The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 49 LIVE： We Warned You – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz

00:00:01.000 The embattled Congressman Matt Gaetz.

00:00:03.000 Matt Gaetz was one of the very few members in the entire Congress

00:00:06.000 who bothered to stand up against permanent Washington on behalf of his constituents.

00:00:10.000 Matt Gaetz right now, he's a problem for the Democratic Party.

00:00:13.000 He could cause a lot of hiccups in passing the clause.

00:00:16.000 So we're going to keep running those stories to keep hurting him.

00:00:20.000 If you stand for the flag and kneel in prayer,

00:00:23.000 if you want to build America up and not burn her to the ground,

00:00:27.000 then welcome, my fellow patriots.

00:00:29.000 You are in the right place.

00:00:31.000 This is the movement for you.

00:00:33.000 You ever watch this guy on television?

00:00:35.000 It's like a machine, Matt Gaetz.

00:00:38.000 I'm a canceled man in some corners of the internet.

00:00:41.000 Many days I'm a marked man in Congress, a wanted man by the deep state.

00:00:46.000 They aren't really coming for me.

00:00:48.000 They're coming for you.

00:00:50.000 I'm just in the way.

00:00:52.000 What you're seeing is President Biden is a serious drag on Democratic candidates nationwide.

00:01:01.000 And it's driven by his approval rating on a range of issues.

00:01:04.000 He is badly underwater on all of the top issues, including the big ones.

00:01:08.000 Inflation, gas prices.

00:01:10.000 He has less than 30% approval rating on the issues that we're told by voters are dominating their state of mind.

00:01:16.000 Even on issues like gun violence, abortion rights, issues that he is elevating into the conversation in recent weeks.

00:01:22.000 He is still significantly underwater.

00:01:25.000 The only issue that we see him above water on, 56% approval rating on his handling of COVID-19.

00:01:30.000 The problem for Democrats and Biden is that that happens to be the issue that voters are telling us is the least likely to be animating their vote this fall.

00:01:37.000 And that's also spilling over into an enthusiasm gap that's developing.

00:01:41.000 You see this in our poll with Ipsos, 13-point edge for Republicans in terms of people that say that they are very enthusiastic, very eager to vote this fall.

00:01:49.000 You're seeing independent voters largely sitting out the midterm so far.

00:01:52.000 Now, that enthusiasm gap is a little narrower than it was last time we polled on it two months ago.

00:01:57.000 But still, those are the kind of numbers that have Democrats worried about a potential wave election.

00:02:02.000 Since 1938, the Republican two-point lead on the generic congressional ballot is the best position for Republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years.

00:02:14.000 It beats 2010 when Republicans were up a point.

00:02:17.000 It beats 14, 2002, 1998 where Democrats led by a point.

00:02:22.000 And in all of those four prior examples that make this list of the top five, look at that.

00:02:28.000 Who won a majority?

00:02:29.000 It was the Republicans who won a majority.

00:02:32.000 The very worst political environment Democrats have faced in 80 years.

00:02:42.000 When people tell you that your representatives in the minority can't do anything, can't pass any bills, just up here to be extras in the movie.

00:02:50.000 Look at that.

00:02:51.000 See the value of the direct action we've taken to show the American people that the Biden administration is corrupt.

00:02:58.000 That they are purposefully making things worse on the border with the economy, with crime.

00:03:04.000 And yet here we sit poised for a potential massive Republican wave.

00:03:08.000 And the question is, will we be worth it?

00:03:12.000 Will we advance the policies that make life better for the American people?

00:03:16.000 It's really interesting in that segment I just showed you from the mainstream media.

00:03:20.000 Joe Biden tries to put guns and abortion into the national political matrix for the upcoming midterm.

00:03:28.000 And yet he has an approval rating on those issues that is just cataclysmically low.

00:03:34.000 And the only thing he's doing well on, presumably, is COVID, which I totally don't get because he's been the lockdown president, the basement president.

00:03:42.000 And yet that is declining as a voting issue.

00:03:46.000 What are people voting on?

00:03:47.000 Inflation, gas prices, and Joe Biden has become an anchor around the neck of every Democrat in Congress.

00:03:56.000 And he is so toxic politically, even these Democrats and Republicans who want gun control, which is a terrible idea that we should summarily reject.

00:04:06.000 They don't want Biden out there talking about it.

00:04:09.000 I've talked to Republicans and Democrats who say that the worst thing that can happen for an agenda item at this point is Joe Biden endorsing it because he has had such a bad track record.

00:04:19.000 The only thing that he got passed was the American rescue plan, which even the Obama era economists are saying contributed greatly to this inflation.

