Joe Rogan Experience #1550 - Wesley Hunt

1. 0:00 – 0:35

   Welcome & why veterans in Congress resonate

   1. NANarrator0:00

      (drumbeats) Joe Rogan podcast, check it out. The Joe Rogan Experience.

   2. JRJoe Rogan0:06

      Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night, all day. (instrumental music plays) Mr. Hunt, welcome aboard.

   3. WHWesley Hunt0:14

      Happy to be here.

   4. JRJoe Rogan0:15

      Thanks for having- uh, thanks for being here. I really appreciate it. Friend of Dan Crenshaw's.

   5. WHWesley Hunt0:19

      That's right.

   6. JRJoe Rogan0:19

      He's a friend of mine.

   7. WHWesley Hunt0:20

      That's right.

   8. JRJoe Rogan0:20

      All of them. So, um, Congress.

   9. WHWesley Hunt0:23

      Yeah.

   10. JRJoe Rogan0:24

       Running for Congress.

   11. WHWesley Hunt0:25

       Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan0:25

       This is what I want my congressmen to look like, jacked veterans.

   13. WHWesley Hunt0:29

       (laughs)

   14. JRJoe Rogan0:29

       I mean, that's... Wouldn't it be- the world be a better place?

   15. WHWesley Hunt0:32

       I agree. I think so.

   16. JRJoe Rogan0:33

       I mean, it really would be.

   17. WHWesley Hunt0:35

       Yeah.

2. 0:35 – 3:39

   Hunt’s military-family legacy and the decision to run for Congress

   1. JRJoe Rogan0:35

      Um, so tell me what this has been like running for Congress. Was... Is this the first office you've run for?

   2. WHWesley Hunt0:41

      This is the first time, thank God.

   3. JRJoe Rogan0:42

      What- what started this? I know you're friends with Dan, who's also a congressman. What started this, this journey?

   4. WHWesley Hunt0:48

      Yes. Great question, and thank you so much for having me on.

   5. JRJoe Rogan0:50

      My pleasure.

   6. WHWesley Hunt0:51

      This is- this is awesome. Really appreciate you. And what started this was really just my family and how can we continue service in just in a different capacity. Uh, I come from a military family, so, uh, my dad did 23 years in the Army, retired as a lieutenant colonel. Uh, my sister went to West Point in my family first, so she's 10 years older than me, did 23 years active duty. She was a military intelligence officer, uh, deployed to Iraq twice and s- did a few tours, abroad as well. Uh, I went to West Point in my family second. Uh, we're- we're 10 years apart, my sister and I, and then graduated West Point class of 2004. Uh, flew Apaches, uh, in Iraq for eight- for- for- was actually active duty eight years, deployed to Iraq, did 55 combat air missions in Baghdad, and then did two tours of duty in Saudi Arabia as a diplomatic liaison officer. My brother, who is 10 months and eight days my junior, so we're Irish twins, uh, he also went to West Point, and he did five years in the Navy and went to Harvard Business School for his graduate degree and now lives in Houston with his family. There's about 60 years worth of military service just in my immediate family.

   7. JRJoe Rogan2:00

      Wow. Respect.

   8. WHWesley Hunt2:02

      Thank you, sir.

   9. JRJoe Rogan2:03

      That's a lot.

   10. WHWesley Hunt2:03

       Thank you.

   11. JRJoe Rogan2:04

       That's serious... (laughs) That's a serious-

   12. WHWesley Hunt2:06

       Thank you.

   13. JRJoe Rogan2:06

       ... serious military family.

   14. WHWesley Hunt2:07

       It is. My mom's the best of us, so she stood at home for two months in 2006 while I was flying combat air missions in Baghdad, my sister was doing intel in the Green Zone, and my brother was in the Arabian Gulf on a destroyer for two months at the same time. So even though she didn't serve in the military per se, she served those who served by lending her family. So when people ask me why am I running for Congress, I always lead with that, because that's the kind of service and sacrifice it takes for us to live in this free country.

   15. JRJoe Rogan2:38

       So this is just, uh, a mindset that you, you were raised with?

