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And we got Major Williams running for the governor of the state of California in the house.
Brother, good to have you here.
Thank you.
Glad Petros made the connection.
Yes, yes, great guy.
Petros sent me a text.
He says, Pat, you got to hook up with this guy.
And then he sent a group text to us.
And boom, we got on here and glad to have you in Florida.
Absolutely.
Glad to be here.
Glad to be here.
So we got a lot of different topics to go to.
I think it's fair first before we get into the topics that we have.
We got first, maybe let me preface what topics we had.
Buffett and Munger made a lot of strong comments this past weekend about Robin Hood, about who's going to be his replacement, which we have the successor's name to be thinking about and talking about.
He poked at Bitcoin.
They poked a bunch of different people.
Their annual meeting.
I mean, I couldn't even, I've never seen them be like this.
They just called everybody out.
So maybe they've been taking a class the last 12 months on trolling, and they're trying to see if they can get better at during their 90s.
You got to respect them for that.
They enrolled in the school of trolling.
So we'll talk about that.
We'll talk about the tanky takeaways from the meeting that they had at the Berkshire Hathaway 2021 shareholder meeting.
We will get into a new Disneyland obviously reopens after being closed for about a year, but there's a new scene from Disneyland Snow White riot that's prompting backlashes.
It's very offensive.
I think we have to address it.
It's catastrophic.
We will get to it here in a minute as well.
Beijing officially tops New York City in the number of billionaires on latest Forbes list.
We'll get through that as well.
Facebook says decision on whether Trump ban will be overturned coming Wednesday, which is tomorrow.
We're going to find out what they do about this.
It's going to be very, I'm actually curious to know what position they take on that.
And we got a bunch of other topics that we can get into.
Verizon just sold AOL and Yahoo for $5 billion.
That's a trillion dollars.
AOL, who was a juggernaut, and Yahoo that was a juggernaut.
They sold both for $5 billion, and the name AOL is gone.
Now they're just naming it Yahoo.
So AOL is gone.
Gone.
What am I going to do with my AOL email?
I mean, I can totally.
What are you going to do with the AOL chat?
The rooms you used to go to.
I might just change it to AOC email.
That's the new upcoming company.
Is that really what it's going to be?
Okay, so prior to getting to all this stuff, let's talk to our friend here, Major Williams.
Major, when did you make the decision to run for the governor of the state of California?
Well, I started, well, first, I would just want to say thank you for having me on the show.
I truly appreciate it.
Big fan.
I was saying earlier that you've inspired so many people and educated so many people during the course of what you've built and what you're doing.
I didn't want to run for governor of California.
This wasn't on my trajectory.
I'm not a kid that grew up with politicians on my wall with posters.
But after I ran for mayor of Pasadena, I wanted to stay politically active.
And I created this group, this committee called the New California Governor Committee.
And the pretense was to stay politically active and support the next Republican governor of California candidate.
So during this process, we're vetting different individuals that are non-career politicians.
And during the process of me giving my whole spiel, people would just say, Major, you should just run.
I can't say it how you said.
But also, they took the pretense of what I did locally in Pasadena, someone that they said that I couldn't win in Pasadena, which I didn't win.
But the context is they had a bet that I would only get 100 votes.
So being in sports and competitive, I said, I'm going to get 200 votes, right?
But I ended up stealing the voters blocks, got close to 5,000 votes.
And so being able to message Mayor of Pasadena.
So having that impact locally, you know, a lot of people don't understand that politics is like any other industry.
They scout out talent.
So people just kept saying, you should run for something or you should do this.
Who's calling you?
Who's calling scouting?
Are they names?
Are they figureheads?
Are they people that people would know in the political world?
Well, there were some of those, but it was more so people just acknowledge what we've done locally.
Got it.
And then in different conventions that we would go to.
And then from there, I just, you know, made that decision.
And, you know, the story that I always share with people, you know, I'm a very spiritual guy.
And my grandfather passed away a few years ago by the name of LJ Dean.
And the old guy continues to talk to me, especially when I have difficult moments that I'm dealing with.
And he came to me in a dream one night at 4.30 in the morning.
He said two words.
He said, step up.
And I woke up.
I prayed with my wife real briefly, told her what happened.
Once I opened up my eyes, I literally had a vision of myself being sworn in as the 41st governor of California.
And this was a year ago.
Let's make it happen.
That's big.
Yeah.
That's big.
So let's find out what Kai, if you can pull up Major Williams' website.
So what's the story behind Major Williams?
We were asking you with your name.
What's the story behind Major Williams?
Sick name.
Yeah, really.
I love it.
Are you kidding me?
So first of all, I'm not in the military.
It's not because of any military background.
It simplicity came from a coach one day kind of used me as an example in a huddle amongst other players.
And they said, you know, when this guy gets in the game, he's a major impact.
So as young kids, you know, being immature, every time I come to the locker room, oh, watch out, here comes major impact.
Here comes a major impact.
And I thought it was like something kind of cool.
So when I got into music, which we was talking about, we'll talk about more, I need a rapper name, a music artist name, or a writer name.
And I just chose Major Impact was the actual name.
I made it official three and a half years ago when I ran for mayor of Pasadena, simply because no one knew me as Courtney LaPaul Williams, which is what my mother named me, which gave me a lot of fights early on.
And it's really simplistic.
It was no long-drawn out story when it comes to that.
Courtney, by the way, wasn't there like a Stacey Ogman?
Stacey Ogman, right?
Plastic man.
Yeah, plastic man.
He played UNLV that was under the coach, right?
And then he also Larry Johnson.
He went to the Hawks, I believe.
The guy was left-handed, just blanky.
The guy that went to the bottom of the bank.
What means you bring up Stacey?
The name Courtney Stacey, I think some of the names kind of go both ways.
But I got to tell you.
I just discovered Stacey King.
I got to tell you, I like Major Williams.
That's a killer name.
That's kind of like Chris Paul one day out of the NBA.
He says, changes his name to General Paul.
You know, it's kind of like that because they call him General Paul.
So you're not advocating he goes back to Courtney.
No, we're good with Major.
I'm still dealing with Major.
I think, look, if my mom, she wanted a name, Sasha, I swear to God, if my mom would have won that debate than my dad, I would have changed it also to Patrick Ben-David.
There's no way I'm going to be a Sasha Ben-David.
I can respect that.
But you do respect Sasha Baron Cohen.
He's phenomenal.
He's so talented.
It's ridiculous how he gets into those places.
So let's go to the website on what you're running for.
Kai, if you can find that.
But meanwhile, why don't you kind of tell us some of the issues you're running for?
Running on.
You know, I mean, the whole pretense of why I exist is because I've been in political climate for the last four and a half years behind the scenes to be able to see the type of roles of candidates and also, you know, leadership.
And I just believe simplicity.
The bigger the government, the smaller the people.
And so I just ran under the pretense of what I represent.
I represent freedom.
I represent liberty.
I represent lower taxes.
And also having leadership in place that wants to empower people.
When is the last time you've been inspired by someone in a political position and motivating people and just really caring about education in the sense that I'm going to be supportive of trade school and also supportive of small businesses in our state?
And also just making sure that you have someone that's a champion that's against mandatory type of leadership, especially when it comes to vaccines and bills like SB 276 and 277.
And so I wanted to present myself as an alternative.
And even to take it a step further, I wanted to be that barrier breaker, right?
The person that's not traditionally, so-called, traditionally qualified for these particular roles.
I don't come from 10 different master degrees or I'm not a millionaire, billionaire type of individual.
So what I'm doing is essentially planting the seed in the next generation of what politicians or political service individuals can be moving forward.
And if that's what I inspire, that's something I will hold dear to as well.
You know, it's interesting, just Pat, a California perspective here.
You know, they're really, I mean, now's the time to do it.
I mean, they needed 1.5 million signatures.
They got 2 million, at least 2 million.
That's what they're referring to.
And that's during the lockdown.
Right, right.
You know, I'm just curious, was there a seminal moment for you?
Because for a lot of people that turned on Newsome in California, it was the French laundry dinner, right?
That's when it just solidified everything that he's got to go.
He does not get it.
He's dangerous.
And then his lack of opening schools was the other thing.
Big time.
He is in major trouble, I think, Major.
But was there a moment for you where you said, I got to get in this?
I got to go after this guy and get him out.
Well, I think I was personally affected.
You know, my wife has a small business that I help her run as well, too.
And her business has never, it hasn't opened back up.
It's been closed since March of last year.
And so I was personally affected, but also being in the political climate, I've been behind the scenes to have those conversations with family members.
And one of the most touching moments, well, not really a touching moment, but one moment that resonated was a parent sharing with me and her son that committed suicide.
And this kid got hurt his junior year.
He worked his butt off to get prepared for a senior year.
So he didn't get a chance to do that.
He's on Instagram watching his other kids that played his junior year still get scholarships, even though they haven't played all year.
And it took a toll on him.
And she shared this story, and I literally had chills.
And I had tears in my eyes.
I never heard about that story.
And I had tears in my eyes when she was sharing this very intimate personal story.
And so I do not like bullies.
I've never liked bullies.
Even in high school, I was 5'7, skinny, soaking wet.
I will always protect people around me.
And I feel like Governor Gavin Newsom and his whole leadership style is bullying to the point where you're punishing business owners for having the audacity to want to take care of their families and put food on their tables and punish our kids during this whole extended, over-politicized lockdown.
And so at some point, who's going to be that champion?
It always takes a certain moment, a theme, or storyline to kind of change the narrative.
And if I can be a part of that, that's what my intention is.
And so that was one of the things that kind of triggered me to really have this motivation to move forward on it.
That's big.
By the way, Kai, if you go out to the homepage, go to the homepage so everybody can see this.
And do me a favor and flip the screen, go to the screen, make it smaller so the folks can see it.
Go all the way to the bottom.
You'll see in the middle it says a for against.
Did you change?
Okay, keep going.
Go a little lower.
When I'm on the side, I go to the bottom.
It tells me what he's for, what he's against.
So I am on majorforgovernor.com.
Is that what you're on?
Okay, right.
Where does it say he's for and he's at the top?
It should be all the way up.
Keep going up.
Okay, right there.
Okay.
Pro-God, family, freedom, life, LEOs, firefighters, first responders, armed forces, forest management, legal immigration, second choice, community collaboration, second amendment, innovation, entrepreneurship.
Sounds like Texas or Florida.
Anti-mandatory vaccination, human trafficking, voter fraud, high taxes, over-regulation, hate groups, socialism, communism, online censorship, defunding police.
Sounds like Washington, New York, and California.
So the question for you, you lived in Texas for quite some time before you moved.
Yeah, I'm originally from Dallas, Texas.
So there's a couple different kinds of friends that I have in California.
I lived in California 24 years, right?
In February of 2015, we left and we moved.
2016, we moved to Texas, Dallas.
And I put my headquarters in Addison, and we were there for five years.
Our headquarters, the insurance company I run, is still headquartered in Dallas.
I moved a media company over here.
We have now roughly 30 employees.
We're here in Boca Raton, right?
So I'm one of the guys that left Iran, went to Germany at a refugee camp.
As much as I love Iran, it was tough to kind of stay there with the family.
They made a decision to leave.
We go to Germany.
Then we come to LA.
Then I join the Army.
I go to Fort Campbell, all these other places.
Then I move my business to Texas.
Easy airport, three hours.
I'm going all over the place.
I can go to New York in three hours.
It's easy.
Florida, downside, travel six hours, yet taxes, lifestyle, all of those things.
So if Texas and California had a baby, it would be Florida.
That's what I always say, right?
But in California, there's two communities.
Here's the two communities.
And I'm curious to know how you're going to speak to both of these communities.
The one community is those who are sitting there saying, I don't know if this thing's going to change anytime soon.
If you go back and look at the last Republican was Arnold Schwarzenegger.
And he was not really a Republican.
He was more of a center left, somewhat right, but some issues left, some issues right.
No one would consider him as a real Republican.
Maybe the last Republican may have been an Armenian, by the way, Duke Medgian, right?
Maybe there was somebody after him that was also a Republican after Duke Median.
But what do you say to the folks who are in California who have no desire to leave?
Their families are there.
They grew up there.
They grew up there, friends, relationships, restaurants, small businesses, churches they go to.
They really don't want to leave the place.
But if they get forced, they're willing to make the move, just like a lot of these other guys made, where Intel left to Texas.
You know, you got Musk left.
You got Rogan left.
You got a bunch of these.
Phil Michel.
Oracle left.
Phil Michelson left years ago.
Yes, they trashed him.
They wrote an article about him.
And then Tiger talks about it.
Quiet, like, listen, don't talk about you left California.
Just kind of keep it down.
Tell Major about the love letter you wrote.
Yeah, I wrote a love letter to California.
But the question I got for you is: both to the folks who are thinking about leaving and those who the idea is becoming more serious.
Well, maybe it's not in the next three, six, twelve months.
Maybe it's a two, three, four, five-year move.
What would you tell them for them to reconsider wanting to leave the state of California?
Well, I would tell them, you know, there's still a lot of opportunity.
California is the epitome of states.
Like, it's the brand of brand of all states.
Regardless of whatever we're going through right now, there's an opportunity for it to quickly turn around with the right culture and leadership in place.
And so if you understand what we are representative, we're representative of in regards to what we're offering with our brand of leadership, that in itself should give you some excitement.
But what I found traveling across the state of California for the last year is that everyone is united in frustration.
And I always say that.
Everyone is united in frustration.
And as you hit on earlier today, there's so much opportunity.
People are looking for the opportunity.
