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"Welcome back. We're talking to Gavin Wax, head of the New York Young Republicans, about a lot of stuff, but specifically tonight's debate, which I'm going to make a point of not watching. And, you know, you just mentioned as we went to the break, Gavin, one of one of the nightmares happening right now. I'm in Texas. There is an invasion of our borders. It's the kind of thing that doesn't seem possible. It seems like the kind of thing if the world weren't insane, no one would be talking about anything else and figuring out how to stop it. And a mostly gutless governor like Greg Abbott would be sending troops down. How is it possible that these people daring to put themselves forward as candidates for presidency of the United States are not talking about this, among other horrors happening to our country right now? I mean, if you want proof that these are useless people, they're just useless. The idea that they would think that they could be president and not be talking about this and all these other things, it shows that they don't seem to care about America. They just seem to care about preening to try to get themselves elected. I don't know how to make sense of it. Yeah, they're rent seeking, useless political hacks, and they're happy to watch the country they grew up in, you know, decline and be destroyed from the inside out as long as they could get their little political titles and their power and their notoriety or whatever else they're chasing. But, you know, you mentioned the horrors. There's multiple horrors facing our country. I think there was a latest estimate that had something close to 10 million undocumented people have poured into this country since the beginning of the Biden administration, something obscene. And there's an invasion at the border. They're coming in constantly to stream. It's a porous border. This is a full on invasion that's going to change the entire structure of our country. It's going to continue to depreciate wages. It's going to lead to continued criminality and human trafficking and all the social and societal ills associated with this mass migration of people. Then you also have, you know, the opioid pandemic, which is a real pandemic. You know, the lack of spirituality and a belief in God. You've had these communities across the country be gutted because of globalism. The jobs have been sent overseas. You see urban America is burning to a far greater degree than anything we saw in the 60s or 70s. You know, criminality, the rioting, the looting I mentioned earlier is through the roof that was riding all day long, all last night in Philadelphia. And it seems to be going, you know, continuing unabated. So, you know, the country is facing a litany of issues. We have a housing crisis. People can't even afford to get a mortgage, to get a home. We're facing an unprecedented, you know, storm of economic, social and geopolitical woes facing this country. And the political elites in both parties are completely aloof. Don't care, don't seem to notice or actively cheering it on because it helps them politically. Certainly on the Democrat side, this all helps them politically. And this is not just in the United States. This is the entire Western world. You know, we're seeing a similar invasion in Europe. You know, the island of Lampedusa, you know, a small tourist island south of Sicily, you know, has a population of a few thousand people. There's like 10, 15, 20,000 migrants there overwhelming the island. I mean, that's coming to a city near you soon. And, you know, this is continuing to happen. And the elites across the Western world are allowing it. There's very few exceptions to that rule. Donald J. Trump is an exception. There's a few others, but that's why we need him back. That's why they don't want him back, because he would stop this managed decline. I got to say, it's so obvious. Listen, I'm so sorry we're out of time. It's just a delight, Gavin, to talk to you. I want to remind people that, number one, our friend Mike Lindell is being attacked horribly. We'll talk about that on another program. He needs your help. Please go to mystore.com, mypillow.com. Use the code Eric. We'll get into that. I also want to say the Walt Whitman phrase, I am large. I contain multitudes. I want to correct that. That was not Walt Whitman. That's Chris Christie. And we'll be talking about that in another show as well. Thanks for listening. The doctor will see you now. But do they really? Do they see you as a mother who's a daughter and a caregiver? A health nut with a french fry habit? An O-positive geologist named Patty who's here today for a melanoma exam. At Kaiser Permanente, we believe the only way to care for all of you is by seeing all that is you. Kaiser Permanente, for all that is you. Learn more at kp.org. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Incorporated, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland, 20852.
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"It's really bizarre, Gavin. Again, we don't know, is it going to be Gavin Newsom? Is it going to be Michelle Obama? Who's going to be running against Donald Trump, the winner of tonight's debate, who's not participating in tonight's debate? We are, you have people, at least Nikki Haley is saying that it's not going to be Biden. It's probably going to be Kamala Harris. But even that's ridiculous, because this is Nikki Haley's only chance at putting herself forward is comparing herself to Kamala Harris, who will almost certainly not be the next president. They'll get rid of her pretty quickly, I think. Oh, I agree. I mean, Harris is the last person that Democrats, excuse me, want to run. She has the weakest coalition, the weakest electoral chances of any potential Democrat nominee. She loses practically to every GOP nominee, even if it's Doug Burgum or some of these no names on the stage. But listen, I think there's a very strong possibility, I agree with you, that Biden will be replaced with who is going to be a bigger question. I think they're going to try to keep him alive weekend at Bernie style, all the way to the finish line, drag him around, because really, he is their best candidate, believe it or not, because he still has sort of this, there's a nostalgia with Biden. People think he's kind of like this old school, moderate Irish Catholic Democrat. He really is. And he's run by his handlers. He is run by the far left. He's a crook, but he was the Scranton Joe that they were able to put out there and peel off a few points of the white working class vote from Trump's coalition. But any of these other characters that you mentioned, they're all far to his left in terms of at least how they how they present themselves and how they the vibes they give to the average low information voter. And it's going to be detrimental to them being able to win Rust Belt states, the Sun Belt, et cetera. So the Democrats do have a massive problem. And the biggest the biggest issue, the biggest thing helping them is the fact that the Republican Party seems content with dragging this primary process on for as long as possible, seems content with allowing the weaponization of all our institutions and systems against the former president, against the only individual who poses the biggest threat to a second Biden term or second Democrat term in office starting in 2024. And we just saw a poll that came out recently that a lot of people were attacking this ABC poll that originally had Trump up nine, then they revised it to being a Trump 10. People are saying it's an outlier. Of course, it's an outlier, but it's also reflecting a trend. We have seen a consistent, you know, you know, trickle of it. Excuse me, when you say a poll, you mean a poll Trump versus Biden, not Trump for the GOP candidates. Correct. All over Biden put out recently has Trump. I mean, this is insane. 10 points ahead of Biden in a world that pretends like Trump is the devil. He's Hitler 2.0. People aren't buying that. I mean, even ABC News is reporting that. And listen, is it an outlier to an extent? Sure. But there's been a ton of polls that have come out that have shown Trump over Biden plus five, plus six, plus four, plus three, plus two, plus one. There's been a consistent trend. The RCP average is up almost plus two. So, yes, it's an outlier. Absolutely. There's always outliers, but there is an inherent bias in all of these polls, including the ABC poll against Republicans in general and against specifically Trump, who's very hard to poll because he's such an enigma, he's such a new type of political force in the American political system. But because of that, it lends even more credibility to the strength of these polls because it's almost outweighing the margin of inaccuracy, the margin of fraud, all these different margins that really, you know, work against a potential Republican candidate. But no other candidate is polling this strongly. So if you're just looking at it on a pure electability perspective, keeping ideology and policy and rhetoric and all that aside, no one beats Trump. And that's why the Dems are coming after him. That's why the institutional, you know, forces are coming against him because they realize he's the biggest threat to the system. He has the best chance to win. And they're admitting that fear with all this, you know, over the top, you know, legal and judicial persecution of the president, the mainstream media attacks. I mean, this has been nonstop since 2015. And frankly, you look at the rest of these dopes on the stage, none of them could really withstand even a fraction of this pressure. You think any of them could withstand, you know, multiple indictments, the entire mainstream media attacking them on a regular basis, lying about them? No, they would they would fold under that pressure. They could barely stand up to the donors that give them 50 grand. They're not going to stand up to the entire, you know, American, you know, uni party apparatus coming after them and their family. So Trump is unique in that in that respect. And really what they're trying to do with these attacks on the president is they're trying to send a message to any future individual who has the means to become president, like President Trump had the means and the will to not only become president, but to do something with that power and effectuate change and bring about American national renewal, which President Trump did during his first term under a lot of duress. They're going to try to send a message to any future would be Trump that if you do this, that if you go against the grain, if you challenge us in our power, you know, we'll come after you. We'll come after your family. And isn't that the point that that that they are scared to death? Let's let's let's be clear. His enemies, the enemies of America, the enemies of we, the people, especially the enemies, the working class Americans, they are scared to death of Donald Trump getting into the White House because he has been subjected to such evil attacks, such unconscionable attacks that he is going to take action in a way that nobody on the tonight's debate stage would begin to take action. Mike Pence acts like he's living in 1985. And I'll tell you something. It's scandalous that Pence and all of these others, most of these others, don't even mention some of the just gigantically horrific things happening in America right now. They barely mention it. They're just preening for a spot, hoping that, you know, Trump takes a bullet in the head and they get to be the guy who leaps in. It's unbelievable that they're not talking about the weaponization of our government against we, the people in the form of Donald Trump. It's it's it's to me just scandalous. We'll be right back at the border. Gavin Wax.
