The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - August 17, 2020


Episode 69 - A Deep State Guilty Plea in the Russia Hoax. Dems Triggered in Absentee Ballot Debate. Drone v. Bald Eagle.


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Jake Tapper and Mark Meadows have a heated exchange about mail voting. Ralph Nader gets the cold shoulder from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Matt Gaetz is offended with the Democratic whip, not the House of Representatives.

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00:00:00.000 You ever watch this guy on television?
00:00:03.780 You all were not telling the truth, and you should not be trusted.
00:00:06.540 Congressman Matt Gaetz, thank you for what you did for your country tonight.
00:00:09.280 Be offended with the Democratic whip, not House of Republicans.
00:00:12.240 Like a machine, Matt Gaetz.
00:00:16.720 Welcome to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.
00:00:19.560 Let's talk about the news.
00:00:21.120 The post office in the news.
00:00:23.240 Mark Meadows and Jake Tapper had a spirited exchange.
00:00:26.460 Take a listen.
00:00:27.120 Your own folks at the White House vote by mail.
00:00:28.800 President Trump and the First Lady, as you noted, requested mail-in ballots this week in Florida.
00:00:33.300 Other White House officials, Vice President Pence, Kayleigh McEnany, Kayleigh Ann Conway, a half dozen cabinet officials, all vote by mail.
00:00:40.180 Here's what I can tell you, is absentee, no excuse, what I call no excuse absentee.
00:00:45.720 Say, listen, I'm concerned because of the pandemic.
00:00:48.600 Will you send me an absentee ballot that comes directly to me?
00:00:52.280 I certify that.
00:00:53.560 I have a signature requirement that makes sure that it's me that's actually voting, and I send it back.
00:00:58.300 I don't have a problem with that.
00:00:59.800 The president doesn't have a problem with that.
00:01:01.380 Chris Bentley, president of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 297, which covers Kansas and part of Missouri, two good Trump states,
00:01:10.120 told CNN that postal management has already taken out four machines in Kansas City, two machines in Springfield, Missouri,
00:01:17.240 and one machine in Wichita, Kansas, that is earlier this year under this new Postmaster General.
00:01:24.120 No, no, no.
00:01:24.880 With all due respect, and if we look at it, I can talk to Kansas.
00:01:29.380 I can talk to Tucson, Arizona.
00:01:31.160 You're talking to someone who knows.
00:01:32.800 It's when we take out those processing.
00:01:35.040 They're part of a processing center that comes in.
00:01:38.360 And as we start to move those out, if they were not part of an already scheduled reallocation, it's not happening.
00:01:46.320 It's not a new initiative by this Postmaster General.
00:01:49.060 So Missouri and Kansas are apparently the evidence that Jake Tapper believes show some effort to disrupt the election.
00:01:56.340 And to me, that's exculpatory for the administration.
00:01:59.800 No one's trying to sway the votes in Kansas and Missouri.
00:02:02.520 I mean, if you only saw this alleged activity happening with the swapping out of machines,
00:02:09.740 the upgrading of machines in Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio,
00:02:14.320 maybe one could make the argument that those changes are somehow politically motivated.
00:02:19.240 But when you see them enterprise-wide, when you see them in places like Missouri and Kansas,
00:02:23.860 it seems to suggest this is just what happens with the Postal Office.
00:02:27.900 So good explanation by Mark Meadows.
00:02:30.000 Let's get to the business of having a free, fair, honest, countable election.
00:02:35.140 And in doing so, I think it's important to point out the distinction between the type of mail voting system we have in Florida
00:02:41.700 and the type that is being proposed in some other places.
00:02:44.780 I have no problem.
00:02:46.360 The president has no problem with people requesting a vote-by-mail ballot,
00:02:51.620 receiving that ballot, and then casting it lawfully.
00:02:54.300 There's no issue with that.
00:02:55.600 We've done that in a variety of places around the country without consequence
00:02:59.140 and with much success.
00:03:00.760 The problem is when someone doesn't request a ballot,
00:03:04.100 and you just have oodles and oodles of ballots being sent to people who didn't ask for them.
00:03:08.640 Maybe it's someone who has only ever voted on Election Day
00:03:11.340 and only intends to vote on Election Day, or maybe it's an early voter.
00:03:14.340 Then you really have a lack of accountability over the ballots,
00:03:18.060 because they're everywhere and moving around.
00:03:20.640 And then these balloteros come and get them and fill them out and submit them, 0.57
00:03:24.420 and they count as voted ballots, even if that person never intended to vote,
00:03:28.080 never intended to vote absentee, may have voted in some other manner or some other jurisdiction.
00:03:32.720 So that's the key distinction.
00:03:34.360 Let's hope we have an election with integrity that we're all proud of.
00:03:37.980 Ralph Nader getting the cold shoulder from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
00:03:47.180 He apparently is still alive and engaged in politics.
00:03:50.880 I hadn't heard his name in quite some time.
00:03:52.520 But Ralph Nader has a list of grievances,
00:03:55.360 no real reason to go over them about the president and his behavior.
