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Welcome to Nightly scroll, everyone. I'm your host, Hayley Caronia. Thank you all for being here. I know we're in the holiday season, the throes of the holiday season, and I appreciate all of you for coming and joining me in the chat especially. And you might be watching right now on X or on Facebook, but I urge you to come on over to rumble rumble.com Haley will bring you to the Bongino Report channel. Make sure that you are subscribed. Make sure that you send that link to a friend. That is the only place you can watch Nightly scroll in full. And you are not going to want to miss a second of this interview because I've got a great guest on deck. So let's get into tonight's show because it is undeniable that Gavin Newsome, California's governor, has left a mark on California. He will be remembered for, well, his hair gel, starting a podcast, rolling out the red carpet for China, prioritizing illegal aliens, being pro trans kids, A homeless crisis has gotten out of control. Lawlessness, hating Trump. Did I miss anything? And in 2026, his reign of terror, I mean, term, comes to an end. And Californians have the opportunity to do better this time. But will they? The Golden State has had some pretty notable Republican governors in the past. And my next guest is vying for the job. Riverside county sheriff. She, Chad Bianco makes his pitch on this episode of Nightly Scroll. Sheriff, thank you so much for joining me tonight on the show. I'm so excited to get to talk to you and about your campaign.
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C
Well, thank you, Hayley. I'm glad to be here.
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B
All right, so you started off sheriff. Now you want to potentially be the governor. So what inspired this shift? What inspired your decision to run?
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C
You know, everything you do know, you repeat, you, you laid it out perfectly right there. Everything in California is broken. And we have a perfect opportunity right now to make a change, make a change of direction. And we are losing probably one of the worst governors in our history. And what I witnessed was a whole bunch of people signing up to be the next governor, all on the Democrat side. And they are the same names, the same faces of the people that put us Here in this position to begin with. They all believe in the same agenda. They all participated their career politicians that have been in Sacramento that have voted in all of these bad policies, they've supported all of these bad policies throughout the years. And it's either going to be the same or worse and if we don't win this. And so over the past couple of years, it became very apparent that I had an opportunity to win this election in a statewide campaign based on a public safety standpoint, a common sense standpoint of bringing basically just a common sense care hearing about other people other than myself or my special agenda, which is what we have in Sacramento right now. And it resonates with people. That's exactly what they want. They want somebody they can trust, someone that they can look to and someone that they know is going to care about other people more than, more than themselves. And in the end, that's what truly allowed me to make this decision. And we're going to, we're going to do everything we can to make it happen.
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B
Well, that's exciting. And I know that there's, there are a lot of negatives that we can talk about when it comes to California and what Gavin Newsom has done and we can get into that and we're going to. But I wanted to ask you what your favorite thing about California is, your favorite thing about living there and why you want to save it so badly.
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C
You know, there can't be a favorite thing. It's just California. California has every single thing that any other state in the country has. And I don't want to, I don't want to be biased because I live here, but it truly is better. We have better beaches, we have better ocean, we have better mountains, we have amazing ski resorts, our deserts, our farming community there is our businesses, our people here. Everything here is absolutely amazing. It unfortunately is just being ruined, destroyed by bad policies. So I mean, you can't deny the weather. We have perfect year round weather here. And I came here from a different state. I came here when I was 22 years old to make a better life for myself, to raise a family, for the California dream. And I've watched that dream slip away to where that's not, it's not reachable. Kids don't have a California dream anymore. They're looking at other states for their dream. And it's everything about California. It's California in general. And unfortunately in my lifetime I've watched from where everyone was proud to be a Californian to now we're embarrassed to tell Anybody, we're from California when we go somewhere else.
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B
Yeah. You know, something similar. I'm from New York originally and I have left New York. I was living in Manhattan and you know, dealing with all the things that come with living in Manhattan these days under Democrat leadership. And it's pretty obvious why people don't want to live there. People don't want to raise families there. And it's unfortunate because where I grew up on Long island is, is wonderful and it's a lot of red people, you know, red voters and it's like minded people and it's a beautiful place to raise a family. However, just because we live in this like red bubble in a, you know, larger Democrat state and there's kind of a similar thing on the Democrat side in California. You know, there are these red pockets in California. It's not that everyone is a libtard in California. The same thing with New York. And you know, I lived in New York for however many years, my whole Life up until 2022 and then I moved to Tennessee and then after that I moved to Florida. And there are a lot of people who are leaving New York and, and going to red states. And the same thing with California. There are a lot of people who are living in California and they think I can't afford to give my kids the life that I had here. And that's how I feel about New York. You know, a lot of my friends, they were trying to move out of the city, move into the suburbs. They can't afford houses, they and if they do, they have to move in with their parents in order to afford it. And they're in their 30s and they're living at home with their parents or their parents have to help them pay for it. I mean, it's really difficult for millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha to materialize this American dream in some of these blue states that you were talking about. So what would you say to people in California that think, screw it, I'm not going to be there to vote the right way anymore, I'm just going to pack my bags and leave.
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C
Yeah, it's. So what I'll say is in your lifetime probably if you do leave, if we don't take care of California, if we don't rescue California and save it, every state is going to turn into California. California started doing this decades ago and other states followed it. Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, even some pockets New York, New York and California have spent the last 10 years trying to see who was going to destroy their state the fastest and thankfully, I think New York is going to beat us. And it's very, very unfortunate. And when I say, even when I say New York, the majority of New York is not blue. It's just the very populous places where all votes are, where everyone has become entitled and everyone believes the lies of the Democrat party and everyone wants something for nothing. And then you have that voter base that just overrides the hard working people that are just trying to make better lives for themselves. And that's really what we have here in California. The majority of our state, area wise is very, very red. It's just the populace blue parts of Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Bay Area that are, they're just, they've lost their mind. And the, the, the ability to reason, the ability to, to think outside of what the Democrat Party is telling them to think is non existent here. And we're a perfect example here in California that Democrats have been in control of this state for 60 years.
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Yeah.
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And we, we have, we have, every 20 years or so we have a, a slight reprieve when everything gets so bad that everyone just, they vote for a Republican governor and then that governor struggles for his entire term or two terms to try and make some inroads into fixing things and then they spend the next 20 years destroying it again. But luckily that's where we are right now in California. It's been 20 years and Californians are looking right now to fix things. Everything is bad. It's affecting everyone here. And so even the, even the cities, the cities are sick of crime. San Francisco is sick of crime. They're sick of a failed government. They're sick of the promises every election and they're doing things different there too. So we're very hopeful that sanity is going to win out.
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B
Yeah. And you mentioned that Democrats have been in charge for decades there in California. And because of that we see crime on the rise. You see these videos of smash and grabs and then after the smash and grabs you see that there are activist DAs that are soft on crime. They let career criminals walk because of social justice or some other dumb reason. How is this uptick in crime impacting communities and business owners?
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C
We have, and it's, it's all across the state. Crime is everyone's number one issue. We had a ballot measure last year, 2024, that was to repeal all of the horrific things that our legislature has done. It was one particular, you know, measure that basically made crime legal in California, drugs legal in California, and we passed a proposition last year that basically was a referendum on state government saying we are tired of what you're doing with public safety. We want crime a crime again. We want criminals held accountable. We want them to pay a price for victimizing us. And every single county in the state voted for that. Proposition A 70, almost a 75% margin or vote yes on that proposition. That's three quarters of the state all agreed that Democrats are going the wrong direction on public safety because crime is so bad in the state and they've done nothing since the state has done nothing to answer the call from our voters, from our Californians to say fix this. They've actually doubled down and they're saying no, we don't care what the voters want. We're not going to reverse are horrific policies when it comes to public safety. And you mentioned something where I want to really emphasize the play on words that all across the country Democrats are doing, whether it's our federal government or California is where I see it on a daily basis. Criminal justice reform. There is absolutely no such thing as criminal justice reform. That is a play on words for the Democrat party to make everyone believe that they're doing something good. The word reform means that something is broken and it needs to be fixed. And all of us are like yeah, I'm all for reform. If something needs to be reformed, then let's go ahead and do it. But California's version of reform is this absolute sick and twisted perversion with criminals where they, it's a love affair with criminals where they believe that criminals are victims of society and the law abiding public. And it's our fault that people commit crimes because we work too hard for our things and so other people have to go steal it from us and then we want to put them in jail for it. And I mean the answer is well, yes, that's, that is what we want. That's, that's a civilized society. That's how we maintain a civilized society. But the Democrats, they use different words to that. That means something that mean to play on our emotions. But then they're real effort behind what they're doing is always sinister. There was one thing here that was just absolutely a lie. Probably one of the biggest lies, you know that were, that were pulled over on, on voters in history. They, they wanted people to vote for a measure and we did. It was, and they named it the safe schools and Safe streets Initiative. And it, I mean who does not want that?
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Right?
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And so people weren't informed. They just, I'm like, yeah, that's a great idea. Let's vote for it. But what that was the downfall of public safety in Californ. It legalized crime. It prevented. It made felonies, misdemeanors, misdemeanors no more, no longer a crime. And it enabled this criminal activity that we have in California for 14 years. And it's just horrific here. And Doug, here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us. Cut the camera. They see us. Only pay for what you need@libertymutual.com Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Savings vary underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company affiliates excludes Massachusetts.
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They even do that? How can they name this bill, you know, the Safer Communities act or whatever. I mean it's just so disingenuous and it must be frustrating for you as a sheriff, right? Because you're trying to, you know, bring law and order to the community and then you have to deal with these Democrat policies that stifle those efforts. So what can you do as governor that you couldn't do as sheriff?
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Right? All of these wrongs. The real issue for, for most of the problems that we have, public safety is bad laws that are going to have to be repealed that are going to have to be amended. We're going to have to make drastic changes in our criminal justice system Back to pre2012 era when, when we were actually kind of doing things right. But the rest of the issues in California that are harming us that are, you know, the cost of living, the cost of gas, the cost of electricity, all of those things are regulatory in nature. Those are government regulations that they are imposing upon us that as governor I can remove all of those. They're not laws. They weren't put in place by lawmakers and we did not vote on those things. They're just, they're regulations from commissions and boards, from governor appointed positions. And I can change all of those. I can change all of those with a stroke of A pen. So the majority of our issues that are harming us in our building community, our ranching community, our farming community, our housing community, the homeless community, all of those things can be changed with a stroke of a pen, which is very irritating. And it's. It's very frustrating to know that if our current government as we see it today in Sacramento, a super majority of Democrats with a Democrat governor, if they wanted to fix our issues, they could do it today.
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B
Right.
