Firebrand - Matt Gaetz - Episode 6: Under Fire – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-GA) is a conservative firebrand who has been targeted by the Deep State for his opposition to President Donald Trump. Rep. Gaetz has been accused of conspiracy, extremism, and insurrectionism by the deep state, and has been called a traitor by his own party. In response, he has written a blistering letter to his colleagues asking them to join him in calling out the Deep state for their hypocrisy. He has also written a letter asking for a special investigation into the possibility that President Trump may have colluded with the Russians in order to get Hillary Clinton into the White House. And he has been joined by a group of other conservative firebrands who have been targeted as troublemakers by the establishment as well. Rep. Steve Israel (D-NJ) joins the firebrand to speak in support of Congressman Gaetz and to defend him against the charge of "insurgentism" and calls for an investigation into what he calls a "deep state" conspiracy against him and his fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives. Join the conversation by using the hashtag on social media, and , and find out what he thinks of the latest on the latest in the Russia scandal and the latest conspiracy theories surrounding President Trump and the Trump administration. Tweet Me! to let us know what you thought of this episode and what you think of it! . Tweet us your thoughts on this episode of Firebrand: What do you think about it? or do you agree with the Firebrand? or disagree with it? We ll be checking out the response in the comments section below! , tweet us in the latest episode of the podcast! and what do you would like to be featured in the next episode of Firebrandism in next week s episode if you have any thoughts on what you d like to hear from Firebrand Meghan McCain or Trumpism? and/or are looking for more of his response to this episode? ? or are you looking for an update on what we can do better? on what s going to be covered in the future of the impeachment conversation? , tweet us out there on the impeachment or impeachment, or any other thing we should be doing in the impeachment investigation? #Impeachment or impeachment investigation, tweet us an impeachment or something else coming in the coming episode of this podcast? @sean

00:00:01.000 The embattled Congressman Matt Gaetz.

00:00:03.000 Matt Gaetz was one of the very few members in the entire Congress who bothered to stand up against permanent Washington on behalf of his constituents.

00:00:10.000 Matt Gaetz right now, he's a problem in the Democratic Party.

00:00:13.000 He can cause a lot of hiccups in passing the laws.

00:00:16.000 So we're going to keep running the stories to keep hurting him.

00:00:20.000 If you stand for the flag and kneel in prayer, if you want to build America up and not burn her to the ground, then welcome, my fellow patriots!

00:00:29.000 You are in the right place!

00:00:30.000 This is the movement for you!

00:00:32.000 You ever watch this guy on television?

00:00:35.000 It's like a machine.

00:00:36.000 Matt Gaetz.

00:00:37.000 I'm a canceled man in some corners of the internet.

00:00:41.000 Many days I'm a marked man in Congress, a wanted man by the deep state.

00:00:45.000 They aren't really coming for me.

00:00:47.000 They're coming for you.

00:00:49.000 I'm just in the way.

00:00:53.000 There are many people out there who have not given up on seeing Hillary Clinton in the White House.

00:00:58.000 I have an objection.

00:00:59.000 I object to the certificate from the state of Alabama.

00:01:02.000 You can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you.

00:01:07.000 Mr. President, I object to the certificate from the state of Georgia.

00:01:10.000 Mr. President, I object to the votes from the state of Wisconsin.

00:01:14.000 There is circumstantial evidence of collusion.

00:01:16.000 I object to a certificate from the state of North Carolina.

00:01:19.000 Mr. President, I object.

00:01:22.000 You're a member of the judiciary.

00:01:23.000 Do you believe the president right now has been an agent of the Russians?

00:01:26.000 Yes, I think there's more evidence than he is.

00:01:28.000 Yes, and I think all the arrows point in that direction.

00:01:31.000 I haven't seen a single piece of evidence that he's not.

00:01:33.000 I object to the 15 votes from the state of North Carolina.

00:01:35.000 Mr. President, I object on behalf of the millions of Americans.

00:01:39.000 I think there's plenty of evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight.

00:01:42.000 Mr. President, I object to the votes from South Carolina.

