Allen Jackson: November 21, 2024 | Allen Jackson Now

November 21, 2024 | S24:E1121

Allen Jackson NOW is a lifeline for a struggling and anxious nation. A guiding hand for those who are not ready to give up, and for those who want to find a way past the negativity before things get worse. Americans still have hope, they are searching for the wisdom embedded in a Christian World View.

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  • One. well.
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  • Good evening, i'm alan jackson.
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  • Welcome to nashville.
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  • It was just one election, but now it's a three ring,
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  • Ongoing global event involving the business world.
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  • The entire government and the vast new media.
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  • The period between the election
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  • And the inauguration is moving fast with the president elect's
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  • Job appointments, government agencies bracing for budget cuts
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  • And the opinion latest media
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  • That's taking a big dive from the people
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  • Who either no longer believe
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  • What they're publishing or simply don't
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  • Like what they've heard about the red wave.
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  • Well, colin reed is a widely respected political strategist,
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  • And he's the co-founder of south and hill strategies.
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  • We've got a lot to talk about.
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  • Welcome back. colin.
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  • Hey, alan. it's great to be here. thanks for having me.
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  • Well, let's begin with mr.
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  • Trump's proposed staffing.
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  • Most, but not all of his choices have been well received.
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  • But his decision to nominate
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  • Former congressman matt gates was not.
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  • And today, gates withdrew his nomination.
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  • Do you think that was the result of senate republicans
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  • Telling the trump team that they didn't
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  • Think he would get approved,
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  • Or was the controversy around
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  • The media leaks of the previous investigation of gates
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  • That were published in the information in it
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  • Enough for mr.
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  • Trump to pull the plug?
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  • Well, time will tell, ellen, one thing i would say
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  • About the rapid pace of these picks is it has served
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  • To instill a shock and awe type mentality around here.
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  • And things are moving fast and furious.
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  • And the former president is uncharacteristically
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  • Out of the limelight for the most part,
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  • And is just putting his team in place.
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  • And it has the impact of taking up news cycles
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  • And consuming a lot of the attention,
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  • And really just focusing
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  • The narrative on the change that's to come.
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  • And 60 some ideas look as it relates to two former
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  • Congressman gates, usually an incoming administration.
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  • One of these picks goes down.
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  • Who knows whether or not he saw the writing on the wall
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  • And thought it'd be better to get out of the way now
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  • So as to not become a distraction,
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  • Not to drain precious capital from the former president.
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  • Or maybe those meetings didn't go well.
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  • Who knows?
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  • A couple of things i think are true.
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  • One, we have probably heard the last of matt gates.
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  • He's someone who has the president's ear.
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  • And,
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  • I assume he's
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  • Going to have another act
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  • Play in his political career, whether that's
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  • In the administration or elected office.
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  • And two, all eyes now turn on to that.
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  • Who's going to be the next attorney general picks
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  • And who's going to join that cabinet?
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  • Because,
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  • It has been the focal point of so much controversy
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  • And so much debate over the last four years.
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  • Well, it's generally agreed that president elect trump
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  • Will have two years to do what he wants,
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  • Given the makeup of the house and the senate.
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  • And we know that he likes to do more than one thing at a time.
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  • Well, the border in the economy or on the top of the list.
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  • Yet some democrats are already trying to
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  • Hurt the economy.
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  • It's hard to believe.
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  • Where do you think they're coming from with this?
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  • We've got so much to do, alan, in such a short amount of time
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  • To do it.
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  • And remember, in 2016, 2017, the first trump presidency,
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  • He had both republicans
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  • In both houses controlling both houses of congress then.
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  • And frankly, there was a lot of wasted motion.
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  • There was a lot of time.
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  • The spent on things that weren't terribly valuable.
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  • Of course there was the 2017 tax cuts and job acts.
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  • That should be one of the top priorities
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  • For the incoming congress and for the incoming administration.
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  • They have indisputably helped the economy up and down.
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  • Small business owners,
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  • All the people that
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  • President trump promised
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  • To help their fortune on the campaign trail,
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  • They're all watching anxiously for that.
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  • And that should be something where there,
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  • You know, hopefully should be some bipartisan support.
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  • We shouldn't. it shouldn't.
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  • It shouldn't be a partizan issue that we should keep
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  • Taxes low, especially on
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  • Some of these, these these these individual, exemptions
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  • That are really helpful for small business owners.
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  • So that's that's one thing
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  • I think that's that's probably priority number one.
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  • But if there's an issue where president elect
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  • Trump is, is is most known for it's getting serious
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  • About the border.
