The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 40 - McEnany Dunks on the Fake News. Gannett Media Promotes Defund the Police. Is George Washington Canceled？

00:00:00.000 You ever watch this guy on television?

00:00:03.820 You all were not telling the truth and you should not be trusted.

00:00:06.540 Congressman Matt Gaetz, thank you for what you did for your country tonight.

00:00:09.280 Be offended with the Democratic whip, not House Republicans.

00:00:12.240 Like a machine, Matt Gaetz.

00:00:16.420 Welcome to Hot Takes. This is Congressman Matt Gaetz.

00:00:19.740 Let's talk about the news.

00:00:21.580 And the news for foreign exchange students is

00:00:24.500 you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

00:00:27.840 if all of your classes are online.

00:00:30.820 That's right, the United States government giving guidance today

00:00:33.940 to foreign students and exchange students

00:00:36.180 that if the institution they're attending,

00:00:39.140 the institution that's hosting them,

00:00:40.780 is exclusively offering online courses that they are enrolled in,

00:00:45.300 that that is not a basis to stay in the United States.

00:00:48.420 They can take those courses from their home country.

00:00:51.900 That being said, if there is a blended or hybrid model

00:00:55.020 where there are some courses being taken in person,

00:00:57.840 then of course that student is permitted to stay.

00:01:01.240 I support this decision.

00:01:03.260 The United States of America, for too long,

00:01:06.980 has allowed our academic institutions to serve as a beachhead

00:01:11.220 for those who would do our country harm.

00:01:14.240 Time and again, we see Chinese students in particular

00:01:17.620 taking advantage to a disproportionate number

00:01:20.620 of these exchange educational opportunities.

00:01:23.380 Then they come to the United States, 0.94

00:01:25.500 they learn high-end computing, physics,

00:01:30.100 other types of rocket propulsion technology education.

00:01:35.260 And then they return back to China with AI knowledge

00:01:39.180 or machine learning knowledge,

00:01:40.720 and some of that skill set is being used to hurt our country

00:01:45.200 and to oppress people at times.

00:01:48.080 Now, I do believe that the visitor and exchange student program

00:01:51.620 is worthwhile.

00:01:53.060 I've had neighbors and friends participate in that program.

00:01:56.560 I've seen the good it can do for young people

00:01:59.300 who are excited about America

00:02:01.620 and who are eager to share America's values with others.

00:02:04.380 However, if you're engaging exclusively online,

00:02:07.080 you can get all those very same benefits

00:02:09.700 without being here in person

00:02:11.380 because the exchange itself will be happening digitally.

00:02:16.420 So, we wish the best for the students

00:02:18.980 who are able to continue that education online,

00:02:21.580 but it seems noteworthy and newsworthy

00:02:24.460 that just to hang out in America

00:02:27.900 in the absence of a physical place to go to school

00:02:30.960 is not sufficient to justify the exercise

00:02:34.200 of the student-visitor exchange program.

00:02:37.380 I support the decision by the administration,

00:02:39.140 and I'm hopeful that we have tighter controls

00:02:42.300 on foreign students who could potentially do America harm

00:02:46.020 in the future.

00:02:49.160 There are fewer takes hotter

00:02:51.400 than White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany

00:02:54.900 absolutely taking a flamethrower

00:02:58.020 to the White House Press Corps.

00:03:00.320 Here's Kayleigh. 1.00

00:03:00.960 I was asked probably 12 questions

00:03:03.460 about the Confederate flag.

00:03:05.220 This president's focused on action,

00:03:07.000 and I'm a little dismayed that

00:03:08.240 I didn't receive one question

00:03:09.940 on the deaths that we got in this country this weekend.

00:03:13.080 I didn't receive one question

00:03:14.420 about New York City shootings

00:03:16.040 doubling for the third straight week,

00:03:17.640 and over the last seven days,

00:03:18.960 shootings skyrocket by 142%.

00:03:21.540 Not one question.

00:03:23.520 I didn't receive one question

00:03:25.100 about five children who were killed,

00:03:27.340 and I'll leave you with this remark by a dad.

00:03:29.320 It broke my heart.

00:03:30.540 A dad of an eight-year-old lost in Atlanta this weekend.

00:03:33.040 They say black lives matters. 0.99

00:03:34.900 You killed a child. 0.98

00:03:36.060 She didn't do nothing to nobody, was his quote.