So if you have someone that comes in with better solutions and better ideals, there is a dynamic that tells people that we can change it.
And they're in a place right now where no one is speaking to them to kind of change it.
No one is actually trying to work to solve their problems.
And what makes me uniquely different is that I let them join the conversation of how we change things here in the state of California.
And a lot of people haven't done that.
It's normally the politicians saying, I have the magic wand.
I have it all figured out.
I have all the answers.
Trust in me.
Believe in me.
Whereas I say, I believe in us.
So far, we've been in the stands of frustration together.
Now we have to take ourselves out of the stands of frustration, get on the battlefield in our political arena or our state, put on jerseys and fight for it collectively together as players versus being spectators.
And that message in itself gets people fired up and it changes the mindset of what you really think about this particular state because it can change significantly easy.
If California was a business-friendly state, the dynamics drastically changed because it's a domino effect.
If you change the economics and the budget criteria, it affects everything else, including homelessness.
And I actually took your advice in regards to my platform.
I don't know if you saw me posting about it in regards to eliminating the state tax, right?
And bringing in and implementing a tourist tax.
That was something I directly, someone sent me the link.
I was like, I like that.
And so I adopted that.
And so that's flexible leadership that's actually trying to.
It shows you're listening.
It shows you're listening to what the people are saying.
Absolutely.
And I think that's what's resonated.
And I think that conversation in itself gives them a little pause.
You know why I like his angle?
It's because it's the complete opposite.
Here's a guy who left Texas to California.
You know, you look at the stats on the state of Texas is California last year.
The entire population increased by 20,000, net.
Only 20,000.
That's a small number.
When you have 40 million people.
When you got 41 million people making babies, you shouldn't increase by 20,000.
I think 132,000 people left last year, state of California to another place.
132,600.
132,000,600.
That's the third highest ever.
That's the third highest effort in a YouTube leave.
It's not the highest, but it's the third highest ever.
I think your approach, because think about it this way: California, Florida, Texas, New York.
When COVID hit, it was those four players.
It's almost like Eastern Conference, Western Conference, right?
You got Eastern Conference, you got, you know, the Miami.
You got the Knicks.
He got the Knicks, Miami.
He didn't get it.
He got the Miami.
I don't think they're going to make it out of these this year.
This year's going to be a lot of fun.
You got Brooklyn, you got Philly, you got Milwaukee.
I see where you're going with this.
I'm saying we got New York with the head coach being Cuomo.
Okay.
You got California with the head coach being Newsome.
You got Texas head coach being Abbott.
And you got Florida, the head coach being DeSantis, right?
He's the big winners right now.
Can we say when it first started, it was a Cuomo show?
It was all a Cuomo show.
Cuomo was on TikTok every day.
Big time, right?
You were on Team Cuomo.
Slightly.
I loved seeing him and his brother bantered.
That was, for me, I like a good banter.
I just watched those guys go out and I'm like, man, I'd love to just see how this family is during Thanksgiving.
I appreciate that kind of banter, right?
But next thing you know, you know, this guy went from Cuomo could be the next president.
He can go up against Trump.
And people are like, whoa, this guy could be the next candidate as, you know, what do you call it?
Democratic president.
And Newsome.
Oh, superstars.
Look what they're doing.
Responsible decisions they're making.
And Abbott and DeSantis look like they're reckless, reckless governors.
So for the first six months, we were saying California is going to win the championship.
New York's going to win the championship.
Then when it came to playoff time, they screwed up.
So in other words, what we talked about earlier, the Phoenix Suns are a seasoned team.
Some teams are playoff teams.
Maybe California and Florida and Texas are, what do you call it, playoff teams.
But we got a candidate like this that's presenting Texas ideas in a state like California.
Imagine that.
You know, Pat, and here's the thing, too, and Major, you know, you got Newsome right now, who I think is just governing to save his ass.
I mean, basically, everything he does right now is the opposite of what he was doing before.
It's to appease people, to give them a little bit of hope.
I mean, LA is open.
There were no deaths in LA the last two days.
Cases are so low, it's unbelievable.
But someone has a huge opportunity in California because people are ticked off.
It's all we talk about.
Like dinner parties, you get together on the weekend, you're talking to friends, parents, groups, that's sports.
But I'm hearing it's both Democrats and Republicans.
Totally.
Totally.
And it wasn't a Republican recall.
Let's make sure that we preface that.
Yeah, 19% are Democrats.
We looked at the numbers.
19% of the recalls that we're talking about.
Because that's what it's being billed at.
Yeah, they were.
They're trying to spin this as this is, you know, a bunch of Trumpers, you know, queuing on, and it's the people that stormed the Capitol, which is not true.
Everybody's upset.
I guess my question is, what's your strategy?
Where's the opportunity for you?
Because I think if you zeroed in on moms, on parents, people are really ticked off.
They opened our schools for two hours.
So, if you've had a kid in middle school and then one in high school like we do, you're going back and forth to school twice a day.
It makes no sense.
My daughter's on the track team at Mira Costa in Manhattan Beach, freshman.
She doesn't know she's going to have a meet on Friday because the county hasn't okayed it yet.
They're waiting on a county to okay.
Here's the last one: Dash plays flag football.
You know, he gets after it, you know, big ball, you know, playing a game of flag football for an hour.
At the end of the game, they won't let him shake hands.
You have to wave at him from across the field.
Even though you've already just played.
Yeah, so I think moms, parents, I think if you like zeroed in and said you're for them, I mean, this is plus the other thing, there's going to be over 100 names potentially on this ballot.
So they're going to get buried.
If you want to be that name that people are going to see.
There's going to be over 100 names on this ballot.
There can be.
It always is for the most part.
But on a recall, there's no limit.
So when Arnie won it, there were over 100 names on the ballot because you have to answer two questions.
Do you want Newsome out and who do you want in, right?
Yeah.
So then you just got to have that name that people will find.
Why don't you do us a favor and explain what the hell this recall even is?
And before you do that, let me just kind of tee up where my mind is at.
Because he lived in California for 20-something years.
You live in California currently.
You've been there 20 years.
I'm a Florida boy.
I'm a Miami boy.
I didn't really realize how divisive politics was until I really started kind of mixing it up with California.
I'm from Florida.
It's as purple as the state as it gets.
I know we've had some issues, especially in 2000.
But I guess, simply put, what the hell is going on in California?
I went with Pat and he took me just to show the homeless situation that's going on there.
Like, come on, you got to see what's going on there.
Tom sends a video of his car getting blown up or his buddy's car getting blown up with the homeless situation.
We talked about in San Francisco, there's like poop maps going on, whatever that story is right there.
So from Florida, I guess here's my question.
You would always hear it's like the top 10 GDP in the world, the state of California.
It's Hollywood.
It's Silicon Valley.
Fifth largest economy.
Fifth largest economy.
You could ski and surf in the same day.
You know, California dream, like all you hear all these things.
And now the brand is completely tarnished from what you would see.
I mean, depending on what you see.
Right.
The homeless situation, the people moving out of the state, San Francisco, Pat went down the list of names that are getting the hell out of there.
What's happened?
I mean, and part B to that is, why is California politics so divisive?
Like, we don't have that divisiveness here in Florida.
So I'm like, hold on.
You gave him like 17 questions.
I'm teen him up.
Why are you testing him up with these?
What the hell happened to California?
Why is it so divisive?
And tell us about the recall.
Those are the things that I'm saying.
The guy just said he doesn't have 10 NBAs.
He's making a major impact on the budget.
What do you do to the screen?
Don't overwhelm the man.
What the hell is going on?
Why is it so divisive?
And explain the recall.
Well, first of all, first of all, it tells you how jacked up California is.
The fact that Pat has to take someone to the state to see how jacked up it is as if it's a museum exhibit, right?
Homelessness is rising through the roof over the last two years.
It is climbed, I think, 16 to 18%.
The recall has actually happened because there's been frustration even before the lockdowns.
And that's what a lot of people are not framing in full context.
There have been a lot of decisions, questionable decisions, based upon Gavin Newsom's leadership, some of the policies and legislation that he has supported and that he has implemented.
And the process is basically, you know, getting the votes over the particular threshold, which they have done that even during the lockdown and being suppressed and no press time and time again.
And as I said earlier, people are just united in frustration.
Until you change the culture of leadership in any, whether it's a company, whether it's anything, you're not going to be able to change the culture of the outcome.
Doing the exact same thing over and over again, expecting different results is called what?
It's called insanity.
We all know that.
So, in order to change that, we have to have a different mindset.
And that's kind of like what we're offering up.
Once more, I come into every situation with full transparency, right?
And the beautiful thing about what I represent and how we're going to galvanize people and also win because people are more receptive to the normal, straightforward conversation.
As I said earlier, I don't have a magic wand.
I don't have every single answer.
But if you look on my website, there's the Restore California plan.
The Restore California plan is a live open document task force, meaning that you can leave a video message and add your insight, your input versus just complaining.
Now you have an opportunity to be a part of us actually coming to the table to start talking about solutions.
And I think once that's implemented with a different brand of leadership, we're going to see a change of the tide when it comes to California.
Let me ask you a question.
Let me ask you a question because the current playbook of being a governor president has changed.
It's changed.
Obviously, Arnold did it being a celebrity, and he won, I think, 5.3 million to 3.7, 3.9 million when he went up against an opponent, his opponent, and whatever the year was, when he won.
03. 03, yeah.
03.
So the playbook is The Rock.
Will you run for office?
You know what?
I would, because I don't know if God is looking down saying he sees it, you know, big, da, da, da, da.
You can tell that was kind of like he was prepared to give that answer.
But, you know, if it came down to it, I would love to be a president.
So what's Rock saying?
He's hinting that he's going to run because he's following Arnold and Trump's playbook.
Like, look at Trump becomes a president through Twitter.
Obama, he realizes what's going on with social media, gives that 2004 speech.
Right.
Everybody's talking about around the world.
He becomes a rock star.
Boom.
He becomes a president, right?
Your presence online is not strong yet.
You don't have a big enough presence.
So how do you plan on making up for that?
Because messaging, when somebody, if I close my eyes and I just listen to what you're saying, I'm like, amazing, phenomenal, fantastic, great.
I agree.
I like it.
I love it.
Your biggest enemy will be raising money.
Who was the other one that's running for governor in the state of California?
Cox, is it?
That had $19 million or something.
The last time he ran, yep.
The last time.
He already put up a million dollars of money.
So you're going to have a money issue.
You're going to have a social media, not seeing you.
That's why I'm trying to see what you're going to say.
Money issue, social media issue, a big name endorsing you issue to bring you out as a star.
Because, you know, a lot of times someone needs to come out and say, this guy's a star.
Let's get behind him, right?
Whether you can't have Trump do that to you, because if you do, you're not going to win the state of California.
So it's not Trump saying you're a big star.
It cannot be Romney.
We saw what happened to Romney yesterday.
He's boot off the stage.
If you have Tim Scott, if you have a, you know, Thomas Sowell, you know, he's not even going out nowadays.
What is going to be your strategy to go through those three hurdles you're going to be facing in order to become a governor?
So I don't necessarily look at it as a hurdle.
I look at it as an amazing opportunity because you have to look at the full context.
Know my social media isn't as huge as some of the people that you may be speaking of, but the thing about it, look at how fast it's risen.
My social media has only been in existence for 317 days.
And we're really at a million followers, but we're being shadow banned and suppressed.
But I also believe that the representation of the message and what I represent when I go out and speak with the farmers, when I go out and speak in the projects, when I go out and speak with the soccer moms, resonates differently than anyone else when it comes to messaging.
And I think that's what a lot of people are missing.
And I tell people, I feel like our campaign is a hit record, but it just isn't fully funded yet.
You got to understand, I am the first candidate to register to run for governor with the pretense of it being in 2022.
So I've been in this game long enough to understand pace and also when to peak.
So when people are professing that I'm not going to raise enough money, this is what I do.
My background is in marketing.
My superpower was making their presentation, whether it was your product, your service, or whatever, to get the yes to check off for your church is an amen.
This is what I do, right?
And so I understand the dynamics of patience, and I like being in the position of so-called underdog or he's not.
No, it's patience, and I just have to peek at the right time.
Even if it's 100 candidates, it doesn't matter if I peek at the right moment because I do have those like abilities.
If you close your eyes and I stand for a lot of things that you appreciate, if I peek at the right moment at the right time, I have a lot of dynamics that can win votes from all sides, which is why we have so many volunteers that are Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, et cetera, because we have such a broad understanding of how to connect with people.
That's the first thing I noticed on your website was 2022.
So regardless of what happens this fall, you in it, next fall too, 2022.
Okay.
I think the long term, I think the long term, you know, you're a star.
Long term, I think it's going to eventually happen.
My challenge is guys want you today.
Guys want a person that you stand for these things today, not eight years from now.
Yeah.
You know, God knows California needs somebody with those belief systems today.
By the way, if you're following the podcast and you're enjoying what we're talking about, smash that thumbs up button if you're glad that we have Major Williams on and hit the subscribe button as well while you're on there.
By the way, I put Major Williams' Instagram profile in the chat box.
If you haven't followed him, go give him a follow.
I just put the link right there.
Literally click on it.
Go give him a follow.
Maybe even DM him a message.
But going back to that, going back to, you know, you running for governor.
So let's just say we have 100 candidates, right?
Has anybody yet started trashing you and spreading rumors?
Has that happened yet?
Has it happened where they're writing negative articles against you?
Have you already experienced a little bit of that?
Because that's actually a very good thing if you have.
Yeah.
So even when I ran for mayor of Pasadena, a guy created an Instagram page specifically for me.
