The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - October 21, 2020


Episode 113 – 50 Cent Joins The Trump Train. Democrats Demand An Orwellian Report. The Proud Boys, Explained.


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Joe Biden s pay-for-play scheme is a scandal of epic proportions, and it's time for the American people to see the truth. Hot Takes is a series of hot takes on hot button issues affecting our society and politics.

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00:00:00.000 You ever watch this guy on television?
00:00:03.800 You all were not telling the truth and you should not be trusted.
00:00:06.600 Congressman Matt Gaetz, thank you for what you did for your country tonight.
00:00:09.200 Be offended with the Democratic whip, not House Republicans.
00:00:12.200 Like a machine, Matt Gaetz.
00:00:16.200 Welcome to Hot Takes, I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.
00:00:19.200 On the road again, throughout the state of Florida, in the Panhandle, talking to voters
00:00:24.840 on the Team Trump bus tour, let's talk about the news.
00:00:29.460 Mark Meadows, Chief of Staff to the President, saying that the evolving Biden scandal is
00:00:34.580 one of epic proportions.
00:00:36.840 Here's Mark Meadows.
00:00:37.840 Based on new emails, and obviously you keep referring to it as Hunter Biden, and that's
00:00:42.980 really what a lot of people are referring to, but let's make sure we get it accurate.
00:00:48.140 This is about the Biden family, and this is about big guy Biden, Joe Biden, actually doing
00:00:54.240 a pay for play scheme, and so all of that information would have been very helpful to come out and
00:00:59.340 during the impeachment process, because they were saying, oh, this, this, all these dealings
00:01:03.780 with buriesment, all that, that's, you know, that's been shown to be not true.
00:01:08.220 Well, actually, just the opposite.
00:01:10.060 They were attacking President Donald Trump and his family, accusing them of the very thing
00:01:16.540 that they were involved in.
00:01:18.020 And I think it's important that we look at this.
00:01:20.420 Over the coming days, Joe Biden has to do a couple of things.
00:01:24.300 One is, he needs to answer for all of this to suggest that he had no knowledge of it, is
00:01:29.300 not actually supported by the actual documents that are out there, more documents from what
00:01:36.420 I've been told to come.
00:01:38.860 But it's, it's important also for us to understand is, is while this president, Donald Trump was
00:01:44.660 creating jobs in America, the only thing that Joe Biden was doing was creating wealth for
00:01:50.140 him and his family.
00:01:51.740 And so it's, it's very important right now that we look at this and get to the bottom
00:01:56.560 of it before people go to the polls on November 3rd.
00:01:59.460 We're already voting.
00:02:00.840 And so it is a scandal of, of epic proportions and it's time that we allow the American people
00:02:08.520 to see the truth.
00:02:09.520 Still, there is much to be answered for let's hope at least someone in the media does the
00:02:15.020 job of asking the tough questions.
00:02:20.980 Politico has the story Joe Biden would consider putting Republicans in his cabinet.
00:02:27.240 First of all, no, he wouldn't.
00:02:29.340 Joe Biden isn't going to be in charge of any potential Biden administration.
00:02:34.360 Joe Biden will have to cede that ground to the Woketopian left who animate today's Democratic 1.00
00:02:40.900 Party.
00:02:41.900 Joe Biden will have a lid to put on his day at 930 or 10 o'clock in the morning as he's
00:02:47.400 done these last few weeks of the campaign.
00:02:50.860 Joe Biden will be holed up, shut away, brought out only for special occasions and Christmas parties
00:02:57.480 as the far left reaches of the Democratic Party convert our society based on freedom and markets
00:03:05.500 and success into one of socialism and government control and grievance.
00:03:11.040 But the fact that Biden is even talking about putting Republicans in his cabinet shows something
00:03:16.380 about his worldview.
00:03:18.060 And I would say something about American politics today.
00:03:21.600 I've long argued that we're in a time of political realignment where the America First movement no longer
00:03:28.560 seeks to start foreign wars, invite illegal immigrants and negotiate trade deals that screw Americans. 0.59
00:03:36.580 But you see, the establishment can coalesce in a bipartisan way as well.
00:03:41.660 Just like at a Trump rally, you find, sure, a lot of Republicans, but a lot of Democrats, too.
00:03:46.920 A lot of people with no party affiliation or maybe minor party affiliation.
00:03:51.800 But with today's Democratic Party, I think that you'll find a willingness to work with the establishment Republicans
00:04:00.520 who were on the outs in the Trump administration if they're willing to pursue establishment goals
00:04:07.600 like continued uncontrolled spending, like the adventurism of U.S. foreign policy that is unfocused and illegal immigration
00:04:18.940 that gives Democrats political power and that gives big businesses the ability to suppress wages for our fellow Americans.
