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California’s New Congressional Districts | American-Born Roofers · The Bill Handel Show

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  Speaker 2: and the President Donald Trump in a very clever move,
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  Speaker 2: and this has to do with.
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  Speaker 1: Politics, he suggested.
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  Speaker 2: He requested that Texas Jerry Mander its congressional districts redraw
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  Speaker 2: the map, and usually it's draw in every ten years.
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  Speaker 2: They did this right in the middle of it. And
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  Speaker 2: what it did is redraw the map. So the districts,
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  Speaker 2: basically the districts that were swede drifts districts are now
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  Speaker 2: leaning more Republican.
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  Speaker 1: And that means five seats.
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  Speaker 2: And boy, five seats is a lot of seats in
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  Speaker 2: Congress because look at the majority. It's a razor thin
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  Speaker 2: majority that the Republicans have. So what happened In response
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  Speaker 2: to that, California passed this proposition fifty.
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  Speaker 1: And then the legislature.
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  Speaker 2: Redraws the map so five Democrats are more likely to win.
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  Speaker 2: And again five Democrats that those are a lot of votes.
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  Speaker 2: And now it's going to go all over the country.
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  Speaker 2: So what ended up happening They went ahead and redrew it.
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  Speaker 2: Attorneys for the GOP filed a lawsuit arguing that the
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  Speaker 2: map that was redrawn in California is illegal, although in
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  Speaker 2: Texas it was fine, and it was exactly the same
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  Speaker 2: that was happening in both states. And here is the argument,
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  Speaker 2: how is it legitimate to redraw a map for political purposes,
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  Speaker 2: simply to get your side more votes? And the answer
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  Speaker 2: is yes, What you can't do. The legislature can't do
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  Speaker 2: is redraw a map for racial purposes, for example, create
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  Speaker 2: a Latino district which is more likely to go democratic.
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  Speaker 2: And the GOP argued that what was happening, it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: happening in Texas, but it certainly was happening in California. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the bottom line is the Democrats filed lawsuit in Texas
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  Speaker 2: and the court said, this went up. The Supreme Court
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  Speaker 2: basically said, now, if it's political, we're going to leave
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  Speaker 2: it alone. You're absolutely allowed to use politics to redraw maps. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: that's what the legislature does. We may not agree with it,
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  Speaker 2: but it's perfectly legitimate. And the court found it was.
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  Speaker 2: A three judge panel found that California's redrawing of the
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  Speaker 2: congressional district the map is perfectly legal because it was
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  Speaker 2: primarily a matter of fact, it was for political purposes.
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  Speaker 2: That's it, to get votes. Nothing new with race whatsoever.
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  Speaker 2: Three judge panel. It was two to three decision in
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  Speaker 2: which the Biden judge that was nominated by Biden went
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  Speaker 2: for California. The Obama judge went for California. And here's
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  Speaker 2: the shocker. The judge that was nominated by President Trump
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  Speaker 2: went the other way. He decided or he dissented, saying
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  Speaker 2: that it is unconstitutional, and they came up with some arguments.
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  Speaker 2: There was Paul Mitchell, the redistricting expert who drew the
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  Speaker 2: California map, had said something about race and said, you know,
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  Speaker 2: race should be considered even though there was overwhelming evidence
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  Speaker 2: on the other side they used the Republicans used this
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  Speaker 2: one quote and the judges did didn't buy it. They
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  Speaker 2: just said, no, it's clear this is all about politics.
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  Speaker 2: And now you have the states North Carolina, for example,
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  Speaker 2: is doing the same thing. You have the states that
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  Speaker 2: are all going to do the same thing. And are
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  Speaker 2: the Republicans going to win that one? Who knows. I
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  Speaker 2: think it was Indiana that said no to that wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: redistrict So you know, it's all politics. Everything is politics,
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  Speaker 2: Even drawing up congressional district ricks is politics. In the
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  Speaker 2: middle I mean during after the census, they do do
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  Speaker 2: it because demographics do change.
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  Speaker 1: But right in the middle of the.
