WEBVTT - Looking ahead to Jan 5th & 6th! 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:03.880 This is the Buck Sexton Show, where the mission or 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:08.120 mission is to decode what really matters with actionable intelligence. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:13.640 Make no mistake American, Bring You're a great American Again 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:21.279 The Buck Sexton Show begins. He's a great guy. No. 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:25.920 Michael Pelca back in the chair for Buck Sexton. I 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:30.840 am here tonight tomorrow, and we'll say goodbye to twenty 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.559 twenty between tonight and tomorrow. I won't be here on 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.559 New Year's Eve. That's the best of Buck. But I 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.120 am here tonight and we're going to take care of business, 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:43.080 try and cover everything we can, dealing with what's going 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:46.080 on in DC and some other stuff happening around the 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.839 world as well as we're going to look ahead to 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:54.760 next week. As you know, we've got the runoff elections 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.680 in Georgia and we're going to try and track down 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:01.840 Scott Pressler. He's one of the people who's knocking on 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.759 doors and trying to make sure the Republicans win those 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.640 runoffs in Georgia, and we'll find out what he's up to. 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:15.319 We also have the Joint Session of Congress where the 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:20.000 electoral votes will be certified or contested, and we're hearing 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.840 there is going to be some contesting, so we will 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:27.080 deal with that, and there may be some rallies on 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:31.959 the streets, and we're anticipating some pretty large crowds that 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.040 are going to be there. And one of the people 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.840 who will be there is one of my favorite people 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.640 of all in the world of journalism and media. She's 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:43.000 someday I just met this year for the first time. 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.800 Her name is Tracy Beans. She is the brains behind 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:50.640 Uncovered DC dot com. Uncovered DC dot com as a 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:55.280 website you should be visiting if you are not. And 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.760 in addition to the commitment to finding the truth and 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.760 putting the truth out there without fear or favor, as 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:04.560 they used to say at The New York Times, but 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:08.120 they really mean it at Uncovered DC, Tracy is also 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.160 one of the nicest people you'd ever meet in your 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:13.720 whole life, and so I'm really thrilled she's here with us. 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:15.840 A matter of fact, I'm going to put her in 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:19.120 the top ten of all the people I know on 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:23.280 the planet. Tracy Bean's my friend. Welcome. Hi, that's so, 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:27.320 how do I thank you? Oh? You're welcome. See now 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.959 you get it. A lot of people don't understand how 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:34.320 to take a compliment and the only way to take 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.400 a compliment is not to reject it, is not to 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:42.120 diminish yourself, but just to simply say thank you. Wow, 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:47.480 thanks Casey. And now back to the countdown. So Tracy 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:50.160 Bean's at Uncovered DC a place that you should go 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.000 and visit. Is just as I said, one of my 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:57.120 favorite people. But she's a journalist dedicated to finding the truth, 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.680 sharing the truth, etc. And I want to talk about 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.799 next week and what's happening on the sixth of January. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:08.639 But you've got you've always got something bubbling over at 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:13.280 Uncovered DC. What is bubbling? What can you tease us with? Well, 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.040 it's bubbling a little bit, you know, Um, there's in 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.120 the COVID world, people are just really getting fed up, Mike. 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:20.880 I think you're you're you know, you're seeing the clips 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:25.240 of restaurant owners, you know, joining in in warehouses with 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.160 a bunch of their restaurant owner friends and just proclaiming 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:31.720 they're going to ignore these shutdowns, and new data is 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:35.800 coming out about them. You know how how asymptomatic spread 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:37.760 is not a thing, which is something we've been talking 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:41.880 about for months, almost a year now. Well, now, brave 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.640 people are starting to step forward and talk about the 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:51.520 politicization of the lockdowns, why they why they decided to 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:55.200 lockdown in the face of data that didn't really jive 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:59.040 with the conclusion. And so I've got a piece that 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:04.280 I'm working on which will cover somebody very brave, a 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.440 couple of people actually willing to put their names on 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.960 the record and come forward about some things going on 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:14.160 in Nevada. Okay, they're going to actually allow their names 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.240 in print. They're not afraid of being docked or threatened 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:19.920 or all that stuff. Way past that point. As I 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:21.800 think I said to you very early in the beginning, 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:25.280 I don't like to print stories without on the record sources. 