The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - September 09, 2021


Episode 6： Under Fire – Firebrand with Matt Gaetz


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In this episode, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-GAZETTE) takes aim at the Deep State and the Deep Throat Conspiracy Theories. Rep. Gaetz is one of the few in the entire Congress who stood up against permanent Washington on behalf of his constituents.

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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 in the Democratic Party.
00:00:13.000 He could cause a lot of hiccups in passing applause.
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,
00:00:26.000 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 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.
00:00:54.000 There are many people out there who have not given up on seeing Hillary Clinton in the White House.
00:00:58.000 I have an objection.
00:00:59.000 I object to the certificate from the state of Alabama.
00:01:02.000 You can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee,
00:01:05.000 and you can have the election stolen from you.
00:01:07.000 Mr. President, I object to the certificate from the state of Georgia.
00:01:10.000 Mr. President, I object to the votes from the state of Wisconsin.
00:01:13.000 There is circumstantial evidence of collusion.
00:01:16.000 I object to the certificate from the state of North Carolina.
00:01:19.000 Mr. President, I object.
00:01:21.000 I object.
00:01:22.000 You're a member of the judiciary.
00:01:23.000 Do you believe the president right now has been an agent of the Russians?
00:01:26.000 Yes, I think there's more evidence than he is.
00:01:28.000 Agent.
00:01:29.000 Yes, and I think all the arrows point in that direction.
00:01:31.000 I haven't seen a single piece of evidence that he's not.
00:01:33.000 I object to the 15 votes from the state of North Carolina.
00:01:36.000 Mr. President, I object on behalf of the millions of Americans.
00:01:39.000 I think there's plenty of evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight.
00:01:43.000 Mr. President, I object to the votes from South Carolina.
00:01:46.000 Mr. President, I object because people are horrified.
00:01:49.000 He's working on behalf of the Russians, yeah.
00:01:51.000 I do not wish to debate.
00:01:52.000 I wish to ask, is there one United States Senator who will join me in this letter? 0.78
00:02:02.000 The hypocrisy from the left is thick, isn't it?
00:02:05.000 Welcome to Firebrand. 0.93
00:02:06.000 I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.
00:02:08.000 Your congressional firebrands are under fire.
00:02:11.000 I'm used to it, but the target radius is expanding daily.
00:02:15.000 Some of the newer firebrands, Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
00:02:21.000 The establishment tries to clip their wings early. 1.00
00:02:24.000 Kill them in the crib, one might say. 1.00
00:02:26.000 But we need them to save our country. 0.99
00:02:29.000 Nancy Pelosi's January 6th committee, salted with turncoat Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger,
00:02:35.000 has put the phone records of 11 elected lawmakers under binding preservation demand.
00:02:41.000 Collectively, we represent nearly 8 million Americans.
00:02:45.000 So, why us?
00:02:47.000 Why these members?
00:02:50.000 You know, it's because we fight harder than most.
00:02:54.000 We were targeted in a report by California Congressperson Zoe Lofgren.
00:02:59.000 Yes, she demands to be called Congressperson. 1.00
00:03:03.000 We'll indulge that for now.
00:03:05.000 While members of Congress should spend their days communicating, legislating, advocating for their constituents,
00:03:12.000 Zoe Lofgren spent likely thousands of hours producing a nearly 2,000 page report that catalogs congressional mean tweets and interviews and comments calling for election integrity.
00:03:27.000 That's what we should all be doing.
00:03:29.000 The report is almost 2,000 pages.
00:03:32.000 So, what did Lofgren find?
00:03:34.000 What is this bedrock evidence supporting the charge of extremism or insurrection?
00:03:41.000 What is it that allows them to engage in political persecution against conservative firebrands?
00:03:46.000 Reveal to us the insurrectionist tweets.
00:03:49.000 This one is on page 627 of the Lofgren report.
00:03:54.000 There are over 100 pages dedicated to yours truly, actually.
00:03:59.000 I hope you'll check them out.
00:04:00.000 I'm pretty proud of those tweets.
00:04:02.000 But here's this one.
00:04:03.000 President Donald Trump has built a great Republican party.
00:04:06.000 He remains the most powerful and influential Republican in America.
00:04:09.000 And we have to build on the success he's given our party.
00:04:12.000 That's what they've got?
00:04:15.000 It ain't exactly the Whiskey Rebellion.
00:04:17.000 There must be something in the video.
00:04:19.000 If there are machines that were used in a number of states that were switching votes, that would be deeply problematic.