It's called Protect Pasadena.
And it's all stuff of me trashing me.
So of course, two weeks ago, I spoke at the San Diego GOP.
Out of all the candidates, they only invited four candidates.
It was me.
It was Doug Ossie.
It was Kevin Faulkner.
It was John Cox.
So that just rubbed a lot of people the wrong way, the fact that they still invited me.
Why did it rub people the wrong way that you got invited?
Because the audacity of some of these people feel like they're more credible or they've been in this a long time, right?
And the fact that they invited Major Williams and, you know, all these people like this guy, like, why do they like him?
So after that, I spoke first.
I obliterated everyone.
We did a random raffle and I spoke my truth.
It's live on social media.
And I closed by saying California isn't missing the richest or smartest leader.
California is missing a leader and also a candidate with relatability.
Boom, mic drop.
And after that, the next day, a tax galore.
Sure.
So there's 100 people running for this runoff.
Would you just kind of back up and explain in 2003, though?
Okay, gotcha.
Right now, it's like 19.
Okay, and Caitlin Jenner is one of them.
Yeah.
So she, are we going with she?
Did she not get invited to the stage?
She's got names present.
Yeah, hadn't announced yet.
Okay, gotcha.
There was no announcement yet.
Is that someone who you're looking at as a legitimate competitor?
No, I'm not.
I'm not looking at anyone as a competitor.
I say personally, I would vote for an electrician before I vote for any of the people that are there now because at least an electrician deals in completion.
All these individuals.
By the way, can you say that one more time?
Folks, if you were doing anything else, I heard you say that at one of your rallies, you were up there on stage talking about it.
Please listen to what he just said.
Can you repeat that one more time?
So the person that I would vote for or I would wish was running was someone that has like the pedigree of an electrician because at least an electrician, they deal in completion.
And what I mean by that is your habits and your mindset.
When you go into an office or house or whatever, they have to complete that job to get the yes or the approval, right?
So that's a process.
Politicians don't deal in completion.
They deal in pushing paper and pushing the narrative on someone else.
How did you come up with that?
How did that even work?
I'm an entrepreneur and small business owner, so me and my wife have to figure out creatively how to keep the lights on every single month.
So we're always ambitiously working towards completion.
We have to have completion to take care of our three boys.
Politicians, these guys are career scholars or academia, right?
And they just, they don't know, they don't have any imagination on how to solve the so-called complex issues and problems that they continue to talk about.
I have a marketing strategy for you that I'm going to share with you here publicly.
But a guy here is asking a question.
Ryu Carito just gave 10 bucks to saying, what's your plan to lower taxes?
I make $20.50 an hour and I seem barely to scrape by.
When I get overtime or make extra in two-week pay, I've been taxed as much as $700 for that.
How do you plan on lowering taxes in the state of California?
One of the ways, so we can't even address taxes until you have leadership in place that wants, that understands how to create new revenue.
New revenue actually allows you to go to the table to talk about reducing taxes.
And so for me, it's about making California business friendly, reducing regulations, and also giving incentives to bring businesses back, also to support the small business as well.
Once you do that, then you can actually sit at the table with the legislators to talk about reducing taxes.
The reason why I use that first is because the first thing legislators are going to tell you is that we can't reduce taxes because it's for this or because it's for this.
But if you have leadership that knows how to create a dollar, that knows how to create new revenue, that kind of like counsels that out, right?
And so it has to be layers.
It is chess.
It's not checkers.
You have to have pace and strategy when it comes to that.
That is intent.
You're going to make a lot of media people uncomfortable because they're not going to know what to do with you.
I mean, the LA Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the big media outlets.
That's what's great about it.
Yeah, because when they know what to do with me, they're going to trash me.
Yeah, but you know what?
That just shows how hypocritical they are because they're all for inclusion and everything else until it's a Republican or something.
What did they call Tim Scott?
They called him Uncle Tom?
Yeah, or Uncle Tim.
Uncle Tim or something like that.
So it's interesting.
Why would you say they wouldn't know what to do with him?
Because he makes a lot of sense, number one, and he's African American, you know, and should be, you know, somebody that they should be getting behind and supporting, especially with all the common sense ideas that are saying just because he's a Republican, they will not have any Republican, African-American.
Those two, you know, go together.
By the way, what do you think about when you think about Martin Luther King?
For me, he was inspirational.
I love the fact that he was complex.
I love the fact that he wasn't perfect.
But I also know that his words resonated with many people during that time and period.
And it resonates even to this day for a lot of people.
Now, that's a poster that I had on my wall growing up as well, too.
But I also, you know, show resentment for history because those are the only brands that I knew growing up.
When now, as a mature adult, I'm finding out there are so many other individuals that are out there as well.
Such as.
Well, I mean, even in my high school in elementary, we never even heard of like Frederick Douglass.
And that's crazy because that's like, you know, even now, like we know of that, right?
And so his writing.
What's the one book he wrote?
He's the complete opposite of victimhood mentality.
That's what he writes about.
Whatever is the opposite of victimhood mentality, he says responsibility.
You can make a change.
You can make something happen for yourself.
Accountability.
Accountability.
It's a big thing.
And you were telling me about that when we spoke in my studio over there about how you had to look in the mirror and you said, I wasn't reading.
And you had to take accountability and say, all right, I need to step my game up.
Tell us about that.
Well, I hit a point in my life where I was 12 years ago.
I was in a club in Hollywood and everybody was having fun and the lights were strobing and people popping.
What about you there, man?
What's up?
And literally, you know, it was one of those moments where everything was moving in slow motion.
Like, why is everything moving in slow motion, right?
Everything's moving in slow motion.
So I started reflecting and I remember something.
I said, I just paid $20 to park.
And I'm in a club right now and I have no money to even buy a drink.
And, you know, my wife is at home.
And like, what am I?
I'm a grown, you know, 30-something-year-old guy.
Why am I in that club right now?
What is my life worth?
Like, what is my legacy going to be?
Which is why I say today, one of the two top things that are most important to me right now is: what are my three sons and my wife are going to say about me when it's all said and done at my eulogy?
And the other component is what is the legacy and the value that I added, you know, while I was here.
And so, from that particular day, that night, I went home and cried on my wife's shoulder and said, I've been a failure.
My wife slapped me and said, No, you're not getting together.
Wow.
We moved out of Hollywood area.
We moved to Pasadena, California.
I spent two years in the Pasadena Public Library, re-educating, reprogramming myself by myself.
Came out, created a social media company, had 200 small businesses I was doing the social media for, paying me $1,000 a month for six-month agreements, and everything else is the dynamics changed from there.
Love that.
Let's go back on what we were talking about.
So, Frederick Douglass, big inspiration.
Who else?
What other names?
I got really into Les Brown.
Les Brown is legendary in regards to his mindset, the way he thinks.
But more importantly, and this is why I resonate, it's through the story, right?
It's not necessarily just like the bullet points of his share.
It's actually the story that walks you through his life that makes that personal connection with you.
You know, the fact that my ability to walk into projects and speak with the kid with his pants sag and with braids and also speak to the soccer moms, but also speak with the millionaire and billionaires, because why?
I've existed in all those spaces successfully, but I'll have real experiences in those spaces.
So, people like that are very inspiring.
Talk about Thomas Sowell.
I love Thomas Sowell.
I love him.
I've been into him for the last four and a half years.
And it's just a different, it's just refreshing, right?
It's one of a kind.
It's refreshing to see someone think at a higher plane like that, and it just kind of like pushes you to be your better self.
So, Martin Luther King, he was a registered Republican, right?
Who would have MLK been today?
So, bring him to today.
Who would he have been?
So, imagine all the protesting, all the writing that's going on, the looting the business, all the stuff that happened in 2020.
Who would he have been out there campaigning today?
That's a good question.
I believe would he have been supportive of the BLM movement?
No, he wouldn't have been supportive of the BLM.
I don't think so.
He would have been supportive of Black Lives Matter as a name, as a, you know, but not what the organization and their mission statement.
He wouldn't be for that.
Are you?
I'm for the black community.
I'm for All Lives Matter.
You know, so break down the difference as being a black man who's, you said, seen all sides of the track, and you can speak to anyone.
What is BLM?
What is the black community?
Give us as a father, you know, everything.
Package it all up.
Well, the black community is very simplistic.
It's just the black culture.
It's the black community.
You know, the black, the BLM is kind of an organization.
So it's a separate entity that you can actually join to be a part of that you bought into based upon their ideology, the process, and things that they produce or don't produce.
Of course, we're finding out there's a lot of things that they don't produce in regards to the money that they've raised because they haven't put back into the black community and the culture.
But for me, I can't stand beside someone or organization or group that has that mindset or the structure with their mission statement.
And I think it's a very divisive tool.
When you see, because I know you played some ball.
I used to play a little ball.
So did Mr. Zeno over here.
We got the Middle Eastern Dennis Rodman in TVD over here.
Got great elbows.
Great elbows.
Watch out for those elbows.
But when you see, is it Greg?
Yes.
Okay, he was in the point that I'm getting as an NBA.
They took a very clear-cut line stance on BLM, social justice.
Their ratings kind of tanked.
I mean, my heat were in the final, so I was good with that all.
But the Lakers, the one that won the finals, LA.
So sum that all up.
I mean, are you a LeBron guy?
Are you not a LeBron guy?
Are you part of the social justice?
How do you deal with all that?
There's different perspectives on all that.
Well, my perspective is I'm going to exist in my own particular free will in my own space.
I believe I love LeBron's skill set.
I love his personal agenda on how he's orchestrated his family and also his friends that he's put around him.
He has a great blueprint for other people to follow.
I'm just not aligned with his political beliefs and some of the things that he's done and how he has used his platform.
I've actually reached out to him via Instagram because I would love to have a different conversation with him.
When you're at that height in that particular level, you have certain people around you.
And I was a Democrat by default, right?
And it took for someone to kind of like enlighten me on four and a half years ago.
Who was that that sat down with a gentleman by the name of Cole Harris?
He ran for lieutenant governor of California.
That was my entry into politics.
What was the selling?
What did he say to you that you flipped?
So we're in his backyard at a birthday party at his house, and he leaned over to me and said, I'm going to be running for lieutenant governor.
The first thing I said, what is that?
I didn't even know what lieutenant was.
That's four and a half years ago.
Yeah, four and a half years ago.
Pre-Trump.
Yes.
Okay.
But right around the same time.
So is it fair to say you were an Obama guy, at least until that point?
Oh, absolutely.
Okay.
But from the just by default, it wasn't because I can remember any kind of great policies because they don't exist, right?
And then we started going down.
Like that line right there.
Boom.
Boom.
Then we started going down the rabbit hole of policy.
And what I was able to identify as a free thinker is it was the policies that was beneficial and also detrimental.
But then I was able to apply that to how I grew up.
So my mother used to tell me that the government loved us, but what she really meant was Democrats loved us.
The Democrats loved us simply because of the welfare check she was hitting.
So as a kid, and your mother is telling you this, they're protecting us.
So I feel they're for us, but there is a ceiling, right?
People, you know, you don't understand that at that particular point.
Conservatism for me and my guy, Cole Harris, I'm speaking about, it was explained simplistically like Republicans and conservatives.
We rather show you how I made that $100 versus give you that $100 because that empowers you.
You know, I love what you said about LeBron because I think that would be a great strategy for you.
Because whether you like LeBron's politics or not, and he's very polarizing and he's really, really gone really far lately, but he's brilliant.
He's smart.
I mean, you can't argue with that.
And I don't think he'd have a lot of arguments against you.
And I think if you could have a reasonable conversation, that's what you said with the show.
But my thing is, if black lives do matter, LeBron, you should at least talk to me.
I'm making history.
But you have so much credibility to have that conversation with him.
And hopefully he'd allow himself to listen because you would not have a bigger megaphone.
And if you don't go to Maverick Carter, he's an entrepreneur just like you.
Yeah, go to those guys and stay at them because that would be a great question.
Have you heard back from their camp at all?
Not yet.
But I do need to reach out to the additional individuals like Maverick and also Rich Paul as well, too.
Because like I say, I love their story.
I like the fact that he empowered them and made them get educated to come on board to help him run his organization and whatnot.
And if they're actually interested in making an impact and making a change, they should sit down and have a conversation with you.
Right.
Because what we've seen is if you don't speak, like, you know, to use international relations, you don't make peace with your friends.
You make peace with your enemies.
And I'm not saying that you guys are enemies, but finding some common ground, especially you running for governor, it would be very advantageous for you guys to be able to do it.
Hey, to tell LeBron, you need to get into the barbershop.
I mean, that show was created.
That was created for debate.
I mean, if he had guts, he'd invite you right into that show.
And I would go.
I would actually.
And Maverick seems like the kind of guy that would bring you.
Likelihood of that happening.
Likelihood of that happening.
I'm going to hold out hope.
I'm going to say 30%.
Likelihood of that happening.
Give me a percentage.
Likelihood of LeBron actually putting him at the ball.
Because LeBron likes to be challenged.
So let's see if he's going to respond to it.
Likely likelihood of this happening and him reaching out.
Because by the way, there was another LAPD officer that reached out to LeBron as well to have a private one-on-one.
Big guy.
I don't know what is.
I don't know if you saw that or not.
This was last week.
Likelihood of LeBron.
I'm an optimist.
I really like Major's message.
I think he could relate to LeBron.
Well, he owns 51%.
He should because we come from very similar backgrounds, right?
Single-parent household, grew up in poverty.
You're both entrepreneurs.
Both entrepreneurs.
Both were willing to sacrifice ourselves and work hard and just really want to do well.
He created a school.