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  • He's got tom homan in place.
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  • Tom homans a force to be reckoned with.
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  • He's putting the right team in place.
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  • And you can bet
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  • You can bet your bottom dollar
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  • That the border is going to get a lot of attention,
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  • And it's going to need it, because,
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  • Frankly, the numbers, under this current
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  • Administration have just been appalling.
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  • And there's been too many lives lost.
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  • There's been so many countless tragic stories,
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  • Across the board.
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  • And, president elect knows it.
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  • He knows the voters need him to do it.
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  • And i would expect him to get to work on that posthaste.
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  • Well, homeland security reports that the violent venezuelan
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  • Gang known as trend agua, is building up a presence
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  • Not just nationally, but in washington, d.c., as well.
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  • On top of which, there are disturbing new figures
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  • That show nearly a million and a half
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  • Migrants have been ordered to be deported,
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  • But only 13,000 are being held by authorities now.
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  • One of them was the venezuelan gang member
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  • Who was just convicted of killing lincoln riley,
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  • Who will not see the light of day soon,
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  • According to the judge who presided over the case.
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  • But the judge also had a hopeful message for the family
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  • And friends of lincoln riley
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  • Right after he delivered the sentence.
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  • Count one.
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  • Malice murder a sentence you to life
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  • Without the possibility of parole.
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  • Count five.
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  • Life in prison consecutive to count one
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  • As many times as you
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  • Reflect on the loss.
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  • At some point, you start
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  • Smiling about the memories and,
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  • I'm hopeful that at some point that takes over
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  • To a certain extent.
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  • It was a deeply emotional moment that was broadcast nationwide.
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  • Garland, you live in the washington area
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  • Where that same gang is putting down roots now.
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  • Is that getting people stirred up enough
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  • To help force the eviction that trump supporters are
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  • Is intending to conduct?
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  • Well, gosh, it better, alan, because if it does,
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  • And i don't know what will and the reason that lincoln
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  • Riley story resonated the way it did
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  • Is because it was just such a thing
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  • To have someone go out running something that
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  • So many people do every morning and just not come home
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  • Because of a hate filled person
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  • Who was in this country illegally.
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  • The system had failed on so many different levels,
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  • And it just spoke to the sense that things were amiss.
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  • We have no control over who's coming into our country.
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  • We don't know if it's violent criminals.
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  • We have no way of keeping track of the people who are here.
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  • And it was just something that hit home for so many people
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  • And so many of the hearts broke for so many,
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  • For the riley family.
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  • And look, it's if you a country without borders
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  • Is no country at all.
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  • And it's something that president trump
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  • Not just this campaign, but the last one.
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  • It's one where he was out there on the stump.
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  • It's where he connected with his voters
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  • In such a powerful and impactful way. so now is the time.
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  • Well, let's
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  • Move to the potential cuts in government.
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  • The trump team has appointed the woman who helped
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  • Pick the new cabinet members.
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  • She's linda mcmahon, the former head of the small business
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  • Administration and co-founder of the wwe wrestling empire.
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  • Mr. trump has appointed her to the one department
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  • That they've spoken of shutting down
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  • The department of education.
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  • But her appointment there be a sign that it will be
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  • Shut down since someone that close to mr.
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  • Trump will be in charge.
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  • Seems like she could handle any possible blowback.
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  • Yeah, and she's got a stellar career
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  • In the private sector,
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  • An extremely accomplished person,
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  • Someone who was an innovator and a change agent
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  • In the first trump administration.
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  • And look,
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  • President trump was elected with a very clear, decisive
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  • When he was elected to shake up the status quo.
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  • He won the popular vote,
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  • Something a republican presidential
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  • Candidate hasn't done in two decades.
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  • And he's got capital,
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  • And he's got to figure out where to spend it.
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  • If he wants to do that, he can.
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  • It'll be a major undertaking.
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  • And it's, but it's one that's certainly looking at
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  • And that's, that goes across the board.
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  • There's so much inefficiency, there's so much waste.
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  • And that's why i think you're seeing things
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  • Like what elon is doing at his,
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  • Department of government efficiency agency
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  • That's getting so much buzz right now
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  • Because people are just looking at washington.
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  • They're looking at the bloat,
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  • They're looking at the bureaucracy.
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  • They're looking at the just sky-high debt and deficit.
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  • And they're thinking, this isn't how i run my family budget.
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  • This isn't how i run my business.
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  • Why are our elected leaders know better in some point,
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  • The bills going to come due and we gotta get serious about it.
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  • And we just know it's not going to happen from people
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  • Who spent their career in elected office.
