{"id":350715,"date":"2026-06-07T17:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350715\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T17:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:04:14","slug":"steve-hilton-slams-california-politicians-over-lack-of-energy-and-pride-in-vote-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350715\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Hilton slams California politicians over lack of \u2018energy\u2019 and \u2018pride\u2019 in vote counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek\">Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses California\u2019s chaotic primary election process and Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s  \u2018break the glass\u2019 remarks on \u2018Sunday Morning Futures.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"dek long-dek\">California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton analyzes California&#8217;s protracted primary elections, citing voter frustration with Democratic governance after 15+ years without a GOP governor. They discuss how high living costs, homelessness, and crime drive a demand for change. McCarthy criticizes Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s election law changes, arguing they undermine transparency, while Hilton expresses optimism for a Republican shift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses California\u2019s chaotic primary election process and Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s \u2018break the glass\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[118814,7,9,8,14019,118813,5050],"class_list":["post-350715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-breaking-news-videos","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-fox-news","tag-news-videos","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}