   16. WHWesley Hunt2:43

       Absolutely.

   17. JRJoe Rogan2:45

       Um, and what made you... What made you make the leap?

   18. WHWesley Hunt2:50

       (sighs) So there's a lot of things going on in the country that we're seeing right now.

   19. JRJoe Rogan2:53

       Really?

   20. WHWesley Hunt2:54

       (laughs)

   21. JRJoe Rogan2:55

       I thought everything was fine.

   22. WHWesley Hunt2:58

       (laughs) Few things we got going on in the country right now.

   23. JRJoe Rogan3:00

       It's not crazy?

   24. WHWesley Hunt3:00

       And my dad always taught us leadership is not about when it's convenient for you. It's about when your country needs you.

   25. JRJoe Rogan3:08

       Mm-hmm.

   26. WHWesley Hunt3:09

       And our country needs us, I think, in this- in this, what seems to be a dark time. We've had some dark times in the past. I'm sure we'll get into that. But us- it's always my opinion that patriots always step up when our country needs us the most, and that's kinda what we're taught to do, to give back to the country that gave us all that we have.

   27. JRJoe Rogan3:28

       Now outta all the things that are going on in the country right now-

   28. WHWesley Hunt3:30

       Yeah.

   29. JRJoe Rogan3:30

       ... um, what- what stands out to you as something that you feel like you can contribute, uh, and possibly help correct or-

   30. WHWesley Hunt3:37

       Yeah.
3. 3:39 – 11:11

   Racial progress, policing, and rejecting “defund the police”

   1. WHWesley Hunt3:39

      Yeah. So there's a lot of talk of a lot of, you know, racial injustices of the past, and this is something that I think I'm uniquely positioned to talk about. Uh, my great-great-grandfather was a slave. His name was Silas Crawford, born on Rosedown Plantation, uh, just north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Three of his great-great-grandchildren all attended West Point. Uh, I earned three master's degrees from Cornell University, brother went to Harvard, uh, sister has her advanced degree in applied mathematics. We've had the honor of serving our country. We've had the honor to live in a free country. We are standing on the backs and on the shoulders of absolute giants. And while we have a ways to go, by God, that's some serious progress. And I like the idea of focusing on the future and not the past. And I think as a Black man in this country, I get some of the hardships. Trust me on that. But how can we begin to heal by focusing on the good that we have done and building on that instead of standing by idling and- and watching the country burn?

   2. JRJoe Rogan4:42

      Well, it seems like both things have to be addressed. It seems like you have to concentrate on the good things-

   3. WHWesley Hunt4:47

      Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan4:47

      ... and have to concentrate on the people like yourself that have made incredible progress in your life.

   5. WHWesley Hunt4:51

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan4:52

      But I think we also have to concentrate on injustice.

   7. WHWesley Hunt4:55

      Absolutely.

   8. JRJoe Rogan4:55

      And racial bias and racial injustice and all the problems that we're seeing. You know, I was ex-... We... I was having a conversation with a friend of mine. We were talking about police and how- how important the police are, but also how important it is to... If you see something like, uh, like a- the George Floyd situation.

   9. WHWesley Hunt5:16

      Absolutely.

   10. JRJoe Rogan5:16

       You see that video, and then that one guy's horrible actions changes everyone's perception of the police.

   11. WHWesley Hunt5:24

       Yeah. Yeah.

   12. JRJoe Rogan5:24

       But meanwhile, there's millions of interactions that police have with citizens that never go that way, that are positive.

   13. WHWesley Hunt5:30

       That's true.

   14. JRJoe Rogan5:30

       There's millions of great cops. I don't know how many... I don't know if there's millions of cops.

   15. WHWesley Hunt5:34

       Yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan5:34

       I don't even know how many cops there are. How many cops are there in the country?

   17. WHWesley Hunt5:36

       Oh, that's a good question.

   18. JRJoe Rogan5:37

       That is a good question. How many police officers are there in the country? Let's find out. But either way, most of 'em, I feel... Well, first of all, it's an insanely difficult job.

