New NC House Speaker lays out agenda with no specifics | Hour 2

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So, Yeah, just totally done with the whole redistricting argument, which did actually come up in the press conference that the incoming speaker of the North Carolina House, Robert Reeves, held yesterday. He was asked about this. Let me see here. Yeah, I'll play the audio clip. Let's see here. This is clip number two, independent redistricting. I will tell you what I would do if I were Republicans right now. There needs to be national reform on redistricting. Wait, okay, hang on a second. You are the incoming leader of the House. You're a Democrat. You guys have been clamoring for, quote, independent redistricting, which I don't think there is such a thing. But you've been clamoring for this. And when you are asked about it, the first thing out of your mouth is, let me tell you what Republicans need to do. No, what are you going to do? You're now in charge. But he says, oh, this is a national thing. We need to stop what we have been doing, everybody. And so what I want to see is a permanent solution. So any solution you see about independent redistricting will be something that the next legislature won't be able to just throw out and start doing bad things again. So I have every intention that we work hard and we put forward ideas to make redistricting more realistic. But, again, this is going to be in the lap of Republicans. Everything going for the next two years is going to depend on this. Republicans have two approaches. They can have the approach of what I've heard from some that, oh, we're just going to wait until 28 and we'll take this all back in 28 and we'll just be the party of no up until that time, which is not what North Carolinians or the United States voted for. Or they can say this is a time that we can actually put in some real reforms that that way whoever– has the gavel in 28, whoever has the gavel in 30, that that is a tool that is gone for good. And we've got that chance, and I think we ought to take that chance. All right, so all the successes will be because of Democrats. Any failures will be because of Republicans. That's what he's saying. Now, he says it in a much more polished and smooth way. But that's what he's saying. It's in the laps of the Republicans. And you can either work with us to get our stuff passed, or you can say no. And honestly, if you guys are running some of your dumbassery, they should say no. They should absolutely say no. That's called checks and balances, divided government, right? This is what you guys were talking about for the last 15 years. So. They should block bad bills. See, I am like, I am one of these people that it's like, I am happiest when the legislature doesn't do anything. I'm okay with that because usually what a legislate, any legislature does is make things worse because there are unintended consequences of their legislation. So that's what Republicans need to do. What are Democrats? What do they need to do? He doesn't say, we're not really sure. Also, not a single question about whether or not he would try to make North Carolina join the national popular vote interstate compact in an attempt to, this is a Democrat's attempt to induce a constitutional nullification crisis by doing an end run around the electoral college. Not sure if he's going to try to do something like that. Democrats do want to do that. but that would require Republicans to not block it in the Senate, which, like, I am not somebody, as a radio host, I'm not somebody who tells people to call their elected officials on many things, if ever. I anticipate I'm probably going to be asking people to call their state lawmakers, their state lawmakers. Well, probably their federal ones, too. Because I anticipate a whole raft of really crummy legislation that Democrats are going to try to push through. That's my expectation. I hope I'm wrong, but that's my expectation. Also, I expect there to be a bunch of efforts to roll back all cooperation with ICE in North Carolina. There were a couple of reporters that were very interested in this topic yesterday at the press conference asking soon-to-be House Speaker Robert Reeves about what about the local mayors who don't want to cooperate with ICE? What about them? That is a federal issue that's got to be taken care of, and we're going to follow federal law as always. And everybody I've talked to in law enforcement in Democratic cities or Republican cities want to follow the law. Have you talked to Gary, not my fault, McFadden, the sheriff here in Mecklenburg? Because he doesn't want to follow those laws. I mean, he says that stuff. He'll say he has to follow the law, but he always tries to find ways around the law so he can do the thing that he wants to do, which is to not cooperate with ICE. Democrats do not want their local jails to cooperate with ICE. Now, the problem is that like 95 of the 100 sheriffs across the state do. They do cooperate with ICE, but we've had to pass these laws because we have a handful of sheriffs, Democrats, who don't want to. We have local Democrat city and county officials that do not want to cooperate with ICE. That has prompted the legislation over the course of the last eight years to close all the