1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: It's that time time time, time, luck and load. So 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: Michael Very Show is on the air. Chill right. 3 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: I know I can order Maga gear online, but do 4 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 2: you know of a place in Houston where you can 5 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: buy Maga merchandise? I said, I do not, but I've 6 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: been asked many times, and she said it might make 7 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: for an interesting Facebook post. Where do you get your 8 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 2: Trump gear? Just a thought, Well, if you want something 9 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 2: that is subtle but cool, also fashionable but comfortable, Magpies, 10 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 2: which is in sugar Land and on bel Air, has 11 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 2: a shirt that Ramone and I both went and bought. 12 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: It's a golf shirt and if you look at it, 13 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 2: if you just glance a little bit, you'll notice that 14 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: it's Trump's face. 15 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: It's pretty cool. 16 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 2: And I was told a couple of days ago they 17 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 2: had about one hundred left. Anyway, that's Magpiesgifts dot Com. 18 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 2: I don't know where people get I'm assuming they get 19 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 2: it all online. 20 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: I don't know where people get. 21 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 2: They now have the black Maga caps that that Jim 22 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: I mean that Elon Musk was wearing the other day, 23 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 2: and I'm told that you can you can get those there. 24 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: I want to get to. 25 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 2: So several of you made reference to the Something About 26 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: Mary movie scene. I haven't seen that movie, but Ramona 27 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: explained it to me during the the U break the 28 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: clump in your hair and what happened between him and 29 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 2: was it his girlfriend or he's just dating her or 30 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: what's going on first date? Okay, all right, fair enough. 31 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 2: The Houston Business Journal Fast fifty profiles or lists fifty 32 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: companies that are seeing explosive growth. I'm always interested to 33 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 2: see what's going on, and I think the number one 34 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: category this year was commercial construction. Seem like almost a 35 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 2: third of the companies were in commercial construction. And that 36 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: is a sign not just of each one of those 37 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 2: companies doing better than they would otherwise. Locked Solutions Yesterday 38 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: kind of fits in with that because they have their infrastructure. 39 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 2: You're building buildings, you're buying their pre cast concrete pieces 40 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 2: to channel your cords and wires and. 41 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 1: Infrastructure. 42 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: One of those companies that we are talking to is 43 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 2: Tent Houston Tents and Events. Aaron Randall is the CEO. Darren, 44 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: welcome to the program. 45 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me. 46 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 2: I'm going to ask you a series of questions and 47 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 2: I want you to answer in a second or less 48 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: without a lot of thought. Okayvermon't help me out here. 49 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 2: Can we get some pacing? Okay, because this is off 50 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: the cuff. Okay, you can't think about it and it 51 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: can't be like we well, we just try to help people, 52 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: because you know, if we can just help people. 53 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: I hate that. 54 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 2: I want to hear the down and dirty. 55 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 3: Okay, ready, authentic? 56 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 4: You got it, all right? 57 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 2: Authentic? Very well said? Are you a founder of the company? 58 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 3: Yes, sir? 59 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: What years you found it? 60 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 3: January first, twenty twenty. 61 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: How old are you? 62 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 3: Thirty four? 63 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 2: How many employees. 64 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 5: Seventy? 65 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: What? 66 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, seventy annual revenues it's on the list. So do 67 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: you have to tell. 68 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 5: Yeah? 69 00:03:54,600 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 3: No problem seven and a half profitability percentage? 70 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 5: Uh? 71 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: Do you take a salary? 72 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 6: I do? 73 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: How much? 74 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 3: Rather not share? 75 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: Okay? 76 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 4: All right? 77 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: Well, I mean I thought I tried. 78 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 5: Uh. 79 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: Do you have any family members working more? 80 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 5: Not? 81 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: Not? 82 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 3: Not enough? Is that a good enough answer? 83 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: Do you make more? 84 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: Do you take out more or less than five hundred thousands? 