1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on. Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,480 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,640 go to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,719 smartphone or tablet. And again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:28,399 your support. 10 00:00:28,879 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 2: Former RNC chair and North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,520 is with us on WBT. Michael, number one, thank you 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,640 for taking the time to speak with me on this 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,719 super busy day, this time of the year for all 14 00:00:42,719 --> 00:00:46,119 of us. And number two tell us about Friday night 15 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:47,079 in Rocky Mount. 16 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,399 Speaker 3: Well, I got to say, it's great to be on 17 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:54,039 with you, and man, what an absolutely fantastic event to 18 00:00:54,119 --> 00:00:56,039 have the president come in and be able to talk 19 00:00:56,079 --> 00:00:59,439 about the economic policies that he is putting to place. 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,520 You know right now, you know, when you think about it, 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,799 he ran, you know, on kind of three premises, right, 22 00:01:05,879 --> 00:01:09,519 so it was rebuild the economy number one, then you know, 23 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:12,519 restore our borders, and then make sure that America is 24 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,879 respected again around the world. The other two absolutely fantastic. 25 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,079 And on the economy, he is working every single day 26 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:23,120 to make sure that we are creating jobs that were 27 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,599 raising wages and lowering costs. 28 00:01:26,359 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: I've seen you in previous interviews say that you are, 29 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:35,079 you know, hoping to advance the Trump agenda, but also 30 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:40,040 take care of the people in your state. Your opponent, 31 00:01:40,359 --> 00:01:44,000 the former governor, is also a native North Carolinian, also 32 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:46,519 a UNC grad. I think you went to school here 33 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,640 in Charlotte. He went to Chapel Hill. You're both attorneys, 34 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,319 and I think that's about where the similarities end, right. 35 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, you think about what I want to do. 36 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,280 I want to make sure that we have economic policies 37 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,480 that are going to you know, trade policies and tax 38 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:06,239 policies and regulatory policies that are going to help our manufacturers, 39 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:10,639 our small businesses, and our farmers. You know, Roy Cooper 40 00:02:11,159 --> 00:02:13,080 has never seen a dollar that he didn't want to 41 00:02:13,159 --> 00:02:17,039 tax or spend. Vetoed six different tax cuts when he 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,280 was the governor, and said that he would have opposed 43 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:23,520 President Trump's one big, beautiful bill. You know, I want 44 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,159 to make sure that we're going to keep our kids 45 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:29,039 in our community safe. And Roy Cooper vetoed bills to 46 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,039 keep boys out of girls' sports and men out of 47 00:02:31,039 --> 00:02:34,800 women's locker rooms. He vetoed bills that would have forced 48 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:38,759 ice to our sheriffs to honor ice detainers, and he 49 00:02:39,039 --> 00:02:43,840 authored an executive order to reimagine law enforcement as he 50 00:02:43,879 --> 00:02:46,800 put it, created cashlest bale and pre trial released, and 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,680 has unleashed a torrent of crime that is really hitting 52 00:02:50,719 --> 00:02:52,280 North Carolina across the state. 53 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit earlier, I was talking about the 54 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,639 when when Joe Biden first became president, when the Biden 55 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:05,599 presidency first started and illegals started pouring in. I had 56 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:10,960 said at the time, when incidents started to occur in 57 00:03:11,199 --> 00:03:16,280 larger cities around the country with trende Uragua and MS 58 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,560 thirteen and this and that, I said, it's only a 59 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:22,919 matter of time till we start to see these type 60 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,360 of things in other cities, and it could even happen 61 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:29,560 here in Charlotte, North Carolina, and people, you know, thought 62 00:03:29,599 --> 00:03:32,680 I was crazy. And a year or two later, you know, 63 00:03:33,439 --> 00:03:36,759 we started to see gang members and illegal immigrants, you know, 64 00:03:36,879 --> 00:03:41,800 pouring into places like Charlotte, North Carolina and other cities. 65 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,240 I was talking about Mayor vy Lyles a little bit earlier. 