loopholes to make local law enforcement more not turn a blind eye to crimes by illegal immigrants because that's what they've been doing in certain areas, like Mecklenburg. And a lot of what you've seen of the abuses of ICE don't have anything to do with the law. It has something to do with the lack of enforcement of law with those agents. I don't think there's a police officer in this state that wants to see bad law enforcement be the example that they see every day. On the news. And so a lot of them want to see some reform and that's what we'll be listening to and talking to. Right. That doesn't tell me anything. As you say, it's a federal issue. So he just, he did not answer her question. The reporter asked about what about local mayors that don't want to cooperate with ICE? And he just talked about how, Oh, at the federal level, There are some examples. They're making the news and whatever. And you notice what he also ignores in that entire equation. The reason why we have seen the stuff, not all of it, there are bad agents out there to be sure. I've said this many times over the years. Democrats need to understand that not all law enforcement agents are bad. And Republicans need to understand that not all law enforcement agents are good. You got some bad ones and you got good ones. But what does he ignore? A lot of the confrontations have been initiated by left-wing agitators. Right? That's what we have seen in all of the protests, the attacks on ICE agents and their facilities and vehicles and such. Right? That has been promoted publicly. organized, paid for by a whole network of left-wing organizations. We've documented this many times over the last two years. There are also a lot of Democrats that want to reverse the state law that mandates law enforcement cooperate with ICE. Here's another question. Obviously, I've got to talk to the caucus, and so it's early to be able to say what we would or wouldn't do. But two, I can tell you philosophy-wise, this applies to a lot of bills that have been passed. I'm a firm believer in local people deciding how their communities are run. I don't like telling communities how they're going to operate. I'm a former prosecutor, and so I was deeply involved in law enforcement. I'm still very, very close to a lot of the officers I work with. I listen to them when it comes down to prioritizing. And so I want them empowered to be able to make our community safe, and I don't want to do things that make them unsafe. Right, but what if they're doing things that are making the community unsafe, right? And they're sacrificing safety and security for political advantage. What then? Then you are supposed to step in. That is what the state is supposed to do. and that's why the state has done that, is that you have had local jurisdictions that have not been prioritizing safety. They've been prioritizing politics and a personal agenda, like our sheriff or sheriff. The holidays will be here before you know it, and so now is the time to create precious and priceless family heirlooms that will last for generations. Take your old photos, slides, films, and tapes to create a video in Mint Hill. There, they'll turn those memories into the story of your lives, memories from past family events captured forever to pass down to future generations. 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And he's giving this answer about, you know, how everybody in law enforcement, they all follow the law and everybody wants to follow the law and all of that. So I think there are arguments that you'll hear from law enforcement that I think I would welcome you to talk to them, that they're going to tell you that they'd like to see change. And this isn't, again, a Democratic-Republican thing. This only became a partisan issue at our level. But law enforcement is very clear. We give them limited resources. I want to increase those resources as much as I can generally. More money. And, you know, that makes them have to prioritize. And I just think it's, you know, again, it's a little crazy to me that some lawyer sitting in the General Assembly is going to tell a law enforcement officer that's been doing it for 30 years what their priorities should be in their communities. Yeah, well, if they're messing that up, they should be told. Because the state lawmakers represent North Carolina too. See, I've been saying this for a while, right? State legislative action has been coming down onto a lot of the Democrat-controlled areas because they have not been serving their citizens, and those citizens are also represented by state lawmakers. And this idea that, oh, I don't know how this became a partisan issue. It only became partisan up here. That's crap, okay? That is absolute garbage. you know, conservatives have been clamoring for this kind of enforcement of law for 26 years or so, 25 years that I've been following this stuff. This is not new. Okay. Illegal immigration, the lack of law enforcement, the amnesty suggestions at every other year, you know, no, And Donald Trump ran on it. Donald Trump won on it. Closed the border. And now Democrats are like, oh, I don't know how this all became so partisan. I do. I know that Republicans, well, conservatives in the Republican Party finally got enough power to force this