(((My Fellow Americans))) #56: Pound The Pavement with Brent DeRidder

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vinaka shoutout to tear on Turks his mom
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and I’m is always guys tonight I’m
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having on the show my absolute favorite
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North Carolina redneck and I say that
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knowing full well that I just pissed off
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at least four other rednecks that live
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in North Carolina minimum for possibly
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more
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he is the vice chairman chair person
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chair kin of the Libertarian Party of
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North Carolina he is the founder of the
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Liberty Coalition for disaster relief
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I just spent last weekend with him
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walking through poor communities and
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housing projects with him and converting
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people to libertarianism he’s just
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awesome and if you are able to watch
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this episode without following in love
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with him
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then I question your humanity my fellow
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Americans welcome to the show mr. Brent
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de Ridder Brent thanks so much for
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coming on thanks for having me man
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that’s a hell of an intro I’m thrilled
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to have you on I’m so happy to see you
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again it has been hours since I’ve seen
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you so I’m very happy I’m very happy to
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see you it’s been too long it’s been too
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long since I’ve seen you agreed it has
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been entirely too long it’s been several
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several days it’s been like no a couple
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of days in like three days
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that’s leis long enough it’s been almost
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a hundred hour
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since we’ve seen each other and it’s
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just way too long guys be sure to
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comment with your questions and thoughts
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and Brent and I will tell you if you are
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right or wrong now Brent for those who
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are watching who don’t know you and for
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some ridiculous reason did not watch and
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have not already watched episode 39 of
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this show between two anarchists
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rednecks with Brent the writer tell us a
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little bit about yourself to it to catch
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them up tell us a little ditty about who
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you are and how you got into
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libertarianism tell us your your ritter
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ditty that’s always a fun question and I
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do some of the I do a lot of these
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interviews and I it’s always a different
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answer
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and there’s recognizing that there were
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steps around the way that I just didn’t
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catch right away so I I used to be a
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Republican activist and sorry that those
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ideas didn’t follow along all along what
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I believe so I I went out looking for a
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new home and I found it with the
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Libertarian Party very good very good
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and tell us a little bit about that
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you’re you were the as I mentioned
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you’re the vice chair of the North
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Carolina Libertarian Party we did
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establish last time I believe that they
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do not allow beard straightening like
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the South Carolina Libertarian Party
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apparently does with mr. Jason Lyon but
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tell us a little bit more though that
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you know that’s that’s the basics about
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the party but tell us a little bit more
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about about them and what you’re doing
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with them yeah we definitely don’t
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certainly found upon a beard
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straightening here in the in the better
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Carolina but I love you the vice-chair
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of the Libertarian Party in North
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Carolina it’s probably the best thing
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I’ve ever done save for my my wife and
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my beautiful kids it’s it’s my highest
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achievement so I’m really happy about it
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I love working with the people here I
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really when I say I found a home in the
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Libertarian Party I mean like we found
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our family here we’ve you know put down
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roots we’re here forever
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so ya know it’s awesome we are by the
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way I had mentioned that I would be
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pissing off
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some other rednecks in North Carolina
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Ryan Teeter mr. a narco gun guy says I
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take offense to that so that’s that’s
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one the other three will be here shortly
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right well weird little poke where
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you’re my favorite kilt wearing
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libertarian actually my I think my
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favorite kilt wearer in general just in
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the whole anyway I don’t think I’ve ever
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met another kilt where less I’m
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forgetting someone which is possible but
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I can’t think offhand of another kill
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wear that I that I I love more than Ryan
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so I hope I didn’t offend you too much
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but there’s one so I got three more to
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go by the end of the show we should
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probably hear from them as well um so
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you’re involved in the Libertarian Party
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in North Carolina big part of that is
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going around trying to get people to
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vote for the Libertarian Party and
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support it in and you know get others to
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join and vote as well of course a lot of
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people who are libertarian also believe
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that the electoral process is completely
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irrelevant at best and harmful at worst
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that engaging in it is a total waste of
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time they believe to quote George Carlin
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if voting mattered they wouldn’t let you
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in or they wouldn’t let you do it I tend
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to argue that voting to reduce the state
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which would be ultimately what voting
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for the Libertarian Party is is similar
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to defending yourself in core yes you’re
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using the state’s apparatus and kind of
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I guess buying into the legitimacy of
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their system even though we don’t
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believe it’s legitimate but we’re doing
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so to try to protect ourselves from
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further harm what are what are your
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thoughts on that excuse me I kind of
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agree that it’s all it’s all Bank none
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of it none that really means when you
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look at it from the state’s perspective
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none of it means much so I don’t think
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you can vote yourself into freedom I
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totally agree with that idea and I kind
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of disagree with you that that it’s
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defending ourselves using their system
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I’m more George calling than that I
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think that if if we could defend
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ourselves with their system they
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wouldn’t let us use it okay um what we
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are able to do those we’re able to get
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the message of individual liberty out
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and the thing is I think libertarians
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don’t recognize right away is that if me
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then it doesn’t matter like if we win
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the votes don’t matter it’s about
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individual liberty so once we accomplish
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our goal you know in the next few
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generations let’s hope you know it won’t
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matter who gets voted for what gets
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voted for because we won’t be trampled
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on individual rights and it’ll be on the
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small community basis and you know
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voluntary systems so yeah I just use
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this as a platform to spread the idea of
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individual liberty that’s what I like to
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do is is sell libertarianism right and
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that’s and that’s so that’s the other
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part of it is that if you don’t think
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that it’s a legitimate way of actually
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effecting change at the electoral level
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it’s at least an effective way of
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letting people know that they can be
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free and that there are other people who
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want them to be free if nothing else now
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Joe Garcia brought up the the sword
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brought up Ryan Teeter sword that that I
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should probably should also probably the
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my favorite fake sword wielding umbrella
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libertarian as well so we think we
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avoided a bit of a crisis there when we
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thought Ryan might be packing when we
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were about to go on tour
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can you tell us a little bit about that
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oh yeah all the time
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those are my only friends as my kids
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will happily point out to you and he is
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the weirdest person I know and I think
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if you only hang out with libertarian
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saying this is the weirdest guy I know
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kind of means something so shout out the
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Ryan Theatre he is weird really really
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weird and he’s the kind of guy that
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shows up with a broadsword to go do
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outreach where we all thought it turns
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out it was just an umbrella that looked
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like a broad see it it looked like a
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sword like it the handle was very
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tactical looking it didn’t look like you
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needed that level of like you know
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tactical to be able to to be fair if you
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had shown up with the same thing you
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would have been all wrong spikes on well
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you know obviously but Ryan’s the kind
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of person that shows up like with a
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sword to a wedding events where it’s not
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necessarily like a wedding right yeah
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that totally happened just a few weeks
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ago I can hear him saying it’s always
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necessary potentially to have a so
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word so I can I can hear his
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disagreement in the ether but yeah so no
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I it was a very interesting thing now
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Brent you’re a dear friend and an ally
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in the fight for liberty but I’d be
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neglecting my duty as a journalist if I
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didn’t ask you necessary and even tough
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questions you claim to be a principled
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libertarian and yet I got an email from
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your haircut calling for us to fight to
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secure a future for white children
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please explain some friends talked me
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into going somewhere near and we under
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hairstylist who right before she did
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this to me made the ominous statement
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that she news she was exactly when I
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left and then I heard Clippers hit the
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side of my head so this happens but it’s
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all wash we’re even in things out you’re
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you know engaging in white genocide and
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I’m getting a haircut like Richard
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Spencer so it’s I mean it kind of it’s
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like one hand washes washes the other
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right like it’s you know right yeah it’s
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yeah this was this was a terrible
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terrible mistake that has led me to look
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like Matt Hardy on the way to WWE
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Smackdown there’s some silliness like
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that I didn’t see that until now and
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you’re right oh yeah I will tell you one
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of the hardy boys I look like I could be
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on the WWE or I could be representing
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some weird all right group yeah I
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definitely be a Broadway right now
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really both of the shirt yeah I just
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this shirt helps the shirt helps to reek
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Lera fire your cosmopolitan nature yeah
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so and she did she referred to it as a
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Viking cut is that correct she yes she
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did what I said was I was looking pretty
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shoddy I was looking like a commercial
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fisherman and was going how to do so
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like outreach with you guys which is
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essentially sales so I went I said I
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gotta look like a professional gun I’m
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like my beard to be narrowed a little it
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was really poofy it was out here yeah
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said I’d like my beard to be narrowed a
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little and trim off the end leave a
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little length on top but trim the sides
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in the back and she said what do you
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mean by a trim and I said a small amount
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of hair being cut from my head and she
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goes so short on the sides and on the
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top and I said sure and she goes I know
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exactly what you want shape now it was
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too late I’m sure you’ll grow into it
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I’m sure it’s I’m sure it’s gonna get
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better soon I believe in you
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well the baldness will eventually spread
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to the rest of it I’ve got a big bald
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patch back here so well now we’re just
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open that the baldness takes over faster
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than many hits me with a milkshake
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faster than the hair grows that’s
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that’ll be an interesting thing to see I
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was shocked when I came to Wilmington
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and saw you arguing with your hair about
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race and IQ it was it was no I walked in
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I wasn’t expecting that
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now speaking of Wilmington as I
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mentioned and you mentioned earlier we
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spent this past weekend walking through
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some of the most marginalized and
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underprivileged neighborhoods in
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Wilmington including even some housing
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projects we did this as a bit of a proof
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of concept for something that you’re
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calling pound the pavement and to see
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how successful something like this would
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be basically us going around knocking on
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doors and and to see if our theory that
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the libertarian message would be
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well-received by people of color and the
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poor and it was in fact wildly
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successful wasn’t it yeah I mean I’ve
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been saying for a long time that Ron
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Paul played around a lot of low-hanging
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fruit from the right and it’s that was
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great
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but it has led us to believe that that’s
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where our basis and it kind of that sort
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of embodies that that wrath versus right
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idea that libertarians should absolutely
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reject and we should be going after
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every authoritarian right authoritarians
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and left authoritarians and we went out
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to talk to some uh some folks that you
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know generally vote Democrat and and
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some would say lean kind of hard to the
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left my I think on the red carpet
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interview my brother-in-law kind of
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hackles us a little bit with with some
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weirdness about crime stats and and how
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some people I guess shouldn’t have
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shouldn’t have freedom those people seem
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really excited about it yeah they were
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asked about the message they were
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excited about individual liberty and
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where I thought we would be going into a
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community and arguing our ideas yeah it
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wasn’t one thought about we didn’t have
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to argue at all people were like yeah
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the government needs to get out of the
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way I don’t want to be on welfare I
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don’t want to live in this project style
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housing I want to you know and I want to
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be raising my kids without their father
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I want their in the drug war and I mean
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it was just people agreeing with
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everything we had to say and you kind of
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came to the realization that these folks
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are not voting democrat because they
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think that that’s that’s the best thing
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for them they were a Democrat because I
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mean literally they were the only people
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that they thought were willing to listen
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we were told many times during that that
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door-knocking campaign I know you heard
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it to you that yeah it was the first
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time they had seen any volunteers or any
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candidates they were in shock that we
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had a vice presidential candidate I
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remember the lady complaining that said
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of the United States it’s just the most
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and people were thrilled to hear what we
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had to say they were they were inviting
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and and you know very much pro liberty
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even to what some would argue their own
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detriment I mean they want freedom ya
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know it was it was absolutely amazing
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and we had now I don’t know all the
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metrics but my understanding is we
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talked to hundreds of people I don’t
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know an exact no I don’t think anyone
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knows an exact number but but into the
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hundreds of people almost everyone who
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answered the door engaged with us there
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were some people obviously that weren’t
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home or whatever but pretty much
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everyone who answered the door at least
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engaged with us a little bit and I
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believe thirty people signed up gave
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their names number signed up for the the
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party that is that correct yeah I’m not
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sure we don’t have all the books
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together yet from it
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the weird guy with the swords holding
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onto a set of contacts but yeah like
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twenty or thirty new contacts of the
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people that we talked to only a couple
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were kind of know I’m a Democrat and
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closed the door in our face and then we
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had the one weird guy that was just
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having a bad morning yeah everybody was
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really great and we even had about
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twenty or thirty folks sign up to for
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our text list to get phone calls or text
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when we’re having an event or we have
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something going on with a campaign that
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they can help in so I’m hoping to use
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some of those contacts to actually plan
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events in those communities bigger if
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that’s maybe to a barbeque or whatever
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and just kind of mingle libertarians
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come out and mingle with folks from
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those communities and spread our ideas a
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little bit yeah it was incredible
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something that that we kept hearing like
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you said was people saying you know
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we’ll have Democrats do a cookout or you
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know some kind of you know something
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like that but we never had anyone
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actually come to our neighborhood and
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talked to us with the exception of you
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know Kevin Spears and some other local
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candidates who were running for City
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Council but nothing ever on a state or
21:08
national level and something you said
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and I started saying it too because it
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sounded so good was you said you know
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Democrats don’t really come here because
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they already take you for granted that
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you’re they’re gonna get your vote
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Republicans don’t come here because
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they’re scared of you and I’ve sort of
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taken for granted that they don’t have
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your vote and it was incredible how how
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receptive they were this experience to
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me completely refuted all of the
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naysayers who say nay poor people don’t
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want to hear the libertarian message
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they just want their food stamps and
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Welfare the people we talked to
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overwhelmingly guys did not want
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anything from the government but to be
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left alone they even said like Brett
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said we don’t want welfare we don’t want
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to be living here you know they didn’t
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want to live in substandard housing and
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live off of scraps they want the police
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to leave them alone so they can start
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businesses and build something as
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individuals and as a voluntary community
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and not have so many of them you know
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locked up on you know victimless crimes
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that that didn’t actually harm anyone a
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lot of these folks sounded downright
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anarchists when you say they just had no
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idea that there was a political part of
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your movement that was even calling for
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such a thing
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yeah for sure man and I think I think
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that’s something that we we forget to is
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that it’s not so much a left and right
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thing as authority versus anti-authority
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and that like poor folks get that dude
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like I come from a poor background um
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you know I grew up in a single-wide in
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the swamp or the marsh depending on who
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you’re talking to
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and you know we live below the poverty
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line now the government has made it
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really hard for me to make a livin I
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used to be a commercial fisherman and
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there were times in my life where my
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kids were on welfare if it weren’t for
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welfare they would have gone hungry and
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they would have gone without insurance
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and it’s not because I’m slack or I’m
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lazy I mean I work hard my wife works
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hard it’s because government literally
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was standing in the way of us making the
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money and the headway that we needed to
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fend for ourselves so it’s it’s not that
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these communities are not interested in
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providing for themselves and doing for
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themselves
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it’s that government puts itself in
23:11
between the individual and a better life
23:15
and that’s that’s what they’re
23:17
recognizing in these communities and
23:18
yeah for sure we were getting some like
23:20
legitimate anarchists I think miss
23:22
Peterson mrs. Peyser she might be
23:26
watching
23:27
what incredible women that you stumbled
23:30
upon for cific was out knocking on doors
23:32
and thought it was him because there
23:33
were a couple of doors getting shot in
23:36
her face we had like a bad streak it was
23:38
the only I just didn’t hear that well I
23:39
didn’t want anything to do with us there
23:41
were all that it was like all here since
23:42
today it was like all at once that we
23:45
had a bunch of nose and they happen to
23:47
be the ones that I was doing and I
23:49
thought oh boy maybe maybe I’m doing
23:51
something wrong and then I came up to a
23:53
door and met folks Brent and I met the
23:56
new matriarch of libertarianism mrs.