   19. WHWesley Hunt5:48

       Yes, it is.

   20. JRJoe Rogan5:48

       And when you... You don't... The- the good altercations, they don't go viral.

   21. WHWesley Hunt5:54

       Of course they don't.

   22. JRJoe Rogan5:54

       You know? So we have this distorted perception of what happens when cops meet people.... here it goes. In 2019, there's 697,195 full-time law enforcement officers.

   23. WHWesley Hunt6:10

       Wow.

   24. JRJoe Rogan6:10

       697,000.

   25. WHWesley Hunt6:11

       Wow.

   26. JRJoe Rogan6:11

       Wow. Okay. So it's not millions.

   27. WHWesley Hunt6:14

       But I would say that there, that you're right, there are actually millions of interactions-

   28. JRJoe Rogan6:18

       Yes.

   29. WHWesley Hunt6:18

       ... with our citizens every year.

   30. JRJoe Rogan6:20

       I'm sure. Yes. Millions.
4. 11:11 – 15:21

   Breonna Taylor, no-knock raids, and the war on drugs as a root cause

   1. JRJoe Rogan11:11

      And, you know, I don't know... Y- first of all, that Breonna Taylor situation, tragic, horrific.

   2. WHWesley Hunt11:19

      And complicated.

   3. JRJoe Rogan11:20

      Complicated. Here's the, here's the big problem: the war on drugs. That's the big problem.

   4. WHWesley Hunt11:25

      (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan11:25

      The big problem is you're having these no-knock raids for... I mean, what was he supposed to be selling, marijuana?

   6. WHWesley Hunt11:30

      Right.

   7. JRJoe Rogan11:30

      I think he was selling marijuana? That was th- the idea, that he was sell-... I don't even know if he was, but this was... The, so you're, you're breaking down a door of someone's? Is that what it was about?

   8. WHWesley Hunt11:38

      I think so. I believe so.

   9. JRJoe Rogan11:39

      Which is fucking insane.

   10. WHWesley Hunt11:41

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan11:41

       Right? Insane.

   12. WHWesley Hunt11:43

       Yeah.

   13. JRJoe Rogan11:43

       That's insane, period. That-

   14. WHWesley Hunt11:44

       To break down doors for that. I agree.

   15. JRJoe Rogan11:46

       Insane. This is how it all st-... I mean, when you have no-knock raids-

   16. WHWesley Hunt11:50

       Yeah.

   17. JRJoe Rogan11:51

       ... and, you know, if you're a person who's a homeowner and you believe in the Second Amendment and you have a firearm and you hear someone kicking down your door, you have a right to defend yourself.

   18. WHWesley Hunt11:59

       That's right.

   19. JRJoe Rogan12:00

       So this guy shooting at the cops is a rational response to something... He has no idea what's going on-

   20. WHWesley Hunt12:06

       Yeah.

   21. JRJoe Rogan12:07

       ... assumedly. And if someone says-... "open up, it's the cops," and kicks on the door, and it turns out to not be a cop, turns out to be a rival drug dealer or w- uh, just a thief.

   22. WHWesley Hunt12:15

       Right. Is that what the investigation revealed? W- what, was it really, they really didn't knock at all? 'Cause I've-

   23. JRJoe Rogan12:20

       I don't believe they did.

   24. WHWesley Hunt12:21

       ... I've heard, I've seen both. I've heard that they, that there was a knock, that certain neighbors did hear.

   25. JRJoe Rogan12:25

       Mm-hmm.

   26. WHWesley Hunt12:25

       And then I've heard that it was or no knock.

   27. JRJoe Rogan12:28

       I, I don't know what they did or didn't, but here's the problem. If you're a person that is alone in your home at night and someone says they're police, how the fuck do you know it's really the police?

   28. WHWesley Hunt12:38

       That's true too.

   29. JRJoe Rogan12:39

       How do you know?

