1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:05,599 Speaker 1: What's going on? 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. It 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,080 is heard live every day from noon to three on 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:11,919 WBT Radio and Charlotte. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,039 Speaker 1: And if you want exclusive. 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 2: Content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, my 7 00:00:16,879 --> 00:00:19,239 daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,600 go to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 9 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,679 smartphone or tablet, and again, thank you so much for 11 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,719 your support. Here's a tweet from Gunther Eagleman. I don't 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:38,520 think that's his real name, but it could be. Gunther says, nothing, 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,280 and I mean nothing makes me happier than seeing a 14 00:00:41,359 --> 00:00:46,000 president intently listening to the American people who have lost everything. 15 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,600 And this is the This is a really good example 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,240 of what the media and Democrats, But I repeat myself 17 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:02,439 what they miss about Trump. Right, They have this idea 18 00:01:02,439 --> 00:01:05,319 in their head that he's only about himself. And don't 19 00:01:05,359 --> 00:01:08,079 get me wrong, the guy's got a massive ego. Absolutely 20 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:13,599 nobody that becomes president doesn't have an ego. Okay, you 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,000 have to to think, right, who looks at that job 22 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,040 and says I could totally do that? 23 00:01:19,239 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: Right? 24 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,359 Speaker 2: You have to have a level of self confidence in 25 00:01:22,359 --> 00:01:28,319 yourself right that probably is informed somewhat by the ego. 26 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,840 So it takes a certain kind of personality to even 27 00:01:32,159 --> 00:01:32,879 go for these. 28 00:01:32,719 --> 00:01:33,799 Speaker 1: Types of jobs. 29 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: So, yes, he does talk about himself, and he does inflate, 30 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,000 and he markets and brands and all of that absolutely fine. 31 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,519 But what they miss is that he is perfectly comfortable 32 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,439 talking with quote unquote regular people. 33 00:01:52,359 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: And even I mean, I could recognize this. 34 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: When he first started running and isn't in support of 35 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:05,319 Donald Trump back in twenty fifteen, but you read the 36 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:09,159 stories and the people that work for him right in 37 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,680 his hotels and stuff. 38 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: He you know, he walks through the halls and he's 39 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:16,120 a rock star. People love him. 40 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: He talks to them like they're regular people because they are, 41 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:25,400 and he is like, they're just people like he doesn't like. 42 00:02:25,439 --> 00:02:28,919 This is why he resonates with the quote working people 43 00:02:29,039 --> 00:02:32,000 is because he treats them as his equal. 44 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:34,759 Speaker 1: At a personal level. 45 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: And that's one of those things that I think everybody 46 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,599 that gets into these positions, they have this thing about them, 47 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,280 you know, this charisma they walk into the room and 48 00:02:47,319 --> 00:02:51,680 everybody knows that they have, you know. And so when 49 00:02:51,719 --> 00:02:55,840 he's sitting there and he's giving he's turning over the 50 00:02:55,879 --> 00:02:58,479 microphone to all of these people to tell their stories. 51 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,159 And he's not judging them, he's not mocking them, he's 52 00:03:02,439 --> 00:03:03,560 not minimizing it. 53 00:03:03,719 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: He's asking them, like, did you think you were going 54 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:06,240 to die? 55 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 3: Like? 56 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: Do you think that was it? 57 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 2: Like that's a perfectly natural question to ask if anybody 58 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:15,360 is telling you the story of how they had to 59 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,599 climb out a window on a makeshift ladder to get 60 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:23,280 to their roof during a flood as they watch bodies 61 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:27,280 floating down the mountain side around them. He connects with 62 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,479 people like that, and so he does this tour. He 63 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,439 goes to western North Carolina. He's on his way out 64 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:37,400 to Los Angeles. Afterwards, he's he gets up there to 65 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:39,599 do this press availability. He speaks for you know, he 66 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:42,240 reads his he's got prepared comments there. He's got a binder, 67 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:44,879 so he wasn't using a teleprompter. But he's got a binder. 68 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,159 Not full of women. He's not met Romney here people. 69 00:03:48,439 --> 00:03:50,080 So he's got a binder and he's got like his 70 00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:54,080 comments there. And it's cold, and so you can see that, 71 00:03:54,159 --> 00:03:56,159 you know, he's trying to turn the pages and stuff 72 00:03:56,199 --> 00:04:00,439 like that. But he spoke for maybe ten minutes, if 73 00:04:00,479 --> 00:04:05,680 that Franklin Graham spoke, and then Trump gets up, he speaks, 74 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:07,800 and then he stands off to the side and he 75 00:04:07,919 --> 00:04:10,919 just lets all of these people come up and tell 76 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,639 their stories, and he's asking them questions like, oh, what 77 00:04:13,719 --> 00:04:16,040 was the name? Like what's your insurance company's name? And 78 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,920 let's the guy call out the North Carolina Farm Bureau 79 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,040 by name at a national press conference with the President. 