The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - Episode 81 - Antifa “Commander” Cries. AOC’s Big Win. Cuomo is Correct： The Media is the Enemy. Defending Washington and Jefferson.

00:00:00.000 Welcome to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt Gaetz. Let's talk about the news. Senator Ed Markey

00:00:22.220 holding on against the insurgent campaign of Representative Joe Kennedy in the Massachusetts

00:00:28.160 Democratic primary. Senator Markey ends up winning by double digits, about 11 points. This is really

00:00:35.640 surprising because really from the beginning of this race, Joe Kennedy has led. He led pretty big

00:00:41.380 early when he first got in the race and with the endorsement of Nancy Pelosi, with a lot of the

00:00:46.800 Democrat establishment actually, not behind the incumbent Senator Ed Markey, but behind Joe

00:00:52.580 Kennedy, the more establishment family. Kennedy goes down. Here's my hot take. This is a huge win

00:01:00.520 for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Markey was way down when she endorsed him. She campaigned aggressively

00:01:07.700 for him. She deployed her brand, I think for Markey's benefit. And it shows just a different

00:01:14.520 tool in the toolbox for AOC in her political skill set and her skill stack. I mean, she is sort of

00:01:22.520 made her bones by herself defeating an old multi-term incumbent Democrat in a predominantly diverse

00:01:32.340 community where maybe the diversity of the member of Congress wasn't sufficiently reflective if you

00:01:37.380 solely look at age, gender, race, those types of things. So she could beat an establishment person 1.00

00:01:44.940 with an upstart, a younger, more attractive candidate. She could beat an Elliott Engel. She could beat a

00:01:51.500 Joe Crowley. She could beat a Lacey Clay, all of them losing to AOC or her band of Merriman. And now

00:01:59.920 you've seen that she could take the 74-year-old Ed Markey, who wasn't really driving enthusiasm with

00:02:06.380 any major voter group, and she could drag him across the finish line with Joe Kennedy on the ballot on the 0.70

00:02:13.040 other side. A young, dynamic, handsome guy who a lot of folks would view as a future candidate for

00:02:19.980 national office. But she cuts him off at the knees with the 74-year-old Ed Markey. As of this moment,

00:02:28.520 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the most powerful endorsement any Democrat could possibly get in a 0.99

00:02:35.380 Democratic primary, other than maybe Obama, you know, one of the Obamas. But like, it isn't Pelosi,

00:02:41.840 it isn't Schumer, it's AOC, and she proved it on the field last night.

00:02:50.740 America will prevail over Antifa. We are stronger, we are more resilient, we're frankly more worthy,

00:02:58.400 our values are right. That doesn't mean Antifa isn't still trying to start riots, and it doesn't

00:03:04.640 mean that those riots come from a place of strength. The Blaze has the story, Antifa commander cried,

00:03:11.760 in fetal position after being caught with flamethrower smoke grenades on way to protest.

00:03:17.720 This is the story of Matthew Banta. He went to Green Bay, Wisconsin with the flamethrower, the

00:03:24.480 fireworks, all of these things. He claimed when he was arrested that he was not there to incite a

00:03:31.660 riot, though that's clearly obvious. The intent can be drawn based on the circumstances. And he's known

00:03:37.360 as Commander Redd. Commander Redd, according to the police, they say he's a well-known Antifa member.

00:03:44.740 And I love the quote from the Green Bay police chief, I don't know who comes to a protest with

00:03:50.260 a baseball bat for anything other than criminal or illegal activity. He is released on a $2,500 cash

00:03:59.400 bond, probably paid for by someone in corporate America, trying to, you know, disclaim their white 0.74

00:04:04.960 guilt in some way. And it's a deeply troubling that you have these folks traveling for the purpose

00:04:12.620 of inciting riots, for the purpose of making Americans unsafe and scared. But at the end of

00:04:19.760 the day, when our brave men and women in law enforcement confronted Mr. Banta and apprehended

00:04:25.240 him, there was no strength. He was the one scared.

00:04:31.900 President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin. Take a listen.

00:04:35.060 We're here to show our support for Kenosha and Wisconsin. The state of Wisconsin has been

00:04:41.140 very good to me. I love the people. We've done a lot for the state and we will continue to do a lot

00:04:46.020 for the state. We're all in this together. And this was an example of what can happen when you do

00:04:51.800 it right. So I'm committed to helping Kenosha rebuild. We all are. We will provide $1 million

00:04:59.340 to the Kenosha law enforcement so that you have some extra money to go out and do what you have to

00:05:06.560 do. You took a rough, it was a rough week, to put it mildly, and you've done it incredibly well.

