NC Governor refuses to join DC's July 4th celebration | Hour 2

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All right, So who are some of the uh, who are some of the headliners that you're expecting to catch there? Well, some congressmen I'm anticipating to get I'm supposed to talk to Mark Harris or later on. I saw Pat Harrigan last night, but he came in for like a couple hours and then immediately had to fly back to DC, so really didn't get a chance to catch up with him other than a wave across the room basically. And then but a lot of the other congressmen are supposed to be here. Ted Budde usually makes an appearance here. Michael Wattley is having a press conference in about an hour and a half from now about the no tax on overtime, I believe, is what he's doing his press conference on. So I'll be there for that. So you know, there's there's you know, all the usual suspects, but pretty much all the congressmen show up, and you know in most of the state legislators and the state senators and then of course obviously all the people from local communities that are here as well. Right, so Wattley's going to be talking about the no tax on tip stuff, So this sounds like a prime opportunity to ask him about the lineup of the US men's soccer team exactly. I'm glad you brought that. When I saw that, I said, well, yeah, he may not know a name of a Carolina hurricane, but does what Cooper know the names of hurricanes Selene and Matthews? Yeah, no, probably, and well he would probably pretend he didn't at this point, or he probably wouldn't even answer. He would just like run to the car that somebody is driving for him. Yeah. I like that whole That whole story is just so stupid. I mean, you do the sports coverage as well, you were a sports guy, and like, I've never understood this. I've never understood this line of questioning or these gotcha's, like all and again with like Wattley, I said this the other day, It's like it's his his campaign people put out a thing that said Gokaines and like, what about that would indicate that Michael Wattley is presenting himself as some sort of massive, true diehard you know Hurricanes fan. He hasn't. It was a campaign post in support of a local team. But you know, media is just terrible. So that's what that's what they focused on. So what else is going on? What other when they're not you know, quizzing each other up there at the convention about about the roster lineups? What are they chatting about what's what's the mood. You know, it's a little less crowded than usual. I mean, from what I've seen right now, it seems like there's I don't know, like fifteen few people than normal year. I think this is my fourth one doing these, and but I will tell you but that's pretty much in line with what the theme has been so far, and it's trying to get Republicans motivated to actually show up at the polls in November, like we saw in the local elections of twenty twenty five, we saw the primaries in March that Democrats are highly motivated, they're showing up in record numbers, and yet Republicans are like So that that's been the theme, is like trying to rouse the base and what to do to get Republicans to show up in November. How do you make them care about the future of their country. That's a that's a good question, because I mean that's what you know people are going to be going and voting for or against. By the way, do you see the do you see the story about how we're not sending anybody up to Washington, d c. For the the Great American State Fair North Carolina. The governor has opted not to send any like any display for our state booth. Yeah, even though President Trump has one North Carolina three straight toms. Yeah, why why sends anyone there? Yeah? Right, even though there's even though there are more Republicans than Democrats registered at North Carolina, why send anything up there? Yeah? And like from a tourism perspective, that's literally your job, Like the North Carolina you know, the tourism officials, the Cultural Resources Agency, right, Chamber of Commerce, Like that's that's all they do is they go to these trade shows and stuff and try to attract businesses and visitors and all of that. And now you've got a booth, a six hundred square foot booth set up in d C. And they're like, no, we're not going to go like it along with five other Democrat controlled states. It's like, there's no way you can tell me that it's not a political decision that was made there? Is that being disgusted all up there? Any thoughts on that that you've heard? No, I haven't to your point, I mean no, And it's a thousand percent political you know that. I know that everyone else knows that, But no, I haven't heard anything about that, to be prue of the answery, I haven't. I haven't heard a single person mentioned that yet. How about the key and peel sketch by Senate Minority Leader Sidney Batch. Has that? Has anybody been been chatting about that? Her vulgar. Video that they that you put out with State Representative Vernetta Alston. Well, first of all, that is maybe the line of the day that I've heard, the keen peel sketch. Nice job. Well, that's I mean, that's what they're mimicking. They claim that's what they were trying to do, was to mimic the key and peel sketch. Yeah, I didn't hear a ron anywhere, but but the But no, I heard a lot about it yesterday. I actually had quite a few state reps call me about it yesterday and and you know, sending me somebody who's a matter of fact to state rep last night sent me the video of her basically doubling down and going yet not apologizing, right. I would like