That was a great thing.
I have my nonprofit major kicks for kids.
We give way over a thousand pairs of shoes every single year, 2,000 haircuts, put on empowerment events for the next generation.
Why do you think that someone like LeBron or someone as outspoken as any of these NBA leaders has not come over to your way of thinking?
As an example, you said, I mean, the facts.
Can you tell me the first time ever LeBron sat with an opposing argument?
Like, when have you ever seen LeBron sit with an opposing argument?
Yeah, when he sat with the guy about coming down to South Beach, I'm taking my talents to South Beach.
That's not opposing, though.
Well, it got a lot of backlash.
That's what I'm trying to tell you.
But what I'm trying to tell you is, when is the last time he sat with someone that opposes that?
What was it?
The fact that I'm taking my talents to South Beach?
That's not opposing.
Well, I got a lot of backlash.
It's not bad.
There's backlash because of a decision.
But what I'm asking you is, when is the last time that he sat down with somebody that opposes on camera?
Probably not a lot.
But I assume behind closed doors, he'll have to do it.
He only sits with yes people that say yes, I agree with him.
I don't know.
I don't know if that's fair.
Here's what I'm excited about.
You know what I'm excited about?
Here's what I hope I'm wrong.
I hope LeBron sees this.
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
And he says, screw you, Pat.
Me, Maverick, and Rich will sit with him.
I hope he says, you have no clue what the hell you're talking about what I do behind closed doors.
Phenomenal.
I'll go out there and say, what's wrong?
Great.
But I'm telling you right now, the chances of that happening is less than 5% on the media.
But behind closed doors.
Less than 5% of him even meeting with Major Williams behind closed doors.
Peppy right now.
Major Williams is in there.
You can't do it.
He's in there.
I'm a teenager, baby.
You're going to put a thousand.
No, no, this is not about him.
I know it's about LeBron.
I understand that.
He wouldn't sit down with him.
No, it has to be.
But back to my original question.
Why is LeBron a Democrat?
Why is he so outspoken, anti-Trump?
Are you on Team Trump?
That's a Part B question.
And why are a lot of the NBA guys Democrats?
Explain that.
And why aren't 80, 90% of African Americans Democrats?
Well, the thing about it is, as I said earlier in my conversation, it's really by default, right?
If you're cultivated under the mindset that they are for you at a very early age, you take that into your teenage years, your early adult years, and your later years.
If you're not informed correctly, as Pat was saying, if you're surrounded by yes men and people who just agree with you.
You're saying that black people in general or more the LeBron?
No, the black culture is strongly indebted to the Democrat policy.
And you're saying that it's, what was the word you used?
Indebted, or what was the other word you said?
That it's by default?
By default.
Okay.
By default.
I've got another strategy for you.
Pat, what do you think of this?
He needs to get on Bill Maher's show.
You'd be perfect on Bill Maher's show.
Who's your publicist, by the way?
Ryan McCormick in New York.
Okay.
Maher would have you.
I mean, he takes different opinions and different voices.
That would be a great point.
You know whose playbook?
You know who did a great job in the last presidential campaign that went from nobody knowing him the day before to all of a sudden being a big name?
You know who?
The mayor of Notre Dame or Andrew Young.
Oh, yeah.
Andrew Williams.
Well, now he's running for mayor, right?
Andrew Yang.
But by the way, Pete Buttichech.
You've got to see these two playbooks.
So today, it's possible.
And I have.
If you have an argument to do that, so for you.
So I think that's the playbook.
But here's one thing I was going to say.
Like, you know, the whole thing is having a campaign that sticks, right?
If I tell you Herman Kane, you know, obviously he's not here with us anymore, you know, but Herman Kane's campaign was what?
999.
You know, if God only wants 10%, we can give the government 9%, right?
9% federal, 9%, remember the whole thing he did with 99%.
I don't know if you remember that.
I remember Herman Cain, Godfather Pizza.
I remember the 9%.
That was his gimmick.
All the time.
And it stuck with people, right?
If you go to great campaigns of what they talked about that stuck, you have to have a campaign that sticks, a slogan that sticks, right?
To me, it would be the song by James Brown, Try Me.
You know the song, Try Me.
Try me.
Right?
Okay.
I thought you were going with Papa's got a brand new bag or something.
Before you leave California.
My campaign would be Try Me Before You Leave California.
Try Me Before You Leave California.
Try me before you leave California.
Here's why.
I would focus on the people that are thinking about leaving California because those will be the true believers, not the other guys that are not going to move.
Get to the person that's sitting there.
I talked to my buddy, basketball player.
You know who I'm talking about.
You met him.
We went to Rafi's place when he was up.
Steve.
Baller.
Steve will leave in a heartbeat.
You know why he can't leave?
You got mom, dad, cousin, brother, sister, business, relatives.
He's supporting so many people.
It's a tough, it's a tough move to leave, right?
But I will tell you, a lot of these guys are actually thinking about, they're considering the potential of moving.
But if somebody says, look, before you move, try me.
I'm telling you, before you move California, try me.
How many people right now in California out of 41?
Let's actually quantify this number.
Let's actually quantify this number.
California's got 41 million people.
What percentage of 41 is under 18?
Let's pick 20%, right?
Let's say out of the 41 under 18 is what?
8 million.
Okay.
Let's see out of the 41 in California, what percentage is over 65?
That's not going to move anywhere.
Let's say another 15%.
So that's 35%.
You got what?
You got 25 million people left.
Out of the 25 million people left, what percentage are Democrats that will never leave California?
Okay.
Let's say 50%, which is what?
2025.
So we're left with 20 million.
Out of that 20%.
Let's say we have 10 million left.
Out of that 10 million that's left in the state of California.
How many of them do you think have had the conversation, not that they're going to move, have had a serious conversation at the kitchen table saying, babe, what about Nevada?
What about Texas?
What about Florida?
What about you've had the conversation?
You just haven't left.
Many have had the conversation, but they just haven't left.
But they're on the tipping point.
How many people you think have had the conversation, tipping point, but they just can't make the move, but they've had the conversation about leaving.
A lot.
And you pick up a lot.
Pop in your numbers.
12 million more, maybe?
I don't know if it's 12 million.
65.
I mean, you might know you were 12 million votes to win.
That's all you need.
I would say at least 4 million people.
So that's 4 million people.
So you're saying 10% of Californians are considering leaving.
Is that the number?
By the way, those are true believers.
Believers in what?
Meaning they don't want to leave.
You can keep them, but if you can fight for me to say, dude, I love California.
I don't want to leave.
But I want somebody that's going to be able to make some changes before I leave because we're seriously having a conversation.
If I market myself and I target it to a specific audience, that audience that's a true believer, they will convert.
Just like the recall, the recall, how many recall conversations do you think happen at a kitchen table?
Just like the lieutenant, just like the lieutenant governor had the conversation with him saying, hey, four and a half years ago, here, you know, Republicans teach you how to make $100.
Democrats say, here's $100, right?
The difference on how that principle stuck with them with Cole.
If the people are having a conversation right now saying, dude, before you leave, try Major Williams.
And I actually think that's absolutely amazing.
For like 11 months, I worked for DirecTV back in 2010, right?
And one of the taglines on the sales on the phones, and I was really good at it, we would say this line, so this is good for you because.
It's very simple, but when you say that and gesture it in that way, it always, percentage-wise, got people to think and pause.
And it felt like I was adding value.
This is Goofy because, and I use that in my mayoral run as well.
I will always say that, and this is Goofy because, and then I will identify the issue, the problem, the cause, or the fix, right?
So, the fact that now I'm positioning myself like try me.
Yeah, and I know psychologically, morale, the morale is low.
And so, for someone to present themselves as try me, and it's actually me in the image of what I represent as to it.
You know, and let's take it full circle in regards to what we represent.
Like, I'm not a career politician.
I came out here with different ambitions and I've tried different things, right?
That's what a lot of Americans have done.
That's what a lot of Californians have done, especially in the Hollywood area, right?
We want to be moguls or multifaceted, right?
I've been with my wife since the third day I moved here, right?
She was one of the main reasons why I stayed in California, and we've been together 21 years.
You know, I have a black wife, you know, that's a lot a lot of conservatives don't have that as well.
And it's not to put anyone on blast, but when you're talking about leadership and that's relatable broadly, that factors in as well.
I'm a marketing guy, so I understand those dynamics.
I think you're very marketable.
Yeah, I think you're very marketable.
You got one quality going for you that stand you're likable.
I mean, people can't walk away.
They might not just agree, but they're not going to dislike you.
And that's a huge win because if you multiply that by every room you get into or every interview you can do, man, you can you can turn people.
Well, that's what's happening.
So, the the the uh the smear campaign that's happening right now is that they have nothing, but they're using everything from my past all the way to now to try to have ammunition to make people not like me.
So, they're sharing stuff my Tumblr account.
They're sharing like stuff from like all old stuff when I did music and all this other stuff.
Like, how is he going to be governor if he's making music and raunchy videos and stuff like that?
But that they don't understand that they're giving me free promotion.
They give me free promotion.
Done.
That's my guy.
I have a question for you.
Um, and I'll limit the two-part questions if I can.
Everybody, take a break.
Everyone, take a break now.
Bathroom breaks the opening for the amazing campaign.
It still makes a lot of sense.
Everything filibuster begins now.
Everything with politics is future-based.
Where can you see yourself down the road?
Where can you see yourself down the road?
Right.
A lot of the things that you'll be running on are the schools are locked down, you know, the state's on lockdown, but that likely won't be there in the next few months.
Absolutely.
That's a good point.
But COVID won't be there.
So that's my point.
It's exactly.
It's like, all right, great.
Clearly, Gavin Newsom screwed up.
I mean, I think he had a wins, like a landslide election and 60% of the vote.
Crazy numbers.
And now he's, you know, obviously getting recalled.
So future-based cause, how do you win?
And then how does a Republican actually win California?
I think that's the biggest question here.
It's not about you.
You clearly have great ideas.
It's how does a Republican actually win in California?
So it really comes down to your skill set as a candidate.
Republicans have had weak candidates in the past that hasn't been able to have that relatability.
That's a different dynamic for us.
You win by creating a movement, have great messaging.
And some of the things that we're looking at even beyond that is just identifying what was the issue even before the lockdown, which is homelessness and also us being business friendly.
The trucking industry love me.
They're getting pushed out as well.
And just solving those particular issues.
If you look at the dynamics of what we're presenting in the Restore California plan, it resonates beyond the lockdown.
So we're not just specifically running the campaign based upon showing the negativity that came from the lockdown.
We also put a magnifying glass on the things that were happening before COVID actually happened.
You got to admit, Major, and I'm a victim of someone who thinks emotionally rather than logically.
That's something that Pat has taught me.
Like, chill out, bro.
Chill out, bro.
So, you know, policies over perception.
You got to admit, man, I mean, two-thirds of Californians lean left.
Yeah.
No?
No, it's true.
And the thing about two-thirds.
So more liberal.
So, how you win is how you win is what I said last time.
You have to, and it's kind of like something I took from Les Brown.
My story, having relatability, right?
They cannot like Republicans or Trump, which I supported, still do down.
But it's about the story.
And I only need a percentage of people.
That's why when he said like 100 people can run, I really don't care because I understand how to run a successful campaign, peak at the right moment.
And I know that what I bring brand-wise and messaging-wise is different from everybody on the playing field.
I just need the right amount of exposure to put in the work to get out there and get in front of the people.
I got a quote.
Ryu, I got Ryu.
Then I'll ask you a question, then we'll go into our topic.
So, Ryu, Kirito, Ryu, not Ken, but Ryu asked the question: what is your plan on dealing with a homelessness problem?
I live in Corona, California.
I will not step one foot in LA, and the problem is spreading.
So, we have an amazing idea when it comes to homelessness.
We do not look at homelessness like a business.
What's happening right now in California, the governor looks at homelessness like a business.
Anytime you look at homelessness like a business, there's more incentive to actually keep it going and perpetuate an exact same cycle.
Until we have leadership that knows how to look at homelessness like a service with accountability, with the accountability aspects, accountability aspects of it, then it would change.
So, there are three pillars that we're going to focus on: one is mental health hospital is being reimplemented back into society in California.
The third one is accountable drug and rehab facilities.
And the first two that I just mentioned do not work at all unless you have the third component, which is wraparound services.
I worked in the group home facilities in nonprofits for five years from 2003 to 2007.
So, I understand what wraparound services were.
What is wrap-around services?
Wraparound services, then at that particular time, which I co-authored was working with kids that were 17 to 18 years old to get them acclimated into adulthood, right?
So, with California, you have to, it's one thing to say, get mentally stable, right?
Or get off those drugs, but then what?
So, wraparound services is a customized tool that we use to put towards each individual to get them the services that they actually need.
So, only then will we be able to get people re-acclimated back into society?
And it's going to take time, but if you don't have a foundation that's kind of like rooted in that, we will never get to that place where we put a drug.
You know, there's one dynamic on the homeless thing to think about in L.A.
Now, they tried to clean it up for the Oscars a little bit, right?
Yeah, they probably tried to put a fresh coat of paint on it.
We got the Super Bowl coming up next year.
We got the World Cup two years after that, and then we've got the Olympics.
There is no way that they're going to want to paint this picture of this homeless problem, which is so out of control now.
It's unbelievable.
It's Tent City everywhere.
And with that comes crime.
I mean, the amount of crime.
People do not feel safe walking the streets of Beverly Hills.
I've got friends, business owners won't wear a fancy watch because they know that they'll get it taken from them.