00:03:38.100 We need to be focused on securing our streets,

00:03:41.040 making sure no lives are lost

00:03:42.980 because all black lives matter,

00:03:44.640 that of David Dorn and that of this eight-year-old girl.

00:03:47.560 Thank you.

00:03:48.200 And I can see why she's frustrated

00:03:50.220 when you have the policies of Democrats

00:03:52.960 continuing to contribute to harm

00:03:55.540 to our fellow Americans,

00:03:57.320 death, the loss of loved ones and children,

00:04:01.240 and it's totally avoidable.

00:04:03.780 There is a reason why we have policing

00:04:06.400 and law and order

00:04:07.680 and an organized society in the United States.

00:04:11.180 There's a reason we don't live

00:04:13.740 like savages of human beings.

00:04:16.140 We actually should care about one another,

00:04:18.880 work towards better outcomes for one another,

00:04:21.300 and this chop, chas, autonomous zone dynamic

00:04:26.000 hurts Americans. 0.58

00:04:27.260 It doesn't help us,

00:04:28.540 and that's why we need to do away with them

00:04:30.480 and restore this great country.

00:04:32.200 Good job, Kaylee.

00:04:35.780 Gannett Media is one of the major media conglomerates

00:04:39.680 in the United States of America.

00:04:41.380 If you have not heard of them,

00:04:43.240 you very likely heard of one of the many daily

00:04:46.120 and weekly newspapers that they own around the country.

00:04:49.340 Matter of fact, Gannett Media owns both

00:04:51.720 of the major newspapers in my congressional district

00:04:54.680 that have daily service,

00:04:56.480 the Pensacola News Journal

00:04:57.480 and the Northwest Florida Daily News.

00:04:59.300 So I'm on the Northwest Florida Daily News website

00:05:02.020 and I see a banner link at the top of the page

00:05:04.780 saying, silence is not an option.

00:05:07.540 So I click on the link

00:05:08.820 and it takes me to a page

00:05:10.460 that describes how Gannett is dealing

00:05:13.520 with this Black Lives Matter moment in our country.

00:05:17.020 It talks about how their reporting

00:05:18.560 is going to change to accentuate

00:05:21.180 and cover systemic racism in America.

00:05:24.000 They state within their purpose

00:05:27.900 and viewpoint that they believe

00:05:30.080 that there is systemic racism in America.

00:05:33.220 And while there undeniably are racists

00:05:35.720 in every country,

00:05:37.800 America is not a racist nation.

00:05:41.020 America is not a systemically racist nation.

00:05:44.160 America is the greatest country on earth

00:05:46.400 where people of all background, color,

00:05:49.100 where people who are born

00:05:50.780 to all types of circumstances

00:05:52.560 can achieve the highest heights,

00:05:55.200 can achieve the highest political offices,

00:05:57.420 can make billions of dollars,

00:05:59.760 and can define their own destiny.

00:06:02.400 The capability to write your own story

00:06:06.280 is so fundamentally American

00:06:09.260 that we cannot just give it up

00:06:12.500 as a consequence of modern wokeness.

00:06:15.280 We have to acknowledge, embrace,

00:06:17.120 and fight for an America

00:06:18.700 that always allows our best

00:06:20.900 to rise to the top

00:06:22.440 no matter what the color

00:06:24.020 of their skin may be.

00:06:26.400 But that's not, apparently,

00:06:28.140 Gannett's viewpoint exclusively

00:06:30.140 because they go further

00:06:31.800 with, I think,

00:06:32.960 some pretty destructive content.

00:06:35.440 So in this page

00:06:37.060 that describes their new reporting philosophy

00:06:39.400 and their belief in systemic racism

00:06:41.820 as an organizing principle of America,

00:06:44.220 they also have a link

00:06:45.560 that is entitled Ally Resources.

00:06:47.940 And there is a description

00:06:49.280 that there are a hundred things

00:06:51.480 that someone could do

00:06:53.460 to take action

00:06:54.740 to fight against systemic racism.

00:06:57.960 And so I click on the

00:06:58.860 100 things you can do link.

00:07:01.140 And number 20 on that list

00:07:03.540 is to support a petition,

00:07:06.700 an entity, a fund, a cause

00:07:08.820 that is hashtag defund the police.