85 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 3: No? I take out less than that. 86 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: Okay. 87 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: Do you have any family members in the business? 88 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 3: I do. My wife and I both. She is the CEO. 89 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 3: I'm the chief operating officer and I have a few 90 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 3: not immediate family members, but other family members in key positions. 91 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: Have you ever does she have a separate office from you? 92 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 3: Uh, no, sir, it's we're together. 93 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 1: Is it just the two of y'all? 94 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 3: It is, but we both focus on different parts of 95 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 3: the business, so we find a way to make sure 96 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 3: that it's not where directly. 97 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: Todd, have you ever closed the door. 98 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 2: And just said something like, yeah, it's good thing. Everybody 99 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: else is around here, you know, even one time? 100 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: Have you ever done that? 101 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 3: No? No, no, not mean man. We've been together since 102 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 3: freshman year in high school. Well there was enough time 103 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 3: for that, But. 104 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,039 Speaker 2: You've never even said just kind of because sometimes you 105 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 2: have to remind a woman that there's still a rage 106 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: and bullet when he tells, you know, I can dress 107 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 2: up real nice and put on a tide and be 108 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 2: polite and conjugate my verse. 109 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: But don't forget, no, man, that far is not me 110 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 3: one time. 111 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: Okay, why do you think why do you think this 112 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: business has taken off? That that's explosive? Well, let me 113 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 2: ask you this. How did you start it? You take 114 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 2: on investors, bank debt, family. 115 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 3: Members, cast out all of savings from working in corporate world, 116 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: cast out my wife's Texas retirement system. She was an 117 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 3: elementary teacher at Oak Force Elementary and uh here An 118 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 3: hisd and I just took all that money and started 119 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 3: buying the equipment that I could that I could turn 120 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 3: the most profit early on. And I'd been in the 121 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 3: industry five years before I started on my own, with 122 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 3: whom I had some customer base, No, would never work 123 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 3: with them. The other reason I'm in this industry in 124 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 3: the first place, it was another company aps very a 125 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 3: lot smaller company. 126 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 2: And how much did you have to put in? How 127 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 2: much you have to capitalize to start this business? 128 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 3: I started with about one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. 129 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: What did you get for that? What'd you buy? Did 130 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: you start with tents. 131 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 3: Or table tables, some linens, some chairs, things that I 132 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 3: could put on job sites and if I needed to 133 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: sub rent the other items from other companies, which became 134 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 3: a shortcoming because no one in this industry would ever 135 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 3: do it the way that it needs to be done 136 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 3: and with quality and passion behind it. So ultimately what 137 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,920 Speaker 3: that means is our tried relying on as many other 138 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: vendors in the industry to pad their pocketbooks as long 139 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 3: as I could, and ultimately everybody showed their face and 140 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 3: didn't carry the same level of quality. 141 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 5: That I expect and what we do here at. 142 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 3: Cheuse intensive events. So that's led me into a lot 143 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: of different areas of that of equipment and inventory for us, 144 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 3: And I always say it every time. Half of the 145 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 3: things that we have in our inventory, if you asked 146 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 3: me day one, it wasn't something I thought we would do, 147 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 3: even including the recent acquisition I made of another company 148 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 3: this summer, was areas of items that I did not 149 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 3: want to do from day one. But when I can't 150 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 3: rely on someone else to do it and do it 151 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 3: the right way, then the next path is is I'll 152 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 3: invest everything back in and keep it moving along and growing. 153 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 2: So that's where we are for these events that you're 154 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 2: setting up tents and things like that. How would you 155 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 2: what category of event would you say is really popular 156 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 2: right now? 157 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: Corporate events as our primary focus, and behind that nonprofit 158 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 3: related events and. 159 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 2: Schools, interesting uh outdoor party rental, crawlfish bawl equipment, cookoff tents, 160 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 2: tailgate party, holiday parties, wedding party rentals. Which of those 161 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 2: is bigger as a percentage of your operations than you 162 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: expected it to be. Doesn't have to be the biggest, 163 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 2: but you didn't expect it to be that big. 164 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 3: Weddings, to be honest, I planned my own wedding before 165 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 3: I got in this industry because my wife brought me 166 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 3: bills home and showed me what it was going to cost, 167 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 3: and we didn't have that kind of money, and so 168 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 3: I kind of managed it myself, and that was my 169 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 3: first entry into that side of things. 