A LOT OF ISSUES TO GO OVER BUT
WE BEGIN TONIGHT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA WHERE THE DATA ON
HOMICIDES AND HOMELESSNESS IN
SOME BIG CITIES IS REALLY
STAGGER NOW.
IN LOS ANGELES HOMICIDES ARE UP
32% LAST YEAR.
HOMELESSNESS INCREASED BY 13%.
SAN FRANCISCO HAS SEEN A 31%
INCREASE IN HOMICIDE.
THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS
GROWN 17% IN SACRAMENTO.
HOMELESSNESS IS UP 55%.
HOMICIDE UP 28%.
ALL THREE CITIES BY THE WAY RUN
BY DEMOCRAT MAYORS, A POINT
EMPHASIZED BY THE PRESIDENT IN
HIS PRESS BRIEFING JUST NOW.
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS ALSO A
DEMOCRAT.
NOW CALIFORNIA IS A BIG BLUE
STATE BUT COULD WHAT’S HAPPENING
THERE SPARK A CHANGE IN DOWN
BALLOT RACES AS MORE AND MORE
VOTERS GET FED UP WITH SAFETY
ISSUES AND THE DETERIORATION OF
LIFE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN
THEIR STATE?
LET’S TALK ABOUT ALL THIS WITH
FORMER CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN
PARTY CHAIRMAN TOM DELL VACARRO.
TOM, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I THINK OF THE MOVIE NETWORK,
THE GUY GOES IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERA, I’M MAD AS HELL, I CAN’T
TAKE IT ANYMORE.
YOU HAVE TO RAISE YOUR WINDOW,
AND SCREAM IT OUT, SUDDENLY
EVERYBODY IS SCREAMING I’M MAD
AS HELL.
I SENSE THAT IS WHERE
CALIFORNIANS ARE.
AM I WRONG?
>> NO, IT IS DEVELOPING.
WE HAVE RECALL PETITION FOR OVER
200,000 PEOPLE ALREADY SIGNED.
THERE WILL BE A RECORD NUMBER OF
PEOPLE SIGNING THAT PETITION.
THESE CITIES ARE BECOMING GHOST
TOWNS.
LIKE MY DAUGHTER WENT TO
SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE IT WAS A
CHARMING PLACE.
NOW IT’S A PLACE OF HOMELESS,
DRUG ACTIVITY AND SOME
CONTRACTORS WORKING BUT
BASICALLY DESOLATE.
YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WILL
THAT SPREAD?
LOOK, IF YOU HAVE POLICIES WHERE
YOU OVERTAX PEOPLE AND YOU DON’T
PROVIDE THEM WITH ELECTRICITY OR
WATER OR PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY’RE
GOING TO LEAVE THOSE AREAS.
THAT IS WHY CALIFORNIA HAS LED
THE NATION WITH PEOPLE LEAVING
THE STATE FOR BETTER ENVIRONS.
DAVID: I LIVE IN NEW YORK.
SPECIFICALLY I LIVE IN THE UPPER
WEST SIDE OF NEW YORK, WHICH IS
ABOUT AS CLOSE YOU CAN GET TO
CALIFORNIA ON THIS SIDE OF THE
COAST, THIS SIDE OF THE NATION,
WE TOO, EVEN THE MOST LIBERAL
FANS I HAVE ON THE UPPER WEST
SIDE ARE BEGINNING TO THINK
TWICE ABOUT VOTING DEMOCRAT THIS
TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN
WHAT’S HAPPENED TO THE CITY
UNDER DE BLASIO.
THEY HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE STATE UNDER GOVERNOR CUOMO.
THEY SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
THEIR WEEKLY PAYCHECKS THAT KEEP
GETTING MORE AND MORE EATEN UP
BY TAXES.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, DAVID.
REMEMBER NEW YORK UNDER DAVID
DINKINS WE WERE SHRUGGING OUR
SHOULDERS IF NEW YORK WAS
GOVERNABLE.
TURNED OUT IT CAME IN WITH
SOMEBODY WITH GOVERNABLE
POLICIES AND DIDN’T -- RUN AMOK.
YOU SAW PORTLAND, TODAY, FOX
BUSINESS COVERED THE STORY OF
BIG EMPLOYER LEAVING.
IT IS TOO DANGEROUS THERE.
CALIFORNIA, HIGH TAXES, THE
DEBT, EMPLOYERS ARE GOING LIKE
TESLA TO OTHER PLACES F YOU
ELECT JOE BIDEN WITH THE
HIGH-TAXED POLICIES, YOU SEE
MONEY LEAVING THE UNITED STATES.
MONEY GOES WHERE IT IS WELCOME
AND CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, WHY
WOULD YOU START A BUSINESS HERE?
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT A WEALTH
TAX, DAVID.
THAT IS THE DUMBEST THEN YOU CAN
DO IS TAX SOMEONE’S SAVINGS.
THEY SAY I DON’T NEED TO BE
HERE.
I WILL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
DAVID: WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT
LATER IN THE SHOW, WITH ANDY US
PUZDER, WHETHER THEY WILL
ADVOCATE ONE WITH THE PARTY
PLATFORM.
AT LEAST GOVERNOR CUOMO SEEMS TO
BE AWARE THAT 50% OF THE TAX
REVENUE IN NEW YORK COMES FROM
THE 1% OF THE RICHEST
NEW YORKERS.
AND IT DOESN’T TAKE MANY OF THEM
TO LEAVE BEFORE THE STATE IS IN
COMPLETE BANKRUPTCY.
DOESN’T THE GOVERNOR OF
CALIFORNIA REALIZE THE SAME?
>> NOT YET.
REMEMBER, IT IS NOT JUST TAXING
THEM.
IF THEY DON’T START UP
BUSINESSES IN YOUR STATE THEY
TAKE THOSE JOBS WITH THEM AND
THOSE PEOPLE DON’T GET TO WORK
AND PAY TAXES IN THE STATE.
SO IT IS NOT JUST TAXING, I KNOW
YOU KNOW THIS, NOT JUST TAXING
THE PERSON WITH THE MONEY.
IT IS STOPPING THE PERSON WITH
THE MONEY FROM OPENING UP JOBS.
IN CALIFORNIA THEY STILL DON’T
HAVE THAT MESSAGE.
REMEMBER, GAVIN NEWSOM WANTS TO
BE PRESIDENT IN 2024.
SO HE IS STILL TOWING THE FAR
LEFT LINE.
DAVID: WILL STILL BE A BLUE
STATE IN TERMS OF PRESIDENCY
VOTING FOR THE PRESIDENT BUT A
LOT OF CITIES AND STATE AROUND
THE COUNTRY MAY CHANGE TO RED AS
A RESULT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON
OUR CITY STREETS.