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Allen Jackson: Judicial Overreach | Allen Jackson Now

July 2, 2025 | 21:52

Allen Jackson: Judicial Overreach | Allen Jackson Now
Eric Eggers joins Allen Jackson to discuss the jusidical overreach in the country.
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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Judicial Overreach | Allen Jackson Now | July 2, 2025
  • Well.
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  • Good evening.
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  • I'm alan jackson, and welcome to nashville.
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  • It was a bumpy start
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  • For president trump as he plowed through his first
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  • Hundred days in office.
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  • Not because of any lack of planning on his part,
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  • But because of a large number of liberal local judges
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  • Who put up every possible roadblock
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  • They could to slow the president down.
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  • Lacking any good ideas for a better future,
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  • The democrats just resorted to political games.
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  • Everyone knew it wouldn't last, but they did manage to slow
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  • The president's momentum on some very important issues,
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  • Including enforcing our immigration laws.
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  • With 20 million
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  • Missing people and only 5000 men and women on the ice payroll
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  • And the deportation of a big time human trafficker
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  • Who also happened to abuse his wife.
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  • They said he was a family man who needed protection.
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  • I think it was actually the other way around.
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  • We needed protection from him.
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  • The tariffs were to level out the global economic playing
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  • Field, but the judges found a way to slow those down.
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  • The cuts of waste and fraud and some of the outrageous u.s.
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  • Aid spending, the taxes we paid being wasted for years.
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  • And then there's the dismantling of the voice of america,
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  • Which was running an anti-trump 24 seven channel globally.
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  • But the judge's agenda finally hit the wall
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  • Once the supreme court ruled
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  • That local judges can rule only within their jurisdiction.
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  • No more california judges trying to hold up the agenda
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  • Of the man who was elected
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  • Nationally by more than 77 million people.
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  • Those days, a prayer over the decision
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  • Came on the birthright citizenship case,
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  • And it led to an unprecedented attack within the supreme court.
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  • When conservative amy coney barrett responded to the written
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  • Opinion of the liberal ketanji brown jackson,
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  • Ketanji jackson had written that,
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  • Quite unlike a rule of kings governing system,
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  • It was a clear swipe at the president.
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  • In a rule of law regime, nearly every act of government
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  • May be challenged by an appeal to law
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  • To which amy coney barrett wrote that ketanji jackson's
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  • Argument was a startling line of attack
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  • That is tethered to no doctrine whatsoever
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  • Within the decorum of the supreme court.
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  • That was a public smackdown.
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  • With that, i want to bring the vice
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  • President of the government accountability institute
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  • And the host of the drill down podcast, eric eggers.
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  • Welcome back to the show.
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  • Hey, al, it's always great to be with you and your audience.
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  • Good to see you.
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  • Well, it's good to see you.
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  • We have seen
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  • So many desperate attempts to try to stop president
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  • Trump from succeeding.
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  • But the issue of the
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  • Local judges
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  • Putting out national directives clearly just went too far.
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  • The supreme court decision was 6 to 3.
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  • It's being called a win,
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  • Not just for the president, but for the presidency as well.
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  • What's your take on all that drama?
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  • Yeah, finally, common sense
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  • Is restore to the branch of the judiciary.
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  • This practice of judge shopping and allowing one lower court
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  • Judge to essentially dictate and halt federal policy,
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  • That essentially was the demonstration of the will of the
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  • Democratic vote for president back in 2024
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  • With the election of donald trump,
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  • I think is not what this country was about.
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  • And by the way, that's not a controversial stance.
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  • That's a stance held by many people, including judge
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  • And kagan, who said previously that this practice of looking,
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  • No matter
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  • Who's out of office, you then go find a sympathetic judge
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  • And you lose
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  • Access to the court system to try to stop this from happening.
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  • It's not america. it's not okay.
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  • And finally, the supreme court
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  • Found the right case to say, we agree.
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  • It's put an end to this, and let's let
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  • President trump be in charge of federal policy.
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  • It's refreshing to see common sense in the public
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  • Square again.
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  • In another fresh
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  • Sign of how badly wounded the democratic party is,
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  • A socialist just won the nomination
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  • To represent the democrats in the race for new york mayor.
