The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 37 - GOP Caucus Tension. Kangaroo Fighting Power. Ice Cube Embraces Farrakhan.

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 this is congressman matt gates let's talk about the news and the news

00:00:21.960 you will hear today is about lauren bobert an america first patriot out of the state of colorado

00:00:28.120 who won an upset primary against incumbent republican scott tipton honestly when i saw that

00:00:35.340 news on twitter i knew who lauren bobert was she's shared some of our content and been complimentary

00:00:40.840 of some of my service in the congress but i did not know who scott tipton was and he's a member of

00:00:46.340 congress and a member of the republican conference not really somebody who uh stood out in in the

00:00:51.740 fight for the trump agenda and i think that if there's a message for the establishment here

00:00:57.220 it's that bucking the president or even not forcefully fighting for the president can be

00:01:03.600 politically calamitous so congratulations to lauren we welcome her to the america first fight 0.99

00:01:09.240 and we'll be working hard to see her elected in the general election

00:01:12.240 india has banned the popular app tiktok in addition to wechat and dozens of other apps

00:01:22.140 that have dual application for the chinese in their strategic efforts and in their intelligence

00:01:28.120 collection so i have covered the china india tension on the border on an earlier episode of the podcast

00:01:35.300 i said don't think that's about some you know magical natural resources reserve somewhere in the himalayas

00:01:43.300 this is part of a broader strategic tension that exists between china and india it has to do with

00:01:50.260 china's control of the marketplace of shipping lanes and here you see india pushing back and i think that

00:01:58.200 the united states should do many of the same things when it comes to banning the strategic

00:02:04.040 companies that china has created to collect intelligence on americans whether that's zoom and tiktok

00:02:12.460 getting our images and likenesses for facial recognition whether that's chinese dna and genomics

00:02:20.560 companies making purchases of u.s assets to get our genetic material whether it is dji the chinese drone

00:02:27.540 company that is being used by our own law enforcement agencies in our communities i think the u.s should take

00:02:35.260 a far tougher look at these chinese companies india has in fact done that and i think it's a tremendous 1.00

00:02:41.560 opportunity for the president as well for him to stand with prime minister modi and to capture a great deal

00:02:49.640 of the american indian vote i think that you see a lot of folks in the community who are entrepreneurial

00:02:57.800 who believe in capitalism who probably aren't up for this new woketopia version of america that the left is presenting

00:03:05.220 so standing with india standing against china it's good geopolitics it's good national politics and it

00:03:12.840 puts america first hey the indians put india first we should put america first we should take a far

00:03:19.300 tougher look at these chinese technologies 1.00

00:03:21.760 life in the chaz or the chop or whatever it's named this week continues to get worse finally we may be

00:03:33.440 seeing some response from seattle but literally now in the chaz you have more murders than you have

00:03:39.880 cops we're getting the story from fox news's danielle wallace she describes a scene where the barriers

00:03:46.760 that have been erected to stop ambulatory services and emergency response services from entering this area

00:03:54.600 in seattle are being removed so maybe that means that the summer of love is over just listen to the house

00:04:02.800 judiciary committee member who represents this part of seattle pramila jayapal describing life in the

00:04:08.820 chaz according to very credible news reports and our own citing of of the area the reality is that

00:04:17.540 these are rumors that are being amplified by right-wing cable pundits and encouraging people to think that

00:04:24.960 protesters are extorting businesses engaging in other lawless behavior nothing could be further

00:04:31.840 from the truth the the protesters have been engaging in such terrible lawless activities such as

00:04:39.200 screening movies holding public forums on social justice and organizing poetry readings in fact at a

00:04:46.860 news conference held last friday the chief of police again said that there were no formal reports of

00:04:54.000 businesses being extorted by protesters another lie that is being perpetrated and spread by uh right-wing

00:05:01.640 media now if that were the case but you wouldn't be having shootings and murders and death as a

00:05:08.480 consequence of the lack of provision of service to these people so it's time that the leaders wake up