00:04:26.000 And similarly, if you have people who are no longer residents of a state voting in that state, it's a challenge.
00:04:32.000 But look, Steve, we've got to remember Donald Trump has built a great Republican party.
00:04:36.000 It's a party that is doing better with Hispanics and African Americans than it has in a generation.
00:04:42.000 And Donald Trump now has an obligation to the party that he built to ensure that we expose and litigate every true example of fraud, because if we don't do that, we'll never win another election again.
00:04:54.000 Democrats spent four years delegitimizing this president.
00:04:58.000 They wouldn't go to his inauguration.
00:05:00.000 Some wouldn't attend his State of the Union.
00:05:02.000 And I thought that was classless.
00:05:04.000 If this election doesn't go our way, we're not going to burn anything down.
00:05:07.000 We're going to litigate before courts.
00:05:09.000 And only when the courts have made a decision will we have a legitimate president.
00:05:12.000 And I hope Republicans don't behave the way Democrats did these last four years if it's not precisely what we would have sought.
00:05:19.000 I think we've got to build on the great party that Donald Trump has created for us.
00:05:23.000 And he remains the most powerful, most influential Republican in America.
00:05:27.000 Encouraging due process, the legal process, a nonviolent response to election integrity concerns.
00:05:33.000 Really bad stuff. I know.
00:05:35.000 Thomas Massey is one of Congress's best.
00:05:39.000 Now, he didn't vote against the certification of any electors, by the way, like Democrats did with President Trump and President Bush and many others.
00:05:48.000 But he must be an insurrectionist, too, because he said this.
00:05:52.000 75% of what shows up in your mailbox is junk mail.
00:05:56.000 And some people thought this would be a good venue for holding a presidential election.
00:06:00.000 Actually, that seems like a pretty reasonable point.
00:06:04.000 The 2020 election was the first time the mailbox beat the ballot box.
00:06:11.000 Is the United States Postal Service really the portal to modern day voting?
00:06:17.000 Ugh.
00:06:18.000 But it's not just Republicans Lofgren went after.
00:06:21.000 Firebrand populist former Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard had this to say.
00:06:27.000 It is critical to remember that the strength of our democracy lies in the integrity of our elections.
00:06:33.000 That every one of us has to have faith that our vote will count.
00:06:38.000 But right now, there are still many states in our country that allow for something called ballot harvesting.
00:06:44.000 This is a system that allows for third parties to collect and deliver ballots for other people, potentially large numbers of people.
00:06:53.000 Unfortunately, ballot harvesting has allowed for fraud and abuse to occur by those who could tamper with or discard ballots to try to sway an election for or against a certain candidate or party.
00:07:06.000 Now, our vote is our voice.
00:07:09.000 So whether in the midst of a pandemic, as we are now, where mail-in voting is likely to drastically increase, or even in a normal election, no one, no one should get in between a voter and the ballot box.
00:07:25.000 Now, while some states have prohibited vote harvesting or ballot harvesting, many have not, which again allows for abuse from third parties collecting and mishandling ballots.
00:07:38.000 This is something that we've actually seen happen in recent elections.
00:07:42.000 It ended up on page 620 of the insurrection report, the Gates section, because I retweeted Tulsi.
00:07:50.000 I kept looking for the section in the report on the Jihad Squad, giving money to BLM or other violent actors across our nation. 0.66
00:07:59.000 Prominent Democrats, including then-Senator Kamala Harris, not only egged on rioters, but made sure their bail funds were full so they could go right back to burning down a Wendy's and torching a Nike store.
00:08:13.000 Now, the George Soros-funded district attorneys, well, they dropped criminal charges faster than I dropped 10 pounds before my wedding.
00:08:22.000 It's maddening to listen to a party that cheered on BLM and Antifa as they burnt down our cities.
00:08:29.000 I want to be clear in how I characterize this. This is mostly a protest. It is not, generally speaking, unruly.
00:08:38.000 Peaceful protest. Peaceful protesters. Peaceful protest. Peaceful protest. Peaceful protest. Peaceful protesters.
00:08:49.000 Peaceful protest. Peaceful protest. Peaceful protest. Peaceful protest.
00:08:57.000 On behalf of myself, my children, and the family of David Dorn, we'd like to thank friends, neighbors, co-workers, and the community for showing all the love and support we've suffered through the tragic loss of my husband, my beloved husband, David Dorn.
00:09:17.860 I would also like to thank the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for their hard work and perseverance through this investigation, as well as the Circuit Attorney's Office.
