Former Lt. Gov. of CA Abel Maldonado: Newsome “is Just a S**** Governor!”

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:00pm- Abel Maldonado—former Lieutenant Governor of California—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the wildfires plaguing Los Angeles, CA. Could Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass be removed from office? During the interview, Maldonado declares Newsome “is just a shitty governor!” 5:15pm- In reaction to Karen Bass’s mismanagement leading up to the Los Angeles wildfires, Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said that his newspaper should not have endorsed her for mayor. 5:25pm- While appearing on Fox News, Senator Roger Marshall said he believes Donald Trump will have all his cabinet nominees confirmed. 5:30pm- While appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his decision to end censorship on Facebook, citing previous editorial errors and a desire to restore free speech online. Zuckerberg revealed that the Biden Administration pressured his platforms to censor certain posts regarding COVID-19 vaccine side effects. 5:35pm- David Gelman—Criminal Defense Attorney & Surrogate for Donald Trump’s Legal Team—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the release of a final report from (not so) Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding an election interference case. Gelman notes that this is entirely political.

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0:15.9	The wildfires in California continue to rage, as does Democrat incompetence in California.
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0:30.6	Pete Exf did a great job today, fighting back against the Democrats trying to smear him with ridiculous anonymous allegations.
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0:43.3	So, Speaker Mike Johnson was asked a question about money for California to help pay for the damage caused by these massive wildfires.
0:50.6	And he said, well, it may have to come with some changes to leadership here to talk
0:55.3	about it with me he was the lieutenant governor of california and he is abel maldonado and abel
1:02.3	thank you for joining us here in philadelphia i appreciate it sir how are you
1:05.5	rich we're doing great how are you doing rich i'm doing very well and I'm glad to have you because you are, obviously, in California,
1:14.2	you're at the center of all this, and you were lieutenant governor,
1:17.0	so we can talk about a lot of different things together.
1:19.2	First of all, I just want to ask you, everybody in your world, friends and family, are they okay?
1:25.2	You know, everybody's fine.
1:27.2	Obviously, the death toll continues to rise here in
1:30.9	California, but thank God, you know, you could have been worse. My family's fine. My prayers go out to the
1:39.2	folks that have lost loved ones and obviously property damage. We have a mess out here, Rich. We have a big mess out here.
1:46.8	We have a situation where we've never been allowed to manage our forest here in California.
1:52.5	It's just a non-starter. And we have a situation where the environmental community here in
1:58.0	California is very, very strong. The majority party listens to
2:02.4	them on every single thing. And let's just be sincere. Right now, the hardcore environmental
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