIS JACKET OVER HIS SHOULDER AND
LOOK REALLY HOT.
THAT’S KIND OF MY THING ABOUT
BEGAN NEWSOM.
I OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO POSITIVE
FEELINGS FOR DeSANTIS, BUT THE
IDEA THAT THE 2024 SQUAREOFF
SHOULD START NOW, OF COURSE
DeSANTIS IS GOING TO SAY WE
SHOULDN’T HAVE A DEBATE.. --
KENNEDY: NO, THAT ONLY BENEFITS
NEW.
AND AND HE KNOWS THAT -- NEWSOM.
NEWSOM IS BANKING ON THAT
BECAUSE HE IS SO DESPERATE TO
EXPAND HIS NATIONAL STANDING.
SO, PETER, I LOOK AT ALL OF
THIS, I LOOK AT THE CRAZINESS,
YOU KNOW?
THERE ARE MEDIOCRE HONKIES
ABOUNDING IN POLITICS.
[LAUGHTER]
WHAT IS A LIBERTARIAN TO DO
HERE, PETER?
>> DESPAIR.
DESPAIR IS.
SO, LOOK, I ACTUALLY THINK THERE
ARE SOME REAL LEGAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT DeSANTIS’ STUNT HERE.
IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT COMES TO
BUDGETARY AUTHORITY, THE WAY THE
LAW WAS WRITTEN.
THOSE FUNDS WERE ONLY SUPPOSED
TO BE SPENT THEY WERE MOVING
PEOPLE FROM FLORIDA, THE POINT
OF ORIGIN WAS IN TEXAS.
IN ADDITION, THEY WERE ONLY
SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT FOR PEOPLE
WHO WERE HERE ILLEGALLY.
THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE
CLAIMING ASYLUM, IT’S NOT CLEAR
IF THEY ACTUALLY MEET THAT TEST.
THERE’S ALSO SOME FISCAL
CONCERNS.
THIS MONEY WAS -- THE WAY THAT
THEY PAID FOR THESE FLIGHTS WAS
WITH INTEREST ON COVID RELIEF
FUNDS.
LIKE, BILLS THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE
BEEN PASSED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THAT’S NOT REALLY A GREAT,
YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION FOR
SOMEBODY WHO IS RUNNING FOR THE
PARTY OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
AT THE SAME TIME THE, IT’S
REALLY HARD TO TAKE GAVIN NEWSOM
SERIOUSLY ON ANYTHING EVER.
BUT IN PARTICULAR WHEN HE’S
SAYING, OH, SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT
BE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL?
THIS IS A GUY WHO RAN SOME OF
THE MOST RESTRICTIVE COVID
RESTRICTIONS --
KENNEDY: OH, HALLELUJAH.
>> IN PARTICULAR, SHUT DOWN
CHURCHES.
THE COURTS SHUT HIM DOWN, SAID
IT WAS TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
GAVIN NEWSOM HAS HAD, LIKE, NO
GROUND TO BE STANDING ON
ACCUSING OTHER GOVERNORS OF
ENGAGING IN POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL
ACTS.
KELLY: --
KENNEDY: HE IS A SLIPPERY