23:58
Peterson who was just incredible just
24:02
tell us about her burn oh she was great
24:07
her and Moses went to pre-k together um
24:10
this this lady issues she’s she’s an
24:14
older lady she’s not the kind of person
24:16
that you expect to be hmm
24:20
so she was just yeah I mean she knew
24:25
was talking about without their she was
24:27
explaining how the drug war was she’s
24:29
using all my rides so I’m going
24:31
door-to-door telling people how the drug
24:33
war is not a war on drugs it’s a war on
24:35
minority communities and low-income
24:37
communities um and that’s the first
24:40
thing she hit us with was that you know
24:42
this drug was so what do you think about
24:44
the drug war she says that’s a it’s
24:46
wrong communities in low-income
24:48
community and it’s they’re just trying
24:50
to get blacks and whites to fight and
24:52
that’s they’re trying to create a race
24:53
war to distract us from other things and
24:55
did you know that they’re over there and
24:57
the Middle East
24:58
protecting poppy field I’m ganna say it
25:02
wasn’t it was like I was watching Joe
25:05
Rogan sure he’s not that’s exactly was
25:11
like yellow pilling us we show up to her
25:15
house and relay hey here’s the thing
25:17
about you know cuz we had this little
25:18
thing that we were handing out this had
25:19
crime and justice and one of the people
25:21
that we knocked on when we gave it to
25:23
him they said oh there is no justice and
25:25
so I kind of added that to what I would
25:26
say where I would put give it to them
25:27
and say you know this says crime and
25:28
justice but we both know there is no
25:30
justice right now and we want to change
25:32
that well that got are all set off and
25:33
she went into you know you know Richard
25:35
Nick we didn’t even do we even bring up
25:37
the drug war did she she would start
25:38
talking about you know Richard Nixon
25:41
said this quote about locking up his
25:43
opponents and black people and it was
25:45
like oh wow this is yeah all the stuff
25:47
we were gonna say to you yeah no you you
25:50
handle the the crime and punishment
25:52
thing and you mentioned crime and that’s
25:54
what I remember Joe Garcia might he was
25:57
with us a little bit better I know he’s
25:59
watching now so correct me if I’m wrong
26:01
Joe but spiked hands off the crime and
26:04
justice leaflet from national and this
26:09
lady just goes off man for like we were
26:11
trying to leave where I go after this
26:14
wonderful woman because she already
26:16
knows everything and she like she had
26:18
been behind
26:19
we’re kinda keeping it closed and as I
26:21
tried to leave she’s like hey it was
26:27
great people are telling us to one of
26:29
the things I got hit with really hard
26:30
was be careful that you’re saying to
26:32
folks and China and people really wanted
26:35
us to present a watered-down message to
26:37
the left and I was like definitely not
26:39
we’re going to hit radical sites we’re
26:41
just going to talk about beforehand how
26:43
to make them palatable you know we’re
26:44
going to we’re going to present that
26:45
radical libertarian message in a
26:47
palatable way can appreciate my cousin
26:57
for entrepreneurship it was just amazing
27:01
yeah right that’s that’s the future of
27:03
libertarianism right there is reaching
27:05
out to those folks it is because they’re
27:07
living like a giris they’re living like
27:09
libertarians that didn’t even have a
27:10
word for didn’t even know there was a
27:11
word for it Jennifer Schultz said people
27:14
vote for who they meet a Donald Reed
27:17
deal says if you meet them they will
27:18
come Joe Garcia says it was a great
27:20
experience most folks were describing
27:22
their views as libertarians they just
27:24
didn’t know it because that and and and
27:26
she’s she said mrs Peterson rocked as
27:28
well and he’s right I mean that’s he
27:31
said yep she went off on her own she
27:32
knew the deal and that she was preaching
27:34
on her doorstep and that and that was we
27:36
saw I mean she was the most obvious
27:37
example of that but we saw a lot of
27:39
people that about halfway through the
27:40
first day I went from kind of saying the
27:43
whole you know we’re talking with the
27:44
community about the issues that affect
27:45
you that I just started saying hey
27:47
listen we’re here to see how we get the
27:48
police off your back and they would
27:50
light up and like start talking to us
27:52
about all this you know all the stuff
27:53
they wanted to be able to do I mean we
27:55
even walked up on some people that were
27:56
smoking and we’d say hey listen we’re
27:58
fine with you doing that we don’t think
28:00
anyone should be coming around here
28:01
giving you a hard time about it they
28:02
were loving it that the idea that we
28:04
should be watering this down because
28:06
they vote Democrat is absurd it meant
28:09
first of all a lot most of them aren’t
28:11
even voting and the ones that are voting
28:13
Democrat it’s just cuz that’s the only
28:15
option they’ve really been presented it
28:17
was I was energized to do this not just
28:22
in the Carolinas but all over by the
28:24
fact that I was able to present the most
28:26
radical way that I could possibly
28:28
present libertarianism to people and
28:30
they were eating it up with a spoon
28:33
Alvin Boyle would have killed in those
28:35
neighborhoods like it was just as didn’t
28:38
have to be a good message it was well
28:41
depending on what he’s brought up as a
28:42
subject but yes if he started if he
28:46
struck – though it was stuck to the war
28:47
on drugs and welfare and and and and the
28:50
war and that kind of stuff yes we just
28:52
gonna really just encouraged him to if
28:55
someone asked about age of consent to
28:57
maybe just hand it off to someone else
28:58
to talk about that part but but ya know
29:00
I mean we were in there just given an
29:02
unvarnished message it was it was
29:04
incredible it was absolutely incredible
29:06
it was exciting man and it definitely it
29:08
proved to me and always I had always
29:10
believed that I’ve been preaching it for
29:12
a long time but I think it it proved to
29:14
me and and proved a lot of folks out
29:16
there that this is this is the future of
29:18
Liberty it’s not it’s not combat it’s
29:22
not winning beating you know Democrat
29:26
voters or Republican voters it’s
29:27
converting them you know it’s about
29:30
beating the politicians and it’s about
29:32
beating the guys behind the behind the
29:34
politicians pulling the strings
29:35
it’s not about eating your neighbors
29:37
back or your you know the guy at the
29:39
road this tribalism that we’ve gotten
29:41
into is gross and it’s not productive
29:43
and unless we want to actually go to war
29:45
with all the authoritarians in the world
29:47
our best option is to you know talk to
29:50
people and change their minds which you
29:52
guys did an amazing job I thought it was
29:54
so cool man I invited a bunch of people
29:56
to very very loosely organized event it
30:00
kind of rained on us and gave everybody
30:01
an opportunity not to come and they were
30:02
just there are a ton of volunteers ready
30:04
to you know pound the pavement and sweat
30:06
and do the work and you guys did a great
30:08
job yeah it was awesome I was so glad to
30:10
do it
30:11
when I first the first day I thought you
30:12
know I’ll see if I can come back Sunday
30:14
by the time I was done that day I’m like
30:16
I’m I have to come back for this this
30:18
was absolutely incredible and you know
30:21
so so guys just let you know Brent and I
30:23
are gonna be working on doing more of
30:25
these in North and South Carolina and
30:28
with the idea that again this was a
30:30
proof of concept there were certainly
30:31
some things we learned that we could do
30:33
better although it was still incredible
30:35
and and you know as we perfect this in
30:38
the Carolinas we’re going to be looking
30:40
for people who want to replicate this
30:41
throughout the country our movement is
30:44
going to look a lot different moving
30:47
forward than it has been and it has to
30:49
because we have the cerebral
30:51
philosophical libertarian vote down
30:54
pretty much at this point people who
30:56
have just been drawn naturally to the
30:58
ideology because they’re drawn to
30:59
philosophies and they’ve read about
31:01
rothbard and hazlit and Kropotkin and
31:04
and and Mises and and and and and and
31:08
Basquiat and and and everyone else we’ve
31:11
got that that market cornered that’s not
31:13
going to be a winning coalition of
31:15
people a winning coalition of people is
31:17
going to look like a lot of people right
31:19
now who are you know we talk about the
31:21
harm being done by the state a lot of us
31:23
not all of us but a lot of us still live
31:25
in a lot of relative comfort and there
31:28
are people right now who are including
31:31
possibly some of the people watching
31:32
this I’m not I’m not saying everyone
31:33
here is on an ivory tower but there are
31:35
a lot of people who are acutely aware of
31:38
what the government does to them every
31:39
single day and they tend to be poorer
31:41
and they tend to be darker in skin tone
31:44
and and and that’s what it’s gonna look
31:47
like as people like that waking up to
31:49
the fact that in fact I say waking up to
31:52
the fact they already knew it we didn’t
31:53
even really have to tell anyone anything
31:55
all we had to let them know was that
31:56
there were people out there who were
31:58
actually organizing to try to stop this
32:00
these people don’t want even I did you
32:02
didn’t I wasn’t with you the whole time
32:04
did you meet a certain single person who
32:06
was like yeah no I really like living in
32:07
my in this stinking type of neighborhood
32:09
and and you know getting getting food
32:11
stamps so I don’t I don’t want to hear
32:12
what you have to say no definitely not
32:15
I’m not a bunch of people that were like
32:17
man I wish the government didn’t try to
32:19
lock me up every time every time I do
32:21
business or you know I wish they’d
32:23
they’d let me have the same opportunity
32:25
as other folks you know which is is the
32:28
case and no I don’t think we taught
32:29
anybody anything I think the thing
32:32
really didn’t may have taught the people
32:34
was there is a political party that
32:36
shares all of your ideas I mean we
32:39
weren’t waking anybody up we weren’t we
32:41
know nobody was getting brought out of
32:44
the matrix today when we woke up to the
32:46
idea that oh this community already
32:49
understands all this we’re preaching to
32:51
the choir they just didn’t know we
32:53
existed because we haven’t tried to
32:54
reach out what that was it was that’s
32:57
what had me so excited was it wasn’t
32:58
like oh they’re so receptive to our
33:00
message
33:00
that’s waking them up we didn’t have to
33:01
explain they were like yeah that’s what
33:04
we think and then they’d start saying it
33:05
to saying stuff that we hadn’t even said
33:07
yet and I’m like oh okay so this can be
33:09
that easy
33:10
so I’m so excited to replicate this
33:13
we’ll be talking about this more on the
33:14
show and in the vermin’s spike campaign
33:17
as well this is gonna be a big part
33:19
moving forward of what we’re doing
33:21
because the way to make up a winning
33:23
coalition is to is to take the people
33:24
that are the most beat up but you know
33:27
what government does to someone is beats
33:29
them up takes their wallet keeps most of
33:32
the money and uses a little bit of the
33:34
money to buy them some scraps to keep
33:36
them alive and then says well you know
33:37
hey for one for me you wouldn’t get
33:39
those scraps and they know that we don’t
33:42
have to explain to them that it’s a show
33:43
game they already know that they know
33:46
they got robbed they know that they’ve
33:47
been you know harmed and and it was just
33:50
really great to to reach out to them
33:53
yeah I was I was so will definitely be
33:55
talking more in the coming days about
33:57
pounding the pavement and guys it you
34:01
know like Brent says if you want to be
34:02
involved without having to put on pants
34:03
just you know just share what we’re
34:06
doing so that people can see it and if
34:07
and for those who do are okay with
34:09
putting on some clothing and going
34:10
outside and meeting some people some
34:11
awesome people we’re definitely gonna be
34:14
asking people to come and join us for
34:15
this because we had how many volunteers
34:17
do we have like 20 15 20 something like
34:19
that I think we’re on about 20 yeah if
34:22
you if there was a two-day event and it
34:24
was insane to me the number of people
34:26
that showed up for both days for not a
34:28
town they’re like they got a hotel so
34:30
that they could go Daddy their knuckles
34:31
and wear out their souls in Limington
34:33
but yeah it was like 20 folks man that
34:36
just went out rain or shine did the job
34:39
and got an amazing result and yeah if
34:41
you want how doing it get up and spike
34:43
get up with me yeah if if you can like
34:46
get me on a greyhound to your town we’ll
34:49
build an event around your your
34:51
affiliate or your neighborhood or
34:53
whatever you want to do yeah it’s it’s
34:55
like you know 15 20 something like that
34:57
less than that less than two dozen
34:58
people were able to sign up 30 people
35:00
and and I’m seeing wake up or really
35:03
just wake up to the fact that there were
35:05
people fighting for them an entire
35:07
neighborhood and I’m sure they’re still
35:10
talking about it because they were
35:11
excited people were coming out of their
35:12
homes this is real
35:14
this is how when we talk about how are
35:15
we gonna win this is how we’re gonna win
35:17
we’re gonna win by reaching people yes
35:19
it means reaching them you know on the
35:21
airwaves and on the internet and
35:23
whatever else but a lot of its gonna be
35:24
people that don’t even want to hear any
35:26
of that and they have someone come up to
35:27
their door and say we want to get the
35:28
police off your back we want to get the
35:29
government off your back so you can live
35:31
so you can live the kind of life you
35:32
want to live with you within a community
35:33
that is more prosperous and safer and
35:36
healthier and happier and freer and so
35:39
I’m really excited about it I I’m sue I
35:41
know we have other stuff to talk about
35:42
I’m super super super excited about it
35:45
before we go onto the next thing I just
35:47
would like to I would like to plug a
35:50
something that we’re doing where is it
35:53
nope
35:54
it’s back here so this is uh no it’s not
35:56
there either
35:58
anyway it’s something called the married
36:00
Russian campaign and basically what it
36:03
is it’s a campaign that we came up with
36:06
for the Vermont Supreme campaign and the
36:11
and the and the dignity ministry which
36:16
is a ministry that helps local homeless
36:18