   30. WHWesley Hunt12:40

       That's true too.
5. 15:21 – 23:44

   COVID, Trump’s recovery, and risk stratification by health

   1. JRJoe Rogan15:21

      He went on a, a great tweet raid the other night after they juiced him up with steroids and let him out of the hospital.

   2. WHWesley Hunt15:26

      (laughs)

   3. JRJoe Rogan15:26

      It was fuck-

   4. WHWesley Hunt15:27

      I get all of them. It's funny.

   5. JRJoe Rogan15:28

      ... made me laugh.

   6. WHWesley Hunt15:29

      It was funny.

   7. JRJoe Rogan15:29

      I love the v- the video he's like, "Maybe I'm immune. I don't know."

   8. WHWesley Hunt15:32

      I don't know. He's just- (laughs)

   9. JRJoe Rogan15:33

      "Maybe I'm immune." (laughs)

   10. WHWesley Hunt15:35

       (laughs)

   11. JRJoe Rogan15:35

       "Maybe!" Shit.

   12. WHWesley Hunt15:36

       But I laughed. I laughed when he was like, "I've, this is the best I've felt in 20 years." I was like, "This guy." (laughs)

   13. JRJoe Rogan15:41

       He's a savage.

   14. WHWesley Hunt15:42

       Yeah.

   15. JRJoe Rogan15:42

       74, fat, and eats f- nothing but McDonald fries.

   16. WHWesley Hunt15:46

       And he beat it.

   17. JRJoe Rogan15:46

       Kicks COVID in a couple of days, and people are like, "Yeah, but he's getting the right treatment." Like, "Blah blah blah blah blah blah."

   18. WHWesley Hunt15:51

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan15:51

       But the treatment's available. D- can everybody get this treatment? Is it, is this treatment in a fucking gold mine in India somewhere and you have to, you know-

   20. WHWesley Hunt15:58

       It's not.

   21. JRJoe Rogan15:58

       ... send a guy on a llama down into a cave to get it? No.

   22. WHWesley Hunt16:01

       No.

   23. JRJoe Rogan16:01

       It seems like it's pretty common.

   24. WHWesley Hunt16:02

       It's not. And as somebody, and I've, you know, we were talking about it earlier. I had COVID.

   25. JRJoe Rogan16:05

       You've had it.

   26. WHWesley Hunt16:05

       Yeah.

   27. JRJoe Rogan16:06

       But-

   28. WHWesley Hunt16:06

       My whole family had it.

   29. JRJoe Rogan16:07

       But you had it (snaps fingers) like that.

   30. WHWesley Hunt16:08

       That's right.
6. 23:44 – 28:30

   Fitness, mental health, and why shutting gyms backfires

   1. JRJoe Rogan23:44

      Yeah, th- what they should do is put these big... We got that, uh, air filter down there on the ground-

   2. WHWesley Hunt23:49

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan23:49

      ... that's supposed to filter out all the b- bad whatever. (laughs)

   4. WHWesley Hunt23:52

      (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan23:54

      We got... It's too loud. We got... The problem is too loud, what we're f- is it on?

   6. NANarrator23:58

      It's on right now.

   7. JRJoe Rogan23:58

      It's on very low. It's on very low. But when we crank it up to, like, full blast, it sounds like there's a fucking airplane in the room, so.

   8. WHWesley Hunt24:05

      Yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan24:05

      But you could have those at the gym. You know, you could have those all over the place, at the gym. They're not that expensive.

   10. WHWesley Hunt24:10

       Yeah.

   11. JRJoe Rogan24:11

       And to keep people outside of the gym, you are now compounding all those other things.

   12. WHWesley Hunt24:16

       That's right.

   13. JRJoe Rogan24:16

       You're, you're giving people, uh, you're taking away this avenue that they have to alleviate stress.

   14. WHWesley Hunt24:22

       Yes.

   15. JRJoe Rogan24:22

       Which for me is gigantic.

   16. WHWesley Hunt24:24

       Yes, it is.

   17. JRJoe Rogan24:24

       I'm a different human. I'm, I'm two different people.

   18. WHWesley Hunt24:27

       Yes.