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"It seems clear to me those are the elites, the Beltway elites, the elites in every city from Dallas to New York to the elites have a lot of power, a lot of money, have a big voice. And they're trying to convince the rest of America that Trump is done and that we need to get back to, you know, one of these other candidates. But something happened in America because of Donald Trump, because the way everybody attacked Trump in ways that even if you're not a fan of Trump, you think, wow, something doesn't look right here, it has made people wake up and people across America have woken up to that, that we were living in a dream, we thought John McCain was a good guy and we voted for Mitt Romney and now we realize they are just the worst kind of self-serving bums that the founders, you know, warned us against, but now we have this political class that is trying to put forward people like that, trying to convince us that those of us who think Trump was a force for good, we're crazy, it's fascinating to me that you have all of that money, all of that influence in these elite circles, in the media circles, wherever you look on Fox News, pushing for that view. But as you're saying, it's just it's not resonating. And almost every day it's resonating less. It's kind of funny. Yeah, no, I think their their money plateaus very, very quickly. And I think the gap between the sort of uni party and they are uni party, this uni party beltway based political elite that you were mentioning and the masses of the American people, that that gap socioeconomically, politically, culturally has never been wider. Maybe 30, 40, 50 years ago, that gap was smaller. And, you know, the elites of this country were a lot closer, both in terms of their means, in terms of their cultural outlook, in terms of their, you know, religious views, you name it, all these different indicators, they were far closer to the American people. And then we had more of a national consensus and the country seemed to be really, you know, running well and we're moving in the right direction. But now you look at all the all the you know, these these these surveys on sentiment, everyone says the country is going in the wrong direction. Things are worse, you know, it's going to be worse for my children, my grandchildren and all the rest. It's because these elites are so out of touch. They don't really have any focus on the on the nation. They've become globalist in their outlook. They've become cosmopolitan in their outlook. And they're completely disconnected. And then they spend their money to watch tonight's debate. We'll be right back talking more about tonight's debate with Gavin Wax.
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"Welcome back, folks. I'm talking to Gavin Wax. He's the president of the New York Young Republicans. And I I got to tell you, Gavin, we're talking about tonight's debate, which I'm going to make a point of not watching, even if I'm free. I just I can't bear listening to Chris Christie or Nikki Haley. That's it's just too painful. And I'm just not willing to go out of my comfort zone and listen to them bloviate about I don't know why Dick Cheney is like the greatest statesman of the last century. I'm not interested in the in the neocon establishment point of view. And it will be there presented by the two of them. I think they're probably the most guilty of it is my guess. Yeah, absolutely. Certainly Nikki Haley on the foreign policy front. I mean, listen, Christie governed like a typical Northeastern and moderate Republican governor. But Nikki Haley is certainly on the foreign policy front. The biggest neocon on the stage. And what's funny is there's such a there's such a massive number of neocon moderate candidates to Christie Pence. You got Tim Scott, you got Nikki, all these individuals. Wait a minute. We forget about Pence. We forgot it was easy to forget about Mike Pence, unless there's a fly on his head. Mike Pence is going to be there tonight. We haven't even mentioned him. You know, I don't think we're missing your point, but we've got to come back to Mike Pence. Well, we do. I mean, I think at the end of the day, this is he's probably one of the most delusional people on that stage. I mean, you really, you know, he has nothing to speak about unless it's tied to President Trump. He'll go on the stage and he'll do everything he can not to mention President Trump in terms of his, you know, his accomplishments, his credentials, et cetera. It's almost as if he was a vice president in another administration, if you were listening to him. But, you know, he's he's completely clueless. You know, he had a big faux pas in the town hall prior to the last debate where he basically said the problems affecting, you know, the American heartland, American cities, all our domestic issues is not his concern. This really just goes to the heart of neoconservatism. You know, empire building abroad and decadence at home. You know, we can't even keep, you know, the lights on some of our cities. We've got looting and shooting everywhere. But, you know, we're busy, you know, fighting wars. We can't win overseas. That's the vision of Nikki Haley. That's the vision of Mike Pence, you know, et cetera. And what's so crazy is there's so many candidates that fall into that ideological prism. But if you look at the actual breakdown of the party, the party members, the party voters, there's no appetite for it. I mean, if you think about it, you know, people have been using the term populist lately. But if you look at sort of the populist candidates, which I'll give credit and put Ron DeSantis in and maybe Vivek, you know, you're talking about close to 90 percent of the party who are kind of of this America first populist anti-establishment, you know, Trumpian wing. You know, they may be divided slightly between three candidates, but they they represent this overwhelming majority. And then the rest of these losers are fighting for the 10 percent of the party that still want to probably invade Iraq for a third time. You know, maybe third time's a charm. So I don't know what their policy positions are. They're certainly not speaking to the issues impacting the country. And, you know, the people that, you know, the American people who are suffering under this Biden regime will use regime for them. But, you know, they want to go on stage and bloviate about Ukraine and Zelensky. You know, they can be they can be my guest and we'll laugh about them on the next time. Next time on the show. I just want to see I just want to be public and say that what a pity that we have no transgender candidates. That's it's not right. The Republican Party needs to be more diverse and to recruit transgender candidates, maybe before tonight they can find somebody. Let me ask you about Mike Pence, because we just mentioned him. This is what happens when you talked about the small part of the party that is not MAGA, that is not populist, that is not you know, that's still living in a world where George W. Bush is the guy.
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"Mispronounced, pronounced hack. It's one of those words I read a lot. I don't actually say, you know, I have to get a rat check. It's a great word. But but really, look, they're hacks. They're neocon deep state hacks. And if you're thinking of Nikki Haley, go to the head of the class. But it's true that it's a strange mixed bag. But you know, what's interesting, at least to me, Gavin, is that we're pretending I mean, first of all, in the age issue, the older I get, the more I realize how ridiculous the age issue is, because there are young people that have no energy, no vibrance, no mental clarity. And there are very old people that are just they could run circles around anyone and they are brilliant and they have energy. So it's totally ridiculous when people talk about, well, so-and-so's age. I mean, you know, I've seen a lot of people my age who seem old and I've seen a lot of people Trump's age who just you just think, man, I would get behind that person. They've got they've got it going on. I don't know where they'll be in 10 years, but they're amazing. Trump has more energy now than almost anybody that's going to be on that stage tonight. I mean, the guy is indefatigable. That's pronounced correctly, indefatigable. He is absolutely astonishingly sharp. So the age thing, it's just like a dumb excuse. It's just I don't know why. I don't know why people even bring it up. But but I wanted to touch also on this idea that people are acting. Speaking of age, I mean, you look at somebody like Biden. Biden is, I don't know, mentally pretty dead. It's obvious. And I don't think it's anything to do with his age because there are plenty of people his age who are totally vibrant. But he was never the sharpest tool. Well, no, I mean, look, but but I guess my point is we keep acting like it's going to be some guy versus. Biden and I'm pretty sure Biden will not be the nominee, and you don't have people talking about that. I'm pretty sure it will be somebody. We don't know who it's going to be. RFP will probably end of the race as an independent and turn things upside down. We have no idea who will be facing whom. And that, you know, that needs to be discussed. We don't know that Trump might pick, I don't know, Tulsi Gabbard as his VP. He might pick, you know, we don't know what's going to happen. And I and I and I think that part of what's funny about tonight's debate is that we kind of act like, you know, nothing's changed. And this is our GOP debate. And this is the way things are. Just it's a total crapshoot at this point. Agreed. Look, this is going to be a wild election cycle, one for the books. I think there's a lot of things that we have no idea that that you can have four major candidates running. You know, we could have, you know, an R.F.K. running. We could have a no labels candidate running. We could have a Cornel West running in addition to the Democrat Republican. And we have no idea. Like you said, if Biden will remain the nominee, we've seen a lot of movement basically to give legitimacy to Gavin Newsom to sort of build up his profile. He's having some kind of debate with Ron DeSantis that's coming up. He recently vetoed a very left wing piece of legislation in California. All of a sudden they're trying to, you know, bring up, you know, Gavin Newsom's, you know, old sort of moderate bonafide bonafides from the 1990s, early 2000s, where he was less of a left wing progressive. So there's a lot of movements happening in different directions, both on the Democrat side, both in terms of third party runs and obviously within the Republican Party. If anything, actually, what's happening in the Republican side is probably the most stable. We know who the nominee is going to be is going to be President Trump. He's going to probably win every state, including Iowa. And this will be wrapped up very quickly, as long as no one tries any shenanigans at the convention or anything else. But listen, I agree with you. I think all these curveballs that could come up, you know, swapping out Biden, the third party races. I honestly think it's all going to help Trump and it's going to hurt the incumbent. That's what we've seen historically when these types of things unfold where you have a more crowded field or more candidates come in. They're generally going to pull from the the incumbents coalition, from, in this case, President Trump's coalition. OK, folks, way more coming up. Don't forget, go to my store, dot com, my pillow, dot com. Use the code, Eric. Mike Lindell needs our help. Thank you.