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  Speaker 2: Election cycle, No, and Prop fifty we voted to redraw
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  Speaker 2: the map mid in last November because of the midterms
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  Speaker 2: coming up to overturn the Republican majority. So we'll see
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  Speaker 2: what happens with that. But it is all politics and
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  Speaker 2: it was all started by Trump, and I have to
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  Speaker 2: tell you it's a very clever political move that he
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  Speaker 2: did and now is going to prevail who knows at
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  Speaker 2: Now there is oh wow, what a shocker. California passes
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  Speaker 2: a law, and the Republicans immediately go and try to
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  Speaker 2: stop enactment.
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  Speaker 1: Of the law.
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  Speaker 2: So here this is a federal lawsuit where a judge
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  Speaker 2: was asked to overturn California's new law which prohibits ice
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  Speaker 2: agents and other police officers from wearing masks on duty. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the judge asks the Feds, wait a minute, you're saying
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  Speaker 2: that they shouldn't wear masks. How did you do it
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  Speaker 2: in the years past? How did you do your policing
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  Speaker 2: without masks until twenty twenty five?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you still were agents, weren't you.
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  Speaker 2: And they really couldn't answer that except the Republican This
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  Speaker 2: is the administration actually said we're talking about the federal
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  Speaker 2: administration said that now, if agents don't wear masks then
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  Speaker 2: and don't identify themselves, they are not going to be doxed.
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  Speaker 2: And that's true. And so this is one of those
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  Speaker 2: which way to you go. Now this case is this
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  Speaker 2: law first of its kind on police face coverings, and
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  Speaker 2: the US Department of Justice DOJ attorney said this could
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  Speaker 2: unleash chaos across the country mandating the masks and may
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  Speaker 2: land ice agents on the wrong side of the law,
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  Speaker 2: violating this law.
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  Speaker 1: And then he said, look at the law.
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  Speaker 2: Why couldn't California say every immigration officer needs to wear pink,
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  Speaker 2: so it's super.
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  Speaker 1: Obvious they are.
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  Speaker 2: And the judge, Christina Snyder really didn't buy it and
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  Speaker 2: asks that question, why couldn't they did it before without masks?
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  Speaker 2: Not doing it again? One of the things about oh,
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you. The administration sued to block two laws
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  Speaker 2: that Gavin Newsom signed, one the No Secret Police Act
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  Speaker 2: and the No Vigilantes Act. And there was a third
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  Speaker 2: that wasn't passed, and it was the no Masks except
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  Speaker 2: for October thirty one, where the police can use masks
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  Speaker 2: and the FEDS they we're going to defy the new rules.
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  Speaker 2: They're unconstitutional, they put agents in danger. Also, why do
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  Speaker 2: you accept California state peace officers. There's an exemption for
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  Speaker 2: them California officers. Now city and county agencies, including the
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  Speaker 2: LAPD and Orange County they are not exempt. And why
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  Speaker 2: is all this happening, Well, it comes at a moment
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  Speaker 2: of a lot of public anger about what's happening, and
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  Speaker 2: the California Department of Justice. The lawyer said to the court,
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  Speaker 2: it's obvious why these laws are in public interest. Basically,
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  Speaker 2: just look at what's going on in Minneapolis and in
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  Speaker 2: Los Angeles. So which way is it going to go?
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  Speaker 2: California says the provisions are modest. The president says that
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  Speaker 2: crime is completely out of control in particularly Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: The DOJ was challenged by California, saying, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 2: You're saying there's an eight thousand percent increase in death
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  Speaker 2: threats against ice agents, one thousand percent increase in assault,
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  Speaker 2: and that's because the government has recently changed what it
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  Speaker 2: qualifies as a threat. And so that's California's position. The
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  Speaker 2: Feds are saying no, and it really is going to
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  Speaker 2: decide one way or the other, because I can see
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  Speaker 2: both sides cops who faces are shown, and their badges
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  Speaker 2: and their names. I mean, I've talked to cops, and
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  Speaker 2: one cop particularly, and I'll never forget this conversation saying
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  Speaker 2: when they go to when they're called to, for example,
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  Speaker 2: domestic disturbance call, and they have to make these split
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  Speaker 2: second decisions.
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  Speaker 1: And here is the decision.
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  Speaker 2: Do you get shot or are you sued and looking
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  Speaker 2: at a criminal complaint for shooting someone, which you shouldn't
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  Speaker 2: have shot.
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  Speaker 1: Someone, no matter what.
