Democratic candidate: 'Can't put everything' wrong with California on Trump
Key takeaways
- Villaraigosa kicked off an interview on MS NOW s The Weekend: Primetime calling the president a threat to our democracy before shifting to his criticism of policies in California.
- But we can t put everything on Donald Trump, Villaraigosa said.
- Villaraigosa compared himself to the stink bomb in the elevator, if you will, in challenging some of this, and so this candidacy is important.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Villaraigosa kicked off an interview on MS NOW s The Weekend: Primetime calling the president a threat to our democracy before shifting to his criticism of policies in California.
But we can t put everything on Donald Trump, Villaraigosa said. We have the highest homelessness in the United States of America. The highest gas prices, the highest utilities, the highest home prices. People can t afford rent. And those happened under Democratic policies.
Villaraigosa compared himself to the stink bomb in the elevator, if you will, in challenging some of this, and so this candidacy is important. He said Democrats in California need to understand how to make changes that appeal to the middle when asked about his opposition to a proposed billionaire tax.