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But the reality is, the proof is they don't want to fix our issues. They want us struggling. They want us to not be able to afford gas, to not be able to afford rent. They want to have complete control over our lives. And in. I mean, I hate to say this in this manner, but they're the ones saying it now. We don't have to be conspiracy theorists. They are calling themselves socialists. They are the socialist Democrats of California, and they are pushing for socialism. And that truly is what we're fighting here. And the good thing is, is the majority of Californians are recognizing it. They're seeing it, and they're standing up right now and saying, okay, enough is enough. We're not. We're not falling for this anymore. We don't believe you anymore. And we want a different path.
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Yeah. And I feel like tourism is a huge thing in California. Right. You want people to come to California, and a lot of things bring people there, like Hollywood and celebrities and nice beaches and things like that. Then people see all these photos and videos on the news of needles on the ground in San Francisco. There's a human feces tracker, because apparently that's all over the place. You see these photos of tent cities and homelessness. What is your plan to remedy those kinds of issues?
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C
Yeah, we. It's. It's government waste. It's government fraud. It's government abuse. It's money laundering of taxpayer money through a homeless industrial complex. That makes matters worse. So they can keep the money flowing going. There are. There are. There's more than a handful. There's probably thousands and thousands of people that have become millionaires over the homeless crisis here. That we have the homeless industrial complex and the.
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How do they make money off of it?
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So they're opening nonprofits and NGOs. They start these nonprofits and NGOs. The government gives them $5 million. They buy things. They. 90% of their money goes toward administrative costs, exorbitant salaries, things that they. That they want. Basically. They buy their own houses, they buy apartment buildings that do absolutely nothing, but they benefit from Them, they're not helping the homeless situation that we see on the street one single bit. They're actually making it worse. And yet that money just keeps coming. But what we're finding is those millions of dollars go into these nonprofits. The nonprofits are that the people that run the administrative part of the nonprofits are making millions and millions of dollars. A portion of that money goes back into the campaign funds of the people that are giving them the money. So it's a money laundering scheme through this homeless industrial complex that they don't want to fix. If they fix it, then the money stops, the money dries up. So as governor, I will stop all of that money from going to these, these Nonprofits and these NGOs. We will identify the very small number of them that are actually trying, that are doing a good job, and we will give them money to operate. But then what? We will. The real issue with this has nothing to do with homes. So we shouldn't call them homeless. It's a drug induced psychosis, drug and alcohol induced psychosis with, combined with sometimes a mental health crisis.
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Right.
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And we have to address those issues. Once we address those issues, we can get them back to the homes that they once had, the families that they had, and we can make them productive members of society again. But as long as we just keep calling a home issue and saying that, you know, the government, Newsom used all of this money to some. He claimed he was going to build a million tiny homes and none got built. It, it's, it's just an absolute disaster here in California of waste, abuse and fraud.
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Well, unfortunately, speaking of homelessness in California, we're coming up on the one year anniversary of the devastating fires in the Pacific Palisades and a lot of people lost their homes and their businesses and just recently homes are now being built again in the Palisades. What is this recovery effort look like?
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C
Yeah, there's, there's only been a couple homes that have started to be built. It's, it is. They are, don't, don't think for a second that there is a bunch of building going on in the Palisades.
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No, I know. I think just last week the first one was put up.
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Yeah, the red tape and the government bureaucracy and the, the, the purposeful denial of, of these people's rights to, to clean up their properties and to rebuild their properties is, is real. They don't want these homes being built. They don't want you to rebuild your house because they want to design a, they call it Newsom Called it exactly what they want. L A 2.0. This is their opportunity to build their 15 minute cities where it's government housing, it's mass apartment buildings, they don't want single family homes anymore. And it's the government controlling where you live, where you work, where you shop, all within 15 minutes walking distance. So you don't need a car anymore. It is there. This is not me just talking about it. This is their plan, it's a blueprint and they are actively trying to push this through. The good part about it is people can, they've seen it, it was completely obvious. When you have the majority of the people that lived in the Palisades, they lived in multimillion dollar homes and they had the money to afford them and they had, they have the money to rebuild. And the government, the city government and the state government is preventing that from happening. And so people are there. California is in a very, very unique position that we have never ever been in definitely in my lifetime here in California in that the majority of people here are absolutely fed up with the inefficiency and the criminality and the corruptness of our government and our government leaders. And we're calling them out. I mean social media is doing a great job of it. There's several massive influencers that are telling the truth that the media will not. And it truly is changing things here. And as we work into next year's election cycle, we know that there's going to be a big difference here in California because it affects every single person in California. Now there is not a demographic that is left out. There is not a socioeconomic graphic that's left out. Not a racial demographic that's being left out. Everyone is affected negatively here. Cost of living is atrocious, so much higher than anywhere else in the country. And we're just tired of it. We're done. And we definitely are looking for a new direction. And I really do believe that 2026 is going to be a good turning point for not only California, but we're going to show the rest of the country that our policies have failed. It's been build social agenda, it's failed. Let's admit that it failed and let's get back to fixing it to where Californians have a decent ability and a decent life here in California.
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Yeah, you mentioned that the government wants to put up these 15 minute cities and they want it to be walkable. Right. Because they have this green agenda agenda that they want to push and they don't want anyone to be driving gas guzzling cars anymore and all that stuff. Right. But we're so close to 2026 now. Do you think that they can get this stuff done before the election? Do you think they're going to try to do it fast before the election? Can they get it done or can you stop it in time and hopefully a Republican like yourself can come into office and kind of put a stop to those efforts. Is it, is it savable?
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It is. There's plenty of time to make this happen. Time is on our side. Time is on Californian side. We've seen what they're doing. We've seen now what they want to do, and we're not allowing it to happen. The mayor is up for election again. So the good part about this next year is nothing bad is going to happen in California because the failed politicians that are currently in office, the majority of our legislature and our Senate and our governor and everything else, the mayor of L. A, she is up for election. So she's going to have to be on her best behavior. She can't push the socialism effort anymore during this year because the people running against her are going to expose her for it. And so it's kind of like a little reprieve that we have going into this. What, what I like saying here, and we're talking about this in many different circles here, is it's a perfect storm here in California for the Democrats to just lose all control here. They're in shambles. They don't have a leader here in California that, that's stepping up to, you know, to take over. We have a, an absolute failure of a governor who wants to be president. So he's, he spends more time in other states than he does California. And it's a, it's a perfect storm. It's a perfect storm of failure on their part. And I think we're going to take advantage of that in, in next November. Yeah.
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I want to talk about Newsom's political aspirations, but first, you know, you mentioned earlier these, these NGOs and these other, you know, non profits that, you know, sound good, but they're really not working for the American people and certainly not the people in California. And that brings me to the Fire Aid concert that was put on with, you know, celebrities, song and dance. They, all the pomp and circumstance, they, they went out there and even some of the celebrities that were included in this are now realizing that there's been this mismanagement of funds and donations and they were supposed to go to families in need, but they didn't do you have any update on that or whether or not these people will be held accountable?
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They eventually will be held accountable. They're. We're going to get better people in office. We're going to get better people in control, leaders in control, and we will hold them accountable. I mean, we have a governor and that. I mean, we don't know what the facts are because the rumors started out with this money, this $100 million that some. Somewhere along the way, his nonprofit, controlled by his wife, was given between 5 and 25 million of that 100 million. So where did that go? And then immediately when it started being reported, all that information was scrubbed. It was taken off. You can't find it anymore. But we all know it was there. We know it was true. And so where is that money? That money was supposed to go to the victims. No victims, any of that money. And it's really. It truly is. I mean, that's a. That's a perfect, more recent example. It's $100 million. But we can go bigger and we can say the homeless industrial complex. It's $25 billion. It's $25 billion. That is absolutely unaccounted for. They have no accounting measures. They have. They have nothing to show of where that money went or what it went for. I mean, there. You can't tell me that that is not a crime, that there's not embezzlements going on and frauds and things that are happening. We're seeing back east in Minnesota $25 million or something like that. It might have even been more than that. That has been embezzled of COVID funds. It's happening all over. And to believe that it's not happening in California, you'd be naive or just misled. We know it's happening. We just have to start. We have to put people in place that are actually going to be. Look and hold people accountable for what they've done to us.
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Yeah. On the law enforcement front, the FBI recently, they foiled a potential terror plot. They had arrested four people that were planning on carrying out terror attacks across Los Angeles in five separate areas. What's your reaction to this from. From a sheriff's perspective?
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Yeah, it's. It's our worst fear. It's our. It's our biggest nightmare is. Is reliving something disastrous like we had in 9 11, and seeing all of the terrorist attacks that have happened since then, really, all across the world, we don't want them here. And we have big cities here in Southern California. We have I have several big cities in just in my county alone. We don't even, we're not even talking about the Los Angeles, about the Anaheims and the San Diegos, that we have massive cities here with major sports teams, major entertainment venues with lots of people. And we are, we are constantly looking for threats, looking for information that would lead us to believe that there was someone trying to do harm to any of these venues or to our residents. And to find this out now, I mean, this is our biggest fear. We have major, major events coming up in the next year with, with the soccer championships and with, with FIFA and with the Olympics. There is so many things that are happening here in Southern California, in California. And it's truly, it's our biggest nightmare. And we are so grateful for the hard work of not only local law enforcement, but our federal government that was able to identify these threats and these cells and find these people and stop them before they could carry it out.
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B
Yeah. You know, if I was a voter in California, I would want a sheriff in charge. And on the topic of, you know, these tragedies, school shootings is another one that's on the top of people's mind, especially when they go to the polls. This is something that Democrats is kind of like their rallying cry. If it's not abortion, it's school shootings. And, you know, I'm fascinated to hear your perspective as a sheriff, a sheriff running and getting into politics, because it's frustrating for me. I haven't been in school in a while and I'm not a parent yet. But it's absolutely asinine that we make schools no gun zones or you're not allowed to have guns on campus. I mean, you're, you're essentially saying that we are sitting ducks and we are not armed and we are not dangerous, but you are. And if you want to do harm to us and the kids inside, we'll have at it because, you know, guns are bad and blah, blah, blah. This is what they say.
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C
Yeah.
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B
What is your take on these no gun zones?
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C
Yeah, it's, it's silly. If you're going to have a no gun zone, you have the softest target you could possibly imagine and you're inviting bad things to happen there. And schools are the absolute worst part. I'm going to point out to you how just the absolute hypocrisy of the Democrat Party here in California and how dumb they are in their thinking of this and they're absolutely refusing to either remember or learn from history. And it goes back to the Columbine shootings. After the Columbine shootings across the nation, we made sure that there was law enforcement in all of our schools because a school environment, a learning environment absolutely must be safe or none of our kids are going to be able to learn. If they're afraid of what's going on in school, they're not going to be able to learn that these, these locations are very soft targets for people that want to do a lot of harm. We're seeing, we still see it all across the country. And California is currently attempting to take school resource officers out of all of their schools. They don't want cops on school premises anymore. They're blaming cops for kids getting in trouble. They're blaming cops because they kids end up going to prison. And they're saying that it is our fault that kids do bad things. And so they're doing everything they can to remove law enforcement from our schools. And truly they're purposely creating environment where our kids are going to be hurt. And it's, I don't, I'm so over their agenda. I'm so over the lies that come with everything that they say. And we see it here on a daily basis. We have to, we're forced to because of our media. We see all the things every single day that Newsom talks about and if he's talking, he's lying and no one calls him out on it. We're living through all of this and we listen to them say something and it's like, wait a minute, that isn't even close to the reality of California. But you're saying something different. And our schools are one of the biggest things. They claim that they want all the guns removed and no school, gun free zones and all those things. Well, we already learned that that's a bad idea. And Californians doubling down on it.