people in the local Myrtle Beach area
36:21
basically the way it works is we have
36:23
some toothbrushes that are signed by
36:25
vermin supreme and with a donation of
36:27
$10 we will put your name next to vermin
36:30
supreme and hand it out to homeless
36:33
people as part of a care package that
36:34
they’ll get through dignity ministry and
36:37
then also of your $10 donation five
36:40
dollars of it will go to the vermin
36:41
spike 2020 campaign and then the other
36:44
five dollars will go to dignity ministry
36:47
us that they’ll have more money to do
36:49
what they’re doing any donation of $25
36:52
or more we will actually I will sign
36:55
next to vermin and mail the toothbrush
36:58
to you so you have a memento of helping
37:00
us with this with this charity thing
37:03
that we’re doing and then of the
37:04
proceeds from that $25 or more donation
37:06
half will go to the vermin campaign and
37:09
the other half will go to dignity
37:11
ministry so that’s Mary toothbrush and
37:14
for more information on that feel free
37:15
to reach out or you can go to vermin
37:17
supreme 2020 com press the donate button
37:20
make your donation and then and then let
37:22
me know that you’ve made it in
37:24
conjunction with this so that I can I
37:25
can let
37:26
campaign No so that’s something that
37:28
we’re doing
37:29
Brent speaking of helping people yet
37:31
another thing you do you are a man who
37:33
wears many hats all of them with the
37:35
Ford logo on it but you another thing
37:38
that you that you do is the Liberty
37:40
Coalition for disaster relief this is an
37:43
organization that organizes people to
37:45
help on the scene during and after
37:48
natural disasters in some cases even
37:52
doing so in in in in in violation of
37:56
what the state has told them they can do
37:57
but we leave it up to two individual
37:59
people with what they’re comfortable
38:00
with doing but it’s to help people and
38:02
show them that you know you don’t need
38:04
government to help people in disasters
38:05
it can actually be done in an even
38:07
better way by you know voluntary
38:09
individuals who are just doing it out of
38:11
the goodness of their hearts now Brent
38:14
for those unfortunate people who didn’t
38:16
watch episode 39 you have a really cool
38:19
story about how how Liberty Coalition
38:21
for disaster relief started tell us that
38:23
tell our viewers about that okay yes or
38:26
excuse me
38:28
a hurricane how have you hit a few years
38:31
back was was hidden Texas pretty hard
38:34
and my daughter was watching the news
38:37
and we were talking about libertarian
38:40
solutions to natural issues like natural
38:44
disasters and she’d wanted to do
38:48
something and she wasn’t sure what to do
38:50
so I started talking about doing a food
38:53
drive like a canned food drive and I got
38:57
some folks involved and we were gonna do
38:59
a canned food drive locally and she said
39:00
no that’s not enough you need to get all
39:04
your libertarian friends and she knew
39:05
that for whatever reason there were a
39:07
few folks on the internet that that
39:09
cared what some schmuck in a single-wide
39:11
in the middle is have had to say so I
39:13
started reaching out to people and
39:15
libertarians like really I was thinking
39:18
well we’ll have a really big canned food
39:20
drive right maybe we will have a few
39:22
folks in a few areas do it and if
39:23
everybody went nuts man I mean I get way
39:25
too much credit for it but people like
39:28
as as the founder of Liberty Coalition
39:33
for disaster relief do not advocate or
39:36
encourage anyone to
39:38
through be involved in disaster relief
39:42
that’s our official position as an
39:46
individual I was so amped when people
39:48
were telling me man the police were in
39:50
the way and they were like those
39:52
government agents telling us that we
39:54
couldn’t get through so I hope you don’t
39:56
mind what we just went around and they
40:00
did you know someone went around some of
40:01
them went down creeks and they’re in
40:03
their boats guys took off from across
40:05
the country so we’re raising money
40:07
people are donating funds and those got
40:09
distributed distributed amongst relief
40:12
victims after the hurricane but while
40:14
the hurricane was was hitting was Terra
40:17
and Houston apart people started leaving
40:21
their homes with trucks full of gas and
40:24
boats and disaster relief supplies and
40:27
Zack Garrett’s in a Matt Moore were a
40:29
couple that I remember and that had gone
40:31
out and and you know been hit these
40:34
roadblocks where the government stone
40:36
and it’s not safe to be here you have to
40:38
turn around
40:39
I don’t know saying it wasn’t safe
40:40
because of leading I think what it was
40:43
was they didn’t want they did not want
40:45
people to see the amount of casualties
40:46
that there were but they were tell them
40:48
it’s not safe turn around and in some
40:50
cases some guys you know turned around
40:52
and waited to help which was fantastic
40:54
it was amazing that didn’t believe in
40:56
what and then in some cases they were
40:58
like well there’s a red over here or
40:59
we’ll just dock the boat in the creek
41:01
and we’ll take the creek instead and one
41:04
instance and I’ve been asked not to give
41:05
names anymore about this one but in one
41:09
instance there were some folks from one
41:13
of the disaster the larger disaster
41:15
relief organizations that doesn’t do
41:17
such a great job and there were I think
41:19
local police had tried to stop my guys
41:22
or I should have should have brought the
41:25
story I had it written down somewhere
41:26
but anyway they they tried to stop the
41:29
guys getting through and the gentlemen
41:32
that were there had come armed because
41:33
they’re not stupid and they’re
41:35
libertarians and they said basically the
41:38
the other organization said that we
41:41
needed to give up our donations and that
41:44
they would distribute them but they had
41:45
already seen that organization or
41:47
members of that organization
41:49
actually selling selling those supplies
41:51
elsewhere and the guys that were
41:54
volunteering for said no and did not
41:57
only know that no and get out of the way
42:00
and they brought their guns out and they
42:02
were like look we’re not gonna be
42:04
violent but if it’s necessary we’ll
42:07
defend
42:08
you know these people are gonna get the
42:09
supplies that they need and rule and
42:11
defend them and you know essentially
42:13
those guys stood down and got out of the
42:15
way and our guys right on through and
42:17
that stuff where it needed to be so yeah
42:20
it was a great thing man we had a you
42:22
know a semi truck full of stuff from in
42:24
the Northeast up in New England
42:26
somewhere headed down and we had people
42:30
you know headed out to folks probably
42:33
don’t remember it but there was a there
42:35
was a nursing home or an assisted care
42:37
facility that was under water and the
42:39
staff had left and there were old folks
42:41
sitting in there in knee-deep water with
42:43
you
42:44
you know wounds and bed sores and Rianne
42:47
moody went down there and and made sure
42:50
those folks got what they need so they
42:52
were on there on the news for a split
42:54
second and then the news saw
42:55
Libertarians were the ones that handle
42:57
the problem and when you didn’t hear
42:58
about them anymore them just so people
43:00
are aware those were our volunteers
43:02
going down there and risk in their lives
43:04
and and going into dangerous places to
43:06
make sure people were safe yeah well it
43:08
was something I’m super honored to be a
43:10
part of yeah it’s absolutely awesome so
43:14
guys when people say to you without
43:15
government who will do X who will do you
43:20
know who will feed the poor who will
43:22
take care of this who will take care of
43:23
that one of the things they’ll say is
43:25
what about disaster relief when a
43:26
disaster strikes how are you gonna take
43:28
care of it without government and you
43:30
know who’s gonna do that and the answer
43:31
is we’re gonna do that and government
43:34
won’t be there to stop us from doing it
43:37
Brent I don’t know if you’ve ever heard
43:39
of prefigure eight prefigurative
43:41
politics it’s basically an old anarchist
43:44
practice which is basically the idea of
43:47
answering that question for lack of a
43:49
better word going ahead and forming
43:51
these these non-state solutions to the
43:56
problems that we face and sometimes
43:57
doing so you know not in full in full
44:00
you know regard for the law again you
44:03
iein or brent or any of the organization
44:06
organizations were part of ever are ever
44:08
going to encourage you to break the law
44:09
because that’s also illegal and we don’t
44:11
break the law what I am saying is that
44:13
when people choose to break the law in
44:15
doing these things what they’re also
44:17
doing is demonstrating that the
44:19
government is actually actively going to
44:22
stop people from helping people which
44:25
proves that they’re not in this to help
44:26
people because if they were they’d say
44:27
oh great you’re helping people too
44:29
awesome but they don’t they actually
44:31
stop you on the flimsiest of pretext the
44:34
real answer is they don’t want anyone
44:36
miss muscling in on their territory
44:37
because it destroys their whole argument
44:39
that you absolutely need them in order
44:41
to be able to get anything accomplished
44:43
especially things like disaster relief
44:45
helping the poor all of this stuff
44:46
that’s why they make it illegal to you
44:49
know feed the homeless that’s why they
44:50
make it illegal to help people during
44:51
disasters and so you know by doing these
44:54
things we’re actually showing them that
44:57
not only is government not the answer to
44:59
these things government is actually what
45:02
is preventing us from being able to do
45:05
it now Brent my understanding is that
45:07
you’re planning on ramping ramping up
45:10
operations for LCDR for 2020 until it
45:13
tell us a little bit about that yeah we
45:16
had to take some time off so it was
45:18
supposed to be a temporary thing anyway
45:20
it was just supposed to be for the one
45:21
hurricane right and then another one hit
45:23
and we were trying to get people on that
45:25
and we simply didn’t have the resources
45:27
we didn’t have the manpower we didn’t
45:28
have the financial resources so we
45:31
recognized that we were in over our head
45:33
and we had done what we set out to do
45:35
and most of us were already working
45:38
within the Liberty movement obviously
45:40
LCDR is is getting set up to be a
45:43
non-profit so we’re not affiliated with
45:46
any particular party or any particular
45:48
campaign in order do we endorse them but
45:51
most of us came from the Liberty
45:53
movement and we just kind of went back
45:55
to our projects and people wanted us to
45:58
come back and I was trying to find time
46:00
in my schedule when we were actually my
46:03
family was displaced by a hurricane we
46:06
were in Alabama we were stuck and we
46:09
didn’t know how we were going to get
46:11
home we had run into some serious
46:13
personal issues with some people that we
46:15
didn’t know as well
46:16
thought we did right and the whole
46:20
community just came together and put the
46:22
money together for us to get home people
46:24
were offering us
46:25
Rad’s sarah daggers was offering the
46:28
drive in from Louisiana and pick us up
46:30
and feed us and Shake taking us to her
46:32
house because those are the kinds of
46:35
people we have in the Liberty movement
46:36
which is why right now family is
46:38
anchored itself here and you know folks
46:39
got us home and we kicked it off again
46:42
and I promised people that come 20 20
46:44
LCDR would be back up and running and
46:47
ready to go and it’s looking like in the
46:48
next two weeks I’ll be talking to the
46:51
lawyer and get a new seat a new
46:55
accountant and moving on we’ll be ready
46:59
to do a relaunch and start you know
47:01
organizing funds and actions across the
47:04
country in the very very near future so
47:07
if you’re looking for a CDR to make a
47:09
comeback this is your year we’re looking
47:12
for new volunteers we’re gonna be
47:13
looking for funding I’m not allowed to
47:15
ask people for funding for the lawyer
47:17
because we don’t have the nonprofit
47:19
stuff set up yet so I’m not gonna ask
47:21
anybody for money but if anybody asks me
47:23
if they can help to pay lawyers fees to
47:27
get us started I will not turn you down
47:30
so if you’re looking for a way to help
47:32
there you go so we got some comments
47:35
here yeah it guys if you want to help
47:37
with LCDR get in touch with Brent and
47:39
because that’s that’s an amazing thing
47:41
to work on another example of going to
47:44
people where they’re needed same thing
47:46
with pound the pavement instead of
47:47
saying hey we’re doing this thing over
47:48
here come check us out you go to where
47:50
they are and say hey we’re helping we’re
47:52
here to help you and and and that’s it’s
47:55
so weird that the stereotype of
47:56
libertarians that we’re just a bunch of
47:58
rich selfish people that want to keep
47:59
all our money and I’m sure there are
48:01
some libertarians that that’s their
48:02
primary concern
48:03
most of the libertarians I know are at
48:05
or below the poverty level or were
48:07
hovering right around it and still want
48:10
to help people and and and recognize
48:12
that government’s actually making it
48:14
harder for them but going through some
48:15
of these comments Susan Hogarth the
48:18
chair of the Libertarian Party of North
48:20
Carolina said she had a great time with
48:22
us and yeah we had an awesome time it
48:24
was great
48:24
Joe Garcia says you can’t do it all from
48:27
behind a keyboard Jennifer
48:29
Schultz says I love it and Brandon rag
48:34
of age I hope I’m saying that correctly
48:36
said what law is it that says we can’t
48:38
feed the homeless so Brandon Brandon
48:40
there’s actually most or at least a good
48:44
number of counties and states and some
48:47
cities have laws against feeding the
48:49
homeless and they’re all almost
48:49
identical the the reason for that they
48:53
say is public health you know they don’t
48:56
know if that food was made right or you
48:59
know if you know if if it’s expired it
49:02
could be expired or someone might put
49:04
poison in it now remember that one of
49:07
the reasons is they might put someone
49:09
might put poison in it that that’s one
49:11
of their pretext or why they do this
49:12
ultimately we know why they do this
49:14
because if poor people get help outside
49:17
of government people are going to start
49:20
wondering why we need government that’s
49:22
the real reason where I live in Myrtle
49:23
Beach it’s against the law for the
49:25
restaurants here we have probably more
49:28
restaurants per capita than almost