00:04:29.000 So it's sleepy Joe, failed Joe, and we're here to hold him accountable.

00:04:33.000 I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.

00:04:34.000 We're broadcasting this episode of Firebrand Live out of our congressional office, room 1721 of the House Longworth office building here on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

00:04:45.000 Make sure you're subscribed. Make sure you got your notifications turned on.

00:04:49.000 And, you know, I was thinking about this horrific environment that Democrats find themselves in politically.

00:04:55.000 And it harkened back to remarks I made at the Republican National Convention.

00:05:01.000 And keep in mind, you know, I just thought, look, I've got an opportunity to go present the candidate of my choosing.

00:05:08.000 Democrats have presented the candidate of their choosing.

00:05:10.000 And I wanted people to understand what the world would be like if Joe Biden was president.

00:05:17.000 And I wanted real talk with folks.

00:05:19.000 See if any of my prognostications came true in your book.

00:05:29.000 I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.

00:05:31.000 I'm speaking to you from an auditorium emptier than Joe Biden's daily schedule.

00:05:36.000 We see the choice clearly strength or weakness, energy or confusion, success or failure.

00:05:43.000 President Trump is the first president since Reagan not to start a new war.

00:05:47.000 Biden has foolishly cheerlead decades of war without winning, without end.

00:05:52.000 The Woketopians will settle for Biden because they will make him an extra in a movie written, produced and directed by others.

00:06:01.000 It's a horror film, really.

00:06:02.000 They'll disarm you, empty the prisons.

00:06:04.000 And the police aren't coming when you call in Democrat run cities.

00:06:08.000 They're already being defunded, disbanded.

00:06:11.000 We must fight to save America now or we may lose her forever.

00:06:15.000 Joe Biden might not even notice.

00:06:18.000 They used to write only in fiction, but nightmares are becoming real.

00:06:27.000 I wish those things hadn't happened, but they have.

00:06:31.000 We're embroiled in more wars.

00:06:33.000 Our streets are less safe.

00:06:34.000 Our border is less secure.

00:06:36.000 And I think everybody knows what's going on in the White House.

00:06:39.000 We've got a president in decline dragging a nation into decline with him.

00:06:44.000 I want to thank everybody who's contributing on our comment sections on Facebook.

00:06:49.000 We've got a lot of folks out there saying Trump won.

00:06:53.000 Steve Kelly says, dump all rhinos.

00:06:56.000 And you know what?

00:06:57.000 It is true that we don't just have Democrats in our way for the America first agenda.

00:07:01.000 We are very much in a battle with some of those rhinos.

00:07:05.000 And a lot of folks concerned about the Second Amendment.

00:07:07.000 And that is important to see as well, because that's going to be at issue on the floor of the House of Representatives this week.

00:07:15.000 I want to take a moment to talk about some news we've seen recently regarding Saudi Arabia.

00:07:20.000 The New York Times has reported that Joe Biden is planning a visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

00:07:26.000 And if he does, this will be a total 180 from Joe Biden's campaign message.

00:07:33.000 Here's Joe Biden calling Saudi Arabia a pariah and vowing to hold them accountable for the murder of Muslim Brotherhood member and opinion journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

00:07:43.000 Take a listen.

00:07:45.000 Kashoggi was, in fact, murdered and dismembered.

00:07:50.000 And I believe in the order of the crown prince.

00:07:53.000 And I would make it very clear we were not going to, in fact, sell more weapons to them.

00:07:58.000 We were going to, in fact, make them pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are.

00:08:04.000 There's very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia.

00:08:11.000 Tough talk on the campaign trail.

00:08:15.000 Different tune now.

00:08:17.000 Now the gas is on its way to $5 a gallon.

00:08:20.000 You know, that was, like, about as serious as anti-Saudi rhetoric comes.

00:08:25.000 And it's not unmerited.

00:08:27.000 We all know that the United States has a working relationship with the Saudis,

00:08:31.000 but it's quite a stretch to call Saudi Arabia an ally.

00:08:34.000 True allies don't send their flight students to murder American sailors.

00:08:40.000 True allies aren't the one out there spreading dangerous Wahhabism, 1.00

00:08:45.000 exporting fundamentalism through madrasas all over the Middle East and the world.

00:08:49.000 Not to mention, Joe Biden's trip comes in the midst of pending lawsuits on behalf of the victims of the 9-11 families

00:08:57.000 seeking to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for their role in 9-11, which we've covered extensively on this podcast.

00:09:04.000 Those aren't the only lawsuits.

00:09:06.000 My constituents, the first responders in Pensacola, some of the victims' families of service members who were killed,

00:09:13.000 they are trying to hold Saudi Arabia accountable in U.S. courts for allowing one of their flight students to be radicalized

00:09:21.000 and then participate in a terrorist attack at NAS Pensacola.