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Yeah, it's, it's very sad. And you brought up a good point too about this anti cop narrative that seems to be pretty persistent in California, but also in a lot of blue cities. And we saw this after the BLM riots and it was all cops are bad and you know, F12 and all this, you know, anti cop narrative. As a sheriff, do you think you're going to have to overcome that when Californians go to the polls?
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No, because we don't believe it. We don't believe what the media is telling us. We know in this profession that the majority of the people that are in our communities absolutely love and respect law enforcement. They know that we're riding that line between Chaos and calm. And if we're going to have a civilized society, they know that law enforcement has to be there, and they know that we're out there to protect them. And so overall, there is a very good opinion of law enforcement from our public. The. Our politicians and our media want us to believe otherwise. They want us to be thinking that cops are bad and, and pointing, you know, something out. They. The bad part with instant media now, because we have it all in the palm of our hands with our phone and with social media, is it's easy. I mean, there's. There's more than a million. I mean, there's way more than a million law enforcement officers in the entire country. And every few days we get one example of something bad happening. That's not a. That's not a massive problem. That is a very, very rare instance that we're trying to demonize and make it appear that law enforcement in general is doing something bad. And the reality is we're just people, and there are cops that make mistakes. We do everything we can to rid ourselves, rid our profession of bad cops. And, and that's why we have the overwhelming respect that we get from our communities. So we're not worried at all about what the public thinks of law enforcement, especially me as a sheriff running for the office of governor. It's actually appealing to people because we're an elected position. I'm in one of the largest counties we have. There's two and a half million people here, and I'm the fourth largest sheriff agency in the entire country. So the respect that I have here is immense. There. All across the state, I have. I'm held in high regard for what I've done in the past and what I did during COVID and, you know, standing up for our residents here, not enforcing any of those ridiculous lockdowns and orders. And so people are resonating with what I have to offer. And, and we think it's going to. It's going to. It's going to lead us down this election path to a very good outcome.
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B
Yeah, well, you. You brought up Covid, and we have the governor now who had the French Laundry situation, and, you know, he wants to run for office. Maybe, you know, he hasn't announced it yet, but I think everyone kind of reads the writing on the wall and he's launching something. Right. I think he wants to run for president in 2028. He. He wants higher power. And you look at some of his policies and it just makes you think, I don't know. I guess I understand how Californians bought into this, but there's no way, especially on the trans and LGBTQ front, that the American people at large, which, you know, set over 70% of them, don't buy into this transgender ideology stuff. I don't know how the American people are going to buy it. I don't think they're going to. But most recently, you know, Gavin Newsom was doing some interview with the New York Times and he said he was self proclaimed the most pro trans governor ever and he is, you know, pro trans kids. What was your reaction to that? And are there any policies on that front that you can undo?
[36:48]
C
Yes, the majority of them were laws they made that they, they passed laws in this one party rule state with. They, they just do whatever they want. So those are all going to have to be, that's going to take a lot of work to repeal and to get rid of them. I think the public outcry when they really see here what the legislature has done to them over the last several years, particularly in this arena, they're going to be outraged. And it didn't happen yesterday, it happened years ago. And we're just finding out all of these things because they operate in a little silo there in the dark that the media doesn't report it and no one pays attention to what they're doing in Sacramento until it's too late.
[37:32]
B
Right.
[37:32]
C
So when it's going to be difficult to reverse. But I think the public outcry is going to demand that our lawmakers reverse these horrific bills. I mean, to, to say that this is the, this is their mentality and this is how just absolutely, I mean there's, I mean, I hate using these types of words, but they are just plain stupid. You, you have a Democrat party that when it comes to crime, they don't want anyone held accountable for crime until they're 26 years old. So you can commit a crime with no recourse until you're 26 years old. Because they say that your brain is not, you know, it hasn't developed yet until you're 26 and you don't make it come on until you're 26. But at the same, on the, in the next breath they tell you that a 12 year old can decide that they're going to mutilate their body and take away their breasts or, you know, mutilate their genitals. And it's, it's absolutely disgusting what they are doing here. It, it's legal child abuse. They have changed the laws to make it Legal. And we. It's. It's. They're. They're maiming children, permanently disfiguring them, and they have made it legal. So somehow that's okay. And when everyone learns of this and when they find out that they are doing it and doctors are doing it and they. They can't be held accountable because it's legal, they're there. There is going to be a massive public outcry.
[39:02]
B
Yeah. I mean, there's got to be some kind of a big pharma kickback for all of this. And it's. What it is, is. And it's an experiment on children, and it's. It's disgusting and it's abuse. But there are a lot of California policies that I think you're probably not going to put up with. And one of those is. Is sanctuary policies. And, you know, as a sheriff, I think, you know, when we talk about the state of California right now, I mean, all states, unfortunately, because of the border crisis, are border states. But in an actual border state, and we're seeing this, you know, commercial driver's licenses under Gavin Newsom were handed out, same as New York and all these other blue states. It's commercial driver's licenses are licenses for illegals, and they have no name on them. And then they're given a truck and they can drive all over and they can't read the road signs. And we're seeing American citizens die at the hands of these horrific policies. And, you know, not only that, but Gavin Newsom has essentially bankrupted the state, giving health care for illegals. How damaging have these sanctuary policies been on California in terms of the economy, but also the crime?
[40:15]
C
Extremely. And it's on both fronts. It's damaging everywhere, not only to the economy and stimulating the economy negatively, but the amount of money that the government is absolutely giving to all of these people that are here in this country illegally, here in the state illegally. And the benefits and the free things that they're giving to them, not giving the same care or consideration to people that live here that are here legally, that were born here. Legal US Citizens are veterans. Our veteran community is completely abused in California, one of the worst in the. In the country. The. Our. You know, our. Our kids are. One in four of our children are in poverty, and yet we're giving all of these free things to illegal aliens. Because we know when they come over here, California allows them to vote. They say they don't, but there is an actual law that says you can't ask when they register to vote if they're here illegally so anyone can come in and register to vote. And we know they're making policy now. They're affecting policy because they're voting these people into office. And we are so, so broken here. And the real Californian, the true Californian that's just trying to make a life is being so neglected here because of politics, because of Newsom's desire. And it goes back to when he was the mayor of San Francisco. He was running for president then. He knew it was eventually going to get there. So all of these things are falling into play with an agenda on how they're going to make it happen. And it's, I mean, our budget, they're saying it's an $18 billion deficit, but we're hearing rumors now that it's going to be more like 35 billion. And if the majority of that money is from free things that have been given to people who are in this country illegally, all of that has to end. And that ends with that, with, with Californians electing me as their governor. I will come in at the beginning of next year's budget. It will be my budget that I present. So it's going to be very, very difficult. Something that he already has in place that we're going, we're only going to have a couple of months to go through and dissect and truly fix. But we can do it starting next year in 2027. And so it's all hope is not lost in California. We've got a lot to look forward to. But the policies from a failed one party rule truly are driving us straight into bankruptcy.
[42:59]
B
Yeah, it's, it's really sad to watch. And, you know, you mentioned all these failed Democrat policies. And on the Democrat side you've got, you know, Eric Swalwell, who's running and he's literally been in bed with China before. So that's great. Then Katie Porter, who's just gone viral for being absolutely nasty to people, even, you know, nasty to people in her own inner circle. Then you've got Javier Becerra, who worked for the Biden administration, but you're going to have to overcome people that have name notoriety. And then you've got to overcome a California electorate that most of them will vote blue no matter who. Right. So you've got that. And then on the right side, you've got Steve Hilton, who's got some name notoriety. So what is your elevator pitch to California voters? Why are they voting for you over all of those names that they've maybe heard from Before.
[43:53]
C
Yeah, we're going to. We're in the perfect position right now to make a change in California. And the. It's going to have to be someone that's actually electable in California in a statewide election. And we know that if California is going to get better, it is not going to come from voting in another Democrat. I think even the Democrats realize that in this governor election, I don't want to say that they're, that they're giving up on it, but they know they're going to lose this election. Everything is lining up for that. There's nothing to defend from the Democrat policy standpoint in California because nothing is going good. So we are going to have to put forth a Republican that absolutely has a chance of winning a statewide election. Based on base what you just said about blue, no matter who, there is definitely a Democrat, a portion of the Democrat Party, a big one that will absolutely vote Democrat no matter what. Charles Manson could be elected governor in California. He was the only one that they could vote for. And our campaign is going to be a little bit different. We're going for the middle. We don't want the 20%, the 10%, the 15% on the right and the left that are truly just going to fight about everything. We want the people in the middle, and that includes the Democrats. So we know that I'm going to get the majority of the Republican vote. I've already been endorsed by the American Independent Party, so I will get the majority of their vote. And then we know, because it's California, we're going to have to attract Democrat voters. And Democrats will cross party line for safety. They will cross party line for and vote for a person, even though they're a Republican, that stands to make their state their state, their kids, their businesses, their schools to bring safety back into California. So we can all, you know, basically think straight. We're afraid to go outside. We're afraid to open our businesses. And that's going to allow them to say, okay, I'm not going to be a Republican, but I need to vote for this guy because we know he will rescue us from bad public safety policies.
[46:03]
B
Yeah.
[46:04]
C
And it's, it's resonating in the polls. I'm leading in all of the polls, even over Democrats. Six out of the last seven polls show me in the lead. And we know we're just going to increase that as we, as we really start spending money, letting people know that this is a grassroots campaign that's spreading all across the state. And it truly does show that People are. They're waking up and they want something different and they're looking for a new path forward that someone like me has to offer. I'm not a celebrity. I'm not a billionaire. I'm not a politician, even though I'm elected official. I'm a very straight talking, honest, straightforward, common sense guy that they all can relate to. And that's the appeal. And it's something that since I've been here, in my lifetime of Democrats winning all state races, we haven't had a candidate that offers all of the things that my position offers. And we think we're going to prevail.
[47:12]
B
Well, Sheriff Chad Bianco, thank you so much for joining me on this episode of Nightly Scroll. Tell people where they can find you, find you on social media. Find out more about your campaign.
[47:23]
C
Absolutely. Biancoforgovernor.com you can sign up to help on the website. You can sign up to donate, obviously on the website. Get information as we progress through the campaign and please follow all of my social media accounts. SheriffChad Bianco on X Instagram and Facebook. Follow and share. We're gonna make this happen. California has a bright future ahead of it.
[47:47]
B
Well, that's good to hear. And good luck. Thank you for joining Nightly scroll tonight.
[47:51]
C
Thanks, Haley. I really appreciate it.
[47:52]
B
Well, I wish him all the best of luck and I wish California the best of luck, too. They're gonna need it and I hope that they elect someone like him. But tomorrow evening, we have great content planned for you. So if you're looking for something to do on Christmas Eve and over the holidays, look no further than Nightly Scroll. But I wanted to tell you all how grateful I am for this community here on Rumble. I'm grateful for this show, but obviously for all of you who watch each night, you are making my dream come true. So thank you to all of you. Have a safe, happy and healthy holiday and a very, very merry Christmas and happy, happy new Year.

