The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 49 - China Lies...Again. Durham Probe Indictments Imminent. Trump Vindicated Again by...Peter Strzok？？

00:00:00.000 Welcome to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz. Let's talk about the news. And the

00:00:21.060 news is that China is lying. Yes, that's not news. We've seen that in coronavirus. We've 0.98

00:00:26.960 seen that in the theft of our intellectual property. We've seen that in their misrepresentations

00:00:32.220 regarding the militarization of the South China Sea, regarding their treatment of ethnic

00:00:37.540 minorities. And in this particular case, the Chinese ambassador to the UK was on Andrew

00:00:43.000 Maher's program on the BBC. Here was that exchange. I do not know. Why did you get this video clip?

00:00:49.080 These have been going around the world. They've been authenticated by Western intelligence agencies

00:00:53.960 and by Australian experts who say these are Ouija people.

00:00:58.840 Let me tell you this. With regard to that video clip, I'll get back to you.

00:01:05.020 I'll get back to you. That's what we hear from the Chinese ambassador in the face of,

00:01:09.620 in many cases, video and picture evidence of a great deal of ethnic minorities in China being

00:01:17.100 rounded up, hauled off and treated to some of the worst conditions that one can imagine.

00:01:22.220 We'll continue to cover it on the podcast. The United States needs to continue to be the best

00:01:27.600 version of ourselves so that we can be a beacon of freedom to people everywhere. And we need to

00:01:33.500 see the threat truly posed by the communist Chinese party.

00:01:40.580 As we speak, Congress and congressional leaders and members of the administration are negotiating a

00:01:46.860 potential additional round of coronavirus relief. I expected that this would likely be necessary,

00:01:52.380 not only for payments to businesses that have still seen a substantial amount of their activity rendered

00:01:59.100 illegal by the government, but to individuals who are in those industries and who through no fault of their

00:02:05.300 own have seen a real change to their way of life and a real economic security that our country needs to be able to

00:02:13.180 provide for. So here's what the administration is lobbying for. And I think it's a good idea.

00:02:19.180 First, liability protection. We absolutely need to ensure that to some extent, you do not open the

00:02:26.820 country in name only by not allowing businesses to have the confidence that they'll be able to serve

00:02:33.420 their customers without every lawyer in every circumstance trying to lash every instance of coronavirus

00:02:39.380 with a real casual nexus of causation. So I think that that liability reform is important.

00:02:46.380 I've also stressed that we cannot have liability reform go so far as to excuse extreme instances of

00:02:53.980 recklessness or willful misconduct or just a willful disregard for the safety protocols and standards that we would

00:03:02.380 need in place in any type of business that interfaces substantially with customers. So we've got to carefully thread the

00:03:08.380 needle there. The administration's lobbying for it. I totally agree that that's something that is essential.

00:03:14.380 I also think that we need to continue to provide resources to those on the front lines and state and local

00:03:20.380 governments that are meeting the challenges without creating a perverse incentive to inflame coronavirus

00:03:27.380 statistics. I covered on the show recently cases in Florida where people were dramatically increasing the percentages of

00:03:37.380 infection in some of these health facilities. One was a VA facility. The other was Orlando Health. And if you

00:03:45.380 always leave the hospital industrial complex to believe money will flow where the virus flows, then you will see certain

00:03:53.380 hospitalizations and potentially even deaths categorized improperly as coronavirus deaths. For example, if someone is on a

00:04:02.380 motorcycle and tragically dies in a motorcycle accident and they also have coronavirus, you've seen circumstances

00:04:10.380 where like they'll label that a coronavirus death rather than a motorcycle death. So I think that we can't forget the

00:04:17.380 fact that people have other things that cause death in addition to coronavirus and we've just got to make sure that

00:04:22.380 people aren't juicing the numbers for the sake of funding. That said, I do think that we've got to continue to ensure

00:04:28.380 that we've got adequate protection, equipment, training, and human resources to get the nurses and physician's

00:04:37.380 assistant and other testing professionals and other healthcare professionals to areas of need. Now Florida is an area that has

00:04:46.380 seen a rising number of cases, but we have not seen a rising death rate. And I think that's a consequence of a few things.