   19. JRJoe Rogan24:27

       I'm the guy who doesn't work out and the guy who works out. And you wanna hang out with the guy who works out-

   20. WHWesley Hunt24:31

       Works out-

   21. JRJoe Rogan24:31

       ... all the time. I'm, I'm super friendly, I hug everybody. The guy who doesn't work out is cranky, he, he's quick to judge things-

   22. WHWesley Hunt24:39

       That's right.

   23. JRJoe Rogan24:39

       ... quick to say, "Fuck that guy."

   24. WHWesley Hunt24:41

       That's right.

   25. JRJoe Rogan24:41

       Like, all that, all those... (laughs) You know what I mean?

   26. WHWesley Hunt24:43

       (laughs)

   27. JRJoe Rogan24:43

       Like, all those negative aspects-

   28. WHWesley Hunt24:46

       (laughs)

   29. JRJoe Rogan24:47

       ... it's, I don't like that. I don't wanna be that way, you know?

   30. WHWesley Hunt24:50

       Yeah.
7. 28:30 – 33:21

   What campaigning looks like during COVID: meet-and-greets, media, and outreach

   1. JRJoe Rogan28:30

      Now, what has the campaign trail been like? Like, what is, wha- j- in general, what do you have to do?

   2. WHWesley Hunt28:33

      Oh, goodness. Yeah, so with COVID, things have obviously changed the way that we do things dramatically.

   3. JRJoe Rogan28:38

      By the way, if everyone is noticing that both me and Wesley are sweating-

   4. WHWesley Hunt28:42

      (laughs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan28:43

      ... the fucking AC in this room has shit out on us, and it's now, it doesn't even say.

   6. NANarrator28:47

      Yeah, something just happened to it. I think.

   7. JRJoe Rogan28:48

      Yeah, the thermostat's broken. It's not even... It was 7, 78 degrees when we walked in here with all this equipment and then all this intense talking.

   8. WHWesley Hunt28:55

      See, here's the thing, but we've worked, well, we work out, so we can handle it.

   9. JRJoe Rogan28:57

      Yeah. Yes.

   10. WHWesley Hunt28:58

       So it's just a little sweat. We can do it.

   11. JRJoe Rogan28:59

       Yes.

   12. WHWesley Hunt29:00

       It's no problem.

   13. JRJoe Rogan29:00

       But I mean, if people are like, "What's going on?"

   14. WHWesley Hunt29:01

       Yeah. (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan29:02

       "These guys have, they're having a fever."

   16. WHWesley Hunt29:03

       They're just sitting there, why are they sweating?

   17. JRJoe Rogan29:05

       (laughs)

   18. WHWesley Hunt29:05

       (laughs) They talk about working out when they're not doing anything.

   19. JRJoe Rogan29:07

       Yeah, they're sweating.

   20. WHWesley Hunt29:08

       (laughs)

   21. NANarrator29:09

       We should probably go open the door. I can open the door and get some air flowing.

   22. JRJoe Rogan29:11

       Nah, don't worry about it.

   23. WHWesley Hunt29:11

       No, you're good.

   24. NANarrator29:11

       All right.

   25. JRJoe Rogan29:11

       We're good.

   26. WHWesley Hunt29:12

       We're good.

   27. JRJoe Rogan29:12

       Um, so tell me about the campaign trail. Like, what, what does it entail and how long has i- have you been doing it? When I met you in Houston was what, July?

   28. WHWesley Hunt29:18

       That's right. That's right, with Dan.

   29. JRJoe Rogan29:19

       Yeah, met you with Dan Crenshaw-

   30. WHWesley Hunt29:21

       Yeah.
8. 33:21 – 45:04

   Houston energy, fossil fuels, and the Green New Deal critique

   1. WHWesley Hunt33:21

      And, you know, this is an oil and gas town. And I am not a climate denier. Um, like a lot of Millennials, quite frankly, I, I, I do believe that, that human beings can influence the climate. But, uh, Houston is known as the energy capital of the world. And encompassed in the energy capital of the world is the energy district of the world, which is Congressional District 7 where I am running in in Houston. And the narrative that I am seeing about fossil fuels doesn't necessarily jive well with me at all.