170 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: Weddings, funerals. 171 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 2: It's amazing, It's it's yeah, hold on just the moment. 172 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: His name is Darren Randall. 173 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: It's Houston Tents and Events. 174 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: The website is Houston Tents. 175 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 5: Events dot com, Sung Michael Bay, Good Show, Boklock. 176 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 2: Houston Tenths and Events is one of the Houston Business 177 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 2: Journal Fast fifty. They've had amazing success in just a 178 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 2: handful of years. You opened the business, Darreon Randall during COVID. 179 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 3: An incredible time to start an events company is twenty twenty. 180 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: What month. 181 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 3: January first? 182 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 2: Okay, So like my friend Matt Brice who opened Federal 183 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 2: American Grill for I think Valentine's Day, you're just starting 184 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 2: to ramp up you're not getting any momentum yet you're 185 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 2: in the slog and days, and all of a sudden boom, 186 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 2: the government, who doesn't have to meet payroll they get 187 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 2: their money automatically says shut everything down. You can't do that, 188 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 2: that would destroy the business. 189 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: What'd you do? 190 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 3: So we had ten good weeks to start the year 191 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 3: and had a promising book of business we were looking 192 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 3: at for the rest of the year. We did Twitter's 193 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 3: annual Global conference here in Houston the first and second 194 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 3: week of January. That led us off a good path 195 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 3: and we were able to do all of our rodeo 196 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 3: cookoff teams for Houston Rodeo, which was a big bonus 197 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 3: to give us a little bit of padding. And then 198 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 3: on March tenth, I believe it was is when I 199 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 3: got the news that I called my wife and told 200 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 3: her things are about to get real weird and real tough. 201 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 3: And at that same day I stopped in the Chick 202 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 3: fil A of all places, and was getting rained on, 203 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 3: as was the employee there, and realized that they could 204 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 3: use a canopy, and so I made a deal with 205 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 3: her that she'd never get rained on, and she told 206 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 3: the manager that I needed to speak with him, and 207 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 3: turns out it was the operator of that location in 208 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 3: the Heights and lo and behold, he beat me up 209 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 3: on price, but I locked him into a multiple month 210 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 3: agreement and under the notion that he would share it 211 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 3: with all the other Chick fil A's and so across. 212 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 3: It spread like wildfire from that Sunday when I went 213 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 3: and built their first draft through canopy to maybe June, 214 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 3: so two and a half three months later I did 215 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 3: up to a total twenty eight or twenty nine Chick 216 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 3: fil A draft through location. So if you anyone in 217 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,079 Speaker 3: Houston ever went through a white tent and a Chick 218 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 3: fil A draft through Houston Tenson Events, that's what saved 219 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 3: Houston Tenson Events. At that time, before all the COVID 220 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 3: vaccine sites and testing sites and everything were online, we 221 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 3: were doing restaurant drive throughs for Chick fil A and 222 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 3: a bunch of other friends that own the restaurants around 223 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 3: town as well. 224 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 2: What do you do to secure a temporary tent like 225 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 2: that to keep it from blowing away, because there's got 226 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 2: to be some level of windstorm rating it so you 227 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: don't hurt somebody. 228 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 3: So we only buy the highest quality manufacturers, so all 229 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: the tents that we have, we put out have engineering 230 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 3: for them, and in that engineering it shows how much 231 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 3: weight PSI is supposed to be held in concrete, if 232 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 3: we're anchoring in concrete, which is the strongest method, and 233 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 3: beyond that, we use concrete blocks for everything. So you'll 234 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 3: never see Houston into the events tent anywhere around town, 235 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 3: no matter if it's a ten by ten with water 236 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 3: barrels on it, which is the old school way of 237 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 3: doing it, and it is not. There's been enough case 238 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 3: studies over the last ten years showing how much weight 239 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 3: needs to ballace a tent, and ultimately we're trying to 240 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 3: do it the safe right way as if my family 241 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 3: were going to be under that tent somewhere, and so 242 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 3: quality and safety it is how we handle it with 243 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 3: concrete blocks or or anchoring or staking in the ground 244 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 3: if we have approval and grass or asphalt. 