Jim Desmond

So you, you've gotta get to work on that.

But if you do nothing else, then just open up the envelope, vote for Steve Hilton for governor, vote for Jim Desmond for Congress, and vote yes on voter ID, and stuff it in the envelope and put it in the box.

Like, if you can't deal with it, if you run out of time, if you're too tired, or, or if you just don't care, then those three things will go a long way.

Because, uh, short of that, we're gonna have a Democrat, complete Democrat county in San Diego, uh, and that's just the worst idea.

She's just not ready for primetime at all.

Right now, Monty Von Wolpert's leading in the congressional race, according to ABC 10 News and the Union-Tribune poll.

She now leads Jim Desmond.

How can this possibly be? She leads Jim Desmond by nine points, 47 to 38, with 15% of the voters still undecided.

Newsom was far from the only California politician lashing out at Trump, however.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Democrat, said Trump's remarks are, quote, "dangerous and could potentially compromise our safety," while San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, Democrat, told Trump in his own statement to "keep our city out of your reckless war talk." Meanwhile, Republican Jim Desmond, who is running for a San Diego area House district, said he vehemently disagrees with the president.

Quote, "No American city is expendable and no American family should ever be treated as collateral damage," Desmond wrote on social media.

The president's statement risks firing up Democrats ahead of the midterms as Republicans struggle to galvanize their own base.

Quote, "He goes to Nebraska last night to rally the base, but the storyline of it will be Republican candidates in difficult races needing to once again distance themselves from the president," said Joe Stutzman, a veteran California Republican strategist.

However, one Republican operative argued that the situation could help candidates like Desmond who are already seeking to put distance between themselves and the president in the blue state.

Quote, "Democrats have spent this entire race trying to convince voters that Jim Desmond would be simply a rubber stamp for President Trump," the GOP operative said.

Quote, "His statement yesterday is a pretty clear cut against that argument." Trump's comment about the two Southern California cities was not the only controversial remark he made on the campaign trail Monday.

So a new polling, new poll out.

Uh, ABC 10 News put out a poll that shows that the race for the 48th congressional district, uh, Congressman Darrell Issa's seat, uh, is, uh, is in play as Democrat Mondy Vaughn Wilbert, who's a current city councilwoman here in San Diego, is now polling, what, nine points ahead of Republican Jim Desmond, with 15% of the voters still undecided.

So that's where it is.

I, I've said this before, and I'll say it again.

She's gonna-- She wants to take, uh, Darrell Issa's seat.

She's running against County Supervisor Jim Desmond.

And she held a press conference, and she is absolutely hysterical.

She's beside herself.

Their officials reacted very sharply.

LA Mayor Karen Bass and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria condemned the language, as did Republican congressional candidate and Navy vet Jim Desmond.

But here's a defense from the White House.

White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said critics were stripping Trump's comments from context.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said the remark could compromise her city's safety.

And the Republican running to represent San Diego in the U.S. House, Jim Desmond, said, quote, no American city is expendable and no American family should ever be treated as collateral damage.

The White House tried spinning it all, claiming Trump only meant that a fantasy nuclear-armed Iran would have threatened those cities if he hadn't gone to war against them first.

Maybe so.