80 00:04:24,079 --> 00:04:26,120 Do you think that what do you think the pucker 81 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:28,800 factor is over there at the farm Bureau today? 82 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,399 Speaker 1: Do you think they may. 83 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: Be feeling a little uneasy at this point when the 84 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,439 guy tells a story about how the first adjuster came 85 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,759 in and said, oh, yeah, you know, you should get 86 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,879 all of the this monetary damage, or you should get 87 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,519 a check that's like this big two hundred thousand dollars, 88 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,480 whatever it may be, you should get this big of 89 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,480 a check, and then they fire him and bring in 90 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,959 somebody else to lowball the homeowner. Do you think that's 91 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,240 a positive story for the farm zero? 92 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:00,639 Speaker 3: No. 93 00:05:02,399 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 2: Trump doesn't care call him out, literally asks the guy 94 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:12,879 to name the insurance company that's jerking them around, and 95 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:14,920 then you and then he starts asking everybody around, like, 96 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,639 same thing with you guys, same insurance, different insurance company, oh, 97 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:23,759 different companies. He's paying attention, he's listening. He's not checking 98 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,439 his watch, if you know what I mean. So here's 99 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:29,800 another lady that he calls up, lets her speak to 100 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,360 the mic. And I would also point this out. It's 101 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:34,120 a little thing. It's a little thing, but I think 102 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,879 it is indicative of something larger, which is every person 103 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:42,360 that came to the podium and they go to to speak, 104 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,800 he adjusts the microphone for them. It's on this big 105 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,959 Gooseneck microphone stand, so it's you know, it's pretty tall, 106 00:05:50,439 --> 00:05:52,879 but you can move it and form it to you know, 107 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,720 the shape that you needed and the height that you needed. 108 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,199 And every single time he's the one that reaches over 109 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:01,800 and sets the microphone for them. He is media savvy. 110 00:06:01,879 --> 00:06:03,959 He knows they need to be on the mic. These 111 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,120 people are not media savvy. They're just regular folks. It's intimidating. 112 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,319 You're standing next to the president right here. You got 113 00:06:11,959 --> 00:06:15,399 probably forty media people in front of you snapping pictures 114 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:18,720 and rolling tape and writing down your words. It's intimidating. 115 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,120 And so they walk up and they're just like okay, yea, 116 00:06:21,399 --> 00:06:23,800 and they just start talking and they don't go for 117 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:28,040 the microphone first, so he adjusts their microphone. He does 118 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:29,920 it for them, and I just think that that is 119 00:06:30,439 --> 00:06:32,879 It's a little thing, but I think it illustrates a 120 00:06:32,959 --> 00:06:33,560 larger point. 121 00:06:35,639 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 4: I'm a pastor Is Again church right down the road. 122 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:44,839 We had only purchased in May, and it's a big church. 123 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,680 We're a small congregation, and I had people say, what 124 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,360 are you going to do with this big building? And 125 00:06:51,399 --> 00:06:54,759 I said, only God knows, and we had our dedication 126 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,519 in the storm came the next week and the outpouring 127 00:06:58,759 --> 00:07:03,160 of people. Sun brought the first load of supplies and 128 00:07:03,639 --> 00:07:07,720 from there I stayed there for about three months. I 129 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,120 slept on the floor for about three weeks because the 130 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:15,879 need was so great. The people were so devastated, and 131 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:19,959 I said, I want to be here for them. And 132 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,040 they were coming in just day and night, so there's 133 00:07:22,079 --> 00:07:24,759 really no need for me to go home. But we 134 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:31,480 had people from Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, Oklahoma, people from 135 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,439 all over. We have not received any help, like from 136 00:07:34,519 --> 00:07:37,319 the government anything, but I said, Lord, if you want 137 00:07:37,439 --> 00:07:43,000 us to do that, people all over the states did nothing. 138 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,399 Speaker 3: It was the female locals wasted time and. 139 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,399 Speaker 4: Home, the locals and the people that knew us. And 140 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:56,360 before the week was over, our church was so packed 141 00:07:56,839 --> 00:08:00,000 with supplies we couldn't even we couldn't even walk even 142 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,319 in our sanctuary was up to the platform of things, 143 00:08:03,399 --> 00:08:05,480 and in our halls and in our rooms. And we're 144 00:08:05,519 --> 00:08:08,560 just now beginning to get a little straightened out. But 145 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:10,600 somebody said, how long are you going to be here? 146 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,920 I said, I'm going to be here through the winter 147 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:17,879 and even on if possible, because when you meet people 148 00:08:18,439 --> 00:08:21,600 that's been through the struggle. I had a little lady 149 00:08:21,639 --> 00:08:25,480 come up and I said, can we do anything special 150 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,839 for you? And she said, I don't want to be selfish, 151 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,120 but said could I have a cup of coffee? And 152 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:35,200 