so I my reaction was, if I'm in the Republican majority in the legislature, I'm kicking them both off of their all their committee assignments. If I have the power to do that. I would just strip them of their committee assignments. Like, if this is the way you guys want to behave, you know, cursing out your Republican colleagues in in you know, promotional videos that get your base animated, I would just strip them of their committee assignments. I'd be curious what they could do follow on. The playbook of their twenty six year old party chairman. Well, yeah, that's true. Loves to put who loves to put all kinds of expletives on Twitter. Well that's how you get the rural voters apparently. Yeah, that's you say y'all a lot, and you drop f bombs all over the place, And that's the that's the rural strategy for the Democrats to pick up the votes for Republican of Republicans in the rural areas. That's what I've been told, at least I don't know. We'll see if it works, all right, So any all right, So what else is going on that that you're going to be looking out for besides like some of these uh do we know who? Like I'm guessing they've got like a keynote speaker or something coming in. Yeah, they've got quite a few speakers, and I and I'm sorry, and I don't I don't remember off the top of my list, but he would be a name that you've heard of. He's out of DC. He's speaking tonight, and I just I don't know why I can't remember his name, but he's speaking tonight. And then I know Michael Watley speaking tomorrow. You've got some judges speaking today talk about the importance of hiring or electing them at the state of Pellate level, and so I know they're holding a form right now trying to convince people. Hey, look, one of the big things you need to do is not just vote for the Walley race. You actually need to vote down ballot, which is something that Republicans, for whatever reason, you know, they just tend to stop at the top of the ticket and they don't vote down ballot. Well, I think that like that is a more common occurrence. It happens all the time, like both both parties. Voters do this called ballot erosion. They'll vote top of ticket, and then as they move down the ballot, more and more people stop voting, particularly if it's a if it's a lengthy ballot too but also there's a problem with like people who show up just to vote for Trump, right, the Republicans, they're just Trump voters, and they come in, they vote for Trump, maybe they do the next race, and then they walk out, and so yeah, how do you how do you keep them voting when like these state races matter way more than you know, a vote for Donald Trump in a state that's gonna go for Trump. I'm not saying you shouldn't vote for him. I'm just saying that, like these these down ballid races are decided by much closer margins. Yeah, and the judicial races, i mean. Votes, right, Yeah, and that's why Anita Earls is still on the or no, sorry, Alison Riggs is still on the Supreme Court. Yeah, because she won by that slim of a margin. Yeah. All right, Well, save travels to you. Tell everybody I said, hello, retweet my tweets, and uh, a lot of them already are. Yeah, so I appreciate that. So Brett Jensen, thanks for your time, buddy. Are you doing your show tonight or are you Are you gonna do it from night up there? Yeah? All right, so from here last night doing it again tonight from here? Yeah, all right, so stay tuned six o'clock right here in WBT Breaking with Brett Jensen. Thanks Brett, appreciate hi brothers. See them. You know. Stories are powerful. They help us make sense of things, to understand experiences. Stories connect us to the people of our past while transcending generations. They help us process the meaning of life, and our stories are told through images and videos. Preserve your stories with Creative Video started in nineteen ninety seven and Minhill, North Carolina. It was the first company to provide this valuable service, converting images, photos and videos into high quality produced slide shows, videos and albums. 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Okay, And everybody gets a booth, every state, every territory, right, so all fifty six states and territories get a booth. The booth is like six hundred square feet, so not terribly large. Okay. It's like the size of a luxury apartment in Manhattan. Okay. And you can set up a display showcasing your state because they're going to be a whole ton of people coming through there in celebration of America's two hundred and fiftieth birthday. It's a party, it's a celebration of the thing that unites all of US Americans. And sixth states say no, we are not going to come. And one of those states is North Carolina, And I'm pretty hacked off about it. How dare you, seriously, how dare you do that in my name? The only argument I have seen anybody even attempt to muster is well, we're don't have the money, Like it's a trade show booth. Guys, you're telling me that you don't have money to set up a trade show booth. Like, we have a pretty wealthy tourism industry in North Carolina, and you're telling me that you couldn't rustle up some tourism related companies, some agencies. You couldn't get together a couple thousand dollars send some people up there with some chotchkes and trinkets and maybe a you know, a model of the Biltmore Estate or something. I was on with every Friday morning. I joined kco Day on his radio show up in Raleigh in Greensboro, and we were talking about this this morning, and he made a really great point, like, why would you not be trying to drum up tourism for western North Carolina. If