00:09:25.000 So if Joe Biden is going to Saudi Arabia, it shouldn't be to beg the kingdom to increase oil production.

00:09:32.000 It should be to hold them accountable for their role in 9-11 and their potential role in the NAS Pensacola attacks.

00:09:39.000 That's what a real president would do.

00:09:41.000 It's what Donald Trump would do.

00:09:43.000 It makes it all the more embarrassing right now that Joe Biden is planning his trip to Riyadh,

00:09:48.000 knowing that what he's going to do there is debase himself and kowtow to the crown prince,

00:09:54.000 hoping that oil production will go up to lower American gas prices.

00:09:58.000 The fact that the United States is in such a crisis that we are now reduced to begging the Saudis to save us,

00:10:06.000 it's beyond infuriating.

00:10:08.000 It's so America last. 0.69

00:10:11.000 Joe Biden has been begging Americans to increase oil production while at the same time vowing to destroy the fossil fuel industry.

00:10:20.000 Now you hear the Biden administration put out these edicts that they want use it or lose it to apply to these permits.

00:10:26.000 So just think about how much sense that makes.

00:10:29.000 Out of one side of their mouth, the Biden administration is saying we want to end oil and gas.

00:10:34.000 We want to get rid of fossil fuels.

00:10:36.000 They're probably racist and we have to get rid of them.

00:10:39.000 He has to do everything he can to to virtue signal to the, you know, folks who are complete climate alarmists.

00:10:47.000 And I'm not saying the climate doesn't change.

00:10:49.000 In fact, I think it does change.

00:10:50.000 And I think that humans contribute to that change.

00:10:52.000 And there's a lot of just sensible stuff we could do to reduce the negative impact we have on the environment.

00:10:57.000 That said, Joe Biden is so beholden, so totally beholden that he goes out there and says our goal is to eliminate the need for oil and gas.

00:11:07.000 And then out of the other side of his mouth, he says use it or lose it to American energy entrepreneurs.

00:11:13.000 So what would you do if you owned an oil and gas company?

00:11:16.000 Would you go out and drill for oil, invest potentially $100 million in capital costs and rigs and personnel only to then find yourself years later with Joe Biden trying to make it illegal for you to operate?

00:11:30.000 No.

00:11:31.000 The way he talked about energy as a candidate and in the opening months of his presidency informs on how the energy market reacts.

00:11:41.000 And right now, even American energy companies holding drilling permits will not go out and drill.

00:11:48.000 And so it's not, you know, they want to blame everything on Vladimir Putin.

00:11:52.000 They've been trying to do that since the 2016 election.

00:11:55.000 And certainly this war with Ukraine and Russia is not helping when it comes to gas prices.

00:12:02.000 But undeniably, Joe Biden's like fear porn around U.S. energy has created a far worse situation.

00:12:10.000 And that's what brings us to Saudi Arabia.

00:12:13.000 The absurdity that somehow we're doing right by the environment by burning Saudi oil instead of U.S. oil or U.S. natural gas is crazy.

00:12:21.000 Actually, liquefied natural gas that we have in tremendous abundance in the United States is far cleaner than the crude that we would get out of Saudi Arabia.

00:12:30.000 But the radicals in the Biden administration are so out of touch with the conditions that are faced by the American people, like gas prices, that they're not equipped to meet the challenge.

00:12:42.000 They know you can't afford a trip to the pump.

00:12:44.000 And frankly, they don't care.

00:12:46.000 In fact, there's some who think it's good.

00:12:48.000 It helps them advance their boneheaded environmentalist feel-good America-last policies.

00:12:53.000 The more it hurts you, the more it will coerce you to buy the car they want you to buy, take the route they want you to take, use the modality of transportation that they think is best for you.

00:13:04.000 But the Biden administration also sees the writing on the wall.

00:13:08.000 They know that gas prices are out of hand and they know the American people are pissed about it.

00:13:14.000 And they're going to vote against Democrats probably as a consequence.

00:13:17.000 They know it's self-inflicted.

00:13:20.000 That's why Joe Biden is going with hat in hand to the Saudi crown.

00:13:26.000 He'd rather pay tribute to a foreign nation that isn't always on our side than allow great Americans to become energy independent.

00:13:35.000 It's a dereliction of duty.

00:13:38.000 Speaking of odd ways to perform one's duty, we've got the January 6th committee coming up later this week.

00:13:47.000 And I'm going to have a lot to say about it.

00:13:49.000 I'm going to have some key voices on to give everybody context.

00:13:52.000 The way I view it, Democrats have really two principal hurdles here.