00:09:33.720 He dedicated his life to the city of St. Louis, retiring at the rink of captain after 38 years of distinguishable service, then as a chief of Moline Acres for almost six years.
00:09:44.940 During those years, he's touched so many lives as a friend, mentor, co-worker, and guardian.
00:09:53.100 His life was senselessly taken, from me, from us, by an opportunist who had no regards for human life or the law.
00:10:04.280 This didn't have to happen, but it must have been God's plan for David.
00:10:08.520 We need to gather as a community and do better.
00:10:16.520 We need to teach our young people that life is very precious.
00:10:22.800 We as a family are going to be taking some time to focus our attention on healing, which is very important as we move forward.
00:10:30.700 And now they condemn us with this report and moral superiority.
00:10:52.760 So why the hypocrisy?
00:10:55.280 It's because the left and the establishment Democrats and even the rhino Republicans, they don't care about you and your business. 0.98
00:11:04.600 They don't care about your family members.
00:11:06.420 They don't care about the innocent people that were beaten and killed.
00:11:09.660 They don't care about the degradation of safety on our streets.
00:11:13.440 They don't care about the police that were murdered by the real domestic terrorists.
00:11:17.540 Put simply, a powerful movement, our movement, is being targeted by the full force of our own government over political disagreement.
00:11:30.920 It starts with the leaders who go against the grain, but this should never happen.
00:11:36.040 It was wrong when J. Edgar Hoover targeted leftists and civil rights groups.
00:11:40.900 First, show me the movement and I'll show you the crime.
00:11:43.700 Freedom of association was such an organizing principle in the United States that we embedded it in the First Amendment of our Bill of Rights.
00:12:13.700 But today, freedom of association is quickly becoming guilt by association.
00:12:21.960 This is true in the eyes of the big tech oligarchs who cancel us online if we share the wrong MAGA video.
00:12:28.080 It's true in the eyes of the FBI who investigate people based on who they talk to, who they organize with, who they vote for.
00:12:36.780 Never forget, Peter Strzok, he wasn't some low-level guy in the FBI.
00:12:42.060 He was the FBI's top counterintelligence official.
00:12:47.440 This is what he thought of you.
00:12:49.320 Let's discuss a text that hits home for me.
00:12:53.120 On August 26, 2016, you texted Ms. Page, quote,
00:12:58.160 just went to a Southern Virginia Walmart.
00:13:03.460 I could smell the Trump support.
00:13:05.880 And smell is in capital letters, all capital letters.
00:13:11.100 What does Trump support smell like, Mr. Strzok?
00:13:14.540 Sir, that's an expression of speech.
00:13:16.340 I clearly wasn't smelling one thing or the other.
00:13:18.660 What I was commenting on is living in northern Virginia.
00:13:21.340 What does that mean?
00:13:22.360 What I meant by that was living in northern Virginia, having traveled 100 and 150 miles south within the same state,
00:13:31.100 I was struck by the extraordinary difference in the expression of political opinion and belief amongst the community there.
00:13:37.420 And you described that as smell in capital letters.
00:13:40.520 Sir, that was a choice of a quick choice of words in a text.
00:13:43.300 I love Walmart.
00:13:45.000 Sometimes the smelly Walmart shoppers get elected to Congress.
00:13:48.920 Some of us are both representatives and representative of those we serve.
00:13:54.080 So let's break down what the Pelosi committee has done.
00:13:57.080 They haven't sent subpoenas yet.
00:13:59.200 If your telecom provider gets a subpoena for your records, you get notice,
00:14:03.980 the opportunity to ask a court to quash or block that request.
00:14:08.820 Litigation requires parties to put up or shut up.
00:14:13.300 It can expose a witch hunt.
00:14:15.460 So instead of a subpoena, they sent a preservation demand, initially in secret.
00:14:22.400 Then they leaked the names of the targeted Republicans to smear us with a cloud of criminality.
00:14:29.220 Smearing political leaders you don't like.
00:14:32.100 With leaks and lies.
00:14:35.060 Sound familiar?
00:14:36.340 It's exactly the playbook Adam Schiff used against Donald Trump during the phony Ukraine impeachment.
00:14:41.980 Remember Adam Schiff's bunker?
00:14:44.100 He'd go down there for interviews and then release leaks embroidered onto lies to make people think Trump was running some sort of illegal Ukrainian arms deal.
00:14:52.840 How fake it all turned out to be.
00:14:55.040 A perfect call, some might say.
00:14:56.700 But now, with Trump out of D.C., they are turning to the congressional firebrands.