you're the governor and your agency, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, right, the protector of the guardians of our history, our cultural heritage in this state, right, why would you not send some people up there in order to help the folks in western North Carolina get their tourism industry back to what it was prior to Hurricane Helene. They have not recovered up there. They still need tourists up there. And for a governor who claims to be doing all he can and he's constantly bashing Trump for not helping out Western North Carolina and all of this. My first trip as governor was out to Western North Carolina. You are not forgotten all of this stuff, and yet you don't want to send anybody up to DC to show case Western North Carolina tourist attractions. Right, you don't want to do it from the mountains to the sea kind of a thing. Show the Hatteras Lighthouse, right, show the battleship, show the historical sites, first in Flight, First in Freedom, the mech Deck, the Mecklenburg Resolves, like all of this stuff, you don't want to participate in that. You're saying that North Carolina should not send any representatives, should not showcase. We're one of the thirteen original colonies. We voted for Trump three straight times. As Jensen just mentioned, most of your voters voted for that administration, although it's got nothing to do with that administration. But that is obviously the reason why here. The only other states that have refused to participate Connecticut, Oregon, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Maine, although I hear there's some debate about whether Maine has said no or not. Could be Washington State. Not really sure either way. These are all states with Democrat governors. North Carolina to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Assistant communications director Michelle Walker said North Carolina is unable to attend due to the expenditures required to participate. She said, our limited resources are focused on America to Fifty events across North Carolina. So we're spending all of our money in our state, right, but those are just for parties in our state. Those are for celebrations and events in our state. This Freedom to Fifty, the Great American State Fair like this has been part of the planning for a while up in DC. And you're saying you don't have any oh, and I guess what. The legislature wouldn't give you any money for this? What are we talking about, Let's say it's half a million dollars. Do you think the state legislature would say no to your ask? If you were to ask, what an embarrassment? What an absolute embarrassment. This administration is right out of the gate. You guys haven't even been in office a full year. Just disgusting. So people are kind of upset if they've just found out that we are not going to be manning a booth to represent North Carolina at the Great American State Fair in Washington, DC. Got about two weeks and the Stein administration, Governor Josh no Show Stein I guess administration says, oh, we don't have the money. We don't have any money for it. The state's hosting multiple local events, including an all day festival of its own at the state Capitol in Raleigh on July fourth, and so that's what they're focusing on. Where we can't possibly send anybody up there or send anything up there to promote North Carolina, our history, our heritage as one of the original thirteen colonies. On this the two hundred and fiftieth Birthday of America, where every state and every US territory will have a booth on the National Mall, we can't do that. Rachel Reisner, a Freedom two fifty spokesperson which is putting on the event, said all fifty states and six territories will be represented at the Fair quote, whether represented by a governor's office, a tourism board, or a beloved state company or organization, every community will be celebrated and every American will see themselves in this once in a generation event. So it sounds like maybe they're going they're going to do something on their own, stuff something into that booth. I'm like, this does not require a lot. There's one state in here. I saw. That's like they're gonna have like a hologram presentation or something. Maryland, Washington, and Pennsylvania have yet to formally commit to attending the event, and representatives from those states have not responded to requests for comment. It's a sixteen day event set to start in about two weeks. It's a world class exposition, The Great American State Fair says on its website, celebrating the very best of America as part of the nation's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebrations. It will feature family friendly attractions, musical performances. Actually, now that I'm reading this, this is probably this is probably for the best, because I can only imagine the kind of family friendly presentations or performances that Josh Stein might actually send up there. On our behalf, you know, like I can like Drag Queen story hour something going on. You know, I just. Maybe this is the best from the text line. Let's see here. Jeff says, I will spend my own money and my own time to have a booth. North Carolina will be there. Jimma says, I agree. This is so sad. It's a freaking celebration. How embarrassing. Please take off those orange hate glasses you wear, Little Stein and be an American. Jennifer says, Josh Stein is every. Bit of a as every bit as despicable as your good friend Ray Cooper. Just disgraceful. Shane in Smyrna says, no worries. We'll go up there and prove for all time that South Carolina barbecue is superior to