Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s new talk radio show premiered on Monday morning, May 8, on CRN Digital Talk Radio — a conservative-leaning station that also boasts shows hosted by Republican personalities Dennis Prager and Charlie Kirk, among others.
Villanueva was elected in 2018 as a reform-minded Democrat but often clashed with more progressive members of his party, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, other officials within the Sheriff’s Department and the media. In a Saturday, May 6, announcement about the new show, Villanueva said he would use the platform to connect with the public and “continue the fight,” even though he’s no longer in office.
Villanueva’s first episode focused largely on recent crimes that have occurred both around the country and in the Los Angeles-area, including the recent mass shooting in Allen, Texas, that left“We had Monterey Park shooting and the Half Moon Bay shooting in the span of just a few days, and that just shows that violence doesn’t go to a blue state or red state exclusively,” Villanueva said during the Monday show. “You can find find violence and tragedy everywhere.