00:01:46.000 Mr. President, I object because people are horrified.

00:01:48.000 He's working on behalf of the Russians, yeah.

00:01:50.000 I do not wish to debate.

00:01:52.000 I wish to ask, is there one United States Senator who will join me in this letter? 0.78

00:02:02.000 The hypocrisy from the left is thick, isn't it?

00:02:04.000 Welcome to Firebrand. 0.93

00:02:06.000 I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.

00:02:07.000 Your congressional firebrands are under fire.

00:02:11.000 I'm used to it, but the target radius is expanding daily.

00:02:15.000 Some of the newer firebrands, Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene, The establishment tries to clip their wings early. 0.99

00:02:23.000 Kill them in the crib, one might say. 0.99

00:02:25.000 But we need them to save our country. 0.99

00:02:28.000 Nancy Pelosi's January 6th committee, salted with turncoat Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, has put the phone records of 11 elected lawmakers under binding preservation demand.

00:02:41.000 Collectively, we represent nearly 8 million Americans.

00:02:44.000 So, why us?

00:02:47.000 Why these members?

00:02:50.000 You know.

00:02:51.000 It's because we fight harder than most.

00:02:54.000 We were targeted in a report by California Congressperson Zoe Lofgren.

00:02:59.000 Yes, she demands to be called Congressperson. 1.00

00:03:03.000 We'll indulge that for now.

00:03:05.000 While members of Congress should spend their days communicating, legislating, advocating for their constituents...

00:03:13.000 Zoe Lofgren spent likely thousands of hours producing a nearly 2,000-page report that catalogs Congressional mean tweets and interviews and comments calling for election integrity.

00:03:27.000 That's what we should all be doing.

00:03:29.000 The report is almost 2,000 pages.

00:03:32.000 So what did Lofgren find?

00:03:34.000 What is this bedrock evidence supporting the charge of extremism or insurrection?

00:03:41.000 What is it that allows them to engage in political persecution against conservative firebrands?

00:03:46.000 Reveal to us the insurrectionist tweets.

00:03:51.000 This one is on page 627 of the Lofgren Report.

00:03:54.000 There are over 100 pages dedicated to yours truly, actually.

00:03:59.000 I hope you'll check them out.

00:04:00.000 I'm pretty proud of those tweets.

00:04:02.000 But here's this one.

00:04:03.000 President Donald Trump has built a great Republican party.

00:04:06.000 He remains the most powerful and influential Republican in America.

00:04:09.000 And we have to build on the success he's given our party.

00:04:14.000 That's what they've got?

00:04:15.000 It ain't exactly the Whiskey Rebellion.

00:04:18.000 There must be something in the video.

00:04:20.000 If there are machines that were used in a number of states that were switching votes, that would be deeply problematic.

00:04:27.000 And similarly, if you have people who are no longer residents of a state voting in that state, it's a challenge.

00:04:32.000 But look, Steve, we've got to remember Donald Trump has built a great Republican party.

00:04:36.000 It's a party that is doing better with Hispanics and African Americans than it has in a generation.

00:04:42.000 And Donald Trump now has an obligation to the party that he built To ensure that we expose and litigate every true example of fraud, because if we don't do that, we'll never win another election again.

00:04:55.000 Democrats spent four years delegitimizing this president.

00:04:58.000 They wouldn't go to his inauguration.

00:04:59.000 Some wouldn't attend his State of the Union, and I thought that was classless.

00:05:03.000 If this election doesn't go our way, we're not going to burn anything down.

00:05:07.000 We're going to litigate before courts and only when the courts have made a decision will we have a legitimate president.

00:05:12.000 And I hope Republicans don't behave the way Democrats did these last four years if it's not precisely what we would have sought.

00:05:19.000 I think we've got to build on the great party that Donald Trump has created for us and he remains the most powerful, most influential Republican in America.

00:05:28.000 Encouraging due process.

00:05:29.000 The legal process?

00:05:30.000 A non-violent response to election integrity concerns?

00:05:33.000 Really bad stuff, I know.

