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Speaker 2: forty five minutes or so. All right, but we're gonna
Speaker 2: start off today with what transpired earlier today in downtown
Speaker 2: Harrisburg on Main Street, and there was a big press
Speaker 2: conference and you had quite a few people there. You
Speaker 2: had a current judge, you had Michael Waltley that was
Speaker 2: holding the press conference. You had two sheriffs, you had
Speaker 2: two state representatives, and you had a state senator all
Speaker 2: right there talking about crime in North Carolina and why
Speaker 2: they're trying to support Michael Wattley. There are about one
Speaker 2: hundred and ten people were there at the press conference,
Speaker 2: and C Span was there, so you know things are
Speaker 2: starting to get really ramped up, and he did in
Speaker 2: this particular race when C Span is there speaking to
Speaker 2: which I saw Michael Wattley's first commercial today on YouTube
Speaker 2: TV while watching the British Open, or the Open Championship
Speaker 2: or just the Open, whichever of the three names you
Speaker 2: want to call it. But I saw his first commercial
Speaker 2: earlier this morning, same time when I saw Roy Cooper's
Speaker 2: earlier in the week. So Michael Wattley spoke, But like
Speaker 2: I said, s Span was there and several other media
Speaker 2: outlets were there, and so Michael Wattley spoke, and then
Speaker 2: all the other people spoke about crime in North Carolina.
Speaker 2: And one of the people that spoke was Van Shaw.
Speaker 2: He is the Cabaris County Sheriff and he was one
Speaker 2: of the first people to speak, and he got up
Speaker 2: there to talk about why he was He's all behind
Speaker 2: Michael Watley, and the police benevolence system is behind Michael Whally,
Speaker 2: and the North County State Troopers Association is behind Michael Watley.
Speaker 2: And I want you to hear some of these speeches.
Speaker 2: And I did some one on one interviews with these
Speaker 2: people afterwards. By the way, the only one to get
Speaker 2: one on one interviews. Everyone else had to do like
Speaker 2: group media of questions and stuff like that. I was
Speaker 2: able to get these people one on one after the fact,
Speaker 2: you just wait them out and then you can get
Speaker 2: them one on one.
Speaker 3: That's that's what I did.
Speaker 2: So anyways, here's Cabrera's County Sheriff Van Shaw earlier today
Speaker 2: at this press conference, again covered by Sea Span. You know,
Speaker 2: things are getting tight, and you know things are heating
Speaker 2: up when c SPAN is in Harrisburg, North Carolina.
Speaker 4: That noon. I am. For those that don't know me,
Speaker 4: I am the Cabras County Sheriff Van Shaw.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 4: Very much, and I want to say that I'm so
Speaker 4: very excited to be here today to be a part
Speaker 4: of endorsing Michael Watley for the US Senate.
Speaker 3: I stand behind him.
Speaker 4: One hundred percent, talked with him at length, had dinner
Speaker 4: with him and his lovely wife. I feel like I
Speaker 4: know him well and he's a man I can stand
Speaker 4: alongside and help make North Carolina, in Coberts County a
Speaker 4: better place for all of us. I will say this
Speaker 4: in the matter of community safety. For far too long,
Speaker 4: we've witnessed the failures of Roy Cooper.
Speaker 3: And keeping North Carolina safe.
Speaker 4: He has made my job as a sheriff and many
Speaker 4: sheriffs across the state significantly more difficult by some of
Speaker 4: the things that he's carried out while he was in office.
Speaker 4: We absolutely do not need this kind of leadership in
Speaker 4: the United States. Senate Roy Cooper dangerously released more than
Speaker 4: four thousand convicted criminals from prison early, allowing these convicted
Speaker 4: criminals to wreak havoc on our state. These convicted criminals
Speaker 4: were released that were released went on to.
Speaker 3: Commit more crimes.
Speaker 4: Fifty percent of them went on to be arrested again
Speaker 4: following their release.
Speaker 3: So what ends up happening is you have law.
Speaker 4: Enforcement resources that are very scarce to say the least, especially.
Speaker 3: During the COVID era.