   2. JRJoe Rogan33:52

      Uh, let's talk about that.

   3. WHWesley Hunt33:53

      Yeah.

   4. JRJoe Rogan33:53

      I'd love to talk to you about that.

   5. WHWesley Hunt33:54

      Yeah.

   6. JRJoe Rogan33:55

      Um, California recently, the state that I escaped-

   7. WHWesley Hunt33:58

      I want t- I wanna ask you about that too-

   8. JRJoe Rogan34:00

      Yeah.

   9. WHWesley Hunt34:00

      ... after this actually.

   10. JRJoe Rogan34:00

       Escaped!

   11. WHWesley Hunt34:01

       (laughs)

   12. JRJoe Rogan34:01

       I feel so happy.

   13. WHWesley Hunt34:02

       Welco- welcome to Texas too, by the way.

   14. JRJoe Rogan34:04

       Thanks, sir. Appreciate it. Yeah, when I, when I saw you was, uh, (clears throat) right around the time that I made the decision.

   15. WHWesley Hunt34:10

       Yeah.

   16. JRJoe Rogan34:10

       Um, Tom Papa, my buddy who was just here yesterday, sent me a picture of, uh, Los Angeles. And obviously, this is because of the fires, but also, what the fuck is that?

   17. WHWesley Hunt34:22

       Come on.

   18. JRJoe Rogan34:23

       Look at that. Look at that. It's massive traffic and-

   19. WHWesley Hunt34:26

       Unbelievable.

   20. JRJoe Rogan34:27

       ... the sky is-

   21. WHWesley Hunt34:28

       Yeah.

   22. JRJoe Rogan34:28

       ... a weird shade of gray-

   23. WHWesley Hunt34:30

       Yep.

   24. JRJoe Rogan34:30

       ... because... And brown. And he said, "You've poisoned my LA mind-

   25. WHWesley Hunt34:33

       (laughs)

   26. JRJoe Rogan34:33

       ... with that picture." And I said, "You're in the wrong place, my brother."

   27. WHWesley Hunt34:36

       (laughs)

   28. JRJoe Rogan34:37

       Now you know. He's in the wrong place.

   29. WHWesley Hunt34:40

       He knows, he knows where to go.

   30. JRJoe Rogan34:41

       Listen, Texas, I've always loved Texas. I, I filmed, uh, an... I d- I filmed one of my specials here.
9. 45:04 – 53:09

   Nuclear power, innovation, and carbon capture as realistic pathways

   1. JRJoe Rogan45:04

      What about nuclear? Because-

   2. WHWesley Hunt45:06

      Yeah.

   3. JRJoe Rogan45:06

      ... one of the things that is really uncomfortable for people-

   4. WHWesley Hunt45:10

      (sighs)

   5. JRJoe Rogan45:10

      ... is that nuclear power is one of the cleanest sources of power that we know of. It's just, we know about disasters.

   6. WHWesley Hunt45:17

      That's right.

   7. JRJoe Rogan45:17

      We know about Fukushima. We know about Three Mile Island. We know about all the, uh, Chernobyl.

   8. WHWesley Hunt45:22

      Chernobyl, yeah.

   9. JRJoe Rogan45:22

      We know about these disasters, which, m- in many cases, are indicative of old technology.

   10. WHWesley Hunt45:28

       Yes.

   11. JRJoe Rogan45:28

       Like Fukushima, they just, they really didn't know how to shut it down.

   12. WHWesley Hunt45:31

       Yes.

   13. JRJoe Rogan45:32

       Which is fucking bananas that they decided to build it anyway.

   14. WHWesley Hunt45:35

       Mind-boggling. (laughs)

   15. JRJoe Rogan45:37

       (laughs) They're like, "We'll figure it out eventually."

   16. WHWesley Hunt45:38

       Like, "We'll- we'll worry about it later." (laughs)

   17. JRJoe Rogan45:40

       But they, there's, there's ways of doing nuclear right-

   18. WHWesley Hunt45:45

       Yeah.

