the rise, dally says folks are ready for a change. we did reach out to governor newsome. we ve yet to hear back from him. listen, long shot. this is what politics are for, right? i think it was howard cosell that said that s why we play the game. why do you think you re going to win this election? well, look, californians are facing with the highest taxes and highest poverty rate in the nation. 25 years of one-party control and gavin newsome is out of touch with democrats. he doesn t understand what it s like to have to put a gasoline in a car. he doesn t do that he has people driving him around. he s protected by people with firearms every day. people are crime is running rampant in california. our school system is broken. californians are looking for change and i ll bring it here this fall. charles: have you been buoyed by the recall efforts? are these signs to you that the
now, you guys, we re looking here at a place where the city has essentially tossed out someone who embodied their ideals. the supporters of bodine say rolling back 50 years was never going to be easy or politically popular. we spoke to voters here, many who say they voted to recall him because they simply felt he was not doing enough to fight crime. this is a real bellwether for other parts of the country. if you look at los angeles and chicago, both of whom facing possible recall efforts, you know they have to be watching this very closely. jake, it s so fascinating that he was elected in 2019. you look at stats for say new york city, in 2017, 2018, 2019,
reminded myself, he did a lexus nexus search. he couldn t have done a google search. he wanted to see to what are people attributing the rise in crime of the 90s? and nowhere on the top ten list did anybody factor in the change brought on by roe versus wade. that was the whole starting point for he and for donahue. look, it s no less provocative today than it was 20 years ago. that s for sure. but i find it fascinating and well researched. i want to remind you, go to smerconish.com and answer this week s survey question, is the u.s. sharing of military intelligence with ukraine worth the risk of further inflaming putin? register for the newsletter while you re there. up ahead, the assailant who tackled dave chappelle as he walked off stage at the hollywood ball had a knife in his backpack but the los angeles county d.a. did not charge him with a felony. facing recall efforts.
about that, but they come on the next day. obviously, this is coming out a fulcrum moment at the political conversation, because they re many conversations about the rise in personal violence and homicide and crime. a, real very intense backlash politics. you are seeing recall efforts and progressive da in san francisco. you are seeing calls to step back from bail reform in many cities. to add more cops to link sentences to increase breach all the tension. what do you make of that right now? i think we have to look at this first through covid, because, if you go back to when you and i were last together, in the city, certainly we have proven crime one down with a few arrests, less incarceration, consistent decrease in crime and violence, to the point that was only comparable to the 1950s, that was a last time we
fulcrum moment at the political conversation, because they re many conversations about the rise in personal violence and homicide and crime. a, real very intense backlash politics. you are seeing recall efforts and progressive da in san francisco. you are seeing calls to step back from bail reform in many cities. to add more cops to link sentences to increase breach all the tension. what do you make of that right now? i think we have to look at this first through covid, because, if you go back to when you and i were last together, in the city, certainly we have proven crime one down with a few arrests, less incarceration, consistent decrease in crime and violence, to the point that was only comparable to the 1950s, that was a last time we wear that high.