Speaker 4: Now we've got to go back out and re arrest
Speaker 4: these offenders that have been arrested, had their day in court,
Speaker 4: was found guilty and placed in the state prison.
Speaker 3: Now they're back on the street again.
Speaker 4: Fifty percent of We're talking hundreds and hundreds of arrest
Speaker 4: men and women risking their lives to put somebody back
Speaker 4: in prison that was there to begin with. I take
Speaker 4: it very seriously. We look at it. Over over two
Speaker 4: dozen people were murdered by these individuals. Nearly one hundred
Speaker 4: rates sexual assault and child pornography violations were committed by
Speaker 4: these individuals, and over six hundred of these individuals committed.
Speaker 3: A violent felony.
Speaker 4: That's what was inflicted on the citizens of the state
Speaker 4: of North Carolina by these releases.
Speaker 3: This should have never happened.
Speaker 4: North Carolina citizens were victimized.
Speaker 3: North Carolina.
Speaker 4: Families were torn apart, lives were dramatically changed. Forever, North
Speaker 4: Carolina citizens deserve better.
Speaker 5: Thank you.
Speaker 4: We need someone who stands ready to support North Carolina's
Speaker 4: law enforcement and to fight to keep our community safe.
Speaker 4: Man is Michael Wattley. There is only one candidate that
Speaker 4: truly backs law enforcement and that is why we are
Speaker 4: here today to proudly endorse Michael Wattley unanimously for United
Speaker 4: States Senate.
Speaker 3: Again, that is Cabaris County Sheriff Van Shaw.
Speaker 2: And I wanted to try and get in touch with
Speaker 2: him immediately after the fact, and I turned around and
Speaker 2: he was gone. So he obviously had things to do, like,
Speaker 2: you know, go be a sheriff, So I wasn't able
Speaker 2: to talk to him, but I was able to speak
Speaker 2: to some of the other speakers afterwards. And we're going
Speaker 2: to get into some of that, some one on one
Speaker 2: conversations and one on one interviews. But again, and I
Speaker 2: know Michael Wattley was on earlier today with Brett Winnables,
Speaker 2: so so I'm not playing any of that stuff because
Speaker 2: you literally just heard from Michael Watley. But we'll play
Speaker 2: you know, sometime maybe next week or in a week
Speaker 2: and a half from how or so, but I wanted
Speaker 2: you to hear some of the other people as to
Speaker 2: why they're saying what they're saying. So again, that was
Speaker 2: Cabari's County Sheriff Van Shaw on why he was there
Speaker 2: and why he thinks that Michael Waltley is actually the
Speaker 2: best guy for the job to be the next US
Speaker 2: Senator out of the state of North Carolina. So when
Speaker 2: we come back, we're gonna hear from Stay Representative Grant Campbell.
Speaker 2: And now he's also out of Caberras County and he's
Speaker 2: a freshman, he's like in his first term, and he
Speaker 2: is a doctor, a very prominent doctor there in Caberras County,
Speaker 2: and you're gonna hear a little bit of his speech.
Speaker 2: But also I had never really had a chance to
Speaker 2: interview him before or talk to him, and I wanted
Speaker 2: to talk to him because his speech he was very,
Speaker 2: very understated, like you would expect a doctor to be
Speaker 2: a very matter of fact, and so I wanted to
Speaker 2: talk to him about that as well. We'll come back
Speaker 2: to break with Brett Jensen on this beautiful Friday night
Speaker 2: as we go up until seven o'clock tonight, we go
Speaker 2: a little about forty minutes from now. So all right,
Speaker 2: So Grant Campbell, he is a new state representative out
Speaker 2: of Cabarras County. I've never had the honor or privilege
Speaker 2: or opportunity, if you would say, to speak to him.
Speaker 3: And he gave a speech at.
Speaker 2: The Michael Watley press conference earlier today, which was covered
Speaker 2: by a lot of people, including c SPAN. And so
Speaker 2: he gave a speech, and I was actually really intrigued
Speaker 2: by him because he is a doctor and a longtime doctor,
Speaker 2: and he was very I want to say, understated, but
Speaker 2: he was just very matter of fact, like you would
Speaker 2: expect a doctor to be just very factual. So I
Speaker 2: want you to hear some of his speech, and then
Speaker 2: you're gonna hear my one on one interview with State
Speaker 2: Representative Grant Campbell out of Caberras County.