66 00:03:47,319 --> 00:03:51,840 It's amazing that she got reelected now on her fifth term, 67 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,319 and the people of North Carolina also re elected a 68 00:03:55,400 --> 00:04:02,080 Democratic governor. You have one hundred ten percent support from 69 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:07,039 the president. But what makes what makes us confident that 70 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:08,479 you are going to secure the seed? 71 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 3: Well, North Carolina is a purple state, and we have 72 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,240 always been a purple state. We're right now about thirty 73 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:19,639 percent Republican, thirty percent Democrat, forty percent unaffiliated, which is 74 00:04:19,639 --> 00:04:23,639 our version of independence. And the way that that tends 75 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:27,120 to kind of manifest itself as Democrats tend to win governor, 76 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,759 lieutenant governor, Attorney general, Secretary of State. Republicans tend to 77 00:04:30,759 --> 00:04:33,879 win Congress, and they tend to win the Senate, and 78 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,319 they tend to win the presidentials. So you know, we 79 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,600 do have history on our side here, but more important 80 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,639 than that is we have policy on our side. Republicans 81 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,399 win in North Carolina when we focus on the issues 82 00:04:46,439 --> 00:04:50,360 that the voters care about, when we understand those issues 83 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,000 and we put solutions on the table. And so you know, 84 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,079 I am out there right now. We're touring all one 85 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,360 hundred counties across North Carolina. We're listening. We're meeting with sheriffs, 86 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:03,399 We're meeting with law enforcement officers, We're meeting with small 87 00:05:03,439 --> 00:05:07,279 business owners and farmers and really truly kind of pulling 88 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:10,519 together what is it that they need because we want 89 00:05:10,519 --> 00:05:13,720 to have that conversation. You know, Roy Cooper is going 90 00:05:13,759 --> 00:05:16,399 to run from the basement. It's basically Joe Biden two 91 00:05:16,439 --> 00:05:19,439 point zero. They are going to raise and spend a 92 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:23,199 ton of money. That's what the Democrats always do. They're 93 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:25,959 not going to have a creative bone in their body 94 00:05:26,439 --> 00:05:29,120 as they as they get ready to go into this campaign. 95 00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:32,439 But I think fundamentally why we're going to win is 96 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,600 because the voters of North Carolina support the America First agenda. 97 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,639 Donald Trump won this state all three times twenty sixteen, 98 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,279 twenty twenty, and twenty twenty four for a reason because 99 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:46,639 he connected with the voters about the issues that they 100 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:49,360 care about. That's exactly what we're going to be doing 101 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:50,439 as well. 102 00:05:50,759 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 2: Did you have I'm just curious, did you have aspirations 103 00:05:55,759 --> 00:06:01,560 of running for office prior to Tom Tillis's resignation or 104 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,279 when Laura Trump said she wasn't interested or she wasn't 105 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:07,600 going to do it. I mean, did the did the 106 00:06:07,959 --> 00:06:10,800 the President sort of you know, talk you into it 107 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,399 or is this something you had been thinking about, whether 108 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,920 whether it was you know, Congress or the Senate, you know, 109 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,879 the House or the Senate or whatever. Is this something 110 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:18,800 that was on your radar? 111 00:06:18,959 --> 00:06:21,079 Speaker 3: This was not on my big O card, you know. 112 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:23,759 I President had asked me to return to the r 113 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:26,160 n C UH and make sure that you know, we 114 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:31,160 navigate these midterm election cycles. Uh. He's extremely concerned with 115 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,279 making sure that he has a Republican House and a 116 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,000 Republican Senate in order to be able to fill out 117 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,040 his term and advance this America First agenda. 118 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:40,519 Speaker 4: UH. 119 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,319 Speaker 3: And I had totally lined that up. And when people 120 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:45,519 had started to call and say, hey, you need to 121 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,240 think about this or look at this, I told him 122 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,199 I'm not doing anything until the President and I have 123 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,480 a chance to call, you know, to talk. And when 124 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,079 the President called and and was very you know, strong 125 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,959 in terms of saying, hey, look, you know you need 126 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,199 to be you know, you need to run. You know, 127 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,680 so so you're gonna you're gonna run, You're gonna win, 128 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,360 and you're gonna do great. You know. That was that 129 00:07:06,439 --> 00:07:09,000 was really when I kind of sat back and said, okay, 130 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,600 here's here's here's what we're gonna do. 131 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 2: So the President rang the bell and you answered the bell. 132 00:07:16,879 --> 00:07:19,519 Speaker 3: Yes. And and it's very interesting because you know, I, 133 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,839 you know, got a call from Trump Tower ten years 134 00:07:22,839 --> 00:07:25,920 ago in November of twenty fifteen asking me if I 135 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,759 would run North Carolina for him on his presidential campaign. 