00:13:56.000 One, they have to get the American people to care about January 6th, 2021 again.

00:14:01.000 And second, they have to show the existence of some broad conspiracy.

00:14:06.000 Now there's problems with both.

00:14:08.000 First, the notion that Democrats are going to be able to break through by hiring TV producers and putting on this spectacle in prime time defies what I've just been talking about.

00:14:18.000 The American people can't pay for groceries, gasoline. 0.67

00:14:22.000 They're concerned that companies are starting to offshore more because of what Biden is doing at the IRS.

00:14:27.000 They're concerned that there's not going to be the growth in the economy that allows all ships to rise with that rising tide.

00:14:34.000 So they're all in on this.

00:14:36.000 And I think it's going to be a real hard time for them to get January 6th into the issue matrix when people are worried about paying bills at the end of the week, at the end of the month, right in the here and now.

00:14:47.000 Politicians always look detached when they're not in the present with their voters and then also casting a positive vision for the future.

00:14:56.000 Nothing about this January 6th select committee is about a positive image for the future.

00:15:00.000 So there was this like bizarre hire that the January 6th committee made.

00:15:07.000 And I'm going to go into it.

00:15:08.000 This is the curious case of former Congressman Denver Riggleman.

00:15:12.000 Now, Denver Riggleman was a low IQ member of Congress from Virginia who was elected to one term and was largely unremarkable, unsuccessful.

00:15:21.000 Matter of fact, he did such a bad job in Congress.

00:15:24.000 After only one term, his own Republicans refused to renominate him for the job.

00:15:31.000 Not good.

00:15:32.000 Not a good look.

00:15:33.000 Typically, our best don't go out after one term because Republicans take him out.

00:15:38.000 But then he was so exercised, so worked up.

00:15:41.000 He made this like almost like proof of life looking selfie video from his barn about how mad he was at me and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

00:15:50.000 Take a listen. 0.98

00:15:52.000 What I want to talk about today is the ridiculous and hyperbolic bullshit I saw from Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene yesterday. 0.98

00:16:01.000 And I think I'm tired and I'm frustrated. 0.98

00:16:05.000 You know, I've been outspoken about how conspiracy theories and bizarre beliefs can take over people's lives.

00:16:11.000 And we saw that on 1-6.

00:16:12.000 We saw a lengthy, lengthy radicalization of individuals that led to the storming of the Capitol.

00:16:19.000 I'm tired of it.

00:16:21.000 And when Matt Gaetz last night said there's an obligation to use the Second Amendment against those who disagree with you.

00:16:27.000 Well, I've had enough.

00:16:30.000 Now, here I am in my barrel house and I apologize.

00:16:32.000 This is my barrel house.

00:16:33.000 As you can see, it's a spontaneous with my my old trusty forklift as we get ready for Memorial Day.

00:16:39.000 But I have to say this.

00:16:41.000 I am sick and tired of politicians and influencers using conspiracy theories to radicalize my fellow citizens.

00:16:51.000 We need to condemn Matt Gaetz and those like Marjorie Taylor Greene.

00:16:55.000 They need to be removed from the GOP conference. 0.97

00:16:59.000 Conservative cannot equal crazy. 0.95

00:17:01.000 And right now it seems to with so many.

00:17:03.000 So I beg of everyone be vigilant. 1.00

00:17:06.000 Fight back against this with calm and polite confrontation when you have individuals who tell you stupid things. 0.99

00:17:12.000 But let's stop weaponizing belief systems. 0.97

00:17:15.000 And let's stop the type of rhetoric and stop the type of conspiracy theories that led to 1-6.

00:17:21.000 Thank you and have a great day.

00:17:24.000 So that's what we get.

00:17:27.000 Denver Riggleman saying that Marjorie and I need to be removed from the Republican conference.

00:17:31.000 As I said, Denver Riggleman was removed from the Republican conference by his own voters, by his fellow Republicans. 0.60

00:17:39.000 So in a way, there's a whole lot of loser kind of dripping over that entire statement.

00:17:45.000 But what he seems particularly aggrieved by is that I said that Americans have an obligation to use the Second Amendment,

00:17:50.000 not to hurt anyone else, but to ensure that we preserve our liberties.

00:17:54.000 Look, the way the Second Amendment works is not that you go down and gun anybody down or harm anyone or commit an insurrection.

00:18:01.000 The founders believed that with a well-armed citizenry in the United States of America, our nation would curate a balance of power

00:18:09.000 and would reserve within the power of the individual the ultimate might to be able to protect liberty if that ever were infringed upon by its tyrannical government.

00:18:20.000 We hope it never comes to that.

00:18:22.000 It never should come to that.