Speaker 6: Under his watch as governor, thousands of convicted criminals were
Speaker 6: released early, a move he now claims he opposed, but
Speaker 6: when he had the opportunity as governor to fight it,
Speaker 6: he did nothing. In the five years since that abdication
Speaker 6: of leadership, that group of criminals has had a shockingly
Speaker 6: high rate of subsequent arrests and convictions. Even more, that
Speaker 6: group that was set free by his lack of governance
Speaker 6: has been responsible for the murder of approximately two dozen
Speaker 6: North Carolinians and the sexual assault of approximately one hundred.
Speaker 6: Cooper's campaign stated just a few weeks ago, and I
Speaker 6: quote keeping the public safe is Roy Cooper's top priority.
Speaker 6: Sometimes the jokes just right themselves. If this is truly
Speaker 6: the case, my question is simple, why didn't you, when
Speaker 6: you had the ability to protect the state when it mattered,
Speaker 6: shrunk from leadership to obey the advocacy groups that have
Speaker 6: pushed this deadly philosophy on public safety because they supported
Speaker 6: your campaign and they endorsed you in state government. We
Speaker 6: are starting to gain ground back against those who have
Speaker 6: pushed this deadly agenda upon us, often by overriding the
Speaker 6: vetos of the current governor or bringing officials before the
Speaker 6: oversight Committee to answer under oath. We are starting to
Speaker 6: see victories. For law and order to be successful, we
Speaker 6: must have allies in federal service. It is far easier
Speaker 6: to protect the people of this state with the support
Speaker 6: of our federal representation than it is to do it
Speaker 6: in spite of their opposition. And look, I don't know
Speaker 6: Roy Cooper personally. I don't think we've ever met. I'm
Speaker 6: sure he's a nice guy. I'm sure he's good to
Speaker 6: his family.
Speaker 3: But I'll leave you with this.
Speaker 6: I've served in a combat environment on three different occasions,
Speaker 6: and I've often said that leadership can be the loneliest
Speaker 6: occupation that there is. Standing up for others can be hard.
Speaker 6: It requires you to take a stand on difficult issues.
Speaker 6: It requires you to disagree with those whom you normally
Speaker 6: agree with. It requires making tough decisions that could upset
Speaker 6: people that donate to your campaign. You can choose to
Speaker 6: step away from effective leadership by ignoring a problem or
Speaker 6: deferring to the louder voices in the room. That is
Speaker 6: your right. I will never say that it isn't a
Speaker 6: choice that you can make. But if it is your choice,
Speaker 6: stop asking the people of this state to keep putting
Speaker 6: you in positions of leadership. Let those who are willing
Speaker 6: to step up and represent and protect this state have
Speaker 6: at it.
Speaker 2: So that was the speech from Grant Campbell, again, the
Speaker 2: new state representative out of Cabara's County, had a lot
Speaker 2: of points, again just very matter of fact. So afterwards,
Speaker 2: my very first interview with the state representative about his
Speaker 2: particular speech and things going forward.
Speaker 7: So I heard your speech earlier today and it.
Speaker 3: Was very matter of fact.
Speaker 2: Didn't seem to like, not emotion, not a lot of yelling,
Speaker 2: just very matter of fact. Is that just normally how
Speaker 2: you give speeches, Because it seemed to be very, very impactful,
Speaker 2: just because it was very matter of fact.
Speaker 3: Well, look, it's not my style.
Speaker 6: I'm not a grenade thrower or anything like that. And
Speaker 6: I think that the voters want information, they want data,
Speaker 6: and they want to make sure that these candidates understand
Speaker 6: the issues. So I'm passionate about it, but you can
Speaker 6: be passionate about it without destroying everything around you.
Speaker 7: You talked about a lot of the crime and situation
Speaker 7: like that, and talked about being a leader, and if
Speaker 7: you don't want to be a leader, to step aside.
