The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - July 08, 2020


Episode 41 - Stone Pardon Imminent. Antifa Arrests. Ilhan Omar v. America. China Threat Latest. WHO Pullout Message.

Topics
Roger Stone pardon and WHO withdrawal Antifa arrests China threats and counterintelligence investigations
Hosted by
Matt Gaetz
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Roger Stone Ilhan Omar Trump Seth Moulton Christopher Wray Joe Biden Jim Banks Billy J. Williams Ayanna Pressley Natalie G. Winters Bernie Sanders Frank McKenzie Jack Posobiec Rashida Tlaib Nancy Youssef Chuck Ross Xi Jinping Mueller Techs Zoom
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On this episode of Hot Takes, Matt talks about the Roger Stone plea deal, the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, and why he thinks President Trump should be pardoned for Roger Stone s plea deal. Matt also talks about Ilhan Omar's remarks on the need to dismantle the criminal justice system.

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00:00:00.000 You ever watch this guy on television?
00:00:03.780 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 of Republicans.
00:00:12.240 Like a machine, Matt Gaetz.
00:00:16.180 Welcome to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.
00:00:19.320 Let's talk about the news.
00:00:21.260 Roger Stone reportedly has to show up to jail in seven days.
00:00:26.280 That's from Jack Posobiec at One American News breaking it.
00:00:30.000 And I replied that I don't think that Roger Stone is going to do one day in prison.
00:00:36.400 I think that he should be pardoned.
00:00:38.540 I believe that he will be pardoned.
00:00:40.820 And I think that is the way to do justice in this case.
00:00:43.420 Roger Stone, as I've said on the podcast before,
00:00:45.900 should not disproportionately bear the burden of the corrupt Mueller investigation.
00:00:51.100 And it may come down to the last second, may come down to the last minute.
00:00:54.320 But I do not believe that Roger Stone will do one minute behind bars.
00:01:00.000 Say no to the WHO, the Trump administration, providing notice that the United States will
00:01:07.560 be withdrawing from the World Health Organization.
00:01:10.400 That notice also provided to the United States Congress.
00:01:13.720 And I am totally in support of this decision for reasons I'm going to get to.
00:01:18.360 But I just want to take a moment and note that listeners to this podcast
00:01:22.440 got an early look into this decision.
00:01:25.340 If you go back and listen to the Camp David talks that we had on the WHO
00:01:30.340 and how there were folks in the Trump administration
00:01:33.460 who were trying to convince the president to backslide on his very strong stance.
00:01:39.160 They wanted him to provide WHO funding just at a lower level.
00:01:44.020 And I think you saw a lot of the president's allies in Congress who were with him
00:01:47.560 step up and say, no, you know, this is a strong stance you've taken.
00:01:52.220 This is going to ultimately lead to better outcomes.
00:01:55.220 And here's how I think it can do that in some pretty specific ways.
00:01:58.920 First, it is a clear message to China that if they go and utilize their prowess 0.99
00:02:06.840 to try to convince these international entities to conceal information,
00:02:11.160 to take their side in opposition to the truth and what can help a rapid response,
00:02:17.880 that that's not going to be tolerated,
00:02:19.460 that there are going to be more dire consequences if that is to occur.
00:02:24.520 And the second message, I think, is to the institutions themselves,
00:02:27.980 that if they think the United States is just going to be dead money
00:02:32.280 during the Trump administration, they're wrong.
00:02:35.000 This is the president who wrote the art of the deal.
00:02:37.440 He is willing to walk away from a bad deal.
00:02:39.880 And ultimately, the World Health Organization had become a bad deal
00:02:43.760 for the United States of America.
00:02:46.000 Now, that doesn't mean that our global health initiatives
00:02:49.360 and our global health leadership is not important.
00:02:52.400 But I think by departing from the lying, China-simping WHO, 1.00
00:02:58.940 we liberate America to go and work directly on problem solving.
00:03:04.820 I don't think the WHO is going to ultimately be
00:03:08.400 the most responsive entity to these global crises.
00:03:11.760 I think that we now have the ability to have more direct, bilateral work going on with other countries.
00:03:17.780 And we, of course, can cooperate with entities like the Red Cross,
00:03:22.660 with other entities, but now under terms and conditions that are more honest and forthcoming.