00:18:23.000 I work every day to make our government better, more responsive to the people.

00:18:27.000 What does Denver Riggleman do?

00:18:29.000 Sit around in his barrel house?

00:18:31.000 Might have been getting into a little of that, but he wasn't done.

00:18:33.000 He wasn't done.

00:18:34.000 Apparently, the barrel video did not go viral enough for my man.

00:18:38.000 So he signs up to work on the January 6th committee.

00:18:43.000 That's right.

00:18:44.000 After seeing that video, the Democrats hired Denver Riggleman as a staffer on the committee.

00:18:51.000 And does he stick it out?

00:18:53.000 Does he stay in there?

00:18:54.000 Does he get the job done?

00:18:55.000 Does he rid the Republican Party in the Congress of me and Marjorie Taylor Greene?

00:19:00.000 No.

00:19:01.000 He quits.

00:19:02.000 Take a look at this tweet from Denver Riggleman.

00:19:04.000 He puts out there, it's been the honor of a lifetime to assist the January 6th committee, Benny Thompson and Liz Cheney, and now onto the next mission to help Ukraine.

00:19:16.000 More news soon.

00:19:18.000 So Denver Riggleman gives up the fight for American democracy that he was so convicted to because he's going to go fight in Ukraine.

00:19:25.000 Save the Ukrainians. 0.96

00:19:27.000 It'll be Vladimir Putin against Denver Riggleman.

00:19:30.000 Except it actually doesn't turn out that way at all.

00:19:33.000 I don't believe the video I'm about to show you is live on location in Ukraine.

00:19:39.000 I think it's in a comfortable CNN studio.

00:19:42.000 Take a listen to this recent interview with Denver Riggleman, not in Ukraine, not working on the January 6th committee, but auditioning for CNN.

00:19:51.000 Your former Republican colleague, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who is the vice chair of this committee, she said this about the Republican Party airing this weekend.

00:20:03.000 Take a listen.

00:20:04.000 We have too many people now in the Republican Party who are not taking their responsibility seriously and who have pledged their allegiance and loyalty to Donald Trump.

00:20:14.000 It is contrary to everything conservatives believe to embrace a personality cult.

00:20:20.000 And yet that is what so many in my party are doing today.

00:20:23.000 A personality cult.

00:20:25.000 Do you agree with that characterization?

00:20:27.000 I do.

00:20:28.000 Too many Republicans, it's a personality cult, not a party.

00:20:32.000 It is.

00:20:33.000 And, you know, I got to see that firsthand, as you know, with our team and the text messages.

00:20:37.000 I got to see that firsthand.

00:20:38.000 Can I just ask you?

00:20:39.000 I'm sorry to interrupt, but we're running out of time.

00:20:40.000 And I want to ask you, you were a Republican congressman.

00:20:43.000 Mm hmm.

00:20:44.000 Do you still consider yourself a Republican?

00:20:47.000 I think the party left me some time ago.

00:20:49.000 I don't.

00:20:50.000 And I think that's something that I've, you know, I've had to grapple with even behind the scenes.

00:20:54.000 What I've seen behind the scenes has even pushed me further away that the party has moved away from conservative principles to this cult of personality that Liz Cheney is talking about.

00:21:03.000 She's absolutely correct.

00:21:04.000 And when you see it behind the door, when you see the data, when you see the investigation, when you see those smart people and what they come up with, Jake, it's absolutely stunning that cult of personality, but also the belief systems that I don't think any real conservative could follow at any point.

00:21:18.000 It's absolutely insane.

00:21:21.000 Well, there you have it, Liz Cheney and Denver Riggleman denouncing the cult of personality.

00:21:27.000 Yeah, it'd really be a cult of personality for someone to put their, their narcissism and their egomania above a group that they really cared about that they wanted to serve and advance the interests of.

00:21:37.000 Oh, wait, that's exactly what Denver Riggleman did.

00:21:42.000 Exactly what he did.

00:21:43.000 And the January 6th committee is pissed.

00:21:45.000 Take a look at this headline from Politico.

00:21:47.000 January 6th panel fumes over unauthorized interview by former advisor.

00:21:52.000 There's just something so delicious about this, right?

00:21:55.000 So the J6 committee goes out and like fishes up Denver Riggleman out of the obscurity of his barn.

00:22:00.000 They give him a title and a job.

00:22:02.000 He quits to go fight in Ukraine, except not really.

00:22:05.000 He goes on CNN to preempt them.

00:22:07.000 And now they're mad that he's out there running his mouth about stuff that he doesn't know anything about.

00:22:11.000 You know what?

00:22:12.000 Denver Riggleman, January 6th committee, you deserve each other.

00:22:16.000 We've got a lot of comments coming in on Facebook.