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Episode 203: California’s Future w/ Sheriff Chad Bianco

Date: December 23, 2025
Host: Hayley Caronia
Guest: Sheriff Chad Bianco, Riverside County Sheriff and Republican candidate for California Governor

Episode Overview

In this fiery and candid episode, Hayley Caronia sits down with Riverside County Sheriff and gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco to discuss California’s struggles under Democratic leadership and his vision for the state’s future. Covering issues ranging from public safety, homelessness, and government corruption to trans policies and the upcoming 2026 gubernatorial race, the conversation offers a sharp conservative critique of “one-party rule” and a call to reclaim the California dream. Sheriff Bianco outlines his campaign themes, the challenges of reversing entrenched progressive policies, and the hope for a political shift in California.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

Motivation for Running for Governor

Broken State of California: Sheriff Bianco explains his decision to run stems from witnessing a state “ruined and destroyed by bad policies”—with career politicians offering only “the same or worse” if Democrats remain in control.

“Everything in California is broken… If we don’t win this, it’s going to be the same or worse.” — Chad Bianco [02:20]
Appeal to Trust and Common Sense: Emphasizes the need for a leader “who cares about people other than themselves or a special agenda.”

“They want somebody they can trust, someone they can look to and know is going to care about other people more than themselves.” — Bianco [03:17]

The California Dream—Lost and Worth Saving

California Has It All: Bianco expresses deep pride in the state's natural beauty and resources, highlighting its beaches, mountains, deserts, businesses, and communities.

“California has every single thing that any other state in the country has… Everything here is absolutely amazing. It unfortunately is just being ruined, destroyed by bad policies.” — Bianco [04:12]
A Dream Out of Reach: He laments the loss of the “California dream” for younger generations and the embarrassment many now feel about being Californians.

“I’ve watched that dream slip away … from everyone proud to be a Californian to now we’re embarrassed to tell anybody we’re from California when we go somewhere else.” — Bianco [05:15]

Why Stay and Fight?

Warning to Would-Be Exiters: Bianco cautions those considering leaving California that bad policies will follow.

“If we don’t take care of California…every state is going to turn into California.” — Bianco [07:19]
Geography of Discontent: Majority of the state is “very, very red,” but a few populous blue areas dictate policy and undermine the rest.

“It’s just the populace blue parts of Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Bay Area... they’ve lost their mind.” — Bianco [07:54]

Crime, Public Safety, and “Criminal Justice Reform”

Widespread Crime Concern: Bianco asserts crime is the top issue, citing failed reforms and widespread voter support for tougher laws ignored by politicians.

“Every single county in the state voted for [the new crime proposition]… Democrats are going the wrong direction on public safety.” — Bianco [10:43]
"Reform" as a Political Smokescreen: He criticizes “criminal justice reform” as a play on words masking policies which “enable” criminals.

“There is absolutely no such thing as criminal justice reform. That is a play on words for the Democrat party… California’s version of reform is this absolute sick and twisted perversion with criminals.” — Bianco [11:38]
Ballot Manipulation: Warns against misleading initiatives like the “Safe Schools and Safe Streets Initiative” which, in his view, legalizes crime rather than addressing it.

“What that was: the downfall of public safety in California. It legalized crime.” — Bianco [13:11]

Powers & Promises as Governor

Regulatory Reform by Executive Action: Many costly policies are regulatory, not legislative, he says.

“Those are government regulations… As governor, I can remove all of those with a stroke of a pen.” — Bianco [15:05]
Accusations of Intentional Harm: Bianco claims current leaders want “complete control over our lives,” invoking “socialist Democrats of California.”

“They want us struggling. They want us to not be able to afford gas, to not be able to afford rent. They want to have complete control over our lives.” — Bianco [16:13]

Homelessness and Government Corruption

“Homeless Industrial Complex”: Bianco accuses nonprofits and NGOs of profiteering, calling it “money laundering of taxpayer money.”

“It’s government waste. It’s money laundering of taxpayer money through a homeless industrial complex… There are thousands of people that have become millionaires over the homeless crisis.” — Bianco [17:24]
Tackling Root Causes: Calls for ending funding to most nonprofits, focusing instead on mental health and addiction interventions.

“The real issue… is not homes... It’s a drug-induced psychosis… with sometimes a mental health crisis.” — Bianco [19:02]

Housing, Fires, and “15-Minute Cities”

Rebuilding Obstacles after Fires: Bianco condemns government red tape preventing home rebuilds after Pacific Palisades fires; claims a push for centralized, government-controlled “15-minute cities.”

“They want to design… L.A. 2.0. This is their opportunity to build their 15-minute cities where it’s government housing… within 15 minutes walking distance. So you don’t need a car anymore.” — Bianco [20:23]

Accountability and Fraud (Fire Aid Controversy)

Misuse of Donations: Bianco suggests mismanagement and possible fraud in the Fire Aid concert funds, with alleged connections to Governor Newsom’s family.

“Where is that money? That money was supposed to go to the victims. No victims [got] any of that money.” — Bianco [26:53]
Billions Unaccounted For: Expands criticism to $25 billion misspent on homelessness with “no accounting measures… You can’t tell me that that is not a crime.” — Bianco [27:09]

Terrorism, School Safety, and Guns

LA Terror Plot: Praises law enforcement for foiling a multi-site terror attack; highlights the ever-present threat in a state with major venues.

“It’s our biggest nightmare… We are so grateful for the hard work… to stop them before they could carry it out.” — Bianco [28:00]
Gun-Free Zones and School Safety: Calls “no gun zones” and removing cops from schools “silly” and dangerous, accusing Democrats of “blaming cops for kids getting in trouble.”

