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The Michele Tafoya Podcast

A Red Wave… in California?

The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary, Society & Culture

2.4590 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Can California Governor Gavin Newsom be successfully recalled?  What about Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass?  Ask the residents of Huntington Beach, who recently voted in an entirely Republican City Council.  How did that happen?  What does that development suggest about one of the most liberal (illiberal) states in America.  Huntington Beach Mayor Pat Burns and Mayor Pro Tem Casey McKeon are not afraid of Governor Newsom.  And they are fighting to “get California back.”

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0:00.0

I mean, this is just, you know, decade after decade of bad policies, bad leadership, you know, Karen Bass over in Ghana. So to your point, this is the inflection point. I mean, people have seen nationally and locally how this happens. And I always say, like, you cannot vaporize the palisades and get away with it.

0:29.1

Huntington Beach, California is a town in Orange County.

0:31.7

That's south of L.A. where the fires are happening right now.

0:35.9

But it's just the, they're just the next door neighbors to Los Angeles County.

0:40.3

Huntington Beach recently had an election that made the entire city council conservative, a 7-0 sweep. They've got seven conservatives in

0:48.0

Southern California. And you're thinking to yourself, how is this possible in California?

0:52.8

Isn't this the most liberal state in the nation?

0:55.7

Well, turns out maybe all those progressive policies that are being shoved down the throats of Californians are backfiring.

1:03.7

And certainly that seems to be the case in Huntington Beach.

1:07.9

Can this group of seven city council people, including the mayor and the mayor

1:13.0

pro temp who we're about to have on, influence other things going on in California, influence

1:18.6

other elections, influence the recall of L.A. Mayor, Karen Bass, influence the recall of the governor

1:25.7

of California, Gavin Newsom.

1:28.5

What kind of influences can they have?

1:31.1

Because they're certainly changing Huntington Beach.

1:33.8

And from what I hear, Gavin Newsom doesn't like this very much.

1:37.7

He's got lawsuits against Huntington Beach over several issues, which we're going to detail

1:42.0

for you.

1:42.7

But I am really glad to have these two

1:45.1

guests on because this could be a real sign of the times that we're in, that people are tired of

1:52.5

nonsense. They want public safety. They want like common sense protections and and things that help prevent fires, not just respond to fires.

2:05.2

So I'm excited to have on Pat Burns.

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