Steve Hilton, “Califailure”
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Steve Hilton is a Brit — and a proud citizen of the United States. He’s running for governor of California. Can this Republican, who used to be on David Cameron’s staff at 10 Downing Street, turn California red? He joins Michele to make his case.
Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator.
Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter.
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| 0:00.0 | When you look at who's really suffered from these 15 years of Democrat one party rule, |
| 0:04.8 | it's the poorest, the most vulnerable, working people, working class families who've just been crushed. |
| 0:12.3 | 35% of Californians cannot afford to meet their basic needs. |
| 0:17.9 | The first Jerry Brown, but especially Gavin Newsom, doing nothing to hold back the tide |
| 0:23.0 | of far-left insanity on every single issue. |
| 0:31.3 | Steve Hilton, an Englishman running for governor of California. |
| 0:35.5 | It's a really interesting story. |
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| 0:53.4 | Steve Hilton has written a book called Calafalier. He's been living in California for a thing. So just click subscribe. Thank you for that. Steve Hilton has written a book called |
| 0:54.8 | Califalier. He's been living in California for a while. We'll get into why, how he came from |
| 1:00.4 | England to California and how now he's considering, not considering, he is deep in the throes of |
| 1:06.8 | campaigning for governor of California. How might that go over? |
| 1:12.6 | What hurdles is he facing? |
| 1:14.1 | What's his message? |
| 1:15.4 | You've seen him on Fox, I'm sure. |
| 1:17.8 | He used to work at 10 Downing. |
| 1:19.9 | He is a really fascinating guy. |
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