WEBVTT - 7-17-26: Big Whatley Presser 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:29.440 Hi Oh, Let's go hi Oh, Let's go oh, Let's 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.400 go oh, Let's. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:35.400 Go bocome Baxtist Charlotte Snooze Talk one oh seven point 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:38.680 nine FM, WBT. Brett Jenson here with you on this 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.239 beautiful Friday night edition of Breaking with Brett Jensen as 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.240 we go up to seven o'clock like we do every 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:47.360 single night, seven oh four five, seven oh one oh 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:47.960 seven nine. 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:49.080 That is the telephone number. 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:52.000 That is also the WBT text line driven by Liberty 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:56.200 Buick gmc guys. Follow me on accept Brett Underscore Jensen 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:58.360 for all the lettuce and breaking news in and around 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:00.680 the Sharwotte area. I haven't put some thing out there 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:03.200 a little bit ago a couple hours ago about the 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.800 whole Marvin Ridge situation and a flag and a parking 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.520 lot and everything else and how it like blew up 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.640 and lives of TikTok got hold of it and it's 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.360 a whole thing. But everything's been resolved. Everything's fine. We'll, 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:16.959 you know, maybe get into that in a little bit, 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:18.840 but I just want to let you know everything's fine. 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:22.160 Everything's resolved. The kid can paint the American flag. So 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.399 like again, if you don't know what I'm talking about. 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.399 You can go to my Twitter and take a look 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:28.800 at it there, but I'll probably also discuss it in 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:30.479 about an hour so or less than an hour, about 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.920 forty five minutes or so. All right, but we're gonna 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:37.199 start off today with what transpired earlier today in downtown 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.880 Harrisburg on Main Street, and there was a big press 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:43.679 conference and you had quite a few people there. You 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:47.200 had a current judge, you had Michael Waltley that was 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.520 holding the press conference. You had two sheriffs, you had 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:54.040 two state representatives, and you had a state senator all 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:59.160 right there talking about crime in North Carolina and why 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.600 they're trying to support Michael Wattley. There are about one 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:04.480 hundred and ten people were there at the press conference, 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:08.920 and C Span was there, so you know things are 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.280 starting to get really ramped up, and he did in 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.600 this particular race when C Span is there speaking to 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:19.680 which I saw Michael Wattley's first commercial today on YouTube 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.640 TV while watching the British Open, or the Open Championship 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.800 or just the Open, whichever of the three names you 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:29.000 want to call it. But I saw his first commercial 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.919 earlier this morning, same time when I saw Roy Cooper's 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.679 earlier in the week. So Michael Wattley spoke, But like 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:40.240 I said, s Span was there and several other media 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.359 outlets were there, and so Michael Wattley spoke, and then 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.880 all the other people spoke about crime in North Carolina. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:51.320 And one of the people that spoke was Van Shaw. 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:55.320 He is the Cabaris County Sheriff and he was one 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:57.200 of the first people to speak, and he got up 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:01.640 there to talk about why he was He's all behind 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:06.480 Michael Watley, and the police benevolence system is behind Michael Whally, 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:10.280 and the North County State Troopers Association is behind Michael Watley. 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:12.799 And I want you to hear some of these speeches. 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:14.560 And I did some one on one interviews with these 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:16.880 people afterwards. By the way, the only one to get 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.240 one on one interviews. Everyone else had to do like 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:23.080 group media of questions and stuff like that. I was 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.400 able to get these people one on one after the fact, 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:27.200 you just wait them out and then you can get 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:27.799 them one on one. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:28.839 That's that's what I did. 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:33.320 So anyways, here's Cabrera's County Sheriff Van Shaw earlier today 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:37.600 at this press conference, again covered by Sea Span. You know, 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.000 things are getting tight, and you know things are heating 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.440 up when c SPAN is in Harrisburg, North Carolina. 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.800 That noon. I am. For those that don't know me, 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:48.520 I am the Cabras County Sheriff Van Shaw. 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:53.400 Yeah, thank you. 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:55.840 Very much, and I want to say that I'm so 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.680 very excited to be here today to be a part 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.640 of endorsing Michael Watley for the US Senate. 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:06.200 I stand behind him. 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:10.520 One hundred percent, talked with him at length, had dinner 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.320 with him and his lovely wife. I feel like I 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.000 know him well and he's a man I can stand 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:19.720 alongside and help make North Carolina, in Coberts County a 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:29.000 better place for all of us. I will say this 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.719 in the matter of community safety. For far too long, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.600 we've witnessed the failures of Roy Cooper. 