49:29
anywhere on earth the restaurants here
49:33
aren’t allowed to give away their food
49:35
to the to the the homeless or the poor
49:37
so they have to throw it away
49:39
it’s absurd and we have a fairly large
49:42
homeless population here they can’t help
49:44
them they can’t give them food and it’s
49:46
written it’s tonnage I don’t even want
49:48
to think of how much tonnage of food
49:51
that there is that that just gets thrown
49:52
away um one of the things that uh that
49:56
we’ve seen and Ryan mentioned there’s a
49:59
guy in Florida that’s been arrested
50:00
multiple times within the span of a week
50:01
for feeding the homeless um so here’s
50:05
the thing Ryan also said in this the
50:07
same government that intentionally
50:08
poisoned people during prohibition by
50:09
putting poison in their in their
50:11
moonshine and alcohol and trying to kill
50:13
them yes but all that to say so one of
50:16
the things that they’ll do is they will
50:18
um they will take so after they you know
50:22
fine or arrest people for feeding the
50:24
poor they’ll take the food and they’ll
50:28
pour bleach on it so that no one can eat
50:31
it and then they throw it in the
50:33
dumpster now for those who have any of
50:36
you know familiarity with the homeless
50:38
community a lot of people who were
50:40
homeless end up having to resort to
50:42
climbing
50:42
to the dumpster to get food if there’s
50:45
nothing else available they have to go
50:47
into into the dumpster to get food
50:48
they’re often doing this at night
50:50
sometimes they’re intoxicated or if
50:53
they’re not intoxicated they’re
50:55
absolutely exhausted and you know
50:57
malnourished and and you know fighting
50:59
exhaustion and starvation and they climb
51:01
into a dumpster and grab food that’s
51:03
been covered in Bleach it’s been
51:05
poisoned and then they eat that and they
51:09
may not realize soon enough that there’s
51:11
something wrong with the food they may
51:12
just assume it tastes that way because
51:14
it’s been in the dumpster and then they
51:15
could die from that or just get really
51:17
sick and if you’re really sick and
51:19
homeless that could be a you know you
51:21
might end up dying from something that
51:22
someone else might not because you know
51:24
you you aren’t in a house you’re now
51:26
dealing with the cold and you’re sick so
51:28
this is a absolutely disgusting thing
51:30
that’s that’s happening and it’s a
51:32
perfect example of when someone says
51:34
without government you know who would do
51:35
this we would do this and government
51:38
wouldn’t poison people in the process of
51:40
trying to stop us that’s my rant I I’m
51:44
sorry Brent I know you’re you’re did you
51:45
want to weigh in on this at all with the
51:47
feeding homeless thing because it just
51:48
makes me sick no I mean away man but
51:52
yeah it’s you know we were just hearing
51:55
about that actually
51:57
this weekend when we were pounding doors
51:58
yeah the the chair of the New Hanover
52:01
County party where we were said hey you
52:04
know for our next event maybe we should
52:05
go feed the homeless because I’m
52:06
watching these police chase these two
52:08
girls through town who are who are
52:10
feeding the homeless and these girls are
52:13
trying to stay a step ahead of them so
52:14
yeah and that’s you know next event if
52:16
anybody wants to come to one meets and
52:18
get arrested with me let’s do it but one
52:22
of the things we can do as libertarians
52:24
that really makes a difference and I
52:26
know people like to go out and get
52:27
petition signed and I know we like to
52:29
push our candidates it’s really
52:31
important to a lot of people that we get
52:33
libertarians elected because it proves
52:35
that we can do it and yeah and it means
52:37
something but if you want to shake
52:39
people up and and make a difference go
52:41
out and do things for your community
52:44
that you know the state’s going to going
52:46
to stop you from doing because they’re
52:48
less libertarian outreach from from my
52:50
point of view and you know speaking from
52:53
the sales and marketing background the
52:55
best thing we can do
52:56
show where the state is the is the bad
52:59
guy you know there are good guys and
53:01
there are bad guys and in America we we
53:04
like to root for a the underdog and be
53:06
the good guy and Jesus the Libertarian
53:08
Party is both you know so like go out
53:11
and do a thing that the government’s
53:13
gonna stop you doing like feeding the
53:14
homeless you know it not only are you
53:17
doing a great thing for your community
53:18
but you’re doing something that it gives
53:22
the it gives the state the opportunity
53:23
to show what bad guys they are and they
53:27
really like to do it they’re really good
53:28
at it so why not
53:29
yeah and depending on your lover level
53:31
of comfort some people like Brent are
53:34
amped up to get arrested and some people
53:36
are not especially if they have priors
53:38
or anything like that here’s the thing
53:40
depending on your level of comfort if
53:42
the police come and say you can’t do
53:43
this anymore
53:44
you can be very vocal about saying hey
53:46
look everyone you can even livestream it
53:48
hey look everyone I’m being stopped from
53:51
feeding the homeless because it’s
53:52
against the law for me to help homeless
53:54
people to not starve to death and if you
53:57
if you aren’t comfortable with getting
53:58
arrested or fined or whatever you can
54:00
just do that and be very vocal about it
54:03
and we all walk away with your food or
54:04
if they take your food say hey look
54:05
everyone they’re gonna take my food and
54:07
poison it none of that’s illegal
54:08
uh-uh and if you and if you you know are
54:11
down to get arrested then what you can
54:13
do and again we’re not reckon we never
54:15
encourage anyone to break the law in the
54:17
show but if you if you chose to do that
54:20
the message you’re sending is I’m they
54:22
are such a bad guy that they’re actually
54:24
going to put me in a cage and charge me
54:26
for the horrible horrific crime of
54:28
helping poor people and what you and
54:32
what you’re also demonstrating is
54:34
libertarians either way whether you get
54:36
arrested or whether you’re just very
54:37
vocal about complying with their with
54:39
their their diktat there is you’re
54:41
saying libertarians are the good guys
54:45
and the state are the bad guys and
54:48
making a very there is no more of you
54:51
know there’s a lot of things in life
54:52
where it’s kind of a nuance you look at
54:53
foreign policy and it’s like you know
54:55
which one’s worse you know there’s never
54:56
really a clear-cut good guy and bad guy
54:58
this is a very clear-cut good guy and
55:01
bad guy whatever the original yeah
55:03
they’re though right had some black hats
55:05
here forget yeah this is an absolute
55:07
good guy bad guy so
55:10
when trying to feed the homeless someone
55:11
trying to stop them under the threat of
55:14
the law and and of using force whatever
55:16
you know force is necessary to bring
55:18
them under compliance it doesn’t get any
55:21
more white hat black hat than that like
55:23
you said yeah it’s definitely good guys
55:26
versus bad guys and it makes it super
55:28
clear and yeah I’m just excited about
55:30
the possibility of getting arrested for
55:31
this because hey it’s good it’s it’s
55:33
good media when when people see
55:36
libertarians get trashed for doing the
55:38
right thing and my wife just gave me
55:39
permission so I’m really excited to you
55:42
know do something new that my wife’s
55:44
giving me permission to do but there are
55:46
really nice ways to get involved and
55:47
safer ways to get involved to you man
55:49
like anarchist ambassador’s we did a you
55:52
know we like to answer that question if
55:54
if without government who would feed the
55:56
hungry was one of ours and I think we
55:59
had like hundreds of people across the
56:00
country and maybe even a thousand across
56:03
the country going out and feeding the
56:05
hungry in different ways and it was just
56:06
some silly event that we put on yeah
56:08
well you know I was like hey pick
56:10
something without government who would
56:12
do this you know forget the roads
56:13
because that one’s been hit a million
56:14
times but pick something different in
56:17
everybody was like what who would feed
56:19
the hungry without government and so we
56:20
went out and we had I mean we had people
56:22
donating large amounts of food to food
56:24
banks we had people volunteering for
56:26
food banks we had people that just went
56:28
out and you know passed out food to the
56:30
hungry and themselves and we have folks
56:31
that you know donated money to at a time
56:33
and some people like just went to
56:35
McDonald’s and bought lunch for the guy
56:37
behind him in line and it was this
56:39
amazing outpouring of libertarian
56:44
empathy and and caring that definitely
56:47
goes against the idea that we’re a bunch
56:49
of rich capitalist greedy assholes that
56:52
don’t want to pay our taxes yeah you
56:54
know yeah well I’m kind of stage being
56:56
the poverty line like one of those guys
57:01
and I think it’s important the world
57:03
cheese ball well and that’s the
57:04
interesting thing about this I came out
57:06
of being a conservative where I was a
57:08
I’m not sure I’d call myself rich but I
57:09
was successful with my business and I’m
57:11
wanted government to leave me alone and
57:12
get out of my business and stop trying
57:14
to feed all these damn lazy poor people
57:16
with my tax dollars that’s how I came
57:18
into libertarianism being around
57:21
libertarians I realized you know it
57:23
a completely different situation than
57:25
that these aren’t lazy people
57:26
these aren’t I mean there are lazy
57:29
people in every group there are lazy
57:30
rich people lazy middle-class people
57:31
lazy poor people that that’s just that’s
57:33
something completely outside of income
57:35
levels they’re not there because of
57:37
their choices more often than not
57:38
they’re not there because of that
57:39
they’re there because that’s more than
57:42
likely where they started and government
57:44
has zero intention of letting them get
57:46
out of it you’ll have a handful of
57:47
examples of people who have an
57:49
incredible vertical leap to you know
57:51
work their way up to that first rung of
57:53
the economic ladder which is way way way
57:55
up there and be able to pull themselves
57:57
out of it but for the rest of them
57:59
they’re stuck there and it actually was
58:03
in becoming more and more libertarian
58:05
that I also became more and more caring
58:08
and not just caring in like oh I want to
58:11
help these people but understanding that
58:12
they were there often because of
58:15
societal influences that they would make
58:18
a mistake and if I made a mistake I’d
58:20
end up being okay because I had the the
58:22
you know that the the financial
58:23
situation and the social support network
58:25
and the position in society to be able
58:28
to make that mistake and be okay if they
58:30
made a mistake it ruins their life and
58:32
often they don’t have to make a mistake
58:34
they’re born would their life already
58:36
ruined for them by the state so it
58:38
completely woke me up to that so for
58:39
those who are watching this who aren’t
58:40
libertarians who may have a
58:41
misconception about libertarianism I
58:43
need you to understand most of us come
58:45
here and become more compassionate we we
58:48
come here from whatever you know a
58:51
political position we had before and
58:54
become more actually more compassionate
58:56
as a result Brent I don’t know if you
58:58
had heard of prefigurative politics
59:00
before but you are the embodiment of it
59:03
your entire every action that you take
59:06
is you are taking a very tried and true
59:10
anarchist concept of saying yeah we
59:13
don’t need the state we don’t need
59:14
government and let me show you how that
59:16
works even to the extent of getting in
59:19
trouble for it and saying hey listen I
59:21
got in trouble for helping people so to
59:23
answer your question I’ll do it and
59:25
government won’t be there to to stop us
59:28
one more thing because again you you’re
59:30
clearly a lazy I mean you want to talk
59:32
about lazy poor people you’re clearly
59:33
very lazy because another thing you’re
59:35
supervising
59:36
super super lazy guy I don’t I I’m
59:37
shocked I even got you to stay up long
59:39
enough to be on this show another thing
59:41
that we talked about last time that
59:43
you’ve been working on and are closer to
59:45
getting started is the Liberty loop
59:47
which is where you’re gonna be taking
59:49
your houseboat I don’t want to say too
59:51
much I’d rather you talk about but
59:52
you’re gonna be taking a houseboat
59:54
across the Great Loop which is if you
59:57
see that black out the black outlines
59:59
there though the waterway loop around
60:01
the the eastern and part of the Midwest
60:06
of the US and and doing all sorts of
60:09
cool stuff tell us about tell us about
60:12
the Liberty loop what you plan to do
60:13
with that kind of crazy life I married a
60:24
woman who was real big on adventure and
60:27
I was not I was planning on staying in
60:30
Pender County and voting Republican for
60:32
the rest of my life yeah thank God that
60:35
didn’t happen but yes so one of the
60:38
noodles I threw at the wall man one day
60:39
I was I was talking to wife about how
60:41
you know I want to do this for a living
60:43
and and I’d like to I used to be a
60:45
Salesman and I was pretty good at it I
60:48
think I was pretty exceptional at it I
60:50
don’t like to toot my own horn in
60:51
recording where people can hold it
60:53
against me later but there’s a short
60:55
list of stuff that I’m good at and sales
60:57
and and marketing was at the top and I
61:00
kept finding that I there were products
61:03
that I just couldn’t sell like I could
61:04
go door-to-door and I would do really
61:05
well and then I would realize that I was
61:07
ripping people off and I was done it
61:09
just right I’m right that kind of
61:10
salesman so I started selling Liberty I
61:13
realized that the Liberty movement you
61:15
know doesn’t have a lot of that and a
61:17
lot of us are get here because we’re
61:19
intellectuals and intellectuals tend to
61:21
not be great at outreach and you know so
61:24
that’s when shopping politics is
61:25
definitely a sales game yeah you know so
61:28
I figured ah I figured I’d start doing
61:30
this and I did and I’m good at it and I
61:32
liked it and I thought that you know I’d
61:35
like to open a consulting firm that
61:37
focuses mostly on outreach I know there
61:39
are a lot
61:40
a lot of folks out there doing campaigns
61:41
and I’m happy to work campaigns too but
61:43
where my heart is is libertarian
61:45
outreach and you know organizational
61:47
development setting up organizations for
