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
00:00:03.000Matt 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.
00:00:10.000Matt Gaetz right now, he's a problem in the Democratic Party.
00:00:13.000He can cause a lot of hiccups in passing the laws.
00:00:16.000So we're going to keep running the stories to keep hurting him.
00:00:20.000If 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!
00:02:28.000Nancy 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.
00:02:41.000Collectively, we represent nearly 8 million Americans.
00:03:05.000While members of Congress should spend their days communicating, legislating, advocating for their constituents...
00:03:13.000Zoe 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.
00:04:20.000If there are machines that were used in a number of states that were switching votes, that would be deeply problematic.
00:04:27.000And similarly, if you have people who are no longer residents of a state voting in that state, it's a challenge.
00:04:32.000But look, Steve, we've got to remember Donald Trump has built a great Republican party.
00:04:36.000It's a party that is doing better with Hispanics and African Americans than it has in a generation.
00:04:42.000And 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.
00:04:55.000Democrats spent four years delegitimizing this president.
00:04:59.000Some wouldn't attend his State of the Union, and I thought that was classless.
00:05:03.000If this election doesn't go our way, we're not going to burn anything down.
00:05:07.000We're going to litigate before courts and only when the courts have made a decision will we have a legitimate president.
00:05:12.000And I hope Republicans don't behave the way Democrats did these last four years if it's not precisely what we would have sought.
00:05:19.000I 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.
00:05:36.000Thomas Massey is one of Congress's best.
00:05:39.000Now, 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.
00:05:48.000But he must be an insurrectionist too, because he said this.
00:05:52.00075% of what shows up in your mailbox is junk mail.
00:05:56.000And some people thought this would be a good venue for holding a presidential election.
00:06:00.000Actually, that seems like a pretty reasonable point.
00:06:04.000The 2020 election was the first time the mailbox beat the ballot box.
00:06:11.000Is the United States Postal Service really the portal to modern-day voting?
00:06:18.000But it's not just Republicans Lofgren went after.
00:06:22.000Firebrand populist former Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard had this to say.
00:06:27.000It 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.
00:06:39.000But right now, there are still many states in our country that allow for something called ballot harvesting.
00:06:45.000This is a system that allows for third parties to collect and deliver ballots for other people, potentially large numbers of people.
00:06:54.000Unfortunately, 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.
00:07:10.000So 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.
00:07:26.000Now, 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.
00:07:38.000This is something that we've actually seen happen in recent elections.
00:07:42.000It ended up on page 620 of the insurrection report, the Gates section, because I retweeted Tulsi.
00:07:51.000I kept looking for the section in the report on the Jihad Squad, giving money to BLM or other violent actors across our nation.
00:07:59.000Prominent 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.
00:08:13.000Now, the George Soros-funded district attorneys, well, they dropped criminal charges faster than I dropped 10 pounds before my wedding.
00:08:22.000It's maddening to listen to a party that cheered on BLM and Antifa as they burnt down our cities.
00:08:29.000I want to be clear in how I characterize this.
00:08:58.000On 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.
00:09:14.000Through 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.
00:09:33.000He dedicated his life to the city of St. Louis, retiring at the rank of captain after 38 years of distinguishable service.
00:09:42.000Then as a chief of Moline Acres for almost six years.
00:09:46.000During those years, he's touched so many lives as a friend, mentor, co-worker, and guardian.
00:09:53.000His life was senselessly taken from me, from us, by an opportunist who had no regards for human life or the law.
00:10:04.000This didn't have to happen, but it must have been God's plan for David.
00:10:08.000We need to gather as a community and do better.
00:10:16.000We need to teach our young people that life is very precious.
00:10:22.000We as a family are going to be taking some time to focus our attention on healing, which is very important as we move forward.
00:10:32.000We 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.
00:10:44.000I want to thank you all for coming, and God bless you all.
00:10:48.000And now they condemn us with this rapport and moral superiority.
00:10:55.000It's because the left and the establishment Democrats and even the rhino Republicans They don't care about you and your business.
00:11:04.000They don't care about your family members.
00:11:06.000They don't care about the innocent people that were beaten and killed.
00:11:09.000They don't care about the degradation of safety on our streets.
00:11:13.000They don't care about the police that were murdered by the real domestic terrorists.
00:11:18.000Put simply, a powerful movement, our movement, is being targeted by the full force of our own government over political disagreement.
00:11:31.000It starts with the leaders who go against the grain, but this should never happen.
00:11:35.000It was wrong when J. Edgar Hoover targeted leftists and civil rights groups.
00:11:40.000First show me the movement and I'll show you the crime.
00:11:44.000It's no way to run federal law enforcement in a just nation.
00:11:48.000It should be equally shocking to our core values to observe the current left-wing government target the political right.
00:11:56.000Whether that's from Nancy Pelosi's rostrum, Or the left-wing building that still carries J. Edgar Hoover's name.
00:12:05.000Freedom of association was such an organizing principle in the United States that we embedded it in the First Amendment of our Bill of Rights.