   19. JRJoe Rogan45:46

       ... where you have very little environmental damage.

   20. WHWesley Hunt45:49

       That's right.

   21. JRJoe Rogan45:51

       But that's a, you just bring up nuclear power and everybody's like-

   22. WHWesley Hunt45:54

       Everybody freaks out.

   23. JRJoe Rogan45:54

       ... "We're gonna die!"

   24. WHWesley Hunt45:55

       That's right, everyone freaks out.

   25. JRJoe Rogan45:56

       Yeah.

   26. WHWesley Hunt45:56

       I- yeah, i- and they, they, they have Chernobyl.

   27. JRJoe Rogan45:59

       What do you think... What do you think about nuclear?

   28. WHWesley Hunt46:00

       So this is, this is, again, the importance of innovation. You brought up an excellent point. Y- you see, in past technologies, we didn't have the ability to be able to really create something without understanding what the worst outcomes could possibly be. Do you think, over the course of the last 50 years, we've actually advanced to know more and to be able to do better and to be more effective with how we, with how we do this? Of course we have. Right? But it kinda goes back to the oil and gas industry as well. When you have the over-demonization of an energy source, people just, as we were talking about, they just shut it off.

   29. JRJoe Rogan46:32

       Right.

   30. WHWesley Hunt46:33

       It becomes the headline, that's it. I don't want anything else to do with it. Oh, no, we saw bad incidences. That's it. It becomes headline news, instead of us saying, "W- wait a minute. If you're gonna try to tell me that 2020 was the same as the '70s and the '60s and the '50s from a technological standpoint, it's ridiculous."
10. 53:09 – 1:00:40

    Biden/Kamala concerns and using history to discuss division

    1. WHWesley Hunt53:09

       No, he ... So, so first he said h- so first he said he did, and then he backed, walked that back ever so slightly and said, "Well, no, no, no. Not the Green New Deal in its entirety. Tenets of the Green New Deal."

    2. JRJoe Rogan53:22

       Did he describe which tenets?

    3. WHWesley Hunt53:23

       Translation to me is s- it's, it's the Green New Deal.

    4. JRJoe Rogan53:27

       Aren't you troubled by the fact that the Democrats have this gentleman running for president that seems ... At, at the very least, like, his better days are behind him?

    5. WHWesley Hunt53:38

       It got to the point for where, where at first, when I watched the Corn Pop video, have you seen that one?

    6. JRJoe Rogan53:43

       Yes.

    7. WHWesley Hunt53:43

       The Corn Pop one? I- it was, it was-

    8. JRJoe Rogan53:44

       What in the fuck is that video?

    9. WHWesley Hunt53:46

       It, it was the most bizarre thing I've ever, like, most bazz- bizarre things I've ever seen.

    10. JRJoe Rogan53:49

        Well, how about all the kids behind him talking?

    11. WHWesley Hunt53:51

        And, uh, it's just the-

    12. JRJoe Rogan53:51

        Like, they're not even paying attention to this guy.

    13. WHWesley Hunt53:53

        It was, it was the weirdest thing.

    14. JRJoe Rogan53:54

        (laughs)

    15. WHWesley Hunt53:54

        It was like, really, literally the weirdest thing I've ever seen. (laughs)

    16. JRJoe Rogan53:57

        (laughs)

    17. WHWesley Hunt53:57

        And I sent it to my brother, Rendon, 'cause my, he's my best friend. We talk like four times a day. I sent it to Rendon and he's just like, "Is this even real?"

    18. JRJoe Rogan54:03

        (laughs)

    19. WHWesley Hunt54:04

        (laughs) I was like, "Oh, my God."

    20. JRJoe Rogan54:05

        I got hairy legs.

    21. WHWesley Hunt54:07

        Yeah. Like-

    22. JRJoe Rogan54:07

        Like, there's so many of those.

    23. WHWesley Hunt54:08

        They just think they're blonde and it's-

    24. JRJoe Rogan54:09

        Yeah.