61:50
success and at further solid growth and
61:53
we’ve been able to grow in really rural
61:56
areas here in North Carolina we’ve been
61:59
able to grow a couple of really
62:00
successful thriving affiliates and I
62:04
thought we would spread that so I told
62:06
my wife I said I’d love to just travel
62:08
the country doing this and she said
62:09
that’s a great idea you should think of
62:11
a way to do it and we were working on a
62:13
houseboat a smaller houseboat and we
62:15
found a bigger one and I said hey
62:17
because we were gonna we’re gonna sell
62:20
concessions to fishermen and and you
62:22
know vacationers and stuff out on the
62:24
water okay charge an arm and a leg for
62:26
it right right yeah so and we’re still
62:29
gonna so if you want to you know you
62:31
want to buy like a six dollar ice Popp
62:34
I’m the guy to see but also if you want
62:37
to catch me doing a seminar or a
62:38
training event people started asking me
62:40
if I would come and and talk about what
62:42
we do here in in the southeast at their
62:46
affiliates or their libertarian meetings
62:48
and I said sure so the idea is basically
62:50
that we’re going to move my wife and
62:52
kids onto a boat a tiny boat
62:55
we’re not tiny but like 47 foot it’s too
62:58
big for six people I think useful for
63:00
six people right and we’re gonna go up
63:02
the eastern seaboard and across the
63:04
across New York and into the Great Lakes
63:06
and down the Mississippi and then to the
63:09
end of the Gulf and around Florida or
63:12
maybe a cross over chobe we’ll see and
63:15
kind of stopped at any affiliate that
63:17
wants to you know have an outreach event
63:19
or you want to do door-knocking or you
63:21
want to have a an outreach training
63:23
seminar or an organizational development
63:26
strategy session I’m just gonna you know
63:30
Florida on and do it and and kind of
63:33
prove the method show people what we’re
63:35
doing and hopefully it takes off into
63:37
something where I don’t want to be a
63:39
rich man I never have but I’d love to be
63:42
able to support my family doing what I
63:44
love which is course selling Liberty and
63:47
teaching other people how to sell
63:48
Liberty yeah I am so freaking excited
63:52
about this
63:53
idea I’m excited about all of your ideas
63:56
which is this my own personal thing but
63:58
I’m especially excited about this cuz I
64:00
like boats and I like the water I’m a
64:02
sweet summer boy I’m out there you know
64:04
when it’s during the summer I’m swimming
64:06
I’m out swimming somewhere and this one
64:11
I love liberty and selling it to people
64:12
and this is when I say selling just
64:15
telling them about it this is all of
64:18
those things at once and I hope I’m
64:21
hoping not I’m not gonna hold you to it
64:23
but I definitely hope that this can get
64:26
started
64:26
about the time that I get the vice
64:29
presidential nomination because this I
64:31
want this to be part of my tour is you
64:33
know we’ll bring back the idea that
64:34
bring back the idea of the Whistlestop
64:36
tour I have already gotten permission
64:39
I’ve already talked with my wife it’s
64:42
not permission I’m the man first of all
64:43
first of all permission I’m the man of
64:46
the house I’m literally the only one
64:47
wearing pants in this house because my
64:49
wife is laughter matthieu wife that’s
64:51
silly listen that’s she’s in charge you
64:56
don’t know our relationship I am as as
65:01
the boss of this marriage I’ve already
65:05
talked with her and she is perfectly
65:07
fine with me going on at least part of
65:09
the Liberty loop tour with you and your
65:11
family in fact her exact words were yes
65:13
please go I’m really grateful to have
65:18
such a loving and supportive wife which
65:20
would you have won as well
65:21
Brent your wife is I do and my wife will
65:24
be watching it so I’d like to point out
65:25
that I know where I stand in this
65:27
relationship I’m definitely in charge
65:29
there’s no nothing but for the grace of
65:31
my beautiful wonderful wife who I mean
65:34
the Gypsy really wouldn’t do any of this
65:36
my wife works overtime every week buster
65:39
but makes a good living so that I can
65:41
full-time devote you know all my all my
65:45
hours to this yeah so yep we both got a
65:48
couple of great laughs I would love to
65:50
have you on the boat we’re actually
65:51
looking at doing an interior tour two of
65:54
the country so we’re looking at buying a
65:56
school bus and turn it into a tiny home
65:59
with the kids and and
66:02
whenever someone needs assistance
66:05
growing their affiliate or doing
66:07
outreach will be there I’m so freaking
66:10
excited about this and yes you need to
66:12
be if someone needs to start paying you
66:14
because you are you are I said to
66:16
someone recently I think was someone on
66:17
team supreme I think was someone on team
66:20
supreme I said if I had a thousand Brent
66:22
de Ritter’s this country would look
66:24
completely different like a thousand
66:27
worker Ritter’s acting like being as
66:30
active as you are it would completely
66:32
change the the political and social
66:34
landscape in this country and I’m I’m
66:36
not I’m not overstating things when I
66:39
say that like there would he change the
66:41
alt right haircut game I would no longer
66:51
have to argue with your with your
66:54
haircut about immigration anymore no you
66:56
would this would become the the people
66:58
would say oh I know that haircut
67:00
you’re here to tell me about self
67:01
ownership and non-aggression and and
67:03
you’d be like yeah of course I am this
67:04
is the de rigueur haircut
67:07
but no you know what you can you can it
67:09
I don’t think you’re going to but you
67:11
could just keep that haircut and and we
67:13
can see if we could actually be
67:14
successful and having people think
67:17
that’s not a Nazi haircut anymore but
67:18
it’s actually a like a like southern
67:21
libertarian haircut I won’t be joining
67:23
you because I’m I definitely don’t have
67:25
the hairline for it but uh but yeah so
67:28
no so yeah Liberty loop um how can
67:31
people help you with this obviously I
67:33
mean you know how can people get
67:34
involved in Liberty loop people all the
67:39
time asking me how they can get involved
67:41
in the project if you want to help I’m
67:43
gonna have the help I think I get too
67:46
much credit for the stuff that other
67:48
people do none of this stuff is like a
67:51
Brenda Ritter show it’s rad it’s loosely
67:55
organized events and people who are
67:59
excited to show up and do a great job
68:00
and then I get to stand up front and
68:03
take credit for it but you can do that
68:05
when we go to do the Liberty
68:07
we’ll definitely be taking donations
68:09
because I have no idea how I’m gonna pay
68:11
for this trip right I know that
68:12
libertarians need some basic sales
68:15
training and some it sounds so
68:18
condescending but it’s a skill that’s
68:20
not most people don’t yeah yeah yeah
68:23
yeah I mean most people in the Liberty
68:25
movement anyway don’t don’t have that
68:27
skill set so so we do a lot of arguing
68:32
we’re not good at conversing so people
68:35
need need to know how to do that and I’m
68:37
happy to travel around and teach them
68:39
and help and maybe do some speaking
68:42
events and stuff but to do that we’re
68:44
gonna need money and I can’t rely on my
68:46
wife to continue doing it because she’s
68:48
gonna come on the tour with us and
68:49
she’ll be launching her own business as
68:51
well but mm-hmm it’s gonna be tight and
68:54
so that I’m not out there on the hook in
68:57
the middle of the ocean without fuel to
68:59
get home right in the in the near future
69:01
we will definitely have a link for you
69:03
to start donating so that we can so that
69:07
I can be one of those grimy guys on the
69:08
internet that lives off of your funds
69:10
and travels around and has high falutin
69:12
dinners with fancy people and big cities
69:16
I think that that would probably be one
69:18
of the best things to ever happen I mean
69:19
the last thing we want is for your
69:20
anti-state tour to end with your being
69:22
towed home by the Coast Guard I think
69:24
that that probably if we can avoid that
69:26
if at all possible yeah I mean he
69:30
started on the Coast Guard man that is
69:31
the biggest infringement on individual
69:35
liberty those guys can board your ship
69:38
anytime they want for any reason they
69:40
laugh they’ll be able to ransack my home
69:42
whenever they feel like it yeah so
69:44
definitely when there’s a link donate
69:46
because we’re gonna be going through a
69:47
lot for you folks getting boarded by the
69:49
Coast Guard is no fun and I imagine
69:52
doing the things that we’re doing will
69:54
probably be boarded more often than most
69:57
people I would imagine so I would
69:59
imagine so because they’re gonna be like
70:00
what is this houseboat doing stopping
70:02
places and getting people all riled up
70:03
and then they deposed their local
70:06
government um no I think this is great
70:08
if anyone is watching this in the
70:10
National Party or any kind of campaign
70:13
that’s you know paying people or
70:14
whatever Brent – Ritter’s your guy guys
70:17
I think I’m serious
70:19
III can’t they
70:21
there are some incredible people in this
70:23
movement in this state in North Carolina
70:25
and others as well people that are part
70:28
of team supreme that are amazing and
70:31
many of them are comparable to Brent
70:34
offhand I can’t think of anyone that’s
70:35
better than Brett put it that way so III
70:38
not true it is well to me I appreciate
70:41
it
70:41
it’s it’s true it’s true you’re wrong
70:44
about my wife though I’m totally in
70:45
charge here
70:46
I’m completely do you not believe you
70:49
when I when I walk when I walk in the
70:51
door the first I say I actually kind of
70:54
mildly kick open the door and I say the
70:55
man is now here the man is here I am now
70:58
here and everyone gets realized she gets
71:01
home with a small statured woman I am
71:10
currently married to one and I know what
71:12
they’re like and I don’t know and your
71:16
wife totally seems like a take-charge
71:17
kind of lady like she she was moving
71:20
through the crowd like a boss at the
71:22
South Carolina debate so you don’t know
71:26
my mom man you don’t know my marriage um
71:28
so let’s go through some of the comments
71:30
here Gio Garcia said you’re gonna be
71:33
eating at the finest waffle houses
71:35
around and and he also said that you’re
71:39
being modest you kick ass that’s exactly
71:41
correct
71:42
Ryan Teeter says he’s gonna he’s gonna
71:44
float along out there with us too I
71:46
assume that was that was correct that
71:48
that would be the case Matt Hicks said
71:50
I’m on a boat and free men don’t ask
71:52
permission that’s that’s that’s true he
71:56
also said that I kicked the door open
71:57
and just look around whatever I I
72:02
whatever I don’t you know you guys you
72:05
guys don’t you guys don’t know my
72:07
marriage like you don’t you don’t
72:09
realize how like much of an alpha I am
72:12
in specifically in the marriage an
72:18
appropriate amount of laughter I’m sorry
72:20
I apologize Puran you’re right as my
72:23
wife says often pure primal visceral
72:28
of masculinity is is what I project so
72:34
guys so right on go ahead I hear you
72:36
remind me of someone
72:39
I’m having a hard time putting my finger
72:41
on it but I’ve heard I’ve heard the
72:44
phrase Wow what was it peak physical
72:48
condition I love you weekend I’m the kid
72:52
that’s constantly shoveling candy corn
72:54
in his mouth peak physical condition
72:56
yeah that’s called that’s called being
72:58
in your 20s yeah that’s why wasn’t
73:01
physical we were we were all in peak
73:04
physical sports bra yeah we were all in
73:06
peak physical condition pal we all
73:09
remember what our early to late teens
73:10
early early to mid 20s were like and
73:12
then all of a sudden we weren’t in peak
73:13
physical condition anymore incoming yeah
73:17
it’s it’s you know I’m just you know
73:19
work on your cardio man cuz you know
73:21
peak physical condition starts to drop
73:23
off after 25 put it that way
73:25
but ya know raw masculine energy that’s
73:27
that’s how my wife describes me when
73:29
people ask you know what’s what’s what
73:30
am I like and see it I believe you it
73:32
comes from those seat massagers in your
73:34
car if there are any delegates that are
73:39
on the on the fence out there for your
73:41
state that are on the fence for who you
73:43
want to support for president and vice
73:44
president I’d like you to come and and
73:46
maybe take a short ride with me in my
73:48
car and it’s massage sheets and I have a
73:50
feeling I might change your mind about
73:52
about who should be leaving this country
73:54
it’s not a bride not bribing you it’s
73:57
not a bribe
73:57
I’m just saying I’m just saying you can
74:00
get in the car I’m not gonna give you
74:02
anything except peace of mind so Brent
74:06
if all of the things that you just said
74:08
you’re doing and more were not enough
74:10
I’m told that you have an announcement
74:13
for us tonight about yet another role
74:16
that you’re gonna be taking on this year
74:17
in this my fellow Americans exclusive
74:20
tell us about your this exciting new
74:23
role for 2020 I’m excited to both
74:28
volunteer for and endorse the supreme
74:31
colon ticket I’m really excited about
74:34
vermin supreme and I know I’m gonna get
74:37
some some noise thrown at me for
74:41
from folks probably from the great Sam
74:44
Goldstein himself marketing style first
74:53
of all you guys know the earned media
74:57
king champion he’s amazing everybody
75:02
knows who he is like my Republican
75:03
father knows who he is
75:07
everybody likes Berman you know except
75:10
for Sam but everybody else likes likes
75:14
Berman he does really well would be if
75:17
people get that it’s a joke and great
75:20
it’s it’s the kind of satire that
75:23
doesn’t need explaining it’s not super
75:25
complicated the guy wears a boot and
75:27
like six different ties because the
75:29
whole thing’s a joke
75:30
right and it’s you know valid access is
75:34
not a joke I get it you know running a
75:39
solidly libertarian campaign is not a
75:41
joke now the guy is solidly libertarian
75:44
I think both of you are you know as as
75:48
libertarian as it gets
75:51
he’s like I said the king of earned
75:53
media man the guy is an activist from
75:57
hell of a guy I mean he he’s always
75:59
working to you know to free folks up
76:03
from the state you know it’s it’s a
76:05
no-brainer in my opinion I’m I’m a huge
76:09
rough supporter to I left him rough and
76:11
and John Phillips particularly did on
76:13
Phillips like now that I’ve seen him in
76:15
the bad modscan you’re holy right that
76:19
dude is dreamy
76:19
oh gosh you want to talk about ROM ROM
76:23
masculine energy John Phillips jr.
