Firebrand - Matt Gaetz - Episode 70 LIVE: The Pandemic Is Over – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz

Joe Biden's pandemic is over, but what does that mean for the rest of us? Is the pandemic over? Is it over? And what will we do now that it's over? President Joe Biden walks back his pandemic gaffe, and the White House walks it back, and Congress walks back Joe Biden's admission that the Pandemic was over, and what's the next pandemic going to be next? Also, Rep. Matt Gaetz takes aim at the Deep State, and calls for the return of the patriots who were purged and driven out of the military because of a pandemic that no longer exists, and why they should be given their full pay back and their place in the military and the education system. And why is it so hard for people to live their lives without COVID relief? And why does it matter what's not "over" in terms of the definition of "over"? And what does it mean to you, the American people, to live a life where they don't get their lives, their families, their jobs, and their families don't have their own jobs, their own homes, and they can't get a hug from their significant other? And it's time to ask the question, "Is it over, or is it still not over?" and the answer might have to do with a subjective definition of the word "over?" and whether or not it can be a subjective? and if it's really over? over or not or not? And what are you over, Steny Hoyer's response to that question, and does it really mean over ? and what does over mean? or over mean to you? And is it ? What does that even matter? in the first place? What do you think about that's not over? What does over in terms to you want to say about the word over? Do you have a definition of over? "Over or not in this case ? in any circumstance in a situation where you don't need a subjective definitions of over or not ? or do you want a subjective definition of in order to be ? And do you need a word to define the word to mean it? so that you can live your life or don't you have their lives to live your lives to get their own hug and hug their lives or else?

00:00:00.000 Thank you.

00:04:48.000 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.

00:04:55.000 Matt Gaetz right now, he's a problem for the Democratic Party.

00:04:58.000 He can cause a lot of hiccups in passing applause.

00:05:01.000 So we're going to keep running the stories to keep hurting him.

00:05:04.000 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!

00:05:13.000 You are in the right place!

00:05:15.000 This is the movement for you!

00:05:17.000 You ever watch this guy on television?

00:05:19.000 Like a machine, Matt Gaetz.

00:05:22.000 I'm a canceled man in some corners of the internet.

00:05:25.000 Many days I'm a marked man in Congress, a wanted man by the deep state.

00:05:30.000 They aren't really coming for me.

00:05:32.000 They're coming for you.

00:05:34.000 I'm just in the way.

00:05:35.000 Mr. President, first Detroit auto show in three years.

00:05:43.000 Yeah.

00:05:44.000 Is the pandemic over?

00:05:46.000 The pandemic is over.

00:05:49.000 We still have a problem with COVID.

00:05:51.000 We're still doing a lot of work on it.

00:05:53.000 It's what the pandemic is over.

00:05:56.000 If you notice, no one's wearing masks.

00:05:57.000 Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape.

00:05:59.000 And so I think it's changing.

00:06:01.000 And I think this is a perfect example of it.

00:06:04.000 Well, there you have it.

00:06:07.000 The pandemic is over.

00:06:09.000 Everyone's in good shape.

00:06:11.000 It's quite something declared by Joe Biden, a man who is clearly not himself in good shape, but do not allow that to spoil the fun.

00:06:19.000 But if the pandemic is over, maybe Joe Biden should repeal the emergency order that was the basis of so many governments restricting our freedoms.

00:06:28.000 If the pandemic is over, maybe someone ought to tell the heroes in our military and the patriots who were purged and driven out of our military.

00:06:37.000 As a consequence of not being willing to take an experimental vaccine.

00:06:41.000 Maybe they ought to be restored with their full rank and back pay as a reparation.

00:06:46.000 If the pandemic's over then maybe we ought to have every child in America back in school without the rotations that are resulting in learning loss.

00:06:56.000 If the pandemic is over then maybe the Biden administration won't come back to Congress for more inflationary spending in the name of the pandemic.

00:07:06.000 Well, you know what?

00:07:07.000 The Joe Biden administration still wants all of the powers that it seized during the pandemic.

00:07:13.000 Tyrants at every level of government actually still do.

00:07:17.000 There's still some mayors out there enforcing mask mandates, social distancing, for goodness sakes, people not able to gather.

00:07:25.000 You know what?

00:07:26.000 The White House has walked this back already.

00:07:28.000 They were walking it back almost as Joe Biden was saying it, making very clear that stating that the pandemic was over was not in the original plan for Joe Biden's interview with Scott Pelley.

00:07:42.000 Well, you don't say.

00:07:43.000 The gaffe of a President Joe Biden actually making an admission.