00:15:03.920 Well, what's good for the goose should be good for the gander.
00:15:07.700 Usually, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy doesn't have strong reactions to things.
00:15:12.180 It's not his style.
00:15:13.020 Following the targeting of our members, he's surprised and said this.
00:15:19.680 Adam Schiff, Benny Thompson, and Nancy Pelosi's attempts to strong-arm private companies to turn over individuals' private data
00:15:26.820 would put every American with a phone or computer in the crosshairs of a surveillance state run by Democrat politicians.
00:15:35.360 If these companies comply with the Democrat order to turn over private information,
00:15:40.180 they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States.
00:15:46.140 If these companies still choose to violate federal law, a Republican majority will not forget
00:15:51.180 and will stand with Americans to hold them fully accountable under the law.
00:15:57.780 That's some huffing and puffing indeed.
00:15:59.960 No low tea today.
00:16:01.120 But how can we trust Kevin McCarthy to go beyond talking tough to Nancy Pelosi
00:16:07.120 when he won't even stand up to Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger?
00:16:13.520 You see, Cheney and Kinzinger sit as Nancy Pelosi appointees on the January 6th committee.
00:16:19.060 They've crossed the Rubicon, joined the other side.
00:16:23.200 So how in the world do Cheney and Kinzinger justify a critique of Trump
00:16:27.700 for destroying our institutions and violating norms?
00:16:31.120 When they're participating in these Stalinist tactics of the tyrannical left?
00:16:36.660 These phone record demands?
00:16:38.500 I mean, Kevin McCarthy must remove Cheney and Kinzinger from the committees that they serve on
00:16:44.360 pursuant to their membership in the Republican conference.
00:16:48.280 Anything less is weakness inviting attack.
00:16:51.480 And our leadership shouldn't invite attack on our people.
00:16:54.820 So, as the January 6th committee continues their group therapy sessions and mean tweet inquisitions,
00:17:03.120 those of us being targeted in this political game show have been left with the realization
00:17:08.040 that the truth may never come to light unless we bring it to light ourselves.
00:17:13.100 So here we are.
00:17:14.280 Our election integrity concerns are valid and patriotic and necessary.
00:17:21.560 Republicans who abandon election integrity as an issue are no use to us.
00:17:26.080 They are worthless in the fight we are in now, today.
00:17:29.640 This past election, it was total chaos.
00:17:34.360 If I didn't know any better, I'd say it must have been run by the post office.
00:17:37.160 And by the way, it was.
00:17:39.520 Before the election, the left and their operatives infiltrated state by state,
00:17:43.580 changing voting laws oftentimes through unilateral action.
00:17:47.500 Mail-in ballots came in from all over the country, particularly in swing states.
00:17:51.860 And unlike absentee ballots, they didn't have to be requested.
00:17:56.600 They were just sent out, often to voter rolls that aren't reconciled, outdated.
00:18:02.740 Voter ID wasn't mandated in many states.
00:18:05.120 We are one of the only countries in the entire world that allows people to vote without identification. 0.54
00:18:11.060 It's almost like the states that don't require ID are inviting fraud on purpose.
00:18:17.300 But no one is coming to save us.
00:18:19.180 Because Washington isn't coming for sure.
00:18:22.740 Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are trying to institutionalize and scale the frauds of yesteryear
00:18:27.820 so that they can hold on to power forever.
00:18:31.760 And so going forward, it's up to us and us alone to stand up and fight for election integrity
00:18:37.580 and ensure that we have free, fair, secure elections.
00:18:42.720 And because we're doing this, they're coming for the firebrands.
00:18:47.360 And they know we're coming for them too.
00:18:50.920 The National Defense Authorization Act passes every year.
00:18:55.980 It usually gives pay raises to our troops, authorizes weapons, and sets forth a national
00:19:00.820 defense strategy.
00:19:02.320 This year, the Armed Services Committee had a debate we have never had before.
00:19:06.680 On vaccine mandates.
00:19:07.860 It was a necessary debate.
00:19:09.640 I don't support vaccine mandates for our military.
00:19:12.400 Really for anyone.
00:19:13.080 But especially when we're dealing with experimental vaccines and vaccines absent sufficient longitudinal
00:19:19.320 data, these mandates are not warranted.
00:19:22.580 They aren't justified.
00:19:23.980 The pro-vax mandate crowd, they point to George Washington's own military vax mandate.
00:19:30.820 Do you think this is something the founding fathers would support?