I handed her that coffee and she stood there in tears, 153 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:40,279 just poured. She said, you don't realize how important but 154 00:08:40,399 --> 00:08:43,720 the little things sought the big things in life that 155 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:47,919 we have, but it's the little things and knowing that 156 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,279 God is our source. I don't look to man. I 157 00:08:52,279 --> 00:08:55,840 don't have to have a lot of things. I had trees, 158 00:08:55,879 --> 00:08:59,200 about twenty trees down in my yard, but that didn't 159 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,279 really matter. Doesn't matter, because of the needs of the 160 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,639 people is what I want to be there for. And God, 161 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:11,159 he's good. He's very good. And my daughter, now her 162 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,559 house is really in bad shape. Now I let her 163 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,080 tell you about that. But thank you President, this is 164 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:18,559 our president. 165 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 3: We appreciate you so much. 166 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,399 Speaker 5: I live out in the Fairview area of North Carolina 167 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:32,000 and near the Backcave Lake Lower area, and our area 168 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,519 was hit. It was hit really hard. I was home 169 00:09:36,639 --> 00:09:39,440 loan and my husband had stayed in town because we 170 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:42,320 take care of a little lady that's ninety eight years 171 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,519 old and she lives out in woods by herself. And 172 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,519 I said, just stay with her and make sure that 173 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,399 she's okay. And I got up the next morning and 174 00:09:50,519 --> 00:09:52,080 my first thought was, I want to go see what 175 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,559 our roading bridge looks like. So as I was making 176 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:58,639 it down to the road and the bridge, there was 177 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,720 no roading bridge. And so, you know, here we are. 178 00:10:01,799 --> 00:10:05,320 We're like a little island. You know, we can't access 179 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,600 the main road or anything. And then the fire department 180 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,120 came by the next day and said that they were 181 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:16,320 evacuating me and my neighbor because a landslide was going 182 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,159 to come. And they told me to get my stuff 183 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,000 and get ready. And so while I was getting my 184 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,240 stuff and getting ready, there was a knock at the door, 185 00:10:23,279 --> 00:10:25,480 so I thought it was the fireman, and I went 186 00:10:25,519 --> 00:10:27,519 to the door and there stood my twenty one year 187 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,320 old son. His name's Nathan, and he had drove as 188 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,519 far as he could to get to me, but he 189 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,200 hiked five miles and it took him a really long time. 190 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,039 And he got there and he said, he said, Mom, 191 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,600 grab a bag, we gotta go. And I said, son, 192 00:10:42,639 --> 00:10:44,799 there's no way I can. I can hike out of here, 193 00:10:45,159 --> 00:10:46,720 and he's like no, he said. 194 00:10:46,519 --> 00:10:47,159 Speaker 3: We got to go. 195 00:10:47,759 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 5: So we started hiking out and I seen one of 196 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:57,440 my neighbors who she had no clothes on, her hurt. 197 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,279 She was her skin was was like chunked up. 198 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 2: It was just she was blue. 199 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,279 Speaker 5: She had been she had been in the waters, and 200 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:10,960 where she had went or I don't know, but it 201 00:11:11,279 --> 00:11:14,480 horrific is just all I can say. But then as 202 00:11:14,919 --> 00:11:17,799 me and my son hoiked going out, we went through 203 00:11:17,919 --> 00:11:21,240 where this place we call it Craigtown. But there were 204 00:11:21,279 --> 00:11:23,679 like a lot of family members there that passed away, 205 00:11:23,799 --> 00:11:27,759 like eleven of them, and there were people out everywhere 206 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:30,919 looking for their loved ones, and there were dead bodies. 207 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 3: You know. 208 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 5: My son's like, Mom, you're gonna see things you don't 209 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,080 want to see. And so anyway, we got through all that, 210 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,960 but I stayed at our church in our sound booth. 211 00:11:42,039 --> 00:11:43,679 My husband and I we just slept up in the 212 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,000 sound booth for a couple of months because we didn't 213 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,559 have power anything for about two months out there, and 214 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:54,679 then we have went back. I've been fighting with FEMA 215 00:11:54,759 --> 00:11:58,799 since day one. Our community there's like thirty two homes. 216 00:11:59,159 --> 00:12:01,360 We don't have a oad in a bridge. We're driving 217 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:05,600 through our neighbors property. You know. I went to EMS 218 00:12:05,639 --> 00:12:07,919 and I said, look, my concern is if we have 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,759 a fire or we have an emergency out here, you'ren't 220 00:12:10,799 --> 00:12:13,080 going to get to us. You can't get those big 221 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,639 trucks up here. And I've called and called and called FEMA, 222 00:12:18,039 --> 00:12:22,559 and you know, I said, it's this happened on September 223 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,159 twenty seventh. That's four months ago. Well for us, today 224 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,879 is still September twenty seventh. You know, we haven't had help. 225 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,559 And so when I talked to Feena, I'm explaining the 226 00:12:33,639 --> 00:12:35,480 road and the bridge, and they send me a letter 227 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,759 that tells me to basically fix it and send in 228 00:12:38,799 --> 00:12:42,240 my receipts and they'll refund me some money. I'm only 229 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,759 going to have a road and bridge that