00:03:29.720 And who knows, you know, maybe a change in the WHO leadership,
00:03:33.540 maybe a change in attitude and mentality.
00:03:35.600 We can always go back.
00:03:36.960 But when it's a bad deal for America, when it's a bad deal for global health,
00:03:41.600 we shouldn't just stay in and convince ourselves that that is progress.
00:03:46.660 That was not progress.
00:03:48.340 What the president's doing now will bring us forward.
00:03:51.280 It will open up more opportunities and it'll ensure that America is not just getting taken advantage of
00:03:57.580 because that ultimately hurts our people.
00:04:00.460 If we're lied to, if we're part of a club that leans to the China narrative on things,
00:04:09.280 it ultimately doesn't help our people.
00:04:11.280 So this is a better posture to be in.
00:04:12.800 I'm proud of President Trump leaving the World Health Organization for now.
00:04:20.320 Ilhan Omar making some news.
00:04:22.960 Here's what the Minnesota Congresswoman had to say. 0.99
00:04:25.260 As long as our economy and political systems prioritize profit without considering who is profiting,
00:04:34.540 who is being shut out, we will perpetuate this inequality.
00:04:39.380 So we cannot stop at criminal justice system.
00:04:43.860 We must begin the work of dismantling the whole system of oppression wherever we find it.
00:04:50.720 Now, it may surprise some listeners to the podcast,
00:04:53.960 but I actually have a very open and honest dialogue with Ilhan Omar,
00:04:58.760 and I'm able to have that because she is very sincere in what she believes.
00:05:03.120 She's not one of these people who just came to Congress to let special interests own her or control her. 0.78
00:05:09.680 Like, she fundamentally believes the things that she just said in that speech,
00:05:14.200 and that should concern all Americans deeply
00:05:17.800 because the left truly does want to dismantle the elements of American society that have made us successful.
00:05:25.820 And by the way, if you listen to the podcast, if you watched our hearings in the House Judiciary Committee on policing,
00:05:32.780 you know this, because during the Judiciary Committee, I exposed just how radical these entities are
00:05:39.820 that Ilhan Omar specifically and the squad have been raising money for.
00:05:44.240 Here's a tweet from two of our congressional colleagues supporting this group, Black Visions Minnesota.
00:05:49.700 And then here's that group, that same group, Black Visions Minnesota,
00:05:53.580 that my congressional colleagues are raising money for saying that we should end the police.
00:05:58.620 And then here's that same organization retweeting abolish the police.
00:06:01.960 And then here's the same group saying that instead of police,
00:06:05.660 we need therapists, doctors, and street medics, not cops. 0.99
00:06:08.880 And here again is that same group saying that we need lasers to disorient surveillance cameras,
00:06:13.880 and we need water balloons filled with milk to throw at people. 1.00
00:06:16.600 Again, this is the organization that my congressional colleagues are raising money to support.
00:06:21.080 And so the question America will have to answer is whether or not Joe Biden is strong enough
00:06:26.500 to actually stand up to these elements of the leftist movement in our country.
00:06:31.480 And when he has general problems with awareness and recall of who he is and who is around him,
00:06:39.560 it's just hard to believe that Joe Biden is the voice that is going to prevail over Ilhan Omar,
00:06:47.280 Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, because that's where the energy is in the democratic movement.
00:06:54.240 And it's a sad thing for America.
00:06:55.780 I wish that weren't the case.
00:06:57.060 I wish that we all loved America and wanted to preserve America
00:07:01.980 and simply had a disagreement about the mechanism to do that.
00:07:05.620 But here it seems like one side really wants to keep, preserve, honor, and love America,
00:07:11.060 and the other side is trying to create something very different from the United States
00:07:16.840 that has led the world not only in economic prosperity,
00:07:21.860 but in humanitarian aid, in compassion, in refugee assistance.
00:07:26.980 You know, they want to always dog America, 0.99
00:07:29.520 but it's America that I think has been the light of the world,
00:07:33.860 and we could continue to do so by being the best version of ourselves.
00:07:40.180 Finally, we got some Antifa arrests.
00:07:43.840 This has been a time coming.
00:07:45.600 The Post Millennial is reporting the arrest of seven Antifa militants
00:07:50.400 following their apprehension by authorities in Portland, Oregon.
