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Hello and welcome to this episode of Kennedy Saves the World. I think we can all agree that Kamala Harris was the most underwhelming presidential candidate in modern history. She had billion and a half dollars, the eyes of the world, the hearts of the media and Democrats and many independents are out really hoping that she could beat Donald Trump. And she didn't because she's underwhelming and intellectually lazy and not really interested in being prepared, doesn't really have a worldview or a personal political philosophy, anything that would be called the Harris doctrine. So there wasn't enough there for concerned voters to hang their hats on. And now the Democrat party has cratered, has a 63% disapproval rating from voters and the polling only gets worse and worse and worse. What's interesting though is she is still the front runner in the 2028 race. She could, she could have a Netflix series, how to lose a presidential election and not feel bad about it. And no one would watch that either. But it would be a great primer on how to blow through goodwill and tons of cash and have literally nothing to show for it. So what did Kamala Harris supposedly want to do after leaving the Naval Observatory when she lost the race with her tail tucked between her legs? She was going to run for governor of California. California is a broken state. California is a state where Sean Ryan, the former Navy Seal, did a podcast with Gavin Newsom which was pretty pointless. And the the governor of California went mostly unchallenged. Sean Ryan inexplicably gave Governor Newsom a Sig Sauer P365 handgun, 9 millimeter handgun. And Gavin exceptions like yeah, I'm really not pro gun, but I'm really not anti gun. I should say I'm pro gun. I love shooting little manliness, couldn't take it back into his state because of the anti gun restrictions in the state of California, he could not legally transport the gun back into his state. So he couldn't keep the gun because he is so anti gun and such a complete bull artist. So that state is broken. You know, that's like the gun laws are the least of Californians worries. So Kamala Harris, instead of going back to her home state where because of the monoparty system she failed upward meteorically. I, I don't know that there is, I, I guess you could make the case for George W. Bush, who you know, was a political Nepo baby, who obviously because of his literally having the exact same name as his dad who was president, you could argue that although he actually was elected governor of Texas and Texans were pretty happy. And yes, he was definitely shoehorned through the Republican system and was. It was more of a coronation for him, not so much. Jeb in 2016. Sorry, Jeb. Your mom always thought you were the smarter one of the bunch. That doesn't matter. But Kamala Harris, she made it through that system. Just the, the cream doesn't rise to the top in California, but the, the chunks of curdled milk do. And that was the case for her. She didn't want to go be governor of California because she said the system is broken. It's like, well, lady, if you're good at what you do and you have the plan for fixing the state, then go fix it if it's so broken. But if it's so broken that you are the product of it, then, yes, let someone else and let some other party run the state because Democrats have run the state into the ground. Having said that, she still is the top poll getter in terms of respondents saying who they would most likely vote for if the the Democrat nomination process for 2028 was held. Now she gets 26% of the vote. Gavin Newsom. And he is a known quantity throughout the country. Everyone knows California. Everyone knows Gavin Newsom. He debated Ron DeSantis on Fox News. He inserts himself into national news stories all the time. He only has 13%. That's how unimpressive he is. So what he's done lately is he's launched a podcast and he's doing social media posts in all caps. You know, it's like he thinks that he's really getting under Trump's skin by using Trump's usage of exclamation points and uppercase writing that, you know, and using words like beautiful. And, you know, he's got an acronym for Trump Taco. Trump always chickens out. So clever. So while he is trying to be clever and fake authentic, he's not getting any traction with the voters. But this is the best hope for the Democrat Party because they have just been lit ablaze because they are so desperate and so sad. And there is a dearth of great candidates and even good ideas on the Democrat side, which is really on them because, you know, as Trump had four years to consider what, what he would do in the gap between his first and second terms. Democrats have had the same amount of time. Democrats, you know, have been able to look at the failures of Joe Biden, which were sold to us as wild successes while voters were screaming from the rooftops. The opposite of that. The Best they can come up with is, well, you know, Gavin Newsom is a straight white male who is mocking the president. Meanwhile, he still has a state to run. Don't go anywhere more. Kennedy Saves the World right after this.