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  • It's going to take people who have actually, signed the,
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  • The front of a paycheck, not just the back of one.
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  • Well, we'll be back with more from collin reid.
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  • He's our inside the beltway expert in just a moment.
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  • Stay with us.
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  • Stay with us.
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  • We're back now with political strategist colin reed.
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  • He's the co-founder of south and hill strategies.
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  • Colin, it's well known that the legacy news
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  • Media has been struggling to make a profit.
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  • In fact, msnbc
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  • Is now part of a cable spinoff
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  • That the corporate owners are planning.
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  • Cnn is cutting staff and salaries.
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  • And from what we see
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  • Publicly, the new york times and washington
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  • Post are trying to find a new footing,
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  • Something other than just beating up on trump.
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  • Well, maybe they can take a cue from the los angeles times,
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  • Which is openly acknowledge their left leaning tilt, and now
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  • Has the newsroom scrambling to get closer to the truth.
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  • Well, you've dealt with a lot of media over the years.
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  • What do you see happening following the red wave?
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  • There's a moment of accountability coming.
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  • Alan, i think there's this recognition that at some point,
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  • Some of the reporters that are just live
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  • And breathe in new york city or washington, d.c.,
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  • It's an echo chamber
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  • Where they're just talking to themselves
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  • And saying the same thing, and they're talking to people
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  • Who already believe what they're saying.
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  • So i think there's a recognition of that.
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  • And i also think that this idea
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  • That they can so openly put their fingers on the scale,
  • 00:09:51.872 --> 00:09:55.042
  • For or against one candidate, usually against a republican
  • 00:09:55.042 --> 00:09:58.578
  • Candidate, is
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  • Is is something that's not sustainable
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  • Because ultimately people
  • 00:10:01.782 --> 00:10:03.417
  • Just want to understand what's going on.
  • 00:10:03.417 --> 00:10:05.385
  • They have many choices.
  • 00:10:05.385 --> 00:10:06.887
  • In this digital age,
  • 00:10:06.887 --> 00:10:08.288
  • You get news from all different platforms, whether it's online
  • 00:10:08.288 --> 00:10:12.392
  • From twitter, you name it x, and people or if people don't
  • 00:10:12.392 --> 00:10:16.329
  • Like what they're getting, they can just move on.
  • 00:10:16.329 --> 00:10:17.764
  • It's a buyer's market.
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  • And that's the realization that these
  • 00:10:19.166 --> 00:10:21.234
  • That these legacy media is going to have to realize,
  • 00:10:21.234 --> 00:10:23.670
  • Especially in this trump era,
  • 00:10:23.670 --> 00:10:25.405
  • Where he's found a way to so successfully go around them
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  • And just create his own news, around the gatekeepers.
  • 00:10:28.175 --> 00:10:33.580
  • Well, for what it's worth, the co-host of msnbc's morning
  • 00:10:34.681 --> 00:10:37.684
  • Show have gone out of their way to try
  • 00:10:37.684 --> 00:10:39.586
  • To rebuild the relationship they used to have with mr.
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  • Trump.
  • 00:10:41.588 --> 00:10:42.622
  • Even flying to florida to meet with him privately.
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  • This is how they explained it the next day.
  • 00:10:45.692 --> 00:10:48.495
  • Now, we talked about a lot of issues, including abortion,
  • 00:10:48.495 --> 00:10:51.465
  • Mass deportation threats
  • 00:10:51.465 --> 00:10:53.166
  • And political retribution against political opponents
  • 00:10:53.166 --> 00:10:56.036
  • And media outlets.
  • 00:10:56.036 --> 00:10:57.137
  • We talked about that a good bit,
  • 00:10:57.137 --> 00:10:59.339
  • And it's going to come as no surprise to anybody who watches
  • 00:10:59.339 --> 00:11:03.043
  • This show,
  • 00:11:03.043 --> 00:11:04.277
  • Has watched it over the past year or over the past decade,
  • 00:11:04.277 --> 00:11:08.248
  • That we didn't see
  • 00:11:08.248 --> 00:11:09.316
  • Eye to eye on a lot of issues, and we told him so.
  • 00:11:09.316 --> 00:11:13.086
  • What we did agree on was to restart communications.
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  • Colin, do you think they've had a change of heart
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  • And will actually try to be fair,
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  • Or is this just a business decision?
  • 00:11:21.128 --> 00:11:23.830
  • Well, and it's when you've labeled someone
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  • On put someone on par with hitler,
  • 00:11:26.199 --> 00:11:28.935
  • It's tough to kind of have a change of heart.