I just heard about this woman, 65 years old, in Beverly Hills, right on Beverly Boulevard, coming out of a restaurant, not even armed.
Guy told her, I want your watch, take it off.
She refused.
She's like 5'2, fought the dude, got knocked down, broke her shoulder and her elbow.
I mean, it's just rampant.
They've got to start addressing it because it is so, so out of control.
No, I agree.
I agree.
And it's going to continue that way if we don't change the dynamics of how we approach it.
We're looking at Echo Park.
I don't know if you went by Echo Park.
It was fun.
I was going to play basketball.
It was a homeless camp.
It was a homeless camp, man.
That's what it was.
And then they just cleaned it up, right?
You used to work out in Venice Beach every Sunday.
Yeah, Venice Beach.
But Echo Park.
Echo Park is not the Echo Park 30 years ago.
There was a league we were part of called the New Century City Basketball Association.
We play in Echo Park all the time.
It was gangsters everywhere.
It was not the best place.
I mean, we're talking about, I was part of the league with blood.
Blood, Marasabatrucha.
We had Crib.
We had Black Diamonds.
We had everybody that was there together.
It was terrible.
Terrible Echo Park.
Yeah, but we're talking like 30 years ago.
I was 14 years old.
20 years.
Are the Bloods and Cribs thing still a thing in LA?
Yeah, it's still a thing.
It's still a thing, but it's just not highlighted in regards to how it used to be.
No, no, it used to be a thing.
It's not what it used to be.
It's more diplomatic today than what it was before.
40 years ago, like colors, when that came out, that's when it was peaking.
Well, did you ever see the meme that's going around?
Like, some guy had a everyone's wearing face masks these days, had a blue handkerchief.
A lady had a red handkerchief.
They're like, it's going down, bro.
In the supermarket.
Okay, but let's get it no fighting.
Let's go into some issues.
Let's go into some topics and issues we got here.
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Major Williams, I asked him, What are you going to do if we crack 3,500?
He says, Well, I don't know.
We're going to have to have a shot at tequila.
So Adam would like for us to get to 4,000.
I said, let's stay at $3,499.
I got a government call.
I'm a team player.
But we'll see what's going to happen.
Tom hasn't.
Yeah, have you ever had tequila at 10 o'clock in the morning?
I don't think I have to.
No, I don't think I've ever had tequila at 10 o'clock in the morning, but I've had it at 7 o'clock from the previous day.
Yes, from the 2012.
Well, let's let our viewers know there's a separate channel.
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Yes, this is a separate channel.
Let them know, PBZ.
And I just found Major Williams' Instagram account.
Again, follow him, send him a message, DM him, let them know you're watching them here.
So let's go into some topics.
Disneyland reopens, page number two, after being closed for more than a year.
Disneyland reopens after being closed for more than a year.
That's a CNN business story.
Disneyland, but many healthy safety protocols will continue to be enforced.
The capacity of the theme park in Anaheim, California will be significantly limited to comply with California's health safety requirement and promote social distancing.
I think the number is 25% capacity.
In addition, until further clarification from the state of California, only California residents are allowed to visit the Disneyland Resort theme park.
So if you're at a state like we could not go to Disneyland in the state of California in groups no larger than three per household, three.
I mean, you got, what if you got two kids?
They'll turn you around.
You have three kids.
You're a single mother with two kids.
That's it.
You gotta pick yourself up.
We don't make the ghost coming here.
Additional health safety measures include requirements, face coverings for all guests two years old and older, two-year-old temperature screenings for all guests entering the park, cashless transactions and capacity limitations at attractions.
Disneyland's Union have pushed California Governor Newsom to reopen the park.
Earlier this year, a group of California State Assembly members also proposed a bill aimed at speeding the reopening of Disneyland and other large theme parks in the state.
So I'll go to you first, Major Williams.
What do you think about that?
Well, I think it's been overextended in regards to the lockdowns.
And I don't know.
I mean, look at the dynamics, you know, how they're limiting and creating this fear and just this hesitation that's happening.
I think it's bad culturally.
I think it's bad psychologically.
And I just don't get like the rationale, the common sense aspect of it.
I think it's once more, it's not even an overreach, right?
It's not like an overreach.
It's just like silliness at the end of the day.
So I can't, there's no elaboration on it.
It's just, it's just, it's just ridiculous.
If you were governor, what would you do in this instance?
What would your Disneyland policy be?
Well, I don't know.
I don't know the reach of a governor when it comes to Disneyland.
Well, you got security.
You can get on any ride you want right away.
There's no lines, man, when you're governor.
You got the real speed pad.
Only with two people.
Relax, relax.
I don't know.
Like I said, that's something you wouldn't delve into, is what you're saying?
I mean, I believe that, you know, from a statewide perspective in policy, you know, it would be very transparent in regards to where I stand when it comes to that.
But I think it'd be a little bit harder legally and legislation-wise when it comes to some company like Disneyland.
You know, one of the good things is, I don't know if you saw this, but when you enter Disneyland now, the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are offering you free COVID vaccines.
I mean, they're in there.
They're working hard.
It's amazing.
They're keeping them busy.
Are you going to take your kids to Disneyland?
I'm not going to do it now because it's way too much.
No, wait a minute.
That was a joke?
Yeah, that was a joke.
My bad.
You know, I got it really did stand up.
Tom has jokes.
You have to be ready for that.
You don't know.
You don't know what you're getting.
You know, you're going to see more of this from Newsome, unfortunately.
He's going to open up Disneyland more and more and declare it a win.
Here's the one thing that scared me the most.
I don't know if you guys heard this.
Kamala Harris addressed the United Nations.
And this kind of has something to do with Disneyland.
But did you hear her say we got to get ready for the next pandemic?
I mean, did you hear her say that?
I mean, I cannot believe that.
And it also makes me think about all those businesses in Orange County, those small businesses, the hotels, all the vendors.
I mean, there are so many businesses that went under.
And it is just so ruthless of what happened there.
And you wonder, is he against them?
Or was this a strategy to shut down some small businesses?
You will have people say that that's been part of his strategy as well, to literally take out some of the small businesses and make you dependent on it.
But I think psychologically, it's helpful that Disneyland is open.
It's the happiest place on earth.
Right.
You know, it should be open.
So you, you live there.
Why you wouldn't take your family?
I just want to open it up.
It's way too complicated.
I mean, all those switches and everything.
I want to go.
I'm not going to wait online to get tickets.
I mean, eventually when it opens up again, you can't.
Well, you got to have a reservation.
First of all, you can't just go.
You can't just.
You can't even buy a bunch of people.
I'm going to a dinner.
Can you imagine you got to make a reservation?
I'll do a party of four, six o'clock, Friday night.
Pathetic what they're doing over there.
Why don't we talk about what you did?
You did a how-to board episode about what Disneyland versus Disney World.
Give us a little insight into that.
Look, it's the exact same situation I gave you where you have the Eastern Conference, Western Conference.
You have the whole thing with California and California and New York against Texas and Florida.
DeSantis, like, look, we're keeping Disney World open.
Don't even sweat it.
And Bob Berg, Bob, Bob Iger, who was sitting on the board for Newsome, he was helping out Newsome on bringing back, you know, the state of California.
The moment Newsome announced that he's still keeping a shutdown, the next day, Bob Iger resigned.
He said, I'm not even doing this.
And Bob Iger is a Democrat who thought about running for office when he wrote his book, the book that he wrote about his ride of a lifetime.
Ride of a lifetime strategy.
Yeah.
So here's a CEO.
He's got two.
You got Disneyland, California, Disney World, Florida.
He's a Democrat.
He's sitting there saying, listen, I was witches.
I'm a Democrat.
Why are my Democrat friends keeping my place closed?
And I lost 70, you know, 78,000 jobs.
And over here, they're keeping it open.
And my guys over there have jobs.
And small business owners around there, they're staying in business, but small business owners around Disneyland that rely on that traffic.
Right.
They're going out of business.
Speaking of Bob Iger and big wigs that are kind of in Newsom's camp, I think a lot of people in Silicon Valley just came out in support of Newsom.
What is that story?
Why are they behind him?
Why is big tech behind him?
Why is Silicon Valley behind him?
They're the ones saying that it's a Republican recall.
Give us some insight.
I mean, it's in our best interest, though.
So when it comes down to policy and legislation and regulations, he's always sided with them when it comes to that.
So, I mean, that's a no-brainer for the tech industry.
I don't know if it's like universally with the tech industry, but a big portion of the tech industry are going to be for the champion that's for them.
And that's what's happening.
I just want to talk about Disneyland once more in regards to the businesses that have been affected.
The reason why Governor Gavin Newsom can make those unempathetic decisions is because he has never personally physically built a business.
He's never had a dream or ideal that he's manifested and had that moment when he had that first sale or had that opening and whatever, like some of these small businesses that are suffering, right?
So it's hard to kind of lead or make decisions based upon that.
Like, you know, you're kind of up here.
And that's what uniquely makes me different, you know, than everyone else because I have been a part of that dream or that aspect of having that first creative ideal and seeing it manifest.
So I know how to govern when it comes to that.
And it shouldn't be one size fit all, which is where he really failed.
And I say this wholeheartedly.
Governor Gabby Newsom could have been deemed the best governor of California at the beginning of all this.
But because of misguided decisions and his stances and being seen at French laundry, he dropped the ball greatly.
And I think essentially I exist because of him and we're going to punish him for that in regards to getting him.
No doubt you're right about what you just said.
I mean, we talked about earlier that he won in a landslide.
Yeah.
And now he's getting recalled.
So clearly his decision-making ability is questionable.
Let's talk about what happened with Snow White.
So new scene from Disneyland's Snow White Riot is prompting backlash.
Fox business story.
Just days after Disneyland has reopened with an update to its Snow White attraction, the move is already receiving backlash.
According to Disney, Snow White's Enchanted Wish takes guests aboard a wooden mini cart as a company, the princess, as she escapes the clutches of the evil queen.
However, it's the true love's kiss grand finale between Snow White and her prince that has drawn scrutiny from San Francisco Gate.
The new grand finale of Snow White's Enchanting Wish is the most moment when the prince finds Snow White asleep under the evil queen's spell and gives her true love's kiss to release her from enchantment.
The outlet writes, a kiss he gives to her without her consent while she's asleep, which cannot possibly be true love if only one person knows it's happening.
Haven't we already agreed that the consent in early Disney movies is a major issue that teaching kids that kissing when it hasn't been established if both parties are willing to engage is not okay, the San Francisco Gates said.
Adam, I'm going to go with you first because I know you're like, you agree with them.
This is an insult.
Tell us what you think about the story.
Well, is this a story from The Onion or is this a real story?
This is a real story from the Fox business regarding what San Francisco Gate had to say about it.
All right.
Well, I'm with the team, you know, the Me Too movement people.
I understand, you know, there's some creepy dudes out there that, you know, the Harvey Weinsteins of the world, the Cosby's of the world that have definitely created this.
But let's, let's, I can't believe this is even a story.
Let's talk about, all right, you're sleeping Snow White.
You wake up.
Tell me where you'd like to be, Mrs. White.
You want to be in the castle with the prince?
Or you want to be in a dwarf motel over there down the street with seven random midgets that you're living with?
I'm taking the prince, bro.
Like, so random midgets.
I'm just, it's not like she's living a life of luxury.
Some prince shows up, sweeps her off her feet, brings her to the castle.
Little people.
No, little.
No, I'm staying over here with these seven little people in some sort of hostel.
You want the castle or you want the hostel?
Your pick, Snow White.
The only thing is you need to be kissed while you're sleeping.
So I'm going with the kiss.
How do you process this?
Like, actually, how do you process the kids?
That's how I process it.
I'm going with the prince.
Random midgets, man.
That was a joke.
That was dropped the mic right there.
You know, it's literally.
You're sleepy and dopey and grumpy and humpy.
Humpy.
Yeah, exactly.
You know, you've got these mental mindsets.
By the way, people don't think this is a real story.
I didn't think it was a real story.
I mean, it's disturbing.
This is canceled culture and it's fine.
You're canceling the prince?
Come on now.
Next thing you know, you're going to cancel Prince Hakeem from coming to America.
This can't happen.
That definitely is.
My only hope and my prayer is that there is a tipping point in this country where sanity prevails.
And I'm holding out hope that we will reach that threshold because I think more people have common sense than don't.
Now, there's going to be a market out there for people that are offended by this or thinks this is legit and then let you take out your little microscopes and look at every piece of film that's ever been done in the history of mankind.
And by the way, is there a company more woke than Disney?
Now you're trying to cancel a Disney character?
It's unbelievable.
You can never satisfy these people.
You will never satiate their appetite to destroy careers, to destroy history, pop culture, and that kind of thing.
But we don't have to let them govern us.
We don't have to take what they throw down our throat and say this is right.
It's wrong.
It's stupid.
Just have some common sense and laugh at it.
Adam Pete got some real legit to counsel for you.
He says, lay off the LSD is what Pete says.
We appreciate that, Pete, but the last person that's...
And I totally understand if you want to skip this story.
There's no upside for your answer.
No, but that's what you tell them after the story.
We just talked about it.
You know what?
This leads me to the Jay-Z story.
And here's what Jay-Z says on page 11.
If you want to go to the last page we got there.
Jay-Z, all the way at the bottom.
Jay-Z says cancel culture is here to stay and feel sorry for the younger generation.
It's unbelievable.
Metro UK story.
Jay-Z has shared his thoughts on the internet cancel culture and predicts it'll be around as long as social media exists.
Cancel culture has been discussed increasingly in recent years and involves large groups or fandoms deciding to essentially erase a celebrity or public figure's career and public prominence in light of a scandal or controversial issue.