00:07:48.000 An admission that the only basis to continue this pandemic is the desire for bureaucrats and tyrants to continue to be able to make your decisions for you.

00:07:59.000 And you wonder, what's the next pandemic?

00:08:01.000 Like, is it going to be climate change?

00:08:03.000 One day, is the climate core just authorized in this Inflation Reduction Act going to be knocking on your door saying that you have to be locked down, you have to stay in your home, you can't have a job so that eight polar bears in the Adirondack can wander around?

00:08:19.000 I don't even know if there are polar bears.

00:08:20.000 You know what?

00:08:21.000 They might not be there.

00:08:22.000 Anyhow, you get the point.

00:08:23.000 These things never come in ones.

00:08:26.000 And it's quite something that they still don't want to give this up.

00:08:29.000 In Congress, there was also a walk back of the Joe Biden admission.

00:08:34.000 Here's Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer explaining to you that it all really depends on what the definition of over is.

00:08:44.000 Here's the Majority Leader.

00:08:46.000 The House Majority Leader, Denny Hoyer, defended the president and explained why he believes some COVID relief is still necessary.

00:08:54.000 Well, of course, some of this is for places that's not over.

00:08:59.000 We don't want to say it went reintroduced in this country.

00:09:02.000 I guess over is sort of subjective in terms of what does over mean.

00:09:12.000 What does over mean to you?

00:09:13.000 You know what I'm over?

00:09:15.000 I'm over any circumstance where my constituents don't get to live their lives, have their jobs, hug their families, have a barbecue because the people in Washington decided that they were going to engage in COVID fear porn because that happened to be what Dr. Fauci agreed with that day.

00:09:34.000 So I think the American people actually know what the word over means.

00:09:38.000 I don't think they need a subjective definition from Steny Hoyer or anyone else.

00:09:43.000 And it's time for government to release the reins of COVID and allow our people to be free once again.

00:09:50.000 Thank you, Mr. President.

00:09:52.000 Thanks for declaring that it's over.

00:09:53.000 And now for a segment on the show we like to call Florida Man.

00:09:57.000 Florida Man Spotlight you.

00:10:11.000 Today's Florida Man segment highlights an instance of discrimination against a terrific Florida Man.

00:10:18.000 Jonathan Isaac was a standout basketball player at Florida State University.

00:10:23.000 Go Knowles!

00:10:24.000 Actually, the 3-0 Knowles, by the way.

00:10:26.000 And in 2017, he was drafted 6th overall by the Orlando Magic.

00:10:31.000 So imagine that.

00:10:32.000 You're the Orlando Magic.

00:10:33.000 You could pick anyone in the world for basketball other than the five selected before you.

00:10:39.000 From our country, from overseas, they select Jonathan Isaac.

00:10:43.000 Homegrown, Florida-grown, just like a Florida orange.

00:10:46.000 Now, there has been a lot of recent talk about Jonathan Isaac making that trek down the Florida Turnpike and potentially being traded to the Miami Heat, another Florida professional basketball team.

00:11:00.000 Miami needs a power forward.

00:11:03.000 Jonathan Isaac is a power forward.

00:11:05.000 And the Miami Heat don't have a starting caliber power forward on their roster right now.

00:11:11.000 So the possibility of a trade for Jonathan Isaac to the Heat was recently discussed on the podcast Locked on Heat.

00:11:21.000 But despite the clear need and the ideal fit, some woke pundits have decided that trades...

00:11:30.000 Must take into account wokeness as a feature of whether or not someone fits in.

00:11:35.000 It's like the woke sports media wants an ESG score, but for basketball players.

00:11:42.000 This is Locked on Heat.

00:11:44.000 Listen to Wes Goldberg and David Ramil discuss the possibility of a Jonathan Isaac trade to the Miami Heat.

00:11:53.000 And then one other name I'll throw at you is Jonathan Isaac, right?

00:11:56.000 Like, you just look at Orlando's roster.

00:11:58.000 I know Isaac hasn't played in two years, but he's a power forward.

00:12:01.000 He would probably, if Miami had him, him and Bam, that would be the best defensive frontcourt in the league by far.

00:12:09.000 Jonathan Isaac, well, let's just say I hope that he'd have no interest in acquiring him because as interesting a fit as that might be, well, let's just say the off-the-court interest might not necessarily make him a great fit in the Miami locker room.

00:12:23.000 Sounds like Jonathan Isaac is a bad guy, according to David Ramil, right?

00:12:27.000 Bad locker room fit.

00:12:29.000 Potential problems off the court.