00:05:36.000 Thomas Massey is one of Congress's best.

00:05:39.000 Now, he didn't vote against the certification of any electors, by the way, like Democrats did with President Trump and President Bush and many others.

00:05:48.000 But he must be an insurrectionist too, because he said this.

00:05:52.000 75% of what shows up in your mailbox is junk mail.

00:05:56.000 And some people thought this would be a good venue for holding a presidential election.

00:06:00.000 Actually, that seems like a pretty reasonable point.

00:06:04.000 The 2020 election was the first time the mailbox beat the ballot box.

00:06:11.000 Is the United States Postal Service really the portal to modern-day voting?

00:06:17.000 Ugh.

00:06:18.000 But it's not just Republicans Lofgren went after.

00:06:22.000 Firebrand populist former Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard had this to say.

00:06:27.000 It is critical to remember that the strength of our democracy lies in the integrity of our elections, that every one of us has to have faith that our vote will count.

00:06:39.000 But right now, there are still many states in our country that allow for something called ballot harvesting.

00:06:45.000 This is a system that allows for third parties to collect and deliver ballots for other people, potentially large numbers of people.

00:06:54.000 Unfortunately, ballot harvesting has allowed for fraud and abuse to occur by those who could tamper with or discard ballots to try to sway an election for or against a certain candidate or party.

00:07:06.000 Our vote is our voice.

00:07:10.000 So whether in the midst of a pandemic, as we are now, where mail-in voting is likely to drastically increase, or even in a normal election, no one, no one should get in between a voter and the ballot box.

00:07:26.000 Now, while some states have prohibited vote harvesting or ballot harvesting, many have not, which again allows for abuse from third parties collecting and mishandling ballots.

00:07:38.000 This is something that we've actually seen happen in recent elections.

00:07:42.000 It ended up on page 620 of the insurrection report, the Gates section, because I retweeted Tulsi.

00:07:51.000 I kept looking for the section in the report on the Jihad Squad, giving money to BLM or other violent actors across our nation. 0.66

00:07:59.000 Prominent Democrats, including then-Senator Kamala Harris, not only egged on rioters, but made sure their bail funds were full so they could go right back to burning down a Wendy's and torching a Nike store.

00:08:13.000 Now, the George Soros-funded district attorneys, well, they dropped criminal charges faster than I dropped 10 pounds before my wedding.

00:08:22.000 It's maddening to listen to a party that cheered on BLM and Antifa as they burnt down our cities.

00:08:29.000 I want to be clear in how I characterize this.

00:08:31.000 This is mostly a protest.

00:08:34.000 It is not, generally speaking, unruly.

00:08:38.000 Peaceful protest.

00:08:56.000 Peaceful protestors.

00:08:58.000 On behalf of myself, my children and the family of David Dorn, we'd like to thank friends, neighbors, co-workers, and the community for showing all the love and support we've suffered.

00:09:14.000 Through the tragic loss of my husband, my beloved husband, I would also like to thank Sigliss Metropolitan Police Department for their hard work and perseverance through this investigation, as well as the Circuit Attorney's Office.

00:09:32.000 Thank you.

00:09:33.000 He dedicated his life to the city of St. Louis, retiring at the rank of captain after 38 years of distinguishable service.

00:09:42.000 Then as a chief of Moline Acres for almost six years.

00:09:46.000 During those years, he's touched so many lives as a friend, mentor, co-worker, and guardian.

00:09:53.000 His life was senselessly taken from me, from us, by an opportunist who had no regards for human life or the law.

00:10:04.000 This didn't have to happen, but it must have been God's plan for David.

00:10:08.000 We need to gather as a community and do better.

00:10:16.000 We need to teach our young people that life is very precious.

00:10:22.000 We as a family are going to be taking some time to focus our attention on healing, which is very important as we move forward.

00:10:32.000 We would like David's legacy to be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, colleague, and most importantly, a child of God.

00:10:44.000 I want to thank you all for coming, and God bless you all.

00:10:48.000 And now they condemn us with this rapport and moral superiority.

