California gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa argued the state’s homelessness crisis, soaring gas prices and rising costs happened under Democratic policies, saying Democrats "can’t put everything on Donald Trump."
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat running for California governor, said Saturday that California Democrats cannot blame PresidentDonald Trumpfor the state's homelessness and affordability crises.
Villaraigosa said Democrats still need to confront problems created under their own party’s leadership after calling Trump "a threat to our democracy."
"But we can’t put everything on Donald Trump. We havethe highest homelessnessin 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 said on MS NOW's "The Weekend: Primetime."
Antonio Villaraigosa argues California Democrats need to stop blaming Trump and confront the state’s rising costs and homelessness crisis.(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
NEWSOM CONFRONTED ON CALIFORNIA BEING THE 'HIGHEST COST OF LIVING' STATE IN THE US AMID AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
The former mayor, who served from 2005 to 2013, said his candidacy is built around confronting his own party on thecost-of-living issues facing Californians.
"I’ve been the stink bomb in the elevator, if you will, in challenging some of this," Villaraigosa said. "And so this candidacy is important."
Villaraigosa also predicted California’s top-two primary system would still produce a Democrat-versus-Republican general election, rather thantwo Republicans advancing.
"We had a Senate race, it was a Democrat and Republican. The last governor’s race was a Democrat and Republican. That’s what this one will be," Villaraigosa said. "In fact, the experts have said there’s a better chance of two Democrats than two Republicans."
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
