Scott Wiener’s AI Stunt Just Blew Up In His Face

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Welcome back to the takeout. California congressional candidate, Scott Weiner has deleted an AI chatbot that his campaign produced mimicking his opponent, Connie Chan. And if you saw the story that we did on this on Monday. He not only had the chat bot, but he had billboards in San Francisco that said to check it out. It said, let's do nothing together, Connie Chan.a.I. And somebody vandalized one of those billboards and wrote, Scott Weiner is White Devil. And White was misspelled to W-I-T-E. Weiner says that AI chatbot was meant to highlight what he described as Chan's obstructionist record on a whole range of issues among them housing. But critics said it... Seriously, you want to talk about a class of people that have no creativity whatsoever? They're called political consultants and they come up with terrible ideas like this every single day. And they charge a fortune for it too. All right, which is the dumber idea? paying for an AI chat bot, they get you all kinds of unwanted attention, or hiring a bear to go up and down with you throughout the state of California, John Cox. Well, the AI chatbot can't mull you to death, so I'm going to vote for the bear. mocked her with racist and sexist undertones. Weiner blamed Chan's campaign, alleging it, quote, bombarded the chatbot with repeated malicious questions about her accent, her race, her citizenship in order to generate a false narrative they could peddle to the media. But that's what people do with chatbots. They keep asking things over and over and over again until it gets what it wants. You didn't know that, Weiner? The chatbot refused them every time. Well, to check up on that, we're going to turn to Connie Chan herself. Is that true, Connie Chan, that your campaign bombarded this chatbot with all sorts of insidious questions? Well, it's good to be with you, Major. Let me just say, as a mom of a 13-year-old, my 13-year-old asks all sorts of questions online, and that it is always the responsibility of the one that provides that answers. to make sure that it is factual. Wait, wait, wait, wait. So she's saying it was her 13-year-old child who asked the chat bot if she was an illegal alien? No, she's using her 13-year-old child asking questions to chat TPT as an example. I don't think her child was the one asking about her legal status on Connie Chan.aI.I. I think. And not sexist and not racist. And clearly here, my opponent's chatbot did not do that. It mock my accent and say that my accent is so thick that I cannot even understand myself. It sounds like she's doing insult comedy about herself now.

What is she channeling her inner Don Rickles? Or answer like questioning my birth certificates that is held up at a planning commission. And that, those are really problematic. I mean, okay, so it shows a screenshot right here on what people were doing. So they typed in Connie Chan.AI, and they just typed in accent. And according to the chat bot that Scott Wiener's idiot political consultant put together, it said, I'm afraid my San Francisco accent is so thick that I barely understand myself, let alone, I can't weigh it on this one. Talk about a self-inflicted wound. And he was way up in the polls. Like, what are you doing? He thought this would go viral. I mean, it is for all the wrong reasons, white devil Scott Weiner. Though I think for my opponent, it's making the right decision to take it down. That judgment is questionable. And he also took billboards down. So in this part of the campaign, these decisions that Mr. Weiner made, do you regard them as overtly sexist and racist? Oh, absolutely. If you ever wonder why certain videos make the show prep list. Absolutely. Absolutely. It's for stuff like that. But the question is actually bigger than that. It's the fact that he is bought and paid for by A-by companies and now have made- A-by companies? Wait, he's not owned by the bisexuals. I think what she was going to do is say APEC. That's what she wanted to say. Because right now, that's the group that they all go after in the Democratic primaries. How do you, as a political candidate, appeal to the bisexual community? Because they like a lot of choices.

