The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 52 - Trump v. Cheney - Kanye v. Kim - US v. China Theft - Stolen Children v. Asylum Reform.

00:00:00.000 you ever watch this guy on television you all were not telling the truth and you should not

00:00:06.100 be trusted congressman matt gates thank you for what you did for your country today be offended

00:00:09.760 with the democratic whip not house republicans like a machine matt gates

00:00:13.940 welcome to hot takes i'm congressman matt gates let's talk about the news the news today is that

00:00:22.100 president trump has joined the criticism of congresswoman liz cheney and her leadership

00:00:28.140 in the house of representatives the president tweeting liz cheney is only upset because i have

00:00:33.760 been actually getting our great and beautiful country out of the ridiculous and costly endless

00:00:39.820 wars i'm also making our so-called allies pay tens of billions of dollars in delinquent military cost

00:00:46.600 they must at least treat us fairly the president there in just one tweet articulating america first

00:00:54.880 foreign policy laying out the trump doctrine that we should expect more of our friends and we should

00:01:01.020 not mire ourselves distract ourselves drain our great country in the endless wars that have been

00:01:07.440 supported by liz cheney and her allies in congress i do not see how it is tenable for liz cheney to

00:01:14.240 continue as the republican conference chair with outward disagreement with the president like this

00:01:20.980 it's not just on matters of policy it's one thing to disagree on policy it's quite another as liz has done

00:01:26.940 to chide the president to take up nancy pelosi's hashtag and to put the republican conference in a diminished

00:01:34.480 position that's not just my view it's the president's view it seems to be jim jordan's view based on his

00:01:40.780 statements i know it's the view of a number of people in the freedom caucus and i think it's time for a change

00:01:46.940 with the chairmanship of the house republican conference liz has had a run and it appears

00:01:53.680 based on the president's tweet this morning that that run should be over

00:01:57.580 the kanye west political campaign may be seeing some challenges before the presidential run really

00:02:06.980 gets off the ground kim kardashian taking to social media to reflect on kanye's apparent bipolar disorder

00:02:15.140 we don't want to make a light at all of that if there's a mental health challenge that any american

00:02:20.920 is facing whether they're in politics or any other aspect of life we certainly hope that they get the

00:02:26.940 help that they need i did not see the dave chappelle visit to kanye as someone joining a buddy on the

00:02:33.660 campaign trail it struck me as someone who was concerned and uh i i could see based on the behavior why

00:02:41.240 that concern would be apparent and at the center of i guess the kim kardashian conway dispute is the

00:02:48.080 interaction that kim kardashian west had with rapper meek mill uh i guess somewhat of a rival somewhat of

00:02:56.100 a friend of kanye west kim kardashian meets up with meek mill in a hotel room uh to discuss criminal

00:03:03.940 justice reform and that was something that kanye took great exception with liz waddle at the uk

00:03:11.100 mirror has the story and uh i don't know it appears that the kanye for president campaign has all the

00:03:19.680 drama that you might expect

00:03:21.520 the human trafficking of children across the u.s mexico border remains one of the saddest one of the

00:03:30.880 most disturbing things that i've personally observed in public life i went down to yuma arizona with

00:03:37.540 fellow congressman andy biggs from the state of arizona and we saw firsthand the bravery of our

00:03:44.420 border patrol the heartwarming action of so many of our humanitarian workers but also we saw how u.s

00:03:52.780 policy impacts human trafficking and not always for the better at least until president trump made some

00:03:59.520 very needed changes you see when our policy was that we would treat people differently if they came

00:04:05.740 across with children well then of course the cartels were doing everything possible to pair people up

00:04:11.920 with children and when you would see an abduction of 30 60 140 people you would always see every adult

00:04:20.120 clutching a little child like that child was some sort of fast pass to disney world the reality is that

00:04:27.040 we saw circumstances where the same children were being shuttled back and forth across the border

00:04:32.980 multiple times again as as sort of a pass to entry and to an entry that wouldn't have the same

00:04:39.300 incarceration and accountability and demand to show up for a trial that would append to someone who

00:04:45.660 didn't bring a child across the border so i say all of that to set the stage for some very needed

00:04:51.980 policy reforms the trump administration made notably the return of many of these migrants back to

00:04:58.260 guatemala honduras el salvador immediately upon their apprehension to await their asylum uh claim

00:05:05.340 and then also we've got tens of thousands of people awaiting their asylum claim now in mexico that hadn't

00:05:11.400 happened before the trump administration to the same volume folks were in the united states waiting

00:05:16.520 those awaiting those asylum claims and 93 percent of the time they would never actually show up for the

00:05:23.420 hearing all of that sets the stage for the need for congress to act because until we change the

00:05:31.140 asylum laws there is still an incentive to bring children even sometimes children who aren't your own

00:05:38.060 across the border illegally that is the scene that is i think very well depicted in a recent cnn piece

