Episode 81 - Antifa “Commander” Cries. AOC’s Big Win. Cuomo is Correct： The Media is the Enemy. Defending Washington and Jefferson.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeats Ed Markey in the Democratic primary, and President Trump visits Wisconsin to honor the victims of an Antifa riot in the wake of the protests in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Welcome to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz. Let's talk about the news. Senator Ed Markey
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holding on against the insurgent campaign of Representative Joe Kennedy in the Massachusetts
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Democratic primary. Senator Markey ends up winning by double digits, about 11 points. This is really
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surprising because really from the beginning of this race, Joe Kennedy has led. He led pretty big
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early when he first got in the race and with the endorsement of Nancy Pelosi, with a lot of the
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Democrat establishment actually, not behind the incumbent Senator Ed Markey, but behind Joe
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Kennedy, the more establishment family. Kennedy goes down. Here's my hot take. This is a huge win
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for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Markey was way down when she endorsed him. She campaigned aggressively
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for him. She deployed her brand, I think for Markey's benefit. And it shows just a different
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tool in the toolbox for AOC in her political skill set and her skill stack. I mean, she is sort of
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made her bones by herself defeating an old multi-term incumbent Democrat in a predominantly diverse
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community where maybe the diversity of the member of Congress wasn't sufficiently reflective if you
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solely look at age, gender, race, those types of things. So she could beat an establishment person
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with an upstart, a younger, more attractive candidate. She could beat an Elliott Engel. She could beat a
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Joe Crowley. She could beat a Lacey Clay, all of them losing to AOC or her band of Merriman. And now
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you've seen that she could take the 74-year-old Ed Markey, who wasn't really driving enthusiasm with
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any major voter group, and she could drag him across the finish line with Joe Kennedy on the ballot on the
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other side. A young, dynamic, handsome guy who a lot of folks would view as a future candidate for
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national office. But she cuts him off at the knees with the 74-year-old Ed Markey. As of this moment,
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the most powerful endorsement any Democrat could possibly get in a
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Democratic primary, other than maybe Obama, you know, one of the Obamas. But like, it isn't Pelosi,
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it isn't Schumer, it's AOC, and she proved it on the field last night.
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America will prevail over Antifa. We are stronger, we are more resilient, we're frankly more worthy,
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our values are right. That doesn't mean Antifa isn't still trying to start riots, and it doesn't
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mean that those riots come from a place of strength. The Blaze has the story, Antifa commander cried,
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in fetal position after being caught with flamethrower smoke grenades on way to protest.
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This is the story of Matthew Banta. He went to Green Bay, Wisconsin with the flamethrower, the
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fireworks, all of these things. He claimed when he was arrested that he was not there to incite a
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riot, though that's clearly obvious. The intent can be drawn based on the circumstances. And he's known
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as Commander Redd. Commander Redd, according to the police, they say he's a well-known Antifa member.
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And I love the quote from the Green Bay police chief, I don't know who comes to a protest with
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a baseball bat for anything other than criminal or illegal activity. He is released on a $2,500 cash
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bond, probably paid for by someone in corporate America, trying to, you know, disclaim their white
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guilt in some way. And it's a deeply troubling that you have these folks traveling for the purpose
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of inciting riots, for the purpose of making Americans unsafe and scared. But at the end of
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the day, when our brave men and women in law enforcement confronted Mr. Banta and apprehended
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him, there was no strength. He was the one scared.
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President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin. Take a listen.
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We're here to show our support for Kenosha and Wisconsin. The state of Wisconsin has been
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very good to me. I love the people. We've done a lot for the state and we will continue to do a lot
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for the state. We're all in this together. And this was an example of what can happen when you do
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it right. So I'm committed to helping Kenosha rebuild. We all are. We will provide $1 million
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to the Kenosha law enforcement so that you have some extra money to go out and do what you have to
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do. You took a rough, it was a rough week, to put it mildly, and you've done it incredibly well.