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  • The previously unknown zoran mamdani, who wants to defund
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  • The police, raise taxes, provide free bus rides
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  • And open government grocery stores, and more.
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  • Listen to how he pitched himself on a network broadcast.
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  • You are a self-described democratic socialist.
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  • Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?
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  • I don't think that we should have billionaires
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  • Because frankly,
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  • It is so much money in a moment of such inequality.
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  • And ultimately, what we need more of is equality
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  • Across our city and across our state and across our country.
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  • You know, of course, none of that would work.
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  • And much of what's outside the bounds of anything
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  • The new york city mayor can do by law.
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  • But he's got aoc on his side, and the progressives are jumping
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  • For joy.
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  • Longtime city residents are looking at how to get out,
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  • Worried that it could become the next san francisco.
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  • What do you see happening in the city?
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  • Yeah, i think that the people should be worried about becoming
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  • The next san francisco.
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  • Alan, this story is incredibly fascinating
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  • Because i think it portends a much larger problem.
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  • And debate that democrats are having internally.
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  • Because let's think about what is mom donna's appeal.
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  • His appeal is it's a rejection of the status quo,
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  • The status quo in new york, of course, being what happens
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  • When you are run by democrats as that as they have been
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  • For decades.
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  • So it's not
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  • Like people in new york city love the idea of a socialist.
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  • It's that they hate what new york city
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  • Has become under democratic rule.
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  • Under democratic rule, new york city
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  • Has much higher crime they did pre-pandemic.
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  • While the rest of the country's crime trends have gone down,
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  • Their economy has gone down, while the rest of the country's
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  • Economy has gone up post-pandemic.
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  • New york city
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  • Has been left behind.
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  • And so it's not that
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  • The citizens are choosing to be socialist.
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  • They're just trying to reject what it's been.
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  • And ironically, in doing so, they may have that
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  • That sort of
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  • Unfortunate disadvantage,
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  • If you're a democrat, of pulling the party
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  • Further to the left when the election results
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  • Of just last fall show, that's not where the country is at all.
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  • Well, former president biden
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  • Is starting to peek back out from his delaware beach house.
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  • At the same time, house
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  • Republicans have begun investigating
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  • Who put the ink in the auto signature machine
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  • And who else hit the go button when it was being used.
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  • I know you've investigated much of what joe biden did
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  • Over the years,
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  • So do you have any sense of what congressman
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  • Comer and his colleagues might turn up now?
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  • Well, what i want to know, alan, is if joe biden peeks out
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  • And he sees his shadow, does it mean he has to go back
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  • Home and take a nap for another four hours?
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  • Like, is it like groundhog day that way?
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  • I am worried about you know what?
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  • Ultimately, the house oversight committees
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  • Investigation under chairman komar will yield.
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  • I know that,
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  • I think there's a very good reason
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  • Why pardons were given to people in joe biden's inner circle
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  • For essentially the entire duration
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  • Of his presidency, including up through december.
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  • And so, i think,
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  • You know,
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  • A lot of people ask, like,
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  • Who's been really
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  • Running the country and i think the the frequency
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  • And the people who are in charge of that auto
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  • Pin will be able to sort of answer that question
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  • We're hearing now from our sources of people
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  • Who work in the trump
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  • Administration in washington, dc,
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  • Whether it's in the department
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  • Of justice or elsewhere in the city.
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  • There's still a lot of internal pushback.
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  • And i think
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  • That the remnants of people who thought they could get away
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  • With whatever they wanted to do, because you had a very weak
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  • And quite frankly, out-of-touch
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  • Present president biden, they still think they're running
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  • The country.
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  • And so, luckily,
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  • You have appointees from president trump
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  • Who are trying to wrest back control
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  • From the auto pan bureaucracy, if you like.
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  • But it's a challenge, and i think it's one
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  • That needs to be continuously investigated.
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  • As chairman comer is attempting to do
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  • What?
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  • Eric, would you please stay for another segment?
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  • I got a few more questions for you.
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  • Any time. absolutely.
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  • Well, in the meantime, take a moment and dial in to aj.
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  • Previous episodes on subjects that you like.
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  • We're back now with the vice president
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  • Of the government accountability institute, eric eggers.
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  • Now lacking any new ideas, the democrats
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  • Appear to be drifting to whoever gets the most media attention
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  • Chuck schumer, aoc, tim walz, jb pritzker,
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  • And of course, gavin newsom.