Speaker 3: Is that what you saw during his eight years as governor?
Speaker 3: I can't say. I can say was.
Speaker 6: I think we only already talked about the early releases
Speaker 6: of criminals, the lack of support for law enforcement on
Speaker 6: several different occasions. And then also one of the things
Speaker 6: that they're pushing back on is that some of these
Speaker 6: revolving doors, there's a mental health issue to this as well, and.
Speaker 3: They're right, and we're working on that.
Speaker 6: We started an IVC Involuntary Commitment Committee to look at
Speaker 6: that issue. These are all things that could have been
Speaker 6: done at his tenure as governor. And if he is
Speaker 6: saying that I'm trying to address the mental health and
Speaker 6: not just incarcerate people, during his tenure, the impatient mental
Speaker 6: health beds in North Carolina fell by fifty percent. So
Speaker 6: you can't just announce your for something. You have to
Speaker 6: build a resume that you've actually done something about it.
Speaker 7: I saw his commercial the other day while watching the
Speaker 7: British Open and Cooper said I believe in keeping criminals
Speaker 7: in jail.
Speaker 2: And I was with a friend and my friend immediately
Speaker 2: cussed at the television. It seems very odd that he
Speaker 2: would look right in the camera and say that, considering
Speaker 2: what had happened with.
Speaker 3: The forty two hundred criminals.
Speaker 6: It's politics is that you have politicians that have become
Speaker 6: so disassociated by their own actions that they feel like
Speaker 6: if they just say something repetitively, it will be true.
Speaker 6: That commercial was like the captain of the Titanic announcing
Speaker 6: that I've always been from responsible navigation of the seas.
Speaker 6: The facts, the history just don't back it up. And
Speaker 6: now that people are upset about it, you can't just
Speaker 6: revise your own personal history and ask the voters to
Speaker 6: believe it. Anything you'd like to say to the listeners,
Speaker 6: but I'd just say that this election is going to
Speaker 6: be very important. Learn about the issues, learn who's really
Speaker 6: advocating for this, and make sure you turn out to
Speaker 6: vote in November.
Speaker 3: Thing hawl things in Cabrera's County, Bears County is good.
Speaker 6: This has been my home for a long time of
Speaker 6: practice medicine here for over twenty five years.
Speaker 3: I love it here. We're unified.
Speaker 6: We recognize the fact of how close this election is
Speaker 6: going to be. We recognize the fact that Caberra's is
Speaker 6: going to be one of the key counties for the results.
Speaker 3: Of this election.
Speaker 6: We're getting motivated and we're going to turn out.
Speaker 3: I appreciate your time. I appreciate you about it again.
Speaker 2: That is new State Representative Grant Campbell out of Cabarras County.
Speaker 2: When we come back front of the program, brad Overcash
Speaker 2: was there, and brad Overcash was one of the people that.
Speaker 3: Really helped push through the Arena's law.
Speaker 2: So we'll talk to him about that, and we're going
Speaker 2: to get into some other things as well. But I
Speaker 2: really want you to hear some of these speeches and
Speaker 2: hear these interviews, because there were a lot of people
Speaker 2: here at this thing, and again se Span was there,
Speaker 2: and if Sea SPAN's there at a press conference, you
Speaker 2: probably need to know what's going on. Welcome back to
Speaker 2: Breaking with Brett Jensen here on this Friday night as
Speaker 2: we go up until seven o'clock, which is old about
Speaker 2: two twenty two minutes or so from now. All right,
Speaker 2: So brad Overcash, state Senator out of Gaston County, he
Speaker 2: is a friend of the show, but he was there
Speaker 2: delivering a speech because he was one of the people
Speaker 2: that helped push through the whole Arena Zaruska bill.
Speaker 3: You know, in Arena Zerusko.
Speaker 2: We're coming up on her one year anniversary of that
Speaker 2: horrific murder. So he was one of the speakers. So
Speaker 2: I'm going to let you hear his speech, and then
Speaker 2: afterwards I was able to get him one on one
Speaker 2: for an interview as well, just about crime and what
Speaker 2: it was like like working with Roy Cooper when Roy
Speaker 2: Cooper was the Governor. So here is North County State
Speaker 2: Senator Brad Overcash out of Gaston County.