00:04:27.360 So, again, I don't suspect that Joe Biden will be the president.
00:04:32.120 I don't suspect that if he were president that Kamala and the rest of the Woketopians would allow him to actually seat his own cabinet. 0.98
00:04:40.800 But it does tell you something, that there is an element of the establishment willing to work across the aisle for their goals.
00:04:48.920 And I think that means that as populists, as people who want to put the people of our country first,
00:04:53.960 we ought to be willing to work across the aisle, too, as there are policies, look,
00:04:58.600 that even Bernie Sanders supports that I support when it comes to veteran choice,
00:05:04.520 when it comes to the corruption of money in politics.
00:05:08.200 I'm the only Republican that doesn't take federal PAC money.
00:05:12.220 There are some Democrats that do that.
00:05:13.880 And look, if there are members of Congress who want to reject the lobbyists and the special interests and the PACs,
00:05:19.280 I don't care what party you're from.
00:05:21.540 I'm with you in that fight because the establishment can be, at times, far more dangerous to the country than even the Democrats.
00:05:31.340 And that's what President Trump has allowed us to fight against, that corruption of the status quo.
00:05:36.900 Joe Biden will never be able to confront the corrupt status quo because his family has financially benefited from the corrupt status quo.
00:05:45.380 And that's what we'll be continuing to pursue and expose and show the American people.
00:05:51.540 Half a billion dollars worth of cocaine is a lot of blow, 2.6 tons, as a matter of fact.
00:06:01.400 And it's a record seizure in South America, the prior record being 2.2 tons in the country of Paraguay.
00:06:10.340 This cocaine was believed to have been grown in Bolivia, one of the largest producers of the drug,
00:06:15.800 along with Peru and Colombia, and then flown into Paraguay.
00:06:20.220 Paraguay has become a transit country for cocaine.
00:06:24.200 This particular shipment was found with charcoal, intended to be sent to Israel with stops in Europe and in South America along the way.
00:06:35.040 The private port was targeted by Paraguayan anti-narcotics efforts,
00:06:42.400 and two people were arrested.
00:06:43.780 One of them, actually, former director of a state TV channel.
00:06:47.880 So I guess you don't just fall into the half a billion dollars worth of cocaine trafficking business.
00:06:54.140 But we continue to see production on the rise in South America.
00:06:59.260 And as the U.S.-Mexico border becomes less permissible,
00:07:03.680 we're starting to see more and more shipments heading to Europe, heading to Asia, with that South American cocaine.
00:07:10.860 I want to share my experiences with the Proud Boys.
00:07:18.860 And I know that this is a sensitive subject, and I'm going to approach it just with factual statements that I'm aware of.
00:07:26.840 The Proud Boys have been labeled a racist organization.
00:07:30.280 They came up in the presidential debate.
00:07:33.060 Take a listen to that reference.
00:07:34.300 Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down
00:07:42.740 and not add to the violence in a number of these cities, as we saw in Kenosha and as we've seen in Portland?
00:07:49.160 Sure, I'm willing to do that.
00:07:50.320 Are you prepared to specifically...
00:07:50.740 Do it.
00:07:51.300 Well, go ahead, sir.
00:07:52.120 I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing.
00:07:56.500 So what are you saying...
00:07:58.300 I'm willing to do anything.
00:07:59.680 I want to see peace.
00:08:00.460 Well, then do it, sir.
00:08:01.200 Say it.
00:08:01.700 Do it.
00:08:02.120 Say it.
00:08:03.320 Do you want to call them...
00:08:04.600 What do you want to call them?
00:08:05.420 Give me a name.
00:08:06.000 Give me a name. 1.00
00:08:06.480 White supremacists and white supremacists. 0.99
00:08:07.240 Who would you like me to condemn? 1.00
00:08:08.220 White supremacists and white supremacists. 0.99
00:08:09.960 Proud Boys. 0.99
00:08:10.240 Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.
00:08:12.900 But I'll tell you what.
00:08:13.980 I'll tell you what.
00:08:15.120 Somebody's got to do something about Antifa and the left, because this is not a right wing problem.
00:08:20.140 This is a left wing.
00:08:21.240 So if one only knew that, they would come to the conclusion that the founding organizing principles of this group is one of exclusion and racism.
00:08:30.420 And I don't know very much about the Proud Boys in terms of their doctrine and their ideology, but I do know a Proud Boy, and he's a gay rights activist.
00:08:40.800 And so my knowledge of one particular journalist who happens to associate with the Proud Boys but also happens to associate with the LGBT rights community doesn't really strike me as someone who is exclusive or bigoted in their viewpoints.