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:30.000 And in a rare occasion like this where somebody actually 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:33.360 has the guts to stand up for what's right, it's 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:36.880 really really awesome to be able to print their name 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:40.040 and have them stand by it. And it's going to 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.320 be something. I hate teasers, but I'm not done with 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.159 it yet, so good it'll be something. Well when you 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:50.080 say it's something. And as Tracy Beans did say, she 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.880 likes to be on the record at all times with 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:58.919 confirmed sources, not saying if true. No, she's got the 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.400 statements from the people. So this is a good thing, 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:07.640 and I'm going to be waiting with bated breath, as 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:11.520 they say, and hopefully today good good, good good. So 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:15.600 here's the deal, people, You just put uncovered DC dot 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.480 com in your browser. Give it, you know, give it 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.719 a link, save the link, and go there every day 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.160 and you'll be smarter. You might even play better on 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:28.240 Jeopardy if you go there every single day, which I'm 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.880 already missing Alex Trebek? Can I say that before we 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.719 talk about next week? Are you like me? Are you 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.600 missing Alex Trebek because we're out of new Alex Trebeck 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:40.360 episodes on Jeopardy. He was just a great man. I 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.640 didn't know him personally, obviously, but it was just great. 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.800 He reminds me of my grandma my grandpa, like being 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.680 at their house and having dinner over there when my 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.640 parents were working and just they were watching Jeopardy, and 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.040 it just reminds me of my childhood. Oh. I thought 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.479 you were going to say they asked you questions over dinner. 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:58.840 Well they did. Oh good, good. Well that's good too 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.039 that I learned a lot on Jeopardy. Well you do. 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.320 Just by watching it, your IQ can go up ten points. 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.440 I guarantee you. And I was such a big fan, 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:12.240 but I'm in such an add mode as we get 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:14.760 to the end of the year. I bounced around on topics, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.360 but I want to be laser focused about next week. Washington, 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.680 d C. January sixth is a big day with a 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.680 Joint Session of Congress. But more than the five hundred 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.279 and thirty five people gathered, they are going to be 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:33.240 I imagine maybe five hundred thousand people showing up. I 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.960 think there'll be more, Mike, Honestly, I think there will 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.640 be more people here this time than the first go 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:42.040 round when we spoke, only because the first go round 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:45.400 was completely organic ressroots thing. There was no direction from 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.839 President Trump. This time he asked for people to come. 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.400 I know there's a lot of people who did not 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.760 make the trip the other two times that will be 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:58.279 coming to DC this time. As a matter of fact, 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:02.440 it's getting so big that the Hotel Harrington, it appears, 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.240 has now They wrote this letter. Do you want me 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.279 to read it real quick? Yeaick, yeah, sure. This is 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:12.120 one of the hotels that was supposed to be taking 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:16.400 reservations from people coming for this rally. Yeah. So yesterday 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:18.760 they put out this statement Washington, DC has been our 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:20.520 home for one hundred and six years. We join with 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.080 all of our guests, visitors, staff, and neighbors in our 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:27.280 concern and desire for everyone's health and safety. We appreciate 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.000 the trust our guests have placed in us over the years. 