136 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,279 And then a similar call asking me if I would 137 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:35,079 be the state party chair and then the RNC chair. 138 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,720 So you know, when I called my wife after this 139 00:07:38,839 --> 00:07:41,199 last call, she said, you know, you need to stop 140 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,240 taking this guy's calls. 141 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,759 Speaker 2: That sounds exactly like something a wife would say, right. Well, 142 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,240 and I don't want to brush aside the phenomenal that 143 00:07:50,399 --> 00:07:54,120 job that you've done at the RNC is well starting 144 00:07:54,439 --> 00:07:56,759 you know with North Carolina when you were the chair 145 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:00,839 of the North Carolina Republican Party. Phenomenal job there, phenomenal 146 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:04,319 party at the RNC, you completed the mission Trump is 147 00:08:04,439 --> 00:08:07,879 you know now in his second term, things are moving along. 148 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,959 Before we let you go just real quick. You know 149 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,639 you mentioned the midterms, right assuming you win. I mean, 150 00:08:14,759 --> 00:08:18,600 you know, as a Republican, how concerned are you about 151 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:22,519 all the Republicans that could be leaving. It's it's mostly 152 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,639 in the House, but all the Republicans that are giving 153 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:29,160 up their seat for gubernatorial runs, right you have Byron 154 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,080 Donald's in Florida, Nancy Mace in South Carolina, Marshall Blackburn 155 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,720 and Tennessee. I think there's a couple of others the 156 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:39,399 Republicans could end up, you know, with some empty seats. 157 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. So we have in every election cycle a number 158 00:08:44,759 --> 00:08:46,960 of people that are going to step down, you know, 159 00:08:47,039 --> 00:08:50,000 step out, retire people who have you know, want to 160 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:51,879 move up, or people who just want to get back 161 00:08:51,919 --> 00:08:54,759 to their families. That is always going to be the case, 162 00:08:54,799 --> 00:08:58,360 you know. I've had multiple conversations with Speaker Johnson and 163 00:08:58,399 --> 00:09:01,519 with Richard Hudson, who's the chair of the National Republican 164 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,600 you know, Congressional Committee and doing a phenomenal job over 165 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,279 there kind of recruiting candidates, and we feel like we 166 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,639 will really have a great group of candidates that are 167 00:09:12,639 --> 00:09:15,200 going to be on the field and ultimately, you know, 168 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,240 winning the House is going to require us to have 169 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,360 a really good economy. It's going to require us to 170 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,879 have a really good environment that we're going to be 171 00:09:22,919 --> 00:09:23,360 running in. 172 00:09:23,759 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 2: Uh. 173 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 3: But you know, candidates and campaigns matter, and we need 174 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,360 to make sure that that we are recruiting, uh and 175 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,840 and training the best set of candidates we can have 176 00:09:33,919 --> 00:09:35,039 going into the cycle. 177 00:09:35,799 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 2: What do you know about Elise Stefanic You mentioned people 178 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,720 always you know, dropping out and wanting to spend time 179 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,559 with their families, which is sort of what she said 180 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:47,000 that you know, she this time of year made her 181 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,399 realize she needs to spend more time with her kid 182 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,519 and all that. I'm not so sure I believe that exactly. 183 00:09:54,039 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 3: Well, I consider at least a very good friend, and 184 00:09:57,039 --> 00:10:00,159 I've not talked to her since her announcement on Friday, 185 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,679 but I have had multiple conversations with her over the 186 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,840 past several years. And and you know, she has a 187 00:10:05,919 --> 00:10:09,279 very young, uh you know child, Uh and you know 188 00:10:09,399 --> 00:10:13,600 she had restricted travel, you know, while while she was 189 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,519 you know, pregnant, and then you know, in immediate aftermath, 190 00:10:16,879 --> 00:10:20,039 and that's just really hard. You know, my wife and I, Suzanne, 191 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:22,759 you know, we we had an understanding that I would 192 00:10:22,759 --> 00:10:26,919 not ever you know, look at doing anything political while 193 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,159 we had our kids at home, and uh, you know 194 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,639 that that was something that you know, I think a 195 00:10:32,639 --> 00:10:35,480 lot of people, you know kind of are able to 196 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,039 to to navigate that. But when we had, you know, 197 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:39,879 our kids at home, I wanted to be at home 198 00:10:39,919 --> 00:10:43,720 with them, and I certainly understand where Lisa's coming from 199 00:10:43,759 --> 00:10:44,000 on that. 200 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 2: All right, That is your Republican Senate candidate Michael Watley, 201 00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:52,639 former r n C chair. Michael, Merry Christmas to you 202 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:55,919 and your wife, your family. Thank you again for taking 203 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,000 time for us today. We appreciate it. Hopefully we'll hear 204 00:10:59,039 --> 00:11:03,120 from you again here on WBT and all the best 205 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:04,639 in a race that you must win. 206 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 3: Absolutely, I really appreciate it, and I hope everybody listening 207 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:10,200 has a very merry Christmas. 