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:36.800 And keeping North Carolina safe. 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.559 He has made my job as a sheriff and many 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:47.880 sheriffs across the state significantly more difficult by some of 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.240 the things that he's carried out while he was in office. 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.760 We absolutely do not need this kind of leadership in 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:59.800 the United States. Senate Roy Cooper dangerously released more than 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:06.320 four thousand convicted criminals from prison early, allowing these convicted 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:11.640 criminals to wreak havoc on our state. These convicted criminals 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:15.080 were released that were released went on to. 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:16.320 Commit more crimes. 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:20.480 Fifty percent of them went on to be arrested again 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:21.799 following their release. 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.560 So what ends up happening is you have law. 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:31.200 Enforcement resources that are very scarce to say the least, especially. 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:31.680 During the COVID era. 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:34.640 Now we've got to go back out and re arrest 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:39.039 these offenders that have been arrested, had their day in court, 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:42.240 was found guilty and placed in the state prison. 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:44.679 Now they're back on the street again. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:48.320 Fifty percent of We're talking hundreds and hundreds of arrest 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:52.520 men and women risking their lives to put somebody back 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.160 in prison that was there to begin with. I take 0:05:56.200 --> 0:06:00.760 it very seriously. We look at it. Over over two 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:07.679 dozen people were murdered by these individuals. Nearly one hundred 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:14.840 rates sexual assault and child pornography violations were committed by 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:21.320 these individuals, and over six hundred of these individuals committed. 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:21.880 A violent felony. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.160 That's what was inflicted on the citizens of the state 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:27.000 of North Carolina by these releases. 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:29.480 This should have never happened. 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:32.080 North Carolina citizens were victimized. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:32.839 North Carolina. 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:38.960 Families were torn apart, lives were dramatically changed. Forever, North 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.680 Carolina citizens deserve better. 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.320 Thank you. 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:55.799 We need someone who stands ready to support North Carolina's 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.279 law enforcement and to fight to keep our community safe. 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:09.720 Man is Michael Wattley. There is only one candidate that 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.840 truly backs law enforcement and that is why we are 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:17.800 here today to proudly endorse Michael Wattley unanimously for United 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:18.400 States Senate. 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.960 Again, that is Cabaris County Sheriff Van Shaw. 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:28.480 And I wanted to try and get in touch with 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:32.360 him immediately after the fact, and I turned around and 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.680 he was gone. So he obviously had things to do, like, 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:38.240 you know, go be a sheriff, So I wasn't able 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.480 to talk to him, but I was able to speak 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.200 to some of the other speakers afterwards. And we're going 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:44.800 to get into some of that, some one on one 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:49.120 conversations and one on one interviews. But again, and I 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.520 know Michael Wattley was on earlier today with Brett Winnables, 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:57.200 so so I'm not playing any of that stuff because 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.880 you literally just heard from Michael Watley. But we'll play 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:01.880 you know, sometime maybe next week or in a week 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:03.880 and a half from how or so, but I wanted 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.200 you to hear some of the other people as to 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.680 why they're saying what they're saying. So again, that was 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.880 Cabari's County Sheriff Van Shaw on why he was there 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.600 and why he thinks that Michael Waltley is actually the 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.080 best guy for the job to be the next US 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.720 Senator out of the state of North Carolina. So when 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.640 we come back, we're gonna hear from Stay Representative Grant Campbell. 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.920 And now he's also out of Caberras County and he's 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:31.360 a freshman, he's like in his first term, and he 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:35.640 is a doctor, a very prominent doctor there in Caberras County, 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.760 and you're gonna hear a little bit of his speech. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.080 But also I had never really had a chance to 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:44.600 interview him before or talk to him, and I wanted 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:46.760 to talk to him because his speech he was very, 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.200 very understated, like you would expect a doctor to be 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:53.120 a very matter of fact, and so I wanted to 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:59.640 talk to him about that as well. We'll come back 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.600 to break with Brett Jensen on this beautiful Friday night 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.520 as we go up until seven o'clock tonight, we go 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.079 a little about forty minutes from now. So all right, 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:11.040 So Grant Campbell, he is a new state representative out 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:15.599 of Cabarras County. I've never had the honor or privilege 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.120 or opportunity, if you would say, to speak to him. 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:21.600 And he gave a speech at. 