00:08:59.260 And then I also had occasion at a recent speaking event where I attended something where there were a lot of folks coming in and out.
00:09:08.540 I met a man who came up and introduced himself to me as the president of the Proud Boys, and he was black.
00:09:16.080 And I was a bit startled by the fact that, you know, the man standing before me didn't match the characterization of the Proud Boys that I had heard in this debate.
00:09:26.360 And he just sort of looked at me and said, I wasn't what you were expecting, was I?
00:09:31.700 And then very quickly he moved on to greet someone else, and it was a very brief encounter.
00:09:37.540 And then just this past week, I attended a pro-America rally in Milton, Florida, in my district.
00:09:46.660 And one of the groups that also attended and participated were Black Voices for Trump.
00:09:52.320 And they were there with speeches and American flags and the anthem and just a whole lot of love of country.
00:10:00.160 And as I was leaving the event, one of the folks who had brought me there said, well, did you notice who was helping us with security?
00:10:08.920 I said, no, who was that?
00:10:10.280 And she said, it was the Proud Boys.
00:10:12.820 And I thought, my goodness, the Proud Boys providing security and safety for the Black Voices for Trump group attending a pro-America rally in the Deep South, you know, to celebrate our country and our anthem and our veterans and our law enforcement just doesn't seem to match the characterizations that I've heard.
00:10:35.380 Now, when I meet someone, I don't know what, you know, the moment I meet them, if they're a racist or a bigot or if they have some other flaw.
00:10:43.720 I tend to start from the proposition that my fellow Americans that I meet are fundamentally good people.
00:10:49.180 And of course, we don't we don't know everything anyone has said or done, but we've gotten on to such a cancel culture trend lately.
00:10:58.100 I do think it's important to judge the things that people have said and the things that people have done.
00:11:04.720 But I also think it's important to judge the experiences that you have with folks and the experiences that I personally have observed and have had with the Proud Boys.
00:11:17.520 The I think, you know, just a patriotic contribution that they've made to keeping black people safe who wanted to speak about politics in the Deep South is admirable.
00:11:30.600 Now, that's not to say that everything they've ever said or done is admirable.
00:11:33.300 I don't know everything they've said or done.
00:11:35.400 And I don't think that just because you take a picture with someone, enjoy a celebration of law enforcement with someone, that you're tied to every viewpoint that they've ever had or that they ever will have in the future.
00:11:49.140 That's what the cancel culture wants you to believe.
00:11:51.720 You see, if they cancel enough of us, then they create their own echo chamber for their own views.
00:11:56.540 I think we need a dynamic landscape of ideas and ideologies and doctrines.
00:12:04.160 And then we get to see how each of them, when utilized, can impact our lives.
00:12:09.080 And hopefully we find inclusive and kind ways to adopt a doctrine in this country that's reflective of the success and the graciousness that we have experienced and that we've shared with the world.
00:12:22.700 Throughout our entire time as the principal hegemon on the planet Earth, America has been a kind and gracious country.
00:12:30.860 Now, we've made mistakes.
00:12:31.880 Frankly, I think involving ourselves in endless wars hasn't inured to the benefit of our country or the world.
00:12:38.780 But I do think that the essence of America is good.
00:12:42.980 And I think that when we try to cancel every group or every segment among us because we don't like their politics, it diminishes the vibrance and diversity of our country.
00:12:54.460 It doesn't enhance it.
00:12:55.580 Donald Trump appears to be expanding his support in the black rapper community after collaborating with Ice Cube on the campaign's Platinum Plan for Black America.
00:13:09.820 Now, 50 Cent endorsing Donald J. Trump for president.
00:13:14.400 Thehiphopnews.com has the story.
00:13:17.020 And it's great to see 50 Cent making this decision.
00:13:19.940 Really, it appears on economic terms, saying that he doesn't want to be 20 Cent.
00:13:24.420 50 Cent actually is quite the investor.
00:13:27.420 I think he has invested in a number of companies that have gone really big.
00:13:32.220 And I think he's made more money as a venture capitalist than he ever made in the music industry.
00:13:37.580 And so he understands the value of capital markets and funding people's dreams and successes and seeing vision come to fruition in a way that is productive and profitable.
00:13:47.540 It's the American way.
00:13:48.880 And it is an honor to have 50 Cent as a part of our America First movement.
00:13:54.420 Yesterday, I had a deeply moving personal experience.
00:14:00.760 We were on the Trump bus tour across Northwest Florida and at a stop in Fort Walton Beach.
00:14:06.640 I got off and noticed this big, hulking guy on crutches.
00:14:11.760 And he had his beautiful wife with him and two little sons, neither quite school-aged yet.
00:14:17.360 But it appeared they might have just gotten up from a nap and weren't in the best of moods.
