Trump Officials Face Prison as California Fights Back!

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A Trump may get mad that his candidate isn't winning. And so he sends election monitors to the states to try to mess with the ballots. It's not working. It won't work. Fox News is literally trying to get Trump voters on camera at his rallies to try to praise him. They're not finding any. And Trump himself is acting once again irrational and a bit delusional on stage in South Carolina. We're on the road to a million subscribers. If you can't subscribe to support this work, like, comment, share. Because California Governor Gavin Newsom has made it a felony today to illegally seize ballots. Giving Donald Trump a clear warning saying, "I'm deploying election lawyers to key battleground districts in California to protect every vote." And I just made it a felony to illegally seize ballots. Governor Newsom signed a sweeping package of election laws, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records, or voting technology before an election is certified. It's the latest move by the Golden State to prevent law enforcement or federal officials from disrupting the counting of votes ahead of November's midterm elections. At the center of the 13 bill package is Assembly Bill 282, which makes it a felony for anyone to seize or cause or assist in the seizure of ballots, election records, or certified voting technology. While election officials are still counting and certifying results. A person in authority who orders someone under their supervision to carry out such a seizure could face up to four years in prison, quote, "California will protect our elections." I signed it legislation to make it a felony to illegally seize or interfere with ballots before they are certified when it comes to our elections. California is not messing around. And neither are the judges in California. Because what Donald Trump has tried to do is he's tried to make it illegal to essentially vote for many people. He told California state officials 20,000 voters should not be counted. Set aside 20,000 votes from people in their state. Why? Because what Trump claimed that there are 20,000 people who may be non-citizens. And in the United States of America, you cannot vote in an election, state or federal, if you are not a citizen. Well, California student was like, this is ludicrous. Because if you look at the number of people and the people that he's trying to get thrown off the voter rolls essentially, they could be very well-citizens and they have a right to vote. And a judge rejected Trump's argument saying, essentially, that the demand to sequester 20,000 ballots would, quote, wreck havoc and disrupt the election that is already underway and, quote, discount the votes of United States citizens. The judge wrote that never before in American history, as the federal government, on the eve of an election sought to coerce a state and local government to abandon their own constitutional elections procedures. You know that the Department of Justice has filed at least 31 suits seeking state voter rolls and has one precisely zero of the 26 suits decided. So far calling the effort part of a broad, ongoing pattern of attempted election interference. Now Fox News has desperately tried to find any Republican, any Trump Republican who could talk good about him at his rallies and they're finding the opposite literally running away. Take a listen. That's not a Trump supporter. Now that's South Carolina right there. I spoke with Courtney McLean, Gen Z candidate in South Carolina running to be one of the first, one of the youngest members of Congress. I'm super excited about this candidacy. Take a listen to what Courtney had to say, but before we do a quick word from our sponsor. 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And so now we are really leading the way in the first Gen Z to run for the seat, the first black woman to run for the seat. So we've made history being on the ballot and hopefully we'll make history in November. Now you're running in South Carolina's fourth congressional district. This is traditionally and historically a pretty conservative district. Why do you think you're able to beat the incumbent republic in this cycle? Yes. So well, for one, right now we have record early voting turnout. So my district covers both Spartanburg and Greenville County. And right now, Greenville is the number one county out of all 46 counties in South Carolina for early voter turnout. And so when we look back at when we had that same record voter turnout in June during the primaries, Greenville went blue for the first time since our last Democratic since our last Democratic representative back in 1993. And so now we are seeing that exact same trend happening. And so we're super optimistic seeing an amazing turnout with Democrats coming out as well as seeing a lot of crossover votes as well. One of the big things that is happening in Spartanburg is we have a $2.8 billion data center that is being built. And so we have a lot of people who are typically MAGA that are now coming over and voting for me in this election. Because again, I've been the only candidate that has actually gone to the protests, the town halls, rallies, etc. And so we've really been able to galvanize a lot of crossover votes on the issue. Have you seen the fact that you guys have a very competitive Senate race at the top of the ticket with Dr. Annie Andrews against Darlene Graham? And it being actually so close impact your race in a positive way. Oh yeah, I think this year, this is the first year where we've had Democrats that are going to be challenging people in every single seat. And so we are seeing whether it's from the state house, whether it's from Annie's race, the governor, people are all coming out. And so everyone has their favorite candidate. And I think that having too strong people at the top of the ticket, whether it's Germaine Johnson or Annie Andrews, that is definitely helping the rest of us. And vice versa, we have amazing state house candidates that are doing the work in being in spaces that the larger candidates can't be in. And so we're really driving out that change, driving out early voter turnout, and a lot of new people to the polls. You're 25 years old. If elected, you would be by far the youngest member of Congress that we currently