Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA Republicans
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Steve Hilton & Spencer Pratt: Fixing California, Cheaper Gas, Ballot Fraud & CA Republicans

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202655 min
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  • Politics

(0:00) Steve Hilton joins the Besties! (3:53) How one-party rule broke the state, regulatory bloat & who really writes the laws (12:09) The path to victory: the persuadable voter, the cost-of-living pitch & the case against Becerra (21:46) Spencer Pratt joins: the message that cut through & the LA race that flipped (26:58) The city up close: the parks, small business & who the rules actually reward (36:54) Ballot harvesting, voter ID & whether the system is rigged or just legal (47:13) The Palisades: the empty reservoirs, suing the state & what Spencer does next Thanks t...

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a candidate for the governor of California who is extremely unique in a number of ways. First of all, he's a Republican. And second, he's a Brit. Welcome to the program, Steve Colton. It's a joke. I mean, what are these Democrats doing? We already have the highest taxes in the country. Your first 100 grand tax free. Even Katie Porter agrees with that. Prior to that,

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he was in Silicon Valley as a tech entrepreneur. People are so sick of the nonsense. Is everything twice as good when they've doubled the budget. Of course not. California means to America what America means to the world. Please welcome Steve Hilton.

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Wake up. Wake up, buddy. Let's go. Hi. All right. Wake up California.

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