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Upset about it is I haven't been able to go home since January, since the wildfires, because, because I have been going back and forth with the horrific insurance company who, you know, is taking data and evidence and just ignoring it. And they're doing the exact same thing with thousands and thousands of other homeowners. And that's one of the reasons you're not seeing permits and construction. I saw one report the other day that, you know, Chinese corporations are snapping up all the, the plots in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. And Gavin Newsom isn't doing anything about it. He's not doing anything about the insurance companies. He's not doing anything, you know, sitting down with homeowners and business leaders and construction companies and coming up with a plan. You know, the, the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, she's not doing it. She let the city burn. You know, it's like maybe the conspiracies will be proven right. Maybe they wanted it to burn. Maybe they let it burn. Maybe they knew that this once in a century windstorm was coming. And they made sure that the reservoir was dry. They made sure that firefighters were told to stand down. They made sure that water trucks didn't make their way to the blazes. And then when the firestorm just devoured these communities, there's no urgency. You know, seven, almost eight months in, there's, there's no urgency when a state needs to be run, when, you know, parts of the state which were the incubator for Democrat donors, when those parts were allowed to burn. Do you think people just walked away and, and called it good and they're satisfied with this status quo? No, they're displaced and they're heartbroken. They are not the communities that they were before the fire. And these people don't care. Gavin Newsom doesn't care. He's too busy pretending to be Trump because secretly he wants to be Trump. He wants to talk about himself with bravado, but he doesn't have the accomplishments. He doesn't have the vision. Can you see this guy sitting down with Putin and Zelensky? Can you see this guy coming up with a convincing ceasefire for Hamas and Israel? Can you see this guy trying to put to bed a decades long civil war in Africa? No, because he's too busy huffing his own farts in his podcast studio in California, giving himself carpal tunnel syndrome, eking out ridiculous tweets in Trump's voice. And by the way, you've overdone the bit. You beat the dead horse. It's no longer funny. And this is the best the Democrats have as the state is still smoldering and you're talking about redistricting and, and that is your big idea. You've already redistricted did the state, they've done the same thing in Illinois. You, you can do no more. So he is an empty, unserious person with no new ideas. And the only thing he, he can triumph over is masquerading as someone else who is not going to be president in three years. He will continue to run against Trump. It's not going to do any good. Voters already have fatigue from that. They have been bombarded with that. It will be 12 years of I'm not Trump by the time 2028 rolls around and voters will absolutely have moved on and hopefully the party will have passed people like Gavin Newsom by. They've already left Kamala Harris in the dust. They have no interest in resurrecting her as a candidate because she's bad at it. Arguably, Gavin Newsom with his narcissism and his privilege is even worse. He is the epitome of hypocrisy. And, you know, if voters have a choice between authenticity and hypocrisy, they're not going to go for hypocrisy. They've already had that. And whatever traction they think they're getting from the anti Trump dogma, it's not making purchase. It's not working. It's not enough. Gavin Newsom is not enough. He's not enough for the state of California. He's too much Gavin Newsom for Gavin Newsom. But I don't care who the governor is, but I want that governor to fight for me and my community so people can have their lives back, so people can have their homes back. But with every passing month, they are robbed of hope. And when someone's home and all of their belongings and everything that is precious to them, when that burns and their hope starts to fade, guess what makes its way in there? Anger. And people are angry at people like Gavin Newsom, they're not going to be angry at Trump much longer because he he's not going to be president again. And you know, you can retweet any memes you want from Gavin Chad Newsom and J.D. chud Vance. I'd rather have a nerd than a narcissist at this point. And I really want Gavin Newsom's political career to end and fade away as his investment as California governor has. Unless it leads him to the presidency, which because of him and his missteps, it won't. This has been Kennedy Saves the World trying to save you from Gavin Newsom. I'm Kennedy. 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Host: Kennedy
Date: August 20, 2025
In this episode, Kennedy delivers a passionate and biting monologue dissecting the aftermath of Kamala Harris’s failed presidential run and critiques the Democratic Party’s prospects for 2028, focusing intensely on California Governor Gavin Newsom. Through her signature humor and unapologetic candor, Kennedy argues that both Harris and Newsom exemplify the Democratic Party’s lack of compelling leadership and meaningful solutions, especially for crisis-stricken Californians.
(Timestamp: 06:46–12:59)
| Segment | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------------------|------------| | Kamala Harris critique & 2028 primary outlook | 00:10–06:32| | Gavin Newsom’s image, national ambitions, and tactics | 05:35–06:32| | California wildfires & government inaction | 06:46–12:59| | Closing perspective: Voter fatigue & hope for change | 11:05–12:59|
This episode is a scathing, humor-packed critique of the Democratic Party’s current and future leadership, told through the lens of two California politicians: Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom. Kennedy blends personal anecdotes with political commentary, charging both figures with ineffectiveness and a lack of substantive vision, especially as California’s crises remain unresolved. For listeners, the monologue delivers sharp analysis, colorful language, and a compelling case that real freedom and progress require better leaders than the Democratic Party is currently putting forward.