honestly, the 230 00:12:44,799 --> 00:12:47,240 bridge itself is probably going to be three hundred thousand 231 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,519 dollars in the road could be close to that also, 232 00:12:49,639 --> 00:12:51,840 because we have to have the community has to have 233 00:12:51,879 --> 00:12:55,360 big boulders brought in. We're not a rich community. We 234 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,159 can't fix it ourselves, you know. It's just. And as 235 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,879 far as like hal repairs, I'm still pending. I can't 236 00:13:02,879 --> 00:13:05,360 get money from FEMA until I fix the road and 237 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,720 bridge and fin and send in my my my proof 238 00:13:09,759 --> 00:13:13,960 that it's fixing everything. It's just it's been a nightmare 239 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,200 and I totally feel like that we've been forgotten. If 240 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:21,399 it had not been for our fellow American citizens who 241 00:13:21,519 --> 00:13:24,120 stepped up to help us, I don't know what we 242 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,440 would have done. I have. I have five neighbors around 243 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,399 me who completely lost everything. You know, I have damage 244 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:37,080 to my house, and I feel I don't feel entitled. 245 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,879 I'm embarrassed to even say I need help because you know, 246 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:46,240 and sometimes there's even that that that survivors guilt us. 247 00:13:46,279 --> 00:13:48,120 What they're calling it, but you feel guilty and be 248 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:50,519 alive sometimes. You know, when you look around, you see 249 00:13:50,519 --> 00:13:52,960 your neighbors that are gone, and it's just you know, 250 00:13:53,159 --> 00:13:56,200 we need help. I wrote a letter that to send 251 00:13:56,279 --> 00:13:59,240 to Congress. You know, I don't understand what's going on. 252 00:14:00,159 --> 00:14:02,919 If we can get FEMA help, then will you guys 253 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,679 help us. Will you step up and be our fellow citizen. 254 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,200 Will you step up and be our neighbor and send 255 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:11,159 us something, help us, help us get our community back. 256 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,840 I could go on, it's just a I don't know. 257 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,639 It's just heartbreaking. God appreciate you. 258 00:14:19,679 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 3: Good daughter, you have all right? 259 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: So Trump gives her a hug, says to their mom, 260 00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:26,519 good daughter you have. 261 00:14:26,559 --> 00:14:26,759 Speaker 3: There. 262 00:14:27,399 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 2: Here's a great idea. How about making an escape to 263 00:14:30,159 --> 00:14:33,639 a really special and secluded getaway in western North Carolina. 264 00:14:33,759 --> 00:14:35,919 Just a quick drive up the mountain and Cabins of 265 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,320 Asheville is your connection. 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This is of 292 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,960 local importance and so that's why we're doing it. And so, 293 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,080 like I got a tweet here, thank you Pete for 294 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,480 bringing us the comments from the president and those who 295 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,840 told their stories. Also thank you for pointing out the 296 00:16:23,919 --> 00:16:27,159 dumbassary of those who obviously do not comprehend what he 297 00:16:27,279 --> 00:16:30,799 was saying. No need to thank me for doing what 298 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,320 I enjoy doing both, you know, bringing this to you, 299 00:16:34,399 --> 00:16:39,759 but also pointing out the dumbassary of people, because like, 300 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,080 there's now this this narrative that the President is suggesting 301 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,200 we abandon our friends and neighbors. 302 00:16:45,759 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: In western North Carolina. This is now. 303 00:16:48,639 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 2: This is what the left got out of this press availability, 304 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,799 this appearance, is that somehow the President is advocating that 305 00:16:55,840 --> 00:17:00,240 we forget even though he literally said you are not 306 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:05,319 forgotten any longer. He literally said that. But to the 307 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:10,960 left when they hear him talk about dismantling FEMA, saying that, 308 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,839 he said off mic, he turned to one of the families, 309 00:17:14,839 --> 00:17:17,920 and he's like, they're a waste of time and money. 310 00:17:19,759 --> 00:17:23,079 And so a leftist hears that and they think, oh 311 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:24,960 my gosh, he wants to get rid of a government 312 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,319 program that's helping. So that means he wants to hurt 313 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:33,000 people and he wants to ignore the problems. I don't 314 00:17:33,039 --> 00:17:40,480 even understand the mental disconnect that must occur in your 315 00:17:40,519 --> 00:17:44,880 brain to hear somebody literally say you are no longer 316 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,799 forgotten and think that that means we should forget you. 317 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,319 Speaker 1: It's literally the opposite. 318 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 2: And so I pointed that out, and so that's what 319 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,319 I was being thanked for. Melissa says Trump has never 320 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:04,880 announced a listening tour, and I think that's true. I 321 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,400 don't think I've ever heard him say he's going to 322 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,400 do a listening tour, And Melissa says it's because he's 323 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,839 always listening. No need to make a dog and pony show, 324 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:21,680 right well, and then app Patriot Girl says Trump letting 325 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,440 the people of western North Carolina tell their stories of 326 00:18:24,519 --> 00:18:27,960 loss is just heart wrenching, but the best possible thing 327 00:18:28,039 --> 00:18:31,200 that he could do. He's listening to these people. He 328 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:34,039 wants to help them. Please share any video of this 329 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,480 you see. I guarantee you see it and will not 330 