00:05:14.280 i'm glad to see that there is some deconstruction of the barriers to service that these warlords or

00:05:22.420 whomever have created and it's my hope and my expectation that the chaz will be dismantled 1.00

00:05:28.420 soon and that we will re-establish order and send the message to the rest of the country that this

00:05:33.700 will not be tolerated we will keep america america

00:05:37.380 is there a new anti-donald trump voice rising in the republican leadership that is the question posed by

00:05:47.520 politico's melanie zanona in her her piece entitled cheney takes on trump and in it she says representative

00:05:55.060 liz cheney has suddenly become one of the most outspoken gop critics of donald trump so let's break

00:06:02.320 down the liz cheney donald trump situation i was very critical of liz cheney not supporting the president

00:06:10.320 on germany the president reduced by about 10 000 the number of troops that we had in germany

00:06:16.240 uh the the second world war is pretty over i don't believe that russia is about to march into

00:06:22.440 germany and so the notion that we had to keep you know like over 35 000 troops there seems to be

00:06:28.960 pretty ludicrous but she criticized the president for that which was a a signal to a lot of the kind 0.99

00:06:35.540 of military industrial complex folks that she's with them and against any change in the force structure

00:06:41.460 to reflect the modern dynamics of the world liz cheney also engaged in intra-party politics 1.00

00:06:48.660 attacking congressman thomas massey in his re-election effort in kentucky thomas as we chronicled on the

00:06:54.860 show got about 88 percent of the vote so liz working against him didn't seem to be that much of a factor 0.98

00:07:01.900 in his race and i can't imagine it would be in the hollers of kentucky but it shows liz's willingness

00:07:07.520 i think to carve out her own brand of republicanism which of course is is her right that's not 1.00

00:07:13.420 particularly my brand but it is an issue when you've got the chair of the republican conference

00:07:19.660 the person that speaks for house republicans seemingly basking in the characterization of a trump critic

00:07:27.780 and and the uh range of issues that liz has attacked the president on has gone everywhere from 1.00

00:07:35.840 uh the mask issue where she sent out you know real men wear masks talking about her father wearing a mask

00:07:42.760 uh to to the president's policy on syria uh to his policy in afghanistan and it is not helpful for

00:07:51.540 house republicans who need to be working together to have our conference chair seemingly relishing this

00:07:57.760 conflict not only with the president but with i think one of the most principled members of our

00:08:02.940 caucus and thomas massey so how does this all manifest within the republican conference recently

00:08:11.260 there have been calls by a number of republicans to have an in-person meeting to discuss what the

00:08:17.680 ramifications are of liz cheney's new posturing as a trump critic i believe that folks like jim jordan

00:08:25.680 of ohio want to see an in-person meeting of house republicans to discuss these things i think folks

00:08:32.300 like tim burchett of tennessee an independent thinker but somebody who stands strong with the

00:08:37.440 president wants us to have that opportunity to get together and that's not necessarily even a

00:08:41.860 criticism of liz sometimes it's just that that these folks in the congress want to see a gathering

00:08:47.080 so that we can look each other in the eye and gain better understanding of one another but i think

00:08:51.900 that when the republican conference does meet in person and by the way we haven't done so in in

00:08:56.860 four months which is is pretty ridiculous but when we do meet in person i think there are going to be

00:09:02.300 real questions for liz about uh what we can expect from her in terms of uh attacking republicans in

00:09:09.980 primaries and what the president and his allies should expect from her when it comes to attacking the 1.00

00:09:15.400 president if it's if it's open open season for her on the president and on house republicans then i i 0.63

00:09:22.080 don't know that that fosters the best dynamic uh with our team as someone who is the conference chair

00:09:28.220 but we'll see and i expect that that conversation will be happening sooner rather than later i think the

00:09:34.720 voices calling for that meeting of house republicans will grow louder and i suspect that uh we'll see some

00:09:42.000 action as a consequence so i'll keep everyone informed and hopefully we'll work together as a

00:09:46.840 great team to re-elect the president and retake the majority in the house of representatives