00:07:12.680 That's a bunch of BS.

00:07:15.180 American newspapers

00:07:16.180 should not be driving

00:07:17.720 their viewers,

00:07:19.000 their readers,

00:07:19.820 to an entity

00:07:20.980 that stands to dismantle

00:07:22.720 law enforcement in our country. 0.93

00:07:24.700 It is sick.

00:07:25.840 It is anti-American. 0.98

00:07:27.800 It is so degrading

00:07:29.720 and unfair

00:07:30.560 to the readers

00:07:32.080 of Gannett content

00:07:33.240 who are members

00:07:34.760 of law enforcement,

00:07:35.760 who are family members

00:07:36.800 of law enforcement,

00:07:38.020 to see this media company

00:07:40.000 go so far to the left,

00:07:42.680 go so far out of whack

00:07:44.280 with America that they would 0.87

00:07:45.800 literally be pushing

00:07:46.800 their subscribers

00:07:47.620 and readers to support

00:07:49.320 the defunding of the police.

00:07:51.760 Defunding the police is crazy.

00:07:54.100 I will never support it.

00:07:55.700 And the American people

00:07:56.720 need to wake up to the fact

00:07:58.180 that the companies

00:07:59.440 that sell the products we buy,

00:08:01.500 the companies that write

00:08:03.120 the news that we read,

00:08:05.160 oftentimes are not looking out

00:08:07.320 for the best interest of America.

00:08:09.240 And it's sad to say

00:08:10.180 because engagement

00:08:11.620 of the private sector

00:08:12.740 used to accelerate patriotism.

00:08:15.820 It used to give patriots 0.83

00:08:17.600 tools in the United States

00:08:19.400 of America

00:08:19.900 that they didn't have

00:08:20.940 in other parts of the world.

00:08:22.580 But more and more,

00:08:24.000 we're starting to see

00:08:24.920 this corporate shift

00:08:26.240 to the far left,

00:08:28.000 the embrace of anti-Americanism,

00:08:30.340 the degradation

00:08:31.040 and demoralization

00:08:32.360 of our police.

00:08:33.720 And that's why we need

00:08:34.640 strong leaders

00:08:35.360 to stand up

00:08:36.760 for our country,

00:08:38.080 for our values,

00:08:39.140 for our principles,

00:08:40.180 and against these entities

00:08:41.700 that would embrace

00:08:42.980 an element of anti-Americanism

00:08:44.900 that should not exist

00:08:46.100 in our country.

00:08:48.880 We need police in America

00:08:51.480 and American society.

00:08:53.900 That seems so obvious.

00:08:55.760 It seems too obvious

00:08:57.000 to even have to say

00:08:58.120 time and again

00:08:58.900 on my podcast

00:08:59.960 and in my public service.

00:09:01.780 But when we see

00:09:02.700 the New York Police Department

00:09:04.220 being crippled

00:09:06.440 by funding cuts,

00:09:07.900 when we see

00:09:08.580 all across America

00:09:09.760 now law enforcement

00:09:10.900 unable to achieve

00:09:12.480 recruiting goals

00:09:14.300 and objectives,

00:09:14.960 when we see

00:09:15.820 retirements

00:09:16.700 that are accelerating

00:09:17.780 at a rapid pace,

00:09:19.040 it is just always important

00:09:21.040 to thank law enforcement

00:09:22.940 and to recognize

00:09:24.100 the good that they do.

00:09:25.340 This last video

00:09:26.240 was all over social media.

00:09:27.540 It is a Chicago

00:09:29.000 apparent gang member

00:09:30.880 with a gun

00:09:32.200 on his lap

00:09:33.260 talking about

00:09:34.300 how if he has

00:09:35.000 an encounter with police, 0.99

00:09:36.160 he's going to kill them 1.00

00:09:37.580 and then he repeatedly 1.00

00:09:38.860 mimics the sound

00:09:40.200 of gunshots

00:09:41.620 and apparently

00:09:42.800 someone dealing

00:09:43.780 with those gunshots

00:09:44.720 in a negative way.

00:09:45.580 So here's your

00:09:46.620 local neighborhood

00:09:47.580 gangbanger.

