The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 136 - Gov. Cuomo's Absolute Meltdown at a COVID Presser. Toilet Paper Panic 2.0. Where the Heck is John Durham？

00:00:00.000 you ever watch this guy on television you all were not telling the truth and you should not

00:00:06.100 be trusted congressman matt gates thank you for what you did for your country today be offended

00:00:09.760 with the democratic whip not house republicans like a machine matt gates

00:00:13.940 welcome to hot takes i'm congressman matt gates let's talk about the news our top news story

00:00:22.500 today comes from revolver.news it's actually a piece by mark chatham and it begs the question

00:00:28.500 if america were observing the 2020 presidential race as if it occurred in a foreign country would

00:00:36.220 it adhere to our standards would it uphold our highest principles and there are a series of

00:00:42.840 factors in this revolver piece that i think are interesting the first if observers were excluded

00:00:48.940 from election review in another country how would we treat that what would we think if the same

00:00:55.620 practices in albania or in africa or in some other developing nation precluded people from being

00:01:03.660 able to see the votes as they were being counted as they were being transmitted and certainly from

00:01:09.300 the affidavits we've seen in michigan that was the case in our country with people oftentimes you know

00:01:14.800 a thousand feet away as they were being expected to speak to the validity of ballots the second the

00:01:21.040 irregularities that we see i mean i've covered on the program how in wayne county michigan you're

00:01:29.860 seeing more votes than you're seeing registered voters how could that possibly be certified how if

00:01:35.260 we saw that in another country would we judge it or treat it you know another factor is the suspicious

00:01:41.960 circumstances of counting in my state in the state of florida there are no suspicious circumstances

00:01:49.200 we count the ballots as they come in and we report them timely but in some of these places in new

00:01:55.960 york in fulton county georgia you're seeing these ballots counted at odd hours you're seeing the

00:02:03.140 observers sent home and then the counting continues and then the results change dramatically overnight

00:02:08.860 again in georgia and pennsylvania we saw these features prominently exhibited and then finally the

00:02:15.980 deviation from practices that are the practices that ought to be applied in a standard fashion across

00:02:22.440 the board in pennsylvania there were some counties where people were allowed to cure their ballots

00:02:28.300 and other counties they were not in georgia there were irregularities and deviations from practice when

00:02:35.560 it came to counting the ballots i mean heck just a few days ago they were still finding new ballots and

00:02:41.400 they were still finding circumstances where a ballots had not been retrieved or counted and uploaded to

00:02:47.500 the state's main system people actually had to be terminated as a consequence so if america saw all this

00:02:53.520 happening somewhere else we would raise concerns we would demand audits we would want the most thorough

00:03:00.340 review possible and so if that's what we would demand in other countries we should demand no less in the

00:03:07.140 united states of america check out the revolver piece by mark chatham i found it very interesting

00:03:12.920 our good friend congressman devin nunez the republican lead of the house intelligence committee was on

00:03:22.240 maria bartiromo's sunday morning futures program with a hot take take a listen president obama he's not

00:03:28.820 giving up power he investigated his opposing party he allowed it to happen if he was so high and mighty and

00:03:34.540 above board he should have told clinton comey mccabe brennan all of them no we're not doing this you

00:03:42.440 have no evidence that trump is some type of russian agent stop it he didn't do it uh and here we're left

00:03:48.680 with this aftermath of four years of this nonsense and now we're sitting waiting for durham uh to complete

00:03:54.700 this investigation i think people are getting not only very frustrated uh but also there's a growing

00:03:59.700 concern that durham's not going to come out with anything uh and then biden and obama are going to

00:04:04.840 be back in and they're going to shut this investigation off devin nunez has a good point

00:04:10.080 where's durham weren't we supposed to see a report regarding the improper predication of the trump

00:04:17.960 russia investigation weren't we supposed to get answers about the people who set up that investigation

00:04:24.080 who maintained it beyond having the knowledge that there was never a criminal conspiracy between

00:04:30.880 trump and russia you see the russia investigation shows us that the process is the punishment the way

00:04:38.680 the radical left works is by trying to smear people with false accusations then hoping that that will

00:04:44.800 frame everyone's perspective of how an operation would work and in this case the operation was the trump

00:04:51.580 presidency and they didn't want that presidency to have legitimacy to execute america first policies