00:10:53.000 So why the hypocrisy?

00:10:55.000 It's because the left and the establishment Democrats and even the rhino Republicans They don't care about you and your business. 0.99

00:11:04.000 They don't care about your family members.

00:11:06.000 They don't care about the innocent people that were beaten and killed.

00:11:09.000 They don't care about the degradation of safety on our streets.

00:11:13.000 They don't care about the police that were murdered by the real domestic terrorists.

00:11:18.000 Put simply, a powerful movement, our movement, is being targeted by the full force of our own government over political disagreement.

00:11:31.000 It starts with the leaders who go against the grain, but this should never happen.

00:11:35.000 It was wrong when J. Edgar Hoover targeted leftists and civil rights groups.

00:11:40.000 First show me the movement and I'll show you the crime.

00:11:44.000 It's no way to run federal law enforcement in a just nation.

00:11:48.000 It should be equally shocking to our core values to observe the current left-wing government target the political right.

00:11:56.000 Whether that's from Nancy Pelosi's rostrum, Or the left-wing building that still carries J. Edgar Hoover's name.

00:12:05.000 Freedom of association was such an organizing principle in the United States that we embedded it in the First Amendment of our Bill of Rights.

00:12:14.000 But today, freedom of association is quickly becoming guilt by association.

00:12:21.000 This is true in the eyes of the big tech oligarchs who cancel us online if we share the wrong MAGA video.

00:12:27.000 It's true in the eyes of the FBI who investigate people based on who they talk to, who they organize with, who they vote for.

00:12:37.000 Never forget, Peter Strzok, he wasn't some low-level guy in the FBI. He was the FBI's top counterintelligence official.

00:12:47.000 This is what he thought of you.

00:12:49.000 Let's discuss a text that hits home for me.

00:12:52.000 On August 26, 2016, you texted Ms. Page, quote, just went...

00:13:00.000 To a Southern Virginia Walmart, I could smell the Trump support.

00:13:06.000 And smell is in capital letters, all capital letters.

00:13:10.000 What does Trump support smell like, Mr. Strzok?

00:13:14.000 Sir, that's an expression of speech.

00:13:16.000 I clearly wasn't smelling one thing or the other.

00:13:18.000 What I was commenting on is living in Northern Virginia.

00:13:21.000 What does that mean?

00:13:22.000 What I meant by that was living in Northern Virginia, having traveled 100 and 150 miles south within the same state, I was struck by the extraordinary difference in the expression of political opinion and belief amongst the community there from where I live.

00:13:37.000 And you described that as smell in capital letters.

00:13:40.000 Sir, that was a quick choice of words in a text.

00:13:43.000 I love Walmart.

00:13:44.000 Sometimes the smelly Walmart shoppers get elected to Congress.

00:13:49.000 Some of us are both representatives and representative of those we serve.

00:13:53.000 So let's break down what the Pelosi committee has done.

00:13:56.000 They haven't sent subpoenas yet.

00:13:59.000 If your telecom provider gets a subpoena for your records, you get notice, the opportunity to ask a court to quash or block that request.

00:14:08.000 Litigation requires parties to put up or shut up.

00:14:13.000 It can expose a witch hunt.

00:14:15.000 So instead of a subpoena, they sent a preservation demand, initially in secret.

00:14:22.000 Then they leaked the names of the targeted Republicans to smear us with a cloud of criminality.

00:14:29.000 Smearing political leaders you don't like with leaks and lies.

00:14:35.000 Sound familiar?

00:14:36.000 It's exactly the playbook Adam Schiff used against Donald Trump during the phony Ukraine impeachment.

00:14:42.000 Remember Adam Schiff's bunker?

00:14:44.000 He'd go down there for interviews and then release leaks embroidered onto lies to make people think Trump was running some sort of illegal Ukrainian arms deal.

00:14:52.000 How fake it all turned out to be.

00:14:54.000 A perfect call, some might say.

00:14:57.000 But now, with Trump out of D.C., they are turning to the congressional firebrands.

00:15:03.000 Well, what's good for the goose should be good for the gander.