00:09:48.240 He don't want no smoke. 1.00

00:09:49.880 We're going to kill him. 1.00

00:09:52.400 Drop your lolo, 1.00

00:09:53.320 we're going to kill him. 1.00

00:09:55.000 On twin grade, 1.00

00:09:55.760 my gun's in my lap. 0.91

00:09:57.440 He's going to get hit 0.97

00:09:58.020 and it's hurt.

00:09:59.500 On twin, 1.00

00:10:00.220 I'll kill him 1.00

00:10:00.780 and you tweak it up. 1.00

00:10:02.920 On twin, 1.00

00:10:03.700 I'll really kill him. 1.00

00:10:05.380 You hear me? 1.00

00:10:05.780 He's going to get hurt. 1.00

00:10:07.340 Kill him. 1.00

00:10:08.240 Catch him. 1.00

00:10:08.880 Where you going, boy?

00:10:09.700 Come here. 0.86

00:10:10.480 Bring that a** in, boy. 1.00

00:10:11.700 Stop playing with us. 0.97

00:10:12.880 Boy, come here.

00:10:13.620 And so you can see

00:10:14.640 that law enforcement

00:10:16.220 who are likely

00:10:17.040 to encounter

00:10:17.760 this type of

00:10:18.780 a confrontational environment

00:10:20.380 without the body armor,

00:10:22.880 without the backup,

00:10:24.580 without the immunities,

00:10:26.040 without the requisite

00:10:27.680 force application

00:10:29.680 could be in

00:10:30.760 a tremendous amount

00:10:31.640 of danger.

00:10:32.240 That's why we are

00:10:33.060 chipping away

00:10:33.880 at policing

00:10:35.240 in such a corrosive way

00:10:38.000 right now

00:10:38.540 because there are people

00:10:39.540 who would put this

00:10:41.120 virtue signal

00:10:42.880 over the actual virtue

00:10:45.280 of keeping folks safe.

00:10:47.360 So if this gangbanger

00:10:48.520 were to run into police,

00:10:50.360 I'd want the law

00:10:51.440 to be on the side

00:10:52.120 of the police.

00:10:53.200 If this gangbanger

00:10:54.180 were to run into

00:10:55.600 an innocent person

00:10:56.840 just wanting to go

00:10:57.620 about their life,

00:10:58.880 I would want them

00:10:59.880 to have every reason

00:11:00.920 not to cause harm

00:11:02.320 to an American

00:11:03.440 who just wanted

00:11:04.560 the opportunity

00:11:05.220 to live free

00:11:06.420 and prosperous

00:11:07.280 and happy.

00:11:08.300 We all deserve that

00:11:09.780 and it's certainly

00:11:11.240 my hope

00:11:11.820 that as a country

00:11:12.700 we rally around

00:11:14.000 our law enforcement

00:11:14.900 and our police.

00:11:17.940 Susan Rice

00:11:19.020 is out auditioning hard

00:11:21.040 for Vice President

00:11:22.080 of the United States

00:11:23.320 hitting the Sunday

00:11:24.720 show circuit

00:11:26.060 to try to

00:11:27.300 make Joe Biden

00:11:28.100 pick her. 1.00

00:11:29.140 Please, Joe Biden,

00:11:30.580 pick Susan Rice

00:11:31.460 to be your running mate.

00:11:32.920 She is like

00:11:33.700 the laundry list

00:11:35.900 of bad scandals

00:11:37.400 that Democrats

00:11:38.000 have had to deal with

00:11:39.380 and just 0.98

00:11:39.820 bonehead statements. 0.94

00:11:41.780 I mean,

00:11:42.120 go all the way back

00:11:43.000 to Bo Bergdahl.

00:11:44.720 Remember that

00:11:45.340 when the Obama

00:11:46.060 administration

00:11:46.820 engaged in this

00:11:48.340 goofy prisoner swap

00:11:50.080 where we were getting

00:11:50.860 back this guy

00:11:51.740 who just sort of

00:11:52.880 wandered off

00:11:53.620 and wanted to go

00:11:54.860 find some Taliban 1.00

00:11:56.040 to engage with

00:11:57.360 in the absence

00:11:57.980 of our military

00:11:59.520 and the tactics

00:12:01.340 and strategy

00:12:02.460 that we would use

00:12:03.160 to keep all of our

00:12:03.920 service members safe?