00:12:31.000 Did Jonathan Isaac jump into the stands and beat up a bunch of fans like Ron Artest?

00:12:37.000 I mean, I'm sorry, Meadow World Peace did?

00:12:40.000 Did he get pulled over with guns and drugs in his car like Torian Prince?

00:12:44.000 Did he pull a gun on his baby mama like Terrence Williams?

00:12:48.000 Those are NBA players, but Jonathan Isaac didn't do any of that.

00:12:53.000 Never an issue regarding his personal conduct at FSU, at the Orlando Magic.

00:12:58.000 No.

00:12:59.000 Jonathan Isaac is a problem, according to David Ramil, because he is an outspoken Christian conservative.

00:13:09.000 In his spare time, Jonathan Isaac preaches at Jump Ministries Global Church in Orlando.

00:13:14.000 They're doing a lot of good work there.

00:13:16.000 Isaac even made national news when he spoke out against the vaccine mandate.

00:13:21.000 Take a listen.

00:13:24.000 I thank God I'm grateful that I live in a society where vaccines are possible and we can protect ourselves and have the means to protect ourselves in the first place.

00:13:34.000 But with that being said, it is my belief that the vaccine status of every person should be their own choice and completely up to them without bullying, without being pressured or without being forced into doing so.

00:13:48.000 I'm not ashamed to say that I'm uncomfortable with taking the vaccine at this time.

00:13:54.000 I think that we're all different.

00:13:55.000 We all come from different places.

00:13:57.000 We've all had different experiences and hold dear to different beliefs.

00:14:00.000 And what it is that you do with your body when it comes to putting medicine in there should be your choice, free of the ridicule and the opinion of others.

00:14:11.000 From this smooth shooting power forward, we got greater clarity and focus and common sense than we saw out of the CDC or a lot of people in Congress, actually.

00:14:24.000 He embraced the concept of personal responsibility.

00:14:26.000 Make yourself as resilient as you can.

00:14:28.000 And in his circumstance, you obviously see not only a very healthy individual, but a great guy.

00:14:35.000 And a brave one.

00:14:36.000 On July 31, 2020, in a game against the Brooklyn Nets, Jonathan Isaac was the only player to stand during our national anthem.

00:14:48.000 When questioned after the game, he said, quote, I believe that Black Lives Matter.

00:14:52.000 A lot went into my decision.

00:14:54.000 It's my thought that kneeling or wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt don't go hand in hand with supporting black lives.

00:15:01.000 How right he was.

00:15:03.000 Jonathan Isaac went on to write a book titled Why I Stand.

00:15:08.000 And he talks very convincingly about Christianity and the power to shape lives and to help through adversity and challenges.

00:15:18.000 But here's the real question.

00:15:20.000 If a superstar NBA lottery pick playing in his state where he went to college cannot speak out without facing professional consequence and ridicule, then how can regular Americans?

00:15:36.000 And that's the point.

00:15:38.000 To make you think that any profession of faith or conservatism Could harm you.

00:15:44.000 They want you to know that.

00:15:46.000 That's why people like David Ramil say what they do about Jonathan Isaac, that he would be a bad fit.

00:15:51.000 Because ultimately, the people who think that way want you to think you're a bad fit at your job, in your family, with your social group.

00:16:00.000 And the reality is...

00:16:01.000 That the common sense and the clarity of Jonathan Isaac is a lot more in line with the values of Americans than actually what we see from professional wokeism that you see manifest from the Congress to corporate America, even to professional athletics.

00:16:18.000 Sometimes being a person of faith is uncomfortable.

00:16:23.000 We see that throughout Scripture.

00:16:25.000 Wasn't easy for Paul to be an apostle out there.

00:16:30.000 Apostlen?

00:16:30.000 You think it was easy for Noah to go build an ark and collect animals two by two?

00:16:36.000 Probably pretty messy on that ark.

00:16:38.000 But you know what?

00:16:39.000 Sometimes you have to put yourself out there.

00:16:41.000 You have to show your faith, your belief.

00:16:45.000 And that's what happened to Jonathan Isaac.

00:16:48.000 And you know what?

00:16:49.000 He was unfairly ridiculed for it.

00:16:51.000 The Miami Heat still need a power forward, by the way.

00:16:54.000 And I think Jonathan Isaac would be a perfect fit.

00:16:57.000 So David Ramil, remember...

00:16:59.000 There's no woke locker room in hell. 1.00

00:17:02.000 And there ought to be acceptance for all people of all faiths or people of no faith at all.

00:17:08.000 And that is what we learn from the Florida Man Spotlight.