into the party platform, to force this enforcement plank into the platform. Because you guys weren't doing it. And by the way, the vast majority of law enforcement wants the enforcement of laws. This idea that if you just got to go around and talk to some 30-year law enforcement veteran, they're going to tell you that they know what's best for their local community and all of this. This is the same argument that the left has been making on immigration enforcement for years, which is that we can't deport anybody. We can't do immigration enforcement. because then people will be afraid to call the police. Therefore public safety is preserved. It's improved by not enforcing law. That's been their argument. It's a stupid argument, but that's been their argument. So this is his argument. Now, again, he's more polished, he's smoother. And so he says it in a better way, but that's their argument always has been. And so that, that is what is important to me. And that's the same thing that I feel about, you know, same thing I said about the zoning question. I mean, I, I just think it is amazing to me over the last really six years in particular, I think we have developed an arrogance as a body about we know better than everybody else. It's like everything, we're willing to listen to people who have our opinions. And then we're like, we're doing this because they want to do it. But then when they disagree with us, we say they don't really know what they're talking about. And we just don't have expertise. And I think we need to get more into a model that allows for expertise and allows for accountability at lower levels. Right. So. You're going to hear the term local control. You're going to hear this term. That's what he's talking about is local control because North Carolina is referred to as a mother may I state. Sometimes you'll hear the term Dylan's rule. I believe it's based on a court case. The point being is that like Charlotte can't run a referendum unless it gets permission from the state general assembly to do so. Okay. Okay. The state controls a lot of the, the powers and what Democrats want because they control the cities. They want quote local control so they can do what they want to do. They want to raise taxes. They want to do an income tax. They want to do a new sales tax. They want to do all of the different things that Democrats want to do. And the state legislature wants, has restrained them from doing so. I would submit that's why the state has enjoyed the economic growth and development it has. Basically, Democrats have to be constrained from their worst excesses. Republicans have excesses too, but their excesses go in the other direction. Their excesses go towards less government. The Democrats go towards more government, more spending. And so that's what's being constrained. So you're going to hear a lot of the local control argument. Also, I thought it was pretty hilarious that Robert Reeves is up there talking about how, oh, we've become so arrogant that, you know, if somebody agrees with us, then we want to hear from them. But if they don't agree with us, well, then they don't know what they're talking about. And that's literally what you guys have been saying about the constitutional amendments that voters approved. You've literally been, he said it in the press conference too, that people just didn't know what they were voting on when they voted to cap the income tax rate at three and a half percent or to impose the levy limits on property tax increases that we didn't know what we were doing. That's like that. That's, that's what you guys are saying too. Oh, it's going to be a long two years. All right, real quick. Every government number gets revised, right? Every projection gets walked back. 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And I don't know why our leadership locked into the position that they did. I would suspect it's because that became a hot issue that you could throw in for election purposes, but for a practical purpose. You know, there are a lot of people who would make the argument to you that it absolutely makes no sense. If your point is you want to know who's here, not a really a lot better way to know than with a license. No, we want to know who's here so we can remove them. It's not like, hey, we just want to know who you are. and then you're free to go about your illegal alien activities. The point is that you should not be here, so we want to know who is here so we can remove you. Giving them a driver's license now allows them to do all sorts of things as an illegal alien that they're not otherwise permitted to do, but with a driver's license, with a form of ID, they can't like voting. No, no, that would never happen. This is absurd. Like this guy, like I've watched a couple of his floor speeches over the years, probably about half a dozen of them. And as I said, polished and smooth. but that doesn't make it palatable. I understand what he's doing. It's called gaslighting. I don't know why this became, it must've been like for partisan politics. Ha ha ha. No, it was that a party finally was listening to the people that had elected them. People that got so fed up with the early two thousands iteration of the Republican party that pursued pathways to citizenship and