Michael Whatley On The Brett Winterble Show

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We're joined by Michael Whatley from North Carolina to talk about his U.S. Senate candidacy and the key issues driving his campaign Whatley emphasized the need for strong conservative leadership, economic growth, and national security. He highlighted trade policies to support farmers and manufacturers, and praised the military presence in North Carolina, calling for continued support for service members. Whatley also addressed concerns over Democratic leadership, criticizing policies under Governor Roy Cooper and calling the current Democratic Party “radical.” He expressed strong support for former President Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, framing Trump as a leader committed to peace through strength. Whatley committed to visiting all 100 counties in the state, vowing to be a senator who listens and fights for North Carolina values.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
News Talk eleven ten Note nine three WBT Brett Waterbull Show.
It is my pleasure to welcome back to the program
a man whose work I've greatly admired and he is
also a candidate for the for the Senate seat coming
up in November. And it is, of course Michael Waltley

(00:28):
joining us. Thanks so much. I'm sorry at twenty six, right,
twenty six. How are you doing.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
I'm doing great. I'm doing great. You know, it is
very exciting to be announced and to hit the trail
and really truly to get out there and start talking
to people all across North Carolina, you know, about what
they feel about what they need, about what they want
in a senator, and the constant refrain that we hear
back from them is they want a voice in Washington.

(00:57):
They want a conservative champion in the who's going to
fight for every community, for every family all across this
great state.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
So let's talk a little bit about where you want
to go with this candidacy. Obviously you want to get elected.
What are the what are the passion points for you
that that you think of when when you're looking around
this state, which is which is a beautiful state, as
a very diverse state. How do we get as many

(01:27):
people as we can to uh, to get that message
from you.

Speaker 2 (01:32):
Yeah, what we want to do is have economic policies
that are truly going to create jobs and raise wages.
We need to have trade policies that are going to
benefit our manufacturers and our farmers. And we also need
to make sure that we have national security policies that
are going to make sure that our men and women

(01:53):
in uniform and we've got the best of them in
America and in North Carolina, that they have what they
need to protect our interests in our allies around the world.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Look, we've obviously got somebody who's going to be facing you,
a former Governor Cooper is going to be facing you.
And the reality is a lot of stuff still has
to be fixed that was that was left wanting under
the Cooper administration, specifically the stuff that's gone out in
western North Carolina and in other areas around the state.

(02:26):
So how do we get all those people in and
and bring them to the ballot box.

Speaker 2 (02:33):
What is going to take is going out there and
having a conversation in every single community. You know, when
I was the state Party chair, i hit all one
hundred counties every year. I think it's terribly important for
you to get to know every corner of the state,
from Watauga to Wilmington and Murphy Demanio. We're going to
take this message out and we're going to have that conversation.

(02:53):
Donald Trump was able to win in twenty four because
he listened to the voters, he understood the issues cared about,
and he puts solutions on the table. That's the same
approach that we're going to have in this campaign. North
Carolina is a beautiful state. It is the best state
in the country. But there's a lot of different things
going on between our banking community, our small businesses, our farms,

(03:17):
you know, the veterans community, and our military families. And
we need to have somebody who's going to go out
there and have this conversation about what they need and
then go to Washington and fight for them. I am
that guy. You know. We don't need a Harvard professor
who is going to be with the woke radicals like
Zorn Mamdannie and Jasmine Crockett, AOC and Bernie Sanders. We

(03:39):
need somebody who's going to stand up and fight for
North Carolina values.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
That's Michael Watley and visiting with Michael Wattley here on
the program. I'd be remiss if I didn't ask, because
obviously we're watching a lot of developments that are happening
in real time right We've got we've got another storm
kind of coming this way. But we've also seen history
in the making over the last couple of days with

(04:05):
President Trump shepherding this program to try to end the
war over in Ukraine. Can you talk a little bit
about what that all means in terms of success? You
were certainly instrumental as part of that, and just curious
on your thoughts on that.

Speaker 2 (04:22):
Well, President Trump is actually out there fighting for peace.
Is he is pursuing a process right now to try
and end this war over in Ukraine. It is remarkable
to me that every one of the leading Democrats wants
to criticize him for trying to find a peaceful solution.
They criticize everything the guy does, But when he actually

(04:44):
gets Ukraine to the table, he gets Vladimir Putin from
Russia to the table, they criticize it. How else are
we going to get peace? How else are we going
to actually find a resolution here? If you can't get
folks to the table, which clearly Joe Biden was clearly
in capable of trying to get done. You know, and
when you talk about you know what that is going

(05:04):
to mean on the world stage, It means America is
being respected again. You know. We see that in the
Middle East, we see that over in Russia and Ukraine.
The President is fundamentally committed to bringing peace to the world.
He's a big proponent in peace through strength, and clearly
North Carolina is always going to be the keep the
tip of the spear when we talk about peace through

(05:26):
strength with all of our bases, you know, whether it's
Campa June or Fort Bragg or Pope Airfield. You know,
we really truly are blessed to have the greatest men
and women in uniform in the entire world.

Speaker 1 (05:37):
Okay, in terms of the politics of the of the moment,
we've got about about two minutes left. Did you ever
expect to see these Democrats be as radical as they
are in the House and in the Senate, Chairman.

Speaker 2 (05:52):
Rottley, absolutely not. This is not the Democratic Party that
we grew up with, you know, and right now the
leadership of that party is taking it further and further
to the left. What we saw with Roy Cooper over
the course of his tenure as the governor was a
series of vetos against tax cuts, a series of vetos
against bills to keep boys out of girls' sports, to

(06:14):
keep you know, to tell sheriffs that they had to
work with ice and honor their detainers. We do not
need somebody in the Senate who's going to fight harder
for you know, violent criminal, illegal aliens, men and women's
sports and higher taxes. We need somebody who's going to
be an ally for President Trump and stand up for
middle class America and stand up for every family in

(06:36):
North Carolina.

Speaker 1 (06:37):
Where do people go to connect with you, to help
you out and to get to know you even more?
Where do they reach out to?

Speaker 2 (06:45):
Sir Wadlyforsenate dot Com And we will certainly be hitting
their communities very soon. We're going to get out to
all one hundred counties on this campaign, and we're going
to take it straight to every community in North Carolina.

Speaker 1 (06:58):
So that is Wattley for Senate dot Com. Is that
what it was? Yes, Sir Wattley for Senate dot Com.
Check it out, get the information, all that sort of stuff.
I really appreciate you making time for us today and
wish you all the best and look forward to catching
up with you down the road here. Thank thanks so much,
Michael Wattley. It's a pleasure to be with you, my friend.

Speaker 2 (07:20):
Thank you. Brett really appreciate it and appreciate your listeners.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
Thanks so much. That's Michael Wattley. I'm Brett Wooterbal That's
the end of the program for me, but coming up
next we got Breaking with Brett Jensen and of course
TJ Ritchie after that News Talk eleven ten, that nine
three WBT