the decision to use these chatbots, these technology, to mock me and tell stories about our campaign and myself. And that, using that... You know what? You should fight fire with fire. What Connie Chan should start doing is using chat GPT and different AI models to put that picture of Scott Weiner in the leather outfit and all kinds of inappropriate places. I'll imagine that. Having a whole conversation with AI Scott Wiener in a leather harness where you're asking him about his position on Ukraine. I wouldn't even refer to positions when you're asking him those questions. AI technology in the campaign and political campaign spreading misinformation is a bigger problem for all of us and that we should all pay attention to it. So however this race ends up. Right now. We're in the middle of a five to six minute interview. And Major Garrett, professional reporter, is trying to figure out, well, now what do I ask her about? It's going to be the longest six minutes of his life. Democrat's going to go to the house in Nancy Pelosi's stead. So what is the fundamental difference between you and Scott Wiener? Why are you a better person to send to Washington instead of him? That's why this whole race is so silly because... They're the exact same when you talk about a voting record in Washington, D.C. They have big differences on local issues when it comes to zoning and housing and those sorts of things. But when it comes to how they would vote as a member of the Democratic caucus, I don't think there's any daylight between the two of them. Now, for any common sense person, an easy layup to this question would be, well, I'm going to make sure that on a federal level, we don't do what Scott Weiner did on the state level and legalize knowingly giving someone AIDS. Yeah, that seems like it would be a good issue to use against him with. Because we're here to do the people's work and making sure that working people have health care, have affordable child care. Oh, we're going right into the cliche territory, are we? Okay, so the question was, what's the difference between you and your opponent? And now she's going to go into the stump speech. Yep. have a free city college that we have in San Francisco that provide access to higher education. Actually, I don't know if she knows what she's talking about at this point. What does that have to do with the federal government? It's a local issue. This happens from time to time. I have interviewed people running for Congress, and they have no idea what it is the job that they're running for. Nope.

know that it is time for us to abolish ice. We believe in that agenda, not only that we can deliver that agenda on day one. How are you going to deliver on that agenda? Usually it goes the opposite, though, the opposite way, where someone runs for local office and they want to abolish ice or they want to stop Trump or they want to, I don't know, get rid of the border itself. And you go, okay, well, you're running for city council, so you have zero ability to do any of that. She's running for a federal office, and all she wants to talk about is community college. First generation immigrant. I came to San Francisco's Chinatown with my single mom and a younger brother. I know how hard it is for working families in San Francisco. We know that they need a break. We need a break. And I have what it takes. Scott Wiener, my opponent actually is, again, not only that he took corporate pack, bought and paid for by AI company. Oh, we're doing the Katie Porter thing. Little deep. Just a little bit. and crypto companies. We know that he's just not able to hold these companies and corporation accountable. Hey, that's the name of our podcast. A new episode drops today. Clearly, using the AI chatbot as a way to campaign show us questionable judgments. Can he even actually hold these AI companies accountable? Clearly not. I would argue you could also say Scott Weiner has shown poor judgment by his de facto legalization of prostitution in an incredibly misguided attempt to protect trans prostitutes. Doesn't he also want to decriminalize adults having sex with children because he says it disproportionately impacts the gay community? Yeah, he wants to have this line where if, you know, if there's like less than a 10 year age difference, then it's really not that big of a deal. Like what? Oh, boy. He says your resume on the San Francisco Council is one of obstructionism, that you block all sorts of good ideas from happening. He also says, For all intents and purposes, your current campaign has been overtaken by Nancy Pelosi. Well, obviously. Yeah, because her campaign was going nowhere fast until Nancy Pelosi took over. Although, I'm thinking about the timing of this because this dropped yesterday afternoon. Did Connie do this interview when Nancy was over at Politico? Because I'm sure Nancy would have told her not to do this interview. Oh, that shock caller would be going off. Respond to both. Well, like, let me first say that we say no to the rich and powerful. We say no to Donald Trump's cuts to health care and public education. So I'm very comfortable saying no when it comes to defending San Franciscans, our right to health care, our rights to education, our rights to immigrant and LGBTQ rights. So I'm very comfortable saying no, and it's regrettable that, you know, there are people who are uncomfortable.