00:22:19.000 Amy says Liz Cheney is not a Republican. 0.91

00:22:21.000 She's a rhino. 1.00

00:22:22.000 Actually, that's the perspective of the Wyoming Republican Party.

00:22:26.000 They've essentially banished and shunned her.

00:22:28.000 I guess she's only considered a Republican here in Washington, D.C., where she's still a member of the Republican Conference.

00:22:34.000 It shouldn't be the case.

00:22:35.000 I think a sign of weak leadership.

00:22:37.000 But we've got some haters on here, too. 0.98

00:22:39.000 Dallas Bailey says, screw you, Matt. 0.97

00:22:41.000 Well, you know what, Dallas? 0.97

00:22:42.000 Thank you so much for listening, nonetheless.

00:22:44.000 I don't mind the criticism.

00:22:45.000 Keep it coming.

00:22:46.000 One area where I've been critical of some of my fellow Republicans and certainly a whole lot of Democrats on the issue of marijuana reform.

00:22:53.000 As I've said before, the war on drugs is like so many of the other forever wars that this Congress confronts.

00:23:01.000 Deeply unpopular in all parts of the country, except in the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C.

00:23:08.000 Even as the states start legalizing cannabis, murders, robberies, terrible acts of violence are piling up because dispensaries have nowhere to store their cash and everyone knows it.

00:23:24.000 I saw this report.

00:23:25.000 I caught my eye in Benzinga.

00:23:28.000 Dispensaries are sitting ducks.

00:23:31.000 Workers are concerned as robberies increase and politicians dither over banking details.

00:23:37.000 We've got this massive crime surge ravaging our country because we got a lot of DAs that just let people out. 1.00

00:23:44.000 We got a lot of police being defunded because of Democrat policies.

00:23:48.000 And then in some of these places, you have legal cannabis stores that are sitting on cash that have been often times in these blue states where they've legalized cannabis.

00:23:58.000 They've also taken away Second Amendment rights.

00:24:00.000 So you have no protection against yourself.

00:24:02.000 And we are seeing what happens when you do this.

00:24:05.000 You know, I mean, in Washington state even, right, the evergreen state of progressive politics and prosperous poets and the beloved Chaz, they've had 80 armed robberies in cannabis stores this year alone.

00:24:20.000 80 in 2022.

00:24:22.000 I mean, that's a pattern.

00:24:25.000 Currently, banks are unable to incorporate cannabis businesses into their services because of marijuana's federal prohibition.

00:24:34.000 And it's having deadly consequences.

00:24:36.000 And no one's even really for it.

00:24:38.000 Like there's not some large swath of the country that believes that Washington has done things right on the issue of cannabis policy.

00:24:44.000 Even in Florida, I, you know, where we had two thirds Republicans in the House and the Senate.

00:24:49.000 Rick Scott was our governor and I got meaningful cannabis reform passed.

00:24:52.000 I think Republicans are open minded if it's something that actually helps patients, helps people live better lives, reduces crime, reduces the negative effects of the war on drugs.

00:25:02.000 Democrats, they don't want to solve the problem.

00:25:04.000 They just want the issue.

00:25:05.000 So while the federal government is like mulling over a much bigger decision to lift federal restrictions on marijuana, it should not delay in making cannabis companies able to operate with banks and to access the U.S. financial system.

00:25:22.000 This is a $25 billion a year business in the aggregate.

00:25:25.000 So there's already a legislative solution that has passed several Congresses.

00:25:29.000 It's called the Safe Banking Act.

00:25:31.000 This bill would grant access to the banking system to cannabis businesses and would, quote, ensure that financial institutions can serve state legal marijuana businesses without fear of federal reprisal, close quote.

00:25:44.000 Close quote.

00:25:45.000 Here's the problem.

00:25:46.000 Like the Moore Act, which I've covered previously, this bill has been unable to pass a wary United States Senate.

00:25:55.000 And while the boomer Senate Republicans are definitely to blame in part, the real obstacle for marijuana reform?

00:26:03.000 It's Democrats, specifically the Congressional Black Caucus.

00:26:08.000 The Democrat Congressional Black Caucus is insisting on all these equity provisions and cannabis reform that totally jam up the opportunity to actually get something done.

00:26:19.000 Apparently, the bipartisan agreement over loosening the regulated, you know, just mumbo jumbo around cannabis banking is just not enough if it doesn't include, like, racially charged wokeness.

00:26:34.500 And when I say racially charged, that's what I mean.

00:26:36.280 The Congressional Black Caucus is saying they're not going to approve almost any change to marijuana policy if there aren't guaranteed licenses for black farmers, if there's not preferences given to American blacks in a lot of cases.

