Ken Calvert

And then you also saw battles between the extreme left Democrats and more moderate Democrats.

We've got an interesting general election here in Orange County, where we have two Republicans that are trying to out-Trump each other between Ken Calvert and Young Kim.

That's the kind of race that we traditionally s- would see in primaries, and I think we saw in some, where they're both trying to look like the strongest possible Trump supporter.

And that was a function of the redistricting, where these Republican districts were combined when Newsom pushed the California redistricting in response to what was happening in Texas.

All of them figuring out a way to increase Latino power at the expense of seats held by Blacks and others in city council.

What does that tell you? Who are these people? Who are the racists? Who are the ones who believe in merit? Who are the ones who want a colorblind society versus ones who want a color-coordinated society? Who? Coming up, we're gonna talk to California Republican Congressman Ken Calvert.

His district was redesigned, and the Democrats hoped that he would end up running against a Democrat.

Instead, he ended up running against another Republican.

It is part of Orange County, part of the Inland Empire.

He was first elected to Congress in 1992, has been serving in Congress since then.

Please welcome to the program Republican Congressman Ken Calvert.

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All of the individual endorsements are at the end, but, uh, spoiler alert, I have not parted ways with the Republican Party of Orange County at all except in one race.

Um, they are not giving an endorsement for, uh, the Ken Calvert and, um, Young Kim.

Is that 72? I can never remember.

They're not giving an endorsement for that race, uh, or for, excuse me, 42.

They are, uh, because it's two Republicans, they have choses- chosen not to endorse.

I am endorsing Ken Calvert.

I...

Young Kim's fine.

Yeah.

Although one of the more interesting one has two Republicans running, you know, Young Kim versus Ken Calvert, who are both currently in Congress.

And they are going at it, you know, hammer and tong at each other.

That one's going to be very interesting.

Because the US Army announced last year, this is from The Intercept, that it had enough evidence, uh, or that it had enough of a specific model of armored vehicle, and that any more deliveries would be, quote, "excess." But even so, Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle, and executives at the company that produces the vehicle found a way to flood key members of Congress with campaign donations.

In the weeks after this year's appropriations bill passed, employees of AM General or its parent company donated tens of thousands of dollars to key Appropriations Committee members in both chambers, Senator Susan Collins and Republican Representative Ken Calvert.

Collins is separately facing scrutiny over a report from ProPublica that the FBI investigated an alleged pay-to-play scheme involving a major donor, an ex-defense contractor.

Collins' office now denies it, but there's-- and there's no indication that AM General's donations were part of a scheme, what they give nonetheless demonstrates how Collins' campaign account has grown with the help from employees at defense contractors doing business with the government.

They still travel together.

This past weekend, I was in St. Paul for a national security conference that was chaired by Betty McCollum and Ken Calvert, right? Ed Case was there.

Jake Elsie was there.

And, you know, the goal of that conference is to provide innovation to the warfighter, right? Do it at scale, do it at speed.

All right.

But Ken Calvert, who was running in another district, he got his district chopped up.

And this dude is human scum, right? This guy's been in Congress for 33 years.

And I remember him because he used to represent a neighboring district to me.

Right.

Well, in this district, which is they consolidated it into about an 80 percent Republican district.

Ken Calvert and Young Kim are both Republicans.

They got the majority of the votes.

Republican-

Yeah, the Young- Young Kim, Kevin- Ken Calvert in, uh-

Exactly

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