00:04:58.640 both in our country and around the world and so they instead came up with the russia hoax i still believe

00:05:06.140 that people ought to pay for that there ought to be consequences for the harm to our nation that came

00:05:12.040 due to the violations of the law the illegal spying the unmasking the renewal of fisa warrants without

00:05:20.220 evidence attorney general bill barr told us that durham would give us these answers and we're still waiting

00:05:26.780 america did we not learn in the last go around that panic buying of toilet paper is not necessary

00:05:39.500 i guess we didn't foxbusiness.com has the report panic buying of toilet paper hits u.s stores again with

00:05:48.040 new pandemic restrictions and so as states are enacting curfews and shutdowns as the covet 19 pandemic

00:05:56.680 that continues to impact our country we see the toilet paper aisles growing more empty as a friday

00:06:03.880 afternoon 22 states have imposed restrictions aimed at decreasing the spread of the virus giving rise to a

00:06:11.300 new round of panic buying from shoppers and purchase limits from retailers including target and kroger

00:06:17.780 the nation's largest supermarket chain so if you're planning on going to the supermarket at least to

00:06:24.380 the target or the kroger and hoarding toilet paper i guess they've got policies against that but

00:06:29.580 did anyone really benefit from that last time i mean were we all just a little more satisfied knowing

00:06:36.120 that we had 300 rolls of toilet paper stored away in the pantry you know i think we're all uh likely able to

00:06:44.600 sustain this next round of the virus without this panic buying but we see it persisting and one has to

00:06:51.640 wonder whether or not these very reactionary efforts by mayors and governors just to show they're doing

00:06:58.680 something at times even in the absence of data whether or not that contributes to a sense of panic among

00:07:05.160 our people that is not necessary especially as it relates to toilet paper

00:07:13.960 last evening i had the chance to join the next revolution with steve hilton he asked whether or not a

00:07:19.000 potential biden administration could bring america closer to china and whether that would be good or bad

00:07:26.040 here's my answer in my book firebrand i write a chapter called china is not our friend where

00:07:30.680 i walk through politicians like joe lieberman and david vitter people from both sides of the aisle

00:07:35.960 who go and sell out to china and you know there is already a problem where too many of our products

00:07:41.640 are made in china joe biden would have our policies made in china as well now biden's signature foreign

00:07:48.520 policy goal would be to reinvest in nato he's all about nato and so to do that he has to create a threat

00:07:55.240 construction around the concept of a resurgent russia this removes our focus from china focus that

00:08:01.960 president trump really brought into great clarity and it allows these swamp monsters to get rich and

00:08:07.880 to do their deals at the expense of the american worker you know the chimerica dream was supposed to 0.89

00:08:13.000 be that if we drew china closer that it would make them more like us it's only allowed them to steal our 1.00

00:08:18.840 stuff bribe our politicians and then offshore the jobs that these liberals don't lock down 1.00

00:08:27.880 actor kurt russell has a hot take we pick up the story from the washington examiner

00:08:33.240 kurt russell saying that actors need to play less of a role in politics that there needs to be more of a

00:08:40.360 dividing line between the silver screen and the political arena and kurt russell's argument goes like

00:08:46.200 this we need to be able to believe actors in a variety of different settings in a variety of

00:08:52.040 different characters and when they become linked to politics or political candidates that becomes so

00:08:58.760 central to their identity that they're unable to be truly believable in some other fictitious role

00:09:05.400 i don't know if that's true i'm able to largely see a film or a television series as a piece of art that

00:09:12.200 can be evaluated separate and distinct from the lives that the various actors play but kurt russell

00:09:18.280 takes the position that the actors in hollywood are actually court jesters that there is actually in

00:09:24.440 society this important role of comedy and entertainment and drama that all comes through the court jester

00:09:32.200 experience and when you take the court jesters and place them in the more serious and non-fictitious

00:09:39.320 role of political analysis and debate and discussion that it robs us of that ability to to escape reality

00:09:46.360 for a moment and to be able to participate in the artwork of theater and television and movie making

00:09:53.240 i don't know i would seem to think that anyone has a right to a political opinion and to share it it

00:09:59.000 doesn't really impact me but maybe some of the economic realities of these decisions from people in

00:10:05.560 hollywood to wear their politics on their sleeve has become even more poignant in the time of the

00:10:12.440 coronavirus pandemic you're seeing a lot of these movie theaters shut down some will never reopen