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:32.480 We wish to continue to earn it. We can't control 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.239 what happens outside. We are taking additional steps to protect 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.320 the safety of our visitors, guests, and employees. Hotel Harrington 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.400 will be closed on January fourth, fifth, and sixth. We 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:43.800 will not be accommodating guests, with the exception of our 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.920 long term residents who call our hotel home. Refunds will 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.960 be made for all prepaid reservations. Notifications are being sent 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:54.280 to all reservation holders beginning today. Wow. So this is 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:57.800 one of the hotels that was expecting guests who were 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:02.040 going to be attending rallies and events on January sixth. 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.960 Aimed at what some are using the hashtag stop the 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:10.360 Steel and to overturn the current results of the election 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:15.480 and decertify the Electoral College votes. And they are worried 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:19.280 about I guess violence. I think they just don't they 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.480 want to deter people from coming. I think that, you know, 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:26.960 Mayor Bowser before the last event, changed COVID restrictions for 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:30.640 quarantine and all kinds of other things trying to deter 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.359 people from coming in. But you know that's not happening. 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.360 People are still coming and it's going to be interesting 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:38.280 to see what happens that day with all of these 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:40.920 people in DC from all in the middle of the week, 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.720 mind you, Mike, Yeah, this is a Wednesday. It's a 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:48.120 big midweek thing. I have a reservation. I'm planning on 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.800 getting into town on the evening of the fifth, having 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:56.160 a half smoke at Ben's Chili Bowl, you know, getting 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:59.319 a good hotdog and chili in me before getting up 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:03.280 early Wednesday and attending whatever is going on. So I 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.040 will be in DC. I was not staying at that 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:10.640 hotel that is telling people we're closing, but I will be. 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.760 I know, I can't. This is I'm wondering if there 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:19.120 has been pressure from the left to tell hotels to 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.840 close down. Well, I know that there's a lot of 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:25.600 price gouging going on also, Mike, Well, I can tell 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:27.880 you this. If you're a smart shopper like me, and 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:31.360 you use an app like Hotel Tonight, you're not going 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.199 to be gouged. I can tell you I got a 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.800 pretty good deal. It's crazy because I think that the 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.600 Trump Hotel is now at forty six hundred dollars a night. 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:43.320 Get out, seriously, four six hundred dollars a night for 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:45.640 the What do you get? You better get Donald and 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:51.520 Milania bringing you dinner, literally serving you in bed right. Wow. 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:53.800 So I'm not going to ask you where you're staying, 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:55.840 and I'm certainly not going to tell people where I 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:59.559 am staying. But I am within walking distance of everything. 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:03.080 So I have plans to be in DC and you 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.000 and I better make a connection to cover whatever's going 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:09.480 on there. I will tell you I'm trying to use 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:14.400 every last favor I have to see if might be 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:17.480 able to get into the White House, oh on that day, 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.920 because I think getting a one day temporary press pass 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:23.400 to the White House that would be the place to be. 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.240 I would say there's going to be some fireworks there. 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:29.559 It seems like things are shaping up like this strategy 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:33.400 of decertification is kind of going all the way here. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.920 It looks like Pennsylvania released some information yesterday. It's really 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.280 going to fall on some of these governors. But I 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:43.840 think that these congressmen and senators have more than enough 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:47.160 information in their hands or should to debate these issues, 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.520 and at the very worst case, you know, just prolong 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.240 and delay this to bring it to a House vote, 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:55.800 in which case on January sixth, we may be celebrating. 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.160 I would hope, so, I would hope. So the numbers 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.439 you're talking about the Pennsylvania seemed to show that there 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:06.920 were more than two hundred thousand votes than they have 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:12.480 registered voters. No, wasn't that. That wasn't it. No, that 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.520 wasn't it. It was there were more than two hundred 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:20.559 thousand votes. Then they say people voted, Well, that's it. 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.679 I thought that was kind of the same thing. No, No, 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:29.160 because there are six million registered voters in in Pennsylvania. 