Jon Slavet

you know, in legislation.

and policies in California, but I asked him, what's the biggest lesson you learned when you were a mayor or the speaker?

And so I would actually have these counterparties across the table, put my priorities on the table and show it.

And he tugged his ear and he said, I listened.

And he said, I was just as likely to have dinner in Tulare, which is farm country here in California as I was San Francisco.

I spent time with people, I formed relationships with people and I cut deals with people.

And to quote Jerry Brown, who I have plenty of policy disagreements with, he said, you know, if you want to make a canoe go straight, sometimes you paddle on the left and sometimes you paddle on the right.

Well, let me say this.

You're correct in what you said so far.

You know, Republicans in California have been very cute about the Trump endorsement.

Okay, I'm quoting two Democrats.

I think Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, the other two serious Republicans in the race who we can talk about.

What I would say is that you got to be practical.

You got to cut deals.

They've said different things about endorsed by Trump.

But sometimes you stand on principle.

Sometimes you use executive order.

I think Chad Bianco said, well, I accept it in private.

Sometimes you use the bully pulpit.

Sometimes you negotiate.