208 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,879 Speaker 1: You know, stories are powerful. They help us make sense 209 00:11:12,879 --> 00:11:16,320 of things, to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the 210 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,480 people of our past while transcending generations. They help us 211 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:22,559 process the meaning of life, and our stories are told 212 00:11:22,639 --> 00:11:26,759 through images and videos. 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Greatly 229 00:12:19,279 --> 00:12:23,320 appreciate that any questions, comments concerns seven oh four five 230 00:12:23,279 --> 00:12:26,759 to seven oh one oh seven nine, if you don't 231 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,639 already have that number in your phone, seven oh four 232 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,399 five to seven oh one oh seven nine, would love 233 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:36,720 to hear from you. Where you're at, What are you doing, 234 00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:41,399 What do you think about? What do you think about 235 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,080 what Michael Watley just had to say as far as 236 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:48,080 his Senate campaign and as far as the Republican Party 237 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:51,720 in general. What do you think about the one point 238 00:12:51,799 --> 00:12:55,679 six billion dollar powerball that we started out talking about 239 00:12:55,720 --> 00:13:02,320 earlier today one point six billion for grabs three days 240 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:07,519 technically two days, two nights before Christmas Eve. That would 241 00:13:07,519 --> 00:13:13,080 be sweet right. Thank you again, two former chairmen and 242 00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:17,919 Senate candidate Michael Wattley for joining us today, fresh off 243 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,039 of his big event in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on 244 00:13:21,159 --> 00:13:25,440 Friday night. As I mentioned earlier, President Trump made a 245 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,720 speech there where he talked a lot about the economy, 246 00:13:29,159 --> 00:13:34,399 how it's affected North Carolina, the Friday ruling on pharmaceuticals, 247 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,039 and aside from Trump's speech, the whole thing was sort 248 00:13:39,039 --> 00:13:43,480 of a big rally for Michael Wattley. Mister Wattley gave 249 00:13:43,639 --> 00:13:48,159 the opening remarks and then introduced President Trump, who came 250 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,080 out and talked about a whole lot of things. We 251 00:13:50,159 --> 00:13:53,679 have one cut from that event on Friday night in 252 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:58,279 Rocky Mount. Only hours ago, I left a meeting at 253 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,440 the White House where we cut. There the prescription drugs 254 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,960 by three hundred, four hundred, five hundred had even six 255 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:05,759 hundred percent. 256 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 3: The drug companies turned out to really do the right thing, 257 00:14:10,759 --> 00:14:11,480 and they really did. 258 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,279 Speaker 2: But and they were there at the White. 259 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,639 Speaker 3: House today, some of the biggest companies in the world 260 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:17,600 where they're the rest of them are coming next week. 261 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,799 Speaker 2: So the President saying the drug companies are doing the 262 00:14:20,879 --> 00:14:25,080 right thing by lowering prices, So that either tells you 263 00:14:25,639 --> 00:14:31,840 the profit margin is so huge, or you know, the 264 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,480 president sort of putting the squeeze on them is working. 265 00:14:34,559 --> 00:14:39,879 I mean everything that he's done, as far as tariffs, 266 00:14:40,159 --> 00:14:45,000 lowering prices on gas, now, pharmaceuticals, I mean, everything that 267 00:14:45,039 --> 00:14:50,440 he's done. He mostly says whatever the industry is that 268 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,919 they were very cooperative, and you know they're really they're 269 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,519 very cooperative, and they're really, you know, almost happy to 270 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,919 do it, which is hard to believe, especially when it 271 00:15:00,919 --> 00:15:04,919 comes to the drug companies, because no company, you know, 272 00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:08,799 wants to give up any money, right, and we know 273 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:16,600 the drug companies are all about money. I mean, it's 274 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:21,559 gotten to the point where, like every other commercial on 275 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:26,840 TV is some sort of pharmaceutical commercial. Every time I 276 00:15:26,879 --> 00:15:30,559 see a commercial for some drug about some condition that 277 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:33,759 I never even heard of, it makes me think, you know, 278 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:40,159 fifty years ago, sixty seventy five years ago, what did 279 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,320 people do? I mean, all of these conditions that we 280 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,960 supposedly have today, I mean they must have existed years ago, right, 281 00:15:49,159 --> 00:15:53,360 did everyone just suffer along with it. You had a 282 00:15:53,399 --> 00:15:56,440 condition you didn't even know you had, or you know, 283 00:15:56,519 --> 00:15:59,399 people just died and nobody really knew why. I don't know, 284 00:15:59,679 --> 00:16:04,279 or I don't want to say they're making stuff up, 285 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,840 but you know, they just keep coming up with different things. 