00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:39,400 play any of this footage. Thank you Pete for playing 331 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,359 the audio. So we've been As I mentioned earlier, when 332 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:48,559 this news conference was occurring live, c SPAN was carrying it. 333 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,519 That's where I'm playing it from. Fox News carried it live. 334 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,519 I don't expect them to preempt like the price is 335 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,839 right on the networks and stuff, so I don't really 336 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:03,480 expect them to cover every news conference, you know, for 337 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:08,240 the local affiliates and such. But CNN. CNN did not 338 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:14,799 cover it live. CNN covered live going behind the scenes 339 00:19:14,799 --> 00:19:19,279 at the DC Zoo with the Giant pandas, so they 340 00:19:19,319 --> 00:19:22,440 apparently got an exclusive look at the Giant pandas at 341 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,559 the DC Zoo and that was what they ran instead, 342 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,000 followed up by a story about the mass deportations and 343 00:19:30,039 --> 00:19:35,359 oh my gosh, we're deporting illegal aliens that are criminals. 344 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,519 And then I think they showed a clip of the 345 00:19:37,599 --> 00:19:40,160 JD vans at the March for Life, which kudos to CNN. 346 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:41,880 I think it's the first time they've actually covered the 347 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,960 March for Life. I used to document this every year. 348 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,359 I would go through and do a and you know, 349 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,759 run through see who covered the March for Life, And 350 00:19:53,799 --> 00:19:55,240 I want to say I started doing it in like 351 00:19:55,279 --> 00:20:00,440 twenty twelve, I think, And it wasn't until the very 352 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:06,079 end of I want to say, yeah, Trump's presidency, that 353 00:20:06,519 --> 00:20:08,759 you started to see some coverage at the national level. 354 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Speaker 1: They just ignored it for years. 355 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 2: So they covered jdv a clip of Jdvans or just 356 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,039 a shot of him speaking. And if I had to guess, 357 00:20:19,079 --> 00:20:20,599 because I couldn't hear the audio, but if I had 358 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,599 to guess, I would say it was probably somewhere along 359 00:20:22,599 --> 00:20:26,119 the lines of they're coming for your abortion acts. Sorry, 360 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:30,720 they're coming for your reproductive freedom. So I'm assuming that's 361 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:31,200 what that was. 362 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: But no, they did not cover the Western North Carolina 363 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:34,119 press conference. 364 00:20:34,759 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 2: All right, I hope you had a happy holiday season. 365 00:20:37,519 --> 00:20:40,039 But tell me if something like this happened at your house. 366 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,960 Your family and friends are gathered around, maybe y'all are 367 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,400 in the living room and you're laughing, swapping stories, reminiscing, 368 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,400 and then somebody says, hey, Dad, remember those old VHS tapes? 369 00:20:50,519 --> 00:20:53,039 Did you ever get them transferred? And then the room 370 00:20:53,079 --> 00:20:56,880 gets all quiet. All eyes are on Dad, who says, oh, 371 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,000 you know, well, I've been meaning too, but I just 372 00:20:59,039 --> 00:21:02,000 having gotten around to it. Look, don't let those priceless 373 00:21:02,039 --> 00:21:04,960 memories sit in a box for another year, all right. 374 00:21:05,079 --> 00:21:07,920 Create a Video has been helping families in the Charlotte 375 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,759 area preserve their history since nineteen ninety seven. Simply bring 376 00:21:11,799 --> 00:21:15,240 in your old camquarder tapes and Creative Video will transfer 377 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,480 them to a USB flash drive for just fourteen ninety 378 00:21:18,519 --> 00:21:20,839 five per tape. You have a big collection, they've got 379 00:21:20,839 --> 00:21:24,000 a discount for you. And next year, instead of talking 380 00:21:24,039 --> 00:21:28,799 about those memories, imagine gathering the family to watch them together. 381 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:31,720 Talk about a memorable gift. So do what I did. 382 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,599 Trust the experts at Creative Video, conveniently located in mint 383 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,440 Hill right off I four eighty five and online at 384 00:21:38,519 --> 00:21:42,799 create avideo dot com. CNN is reporting that Trump has 385 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:47,440 arrived in the fire damaged areas of Los Angeles. I'll 386 00:21:47,519 --> 00:21:51,079 keep you posted here was earlier. That's pretty quick though, 387 00:21:51,079 --> 00:21:52,880 because it was only like an hour ago. They made 388 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:58,119 it in an hour. It's pretty impressive. From western North 389 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:02,160 Carolina to La Trump was in Swanna know at North Carolina, 390 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,960 did a press conference, and you know, he opened it up. 391 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,319 Franklin Graham actually opened it up. He made some comments. 392 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,279 Trump came on, he made some comments for about ten minutes, 393 00:22:10,599 --> 00:22:16,039 and then basically for the last like thirty minutes, twenty yeah, 394 00:22:16,079 --> 00:22:20,039 twenty minutes or so, he's been letting these local families 395 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,640 tell their stories of not just you know what happened 396 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,359 on that day September twenty seventh. 397 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: One of the women, I think. 398 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 2: Said it very well when she said the storm hit 399 00:22:29,759 --> 00:22:33,599 on September twenty seventh, But for us, it's still September 400 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:38,319 twenty seventh. Nothing has changed for them four months later, 401 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:44,119 and they're still dealing with this. So we've heard from 402 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,119 these families, and I believe at this point now Trump 403 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,279 is going to go back to the PODi. 404 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:50,279 Speaker 5: My son is great. 