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  Speaker 2: Those are my two choices, which is why so many
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  Speaker 2: cops are retiring.
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  Speaker 1: I can see that. I can see that. Okay, LA
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  Speaker 1: Unified School District.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, this is where I went to school, and LA
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  Speaker 2: Unified has changed dramatically over decades from when I went
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  Speaker 2: to elementary school, junior high, high school, and so I'm
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  Speaker 2: a product of our local and state education system.
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  Speaker 1: I actually got out of there learning to read.
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  Speaker 2: And the problem is is that the level of education
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  Speaker 2: has dropped dramatically.
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  Speaker 1: Now there's a reason for it.
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  Speaker 2: We have a lot of Latinos, primarily Latinos that come
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  Speaker 2: to the United States legal and illegal and culturally, as
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  Speaker 2: well as people that come across the border. I got
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  Speaker 2: to tell you people that come across the border are
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  Speaker 2: not well educated. Well educated people that have good jobs
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  Speaker 2: don't cross the border illegally. It's talking about people that
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  Speaker 2: don't have marketable skills, that don't have education. And it's
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  Speaker 2: real simple. People who come out of communities and families
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  Speaker 2: where education is critical do better. And statistically you look
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  Speaker 2: at Latinos versus, for example, Caucasians or Asians that do
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  Speaker 2: better than anybody. So there's a real issue going on.
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  Speaker 1: And the schools. Now.
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  Speaker 2: The other thing about schools, high schools, elementary schools is
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  Speaker 2: they now teach to the lowest common denominator. They don't
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  Speaker 2: throw kids out of school because they are not able
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  Speaker 2: to move forward. They did when I was going to school.
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  Speaker 2: You went to continuation of school, you didn't make the grade,
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  Speaker 2: you're gone. Now they have to teach you. That's a law.
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  Speaker 2: Supreme Court hand that one down. You know, the people
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  Speaker 2: kids are entitled to through a high school education.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, if you didn't make it off you went,
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  Speaker 1: you didn't make the grade. Today it's almost impossible not.
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  Speaker 2: To make grades, to not move forward to continuation okay,
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  Speaker 2: high school.
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  Speaker 1: Okay for grades or just to be the dick that
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  Speaker 1: you are exactly. You're not making a good point here.
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  Speaker 2: So anyways, they test, and it's every year they test
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  Speaker 2: in the schools to see how well as students are doing.
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  Speaker 2: And there are five year plans that are set up
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  Speaker 2: by the school district and the Board of Action has
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  Speaker 2: just released his figures that you know what, the kids
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  Speaker 2: in elementary school, this is third grade, are doing pretty well,
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  Speaker 2: not as good as they used to do, but better
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  Speaker 2: than they did in the last few years. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of it has to do with pandemic where I really
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  Speaker 2: went into the toilet. So three measurements are made and
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  Speaker 2: this is where students are improving, but not a whole
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  Speaker 2: lot and we're still having a tough time. Okay. They
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  Speaker 2: test literacy. Okay, that makes sense. And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: here's the point. By third grade, the school district says this,
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  Speaker 2: by third grade, you shouldn't be learning to read, you
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  Speaker 2: should be reading to learn, which is a great phrase.
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  Speaker 1: By then you're done and now you're reading to learn.
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  Speaker 2: And so they sample literacy, they sample math, which makes sense,
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  Speaker 2: and then here's a beauty. They sample social emotional learning. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: social emotional learning, what the hell.
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  Speaker 1: Is that, Well, let me see it's.
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  Speaker 2: I have this document here that I'm looking at, and
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  Speaker 2: it says that social emotional learning is developing and applying
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  Speaker 2: skills for understanding and managing emotions, setting positive goals, building
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  Speaker 2: healthy relationships, making responsible decisions. If anybody understands that, how
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  Speaker 2: they should be teaching that in school, email me because
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  Speaker 2: I have no idea what that means. And when I
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  Speaker 2: tested out, because I did, I did pretty well in school.
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  Speaker 2: I tested out fine in math, well, I tested fine
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  Speaker 2: a math in third grade, did great in literacy because
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  Speaker 2: I read like crazy, and I didn't test in social
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  Speaker 2: emergency or social emotional learning. Yeah, developing applying skills for
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  Speaker 2: understanding and managing emotions, I do that very well, no
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  Speaker 2: question about it.