00:10:18.840 again and of course it's having an impact on the revenue models for hollywood so it might be an

00:10:23.800 opportunity for them to re-examine to find ways to be more accommodating and more inviting to all americans

00:10:35.560 new york governor andrew cuomo under siege over the issue of school closures there's this color

00:10:44.840 coded system he has regarding percentages and activities that new yorkers are able to participate

00:10:51.560 in and it has folks confused and asking questions here is the governor's hot take in response to one

00:10:59.640 reporter's question the other day you said this is the city's decision they have an agreement of three

00:11:03.800 percent today you said well i might have to impose an orange zone and i might have to close the

00:11:08.920 schools which an orange zone does so what's going on does the city still have the ability to close its

00:11:13.400 schools are you now taking control and saying that you have the power to make this decision

00:11:18.040 and for the millions of parents who want to know are the schools going to open tomorrow in new york city

00:11:22.840 all right first of all let's try not to be obnoxious and offensive

00:11:27.640 in your tone if you were paying attention you would have known we closed the schools in new york city two

00:11:35.640 weeks ago remember when we did an orange zone and a red zone in brooklyn and queens and we close the

00:11:45.720 schools don't you remember that okay so don't you so what are you talking about

00:11:52.120 how what are you talking about you're now going to override we did it already that's the law an

00:12:00.680 orange zone in a red zone follow the facts well then you're confused i'm confused and then i'll tell

00:12:07.960 you what you mean parents are still confused as well the school they're not confused you're

00:12:13.160 confused read the law as well read the law and you won't be confused

00:12:18.360 the schools are open by state law

00:12:26.680 that's the question i think jimmy's correct in asking that question i don't think it's obnoxious

00:12:33.160 at all well i don't really care what you think it's not good when your own people are having to ask these

00:12:39.720 questions because of a lack of data supporting the decisions being made as we've covered on the

00:12:46.200 podcast it is overwhelmingly in the benefit of students to have schools open we hope that the

00:12:52.520 new york governor sees the light soon

00:12:58.520 america's longest serving prisoner in prison for a non-violent marijuana offense may be on his way home

00:13:07.480 nbc's alicia lozano has the story of richard delisi who's 71 years old he was given a 90 year

00:13:17.000 prison sentence because he was busted trying to get 100 pounds of marijuana from jamaica into the united

00:13:23.560 states and he's hoping to spend christmas with his family this year we've seen five states earlier this

00:13:30.840 month legalize recreational marijuana it seems crazy that this guy's serving a 90 year sentence

00:13:37.640 he's already served decades in prison now he has declining health and as a consequence of various

00:13:45.960 federal department of corrections policies relating to the coronavirus and people who are older and

00:13:53.880 uniquely susceptible he may obtain medical leave to go home and we certainly hope that's the case 1.00

00:14:00.520 i hope america's becoming a lot more enlightened about marijuana policy i hope that we don't view

00:14:07.640 long prison sentences as the best way to deal with people who are engaged in the marijuana industry and

00:14:14.840 i think it's been good for the country to have that industry come out of the shadows and into the light

00:14:20.840 generating tax revenue engaging in research unlocking cures and helping people live better lives so here's

00:14:28.280 hoping richard delisi is making it home in time to hear jingle bells

00:14:37.240 the media can't quite figure out why donald trump has had historic gains among hispanic americans as a

00:14:45.160 republican they spent years telling us that donald trump was a racist that he had it out for people who

00:14:52.920 who weren't far from our country that he was scapegoating problems that america had against

00:14:59.480 immigrants and trying to turn us against one another and all donald trump and the republicans did in the 0.53

00:15:05.880 response to those headwinds from the media was dramatically expand the universe of hispanics who 0.84

00:15:12.840 vote republican organize with republicans who get out and campaign alongside republicans and

00:15:18.840 it helped republican candidates up and down the ballot mark caputo from politico wrote about a

00:15:24.600 series of factors that he believes may have contributed to this historic departure from

00:15:31.080 the democratic party among hispanic americans he talks about the backlash to the black lives matter 0.98

00:15:37.480 movement there are a lot of hispanics in this country that deeply resented a movement built on

00:15:44.680 destruction and replacement and anti-americanism a lot of hispanic americans build small businesses

00:15:51.800 they work at small businesses and the notion that the right mechanism for political activity was

