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？


Episode Stats

Length

21 minutes

Words per Minute

155.11902

Word Count

3,406

Sentence Count

105

Misogynist Sentences

6

Hate Speech Sentences

11


Summary

In this episode of Hot Takes, host Alex Blumbergert talks about the White House press briefing, the new restrictions on foreign students studying in the United States, and the death of an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta.


Transcript

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,
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.
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.
00:03:34.900 You killed a child.
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.
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.
00:07:24.700 It is sick.
00:07:25.840 It is anti-American.
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
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
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,
00:09:36.160 he's going to kill them
00:09:37.580 and then he repeatedly
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.
00:09:49.880 We're going to kill him.
00:09:52.400 Drop your lolo,
00:09:53.320 we're going to kill him.
00:09:55.000 On twin grade,
00:09:55.760 my gun's in my lap.
00:09:57.440 He's going to get hit
00:09:58.020 and it's hurt.
00:09:59.500 On twin,
00:10:00.220 I'll kill him
00:10:00.780 and you tweak it up.
00:10:02.920 On twin,
00:10:03.700 I'll really kill him.
00:10:05.380 You hear me?
00:10:05.780 He's going to get hurt.
00:10:07.340 Kill him.
00:10:08.240 Catch him.
00:10:08.880 Where you going, boy?
00:10:09.700 Come here.
00:10:10.480 Bring that a** in, boy.
00:10:11.700 Stop playing with us.
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.
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
00:11:39.820 bonehead statements.
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
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
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
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
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
00:13:41.540 pretty foolish today
00:13:42.600 but the biggest
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
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
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
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
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
00:20:20.940 a white guy
00:20:21.460 she probably would
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
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00:20:46.620 Congressman Matt Gaetz
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00:20:49.160 of you who've
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00:21:10.640 in Washington
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00:21:29.740 to the
00:21:31.200 we're going
00:21:31.980 to hear all
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