00:05:12.400 I'm also providing nearly $4 million to support these small businesses that I talked about today

00:05:18.040 that got burned up, burned down. And we're going to be providing over $42 million to support public

00:05:24.280 safety statewide, including direct support for law enforcement and funding for additional prosecutors

00:05:30.160 to punish criminals and resources to provide services to victims of crime. And that was Bill

00:05:36.020 Barr wanted that money put in. These are not acts of peaceful protest, but really domestic terror.

00:05:42.400 My administration coordinated with the state and local authorities to very, very swiftly deploy the

00:05:48.100 National Guard, surge federal law enforcement to Kenosha and stop the violence. And I strongly

00:05:54.460 support the use of the National Guard in other cities. And the same thing would be happening if

00:05:59.360 we did that. You'd have the same thing happen in Portland. It would happen very quickly. It would

00:06:03.960 all be over very, very quickly.

00:06:05.620 The president's right. This is domestic terror. And I hope it stops. I am confident that if our law

00:06:13.320 enforcement is not constantly berated and driven down by the left, that they are the patriotic

00:06:19.640 Americans who can stand between the criminal element and civilized society. And I'm glad President Trump 0.99

00:06:25.980 has law enforcement's back.

00:06:30.860 Fortune magazine came out with their list of 40 under 40 today. And I made the list for politics and

00:06:38.720 government. I tell you, though, it is like the most backhanded 40 under 40 I have ever read. Take a

00:06:45.840 listen. Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz knows how to provoke and he knows how to draw controversy. Well, I guess

00:06:52.520 they got that part right. From a surprise son in a heated exchange in Congress, Gaetz claimed he had a

00:06:57.660 teenage son from Cuba, though they aren't related by blood. To QAnon conspiracy theories, Gaetz always 0.97

00:07:03.860 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

00:07:12.500 what they're talking about with QAnon conspiracy theories. I would love to see Fortune cite that. What is

00:07:17.740 the QAnon conspiracy theory that that I've been a part of? I don't even know. Then it goes on to say

00:07:24.060 the young Florida native and Trump loyalist has views that differ from those of traditional

00:07:27.980 conservatives, endearing him to a younger, more libertarian crowd and causing some to believe

00:07:32.660 he represents the future of the right. In 2019, he was one of only two Republicans to vote to remove

00:07:38.160 marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. And in 2015, he co-sponsored an amendment with

00:07:43.220 Democrat Representative David Richardson to repeal a ban on adoptions by same-sex couples. Those things

00:07:50.140 are true. I think that Republicans have marijuana wrong. And if there is a same-sex couple that is

00:07:55.840 able to provide a forever home to a child that needs a forever home, I have no problem with that. I

00:08:02.200 think that in 2020, families take a variety of forms. And it is totally, I think, an act of love

00:08:10.800 for a same-sex couple to want to provide a forever home to a child that doesn't have one that cycles 0.67

00:08:17.160 through the foster care system. So yeah, those are causes that I am associated with. And then the

00:08:22.280 Fortune piece goes on to say, liberals love to hate the 38-year-old representative, but he doesn't plan

00:08:28.040 on going anywhere. Gates openly contemplated a 2020 Senate run in Alabama before deciding against it,

00:08:34.080 but many believe he's just biding his time and will be running for higher office in the near future.

00:08:39.560 That is nonsense. I never contemplated running for the Senate in Alabama. I am a Florida man.

00:08:46.920 I am proudly a Florida man. I was enthusiastically behind Coach Tommy Tuberville in that campaign. So

00:08:53.060 pretty wrong there. And then when they talk about me running for higher office,

00:08:57.480 there is no higher office that I am planning to run for. I love the job I have now representing the

00:09:03.440 folks in Northwest Florida. And I can't imagine trading my constituents for anyone. I've got the

00:09:09.500 highest concentration of active duty military in my district, patriotic Americans, veterans,

00:09:15.360 a beautiful beach, military bases, and active duty service members that we're just so proud of.

00:09:21.520 This is the best place in the world. And I just, I can't imagine being any more blessed

00:09:25.660 than being the Congressman for Northwest Florida. So thank you to Fortune Magazine,

00:09:29.900 naming me to 40 under 40, I guess.

00:09:36.320 They are coming for Washington and Jefferson, Ben Franklin, our nation's founding fathers and heroes.