286 00:16:07,039 --> 00:16:09,320 The thing that makes me laugh the most, and I'm 287 00:16:09,399 --> 00:16:15,960 no doctor, I'm no pharmaceutical expert, I'm no RFK junior. 288 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:20,200 But the thing that makes me laugh the most is 289 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,720 when they have a drug and you know, and I mean, 290 00:16:23,759 --> 00:16:28,240 there are legitimate conditions out there. I'm not making fun 291 00:16:28,279 --> 00:16:31,360 of any health condition, but you know, when they try 292 00:16:31,399 --> 00:16:36,360 and sell people on a drug to counter act the 293 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:41,840 side effects of another drug, whatever it might be. You're 294 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:44,759 taking this drug for diabetes, but you have side effects, 295 00:16:44,799 --> 00:16:46,759 so you need to take that other drug to counter 296 00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:52,200 the diabetes side effects. I mean, it's insane. But anyway, 297 00:16:53,799 --> 00:16:57,399 a lot of pharmaceuticals now going to cost a whole 298 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:02,159 lot less, according to the President, and supposedly the pharmaceutical 299 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,640 companies are happy about it as well. 300 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:06,599 Speaker 1: All Right, if you're listening to this show, you know 301 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:08,680 I try to keep up with all sorts of current events, 302 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,720 and I know you do too, and you've probably heard 303 00:17:10,799 --> 00:17:14,880 me say get your news from multiple sources. Why, Well, 304 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,599 because it's how you detect media bias, which is why 305 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,839 I've been so impressed with ground News. It's an app 306 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:24,240 and it's a website and it combines news from around 307 00:17:24,279 --> 00:17:26,680 the world in one place, so you can compare coverage 308 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,640 and verify information. You can check it out at check 309 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,119 dot ground, dot news slash pete. I put the link 310 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,240 in the podcast description too. I started using ground News 311 00:17:37,279 --> 00:17:40,000 a few months ago and more recently chose to work 312 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,039 with them as an affiliate because it lets me see 313 00:17:42,079 --> 00:17:45,920 clearly how stories get covered and by whom. The blind 314 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,720 spot feature shows you which stories get ignored by the 315 00:17:48,839 --> 00:17:52,519 left and the right. See for yourself. Check dot ground, 316 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,400 dot news slash pete. Subscribe through that link and you'll 317 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,599 get fifteen percent off any subscription. I use the vantage 318 00:17:59,599 --> 00:18:03,079 planned to get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription 319 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,880 then not only helps my podcast, but it also supports 320 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,160 ground News as they make the media landscape more transparent. 321 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:14,039 Speaker 2: And I'm being told that WBT News director Mark Garrison, 322 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,599 who should also be on a much well deserved vacation, 323 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:23,119 is calling in. Mark Garrison. It is awesome to speak 324 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:23,799 to you my friend. 325 00:18:25,039 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 4: Hello, Tony, how the world are you? 326 00:18:27,759 --> 00:18:31,039 Speaker 2: I am doing well, how are you and your family 327 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,480 and everything going? And I guess what? This is day 328 00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:34,480 one of your vacation. 329 00:18:35,599 --> 00:18:37,839 Speaker 4: Well, actually I was off last week too, so this 330 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,480 is oh okay, all. 331 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,839 Speaker 2: Right, well rolling, we'll keep it. We'll keep it on 332 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,240 the low down, all right. So that's that explains why 333 00:18:44,279 --> 00:18:46,799 you were listening to the radio today. You've already had 334 00:18:46,839 --> 00:18:50,799 a week of vacation exactly. Hey, before I forget, I 335 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,880 did notice. I see it's I don't know how new 336 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,880 it is, but it's new to me. I see that 337 00:18:55,960 --> 00:19:01,359 you have a new podcast available at the wbt T website. Well, 338 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,599 I'm sure it's available everywhere, but I saw it on 339 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,559 the website where you tell your fantastic stories like nobody 340 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,440 else in the radio industry tells stories. 341 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:12,680 Speaker 4: Well, we do have a little bit of a website. 342 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,200 It's just called Mark Garrison Reporting where we put some 343 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,799 of the stories that we've done over the course of 344 00:19:17,839 --> 00:19:21,759 the last year. And it's kind of interesting places to 345 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,640 visit or interesting places to eat. I really love those stories. 346 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,359 So yeah, it's listed with our podcast. It just says 347 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,519 Mark Garrison Reporting. So that's kind of fun. 348 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, because every every one of those stories that you do, 349 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:42,200 you know, it's it's it's worth hearing again most most 350 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,839 of them are. You know, if you're not listening really close, 351 00:19:46,079 --> 00:19:49,720 you miss you know, you're going to miss some things. 