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I'm also providing nearly $4 million to support these small businesses that I talked about today
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that got burned up, burned down. And we're going to be providing over $42 million to support public
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safety statewide, including direct support for law enforcement and funding for additional prosecutors
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to punish criminals and resources to provide services to victims of crime. And that was Bill
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Barr wanted that money put in. These are not acts of peaceful protest, but really domestic terror.
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My administration coordinated with the state and local authorities to very, very swiftly deploy the
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National Guard, surge federal law enforcement to Kenosha and stop the violence. And I strongly
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support the use of the National Guard in other cities. And the same thing would be happening if
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we did that. You'd have the same thing happen in Portland. It would happen very quickly. It would
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The president's right. This is domestic terror. And I hope it stops. I am confident that if our law
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enforcement is not constantly berated and driven down by the left, that they are the patriotic
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Americans who can stand between the criminal element and civilized society. And I'm glad President Trump
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Fortune magazine came out with their list of 40 under 40 today. And I made the list for politics and
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government. I tell you, though, it is like the most backhanded 40 under 40 I have ever read. Take a
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listen. Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz knows how to provoke and he knows how to draw controversy. Well, I guess
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they got that part right. From a surprise son in a heated exchange in Congress, Gaetz claimed he had a
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teenage son from Cuba, though they aren't related by blood. To QAnon conspiracy theories, Gaetz always
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manages to find a flame to fan. Well, I don't know why my son is a flame to fan. And I don't even know
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what they're talking about with QAnon conspiracy theories. I would love to see Fortune cite that. What is
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the QAnon conspiracy theory that that I've been a part of? I don't even know. Then it goes on to say
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the young Florida native and Trump loyalist has views that differ from those of traditional
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conservatives, endearing him to a younger, more libertarian crowd and causing some to believe
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he represents the future of the right. In 2019, he was one of only two Republicans to vote to remove
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marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. And in 2015, he co-sponsored an amendment with
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Democrat Representative David Richardson to repeal a ban on adoptions by same-sex couples. Those things
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are true. I think that Republicans have marijuana wrong. And if there is a same-sex couple that is
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able to provide a forever home to a child that needs a forever home, I have no problem with that. I
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think that in 2020, families take a variety of forms. And it is totally, I think, an act of love
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for a same-sex couple to want to provide a forever home to a child that doesn't have one that cycles
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through the foster care system. So yeah, those are causes that I am associated with. And then the
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Fortune piece goes on to say, liberals love to hate the 38-year-old representative, but he doesn't plan
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on going anywhere. Gates openly contemplated a 2020 Senate run in Alabama before deciding against it,
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but many believe he's just biding his time and will be running for higher office in the near future.
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That is nonsense. I never contemplated running for the Senate in Alabama. I am a Florida man.
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I am proudly a Florida man. I was enthusiastically behind Coach Tommy Tuberville in that campaign. So
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pretty wrong there. And then when they talk about me running for higher office,
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there is no higher office that I am planning to run for. I love the job I have now representing the
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folks in Northwest Florida. And I can't imagine trading my constituents for anyone. I've got the
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highest concentration of active duty military in my district, patriotic Americans, veterans,
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a beautiful beach, military bases, and active duty service members that we're just so proud of.
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This is the best place in the world. And I just, I can't imagine being any more blessed
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than being the Congressman for Northwest Florida. So thank you to Fortune Magazine,
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They are coming for Washington and Jefferson, Ben Franklin, our nation's founding fathers and heroes.
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It's finally happening. A commission created by Washington DC mayor, Mariel Bowser, is now
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recommending the removing or shaming of these memorials in Washington DC. The Federalists' Jordan
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Davidson has the story. And the argument being made is that the images of Christopher Columbus,
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Ben Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Francis Scott Key, William Henry
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Harrison, and George Washington somehow promote white supremacy and create divisions and that they
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don't embrace equality. That's directly straight from the report. Look, America is not perfect,
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but it is the greatest country that has ever existed. And while our founding fathers were not
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perfect, neither are a lot of the folks serving in the Congress today. You know, we have to try to
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make a more perfect union with imperfect men and women. That's what we did at our nation's founding.