405 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, he sounds like a really leader. 406 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 5: He really is that to hoel you a bit. 407 00:22:55,279 --> 00:22:56,319 Speaker 3: If he didn't come and get you. 408 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 5: I don't know. I'd just been would have been there 409 00:23:01,039 --> 00:23:03,400 until because the only thing we could do there was 410 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,319 no way to get out there. The only thing we 411 00:23:05,319 --> 00:23:08,079 could do is just pack up to the church, the 412 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,359 first church that was up there, about three miles to 413 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,839 get you know, maybe what we need. There's a lot 414 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,519 he is thank you. 415 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,319 Speaker 3: Again, thank you very much. Everybody. So we're going to 416 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:22,599 be here. 417 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 6: We're going to be working with our congressmen and women, 418 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,119 and they're going to do a job. And Michael Wattley's 419 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,640 going to be here very much in charge, and you'll 420 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:33,160 get it done. 421 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 3: And FEMA is ready to rock. 422 00:23:36,079 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 6: They haven't done the job because they weren't really told 423 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:39,920 to do the job by Biden. 424 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:43,319 Speaker 3: I guess I was thinking about other things, wasn't he. 425 00:23:44,079 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 6: But they weren't told what they did, what the past 426 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:51,000 administration did to North Carolina is a disgrace. So I 427 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,839 just want to wish you all well. I was here 428 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,200 right after the event and I couldn't believe it. I 429 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,119 have never seen anything like it. I've seen a lot 430 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,680 of bad things, but I've never seen anything like it. 431 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,039 Speaker 3: And it's an. 432 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 6: Honor to meet the people behind me, and it's an 433 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,680 honor to be with our congressional delegation and some of 434 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,400 the other politicians in the area. 435 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,599 Speaker 3: And it's an honor. 436 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 6: To have Michael Wattley at my side, because maybe we 437 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,000 wouldn't be standing here as president if he was. And 438 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,359 him and Laura Laura Trump were unbelievable as the head 439 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,240 of the Republican Party, so he happens to come from 440 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,839 a place called North Carolina. So I said, Michael, fix it. 441 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,519 So good luck, good luck, and we'll supply what you need. 442 00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:37,839 Speaker 3: You know that. Okay, thank you, thank you all very much, 443 00:24:38,039 --> 00:24:38,880 thank you very much. 444 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:39,319 Speaker 4: All right. 445 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 1: Oh, he's going to take questions. 446 00:24:41,759 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 3: For stories and help. 447 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: There's been so many local groups. 448 00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, that's one of the things. 449 00:24:48,759 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 2: You hear any talk on having money instead of going 450 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:55,279 to FEMA and go through ROXY. 451 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 3: To go get that's what I want to do. 452 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,759 Speaker 6: We want to bring it locally so that a state 453 00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:01,880 takes care of its problem and then they can bring 454 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:06,079 it down to a local level like Samaritan's person Franklin, 455 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,359 because that's one of the better examples. But you had 456 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,279 numbers of people that did a great job. You have 457 00:25:12,319 --> 00:25:15,640 groups that did a great job and organizations. The one 458 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,440 that didn't do a good job was the government. 459 00:25:18,079 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 3: They did a bad job. They did in many ways, 460 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:25,680 they did no job. They weren't even available. So good question. 461 00:25:25,799 --> 00:25:28,279 The answer is we go local that I think it'll 462 00:25:28,279 --> 00:25:29,039 work much better. 463 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,799 Speaker 6: FEMA is a very expensive organization that really doesn't work 464 00:25:33,839 --> 00:25:34,599 out very well. 465 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 3: It hasn't. This is not the only example. So it 466 00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:40,000 was up to me right now. 467 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:42,519 Speaker 6: It ended right now, and I just let the state 468 00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:43,519 take care of the problem. 469 00:25:43,599 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 3: I mean, you can always have problems. Let the state. 470 00:25:46,319 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 6: If it's Florida, it's a hurricane, let Florida take care 471 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,160 of it. They don't need FEMA to come in. 472 00:25:51,319 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 2: That's the comment that's got the left and the media. 