Speaker 8: Ladies and gentlemen, there's only one law and order candidate
Speaker 8: in this race. And you don't have to take my
Speaker 8: word for it. You don't even have to take anybody
Speaker 8: up here's word for it. I'm not asking you to
Speaker 8: take it on faith. The people of North Carolina can
Speaker 8: know just what policies Michael Wattley will support when he's
Speaker 8: in the United States Center, and they can know because
Speaker 8: of what he's done. When the horrific murder of Arena
Speaker 8: Zarutzka occurred on the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Speaker 8: The very next morning, I got a call from Michael Wiley.
Speaker 8: He called and said, Brad, the legislature has to act.
Speaker 8: They have to act now, and you need to pull
Speaker 8: together and I will help you work on it. You
Speaker 8: need to pull together Arena's Law, which is something that
Speaker 8: we got passed through the Senate, through the House, and
Speaker 8: even the Democratic governor signed Arena's Law. Not only did
Speaker 8: he make that call, he started meeting with legislators from
Speaker 8: across this state and demanding that within this law we
Speaker 8: had ending of cashlest Bell promise written promise to appear
Speaker 8: for criminals, to close down this revolving door of criminals
Speaker 8: that were coming into our jails and our present and
Speaker 8: then going right back out so that these fine folks have.
Speaker 3: To re arrest them again and again and again.
Speaker 8: In fact, Arena Zeruska's murderer was arrested fourteen times before
Speaker 8: she before he murdered Arena Zaruska. Well, we worked with
Speaker 8: Michael Watley to end that, to bring law and order
Speaker 8: to this state. And that is how we can know,
Speaker 8: and the people in North Carolina can know beyond any
Speaker 8: shadow of a doubt that the only law and order
Speaker 8: candidate in this race, the only one that will protect
Speaker 8: our children, protect our communities, is Michael Whitley, and that's
Speaker 8: why we're up here today to support him for the
Speaker 8: United States Senate.
Speaker 2: So that was his speech, and again there were many
Speaker 2: media outlets there. I knows c was there, A couple
Speaker 2: of the TV's stations were there, some writers were there,
Speaker 2: other reporters were there, and like I said, a thousand
Speaker 2: times C Span was there. So afterwards I was able
Speaker 2: to catch up with the state Senator Brad Overcash to
Speaker 2: talk to him about the Arena Zaruska's Bill and Arena
Speaker 2: Zaruska Bill, as well as other things like having to
Speaker 2: deal or dealing with Roy Cooper when he was governor
Speaker 2: Center brad Over cash with me.
Speaker 7: Now, so you talked a lot about Arena's Law.
Speaker 2: And you're one of the main people that started and
Speaker 2: got this pushed through. How difficult was that at the
Speaker 2: time to actually did you think it was going to
Speaker 2: go through? And because here we are almost a year
Speaker 2: to the anniversary, so.
Speaker 3: Did you think it was going to go through? Did
Speaker 3: you think you'd get much pushback? Because there was some
Speaker 3: pushback there was.
Speaker 8: There was some on the left tried to paint a
Speaker 8: false narrative that the Arena Zaruska's murder and other murders
Speaker 8: was at the fate of law enforcement, which I thought
Speaker 8: was absolutely absurd, especially when you hear in De Carlos
Speaker 8: Brown's case he was arrested and released fourteen different times
Speaker 8: before he murdered Arena Zarutska. So once we started putting
Speaker 8: those facts out, the people of North Carolina quickly understood
Speaker 8: we have a problem with a revolving door, or we
Speaker 8: had a problem with a revolving door in our jails,
Speaker 8: in our magistrate offices and in some of our district
Speaker 8: court judges chambers.
Speaker 3: It was not on law enforcement. They did their job.
Speaker 3: The revolving door is what fell them.
