The Anchormen Show EP 113 - The Right Thing to Do w/ Pearson Sharp and Mayor Bill Wells
The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
4.4 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells defies California laws blocking cooperation with federal immigration enforcement—and says the clash is headed to the Supreme Court. He debates license plate readers to track illegal immigrants and criminals, weighs the Iran war’s impact on his constituents, and breaks down why Governor Newsom keeps failing upward while Californians’ quality of life declines.
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| 0:00.0 | Now it's time for the Anchorman podcast with Matt Gates and Pearson Sharp. |
| 0:22.3 | Welcome back to The Anchorman Show. I'm Matt Gates, the host of the Matt Gates Show here on One American News. |
| 0:25.4 | And I'm joined, as always, by my co-host, the investigative reporter extraordinaire. |
| 0:30.4 | He's the host of the Sharp report on One American News, Pearson Sharp. |
| 0:33.1 | And we've got one of our very favorite guests here at One American News, Mayor Bill Wells of El Cajon, |
| 0:37.6 | California. |
| 0:38.6 | Our viewers are familiar seeing him on our various programs. |
| 0:41.7 | And I tell you what, Mr. Mayor, you've just found a way with your cozy little city to get |
| 0:48.0 | into a lot of really interesting battles and fights that are indicative of these big discussions |
| 0:53.8 | that are going on around the country |
| 0:55.1 | regarding immigration enforcement, how local authorities are supposed to operate where you've got |
| 1:01.7 | a federal government with a strong desire to enforce those laws. |
| 1:05.7 | And at times, recalcitrant or outright hostile state governments like you have here in |
| 1:10.6 | California. You're also Pearson's mayor, which means I'm going to let him ask you a lot of questions about when the garbage gets picked up and pottles get filled. When my street's going to get repaved? I've got to be nicer to him than you. Of course. Of course. My grandfather was a small town mayor, and it's really the front porch to government. |
| 1:28.4 | It is, there's a special place in heaven for mayors and bartenders, because they're the two jobs where you have to listen to everybody's problems. |
| 1:35.2 | You can't really just send the problem up up the road. |
| 1:38.1 | My career has been as a mental health psychologist to, I've been listening to people's problems |
| 1:44.6 | for a long time. |
| 1:45.3 | We will diagnose Gavin Newsom's mental status and moments. |
| 1:49.3 | But first, there is a real conflict |
| 1:53.2 | that communities are facing in California |
| 1:55.2 | as it relates to this immigration enforcement discussion. |
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