Episode 74 - Democrats Want ANOTHER Shutdown. Republicans Prepare for Epic Convention. Amnesty is Surrender.
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In this episode of Hot Takes, Congressman Matt Gores (R-Illinois) talks about the lack of excitement surrounding the upcoming Republican National Convention and why it s time for republicans to unite behind their party behind their presidential nominee, Sen. Joe Biden.
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you ever watch this guy on television you all were not telling the truth and you should not
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be trusted congressman matt gates thank you for what you did for your country today be offended
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with the democratic whip not house republicans like a machine matt gates
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welcome to hot takes i'm congressman matt gates let's talk about the news the news of the day
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the republican national convention is beginning i'll be speaking tonight the president's excited
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the first family's excited and i hope that we see a different tone a different feel a little more
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excitement out of the republican convention that we saw from the democrat convention but we did not
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see democrats really get a bounce out of their convention that's traditionally how these
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presidential elections work after you get a full week to captivate the attention of the country and
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tell the story of your candidate you usually see a little improvement that did not happen for joe
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biden matter of fact during the democrat convention we actually saw poll numbers at least internally
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on the trump campaign improve for the president and the showcase of joe biden seems to make people
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only less excited about joe biden president trump has i think an energy that you'll see throughout all of
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the elements of the republican convention and through a lot of his supporters that energy was on display
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last night in a conversation the president had with steve hilton take a listen what do you want to get
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done if you're re-elected in the next four years that you weren't able to do in the first i'd love to
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see school choice education wise it takes care of itself it's the ultimate thing i believe you're a fan
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of school choice but the democrats are totally not most importantly parents are well they know
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the parents are for that children the parents are and so school choice is one thing education
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is very simple school choice we are working on our schools we want uh very very strong and you know
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i've been very very strong on choice and we've got a lot of choice going but this is where we can get
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students to instead of failing horrible schools where you see some of the statistics in new york where
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yeah i mean people could barely read after they get up high get out of high school they can't pass
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the simplest of tests so uh education's a big factor it's going to be a big factor for me school
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choice is an issue that republicans have not embraced enough politically from a policy perspective
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we see republicans fighting for school choice but this is a very powerful political message especially
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in the era of coronavirus the wall street journal did a deep dive in the state of florida after the
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desantis victory over andrew gillum and actually found that a lot of black women a lot of black
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mothers who saw the benefits of charter schools of step up for students scholarships to provide more
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school choice to florida's families that those women were not going to vote for a democrat candidate
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who was going to constrain that choice it's almost like an entitlement once you give people the choice
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once you give people the opportunity to access something different it's very hard to take that
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away in the coronavirus era i think you've got more parents considering school choice i think you're
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going to see more vendors meeting homeschooling needs making homeschooling more acceptable of an
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option for more families throughout the country and i don't believe that education ought to be a
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government-run monopoly i think that there ought to be ways that families participate that
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businesses participate that innovators and technology companies engage in digital learning and distance
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learning and the president very clearly has laid out that he believes that the money ought to follow
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the student in education and as school districts are reopening we'll get a better sense of how many
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families and how many students make a different type of choice and i think those are choices we should
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support joe biden kamala harris were interviewed on abc take a listen would you be prepared to shut this
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country down again i would be prepared to do whatever it takes to save lives because we cannot get the country
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moving until we control the virus that is the fundamental flaw of this administration's thinking to begin with
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in order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and people employed you have
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to fix the virus you have to deal with the virus so if the scientists say shut it down i would shut it
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down i would listen to the scientists shut it down again it's not a very compelling political message
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it's also not a very good policy choice governor de santis and first lady casey de santis here in florida
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have really highlighted and showcased the negative impacts of these lockdowns that you might not see
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as clearly right off the bat mental health drug abuse suicide violence within the household sexual
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violence physical violence i am hopeful that we're able to reopen for those who are able to move about
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the country that those who we need to protect are able to get that protection without having to have
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this type of broad negative impact on society typically presidential campaigns are about the
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republicans talking about less government the democrats talking about more government and
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people voting and sifting through exactly how much government they want but this presidential
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election may be very different you've got the president donald trump who wants to open the country
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who wants to innovate to that opening strategy with project warp speed with vaccine development with
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therapeutic development and then you got joe biden seemingly itching for another lockdown another
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shutdown and when joe biden says oh well i'll just listen to the scientists you know it's important
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to remember that we don't just outsource policy making decisions to technocrats we need leadership in
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america we need leaders who are willing to analyze the data sure employ the right strategies obviously but who
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also are able to balance risks and i think with dr fauci and some others they confess that their job is not to
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balance risks they're just there to lay out what risks they believe this particular infectious disease
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would bring about the country but there are in fact you know other risks and i certainly think that
