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Steyer vs. Becerra: California Screamin’

Californians have had the rare opportunity to hear two Democrats “expose” each other -- though often for the wrong reasons.

Richard Kirk | May 29, 2026

For the last three weeks, proletarians in the People’s Republic of California have been inundated with campaign ads for two gubernatorial candidates, billionaire Tom Steyer and machine Democrat office holder Xavier Becerra. Promos for the potato and f-word shot slinger Katie Porter are almost as rare as commercials supporting Steve Hilton, whose televised appearances outside the debate stage are primarily interviews on conservative media networks.

In those debates, the primary qualification for governor on the Democrat side is hatred of Donald Trump -- a longstanding political tactic that not only encourages repeated assassination attempts but also recently cost a Trump supporter in Escondido his life. For those same Democrat candidates, illegals in the state have been transformed into “immigrants” or “all Californians” or “our diverse community” -- a group who, as Porter unintentionally confessed, are responsible for any growth the state has recently experienced. (Nothing is said, of course, about their contribution to the “growth” of rents, housing prices, state budgets, or ER crowds).

All the Democrats likewise tout the abolition of ICE with a passion that slanders these law enforcement officers as members of a “criminal” organization. The Dems also vow to save California’s environment from the evil........

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