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"Folks, welcome back. I'm talking to Gavin Wax. He's the president of the New York Young Republicans Club. I live in New York. I'm a Republican. I once was young. And we are now talking about what is happening tonight. The presidential debate on the GOP side lacking curiously the. Front runner by 10,000 yards, by 10,000 furlongs, by 100 lengths, the secretariat who is running named Donald Trump. So it's kind of a weird thing that we have a quote unquote debate happening tonight. It's like the also rans. It's like, I don't know, Shirley Chisholm. When I when I think back, there was always like somebody running who was like way, way, way behind. Everyone in the debate tonight is way, way, way behind. And and yet they're calling it the GOP presidential debate. I just find it strange. We were going down the list of who's in it. We didn't talk about Vivek Ramaswamy. And we also didn't talk about how you pronounce Vivek Ramaswamy. I'm pretty sure it's a vague. But you know what? I'm just too tired to care. So, Gavin Wax, what do you think? What do you think Vivek has going on? In other words, what who is who is he? Because he talks a good game. He's likable. But then he says things that are kind of troubling. Yeah, Vivek, Vivek, however you want to choose to pronounce his name. And he's certainly an interesting character, kind of came out of nowhere in this in this presidential cycle. And it just goes to show how weak the field is in general, that a guy that no one can pronounce his name, no one knew who he was six months ago, has been polling, you know, in some cases, second or even third in some states, second at the state level polling for the primary. So he's done a great job. And I think what he's been able to do successfully is he's been able to break away from the sort of the donor directives in terms of policy and rhetoric and basically just speak in a way that that that relates to the grassroots, to the average voters. But then he also, you know, kind of goes back and forth like you alluded to. He came out, you know, in favor of more H1B1 visas. He's had interesting positions on free trade. But then he takes more of a populist Trump Trump in America. First approach to a whole litany of other issues that the rest of the debate stage and the rest of the field haven't really picked up the torch on. So he kind of oscillates between those two camps. And I think ultimately it's because he's a self-funded candidate. He's younger. He's more, you know, you know, attuned to, you know, what's going on and say Twitter or what's going on or excuse me, X or what's going on in basically the red meat of the party. And he's able to speak to it directly without any worry of, you know, repercussions and a lack of funding from certain donors, et cetera. So he was a he was a star in the last debate. He really shined. A lot of people came out of the debate thinking he performed very well. You know, he had a bump after the debate. It didn't really last. But he was definitely kind of the star of the show. And he took a lot of the thunder away from Ron DeSantis. And I think he's probably going to learn from that. I think we're going to see a lot more of him this debate. I think he realizes these debates are great for him, building up his brand, his image, you know, his recognition within the body politic. So he's going to really push himself strongly on this stage again. I think he'll get into tit for tats with Christie like he had last time. So his strategy last time worked. If he holds to it, he can continue to do well. It's interesting. Most people wouldn't know this, but I looked into it. Chris Christie is literally four point two times the size of Vivek Ramaswami. It's an unbelievable metric that he's he's more than four times the size of Vivek. Now, Vivek is also very, very small. It's not that he's small, but he's very young. I'm pretty sure he's still in high school. He's taking a lot of AP courses. He's really smart, but he is. He's very young. And I think his role there is to make DeSantis look look old enough to be president, because I feel like it DeSantis is a little too young right now. You know, he's he's great. But but Vivek not only is very young, but he also comes across as young, which I find funny. Sometimes somebody who is young comes across, they have certain gravitas, but he comes across as very young. You know, it's an interesting point you made with DeSantis. I mean, I think he gets the worst of both worlds. He's not viewed as old, which comes with the wisdom and the experience. But he also doesn't have the sort of youthful energy and spirit than say, especially on the campaign trail. Let's say someone like Vivek has. So I think you make a brilliant point there by saying, you know, Vivek's presence on the stage almost as indirectly, you know, unintentionally, almost a dig at DeSantis, who has really been positioning himself as like the sort of younger next generation version of Trump or Reagan or whatever else. And that's really what his supporters say. You know, they attack Trump on his age and all the rest, which I always find funny because a lot of these people that attack, you know, Trump on his age and praise DeSantis are some of the biggest Reagan supporters. You know, they'll have Reagan pictures in their bio and on on social media, whatever, you know, they'll talk about Reagan being the best president ever. You know, if age is such a big issue for you, I just find that quite interesting that that's, you know, it's kind of a dichotomy they've set up for themselves. But yeah, look, I think that has that youthful energy, that youthful spirit. And I think it's very telling about the weak state of the Republican Party and our bench that, you know, we really don't have a lot of younger, you know, politicos on the stage. We really don't have a lot of people that are self-made on the stage either. I mean, it's really just Vivek. A lot of these guys are really just institutional Republican Party apparitionists who have moved up the ladder. So, you know, by the way, when you say apparatchik, that's pronounced hack.
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"But, you know, that's what he's there to do. He's there to, you know, get praise and pats on the head from the liberal media establishment, do the rounds on CNN and MSNBC and get claps at the cocktail parties from the never Trump establishment. So, you know, he knows what he's doing. I give him credit for it. He knows why he's on the stage. He's not actually trying to win. He's just trying to be a thorn in the side. He's just trying to, you know, be a nuisance and, you know, build up his email list and, you know, potentially get a new media gig after this is all said and done. You know, so I have to give him credit for being realistic. But then you look at people like, you know, Ron DeSantis, I don't even know why he's on that stage anymore. You know, he's he's cratering to the single digits as we speak. And he continues to go on these these debate stages and really not shine. Last time he was pretty much a mute. He really wasn't part of the fray, so to speak. He didn't actually have a bad moment. He didn't mess up overtly, but he certainly didn't stand out on the stage. And he really needs to start standing out sooner rather than later if he wants his campaign to go anywhere before Iowa. Well, it is interesting because, you know, when you call it the vice presidential debate, you kind of think like who they're on the stage could conceivably be picked by Trump as a vice presidential candidate. In the past, if Ron DeSantis had not run, I would say Ron DeSantis, because I think many people think well of Ron DeSantis, but it seems that a lot of the elites, wherever you are in cities like Dallas, where I happen to be today, they all seem to have they all seem to say the same thing, like, well, you know, we think Trump we need to move past Trump and DeSantis is the guy. And a lot of never Trumpers are funding DeSantis and pushing DeSantis. And I think he listened to their siren song, I'm sorry to say, and has heard himself by by running. So he wouldn't, I don't think at this point, be possible as a pick for for Trump. Nikki Haley has been very negative toward Trump. She said some nasty things or some some wrong things about him, for sure. And so I don't know that he would pick her. Do you think it's possible that he would pick her? No, I agree with you. I think neither of them are in the running, you know, and they've both made political mistakes, you know, in the case of Ron DeSantis, probably to a greater degree than Nikki Haley. So, you know, some of these individuals are looking maybe for a cabinet spot, maybe they're looking for an appointment, you know, maybe they're trying to change their tune on Trump. I mean, frankly, the Nikki Haley campaign has probably operated far better than the Ron DeSantis campaign in terms of maneuvering the waters between this sort of neo never Trump ism and and more of a moderate lane, so to speak. You know, Ron DeSantis hasn't really been able to define what his campaign is all about. You know, back in December of last year, you know, he was being presented as, you know, the Trump without the baggage, the Trump who's effective, the Trump who, you know, doesn't have mean tweets or was more clean cut. Now it's they've completely taken it made a U-turn. Now it's all of a sudden, you know, he is you know, Trump deserves to go to jail. Trump, you know, probably shouldn't be pardoned. These liberal judges in New York are legitimate. The indictments are disqualifying all the sort of rhetoric you see from from the establishment writ large. That's what Ron DeSantis has now embraced. And listen, I agree with you, I think had he played his cards differently, you know, had he not listened to the donor circuit, to the consultant class who were basically just whispering in his ear and telling him how great he was and this was his chance to shine, yada, yada, yada, had he used more discernment in terms of his political maneuvers, he probably would be looking at being vice president if it were not for Trump moving to Florida, which would disqualify the Florida votes for the Constitution or at least the presumptive successor in twenty twenty eight. Neither of those really seem to be in the cards for him. And it's a sad decline from his peak, I guess you could say back in back at the end of last year. Now, I'm surprised to hear you say what you said in the beginning just now about DeSantis shifting on on his stance toward Trump and suggesting that that Trump that some of these indictments might have some merit. I didn't I didn't catch that. Did he really go that far? I hope he didn't, but it sounds like maybe he did. Well, listen, I mean, you could really trace back his collapse in the polling to the first indictment where he said, I don't know what goes into paying a porn star hush money. I mean, that was kind of the inflection point in this campaign. And then, you know, a lot of his surrogates have been even more radical in terms of their rhetoric on these indictments. So they've taken a complete turn in terms of their messaging, in terms of their strategy. And it's really gotten them nowhere because they haven't been able to pick a lane because ultimately you've got a you've got a crowded field of the Chris Christie's and the Nikki Haley's of whoever else who are running to to capture the never Trump vote. Then you've got a sliver of people that like Trump, that like his policies, but don't like in DeSantis were originally competing for. But DeSantis has been kind of waffling between these two camps. But neither of these camps are really beyond 10 to 15 percent of the primary electorate. At the end of the day, you're going up against the behemoth Donald J. Trump. You're going to come out, you know, very scarred and bruised because you're not going to be able to crack his coalition with the kind of strategy and tactics that Ron DeSantis and these others have been approaching. We're going to we're going to continue talking about this for the whole hour. This is very important. I'm talking to Gavin Wax. I want to remind you folks or actually to tell you, in case you haven't heard, Mike Lindell is being attacked on a new level. It is it is so sick. American Express is effectively canceling him to the point where they're destroying his business. So if you have the ability today, go to my store dot com. You can buy my books. There are tons of stuff. My store dot com or my pillow dot com. Use the code, Eric. Mike Lindell really needs our help right now. What is happening? 