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:32.120 So basically what they did was they took the total 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:38.440 ballots cast and then the total votes counted from the 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.200 county data and Shore data the short system, which is 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:44.480 what actually calculates everything at the end of the day, 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.520 and they subtracted the difference between the two of them 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:51.120 to find that two hundred and two thousand, three hundred 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:55.400 and seventy seven more ballots were cast than voters who voted, 0:11:56.280 --> 0:12:00.360 So that would be enough to bridge the margin that 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:04.920 has been declared. Now, is this going anywhere or is 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:09.320 this going to be part of the January sixth that's discussion. 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:16.280 They're calling for them to decertify Pennsylvania's results. That's what 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.640 they're calling for, and Arizona apparently has an announcement coming 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.160 as well. I think that, if anything, this will be 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:26.240 in the arsenal of debate materials that these congressmen and 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:29.000 senators will have at their disposal when they're trying to 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:32.040 debate electoral votes. And to be honest, I shared a 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.400 thread yesterday, Mike from some folks who put together other 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:39.600 people objecting to electoral college votes on the floor in 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:44.360 other elections passed because it's not all that you know 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.480 of an obscure practice. The Democrats do it all the time. Yeah, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.280 it seems like every time a Republican has won in 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:54.520 recent years, the Democrats have spent this day of certification 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:59.200 protesting and ultimately getting gaveled down. But they didn't have 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.600 the evidence we have here, nor did they have the 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:05.560 alternate slates of electors which we have here, and that 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.800 is the critical difference. Tracy Beans, I'm up against the wall, 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:12.240 but I have to tell you I will see you 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:16.480 in DC god willing next week and let's stand up 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.760 for what's right. Amen. Happy New Year to everyone too, 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.280 and a happy New Year to you, and a happy 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.280 New Year to all of you listening to the Buck 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:28.000 Sexton Show. Michael Pelka stepping aside for a couple. We'll 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:33.360 be right back. You're in the Freedom Heart. This is 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:40.120 the Buck Sexton Show Podcast. Welcome back to the Buck 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:44.040 Sexton Show. Michael Pelca, the Godfather, if you will, sitting 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.439 in for my friend Buck. Happy to be here, thrilled 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.960 to be here hanging out with you. Many many things 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:53.400 to get to today. I do want to focus on 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.640 some of the some of the madness around the Georgia runoffs, 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:02.520 especially when it comes to the money the Georgia runoffs 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:07.560 they have raised since the election day. Since November third, 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:14.040 the Georgia runoffs have brought in three hundred and fifty 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:19.720 million dollars between the four candidates, more than two hundred 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:26.360 million to the Democrats. Think about that, two hundred million 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:31.400 dollars for these two Democrat candidates, really with no track record, 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:36.520 and they've already spent their money. They're putting out the 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:40.960 word today that they need more money. If they're going 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:45.680 to compete, they have to have more millions. Now, most 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.040 of this money's coming, obviously from out of the state, 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.200 outside of the state, a lot of it from Hollywood. 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:55.240 The Republicans have raised over one hundred and fifty million dollars, 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.640 So you have all this money pouring in for two 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:04.480 Senate seats. Three hundred and fifty million dollars will probably 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.200 hit four hundred million by the time the election rolls 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:12.440 around a week from today. It's a staggering amount of money, 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:15.760 and it shows you how important these elections are. But 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:19.800 the Democrats are starting to get a little concerned. We're 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:24.600 hearing the Democrat establishment is saying, why are we pumping 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:30.720 money into this state. We saw down ballot races not 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:35.280 go the way we anticipated. We saw down ballot races 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:39.000 all across the country. How many House seats did Nancy 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:46.320 Pelosi lose? Virtually every contested House seat went to a Republican. 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:52.600 And it looks like as every day grows longer in 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:56.840 the Georgia race, we hear more and more stories about 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:02.360 the crazy allegations against these candidates. This Warnock guy and 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:06.040 the camp he was involved with. I know Kelly Lefler 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:10.239 is saying that the allegations of abuse against the campers 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:14.440 that are now rising up that they should be disqualifying. 