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  Speaker 1: Setting positive goals. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The world's going to hell in a handbasket, and it
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  Speaker 2: can't get worse except it's going to get worse. Building
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  Speaker 2: healthy relationships? Boy, am I good at that?
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  Speaker 1: Aren't I? And making responsible decisions? Okay?
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  Speaker 2: I would get two out of three and fail that miserably.
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  Speaker 2: And I find testing for that. I don't even know
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  Speaker 2: how you test for that. I don't But that's what
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  Speaker 2: the world has come to, all right, so much for that. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: there has been a demographic shift that has transformed the
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  Speaker 2: construction industry. In the nineteen seventies and eighties, the share
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  Speaker 2: of foreign born workers in construction was not the same
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  Speaker 2: as in other industries.
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  Speaker 1: That change.
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  Speaker 2: Today, foreign born workers are nearly twice as high in
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  Speaker 2: construction as they are in the general population. And here's
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  Speaker 2: why immigrants took jobs from Americans, because Americans no longer
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  Speaker 2: wanted to do this backbreaking work, especially roofing, desire to
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  Speaker 2: build a house. Well, here's the reality. First, construction jobs
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  Speaker 2: became a lot less desirable, eroding wages, working condition diminished,
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  Speaker 2: and the reality is that it is backbreaking work. If
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  Speaker 2: you're looking at a framer the middle of summer, these
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  Speaker 2: guys are up there one hundred and twenty degrees and roofers.
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  Speaker 1: It is really tough, tough work.
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  Speaker 2: And the employers demand a better work, quicker jobs. They
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  Speaker 2: get less pay. And so there was a grap that
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  Speaker 2: a gap that was already opening up. They didn't have
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  Speaker 2: enough workers because no So immigrants came in, illegal immigrants
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  Speaker 2: as well as natural or naturalized citizens, and a lot
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  Speaker 2: of them are not. So you have an industry of
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  Speaker 2: six point eight million workers vulnerable big time to Trump's
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  Speaker 2: deportation efforts. Businesses are reporting, builders are reporting labor shortages
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  Speaker 2: because well, the workers are detained, deported and others are
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  Speaker 2: just scared.
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  Speaker 1: And so you got workers.
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  Speaker 2: You have a shortage of workers, a strained housing market
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  Speaker 2: that's going to be more strained historically high home prices
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  Speaker 2: and slowing the production of new homes. It used to
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  Speaker 2: be that the majority of roofers and in construction were unionized.
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  Speaker 2: My dad became a union electrician, and the union in
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  Speaker 2: the fifties, this was the electrical workers was amazingly powerful,
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  Speaker 2: great benefits, very good pay.
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  Speaker 1: Well, today it is very, very different.
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  Speaker 2: And so it really isn't that these are jobs that
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  Speaker 2: Americans don't want. It is tough. It is a tough,
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  Speaker 2: tough job with not a lot of money. Here is
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  Speaker 2: a stat that acsolutely stunned me on this one, and.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know that, I really didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Here it is in nineteen seventy three, the average union
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  Speaker 2: construction worker made a dollar seventy one for every one
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  Speaker 2: dollar the average American worker earned, okay, seventy one percent more. Today,
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  Speaker 2: unionized construction workers earn a dollar fifteen for every dollar
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  Speaker 2: an American worker earns, so that's on down dramatically. A
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  Speaker 2: non union construction worker, and that's the majority of workers
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  Speaker 2: out there, The majority, vast majority of.
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  Speaker 1: Roofers and construction people are non union.
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  Speaker 2: A non union construction worker makes eighty six sense for
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  Speaker 2: every dollar earned by the average American worker, and usually
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  Speaker 2: no health or retirement benefits. So it's gotten harder for
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  Speaker 2: all kinds of reasons. And it isn't because Americans don't
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  Speaker 2: want these jobs. It's because, frankly, nobody wants these jobs.
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  Speaker 2: And you have a non way of illegal migrants who
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  Speaker 2: are here and they're taking these jobs because they have
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  Speaker 2: no other place to go. So it ain't they're taking
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  Speaker 2: our jobs. That's simply not the case. Okay, this is
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