245 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 2: What material what kind of canvas are they using now, 246 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 2: and how is it different for those tents. 247 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 3: Most of the tents on the more economical side, or 248 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 3: sixteen ounce on the more industrial commercial side, or twenty 249 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 3: two to twenty four ounce vinyl. Obviously, we take it 250 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 3: to the next level, are able to do a lot 251 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 3: of customization which might have a marketing background before I 252 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 3: got into the events side of the event industry, and 253 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 3: so that's superman for me to try to modify and 254 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 3: make it not feel like a tent wherever we're building 255 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,959 Speaker 3: it that I wanted to feel like it's part of 256 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 3: the aesthetics, part of the building, part of the restaurant, 257 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 3: whatever it may be. But the primary materials are obviously 258 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 3: aluminum on all the tentting framework and then vinyl on 259 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 3: all the canvas. 260 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: Where'd you go to high school? 261 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 3: I'm actually from north of Memphis, Mumford, Tennessee, Mumford High. 262 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: School And you went did did you go to college? 263 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 3: I did University of Houston, go Coogs And you came 264 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 3: out in what year? I finished in twenty twelve with 265 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 3: my bachelor's and my masters two years later in fourteen. 266 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 2: And then what'd you do straight out of school? 267 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 4: So? 268 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 3: I worked in college for Kevin Summons staff at the 269 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 3: University of Houston with football as a football operations and 270 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 3: recruiting assistant for two years and then the first year 271 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: my third year. For my first year, I did equipment management, 272 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 3: so I washed all the laundry and then went from 273 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 3: there and went over to the Houston Texans for a 274 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 3: season and worked on their business operations side, so not 275 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,839 Speaker 3: directly just with the football day to day, and from 276 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 3: there went to comcasts and helped manage all of their 277 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 3: grassroots marketing activation efforts all over the city and hyper 278 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 3: local expansion outside of geographic central Houston. And that kind 279 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 3: of led me into a lot more events around the 280 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 3: city on a different scale than just sports related. 281 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 2: My wife was on the Border Regions when you were there, 282 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: and those were some we were doing a lot of 283 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 2: UH events. 284 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: We met at UH and eighty nine. Both went there. 285 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 2: Cool I got my undergrad she got her graduate degree. 286 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 2: She got her law school degree there. She came here 287 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 2: as a PhD student, but we spent a lot of 288 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: time on that campus and then she re engaged with 289 00:14:53,880 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 2: the Border Regions and absolutely loved it. I mean, that's 290 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 2: been a thing that she's done in her career that 291 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 2: she's UH was in such a good It was such 292 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 2: a good time for UH. We'd had we had a 293 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 2: new president, someone was winning football games. I mean, things 294 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 2: were people forget you know, someone had his problems later, 295 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 2: but someone with the Koogs, those were some. Those were 296 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: some good years and and they led to a lot 297 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 2: of success. Oh yeah, I was reading last night, Darren. 298 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 2: It the UH TCU game was the ninth most watched 299 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: game in all of college football, which Aggie's in Ohio 300 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 2: State and UT can laugh about. It's fine, but for 301 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 2: uh to be at that level is pretty darn good. 302 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 2: And it was I think the second most watched Cougar 303 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 2: game in some number of years. 304 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: It was at million and a half people. It was 305 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: a big audience in ten years or so. 306 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it was impressive. So so you we go 307 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 2: to Comcast, and then where do we go from there? 308 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 3: The APS the first rental company I started at, and 309 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 3: what led me there was along all of my path 310 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 3: through college for college events around the campus and in athletics, 311 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 3: and at the Texans we used another provider, and then 312 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 3: at Comcast. Obviously, when you're working for a fortune fifty 313 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 3: things need to be well, old machine ran right. All 314 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 3: of the equipment needs to be top notch and high quality. 