Episode 63 - L.A. Threatens to Shut Off Water and Power to Residents. COVID Relief Bill - Will A Deal Happen Soon? Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.
The Anchormen Show with Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
4.4 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
It's the countdown to a COVID Bill....and sometimes magic things happen on Fridays! I give the latest update along with the authoritarian Los Angeles Government threatening to shut off power and water to citizens who host "large gatherings," plus - update on my congressional colleagues battling COVID-19.
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| 0:00.0 | You have a watch this guy on television. |
| 0:03.8 | You all were not telling the truth and you should not be trusted. |
| 0:06.5 | Congressman Matt Gates. |
| 0:07.5 | Thank you for what you did for your country tonight. |
| 0:09.3 | Be offended with the Democratic whip, not House Republicans. |
| 0:12.3 | Like a machine, Matt Gates. |
| 0:16.9 | Welcome to Hot Takes. |
| 0:17.9 | I'm Congressman Matt Gates. |
| 0:19.7 | Let's talk about the news. |
| 0:21.5 | Is today the deadline, Friday, magic day, ABC News reporting Chief of Staff Mark Meadows |
| 0:27.6 | suggesting that if an agreement is not reached between the White House and congressional |
| 0:32.4 | Democrats, that you may see a suspension of negotiations next week as the government |
| 0:39.4 | works to implement the resources that have already been deployed both in congressional |
| 0:44.7 | appropriation and in federal reserve policy so that we can bridge the economy to an ultimate |
| 0:51.0 | vaccine and the V-shaped recovery that President Trump was discussing. |
| 0:55.7 | So you've heard Secretary Mnuchin come out and say Friday, not necessarily a drop dead |
| 1:01.9 | date but that hopes of a deal due to minutes if we do not achieve one today. |
| 1:07.6 | Here's my hot take. |
| 1:09.6 | Something magic usually happens around five o'clock in a negotiation and in a week long |
| 1:15.5 | negotiation, sometimes magic stuff just happens on a Friday. |
| 1:20.2 | So I'm hopeful that if there is a deal that these are the key elements, one, the paycheck |
| 1:26.6 | protection program, jobs, keeping businesses, particularly small businesses up and running. |
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