00:07:54.180 The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams.
00:07:58.300 They are arrested on federal charges for participating in a violent riot outside of a courthouse.
00:08:06.700 So, good.
00:08:08.260 And by the way, like, I've just taken a look at these seven folks.
00:08:12.220 I mean, it is exactly what you would expect.
00:08:14.420 They look like they just wandered out of, like, some sort of, you know,
00:08:17.700 Bernie Sanders-led drum circle or a rain dance with Pocahontas. 0.76
00:08:21.680 But this crowd looks like they're going to be facing serious charges.
00:08:26.260 They deserve it.
00:08:27.040 And, you know what, I'm sick and tired of corporate America donating to these entities
00:08:32.640 that go and pay the bail for the people who are participating, you know,
00:08:36.820 not in peaceful protests that wouldn't cause one to be arrested,
00:08:40.520 but actually in the rioting and in the destruction of our country.
00:08:44.620 You know, the great American enterprises should not be helping to fuel, literally,
00:08:50.960 the destruction of America.
00:08:53.400 And here it's good to see the U.S. Attorney in Portland taking some action.
00:08:57.600 Let it be a message to other Antifa that their actions won't be tolerated.
00:09:02.740 And let it be a message to the media that these violent organizations that are political terrorists
00:09:10.320 by means of seeking to inflict fear on others are not a myth.
00:09:15.800 They are, in fact, around, and we're going to make sure that they face justice.
00:09:19.840 Because politicians sold out on a vision of China that was, frankly, false and delusional in the last generation,
00:09:31.980 China represents the greatest threat to American prosperity in the next generation. 1.00
00:09:37.880 And we have to view the conflict this way.
00:09:41.440 China surely does.
00:09:42.960 There is a really, I think, explosive report on just how frequent the FBI is having to respond to the threat of China.
00:09:53.620 And we see it in the Daily Caller's reporting from Chuck Ross.
00:09:58.420 Christopher Wray details in a statement that we have to open a counterintelligence investigation into China every 10 hours.
00:10:06.800 There are more than 5,000 active counterintelligence investigations of China.
00:10:13.700 And they pose the greatest long-term threat to our nation's information, intellectual property, and economic vitality,
00:10:23.000 according to Christopher Wray in his speech to the Hudson Institute.
00:10:26.380 The National Pulse and Natalie Winters continuing to break more important stories on China.
00:10:32.940 And in this case, China is caught with their hand in the cookie jar on the Paycheck Protection Act. 0.79
00:10:39.900 And you know what?
00:10:40.740 We called this out in advance.
00:10:43.220 I had the No China Act that would have stopped these Chinese-linked companies 0.99
00:10:48.580 from being able to capitalize on these various U.S. programs to save us from the economic catastrophe
00:10:57.080 that so many American businesses and families felt resulting from coronavirus.
00:11:02.700 And so, you know, we should not be using those funds intended for the provision of our people
00:11:08.540 to help these, like, straight-up Chinese entities.
00:11:13.340 And, I mean, you know, you don't have to look far.
00:11:16.580 The folks, again, at the National Pulse did that harvesting,
00:11:19.960 and they found that companies like China United Transport got money.
00:11:25.320 China Manufacturers Alliance got money.
00:11:28.100 China Luxury Advisors.
00:11:30.700 Let's see another one.
00:11:31.920 The China Institute.
00:11:33.340 And, I mean, they have a 100-year history of working alongside the Chinese Communist Party.
00:11:38.680 China Techs got a bailout.
00:11:41.160 I mean, these are just the obvious ones,
00:11:42.600 but there are a lot of Chinese ownership interests in corporate America,
00:11:47.020 in the hospitality industry, in the restaurant space,
00:11:50.880 and I think we need to be more resilient, more diligent,
00:11:54.740 and just more aware of the fact that this is an enemy,
00:11:58.400 and we shouldn't be aiding the enemy by using the U.S. dollar
00:12:02.100 to prop up their companies and their operations in the United States.
00:12:06.220 And we can be more resilient by having the State Department,
00:12:10.820 having the Department of Defense really analyze the risk
00:12:14.920 that these entities like Zoom and TikTok pose to the United States of America.