00:09:51.360 it's not every day that our podcast and social media get a response officially from the communist

00:10:01.040 party of france that's right we tweeted out uh comments that i had shared on the podcast that

00:10:07.600 the black lives matter movement is an explicitly marxist movement its founders are avowed marxists

00:10:15.740 and the society that they seek to replace the united states and its order with is a is a marxist

00:10:22.440 society so we tweet out that truth bomb and the communist party of france replies okay and uh and then i

00:10:32.180 think they ended up deleting that later on but it's just quite the acknowledgement and there are a

00:10:37.200 number of other uh liberal celebrity blue checkmark folks who responded to my characterization of the

00:10:44.180 black lives matter movement as a marxist organization in the affirmative proudly so i think that if they

00:10:51.460 want to own that moniker and that ideology this is america of course if someone wants to be a marxist

00:10:57.620 if they want to advance marxist ideas they have every right to do so it should not be done violently

00:11:02.820 but we should be willing to engage capitalism and freedom and free enterprise against a marxist system

00:11:10.180 and and also like an explicitly racist marxist system where by virtue of the color of your skin

00:11:16.540 you're deemed to have had have a diminished contribution to make to the country i think we

00:11:21.260 need to embrace equality for everyone i don't think that the contribution that an american can make to

00:11:28.980 our future and our prosperity is in any way dictated by their color or their race or their religion or

00:11:34.900 their creed i think we all have an opportunity to do amazing things we all should be treated equally

00:11:40.980 and apparently there is no pushback to the characterization of black lives matter as a marxist

00:11:48.140 organization and there is in fact an embrace of it and so let's get to the business of having the

00:11:53.620 the debate and defending the freedom and capitalism and entrepreneurship that has defined american

00:12:01.440 greatness for her entire life my friend governor ron de santis in florida has just signed one of his

00:12:10.300 major legislative priorities it will quadruple school choice opportunities in the state of florida

00:12:17.520 here's the governor explaining his school choice agenda and who it'll help we're doing everything we can

00:12:23.280 to make sure that any child regardless of income regardless of family status regardless of race or

00:12:31.380 ethnicity has tools to be able to make the most of their god-given talent if we succeed in doing that

00:12:38.400 then we're going to be doing probably as much than anything else that we can do and in the time of

00:12:44.720 coronavirus and some uncertainty about what schooling will look like in the future i do think that

00:12:51.440 empowering parents more and creating more school choice is a great way to go congratulations to

00:12:56.880 florida continuing to lead the way in education reform 0.81

00:13:00.020 lewis farrakhan is an anti-semite he is a racist he is misogynist and that was called out by jake 0.86

00:13:11.400 tapper jake tapper said that uh farrakhan was misogynist and anti-semitic and he's right just 1.00

00:13:18.440 listen to the words of lewis farrakhan country has been taken from you by the synagogue of satan the 0.89

00:13:24.380 satanic jews that control everything and mostly everybody white folks are going down and farrakhan 1.00

00:13:34.460 by god's grace has pulled the cover off of that satanic jews but you had rapper ice cube replying to 1.00

00:13:44.800 jake tapper watch your mouth when tapper tweeted those things so apparently for the hollywood left

00:13:51.720 it's not sufficient it's not allowed it's not acceptable to call out explicit racism and anti-semitism

00:13:58.080 when you hear it when it's from somebody like lewis farrakhan i don't want to live in a world

00:14:03.260 that's too woke for jake tapper hope you don't either keep speaking out jake

00:14:08.060 expect to see more thunder from the land down under when it comes to defense spending

00:14:16.100 australia's prime minister scott morrison announcing today that there will be a substantial increase in

00:14:23.020 defense spending from australia and the crown jewel of that will be about an 800 million dollar purchase

00:14:29.360 from the u.s navy for agm 158c long-range anti-ship missiles this is as a consequence of really a

00:14:39.360 changing strategic environment for australia with rising china and with the need for more deterrence 0.99

00:14:46.420 and the ability to respond with credible force and circumstances where it's called for this regional

