Michael Whatley on The Brett Winterble Show

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We're joined by Michael Whatley from North Carolina to talk about the recent breakthrough in the Middle East hostage crisis and the broader implications for U.S. leadership under President Trump. Whatley, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, praised Trump’s use of American strength and diplomacy to secure the release of hostages from Hamas, calling it “the most transformative presidential term of our lifetime.”

He also criticized Democrats for refusing to give Trump credit, despite global acknowledgment of his role. The conversation touched on Whatley’s support for Trump, the Medal of Freedom awarded to Charlie Kirk, and the importance of strong leadership in facing domestic and international challenges. Whatley also addressed concerns over the potential Schumer-led government shutdown, emphasizing the need for a Republican Senate to advance the America First agenda.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:08):
News Talk eleven ten, ninet nine three WBT. It's the
Brettwitable Show, and it is my pleasure to welcome back
to the program. He's the candidate for the Senate seat
in North Carolina. It is Michael Wattley joining us here.
Thanks so much for making time for us today.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yes, sir, good to be on with you. Brett.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
It's good to be on with you as well. I'd
be remiss if I didn't just start out looking at
what we saw in the last forty eight twenty four hours,
watching what President Trump was able to put together this
this hamas win. Your reaction to all of the stuff
that you've seen in this last twenty four to forty

(00:50):
eight hours.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
It is absolutely remarkable what happens when you have a
president who is going to use the full force of
the United States, the force that we have militarily, the
force that we have in terms of being the bright
shining light on a hill and focusing on getting those
hostages released, being able to pull the rest of the
world along, and getting their support for this deal. Nobody

(01:15):
else could have gotten this done other than President Trump.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
And yet it seems to be lost on so many
of these Democrats. Who are part of the shutdown caucus
here who don't want to, you know, offer up the
great you know, gratitude and all that sort of. So obviously,
you know, there are a few that have that have
picked up that mantle, as certainly Fetterman and other folks.

(01:39):
But what about this and and how how can this
possibly be anything but a great week, a great month,
and a great year. What are your thoughts on that?

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Well, this is the most transformative presidential term of our lifetime.
Donald Trump keeps delivering wins. The Democrats just are beside themselves.
They oppose the man and every single thing that he does.
It's amazing that they will say it is a good
thing that the hostages were released, and they won't give
him credit for it. There's no question. Just ask everybody

(02:11):
in Israel, ask everybody in the Middle East, ask every
world leader that was at that conference. Who brought this about?
It was Donald Trump. And he has their gratitude, he
has their respect, and he has their strength and things.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
And obviously you had a very close relationship with him.
He's endorsed you, and I'm sure that you know you
saw how hard he was working to try to get
these hostages back to try to balance the most dangerous
part of the world, to try to bring them all back.
You can you give us a little sense of what
that commitment looked like there in the Oval office.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Well, and go back to who are the people that
he put in charge, right, So Steve Wincoff, Marco Rubio,
Jared Kushner, and this is the a team that they
were fundamentally focused on making sure that we got these
hostages home. And he never took his eye off that ball.
And you can see every single time that he was
having conversations with world leaders that this was an issue

(03:08):
that he wanted to get resolved. Donald Trump said promised
during the campaign that he was going to get those
hostages home, Promises made, promises kept.

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, indeed, that is that is the the fact, and
people are are looking at all of this stuff. In
fact that there's a there's a there's a crawl on
the screen on CNN of all things that says it's
a quote from President Trump hamas must disarm or we
will disarm them. This is not going to be an
easy ride. And you've got to have somebody there who's

(03:38):
really committed to making sure that this cannot ever happen again.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Yeah, no question about it, you know, and and and
really truly, when we look at peace through strength, this
is a perfect example of it.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (03:52):
The United States is going to back Israel, We are
going to have peace in the Middle East, and the
American strength is going to be an essential factor. And
having a president who is willing to utilize that strength
for good is absolutely essential in terms of our leadership
around the world.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
Visiting with Michael Watley, candidate for the Senate seat coming
up in this next cycle, let me ask you this,
Charlie Kirk, today would be his birthday. He is being
honored by the President with the Medal of Freedom. Your
thoughts about this, but also I know that you spent

(04:33):
a good amount of time with him talking and things
like that. Can you break that down for the audience here?