315 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 3: And I could never get I could never get what 316 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 3: I was paying for, if that makes sense. And ultimately 317 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 3: I went home to my wife one day. We were 318 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 3: supposed to huge Comcasts was supposed to acquire Time Warner 319 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 3: Cable and that was going to expand Houston's footprint across 320 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 3: the whole state of Texas. And so I was in 321 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 3: a lot of meetings daring for this expansion. Across the 322 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 3: sixteen months, Comcasts spent at one point five billion dollars, 323 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 3: moved two of my direct supervisors across the VP and 324 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 3: the director across the country to different markets to put 325 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 3: them in strategic positions for this, and ultimately on the 326 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 3: Friday afternoon at four thirty, get the email of that 327 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 3: that they're pulling it because the SEC was going to 328 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 3: strike it down as a monopoly. So, uh, I looked 329 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 3: at that and went home to my wife and I 330 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 3: told her, I said I think, uh, I think I'm 331 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 3: done with corporate world today. And she's like, you know, 332 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 3: to explain what happened, And she said, what are you 333 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 3: gonna do? And I said, I think I'm gonna go 334 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 3: do events. And she said, you're gonna go do like 335 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 3: event planning and management and I said, no, I think 336 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 3: I'm going to go do tents. And she said, what 337 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 3: do you know about tents? 338 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 5: I said, I know there's a. 339 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 3: Lot of people that don't know what they're doing. And 340 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 3: aren't doing it the right way, and that there's a 341 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 3: great business opportunity here and it gives me a passion. 342 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 2: Darren, I'm up against a break. I've got another interview. 343 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 2: I love your story, man, I love to see people 344 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 2: making it happen. You could tell stories for hours on 345 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 2: how hard you work. It's Houston Tents Events dot Com, 346 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 2: not like all worked up tents. 347 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: Like tents you know you get underneath offends the tents. 348 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 4: It speaks for us, real Americans. 349 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 7: I'm from the country and I like it that. 350 00:17:51,040 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 4: With yeah, oh, sayser, what so. 351 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 7: Time I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United 352 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 7: States of America, who rides. 353 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 4: And ride lost to. 354 00:18:45,760 --> 00:19:21,000 Speaker 6: Square and to the Republic for which it stands, one 355 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 6: nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. 356 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 2: Several years ago, we had a young fellow named Scott 357 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 2: Presler on the show, and for most of you, that 358 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: was your original introduction to him, and many of you 359 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 2: have followed him since then. 360 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: I know because you send me emails. 361 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 2: Hey, Scott's in Wisconsin, Scott's in Virginia, Scott's in North Carolina. 362 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 2: He's been heavy in the news of late because he's 363 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 2: taken up residents in Pennsylvania, which many consider to be 364 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,919 Speaker 2: the state that maybe it may come down to Pennsylvania. 365 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 2: At the end, he posts under the name The Persistence. 366 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 2: This guy started on a shoestring budget. You can't miss 367 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 2: him because he's got Crystal Gale hair. He's got the 368 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 2: best hair you've ever seen, is fabio hair. And he's 369 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 2: tall and lean with his long flowing hair. And he 370 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 2: is relentless, and he is wentlessly optimistic, joyous. You can't 371 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 2: hate him, although they try, because it's it's hope, it's inspiration, 372 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 2: it's it's it's aspirational for our country. And he goes 373 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 2: around the country registering people to vote. He's been brought 374 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 2: on stage with the likes of every political leader you 375 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 2: can imagine, including Donald Trump, to thank him for what 376 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 2: he's done. Why I like that is the grassroots doesn't 377 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 2: get enough. You win with with grassroots, you win with 378 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: with shoe leather. And he's our guest. Scott Presler, welcome 379 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 2: to the program. 380 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 5: Well, gosh, I need to have you travel with me. 381 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 5: I mean, you're a great hype man. 382 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 2: You know you said that years ago. When I first 383 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 2: introduced you, nobody knew you and where are the thank 384 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 2: you notes? Where's the love? 385 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: Scott? What drives you today. 