00:05:47.700 entitled 23 abducted children aged from three months to 15 years rescued from a house in southern mexico

00:05:56.460 and this story talks about a house in san cristobal de las casas in mexico where clearly the cartels have

00:06:05.460 rounded up a bunch of children to then provide people who are making their trek north with the hope that

00:06:12.260 because congress hasn't changed the asylum laws someone will be treated differently as a consequence of

00:06:18.920 possessing these children but the result of this policy is that children are abducted stolen rented

00:06:27.300 trafficked and then even at times returned back to mexico to engage in the entire journey the entire

00:06:34.480 venture all over again congress must act to reform our asylum laws so that there is never 1.00

00:06:42.260 an incentive for cartels to steal children to rent them out to people and to dehumanize just the

00:06:50.140 the very essence of innocent childhood children shouldn't have to go through these things and we

00:06:56.080 shouldn't have the policies in place that incentivize this type of adhorrent bad behavior let's change

00:07:03.060 our asylum laws in a way that's humanitarian that allows people due process but that doesn't create

00:07:09.160 such a loophole or such a perverse incentive as to lead to some of those the most damaging and

00:07:15.140 challenging experiences that a young person could encounter a lot of times these children are just

00:07:19.780 abducted they're physically abused they're sexually abused and we should not allow that to happen as a

00:07:26.120 consequence of the decisions that we fail to make in the u.s congress let's step up let's reform

00:07:31.620 asylum laws the world will be a better place if we do houston we have a problem and it's the chinese 1.00

00:07:41.320 consulate tulsi kamath with the associated press has the story china says u.s orders it to close

00:07:48.280 consulate in houston to protect american intellectual property after officials respond to fire that's right

00:07:55.320 after the united states noted that the chinese consulate in houston had to go that those folks

00:08:02.520 were not engaged in activities that were permissible in our country they immediately responded by setting

00:08:09.100 a bunch of paper on fire and witnesses on the scene according to this ap report could smell the paper

00:08:14.900 burning and so it uh seems a little fishy to me that that type of activity would be going on and i know

00:08:21.700 that our listeners have been following the reports that china has been trying everything possible to

00:08:27.620 steal the intellectual property associated with our vaccine development for the coronavirus they think

00:08:34.480 that it will help them with medical diplomacy around the world to beat the united states since

00:08:39.260 they don't have the same innovative economy in china they steal stuff and here i don't know if it was

00:08:45.460 associated with the coronavirus and the efforts of china to steal that vaccine but the u.s has 0.60

00:08:51.440 ordered china to close its consulate in houston the foreign minister the chinese foreign minister i

00:08:57.520 should say had a spokesman wang wenbin comment on the action condemning it saying the unilateral

00:09:04.280 closure of chinese consul general in houston within a short period of time is an unparalleled escalation

00:09:10.560 in recent actions against china again the u.s said in a brief statement that this was a consequence

00:09:16.440 of the need to protect our country in the area of intellectual property the chinese embassy in

00:09:22.980 washington has received bomb threats and death threats according to chinese statements the chinese

00:09:30.880 are also complaining about the u.s opening diplomatic pouches china is not our friend the chinese are not 0.99

00:09:39.960 here to be our friendly competitor they're not here to play by the rules in far too many circumstances

00:09:46.380 and i am incredibly proud of the trump administration for expelling those who would do harm to our

00:09:53.040 businesses to our economy to our national security to our medical security and if the chinese can't 1.00

00:09:58.480 handle that well i guess they're getting the message that the u.s isn't just going to be a chump

00:10:04.580 in our interactions with them anymore i wonder what they were burning i wonder if we'll find out

00:10:10.460 i wonder if more chinese consulates are going to be closed in the united states we'll be covering it

00:10:15.460 sean hannity is like my maga big brother he's always far too laudatory and kind to me when we're

00:10:24.940 on air together here's my interview with sean hannity today comrade bill de blasio continued

00:10:29.560 his denial new york city is experiencing extremely dangerous crime wave on his watch he's threatening

00:10:35.200 to sue president trump matt gates you see this unfolding around the country america is a great

00:10:41.360 nation and a great nation does not allow her cities to fall victim to the angry mob the victims in these

00:10:48.020 cases of violence who see their businesses destroyed their churches burned sometimes even their lives lost

00:10:54.580 or the lives lost of their children they're not just seattleites or portlanders or new yorkers

00:11:00.100 they're americans and you're right secretary chad wolf said that if we didn't have federal troops there

00:11:06.860 the federal courthouses the federal buildings would literally fall and so president trump doesn't just

00:11:13.020 have a legal obligation he has a moral obligation to act and our nation is stronger than this mob

00:11:20.380 i'm glad that president trump is going to prove it and these municipal leaders who've been