“You have the softest target you could possibly imagine and you’re inviting bad things to happen there.” — Bianco [30:25]

“California is currently attempting to take school resource officers out of all of their schools… they are purposely creating environment where our kids are going to be hurt.” — Bianco [31:15]

Policing & BLM Narrative

Rejecting “Anti-Cop” Claims: Bianco argues most Californians respect law enforcement, and the narrative is media and politician-driven.

“We know in this profession that the majority of the people in our communities absolutely love and respect law enforcement.” — Bianco [33:19]

“We’re not worried at all about what the public thinks of law enforcement, especially me as a sheriff running for the office of governor.” — Bianco [35:08]
COVID Response: He touts his refusal to enforce “ridiculous lockdowns and orders” as earning public support. — [35:19]

Newsom, the Trans Agenda, and Reversing Progressive Policies

Newsom’s Political Ambition: Bianco and Hayley critique Newsom’s presidential aspirations and his “most pro-trans governor” stance.

“I think the public outcry when they really see here what the legislature has done … particularly in this arena, they’re going to be outraged.” — Bianco [36:53]
Trans Policies: Bianco condemns legislation allowing minors to transition, calling it “legal child abuse.”

“To say…you can commit a crime with no recourse until you’re 26…But…a 12 year old can decide that they’re going to mutilate their body… It’s legal child abuse.” — Bianco [37:42–38:37]

Sanctuary State Policies & the Cost of Illegal Immigration

On Sanctuary Laws: Bianco blames rising deficits and crime on generous benefits for illegal immigrants, accusing the state of allowing them to vote and undermining citizens’ rights.

“California allows them to vote… Because of [sanctuary] policies… our budget… $18 billion deficit… is going to be like 35 billion. If the majority of that money is from free things that have been given to people who are in this country illegally, all of that has to end.” — Bianco [40:36–41:35]

The 2026 Governor’s Race: Strategy and Hopes

Hard Reality and Path to Victory: Bianco acknowledges Democrat strongholds but focuses on winning moderates and dissatisfied Democrats.

“We’re in the perfect position right now to make a change in California... Our campaign is going to be a little bit different. We’re going for the middle.” — Bianco [44:07–44:52]

“Democrats will cross party line for safety. They will cross party line…to bring safety back into California.” — Bianco [45:30]
Polls and Candidacy Edge: Claims to lead in recent polls—even over Democrats—attributed to his “straight-talking, honest, common sense” approach.

“Six out of the last seven polls show me in the lead… This is a grassroots campaign… People want something different.” — Bianco [46:11]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“California has every single thing that any other state…has…It unfortunately is just being ruined, destroyed by bad policies.” — Chad Bianco [04:12]
“There is absolutely no such thing as criminal justice reform. That is a play on words for the Democrat party…” — Chad Bianco [11:38]
“It’s government waste…money laundering of taxpayer money through a homeless industrial complex…” — Chad Bianco [17:24]
“You have the softest target you could possibly imagine and you’re inviting bad things to happen there [with gun-free zones].” — Chad Bianco [30:25]
“To say that…you can commit a crime with no recourse until you’re 26…But…a 12 year old can decide that they’re going to mutilate their body… It’s legal child abuse.” — Chad Bianco [37:42–38:37]
“Charles Manson could be elected governor in California if he was the only one that they could vote for.” — Chad Bianco [44:39]
“We’re going for the middle…Democrats will cross party line for safety.” — Chad Bianco [45:11]

Important Timestamps

[02:20] — Why Bianco is running; critique of California’s Democratic leaders
[04:12] — California’s assets and pride; the “dream” slipping away
[07:19] — Why those leaving California should reconsider; blue vs. red dynamics
[10:43] — Crime and public safety as central issues; widespread support for change
[13:11] — “Safe Schools and Safe Streets Initiative” as a misleading law
[15:05] — How a governor can repeal regulations and reverse policies
[17:24] — Homeless industrial complex and alleged corruption
[20:23] — Government obstacles to rebuilding after fires, “15-minute city” push
[26:53] — Allegations of Fire Aid mismanagement
[28:00] — Threat of terror attacks in LA and importance of law enforcement
[30:25] — Dangers of gun-free school zones; Democratic hypocrisy on policing
[33:19] — Public support for law enforcement vs. anti-cop narratives
[36:53] — Reaction to Newsom’s “most pro-trans governor” positioning
[40:36] — Economic and social costs of sanctuary policies
[44:07] — Bianco’s campaign focus: attracting moderates and dissatisfied Democrats
[46:11] — Poll standing and Bianco’s candidacy appeal

Tone and Language Notes

Hayley: Witty, unapologetic, intentionally provocative; frames the conversation as a battle for the soul of California and America.
Bianco: Direct, critical of the status quo, appeals to “common sense” and the “real Californian”; adopts a “no-nonsense,” almost populist, tone.

Conclusion

This episode lays out a stark conservative vision for California’s recovery, contrasting “common sense” Republican reform with what is characterized as catastrophic Democratic “one-party rule.” Sheriff Bianco emphasizes public safety, government accountability, and a return to foundational values—pitching himself as an anti-politician who can unite moderate voters and disillusioned Democrats. The conversation is marked by frequent criticism of Governor Newsom, deep skepticism about public policies on crime, homelessness, and social issues, and an urgent call to “take California back” in 2026.