Speaker 2: Let's talk about the last few years of Cooper's tenure
Speaker 2: as governor and euro state centator. You guys were passing
Speaker 2: laws left and right, and he kept vetoing them left
Speaker 2: and right. What were some of the more frustrating things
Speaker 2: that he vetoed from your standpoint.
Speaker 3: That you guys were able to override.
Speaker 8: Well, I mean, the probably the most frustrating one for
Speaker 8: me was the law that keeps men out of women's sports.
Speaker 8: I thought that was something that the people in North
Speaker 8: Carolina overwhelmingly support, Those in the Democratic Party overwhelmingly support that,
Speaker 8: and we had to come back and override Roly Cooper's veto.
Speaker 8: There was a number of things along those lines. He
Speaker 8: pulled out that veto pen, that veto stamp way too often.
Speaker 8: But fortunately people in North Carolina gave us a veto
Speaker 8: proof majority and we exercised that right.
Speaker 2: So going forward, I know you and I talked last
Speaker 2: week about some of the things that you guys are
Speaker 2: looking to do in the state Senate and everything. But
Speaker 2: I know the budget is passed, and now you guys
Speaker 2: got to start, like start working on it again.
Speaker 3: Do you think the next time it'll be a little
Speaker 3: bit easier? I believe so.
Speaker 8: I mean we're Republicans, and Republican leadership in the legislature
Speaker 8: is united, the House, the Senate. You've heard all these
Speaker 8: things about, you know, potential squabbles. I don't think we're
Speaker 8: going to see that going forward this budget deal. Once
Speaker 8: we arrived at the conclusion that we did to push
Speaker 8: down taxes at a proper rate while allowing the state's
Speaker 8: economy to continue to breathe and to grow. Once we
Speaker 8: got an agreement on that, everything fell into place. I
Speaker 8: think this was an excellent budget and I think it
Speaker 8: sets us up well for when we come back in
Speaker 8: January to start that process again.
Speaker 3: Last thing, is there anything you want to say to listeners?
Speaker 3: I just appreciate.
Speaker 8: That you covered this press conference, and I hope the
Speaker 8: people of North Carolina will see that it is objectively,
Speaker 8: unquestionably clear that Michael Watley is the only candidate in
Speaker 8: this United States Senate race who will support our communities
Speaker 8: and support law and order and safe public and public safety.
Speaker 2: Center brad overcash out of Gaston Cunt, appreciate.
Speaker 3: Your time, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 2: All right, that is State Senator Brad Overcash out of
Speaker 2: Gaston County.
Speaker 3: And again, I know.
Speaker 2: You're hearing a lot about this press conference, and it
Speaker 2: was a big press conference, and it was one look,
Speaker 2: we would be doing the exact same thing if Roy
Speaker 2: Cooper was there and had a bunch of politicians standing
Speaker 2: behind him and law enforcement officers. I'm not sure how
Speaker 2: many law enforcement officers he would have standing behind him,
Speaker 2: but maybe he would. But again, I want you to
Speaker 2: hear these things and hear what others are saying. Like, yes,
Speaker 2: Michael Watley, he's been on the show plenty of times
Speaker 2: and a lot of times, and he will continue to
Speaker 2: be on my show, and he was on Burn Winnable
Speaker 2: earlier today and he will continue to be on Breake
Speaker 2: Winnable and maybe Pete kallen Er and others. But I
Speaker 2: want you to hear. I wanted you to hear what
Speaker 2: others are saying. Other elected officials, law enforcement officials. I
Speaker 2: want you to hear what they're having to say. And
Speaker 2: so again this is why I'm playing all this.
Speaker 3: And there were, like I.
Speaker 2: Said, a lot of people were there including a lot
Speaker 2: of medium. Welcome back to Breaking with Brett Jenson for
Speaker 2: a few more minutes here until we take you up
Speaker 2: until seven o'clock in TJ.
Speaker 3: Richie takes over all.
Speaker 2: Right, So earlier today on X I posted about then
Speaker 2: gave the solution and the end results of what's.
Speaker 3: Going on with the Marvin Ridge things.