00:12:04.840 No, he just went out

00:12:05.580 to do it on his own

00:12:06.400 and then when we

00:12:07.460 wanted him back

00:12:08.200 we engaged in this

00:12:09.740 swap, this exchange

00:12:10.880 that really put

00:12:12.440 a lot of Americans

00:12:13.300 at risk

00:12:13.800 because if the enemy

00:12:15.060 knows that you're

00:12:16.000 willing to do

00:12:17.120 this type of exchange

00:12:18.140 to get one of your

00:12:18.960 own back

00:12:19.520 well then they're

00:12:20.200 more likely

00:12:20.900 to take Americans 0.95

00:12:22.380 hostage.

00:12:23.040 Now here

00:12:23.400 Bo Bergdahl

00:12:24.440 had made that easy

00:12:25.460 by simply

00:12:26.200 wandering around

00:12:27.540 searching for Taliban

00:12:28.660 but other Americans

00:12:30.440 will be put

00:12:31.520 in harm's way

00:12:32.340 still as a consequence

00:12:34.080 of that decision

00:12:35.020 by the Obama

00:12:35.740 administration

00:12:36.420 and Susan Rice

00:12:37.760 was a central player

00:12:39.040 she was also 0.66

00:12:40.720 a central player

00:12:41.600 in the Benghazi scandal

00:12:42.900 it was in fact

00:12:44.360 Susan Rice

00:12:45.520 who went out

00:12:46.280 and said that

00:12:47.340 the Benghazi attacks

00:12:49.380 were a consequence

00:12:50.600 of a viral

00:12:52.040 internet video

00:12:52.980 there was a

00:12:53.840 hateful video

00:12:55.640 that was disseminated

00:12:57.640 on the internet

00:12:58.880 it had nothing

00:13:00.180 to do with

00:13:00.860 the United States

00:13:01.540 government

00:13:01.920 and it's one

00:13:02.640 that we find

00:13:03.800 disgusting

00:13:04.420 and reprehensible 0.88

00:13:05.140 it's been offensive

00:13:05.780 to many many people

00:13:06.860 around the world

00:13:07.560 that sparked

00:13:08.640 violence in various

00:13:09.920 parts of the world

00:13:10.720 including violence

00:13:11.800 directed against

00:13:12.500 western facilities

00:13:13.380 including our

00:13:14.140 embassies and consulates

00:13:15.560 unbelievable

00:13:16.180 the Benghazi attacks

00:13:18.740 were known to be

00:13:20.220 specific attacks

00:13:21.740 meant to overrun

00:13:22.880 the embassy

00:13:23.420 meant to harm

00:13:24.480 Americans

00:13:25.040 meant to send a message

00:13:26.120 but the Obama

00:13:27.180 administration

00:13:27.800 and Susan Rice

00:13:28.540 in particular

00:13:29.180 didn't want to take

00:13:30.540 responsibility

00:13:31.260 for not having

00:13:32.400 the right response

00:13:33.680 for not having

00:13:34.600 the right force

00:13:35.240 structure

00:13:35.700 for not having

00:13:36.540 the right protection

00:13:37.180 for Americans

00:13:37.860 and so they went out

00:13:39.240 and blamed a video

00:13:40.400 that would look 0.97

00:13:41.540 pretty foolish today 0.86

00:13:42.600 but the biggest 1.00

00:13:44.740 mistake

00:13:45.380 that Susan Rice

00:13:46.540 made

00:13:46.920 was undeniably

00:13:48.260 the unmasking

00:13:49.280 of General Michael Flynn

00:13:50.680 Susan Rice

00:13:52.020 was directly involved

00:13:53.720 in the unmasking

00:13:54.580 of General Flynn

00:13:55.380 she said

00:13:56.420 there had not been

00:13:57.120 unmasking done

00:13:58.040 for political purposes

00:13:59.260 and that turned out

00:14:00.760 to be a lie

00:14:01.340 clearly these meetings

00:14:02.960 with Obama

00:14:04.400 Biden

00:14:05.460 Susan Rice

00:14:06.740 talking about ways

00:14:08.360 to contrive

00:14:09.860 some investigation

00:14:10.720 against Flynn

00:14:12.060 to try to utilize

00:14:13.340 this phone call

00:14:14.520 between Flynn

00:14:15.360 and the Russian

00:14:16.200 ambassador Kislyak

00:14:17.540 as some sort of

00:14:18.560 predicate

00:14:19.020 to either

00:14:20.220 dislodge him

00:14:21.820 from the administration

00:14:22.660 or even

00:14:23.880 as the case may be

00:14:25.240 to trump up

00:14:26.620 criminal charges

00:14:27.420 to try to smear

00:14:28.860 someone

00:14:29.460 who had not

00:14:30.780 violated the law

00:14:31.740 in his interactions

00:14:32.600 with Russians

00:14:33.400 or the FBI

00:14:34.160 or anyone else

00:14:35.120 so three scandals

00:14:37.040 Bergdahl

00:14:38.040 Benghazi

00:14:39.100 and Flynn

00:14:39.940 if Susan Rice

00:14:41.260 is the best

00:14:42.000 Joe Biden can do

00:14:43.080 we're going to be

00:14:44.100 making America

00:14:44.860 great again

00:14:45.540 for at least

00:14:46.300 another four years

00:14:47.300 George Washington

00:14:50.580 the father

00:14:51.780 of our country

00:14:52.880 America's first 0.75

00:14:54.100 president

00:14:54.620 is apparently

00:14:55.760 on thin ice

00:14:56.660 when it comes

00:14:57.420 to cancel culture

00:14:59.040 listen to this

00:15:00.140 CNN interview

00:15:01.260 between Dana Bash

00:15:03.100 and U.S.