00:19:33.440 The founding fathers would support vaccine mandates.
00:19:35.320 Yeah.
00:19:35.640 No, I don't believe so.
00:19:36.540 George Washington had a vaccine mandate.
00:19:38.500 Well, that's okay.
00:19:39.960 Oh, that's okay.
00:19:41.900 Oh, he's a lower founding father.
00:19:43.600 I mean, I love the lore, but at the end of the day, we are the ones who have to deal
00:19:48.200 with what is going on in America today.
00:19:50.380 George Washington was a great general, even better as a president, but I probably wouldn't
00:19:54.860 call him to be my doctor.
00:19:56.000 George Washington believed in a medical procedure called bleeding the infection.
00:20:01.360 They sliced people's skin open, believing that the infection would bleed out of the body.
00:20:06.560 Dr. Mark Green is a Tennessee congressman.
00:20:11.260 He served our military as a major.
00:20:14.020 Here's his amendment to stop vaccine mandates from destroying our military service members.
00:20:19.240 As a physician, you know, I looked at the data on the coronavirus and I chose to take
00:20:23.680 the vaccine.
00:20:24.360 Um, I also understand that the law allows the department of defense to mandate vaccines
00:20:30.100 once they've been FDA approved.
00:20:32.340 And as a former commander, I also understand that commanders want to arrive at a location
00:20:37.340 knowing that a large portion of their force isn't going to go down with an infection.
00:20:41.360 However, in the past, the vaccines mandated had decades of longitudinal data to understand
00:20:46.920 how the vaccine affected tissue over time.
00:20:49.520 Keep in mind that this vaccine has been available less than a year and approved by the FDA less
00:20:57.900 than a few months.
00:20:59.420 Some Americans obviously have reservations about taking such a recently developed vaccine.
00:21:04.560 And based on this lack of longitudinal data, I believe that punishing military service members
00:21:10.240 who refuse to take the vaccine is unfair and could undermine the strength of our all-volunteer force.
00:21:17.380 That's why this amendment prohibits the Department of Defense from discharging service members without an honorable discharge
00:21:24.440 solely because they chose not to get the vaccine.
00:21:26.760 Any discharge other than honorable denotes a failure to serve the United States to the best of one's ability,
00:21:33.860 and it significantly impacts an individual for the rest of their lives, future employment, things of that nature.
00:21:40.260 Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line to serve,
00:21:43.840 and we should not destroy their lives with a dishonorable discharge just for making a personal medical decision.
00:21:50.740 With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield.
00:21:52.900 How did the Democrat chairman, Adam Smith, reply?
00:21:56.380 Take a listen.
00:21:57.400 Part of what I hope we will consider here is what we are asking our service members to do
00:22:02.080 is to do something to protect the country.
00:22:05.440 And frankly, I find this astonishing.
00:22:07.760 We ask service members to put their lives on the line.
00:22:11.940 I mean, forget about before they go to Afghanistan or Iraq and actually fight.
00:22:16.200 I mean, you all, many of you have been through it.
00:22:18.380 You know, the training that you're put through, you're asked to jump out of airplanes,
00:22:21.940 you're asked to go through survival school, all manner of different incredibly risky things,
00:22:26.260 and you are asked to do that so that you can protect your fellow Americans.
00:22:30.880 So what we're asking service members to do now is to take a shot to protect their fellow Americans, okay?
00:22:39.560 Is there absolutely zero risk from that shot?
00:22:44.060 No, okay?
00:22:45.340 But I'll say this.
00:22:46.920 There is a hell of a lot less risk from that shot than there is jumping out of an airplane, okay?
00:22:52.760 Than there is going through survival school.
00:22:54.400 Than there is all manner of different other things that we ask them to do without batting an eye.
00:22:58.480 I was on the other side of this debate.
00:23:00.680 I strongly supported this amendment and other amendments that banned vaccine mandates.
00:23:06.540 Surprisingly, the number one issue that I've heard from service members about in recent weeks, vaccine mandates.
00:23:14.820 There is increasing concern that based on the Secretary of Defense's demand for 100% compliance with vaccine mandates,
00:23:22.380 with unfortunate support from the leadership of this committee for vaccine mandates,
00:23:28.260 people who already have natural infection COVID immunity could be forced to take a vaccine.
00:23:34.480 And I am increasingly persuaded that those who have natural infection immunity
00:23:39.460 have a greater likelihood of side effects as a consequence of the vaccine.
00:23:44.380 And that's not to say that I'm anti-vaccine.