Speaker 2: So, in case you ever heard about it, you're allowed
Speaker 2: to like paint if you're a senior and upcoming senior
Speaker 2: and you want to paint your parking space, right, you're
Speaker 2: signed parking space as a senior at Marvin Ridge High School. Well,
Speaker 2: a particular student wanted to paint the American flag in
Speaker 2: of his dad, who served in the military, and the
Speaker 2: school sent out generic statements to all the students that
Speaker 2: were denied their initial idea. Well, this particular student was
Speaker 2: denied his idea of painting the American flag.
Speaker 3: The mom went on social.
Speaker 2: Media and immediately, I mean she just raised holy hell
Speaker 2: and lives of TikTok and there are millions and millions
Speaker 2: of followers got it and put it all out there
Speaker 2: and it just went viral. But I want to tell
Speaker 2: you from people that I've spoken to, people very familiar
Speaker 2: with the situation. Here's basically what happened the school, Martyn
Speaker 2: Ridge High School. They were citing something about the US flag,
Speaker 2: and again it was just a generic statement, and the
Speaker 2: Union County Public school policy is very generic about flags,
Speaker 2: and the school interpreted it from what I understand about, Hey,
Speaker 2: it's basically desecration of a flag. You know, you're not
Speaker 2: allowed to step on a flag or anything like that.
Speaker 2: So they thought, well, this would maybe constitute desecration if
Speaker 2: you're parking your car on an American flag every single day.
Speaker 2: They did not make that clear to the parent as
Speaker 2: to why they were turning it down or rejecting the
Speaker 2: American flag. So then it becomes a thing of oh,
Speaker 2: they don't like America, they don't like patriotism, they don't
Speaker 2: like this. His father served in the military, and so
Speaker 2: finally people got involved.
Speaker 3: Cooler has prevailed.
Speaker 2: Fox News even was reaching out to people and trying
Speaker 2: to figure out what was going on. The school has
Speaker 2: allowed is allowing the student to paint the American flag.
Speaker 2: It is now going to happen, so again the student
Speaker 2: can paint the American flag on.
Speaker 3: The parking spot.
Speaker 2: Now I had someone Matthew Ridnauer, who's former military former
Speaker 2: county commissioner. He responded to my post saying he didn't
Speaker 2: think that the American flag should be allowed in the
Speaker 2: parking spot because you are driving a car on the
Speaker 2: American flag, and maybe he should have put the emblem
Speaker 2: of his father's branch in the military on the on
Speaker 2: the parking spot instead. So you're gonna have different points
Speaker 2: of view on this, but I just want to let
Speaker 2: you know everything is resolved and the student at Marvin
Speaker 2: Rich High School will be able to put the American
Speaker 2: flag and the Union County School Board will come up
Speaker 2: with a rule or whatever about going forward about like
Speaker 2: painting flags and parking lives. Because no one thought this
Speaker 2: would ever be an issue. Well, it quickly became an issue.
Speaker 2: Not did it just become an issue, It became a
Speaker 2: national thing. So but everything is fine now. Everything is
Speaker 2: like you know, everyone step away from the ledge. Everything's good.
Speaker 2: Everything's resolved, and more things will be coming out going
Speaker 2: forward in terms of policy. So I just want to
Speaker 2: let you guys know what's going on with that in
Speaker 2: case you saw something on social media about it or whatever.
Speaker 2: But again, I put out something about it around four
Speaker 2: o'clock or so earlier today on X, which is why
Speaker 2: I tell you to follow me on X. All right,
Speaker 2: so we talked about Tom Tillis last night. Donald Trump
Speaker 2: made an address last night. Tom Tillis he just decided
Speaker 2: to just go ballistic again about Donald Trump. So here's
Speaker 2: a report from Queen City News really describing everything that
Speaker 2: took place one day after I talked about Tom Tillis
Speaker 2: extensively on the show.
Speaker 9: President Trump says the country's election system is at risk
Speaker 9: of being compromised due to vulnerabilities and foreign interference. He
Speaker 9: made these claims during a nighttime address Thursday, but his
Speaker 9: chief political correspondent, Andy Weber, reports a North Carolina senator
Speaker 9: argues that the President's solution would only further undermine public confidence.