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.880 The Michael Watley press conference earlier today, which was covered 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:27.559 by a lot of people, including c SPAN. And so 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:31.040 he gave a speech, and I was actually really intrigued 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:34.240 by him because he is a doctor and a longtime doctor, 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.480 and he was very I want to say, understated, but 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.440 he was just very matter of fact, like you would 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:42.120 expect a doctor to be just very factual. So I 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:44.600 want you to hear some of his speech, and then 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.320 you're gonna hear my one on one interview with State 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.000 Representative Grant Campbell out of Caberras County. 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:55.280 Under his watch as governor, thousands of convicted criminals were 0:09:55.360 --> 0:10:00.600 released early, a move he now claims he opposed, but 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.719 when he had the opportunity as governor to fight it, 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:08.400 he did nothing. In the five years since that abdication 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:12.359 of leadership, that group of criminals has had a shockingly 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:18.079 high rate of subsequent arrests and convictions. Even more, that 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.800 group that was set free by his lack of governance 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:25.080 has been responsible for the murder of approximately two dozen 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:29.400 North Carolinians and the sexual assault of approximately one hundred. 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:33.160 Cooper's campaign stated just a few weeks ago, and I 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:42.280 quote keeping the public safe is Roy Cooper's top priority. 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:48.280 Sometimes the jokes just right themselves. If this is truly 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:53.880 the case, my question is simple, why didn't you, when 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:59.200 you had the ability to protect the state when it mattered, 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:04.080 shrunk from leadership to obey the advocacy groups that have 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:08.480 pushed this deadly philosophy on public safety because they supported 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:13.000 your campaign and they endorsed you in state government. We 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:16.120 are starting to gain ground back against those who have 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:20.600 pushed this deadly agenda upon us, often by overriding the 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:24.320 vetos of the current governor or bringing officials before the 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:29.560 oversight Committee to answer under oath. We are starting to 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:35.560 see victories. For law and order to be successful, we 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:41.040 must have allies in federal service. It is far easier 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:44.360 to protect the people of this state with the support 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:48.480 of our federal representation than it is to do it 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:53.280 in spite of their opposition. And look, I don't know 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.640 Roy Cooper personally. I don't think we've ever met. I'm 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.280 sure he's a nice guy. I'm sure he's good to 0:11:59.320 --> 0:11:59.880 his family. 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:01.640 But I'll leave you with this. 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:05.719 I've served in a combat environment on three different occasions, 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:09.719 and I've often said that leadership can be the loneliest 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:15.160 occupation that there is. Standing up for others can be hard. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:19.200 It requires you to take a stand on difficult issues. 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.880 It requires you to disagree with those whom you normally 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:29.200 agree with. It requires making tough decisions that could upset 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.680 people that donate to your campaign. You can choose to 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:36.560 step away from effective leadership by ignoring a problem or 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.920 deferring to the louder voices in the room. That is 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.320 your right. I will never say that it isn't a 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.360 choice that you can make. But if it is your choice, 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:49.600 stop asking the people of this state to keep putting 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:54.400 you in positions of leadership. Let those who are willing 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:59.160 to step up and represent and protect this state have 0:12:59.320 --> 0:12:59.720 at it. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.200 So that was the speech from Grant Campbell, again, the 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.400 new state representative out of Cabara's County, had a lot 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.360 of points, again just very matter of fact. So afterwards, 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:12.080 my very first interview with the state representative about his 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.360 particular speech and things going forward. 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:20.040 So I heard your speech earlier today and it. 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:21.160 Was very matter of fact. 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.440 Didn't seem to like, not emotion, not a lot of yelling, 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:28.160 just very matter of fact. Is that just normally how 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:33.080 you give speeches, Because it seemed to be very, very impactful, 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:35.120 just because it was very matter of fact. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:37.240 Well, look, it's not my style. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.640 I'm not a grenade thrower or anything like that. And 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:43.600 I think that the voters want information, they want data, 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:45.840 and they want to make sure that these candidates understand 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.040 the issues. So I'm passionate about it, but you can 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:53.360 be passionate about it without destroying everything around you. 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.040 You talked about a lot of the crime and situation 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:00.360 like that, and talked about being a leader, and if 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:02.280 you don't want to be a leader, to step aside. 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.439 Is that what you saw during his eight years as governor? 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.280 I can't say. I can say was. 