00:23:46.660 I'll tell you, my parents took the vaccine.
00:23:48.580 It was the right decision for them.
00:23:49.960 I know plenty of people who have taken the vaccine, but to suggest that our military members,
00:23:55.100 who are largely very healthy individuals, this is, you know, they are comparative to the general population in better shape,
00:24:04.640 have fewer comorbidities, and any frailties that they have could potentially impact side effects of the vaccine.
00:24:12.480 There's been no study on the impact of readiness from vaccine mandates.
00:24:17.560 And so this amendment would simply say that if someone could demonstrate that they have already had coronavirus
00:24:23.060 and that they've developed natural infection immunity, that they would not be subject to these mandates.
00:24:28.440 On the strongest versions of our amendments that stop these vaccine mandates, we lost the Democrats.
00:24:35.520 This shouldn't even be a partisan issue.
00:24:37.580 And in a way, it wasn't.
00:24:39.720 Because we lost the top-ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, too.
00:24:44.560 This is Alabama's Mike Rogers.
00:24:47.940 I have been very open that I believe that the military should be able to require these vaccines.
00:24:54.460 I don't see how you can stay in the military if you're not willing to be vaccinated.
00:24:58.720 People who don't get vaccinated should be able to stay in the military. 1.00
00:25:03.400 They should be able to express their patriotism at this elite level.
00:25:06.700 On August 24th, remember that date, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin mandated COVID vaccinations
00:25:13.400 from all DOD service members, including those with natural infection immunity.
00:25:18.780 I got a lot of very smart constituents.
00:25:21.500 One of my constituents is a lieutenant colonel medical doctor.
00:25:24.000 He's been in the Air Force for 21 years.
00:25:26.420 I'm protecting his identity, but this is what he wrote me.
00:25:29.740 Quote, As you know, many active-duty military service members have natural immunity, but
00:25:35.160 are now facing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
00:25:38.660 On August 25th, remember this is a day after the Lloyd Austin decision, a new study based
00:25:45.280 on nearly 700,000 individuals was published and compared natural immunity to vaccine-induced
00:25:51.440 immunity.
00:25:51.840 The vaccinated had 13 times the risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant as compared
00:25:59.280 to those with natural immunity through previous infection.
00:26:03.180 New data has emerged since the Secretary of Defense issued the COVID-19 mandate.
00:26:08.580 Based on this new data, those with natural immunity are now known to have superior immunity
00:26:13.940 as compared to those with vaccine-induced immunity.
00:26:16.880 It is important to revise policy as needed based on new scientific data.
00:26:24.380 I couldn't agree more.
00:26:25.920 I can't imagine anyone disagreeing with that.
00:26:28.560 As a matter of fact, with our weapon systems, we follow the scientific method.
00:26:32.840 If we get new information, we update our thinking as well.
00:26:38.340 Natural immunity is the best defense against the Delta variant as breakthrough cases are inflicting 0.95
00:26:44.740 vaccinated people across the world.
00:26:46.880 Now that the Pfizer COVID vaccine has garnered FDA approval, vaccine mandates are at a zenith.
00:26:55.560 And vaccines remain a feasible solution for many Americans.
00:26:58.540 I'm not against vaccines.
00:27:00.500 My parents took the vaccine.
00:27:02.100 Folks that are a little bit older or have comorbidities, they should talk to their doctor about it.
00:27:06.480 I'm not a doctor.
00:27:07.580 I'm not giving medical advice.
00:27:09.200 But the left, they have abandoned the scientific method entirely in favor of a new pseudo-religion
00:27:18.000 that caters to their hysteria and helps them advance their true interest in controlling your life.
00:27:26.280 Joe Biden's presidency is collapsing.
00:27:28.760 According to a new Rasmussen poll on September 1st, 52% of voters, more than half, think that
00:27:35.780 Joe Biden must resign from office.
00:27:39.180 This compares to only 47% of Americans who supported impeachment for President Trump.
00:27:44.440 That's according to a CNN poll.
00:27:46.440 I don't think they were doing him any favors.
00:27:47.760 This was when Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment proceedings in the Ukraine hoax.
00:27:53.520 An NBC Wall Street Journal poll had support for Trump impeachment at that time at 42%,
00:27:59.360 a full 10 points lower than the 52% who support Biden's departure from the office now.
00:28:07.560 Joe Biden isn't up to the job of president.
00:28:10.580 We all see it.
00:28:11.580 We all know what's happening.
00:28:13.380 He's bad for the country.
00:28:14.500 I just shudder to think what might come next.