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Rick Caruso's Mayoral Ad and the Americana Mall

from #292 - Do It Quietly | The Tim Dillon Show · #292

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Tim introduces LA mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, mocks his campaign ad about building malls and his 'faith family community' branding, and jokes about building a version of the Americana mall exclusively for homeless people.

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  • Tim praises Rick Caruso for building the Americana in Glendale and jokes he plans to build an identical outdoor mall exclusively for homeless people.
  • The homeless crisis is really because homeless people don't have a mall of their own—give them an outdoor mall where they can conduct their business.
  • Caruso's ad calls the Americana a "beloved community center," which Tim identifies as a corporate hellscape.
  • Caruso's campaign message: the city is in a state of emergency with rampant homelessness and politicians only in it for themselves.
  • Tim mocks Caruso's promise to work for a dollar a year: he's already loaded and sick of the city getting less comfortable for him and his friends.
  • For a dollar a year, Tim offers to have LAPD out there with batons every day and use direct energy weapons on homeless people in the middle of the night.
  • The people in Caruso's ad don't even know they're in a Rick Caruso ad—he just took photos of people.
  • Caruso's closing promise: "We can clean up LA," with a link to his action plan at carusofor.com.
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