hearing an immigrant woman policymaker saying no to the rich and powerful. Now, look, when it comes to Speaker of Matt on Nancy Pelosi, I'm so grateful for her mentorship. And because that her advice is what also part of what made our campaign so powerful. Well, without her, you would have been in complete obscurity. Oh, if it weren't for Nancy Pelosi, she wouldn't have made the November ballot. It would have been Weiner versus, and I'm going to screw it up. Sidecart Chakrabati. Yes. See, I say it so you don't have to. Today, neck and neck with my opponent, and we have a solid path to victory. It's a very exciting time for us, and we're ready to deliver a working people's agenda in Congress. On what evidence are you citing that you're neck and neck? There's not been a lot of polling, but the most recent polling, obviously in the primary, showed you trailing Scott Wiener somewhat substantially. Good question. I think she has Joe Biden's pollster. Yeah, I mean, we have a poll that we have conducted and we also have seen a poll that conducted by others in San Francisco. One, the one that we conducted is showing us at 40 to 45, we're at 40%, but with 44, 4.4% of margin in errors. And then that we see that other. So he's got a 20 point lead is what you're saying? No, I think, well, I think she said that he's at 45 and she's at 40. with the margin of error of 4.5%. This has reported in the news reporting that, you know, my opponent at 39%, we're at 38%. So we're very excited. Look, again, you know, we've been counted out before the primary. I understand that as, again, as an immigrant woman policymaker, oftentimes people wanted to say that there's no way we could win this or anywhere. But we are, here we are, and we're going to general election, and we're very, really excited about our chances of winning. Connie Chan, I appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Major. That is six minutes of Major Garrett's life that he's never getting back. Believe it or not, she is to the left of Scott Weiner. And I think that's the reason that she's not attacking him on all of those outrageous pieces of legislation that he was behind in Sacramento. Because she probably agrees with him. Well, that's the thing. If you oppose Scott Weiner on some of the insane things that he has proposed and gotten passed in the legislature, it's a layup to campaign against him. But if you're on the same page with you both support knowingly giving people AIDS and not getting criminally charged for it, well, then all right. I guess you can't talk about that one. So I have a new theory on this.

Because Nancy Pelosi, for all of her faults, has pretty good political skills. And for her to get behind someone who's so deficient in that area was kind of surprising to me at first. But when you think about it... Nancy Pelosi's daughter is going to be running for Scott Wiener's state Senate seat, correct? Yes. Okay. If Wiener wins the congressional seat, he'll probably be there for 20 or 30 years. Same thing that Nancy Pelosi did. He's not going anywhere. That is a heavily Democratic district. He is a Democrat politician. He would be a Democrat incumbent running for reelection. in a seat that he probably can't lose if he wanted to. That boxes the daughter out essentially for the rest of her working life. But if Connie Chan gets it and she is a weak backbencher member of Congress, they could find a way to get her out. You make her ambassador to some country. You talk her into running for mayor of San Francisco. You talk her into running for some statewide constitutional office. You get her out of the way. And then the seat is open for Nancy Pelosi's daughter. And she spends a couple of years in the state Senate. Now she's got some actual legislative credentials. And then on to Congress, Nancy Pelosi 2.0, just as Nancy always wanted it to be. I think that's what they're doing here. And they probably had polling that said, you can't beat Scott Weiner. But if you can find someone who can and they can keep the seat warm for a couple of terms, then you can step in and take it. That being said, I would really like to see the headline Nancy Pelosi beats Wiener. What would you do if your online store converted 36% more shoppers? You could take 36% more vacation. Another pinacolada? Yes, please. Open a new retail location. With 36% more square feet. Fantastic. Hire 36% more help. You're hired and you're hired. Shopify has the world's best converting checkout, up to 36% better than other e-commerce platforms. What you do with those extra sales is up to you. Switch to Shopify today at Shopify.com slash listen and get a $1 trial, Shopify.com. Listen.

