California Democratic Party

You slice it.

But then on top of that, you've got these active members of the of the California Democratic Party of which you are a part.

And so that's a little insult to injury.

And hence you're.

Why? It was like, did you not want to go skydiving? I mean, think of it.

I loved public service, and I was the ultimate volunteer, the chair of the California Democratic Party.

There she was, diligently working behind the scenes, until a twist of fate tested what she was made of.

Nancy Pelosi never planned to run for public office.

She had Ronald Reagan and I had Nancy Pelosi.

Yes!

By 1981, Pelosi was chair of the California Democratic Party, you know, in charge of getting Democrats elected all across the state.

She had a reputation for being relentless, but she was also known for her personal touch.

And then she just continued getting more and more involved.

She became chair of the California Democratic Party.

And then, you know, she became very close to the Burtons, Phil Burton, John Burton, Sala Burton, who was in Congress after her husband, Phil, died.

And on her deathbed, as she was dying from cancer, Sala Burton basically said to Nancy, I want you to run for my seat.

Why? It was like, did you not want to go skydiving? I mean, think of it.

I loved public service, and I was the ultimate volunteer, the chair of the California Democratic Party.

There she was, diligently working behind the scenes, until a twist of fate tested what she was made of.

Nancy Pelosi never planned to run for public office.

I was out there going earring to earring with Linda Chavez.

She had Ronald Reagan and I had Nancy Pelosi.

By 1981, Pelosi was chair of the California Democratic Party, you know, in charge of getting Democrats elected all across the state.

She had a reputation for being relentless, but she was also known for her personal touch.

Arkonnen Nolan with the story.

It was all the heavyweights of the California Democratic Party, the LA County Federation of Labor-

Now wait a minute.

I don't see Katie Porter there.

Arkon Nolan with this story.

[upbeat music] It was all the heavyweights of the California Democratic Party, the LA County Federation of Labor-

Now wait a minute.

I don't see Katie Porter there

It just reminds you of what I think is the biggest thing that I'm monitoring out in California is will the tech elite kind of go the Elon Musk and Sergey Brin route where they start realizing that if we want to, achieve what we want to achieve in our careers.

It's anathema to what the Democrat Party stands for, particularly the California Democratic Party, and coming terms with that and understanding maybe you've been wrong politically for 30 years and just making your peace with that and moving on and joining the right in its loosest sense.

Will enough people in our kind of tech entrepreneurial class have that epiphany and be okay with that? I think there's a huge level of cognitive dissonance that takes place with Californians where we see how badly Democrats are handling things, but we can't bring ourselves to admit I've been voting wrong for 20, 30, 40 years.

And can they do that? If they could do that, then the state's salvageable.

Oh, Fourth of July parade.

Congressman George Whitesides was in the parade, and he got off the float that he was on at one point, walked back towards the beginning of the parade to stand on another float, like the California Democratic Party or whatever it was.

The two guys that flanked George Whitesides...

Both of them, at least $250, $260, and looked like they would have wrestled a car to get to the congressman if necessary.