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Will Rollins: “90% of [Republicans] want the same thing that we all want on…”

Featuring: Will Rollins, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House California, District 41

Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA

Published August 28, 2022 | Video Starts at 21:42

And then you enact it so there's no longer an option. And the question is, how do we mobilize people to make it happen? Because I know it's possible. Even polling among 90% of [Republicans] want the same thing that we all want on [banning corporate campaign contributions]. this, right. 90% of moderates, of independents, excuse me. I mean, we all want this to happen. (21:42–21:44)

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“Ken Calvert...gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 02:37-15:32
“Ken Calvert...bought up vacant parcels of land, earmarked federal highway transportation dollars for a new development near his own real…”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 02:37-17:00
“Ken Calvert...used his franked mailing privileges in May...to promote his own record before that June 7 primary.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 02:37-19:27
“I spent the last five years as a federal prosecutor where I specialized in counterterrorism and counterintelligence cases.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 03:02-03:11
“I'm the only candidate in this race who spent the last five years working day and night to protect every single person who lives in this…”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 04:48-04:57
“I started my job in September of 2016.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 05:17-05:20
“It was against a doctor who was prescribing opioids in exchange for cash.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 05:29-05:37
“He was using Medicare beneficiaries, our tax dollars, by the way, to write the prescriptions.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 05:49-05:55
“I worked on some really difficult gang violence cases involving MS 13, the Sinaloa cartel.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 06:23-06:41
“A drug dealer who was conspiring with a flight attendant to bring millions of dollars of cocaine on commercial jets from LaX to New York.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 06:29-06:41
“Against a Ponzi scheme organizer who defrauded hundreds of seniors out of their retirement savings.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 06:41-06:49
“Against a guy who operated a fake lottery scam. Again, defrauding seniors.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 06:49-06:54
“There's been a huge rise in the threats that this country faces from domestic extremism.”
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“An incident like January 6, which led to 140 police officers being injured.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 07:48-07:54
“Ken Calvert called for dropping charges against the people who attacked our capital.”
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“Ken Calvert said that the FBI is infiltrated by rot.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 08:21-08:43
“She [Shereena Kharani] has endorsed me.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 09:15-27:28
“Let's create a modern and revitalized version of the fairness doctrine.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 10:13-10:18
“Require transparency in advertising.”
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“This kind of technology is something that the Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians are all too eager to exploit.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 10:47-10:56
“Accountability for big tech.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 11:52-11:55
“Those same rules that apply to small business owners have to apply to the largest multibillion dollar corporations.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 12:14-12:24
“They are not above the law, just like anybody else.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 12:36-12:39
“Roughly four [companies] control the oil market in the United States.”
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“Shell posting $9 billion in record quarterly profit recently and keeping a margin of 20%.”
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“Ken Calvert just did [vote] against the price gouging legislation.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 15:23-15:27
“Ken Calvert...violated state law when they got access to [a parcel of land].”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 16:37-16:42
“You refuse to take corporate pacs, and you honor that pledge.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 20:51-20:55
“Some of the first pieces of legislation that I hope to sign on to are things like what Katie Porter has introduced...around banning…”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 22:05-22:15
“Some of her legislation around banning stock trades and making it illegal and leveling that playing field.”
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“My opponent voted against red flag laws.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 25:12-25:16
“70% of voters in this district believe that the government should stay out of our bedrooms, by the way, and that women should have the right…”
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“We are all between that $70 to $100,000 years and $100,000 median income in the county.”
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“When we're paying 20% to 30% a year in taxes and people like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are paying zero.”
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“Democrats have a couple thousand vote registration advantage [in this congressional district].”
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“We came within 2000 votes combined of Calvert.”
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“We have got to start meaningfully investing in upgrading our water infrastructure.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 31:25-31:31
“Riverside county is one of the most vulnerable places in California that's going to have to deal with an ever increasing drought.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 31:37-31:45
“80% of our water usage is often coming from agriculture.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 32:11-32:15
“The number one thing that we can do for homelessness in Riverside county is increase the supply of affordable housing.”
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“Developers have not been able to meet the demand for affordable housing.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 34:15-34:21
“When you pair treatment with affordable housing in proximity, you see much better results.”
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“The Desert AIDS project, which has affordable housing, pairs that with a treatment center right across the street, 200 yards away, and their…”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 35:35-35:49
“Women's reproductive freedom is on the line this November.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 36:44-36:48
“Mitch McConnell [is] already talking about a national abortion ban.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 36:53-36:57
“Kevin Calvert voted, joined the lawsuit to overturn Roe, and it got overturned.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 37:03-37:08
“Ken Calvert have voted to allow child predators to sue to prevent their victims from getting an abortion.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 37:12-37:19
“He just voted against the bill that would have made it a federal law to protect contraception access across the United States.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 37:28-37:36
“He voted against the legislation just a couple of weeks ago that was designed to allow women the freedom to leave states where abortion is…”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 37:35-37:47
“Every time you refresh the registrar, there are more and more democrats in this congressional district.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 39:14-39:19
“Voted against things like expanding Bundy Road in Menifee.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 42:16-42:22
“Voted against things like expanding the I 15 corridor.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 42:21-42:25
“Voted against capping costs for seniors at $2,000 a year for medication.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 42:26-42:33
“Voted against allowing Medicare to negotiate directly for prescription drugs.”
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“In 2017, FHA was scheduled to basically reduce, help reduce mortgage premiums.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 44:33-44:39
“Trying to make sure that FHA actually does meaningfully reduce mortgage premiums and expands access.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 44:55-45:03
“Orange county just saw its first median home price crossed a million bucks for the first time in history last year.”
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“The 2017 tax cuts, because with the salt deduction being taken off the table and with the mortgage interest deduction being capped at a…”
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“My opponent voted for [the 2017 tax cuts] and ended up screwing all of us because we've got homes that are much more expensive.”
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“Two years for House Rep. I think is fair.”
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“What's broken is the campaign finance system.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 47:58-48:01
“People like me needing to spend 90% of their time fundraising to be competitive.”
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“Ken Calvert who's been there for 30 years.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 48:48-48:52
“I think filibuster, we've got to get rid of that. And look, I think that this, this is a relic of Jim Crow in a lot of ways.”
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“It is something that has been used again and again and again to beat back crucial progress on things like voting rights.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 50:10-50:18
“Republicans have won the popular vote one time since 1988. George W. Bush, 2004.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 52:07-52:17
“That is remarkable that they have a six three majority on the courthouse, and that is just not reflective of the will of the american…”
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“I would support doing is looking at something like having federal circuit judges have a minimum of ten years experience and then randomly…”
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“I think we should absolutely look at it, because the issue is the american people's faith in the court as an institution has diminished…”
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“Mitt Romney ran in 2012, paid about two or 3% on 200 million plus in income.”
Will Rollins at a DSRC Town Hall - 8.17.2022 - Wildomar, CA | Uploaded August 28, 2022 | 54:43-54:50
“We've got to look at how we make billionaires and millionaires pay their fair share.”
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