76:25
literally it’s an actual dripping that
76:28
you see of masculinity on his mr. Jane
76:31
you’ve got again libertarian dad bought
76:33
you guys got to get out and get this
76:35
this you have to get it that’s me I look
76:38
amazing there John Phillips jr. you may
76:41
want to just keep it on January the
76:42
whole year seriously III I’m cutting
76:47
John’s head out and putting it on every
76:50
it’s we’re not gonna scotch tape it so
76:53
every note yeah I mean I think it’s a
76:57
solid ticket I think you guys have a lot
76:59
dollar for the Libertarian Party I think
77:01
it’s a great great messaging and right
77:04
now we can’t win and I infuriates people
77:07
when I say that and I don’t understand
77:09
why it does because what we quibble over
77:12
who’s going to get 3% or 5% oh man I can
77:15
bring 6% we’re quibbling over teeny-tiny
77:18
percentages and I know the ballot axis
77:20
is important but if we have to get
77:21
petition signed I’ll be the first one to
77:23
sign up and do it I don’t think that’ll
77:25
be the case I think this will be a
77:27
ticket that gets more media attention
77:29
than we’re used to getting it’s going to
77:31
get attention because people are going
77:32
to want to treat it like a joke which is
77:34
it’ll be the great floor and their
77:36
strategy point not what a joke that
77:38
ticket is it’s only going to draw a draw
77:41
more eyes to the Libertarian Party yeah
77:43
and I know I know you personally I think
77:45
well enough to say this and I know
77:48
enough about Berman to say that you guys
77:51
are going to focus what attention you do
77:53
get on down ticket candidates and on you
77:56
know development and growth for the
77:57
party and I think that’s what it should
77:59
be about we you can run Donald Trump
78:01
tomorrow he’s not going to win as a
78:02
libertarian Donald Trump where the VP of
78:05
baby Jesus is not going to win as a
78:07
libertarian your options right now are
78:09
marketing and I’m talking to
78:11
libertarians here delegates specifically
78:13
our options are marketing and there is
78:15
nobody better at marketing their ideas
78:17
than firm and supreme and is a weird
78:19
thing for me to say that it’s absolutely
78:21
true it’s absolutely does I’m excited
78:25
about your ticket I’m happy to be a help
78:28
to your campaign in any way I can and I
78:29
and I appreciate that you’re gonna be
78:31
the Grand Poobah of the team supreme
78:33
campaign is that correct
78:34
sure yeah definitely yep I got to pick
78:37
my own title which you know there’s a
78:40
draw right there if the volunteer
78:45
harasser I’m all for that
78:47
yeah I’m hearing like Tyler’s like he
78:50
got to name a pony this the whole thing
78:52
is very exciting oh you’ll get to name a
78:55
pony don’t get ahead of the show program
78:57
we’ll get there but I’m naming
79:02
don’t say it don’t say it yeah so yeah
79:06
so obviously guys we’re gonna run this
79:09
thing to try to win it and ultimately
79:12
that means to try to get as high of a
79:14
vote count as we possibly can I think
79:17
we’re gonna blow through that 5% that’s
79:18
gonna help us get the ballot access and
79:20
I think we’re gonna get numbers no one
79:22
that no one even expected and another
79:24
thing we’ll be able to do is by pushing
79:26
libertarianism as a mainstream thing
79:28
because I’m a mainstream audience that’s
79:30
watching this absurdity that we’re
79:32
initially presenting and then actually
79:34
cease cuz vermin you know people know
79:35
that I can present both a silly you know
79:38
a fun thing to watch as well as an
79:40
actual serious argument about
79:43
libertarianism in a serious message when
79:45
we went through the the projects in
79:46
Wilmington I wasn’t talking to people
79:48
about ponies and cheesy bread because
79:49
that would be an insult to them where
79:51
they were I went to them and talked to
79:52
them about the things that were harming
79:54
them and how we wanted to wanted to stop
79:55
that the and that’s really how we’d be
79:58
running the campaign you we’d get the
80:00
earned media because of the the
80:02
absurdity of the whole spectacle of the
80:04
thing and then when they get in same
80:06
thing with comedians same thing with
80:07
with you know like a George Carlin that
80:09
we talked about before you start them
80:10
with the jokes and then at some point
80:12
you’re hitting them with you know
80:14
serious you know reasons for why the
80:17
Republicans and Democrats are feeling
80:18
them that that’s not a bug that’s a
80:21
feature of the current duopoly republic
80:23
rat system and that that we are a clean
80:26
break from that there’s no cleaner of a
80:27
break from from this disgusting system
80:29
than a man with a boot on his head
80:31
there’s no cleaner of a break from that
80:33
entire thing than someone who says okay
80:35
you’re gonna treat this like a joke well
80:36
we’re gonna give you the funniest clowns
80:37
out there there’s a reason people get
80:39
most of their news from late-night talk
80:42
shows and the daily show and and you
80:44
know funny people on the internet land
80:45
and shows like this it’s because it’s
80:48
already so dismal they’re already so
80:50
done with the whole thing and they want
80:51
to at least get entertained a little and
80:53
we’re gonna bring that to a completely
80:54
different level we’re gonna dominate the
80:56
conversation and I’m really looking
80:57
forward to having you on because I know
80:59
things are gonna be absolutely amazing
81:01
with you whether you want ya man you
81:05
could not have possibly said it better
81:06
what you that you guys are the strategy
81:09
you’re using is and I’ve said this for
81:11
years we’ve got to start using proven
81:13
techniques the idea that we’re not going
81:15
to do that and we’ve got to be serious
81:17
you know really really serious watered
81:20
down guys it’s silly we need to be
81:23
presenting a principle message and we
81:25
need to use proven marketing techniques
81:28
to do that and that’s exactly what women
81:30
in Furman does and it’s exactly what you
81:32
do you draw free people in the humor and
81:34
you hit them really hard would be with
81:36
the facts and it’s it’s just an
81:38
impressive campaign man I’m really
81:39
excited you guys have a great staff
81:41
desert desert lindsey desert really care
81:45
when i just i have to say when i was
81:47
talking about you know some of the
81:48
people that are comparable to you
81:49
desiree Lindsey was literally one of the
81:51
people I was talking about like she
81:52
there’s no way I compared it does
81:55
absolutely not Desiree it’s a freaking
81:57
rocks
81:58
she’s an everything she touches turns to
82:00
gold she’s great at what she does and
82:02
she’s like a great motivator
82:05
man it’s lazy people like me off my back
82:08
she was a big part of LCDR right she was
82:11
she was very heavily involved than that
82:13
yeah she was from Iran tire out from
82:16
gate and like I said after after Harvey
82:21
everybody kind of went back to their own
82:22
projects and stuff but yes she was a
82:24
huge help in getting it boosted and off
82:26
the ground and and making things happen
82:28
a lot of the organizational stuff that
82:30
was just outside the scope of my ability
82:33
both of those those folks handled with
82:37
absolute professionalism so you guys
82:39
have a really good campaign behind you
82:41
and or a campaign staff bhaiyyaji you’ve
82:43
got the perfect strategy for where we
82:45
are right now I think a serious
82:46
candidate is it’s not a good option and
82:50
you know I’m happy to see what your
82:52
campaigns gonna do should the delegates
82:54
be bright enough to to give you the nod
82:57
yeah I mean ultimately if the delegates
82:59
don’t pick us because they want someone
83:01
who’s more you know serious and honesty
83:03
or whatever I get it I I get what
83:05
they’re trying to say although although
83:06
again guys we know about vermin with the
83:09
boot but take a chance to listen to him
83:11
when he gets serious he did he did a an
83:13
AMA for the Mises caucus and and and and
83:17
blew that away and and he was still fun
83:19
and and had silly movies or whatever but
83:21
the he is able to present libertarianism
83:25
in a very clear way and a very
83:27
sober and and and and and serious way as
83:30
well and I can as well – we both have
83:32
very interesting senses of humor and
83:34
sometimes when we’re together we can’t
83:36
stop riffing off of each other which is
83:38
very entertaining for everyone including
83:39
us especially us but but the reality is
83:42
we’re both able to present this in a
83:44
real serious way and and we will be
83:45
helping the down-ticket count candidates
83:47
and we will be getting in some vote
83:50
totals that that no one’s ever seen
83:51
before and let me let me go ahead and
83:53
say because I know I’ve got some folks
83:54
on that right now that that support some
83:57
other some other candidates and that’s
83:58
fine we we you know we love Kim we love
84:01
Dan I like Jacob I got to hang out with
84:04
Jacob this weekend he’s a good guy um
84:06
you know here’s what I want to say about
84:09
about why I’ve chosen vermin supreme and
84:13
and and and why I assume why brent has
84:15
as well you can obviously correct me if
84:16
I’m wrong the if you’re looking for and
84:21
this includes everyone that is running
84:23
including those who just announced they
84:24
were running this week if you’re looking
84:26
for someone who is the most principled
84:30
we’re up there with with some of the
84:33
some of the most principled candidates
84:34
out there we’re right neck and neck with
84:36
all of the other most principled and
84:38
there are plenty of principled
84:39
candidates in this thing I’m not
84:40
disputing that at all if you’re looking
84:42
for someone who has the most name
84:44
recognition that’s a lot of pragmatist
84:46
say we got to get the most name
84:47
recognition vermin supreme has more
84:49
social media followers than every other
84:51
candidate combined and and it’s not even
84:54
close it might be twice as much it’s a
84:56
lot more he has over I think seven
84:59
million mentions on tik-tok and these
85:02
are a lot of them from people that are
85:03
17 and up meaning that they’re old
85:05
enough to vote we’ve had people contact
85:08
our campaign saying my kid won’t leave
85:10
me alone about your campaign what can I
85:12
do to help this is a serious thing
85:14
that’s happening it’s a it’s a it’s an
85:16
absolute sea change in American politics
85:18
will it be enough to win I’d like to
85:20
think so but I think at the very least
85:22
it’s gonna be enough to score some
85:23
numbers that I respectfully I don’t
85:26
think any of the other candidates can
85:27
get in this cycle because of the
85:29
headwinds we have against us with ballot
85:31
access with debate access remember the
85:34
whole let Gary debate thing he had more
85:36
than a couple polls that would have
85:37
allowed him to debate and they
85:39
everything they could to shut him out
85:40
and we’re gonna be facing that as well
85:43
and we have to get that earned media and
85:45
if so if you’re looking for someone that
85:47
can get earned media no one else is
85:48
gonna be able to get that as well as
85:49
permit as in the nominee if you’re
85:51
looking for someone who is is you know
85:56
able to reach out to the youth Vermin
85:57
reach out to the youth if you’re looking
85:59
for someone who is able to be the most
86:01
compassionate vermin I’ve seen vermin
86:05
helping the homeless directly the vermin
86:08
at times in his past in his life didn’t
86:10
have a home and he and his wife to have
86:12
a home they they he has a level of
86:14
compassion that you don’t often see as
86:17
part of his schtick with this whole
86:18
routine but he’s one of the most caring
86:20
and compassionate people I’ve ever met
86:22
as well I say this is someone that
86:25
initially when he first started running
86:27
I didn’t get it I thought it was
86:30
entertaining and I was happy to have him
86:32
on my show and then I got it and I
86:34
realized this is this is the pic you
86:37
know again plenty of other great
86:38
candidates out there I think that vermin
86:40
is is is is in a position that none none
86:44
of the other candidates can do in this
86:46
cycle and any of the one the one that we
86:49
keep hearing about that that has
86:51
anywhere near the name recognition and
86:52
he really doesn’t also isn’t a
86:55
libertarian so not sure why we would go
86:59
with someone who isn’t a libertarian
87:01
when we have someone with more name
87:02
recognition and is actually a
87:05
libertarian let’s go through the
87:06
comments yeah go ahead
87:08
Brent oh no I was just I’m in full
87:11
agreement menace aside from his outreach
87:13
to the youth like like well pointed out
87:15
earlier folks my dad’s age know who
87:18
vermin is because he’s been around that
87:19
long and he’s been working that long and
87:21
he’s gotten that much media yeah so he
87:23
hits all those pragmatist talking points
87:25
and aside from that the idea that we’re
87:28
gonna keep we’re gonna we’re gonna give
87:30
up principle for name recognition is
87:33
it’s essentially the and it’s amazing to
87:35
me that such logical people can’t wrap
87:37
their minds around this but libertarians
87:39
have a hard time with it if we trade the
87:42
principles that we believe in yeah for
87:44
name recognition then we
87:47
may as well just join the Republican
87:49
Party Democrat party that’s it that’s
87:52
all you’re doing just go and join them
87:54
and that’s fine I’m not telling people
87:55
need either don’t start you know the LP
87:57
and see a bunch of dirty messages about
87:59
what a jerk I am
88:00
I’m not saying you should leave but I’m
88:03
saying if that’s your strategy then the
88:04
best way to follow through with that
88:06
strategy is to go to the Republican
88:08
Party or the Democrat Party where
88:10
they’re going to give you a seat at the
88:12
children’s table and not let you have a
88:14
voice yeah and I’ve been told that we
88:17
look silly running candidates that don’t
88:19
have name recognition in my my position
88:21
on that is I would much rather I can
88:23
either look and misrepresent it or
88:25
stupid if those are my only two options
88:27
and I don’t concede that those are the
88:29
only two options but if I only look
88:31
stupid or have my positions completely
88:34
misrepresented