00:15:57.960 arson and rioting just didn't sit well with a lot of them you know another factor obviously is the

00:16:04.360 democratic party's refusal to reject socialism some would even call it an embrace of socialism and

00:16:11.240 there are so many hispanics in our country that have fled socialism who've heard their parents

00:16:16.120 and grandparents flee socialism and they're not here for the socialist redux in the united states

00:16:23.800 also trump's branding around success you know caputo writes that whether people are new to this

00:16:30.360 country or whether they've been here for a few generations within a family there is a near universal

00:16:37.000 belief that trump equates to success that he's built successful businesses that he's an american success

00:16:44.760 story and that was appealing just from a branding standpoint to a lot of americans and it it was a

00:16:51.400 contrast against like the democrat effort to boycott goya foods i don't think that history will judge that as a

00:17:00.280 politically advantageous move and there were a lot of hispanics who who mocked that frankly who memed it

00:17:06.760 and who didn't believe that it was really all that helpful for democrats to be boycotting a food

00:17:12.520 company because the leader of that company was a trump supporter a lot of hispanics in america are

00:17:18.680 working class they do blue collar jobs they're making things with their hands they're in the construction

00:17:25.720 industry in the tourism industry in the retail industry and president trump's agenda generated rising

00:17:32.920 wages for blue collar people a lot of folks called it the blue collar boom so you see that messaging

00:17:38.760 and that policy all working together for a very positive political ecosystem for the president and it's

00:17:45.400 not all about immigration too the democrats believe that if they continue to pound the immigration issue

00:17:51.960 that hispanics would come home to the democratic party but for a lot of hispanics they don't face 1.00

00:17:58.680 personally an immigration challenge or conflict or problem within their family they're here they're

00:18:05.160 working for better lives and they view themselves as just as american as everyone else and in fact they are

00:18:12.280 and that unifying principle i think made the divisive strategy employed by the democrats less successful

00:18:20.360 now there's also an interesting piece by john binder in breitbart that talks about persuasive efforts by

00:18:28.840 the republicans to get that hispanic vote coming their way and being pro-police being against this defund

00:18:36.200 the police movement seemingly helped the republicans according to the breitbart piece and also standing

00:18:40.920 against globalism there are not a lot of hispanic americans that believe that the way forward

00:18:46.600 is for america to surrender her sovereignty to diminish her own agency her own self-determination

00:18:55.000 for the benefit of these globalist institutions a lot of these globalist institutions particularly

00:18:59.640 in central south america have failed the people they've left folks indebted they've left countries with

00:19:08.600 bonds that they can't pay off and there's resentment that builds over that kind of globalist colonialism

00:19:15.800 and it's still very present with the hispanic community and you know finally i would just

00:19:19.880 say that if you look at a map of the country here in terms of what areas went more red or went more

00:19:25.640 blue in this last election you can clearly see that along the texas mexico border in south america parts

00:19:33.720 of arizona you are growing the republican coalition with more and more hispanic votes and i think that

00:19:41.800 the caputo piece and the bender piece in breitbart helped to explain those phenomenon those features that

00:19:50.600 demonstrate that the days ahead for the republican party look great look more diverse and certainly look more

00:19:57.640 appealing to our fellow americans of hispanic descent

00:20:00.760 bitcoin is reaching a near three-year high in valuation a little over eight thousand seven

00:20:12.200 hundred dollars per coin and we pick up the story from reuters regarding some of the conditions that

00:20:17.640 may be leading that to be the case and the principal proposition is that you're now seeing more

00:20:23.560 institutional investors more family offices more funds looking at bitcoin as a way to diversify their

00:20:31.640 portfolios the winklevoss twins famously said they view bitcoin like gold that it's an asset that

00:20:38.840 will hold its value and continue to rise and that it's a commodity that can be preserved and that it's

00:20:45.800 less likely to be manipulated much like gold compared to other types of currencies and commodities that

00:20:52.200 could be manipulated so we'll see if this is the great resurgence for bitcoin and we'll follow the story

00:21:00.200 thanks for listening to hot takes i'm congressman matt gates we're glad you're listening we hope you'll

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The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - November 23, 2020

Episode 136 - Gov. Cuomo's Absolute Meltdown at a COVID Presser. Toilet Paper Panic 2.0. Where the Heck is John Durham？

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