Dad and tell him what he should do. all of these people should be out there with a public accounting. but i thank general milley and thank all of the people who stopped this president from his unconstitutional actions and we need that s why this january 6th commission is going to be so important and god bless all the republicans who are out there fighting for it. congresswoman comstock, i appreciate it, scott jennings as well. still to come, our coverage of the california recall election including john king at the magic wall. plus which counties to watch for tonight. also ahead we ll speak with senator bernie sanders about the state of the race and that long shadow the former president and his conspiracy theories have cast over this california race. the lexus nx. experience the crossover in its most visionary form. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.
Republican, including larry elder. if you go back 25 years ago, i was covering politics back then, 36% of california registered voters were republicans. look at the steep decline. that is now 24%. so for any republican to win, including mr. elder, not only would every registered republican have to participate in this recall. again, you would need a lot of democrats and independents to run away from gavin new enewsom what counties are you watching? you look at where the people are, right? the most populous county in california is los angeles. it s not only a huge part of the democratic base, it will tell us are latinos voting? what is the percentage? how many democrats are saying, sorry, governor, we want to recall you. the largest county in the state will give us a good glimpse of that. other places to up watch, san diego is the second largest county in the state. i point this out because gavin newsom carried san diego but not by as big a margin. republicans or recall supporters ne
Do you share that optimism? well, i am not much into political speculation. we will finding out the results a few hours. i think governor newsom has done a good job under very difficult circumstances. i think what you re seeing in california and all over this country is anger and frustration. we re dealing with covid, we re dealing with economic problems, we re dealing with climate change. but i think in california the governor has done his best, done well and i think the people will respond accordingly. it also seems that governor newsom made a decision to nationalize the race and talk about the big lie, about trumpism. right. and i m wondering if you think that was a wise thing to do? yeah, i do. i think the truth is that california does not need a right-wing governor, republican governor. i think it is historically been in recent years one of the most progressive states in the united states and i think the people wanting it to stay that way. larry elder and the former pr
Clear that if governor newsom holds on to his job they are going to say that the election was rigged. i mean is this now going to happen in every race where a republican loses? it may. this is one of the crises that we face which is why by the way i m working so hard as the chairman of the senate budget committee on this reconciliation bill. i think a lot of people in america are losing faith in government. when you have republicans saying that every election that took place that they lose was rigged, then people are not going to believe very much about the political process. and what we are trying to do right now or in the united states senate, in the house, is pass the most consequential piece of legislation in the modern history of this country which tells the working families of california and of vermont and all over this country that maybe, just maybe, the time is now for congress to address the crises facing working families and not continue to just worry about the needs of the
Furthermore, if i have anything to say about it, this legislation, $3.5 trillion, will be paid for, will not add to the national debt and paid for by finally demanding that the wealthiest people in this country who in some years pay zero, they pay less than the average fireperson or teacher, pays zero in federal taxes, large corporations pay nothing in taxes, we will change that. so $3.5 trillion for you, it can t go lower than that? no. we compromised already. most members of the caucus wanted $6 trillion, which is a more appropriate number. senator sanders, i appreciate you joining us, thank you. thank you. up next, david chalian and what we re learning from the exit polls in california, the two major things on minds, covid and the economy. he has new polling, next. charlotte! charl! every day can be extraordinary with rich,