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"Ladies and gentlemen, looking for something new and original, something unique and without equal. Look no further. Here comes the one and only Eric Mataxas. Hey there folks. Welcome. We have been told that tonight there's some kind of Republican debate. I'm not sure if that's a rumor, but it might be true. And in case it is, we thought maybe we should talk to somebody about it who can tell us what is going to happen. So we have back our friend Gavin Wax. He's with the New York Young Republicans. Gavin, welcome. Eric, it's great to be back and I'm looking forward to the vice presidential debate tonight. Oh, the vice presidential debate. Well, you know, I think Trump said it best that all these guys are looking for a job or trying to apply for a job. It's really just a job contest. No one actually on the stage is going to become president, certainly not this cycle. So we'll see how things unfold if that's how it's looking. It's funny and true, obviously. Many funny things are true. Many true things are funny, but you're right. Now, who tonight's debate? I'm planning not to watch it. What who has qualified, quote unquote, qualified to be in this debate? As far as I'm as I'm aware, it's nearly everyone from the original debate. I think maybe Asha Hutchinson has dropped off. You know, he was polling at, you know, point zero zero one. Now I think he's pointing at polling at point zero zero zero one. So, you know, that that decimal difference makes all the difference in getting on the stage. But you'll see the usual cast of characters. Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, you know, those are the guys that are probably most will get most of the eyeballs, will get most of the attention. People will be seeing, you know, what they do, what they say, if they mess up, if they don't mess up. And then the others are basically just background actors, you know, just adding some ambiance to the stage, I assume. Yeah, it's really not ambiance, actually is the opposite of ambiance. But I know what you mean. Let me ask you, though, for sure. Chris Christie doesn't want to be Trump's vice president because he seems to be there only to express his peak and animus toward Donald Trump. He seems to to be there only to fulminate and to pummel the air with his horrible words against Donald Trump. Yeah, no, you're correct. He probably falls into the camp of people that is not that is not looking for a job, but it is on a on a revenge tour. Many people have accused President Trump of only running for a revenge tour type of campaign. But in fact, you look at individuals like Chris Christie, the only reason he's Donald J. Trump, President Trump, who he believes wronged him or slighted him after the whole presidential transition in 2016 or, you know, Christie didn't even do his job.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, looking for something new and original, something unique and without equal. Look no further. Here comes the one and only Eric Mataxas. Hey there folks. Welcome. We have been told that tonight there's some kind of Republican debate. I'm not sure if that's a rumor, but it might be true. And in case it is, we thought maybe we should talk to somebody about it who can tell us what is going to happen. So we have back our friend Gavin Wax. He's with the New York Young Republicans. Gavin, welcome. Eric, it's great to be back and I'm looking forward to the vice presidential debate tonight. Oh, the vice presidential debate. Well, you know, I think Trump said it best that all these guys are looking for a job or trying to apply for a job. It's really just a job contest. No one actually on the stage is going to become president, certainly not this cycle. So we'll see how things unfold if that's how it's looking. It's funny and true, obviously. Many funny things are true. Many true things are funny, but you're right. Now, who tonight's debate? I'm planning not to watch it. What who has qualified, quote unquote, qualified to be in this debate? As far as I'm as I'm aware, it's nearly everyone from the original debate. I think maybe Asha Hutchinson has dropped off. You know, he was polling at, you know, point zero zero one. Now I think he's pointing at polling at point zero zero zero one. So, you know, that that decimal difference makes all the difference in getting on the stage. But you'll see the usual cast of characters. Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, you know, those are the guys that are probably most will get most of the eyeballs, will get most of the attention. People will be seeing, you know, what they do, what they say, if they mess up, if they don't mess up. And then the others are basically just background actors, you know, just adding some ambiance to the stage, I assume. Yeah, it's really not ambiance, actually is the opposite of ambiance. But I know what you mean. Let me ask you, though, for sure. Chris Christie doesn't want to be Trump's vice president because he seems to be there only to express his peak and animus toward Donald Trump. He seems to to be there only to fulminate and to pummel the air with his horrible words against Donald Trump. Yeah, no, you're correct. He probably falls into the camp of people that is not that is not looking for a job, but it is on a on a revenge tour. Many people have accused President Trump of only running for a revenge tour type of campaign. But in fact, you look at individuals like Chris Christie, the only reason he's Donald J. Trump, President Trump, who he believes wronged him or slighted him after the whole presidential transition in 2016 or, you know, Christie didn't even do his job.
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"Welcome back. It's the Air Kmataxis show. I'm Eric Kmataxis. This is the show. I want to remind you, we need your help with food for the poor. We're really behind in our campaign. And I just want to remind you, there's three ways you can give. You go to Mataxas talk dot com and you'll click on the banner. You'll see it right there. Emergency relief, Mataxas talk dot com. You can text Eric to nine one nine nine nine. My first name just happens to be Eric nine one nine nine nine. Text Eric to nine one nine nine nine or dial. Eight four four eight six three hope. Eight four four eight six three hope. We're very grateful to you and we do need your help. Eight four four eight six three hope or text Eric to nine one nine nine nine. Or go to Mataxas talk dot com. Talking to Gavin Wax, who's the president of the New York Young Republican Club. People can follow on Twitter at N.Y.Y.R.C. N.Y.Y.R.C. or they can follow you, Gavin Wax at Gavin Wax, G.A.V.I.N. Wax. OK, so on the Democratic side, it's really astounding to see the way RFK Jr. is shaking things up. I mean, it's kind of amazing to see. I didn't think I would ever see a common sense Democrat again in my lifetime. I thought that was done. But we know that there's no way that he's going to get to debate the the husk formerly known as Joe Biden. Right. He's in a tough spot, but I appreciate what he's doing. He's shaking things up. And frankly speaking, I mean, I don't agree with him on everything, but he's running like a Democrat would have run maybe 20, 30 years ago. I mean, it's not that long, long ago. I mean, he would have been a pretty mainstream Democrat, maybe in the 90s. You know, we disagree on some issues, but he's sensible on others. You could talk to him. And I think it's refreshing. And I think, you know, the Democrat Party is a monolith. I mean, you know, say what you want about the Republican Party, but at least we have, you know, some competition of ideas, which is healthy. But the Democrats march like, you know, Soviet apparitionics. You know, they're all, you know, toeing the party line universally. And, you know, someone like RFK, especially with his name, certainly is a threat to that. But I definitely think we're going to see a strong third party presence this cycle, something we didn't see in 2020. I think we're going to have the no labels. We're going to have Cornel West, you know, who knows what comes up. And I think that's all good. Cornel West. Cornel West. That's the first I heard. Cornel West. Yes, he's getting on the ballot. He's getting on the presidential ballot, not in the Democratic Party, on the Democratic side. And, you know, we're also seeing this no labels movement. All of this, I think, is going to peel away support from Biden. And there have been polls that have been done that show when you have these these third party candidates pulling, you know, a few percentage points, it all helps Trump. So if the Republican Party was smart, they'd be encouraging ballot access for these these third party races everywhere, which is what the Dems do to us. They'll run a libertarian and winnable races and we'll get screwed. We need to do the same to them. So what is your sense of whether we could have a fair election? Because I think a lot of people are persuaded, as I am, that the election was flat out stolen. We've already we've always had a lot of corruption, but we've never really believed that an election was stolen, stolen on the magnitude that we saw in in 2020. And of course, that makes a lot of people cynical. Right. What what is being done and by whom to to make sure that we can have something closer to a real election? Well, look, I think it's a good question. It's a tough question. I mean, there's a few things to keep in mind, like you just mentioned. There's always been a margin of fraud in all our races in American history. You know, we're in a beautiful gilded age clubhouse here in New York right now. You go back to Tammany Hall, you know, they were running up the numbers in New York in the eighteen hundreds and nineteen hundreds. This was all common