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For more on this, here is CBSLA. The Trump administration came to Los Angeles today with a blunt message. The federal government is done paying for what they call LA's homeless industrial complex. It's about time. I love it. Boy, between this and Bill Isseley announcing the $5,000 reward, if anyone has information on animal abuse on Skid Row, it is a very good day for Los Angeles and a very bad day for all the people that are doing all the horrible things in Los Angeles. Development Secretary Scott Turner and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. renewed their push to cut off federal funding to the region's top homeless agency, accusing it of waste and corruption. CBS LA's Gio Insignaris is in Echo Park to break down the claims. Gio. Rudy Bay, Pat, good evening to you both. That's right. We are at the Dream Center here in Echo Park, an organization that both secretaries held up as a model for what they consider proper homeless spending. Yeah, this is actually something that's kind of exciting to talk about. One of the things the federal government is looking to do is to reinvest resources into faith-based organizations that... typically have more rules than the housing first shelters. You want to talk about a great example, the Union Rescue Mission, which we do a lot of work with here in Southern California, the Salvation Army in the Bay Area. Because there is a religious aspect, we decide in the city and the county of the state not to fund those programs, even though they have a much better track record than what we have and all the stuff that we're doing. So we've always said, You know, if you want to solve this problem real quickly, give the Union Rescue mission a bunch of money, and they'll show you how it's done. How great would it be if Trump just went right to those organizations and gave them the money and cut Barbara Ferrer and Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom out of the deal? How do you feel about that one, Babs? Next slide. The money used to help those who are struggling with homelessness. Both of them argued that any taxpayer money should be tied to measurable results and that any organization receiving federal funding should be held accountable for how those. Hey, that's the name of our podcast. It comes up live in 22 minutes. Those dollars are spent. But that message is meeting some resistance from a federal judge and from the organization that they are trying to defund. At the Dream Center, a faith-based organization that takes people off the street and into recovery, two Trump cabinet secretaries put taxpayer-funded homelessness programs in L.A. on notice, including the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, also known as Lhasa. They will not receive another sin of American taxpayer money until they can account for every single dollar. Well, they're never going to be able to do that. No, no, they just want to steal the money.

And they want to enrich themselves in the process. Including Karen Bass's former appointed head of Lhasa. Dr. Valicia Adams-Kellam, who had a salary of $430,000 a year, who then was caught writing checks from Lhasa to her husband's nonprofit. Secretary Scott Turner says the agency has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars with little accountability and zero results, arguing that California's failed policies have ignited a, quote, drug-fueled homelessness crisis. I am so glad to hear somebody with authorities saying this and saying it where it needs to be heard, Los Angeles, the drug den of the United States. It's not a housing problem. It's a permissive attitude about drug use. The days of funding corrupt failure are over. The Trump administration will not fund a homeless industrial complex any longer. Back in June, Lhasa filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development after it moved to suspend critical federal homelessness funding for the Los Angeles region. A fight today's announcement only escalated. The secretary said- Think about that for a second. For Lhasa to take them to court, they're saying, we have a constitutional right to this money so we can blow it. Yep. It's to stop writing blank checks and steer the money to results and to faith-based programs like the Dream Center. We don't minister just to people's need. We minister to people's potential. Compassion requires us to ask whether... Oh, who invited him? He works. Whether money reaches the people who need it. Actually, the reason that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was there was to specifically take shots at Javier Milei. Good. And whether those people are becoming healthier, safer, and more independent. But the message from the podium running... When he was running for president, one of the things he did was by time on radio stations, including like a block show. Imagine listen to that for an hour. He used to host a radio show when Air America was a thing. Before the voice thing or after? After. Yikes. It was right into the courts. Just last Friday, a federal judge struck down the Trump administration's plan to overhaul more than $4 billion in homeless funding nationwide. It's the second time this year a judge has blocked the effort. And here in L.A., about $240 million is on the line. A late August deadline to apply is looming. But with losses funding under threat and the ruling throwing the timeline into question, it's far from settled. The housing first model is a failed model. Hearing the federal government say that out loud is music to my ears. It's wild to me that the feds get it, but everyone locally...