00:12:14.000But today, freedom of association is quickly becoming guilt by association.
00:12:21.000This is true in the eyes of the big tech oligarchs who cancel us online if we share the wrong MAGA video.
00:12:27.000It'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.
00:12:37.000Never forget, Peter Strzok, he wasn't some low-level guy in the FBI. He was the FBI's top counterintelligence official.
00:13:22.000What 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.
00:13:37.000And you described that as smell in capital letters.
00:13:40.000Sir, that was a quick choice of words in a text.
00:14:44.000He'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.
00:15:13.000Following the targeting of our members, he surprised and said this.
00:15:19.000Adam 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.
00:15:35.000If 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.
00:15:46.000If 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.
00:15:57.000Whew, that's some huffing and puffing indeed.
00:16:38.000I mean, Kevin McCarthy must remove Cheney and Kinzinger from the committees that they serve on pursuant to their membership in the Republican conference.
00:16:47.000Anything less is weakness inviting attack.
00:16:51.000And our leadership shouldn't invite attack on our people.
00:16:56.000So, 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.
00:18:22.000Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are trying to institutionalize and scale the frauds of yesteryear so that they can hold on to power forever.
00:18:31.000And 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.
00:18:43.000And because we're doing this, they're coming for the firebrands.
00:18:47.000And they know we're coming for them, too.
00:18:52.000The National Defense Authorization Act passes every year.
00:18:56.000It usually gives pay raises to our troops, authorizes weapons, and sets forth a national defense strategy.
00:19:02.000This year, the Armed Services Committee had a debate we have never had before on vaccine mandates.
00:19:09.000I don't support vaccine mandates for our military, really for anyone.
00:19:13.000But especially when we're dealing with experimental vaccines and vaccines absent sufficient longitudinal data, these mandates are not warranted.
00:20:13.000Here's his amendment to stop vaccine mandates from destroying our military service members.
00:20:19.000As a physician, you know, I looked at the data on the coronavirus and I chose to take the vaccine.
00:20:25.000I also understand that the law allows the Department of Defense to mandate vaccines once they've been FDA approved.
00:20:32.000And 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.
00:20:41.000However, in the past, the vaccines mandated had decades of longitudinal data to understand how the vaccine affected tissue over time.
00:20:50.000Keep in mind that this vaccine has been available less than a year and approved by the FDA less than a few months.
00:20:59.000Some 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.
00:21:17.000That'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.
00:21:41.000Our 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.
00:22:08.000We ask service members to put their lives on the line.
00:22:11.000I mean, forget about before they go to Afghanistan or Iraq and actually fight.
00:22:15.000I mean, you all, many of you have been through it.
00:22:18.000You 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.
00:22:31.000So what we're asking service members to do now is to take a shot to protect their fellow Americans.
00:22:39.000Is there absolutely zero risk from that shot?
00:22:46.000There 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.
00:22:59.000I was on the other side of this debate.
00:23:00.000I strongly supported this amendment and other amendments that banned vaccine mandates.
00:23:06.000Surprisingly, the number one issue that I've heard from service members about in recent weeks, vaccine mandates.
00:23:14.000There 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.
00:23:28.000People who already have natural infection COVID immunity could be forced to take a vaccine.
00:23:34.000And I am increasingly persuaded that those who have natural infection immunity have a greater likelihood of side effects As a consequence of the vaccine.
00:23:44.000And that's not to say that I'm anti-vaccine.
00:23:46.000I'll tell you, my parents took the vaccine.
00:23:50.000I 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,
00:24:06.000and any On the strongest versions of our amendments that stop these vaccine mandates, We lost the Democrats.
00:24:35.000This shouldn't even be a partisan issue.
00:24:47.000I have been very open that I believe that the military should be able to require these vaccines.
00:24:54.000I 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.
00:25:03.000They should be able to express their patriotism at this elite level.
00:25:07.000On August 24th, remember that date, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin mandated COVID vaccinations from all DOD service members, including those with natural infection immunity.
00:25:18.000I got a lot of very smart constituents.
00:25:21.000One of my constituents is a Lieutenant Colonel Medical Doctor.
00:25:23.000He's been in the Air Force for 21 years.
00:25:26.000I'm protecting his identity, but this is what he wrote me.
00:25:30.000As you know, many active duty military service members have natural immunity but are now facing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
00:25:38.000On 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.
00:25:52.000The vaccinated had 13 times the risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant as compared to those with natural immunity through previous infection.
00:26:03.000New data has emerged since the Secretary of Defense issued the COVID-19 mandate.
00:26:08.000Based on this new data, those with natural immunity are now known to have superior immunity as compared to those with vaccine-induced immunity.
00:26:17.000It is important to revise policy as needed based on new scientific data.
00:27:12.000They 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.
00:27:46.000I don't think they were doing him any favors.
00:27:48.000This was when Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment proceedings in the Ukraine hoax.
00:27:53.000An 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.
00:28:07.000Joe Biden isn't up to the job of president.