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.760 We will see, you know what we should do. There's 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.760 a guy named Scott Pressler who's out knocking on doors 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:24.120 in Georgia, and I think I can get a hold 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.160 of him and we'll get the straight scoop from Scott Pressler. 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:29.960 You should know Scott. You've seen him. He's all over 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:33.880 the place on Fox. He's a very tall young man. 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.280 I think he's just nineteen years old. This was the 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:40.600 first election he voted in. And he's a conservative and 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:44.200 he said, I'm also a gay man, a gay conservative, 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:48.240 which is a new demographic for the GOP and I'm 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.120 happy to see it developing. So I think we'll get 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.880 Scott Pressel around the show tonight. I'm also going to 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:57.080 play the host privilege card, and a little bit later, 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.840 I want you to meet a friend of mine is 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:04.280 a survival guy. Was one of the youngest Boy Scouts ever. 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:06.920 I think it was a Boy Scout or reached the 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.960 Eagle Scout at the time. He was about fifteen years old, 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.960 might have been the sekest, second youngest Eagle Scout. Ever, 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:16.640 his name is Kreek Stewart and he's got a TV 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.760 show that's all about survival. It's on the Weather Channel. 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:21.760 He's got a new one coming out, and I want 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:23.560 to bug him about the new show and get some 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.679 stories out of him, because he's a fantastic guy. Especially now. 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.280 You should know how to survive, especially in the time 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.720 of the COVID, So it'll be an interesting rest of 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:37.560 the program. Second hour on the way, Michael Pelca with 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:41.080 you on the Buck Sexton Show as we say bye 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:45.440 bye to twenty tonight and tomorrow we'll be right back. 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:50.320 Thanks for listening to The Bus Seston Show podcasts. Remember 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:54.120 to subscribe on Apple Podcast, the iHeartRadio app, or wherever 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.960 you get your podcasts. And welcome back to the Buck 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.359 Sexton Show. Michael Pelca sitting from my friend Buck. Happy 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.400 to be here in the Freedom Hunt, actually broadcasting from 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:10.520 the constitutionally protected free speech bunker in the woods of Delaware. 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:14.200 That's where I make my home. And yes, I am 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:18.880 surrounded by intolerable liberals, but at least I have good 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:23.119 conservative friends like my buddy Jonathan Honigg of The Capitalist Pig, 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.960 and I've tapped on Jonathan, so we can get into 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:30.959 some of the craziness around the markets and bitcoin and 0:18:31.119 --> 0:18:34.160 all of that stuff. Jonathan Honig, it's been too long, 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:38.320 my friend. Welcome back, sir Mike, thank you for having back. 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:41.360 Happy New Year. My god, what a year has it been. 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:43.680 I mean, we've talked a few times over the year, 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.640 and at each time it seems that there's new twist 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:50.360 turns drama, certainly when it comes to the COVID pandemic, 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.200 but when it comes to the markets and the economy 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.879 as well. The good news is we're ending on a 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:58.719 high note. I mean, low unemployments, high stock prices. You 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:02.879 mentioned insulation, worries of inflation, but still low inflation, and 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.920 something called bitcoin up there at twenty five, twenty six, 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:09.080 twenty eight, eight thousand dollars a coin. My god, what 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:13.359 a year it's been. Yeah, I'm wondering does any of 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:16.520 this make sense? You know, because if I think about 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:20.040 the overall feeling on the street, on main Street, not 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:22.840 on Wall Street, a lot of people are nervous. People 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:25.560 are nervous about their jobs. We have all these restaurants 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:30.399 that are going away, small businesses are at risk, and yet, 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:33.679 like you said, stock market record highs. We've got unemployment 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:36.280 at a kind of a reasonable level, not the record 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:40.639 lows we had, and the cryptocurrency world is doing okay. 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:43.760 That doesn't seem to balance out, Jonathan. Is there a 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.879 financial sort of damocles hanging over our heads? Well, it is. 