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.359 I think we only already talked about the early releases 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.880 of criminals, the lack of support for law enforcement on 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.960 several different occasions. And then also one of the things 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:21.600 that they're pushing back on is that some of these 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.720 revolving doors, there's a mental health issue to this as well, and. 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:28.240 They're right, and we're working on that. 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:32.360 We started an IVC Involuntary Commitment Committee to look at 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:35.160 that issue. These are all things that could have been 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:37.880 done at his tenure as governor. And if he is 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.080 saying that I'm trying to address the mental health and 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:44.880 not just incarcerate people, during his tenure, the impatient mental 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:49.320 health beds in North Carolina fell by fifty percent. So 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.560 you can't just announce your for something. You have to 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:55.040 build a resume that you've actually done something about it. 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.000 I saw his commercial the other day while watching the 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:04.280 British Open and Cooper said I believe in keeping criminals 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:04.720 in jail. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.640 And I was with a friend and my friend immediately 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:13.480 cussed at the television. It seems very odd that he 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:16.239 would look right in the camera and say that, considering 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:17.320 what had happened with. 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:18.760 The forty two hundred criminals. 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:23.400 It's politics is that you have politicians that have become 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.240 so disassociated by their own actions that they feel like 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.760 if they just say something repetitively, it will be true. 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.520 That commercial was like the captain of the Titanic announcing 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:37.160 that I've always been from responsible navigation of the seas. 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.840 The facts, the history just don't back it up. And 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.680 now that people are upset about it, you can't just 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.720 revise your own personal history and ask the voters to 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.720 believe it. Anything you'd like to say to the listeners, 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.240 but I'd just say that this election is going to 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.840 be very important. Learn about the issues, learn who's really 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.680 advocating for this, and make sure you turn out to 0:15:58.720 --> 0:15:59.400 vote in November. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.160 Thing hawl things in Cabrera's County, Bears County is good. 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:05.480 This has been my home for a long time of 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:08.520 practice medicine here for over twenty five years. 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.720 I love it here. We're unified. 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.520 We recognize the fact of how close this election is 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.360 going to be. We recognize the fact that Caberra's is 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:18.760 going to be one of the key counties for the results. 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:19.000 Of this election. 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:21.680 We're getting motivated and we're going to turn out. 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.520 I appreciate your time. I appreciate you about it again. 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:28.160 That is new State Representative Grant Campbell out of Cabarras County. 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.560 When we come back front of the program, brad Overcash 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.560 was there, and brad Overcash was one of the people that. 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:36.480 Really helped push through the Arena's law. 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:38.760 So we'll talk to him about that, and we're going 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:40.560 to get into some other things as well. But I 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:42.680 really want you to hear some of these speeches and 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.880 hear these interviews, because there were a lot of people 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.080 here at this thing, and again se Span was there, 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.600 and if Sea SPAN's there at a press conference, you 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:54.920 probably need to know what's going on. Welcome back to 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.640 Breaking with Brett Jensen here on this Friday night as 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:59.800 we go up until seven o'clock, which is old about 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.120 two twenty two minutes or so from now. All right, 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.359 So brad Overcash, state Senator out of Gaston County, he 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:08.920 is a friend of the show, but he was there 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:10.920 delivering a speech because he was one of the people 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.240 that helped push through the whole Arena Zaruska bill. 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:15.720 You know, in Arena Zerusko. 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.000 We're coming up on her one year anniversary of that 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:21.480 horrific murder. So he was one of the speakers. So 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.320 I'm going to let you hear his speech, and then 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.560 afterwards I was able to get him one on one 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.639 for an interview as well, just about crime and what 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.840 it was like like working with Roy Cooper when Roy 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.360 Cooper was the Governor. So here is North County State 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.479 Senator Brad Overcash out of Gaston County. 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:42.120 Ladies and gentlemen, there's only one law and order candidate 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.720 in this race. And you don't have to take my 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:48.000 word for it. You don't even have to take anybody 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:50.119 up here's word for it. I'm not asking you to 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.600 take it on faith. The people of North Carolina can 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:58.280 know just what policies Michael Wattley will support when he's 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:02.119 in the United States Center, and they can know because 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:06.479 of what he's done. When the horrific murder of Arena 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:10.360 Zarutzka occurred on the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina. 