San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer says California needs ‘leadership that demonstrates by example.’
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I should have stood up and
I should have stood up and
walked back, got in my car and
drove back to my house, the
guidelines etc. The spirit of what I am preaching all the time.
What I am preaching all the time
was contradicted:
Gavin Newsom on the defense.
After defining his own covid 19
restrictions and attending a
dinner party in an upscale
restaurant with two of the
states dot medical officials
photos show them without masks.
Despite the governors statewide
mask mandate,
the hypocrisy could cost Newsom
his title.
My next guest says hes,
considering challenging Newsom
in two thousand and twenty two San Diego mayor, Kevin
Falconer, joined me now
welcome to the show.
What do you make of Gavin
Newsoms actions and his
apology good morning
good morning
I will tell you it is incredibly
hypocritical. That is what makes
so many Californians angry.
At a time. People are being asked
to sacrifice one of the worst
economic recessions ever to have
the governor, not practice what
you preaches go to one of the
most lavish expensive restaurant
in the country and break his own
rules and executive orders. That
is not leadership.
We need new leadership in
Sacramento.
We need a governor that can
actually bring people together,
because that is what we need right now
right now
are you concerned the
reaction of California? Residents
will be to say, I am not doing
it not going to wear a mask or
socially distance if hes not
doing it. Why should I do it?
I am, and some other folks are
as well
ive been out front, a lot
encouraging people to do the
right thing to wear that mass
practice, distancing hygiene,
social distancing.
We want everybody to be safe, but
when the governor doesnt follow
his own orders, it makes people
not want to follow them.
The whole idea is that there is
rules for you, but not for him,
normally hypocritical, but works against what we are trying to do
against what we are trying to do
in California, which is keep
everybody healthy.
It is a difficult time.
That is why leadership is so
incredibly important,
particularly as we go into the
holidays and thanksgiving. We need leadership that
we need leadership that
demonstrates by example.
Jedediah people are getting
tired of politicians, not
practicing what they preach.
Do you feel that people will be
holding him accountable for
these actions in terms of
perhaps voting for someone else
next time around
Californians need a change.
There are so many issues in
California that are not being
solved.
We look to our schools. We are
not seeing leadership from the
governor in Sacramento. As we see
half one million Californians
waiting for their unemployment
checks. You cant get the breakdown in
you, cant get the breakdown in
our unemployment department.
We see homelessness, spiraling
out of Control San Diego County,
the only county that is going
down over the last two years and
im proud of what we have done.
These difficult times require
leadership and bringing people
together, and that is where this state needs to go.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-21.