88:34
let’s look stupid I’m totally good with
88:36
looking stupid I defy I defy you to find
88:42
somebody that thinks the things
88:44
Vaman looks like a serious candidate but
88:47
I defy you to anybody it’s find anybody
88:49
that can prove that he’s not I mean the
88:51
guy is brilliant he is a genius again
88:54
hang out with libertarians all the time
88:56
the smartest people I know yeah he might
88:58
be one of the smartest I’ve ever is that
89:00
brilliant guy yeah yeah you guys have
89:03
the strategy down for sure man I’m
89:04
excited super excited about this ticket
89:07
dude could not be more thrilled yeah
89:08
anyone who says that we need to present
89:10
some kind of austere you know super
89:14
serious candidate the last person to be
89:16
elected president is a bright orange man
89:19
who speaks at a low scream and gold
89:23
plates everything he has been the
89:25
punchline to late-night jokes for like
89:28
40 35 years or something like that
89:30
and more often than not the jokes were
89:32
at his expense they were not laughing
89:34
with him they were laughing at him and
89:36
he used that he harnessed that name
89:38
recognition that nearly 99% name reckon
89:42
99 point you know everyone knew who
89:44
Donald Trump was to get elected
89:46
president and you know spy despite his
89:49
party’s leadership yeah getting in the
89:51
way and that’s what we need
89:53
look around and see who’s getting
89:54
attention right now and and the party
89:57
leadership and the other parties shut
89:58
things down like they they shut down the
90:01
fringe on on both sides yeah but it’s
90:03
those weird fringe folks like Bernie
90:05
Sanders is like the weirdest
90:07
uncle you know I mean like their and
90:10
people loved him they think he’s great
90:12
and it’s because he’s that weird kitschy
90:15
you know you’re drawn to it yeah and and
90:19
that’s how Donald Trump pulled it off
90:20
man that’s how a New York City Democrat
90:23
won the Republican evangelical vote like
90:28
a casino owning strip club owning
90:31
grabbing bottom you know like that’s how
90:34
that guy won the evangelical vote man is
90:38
there those those weird big
90:41
personalities draw attention and and get
90:44
the vote and we’re it not for the
90:46
corruption of the other two parties you
90:48
would have that’s what you would have
90:50
you know run right now so if the
90:52
Libertarian Party folks in in the
90:55
Libertarian Party can kind of get out of
90:56
our own way yeah and and what a a team
91:00
of candidates like that represent us I
91:03
think we’ll be well ahead of the
91:05
Republicans and the Democrats who every
91:07
cycle they’re behind they’re always
91:08
behind yeah that’s what politics is
91:11
Susan Hogan said that to me yesterday or
91:13
the day before she’s a smart lady I
91:16
learned a lot from her and what you see
91:20
in the political atmosphere now is what
91:23
people felt yesterday and if today what
91:26
people feel is that they’re tired of
91:28
those serious overly serious pretentious
91:32
candidates and they want somebody who
91:34
reaches out to them and who they can
91:36
identify with and oddly enough it’s like
91:39
weird uncle Bernie
91:40
you know Donald Trump yeah you’re fired
91:43
or like the guy that wears a beat on his
91:45
head so let’s start looking at what’s
91:47
actually working and going with it
91:49
rather than what the other two parties
91:52
want us to believe because that’s how
91:54
they’re getting over exactly they’re
91:55
convincing us they’re convincing us that
91:57
we have to run Chafee or Chaffey’s or or
92:00
we have to run and I know you don’t want
92:02
our crap on other candy
92:03
but I’m happy to do it we have to run
92:06
these these milquetoast loser candidates
92:09
that have absolutely no business
92:11
representing libertarianism because they
92:13
don’t know what libertarianism is it’s
92:16
it’s silly and it’s it’s not going to
92:18
work anymore and I’m glad that the the
92:20
very few of the old guard that are left
92:22
that kind of feel that they are getting
92:24
pushed out and the only folks that I see
92:26
the only old-time are libertarians that
92:28
I see around mostly are libertarians
92:30
they get that and they’ve been screaming
92:32
at for decades yes correct
92:35
yeah no Matt Hicks who’s the second vice
92:38
chair of the South Carolina Libertarian
92:40
Party he’s also joined the team recently
92:41
and he gave an endorsement of us
92:43
yesterday actually and one of the things
92:46
he said is for those who think vermin
92:47
isn’t you know respectable enough to you
92:51
know get in this election and to be
92:52
taken seriously
92:53
our current president was in WWE
92:55
summerslam like it’s not people are
92:58
looking for in fact the more you piss
92:59
off the conventional wisdom and the
93:02
establishment the more people like you
93:05
the fact that D the people in the
93:08
libertarian party that are going know we
93:09
need someone in a suit who’s saying this
93:10
respectively they’re in the minority now
93:13
not just in this party but in the the
93:16
the really in mainstream culture we are
93:18
living the meme world now and vermin
93:21
Supremes one of the biggest memes going
93:22
so you know that we’re post we’re in the
93:26
post serious in this society I want to
93:28
go through some of these through some of
93:29
these comments Joe Garcia says spike
93:31
reminds me a little of Reb Brown because
93:33
am I because of my masculinity right
93:35
like like a football player
93:36
Captain America right like I’m like
93:38
really super hyper masculine Matt Hicks
93:42
says yes he earns all the media spike is
93:46
pretty okay – Thank You Jennifer Schultz
93:49
says I’m gonna vote for vermin spike
93:50
Thank You Jennifer um let’s see Jennifer
93:53
says we don’t we don’t want to sound the
93:55
same as everyone else we aren’t the same
93:57
as everyone else and trying to sound the
93:58
same if we sound the same as everyone
94:00
else’s like Brent said well why would
94:01
they vote for us why wouldn’t they vote
94:02
for the established options that have a
94:04
much better chance of winning if we
94:05
don’t sound different than what the hell
94:07
do you vote for us for um
94:09
Donald Reed deal says most certainly
94:11
Jennifer we are not Republican late or
94:13
Democrat late exactly
94:15
matt says he’s one of the smartest
94:16
people
94:16
with whom I’ve ever spoken she’s talking
94:18
about me of course Joe says he did the
94:21
same at the SC debates that’s correct
94:23
Joe says also says lincoln chafee no
94:26
Donald says Chafee is a lion oh and let
94:29
me say something here and I think Brent
94:31
agrees with me on this I’m glad that
94:34
lincoln Chafee joined the party I’m glad
94:35
to see anyone join the party as long as
94:37
they’re not calling for you know
94:38
genocide or you know whatever that Brent
94:40
haircut wants as long as they’re they’re
94:42
calling for you know as long as they
94:44
want to hear more that’s great that’s
94:46
different from saying that I want
94:47
someone with a multi-decade history of
94:50
anti libertarian governance with a
94:52
couple bright spots in there you know
94:55
that that we can get behind but the
94:57
entire rest of it you know is is is as
94:59
anti libertarian as I get to just step
95:03
in and go I should be the nominee um
95:05
because um I’ve been elected before
95:07
that’s not enough that’s not enough
95:10
again okay great so then I guess if I
95:13
were gonna vote for a lincoln Chafee
95:14
what I why wouldn’t I vote for Donald
95:17
Trump who agrees with Chafee 96% of the
95:19
time or Joe Biden that votes but that
95:21
agrees with lincoln Chafee ninety-seven
95:22
percent of the time why would I just
95:23
because of that 3 percent or even less
95:26
that’s that’s even remotely libertarian
95:28
go yeah let’s throw away all these other
95:30
principle candidates including a
95:31
principled candidate that has even more
95:33
name recognition than Chafee does in
95:36
favor of someone that ultimately I’d be
95:38
better off voting Democrat or Republican
95:40
um let’s see what else here a lot of
95:43
people just agreeing with us Bravo Brent
95:46
Donald Reid deal says might as well vote
95:48
for weld well well just said today that
95:50
he was the one who encouraged Chafee to
95:51
to get in there Jennifer says it good
95:54
I’m so glad he said that playing to
95:56
thank God yep weld said that thank you
95:58
very well you beautiful man thank you so
96:01
much for admitting that that’s wonderful
96:03
I’m glad to know who’s supporting Chafee
96:06
that’s that’s fantastic yeah no
96:09
absolutely absolutely um Joe Joe and
96:13
Matt both talked about you know WWE that
96:15
you know he was you know I mean give me
96:16
a break we’re talking about seriousness
96:18
here anyone who wants to talk about
96:20
seriousness in a candidate after 2016
96:22
elections I can’t take you seriously
96:24
anymore i I can’t take actually take you
96:26
less seriously now
96:30
Matt says unleash the ponies that’s
96:32
absolute oniy for everyone and in fact
96:33
plank number seven of my verbal
96:36
agreement for an even better America is
96:38
to arm your ponies with a 20 millimeter
96:40
vulcan cannon a hashtag armed the ponies
96:42
so let’s see here what else we got did a
96:48
lot of people just agreeing with us tell
96:50
him that’s right we’re brilliant they
96:52
are they really just smart audience Oh
96:55
Joe brings up how Chafee just got
96:57
absolutely destroyed on on Kennedy show
96:59
Kennedy who is on Fox Business there was
97:03
a clip that we put on the Muddy Waters
97:04
page from fake Rotarians where Kennedy
97:08
just said straight up do you think
97:10
Americans should be able to own an ar-15
97:11
and he wouldn’t answer it he just
97:15
wouldn’t answer it he started you
97:17
haven’t seen that no I missed it he
97:20
literally he went first of all he went
97:21
up well that’s all hmm uh-uh he did that
97:26
for about I think three or four seconds
97:28
it felt like an hour and a half but it
97:30
was like a long time of him just like
97:31
mm-hmm
97:32
[Music]
97:34
and then he go and he starts talking
97:36
about the war in Iraq and trillion
97:39
dollar deficits and he goes those are
97:40
also libertarian issues and she says
97:42
yeah but this is a libertarian issue
97:45
only brought up civil liberties and she
97:46
said what about the civil liberty to own
97:48
an assault with two onna ar-15 well you
97:51
know I want to talk about I’m here to
97:52
talk about the deficit and and I mean
97:54
you can see the look on her face like
97:55
yeah you’re not gonna get this cuz why
97:57
would we like we already have two gun
97:59
grabbers to choose from Donald Trump and
98:02
whoever the Republicans pick why on
98:04
earth would we pick that for the
98:05
libertarians it was it was insane I I
98:07
you need to see go on muddy waters all
98:09
of you after the show is over do not
98:11
leave until the show is over do not go
98:13
anywhere until the show is over but
98:14
afterwards go on money out waters and
98:16
scroll down a few posts and you’ll see
98:17
the video we shared it from the fake
98:19
Rotarians page
98:20
shout out to fake Rotarians um they mean
98:23
it’s it’s incredible that that this is
98:25
even being considered but yeah joe said
98:29
and this too I agree with joe Chafee is
98:31
welcome to come in and do some activist
98:32
stuff for a couple years before seeking
98:34
the nomination I want to see I want to
98:37
see Lincoln and people like him come in
98:39
say I completely disagree with what I
98:41
used to believe and I’m gonna
98:43
demonstrate this for
98:44
while and maybe then run in in a lower
98:47
ticket race like maybe rerun from my
98:49
Senate seat or something like that but
98:51
you can’t just come in and say yeah I’m
98:53
a well-known figure in Rhode Island I’m
98:54
gonna I’m gonna get the nomination it’s
98:56
it’s ridiculous yeah it’s it’s so in
98:59
this man it’s it’s something that we
99:00
keep doing it to ourselves and I’m glad
99:02
that we’re I think we’ve reached a point
99:04
where it’s not happening anymore I see
99:05
that those guys that were pushing bill
99:08
weld on us kind of shaking in their
99:09
boots now cuz yeah they know they’re not
99:11
getting this nomination it’s not going
99:13
to happen and and it’s gone that the
99:16
time of I’m here but I put in 80 hours a
99:19
week so that that’s gone the idea that
99:21
we’re gonna continue to have these
99:22
politicians misrepresenting us it’s it’s
99:25
not going to happen anymore yeah you
99:26
know there are a lot of other folks like
99:27
me that are putting in the time and the
99:29
hours to make sure that that strategy is
99:32
out the window it’s not coming back
99:34
we’re gonna have principled public
99:35
Ariens from now on yeah yeah well we saw
99:38
on my own authority with brushing
99:39
mandatory tooth brushing free ponies
99:41
unlimited zombie power and baby Hitler’s
99:43
dead and so is baby Woodrow Wilson
99:45
period gonzo
99:47
out of here by I’m thankful for Bill
99:51
weld and here’s why guys because he
99:54
showed us what happens a lot of us were
99:57
worried about the idea of nominating a
100:00
moderate gun grabbing republic rat
100:02
lifelong establishment politician and
100:04
everyone including you know Gary Johnson
100:07
kinda all don’t worry everything will be
100:08
fine and what did he do he used his
100:10
platform to explain why people should
100:12
vote for Hillary Clinton
100:13
he never at any point pushed a
100:16
libertarian message he said I’m sticking
100:20
around for good and the very second he
100:21
had an opportunity to do something else
100:23
he left lincoln Chafee hasn’t has a long
100:27
history of hopping parties not because
100:29
his policies changed but because he
100:31
thought he had a better chance with that
100:32
party and that’s he’s doing it again
100:35
so I’m actually thankful for Bill weld
100:36
because this isn’t theory we already
100:39
knows what I know what happens when you
100:40
nominate someone like this and it you
100:43
know you’re not gonna get libertarianism
100:45
you can’t get blood from a stone or a
100:48
turnip and you can’t get libertarianism
100:50
from a lifelong unrepentant someone with
100:53
a lifelong unrepentant anti libertarian
100:56
history of governance
100:57
and and and and we just need to do
100:58
something different and Oh Matt Hicks
101:02
says I’ve said this before spiked ponies
101:03