00:15:07.000 Usually, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy doesn't have strong reactions to things.

00:15:12.000 It's not his style.

00:15:13.000 Following the targeting of our members, he surprised and said this.

00:15:19.000 Adam Schiff, Benny Thompson, and Nancy Pelosi's attempts to strong-arm private companies to turn over individuals' private data would put every American with a phone or computer in the crosshairs of a surveillance state run by Democrat politicians.

00:15:35.000 If these companies comply with the Democrat order to turn over private information, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States.

00:15:46.000 If these companies still choose to violate federal law, a Republican majority will not forget and will stand with Americans to hold them fully accountable under the law.

00:15:57.000 Whew, that's some huffing and puffing indeed.

00:15:59.000 No low tea today.

00:16:01.000 But how can we trust Kevin McCarthy to go beyond talking tough to Nancy Pelosi?

00:16:08.000 When he won't even stand up to Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger.

00:16:13.000 You see, Cheney and Kinzinger sit as Nancy Pelosi appointees on the January 6th committee.

00:16:18.000 They've crossed the Rubicon, joined the other side.

00:16:22.000 So how in the world do Cheney and Kinzinger justify a critique of Trump for destroying our institutions and violating norms?

00:16:31.000 When they're participating in these Stalinist tactics of the tyrannical left?

00:16:36.000 These phone record demands?

00:16:38.000 I mean, Kevin McCarthy must remove Cheney and Kinzinger from the committees that they serve on pursuant to their membership in the Republican conference.

00:16:47.000 Anything less is weakness inviting attack.

00:16:51.000 And our leadership shouldn't invite attack on our people.

00:16:56.000 So, as the January 6th committee continues their group therapy sessions and mean tweet inquisitions, those of us being targeted in this political game show have been left with the realization that the truth may never come to light unless we bring it to light ourselves.

00:17:13.000 So here we are.

00:17:15.000 Our election integrity concerns are valid and patriotic and necessary.

00:17:21.000 Republicans who abandon election integrity as an issue are no use to us.

00:17:25.000 They are worthless in the fight we are in now, today.

00:17:30.000 This past election?

00:17:32.000 It was total chaos.

00:17:33.000 If I didn't know any better, I'd say it must have been run by the post office.

00:17:37.000 And by the way, it was.

00:17:39.000 Before the election, the left and their operatives infiltrated state by state, changing voting laws oftentimes through unilateral action.

00:17:47.000 Mail-in ballots came in from all over the country, particularly in swing states.

00:17:52.000 And unlike absentee ballots, they didn't have to be requested.

00:17:56.000 They were just sent out often to voter rolls that aren't reconciled, outdated.

00:18:02.000 Voter ID wasn't mandated in many states.

00:18:04.000 We are one of the only countries in the entire world that allows people to vote without identification. 0.54

00:18:11.000 It's almost like the states that don't require ID are inviting fraud on purpose.

00:18:17.000 But no one is coming to save us.

00:18:19.000 Washington isn't coming for sure.

00:18:22.000 Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are trying to institutionalize and scale the frauds of yesteryear so that they can hold on to power forever.

00:18:31.000 And so going forward, it's up to us and us alone to stand up and fight for election integrity and ensure that we have free, fair, secure elections.

00:18:43.000 And because we're doing this, they're coming for the firebrands.

00:18:47.000 And they know we're coming for them, too.

00:18:52.000 The National Defense Authorization Act passes every year.

00:18:56.000 It usually gives pay raises to our troops, authorizes weapons, and sets forth a national defense strategy.

00:19:02.000 This year, the Armed Services Committee had a debate we have never had before on vaccine mandates.

00:19:07.000 It was a necessary debate.

00:19:09.000 I don't support vaccine mandates for our military, really for anyone.

00:19:13.000 But especially when we're dealing with experimental vaccines and vaccines absent sufficient longitudinal data, these mandates are not warranted.

00:19:22.000 They aren't justified.

00:19:23.000 The pro-vax mandate crowd, they point to George Washington's own military vax mandate.