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That's what we have to do now. Who later in our future will come to cancel us if we have the nerve
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to cancel George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Congress needs to take action to stop Washington DC
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mayor, Mariel Bowser, from this attack on our nation, our history, our values, and our heroes. This is
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outrageous. And I'm glad the Federalist is shining light on it, but we need to see if necessary, direct
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action. Members of Congress should stand on the Jefferson Memorial if necessary to protect its
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preservation and to ensure that future generations of Americans can appreciate and understand how unique
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America is as a consequence of these values of inclusion and religious freedom that Jefferson so
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thoroughly embraced. The learning that was advanced by Jefferson as not only a man of politics and
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government, but a man of science and higher education. I went to the Marshall-Witt School of
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Law at William & Mary. Jefferson believed that there had to be a way to train lawyers so that we would
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have a mechanism to resolve our disputes so that we wouldn't just devolve into anarchy and chaos,
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the type of chaos that we see in Democrat-run cities today. George Washington is not only America's
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first president, he is America's greatest president. When George Washington won the Revolutionary War
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and resigned his commission, handing the power back to the Congress, he set forth a series of events
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that built democracy and self-government. And it really was different than anything else we had seen,
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and its durability has been a shining example of humanity's potential. And so for the sake of
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sacrificing our heroes, America's founding fathers, on the altar of the Woketopia, now you see
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Democrat Mayor Mariel Bowser considering some very dangerous ideas. We will not let this happen. If necessary,
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I will go stand at our monuments and memorials myself to ensure that they are not destroyed. And
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I am willing to bet the number of others would stand with me. Just as we went down there and stormed
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that skiff when it was necessary, we have to fight for America because she is worthy of everything we
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have. She was worthy of everything that the great patriots had, who carved out America, who won our
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freedom. And she is just as worthy of our love and defense today.
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Tucker Carlson and Chris Cuomo, the feud continues. Carlson claiming to have damaging audios of Chris
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Cuomo taken in conversations with the now disgraced former lawyer of President Trump,
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Michael Cohen. Here's Tucker's coverage from last night.
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It's interesting to note that among Michael Cohen's close personal friends is an anchor on the cable news
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network. And not just any CNN anchor, but the CNN anchor given to the most overheated possible
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moral lectures. The first guy on that channel to invoke God himself and the blessed mother if
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necessary as he scolds you for not living up to his high ethical standards. That man's name is
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Christopher Charles Cuomo, son of one governor, brother of another. Yale graduate, weightlifter,
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deeply good person. And also we now learn a buddy of Michael Cohen's. We know this because we have an
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audio tape of a conversation between the two men. Apparently there are many tapes like this. But
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tonight we're going to play you just a portion of one. Before you listen to this, try to remember
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what Chris Cuomo sounds like when you watch him on television. You've seen him, admit it. Then compare
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that version, that memory, the official morally inflated Chris Cuomo, to the guy you hear in this
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recording. Here you go. You know, I'm always careful when I talk to media, you know? Right. Do you know how
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many phone calls I've gotten from people at ABC who say that reporters are calling and lying about
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things they heard about me to try to get stories about me when I was at ABC? Guys calling and saying,
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I heard he was the Charlie Rose of ABC used to invite women to the hotel and open his bathrobe. Do I
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look like the kind of guy who's got to do that? Sure. Why not? But you're lying. So I already have a good
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source that says that he forced one woman to have sex. I just want to know if you've ever heard
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anything like that. There is no woman. Right. There is none of that. So here's the problem. Women who
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do work there saying, oh yeah, you know, some of these men and naming me with other guys, you know,
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we bumped into each other once in the elevator and he put his hand on my shoulder and he made me
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really uncomfortable. I mean, what the f***? It's a problem. So I'm careful with the media always.