amnesty and all of that, right? Like, There's a reason people called Lindsey Graham Gramnesty. There was a reason for that. People were not happy with that. The Republican Party learned a lesson after the electoral backlash against them for those votes. And people began taking a harder line on immigration. And then, of course, you end up with Joe Biden, who lets in 20 million people. Right. So. Like, that's. Like that's the pendulum swinging the other direction, which is the same thing that happened 100 years ago when immigration was so rampant that there was a backlash against it 150 years ago. That the backlash came in the form of restrictions. Oh, my gosh. All right. Well, let's talk about something like making– oh, hang on. I'm not done with this clip. I may have an annual response. It also allows for other things that happen, you know, as far as insurance coverage and all those type of things. And being a place like North Carolina where we don't have a real transportation system outside of Raleigh and Charlotte, public transportation, I mean, you know, those are the kind of things that are on the table. So as to whether or not we're open to that proposal, completely open to the proposal. But, again, I'd have to talk to the caucus and see what that priority is. And I'd also have to talk to stakeholders about to see what their thoughts and feelings are. But, you know, a lot of issues that have become hot-button political issues aren't political issues, but they've been made into political issues, and that's how people view them. And we've got a lot of work to do to educate people about why some of these things like your idea there matter. There you go. Right? Like, oh, people just, they're not educated, which is exactly what he just criticized Republicans for being arrogant. for not thinking that people knew stuff, and now here he is turning around saying that people, they need to be educated on this stuff. Who are the stakeholders, by the way, in that? Would that be me? Like, I'm a motorist. I'm a citizen of North Carolina and America. Am I a stakeholder? Do I count in this equation? I don't know why this became so political. Yeah, because it's wrong, because you guys are not enforcing law. Like, once again, The people who notice are not the problem. It's the people like you, Representative Reeves, Speaker Reeves. It's people like you that do the thing or ignore the laws that then I notice you're ignoring this stuff and things are getting worse. And this idea, oh, if we just give them driver's license, then they'll be able to get insurance. And won't that just be better for everybody? And you know, we don't have mass transit outside of the urban areas. And so that's very difficult for illegal aliens. Like, yes, it should be. They're not supposed to be here. But they want to make things very easy. And again, part of this is because Their electoral prospects, their long-term viability as a party relies on bringing in massive amounts of new people, keeping the census counts high so they get to represent large populations of people that can't vote for them. I've gone over this. The demographics is destiny argument came from them. The great replacement theory, all of that came from the Democrats 26 years ago. This was their argument. All right, let's talk about affordability, which I'm sure will kind of fade from the headlines now that Democrats have used it for their election. How about health care? How are we going to make health care more affordable? Let's see. We are fully in to trying to make health care more affordable because I think there are bases that you've got to have. You've got to have affordable life in general as far as the things that you buy. You've got to have great economic opportunities as far as the wages that you make and having good jobs. You've got to have a great. Educational system that helps kids, that helps adults that have been placed out of their jobs. And you've definitely got to have a great health care system. There is no reason that the richest country in the world and the richest civilization in the world at the richest time in history has most of its people trying to make a decision between buying prescription medicine and getting health care and paying. Off their mortgage. So lots of specifics there. Wait, how exactly were you going to be bringing down the cost of health care again there? How are. You going to make that more affordable? He said something about wages going up. So I guess what, increasing the minimum wage, which that'll kill jobs. I mean, you can look all around the country, all the places that raise their minimum wages and all of the places that have closed because of it. So I guess the minimum wage will be higher, but... we're going to be bringing in illegal aliens. So they're not actually going to be paid the minimum wage. And then businesses will close or have to hire illegal labor. And then you have a built-in constituency that'll always fight against. I mean, I told you about the guy, the developer out in Texas after the election, he's like, I'm, I'm a Republican and I voted Democrat because all my labor is illegal. Like, okay. So you're basically saying that you're breaking the law. Okay. Okay. So that's where we are. At some point, you know, the people who are