The paper explained how he feels sorry for the younger generation growing up in a social media era, explaining you can't give someone a microphone for 24 hours a day and have them not think that they have to use it.
These kids, it's unbelievable.
Imagine having a microphone and you're asked about social justice questions at 18 years old.
It's like, what?
I'm meant to answer.
I'm meant to know the answer.
And if you don't, if I don't answer the correct way, if I don't say everything right, even if I mention my intentions are right and I don't say the same right thing, it's going to be everywhere.
I mean, he's got a great point there.
Yeah, I was impressed.
I was really impressed.
But do you agree that it's here to stay?
Let me say this.
That's the part.
You know what?
He could have taken two routes there.
He could have said, it's here to stay or this is temporary and it's going away.
I applaud him.
I thank you, Jay-Z, for saying it's here to stay.
And I'll tell you why, because I think he identifies it as a fringe element.
Okay?
Like he minimizes it a little bit by just saying, okay, it's not going to go away.
There's always going to be young people.
Social media isn't leaving.
So don't take it too seriously.
If he said this thing's going to go away, it's not.
And then you legitimize it.
I think now you can just look at these people that are doing this.
Fringe element, they're wackos.
They're always going to be around.
You know, move on.
Nothing to see here.
No, I agree.
And that's happening even with me, with the campaign.
And I think this happened to so many celebrities and people in the past.
You do have to just look over it.
You have to understand that it isn't going anywhere.
But I think that does minimize it and take away a little bit of the flame that they were having.
And as you said, why give in to them?
Why make them matter even more so?
And with me, it's hard because I want to protect myself and just say certain things.
And it's like a double-edged sword because they screenshot and use it for more content.
So I call them content predators as well.
Well, I think we've established that anyone can be a media company these days.
Any 16-year-old with the phone.
Hey, welcome to the Joe Blow Show.
And here's my thoughts.
I think we can all agree that citizen journalism is what they're calling it.
PBD at 18, Major at 18, Tom at 18.
Adam at 18 is a lot different than Adam at 38, 42, 45.
Big Tom.
Your thoughts and your everything evolves.
And at this point with cancel culture, they're going back.
Well, he said this in 1994, so we got to cancel.
Look at his Twitter account.
Yeah, look at his.
So like, I think everything is so out there these days that you just need to be careful what you said.
And I think that's essentially what Jay-Z is saying.
Is he giving 18?
I don't.
I actually, I'm on the opposite side.
I don't want to be careful.
Yeah, I don't know about that because let me tell you, you're arrested when you're like that.
You're walking on eggshells when you're like that.
Look, I get it.
Like, listen, there is, like we talked about the other day, there is 98% of things we'll talk about openly.
Then we got the 2% that we're probably not going to talk about on camera.
I get it.
We'll talk 2%.
You know, it's going to be a different conversation.
Everybody has that small percentage.
Some is 1%, some is 2%, some is 10%.
Closer to one, but you're closer to maybe two, three.
I think that's a fair assessment.
I'm not running for governor.
I'm not running for doctors.
I get that for you.
I get that for you.
But now you're living in a time that people are being told to be closer to 50%.
So, meaning just be fake on the camera.
Just be fake.
Don't tell what you think.
Just be fake.
But they want real relatability.
They want to just be fake.
Yes.
Raw fakeness.
Yeah.
Again, I think people still want the realness.
I think what people want is for you to be able to stand against the heat and say, okay, listen, somebody said this about you.
Let's see what you're going to say about it.
Okay, cool.
We'll respect it.
You went and took the argument.
You lost seven of the 28 arguments.
You want 21 of them?
Fair.
Cool.
We're good to go.
Let's move on to the next.
And then they get over it, right?
Cancel culture is also predicated based on how the individual handles the cancel culture when they're being canceled.
It also has to do with that because Jay-Z is probably right.
It probably isn't going away in a very, very long time of people being canceled.
But let me show you guys a video.
I want to show you a video.
Neither one of you guys have seen it.
I haven't seen it to you.
I only send it to Kai.
So we had, what was the show that was canceled a year ago?
What was the show called?
Live PD.
Hit your mic?
Oh, yeah, Live PD.
Live PD got canceled, right?
Remember Live PD when he got canceled?
Deputy Mark or something like that, right?
When he got canceled.
Sheriff Mark Lamb.
So when he got canceled, we brought him on.
And I said, what do you think about Defund Police?
And he said, Defunt Police is a bunch of crap.
What are you going to do when you call the cops and all this other stuff?
And he's like, so people who are, you know, were supportive of Defund Police sent me emails saying, what are you talking about?
You know, you don't, all you think about is all cops are right and all this other stuff.
I said, no, I actually have had bad experiences with cops and I've had good experiences with cops.
But more of my experiences have been good than have been bad.
I said, okay.
Nazario, a couple weeks ago, we showed the video about Nazario who's sitting there saying, man, I got my hands out.
I got my hand out.
The second lieutenant who's got my hands out.
And then we brought his lawyer on, and we interviewed the lawyer and folks who are for protecting the police.
They said, why would you bring somebody like that on?
Why would you do something like that?
The cops were right.
He was wrong all the time.
I said, listen, I see the story, and I want to cover this story.
Whether I agree or not, I want to see the story to learn from it.
This is all leading to people acting in a certain way because the media is telling them all cops are bad.
I want you to watch this video, What Happens Yesterday.
Kai, if you can get the video ready, just I want to get your reaction on this.
It's gotten 3.3 million views in 15 hours.
So watch what happens here.
It's two minutes.
Go ahead.
Yes, you are ma'am.
Good morning.
Which is, and the speed limit is 40, and I was going 38.
Can you raise the volume a little bit?
Yeah, correct.
I could be able to be with your phone.
Yes, I started to record because you have a murderer.
You can't be on your cell phone while you're recording.
I have my phone.
I was recording you because you scared me.
You can't use your cell phone while you're recording.
May I have your driver's license?
It's at my apartment.
What's your apartment?
It's at my home.
I'm just taking my sentence.
Do you have your driver's license?
I mistakenly left it at home.
Do you have a picture of your driver's license?
Yes, I do.
May I have it?
And can you tell your supervisor, please?
I already did.
He's on his way.
You're good, because you're a murderer.
Okay.
That's what she keeps saying.
Is that why you're harassing me?
I have a right to record the police when they're harassing me.
By all means.
But you can't.
I wasn't texting or none of that.
And you scared me and made me think you were going to murder me.
Wow.
Well, that's not just a feeling.
You're a murderer.
Okay.
Can you zoom in on that for me?
Thank you.
And I'm what she says at the end.
Is she a white lady?
Is she a can't tell?
Listen.
You're a murderer.
What's your last name?
See that there.
Well, here you go.
Stop shaking, white lady.
Zoom in on her phone.
Because you're scaring me.
You're threatening to kill me and my son.
Can you give me that?
Okay.
Listen, everyone.
Listen, Karen.
You're trying to threaten to kill me.
I'm not smiling.
You're the one who's crying.
Hold up still.
I can't see that.
Is this your car?
Yes, it is.
And you're trying to say I stole my own car because you're jealous?
What the?
Wait for me right here, okay?
jealous.
All you need to do is your signature.
He's only citing you for using your cell phone while you're driving.
That's it for him being a Mexican racist.
What is that name?
Gas.
Sign the citation, man.
Here you go, Mexican racist.
You're always going to be a Mexican.
You'll never be white.
You know that?
Oh, my God.
You'll never be right, which is what you really want to be.
You want to be white for that.
Wow.
Unbelievable.
In front of her son.
Unbelievable.
Wow.
How are you processing this?
What made you show us this video?
Let me put it to you.
Who the hell wants to be a cop today?
Who the hell wants to be a cop?
Like, you tell me, wake up in the morning, you see the, I can't wait to be a cop.
Who wants to be a cop today?
He handled that so well.
Every job, every job comes with a certain pride that you want to do it, right?
Okay.
Why do you want to be a firefight?
I got pride.
Why do you want to be a governor?
Because I want to make an impact.
Why do you want to be, you know, a media?
Because I want to go out there and entertain people.
Why you want to go out there and do what you're doing?
Write a book.
I want to impact.
Why do you want to be a cop?
I want to protect them.
So, right.
Who the hell wants to be a cop today?
What kids say?
I want to grow up and be a cop today.
But why?
That's a problem.
It's going to be a very, very major problem.
And I've seen that screenshot, but I haven't watched the video yet.
So that's.
That's unbelievable.
Is that even legal?
Can you talk to a police officer like that?
I mean, she should be arrested and canceled.
Both.
That's unbelievable.
I wouldn't believe that.
Whether she was a cop, it was a cop that ran up on her.
She's, forget my language, she's just a piece of shit.
She's the definition of a Karen.
And you're trying to murder me.
Like, relax, lady.
I mean, and then she watched the whole Mexican white thing.
I mean, she's just a piece of shit.
Let me ask you a question.
So, who is to blame for that?
Obviously, the sole responsibility goes on the individual.
80% is her.
I'm with that.
80% of the responsibility goes on her, yes.
But who else is responsible for that?
Me.
Who put that in their brains?
The media 24-7 paying cops to be bad.
Then you have something like this.
Imagine that guy's going home telling his wife, you know, it's a freaking bad experience today, man.
Let me tell you what happened.
I'm sick of doing my job.
Like, imagine that conversation at night.
Babe, I'm sick of being a cop.
I want to change my career.
What's the wife going to say?
Do it, babe.
This on a daily basis?
But I mean, that was the epitome of racism.
I mean, everything she was doing.
That was intense.
And they paint themselves as the people that are, you know, fighting the other battle.
It's unbelievable.
Wow.
That was intense.
And you wonder, is that normal?
I mean, do you think police are abused like that on a regular basis?
They must be.
What do you hear from the police?
Since you're obviously pro-police, you're not trying to defund the police.
Well, I mean, a lot of them is, you know, the morale is low, you know, and they are on the brink of, is this what I want to continue to do?
A lot of them, because in anything that you're doing, especially in public service, you want to, you don't do it for the credit, but you do want to be appreciated.
Every day they're putting their life in danger.
Absolutely.
And so, you know, they do feel it.
You know, they're on the edge of if they want to walk away from this, you know, because, you know, they're up against multiple things psychologically with the media, the social media, and the polarizing commentary that's a part of their job and their responsibility.
So, you know, that was a harsh video to watch, man.
For anyone.
Whether you're pro-police, not pro-police, not be pro-police.
I mean, other than the, I'm talking about solely the function.
And then I think about the component of her kid being with her.
You know, I'm really, you know, that really disturbed me, you know, as well, because psychologically, you know, the kid is processing it also, so it's a perpetual cycle.
And that's a snapshot of her day.
I mean, you know that continues throughout the day and her on social media going, what a danger.
And so now the kid is 14 to 17 years old and have an encounter and is belligerent, you know, towards an officer and then something happens, right?
But it's the seeds that are planned in regards to how they react.
Who's the kid's hero?
The kids' hero is his mom, right?
So what's he going to say?
My mom is like this to cops.
I got to be like that to cops.
Because the kid wants to be loyal to the parents.
So kid's going to duplicate whatever the parent believes in.
That's typically what happens.
Maybe.
I mean, but you could also be embarrassed by your mom.
Like, if my dad ever did that, I'd be like, George, what are you doing?
Of course, subconsciously.
A lot of it, you know, that's going to stick.
They say there's more caught than taught in parenting.
You can teach all you want to do the right things.
Your kid's going to do what you do, not teach what you do.
This is catching.
The kid just caught what the parent just did.
That's pathetic to me to do that.
And by the way, again, who's the responsibility?
Who is responsible for that?
Who is responsible for that?
Who do you think?
The dividers, those who get paid to divide.
There's a business model to division.
The division business model has been around for a very, very long time.
The media business model.
But it's not going anywhere.
The media business model is either to make you think, to entertain, or to divide, or to be controversial, change conflict.
That's their business model.
It is.
You either are a very good entertainer where I'm sitting there saying, oh my gosh, I just needed a laugh.
You know how it's Friday night, you're sitting there, your kids are gone.
It's 11 o'clock at night.
You're like, dude, okay.
You go to movies, you say drama, comedy, horror.
I'm like, yeah, I need some comedy right now.
Seriously, I'm not 30 minutes.
And then you go to like wedding crashes, you go to your favorite part, right?
And you watch it for 10, 15 minutes.
Get it out of your system.
There's different methods to comedy today, to entertainment today.
This is a business model.
Divide, divide, divide, and buy and sell.
And there's a huge market for it, unfortunately.
It is.
There really is.
It is a big market for it.
Okay, so let's talk about Buffett.
Let's see what Buffett has to say about the whole thing that's going on.
By the way, I got a question for the viewers.
I've never seen this happen.
Suddenly, the viewership drops by 300 to 400.
If you're watching this, comment below if you by any chance were kicked out.
We've done 58 episodes.
I've never seen this before.
Were you accidentally kicked out and you had to come back on and you don't know why?
If you were, just kind of let us know in the comment section.
I'm doing more of a focus group for myself because I keep asking Sam and Gank here to see what's going on.
It's going from 2,700 to all of a sudden drops to 2,300.
I've never seen that happen before.
Sometimes that happens because service is bad.
Sometimes it happens when our internet is bad.
But we have no issue over here with the internet.
So if you guys don't mind commenting, this is just for me to know what's going on here.
Okay.
Facebook says decision on whether Trump ban will be overturned coming Wednesday.
Page number four.
Let's see what's going to happen.
No, no, let's go to him first and then we'll go to Warren Buffett.