00:09:44.160 It's finally happening. A commission created by Washington DC mayor, Mariel Bowser, is now

00:09:50.680 recommending the removing or shaming of these memorials in Washington DC. The Federalists' Jordan

00:09:57.840 Davidson has the story. And the argument being made is that the images of Christopher Columbus,

00:10:05.160 Ben Franklin, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Francis Scott Key, William Henry

00:10:12.520 Harrison, and George Washington somehow promote white supremacy and create divisions and that they

00:10:19.960 don't embrace equality. That's directly straight from the report. Look, America is not perfect,

00:10:26.040 but it is the greatest country that has ever existed. And while our founding fathers were not

00:10:32.620 perfect, neither are a lot of the folks serving in the Congress today. You know, we have to try to

00:10:38.400 make a more perfect union with imperfect men and women. That's what we did at our nation's founding. 0.99

00:10:44.560 That's what we have to do now. Who later in our future will come to cancel us if we have the nerve

00:10:51.700 to cancel George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Congress needs to take action to stop Washington DC

00:11:00.600 mayor, Mariel Bowser, from this attack on our nation, our history, our values, and our heroes. This is

00:11:09.360 outrageous. And I'm glad the Federalist is shining light on it, but we need to see if necessary, direct

00:11:16.740 action. Members of Congress should stand on the Jefferson Memorial if necessary to protect its

00:11:23.640 preservation and to ensure that future generations of Americans can appreciate and understand how unique

00:11:32.220 America is as a consequence of these values of inclusion and religious freedom that Jefferson so

00:11:39.580 thoroughly embraced. The learning that was advanced by Jefferson as not only a man of politics and

00:11:47.000 government, but a man of science and higher education. I went to the Marshall-Witt School of

00:11:52.360 Law at William & Mary. Jefferson believed that there had to be a way to train lawyers so that we would

00:11:58.060 have a mechanism to resolve our disputes so that we wouldn't just devolve into anarchy and chaos,

00:12:05.760 the type of chaos that we see in Democrat-run cities today. George Washington is not only America's

00:12:13.000 first president, he is America's greatest president. When George Washington won the Revolutionary War

00:12:18.980 and resigned his commission, handing the power back to the Congress, he set forth a series of events

00:12:26.380 that built democracy and self-government. And it really was different than anything else we had seen,

00:12:33.920 and its durability has been a shining example of humanity's potential. And so for the sake of

00:12:41.940 sacrificing our heroes, America's founding fathers, on the altar of the Woketopia, now you see 0.94

00:12:50.180 Democrat Mayor Mariel Bowser considering some very dangerous ideas. We will not let this happen. If necessary,

00:12:57.440 I will go stand at our monuments and memorials myself to ensure that they are not destroyed. And

00:13:04.780 I am willing to bet the number of others would stand with me. Just as we went down there and stormed

00:13:10.100 that skiff when it was necessary, we have to fight for America because she is worthy of everything we

00:13:15.960 have. She was worthy of everything that the great patriots had, who carved out America, who won our

00:13:22.500 freedom. And she is just as worthy of our love and defense today.

00:13:29.520 Tucker Carlson and Chris Cuomo, the feud continues. Carlson claiming to have damaging audios of Chris

00:13:38.020 Cuomo taken in conversations with the now disgraced former lawyer of President Trump,

00:13:43.580 Michael Cohen. Here's Tucker's coverage from last night.

00:13:46.360 It's interesting to note that among Michael Cohen's close personal friends is an anchor on the cable news

00:13:50.940 network. And not just any CNN anchor, but the CNN anchor given to the most overheated possible

00:13:56.640 moral lectures. The first guy on that channel to invoke God himself and the blessed mother if

00:14:01.620 necessary as he scolds you for not living up to his high ethical standards. That man's name is

00:14:07.360 Christopher Charles Cuomo, son of one governor, brother of another. Yale graduate, weightlifter,

00:14:12.960 deeply good person. And also we now learn a buddy of Michael Cohen's. We know this because we have an

00:14:18.780 audio tape of a conversation between the two men. Apparently there are many tapes like this. But

00:14:23.920 tonight we're going to play you just a portion of one. Before you listen to this, try to remember

00:14:28.480 what Chris Cuomo sounds like when you watch him on television. You've seen him, admit it. Then compare

00:14:33.420 that version, that memory, the official morally inflated Chris Cuomo, to the guy you hear in this

00:14:38.520 recording. Here you go. You know, I'm always careful when I talk to media, you know? Right. Do you know how

00:14:46.500 many phone calls I've gotten from people at ABC who say that reporters are calling and lying about

00:14:52.980 things they heard about me to try to get stories about me when I was at ABC? Guys calling and saying,

00:14:58.840 I heard he was the Charlie Rose of ABC used to invite women to the hotel and open his bathrobe. Do I

00:15:05.640 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

00:15:13.740 source that says that he forced one woman to have sex. I just want to know if you've ever heard

00:15:17.860 anything like that. There is no woman. Right. There is none of that. So here's the problem. Women who 1.00

00:15:22.240 do work there saying, oh yeah, you know, some of these men and naming me with other guys, you know,

00:15:27.200 we bumped into each other once in the elevator and he put his hand on my shoulder and he made me

00:15:31.280 really uncomfortable. I mean, what the f***? It's a problem. So I'm careful with the media always. 0.98

00:15:38.440 Right. I've always told you the media is not your friend. No.