00:04:00.140 And Ralph Nader does not believe the Democrats are doing enough.
00:04:03.380 I mean, again, they impeached him and then failed to remove him.
00:04:07.960 They have had historic obstruction to the agenda that will help regular Americans.
00:04:13.960 But Ralph Nader is not getting any of his letters really acknowledged by Nancy Pelosi or AOC.
00:04:21.360 And it's sort of a snooty letter from him indicating that, you know,
00:04:25.240 he's entitled to a response from these folks.
00:04:27.340 And, you know, why haven't they gotten back to him?
00:04:30.020 Hey, Ralph, you're not one of AOC's constituents.
00:04:33.380 She doesn't have an obligation to meet with you.
00:04:36.080 She doesn't have an obligation to write you back.
00:04:38.300 Now, look, I don't agree with AOC,
00:04:39.960 but I certainly think that it's just quite something when someone believes that
00:04:44.180 they have a birthright to your time and your causes when they're not your constituents.
00:04:50.560 And in this case, it just kind of looks like Ralph Nader is trying to get attention,
00:04:54.340 not really do anything other than reassert himself within the left-wing woke-topia.
00:05:01.740 So I don't know.
00:05:02.920 I would think that time with Ralph Nader probably wouldn't be too helpful to anyone.
00:05:08.360 So I'm here for the AOC cold shoulder of Ralph Nader.
00:05:12.420 In calendar year 2017 and 2018, I made the argument that you weren't seeing a crime
00:05:21.900 with the collusion alleged between the Trump campaign and Russia.
00:05:25.860 You were seeing a setup.
00:05:27.980 Elements within our own government working to delegitimize and destabilize the presidency
00:05:32.560 were trying to frame Donald Trump, members of his campaign, members of his family even.
00:05:38.380 And, oh my gosh, the Democrats and the media and even some Republicans said,
00:05:43.760 you know, Gates is wearing a tinfoil hat.
00:05:46.040 This is all a massive conspiracy theory.
00:05:48.780 Our government would never do this.
00:05:50.940 Lo and behold, we now have evidence.
00:05:53.120 We now have a plea from Kevin Clinesmith, attorney with the FBI, of guilty
00:05:59.540 for fabricating evidence before a secret court.
00:06:03.720 And it really is troubling to see our government weaponized against any political campaign,
00:06:11.180 in particular here, the winning political campaign.
00:06:14.280 Kevin Clinesmith pleads guilty.
00:06:16.360 He's the lawyer who previously said, viva la resistance, and was identified in Michael
00:06:22.020 Horowitz's inspector general report.
00:06:24.000 And it's nice to see that the crimes, that the setups, that the illegal activity,
00:06:28.740 that all of that doesn't just result in a report, that it actually results in an indictment,
00:06:33.880 a guilty plea.
00:06:35.760 And hopefully this is just the first shoe to drop of many where we can hold those accountable
00:06:41.000 who are attacking our democracy.
00:06:46.460 Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was on Marita Bartiromo's show Sunday morning.
00:06:51.680 He had some keen insights regarding dealing with the pandemic, dealing with economic recovery,
00:06:57.740 and also the frame for the upcoming Democratic convention.
00:07:00.800 Here's Mr. Bannon.
00:07:01.660 Tomorrow, look who you've got speaking at the Democratic National Convention.
00:07:05.900 Bernie Sanders is opening it up.
00:07:07.880 Michelle Obama will be the big highlighter.
00:07:10.300 And then John Kasich and Amy Klobuchar.
00:07:13.300 Isn't that interesting that John Kasich is one of the speakers on Monday night?
00:07:17.840 He's kicking off the DNC.
00:07:19.220 Well, this shows you the never-Trump crowd, how they're triggered by President Trump. 0.97
00:07:22.320 John Kasich is an embarrassment. 0.99
00:07:23.440 He's a quizling, okay? 0.99
00:07:24.820 Everything he's ever stood for his entire life, everything his supporters gave him,
00:07:28.020 he's going to stand up there on Monday night and basically throw it all away, okay?
00:07:32.220 Because these policies are so radical.
00:07:34.460 The globalization projects are so radical by these Democrats.
00:07:39.020 Now the undergirding of this cultural Marxism.
00:07:41.380 So, no, I think Biden picked the perfect candidate for him because I think it's so juxtaposed
00:07:45.520 to what President Trump stands for.
00:07:47.140 I think Senator Harris is the perfect running mate for him because now you can show the globalization.
00:07:52.580 Remember, with Biden, you don't have a Manchurian candidate.
00:07:56.500 You have a Beijing candidate.
00:07:58.180 The victory right here for President Trump, I think, is very specific.
00:08:01.020 It goes right through Beijing.
00:08:02.280 You hold him accountable for the pandemic.
00:08:04.840 You hold him accountable for the economic carnage, for all the deaths.
00:08:08.160 You start to confront the Chinese Communist Party everywhere in technology and economics 0.89
00:08:12.100 and what they're doing.
00:08:12.880 You start to bring back the supply chain.
00:08:15.380 You start to bring back high-value-added manufacturing jobs.