00:14:53.200 military modernization is occurring at an unprecedented rate in australia's neighborhood

00:14:58.960 and they don't want to be coerced or bullied they want to be able to respond to terrorism and to

00:15:04.940 major power action and so these long-range missiles will improve australia's deterrence

00:15:11.440 and i think it's a good thing for the united states for australia to be stronger australia is one of our

00:15:16.800 country's most reliable allies in the world they are with us first they stay with us in the fight

00:15:23.660 many times the longest and we can rely on australia to be a great partner in the years going forward

00:15:30.560 with greater regional capability there will be a diminished need for the u.s to be the world's

00:15:37.300 policeman and the world's piggy bank and so here with these military purchases from australia our

00:15:42.840 friends are getting stronger we will get stronger as a country and we're grateful to the good folks in

00:15:48.220 australia for their contribution to greater global stability while not every decision from the supreme

00:15:57.360 court this term has pleased conservatives certainly it's a welcome sign to see a big win for school

00:16:04.660 choice and religious liberty in the espinosa v montana case so in montana they were looking to expand

00:16:13.060 school choice which is a good thing by providing tax credits to parents i believe in health care the

00:16:19.500 dollars ought to follow the patient and i believe in education the dollars ought to follow the student

00:16:23.800 so this tax credit regime was the mechanism by which montana was attempting to achieve greater school

00:16:30.340 choice and the challenge in this case comes from parents who are critical of the prohibition against

00:16:36.380 the utilization of these school choice dollars at parochial schools at schools that have some

00:16:42.040 religious nexus i think it's a good thing that we don't discriminate against entities that provide

00:16:49.180 non-religious services like education merely because there is also a religious component i agree with the

00:16:56.660 court that discriminating against parochial or religious schools violates the free exercise clause of

00:17:03.340 our constitution and i'm grateful to see the court work on that because if we have more empowered parents

00:17:09.780 able to make more choices with a wide array of options i think that ultimately we raise the bar for

00:17:17.340 everyone we raise the bar for charter schools and private schools and public schools and parochial

00:17:24.420 schools all the same so i'm grateful for the decision in espinosa from the roberts court and i am hopeful

00:17:31.600 that this will create broader opportunities for states to engage different types of diverse platforms

00:17:39.240 for school choice and that that will ultimately lead to more empowered parents throughout our great

00:17:45.180 country

00:17:45.500 in today's debate over the national defense authorization act one of the contentious issues will be the

00:17:55.380 renaming of bases many of our bases are named after human beings and of course as humans we're

00:18:02.220 we're all flawed we've all got positive and negative attributes and in various circumstances u.s military

00:18:10.180 bases and particularly army bases are now named for confederates who took up arms against the united

00:18:17.680 states but who still saw bases named in their honor as a consequence of the reconciliation process

00:18:24.120 to stitch our nation back together now as a consequence of enhanced racial strife or awareness or wokeness or

00:18:32.640 whatever in our country there's a desire to change the names of these bases and that's not something that

00:18:39.000 i'm going to be supporting today not because these confederates are particularly worthy of that which

00:18:45.800 occurred many many years ago but because it is reflective of our history our history isn't always positive

00:18:53.300 it's complicated it's uh i think multi-dimensional but america's history has brought us to the place we

00:19:01.880 are today and i am just sick and tired of acting like that is something we have to hang our head in

00:19:07.520 constant shame of i think that we can acknowledge throughout throughout history that there have been

00:19:13.340 you know complicated and complex people and choices that we've had to make but ultimately those choices

00:19:19.680 have brought us to the country that is the most prosperous in all of human civilization so i won't

00:19:26.060 be supporting these changes i think that uh instead we ought to have richer understanding and context for

00:19:33.660 these events in history and we never can achieve that understanding if we try to pretend that history

00:19:39.080 didn't happen that's a fool's errand i won't be voting for it i won't be participating in it

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The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - July 01, 2020

Episode 37 - GOP Caucus Tension. Kangaroo Fighting Power. Ice Cube Embraces Farrakhan.

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