00:15:03.880 Senator Tammy Duckworth

00:15:04.980 there are

00:15:05.680 leaders like

00:15:06.540 George Washington

00:15:07.280 and Thomas Jefferson

00:15:08.360 who are slave owners 0.81

00:15:09.260 and some people

00:15:10.360 are demanding

00:15:10.920 that their monuments

00:15:11.960 come down too

00:15:12.920 so in your view

00:15:14.240 where does it end

00:15:14.940 should statues

00:15:15.880 for example

00:15:16.940 of George Washington

00:15:17.800 come down

00:15:18.460 well let me just say

00:15:20.480 that we should start off

00:15:21.380 by having a national dialogue

00:15:22.580 on it

00:15:23.140 he spent all his time

00:15:23.820 talking about

00:15:24.300 dead traitors

00:15:25.500 so that might be

00:15:26.460 made true

00:15:27.080 but George Washington

00:15:28.340 I don't think anybody

00:15:29.760 would call him a traitor

00:15:30.720 and there are moves

00:15:32.200 by some

00:15:32.760 to remove

00:15:34.020 statues of him

00:15:35.640 is that a good idea

00:15:36.860 I think we should

00:15:38.440 listen to everybody

00:15:39.340 I think we should

00:15:40.280 listen to

00:15:41.020 the argument there

00:15:42.540 where we are

00:15:43.160 in our country

00:15:43.960 right now

00:15:44.620 I think Senator Duckworth

00:15:46.240 deserves a history lesson

00:15:47.920 after the revolutionary war

00:15:50.280 there was an expectation

00:15:51.900 there was an expectation

00:15:51.920 that Washington

00:15:53.080 would become king

00:15:54.340 that he would seize all power

00:15:56.200 and that was a reasonable expectation

00:15:58.300 because at all other times

00:16:00.620 in human history

00:16:01.520 whenever the great general

00:16:03.240 wins the war

00:16:04.560 drives out the oppressors

00:16:06.560 seizes the territory

00:16:07.820 whatever the case may be

00:16:09.360 that general assumes political power

00:16:12.100 and maintains it

00:16:13.140 until a stronger force

00:16:14.780 comes along

00:16:15.480 to take it away

00:16:16.700 or until it is

00:16:17.480 bequeathed to some

00:16:19.080 family member

00:16:20.120 or political ally

00:16:21.760 and in this case

00:16:23.200 Washington saw

00:16:24.300 something bigger

00:16:25.400 something greater

00:16:26.280 he was even more

00:16:27.720 ambitious for America

00:16:29.440 this new fledgling country

00:16:31.540 than he even was

00:16:32.640 for himself

00:16:33.220 my favorite piece of art

00:16:35.720 in the entire capital

00:16:37.240 is underneath

00:16:38.360 the rotunda

00:16:39.840 of the portrait

00:16:41.520 the image

00:16:42.220 the painting

00:16:42.820 of George Washington

00:16:44.300 after the revolutionary war

00:16:46.080 returning to the

00:16:47.300 constitutional congress

00:16:48.360 and resigning

00:16:50.120 his commission

00:16:51.160 as the general

00:16:52.340 essentially saying

00:16:53.720 he was willing

00:16:54.940 to cede power

00:16:56.540 back to the people

00:16:57.480 not to take it

00:16:58.480 to go back to his farm

00:17:00.000 in Virginia

00:17:00.540 and to live a normal life

00:17:02.040 now of course

00:17:02.760 Washington would then

00:17:04.120 be elected president

00:17:05.340 he would be elected

00:17:06.760 president again

00:17:07.780 and after eight years

00:17:09.000 of service

00:17:09.560 as our nation's

00:17:11.660 top leader

00:17:12.280 George Washington

00:17:13.320 could have continued

00:17:14.220 but again