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Right. I've always told you the media is not your friend. No.
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Here's my hot take. Everything Chris Cuomo said about the awful nature of the media is true.
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It is accurate that folks in the media will lie about you to try to get other people to lie about
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you. It is true that the media is not your friend. And so while I don't have any knowledge of any facts
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regarding Chris Cuomo and his time at ABC, the fundamental premise that the media is the enemy
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of the people is precisely what President Trump has been saying on the campaign trail and during
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his time in office. And what's just the problem for Cuomo, I think, is that he is part of that media
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cycle that seems to reward lies. He works for a network that lies regularly, the cable news network.
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And so I have no objection with what Chris Cuomo said about the media. I think his critique is
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largely accurate. I just wish that CNN would be better. And of course, that Chris Cuomo would be
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best. Sarah Sanders told to take one for the team by President Trump, according to Business Insider.
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The story coming to us from Thomas Coulson. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump told her to go to North
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Korea and take one for the team after Kim Jong-un winked at her. Now, this was apparently during a
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2018 summit. Kim is reported to have nodded and appeared to wink at me, according to Sarah Sanders.
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Let me just tell you this. Sarah Sanders is one of the toughest, coolest, smartest people I have ever
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met. I knew Sarah before she joined the Trump campaign, before she went to work in the White House.
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And nothing really phases Sarah Sanders. She is just absolutely a driven woman. And you know what?
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She gets a lot of that toughness from her mother. Her mother is also a no-nonsense gal, a great person,
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a great American. And so I laughed when I saw the story, but I don't think that Sarah is at all
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offended by it. She just takes everything in stride.
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Nancy Pelosi getting dragged today for her trip to the salon. She apparently got e-salon to open up,
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despite local ordinances shutting them down. And she got a wash and a blowout. Here's my hot take.
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I have no objection to Nancy Pelosi getting her hair done. I have an objection to the hypocrisy
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with all these Democrats saying that regular folks who just want to go to work can't because of this
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virus. And we went over the whole 6% number, like only 6% of the people who've died from this virus
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didn't have some comorbidity. But no, therefore locking everybody up because those lockups create
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civil unrest. They want the civil unrest because that they believe will make President Trump look
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bad. When the reality is, the people who are fanning the flames of the civil unrest look bad.
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The President doesn't. But in this case, Pelosi looks bad as a result of the hypocrisy.
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I'll make this confession. I had to get a haircut when technically in Washington, D.C. they weren't
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allowed. It felt like a drug deal. I had to pay only in cash, not look the person in the eye.
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We both had to agree that neither one of us would tell that it had happened or disclose the identity of
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the other. Insane. And the person that cut my hair probably had, you know, bills to pay, probably had
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folks relying on them. And yet they were prohibited from earning an income by this ridiculous ordinance.
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And so we had to go to the like underground world of haircuts. I guess the difference is I've been out
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there fighting for people to be able to get their jobs back, to be able to open up, to be able to make
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their own choices. But see, that's not how the Democrats view the rest of us. They don't view
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us as capable of making our own choices. They want to make choices for the rest of us, but then they
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don't want to live by those choices themselves, which is why Nancy Pelosi's blowout is perhaps the
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Tower, this is American 1997. We just passed a guy on a jetpack. American 1997. Okay, thank you. Were
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they off to your left or right side? Off to the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude.
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We just saw the same guy pass us in a jetpack. A second pilot from JetBlue Airways tells the tower,
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only in LA, the air traffic controller says at one point. That's right. The Los Angeles Times
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has, I think, the most amazing story of the day by Richard Winton, a guy on a jetpack flying around
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LAX with an American Airlines pilot and JetBlue pilot having to navigate and deal with this. The FBI
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is currently investigating. We will, of course, cover any and all jetpack stories as humans continue to
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take flight in a variety of ways. Thanks for listening to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt
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