00:19:31.000 Do you think this is something the founding fathers would support?

00:19:33.000 The founding fathers would support vaccine mandates.

00:19:35.000 Yeah.

00:19:35.000 No, I don't believe so.

00:19:36.000 George Washington had a vaccine mandate.

00:19:38.000 Well, that's okay.

00:19:39.000 Oh.

00:19:41.000 That's okay.

00:19:41.000 Oh, he's a lower founding father.

00:19:43.000 I mean, I... I love the lore, but at the end of the day, we are the ones who have to deal with what is going on in America today.

00:19:50.000 George Washington was a great general, even better as a president, but I probably wouldn't call him to be my doctor.

00:19:56.000 George Washington believed in a medical procedure called bleeding the infection.

00:20:01.000 They sliced people's skin open, believing that the infection would bleed out of the body.

00:20:06.000 Ew.

00:20:08.000 Dr. Mark Green is a Tennessee congressman.

00:20:11.000 He served our military as a major.

00:20:13.000 Here's his amendment to stop vaccine mandates from destroying our military service members.

00:20:19.000 As a physician, you know, I looked at the data on the coronavirus and I chose to take the vaccine.

00:20:25.000 I also understand that the law allows the Department of Defense to mandate vaccines once they've been FDA approved.

00:20:32.000 And as a former commander, I also understand that commanders want to arrive at a location knowing that a large portion of their force isn't going to go down with an infection.

00:20:41.000 However, in the past, the vaccines mandated had decades of longitudinal data to understand how the vaccine affected tissue over time.

00:20:50.000 Keep in mind that this vaccine has been available less than a year and approved by the FDA less than a few months.

00:20:59.000 Some Americans obviously have reservations about taking such a recently developed vaccine and based on this lack of longitudinal data, I believe that punishing military service members who refuse to take the vaccine is unfair and could undermine the strength of our all-volunteer force.

00:21:17.000 That's why this amendment prohibits the Department of Defense From discharging service members without an honorable discharge solely because they chose not to get the vaccine, any discharge other than honorable denotes a failure to serve the United States to the best of one's ability, and it significantly impacts an individual for the rest of their lives, future employment, things of that nature.

00:21:41.000 Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line to serve, and we should not destroy their lives with a dishonorable discharge just for making a personal medical decision.

00:21:50.000 With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield.

00:21:52.000 How did the Democrat Chairman Adam Smith reply?

00:21:56.000 Take a listen.

00:21:57.000 Part of what I hope we will consider here is what we are asking our service members to do is to do something to protect the country.

00:22:05.000 And frankly, I find this astonishing.

00:22:08.000 We ask service members to put their lives on the line.

00:22:11.000 I mean, forget about before they go to Afghanistan or Iraq and actually fight.

00:22:15.000 I mean, you all, many of you have been through it.

00:22:18.000 You know, the training that you're put through, you're asked to jump out of airplanes, you're asked to go through survival school, all manner of different incredibly risky things, and you are asked to do that so that you can protect your fellow Americans.

00:22:31.000 So what we're asking service members to do now is to take a shot to protect their fellow Americans.

00:22:39.000 Is there absolutely zero risk from that shot?

00:22:43.000 No.

00:22:45.000 But I'll say this.

00:22:46.000 There is a hell of a lot less risk from that shot than there is jumping out of an airplane, than there is going through survival school, than there is all manner of different other things that we ask them to do without batting an eye.

00:22:59.000 I was on the other side of this debate.

00:23:00.000 I strongly supported this amendment and other amendments that banned vaccine mandates.

00:23:06.000 Surprisingly, the number one issue that I've heard from service members about in recent weeks, vaccine mandates.

00:23:14.000 There is increasing concern that based on the Secretary of Defense's demand for 100% compliance with vaccine mandates, with unfortunate support from The leadership of this committee for vaccine mandates.

00:23:28.000 People who already have natural infection COVID immunity could be forced to take a vaccine.

00:23:34.000 And I am increasingly persuaded that those who have natural infection immunity have a greater likelihood of side effects As a consequence of the vaccine.