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:14.680 The very next morning, I got a call from Michael Wiley. 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:19.600 He called and said, Brad, the legislature has to act. 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.640 They have to act now, and you need to pull 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.080 together and I will help you work on it. You 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:28.239 need to pull together Arena's Law, which is something that 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:32.399 we got passed through the Senate, through the House, and 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:37.680 even the Democratic governor signed Arena's Law. Not only did 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:41.200 he make that call, he started meeting with legislators from 0:18:41.240 --> 0:18:45.600 across this state and demanding that within this law we 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:51.880 had ending of cashlest Bell promise written promise to appear 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:57.200 for criminals, to close down this revolving door of criminals 0:18:57.200 --> 0:19:00.399 that were coming into our jails and our present and 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:03.280 then going right back out so that these fine folks have. 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:05.720 To re arrest them again and again and again. 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:12.119 In fact, Arena Zeruska's murderer was arrested fourteen times before 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:16.200 she before he murdered Arena Zaruska. Well, we worked with 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.840 Michael Watley to end that, to bring law and order 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:23.320 to this state. And that is how we can know, 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:26.280 and the people in North Carolina can know beyond any 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:28.760 shadow of a doubt that the only law and order 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.840 candidate in this race, the only one that will protect 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:35.800 our children, protect our communities, is Michael Whitley, and that's 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.240 why we're up here today to support him for the 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:39.359 United States Senate. 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:43.200 So that was his speech, and again there were many 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:46.400 media outlets there. I knows c was there, A couple 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:49.560 of the TV's stations were there, some writers were there, 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:51.840 other reporters were there, and like I said, a thousand 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:55.600 times C Span was there. So afterwards I was able 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:58.199 to catch up with the state Senator Brad Overcash to 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.840 talk to him about the Arena Zaruska's Bill and Arena 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:05.080 Zaruska Bill, as well as other things like having to 0:20:05.160 --> 0:20:07.800 deal or dealing with Roy Cooper when he was governor 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:10.119 Center brad Over cash with me. 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:13.280 Now, so you talked a lot about Arena's Law. 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:15.199 And you're one of the main people that started and 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:19.879 got this pushed through. How difficult was that at the 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:21.919 time to actually did you think it was going to 0:20:21.960 --> 0:20:24.120 go through? And because here we are almost a year 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:25.480 to the anniversary, so. 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:26.760 Did you think it was going to go through? Did 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:28.600 you think you'd get much pushback? Because there was some 0:20:28.680 --> 0:20:30.280 pushback there was. 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.320 There was some on the left tried to paint a 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:39.800 false narrative that the Arena Zaruska's murder and other murders 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:43.399 was at the fate of law enforcement, which I thought 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:47.440 was absolutely absurd, especially when you hear in De Carlos 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:51.960 Brown's case he was arrested and released fourteen different times 0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:56.600 before he murdered Arena Zarutska. So once we started putting 0:20:56.640 --> 0:21:00.120 those facts out, the people of North Carolina quickly understood 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:02.960 we have a problem with a revolving door, or we 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:06.000 had a problem with a revolving door in our jails, 0:21:06.160 --> 0:21:08.840 in our magistrate offices and in some of our district 0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:09.960 court judges chambers. 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:12.560 It was not on law enforcement. They did their job. 0:21:13.080 --> 0:21:15.120 The revolving door is what fell them. 0:21:15.480 --> 0:21:18.080 Let's talk about the last few years of Cooper's tenure 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:23.399 as governor and euro state centator. You guys were passing 0:21:23.480 --> 0:21:25.800 laws left and right, and he kept vetoing them left 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:28.240 and right. What were some of the more frustrating things 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:30.280 that he vetoed from your standpoint. 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:31.439 That you guys were able to override. 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:34.840 Well, I mean, the probably the most frustrating one for 0:21:34.920 --> 0:21:40.200 me was the law that keeps men out of women's sports. 0:21:40.760 --> 0:21:43.040 I thought that was something that the people in North 0:21:43.040 --> 0:21:48.800 Carolina overwhelmingly support, Those in the Democratic Party overwhelmingly support that, 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:52.000 and we had to come back and override Roly Cooper's veto. 0:21:52.640 --> 0:21:56.720 There was a number of things along those lines. He 0:21:56.760 --> 0:22:00.000 pulled out that veto pen, that veto stamp way too often. 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:03.679 But fortunately people in North Carolina gave us a veto 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:05.880 proof majority and we exercised that right. 0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:09.120 So going forward, I know you and I talked last 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:10.640 week about some of the things that you guys are 0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:13.199 looking to do in the state Senate and everything. But 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:17.280 I know the budget is passed, and now you guys 0:22:17.280 --> 0:22:19.000 got to start, like start working on it again. 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:20.760 Do you think the next time it'll be a little 0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:23.399 bit easier? I believe so. 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:27.760 I mean we're Republicans, and Republican leadership in the legislature 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:30.680 is united, the House, the Senate. You've heard all these 0:22:30.680 --> 0:22:34.160 things about, you know, potential squabbles. I don't think we're 0:22:34.160 --> 0:22:37.320 going to see that going forward this budget deal. Once 0:22:37.359 --> 0:22:41.200 we arrived at the conclusion that we did to push 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:45.240