00:17:15.180 he gave away power

00:17:17.000 he term limited himself

00:17:19.000 he set the standard

00:17:20.260 for selfless

00:17:22.580 sacrificial leadership

00:17:24.220 in America

00:17:25.360 George Washington

00:17:26.900 is America's

00:17:27.820 best known president

00:17:28.980 because he's

00:17:29.720 the first president

00:17:31.000 but I still think

00:17:33.040 in a way

00:17:33.940 he's underrated

00:17:35.060 because what's special

00:17:36.860 about Washington

00:17:37.620 is not just that he won

00:17:38.920 it's not just that

00:17:39.960 he was a great leader

00:17:41.440 and a military tactician

00:17:43.500 and someone capable

00:17:44.460 of inspiring people

00:17:46.360 who had very little

00:17:47.300 to deserve victory

00:17:48.740 it's that he didn't

00:17:49.760 do it for himself

00:17:50.560 it's that he did it

00:17:51.900 for the power

00:17:53.540 of a country

00:17:54.420 to rise

00:17:55.600 and be successful

00:17:56.660 I will always

00:17:58.500 cherish

00:17:59.200 George Washington

00:18:00.140 and sure there are

00:18:01.660 characters

00:18:02.560 in our history

00:18:03.320 Washington included

00:18:04.440 who if judged

00:18:05.700 by the standards

00:18:06.580 of today's time

00:18:07.520 wouldn't meet

00:18:09.080 our level

00:18:10.240 of societal acceptance

00:18:12.320 or understanding

00:18:13.300 in every case

00:18:14.280 but that does not

00:18:15.680 mean that we diminish

00:18:17.400 their contributions

00:18:18.480 to America

00:18:19.440 George Washington

00:18:20.920 was a great president

00:18:22.360 he was a great

00:18:23.520 founding father

00:18:24.320 he should not be

00:18:25.540 canceled

00:18:25.960 and Senator Tammy Duckworth

00:18:28.000 should pick up

00:18:28.920 a history book

00:18:29.740 Amy Cooper

00:18:32.800 a name you've seen

00:18:34.440 in the news

00:18:35.040 now associated

00:18:36.300 with racism

00:18:37.760 and potentially

00:18:38.960 criminal activity

00:18:40.080 so here's the story

00:18:41.460 she is a white woman

00:18:43.200 walking her dog

00:18:44.480 in Central Park

00:18:45.540 in New York

00:18:46.180 and there is

00:18:47.200 an African American man

00:18:48.740 who is there

00:18:49.380 in Central Park

00:18:50.180 bird watching

00:18:51.280 and he encouraged her

00:18:54.000 to put her dog 1.00

00:18:54.960 on a leash

00:18:55.540 she clearly seems

00:18:57.440 to have a leash

00:18:58.300 I guess

00:18:58.700 in this video

00:18:59.360 that's circulating

00:19:00.160 and instead of

00:19:01.480 complying

00:19:02.220 instead of

00:19:02.940 even not complying

00:19:04.340 she decides to

00:19:05.660 call the New York

00:19:06.500 Police Department

00:19:07.740 on this African American man

00:19:09.360 and say that he's

00:19:09.940 threatening her life

00:19:10.840 because she won't

00:19:12.100 put her dog 0.98

00:19:13.000 on a leash

00:19:13.500 and now

00:19:14.620 Amy Cooper

00:19:15.680 faces criminal charges

00:19:17.600 herself

00:19:18.200 for filing

00:19:19.220 a false police report

00:19:20.520 and the man

00:19:21.580 who was the subject

00:19:23.080 of that false report

00:19:24.160 is calling her

00:19:25.360 a racist

00:19:26.060 so it's clear here

00:19:28.240 Amy Cooper

00:19:28.980 does not use

00:19:30.060 good judgment

00:19:31.080 there is an

00:19:31.780 African American man

00:19:32.840 I am in Central Park

00:19:34.020 he is recording me