386 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 5: Are our country is on the verge of destruction. We 387 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 5: are twenty six days away from the most important election 388 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 5: of our lives. What drives me is I want to 389 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 5: say that on Tuesday, November fifth, that I've done everything 390 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 5: within my human ability to help save the country that 391 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 5: I love. That's what drives me. 392 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 2: What surprises you most? I mean, you've literally traveled the 393 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 2: country and you've done it Jack Kerouac style, low budget. 394 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 2: I see you know pictures and stories of you saying, hey, 395 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 2: you know, I was out and you know wherever Virginia 396 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 2: and this couple said, where are you going to stay? 397 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 3: I don't know? 398 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 2: And they so you're staying with us tonight tomorrow. You're 399 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 2: up and you're on the road, and you're out there 400 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 2: and you're registering, and you're relentless and you're never down. 401 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:42,920 Speaker 2: I know you are, but you don't show it. You're 402 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 2: always so positive. What has surprised you most about this journey? 403 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: And this literally is the word journey is overused. You 404 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 1: are on a journey. 405 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 5: Well, it's been a long eight years, and I think 406 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 5: the thing that surprised me most is just the amount 407 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 5: of love that's out there. You know, you listen to 408 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 5: the CNN and the Democrats and the mainstream media, and gosh, 409 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 5: it's also depressing. And I think the media as a 410 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 5: whole is meant to just bring people down. But then 411 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 5: in real life, when I'm talking to people and I 412 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 5: meet people like Guru Karta and Houston who told me Scott, 413 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 5: when I was going through cancer treatment, I would watch 414 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 5: your videos to feel better. Or when veterans come up 415 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 5: to me and I mean, this is the most humble 416 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 5: thing that anyone could ever say to me, is they go, Scott, 417 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 5: I served our country, but I feel like you are 418 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 5: serving in a very different way that you are also serving. 419 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 5: Or when moms and dads they go, Scott, I am 420 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 5: waiting for my child to turn eighteen so you can 421 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 5: be the one to register my son or my daughter 422 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 5: to vote. And I think at its core, the whole 423 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 5: theme of this is I want people to recognize one 424 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,719 Speaker 5: person can make a difference. Donald Trump is one person 425 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 5: who is helping to change the world. Elon Musk is 426 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 5: one person who is helping to change the world. Tulcy 427 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 5: Gabbart is one person that's helping to change the world. 428 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 5: We all play a role, and whether that's being Michael 429 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 5: Berry and having a radio show, or whether that's just 430 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 5: being a mom like Nicole Fried in Burke's County, Pennsylvania 431 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 5: that she is a mom to fifteen beautiful children. We 432 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 5: all play a role in helping to save our great country. 433 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: I got caught up, Scott. 434 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I don't have a follow up question. 435 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: Let's just sit here for a second. 436 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 2: I got caught up because I don't really go to 437 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 2: rallies because I do the show all week and I'm 438 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 2: beaten on the weekend. I just you know, I want 439 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,679 Speaker 2: to rest and start back. But I felt the energy. 440 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 2: You know, it's amazing because you have to that energy 441 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 2: anew every day to do what you do. And you know, 442 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 2: rock stars will tell you this that no matter how 443 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 2: great you were in New York last night, you're in 444 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: Philadelphia today and you've got to bring that whole new energy. 445 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 2: A friend of mine that owns the one of the 446 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 2: best tex Mex restaurants in Texas, what you say in 447 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 2: that saying something says you're only as good as the 448 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: last place you served. So no matter how good you 449 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 2: were on Tuesday, night. Those people coming on Wednesday, they 450 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: want an amazing meal, right for you to get up 451 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 2: and do this every single day. His name is Scott Presler. 