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:50.800 It's it's almost a tail like this year of kind 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:54.800 of two different economies. First and foremost is what we'll 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:58.439 call the knowledge worker economy. And what's been pulling the 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:01.800 economy forward. It's been pulling the stock market forward. I mean, 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:05.359 what's been pulling really the world forward has been these 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:10.640 high tech internets and tech companies liked the Amazons, liked 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:14.480 the zooms, like the facebooks, that have basically kept us 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.080 going during this pandemic. I mean, Mike, we really owe 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.119 a debt of gratitude at the time the government is 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:22.280 going after big technology stocks, and these are the companies 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.760 that have kept us supplied, kept us fed, kept us connected, 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:28.080 kept many of us able to work and continue to 0:20:28.560 --> 0:20:31.200 earn money during the pandemic. And you know, that's a 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:34.119 big different think where we would be this year without Facebook, 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:38.520 without Amazon, without Microsoft, for all these amazing companies that 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:41.160 have created technology, and they those have been the ones 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:43.440 that have really been pulling the stock market higher. I mean, 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:46.399 if you've owned, let's say, an airline, you know, if 0:20:46.440 --> 0:20:49.640 you've owned a lot of the restaurants or retailers, you've 0:20:49.640 --> 0:20:52.360 suffered and you still haven't come back. But these companies 0:20:52.359 --> 0:20:54.280 that have been able to adapt, then they've been able 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:57.679 to provide the technology that powers our lives. They've thrived, 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.159 and that's been a big reason that the economy, you 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:03.440 rid large, has prospered, and certainly the stock market as well. 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:06.040 It's those big cap names that are pulling us forward. 0:21:06.400 --> 0:21:09.760 So I have to be happy about Amazon now, after 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:14.320 I've been nervous about Jeff Bezos and all of his machinations. 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:16.880 Now I have to pat him on the back. Well, 0:21:16.920 --> 0:21:19.920 if you know, think about the difference these days, Jeff 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:23.600 are Mike of of returning a gift via Amazon. I'm 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:26.480 during at Christmas gift via Amazon. You know, the label 0:21:26.520 --> 0:21:29.399 prints out, you leave it at your door, the UPS 0:21:29.440 --> 0:21:31.560 guy comes and picks it up. Or the old days, 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:33.720 the pre Amazon days, when you would have to you know, 0:21:33.960 --> 0:21:36.320 get in your car, go to a parking lot, go 0:21:36.400 --> 0:21:39.879 to a venture you know, or is there park parking lots? 0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:43.439 Stand in line, especially during a pandemic. So there's no 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:46.120 question that you know, these companies are succeeding. Those big 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:51.080 tech tech cap big cap tech companies are succeeding because 0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:53.440 of the values they provide. But there is something else 0:21:53.480 --> 0:21:55.400 going on, and you kind of alluded to it. I mean, 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:58.600 to supposedly help the economy or save the economy. The 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:01.159 Federal Reserve has even doing one thing and one thing only, 0:22:01.240 --> 0:22:03.040 and that is printing a hell of a lot of 0:22:03.080 --> 0:22:05.760 money that's gone into a lot of risk assets. There 0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:08.400 was anecdotal evidence that a lot of the initial stimulus 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:11.720 checks literally went into the stock market. You've also seen 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:14.359 it with a lot of other what they call risk assets, 0:22:14.400 --> 0:22:17.200 and crypto is probably the best example. You know, I'm 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:19.760 not a hater. This is a Bitcoin is a topic 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:22.320 that brings out a lot of anger and emotion and people. 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:25.000 I'm not a hater, but I can promise to this 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:28.760 bitcoin or something as speculative that wouldn't have existed in 0:22:28.800 --> 0:22:31.040 two thousand and eight. It couldn't have existed in two 0:22:31.080 --> 0:22:33.639 thousand and nine, back when people were very afraid of 0:22:33.720 --> 0:22:36.240 risk in the midst of the global financial crisis. It's 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:39.119 only because of all this money printing, all the speculation 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:41.960 that's something like bitcoin I believe at least can thrive 0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:44.960 and prosper. That's exactly what we're seeing now. Money is 0:22:45.000 --> 0:22:49.280 flying into all types of risk assets, stocks, even gold 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:51.959 and precious metals, bitcoin, and a lot of it has 0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:55.280 to do with potential risks about exactly what you said 0:22:55.280 --> 0:22:57.679 that money printing. People are worried about the value of 0:22:57.680 --> 0:23:00.400 a dollar, so they're buying any type of others called 0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:03.399 hard assets. Real estate's gone up quite a bit to 0:23:03.520 --> 0:23:07.040 try to protect against that risk. So lots of flun 0:23:07.200 --> 0:23:09.639 moving parts in this American economy. But one thing I 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:12.520 think esher it's the resilience of the American worker in 0:23:12.520 --> 0:23:15.679 the American company. I mean, they've persevered, They've held on 0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:19.520 with or without stimulus, with or without the government lockdowns. 0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:21.920 And there's a lot to be said for the good 0:23:21.920 --> 0:23:24.919 old American worker and certainly the American entrepreneur during this 0:23:24.960 --> 0:23:28.560 pandemic and during twenty twenty. Yeah, I think the entrepreneurs 0:23:28.640 --> 0:23:32.160