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  • You know,
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  • I can't remember anything they've said
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  • Except that they get unusually animated.
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  • And what's left of the legacy
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  • Media just loves following them around for the video clips.
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  • Here's an example of the kind of attack
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  • Gavin newsom is putting out,
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  • Even as president trump is trying to make
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  • California a safer place.
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  • This brazen abuse of power
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  • By a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation,
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  • Putting our people, our officers and even our national guard
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  • At risk.
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  • That's when the downward spiral began.
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  • That's just weakness.
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  • Weakness masquerading as strength.
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  • Donald trump's government isn't protecting our communities.
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  • They're traumatizing our communities.
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  • Eric newsom can run for governor next year
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  • Because of the term limits in california.
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  • So it appears that he's either
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  • Running for something or running away
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  • From his unsuccessful time in office.
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  • What do you see?
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  • Well, i think allen, even if gavin newsom could run
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  • For governor, i don't think he would.
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  • Because the only thing that's inflamed and combustible
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  • Is actually california.
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  • Thanks to he and karen bass.
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  • And everyone else has failed leadership in that state.
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  • In fact, it was donald trump
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  • Who helped put an end to the wildfire tragedy
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  • In that state last year.
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  • Now, i will say, i think that,
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  • You know, think about what he calls weakness.
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  • Let's just unpack the logic of that.
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  • Sending in the national guard, sending in people
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  • Whose job it is to uphold the law
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  • And protect the citizenry. according to gavin newsom,
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  • Is putting that citizenry in danger.
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  • That's exactly backward thinking.
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  • That's an ty law enforcement dogma.
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  • That may sound good to democrats in may,
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  • When you bonus points
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  • In the democratic primary, but it will absolutely cost you in
  • 00:10:11.637 --> 00:10:15.207
  • Any sort of general election.
  • 00:10:15.207 --> 00:10:16.408
  • And more importantly, it's
  • 00:10:16.408 --> 00:10:17.643
  • Just bad for the citizenship of your state and this country.
  • 00:10:17.643 --> 00:10:21.146
  • Law enforcement put themselves in harm's way.
  • 00:10:21.146 --> 00:10:23.816
  • They went in there regardless
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  • Of what conditions were happening.
  • 00:10:25.184 --> 00:10:26.852
  • They went in there to try to protect the rule of law.
  • 00:10:26.852 --> 00:10:29.488
  • And no one provoked a fight on behalf of the national guard.
  • 00:10:29.488 --> 00:10:33.192
  • It was the citizenry who had been inflamed
  • 00:10:33.192 --> 00:10:36.095
  • By the rhetoric of gavin newsom,
  • 00:10:36.095 --> 00:10:37.563
  • The karen bass, that actually caused a problem.
  • 00:10:37.563 --> 00:10:39.498
  • Most americans know that.
  • 00:10:39.498 --> 00:10:40.966
  • And that's why gavin newsom's tenure
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  • Is going to end with a whimper.
  • 00:10:42.901 --> 00:10:44.069
  • Unfortunately, as governor of california. armed
  • 00:10:44.069 --> 00:10:46.739
  • With a big, beautiful
  • 00:10:47.239 --> 00:10:48.774
  • Budget, now approved by house and senate republicans only.
  • 00:10:48.774 --> 00:10:53.645
  • Is there any policy you can think of where democrats
  • 00:10:53.645 --> 00:10:56.081
  • Have gotten behind president trump?
  • 00:10:56.081 --> 00:11:00.018
  • No. i think it passed
  • 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:02.921
  • With only republican support for that reason.
  • 00:11:02.921 --> 00:11:05.390
  • I think, unfortunately, democrats
  • 00:11:05.390 --> 00:11:06.892
  • Probably were successful behind the scenes
  • 00:11:06.892 --> 00:11:09.928
  • In restoring some of the welfare spending on behalf
  • 00:11:09.928 --> 00:11:14.066
  • Of legal immigrants.
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  • I think it's a little bit weaker in some key areas,
  • 00:11:15.134 --> 00:11:17.236
  • And i know a lot of republicans would like.
  • 00:11:17.236 --> 00:11:19.338
  • It's not the final version yet.