00:17:13.000 Next we're going to a segment called Today in Congress.

00:17:16.000 Today in Congress.

00:17:23.000 Today in Congress.

00:17:26.000 Today in Congress there is intense focus on energy prices, inflation, the cost of living.

00:17:32.000 Here's some data that you need to know.

00:17:34.000 Energy prices are currently on the rise.

00:17:37.000 This is very important because winter is soon approaching and we can see now that there are going to be real problems for people in the Midwest and other areas where they could face a cold spell.

00:17:48.000 Check this out.

00:17:49.000 Electricity prices had the largest increase since 1981 last month.

00:17:56.000 And natural gas costs have nearly doubled.

00:17:59.000 Now that's not an accident.

00:18:01.000 It's because in the Paycheck Reduction Act that the Democrats advanced, there was actually a natural gas tax.

00:18:10.000 So if you tax the onshoring of national gas, which is what they're doing, if that is extracted over water, then you drive up the cost, you limit the investment, and you impact the general balance of supply and demand.

00:18:24.000 And so today on the floor, Republicans will attempt a procedural move to bring up H.R. 8749, which would repeal the natural gas tax that That the Democrats baked into some of their prior legislation.

00:18:39.000 That would be a vision for Republican control that certainly wouldn't lead to the intense pressure that you get from this type of rising inflation and rising prices.

00:18:51.000 We also want to take you to the grocery store.

00:18:54.000 And I hear as much about inflation at the grocery store as I do even at the gas pump.

00:19:00.000 And you have to see these things interconnected because a lot of the fuel costs that are driving up What you pay at the pump go into the costs that we pay at the grocery store.

00:19:10.000 13.5%.

00:19:12.000 13.5%.

00:19:14.000 That is the increase in groceries as a result of inflation between last August and the August prior.

00:19:25.000 Now this is the largest one-year increase in the cost of groceries since 1979. So remember those numbers.

00:19:33.000 Right now we're in a world where highest grocery inflation since 1979, 13.5%, and then you have the largest increase in energy costs since 1981. That is the Biden agenda, and they are doing everything from the White House to try to distract people, to get people off of their focus on economic issues.

00:19:58.000 We certainly see that a lot of folks are understanding it.

00:20:02.000 We see the Impeach Biden movement getting a lot of attention on Instagram.

00:20:07.000 Oh, even a viewer from England.

00:20:10.000 So thank you so much, everyone, for tuning in.

00:20:13.000 We are always simulcast streaming, so make sure...

00:20:17.000 That you have your notifications turned on.

00:20:19.000 Make sure you are subscribed.

00:20:21.000 Also, wanted to note that the Bidenflation we're experiencing is something highly predictable.

00:20:28.000 It's something solvable if we cut spending.

00:20:30.000 Check out this little piece of work that members of my team put out this past week.

00:20:35.000 America is a nation that can be defined in a single word.

00:20:42.000 Bidenflation update.

00:20:43.000 Come on, man!

00:20:46.000 Exactly four weeks ago today, I signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, a single most important legislation passed in the Congress to combat inflation and one of the most significant laws in our nation's history, in my view.

00:20:59.000 Mr. President, as you know, last Tuesday, the annual inflation rate came in at 8.3%.

00:21:06.000 The stock market nosedived.

00:21:09.000 So it fell to the Democrats to meet this moment and deliver for the American people.

00:21:13.000 And that's exactly what we did.

00:21:15.000 People are shocked.

00:21:17.000 Well, first of all, let's put this in perspective.

00:21:20.000 Inflation rate month to month was just an inch.

00:21:23.000 You're not arguing that 8.3 is good news?

00:21:26.000 No, I'm not saying it is good news, but it was 8.2 or 8.2 before.

00:21:30.000 It's the highest inflation rate, Mr. President, in 40 years.

00:21:34.000 I got that.

00:21:39.000 We are seeing the effects of this inflation on investment confidence, consumer confidence.

00:21:44.000 Saw recent reports that at Goldman Sachs, they're having a moratorium on hiring.

00:21:49.000 They're going to have fewer promotions.

00:21:51.000 And it's because they think that there are going to be fewer deals done in this economy.

00:21:56.000 Remember, a critical feature of the Trump tax cuts was the onshoring of capital and revenue.

00:22:02.000 Because during the Obama years, when mandates drove your businesses to smaller employee numbers, to lower revenue amounts, Well, then people created offshore subsidiaries and they would hold their intellectual property offshore and they would use that as a basis to escape the U.S. tax system.