have. We have a House of Representatives that many people describe as geriatric. You have members who stay there until they die in many respects. Sometimes stay 30, 40 years. What perspective are you going to bring to the House of Representatives if elected from a younger person perspective? Yes. So my district in particular is the second youngest district by age in South Carolina. So our average age is 35 years old. And so that is something that I definitely want to bring in the perspective of younger people. We have almost a dozen colleges and universities also in the district. So we have thousands of college students that are getting their education here. And then also deciding to stay here once they are done. So I definitely want to make sure that I'm bringing in those perspectives. Because again right now all we have is Maxwell Frost. And he's amazing. But I think We can eat some more people to help him get, especially the views of our generation, not only at the table, but actually into legislation getting that passed. So we can actually start legislating on policies that are going to impact us and not just have people deciding our futures for us. So tell me more about that policy. What does a Courtney McLean member of Congress do on day one? Well, in day one, since it is a very local issue, I actually only live one mile away from the data center that is being built. That was one of the main things that I really run on is signing on to the National AI Data Center Rotarium Act, and ensuring that this hyperscale data center that is being built right now, that the construction is halted on that. Right now, they're actively trying to rush to finish its construction before any new members are sworn in so that legislation will not impact it. But I'm hoping that, of course, they don't finish that construction so that way we can pause that for at least two years ensuring that we are actually protecting the residents around the center. So again, I have one of about 1,000 residents that are going to be impacted by the center. So that is one of the first and many things that I would be focusing on. Another big thing is ensuring that the cuts to Medicaid, that we stopped those from happening. We have over 1.2 million people in South Carolina that are reliant on Medicaid as their source of health care. And so if we allow for these restrictions to go into effect, it is going to be thousands of people that are kicked off of their health care. Another big thing that I want to make sure is that we fully fund the ACA. So there are 90,000, well, there were 90,000 people who were reliant on the ACA within my district. And now, again, there have been thousands of people that have been priced out of their insurance because those subsidies haven't been funded and other premiums have quadrupled. And so those would be some of the big things that are tangible that I could actually do really within my first couple of days in office by signing on to these. So those would definitely be the biggest things that are directly impacting my hopefully future constituents that I could fix. What do you say to someone who says, you know what? I want to elect a member of Congress, this cycle, who is just going to go to DC and hold people accountable, hold people in the administration accountable, hold people in these big corporate operations accountable. And they say, you know what? I want my cost lowered. I really do, but we can't really get that done right now under this president. So I want to hold them accountable. What do you say to that? Well, this is a 100% grassroots campaign. We don't take any money, whether it's from crypto, big tech, APEC, oil packs, et cetera. So I'm the only people that I am beholden to would be the people who vote me in. And so that's something that we have definitely also been running on is that this is a people-powered campaign. I come from the grassroots sector. So I was president of the South Carolina NAACP for three years, leading hundreds of college students and high school students. So I know how to organize, I know how to get things done without having a large budget because especially in that role, it was volunteer. So I was getting no money from that. So now being in this space where we are leading an amazing campaign that is not only in some of the most populated counties, but now we're seeing some of the highest voter turnout. And so I say I have been someone who has never lit lack of funds or lack of, I guess, establishment support has never stopped me from doing the work that I need to do. Whether I was at USC Howard University, Washington, D.C., or right here in Spartanburg. That has never stopped me and in Congress, that is the same fight and the same commitment that I have to the community that I'm going to bring in. We're right around the corner from Election Day. It's literally six days away. I know, it's so soon. What do you say to a voter who says, listen, I got $10. And I don't know, everyone's asking me for money. It's six days away. Should I go give that money $10 to Dr. Annie Andrews at the top of the ticket? Or Courtney McLean in South Carolina sports? What do you tell them? I tell them that with your $10, $5 helps us reach 100 voters by text. So there is no amount that is too small, and one of the biggest things is that, of course, Annie, she has to hit 46 counties, but we are working directly in Spartanburg in Greville. And so I would say, of course, she has an amazing campaign, but we would really make that go a long way. We would ensure that not only are we knocking on those doors, making those phone calls, we made over 25,000 phone calls last week just in Greville, and this was all with volunteers. So we are putting that to work, and we have to make sure that not only, of course, the low country, that's really getting all the funds that they turn out glue. But at the upstate that has been read for about 30 years now, that we continue to have the resources in order to make those thousands of phone calls and knock on those doors. And that's exactly what this campaign is doing. Courtney McLean, thanks so much for the time and good luck. Thank you. Hey, folks. Thanks so much for watching. Feel free to add this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you watch. Or the latest breaking news and daily hits. Throughout the day, make sure to follow, subscribe, see you soon for more.