  • 00:11:19.338 --> 00:11:21.306
  • I know people like ron johnson from wisconsin who were very
  • 00:11:21.306 --> 00:11:25.010
  • Against the bill initially.
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  • He voted to support in the senate.
  • 00:11:26.211 --> 00:11:27.613
  • Chip roy in texas was against it.
  • 00:11:27.613 --> 00:11:29.281
  • Initially, they voted to support in the house.
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  • So i think you still have
  • 00:11:31.416 --> 00:11:32.351
  • Some strong voices that want to get it
  • 00:11:32.351 --> 00:11:34.520
  • To be the best, most beautiful version of itself.
  • 00:11:34.520 --> 00:11:37.756
  • And we'll see how the process plays out.
  • 00:11:37.756 --> 00:11:39.358
  • But if it happened, it has not happened with democrat support.
  • 00:11:39.358 --> 00:11:42.928
  • Well, i think that fundamental question is important
  • 00:11:42.928 --> 00:11:45.197
  • Because a lot of these issues are 75, 80% issues.
  • 00:11:45.197 --> 00:11:48.934
  • And the democrats have stayed in the opposition lane
  • 00:11:48.934 --> 00:11:51.770
  • Against that.
  • 00:11:51.770 --> 00:11:52.504
  • Do they really think
  • 00:11:52.504 --> 00:11:53.739
  • They're powerful enough to force their will over the majority
  • 00:11:53.739 --> 00:11:56.575
  • Of the american people?
  • 00:11:56.575 --> 00:11:58.076
  • I think it's it's they don't know what to do.
  • 00:11:58.977 --> 00:12:00.646
  • Right?
  • 00:12:00.646 --> 00:12:01.847
  • I mean, they have gavin newsom, who's literally presiding
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  • Over a third world
  • 00:12:03.715 --> 00:12:04.783
  • State in california, is considered a frontrunner.
  • 00:12:04.783 --> 00:12:08.120
  • They are searching for identity.
  • 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:09.788
  • Even the leadership of the democratic
  • 00:12:09.788 --> 00:12:11.890
  • National committee is in turmoil right now.
  • 00:12:11.890 --> 00:12:13.692
  • You saw them oust david hogg and another deputy
  • 00:12:13.692 --> 00:12:16.728
  • Because the brand was considered to be so toxic.
  • 00:12:16.728 --> 00:12:19.398
  • Even the head of the teachers unions has announced
  • 00:12:19.398 --> 00:12:22.134
  • That they're stepping down in terms of their affiliation
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  • With the head
  • 00:12:24.937 --> 00:12:25.838
  • Of the democratic national committee,
  • 00:12:25.838 --> 00:12:26.805
  • Because there is in such disarray,
  • 00:12:26.805 --> 00:12:29.174
  • The democratic brand is toxic.
  • 00:12:29.174 --> 00:12:30.909
  • They don't know what they stand for.
  • 00:12:30.909 --> 00:12:32.911
  • So the only thing they can do
  • 00:12:32.911 --> 00:12:34.479
  • Is stand against what president trump supports.
  • 00:12:34.479 --> 00:12:37.316
  • Fortunately for president trump, he has the support
  • 00:12:37.316 --> 00:12:39.885
  • Not of democrats, but of the american people.
  • 00:12:39.885 --> 00:12:41.987
  • And that's why his agendas continue to be successful.
  • 00:12:41.987 --> 00:12:44.389
  • Well, i'd like to end with something that i found
  • 00:12:45.390 --> 00:12:47.626
  • That truly stood out amid all the political friction.
  • 00:12:47.626 --> 00:12:50.762
  • It was written up in the washington
  • 00:12:50.762 --> 00:12:52.164
  • Examiner, a well documented report on how there are signs
  • 00:12:52.164 --> 00:12:56.168
  • That there's an active movement to teach america's
  • 00:12:56.168 --> 00:12:58.570
  • Founding principles and our true history,
  • 00:12:58.570 --> 00:13:01.940
  • All through thoughtful and engaged citizenship.
  • 00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:05.210
  • It started with a nonprofit group
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  • That has already reached 1300 university professors
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  • And 2800 k through 12 grade teachers.