Facebook says decision on whether Trump ban will be overturned coming Wednesday.
CNM business story.
Their oversight board will announce its long anticipated decision on the fate of former President Trump's Facebook account at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday announced Monday morning.
The board said last month that it had received 9,000 plus public responses concerning Trump's indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook suspended Trump's account following the January 6th Capital Rights and later referred the decision to the court-like oversight board, an independent body which has the power to reverse Facebook content decisions and set president for the company.
Later that month, Facebook asked the oversight board for a ruling on whether to let Trump's suspension stand, saying the significance of the matter warranted its independent review.
Thoughts?
Well, is there anybody that thinks it's going to get overturned?
I don't think there's a chance in hell that he's back on Facebook.
I think there is.
Okay, I just don't think there is.
This is the Facebook Supreme Court.
It's happened six times where they've done it, what, I think they overruled it twice.
Couldn't decide one time.
But no, I don't think so.
And here's what they're going to lean on.
They're going to lean on the one thing that got him banned.
Was the video where he says, we love you.
We think you're very special.
I mean, look, you might not agree with the rules, but the rules are in place, and there's consequences to having a message like that on that day.
And my prediction is I don't think he's going to be back on Facebook.
Okay.
What do you think?
I'm kind of 50-50 with it, but I also may look at it like they're looking at him as competition, you know, because there is rumors going around that he's going to launch a social media platform or partner with someone as well, too.
So if this is going to be a social media, you don't want to give him your platform then the opportunity to promote and bring followers over from that particular platform as well.
So I'm kind of 50-50 in regards to if they will or won't do it.
I know that they're getting a lot of pushback on it as well, but counselor culture, they don't care.
Don't you think it's a little bit more difficult to just say you're going to start your own social media platform?
Yeah, absolutely.
But what's more, when you're at his level, it's not about him doing it.
These things are already in the works.
You partner with individuals who have already done the work, and then you put the money behind it and your influence.
And ta-da, now you have it.
So do you think they will or they won't?
He said he's 50-50 on it.
Yeah, I'm 50-50 only if they will or if they won't.
I think more than the Trump situation here is the power of big tech.
Like the fact that the Facebook gods, the overlords, are like, well, should we or should we not allow the former president of the United States to be on our platform?
I think it's such a huge decision that it's ridiculous.
And I'm, in case you haven't gotten the memo, not a Trump fan in the least.
Right.
But I think that you should at least allow the former president of the United States to have a place on your platform.
Now, if you want to put like literally behind every message that he does, this message has been fact-checked and he's definitely a liar and he over-exaggerates and he's definitely divisive.
You want to do all that.
But to ban him from being on a platform is ridiculous.
And don't forget, I think Trump's approval ratings were hovering in the low 40s.
Facebook's and Mark Zuckerberg's are hovering in the 20s and 30s.
Yeah, but it could be worse than Trump is pretty bad.
I just think their history, they're not.
How much heat would they take from all the other social media companies if they allowed him back?
It would put this pressure then on Twitter to allow him back.
I strongly believe there's no chance.
One thing I know for sure, we'll be covering this story on Thursday.
Right.
Yeah, I think there is a chance.
I think there's a chance because I think this is, if you remember, Zuck took a couple positions where he said, look, we're a content, we're a social media website.
So we don't dictate what policies we put and what policies we don't.
And he made some decision that pissed off the left.
I don't know if you remember this was like two years ago, year and a half ago.
And they were not happy about the position he took.
And he gets backlash from both sides all the time.
You got to give credit to Zuck on the one end where both sides hate him.
There's almost a little bit of credibility when both sides hate you at times rather than just one side taking you.
Approver ratings are 20%.
But the point is, the reason why both sides hate him is because sometimes he takes a stand that is not Republican and sometimes he takes a stand that's not Democratic.
So I think there is a chance they may allow him back with certain restrictions where every post has to be approved type of situation where they may come out and say the post has to be we created a committee that all they do is watch Trump's post and they say, here's what is posted.
Do we want to approve this?
Put it up.
It may be something like that.
But I do think there's a 10-20% chance.
Which I was going to ask you.
You're an odds guy.
You're going with 10%.
But let me ask you this.
Do you think Zuck's involved in the decision?
100%.
Okay, because it's supposed to be the preset.
No, 100%.
Okay, here's the secret.
Yeah, this secret.
Six times it's been overturned, upheld them twice, one time they couldn't come up with a decision.
So they have actually overturned it six times, the majority.
Look, Trump's news is getting out.
He's sending email to the media nowadays.
He responds and puts some emails and says, Oscar needs to go back to this.
This needs to go back to this.
So his message is being picked up.
He's just sending emails.
Of course, it's not at all.
Of course, it's not.
But if I have to choose, if I have to choose, you got Twitter, you got YouTube, you got Facebook, meaning Google, right?
So YouTube.
So you got Facebook, Google, Twitter.
Who's most likely to let him back on?
Not Twitter.
Okay, so that's last.
That's last.
He's out of Twitter.
He ain't coming back.
So who's most likely to let him back on Facebook?
YouTube.
I think it's probably going to be Facebook, YouTube, then Twitter.
Hey, here's another thing to consider.
Do you think there's a possibility he's enjoying his life with a little less stress?
No.
You don't think so?
I think he's such a sore loser that he's 0% happy about what's going on right now.
I believe he's festering and he's ready to come back and just do it just to annoy a lot of people at the end of the day.
He's also 72.
Maybe he's tired.
74.
He's not tired.
Trump don't get tired.
He's 74.
74 years.
He's got the body like an 84-year-old and the mind of a four-year-old.
He's going to be back, baby.
I don't know, man.
It's a comfortable lifestyle if they're in politics.
What is it about Trump that you enjoy?
So that's a great question.
I've never known not to like Trump.
You know, I come from an environment, from an urban environment where we've always admired Trump, you know, from just from a celebrity standpoint, from the gold buildings, from the rap videos, from the movie appearances.
It was never political.
It was popular.
It was only to political.
That took a very U-turn since the same time.
So they told me not to like him just because.
And then there are certain things that I understand about human beings.
I understand that I don't have to agree with everything 100%.
I like strength.
I like individuals that say what they say, and they're unorthodox and they're untraditional, which is why I talked about the electrician.
That's, you know, that's unapologetically different, right?
And I think he represented that for the time and moment in regards to what our country needed.
And it was simplistically just based upon that.
So were there things that you're like, look, I appreciate him, I respect him, but that I can't do.
What were those?
Some tweets and sometimes just having that certain stance on answering questions straightforward in regards to white supremacy and things of that nature.
Like you could just go ahead and do it.
Even though you've answered it, and that was the biggest thing.
He had to say, he got to answer the same questions over and over.
I know it can get redundant.
I get it all the time.
Man, I just answered that like literally two seconds ago.
But what about like the Confederate flags?
He was kind of not siding with taking it down.
Obviously, you probably have strong opinions on that.
Right.
Well, honestly, I wasn't really educated in regards to what that truly meant at that particular time in regards to why people felt for it or even felt against it.
But also just the foundation of choice.
Like if that's what you're for, that's what you're for.
I don't have to agree with it.
And so I never took a hard stance when it came to that because it doesn't bother me.
Like my life continues to be what my life is.
How does that not bother you?
Adam likes to be emotional.
It's part of his well, no one is bringing it up to me.
Like it's not in there's not anyone in my yard making me acknowledge it or anything of that nature.
So I just don't own every issue and every activism type of thing.
People want me to be a part of it.
I told you, Pat, I'm working on my emotions.
I can't.
You're getting much better.
You're getting much better.
I'm trying to hold it in.
So, okay, we'll see.
Wednesday, tomorrow, we get the news.
Folks, if you're watching, what do you think?
Likelihood.
Let's do a survey here.
I'd love to hear the likelihood.
If you say there's no way in the world they're going to prove him, smash the thumbs up button.
If you say they're going to prove him, he's going to be back on Facebook, put the thumbs down.
Let's see what's going to happen here.
I'm actually curious to know what's going to happen with this.
We got 752 to 8.
How do you see the.
Let's see.
I'll tell you here in a minute when I see the ratios.
Okay, let's go to Buffett.
Page five.
Oh, man.
They said a lot of different things here.
Okay, so lots of stuff.
Yes, so Buffett, let's go to the story.
Warren Buffett says bad leaders pose biggest risk to companies, a Wall Street Journal story.
Poor management is a top that they're facing companies, according to Warren Buffett.
Chief executive of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway said choosing the wrong people to lead an organization is the number one risk for businesses.
In his five decades running Berkshire, Buffett said he has seen a number of companies fail from textile mills to department stores, and he suggested that a consistent element could be found in those failures beyond changing consumer behavior or shifting market forces.
You get a guy or a woman in charge of it.
They're personable.
The directors like them.
They don't know what they're doing, but they know how to put on an appearance.
That's the biggest single danger, Buffett said.
Very interesting.
Very interesting.
What do you think about that, Major?
Well, for me, it's a little dated.
I feel like it is dated.
I feel that there are individuals that are way more talented and skilled, even from the appearance perspective, because as I said earlier, even from a political standpoint, it does matter that you have experience in politics, but it doesn't matter if you're not willing to be open to the evolution of how to lead people or galvanize or even win a particular election.
So when it comes to what he's specifying, that's more of a niche perspective, which has drastically changed in a lot of different industries.
And, you know, I get it.
I respect his mind.
I respect the temperament of what he's saying, but I think it's stemming from a little resentment.
You know, these social media app companies have been very, what's the word for it?
They're disruptors.
You know, and his model is very different.
And so when it's something that you don't understand and they didn't ask him for permission, that's what happens.
No different than what I'm doing.
I'm not asking for permission.
I've chosen to exist.
I'm experienced because of my mindset and what I'm telling you that I, you know, I'm experienced and we're going to do this together.
So I think there is a little resentment there.
There is a little bias that's a part of that.
I still respect his mind.
He's done a lot of great things, but evolution does occur and it does exist.
Yes, it does.
That is the truth.
Adam, what do you think?
About this specific leadership question or just his leadership question.
We talked about this, like who's hosting the Oscars, like the who's the face of the brand.
The person at top does matter.
Like the CEO does need to drive a company.
I mean, you would have the best perspective on this, I think, more than anyone, right?
You being as a CEO, leading the field, leading the sales force, leading your entire company.
I think that's essentially his point here.
I mean, I'm more, to be honest with you, more intrigued by the 10 key takeaways, which is probably the next story we're going with.
You know what?
Why don't we go to the story of California taxes?
Why don't we talk about that before we go into the takeaways?
Because I think that's a good question.
Can I give you one quick point, Buffett, though?
You know, it's ironic, I think, that he's talking about executive leadership, CEO leadership, because I think he's punched some holes in his own leadership right now.
I think he skews old now.
I think he hurt his brand.
Skews old.
Well, I mean, no, but I mean, come on, seriously.
I should have been a good person.
Charlie's 100, he's 90.
He's skewing up.
Yeah, of course.
But I mean, never in the past has he come across as grumpy old guy.
For sure.
And the other thing that kind of creeped into his messaging is arrogance.
To me, I take arrogance out of that.
And for someone as brilliant as the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, he missed a great opportunity.
He should have been speaking to these kids that invest on Robinhood and try to bring them into his fold and say, hey, you know, good job, baby.
You can come over and do some things in Berkshire Hathaway.
We got a platform for you, too.
It seems like he's a supper club owner.
He needs to have a little happy hour thrown onto that menu, right?
Just lighten up and loosen up.
Those are some of the takeaways that I want to touch on in Patton Moon.
But you know what they remind me of him and Charlie Munger?
You see the Muppets and the two old guys up there in the audience, like, oh, you idiot Muppets down there.
But let me read this story and then we'll get into the pages.
So same page, page five.
When asked about people leaving California because of taxes and a high cost of living, Mr. Munger said he thought state governments were making a mistake in allowing residents to be wooed elsewhere.
I do think it is stupid for states to drive out their wealthiest citizens, Mr. Munger said.
The old people don't commit any crimes.
They donate to local charity.
Who in the hell in the right mind would drive out the rich people?
Florida and places like that are very shrewd.
And places like California are being very stupid.
That's Munger.
Do you agree?
I agree.
Okay.
Tell us why.
I agree.
I mean, when you look at the top, you know, 5%, 1%, they add so much value that a lot of people don't take credit for or give them credit for.
They are the ones who donate to foundations.
They are the ones who give back.
They are the ones who employ thousands, if not millions of individuals and provide those opportunities.
I don't agree with the culture that we're in now, the eat the rich culture.
I don't believe that looking at someone like you know that's successful and being becoming envious of that.
I look at you and I get inspired and then I start to try to dig and see how you did it.
Or if I get a chance to meet you like I have now, ask you, you know, what did you do or what is your insight?
So a lot of people don't think that way.
So I would encourage people to change that mindset when it comes to that and why punish them.
You know, this is a successful model here in Florida, right?
You know, they are very shrewd when it comes to how they receive that and they want to retain those individuals.
And you should want to woo people to stay because that's tax revenue that's going to help infrastructure.
It's going to help the economy grow.
You know what these guys will remind me of?
By the way, great point he's making with Munger.
Why would you want to lose your wealthiest people?
What do they do?
Like, do they even have the energy to go commit a crime?
They got money.
They're going to spend money.
They're going to buy stuff.
They're going to reinvest in the community.
They're going to, hey, we need a million dollars to build a church.
We need a million dollars for the school.
Here you go.
Here's a half a million.
Here's $100.
Why would you want to lose these guys?