law-abiding citizens are going to feel like they're the suckers for abiding the law. And when a critical mass of people start believing that and acting on that, well, that's the destruction of your society. And maybe that's the goal. Maybe that is the goal. Let me mosey on over to the text line and see what you people are saying. Uh, Dave says, Let me see. Is this all from today? Hmm. Okay. Let's see. Democratic government lower. My cost usually means more taxes on citizens funding a failing education system. And that includes the state colleges. Also, not many independents have a feel good concept about a Democrat government history. Okay. If you're doing voice to text, you can just say period and it'll put a period. Just a heads up on that. Not many independents have a real good concept about a Democrat government. History tells me it will cost me more. Just look at Charlotte and Mecklenburg and CMS and their leadership. Joe says, since the income tax and real estate taxes have been corralled, I can foresee two things happening quickly when the bill comes due and they need more money. They will learn to love data centers and they will legalize cannabis. There is no limit. on how much they can tax both all in the name of affordability. Um, well, data centers are cash cows for local governments. I'm going to get into this in the next hour because he was asked, Robert Reeves was asked about this and there's another story that you should hear regarding data centers. Um, so yes, I think that's, that's possible. But on the marijuana question, uh, yeah, they are going to be looking to do that. Um, They're of course billing it as a medicinal or medical marijuana. However, Democrats have expressed interest in exploring decriminalization outright. So Republicans were moving forward with sort of a tightly controlled system of clinics and stuff like that for medical marijuana, but Democrats want to go full decriminalization. Um, Trey says, boomers have it good because they worked for it. Yeah, and by the way, for the generational warfare types, when the boomers die, that wealth is going to be passed along. There are going to be a lot of millennials that are going to end up with a lot of assets. So just keep that in mind, too. A lot of boomers didn't have that going for. Seth says of the earlier texter Candy Crusher, whether he ever got the paddle from his principal. No, that ended with us Gen Xers. That's true. Yeah, no more corporal punishment for the Utes. Frankie B says, Gen X music was definitely much better. Kathy says, I don't know who this Candy Crush person is. Uh, the end of the baby. Okay. End of the baby boomer era to assume that all boomers had this great life just shows how much of an idiot that person is. We made a whole lot less money and we did have to pay back our student loans. There are some blue haired crazies out there. I'll give you that, but they are by far, I'll give you that, but they are by far the majority. So Candy Crush, get a reality check. Actually, you will eventually. See, again, like this is the victim mentality. This is what I keep pushing back against, right? If you think you can or you think you cannot, you are correct, right? Is life unfair? Yes. Have you been treated unfairly? Yes. Is that an excuse for you to surrender and not strive to be better and all that? No, no. Gen Z's versus boomers reminds me of a line from a lesser known song by Kevin Gilbert. We're the cleanup crew for parties. We were too young to attend. Uh, happy veterans day to the heroes that have served after this election. I'm just hoping for enough chaos between the Democrats and Democrats, socialists, the pure moon bats, and yes, the Republican losers to lead to gridlock. If nothing gets done, we're all better off. That's from clay. Um, Gary says, you know, they won't be redistricting so they can win legitimately. They don't have to cheat then. Um, Gary, I need more money. McFadden, uh, Bob says, pound sand Democrats, pound sand. You are okay. Bob's upset. Um, John says, Pete, don't have an aneurysm. Well, it's not really my choice. Um, if you can dazzle them with brilliance, you, or if you cannot dazzle them with brilliance, you baffle them with BS. I am more dumber just listening to this guy speak, says Yankee Steve. Anytime someone who has just won and the first thing they say is we need to stop what we have been doing, translation, that means now that we're in charge, we need to fix all the rules going forward to make sure the previous people never get back in charge again. never get power again, regarding the people who just voted for the limiting tax increases initiatives. I did not know what they were doing. My initial thought was they voted for you as well, didn't they? Yes. They voted for conservative policy while punishing Republicans and putting in people that opposed the policies. All right, that'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I could not do the show without your support and the support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast. So if you'd like, please support them, too, and tell them you heard it here. You can also become a patron at my Patreon page or go to the Pete Kaliner show dot com. Again, thank you so much for listening and don't break anything while I'm gone.