Mehdi Hasan
speaker
850 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Sep
Mehdi Hasan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And as you say, the odds are against him.
Now, I don't buy that you can disconnect yourself from Trump in a place like California, where I think Trump has an even lower approval rating than he does nationally, something like 30%.
I've watched a lot of Steve interviews.
And Steve often cites that 60% of Californians want a change in direction.
They think California is going in the wrong direction.
What he doesn't mention is in that same poll, Californians say the country is going in the wrong direction at even higher numbers.
And that's the bigger point.
Gas prices, for example.
Clearly, California has an issue with higher gas prices than the rest of the country.
I'm not going to deny that.
But the reality is nationwide gas prices are up because of Donald Trump and his ridiculous war in Iran.
And everyone knows that.
So Steve is stuck in that way.
And I think the big problem for Steve, of course, is which Steve is running for office.
And I think you put your finger on it there, Piers, by pointing out
trying to do this dance, where he's like, well, you know, I am also Trump, and I'm endorsed by Trump, but I'm also not Trump, and I'm also different to Trump.
And I think people are going to have to work out which Steve Hilton is running for governor of California.
I knew Steve, as you did, Piers, 10, 15 years ago.
He came on my radar 20 years ago, even, as the compassionate conservative, the moderate conservative.
The guy who got the Conservative Party to take climate change seriously, took David Cameron to the Arctic to take pictures with the Huskies, changed the Tory party motto to a tree.
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