There is no logic in wanting to lose your wealthiest people who are typically your oldest people that you have in your community because it takes a while to compound interest and create that wealth.
Why would you want to lose them?
Yeah, I was a little underwhelmed by his comment, to be honest with you, because I just thought it was so obvious.
I mean, I would rather hear from him maybe some solutions or some other ideas, but it's because these governors are so short-sighted.
All they think about is tax revenue.
And, you know, they're going to create, they have no vision.
So all they can think of.
Let's go back to that imagination.
All they can think about is what can I do to have someone like me the next day?
I'll just give them more money.
Or we'll come up with a new camp or a government aid program or something.
So there's just a lack of inspiration from these guys.
It's just demoralizing.
So let me just go through the 10 key takeaways and then let's process it together.
So these are the 10 key takeaways from Buffett and Charlie Munger at the Berkshire Hathaway's 2021 shareholder meeting.
This is a story by NASDAQ.
I'll just say the main point of what it is and then we'll go process it together.
Number one, stock market leadership is fleeting.
Number two, Buffett and Munger disagree on SP 500 versus Berkshire Hathaway.
Meaning, Buffett said, I've never recommended a Berkshire to anybody, as he has always wanted to avoid any appearances of giving any inside tip on the stock of the company he runs.
But Munger has a different view.
He says, I personally prefer holding Berkshire to holding the market.
He said, arguing that Berkshire's set of businesses and investment are, in his view, better than the average across the market, even though Berkshire Hathaway has not beat the S ⁇ P 500 the last decade, by the way.
Number three, Buffett, airlines have done better because we sold.
I love it.
Number four, a minor mistake from Buffett.
Some have questioned why Buffett trimmed his stake in tech giant Apple, the Oracle of Omaha.
Admitted, that was probably a mistake.
Charlie, in his usual low-key way, let me know it was a mistake.
Number five, why Buffett doesn't like SPACs?
Buffett expressed his dislike for the SPAC business model, specifically the requirement for most SPACs have to find a business within two years.
If you put a gun to my head and said, you've got to go buy a business within two years, I'd buy one, Buffett said.
But it wouldn't be much of one.
Number six, views on the impact of low interest rates.
Number seven, munger on Bitcoin.
Responding to a shareholder question about Bitcoin, Buffett decided to dodge the question, his motivation, avoiding making the hundreds of thousands of viewers who own the cryptocurrency unhappy.
But Munger didn't hold back.
He said, I hate Bitcoin success.
The whole damn development is disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization.
Number eight, a Buffett dig at Elon Musk.
When asked, another shareholder question was addressed to Berkshire, head of insurance business, asking whether he'd write an insurance policy for Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk for his proposed missions to Mars.
Jane quickly said no.
Buffett demurred.
However, it would depend on the premium, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO said.
And I would probably have a somewhat different rate if Elon was on board.
Number nine, Buffett and Munger smacked down Robinhood.
This one got ugly, by the way.
They didn't have nice things to say about him.
They said, become a, you know, Buffett and Munger, however, were deeply critical.
Buffett noted that Robinhood has become a very significant part of the casino group that's joined the stock market in the last year and a half.
Munger went further.
It's just god-awful that something like that would draw investment from civilized men and citizens, decent citizens.
It's deeply wrong.
And last but not least, Berkshire's dynamic duo has learned some lessons in the last year.
So, Adam, I've said a lot.
What are your thoughts?
So, you went down the list.
I thought it was a very good breakdown.
Shout out to Kai for doing the research.
Yeah, this was great.
And, you know, I feel like I've taken a whole economics class just from Kai's research.
So, thank you.
That's how I felt last night.
Exactly.
So, shout out to Major and I doing our research.
But a couple of things that stuck out for me from that list is number one, this gentleman named Greg Abel is going to be stepping in for Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
And I thought it was a, I had to write a little LOL note here.
And he said that between the two people that I was choosing from, between Greg Abel and Ajit, what's the gentleman's name?
Ajit?
Ajit Jane.
He went with Greg because he was young.
Abel was 59 versus 69.
I think that's rich coming from a 90-year-old and a 98-year-old.
If we're going to go with the young guy here, then their hate on Bitcoin just feels out of touch.
And they probably do have some valid points.
Don't get me wrong.
If you've made a 60-year career of investing in companies with, you know, PE ratios and earnings and leaders and everything that a real company possesses.
And now you just have these digital wallet assets, decentralized cryptocurrency.
I feel like they have this opportunity to go.
You talked about legacy, legacy.
What do I want my kids to be known as?
What do you want these young investors to remember you as?
Is these sour old dudes that hated on you or the greatest investor of all time?
They kind of gave you some wisdom in their final days.
And I mean, business-wise, it is finals easy stepping down.
But last but not least, I think this is something interesting regarding the SmackDown on Robinhood.
For someone who's such an advocate for investing and get out there and compound interest and buy the S ⁇ P, Robinhood with their flaws and gamifying investing, I can understand why you would maybe have some issues with it, but they're allowing retail investors to get into the market.
And that's something that I'm all about is save that money so you can start investing.
And if you're getting stimulus checks, if you're sitting at home and you're saving money because you're not going to be able to travel or spend it at the club and you're 20, 30 something years old and you're able to start investing it, yeah, you might lose a little bit, but you're going to definitely win because you're going to learn a lesson, especially if you buy a company like a GameStop or an AMC or the MemeStocks or whatever.
You're going to learn something.
So I think he seems a little out of touch.
Kai, you're trying to say something.
Go ahead.
Yeah, no, I mean, I think it's interesting how I'd say almost sounds like you're surprised in a sense.
The way they're saying it is, but if you look at it, that's the way they've invested all their careers.
They're value investors.
They're looking for things they can understand.
How much was Warren Buffett criticized in the dot-com boom when he didn't invest?
But he said, I don't understand it.
I don't feel safe to invest it.
So I'm not going to try to gamble.
He's always the safe bet, right?
And especially with Charlie Munger coming in, then it was like, all right, we're going to invest in something that works, that's proven, and that can run itself.
He said, if with Coca-Cola, if the CEO was a ham sandwich, it would still make money, right?
That's their whole philosophy.
That's their whole way.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, as far as we know, it's still all just speculation.
It's just, we can't, there's no, there's no forms or kind of earnings that say, oh, this is going to project it to earn here and here.
In many ways, you can put calculations and say, but you can also put calculations to say otherwise.
So the fact that they're against this isn't surprising in many ways.
Obviously, they're getting older, and you can kind of argue that as well.
But they've always been the hare versus the tortoise, and they've always been slow and steady wins the race.
And like with Robin Hood, you're not betting necessarily on the market.
You're picking a stock, and you're getting confetti for buying, you're getting confetti for selling.
So in many ways, it's going against everything that they're against, which is, or which they're not for, because they've always been the slow and steady wins the race.
Good stuff, Kai.
You know, I think you guys handled it, you know, most of the key issues here.
I'm convinced that they invested in a tequila company, and they were both a little buzzed when they were talking because that was just so against the grain for them being this outspoken, talking this much trash.
You know, I ultimately, I don't know if it was a great look for them because A, I admit I screwed up on Apple.
I mean, that's kind of a big error.
That's what sticks with me.
You got 10 points.
I screwed up on Apple.
I don't like Bitcoin.
I got something with Elon Musk, and Robin Hood sucks.
I mean, that's really what I got from this.
Let me ask you: how competitive do you think Munger and Buffett are?
Competitive.
How competitive do you think they are?
You know, I think Warren is extremely competitive.
I think those warnings are not a lot more complicated.
I don't know anything about it.
Like ultra-super-psycho-competitive.
I think Buffett is.
If you're still 90 years old and you're going ham, he still has the momentality.
All right.
I think he's got that killer mindset, right?
Okay, so here's how I see this.
When is it good to retire in baseball or in basketball?
What's a good time?
After a good season.
When is it a good time to retire?
So you've lost a step or two.
Barkley said, when Scrubs are beating me, that's time for me to retire, right?
Barkley said, when Scrubs are beating me, and I'm sitting there saying, This Scrub just beat me.
Who the hell is he?
It's time for me to get out the league, right?
Okay.
I don't know.
Obviously, investments is a different world because you can invest a lot longer.
Like, meaning your tenure to want to invest, maybe your tenure to play basketball is what?
Say 10 or 20 years.
Okay, your COVID, 20 years.
I know, but I'm just saying, let's say 10 or 20 years.
Carmelo's still playing.
He became the 10th all-time scorer.
Say it's 10 to 20 years.
What's your tenure for investments?
What is it?
50 years?
40 years?
There's got to still be a tenure.
What is the number?
So do I think maybe 10 years ago they should have retired?
Maybe 10 years ago they should have replaced themselves.
Maybe 15 years ago they should have replaced themselves.
I don't know.
One of the hardest things to do is when you look at someone, you know, do you remember that interview?
Who was the guy, the boxing commentator, who he's famous for always interviewing boxers after the fight?
He's looking at Mayweather and he says, but why did you hit him in the face when he wasn't looking?
Larry Merchant?
Larry Merchant, right?
Larry Merchant.
If I was 20 years young, I beat you or whatever.
And then you wouldn't have known you.
I like to see you tried.
And then Mayweather and him going back and forth, right?
But you have to realize Larry is sitting there saying, dude, I'm 75.
But if I was 25, I would have whooped your ass.
Let's just say that's the mindset because he goes back and remembers who was 25.
Think about Buffett sitting there saying, Who the hell are you guys?
I've been going at this for freaking 80 years since I was 10 years old investing.
And who are you, schmucks?
When I went into those meetings to want to learn about being an investment banker, but there's a flaw in that, there's a weakness in it.
It's almost like this, okay?
I had a girlfriend of mine years ago, and she was modeling acting, movies, all that other stuff.
I said, You know, you know, there's one thing you got to be very careful with.
She says, What?
I said, If the only way you get attention is your looks, when it goes away, you're psychologically going to have a meltdown when it goes away because it's eventually going to go away for everybody.
You're going to look like this forever, just so you know that.
There's gravity, things work against you as you age.
It's just not going to be in your favor long term.
Buffett and Munger are the examples to me of a dropped, gorgeous girl that they no longer look good because better-looking girls are coming up and they have a hard time because they no longer get the attention that they used to get.
I may be fully wrong, I may be absolutely off base here, and I'm missing it.
But I think for them, the route that you were recommending, fantastic route to say, hey, why don't we bring these younger guys together?
Let's see what we can do.
Hey, you think you can do something?
Come on down.
Let's create a summit and bring them up.
Why do you think about this?
And close doors.
Not even open.
Hey, bring the Britcoin guy, Anthony Popliano, we just had there that he went, they're going back and forth.
Yeah, bring some of these guys in that they don't know nothing about.
What is the future?
Because the reality of it is, you kind of got to pivot.
You know, you kind of got to pivot right now.
eBay just announced they're about to take Bitcoin.
Matter of fact, this was our first week ever where one of the companies I'm hiring as a consultant paid us by Bitcoin.
Wow.
Look, do you receive?
I'm like, yeah, sure.
We'll receive by Bitcoin.
And we send a bunch of Ethereum.
No problem.
People are now going in that direction.
And whether you like it or not, you have to pivot.
I don't know if they're doing that.
It's 10.56.
I don't know if we have time for one more story.
I got an 11 o'clock call.
But if you guys got final thoughts, Major Williams, I'm going to give you the final thoughts, you know, what you want to say with California.
Sell us the dream on why you believe California is going to come back and it's going to be the state that it used to be, where everybody around the world would go to, rather than states like Texas and Florida.
Sell us the dream.
Well, the opportunity is there.
First of all, we have to acknowledge that we are unified in frustration.
And it is one of those things, kind of like the statement that you said, you know, try me.
You know, and that's something that I'm really going to hang my hat on in regards to if you are on the fence, but you should understand that California has great comeback ability because of what we represent.
And it is going to take a different brand of leadership that understands the issues and knows how to actually get those issues solved and be realistic about how we can do those things collectively together.
I do believe that as an ex-governor of California, we can get things done beyond just the government perspective.
Being the next governor of California, you know, that's going to be global news, not just statewide news.
And that in itself allows me to open up other doors and get people excited about the change of culture of leadership.
And so that's something that I think that other people are really excited about as well.
The exclusivity and being a part of what we can do together.
So this is not my campaign in California.
I tell everyone this is our campaign.
And I think that's the pretense of it.
You got a great message.
You got a lot of momentum.
Best of luck if there's any way I can help you in California.
I know a lot of people would love to hear what you're talking about.
And that's just what you got to do.
You just got to stay out there.
Have people hear because it's going to be impossible not to like you.
Hey, can I just address the elephant in the room real quickly?
Next time that you guys get together on the wardrobe and you look like very well-dressed CIA agents or Secret Service that stepped off the covers of GQ.
He's the CIA.
I won't raid the wardrobe closet of Get Shorty.
Okay.
And I'll just come back to you.
You look like you flew here from Louisville.
You look like you flew here from Louisville.
Talking Derby Derby.
That's what you look like.
That's exactly what you're doing.
That's a good look for you.
What are you talking about?
You're a soul of a pink fatara.
I guarantee you everybody's looking at you more than us.
For sure.
And you also said, you know what?
I'm already feeling a little derbyish.
Let me throw a little pink energy out there.
So you made that decision, baby.
Well, my final piece is shout out to Major Williams.
Respect, man.
Thank you for coming through.
Thanks for having me.
You know, you answered the tough questions.
You answered the easy questions, but clearly you handle yourself well.
And last shout out, I think, definitely goes to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, for Try Me.
Try me.
And Papa's got a brand new bag, and it's Major Williams.
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