  • 00:13:10.182 --> 00:13:13.919
  • It's quite
  • 00:13:14.219 --> 00:13:15.153
  • The opposite of what we're learning about
  • 00:13:15.153 --> 00:13:16.221
  • What students are taught at harvard and columbia.
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  • Do you think there's a segment of young people who are tired
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  • Of being brainwashed by radicals,
  • 00:13:21.260 --> 00:13:22.895
  • And are now ready for some common sense?
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  • True stories about what made our country
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  • As strong as it is is really hopeful. it seems.
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  • Alan,
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  • It's such a great point, and i'm so glad you brought it up,
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  • Because you're absolutely correct.
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  • I think if there's one lesson to take away from the support
  • 00:13:34.773 --> 00:13:39.044
  • That donald trump got from young people
  • 00:13:39.044 --> 00:13:40.812
  • And young men specifically last fall, it's
  • 00:13:40.812 --> 00:13:43.548
  • That people are hungry for the truth.
  • 00:13:43.548 --> 00:13:45.284
  • They were lied to
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  • By the mainstream media and a lot of progressive forces,
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  • Including in schools
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  • And higher education institutions for years.
  • 00:13:51.189 --> 00:13:53.592
  • And so people hear something else,
  • 00:13:53.592 --> 00:13:54.927
  • And it's refreshing because it's true.
  • 00:13:54.927 --> 00:13:56.561
  • It's different than the lies have been force fed.
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  • So i do think there's absolutely an appetite to it.
  • 00:13:59.364 --> 00:14:01.767
  • You know, i live in florida,
  • 00:14:01.767 --> 00:14:02.968
  • And florida has introduced civics education a few years ago
  • 00:14:02.968 --> 00:14:06.171
  • Under the leadership of governor desantis.
  • 00:14:06.171 --> 00:14:07.806
  • And it's been incredibly successful.
  • 00:14:07.806 --> 00:14:09.574
  • And if you think about it,
  • 00:14:09.574 --> 00:14:10.809
  • Civics education by definition, should be a unifying concept
  • 00:14:10.809 --> 00:14:14.546
  • Because it's not left or right. it's just true.
  • 00:14:14.546 --> 00:14:16.815
  • It's like, here's what these group of people
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  • Who were avoiding true persecution and true tyranny.
  • 00:14:19.084 --> 00:14:22.087
  • They came to this country
  • 00:14:22.087 --> 00:14:23.188
  • With a better vision for what their future could be,
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  • And they were brave enough to act on that vision.
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  • And we are all now the beneficiaries of it.
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  • So i absolutely think it should be unifying.
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  • It should be aspiration.
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  • You know, that movie superman
  • 00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:35.901
  • Is coming out in a couple of weeks,
  • 00:14:35.901 --> 00:14:37.302
  • And i've seen the previews for it,
  • 00:14:37.302 --> 00:14:38.637
  • And i find that it touches on
  • 00:14:38.637 --> 00:14:40.072
  • The true themes of what this country is about.
  • 00:14:40.072 --> 00:14:42.274
  • The tagline is, look up.
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  • And i think that's
  • 00:14:43.675 --> 00:14:44.576
  • What ultimately america is want to do.
  • 00:14:44.576 --> 00:14:45.744
  • They want to look up towards a brighter, better future.
  • 00:14:45.744 --> 00:14:48.146
  • The trump administration, i think, is trying
  • 00:14:48.146 --> 00:14:49.348
  • Provide that democrats are not.
  • 00:14:49.348 --> 00:14:51.016
  • It's why they've been successful.
  • 00:14:51.016 --> 00:14:51.984
  • I think civics education is a great step
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  • Towards looking up as a country for what we can continue to be.
  • 00:14:54.319 --> 00:14:58.323
  • Well, eric, thank you for joining us again today.
  • 00:14:58.323 --> 00:15:00.292
  • It's always a treat to have you on.
  • 00:15:00.292 --> 00:15:02.127
  • We'll have you back real soon.
  • 00:15:02.127 --> 00:15:05.330
  • Always a great time with you out in your audience.
  • 00:15:05.330 --> 00:15:07.199
  • Thank you.
  • 00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:08.233
  • And if you want to see eric from his home perch,
  • 00:15:08.233 --> 00:15:10.602
  • You can download the drill down podcast.
  • 00:15:10.602 --> 00:15:12.671
  • It's worth your time.