North Carolina barbecue. WU State Fairs rock. Also, I remember the bi centennial. I was six, and everyone was excited and unified. It's shameful what we have become. Okay, all right, now, okay, we cannot allow South Carolina to invade our booth up there. Okay, like now the steaks are even higher. Okay, now I'm fine. Send the drag Queens story our performers. Okay, Like, if you're gonna have South Carolinians invade our booth and start, you know, slinging that mustard based slop out there under our banner, seriously, like. You can't get like you can't get a couple of barbecue food trucks to drive up there. Seriously, Allen, not only do we waste our time filtering through leftists pretending not to understand the conversation of the conversation milestones that occur only once, and in this course of our lifetimes being ruined by Democrats still trying to pull off the Trump is the Devil campaign, and still trying to hold onto lives that have already been disproved. This is the thing they are squandering our celebration for. Fine, if you don't like America, if you don't want to continue with your fundamental if you want to continue with your fundamental change, then leave. We don't need you here. Your Marxism does not fit inside the Constitution as it currently And to actually read so pound sand somewhere else. That's from Allen Well. I went over this polling last week. Right Democrats are not proud to be Americans. They're the majority, like eighty percent of them are not proud to be American, And like, somewhere in the neighborhood of I want to say another because it was like eighteen percent weren't proud, or eighteen percent said they were proud, and then there was like another number kind of similar to that that said they were grateful. So basically, only one third of Democrats say they are either proud or grateful to be American. Like, I don't understand why you guys have just completely abandoned love of country. You did that. The Republicans didn't force you to do that. I know you hate Trump. We all get it. We message received, we get it. Okay, Trump is not America. America is not Trump. Trump is simply one person who won the election. I never once confused America for Barack Obama or for Joe Biden. Never. They're just the president. They're just the person that the majority of people voted for. That's it. That's it. You don't have to give up your love of the country and it's founding principles. Oh oh, oh, I see the problem. Yeah, you don't like the founding principles? Is that the deal? Oh that's my bad. Sorry, Yeah, that's totally on me. I totally misread. Yeah. I thought we all agreed that this is the greatest country on earth because of the founding principles upon which the entire nation was built. Though imperfect at the time, right, the best system man has ever conjured up and we have become a more perfect union over the course of our two hundred and fifty years, more equality for more Americans. But I guess if you've gone through K twelve education and higher education, you have been taught something different, right, You've been taught that we are just inherently intrinsically bad. I yeah, So if that's where. You're coming from, then you definitely should find another society that will that will you know, more closely align with your philosophy. There are a bunch of them out there. It's like almost literally every other country on the face of the planet. We are like really the only one. So you should totally pick from the other, you know, one hundred and sixty whatever countries that are out there, I'm sure there's one that's going to float your boat. Just fine. Back to the text line here, seven oh four number says Pete. I agree with you that North Carolina should be there for the two hundred and fiftieth celebration in Washington, but at least they won't be advertising for more people to move here. That is okay, all right, you know what? Now, okay, you've convinced me. Now I am Julia, says Pete. What can we do to protest and see not participating? I do have Hang on a second, let's see here. Somebody responded on my tweet about the phone number. You can call the Governor's office for all the good that it might do here it is eight one four two thousand and then press five and tell them that you want that you think we should be there at the Great American State Fair eight one four two thousand and then press five. That's from Phil Beth's favorite. Russ says, I can't help but think Pedro and South of the Border or anybody else would gladly sponsor the event booth at DC. That's true. You see how many billboards they got for South of the Border along nine ninety five, right, they could They could probably just like take one billboard down for a month and pay for the whole thing, you know, nine eight zero number says, this is the most embarrassing thing I've ever heard unbelievable. We need a phone number we can call to start leaving messages for the governor. Do you have one? Yes, I believe I do four two thousand, Press five. Dan says, fine, then if our state won't do it, can a private group do it? Yeah? I don't know. I mean, I just became aware of this today. You know, if I had known this weeks ago, I would have been beating the drum on this week's ago. But I just learned from this story. It was first published at notus dot org. Greg and Stanley County old Josh Stein just following this science and data. Just like our previous administration. I don't what is the science? And hmmm, grumpy guy says, let's send Mark Robinson. How about New. Sean says mustard based slop. You are killing me today, by far the funniest