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[00:01]
A
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B
Welcome to Nightly scroll, everyone. I'm your host, Hayley Caronia. Thank you all for being here. I know we're in the holiday season, the throes of the holiday season, and I appreciate all of you for coming and joining me in the chat especially. And you might be watching right now on X or on Facebook, but I urge you to come on over to rumble rumble.com Haley will bring you to the Bongino Report channel. Make sure that you are subscribed. Make sure that you send that link to a friend. That is the only place you can watch Nightly scroll in full. And you are not going to want to miss a second of this interview because I've got a great guest on deck. So let's get into tonight's show because it is undeniable that Gavin Newsome, California's governor, has left a mark on California. He will be remembered for, well, his hair gel, starting a podcast, rolling out the red carpet for China, prioritizing illegal aliens, being pro trans kids, A homeless crisis has gotten out of control. Lawlessness, hating Trump. Did I miss anything? And in 2026, his reign of terror, I mean, term, comes to an end. And Californians have the opportunity to do better this time. But will they? The Golden State has had some pretty notable Republican governors in the past. And my next guest is vying for the job. Riverside county sheriff. She, Chad Bianco makes his pitch on this episode of Nightly Scroll. Sheriff, thank you so much for joining me tonight on the show. I'm so excited to get to talk to you and about your campaign.
[02:08]
C
Well, thank you, Hayley. I'm glad to be here.
[02:10]
B
All right, so you started off sheriff. Now you want to potentially be the governor. So what inspired this shift? What inspired your decision to run?
[02:21]
C
You know, everything you do know, you repeat, you, you laid it out perfectly right there. Everything in California is broken. And we have a perfect opportunity right now to make a change, make a change of direction. And we are losing probably one of the worst governors in our history. And what I witnessed was a whole bunch of people signing up to be the next governor, all on the Democrat side. And they are the same names, the same faces of the people that put us Here in this position to begin with. They all believe in the same agenda. They all participated their career politicians that have been in Sacramento that have voted in all of these bad policies, they've supported all of these bad policies throughout the years. And it's either going to be the same or worse and if we don't win this. And so over the past couple of years, it became very apparent that I had an opportunity to win this election in a statewide campaign based on a public safety standpoint, a common sense standpoint of bringing basically just a common sense care hearing about other people other than myself or my special agenda, which is what we have in Sacramento right now. And it resonates with people. That's exactly what they want. They want somebody they can trust, someone that they can look to and someone that they know is going to care about other people more than, more than themselves. And in the end, that's what truly allowed me to make this decision. And we're going to, we're going to do everything we can to make it happen.
[03:54]
B
Well, that's exciting. And I know that there's, there are a lot of negatives that we can talk about when it comes to California and what Gavin Newsom has done and we can get into that and we're going to. But I wanted to ask you what your favorite thing about California is, your favorite thing about living there and why you want to save it so badly.
[04:13]
C
You know, there can't be a favorite thing. It's just California. California has every single thing that any other state in the country has. And I don't want to, I don't want to be biased because I live here, but it truly is better. We have better beaches, we have better ocean, we have better mountains, we have amazing ski resorts, our deserts, our farming community there is our businesses, our people here. Everything here is absolutely amazing. It unfortunately is just being ruined, destroyed by bad policies. So I mean, you can't deny the weather. We have perfect year round weather here. And I came here from a different state. I came here when I was 22 years old to make a better life for myself, to raise a family, for the California dream. And I've watched that dream slip away to where that's not, it's not reachable. Kids don't have a California dream anymore. They're looking at other states for their dream. And it's everything about California. It's California in general. And unfortunately in my lifetime I've watched from where everyone was proud to be a Californian to now we're embarrassed to tell Anybody, we're from California when we go somewhere else.
[05:29]
B
Yeah. You know, something similar. I'm from New York originally and I have left New York. I was living in Manhattan and you know, dealing with all the things that come with living in Manhattan these days under Democrat leadership. And it's pretty obvious why people don't want to live there. People don't want to raise families there. And it's unfortunate because where I grew up on Long island is, is wonderful and it's a lot of red people, you know, red voters and it's like minded people and it's a beautiful place to raise a family. However, just because we live in this like red bubble in a, you know, larger Democrat state and there's kind of a similar thing on the Democrat side in California. You know, there are these red pockets in California. It's not that everyone is a libtard in California. The same thing with New York. And you know, I lived in New York for however many years, my whole Life up until 2022 and then I moved to Tennessee and then after that I moved to Florida. And there are a lot of people who are leaving New York and, and going to red states. And the same thing with California. There are a lot of people who are living in California and they think I can't afford to give my kids the life that I had here. And that's how I feel about New York. You know, a lot of my friends, they were trying to move out of the city, move into the suburbs. They can't afford houses, they and if they do, they have to move in with their parents in order to afford it. And they're in their 30s and they're living at home with their parents or their parents have to help them pay for it. I mean, it's really difficult for millennials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha to materialize this American dream in some of these blue states that you were talking about. So what would you say to people in California that think, screw it, I'm not going to be there to vote the right way anymore, I'm just going to pack my bags and leave.
[07:17]
C
Yeah, it's. So what I'll say is in your lifetime probably if you do leave, if we don't take care of California, if we don't rescue California and save it, every state is going to turn into California. California started doing this decades ago and other states followed it. Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, even some pockets New York, New York and California have spent the last 10 years trying to see who was going to destroy their state the fastest and thankfully, I think New York is going to beat us. And it's very, very unfortunate. And when I say, even when I say New York, the majority of New York is not blue. It's just the very populous places where all votes are, where everyone has become entitled and everyone believes the lies of the Democrat party and everyone wants something for nothing. And then you have that voter base that just overrides the hard working people that are just trying to make better lives for themselves. And that's really what we have here in California. The majority of our state, area wise is very, very red. It's just the populace blue parts of Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Bay Area that are, they're just, they've lost their mind. And the, the, the ability to reason, the ability to, to think outside of what the Democrat Party is telling them to think is non existent here. And we're a perfect example here in California that Democrats have been in control of this state for 60 years.
[08:46]
B
Yeah.
[08:46]
C
And we, we have, we have, every 20 years or so we have a, a slight reprieve when everything gets so bad that everyone just, they vote for a Republican governor and then that governor struggles for his entire term or two terms to try and make some inroads into fixing things and then they spend the next 20 years destroying it again. But luckily that's where we are right now in California. It's been 20 years and Californians are looking right now to fix things. Everything is bad. It's affecting everyone here. And so even the, even the cities, the cities are sick of crime. San Francisco is sick of crime. They're sick of a failed government. They're sick of the promises every election and they're doing things different there too. So we're very hopeful that sanity is going to win out.
[09:36]
B
Yeah. And you mentioned that Democrats have been in charge for decades there in California. And because of that we see crime on the rise. You see these videos of smash and grabs and then after the smash and grabs you see that there are activist DAs that are soft on crime. They let career criminals walk because of social justice or some other dumb reason. How is this uptick in crime impacting communities and business owners?
[10:01]
C
We have, and it's, it's all across the state. Crime is everyone's number one issue. We had a ballot measure last year, 2024, that was to repeal all of the horrific things that our legislature has done. It was one particular, you know, measure that basically made crime legal in California, drugs legal in California, and we passed a proposition last year that basically was a referendum on state government saying we are tired of what you're doing with public safety. We want crime a crime again. We want criminals held accountable. We want them to pay a price for victimizing us. And every single county in the state voted for that. Proposition A 70, almost a 75% margin or vote yes on that proposition. That's three quarters of the state all agreed that Democrats are going the wrong direction on public safety because crime is so bad in the state and they've done nothing since the state has done nothing to answer the call from our voters, from our Californians to say fix this. They've actually doubled down and they're saying no, we don't care what the voters want. We're not going to reverse are horrific policies when it comes to public safety. And you mentioned something where I want to really emphasize the play on words that all across the country Democrats are doing, whether it's our federal government or California is where I see it on a daily basis. Criminal justice reform. There is absolutely no such thing as criminal justice reform. That is a play on words for the Democrat party to make everyone believe that they're doing something good. The word reform means that something is broken and it needs to be fixed. And all of us are like yeah, I'm all for reform. If something needs to be reformed, then let's go ahead and do it. But California's version of reform is this absolute sick and twisted perversion with criminals where they, it's a love affair with criminals where they believe that criminals are victims of society and the law abiding public. And it's our fault that people commit crimes because we work too hard for our things and so other people have to go steal it from us and then we want to put them in jail for it. And I mean the answer is well, yes, that's, that is what we want. That's, that's a civilized society. That's how we maintain a civilized society. But the Democrats, they use different words to that. That means something that mean to play on our emotions. But then they're real effort behind what they're doing is always sinister. There was one thing here that was just absolutely a lie. Probably one of the biggest lies, you know that were, that were pulled over on, on voters in history. They, they wanted people to vote for a measure and we did. It was, and they named it the safe schools and Safe streets Initiative. And it, I mean who does not want that?
[12:58]
B
Right?
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C
And so people weren't informed. They just, I'm like, yeah, that's a great idea. Let's vote for it. But what that was the downfall of public safety in Californ. It legalized crime. It prevented. It made felonies, misdemeanors, misdemeanors no more, no longer a crime. And it enabled this criminal activity that we have in California for 14 years. And it's just horrific here. And Doug, here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us. Cut the camera. They see us. Only pay for what you need@libertymutual.com Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Savings vary underwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company affiliates excludes Massachusetts.
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[14:22]
B
They even do that? How can they name this bill, you know, the Safer Communities act or whatever. I mean it's just so disingenuous and it must be frustrating for you as a sheriff, right? Because you're trying to, you know, bring law and order to the community and then you have to deal with these Democrat policies that stifle those efforts. So what can you do as governor that you couldn't do as sheriff?
[14:48]
C
Right? All of these wrongs. The real issue for, for most of the problems that we have, public safety is bad laws that are going to have to be repealed that are going to have to be amended. We're going to have to make drastic changes in our criminal justice system Back to pre2012 era when, when we were actually kind of doing things right. But the rest of the issues in California that are harming us that are, you know, the cost of living, the cost of gas, the cost of electricity, all of those things are regulatory in nature. Those are government regulations that they are imposing upon us that as governor I can remove all of those. They're not laws. They weren't put in place by lawmakers and we did not vote on those things. They're just, they're regulations from commissions and boards, from governor appointed positions. And I can change all of those. I can change all of those with a stroke of A pen. So the majority of our issues that are harming us in our building community, our ranching community, our farming community, our housing community, the homeless community, all of those things can be changed with a stroke of a pen, which is very irritating. And it's. It's very frustrating to know that if our current government as we see it today in Sacramento, a super majority of Democrats with a Democrat governor, if they wanted to fix our issues, they could do it today.
[16:13]
B
Right.
[16:13]
C
But the reality is, the proof is they don't want to fix our issues. They want us struggling. They want us to not be able to afford gas, to not be able to afford rent. They want to have complete control over our lives. And in. I mean, I hate to say this in this manner, but they're the ones saying it now. We don't have to be conspiracy theorists. They are calling themselves socialists. They are the socialist Democrats of California, and they are pushing for socialism. And that truly is what we're fighting here. And the good thing is, is the majority of Californians are recognizing it. They're seeing it, and they're standing up right now and saying, okay, enough is enough. We're not. We're not falling for this anymore. We don't believe you anymore. And we want a different path.