452 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 2: You can find him on Twitter under the Persistence more 453 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 2: of his journey to save America and how it should 454 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 2: inspire you over the next twenty six days to join 455 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 2: him coming up. 456 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 4: Many times. I will talk a lot. 457 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: I will get caught up in the rhetoric the Michael 458 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: Verry Show. 459 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 4: I'm a knucklehead at times. Oh bad damn. 460 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 2: Scott Presler posts under the name of the Persistence, which 461 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 2: is pretty clever. If you think about resistance suggests fighting, 462 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,160 Speaker 2: and there's a time and place for that. But one 463 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 2: of the things you find that is and you know, 464 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 2: I talk to a lot of entrepreneurs, talk to a 465 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 2: lot of folks that have been in politics for a 466 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 2: long time. Ted Cruz would be a great example of this. 467 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 2: Donald Trump obviously a great example of this. If someone 468 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 2: succeeds over the long term, at the end of that success, 469 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 2: once they've reached their crowning glory, they make it look easy. 470 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 2: But what you don't understand is how many times they 471 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,199 Speaker 2: get knocked down, how many times they wake up instead 472 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 2: of sleeping in, they get up and they most days 473 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 2: are not glamorous. 474 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: I don't care if you're. 475 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 2: An NFL player, a singer on the road, a small 476 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 2: business owner, a guy that runs a forklift. Most days, 477 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 2: it's getting up when you don't want to. It's it's 478 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 2: moving and you don't. 479 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: Feel like it. It's tough. 480 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 2: Persistence is such a great word and such great advice. 481 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 2: Scott Presler, where are you today? 482 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 5: Thank you well. Actually that name was born because of 483 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 5: the Democrats. You know, when Donald Trump was inaugurated in 484 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 5: twenty seventeen, everything was resist this and resist that, and 485 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 5: I thought, gosh, that's so negative. Let's do something positive. 486 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 5: And so I've had that moniker for the last eight 487 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 5: years and I and the definition of persist, mister Barry, 488 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 5: is to continue on despite resistance. And I want that 489 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 5: to be our crowning accomplishment that no matter what comes 490 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 5: our way, no matter what is thrown to try to 491 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 5: derail us, we will continue to persist to stay of 492 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 5: our country. Now I'm here in Pike County, Pennsylvania. It's 493 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 5: just on the border of New York and northeast Pennsylvania. 494 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 5: And today I'm going out to a post office to 495 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 5: go set up at Trump table to meet voters where 496 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 5: they are, to give them Trump's signs, get people registered 497 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 5: to vote, because we still have twelve days of voter 498 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 5: registration here in the Commonwealth, and we're actually gonna have 499 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,199 Speaker 5: people vote early. We're gonna get them to do an 500 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 5: in person on demand mail and vote and go to 501 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 5: their Bureau of Elections. Tonight, I'm meeting with Ambassador Richard 502 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 5: Grennell and Lehigh County. Tomorrow, I'm going to Lancaster, where 503 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 5: the amisharks, to the Green Dragon Farmers Market. On Saturday, 504 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 5: We're doing a block party for our beautiful Puerto Rican 505 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 5: and Dominicans courting the Hispanic vote in Reading Burgs County, Pennsylvania. 506 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 5: And on Sunday I will be doing an event with 507 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 5: Jack Postovic and Tim Poole for a Day of Unity, 508 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 5: also courting our beautiful Libertarians and RFK junior supporters. 509 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 2: Let's go You left out two very important important endorsements 510 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 2: that Trump has community groups. One is the Amish. Unless 511 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 2: you've done something with the Amish, you haven't done anything. 512 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 5: Absolutely well. And I want to make it clear here 513 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 5: in Pennsylvania and in Wisconsin and places across the country. 514 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 5: The Democrats are attacking raw milk. And if you want 515 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 5: to talk about make America healthy again, this is about 516 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,959 Speaker 5: property rights, land rights, and you guys know a thing 517 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 5: about that in Texas with Agena twenty one. And this 518 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 5: is about the ability to choose what to put in 519 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 5: my body. If I want to have nutrients, gents and 520 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 5: rich foods that I grow off my land and I consume, 521 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 5: that should be my choice and my right and religious 522 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 5: freedom is under attack. School choice is under attack, and 523 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 5: so we are courting the Amish vote and saying, listen, 524 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 5: now is the time that you must vote if you 525 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 5: want to preserve your ways of life. 526 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: The other group we need to bring up is the polls. 527 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 2: Because Donald Trump got the Polish American endorsement and I'm 528 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 2: told there are eight hundred thousand Polish in Pennsylvania. 