00:26:51.660 And, look, I mean, I voted for the Moore Act, okay, because I do think that the war on drugs was probably a lot more damaging in black communities than white communities, but that should not stand in the way of the reforms that could have stopped the 80 armed robberies in the state of Washington.

00:27:08.160 It's just crazy to watch our people subjected to this violence when there's something we could do to fix it, just let people put their cash in banks.

00:27:16.820 So the Senate has a version of this law that would fix the problem, has 42 Senate co-sponsors, including nine Republicans, and it would give us the tools necessary to ensure an integration of this massive industry.

00:27:33.320 Unfortunately, even the Senate version includes these totally non-germane, you know, requirements for minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses. 0.99

00:27:43.860 It's not the right approach.

00:27:45.240 Our policies should be race and gender neutral. 0.91

00:27:49.260 They should allow any American innovator to thrive who can meet the need.

00:27:53.920 This is what's jamming things up.

00:27:56.160 So, Democrats, you have the ability to move past the issue, to get something done.

00:28:02.500 And on behalf of Floridians who benefit from the state system, I would certainly implore you to do so.

00:28:09.800 Democrats have used cannabis legalization as a backbone issue for multiple election cycles.

00:28:15.240 And this is the critical moment.

00:28:17.460 Dual chamber majorities in Congress, the White House, they're only standing in their own way. 0.92

00:28:23.580 During last month's Judiciary Committee markup, I introduced the States Act, once a Democrat-sponsored bill that would really just get the United States government out of the cannabis business altogether and devolve these authorities to the states where they belong under our federalist system.

00:28:39.220 Watch, as I outlined my pitch for cannabis as an effective medical alternative to some of the crazy barbiturate drugs that oftentimes are used to treat the TBI, which is the basis of the underlying bill in this committee.

00:28:53.240 And watch the snarky opposition I get from Democrat-boomer Zoe Lofgren.

00:29:01.860 Mr. Chairman, years ago when we brought up the MORE Act and I joined the majority in supporting it,

00:29:09.480 I posited that it would never become law because it did not enjoy sufficient support in the Senate, despite Mr. McClintock's support and my support here.

00:29:18.960 We are now in a circumstance where one of the easiest, fastest, most capable ways to advance healthcare outcomes for people with traumatic brain injuries would be to unlock the great research potential that exists throughout our country.

00:29:33.120 And the States Act would pass the United States Senate, it should pass the House of Representatives under Democratic control.

00:29:40.940 Unfortunately, I think we heard some witnesses before this committee that said that the States Act would be a whitewashing of cannabis law.

00:29:49.060 And that leaves people with traumatic brain injury, some of the very people who are advocates of the underlying bill, left without the full suite of medical services that might otherwise be available.

00:30:00.620 I noticed that just yesterday, President Biden put out a Twitter video that identified me.

00:30:08.500 And he talked about his plan to lower prescription drug prices, and then he showed a picture of me and indicated that I had no plan on healthcare.

00:30:18.380 Well, at least my plan on healthcare involves modernizing the country's cannabis laws.

00:30:24.100 And I'm wondering where President Biden is on that.

00:30:27.440 If President Biden is the true great Woketopian that you've all been waiting for, why doesn't he remove cannabis from the list of Schedule I drugs?

00:30:36.020 And if we really care about the people with traumatic brain injury, with a number of other ailments that could be helped with the application of medical cannabis,

00:30:43.620 why wouldn't we pass the States Act as a recognition that those people deserve better out of their government,

00:30:50.280 and the Moore Act is not going to become law despite the best efforts of the members of this committee over multiple years?

00:30:56.060 I mean, we've done the Moore Act thing year after year, and it's not going anymore.

00:31:00.900 Moore gives us less.

00:31:02.660 States would give us better law.

00:31:04.420 This bill would provide an opportunity to do it.

00:31:06.660 And it's with that spirit that I offer my amendment and await a Germanity ruling. 0.57

00:31:13.260 Mr. Chairman?

00:31:14.680 The gentlelady insist on her point of order? 1.00

00:31:16.320 I do.

00:31:17.240 Recognizing the gentleman from Florida's enthusiasm for marijuana, the amendment is still beyond the scope of the underlying bill.

00:31:26.160 It deals with controlled substances, which is not within the underlying bill, and I do.

00:31:32.100 It's not your name.

00:31:34.180 I am prepared to—what?

00:31:37.100 Does the gentleman wish to be heard in the point of order?

00:31:39.780 I do.

00:31:40.700 It's enthusiasm lashed to a sincere connection to the millions of people who do benefit from the medical application of cannabis.

00:31:51.220 I yield back.