00:04:53.380 First, if hydroxychloroquine is provided at an early enough stage, there is a reduced likelihood of death. And there's a good

00:05:03.380 Wall Street Journal piece on that. We'll put it out on social media. Second, rendesivir has been a total game changer in terms of its ability with

00:05:13.380 severely ill people who are under the age of 60 to reduce the likelihood that they will die. And then for those who are

00:05:20.380 over the age of 60, I think we've learned a lot about truly how dangerous this virus can be to some of those folks who

00:05:28.380 maybe are a little bit older, have other ailments. And that's why I said, I guess a little tongue in cheek, but not so much on

00:05:34.380 Fox News Radio recently that we got to lock up the boomers. You know, we got to make sure that our cherished seniors are 1.00

00:05:41.380 cared for, that they comply with stay at home orders and shelter in place orders that specifically apply to those with these

00:05:48.380 unique medical fragilities. I think if we do that, we can get schools open, we can get businesses open, we can provide for

00:05:55.380 those that cannot be open. And it's my hope that those can be the elements of a deal we can work on with the

00:06:01.380 administration, with the Congress to ensure that we are in the best position as a nation to fight this disease and

00:06:08.380 then to restore our economy to the greatest economy in the world. We did it once, we did it with the Trump policies

00:06:16.380 that empowered Americans, and I'm certain we can do it again.

00:06:22.380 It's not, oh Canada, it's no Canada. Perhaps for Major League Baseball, the Canadian government through the

00:06:30.380 municipal entity in Toronto have said that the Blue Jays are not able to begin the Major League Baseball

00:06:37.380 season at the end of July as expected and anticipated. I guess they were supposed to have the home opener

00:06:43.380 on the 29th of July, and that does not appear to be allowed based on fears over the coronavirus. So we'll see how

00:06:52.380 the Toronto Blue Jays react to that. The president and CEO of the Blue Jays putting out a statement that their players and the

00:06:59.380 health of the broader community is of what's most important to them. So they will be beginning the season in

00:07:06.380 Tampa Bay on the 24th of July, and then we'll see where the Blue Jays will be flying off to, but it does not appear that they

00:07:14.380 will be playing in Toronto, at least not at the beginning of the season.

00:07:18.380 America's police seem to continue to rally around the vision and leadership and policy agenda of President Donald Trump,

00:07:30.380 the National Organization of Police Associations announcing today that they give their full and complete endorsement to the

00:07:37.380 president's reelection campaign. Now, why does that matter from a policy standpoint? Well, this very same group

00:07:44.380 endorsed Obama-Biden in 2008, and they did the same in 2012. So this isn't a right-wing group. This isn't a

00:07:53.380 Republican group. This is a group that stands for the interests and objectives and specific policy initiatives that

00:08:01.380 will assist our police in the execution of their duties for our communities, and they've decided that they're just

00:08:08.380 not up for the woke-topian left. I mean, if you look at what's going on in America today, the Democrats are the

00:08:14.380 ones who want to close your business, close your school, close the police department, and close church.

00:08:21.380 Meanwhile, Republicans want to see these things successful and prosperous institutions within our society.

00:08:28.380 It seems like the only things the Democrats want to keep open are the prisons and the borders, and that doesn't

00:08:34.380 benefit our country. So thank you to America's police for the great job you do, and it is noteworthy that there is

00:08:41.380 more and more consensus that President Trump is the candidate for our police and for law and order.

00:08:49.380 New York Times stands by a report of Trump-Russia connections, despite FBI memo debunking it.

00:08:57.380 That's the story from The Daily Caller's Chuck Ross, and in the story we see the details of the declassified documents

00:09:05.380 from Attorney General William Barr that relate to the FBI's investigation of the Trump campaign.

00:09:11.380 And one of those documents is a 57-page memo that includes notes from Peter Strzok.

00:09:18.380 And even Peter Strzok, who hated the president, who was biased against the president, who was sending his girlfriend,

00:09:25.380 Lisa Page, all kind of messages about an insurance policy against a potential Trump presidency.

00:09:31.380 Even Strzok writes in his memo, recently declassified, this statement is inaccurate and misleading as written.

00:09:39.380 And he is, of course, referencing the New York Times story that purports to evidence claims of a Trump-Russia connection.

00:09:48.380 Now, of course, we know, at the conclusion of the Mueller hearings and the Mueller report,

00:09:53.380 that there was no criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.

00:09:57.380 And I can understand why this remains so deeply frustrating to the president.

00:10:03.380 All of the momentum we were building toward American success, they attempted to completely, you know, derail and dismember through the Russia hoax. 0.77

00:10:14.380 Now we know it's a hoax. And the New York Times has been called on the fact that it was a hoax.

00:10:20.380 They misled their readers. Even Peter Strzok knows it.

00:10:24.380 And the result, they stand by their reporting.

00:10:27.380 No take backs, no revisions, no acknowledgment.