knowledge. You know, we saw some of this stuff in 1960. We've seen this stuff at local races, local elections over the years. The party machine is a real thing. It's not conspiratorial. It's part of urban politics. It's part of the American political history. What we saw in 2020, however, was, you know, a series of things that made that type of fraud scalable. You know, we were dealing with the summer of love, basically a color revolution. You're dealing with a global biblical plague. At least we thought at the time, a biblical plague where all the election rules across the country, mail ins, you know, proxy voting, you know, early voting, all of these things were expanded to levels we've never seen before. And they were able to operate under that framework. Now, do I think there's going to be some fraud going into twenty four? Absolutely. There's going to be some fraud, but they're never going to get get away with it to the same scale they did previously, not without those things covering their tracks and without the knowledge that we now have about these types of tactics. So I think simply having the knowledge is going to help us. And I think part of the battle is convincing people. It's already over, you know, this nihilistic view that, you know, the elections are stolen. Don't go vote. That makes their life easier because it's a margin game. It's a number game. You know, if we pull out the votes, they just have to do more cheating. So if we keep our numbers strong, and I do believe based on the polling where Trump is basically neck and neck with Biden, something that didn't exist in 2020, you know, in some some cases in the RCP average, Trump has been up over Biden in the in the national popular vote, which he doesn't need to win with a situation like that, where you're polling that well, that strongly, it's going to make these these this type of fraud very difficult. And remember, we were talking about 40, 45,000 votes across, what was it, four or five states. That's not a huge insurmountable number. That's a very targeted small number that we would flip. And the whole election changes course entirely. But I think, you know, there's been good efforts on the ground. I encourage Republicans, you know, get involved in taking advantage of some of these things where they're legal. You know, it's the rules of the game. Take advantage, whether it's proxy voting, early voting, mail in voting, you got to get your low propensity voters out the Dems, they'll get the low enthusiasm, low propensity couch potatoes out to vote. We got to do the same thing on our side. We have those people on our side. It's just a numbers game. Well, Dick Morris has talked about that. And he was here, I guess, about a week ago saying that he actually believes that he believes Trump will win, but he believes Trump will go to jail because there will be a gag order on him as he's convicted in some of these states that, you know, they'll appeal as a gag order, that he will obviously not go along with the gag order and that he would be jailed and that he would campaign in part from jail. When Dick Morris said that, I got to tell you, because Dick Morris is a political genius and a legend, I don't take that lightly. I don't think he would say that just because, you know, do you I mean, you don't seem to think that that could happen. I don't think there's any situation where the Secret Service or any of these cases will end up with Trump being in jail. I think their strategy here is to knock him off of 14th Amendment. They're trying to, you know, get him convicted on some of these things and then slowly knock him off on different states or even at the county level, which I think they may have some success with. I don't know if it's going to be enough to to do it for him. And look, I think if he is convicted, I think it's going to be something more akin to, you know, he can't leave Mar-a-Lago or he can't leave one of his properties. I don't think we're going to see him go to jail. But listen, if they actually have the gall, have the chutzpah to throw him in a cell, you know, I think they're going to make him a martyr and I think he's going to win in a landslide. And honestly, you know, it's going to challenge the very core of our system. But well, that's but that's that's what I see is that they seem increasingly unable not to do the crazy thing that will redound to Trump's benefit because they seem unable because of their desperation. So I cannot put it past them in the past. I would have said not in a million years. We'll be right back talking to Gavin Wax. Don't go away. Folks, welcome back. I'm talking to a fellow New Yorker, Gavin Wax, who's the president of the New York Young Republicans Club. You're an ambassador for Turning Point USA for live action. You're a Newsmax insider. When did you become conservative? Were you always conservative? How did that happen for you? No, not necessarily. I think my family were mostly JFK dems. So kind of, you know, middle of the road Democrats. And I just became more political growing up. You know, I had a stage where I, you know, I guess I call myself a Democratic socialist for a little bit. Then I kind of was more of a libertarian. And then, you know, I slowly, you know, grew up and, you know, read more, had more life experience, and I started to become more conservative. I definitely think, you know, Trump was was a huge part of my political, you know, realignment. I think it was for many people. He was different. He was unique. He came onto the stage and just, you know, ruffled every everyone's feathers and just made a big, big splash. But it's been a progression. I think, you know, I always find it when people say, oh, I was a lifelong Republican or I've always thought these things, you know, I always feel like, you know, those are not the kind of guys that are going to be able to articulate the best. You've got to go through it. You've got to go through changes. You're going to go through different, you know, life experiences to get where you are. Well, it's interesting how Trump has done that for so many people. Our friend Brandon Strzok has created this walk away campaign. How many people woke up and walked away from the Democratic Party? It's interesting. I mean, it's interesting to see sane Democrats like Tulsi Gabbard say, I can't deal with this anymore. Right. And I think that that's that's happening. And of course, the mainstream media does not want the world to know that this is happening, but it's happening like crazy. I remember when it happened with Reagan. I mean, you know, the Rust Belt Democrat voters who said we vote for that guy. He's our guy. And so many people are doing that with Trump. They did it for Nixon, too. Don't forget. And to some extent for Nixon. Yeah, I don't remember that as vividly, but I do remember it a little bit. But it is interesting that Trump is kind of an earthquake. I remember speaking of debates in the debate when he flat out, you know, with Jeb Bush right there, said that George W. had made a mistake in getting us into the Iraq war. And I thought, whoa, no one has said that. That is really gutsy, really bold. And suddenly tons of Americans who'd been kind of harboring those thoughts said yes.Talk about a realignment. He called it a big fat mistake to a whole room of Jeb Bush donors and surrogates. And people were shocked because it wasn't conventional. But he knew he was able to take a pulse of the country and he knew that this was a popular belief. It wasn't a belief being espoused by, you know, the mainstream Republican candidates, but that he knew that there was a market for it. He knew that there was a base for it and someone just needed to say it. And he was able to pull the trigger and basically just go in there and speak truth to power. And he built it. People came. And I think we're seeing the same thing again today, where you're seeing people playing it safe, you know, regurgitating the same lines that they've been told is acceptable for Republicans. And if they veer away from some of these controversial issues, you know, back in the day or, you know, back in 2016, it was the Iraq war, it was trade, it was immigration. You touch on these things. Now it's Ukraine. If you're able to say, we shouldn't spend all our money in Ukraine, we shouldn't send Americans to die in Ukraine, you'll find an audience and you'll surge in the polls. But people don't have the courage. Well, thank you, Gavin Wax. Got to have you back. Glad to have you in New York. I want to remind people tonight, live post debate coverage, 11 p.m. Eastern on the Salem News Channel. You can go to SalemNewsChannel.com. Again, it will be live post debate coverage, 11 p.m. Eastern on the Salem News Channel, which you can find at SalemNewsChannel.com. I also want to remind you folks, we really have an urgent need for you to step up. Food for the Poor needs your help. I'm asking you, please go to MetaxasTalk.com. You should be going there anywhere, anyway. 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"Welcome back folks. I'm talking to Gavin Wax. He's the president of the New York young Republican club. I just love the idea that we're here in New York and we've got Republicans and conservatives and young Republicans. How long have you been with the New York young Republicans club? I was a member a few years back. I became president in 2019 and this is a storied institution. It's the oldest young Republican club in the country. Goes back to 1856. You know, a lot of famous alumni have come through the ranks. A lot of, you know, old Rockefeller, New York types, people that probably would have, you know, toasted at a venue like this. And we took it over. We made it a populist, more Trumpian club back in 2019 and we've been loving it. And we're the largest in the country. We have a clubhouse here in the city and it's been a pleasure and it's been an honor to work in this organization deep behind enemy lines. You know, we're not a electoral juggernaut by any means, but the media's here, the financial world's here. There's a lot of things moving and taking place in New York. And frankly, the Trump movement is a New York movement. I mean, he's a man from Queens. I'm from Queens. You're from Queens. We're all from Queens here. And he emerged from the outer boroughs. And honestly, you know, the kind of Trumpian style politics is quintessentially New York. The populism, you know, sticking it to the man, to the establishment. I mean, that's all New York. That's not, that wasn't from the South. That wasn't from the Midwest. That was from New York. And it certainly wasn't from Washington DC, ladies and gentlemen, or from Indiana. Now, let me just say that tonight's debate, we mentioned, you know, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Larry Elder, Rhonda Santis, Vivek Ramaswani, Mike Pence, and Chris Christie, and a couple of other also rands. Yeah, that's right. Okay. Tim Scott is one person that I would say, is in some ways, the, you know, if I had to pick of that group, I would pick Tim Scott. Not that I would ever pick anybody at this point other than Donald Trump, because I think he'll be the nominee. But it's just interesting. Tim Scott's style is dramatically different