is wed to Housing First, from Gavin Newsom to the Board of Supervisors to Bass and everyone in between. Well, and Housing First was originally idea developed during the Obama administration. They came out with some guidelines for what it meant. Holly Mitchell decided to take that. kick it up a notch to insanity and enshrine it in state law where we had to have no barriers to getting you into housing, which meant we were allowing you to do drugs, to buy drugs, to sell drugs, and to OD in your government-provided shelter. We're committed to the reforms that we're putting forth. Meantime, in response to today's announcement, Lhasa called the Trump administration's accusations not based on fact. How many stories do we have of corrupt organizations linked to Lhasa that have no accounting for where the money went, except all these people have fancy houses and cars now? I love the fact also that they're not supposed to be a political institution, yet they're involved in the political food fight with the Trump administration. Saying in a statement, quote, as numerous audits have shown, no evidence of abuse or graft has ever been presented. We have evidence of it every single day. Okay, isn't there a fight between the county and the city over the corruption in that organization? Yes, and think about some of the charges that Bill Isseley has dropped against loss of providers just in the last year alone, including the guy that was supposed to be paid to feed the homeless in a Karen Bass homeless shelter, bought them all ramen noodles, and pocketed the money so he could go to Greece. There was that. In addition, we have cooperated with the federal government on their provider fraud investigations. It is unfortunate that they continue to play politics with funds that keep more than 11,000 vulnerable people housed in our community. There's over 80,000 in the county that you're not doing a damn thing about. And again, they don't have the time or the effort or the money to get the homeless people off the streets, but they have the time, the effort, and the money to fight with the Trump administration. That shows you where their priorities are.

Now, the court fight over L.A.'s funding is separate from that nationwide ruling. A judge here could decide by the end of the month deadline whether that money keeps flowing. In the meantime, we also reached out to Karen Bass's office for comment on today's event, but we've yet to hear back. Reporting from Echo Park on Gio and Cignares, CBSLA. There you go. The federal government is turning off the well for federal funding for L.A.'s failed homeless programs, and it is about damn time. Finally, some good news. Mike Drop, hosted by former Navy CEO, Mike Ridland. What is your take? Was it what you expected? Oh, it was the best thing ever. It was something I always wanted to do. If you show me a clear goal, I'm like, okay, I can do that. Master Chief. He's like, you realize there's about 1% chance that you make it through. 1%. That's all I need Master Chief. My platoon went home early, and I just went up to my chief, and I was like, I'm not going home. Turns out I'm staying. That's when we go to war. Yeah. I was like, okay, I could get used to this. Mike Drop, follow and listen on your favorite platform. If you're watching us live at johnny don't like.com and haven't clicked that like button please do so it's the thumbs up just look at it as a way to spread the message to other people who may not be exposed to us yet it's the Best thing you can do to help us spread the message. So please click that button if you haven't clicked it so far. And we're already at over 300 today. So thank you so much. That's like unlocking the key. And all of a sudden, YouTube's going to start pushing us to all kinds of new people. So thank you. All right. It's now time to open up the California crime blotter. It's happened yet again. I see. Time for the California crime blotter. And surprise, surprise, this one takes us back to the city of Dumpy. It not only takes us to Oakland, but it takes us to an Oakland 7-Eleven that got robbed twice in one day. We can't have nice things, but it's a nice place to be. And this is a different story than the one earlier this year where in Oakland got robbed twice in one day. This is getting so bad. I don't know how 7-Eleven staffs their operations. Well, we found out that it's very, very, very difficult. People don't want to work these jobs. They don't pay anything, and they're very dangerous. If the cashier is dummy. You might get shot at. For more, here is NBC in the Bay. The news that six starts right now. Good evening. And thanks for being with us on this Tuesday. I'm Raj Mathie. And I'm Jessica Aguirre brazen and violent. That is how the owner of a 7-Eleven in Oakland is describing the barrage of robberies he's faced in his store. You never want certain words to be attributed to you. Barrage of robbery surely isn't one. On Fifth and International Boulevard. Hey, wait. That's where the prostitutes are. Yes, it is. You think the prostitutes are standing there with a slurpy when they look for Johns? Of smash and grab thieves. Not once, but twice. And on the same day. Oh, poor Oakland. If the cashier is dummy.