00:10:31.380 Just the New York Times continuing to be the New York Times.

00:10:35.380 What a shame. At least as the American people, we all know the truth.

00:10:39.380 The president did not engage in any criminal conspiracy with Russia.

00:10:44.380 His campaign didn't.

00:10:45.380 This was all an effort to try to, I think, make up for the failures of the Obama foreign policy

00:10:51.380 and the utter surprise that the establishment and the deep state had that Hillary Clinton was not elected president of the United States.

00:11:00.380 The New York Times should take it back. They won't.

00:11:02.380 And I'm glad The Daily Caller is there to call them out on it.

00:11:05.380 Jim Hoff with the Gateway Pundit has an explosive story revealing the sub-source of the Steele dossier as Igor Danchenko.

00:11:18.380 And what is the surprising connection that Danchenko has?

00:11:21.380 Well, it's to Fiona Hill.

00:11:24.380 You'll remember her as one of the Democrat purported star witnesses during the Ukraine sequel to the Russia hoax.

00:11:32.380 Fiona Hill was very critical of the policy decision the Trump administration made so that there would not be a delivery of aid in the absence of anti-corruption reforms.

00:11:44.380 The very same reforms that bipartisan senators have been working for for many years.

00:11:49.380 Fiona Hill was thanked by Danchenko as one of his professors at the University of Louisville.

00:11:55.380 It appears they also may have worked together at the Brookings Institution.

00:11:59.380 Here's my hot take.

00:12:00.380 We are going to continue to see connections among the people who are working to disrupt the Trump presidency in the coming days and in the coming weeks.

00:12:10.380 Mark Meadows was recently on Merida Bartiromo's program discussing the likelihood and the possibility that it's all coming unraveled for the deep state.

00:12:20.380 Here's the chief of staff, Mark Meadows.

00:12:25.380 I think the American people expect indictments.

00:12:27.380 I know I expect indictments based on the evidence I've seen.

00:12:29.380 Lindsey Graham did a good job in getting that out. 1.00

00:12:31.380 We know that they not only knew that there wasn't a case, but they continue to investigate and spy.

00:12:37.380 And yes, I use the word spy on Trump campaign officials and actually even doing things when this president was sworn in.

00:12:48.380 And after that and doing it in an inappropriate manner.

00:12:51.380 You're going to see a couple of other documents come out in the coming days that will suggest that not only was the campaign spied on,

00:12:58.380 but the FBI did not act appropriately as they were investigating.

00:13:02.380 It's all starting to come unravel to unravel.

00:13:05.380 And I tell you, it's time that people go to jail and people are indicted.

00:13:10.380 America's largest democracy, India, plans to play a pivotal role in developing and deploying a coronavirus vaccine. 0.99

00:13:19.380 We're seeing in India now plans that could be as soon as next month to begin testing.

00:13:26.380 But there's a specific player I want to highlight.

00:13:28.380 And there's a fantastic profile by Sarah Wheaton in Politico magazine entitled,

00:13:33.380 An Indian drug mogul says Americans will pay too much for the COVID vaccine and wants to change that.

00:13:40.380 And the story chronicles on Dar Poonawalla, his work with the Serum Institute, which is founded in part by his billionaire father in India.

00:13:51.380 And the underlying premise of their argument is that when you have this type of high demand and low supply,

00:13:58.380 you're going to see really, really expensive vaccines.

00:14:02.380 And the Serum Institute right now provides about a billion and a half low cost vaccines to the developing world.

00:14:08.380 I'm glad that groups like the Serum Institute are working on wide scale production to achieve economies of scale,

00:14:15.380 to hopefully get the vaccine out in the hands of many billions of people around the world as soon as it's developed.

00:14:23.380 But here's my hot take.

00:14:25.380 The American system of innovation and intellectual property is absolutely essential to solving pandemics that challenge us today

00:14:35.380 and that will likely challenge us in the future.

00:14:38.380 There has to be an economic incentive to continue innovating, researching, developing, testing, and engaging in the very expensive trials.

00:14:47.380 Now, of course, we can do more to make those trials more accessible to innovators.

00:14:53.380 And I think that we want to ensure that they maintain the rigor to ensure that the American people and people around the world, for that matter, are getting a quality, consistent product.

00:15:03.380 So while I appreciate the work of the Serum Institute in its deployment of important, necessary medicine,

00:15:10.380 I do not believe that we should deconstruct every element of the way that pharmaceuticals are tested and developed in the United States because it is the system that has created the most innovation.