from Trump. Right. But he has a lot of respect. There's certainly a cordial relationship. And I think, again, it just goes to show that there were plenty of ways you could have ran in this primary without being antagonistic towards Trump, or even what DeSantis recently did towards Trump supporters, you know, the listless vessels. I mean, that's really where he crossed the line. But someone like Scott, I think he's a, what's this phrase, a stalking horse, especially in Iowa. He's creeping up in Iowa vis-a-vis DeSantis. You know, he has a lot of support from the donor class, from the establishment. He's not exactly hated by MAGA. So I think he's been towing a much more sophisticated line in this primary. I wouldn't be shocked if he came in second in Iowa. I wouldn't be shocked if he came in second in South Carolina. And I wouldn't be shocked if the first three states, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, where DeSantis polls, ends up falling to third or fourth place. I don't know what his path is. I think a lot of these other candidates have a lot of regional strengths. You know, you talk about Chris Christie. He has a regional strength in New Hampshire to come in second. Scott, I think, has regional strengths in Iowa and South Carolina. And I think DeSantis is trying to be too many things for too many people. And that's why he's flailing. Nikki Haley strikes me as the definition of deep state. I met her the morning of the Trump inaugural in 2016. And, you know, that's back before we all knew who everyone really was and kind of trusted people. But her comments following January 6th, you know, she's one of those who buys into the January 6th narrative, this fake narrative that Trump's an insurrectionist. Of course, Mike Pence, to his disgrace, very vocally and boldly bought into that narrative recently. But why does Nikki Haley even think that she would have the ghost of a ghost of a chance? I think a lot of these guys are living in an echo chamber. They're surrounded by, you know, sycophants who are singing their praises, particularly consultants who want their money and are telling them, no, you know, Trump's done. Trump was over. These are the same people that said Trump was done back in December, where the polling was a little closer. And they legitimately believe, you know, their own hype. And I don't think they they get out much. I don't think they talk to a lot of voters. And even if they did have a path, that path is nowhere to be found because you have too many of these same similar candidates competing for the same, you know, small number of voters. Pence, Haley, you know, they're all competing for the same never Trump voters. There's only so many of them. You know, if you're trying to slice up a 10 percent, you know, part of the pie, you're really getting crumbs. And that's what we're seeing. They're getting crumbs in this primary. I guess I also think that most of them are politically tone deaf. That again, that's what I find so interesting when you have a political genius like Trump, even if you hate Trump, he's a political genius. And most of them are really very, very politically tone deaf. Agree. They're running races from 20, 30 years ago. They don't have their pulse on the country. I mean, Trump came out in 2015, 2016. He talked about trade. He talked about immigration. He talked about, you know, the state of D.C. He presented this very anti elitist rhetoric, anti globalist rhetoric, and he was able to break the blue wall. And he won by flipping eight million Obama voters. He broke into states that Republicans hadn't won since Reagan. He created a new coalition that went outside of, you know, the country club Republican hotbeds. And he said, listen, there's a there's a big base out there of people that are looking for a party to speak to them. And the Republican Party of Nikki Haley and Mike Pence weren't. And because of that, we actually could have, you know, wins under our belt as a party because the McCain Romney strategy failed. It failed two election cycles. That's for sure. Holy cow. What do we what do you think might happen on the Democrat side? I can't believe that that that Biden will even finish his term, much less run in 2020. I think it's going to be weekend at Bernie's. I mean, I think at the end of the day, they don't have a deep bench. I think Biden is the best they have. And why is he the best they have? Because a lot of people still think of Biden as this moderate, you know, Delaware Democrat, Irish Catholic. You know, he wasn't too crazy. But I mean, he's he's a ghost of who he was and he's being run by his handlers and the deep state apparatus. He's a vessel. But he gives this impression of being, you know, like that, that grandpa, that uncle you see at, you know, the barbecues on the weekends in the Midwest. But he's not if you're very, very, very tuned out. Correct. And many people are, which most of the electorate is, which is how somebody like that even could be running. We'll be right back talking to Gavin Wax at the airport taxi show. Don't go away. Hey, there, folks, my friend Mike Lindell has a passion to help you get the best sleep of your life. And he didn't stop at the pillow. Mike also created the Giza Dream bedsheets. These sheets look and feel great, which means an even better night's sleep, which is crucial for our overall health. 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"gavin wax" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Talk about that, because it's kind of crazy that that that's true, that we're talking about this debate tonight and he's doing this thing with Tucker. And then tomorrow, what? Well, it looks like he's going to be turning himself in to the Fulton County District Attorney, you know, prison system, whatever you want to call it, which again, I think is also a brilliant move. I was speaking to some of the other indicted individuals last night who who said they're going to be turning themselves in on Friday. So we had some flexibility. I think he chose the day after the debates on purpose. Definitely going to draw attention to this and attention needs to be drawn to it. It's a it's a disgusting spectacle. What's happening to our country and the justice system? What I think is going to happen, I think all of these indictments, I think the best legal theory is one that the organization I work for, the National Constitutional Law Union, put out, which basically said if he was not impeached for any of these crimes, he's going to be trying while in office, he needs to be first impeached for it, and then it could be tried at these various courts. But because that hasn't happened, you need a writ of prohibition, you need a certiorari before judgment or something, get this to SCOTUS and toss it out. And I think ultimately, a lot of these are going to end up at SCOTUS one way or another, at least I hope. And they're all meritless. They're they're tenuous legal theories. You know, the New York case is laughable. The Jack Smith case is laughable. This latest case is laughable. You know, a RICO charge. What is the underlying criminal organization here in this RICO charge? Him and his lawyers, you know, him talking to his lawyers, consulting with his lawyers to, you know, advance his legal remedies to challenge different results, which is something that's happened throughout American history. You know, there are competing slate of electors in the 1960 election. Hawaii had competing slate of electors. All these things are very much defined in law, and he was using his legal options available to him as president during his time in office to examine them. So he committed no crime. And I think they're just simply trying to criminalize dissent. And it's a sad state of affairs. All right. We're going to be right back. Folks, don't forget you are obliged to go to MetaxasTalk.com to give the food for the poor. We desperately need your help. Please go to MetaxasTalk.com. Click on the banner. Do what you can. God bless you as you give.
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"gavin wax" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"He he comes across in kind of a flat way. And I think that that's what so to me, I just find everything funny because it's like Trump is the antithesis of that. Trump can't help himself. He's entertaining even when he's not trying to be entertaining. Right. And Ron DeSantis does not have that political gift. So I feel like Ron DeSantis has been really served poorly by the billionaires who've forced him to run. And his staff and his consultants, I mean, they've really they really took like on paper a great potential candidate, certainly one for twenty twenty eight. And they've just decimated his his image, his credibility, all this stuff that they were working very meticulously on over the last year or two, several months. And I think President Trump said it well, he had a great PR team at first and they were able to, you know, control how he was viewed, the environment which he was viewed and present him in a certain light that has now unraveled on the campaign trail when he hasn't been able to be in this sort of white box room where everything was catered to. One of the things that's always interesting with these debates is that there's this kind of desperation. They're always looking for some kind of a kill shot, something to say. And when you're dealing with Trump, which they're all dealing with, it's this idea that if I say this or I say that and it never seems to work. I mean, we remember when I literally now can't even think of his name, when we were talking, this is back in in 2016, when they were trying to knock Trump down. Right. And it always seemed to backfire. He can seem to get away with it. Right. But when they try to do that and to go to that level, it just makes them look bad. And they've learned nothing. I mean, there was they they're basically repeating the same playbook from 2016 with the Never Trumpers. And now they're doing it against a guy who is theoretically an incumbent. He's had his record. He showed what he was able to do in office. And he's only gained in terms of his political following and his political capital. But they're throwing the same stuff they did in 2015, 2016 at him. And they're scratching their heads wondering why it wouldn't work. You're never going to beat him by, you know, saying, you know, he's he's rough around the edges. He's mean. He's not really Christian. All these kind of lame attacks that have fallen off him in the past. I mean, you got to you got to reinvent the playbook. I do think, you know, attacking him from the right has probably been the most successful thing. I don't think it's going to work, but attacking him from the right has been somewhat more effective. But I think Vivek has done it the best way where it's, you know, more complimentary. It's, you know, I'm going to be Trump, but I'm going to be a little more to his right. I mean, I'm going to do things, but just a little better, which is what DeSantis opened with a few months ago. But now he's thrown that out. Now he's taken the whole line about, you know, Trump's record was atrocious and there was nothing to be proud of. And that's totally blown up in his face.