473 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,559 But I repeat myself all in a tizzy. Is that 474 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,359 let the states take care of the problem. But what 475 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,319 what did he say just before that? This is the 476 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,680 same thing with the good people on both sides all 477 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:06,680 over again. You listen to the context. The guy is 478 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,759 asking a question about, you know, the ineffectiveness of FEMA 479 00:26:09,759 --> 00:26:12,119 and the federal government. Why not just push the money 480 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,640 to the local groups? And he says, I agree. What 481 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,359 does he talk What are they talking about to get 482 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,759 all policy wonkish on you block grants, that's what they're 483 00:26:21,799 --> 00:26:24,559 talking about. Just send the money in the form of 484 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:29,079 grants down to the states and let the states handle this. 485 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,559 Because the government that's closest to the people is the 486 00:26:33,599 --> 00:26:37,119 government that is the most responsive to the needs of 487 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:41,839 those people, because it's closer like this is the fundamental 488 00:26:42,079 --> 00:26:46,319 building block upon which the country is made, and to 489 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,880 people who look to d C to do all of 490 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,720 these things for them. Like, there's so much waste in 491 00:26:52,839 --> 00:26:56,400 sending money up the you know, through you know, taking 492 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,279 the money from people in the paychecks, administering this right 493 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:01,880 the taxation, and putting it into the federal call fers, 494 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:02,559 having all. 495 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: Of that debated where does it go? Where do we 496 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:04,880 spend it? 497 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 2: And then filtering it out and having to decide like 498 00:27:07,519 --> 00:27:10,240 where does the money go for this work and for 499 00:27:10,279 --> 00:27:16,039 that work and whatever. Rather than creating this entire agency 500 00:27:16,079 --> 00:27:21,200 and all this bureaucracy, you already have the state administrative units. Essentially, 501 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:23,759 why not just send it down to them, send it 502 00:27:23,799 --> 00:27:27,960 to the locals in the form of block grants. Here's 503 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,359 a chunk of money for disaster relief. Administer the block grant, 504 00:27:31,599 --> 00:27:39,920 give us the receipts. Right, It's cleaner, less inefficiencies, less waste, 505 00:27:41,839 --> 00:27:45,839 less administration, so more of the dollar goes to for example, 506 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,920 you donate money to charity. One of the first things 507 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,839 anybody ever asks me for money, I always ask them 508 00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:56,559 how much of every dollar that I donate goes to 509 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,119 administrative overhead? Because that cover it's not just your you know, 510 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,359 your staff, And I understand you got to have staff, but. 511 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: Fundraisers and that kind of thing. 512 00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 2: The mailers printing up all the calendars that you're sending 513 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,160 me that I don't ask for, like all of that stuff, 514 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,400 all the note pads and pens and stuff. The worst 515 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,960 is when somebody sends me money, like here's a nickel, 516 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,519 but send it back to me, like, okay, if you're 517 00:28:20,559 --> 00:28:24,000 sending me money, then I'm not Like at first I 518 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,480 felt guilty, like, oh, I should give this nickel back. 519 00:28:27,799 --> 00:28:28,920 And I guess that's why they do it. 520 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: They're trying. 521 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,599 Speaker 2: It's like some sort of psychological operation on me or something. 522 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,960 How much of every dollar that I give you is 523 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,160 going to go to more stuff like that? And you 524 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,400 should they should know that number. And if the number 525 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,319 is anything more than about fifteen cents on the dollar, 526 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,759 probably not a great organization because they got too much 527 00:28:50,839 --> 00:28:52,000 administrative bloat. 528 00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:53,319 Speaker 6: Right. 529 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,279 Speaker 1: You want as much money that you donate to go 530 00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:56,440 directly to the cause. 531 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 2: So that's the quote that apparently people are running with 532 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,599 and saying he wants states to be left on their own. 533 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: He doesn't want us to help our fellow Americans. And 534 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,680 that is just dumbassery, all right. If you're listening to 535 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:12,079 this show. 536 00:29:12,119 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 2: You know I try to keep up with all sorts 537 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,680 of current events, and I know you do too. And 538 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:19,200 you've probably heard me say get your news from multiple sources. 539 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,960 Why well, because it's how you detect media bias, which 540 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,920 is why I've been so impressed with ground News. It's 541 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,440 an app, and it's a website, and it combines news 542 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,400 from around the world in one place so you can 543 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,799 compare coverage and verify information. You can check it out 544 00:29:34,839 --> 00:29:39,440 at check dot ground, dot news slash Pete. I put 545 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,400 the link in the podcast description too. 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Your 554 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:11,079 subscription then not only helps my podcast, but it also 555 00:30:11,119 --> 00:30:14,880 supports ground News as they make the media landscape more transparent. 556 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,839 Just a couple more minutes here, I have no idea 557 00:30:17,839 --> 00:30:22,720 how much longer this presidential news conference lasts, but I 558 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,039 think it's wrapping up. Trump has made his comments. He's 559 00:30:25,039 --> 00:30:27,920 getting ready to leave. But as he always does, people 560 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,279 ask him questions. He's going to answer the questions. 