00:19:35.340 I'm threatening myself

00:19:36.440 and my dog

00:19:37.040 I'm being threatened

00:19:37.920 by a man

00:19:38.540 into the ramble

00:19:39.220 police send the cops

00:19:40.420 immediately

00:19:40.900 she seems frantic

00:19:42.440 hysterical

00:19:43.340 obviously if someone's

00:19:44.780 bird watching

00:19:45.400 they don't need

00:19:46.080 the police called on them

00:19:47.380 but for someone

00:19:48.960 to commit a crime

00:19:50.240 they have to have

00:19:51.420 the intent

00:19:52.140 for criminal activity

00:19:54.440 they have to

00:19:55.240 have the intent

00:19:56.320 to break the law

00:19:57.600 here

00:19:58.440 this woman

00:19:59.240 seems to

00:19:59.840 just have the intent

00:20:01.100 to cause harm

00:20:02.820 back to this person

00:20:03.980 who disrupts her

00:20:05.480 by calling her

00:20:06.640 out for not having

00:20:07.440 her dog on the leash

00:20:08.360 in Central Park

00:20:09.640 so bad judgment

00:20:11.940 yes

00:20:12.680 racist

00:20:14.000 there is probably

00:20:15.880 a racial element

00:20:16.720 to this

00:20:17.100 like I'm not sure

00:20:17.960 that she would

00:20:18.760 call the police

00:20:20.080 if this was 0.98

00:20:20.940 a white guy

00:20:21.460 she probably would 0.93

00:20:22.300 just tell him off

00:20:23.060 or ignore him

00:20:23.680 but maybe she thought

00:20:24.720 she could get away

00:20:25.480 with it

00:20:25.740 calling the police

00:20:26.540 but I'm not sure

00:20:27.480 it's a crime

00:20:28.080 so we'll see

00:20:29.320 but know that

00:20:30.960 if you're

00:20:31.880 gonna call the police

00:20:33.040 on somebody

00:20:33.640 and you don't

00:20:34.540 have a basis

00:20:35.200 to do so

00:20:35.880 that's probably

00:20:36.800 a bad idea

00:20:37.640 no matter what

00:20:38.680 color you are

00:20:39.600 no matter what

00:20:40.540 color they are

00:20:41.660 thanks for listening

00:20:45.020 to Hot Takes

00:20:45.780 this has been

00:20:46.620 Congressman Matt Gaetz

00:20:47.840 and for those

00:20:49.160 of you who've

00:20:49.720 shared thoughts

00:20:50.440 ideas

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00:20:54.640 the audio quality

00:20:56.100 can be disparate

00:20:57.560 at times

00:20:58.260 and I understand

00:20:59.220 that

00:20:59.600 we're working on it

00:21:00.520 I hear ya

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00:21:33.100 great

00:21:33.620 about

00:21:33.940 we're going

00:21:34.920 to see

00:21:35.240 for the

00:21:35.860 man

00:21:36.220 and

00:21:36.500 staying

00:21:37.760 here

00:21:38.400 to the

00:21:38.420 keep

00:21:40.200 an

00:21:41.680 accused

00:21:41.920 that

00:21:43.360 we're going

00:21:43.800 together

00:21:44.380 so if we look at

00:21:45.620 theửa

00:21:46.800 u

00:21:47.580 and

00:21:47.600 we're going

00:21:48.000 to dry

00:21:48.920 tavalla

00:21:49.500 into the

00:21:50.580 place

00:21:50.960 and

00:21:51.660 to

00:21:52.020 temps

00:21:52.360 after

00:21:52.700 that

00:21:53.120 we're going

00:21:53.860 to

00:21:54.480 clean

00:21:55.160 on

00:21:55.360 their

00:21:56.240 quest

00:21:56.460 and

00:21:56.580 together

00:21:56.900 alright

The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - July 07, 2020

Episode 40 - McEnany Dunks on the Fake News. Gannett Media Promotes Defund the Police. Is George Washington Canceled？

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