529 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: Did you know this? 530 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 5: Oh? Yes, yes, this is a big deal. And especially 531 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 5: when we look at Europe in the threat of World 532 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 5: War three, when we look at Europe and the immigration 533 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 5: invasion that is happening to their countries over there, the 534 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 5: same way is happening in hours, and you bring up 535 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 5: eight hundred thousand. I also would be remiss not to 536 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 5: acknowledge our veteran community, and I'll tell you, veterans don't 537 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 5: take kindly to stolen valor Tim Wallas. Veterans don't take 538 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 5: kindly to Kamala Harrison sulting gold Star families. And so 539 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 5: I have a call to action. I want everyone please. 540 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 5: I know that Texas, you guys can no longer register voters, 541 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 5: but you can still go to your VFW. You can 542 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 5: still go to your American legion and court our veterans. 543 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 5: And we had one of our staffers, Pam Probson, she 544 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 5: visited VFW here in Pennsylvania and registered a ninety four 545 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 5: year old man that hasn't voted since he was thirty. 546 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 5: So please, I ask you go to the fraternity houses, 547 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 5: go to the gun stores, go to the VFW halls. 548 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 5: We need to court voters and meet them where they 549 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 5: are every day until Tuesday, November fifth. 550 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 2: What I love about your message, Scott is I talk 551 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 2: to people every day who thinks that Donald Trump is 552 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 2: going to save us and all they have to do. 553 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,959 Speaker 2: As long as they cheer for Trump, then everything's going 554 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 2: to be okay. And no one understands. No, no, Trump's 555 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 2: going to do his part. You have to do yours 556 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 2: we have to use our gifts and talents wherever we 557 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 2: are in this world. If you work in a shoe store, 558 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 2: it's talking to the people around you and coming in. 559 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 2: If you work in a school, it's talking to the 560 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 2: voter age eligible folks. Everybody has a role to play. 561 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 2: And I think that rather than just preach about it, 562 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 2: you have shown by example by getting out there and 563 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 2: putting in the steps and putting in the time with a. 564 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 1: Very positive message all the way. I love that about it. 565 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 2: I think that goes a long way. I've got a 566 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 2: minute and a half. 567 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: I want you. 568 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 2: You're just going to take it to the break. Scott Raman, 569 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 2: can I get something aspirational? I mean gloriously aspirational. I 570 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 2: want you to fire the folks up to get out 571 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 2: themselves and save this country in the next twenty six days. 572 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 5: Thank you. Thirty percent of Christians are not registered to vote. 573 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 5: Please every weekend from now to election day, you visit 574 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 5: your church, you visit your synagogue, you go out there 575 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 5: and you court our religious communities. Thirty percent of Pennsylvania 576 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 5: hunters and forty percent of Wisconsin hunters are not registered 577 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 5: to vote. I need you going to the gun stores 578 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 5: to the gun Ranges, and guys, I mean, I'm going 579 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 5: to put this into perspective for you. This election is 580 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,719 Speaker 5: a make or break and while Donald Trump is our 581 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 5: candidate and we need to support him, you vote from 582 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 5: top to bottom in your state. You vote for Senator 583 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 5: Ted Cruz, you vote for your congressional candidates. Donald Trump 584 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 5: can only be successful if we give him a Republican 585 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 5: House and we give him a Republican Senate. Last, everybody 586 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 5: needs to check their voter status. Make sure you're an 587 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 5: active voter registered at your current address. And please, I 588 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 5: ask you, I asked for your vote for Donald Trump 589 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 5: and our entire Republican Party on Tuesday, November fifth, twenty 590 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 5: twenty four. If you want me to be more successful 591 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 5: here in Pennsylvania, my organization is Early Vote Action dot Com. 592 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 5: Please contribute today allow me to hire more staffers Early 593 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 5: vote Action dot Com. Let's stay to the country you love. 594 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 2: Guys, Scott Presler, I know your parents are proud of you, 595 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 2: and I'm proud of you, and America is proud of you. 596 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 2: And I know Donald Trump is very grateful for you. 597 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 2: He said so from stage when he's brought you up. 598 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 2: Keep up the great work folks, we're all in this together. 599 00:33:50,440 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: Thank you, Scott, thank you, good luck, full disclosure. 600 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 2: He finished early and I was just going to let 601 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,040 Speaker 2: him take it to the break, so I just kind 602 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 2: of stepped back and turned off my mic because I 603 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 2: didn't want to interrupt, and then I ran out of 604 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 2: things to say.