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"gavin wax" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Folks, welcome back. I'm talking to Gavin Wax, who's the president of the New York Young Republicans Club. But before we continue our conversation, I want to tell people, I just got a notice that tonight, after the debate, so at 11 p.m. Eastern, there's going to be post debate analysis on the Salem News Channel. So 11 p.m. Eastern, two hours of analysis, SalemNewsChannel.com. If you like to go to SalemNewsChannel.com, you can watch it there, featuring my friends Mike Gallagher, Hugh Hewitt, and others. Okay, so Gavin, you just said that it's so interesting that Vivek is able to have gotten this much attention. He's very young. What is he, like a tech genius? Or how did he make his... Yeah, one of those guys. Yeah, tech Silicon Valley entrepreneur, you know, the whole thing. To me, the shock is that he's able to get any attention with two Vs in his first name. That's never been done before in American political life. That's true. But so, is it Vivek or Vivek? It depends if you're, you know, I guess, Eastern Orthodox or Roman Catholic, the pronunciations differ. It goes back thousands of years. The filioque clause is right at the center of the controversy. Okay, so, but you're saying that he, Vivek, and Ron DeSantis will be positioned in them, but they will be positioned at the center of the debate stage because they've gotten the best poll numbers, which still stink compared to Trump. But, you know, like one of them got like 4%, the other got like 3.5% or something like that. They're battling in the mid-teens. Okay, so not that bad, but they're battling in the mid-teens. And then we have Pence and Christie flanking them is my guess. Pence, I don't know how he's going to perform on a debate stage. I mean, Pence is used to sort of these kind of talking points, these little short blurbs, these sound bites. I mean, he's not going to be fluid or dynamic in a debate where I think it is going to be a little bit of a back and forth. Christie, as much as I disagree with him and don't particularly like him, he is good with this type of thing. He is a sort of a bulldog. He'll come in there. He'll be strong. DeSantis, I don't think he ever performed particularly well during his gubernatorial debates. And I think on his feet, vis-a-vis, you know, versus someone like Vivek, it's going to be certainly interesting. But again, back to Vivek, all it shows is that if you break ranks with the donor class and you're willing just to say things that the people want to hear, that the Republican Party writ large wants to hear, you'll have tremendous success in this primary. And many of these candidates have been shying away from it and they just regurgitate the approved talking points. Vivek, to his credit, has been willing to go outside of the box a bit while towing this pro-Trump line. And I think because of it, he's found a really good, sizable niche in the party that others haven't captured. A black mark in the book of Vivek is what he recently said about wanting to pull back support for Israel. Right. That's the opposite of Trump. Right. And I just find that interesting. Do you know why he would do that? Well, he's had a few things. And I mentioned this earlier that I don't fully trust him. I mean, I don't fully trust him on all his COVID, you know, views and vaccine views. And I think, you know, what are they? I mean, he's he has connections to big pharma. Whoa. Yeah. OK. I'm ignorant enough to just have said, whoa, when I heard that because I did not know that. That is very bad news connections to big pharma. You can look at his old tweets and things he's put out there. So he's all over the place. He kind of reminds me in many ways of like an RFK figure where he'll be very good on an issue or two. Yeah. And everyone kind of like becomes like amazed. Then when you go down the list, it's like, do you think he'll be wearing a mask at tonight's debate? I don't. I think, you know, I think he'll be OK on that front. I think if anyone's going to wear a mask, probably be Mike Pence. But, you know, he's trying to keep the fly from getting in his mouth again. But you think Vivek will be boosted up for this, like he's getting another booster just as he comes out of the wings? If I was to make a bet and I'm not necessarily a betting man, I think Vivek comes out of this looking strong, seeing how he performs on interviews, how he performs one on one with the press, confrontational media. He's very good on his feet. And I think he'll be able to maneuver this debate and look good. And I think he'll peel off more support from DeSantis. And if you look at the DeSantis Twitter verse, all they're doing is rage tweeting about Vivek because they know he he's neck and neck, if not ahead of them. It shows where they're scared. They don't want to fold a third because that would be, you know, monumental. He's making Ron DeSantis look wooden. But here's the problem. Ron DeSantis is wooden.
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"gavin wax" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"But it's interesting to me again. You mentioned we have Vivek now. Can you pronounce his last name? Oh, wing it Vivek Ramaswamy. I think that's like gesundheit. Say it again. Vivek Ramaswamy. I think that's the standard. Now he's the youngest of the group, correct? Youngest. And frankly, I mean, look, I'm not the biggest Vivek fan. I definitely have some issues with him. I don't fully trust him. But I think it's really telling that a guy who no one knew a few years ago, no one can pronounce his name with no political experience can come onto the field. And just by being a little genuine, just touching some of the topics people want to be talked about, he could storm ahead to the front of the field. We're going to go to a break. We'll be right back. I'm talking to Gavin Wax. Don't go away. We need your help with Food for the Poor. These people need your help. MetaxasTalk.com. God bless you. We're doing a campaign for Food for the Poor. Actually, I take that back. It begins today, Monday, July 31st. People who listen to this program know that we partner with Food for the Poor. They are total heroes. Food for the Poor steps up because there are always hurricanes flooding other natural disasters at this time of year. So because of poverty or collapsed infrastructure in a lot of these countries, by the way, in case you didn't know, America is an amazing country. These other countries do not have a lot of infrastructure. So we need to step up, those of us who have the ability to step up. I want to encourage you to go to MetaxasTalk.com and give what you can. Let's get a good start. Go to MetaxasTalk.com. Do what you can or just text Eric to 91999.
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"gavin wax" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Welcome to the Eric Mataxas show. I shouldn't tell you this, but Eric hired someone who sounds just like him to host today's show. But since I'm the announcer, they told me. So I'm telling you, don't be fooled. The real Eric's in jail. Hey there, folks, welcome back. This is what we call hour two. I don't know why we call it hour two. We just do. And we're going to go with it. We are today introducing a new voice to the program, a new guest. His name is Gavin Wax. He's a New York based conservative activist, commentator, columnist, operative. He serves as the 76th president of the New York Young Republican Club. Gavin Wax, welcome to the program. Thank you for having me in this beautiful studio. Ain't it the truth? Piece of art. Yes. No, it is actually. And the ceiling up above us is an actual Tiffany ceiling. This club, this was a club built around the turn of the previous century. And we had as our guest, George Gilder was sitting in this seat and he looked up and he said that his great grandfather was Louis Comfort Tiffany, who who, you know, you can't make it up, right? And make that up. But Gilder is history. Yeah, that's exactly right. And so this is a really it's an historic building. And we're privileged to be recording here. Now, you are a New Yorker. Yes. I can tell from your accent. I've hidden my accent. I've taken many classes and a lot of coaching to get rid of my New York accent. But seriously, you're a New Yorker. You're the head of the New York Young Republican Club. We want to have you in to talk about what is happening tonight, which is to say, I believe there's some kind of GOP debate. The vice presidential debate. Yes, that's not true. That's funny. Oh, I didn't get the joke. I love it when people put something over on me. Trump obviously is not participating tonight. And you know why? Because he's a political genius. Actually, it's very funny. It's very funny to me that he's not participating tonight. But so what is your general sense of what we're going to see tonight or not see? I mean, I think we're going to see a lot of people at each other's throats. I think this has turned into a competition where everyone's vying for second place. I think there's going to be a stark contrast between what has begun to be this never anti-Trump coalition, which is the vast majority of the candidates, and I think a coalition of one, Vivek, who has sort of found a lane where it's been complimentary of Trump while also trying to show his own differences and his own populist MAGA credentials. And I think you're certainly going to see DeSantis and him go back to back. There's been a lot of polls that show them neck and neck. And I think it's going to be interesting. And I think whoever comes out of this is certainly going to solidify their position in second or third, especially going into these early states. And it'll be entertaining for the vast majority of the people watching who are certainly already voting for Trump. OK, so you have been on the record just now, folks, you heard it as saying, I think it's going to be interesting and entertaining. I have a different view. I think it will be not interesting and not entertaining. So I have an appointment with a hairstylist this evening at 8 p.m. No, it's kind of interesting to me to talk about this, because we're living through unprecedented times. We have never, ever, ever had anything to compare to this. You're very young, but in my lifetime and in the lifetime of anyone who's alive today, we've never seen anything like this in American politics, where you have a president who I have no doubt that the election was stolen. So we're seeing a level of corruption in the Democratic Party and our political process.
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A highlight from Gavin Wax
"Welcome to the Eric Mataxas show. I shouldn't tell you this, but Eric hired someone who sounds just like him to host today's show. But since I'm the announcer, they told me. So I'm telling you, don't be fooled. The real Eric's in jail. Hey there, folks, welcome back. This is what we call hour two. I don't know why we call it hour two. We just do. And we're going to go with it. We are today introducing a new voice to the program, a new guest. His name is Gavin Wax. He's a New York based conservative activist, commentator, columnist, operative. He serves as the 76th president of the New York Young Republican Club. Gavin Wax, welcome to the program. Thank you for having me in this beautiful studio. Ain't it the truth? Piece of art. Yes. No, it is actually. And the ceiling up above us is an actual Tiffany ceiling. This club, this was a club built around the turn of the previous century. And we had as our guest, George Gilder was sitting in this seat and he looked up and he said that his great grandfather was Louis Comfort Tiffany, who who, you know, you can't make it up, right? And make that up. But Gilder is history. Yeah, that's exactly right. And so this is a really it's an historic building. And we're privileged to be recording here. Now, you are a New Yorker. Yes. I can tell from your accent. I've hidden my accent. I've taken many classes and a lot of coaching to get rid of my New York accent. But seriously, you're a New Yorker. You're the head of the New York Young Republican Club. We want to have you in to talk about what is happening tonight, which is to say, I believe there's some kind of GOP debate. The vice presidential debate. Yes, that's not true. That's funny. Oh, I didn't get the joke. I love it when people put something over on me. Trump obviously is not participating tonight. And you know why? Because he's a political genius. Actually, it's very funny. It's very funny to me that he's not participating tonight. But so what is your general sense of what we're going to see tonight or not see? I mean, I think we're going to see a lot of people at each other's throats. I think this has turned into a competition where everyone's vying for second place. I think there's going to be a stark contrast between what has begun to be this never anti -Trump coalition, which is the vast majority of the candidates, and I think a coalition of one, Vivek, who has sort of found a lane where it's been complimentary of Trump while also trying to show his own differences and his own populist MAGA credentials. And I think you're certainly going to see DeSantis and him go back to back. There's been a lot of polls that show them neck and neck. And I think it's going to be interesting. And I think whoever comes out of this is certainly going to solidify their position in second or third, especially going into these early states. And it'll be entertaining for the vast majority of the people watching who are certainly already voting for Trump. OK, so you have been on the record just now, folks, you heard it as saying, I think it's going to be interesting and entertaining. I have a different view. I think it will be not interesting and not entertaining. So I have an appointment with a hairstylist this evening at 8 p .m. No, it's kind of interesting to me to talk about this, because we're living through unprecedented times. We have never, ever, ever had anything to compare to this. You're very young, but in my lifetime and in the lifetime of anyone who's alive today, we've never seen anything like this in American politics, where you have a president who I have no doubt that the election was stolen. So we're seeing a level of corruption in the Democratic Party and our political process.