[16:55]
B
Yeah. And I feel like tourism is a huge thing in California. Right. You want people to come to California, and a lot of things bring people there, like Hollywood and celebrities and nice beaches and things like that. Then people see all these photos and videos on the news of needles on the ground in San Francisco. There's a human feces tracker, because apparently that's all over the place. You see these photos of tent cities and homelessness. What is your plan to remedy those kinds of issues?
[17:24]
C
Yeah, we. It's. It's government waste. It's government fraud. It's government abuse. It's money laundering of taxpayer money through a homeless industrial complex. That makes matters worse. So they can keep the money flowing going. There are. There are. There's more than a handful. There's probably thousands and thousands of people that have become millionaires over the homeless crisis here. That we have the homeless industrial complex and the.
[17:48]
B
How do they make money off of it?
[17:51]
C
So they're opening nonprofits and NGOs. They start these nonprofits and NGOs. The government gives them $5 million. They buy things. They. 90% of their money goes toward administrative costs, exorbitant salaries, things that they. That they want. Basically. They buy their own houses, they buy apartment buildings that do absolutely nothing, but they benefit from Them, they're not helping the homeless situation that we see on the street one single bit. They're actually making it worse. And yet that money just keeps coming. But what we're finding is those millions of dollars go into these nonprofits. The nonprofits are that the people that run the administrative part of the nonprofits are making millions and millions of dollars. A portion of that money goes back into the campaign funds of the people that are giving them the money. So it's a money laundering scheme through this homeless industrial complex that they don't want to fix. If they fix it, then the money stops, the money dries up. So as governor, I will stop all of that money from going to these, these Nonprofits and these NGOs. We will identify the very small number of them that are actually trying, that are doing a good job, and we will give them money to operate. But then what? We will. The real issue with this has nothing to do with homes. So we shouldn't call them homeless. It's a drug induced psychosis, drug and alcohol induced psychosis with, combined with sometimes a mental health crisis.
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B
Right.
[19:15]
C
And we have to address those issues. Once we address those issues, we can get them back to the homes that they once had, the families that they had, and we can make them productive members of society again. But as long as we just keep calling a home issue and saying that, you know, the government, Newsom used all of this money to some. He claimed he was going to build a million tiny homes and none got built. It, it's, it's just an absolute disaster here in California of waste, abuse and fraud.
[19:46]
B
Well, unfortunately, speaking of homelessness in California, we're coming up on the one year anniversary of the devastating fires in the Pacific Palisades and a lot of people lost their homes and their businesses and just recently homes are now being built again in the Palisades. What is this recovery effort look like?
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C
Yeah, there's, there's only been a couple homes that have started to be built. It's, it is. They are, don't, don't think for a second that there is a bunch of building going on in the Palisades.
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B
No, I know. I think just last week the first one was put up.
[20:23]
C
Yeah, the red tape and the government bureaucracy and the, the, the purposeful denial of, of these people's rights to, to clean up their properties and to rebuild their properties is, is real. They don't want these homes being built. They don't want you to rebuild your house because they want to design a, they call it Newsom Called it exactly what they want. L A 2.0. This is their opportunity to build their 15 minute cities where it's government housing, it's mass apartment buildings, they don't want single family homes anymore. And it's the government controlling where you live, where you work, where you shop, all within 15 minutes walking distance. So you don't need a car anymore. It is there. This is not me just talking about it. This is their plan, it's a blueprint and they are actively trying to push this through. The good part about it is people can, they've seen it, it was completely obvious. When you have the majority of the people that lived in the Palisades, they lived in multimillion dollar homes and they had the money to afford them and they had, they have the money to rebuild. And the government, the city government and the state government is preventing that from happening. And so people are there. California is in a very, very unique position that we have never ever been in definitely in my lifetime here in California in that the majority of people here are absolutely fed up with the inefficiency and the criminality and the corruptness of our government and our government leaders. And we're calling them out. I mean social media is doing a great job of it. There's several massive influencers that are telling the truth that the media will not. And it truly is changing things here. And as we work into next year's election cycle, we know that there's going to be a big difference here in California because it affects every single person in California. Now there is not a demographic that is left out. There is not a socioeconomic graphic that's left out. Not a racial demographic that's being left out. Everyone is affected negatively here. Cost of living is atrocious, so much higher than anywhere else in the country. And we're just tired of it. We're done. And we definitely are looking for a new direction. And I really do believe that 2026 is going to be a good turning point for not only California, but we're going to show the rest of the country that our policies have failed. It's been build social agenda, it's failed. Let's admit that it failed and let's get back to fixing it to where Californians have a decent ability and a decent life here in California.
[23:18]
B
Yeah, you mentioned that the government wants to put up these 15 minute cities and they want it to be walkable. Right. Because they have this green agenda agenda that they want to push and they don't want anyone to be driving gas guzzling cars anymore and all that stuff. Right. But we're so close to 2026 now. Do you think that they can get this stuff done before the election? Do you think they're going to try to do it fast before the election? Can they get it done or can you stop it in time and hopefully a Republican like yourself can come into office and kind of put a stop to those efforts. Is it, is it savable?
[23:52]
C
It is. There's plenty of time to make this happen. Time is on our side. Time is on Californian side. We've seen what they're doing. We've seen now what they want to do, and we're not allowing it to happen. The mayor is up for election again. So the good part about this next year is nothing bad is going to happen in California because the failed politicians that are currently in office, the majority of our legislature and our Senate and our governor and everything else, the mayor of L. A, she is up for election. So she's going to have to be on her best behavior. She can't push the socialism effort anymore during this year because the people running against her are going to expose her for it. And so it's kind of like a little reprieve that we have going into this. What, what I like saying here, and we're talking about this in many different circles here, is it's a perfect storm here in California for the Democrats to just lose all control here. They're in shambles. They don't have a leader here in California that, that's stepping up to, you know, to take over. We have a, an absolute failure of a governor who wants to be president. So he's, he spends more time in other states than he does California. And it's a, it's a perfect storm. It's a perfect storm of failure on their part. And I think we're going to take advantage of that in, in next November. Yeah.
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B
I want to talk about Newsom's political aspirations, but first, you know, you mentioned earlier these, these NGOs and these other, you know, non profits that, you know, sound good, but they're really not working for the American people and certainly not the people in California. And that brings me to the Fire Aid concert that was put on with, you know, celebrities, song and dance. They, all the pomp and circumstance, they, they went out there and even some of the celebrities that were included in this are now realizing that there's been this mismanagement of funds and donations and they were supposed to go to families in need, but they didn't do you have any update on that or whether or not these people will be held accountable?
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C
They eventually will be held accountable. They're. We're going to get better people in office. We're going to get better people in control, leaders in control, and we will hold them accountable. I mean, we have a governor and that. I mean, we don't know what the facts are because the rumors started out with this money, this $100 million that some. Somewhere along the way, his nonprofit, controlled by his wife, was given between 5 and 25 million of that 100 million. So where did that go? And then immediately when it started being reported, all that information was scrubbed. It was taken off. You can't find it anymore. But we all know it was there. We know it was true. And so where is that money? That money was supposed to go to the victims. No victims, any of that money. And it's really. It truly is. I mean, that's a. That's a perfect, more recent example. It's $100 million. But we can go bigger and we can say the homeless industrial complex. It's $25 billion. It's $25 billion. That is absolutely unaccounted for. They have no accounting measures. They have. They have nothing to show of where that money went or what it went for. I mean, there. You can't tell me that that is not a crime, that there's not embezzlements going on and frauds and things that are happening. We're seeing back east in Minnesota $25 million or something like that. It might have even been more than that. That has been embezzled of COVID funds. It's happening all over. And to believe that it's not happening in California, you'd be naive or just misled. We know it's happening. We just have to start. We have to put people in place that are actually going to be. Look and hold people accountable for what they've done to us.
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B
Yeah. On the law enforcement front, the FBI recently, they foiled a potential terror plot. They had arrested four people that were planning on carrying out terror attacks across Los Angeles in five separate areas. What's your reaction to this from. From a sheriff's perspective?
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C
Yeah, it's. It's our worst fear. It's our. It's our biggest nightmare is. Is reliving something disastrous like we had in 9 11, and seeing all of the terrorist attacks that have happened since then, really, all across the world, we don't want them here. And we have big cities here in Southern California. We have I have several big cities in just in my county alone. We don't even, we're not even talking about the Los Angeles, about the Anaheims and the San Diegos, that we have massive cities here with major sports teams, major entertainment venues with lots of people. And we are, we are constantly looking for threats, looking for information that would lead us to believe that there was someone trying to do harm to any of these venues or to our residents. And to find this out now, I mean, this is our biggest fear. We have major, major events coming up in the next year with, with the soccer championships and with, with FIFA and with the Olympics. There is so many things that are happening here in Southern California, in California. And it's truly, it's our biggest nightmare. And we are so grateful for the hard work of not only local law enforcement, but our federal government that was able to identify these threats and these cells and find these people and stop them before they could carry it out.
[29:24]
B
Yeah. You know, if I was a voter in California, I would want a sheriff in charge. And on the topic of, you know, these tragedies, school shootings is another one that's on the top of people's mind, especially when they go to the polls. This is something that Democrats is kind of like their rallying cry. If it's not abortion, it's school shootings. And, you know, I'm fascinated to hear your perspective as a sheriff, a sheriff running and getting into politics, because it's frustrating for me. I haven't been in school in a while and I'm not a parent yet. But it's absolutely asinine that we make schools no gun zones or you're not allowed to have guns on campus. I mean, you're, you're essentially saying that we are sitting ducks and we are not armed and we are not dangerous, but you are. And if you want to do harm to us and the kids inside, we'll have at it because, you know, guns are bad and blah, blah, blah. This is what they say.
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C
Yeah.
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B
What is your take on these no gun zones?
[30:26]
C
Yeah, it's, it's silly. If you're going to have a no gun zone, you have the softest target you could possibly imagine and you're inviting bad things to happen there. And schools are the absolute worst part. I'm going to point out to you how just the absolute hypocrisy of the Democrat Party here in California and how dumb they are in their thinking of this and they're absolutely refusing to either remember or learn from history. And it goes back to the Columbine shootings. After the Columbine shootings across the nation, we made sure that there was law enforcement in all of our schools because a school environment, a learning environment absolutely must be safe or none of our kids are going to be able to learn. If they're afraid of what's going on in school, they're not going to be able to learn that these, these locations are very soft targets for people that want to do a lot of harm. We're seeing, we still see it all across the country. And California is currently attempting to take school resource officers out of all of their schools. They don't want cops on school premises anymore. They're blaming cops for kids getting in trouble. They're blaming cops because they kids end up going to prison. And they're saying that it is our fault that kids do bad things. And so they're doing everything they can to remove law enforcement from our schools. And truly they're purposely creating environment where our kids are going to be hurt. And it's, I don't, I'm so over their agenda. I'm so over the lies that come with everything that they say. And we see it here on a daily basis. We have to, we're forced to because of our media. We see all the things every single day that Newsom talks about and if he's talking, he's lying and no one calls him out on it. We're living through all of this and we listen to them say something and it's like, wait a minute, that isn't even close to the reality of California. But you're saying something different. And our schools are one of the biggest things. They claim that they want all the guns removed and no school, gun free zones and all those things. Well, we already learned that that's a bad idea. And Californians doubling down on it.