And all caught on camera. Our Damien Trujillo has spent the day talking to him. He joins us now. The owner also owns this convenience store in the East Bay as well, and he says he can't afford to close. So notice that they're not even doing the shot at the 7-Eleven. They're in a different part of the East Bay, like Walnut Creek doing this shot. Yeah, well, it's dangerous at the other location. It happened on Saturday in the middle of the day. That looks like a bunch of jackass teenagers. Boys and girls. Look at that. Equal Opportunity A-Holes. Video shows a large group of people storming the 7-Eleven on 5th and International in Oakland. Also, you saw how many bicycles? Was this an e-biking gang? Could be. Very scary, you know, because we can cover the cost of the damage, but we can take a life back. Bring your life back. D.A. Brar says this is the fifth time this year. His 7-Eleven has been hit by robbers and vandals. On Saturday, he says the clerk locked the doors after the first crime. This video is wild. Did you see how short that skirt was on that girl? Well, she's preparing for a future career on International Boulevard. Well, she doesn't have to go far. They came back. They decided to break in, you know, they used a crowbar or something. They had some piece of metal in their hand, and they used it to smash all the windows. Windows, I was not to give them a crowbar. I think that was a prostitute. Oh, my. Could be. Brar says his store has sustained roughly $25,000 in damage this year. And Brar says he thinks crimes like this. You can't make that back on big gulps. Why are they blurring out the faces of the people who are robbing the store? We should all know who they are. I think it's state law. If they're under age, you cannot broadcast their faces. So they're most likely teenagers. Are the reason so many other stores and franchises have left Oakland. But he says he can't afford to close because he's on a long-term lease. He also said, You know what? I would go ahead and trigger that fight. Tell you, landlord, I'm getting out. Because this is not a safe place to do business. Who in the world would the landlord rent to if it's too dangerous for a 7-Eleven? Because he doesn't feel like he can add bars to the windows or stronger locks on the doors. These stores, these quarter of gas stations or 7-Eleven stores are called convenience stores, right? It's convenient for the customer and convenient for the criminal. Did you notice that after they robbed the store, they came back to throw more rocks through more windows that hadn't been broken yet? Yep. Crime is down in Oakland, right? Oh, yeah. Where a customer can get in and out within three to five minutes for their essential needs. So no.

I would not close the doors. I would not put the bars there. These are convenience stores. The customers should be able to come in and pick what they want. We reached out to Oakland PD for comment but have not heard back yet. Tonight, Brar says all he can do is advise his employees. Be safe, be vigilant. and protect themselves at any cost. Close the door if they see a big group again. It's hard to hire employees, retain them, and, you know, we are very much concerned for our employee's safety. Tonight, Brars 7-Eleven remains open and hopes the city can figure out how to keep this convenience store and so many other businesses safer. In the East Bay, Damien, through Hio, NBC Bay Area News. There you go. Just straight up wilding going on as a 7-Eleven in the city of dumpy gets robbed not once, but twice in one day. You can't have nice things, but it's a nice place to be. I don't see how you win in the situation if you're the owner. Because if you turn it into Fort Knox, you put bars up. Maybe you have to buzz people in. whatever. It's not a convenient way to shop. They're called convenience stores. You have to be able to get in, get your cup of coffee, get your newspaper, get your lottery tickets, whatever, and get out. If it becomes a whole production, you're not going to go there because it's not convenient anymore at that point. If You have a bunch of different clerks or clerks and security guards. Your security guard at some point is going to engage with these people. And then they're going to be accused of battering a child or racism or use of force or whatever. And then you're going to get in trouble for that. And then if you close the doors, they're going to say, well, it's a food desert. There's no. available food in this neighborhood. There's no produce. There's no milk. There's no options. And so we can't have that. So why did everyone close down? Remember in San Francisco when there were supermarkets that closed down, the politicians went after them for closing down? They wanted to go after any supermarket that closed down that's sitting on an empty vacant lease because, well, they're just trying to prevent the competition, not that they closed because of crime and shoplifting. So if you own one of those stores, there's nothing you can do where you win. So the acceptable answer from the point of view, I guess, of the city is you just have to stay open and get robbed. And I don't see how people do that over the long term. It's part of the reason that none of us can buy insurance because this sort of thing goes on all the time. There you go. For the umpteenth time, a burglary and robbery of a 7-Eleven in Oakland.

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