Celebrity Chef Andrew Gruel Talks Gavin Newsom and More
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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You may know Andrew Gruel because he is a famous chef and restauranteur. But he also took on California Governor Gavin Newsom during the Covid lockdowns, and you won’t believe the price he paid. This wide ranging conversation covers everything from minimum wage to Presidential politics to the art of grilling. But the stories of trying to survive in a declining California are cautionary tales everyone should hear.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know. This way of life that y'all are living right now doesn't align with my memories of growing up in California. |
| 0:13.0 | It's bad. California right now is an absolute disaster, and that's not hyperbole. 10 years ago, it wasn't as in your face. Right now, |
| 0:24.6 | it is, if you had to describe this to someone who's never been to America and you told this |
| 0:31.1 | story about you had this once wonderful place and now it is completely littered and peppered |
| 0:36.8 | with not just homeless people but insane people |
| 0:41.0 | and I don't mean this as a you know a subjective statement but people who are quite literally |
| 0:45.6 | clinically insane running through streets drugged out crazed naked holding weapons machetes |
| 0:53.4 | terrorizing people people would have a hard time |
| 0:57.2 | believing it. And that's the reality of California right now. Welcome to the Michelle Tofoya |
| 1:01.9 | podcast. So that is chef Andrew Gruel, who is our guest today. And I met him on the set of Gutfeld. He and I were guests together. And I was so impressed with this guy. We have a lot in common. He's in California. I am not, but I grew up there, as most of you know. And he is a restaurateur and chef there. And politically, we're pretty well aligned. But he is staying in California and as you hear, you know, just sort of suffering through what Gavin Newsom is doing and has done to this once great state. |
| 1:37.8 | So we have to ask the question. |
| 1:39.7 | How can Gavin Newsom even think about running for the White House? |
| 1:44.1 | More than that, how can anyone think |
| 1:45.9 | of voting for this man, given his record in California? Plus, the chef will give some tips |
| 1:51.3 | for the 4th of July that are very easy, lots to get to, minimum wage, business, the restaurant |
| 1:59.3 | landscape, California, Gavin Newsom, Trump, tips, you name it, |
| 2:05.3 | we're going to get to it with Chef Gruhl in just a moment. First, though, I want to talk to you |
| 2:10.4 | about priority gold. Economists are warning that massive tax hikes could devastate your IRA |
| 2:16.4 | in 401k account as the stock market braces for impact. |
| 2:20.8 | With inflation on the rise, you know, they may tell you it's slowing, but that's like saying you're still gaining weight. |
| 2:26.6 | You're just not gaining it as fast. |
| 2:28.9 | So inflation continues to be an issue and global uncertainty is constantly looming. So it's clear why central |
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