00:15:23.380 I know China is working on the vaccine. I know India is working on the vaccine.

00:15:27.380 But I'm still betting on the United States of America and the unprecedented cooperation that the Trump administration is engaged in through the National Institute of Health with a variety of manufacturers.

00:15:38.380 We do not just have one vaccine candidate in the United States.

00:15:41.380 We have hundreds of vaccine candidates, and I am rooting for each and every one of them so that we can beat the coronavirus and get back to our prosperous American life.

00:15:51.380 President Trump had some pretty hot takes in his exchange with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.

00:16:00.380 There was an interesting discussion about schools and the importance of opening them up. Here's the president.

00:16:06.380 Schools have to open. Young people have to go to school. 1.00

00:16:09.380 And there's problems when you don't go to school, too.

00:16:12.380 And there's going to be a funding problem, because we're not going to fund when they don't open their schools.

00:16:16.380 We're not going to fund them. We're not going to give them money if they're not going to school.

00:16:19.380 Why wouldn't you just send more money so the schools would be safer? 0.81

00:16:22.380 Chris, let the schools open. Did you ever see the statistics on young people below the age of 18?

00:16:28.380 The state of New Jersey had thousands of deaths. Of all of these thousands, one person below the age of 18 in the entire state.

00:16:37.380 One person. And that was a person that had, I believe he said diabetes.

00:16:41.380 One person below the age of 18 died in the state of New Jersey.

00:16:46.380 We see a similar perspective reflected here in Florida, where our Commissioner of Education, Richard Corcoran, recently joined me for an online forum to discuss the state of play in Florida, the importance of reopening schools, and the choices that we hope to give parents regarding in-person instruction, digital instruction, and then also potentially a hybrid for some students.

00:17:09.380 Here's the Commissioner of Education in Florida.

00:17:12.380 The most important thing, Governor Sanders has said it, the President has said it, Secretary DeVos, and that is giving parents choices to make the best decision for their child.

00:17:18.380 And you're going to have all kinds of different decisions that are being made.

00:17:23.380 And so what the Governor did was allowed us to execute an emergency order that said, here's all the options we want available to parents.

00:17:31.380 If you're a parent, because we recognize, look, it's not just in Florida, it's nationwide.

00:17:35.380 About two-thirds of your parents either are low-income in Florida, 63% of our kids are low-income, 63% are minorities, and have single parents, many of them, who are working and don't have any other opportunities economically or otherwise.

00:17:50.380 And they've made the decision, hey, the best thing for my child and myself is for them to be able to go to a classroom with a teacher standing in front of them and with their peers.

00:17:59.380 And so what we did under Governor DeSantis is we made sure that option was available to parents.

00:18:03.380 If you want your child to go to a bricks and mortar classroom with a teacher in front of them, which we also know is the best mode of delivery for outcomes, then that option is available to you.

00:18:12.380 But we also wanted to give complete flexibility to the superintendents and say, look, but if you have some, because there's going to be parents that say, I'm not ready.

00:18:19.380 You know, this is a tough situation for all of us. People are scared. They're sharing stuff that they wouldn't ordinarily share.

00:18:25.380 And they want opportunities and they want options.

00:18:28.380 In the coming weeks, we will see more and more of our school districts adapt to the need to open our schools.

00:18:34.380 And I agree that while for some families and some students, continued online instruction will be important.

00:18:40.380 It is equally as important to create that in-person option for our economic health, for our physical health, to ensure that we do not see rising cases of malnutrition, of domestic violence, of sexual violence against students.

00:18:58.380 This is the perspective that I shared on Fox News on Sunday afternoon with John Scott.

00:19:04.380 Here's that interview.

00:19:05.380 We're opening school in the state of Florida. Here in the county where I live, we'll be opening school on time.

00:19:10.380 And I'm proud of our superintendent of schools, Marcus Chambers, for implementing sanitation requirements, for having social distancing opportunities, 0.87

00:19:18.380 to manage the flow of students in and out of locker rooms so that we can limit that spread.

00:19:23.380 But the risk of closures, whether it's to our businesses or to our schools or our jobs, really impacts people in a very negative way,

00:19:30.380 whether it's economically or their mental and physical health.

00:19:34.380 Thanks so much for listening to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.

00:19:37.380 Don't forget, subscribe, rate, leave us a review, and make sure to join us tomorrow for more Hot Takes.

The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - July 20, 2020

Episode 49 - China Lies...Again. Durham Probe Indictments Imminent. Trump Vindicated Again by...Peter Strzok？？

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