00:22:19.000 Now, by the way, that wasn't something regular Americans were doing.

00:22:22.000 You were still paying taxes through payroll taxes, income taxes, and the like.

00:22:28.000 But the wealthy and the powerful were able to put the costs on the regular folks and then engage in this massive amount of offshoring. 0.71

00:22:36.000 Trump's tax cuts re-onshored that capital where it went to the wages, investments, consumer confidence.

00:22:42.000 And then you saw the wheels of the American economy starting to really spin at a high rate.

00:22:49.000 And it was causing more deal-making and growth beyond what the Obama-Biden administration ever told us we could ever have.

00:22:56.000 Now compare that to some of these inflation numbers.

00:22:59.000 Under President Biden, workers' wages have dropped over 4%, prompting a majority of Americans to do more bargain hunting.

00:23:09.000 Imagine that.

00:23:10.000 You're expected to do less, live less, have diminished dreams and expectations because of that wage drop.

00:23:19.000 Real wages have fallen every single month since President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package.

00:23:25.000 More than half of all Americans are spending up to $500 a month on groceries.

00:23:31.000 $500 a month on groceries.

00:23:33.000 I mean, that used to be what you pay in rent.

00:23:35.000 Now that's groceries.

00:23:36.000 More than half of Americans are doing that.

00:23:40.000 The savings for low-income people have basically been wiped out under the Biden economy.

00:23:47.000 I mean, a lot of working people do have 401ks as our economy has moved out of a defined benefit system to a defined contribution system.

00:23:56.000 And those 401ks were just on the rise.

00:24:00.000 I mean, we were roaring as a country under the Trump economy.

00:24:04.000 And then one of the iconic images of the Biden presidency, among so many tragic ones to choose from, will be Joe Biden holding a celebration at the White House over all of his legislative achievements.

00:24:16.000 As you see in the corner, the Dow just plummet.

00:24:20.000 And those folks who've made that little contribution in each paycheck to their 401k, maybe got an employer match, just saw their dreams, their retirement, the value of their life.

00:24:31.000 Continued to decline.

00:24:34.000 26 million low-income households have seen their savings totally wiped out as a result of the inflationary cycles in this economy.

00:24:44.000 26 million.

00:24:45.000 Maybe if 26 million Americans lost all of their savings on the same day the President of the United States is out there saying that the pandemic is over, that we should stop the pandemic-infused inflationary spending that is crushing people.

00:25:00.000 Just an idea.

00:25:01.000 More than 60% of job creators fear inflation will drive them out of business.

00:25:07.000 And this is where this thing starts to cycle downhill very quickly for us, a lot in the way that Joe Biden is cycling downhill.

00:25:13.000 Because if major businesses believe that their own prospects are impaired by the inflation that we are seeing today, that the value of their deals is diminished, If their supply chain is disrupted, well then they're not going to make the promotions and the new hires.

00:25:30.000 They're not going to open that new branch store or maybe take a risk and do more capital investment.

00:25:34.000 And by the way, for those of you who do, the cost of money now is going to be higher at the bank and it's going to be harder to take that risk because of rising rates.

00:25:43.000 Rates that, you know, now that we're...

00:25:45.000 Really, behind the eight ball, because people like Janet Yellen told us that inflation wasn't going to happen, we're going to see a far more, I think, severe adjustment of the U.S. economy.

00:25:56.000 And the regular folks that are out there working hard, doing everything they can for their families, are the ones that are going to be screwed over.

00:26:02.000 I'm going to cover this.

00:26:04.000 I'm going to cover the wasteful spending that we see out of Congress.

00:26:07.000 And if Republicans are trusted by the voters to take control, We must hold their feet to the fire.

00:26:15.000 We cannot pass government funding bills that continue to operationalize a system that has been weaponized against the people while that very spending is wiping out the savings that hard-working Americans have toiled for their entire lives.

00:26:33.000 That must be the mission.

00:26:34.000 That is the mandate.

00:26:35.000 The mandate for Republicans is to stop the inflation, stop the spending, Stop paying people not to work and to get this economy roaring again.

00:26:45.000 And I know we can do it because we've done it before.

00:26:48.000 And actually, if you have the discipline, if you have a little bit of fortitude, it's not even going to be that difficult.

00:26:55.000 The difficult part will be focusing the investigative work of the next Congress because there's so much corruption.

00:27:02.000 There have been so many bad acts.

00:27:03.000 We're going to be talking a lot about that on future episodes of Firebrand.

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Firebrand - Matt Gaetz - September 20, 2022

Episode 70 LIVE: The Pandemic Is Over – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz

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