  • 00:15:12.671 --> 00:15:14.206
  • In a moment, i'll have some additional
  • 00:15:14.206 --> 00:15:15.774
  • Thoughts on what we've discussed.
  • 00:15:15.774 --> 00:15:17.509
  • There is some light out there.
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  • There is some light out there.
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  • You know, i especially enjoy the holidays
  • 00:15:31.223 --> 00:15:33.825
  • That remind us of the sacrifices that have been a part
  • 00:15:33.825 --> 00:15:36.661
  • Of the formation of our nation.
  • 00:15:36.661 --> 00:15:38.730
  • You know, i've come to the realization
  • 00:15:38.730 --> 00:15:39.998
  • That every generation
  • 00:15:39.998 --> 00:15:41.033
  • Has to make a decision for freedom and liberty.
  • 00:15:41.033 --> 00:15:43.502
  • We may have received those things as gifts,
  • 00:15:43.502 --> 00:15:45.504
  • But if they're to be extended beyond us, it's
  • 00:15:45.504 --> 00:15:47.939
  • Because we will choose to make sacrifices
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  • That allow children and grandchildren
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  • To have those wonderful gifts
  • 00:15:51.943 --> 00:15:53.178
  • That have shaped our journeys through time.
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  • And when i think about our nation,
  • 00:15:55.914 --> 00:15:57.416
  • What bound us together was not our appearance.
  • 00:15:57.416 --> 00:15:59.618
  • We're a nation of immigrants.
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  • We've come from the nations of the world.
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  • We spoke different languages.
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  • We had different appearances.
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  • We had different customs.
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  • What bound us together was a set of values
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  • A judeo-christian worldview, and the idea
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  • That if we all cooperated with that set of values,
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  • It brought opportunity to all of our lives.
  • 00:16:16.334 --> 00:16:19.371
  • You know, at the time that our nation emerged,
  • 00:16:19.371 --> 00:16:21.273
  • Europe was very differently organized.
  • 00:16:21.273 --> 00:16:23.275
  • They had kings and queens and figures of authority,
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  • And there was a nobility who owned the land.
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  • And the majority of the people were serfs or servants.
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  • You couldn't even hunt wild game at belonged to the the elites.
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  • The aristocracy in america
  • 00:16:35.387 --> 00:16:37.122
  • Was birthed with this idea of egalitarianism
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  • That every individual had value that wasn't a political idea.
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  • It's a biblical idea
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  • That we are each one created in god's image.
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  • So for us to maintain liberty
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  • And freedom and to truly appreciate
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  • The potential of our nation requires
  • 00:16:52.571 --> 00:16:54.840
  • A people of faith that understand god is our creator.
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  • This holiday season, let's each one
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  • Stop and say thank you to god for our freedoms and liberties,
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  • And make choices that will extend those gifts
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  • To our children and grandchildren if we'll do that.
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  • There's more reasons for hope than despair.
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  • I promise i'll be back in just a minute with your emails.
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  • I promise i'll be back in just a minute with your emails.
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  • Thank you for taking the time
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  • To send your emails, your thoughts and opinions.
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  • They're an important part of our show prep family email.
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  • My question is,
  • 00:17:33.513 --> 00:17:34.580
  • How can any pardon from president biden be legal
  • 00:17:34.580 --> 00:17:37.717
  • When he was not mentally or physically
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  • Well enough to complete his presidency,
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  • Or even make any necessary decisions?
  • 00:17:41.254 --> 00:17:44.223
  • Well, it's a good question and part of it, i think, isn't
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  • About the legality of it.
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  • There's a certain respect that we've all tried to direct
  • 00:17:49.128 --> 00:17:51.898
  • Towards the office of the president,
  • 00:17:51.898 --> 00:17:53.232
  • And there's a reluctance to dismantle that,
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  • No matter how egregious the behavior.
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  • I think in this case, it's appropriate that there are some
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  • Honest inquiries
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  • Being made
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  • As to president biden's competency
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  • And what the outcomes of that are.
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  • We'll have to wait and see what's uncovered.
  • 00:18:06.913 --> 00:18:08.648
  • And from there, i think there will be a pathway that emerges.
  • 00:18:08.648 --> 00:18:11.951
  • James v emailed, why are universities
  • 00:18:12.752 --> 00:18:14.754
  • Entitled to billions of our tax dollars?