00:11:25.480 feckless and cowardly they will be exposed for what they are

00:11:29.260 well and matt gates can announce he's going to run for president in 2028 i just hear i've been hearing rumors 0.75

00:11:34.220 all day about that and while i appreciate his fanning of the flames of presidential aspirations

00:11:40.300 i think what's far more important for this moment is the need to support our president

00:11:45.260 as he is sending in the requisite force protection so that our federal property doesn't fall so that

00:11:52.800 our major cities don't fall i often think about how folks throughout the world observe these riots

00:11:59.580 where churches are burned where businesses are destroyed where people are killed and it doesn't

00:12:05.420 make america look like the best version of ourselves and while the president certainly has a moral

00:12:11.980 obligation to protect the americans who are in these cities who want nothing to do with violence or

00:12:19.260 lawlessness they just want the chance to peacefully live and love their neighbors and be americans and go

00:12:25.020 about american way of life while he's got a moral obligation to protect those folks i think that

00:12:30.220 the media doesn't really portray the legal obligation that the president has to protect federal property

00:12:38.140 federal law says that the department of homeland security is charged with the protection of our

00:12:45.420 buildings and so acting secretary of dhs chad wolf doesn't have the option to just sit back and allow our

00:12:52.940 courthouses or buildings to fall that would be a dereliction of duty on his part and so i'm glad that

00:12:59.580 we're getting the force protection in place to ensure that the americans who serve in these buildings

00:13:06.460 who work there who provide and help their fellow americans are able to do so safely because a great

00:13:13.580 nation does not let her cities fall and america is stronger than the mob

00:13:21.340 despite the advance of a pandemic despite severe economic challenges for america's small businesses

00:13:28.620 despite the need to change our unemployment system so that people are encouraged to get back to work

00:13:34.780 and get our economy moving again democrats in the house judiciary committee chose today as

00:13:40.140 yet another opportunity to attack president trump and relive some of their great passions on the

00:13:47.020 russia hoax unbelievable and they've chosen an attack on the pardon power and an attack on the

00:13:53.420 presidency itself to try to execute on this here is my debate today in the house judiciary committee this

00:13:59.340 isn't a hearing about the presidency it's not a hearing about the rule of law about maintaining

00:14:05.580 anti-corruption endeavors this is just an opportunity to continue to smear president trump rather than

00:14:13.100 working together to solve the serious challenges that are plaguing the nation and the reason the

00:14:18.220 amendment from mr stewby really proves that point is that if we were really worried about corruption if we

00:14:24.540 were really worried about people exceeding the scope of their authority or power in a criminal way

00:14:30.780 then we would have that same concern for both the presidency and the vice presidency i suspect in the

00:14:37.980 democrat debate on this subject we won't be hearing why the presidency is so fundamentally different

00:14:44.140 than the vice presidency why we would tolerate corruption or illegal or improper behavior to a different

00:14:50.460 extent in the vice presidency than with the presidency no this is just the death rattle of impeachment we

00:14:57.580 also heard from house judiciary republican ranking member jim jordan this was his debate no collusion

00:15:04.380 between russia and the trump campaign democrats would like us to forget chairman nadler's fishing expedition

00:15:09.020 remember this 81 letters sent to different people different entities associated with president trump

00:15:16.620 which also uncovered no wrongdoing they like us to forget actually

00:15:21.420 maybe they wish that we never even knew that the officials from the obama biden administration

00:15:25.420 testified to the intelligence committee that there was no collusion at the time of the transition in 2017

00:15:31.740 the democrats would certainly like us to forget the failed impeachment sham the first partisan impeachment in history

00:15:36.220 the democrats impeachment was actually so unpopular that it actually made a democrat member leave his party

00:15:40.460 leave that party and become a republican here we are once again choosing to prioritize these attacks on the

00:15:47.420 president instead house democrats have shown they will take every opportunity to attack the president

00:15:52.300 regardless of the truth regardless of the facts this bill is nothing more than a legislative manifestation

00:15:56.700 of that desire the american people will see right through this stunt again after nearly four years

00:16:02.220 and countless wasted hours of partisan partisan investigations chairman nadler is yet refusing again to let

00:16:09.260 go of the collusion delusion i think we can do better than this and we should be focusing on the

00:16:13.340 things that matter to the american people and so we hope that the democrats will be able to refocus and

00:16:18.460 work with us to meet the nation's challenges but that does not appear to be happening in the judiciary

00:16:23.740 committee where it is all impeachment all investigations all shame in the president all the time we can do

00:16:29.900 better than this but we're going to have to see serious legislation rather than just this messaging fiasco coming

00:16:37.740 out of house democrats thanks so much for listening to hot takes i'm congressman matt gates don't forget

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The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - July 23, 2020

Episode 52 - Trump v. Cheney - Kanye v. Kim - US v. China Theft - Stolen Children v. Asylum Reform.

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