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lockdowns exacerbate those risks and if joe biden is the candidate of lockdowns and shutdowns and if donald trump
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is the candidate of reopening and surging to another great american success story i think that that choice will be
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amnesty is not a strategy it's a surrender a surrender to elements of society that wouldn't follow our laws
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wouldn't seek permission before entering and amnesty also appears to be the organizing principle of joe biden's
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immigration policy the washington times putting out the story that he's gone full bernie when it comes to allowing
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11 million people who are not in our country legally to access the full compliments of citizenship here's my hot take
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it erodes and waters down the meaning of citizenship to just provide it at a point of entry
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regardless of whether or not someone is entering lawfully and legally and according to our standards
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american citizenship is so special and so unique in the world and if we don't treat it that way
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it'll lose its value so it's my sincere hope that we don't just extend that citizenship to 11 million people
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i obviously think that we've got to allow citizenship by naturalization but we have a process for that
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we have laws for that and by just accepting amnesty it's my fear that joe biden will incentivize a lot of
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the illegal border crossings that we saw before the trump administration was able to fully actualize its
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strategy a strategy that included people awaiting their asylum claims in their home country or in mexico
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a strategy that's now you know well over 200 miles of wall having been constructed and a strategy that
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gives border patrol and ice the tools necessary to apprehend those who would not come with permission
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biden in addition to indicating that he'll extend citizenship also says that he will roll back
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these policies of the trump administration and it's just important to recognize where our country was
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prior to that change that the trump administration initiated we had like 50 60 70 000 people apprehended
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each month at the u.s mexico border they were largely coming from the northern triangle countries
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and if those were the numbers of apprehensions you can only imagine the tens of thousands more
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that were breaking through the border that were coming across and treating our immigration system like a joke
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and it shouldn't be a joke the benefit that we get out of an immigration system that brings talented
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ambitious people here is an important one obviously that system should be improved upon that's what
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president trump has done and it's certainly not what joe biden would do he would surrender to amnesty
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rather than enforcing our borders and our laws and ensuring that we build a great country
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convalescent plasma may be one of the great solutions to the coronavirus think about that the things that
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we make in our own body being just as effective as that which we create in a laboratory allowing us to
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be able to help our human beings become resilient against this virus take a listen to the president
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described the recent work of the fda to make convalescent plasma therapies more available to
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americans today i'm pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the china virus
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that will save countless lives the fda has issued an emergency use authorization and that's such a
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powerful term emergency use authorization for a treatment known as convalescent plasma this is a
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powerful therapy that transfuses very very strong antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to
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help treat patients battling a current infection set an incredible rate of success today's action will
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dramatically expand access to this treatment jamelle hill the one-time espn analyst now creates content for
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the atlantic is back in hot water for a pretty controversial social media post and what i'm troubled by
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is really the the dilution of the impact of what horrors occurred during nazi germany but here's jamelle's
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tweet she says been reading isabel wilkerson's new book cast and if you were of the opinion that the
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united states wasn't nearly as bad as nazi germany how wrong you are can't encourage you enough to
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read this masterpiece now i will confess i have not read cast but i don't need to read the book to know
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that there is absolutely nothing happening in the united states that is as bad as nazi germany
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six million jews were killed in the united states we are the most loving inclusive supportive country
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to our people that has ever existed in all of human history and it is outrageous for jamelle hill or
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really anyone to trivialize the holocaust to trivialize the death that occurred and the crimes
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against humanity that occurred in nazi germany by drawing any comparison to the united states of
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america we do not kill people based on their faith or their ethnicity or their heritage now yes there
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have been times where african americans have had very negative horrific even deadly encounters with the
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police but that is a very different thing than people being rounded up out of their houses out of
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their communities put on the trains sent to concentration camps and i just think that when
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we allow like you know the american woketopia sect to come out and trivialize the holocaust in in such a
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crass way it it dilutes our understanding of history as well and oh by the way like at the same time that
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they're trying to abolish history now they try to recast the present as something in any way analogous to
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the greatest crimes that have that have occurred in human history and certainly nazi germany would be
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right there at the top of the list so wag of the finger at jamelle hill be best
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first lady melania trump was at the white house today talking about the next steps in her
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be best campaign take a listen since taking office my husband and this administration have taken historic
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measures to empower and support women in the united states and around the world under our
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administration the child tax credit has been doubled american women who comprise over half of the
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workforce experience their lowest rate of unemployment in over 65 years in addition to these achievements this
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administration has filled many of its senior positions with women we as women must continue using our great
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tool of empowerment our voices now in 2020 the american women's voice is more important than ever
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our nation is depending on each of you i encourage you all to vote so that we may continue to build the
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the brightest future for all of our children thanks for listening to today's episode of hot takes
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i'm congressman matt gates tune in tomorrow for more hot takes