He Said, She Said: #NoCollusionDay and the Guardian program

Key Insights

• On this episode of He Said, She Said: #NoCollusion Day & a focus on Florida public schools' Guardian program.
• Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Chair of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas School Safety Commission & Shevrin Jones, member of the Florida House weigh the pros and cons of the Guardian program.
• U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz joins Peter and Michelle by phone to talk #NoCollusionDay on his whirlwind day of media appearances.
• Rep. Matt Gaetz on Democratic investigations: "I'm concerned that in expectation of this outcome, my democratic colleagues have launched an 81-prong investigation on the president and his allies."
• "If Bob Mueller had all of these subpoenas over 500 witness interviews, what does the US Congress believe they're going to find that Robert Mueller didn't find?"
• Gaetz spent much of Monday calling people out on Twitter. He's asking for apologies from Democrats for what he calls "irresponsible statements regarding collusion."
• On the Mueller report: "I do believe that all of the material facts of the Mueller Report need to be made public. It's not enough to get a summary, I agree with my Democratic colleagues. Let's just get it all out in the open."
• On President Trump's reaction: "I think he will bask in the vindication, at least in the short term. He's been so frustrated that the tremendous work he's done on behalf of the country has been in spite of these really substantial headwinds."
• On lighter notes, Peter and Michelle talk about attending Michelle's 20th high school reunion at H.B. Plant high school in Tampa.
• March Madness rears its ugly head: No. 9 seeded UCF played No. 1 Duke - and only lost by one point. Peter: "Frickin' Duke broke our daughter's dreams, but you know, that's what Duke does."
• What's going on in the legislature: Senate and House released budgets last week, now the fun of squaring up the three budgets from the House, Senate, and Governor begins.
• We learn the term "sprinkle": The funds sprinkled on at the end for special projects.
• More legislative food fights, including personal injury insurance protection and Amendment 4 implementation. A bill is circulating through the Florida House that would not allow those with felony records with outstanding fines or unpaid restitution to vote.
• Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Chair of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas School Safety Commission shares some of the gruesome realities of the Parkland shooting and what made him change his mind about the Guardian program.
• On the other side of the Guardian program is State Rep. Shevrin Jones. Jones was a teacher in an inner city school, and is now in his final two years in the Florida House. Next election he will run for Florida Senate.
• Stand your ground: Rep. Jones and Peter talk the complications that could come along with the Guardian program, particularly if a teacher feels threatened by a student: ""We're going to have a poor black kid confront a middle aged white teacher and we're going to have a stand your ground issue." - Peter
• Aside from his criticism of the Guardian program, Rep. Jones also talks criminal justice legislation. His Dignity of Incarcerated Women legislation addresses the problem of women being denied pads or tampons while incarcerated.
• Finally, Peter and Michelle break down a hot cultural topic of the moment, Elizabeth Holmes and her fraudulent company Theranos, detailed in both a podcast and a Netflix documentary.