Hey guys, happy Wednesday. Welcome to Relatable. Hope everyone has had a great week so far. We are going to talk about once again some of the craziness that is going on in our country.

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But I would really appreciate that as well. Thank you guys so much again for your support in all of that. Okay, let's get into today's episode. So as you guys know as the lockdowns are coming in a new wave throughout the country.

People are more desperate than ever, whereas I think that a few months ago at the beginning, we were all kind of willing to do our part and say, okay, this is going to be for a finite amount of time and we're willing to close down our business. We're willing to take a pay cut.

We're willing to even be unemployed for a period of time because all of this is going to start back up and surely the same government who told me to close my business isn't going to abandon me, but that's exactly what has happened to a lot of people in a lot of different states.

Thankfully, some states are doing it correctly. They have tried to balance mitigating the risk of the virus with mitigating the risk of people losing their livelihoods and their mental health deteriorating and kids being held back in their education.

But other states just haven't done that so well and people are crying out for help. They're frustrated with the arbitrary nature of a lot of these regulations.

They're frustrated with the hypocrisy of the leaders that they, a lot of them voted for in the name of compassion and the name of these politicians promising to care for their constituents.

What you're seeing is a lot of protests, a lot of civil unrest right now, especially in places like New York and California. You've got small businesses, you've got restaurants and schools being shut down are restricted in the name of quelling the virus.

But like I said, the restrictions are often arbitrary. They're not based on any real data. They're not based on any science that we know of and the rules aren't abided by by the very people who are implementing them.

And that is driving some people to when I say madness, I don't mean that they're out of their minds, but just such rage filled justified rage filled frustration.

So in Southern California, people are getting so fed up with the COVID lockdowns and the politicians hypocrisy that they are protesting in West Hollywood, a boutique called Kitson Los Angeles.

I went viral last week and I'll put the pictures up for those of you who are watching on YouTube for posting pictures of Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom on their windows declaring that the hypocrites of 2020 this week, the store owner invited the recall Gavin Newsom campaign to park their truck in front of the store to collect signatures.

Now, I don't even know the political affiliations of the people who are running this boutique, but whether they're Republican or Democrat, they are frustrated by having their livelihoods stolen from them by the guy who was just caught dining, maskless in close quarters inside with a bunch of his rich friends at a bougie restaurant called the French laundry and Santa Monica business owners and restaurant owners held a protest outside of the home of Los Angeles County Supervisor.

She was a local resident of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Cool, demanding she votes to undo the outdoor dining ban.

She advocated for last week the reason why they were really upset at cool is because hours after she had voted for this ban.

When reporters asked her about this, she said, oh, well, I felt bad for the restaurant. So I just wanted to support them. Meanwhile, she voted to make sure that they are shut down the outdoor dining that has already been proven to be able to be done safely.

She voted to make sure that that is closed down and a lot of these restaurants are going to go under, but after she voted for that, she went to go eat outside at her favorite restaurant.

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