00:15:40.880 Here's my hot take. Everything Chris Cuomo said about the awful nature of the media is true.

00:15:48.820 It is accurate that folks in the media will lie about you to try to get other people to lie about

00:15:54.860 you. It is true that the media is not your friend. And so while I don't have any knowledge of any facts

00:16:01.120 regarding Chris Cuomo and his time at ABC, the fundamental premise that the media is the enemy

00:16:07.600 of the people is precisely what President Trump has been saying on the campaign trail and during

00:16:13.120 his time in office. And what's just the problem for Cuomo, I think, is that he is part of that media

00:16:20.160 cycle that seems to reward lies. He works for a network that lies regularly, the cable news network.

00:16:27.620 And so I have no objection with what Chris Cuomo said about the media. I think his critique is

00:16:33.660 largely accurate. I just wish that CNN would be better. And of course, that Chris Cuomo would be

00:16:40.780 best. Sarah Sanders told to take one for the team by President Trump, according to Business Insider.

00:16:51.420 The story coming to us from Thomas Coulson. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Trump told her to go to North

00:16:57.040 Korea and take one for the team after Kim Jong-un winked at her. Now, this was apparently during a

00:17:04.300 2018 summit. Kim is reported to have nodded and appeared to wink at me, according to Sarah Sanders.

00:17:11.700 Let me just tell you this. Sarah Sanders is one of the toughest, coolest, smartest people I have ever

00:17:17.500 met. I knew Sarah before she joined the Trump campaign, before she went to work in the White House.

00:17:22.920 And nothing really phases Sarah Sanders. She is just absolutely a driven woman. And you know what?

00:17:30.900 She gets a lot of that toughness from her mother. Her mother is also a no-nonsense gal, a great person,

00:17:38.100 a great American. And so I laughed when I saw the story, but I don't think that Sarah is at all

00:17:43.140 offended by it. She just takes everything in stride.

00:17:45.580 Nancy Pelosi getting dragged today for her trip to the salon. She apparently got e-salon to open up,

00:17:57.400 despite local ordinances shutting them down. And she got a wash and a blowout. Here's my hot take.

00:18:04.720 I have no objection to Nancy Pelosi getting her hair done. I have an objection to the hypocrisy 0.96

00:18:10.540 with all these Democrats saying that regular folks who just want to go to work can't because of this

00:18:17.760 virus. And we went over the whole 6% number, like only 6% of the people who've died from this virus

00:18:23.740 didn't have some comorbidity. But no, therefore locking everybody up because those lockups create

00:18:30.180 civil unrest. They want the civil unrest because that they believe will make President Trump look

00:18:38.000 bad. When the reality is, the people who are fanning the flames of the civil unrest look bad.

00:18:43.400 The President doesn't. But in this case, Pelosi looks bad as a result of the hypocrisy. 0.94

00:18:48.800 I'll make this confession. I had to get a haircut when technically in Washington, D.C. they weren't

00:18:55.280 allowed. It felt like a drug deal. I had to pay only in cash, not look the person in the eye.

00:19:02.100 We both had to agree that neither one of us would tell that it had happened or disclose the identity of

00:19:06.640 the other. Insane. And the person that cut my hair probably had, you know, bills to pay, probably had

00:19:13.420 folks relying on them. And yet they were prohibited from earning an income by this ridiculous ordinance.

00:19:20.460 And so we had to go to the like underground world of haircuts. I guess the difference is I've been out

00:19:25.940 there fighting for people to be able to get their jobs back, to be able to open up, to be able to make

00:19:33.000 their own choices. But see, that's not how the Democrats view the rest of us. They don't view

00:19:37.720 us as capable of making our own choices. They want to make choices for the rest of us, but then they

00:19:42.820 don't want to live by those choices themselves, which is why Nancy Pelosi's blowout is perhaps the

00:19:49.140 most scandalous blowout in America today.

00:19:51.700 Tower, this is American 1997. We just passed a guy on a jetpack. American 1997. Okay, thank you. Were

00:20:03.840 they off to your left or right side? Off to the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude.

00:20:11.680 We just saw the same guy pass us in a jetpack. A second pilot from JetBlue Airways tells the tower,

00:20:18.180 only in LA, the air traffic controller says at one point. That's right. The Los Angeles Times

00:20:24.180 has, I think, the most amazing story of the day by Richard Winton, a guy on a jetpack flying around

00:20:31.480 LAX with an American Airlines pilot and JetBlue pilot having to navigate and deal with this. The FBI

00:20:39.180 is currently investigating. We will, of course, cover any and all jetpack stories as humans continue to

00:20:47.860 take flight in a variety of ways. Thanks for listening to Hot Takes. I'm Congressman Matt

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The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz - September 02, 2020

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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