00:12:22.560 There was a key moment in the debate on the National Defense Authorization Act
00:12:27.800 where we actually got some bipartisan agreement on the threat that China poses.
00:12:32.780 It was on a Jim Banks amendment that I supported.
00:12:36.660 Here's Mr. Banks' explanation of the amendment.
00:12:38.980 Jim Banks from Indiana.
00:12:39.900 This amendment would fill a loophole that was created in last year's NDAA
00:12:44.240 that exempted defense-funded basic research activities
00:12:48.680 from information-sharing requirements.
00:12:52.140 This is a necessary step to ensure the security of our sensitive defense research and development.
00:12:58.800 This is not about undoing the foundations of open and free academic research.
00:13:04.380 This is about transparency and accountability.
00:13:07.100 These are taxpayer dollars, and the DOD must have the ability to understand where this money is going
00:13:14.440 and who is participating in this research, whether they are American or foreign.
00:13:20.020 We have seen numerous incidents from both Americans and foreign nationals involved in the theft of intellectual property,
00:13:28.620 espionage, and illicit technology transfer.
00:13:32.160 It is exceedingly difficult for the department to accurately assess what vulnerabilities exist within these DOD research programs
00:13:40.040 if they aren't aware of who is actually conducting the research.
00:13:44.480 And you saw folks from the left principally disagree with that, but then you saw Seth Moulton,
00:13:52.260 someone who wore the uniform, who is an American patriot, a Marine, serves on the Armed Services Committee,
00:13:58.060 actually step up one of the younger leading voices in sort of a new-look Democratic Party,
00:14:03.660 and Seth took the position that we ought to come together to face the threat that China poses. 0.76
00:14:09.620 Here's Seth Moulton's debate.
00:14:10.720 I think this is a tough call, and I'm concerned about how this debate is falling along partisan lines
00:14:18.740 because we do live in a different age with the stated policy of China and Xi Jinping
00:14:26.940 to steal our basic scientific research that does have an influence on our national security.
00:14:33.940 At the same time, I come from Massachusetts.
00:14:37.080 I have a degree in physics from Harvard.
00:14:38.960 I represent a part of the world with the greatest concentration of top universities,
00:14:46.500 and yet it was a Harvard chemistry professor who was recently charged by the U.S. attorney for undue influence from China.
00:14:53.340 So you can see there is a bipartisan consensus.
00:14:56.600 We can and should do more.
00:15:02.600 I've talked on the podcast about this Russian bounty story.
00:15:07.480 I've said this was information that Congress knew,
00:15:11.960 that there was no unique special elevation of Russia's mischief 0.97
00:15:16.600 beyond the type of mischief that they're always engaged in,
00:15:19.760 and lo and behold, more evidence to support that position from the Wall Street Journal.
00:15:25.460 Nancy Youssef has a story.
00:15:27.560 It is entitled,
00:15:28.740 No Americans Are Known to Have Died in Russia Bounty Scheme,
00:15:33.140 U.S. General Says,
00:15:34.820 and the piece cites General Frank McKenzie as the principal source
00:15:39.760 for the proposition that we can't prove that the knowledge that Russians were out there
00:15:44.880 trying to deploy cash in exchange for harm to Americans,
00:15:49.680 that that may have been attempted, but was not necessarily successful.
00:15:54.740 And by the way, that happens with Russia a lot.
00:15:57.560 Just like they attempt election interference, but are not always successful,
00:16:01.840 here they may have attempted these bounty schemes, and it also not been successful.
00:16:06.720 So it's important to understand the frame on these things,
00:16:10.620 whether they are or not important,
00:16:12.900 while of course the safety and security of our bravest Americans who go downrange
00:16:18.460 is perhaps the most important thing our country should be focused on.
00:16:22.660 We don't do any service to those downrange by over-accentuating,
00:16:28.200 by supercharging threats in order to justify greater entanglement
00:16:35.380 that really is not necessary.
00:16:37.480 We have got 8,000 troops in Afghanistan now.
00:16:40.780 That number needs to come way down,
00:16:43.080 but also I think we need to turn down the volume on the media's lies
00:16:46.920 on the Russia bounty scheme.
00:16:49.740 Thanks so much for listening to Hot Takes.
00:16:51.980 This is Congressman Matt Gaetz.
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