Speaker 10: And then shows that the election system we have dangerously
Speaker 10: exposes and really exposes like levels never thought possible.
Speaker 5: President Donald Trump addressing the nation Thursday nights to reassert
Speaker 5: his claims of election fraud, using much of his time
Speaker 5: to relitigate the twenty twenty election, in which he lost
Speaker 5: to Joe Biden. The President arguing, you the best way
Speaker 5: to minimize both domestic and foreign interferences for Congress to
Speaker 5: pass the Save America Act legislation that would require citizens
Speaker 5: provide a proof of citizenship when registering to vote, would
Speaker 5: also implement a nationwide voter ID requirement.
Speaker 10: Addressing this crisis of election security demands that Congress must
Speaker 10: pass the Save America Act.
Speaker 11: What we're going to do if we continue down this
Speaker 11: path is to convince.
Speaker 3: The American people that you can't count on your election results.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 5: On the Senate floor Thursday, North Carolina Center Tom Tills
Speaker 5: tore into that legislation, arguing it would be impossible to
Speaker 5: implement a new voting requirements in thousands of counties in
Speaker 5: such a short timeframe. You want to sit down there
Speaker 5: and talk about how you up the bar, and.
Speaker 11: You give people a year or two to get it implemented.
Speaker 3: Fun but don't fool the American.
Speaker 11: People into thinking you can implement something of this complexity
Speaker 11: over sixty days. You have to have identification. You get
Speaker 11: on the plane, we get met up, anywhere you go,
Speaker 11: you have to have identification.
Speaker 3: I don't understand that.
Speaker 11: I think I like Tom, but I think his hatred
Speaker 11: to President Trump is fueling that.
Speaker 5: Meanwhile, South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman insists that as long
Speaker 5: as the Senate can get on board. The legislation can
Speaker 5: and should be implemented to ensure elections are more secure
Speaker 5: and reliable.
Speaker 11: He's got proof of meddling by foreign countries, particularly China,
Speaker 11: and that's a serious, serious problem for this country.
Speaker 5: The Same of America Act still doesn't have the votes
Speaker 5: to pass the Senate, but Republicans are hoping to include
Speaker 5: it in future budget legislation, which would lower the threshold
Speaker 5: needed to pass. Andy Weber, Queen City News.
Speaker 2: I think Ralph Norman hit the nail on the head,
Speaker 2: the congressman out of the Rock Hill area in the
Speaker 2: upstate of South Carolina.
Speaker 3: I think he hit the nail on the head.
Speaker 2: I think that Tom Tillis is so blinded by his
Speaker 2: hatred of President Trump because President Trump was never going
Speaker 2: to endorse him for a third term, and he was
Speaker 2: going to endorse anyone but him, and he hates President
Speaker 2: Trump so much that he's refusing to do what his
Speaker 2: constituents want. He's there to serve the constituents of North
Speaker 2: Carolina and to do the will of the people, and
Speaker 2: he's not. He's doing the will of Tom Tillis. Tom
Speaker 2: Tillis's legacy is shot. He did so many wonderful, great
Speaker 2: things while serving in the North Kunta State General Assembly.
Speaker 2: The North Carolina General Assembly was instrumental and basically the
Speaker 2: driving force and getting the Republicans the majority and even
Speaker 2: super majority. But what has gone on the last year
Speaker 2: and a half, it's not good. And his legacy will
Speaker 2: always be remembered for stuff like this. I think his
Speaker 2: hatred blinds him immensely from what the constituents in North
Speaker 2: Carolina want. It's not what Tom Tillis wants, it's what
Speaker 2: the constituents in North Carolina wants. And honestly, he's just
Speaker 2: ignoring them and throwing dirt in their face. All right, everyone,
Speaker 2: that's going to do it for us tonight Again, TJ.
Speaker 2: Richie's coming up next. Thanks to all the people that
Speaker 2: allowed me to get one on one interviews with him
Speaker 2: earlier today from Michael Waltley's press conference. But again, TJ.
Speaker 2: Richie's coming up next. My name is Brett Jensen, and
Speaker 2: you've been listening to Breaking with Brett Jensen.