{"id":5422,"date":"2023-08-17T05:32:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T09:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/?p=5422"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T16:11:26","slug":"big-questions-with-big-john-craig-deluz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumblingsmedia.com\/newgmweb\/big-questions-with-big-john-craig-deluz\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Questions with Big John &#8211; Craig DeLuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5422\" class=\"elementor elementor-5422\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6928af6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6928af6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97a5840\" data-id=\"97a5840\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf9ce98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bf9ce98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><br><br><em>The Big Questions with Big John <\/em>is an interview show where our own <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/server.ashoresystems.info\/~sportsgrumblings\/john-t-georgopoulos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big John<\/a> <\/strong>gets to have conversations with interesting people from all walks of life.<br><br>Big John talks with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CraigDeLuz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Craig DeLuz<\/a><\/strong>, who&#8217;s running for office in California&#8217;s 6th Congressional district. DeLuz gives us a peek inside California politics, talks about his campaign to win the GOP primary, the polarization in politics, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Big Questions with Big John - Inside California Politics with Craig DeLuz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LMzV12vvP7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-877\" style=\"width: 20px;\" 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