561 00:30:30,559 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, I envision a very important role for him. 562 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:42,200 It's any role he wants. He's a very capable guy. 563 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,359 Speaker 6: Michael Wattley a very capable guy, and he's friends and 564 00:30:46,839 --> 00:30:49,839 works with these guys, keeps them elected. Right, they have 565 00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,880 to do a good job otherwise, no matter how good, 566 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:53,519 Michael is not going to work. 567 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 3: But they've done an amazing job. They've been great. You're lucky. 568 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 6: You have great congressman here and ed woman by the way, 569 00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:01,880 a great woman, very powerful woman. 570 00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:06,519 Speaker 3: And they're gonna do a great job. They'll do it together. 571 00:31:06,559 --> 00:31:09,599 Speaker 6: They'll work together, and we'll supply what they need as 572 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,359 they need it. We'll coordinate that and we will immediately 573 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:17,319 get the Army Corps, Michael, because you need Rhodes built. 574 00:31:17,319 --> 00:31:19,519 Speaker 3: You know, we're talking about the bridge. We're talking about Rhodes. 575 00:31:19,559 --> 00:31:22,440 They so we got to get him built. All right, Okay, 576 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,319 thank you all very much, thank you for all right. 577 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: So that's it. So he's done. So he did take 578 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:27,680 two questions. 579 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,279 Speaker 2: By the way, I just just thought of this as 580 00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:35,680 I was. You know, Trump obviously likes Michael Wattley. He 581 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,799 talks about him all the time. Anytime he's at North 582 00:31:37,839 --> 00:31:40,640 Carolina doing something, he's like always name dropping Michael Wattley. 583 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,480 Gave him a whole bunch of credit there, and he's like, gonna, 584 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,519 You're gonna be in charge of all this. But Michael 585 00:31:45,559 --> 00:31:50,839 Wattley is the RNC chair ahead of the Republican Committee 586 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:57,519 so or the party. So what's the problem Ronald McDaniel 587 00:31:57,559 --> 00:32:02,759 all that time? Is that what happened? Because you notice 588 00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:07,039 as soon as she got ousted, like Republicans won a 589 00:32:07,079 --> 00:32:09,039 bunch of these races. I'm just. 590 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,119 Speaker 1: I just thought of it. I'm just kind of curious. 591 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,359 Is that maybe there was some connection there. I don't know. 592 00:32:18,039 --> 00:32:19,200 Let's see here, what else we got. 593 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,559 Speaker 2: Oh, the North Carolina Legislature, the Joint Legislative Commission on 594 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,960 Governmental Operations Subcommittee on Hurricane Response and Recovery is going 595 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,119 to be meeting next Thursday, nine am. They're going to 596 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:34,960 hear from the Stein administration about its Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, 597 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,799 including how Governor Stein's newly elected or newly created rather 598 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:45,400 Governor's Recovery Office for Western North Carolina or GROWNC or 599 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,400 as I like to call it grow NC. Well they 600 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,680 call it that too. How that's going to operate? The 601 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:56,119 subcommittee also anticipates hearing updates from ENCORE, which is the 602 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,759 North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency. And apparently the 603 00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:03,160 only resiliency is this agency's ability to survive even though 604 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,799 it doesn't actually do much. 605 00:33:05,599 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: And like, what's the deal with its. 606 00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:13,079 Speaker 2: Current financial situation following the revelation late last year that 607 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,680 it would run out of money before finishing its work 608 00:33:16,759 --> 00:33:21,160 in eastern North Carolina. And you may be thinking eastern 609 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:26,559 North Carolina. What happened in eastern North Carolina? Well, nothing recently, 610 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,880 but about eight years ago Hurricane Matthew hit and then 611 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,799 a couple of years, like a year or two after that, 612 00:33:33,359 --> 00:33:39,720 Hurricane Florence hit. And they're still trying to rebuild that 613 00:33:41,119 --> 00:33:45,000 eight years later because that was run through then Governor 614 00:33:45,119 --> 00:33:49,319 Roy Cooper's office with this ENCORE or as they call it, 615 00:33:49,599 --> 00:33:55,480 Rebuild NC. Spoiler, No, they didn't, and we knew there 616 00:33:55,519 --> 00:33:58,680 were problems very early on when South Carolina had actually 617 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,519 managed to get all of its people back into their 618 00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:04,319 homes within like two or three years, and we hadn't 619 00:34:04,319 --> 00:34:06,319 put a single person back in any of their homes 620 00:34:06,319 --> 00:34:09,960 in North Carolina by the same time. So that was 621 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,519 the first indication, at least to me, that something was wrong, 622 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,280 that we were not doing something correctly. So that'll be 623 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,440 next week on Thursday, and I believe they're going to 624 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,519 do back to back meetings hearings on both of those 625 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,400 separate issues, so again I will take the lab Oh. Also, 626 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,800 Trump put out a memo saying that the Lumbee tribe 627 00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:36,960 should get federal recognition, so had that happen too, all right, 628 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,320 that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much 629 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,400 for listening. 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