Speaker 2 (04:39):
Well, look, President Trump would not be in office today
if it weren't for Charlie Kirk and the organization that
he built at turning Point. The focus that he brought
to the youth vote to working on college campuses is
something that is going to be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible,
to replicate. The President knows how he's Charlie Kirk. I

(05:01):
know how much he o's Charlie Kirk. I had a
great opportunity to work with him over the course of
the last several years. I consider him a friend and
he is absolutely deserving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
I think it's absolutely appropriate that the President is doing
this on Charlie's birthday. It's it's a great day for

(05:21):
Charlie and his family, and a great day for the
Turning Point community.

Speaker 1 (05:26):
And a last you know, I sit back and I
think about what could have been and what the great
successes could be. But the reality is this is a
man who was committed to loving this country, loving his family,
and loving his God. And that's such a such a
hugely important point in that regard. I want to go

(05:47):
back to the to the Schumer shut down here because
you would be in the United States Senate, we see
these shenanigans that go on with with all of these
people playing games out on the left. They're getting ready
to do one of these no Kings rallies and all
sort of stuff like that coming up at the end
of the week. Is it going to be a very

(06:11):
difficult move in that regard because when you look at
this You've got people who are playing playing for keeps
and really going after it. Your thoughts on what we're seeing,
especially with the folks who are going to be suffering
because Chuck Schumer doesn't want the government to be open.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
Yeah, it's absolutely disappointing to see the Democrats, who have
absolutely no agenda other than opposing the president, playing games
with people's paychecks, playing games with our soldiers, our men
and women in the uniform, the people who protect the border.
When we talk about food stamps, we talk about the programs,

(06:49):
we talk about FEMA relief for the mountains, and right
now Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are simply playing games
because they opposed President Trump. They do not want to
see the government moving forward in protecting our interests because
they would rather just be in opposition mode with the president.

(07:10):
Is for it, there against it. And we need to
make sure that we have a Republican Senate. We also
need to have a Republican House to be able to
work with President Trump and move forward with the American agenda.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
And look, we understand that there are all sorts of
folks that are going to be serving in a variety
of the different sort of capacities. Right, you have people
who are going to be working with Michael with the
Chairman of the Budget Committee, and things like that. All
of those things have got to happen. There are show

(07:43):
horses and there are workhorses. And I fear that Roy
Cooper is wanting to be a show horse but not
a workhorse. What does that look like in that regard?

Speaker 2 (07:58):
Well, Roy Cooper is going to be a rubber stack
for Bernie Sanders, for Chuck Schumer, for aoc Zarnmandanni and
the rest of the Democratic leadership. Right now, he is
going to be absolutely lockstecked with him. We have seen
that through all of the different votes that he took
as a legislator, through his vetos, through his executive orders.
He is going to fight harder for illegal aliens than

(08:20):
he is for American citizens. He's going to fight harder
for criminals than he is the victims. He is going
to fight all day, every day for San Francisco, Chicago,
and New York values, not North Carolina values. That is
not what North Carolina needs in the Senate. They need
an ally for President Trump who is going to fight
for the America First agenda and put North Carolina first,

(08:40):
I am going to be that voice.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
And obviously I'd be remiss if I didn't mention, obviously
the good news that came down the pipe, which was
the Arena's law coming in making sure that these sorts
of these sorts of horrible criminal acts that have taken
place should should never happen. And again, and I know
you had a thought on that law and order sort

(09:04):
of stuff, Well.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Look, I think it's very safe to say soft on crime.
Roy Cooper and his policies are the direct reason why
I Rena Zaroska was killed on that car. The fact
that he signed in executive order to reimagine law enforcement,
create cashless, veil, create pre trial release, are the reasons
that this guy, to Carlos Brown Jr. Was on the

(09:28):
streets and why he was on that car in a
position to kill her. It is absolutely inexcusable that Roy
Cooper brought that soft on crime policies to North Carolina.
Thank god that the legislature answered my call to pass
legislation and roll back those soft on crime policies. But
you know, we are seeing in case after case after

(09:49):
case in Charlotte where murderers, attempted murderers, violent criminal felons
have been released over the years that chickens have come
home to roost in terms of Roy Cooper first policies,
and I'm very glad the legislature has stood up to
roll those back and try and bring some sanity back
to our criminal process.

Speaker 1 (10:09):
Michael Wattley, we always appreciate the time with you, getting
your perspective on on these sorts of things. Where do
people go if they want to follow you and catch
up with you and maybe support you.

Speaker 2 (10:21):
Michael Wadley dot com. They can also follow me on
at at Wattley MC and definitely appreciate you and your listeners.

Speaker 1 (10:29):
Brett, thanks so much. We appreciate your time today and
again it's a it's a good week here. We we
we got we got the hostages back and it's just
it's it's absolutely incredible. Thanks so much for your time today, sir,