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B
Yeah, it's, it's very sad. And you brought up a good point too about this anti cop narrative that seems to be pretty persistent in California, but also in a lot of blue cities. And we saw this after the BLM riots and it was all cops are bad and you know, F12 and all this, you know, anti cop narrative. As a sheriff, do you think you're going to have to overcome that when Californians go to the polls?
[33:16]
C
No, because we don't believe it. We don't believe what the media is telling us. We know in this profession that the majority of the people that are in our communities absolutely love and respect law enforcement. They know that we're riding that line between Chaos and calm. And if we're going to have a civilized society, they know that law enforcement has to be there, and they know that we're out there to protect them. And so overall, there is a very good opinion of law enforcement from our public. The. Our politicians and our media want us to believe otherwise. They want us to be thinking that cops are bad and, and pointing, you know, something out. They. The bad part with instant media now, because we have it all in the palm of our hands with our phone and with social media, is it's easy. I mean, there's. There's more than a million. I mean, there's way more than a million law enforcement officers in the entire country. And every few days we get one example of something bad happening. That's not a. That's not a massive problem. That is a very, very rare instance that we're trying to demonize and make it appear that law enforcement in general is doing something bad. And the reality is we're just people, and there are cops that make mistakes. We do everything we can to rid ourselves, rid our profession of bad cops. And, and that's why we have the overwhelming respect that we get from our communities. So we're not worried at all about what the public thinks of law enforcement, especially me as a sheriff running for the office of governor. It's actually appealing to people because we're an elected position. I'm in one of the largest counties we have. There's two and a half million people here, and I'm the fourth largest sheriff agency in the entire country. So the respect that I have here is immense. There. All across the state, I have. I'm held in high regard for what I've done in the past and what I did during COVID and, you know, standing up for our residents here, not enforcing any of those ridiculous lockdowns and orders. And so people are resonating with what I have to offer. And, and we think it's going to. It's going to. It's going to lead us down this election path to a very good outcome.
[35:38]
B
Yeah, well, you. You brought up Covid, and we have the governor now who had the French Laundry situation, and, you know, he wants to run for office. Maybe, you know, he hasn't announced it yet, but I think everyone kind of reads the writing on the wall and he's launching something. Right. I think he wants to run for president in 2028. He. He wants higher power. And you look at some of his policies and it just makes you think, I don't know. I guess I understand how Californians bought into this, but there's no way, especially on the trans and LGBTQ front, that the American people at large, which, you know, set over 70% of them, don't buy into this transgender ideology stuff. I don't know how the American people are going to buy it. I don't think they're going to. But most recently, you know, Gavin Newsom was doing some interview with the New York Times and he said he was self proclaimed the most pro trans governor ever and he is, you know, pro trans kids. What was your reaction to that? And are there any policies on that front that you can undo?
[36:48]
C
Yes, the majority of them were laws they made that they, they passed laws in this one party rule state with. They, they just do whatever they want. So those are all going to have to be, that's going to take a lot of work to repeal and to get rid of them. I think the public outcry when they really see here what the legislature has done to them over the last several years, particularly in this arena, they're going to be outraged. And it didn't happen yesterday, it happened years ago. And we're just finding out all of these things because they operate in a little silo there in the dark that the media doesn't report it and no one pays attention to what they're doing in Sacramento until it's too late.
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B
Right.
[37:32]
C
So when it's going to be difficult to reverse. But I think the public outcry is going to demand that our lawmakers reverse these horrific bills. I mean, to, to say that this is the, this is their mentality and this is how just absolutely, I mean there's, I mean, I hate using these types of words, but they are just plain stupid. You, you have a Democrat party that when it comes to crime, they don't want anyone held accountable for crime until they're 26 years old. So you can commit a crime with no recourse until you're 26 years old. Because they say that your brain is not, you know, it hasn't developed yet until you're 26 and you don't make it come on until you're 26. But at the same, on the, in the next breath they tell you that a 12 year old can decide that they're going to mutilate their body and take away their breasts or, you know, mutilate their genitals. And it's, it's absolutely disgusting what they are doing here. It, it's legal child abuse. They have changed the laws to make it Legal. And we. It's. It's. They're. They're maiming children, permanently disfiguring them, and they have made it legal. So somehow that's okay. And when everyone learns of this and when they find out that they are doing it and doctors are doing it and they. They can't be held accountable because it's legal, they're there. There is going to be a massive public outcry.
[39:02]
B
Yeah. I mean, there's got to be some kind of a big pharma kickback for all of this. And it's. What it is, is. And it's an experiment on children, and it's. It's disgusting and it's abuse. But there are a lot of California policies that I think you're probably not going to put up with. And one of those is. Is sanctuary policies. And, you know, as a sheriff, I think, you know, when we talk about the state of California right now, I mean, all states, unfortunately, because of the border crisis, are border states. But in an actual border state, and we're seeing this, you know, commercial driver's licenses under Gavin Newsom were handed out, same as New York and all these other blue states. It's commercial driver's licenses are licenses for illegals, and they have no name on them. And then they're given a truck and they can drive all over and they can't read the road signs. And we're seeing American citizens die at the hands of these horrific policies. And, you know, not only that, but Gavin Newsom has essentially bankrupted the state, giving health care for illegals. How damaging have these sanctuary policies been on California in terms of the economy, but also the crime?
[40:15]
C
Extremely. And it's on both fronts. It's damaging everywhere, not only to the economy and stimulating the economy negatively, but the amount of money that the government is absolutely giving to all of these people that are here in this country illegally, here in the state illegally. And the benefits and the free things that they're giving to them, not giving the same care or consideration to people that live here that are here legally, that were born here. Legal US Citizens are veterans. Our veteran community is completely abused in California, one of the worst in the. In the country. The. Our. You know, our. Our kids are. One in four of our children are in poverty, and yet we're giving all of these free things to illegal aliens. Because we know when they come over here, California allows them to vote. They say they don't, but there is an actual law that says you can't ask when they register to vote if they're here illegally so anyone can come in and register to vote. And we know they're making policy now. They're affecting policy because they're voting these people into office. And we are so, so broken here. And the real Californian, the true Californian that's just trying to make a life is being so neglected here because of politics, because of Newsom's desire. And it goes back to when he was the mayor of San Francisco. He was running for president then. He knew it was eventually going to get there. So all of these things are falling into play with an agenda on how they're going to make it happen. And it's, I mean, our budget, they're saying it's an $18 billion deficit, but we're hearing rumors now that it's going to be more like 35 billion. And if the majority of that money is from free things that have been given to people who are in this country illegally, all of that has to end. And that ends with that, with, with Californians electing me as their governor. I will come in at the beginning of next year's budget. It will be my budget that I present. So it's going to be very, very difficult. Something that he already has in place that we're going, we're only going to have a couple of months to go through and dissect and truly fix. But we can do it starting next year in 2027. And so it's all hope is not lost in California. We've got a lot to look forward to. But the policies from a failed one party rule truly are driving us straight into bankruptcy.
[42:59]
B
Yeah, it's, it's really sad to watch. And, you know, you mentioned all these failed Democrat policies. And on the Democrat side you've got, you know, Eric Swalwell, who's running and he's literally been in bed with China before. So that's great. Then Katie Porter, who's just gone viral for being absolutely nasty to people, even, you know, nasty to people in her own inner circle. Then you've got Javier Becerra, who worked for the Biden administration, but you're going to have to overcome people that have name notoriety. And then you've got to overcome a California electorate that most of them will vote blue no matter who. Right. So you've got that. And then on the right side, you've got Steve Hilton, who's got some name notoriety. So what is your elevator pitch to California voters? Why are they voting for you over all of those names that they've maybe heard from Before.
[43:53]
C
Yeah, we're going to. We're in the perfect position right now to make a change in California. And the. It's going to have to be someone that's actually electable in California in a statewide election. And we know that if California is going to get better, it is not going to come from voting in another Democrat. I think even the Democrats realize that in this governor election, I don't want to say that they're, that they're giving up on it, but they know they're going to lose this election. Everything is lining up for that. There's nothing to defend from the Democrat policy standpoint in California because nothing is going good. So we are going to have to put forth a Republican that absolutely has a chance of winning a statewide election. Based on base what you just said about blue, no matter who, there is definitely a Democrat, a portion of the Democrat Party, a big one that will absolutely vote Democrat no matter what. Charles Manson could be elected governor in California. He was the only one that they could vote for. And our campaign is going to be a little bit different. We're going for the middle. We don't want the 20%, the 10%, the 15% on the right and the left that are truly just going to fight about everything. We want the people in the middle, and that includes the Democrats. So we know that I'm going to get the majority of the Republican vote. I've already been endorsed by the American Independent Party, so I will get the majority of their vote. And then we know, because it's California, we're going to have to attract Democrat voters. And Democrats will cross party line for safety. They will cross party line for and vote for a person, even though they're a Republican, that stands to make their state their state, their kids, their businesses, their schools to bring safety back into California. So we can all, you know, basically think straight. We're afraid to go outside. We're afraid to open our businesses. And that's going to allow them to say, okay, I'm not going to be a Republican, but I need to vote for this guy because we know he will rescue us from bad public safety policies.
[46:03]
B
Yeah.
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C
And it's, it's resonating in the polls. I'm leading in all of the polls, even over Democrats. Six out of the last seven polls show me in the lead. And we know we're just going to increase that as we, as we really start spending money, letting people know that this is a grassroots campaign that's spreading all across the state. And it truly does show that People are. They're waking up and they want something different and they're looking for a new path forward that someone like me has to offer. I'm not a celebrity. I'm not a billionaire. I'm not a politician, even though I'm elected official. I'm a very straight talking, honest, straightforward, common sense guy that they all can relate to. And that's the appeal. And it's something that since I've been here, in my lifetime of Democrats winning all state races, we haven't had a candidate that offers all of the things that my position offers. And we think we're going to prevail.
[47:12]
B
Well, Sheriff Chad Bianco, thank you so much for joining me on this episode of Nightly Scroll. Tell people where they can find you, find you on social media. Find out more about your campaign.
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C
Absolutely. Biancoforgovernor.com you can sign up to help on the website. You can sign up to donate, obviously on the website. Get information as we progress through the campaign and please follow all of my social media accounts. SheriffChad Bianco on X Instagram and Facebook. Follow and share. We're gonna make this happen. California has a bright future ahead of it.
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B
Well, that's good to hear. And good luck. Thank you for joining Nightly scroll tonight.
[47:51]
C
Thanks, Haley. I really appreciate it.
[47:52]
B
Well, I wish him all the best of luck and I wish California the best of luck, too. They're gonna need it and I hope that they elect someone like him. But tomorrow evening, we have great content planned for you. So if you're looking for something to do on Christmas Eve and over the holidays, look no further than Nightly Scroll. But I wanted to tell you all how grateful I am for this community here on Rumble. I'm grateful for this show, but obviously for all of you who watch each night, you are making my dream come true. So thank you to all of you. Have a safe, happy and healthy holiday and a very, very merry Christmas and happy, happy new Year.