352 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:53,160 So you need to go back and listen at least 353 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,279 twice anyway, because like I said, you are you are 354 00:19:56,319 --> 00:19:57,920 one of the best storytellers there are. 355 00:19:58,799 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 4: Oh, you're very kind for sure, the king of podcasting 356 00:20:02,279 --> 00:20:03,160 Newsmatch right. 357 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,799 Speaker 2: Well I hate to say that, but yes, next to you, 358 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:11,240 there's Joe Rogan. There's Joe Rogan, Megan Kelly, and Tony 359 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:15,759 Marino and now Dan Bonginoy. 360 00:20:15,839 --> 00:20:16,279 Speaker 3: Yeah. 361 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, now you know, Dan Bongino apparently is going to 362 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:22,359 come back, So I'll slip the fourth place. But it's 363 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:23,079 still pretty good. 364 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,839 Speaker 4: It's going to be interesting to see when Bongino comes back, 365 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,720 if he spills any beans or if he just just 366 00:20:30,799 --> 00:20:34,400 sort of glosses over his time at the FBI. Oh. 367 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 2: I I have a feeling the little the little bit 368 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,200 that I know Danu and a little bit that you know, 369 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,640 and and just knowing his personality from listening to him, 370 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,359 I have a pretty good feeling we're going to get 371 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:51,240 a lot, you know, of of inside stuff, at least 372 00:20:51,279 --> 00:20:53,960 to the point that he's able to speak about it. 373 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,960 You know, obviously you can't. You can't just divulge all 374 00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:00,599 kinds of inside information from the FBI. But I think 375 00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:02,759 he's going to have a lot of sour grapes for us. 376 00:21:02,759 --> 00:21:03,880 But I could be wrong. 377 00:21:05,319 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so. I think he may dump on 378 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,519 Pam Bondi quite a bit. That'll be interesting to hear. 379 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, that's definitely one of the things. Hey, So, 380 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,160 I'm really glad you called. You obviously have your finger 381 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,319 on the pulse of Charlotte, and I've been talking about 382 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:28,200 vy Liles. I'm just curious. I mean, did anybody even 383 00:21:28,279 --> 00:21:30,920 run against vy Liles? I mean, how does she I 384 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,920 understand the demographics, but how does she get elected for 385 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:37,720 a fifth term? 386 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,079 Speaker 4: Well, nobody of substance ran against her, Let's put it 387 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:48,319 that way. She did have some Democratic challengers who were 388 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:53,319 just wasting their time. And honestly, you know, it's her 389 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,759 name recognition combined with the fact that Charlotte is nearly 390 00:21:57,319 --> 00:22:00,359 all Democratic when it comes right within the city limits 391 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,640 to voter registration. So you know, in that sense, the 392 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,480 fix was in from the beginning. So that's pretty much 393 00:22:08,039 --> 00:22:10,680 the short end of the short story of how she 394 00:22:10,799 --> 00:22:13,720 got back in. And it's interesting because had she had 395 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:16,720 some serious competition, there were plenty of things to find 396 00:22:16,759 --> 00:22:20,599 fault with her about, particularly after the light rail stabbing. 397 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,359 But yeah, she had no trouble at all. 398 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:31,079 Speaker 2: So a Republican even thinking, you know, of running in 399 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,839 Charlotte would kind of be like Curtis Leiwa running in 400 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:34,359 New York. 401 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 4: That good analogy. Yes, that's an excellent analogy. Unfortunately it 402 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:43,000 is that way. We have kind of a one party 403 00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:46,799 system in town now. It's only one loan Republican on 404 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,480 the city council now, and he sort of started to 405 00:22:50,559 --> 00:22:53,880 go along to get along with the Democrats. So that's 406 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,039 kind of interesting to watch as well. 407 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,519 Speaker 2: Yeah, if he wants to keep his job, he's going 408 00:22:58,599 --> 00:23:01,480 to have to play ball a little bit more, I guess, right. 409 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:06,599 And what let me ask you about Sheriff McFadden. What's 410 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,119 happening with Gary I am homicide McFadden? 