00:23:44.000 And that's not to say that I'm anti-vaccine.

00:23:46.000 I'll tell you, my parents took the vaccine.

00:23:48.000 It was the right decision for them.

00:23:50.000 I know plenty of people who've taken the vaccine, but to suggest that our military members, who are largely very healthy individuals, this is, you know, they are comparative to the general population in better shape, have fewer comorbidities,

00:24:06.000 and any On the strongest versions of our amendments that stop these vaccine mandates, We lost the Democrats.

00:24:35.000 This shouldn't even be a partisan issue.

00:24:37.000 And in a way, it wasn't.

00:24:39.000 Because we lost the top-ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, too.

00:24:45.000 This is Alabama's Mike Rogers.

00:24:47.000 I have been very open that I believe that the military should be able to require these vaccines.

00:24:54.000 I don't see how you can stay in the military if you're not willing to be People who don't get vaccinated should be able to stay in the military. 1.00

00:25:03.000 They should be able to express their patriotism at this elite level.

00:25:07.000 On August 24th, remember that date, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin mandated COVID vaccinations from all DOD service members, including those with natural infection immunity.

00:25:18.000 I got a lot of very smart constituents.

00:25:21.000 One of my constituents is a Lieutenant Colonel Medical Doctor.

00:25:23.000 He's been in the Air Force for 21 years.

00:25:26.000 I'm protecting his identity, but this is what he wrote me.

00:25:30.000 As you know, many active duty military service members have natural immunity but are now facing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

00:25:38.000 On August 25th, remember this is a day after the Lloyd Austin decision, a new study based on nearly 700,000 individuals was published and compared natural immunity to vaccine-induced immunity.

00:25:52.000 The vaccinated had 13 times the risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant as compared to those with natural immunity through previous infection.

00:26:03.000 New data has emerged since the Secretary of Defense issued the COVID-19 mandate.

00:26:08.000 Based on this new data, those with natural immunity are now known to have superior immunity as compared to those with vaccine-induced immunity.

00:26:17.000 It is important to revise policy as needed based on new scientific data.

00:26:23.000 I couldn't agree more.

00:26:25.000 I can't imagine anyone disagreeing with that, as a matter of fact.

00:26:29.000 With our weapon systems, we follow the scientific method.

00:26:32.000 If we get new information, we update our thinking as well.

00:26:38.000 Natural immunity is the best defense against the Delta variant, as breakthrough cases are inflicting vaccinated people across the world. 0.96

00:26:47.000 Now that the Pfizer COVID vaccine has garnered FDA approval, vaccine mandates are at a zenith.

00:26:55.000 And vaccines remain a feasible solution for many Americans.

00:26:58.000 I'm not against vaccines.

00:27:00.000 My parents took the vaccine.

00:27:01.000 Folks that are a little bit older or have comorbidities, they should talk to their doctor about it.

00:27:06.000 I'm not a doctor.

00:27:07.000 I'm not giving medical advice.

00:27:09.000 But the left...

00:27:12.000 They have abandoned the scientific method entirely in favor of a new pseudo-religion that caters to their hysteria and helps them advance their true interest in controlling your life.

00:27:26.000 Joe Biden's presidency is collapsing.

00:27:29.000 According to a new Rasmussen poll on September 1st, 52% of voters, more than half, think that Joe Biden must resign from office.

00:27:39.000 This compares to only 47% of Americans who supported impeachment for President Trump.

00:27:44.000 That's according to a CNN poll.

00:27:46.000 I don't think they were doing him any favors.

00:27:48.000 This was when Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment proceedings in the Ukraine hoax.

00:27:53.000 An NBC Wall Street Journal poll had support for Trump impeachment at that time at 42%, a full 10 points lower than the 52% who support Biden's departure from the office now.

00:28:07.000 Joe Biden isn't up to the job of president.

00:28:10.000 We all see it.

00:28:11.000 We all know what's happening.

00:28:13.000 He's bad for the country.

Firebrand - Matt Gaetz - September 09, 2021

Episode 6: Under Fire – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz

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