"JFK-style Democrat means investing in California, investing in people, teaching financial education, mental health in our schools, breaking the cycle of poverty, crime and homelessness by providing the services that people need.... [W]hen we actually provide the services that people need and we deal with our water and fire crises, then we can reduce the cost to administer a very burdensome government right now, and then we can finally lower taxes, but we've got to start by investing Californians first, and that's what JFK did."

"by far because people can listen to a full idea rather than just the 30-second clip. Most of the issues that we have in our country take much more than 30 seconds to establish a position on... defund the police, school choice. These, these aren't yes or no questions as much as people would like them to be. They're very nuanced."

"Parties are more powerful than ideas. And I think that's very dangerous. So for example if you're a Democrat running in a recall against the Democrat, it's almost impossible to get any Democratic staff—attorneys, campaign finance whatever—because then they would be forever labeled in industry as somebody who's supported a recall against the Democrat, right. And so this is where it doesn't matter how good your ideas are, that doesn't matter. What matters is A) party politics, and B) media. The media loves fireworks; the media loves fireworks and this is why Newsom versus Elder is so popular because they love fireworks. A moderate candidate has a very difficult time getting press attention. So, this is why we have I think such extremism in politics today, partially because the media but that's also what people want to view so you can't blame the viewers. Chicken or egg."