00:08:19.700 That is the path to victory.
00:08:21.440 Joe Biden is in cahoots.
00:08:22.800 He's compromised by Beijing.
00:08:24.280 He's compromised by the Chinese Communist Party.
00:08:26.460 Senator Harris is basically a cipher on this.
00:08:28.940 So, they're not going to be able to combat that.
00:08:30.960 I think President Trump, action, action, action, like he's been doing,
00:08:34.620 and what Jared Kushner did the other day in this fabulous deal with UAE,
00:08:38.840 with other things to come.
00:08:40.020 And remember, Jared's right.
00:08:41.360 That's bringing back the Middle East to the side of the United States 1.00
00:08:44.600 in this great confrontation with the Chinese Communist Party
00:08:46.940 against Iran, against Pakistan, against Turkey, and against Russia.
00:08:53.840 Did Massachusetts Congresswoman and Squad Member Ayanna Pressley 1.00
00:08:58.320 call for unrest in the streets?
00:09:00.960 Take a listen.
00:09:01.840 I'm looking to the public.
00:09:03.500 You know, this is as much about public outcry and organizing and mobilizing
00:09:08.120 and applying pressure so that this GOP-led Senate and that these governors
00:09:12.660 that continue to carry water for this administration, putting the American
00:09:16.020 people in harm's way, turning a deaf ear to the needs of our families
00:09:22.780 and our communities, hold them accountable.
00:09:25.100 Make the phone calls.
00:09:26.060 Send the email.
00:09:26.860 Show up.
00:09:27.400 You know, there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there's unrest
00:09:30.720 in our lives.
00:09:31.560 And unfortunately, there's plenty to go around.
00:09:33.520 I am all for peaceful protest.
00:09:35.560 I believe that Americans ought to be able to share their ideas, thoughts, concerns.
00:09:40.060 I think they ought to be able to organize in doing so.
00:09:42.400 But when you're engaged in this type of a call, as Congresswoman Pressley is,
00:09:47.800 it seems to go beyond peaceful protest to unrest, to disruption in a way that is a dog
00:09:55.060 vessel to those who would break the law, who would burn, riot and loot.
00:09:59.500 And I think we deserve better from members of Congress than to encourage the most destructive
00:10:05.220 natures in people.
00:10:06.600 We should be a nation that builds things up to its best version and not a nation that's
00:10:12.220 leaders call for unrest and disturbance and discord and harm to our fellow Americans.
00:10:17.660 Is there anything more American than a bald eagle taking down a drone?
00:10:27.260 That is apparently what happened.
00:10:28.860 NBC News has the story.
00:10:31.040 And over Lake Michigan, there was a Phantom 4 drone being operated by law enforcement.
00:10:36.760 And the American bald eagle ripped off one of the propellers, sent the aircraft to the
00:10:42.900 bottom of Lake Michigan.
00:10:44.160 I guess they're saying that it could have been a territorial squabble with the drone or
00:10:49.360 the eagle could have just been hungry, saw something flying and appeared to strike.
00:10:54.700 So we'll see.
00:10:56.120 Maybe there's like some sort of endangered or threatened species implication and we can,
00:11:00.580 you know, see if we can at least get the Chinese drones out of the sky. 1.00
00:11:04.400 But score one for America, the American bald eagle knocking the drone out of the sky above
00:11:10.560 Lake Michigan.
00:11:14.160 Thanks so much for listening to Hot Takes.
00:11:16.800 I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz.
00:11:18.240 And in the Sunshine State, in Florida, tomorrow, there is a primary election.
00:11:23.240 And I hope that all Floridians will take part in that election.
00:11:26.380 Get out and vote at your polling location.
00:11:28.880 Your supervisor of elections should have the up-to-date information.
00:11:33.160 And whether you're going to vote Republican, Democrat, otherwise, know that it is important
00:11:38.200 to participate in democracy.
00:11:40.540 We want to see the franchise expanded.
00:11:42.780 We want to see people participate.
00:11:45.000 We want folks to make their choices.
00:11:47.240 And in the upcoming Florida election, folks can choose to participate in the selection of
00:11:52.020 their Republican, Democrat candidates.
00:11:53.960 I don't know that there are any other major parties that have primaries.
00:11:57.560 Every once in a while, there are a couple libertarians that will be in a primary.
00:12:01.360 But I didn't see any of those in our state.
00:12:03.540 But it is an important moment to note the policy choice that Florida has made to allow Republicans
00:12:10.220 to pick the Republican candidates and Democrats to pick the Democrat candidates.
00:12:15.020 We do not have an open primary.
00:12:16.900 We do not have a jungle primary.
00:12:19.180 And I think that's preferable because it allows the various parties to select the people that
00:12:24.480 they believe will be the best public servants among them and the best messengers.
00:12:27.960 And so with our closed primary system, we're still hoping for a lot of participation, a
00:12:33.860 lot of active democracy.
00:12:35.760 And if you join us tomorrow, I'm sure I'll break down some of the results and offer some
00:12:40.640 more hot takes.
00:12:42.040 See you soon as we go.
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