California Governor’s Debate Goes Off Rails, Chad Bianco ‘Proud’ of Oath Keeper Ties

Seven candidates for California governor duked it out onstage during Tuesday night’s debate — and two of them got into a heated argument over immigration, with one admitting he was an Oath Keeper!

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa got into a fiery back-and-forth with Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco while discussing undocumented immigrants committing crimes in California.

Villaraigosa, a Democrat, said if an undocumented immigrant killed someone, they should be incarcerated. But Bianco, a Republican, said it’s already too late at that point, meaning the crime has already been committed.     

As they talked over each other, Villaraigosa called Bianco a “bully” and an “Oath Keeper.” Bianco responded that he’s “very proud” of his affiliation with the group, but later claimed he’s no longer a part of it. Check out the clip. It gets pretty ugly.

For anyone living under a rock … the Oath Keepers are a far-right militia group whose members were involved in storming the U.S. Capitol during January 6, 2021, after President Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.