The Financial Guys
A highlight from Unmasking the Political Game with Gavin Wax
"If he doesn't get elected, then we're looking at a very scary future for our country and our republic. I mean, if he gets elected, it's going to be still very messy and he's still going to have to pardon himself and they're going to try to destroy his legitimacy. And that's really what all this is, to destroy his legitimacy and destroy his election chances. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, America's comeback starts now. right From the land of the free and the brave, I love my country, they can't take that away. All righty, welcome back. Financial Guys podcast here with Mike Sbarrozza in studio. Special guest today on our exclusive interview, Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republicans Club. Gavin, thank you for joining us. Appreciate it. It's great to be here, Mike. Thanks for having me. You have been all over the 2024 race, the Trump campaign, and I don't know what I was going to talk about today. I usually prep a lot. And then yesterday I texted you and said, well, we're going to be talking about the indictment today, another indictment yesterday, four counts in D .C. for Donald Trump. First off, let's just take everything else out of it. What were your initial thoughts and how do you feel after a night of sleep on this one? Well, you know, nothing surprising. This is the swamp and the D .C. uni party going after the biggest threat to the system. And that is President Donald J. Trump. They wouldn't be doing this. They wouldn't be indicting him all over the country. They wouldn't be throwing the entire kitchen sink at him if they didn't think one, not only he had a chance to get back into office in 2024, but also to that if you were to get back into office in 2024, he would pose a massive threat to the system. So they're basically showing how desperate and scared they are, which I think is a nice silver lining. And as far as the specifics of this indictment, it's another, you know, nonsensical, poorly constructed indictment from the incompetent, you know, Jack Smith, prosecutor Jack Smith. You know, he's stretching these untested legal theories to their breaking point. There is no crime. No laws were broken. And I have some confidence that Trump and his legal team will be able to get himself out of most of these indictments or at least delay them until after the election is won, which I am praying and hoping for. But certainly this is an uphill fight. And this is really the primary contest we're facing right now. The primary contest in the primary or even in the general is not necessarily Trump v. DeSantis or one of these other characters. It's Trump v. the DOJ. This is the primary fight in a multi -front war. And we'll have to see how this unfolds, but it's really testing not only the legal system, the judicial system, but our republic as a whole. And if we allow this to become precedent, if we allow the DOJ and these corrupt actors to weaponize the system against their political opponents, against the political opposition, we'll never be able to have a free election in this country. The republic will effectively be dead. So it's absolutely pathetic to see some establishment Republicans basically putting out these weak talking points, these pro -institutional talking points, claiming that, oh, you know, Trump will have a fair day in court. He's not going to have a fair day in court with a D .C. jury and a D .C. Obama appointed judge. I mean, this is a politicized show trial, if there ever was one. And it just goes to show the depths in which we have fallen as a country.
The Charlie Kirk Show
NY Mayor Labels Pro-Trump Demonstrators As "Rabble-Rousers"
"Clip 17. Play clip 17. A while, there may be some rabble rousers thinking about coming to our city tomorrow, a message is clear and simple. Control yourselves. New York city is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger. We have the safest large city in America because we respect the rule of law in New York City. You know, though we have no specific threats, people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech of she stated she's coming to town while you're in town, be on your best behavior. As always, we would not allow violence or vandalism of any kind. And if one is caught participating in any act of violence, they will be arrested and held accountable. Well, Gavin, there you go, mayor Adams calling you a rabble rouser saying that congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, can I get your direct response to that? Call him calling you guys out. Well, it's funny. Last time I saw mayor Adams, he was nothing but nice to me or smiles. I don't think he knew who I was, but it's just funny to see that he's calling us rabble rousers. We have seen this city destroyed by crime, destroyed by the criminality and violence of the radical left of antifa and others. We have already demonstrated our ability to host many peaceful protests, whether it was originally for this indictment or for the vaccine mandates or whatever it is. We have a long history of it. I think tomorrow will be the same. I'm more worried about the rabble rousers on the other side. I hope mayor Adams is worried as much as I am.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Gavin Wax Will Hold a Peaceful Protest to Trump's Indictment
"Gavin, you're planning to hold an event tomorrow a response. Let's call it a peaceful and patriotic response. Tell us, what are you hearing? I know you're in touch with officials here in New York with law enforcement. Tell us what are you hearing on the ground in New York as this approaches. By the way, just to let people know the lay of this, Trump is flying in tonight. He's spending a night in the tower, of course, one night in the tower, and then tomorrow morning we'll be heading to face these demons directly. Walk us through what's going to happen tomorrow, what you're hearing. Well, it's definitely going to be a chaotic day tomorrow. There's no, there's no ifs and buts about it. We expect a full house tomorrow for congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was coming to New York City to lead this protest against the politicized prosecution and persecution of president Trump, the presumptive nominee for 2024 leader of the opposition, unprecedented. We're expecting a few hundred people to show up tomorrow. We're expecting a few hundred counter protesters as well. I've spoken to my Friends and sources within the NYPD. They are expecting a very aggressive response from the left. The park has been separated into two halves in north and south. And now this park, this is the lay of the gift hooks, the lay of it, is this near the courthouse? Is it down the street? Where is it? It is right in front of the courthouse. And up until a few weeks ago, you were still able to go off the steps into the courthouse. It's this kind of this big, beautiful art deco building. But that is now all been blocked off. You can't even see the steps, but the park is as close to the courthouse as you could physically get. I mean, it's within, you know, you could throw a stone. So there's the park, there's the street, and then the courthouse. Correct.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Jack Posobiec and Gavin Wax Are on "Trump Watch"
"Event tomorrow to respond that everything that goes on. President Trump will be flying to New York right now and we've got, I'm keeping them literally looking at a live stream of the plane. Trump force one right now. It's ready. The steps are there. He's ready. He's going to be arriving very soon from Mar-a-Lago, but Gavin, tell me why, why is it symbolic that this is happening in New York? I think it's symbolic for a number of reasons. Trump is a man of the outer boroughs. He grew up in Queens and he initiated his political campaign right here on Fifth Avenue coming down the escalator, the famed escalator. So New York City is sort of viewed as a battleground of sorts between these competing ideas. You have the birthplace technically of the maga movement here in New York City. And you also have the globalism, the elitism, the leftism that maga is up against also based right here in New York City. So Trump is coming back home. He's coming back to where it all started. His hometown to fight the enemies of leftism right here in New York City. So it's very, you know, it's very poetic, in a sense. And we're coming full circle, but I think ultimately he will prevail and he'll prevail in New York in the same way that he emerged from New York. You know, and I look at it. I look at this case, it's almost like there's and we're hearing also news right now that there's going to be subpoenas of the Secret Service potentially for this, quote unquote, classified, obstruction case. That's what's going on in Mar-a-Lago. So there's this federal case that involves Florida. There's a case that involves New York. There's another case that involves Fulton county, Georgia. And this is like gulliver's travels when Delilah pushes go and throw their little lines and catapults at gulliver at the giant. Because it's the only way they can think of to try to stop him. And what I think of this and I think of these cases, this is an Andrew Cuomo who killed thousands of people in orders officials to lie about it. No, this is a, they're saying it's paperwork. They're saying it's,
AP News Radio
In Trump case, NY grand jury appears near end of its work
"A grand jury in New York appears near to finishing its work investigating Donald Trump over a hush money payment to a porn star. Police in Manhattan dropped off barricades yesterday, making preparations as a grand jury shrouded in secrecy draws closer to a possible indictment of former president Donald Trump. Trump claimed over the weekend, he expected to face criminal charges and urged supporters to protest his possible arrest, but reporters appeared to outnumber protesters at approach Trump gathering yesterday where the AP spoke with Gavin wax with the New York young Republican club. This never happened before. This is unprecedented. AP correspondent Mike balsamo explains that this is the state investigation after the federal probe that landed Michael Cohen in prison. There is a legal theory being explored in New York, looking at whether or not the violation of campaign finance laws could also be applied as a state offense. If that indeed is the case, it could increase the penalty for making it from a misdemeanor into a felony. I'm Jennifer King.