    25. WHWesley Hunt54:09

        ... it's, it's ... It was really weird. That was, that was back in December and I thought it was funny. And then now, I don't think it's very funny anymore, actually. And this is, this is, this is very dangerous, I think, for the country, and we need to be very careful, uh, with who we put forward. Um, there, there is a clear decline in Mr. Biden. I think we can all agree with that. I think we can all say that the reason why Kamala Harris was chosen was probably to make sure (laughs) that someone of a sounder mind-

    26. JRJoe Rogan54:43

        Yes.

    27. WHWesley Hunt54:43

        ... can actually run the country.

    28. JRJoe Rogan54:44

        Yeah.

    29. WHWesley Hunt54:45

        And, and, and we're seeing that.

    30. JRJoe Rogan54:46

        Young and healthy-
11. 1:00:40 – 1:18:23

    Texas Reloaded video, ‘Turn Texas Blue,’ and migration from California

    1. WHWesley Hunt1:00:40

       But I love it too, because I think that's, that's kind of the American warrior ethos that's somewhere in all of us. They are just at the tip of the spear when it comes to exemplifying it. And that's why when Dan Crenshaw calls me up and then says, "Hey man, I got an idea for a video. You in?" And I was like, "Okay. Tell me more." He goes, "Well, first I'm gonna jump out of an airplane." And I was like, "Sign me up." (laughs) .

    2. JRJoe Rogan1:01:02

       (laughs) .

    3. WHWesley Hunt1:01:02

       Sign me up. (laughs) .

    4. JRJoe Rogan1:01:03

       That video's crazy.

    5. WHWesley Hunt1:01:05

       It's awesome.

    6. JRJoe Rogan1:01:05

       It's a great one. We should p- could we play it?

    7. WHWesley Hunt1:01:07

       Sure.

    8. JRJoe Rogan1:01:08

       You know the j- the video Jamie?

    9. NANarrator1:01:10

       (clears throat) Yeah. Um-

    10. WHWesley Hunt1:01:10

        Sure. Did Texas reload it?

    11. JRJoe Rogan1:01:14

        Jamie will find it. Ja- Jamie will fin- find it.

    12. NANarrator1:01:16

        Because can we play it is the thing, so would-

    13. JRJoe Rogan1:01:18

        I don't think we'll get in trouble.

    14. NANarrator1:01:19

        It's not about trouble, like, the, they have to be known, notified, I guess, that we're playing it, so-

    15. JRJoe Rogan1:01:24

        Oh, well, we'll let them know. (laughs) .

    16. WHWesley Hunt1:01:28

        (laughs) . It's my show.

    17. JRJoe Rogan1:01:28

        I mean, it's, uh, yeah, it's not gonna hurt.

    18. WHWesley Hunt1:01:31

        (laughs) .

    19. JRJoe Rogan1:01:31

        It's only gonna help.

    20. WHWesley Hunt1:01:32

        Oh, yeah.

    21. JRJoe Rogan1:01:33

        Um, so y-

    22. WHWesley Hunt1:01:35

        Well, I'm in it, so can I okay it?

    23. JRJoe Rogan1:01:36

        R- yeah, I think.

    24. NANarrator1:01:37

        Uh, it's whoever owns it, I think.

    25. WHWesley Hunt1:01:39

        Okay.

    26. JRJoe Rogan1:01:39

        Who owns- somebody own it? Does Dan own it?

    27. WHWesley Hunt1:01:41

        Do D- David or Daniel like this?

    28. JRJoe Rogan1:01:42

        Dan will let it go, for sure. Um, so anyway, k- keep, so keep going. So he tells you he's gonna jump out of an airplane.

    29. WHWesley Hunt1:01:48

        He's gonna jump out of an airplane and then, and then he's like, "Do you want to be in it?" And I'm- and my next question was, "So, so c- can I wear my flight suit?" (laughs) .

    30. NANarrator1:01:56

        It's lo- it's four minutes long, too. We can't play the whole thing.

Episode duration: 2:29:06