00:14:21.600 And so I bounded off the bus to give them each a lollipop and cheer them up for the coming speeches.
00:14:27.500 And I introduced myself to the big gentleman on the crutches and he said, well, I've met you before.
00:14:34.720 And he pulled out his phone and he showed me a picture of the two of us at Walter Reed after he had come back from Afghanistan and had been injured in an event where the very Afghans that our military was training turned and attacked U.S. service members.
00:14:54.500 And this particular constituent of mine, I don't want to say his whole name because I don't want him to be the subject of any criticism for being on my podcast.
00:15:03.640 But I'll just call him Martin.
00:15:06.000 Martin is a great American.
00:15:08.860 He's one of our absolute best, speaks multiple languages.
00:15:12.060 And when I saw him in Walter Reed, he was messed up.
00:15:16.140 His leg just looked like mush.
00:15:19.240 And after three months of surgeries, after quite a long amount of time in the hospital, he's now back in northwest Florida with his wife and with his family.
00:15:31.460 And what I remember about Martin from the hospital right after he had come back to our country, he was so dedicated and determined to be as good a husband and father as he was a soldier for America.
00:15:45.220 And that determination was evident in the pride he had in his two sons and bringing him out to see me and to see the rest of the folks on the bus tour and take pictures and enjoy a great afternoon with us.
00:15:58.360 And, you know, it just continues to inspire my own patriotism to see how people can love our country so much that they would be willing to go anywhere and fight anyone and endure any challenge to their life, to their marriage, to their parenting for the sake of America.
00:16:17.700 And it means that those of us who are entrusted with decision making ought to make damn sure that we know what we're doing when we ask the very best among us to make these sacrifices that they are so willing to make for the sake of our country and our people and our constitution and our way of life.
00:16:38.820 And, you know, I just I just I just can't imagine, you know, those who would observe this type of patriotism and think anything other than America is the greatest country that has ever existed because we have these types of patriots willing to do these things often for the liberty and for the benefit of others.
00:16:59.060 And we're grateful to Martin. I was honored to see him. He's doing so much better.
00:17:04.160 And actually, I'm particularly proud that he said he and his wife are looking to buy a piece of property right here in northwest Florida and make this their forever home.
00:17:14.600 I'm honored to have them as my bosses, my constituents, my fellow Americans.
00:17:22.600 If Democrats did win this election, what would be their plans for the rest of us?
00:17:28.100 Tucker Carlson has reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
00:17:32.920 Take a listen because every single day of this year has been yet another page torn directly from a George Orwell novel.
00:17:40.980 You can't believe it's real. But unfortunately, it is.
00:17:44.580 Some Democrats are now calling for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to try or assess Trump supporters after the election.
00:17:53.160 Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This weekend, for example, former Obama advisor Robert Reich, who was a labor secretary under Bill Clinton,
00:17:59.740 wrote that Truth and Reconciliation Commission would, quote, name every official politician, executive and media mogul whose greed and cowardice enabled this catastrophe, end quote.
00:18:11.220 Several MSNBC anchors have made the same suggestion. Chris Hayes, for example.
00:18:15.740 In July, another MSNBC personality offered a preview of these commissions.
00:18:19.700 Let me take an example like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.
00:18:25.160 Because it's a good example because apartheid went on for a long time.
00:18:27.960 But basically, people would come before that commission and admit there was a truth telling.
00:18:32.020 They would say, I did this.
00:18:33.860 And that was the birth of the concept of reconciliation because they were able to admit what they did wrong.
00:18:39.980 Here in America, we have a different problem in that there are a whole bunch of people who say, I didn't cause this problem.
00:18:44.160 Might have been my ancestors, or maybe I'm a recent immigrant.
00:18:47.060 It's somebody else's fault.
00:18:48.760 How do we convince people that it doesn't have to be their fault to be their responsibility to fix it?
00:18:54.140 South Africa is the model?
00:18:56.720 Seriously, that's not a rhetorical point, by the way, or a demagogic one.
00:19:00.040 Do you know anyone who lives there of any color?
00:19:02.800 How's that country going now?
00:19:04.420 Seriously, that's their model.
00:19:07.160 In America, unfortunately, it appears the political left needs admission.
00:19:11.400 They need confession.
00:19:13.420 The deplorables have to step forward and cleanse themselves before the great woke-topian secular religion of big government and socialism.
00:19:24.480 Not for me.
00:19:25.840 America needs to stay America. 0.98
00:19:28.360 And the way that we tell the truth is by adhering to the values, to the Constitution, to the principles that have made this country the envy of the world.
00:19:37.940 Thanks for listening to Hot Takes.
00:19:39.580 I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.
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