00:31:54.260 They mock my enthusiasm while they do nothing, and the robberies persist and the murders persist.

00:32:01.600 The innovation that could help people unlock cures is stymied, and they laugh because we're enthusiastic about making change.

00:32:08.660 Well, you know what?

00:32:09.220 We will be.

00:32:09.720 Thanks so much for everybody joining us.

00:32:12.240 I've got some great comments.

00:32:13.840 This is Tom Bear says, gas prices are higher than Jerry Nadler's Beltline.

00:32:18.960 Might be my all-time favorite Facebook comment we've gotten.

00:32:23.300 And also, let's see, we've got Veronica saying that we've got to get more information on Hunter Biden.

00:32:31.980 And trust me, there's going to be a lot more Hunter Biden news coming later this week.

00:32:35.000 I've got some breaking news out of Pennsylvania I want to go to.

00:32:37.980 This is from WTRF in Wheeling.

00:32:40.820 Ex-Pennsylvania congressman guilty for stuffing ballots in favor of Democrats.

00:32:46.740 A former congressman from Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to charges related to fraudulently stuffing ballot boxes for Democratic candidates between 2014 and 2018.

00:32:58.120 Federal prosecutors said former Democrat U.S. Rep. Ozzie Myers pleaded guilty Monday to violations of election law, conspiracy, bribery, and obstruction.

00:33:07.680 Wow.

00:33:08.160 You think they only did it 2014, 2016, and 2018?

00:33:13.860 Or do you just think maybe in Pennsylvania there's a system for ballot stuffing?

00:33:18.700 And it changes form, and it is a little different, tailored to each election, but that might just be what they do.

00:33:25.960 Former member of Congress, guilty, I should say.

00:33:30.040 Just guilty of this act that I really hope isn't part of how we always think about Pennsylvania.

00:33:36.380 There's a lot of work there to clean things up.

00:33:38.440 To end the show on some good news, we've got a segment regarding a really exciting diabetes drug that's come out.

00:33:44.940 And amidst all the controversies in the news about the economy and the Democrats' assault on gun rights,

00:33:50.360 it's Big Pharma coming out of left field with a potential game changer.

00:33:54.340 I know we give Big Pharma a lot of flack on this show when they deserve it,

00:33:58.280 but hey, sometimes you get a solution that's worth a thoughtful review.

00:34:01.900 So we've spoken before about diabetes and insulin and my opposition to government price controls,

00:34:08.460 but a new study has recently come out showing that a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes has amazing side effects on weight loss.

00:34:19.260 Look at this headline from The Guardian.

00:34:21.200 Quote,

00:34:21.740 Diabetes drug leads to notable weight loss in people with obesity.

00:34:26.160 Experts say the apparent effects of a weekly dose of,

00:34:30.200 gosh, how am I going to get this?

00:34:32.640 Tire,

00:34:33.280 how do you say it, guys?

00:34:35.260 Trisepatide.

00:34:35.900 That's what the team says.

00:34:37.300 Trisepatide.

00:34:38.480 Potentially game changing.

00:34:40.700 So it's been reported that this new drug works on two naturally occurring hormones

00:34:45.540 and they help control blood sugar and are involved in sending fullness signals to the brain.

00:34:52.340 Imagine that.

00:34:53.040 Imagine taking a drug that tells your brain you are full even when you are not.

00:34:58.280 I would be very intrigued by this.

00:35:01.680 USA Today is reporting that some patients lost up to 21% of their body weight, 50 to 60 pounds.

00:35:08.220 Up until this point, nothing but surgery has produced this amount of weight loss.

00:35:13.040 What's more, side effects are said to be limited to mild at this point.

00:35:17.360 I know that's something they'll continue to watch.

00:35:19.680 Diabetes is way too common.

00:35:21.660 It's particularly rising in the United States as just a chronic problem.

00:35:27.300 And it leads to so many other health problems.

00:35:29.580 While there's no substitute for diet and exercise,

00:35:32.440 this new drug may be a lifesaver for some at severe risk from the health complications

00:35:38.760 that come from morbid obesity, including type 2 diabetes.

00:35:43.080 There's also a chance the FDA may end up approving this drug for general weight loss.

00:35:48.320 Could be good news all around.

00:35:49.800 Anything that saves lives and helps more Americans be healthy in their living,

00:35:55.020 certainly something to celebrate.

00:35:57.080 Healthy body, healthy mind, and hopefully a healthy and prosperous country.

00:36:02.600 Can't wait to see this medical breakthrough.

00:36:04.640 Hope it changes lives and we'll continue to cover the issue.

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00:36:51.400 Bye.

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The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - June 07, 2022

Episode 49 LIVE： We Warned You – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz

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