show on radio. Well, thank you, sir. I appreciate that. I either try to be funny or informative, never the two. At the same time, Kevin says, this is not a happy country. Why celebrate use the energy to fight to make it better. Well, that's how you make it better, Kevin. I am not in blackpill vill Okay, I do not reside in Blackpill vill and so like this surrender. That doesn't make any like, and like, what are you gonna use the money to fight? How are you gonna fight what you like? There are literally tourism agencies that are funded right that have money, and their mission is to go to these events and promote North Carolina heritage, culture, tourism, all of that. They go all around the world, all around the world. But DC is too far because we don't want to be seen as participating. That's what this is about. You cannot convince me that this is some budgetary thing. Because if the administration, if Stein's administration, through the Cultural and Natural Resources Agency, if they had gone to the legislature and said, hey, this thing is going on the Great American State Fair, and we want to have a booth set up and here's the cost. I have zero doubt, zero doubt that they would have found money to give to them to do this thing, zero doubt. But they didn't. They don't want to go because we don't like Donald Trump. It's a freaking tantrum. They are children like you guys are behaving like children. This isn't about you, It's not about Donald Trump. This is about something much larger in the historical sense, two hundred and fifty years of the founding of this nation. And what you are communicating is that you don't like the founding of the nation because you don't want to help celebrate it. That's what you are conveying. And you're the ones in charge of preserving our history. Pound sand Jerks. Seriously, Bill says new bumper sticker idea. Are you an American or are you a Democrats? I would say, are you an American or an American't that's what I would say to the Cultural and Resources Division. Okay, Shane has responded, Man, you have maligned me. How did not malign you? I maligned the mustard based poop. That's what I'm aligned. You're thinking of the lower part of the state of Columbia. Or sorry, you're you're thinking of the lower part of the state and Columbia. I would never use. A mustard based Okay, all right, okay, hang on a second, it's thick, rich tomato. Okay, but now I'm out. It's got to be the vinegar. I'm sorry, I draw like I do. I have a preference. It's the vinegar based thick and rich tomato based sauce up here in the Upstate with lots of brown sugar. We just don't use that watery vinegar stuff you'all call barbecue sauce. We only use Duke's Mayo in our slaw. Okay, well points for that, but again, I'm not a discriminator of mayo. All mayo is fine by me, and no miracle whip is not mayo. It does not count none of that vinegar slaw they have around lexingt Okay, now you lost me again, Shane. By the way, you rock, I listened to Tara in the am then switch to Vins followed by you longtime fin. I like the truth regardless of party. Well, thank you, Shane. I hope I have not maligned you too badly. Okay, I did all right, that is okay. I did not mean to throw that kind of shade that Shane was automatically doing the mustard based poop. Okay, like that's I mean, he is slightly the tomato based stuff is slightly better. But Iron Rhino says, send the hornets to the trade show. They're always available during the playoff season. That's oh, come on, maybe we can get Jackwagon Tom Tillis to have a meet and greet in our booth. Yeah, maybe we could do that. The Weenies and Raleigh to give North Carolina's motto first in flight a new meaning. Brenda says, why don't they send not my fault McFadden. Then North Carolina won't have to worry about people moving here. That's well, he would represent the fourth branch of government up there. So Governor's number one more time, Pete that is eight one four two thousand, eight one four two thousand, and then you press five. That's according to Phil on Twitter. So if it's the wrong number, that's not my fault. Coach says, sounds like a good reason. Why not to put a democrat in charge of the state. Well, there are many reasons for that. This is yes one of them. Shame on you, mister Stein. The reason North Carolina should be there or reasons the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence, the Battle of Charlotte, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, Guildford Courthouse, the Edenton Tea Party, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Our North Carolina patriots fought for our freedom. Get it people, and seven oh four numbers, says, I am born on the fourth of July. The Mountain Island River Rat Club will gladly represent North Carolina. See that's the thing. You could have done something, They could have organized something, you know, something, and they didn't. That's what this comes down to. It is not a lack of money, it is a lack of will. They had no desire to do it. Okay, that is correct information. I've already called and left my message, told them what an embarrassment was for one of the thirteen colonies not to be there, and to go get money and get us there and bring some barbecue trucks with them. Kathy says, you know, if Kamala Harris had won the presidency, we could have gone as a state and we could be unburdened by what has been. That's true. That's true. It's our own fault, 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 thepetecallanershow dot com again, thank you so much for listening, and don't break anything while I'm gone.