411 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, I am homicide. A lot of people forget that. 412 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,839 That's a cable show that he was on when he 413 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,880 was a detective in Charlotte, and that's so he got 414 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:24,559 national attention as a homicide detective on cable television. Well, 415 00:23:24,599 --> 00:23:27,160 I mean he does not have an impressive record as sheriff, 416 00:23:27,279 --> 00:23:30,839 is all at all. You know, a large number of 417 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:35,319 prisoners have died under his watch. The state has highly 418 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,759 criticized how he runs the jail. Two of his top 419 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,160 chief deputies have quit, saying he's impossible to work for. 420 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,200 He fired the woman who was in charge of shall 421 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,240 we say, the book keeping there because she she says, 422 00:23:51,319 --> 00:23:54,960 she refused to cook the books as he requested. Now 423 00:23:55,039 --> 00:24:00,119 she's now she's suing him in federal court. And then 424 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,519 of course he continues not to cooperate with Ice. So 425 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,440 I mean, he just he doesn't have a record to 426 00:24:06,519 --> 00:24:10,720 run on, and yet the power of incumbency, he has 427 00:24:10,799 --> 00:24:13,440 two of his former chief deputies running against him, a 428 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,079 former Charlotte cop running against him. I think they will 429 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:20,920 all have a hard time really wow. 430 00:24:21,319 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, So you know, for the folks that have seen 431 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,759 his TV show, you see he has a pension for 432 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,880 fine clothing, right, and as the sheriff, I mean he 433 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,440 obviously has a pretty good salary. You might know what 434 00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:36,319 that is off the top of your head. I don't, 435 00:24:36,319 --> 00:24:38,920 But I mean, as a sheriff. He's making a pretty 436 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:45,000 darn good salary. But I don't want to I hate 437 00:24:45,039 --> 00:24:49,160 to say that. I'm not surprised that, you know, allegations 438 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:53,119 of possibly cooking the books, because he seems to like 439 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,799 expensive things and dressing real nice and acting like a 440 00:24:56,839 --> 00:24:57,440 TV star. 441 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean yes, Flamboyant is one word that comes 442 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,799 to mind describing him. He is a flashy dresser. He 443 00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:09,720 actually always has been, even when he was on the 444 00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:14,279 streets as a detective here in Charlotte working for Charlotte Police. Yeah, 445 00:25:14,319 --> 00:25:20,440 he's always what is the term sartorial splendor when you 446 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:29,079 that's a certain way. But yeah, I what's going to 447 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,440 have to happen is one of the candidates has done 448 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,640 security for the Carolina Panthers for many years, and a 449 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,920 couple of big name players like Luke Keiklear backing him. 450 00:25:39,279 --> 00:25:41,000 They are going to have to hit the hip and 451 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:44,240 come up with a lot of money and honestly go 452 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:47,720 after him with negative advertising if they hope to beat him. 453 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,519 And I'm not sure that they have a stomach for that, 454 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:51,160 to be honest. 455 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah I did. And now that you mentioned that, 456 00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:55,640 I do remember reading that a while ago about the 457 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,359 guy that did security and I think in social media going. 458 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 4: To be a fundraise to watch. 459 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,519 Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, well, it's great to hear from you. 460 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,680 And if you're not, if you're not too busy on 461 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,400 your vacation, maybe we'll do this again tomorrow. 462 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 4: I can call in sure, no profit. 463 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:18,519 Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see it. You know, if there's any any 464 00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:22,319 big local news in the next twenty four hours that 465 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,359 we could talk about tomorrow, or you know, we'll just 466 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,599 talk about other stuff because there's plenty to talk about. 467 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,839 Speaker 4: Well, that's the truth. It's been quite a year crime 468 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,400 wise here in Charlotte, so we could certainly talk about that. 469 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 2: All right. That is the great Mark Garrison, WBT News director, 470 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,680 And don't forget if you haven't checked out his podcast 471 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:43,960 there on the WBT website, go check it out. 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Three days or 504 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,440 two more days till Christmas, depends on you know, if 505 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,680 you're including today or not. A lot of people probably 506 00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:43,759 running around today, shopping, getting ready to travel, do whatever. 