  • 00:18:14.754 --> 00:18:18.057
  • Well, james, the belief has existed,
  • 00:18:18.824 --> 00:18:20.526
  • I think, appropriately for a long time,
  • 00:18:20.526 --> 00:18:22.728
  • That higher education was important
  • 00:18:22.728 --> 00:18:24.630
  • To the strength of our nation and it
  • 00:18:24.630 --> 00:18:26.098
  • Became the pathway to power.
  • 00:18:26.098 --> 00:18:28.434
  • If we're honest about it,
  • 00:18:28.434 --> 00:18:30.369
  • We're going to have to make some serious changes.
  • 00:18:30.369 --> 00:18:32.338
  • We've found ourselves in a place that's very uncomfortable.
  • 00:18:32.338 --> 00:18:35.408
  • Our most celebrated universities are indoctrination centers.
  • 00:18:35.408 --> 00:18:38.778
  • They're not teaching accurate history.
  • 00:18:38.778 --> 00:18:40.279
  • They're not preparing their students
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  • To make productive contributions to our society.
  • 00:18:42.248 --> 00:18:45.651
  • They're fashioning ideologues.
  • 00:18:45.651 --> 00:18:48.120
  • If that continues, those universities
  • 00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:50.056
  • Will become increasingly irrelevant.
  • 00:18:50.056 --> 00:18:51.991
  • We need people who can produce.
  • 00:18:51.991 --> 00:18:53.459
  • And that's not just about academics.
  • 00:18:53.459 --> 00:18:55.328
  • That's about trades and productivity.
  • 00:18:55.328 --> 00:18:57.029
  • We've got to come back to understanding
  • 00:18:57.029 --> 00:18:58.698
  • The value of american workers and american productivity.
  • 00:18:58.698 --> 00:19:02.568
  • If the universities want to participate,
  • 00:19:02.568 --> 00:19:04.036
  • We glad be glad to have them.
  • 00:19:04.036 --> 00:19:05.204
  • If they don't, they'll be irrelevant.
  • 00:19:05.204 --> 00:19:07.907
  • Donna in cedar town, georgia,
  • 00:19:08.541 --> 00:19:10.209
  • Said there are several states where
  • 00:19:10.209 --> 00:19:11.477
  • Boys are still being allowed to compete in girls sports.
  • 00:19:11.477 --> 00:19:14.580
  • I think that a good response is for the girls
  • 00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:16.282
  • To refuse to compete by boycotting the sport.
  • 00:19:16.282 --> 00:19:19.185
  • I believe that will force the schools
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  • To comply with the president's executive order.
  • 00:19:20.586 --> 00:19:22.688
  • What do you think?
  • 00:19:22.688 --> 00:19:24.123
  • I think the people that we've
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  • Elected to enforce the laws should enforce the federal laws
  • 00:19:25.491 --> 00:19:29.061
  • To to force the girls
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  • And the young women to step out of the sports
  • 00:19:31.030 --> 00:19:33.766
  • That they spent years preparing for.
  • 00:19:33.766 --> 00:19:35.434
  • Seems like an unfair punishment
  • 00:19:35.434 --> 00:19:37.837
  • Because people won't enforce
  • 00:19:37.837 --> 00:19:39.071
  • The laws, and they let insanity reign in our schools and public
  • 00:19:39.071 --> 00:19:42.875
  • Athletic competitions.
  • 00:19:43.342 --> 00:19:44.644
  • So maybe we'll gain a respect for the law again.
  • 00:19:44.644 --> 00:19:47.847
  • And finally, we had a youtube viewer write.
  • 00:19:48.714 --> 00:19:50.750
  • Thank you pastor.
  • 00:19:50.750 --> 00:19:51.651
  • I follow from southern california.
  • 00:19:51.651 --> 00:19:53.753
  • We're not all nuts here.
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  • God bless you in the free state of tennessee.
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  • Well, thank you for the blessing.
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  • We will certainly take it.
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  • There's good news.
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  • Governor newsom cannot run again.
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  • So there is light at the end of that tunnel.
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  • And i pray it's not another lunatic train
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  • Coming down the track. keep praying.
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  • With us this evening. and you have a good night.
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