can’t handle the recoil from a 20
101:05
millimeter rotary gun these are magic
101:07
ponies and yes they can and the guns
101:10
magic – its magic involved so yes I can
101:15
with you guys be in there how could they
101:18
not be magic involved thank you it’s the
101:20
most magical ticket on the stage it’s a
101:25
it’s a magic ticket thank you for it
101:27
this that’s that’s one of your first
101:29
contributions to the team is that we’re
101:31
the ticket of magic now Brent now that
101:33
you are we’re gonna now do my fellow
101:36
final my fellow Americans and this is
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where I’m gonna give you 30 seconds to
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come up with an answer to an incredibly
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difficult question that you’ve never
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thought of before now that you’re a
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member of Team supreme you’re gonna be
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one of the first people to get a pony by
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the way anyone watching if you join team
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supreme you’re you’re on the top of the
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short list for a pony so just keep that
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in mind not again not bribing just
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saying if you like free ponies and with
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guns on them you get it first
102:09
everyone gets one you get it first and
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frankly it’s gonna take a while to get
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300 million ponies out there so I’m just
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saying top of the line top of the line
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anyway so now you’re gonna be at the top
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of the line to get a pony and so I’m
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going to give you 30 seconds to come up
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with the name of your Pony and then I
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will tell you if it’s the right or not I
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didn’t really work out that well so 30
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seconds to come up with the name of your
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pony good luck
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oh so this one’s easy I’m gonna I’m
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gonna name my pony after my friend who
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we got back and forth sometimes we
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disagree a bit but but eventually we
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find some common ground and I know he’ll
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really appreciate it
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so my pony’s name is going to be Sam
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goldstein that’s arguably the best name
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for a pony yes pony name ever mm-hmm in
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this context guys I think we’ve reached
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peak pony name there I’d have to think
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that that’s the best pony name anyone’s
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come up with is Sam’s not gonna get much
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better than that
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hey I can’t see how they all essentially
103:23
forced him into supporting your campaign
103:27
surely by the end of this interview Sam
103:30
Goldstein is going to come out publicly
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endorsing the supreme campaign you’re
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gonna see Noda popping up under or no
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thank you
103:39
popping up under a Chinese name and and
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and we will surely have a public
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goldstein endorsement oath of your
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campaign very soon I would think if he
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wants the name is Pony there’s gonna be
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listen guys there’s gonna be a day of
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reckoning we’re trying to be nice right
103:54
now but at some point if people don’t
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get with the program we’re gonna name
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your pony for you and you’re not gonna
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like the names that we come up with so I
104:03
mean I’m just saying like I’m not trying
104:05
to you know this isn’t like I mean it’s
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a little bit of a stick and carrot thing
104:08
here like we’re trying to help we’re
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trying to be helpful here and if you’re
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not gonna take this seriously then
104:13
you’re gonna get Pony makhmud turd face
104:16
and stuff like that like it’s um like
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not the best names for a pony and I
104:20
don’t know if it’s gonna be legal to
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change its name to replace what’s that
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that’s that’s I kind of like that name
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it’s not the worst thing well words
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Irish or Scottish it’s a scots-irish
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surname um well then we’re gonna fit I
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mean I again these are not gonna be the
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bet you know it’s gonna be hit it’s
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really gonna be you know luck of the
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draw whether you like your name or not
104:42
for your pony so you can name your pony
104:44
and get it first by you know jumping on
104:47
the winning ticket here or
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risk it when they start handing them out
104:52
I don’t know what to tell you guys
104:55
Jennifer Schultz I think says she’s
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gonna name her her she’s gonna name her
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Pony Lady Liberty that’s a nice name
105:02
Matt Hicks says what about donkeys I
105:05
have a miniature donkey named burrito
105:06
that’s fine we can have we can actually
105:09
give you a pony named Chu Luba that
105:11
we’ll have or whatever you want to name
105:14
the pony and because because you’re on
105:17
the team now so you get to name your
105:18
pony and get it first so yeah Brent as
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always absolute pleasure having you on I
105:27
could we could do this for hours I know
105:29
you’re sick oh wait oh just in case you
105:32
didn’t think brent was enough of a
105:33
superhero he’s sick right now yeah
105:38
children with with fevers and I’m so
105:43
sorry
105:44
oh it’s okay oh wow okay yeah yeah we’re
105:48
sick here in the de Ridder
105:50
I came home with the haircut and
105:52
immediately everybody had the flu I’m
105:53
not saying they’re connected but that’s
105:55
something happened to Richard Spencer
105:56
and his family freaking Vikings with
105:59
their with their dirty their dirty other
106:02
diseases that they carry that came they
106:04
wiped out the natives and now you gonna
106:06
do with your kids no but I mean this man
106:08
sick and he just came on here and
106:10
explained how he’s like one of the top
106:11
ten libertarian activists in human
106:14
history
106:16
his words his words because if you’ll
106:19
recall when I said Brent tell me about
106:21
what you do and he said spike frankly I
106:22
am one of the top ten libertarian
106:24
activists in human history and I thought
106:25
well that’s kind of I mean okay if you
106:27
say so
106:28
nohe Brent you are absolutely amazing I
106:33
appreciate I am I love you I always love
106:35
to hang out with you I’m so excited to
106:37
get started with this campaign with
106:39
spreading the message of libertarianism
106:40
with the pound the pavement thing with
106:42
living on a boat with you and and
106:44
running away from the Coast Guard I’m
106:46
excited about all of these things and so
106:48
was my wife because she supports
106:50
everything I do because I’m the freakin
106:51
man in this house um Brent before I let
106:55
you go do you have anything you want to
106:58
yeah I want to give you a chance to give
106:59
your final thoughts anything you feel
107:01
like we didn’t have a chance to discuss
107:02
anything else that you’d like to promote
107:04
anything you’d like to reiterate that
107:06
you’re promoting Brent to Ritter you
107:08
have as much time as you want Brent to
107:09
Ritter at the floor is yours
107:12
yeah well I’ve always done a lot of
107:15
projects going on
107:16
and we’re always looking for volunteers
107:18
be it you know real-life volunteers or
107:21
virtual volunteers I’m a big advocate of
107:24
keyboard activism that’s how I got
107:26
started I think a lot of people get
107:27
started that way and you know it works
107:30
so if you’re looking to get involved and
107:33
you’re not sure how you know hit me up
107:35
and if you’ve got your own projects
107:37
going I love to get involved on those so
107:39
people would message me a lot and can
107:40
you help me with this or take a few
107:43
hours to do that if you’ve got a project
107:45
going on you think I can help with shoot
107:47
me a message anything I can do for
107:50
liberty you know let me know awesome man
107:53
again top ten
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direct quote I’m one of the top 10
107:58
libertarians in human history Brent to
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Ritter I’m not a humble why what yeah no
108:04
he stays definitely not humble if you’re
108:05
looking for someone humble then you know
108:07
go go go knock on some some other door
108:09
cuz cuz Brent Ritter’s here to to self
108:12
promote and to chew gum and he’s all
108:15
that it go no listen um I just want to
108:18
say one more thing cuz you because you
108:19
said you know like oh I loosely
108:21
organized these things and then I get to
108:24
take all the credit you were the reason
108:28
these things happen initially people
108:30
come in excitedly to do it and we all
108:32
should get some credit for that we do we
108:34
obviously all get credit for that
108:36
and yes you loosely organized it but you
108:38
organize it you started it you organize
108:40
it you see through to it you you you
108:43
lovingly encourage people that are
108:45
thinking of not actually showing up that
108:46
day to in fact show up that day and you
108:50
you get the job done man and I again I
108:52
I’m you’re one of my favorite people in
108:54
general but especially one of my
108:55
favorite people that are that are doing
108:56
this I’m so honored to have you as part
108:58
of our campaign it’s gonna be so freakin
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awesome guys thank you Matt I appreciate
109:03
it absolutely guys thanks again for
109:06
tuning into this amazing loving episode
109:08
post holiday episode of the of my fellow
109:12
Americans be sure to tune in this
109:14
Saturday
109:16
for we will be live streaming at least
109:19
part of the Libertarian Party of
109:20
Tennessee convention that is happening
109:23
Saturday the 11th this coming Saturday
109:26
at 8 a.m. I don’t have the graphic
109:30
because I have time to make it but we
109:32
will be I will be there I’ll be one of
109:34
the people giving a speech some of the
109:36
other local and national candidates will
109:38
be there giving a speech and and then we
109:41
will will be hearing what they have to
109:43
say some big announcements probably
109:44
possibly happening at that convention
109:47
you’ll get to watch me freaking killing
109:49
it lie always keep killing it I have my
109:56
speech mostly done I’m gonna be killing
109:59
it and having a good time there and then
110:02
be sure to tune in next Tuesday for the
110:04
oh and if you live in the Atlanta area
110:08
anywhere near in Ileana on Monday I’m
110:11
gonna be in there there to do a
110:13
candidate meet-and-greet the location
110:17
and timing is to be announced but it’s
110:19
gonna be sometime Monday evening
110:20
be sure to inbox me because we’re
110:23
organizing that right now I’m gonna be
110:25
meeting with local people in the Atlanta
110:27
area to talk about our campaign what
110:29
we’re doing then Tuesday night be sure
110:31
to tune in for the money waters of
110:33
freedom we’re Matt Wright and I will be
110:35
parsing through the week’s news with the
110:37
cheerful good joy of the winter Wonder
110:39
Boys that we are and then tune in again
110:42
next week for an absolutely amazing
110:46
episode of my fellow Americans you’re
110:50
not gonna believe who the guest is
110:51
because I don’t know yet but we’re gonna
110:54
have a guest and it’s gonna be
110:55
absolutely amazing and then the
110:57
following weekend that next weekend I’m
110:59
going to be us I think I’m speaking I’m
111:01
not sure I’m gonna be at the Libertarian
111:03
Party of Georgia Convention as well
111:05
Environment supreme will be there as
111:06
well and Matt Wright will be there as
111:08
well so a lot of fun stuff happening
111:10
over the next couple weeks but thanks
111:12
again for tuning in have a great rest of
111:14
your evening and god bless you
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