The Sovietization of California

Okay, Mr. Prager, quick question. My husband and I are deeply rooted in Los Angeles. All our family's here. He has his, um, he's a physician, he has his practice. I'm a piano teacher, I have my students. Our whole family's here, and I am so upset with politics in California that I just want to pick up and move to Florida, but I don't know if it's the right decision, and I wanted to know your input.

Except for the friends and relatives, of course it's the right decision. The left has done to California what it did to universities and to the arts and to basketball and football. It ruins everything it touches. I never thought California could be ruined, and they have done it. Fecal matter. You have to step over human feces in San Francisco. They're a tsunami of destruction that people vote Democrat is, uh, is astonishing to me. Anyway, uh, I am the exact same position you are. I, I have— I don't have family here, that's, that's true.

Okay.

But I do have a world here. It's, it's not— I mean, everyone, just about everyone in my life other than my kids and their families is here. And, uh, it's very, very hard to leave. I, I would love to leave, to be honest. And ultimately we may be forced, but you're young. I don't know, I don't have an answer for you because of the relatives and friends question. Now you, you obviously, you'll, you'll make new friends in Florida, although that's just an odd way to regard friends. You're, you know, you're— no friend is substitutable, right? So, uh, but I mean, you can maintain contact, but it's not the same as being there. I don't— so I I can't answer you. I will only ask you one thing. I didn't know you were a piano teacher.

Uh-huh. Yeah, I'm a piano teacher.

So are you— so you're into music?

I am. And I love— and I enjoy your, um, I love your taste in music. And I know you love classical music and you're a music buff. So I've always liked that about you.

Yes. Well, I hope one day—

But I have a question, Mr. Prager.

Yeah.

Do you see a brighter future in Florida than California?

Yes, if they keep electing Republicans. I was just there. Read my column, The Sovietization of California. What it felt like last month to fly from Florida to California. It was the first time since I moved here in 1976 that I rued coming back to California. Newsom and the Democrats have continued to ruin it. The freedom I felt in Florida. I stood up in a restaurant in Florida, in Fort Lauderdale. I stood up in a restaurant and I took a picture of people eating inside the restaurant. So I was recognized by somebody who was dining there. He came over to me, he said, "Oh, so you're taking a picture of people eating inside a restaurant, eh?" He knew exactly what I was doing. He knew who I was, knew I lived in California. That this was something to bring back, a souvenir of Florida. People could eat, could eat out, could eat inside a restaurant. I went on Fox News, I was on Fox Sunday. Oh, I meant to play that for you. I was on Fox and Friends Sunday. I was on Fox the week before, and I had mentioned, I had asked my question. Why can you eat without a mask 2 inches from someone on an airplane? You can't eat without a mask 6 feet from someone in a restaurant. We all know the reason has nothing to do with health. It's because the Democrats don't give a damn about small businesses, but they do give a damn about American, Delta, and United. We'll be back.