507 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,680 If you are traveling, you want to get to the 508 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,920 airport as early as you possibly can. You know, all 509 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,079 that stuff that you already know but often don't do. 510 00:28:54,559 --> 00:28:59,119 Great to hear from WBT News director and I sincerely 511 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,319 mean it when I say phenomenal talent Mark Garrison. I 512 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,480 mentioned his podcast where you can listen to the phenomenal 513 00:29:07,559 --> 00:29:11,079 stories that he tells on the WBT website WBT dot 514 00:29:11,079 --> 00:29:16,000 com WBT dot com. Also, I was looking at Pete's 515 00:29:16,519 --> 00:29:21,160 podcast there pete Calendar podcast and back on Friday, if 516 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,480 you want to go back and listen to it. Pete 517 00:29:23,519 --> 00:29:28,240 talked a bit quite a bit about the tragic, tragic 518 00:29:28,319 --> 00:29:32,359 death of former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family 519 00:29:32,559 --> 00:29:37,920 three others killed in that Statesville fiery Statesville helicopter crash. 520 00:29:38,519 --> 00:29:42,880 Pete's podcast is up there on the website. He talked 521 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,440 a lot about that. There's really there's really no new 522 00:29:46,519 --> 00:29:50,880 news concerning that horrific situation other than there was some 523 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:55,119 text messages sent a text message or some text message 524 00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:00,559 sent prior to the plane crash that has been unveiled today. 525 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,759 There's nothing as of yet in the way of funeral 526 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,519 preparations or anything like that, but we will certainly certainly 527 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:12,359 keep you posted. President Trump is now at Mara A 528 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,359 Lago for the Christmas break. He arrived in Palm Beach 529 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,440 around one o'clock in the morning Friday night, which is 530 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,839 really Saturday morning, right after the event in North Carolina. 531 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,680 If you are just tuning in, we spoke with Michael 532 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,720 Wattley a little bit earlier. You're a Republican North Carolina 533 00:30:31,799 --> 00:30:35,720 Senate candidate and former RNC chair who was at the 534 00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:39,480 event in Rocky Mount Friday night. It was basically an 535 00:30:39,519 --> 00:30:46,359 event for Michael Wattley, one percent endorsed by President Trump, 536 00:30:47,319 --> 00:30:51,839 but he flew from Rocky Mount to Palm Beach International Airport, 537 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:54,200 then over to Mara A Lago, got there a little 538 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,599 bit after one in the morning, So I was saying earlier, 539 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:00,480 you know, maybe he got to sleep at two, and 540 00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:02,759 he was out on his golf course at nine to 541 00:31:02,839 --> 00:31:06,319 thirty in the morning. And if you do the math, 542 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:10,039 you know, he obviously would have had to wake up, 543 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,599 take a shower, get dressed, get a ride over to 544 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,519 the golf course ten to fifteen minutes away from mar 545 00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:19,640 A Lago. So maybe, you know, maybe he was up 546 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,079 at seven in the morning, went to bed around two, 547 00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:26,880 up at seven playing golf. Seventy nine years old. I mean, 548 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,839 it's a lot for anybody, but at seventy nine years old, 549 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,880 it's fairly incredible. He just keeps rolling, right. So in 550 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:42,680 the big news, of course, excuse me. On Friday, President's 551 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,799 announcement on pharmaceutical drugs and then the event in Rocky Mountain, 552 00:31:46,839 --> 00:31:53,039 North Carolina, but the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Finally, 553 00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:58,720 Friday was the deadline, the self imposed deadline from the 554 00:31:58,759 --> 00:32:04,759 Epstein transper Parentcy Act that Congress created and signed and 555 00:32:04,839 --> 00:32:08,400 the President signed. Friday was the deadline for all of 556 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:13,440 the information to be released. And although another trove of 557 00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:17,359 information has been released and I will say, if you 558 00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:22,119 don't listen to my podcast, if you don't have you know, 559 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:27,880 any idea who I am. I'm I'm on the side 560 00:32:28,039 --> 00:32:33,039 of the people that wanted to see this all released, 561 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,920 mostly to just get it over with, right. They've been 562 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,559 talking about all of this for so long, so much stuff, 563 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,480 and I wanted it to just all, you know, be 564 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,759 out there and let everybody absorb it and digest it 565 00:32:48,799 --> 00:32:51,440 and just be done with it. But now there's a 566 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,799 whole bunch of hoopla about the information that was released 567 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,359 or not released on Friday, which we'll talk about in 568 00:32:59,400 --> 00:32:59,960 the next hour. 569 00:33:00,279 --> 00:33:02,559 Speaker 1: All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you 570 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,640 so much for listening. I could not do the show 571 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,160 without your support and the support of the businesses that 572 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,319 advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, please support 573 00:33:10,359 --> 00:33:12,039 them too and tell them you heard it here. You 574 00:33:12,039 --> 00:33:14,680 can also become a patron at my Patreon page or 575 00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:18,400 go to dpetecleanershow dot com. Again, thank you so much 576 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,599 for listening, and don't break anything while I'm gone.