  • 00:11:28.935 --> 00:11:31.271
  • That's not exactly changing a sweater or a pair of shoes.
  • 00:11:31.271 --> 00:11:33.974
  • And this is a problem that extends beyond just,
  • 00:11:33.974 --> 00:11:36.710
  • So many, trump opponents over the last
  • 00:11:36.710 --> 00:11:39.646
  • Eight years, frankly, have done so much to delegitimize him
  • 00:11:39.646 --> 00:11:42.883
  • And have done so much
  • 00:11:42.883 --> 00:11:43.950
  • To just put him on par with these outrageous people
  • 00:11:43.950 --> 00:11:47.654
  • That they're going to have a hard time
  • 00:11:47.654 --> 00:11:48.822
  • Convincing anyone that this is not about ratings.
  • 00:11:48.822 --> 00:11:51.191
  • And, look, god bless.
  • 00:11:51.191 --> 00:11:52.359
  • They if they get an interview out of it with the former
  • 00:11:52.359 --> 00:11:54.995
  • President, it'll be a ratings bonanza.
  • 00:11:54.995 --> 00:11:57.063
  • It'll probably be a win win for both parties.
  • 00:11:57.063 --> 00:11:59.533
  • And if that's the play here, i don't really begrudge him.
  • 00:11:59.533 --> 00:12:02.669
  • The people who are more upset are those who are on the left
  • 00:12:02.669 --> 00:12:05.372
  • And the meltdown that are people are just saying,
  • 00:12:05.372 --> 00:12:07.007
  • How could you go and give this guy credibility?
  • 00:12:07.007 --> 00:12:09.442
  • Look at you, the president,
  • 00:12:09.442 --> 00:12:10.544
  • He's a president elect, whether they like it or not.
  • 00:12:10.544 --> 00:12:12.212
  • And at some point, it's time to put,
  • 00:12:12.212 --> 00:12:15.849
  • The partizanship of the election down
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  • And move forward to the business of governing the country.
  • 00:12:17.450 --> 00:12:19.820
  • And, and if you
  • 00:12:19.820 --> 00:12:20.921
  • If you don't like the guy
  • 00:12:20.921 --> 00:12:21.955
  • Giving him a shot because there's so much to do,
  • 00:12:21.955 --> 00:12:23.924
  • There's a short amount of time to do it.
  • 00:12:23.924 --> 00:12:25.625
  • And, he just won, a commanding victory.
  • 00:12:25.625 --> 00:12:31.431
  • Well, finally, before
  • 00:12:31.932 --> 00:12:32.833
  • We go,
  • 00:12:32.833 --> 00:12:33.767
  • Do you have a sense of how the business
  • 00:12:33.767 --> 00:12:35.135
  • Community is responding?
  • 00:12:35.135 --> 00:12:36.670
  • Mr. trump seems determined to make things better
  • 00:12:36.670 --> 00:12:38.772
  • For american business.
  • 00:12:38.772 --> 00:12:39.739
  • And especially the small business community.
  • 00:12:39.739 --> 00:12:42.375
  • Lower taxes, better investment environment, fewer regulations.
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  • What are you hearing about how he's being received?
  • 00:12:46.246 --> 00:12:49.282
  • Well, the biden administration
  • 00:12:49.282 --> 00:12:50.383
  • Was just chockablock with regulatory red tape
  • 00:12:50.383 --> 00:12:54.120
  • That was just smothering
  • 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:55.255
  • So much innovation in this country,
  • 00:12:55.255 --> 00:12:56.890
  • Whether it was
  • 00:12:56.890 --> 00:12:57.991
  • Some of these lawsuits coming out of the doj or ftc,
  • 00:12:57.991 --> 00:13:00.660
  • Epa was just every, every, every which way you look.
  • 00:13:00.660 --> 00:13:03.964
  • They were trying to impede energy producers
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  • Because they were trying to pursue an agenda.
  • 00:13:06.800 --> 00:13:08.635
  • And it's interesting,
  • 00:13:08.635 --> 00:13:10.203
  • People sometimes think that a lot of these really bad
  • 00:13:10.203 --> 00:13:12.372
  • Policies are passed by law, but frequently,
  • 00:13:12.372 --> 00:13:15.408
  • They're not they're just done
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  • By these faceless agencies who pass rules, or issues
  • 00:13:16.509 --> 00:13:20.580
  • Issue sort of sweeping mandates that are never voted on,
  • 00:13:20.580 --> 00:13:24.217
  • But they become law and they have great,
  • 00:13:24.217 --> 00:13:25.952
  • Great detriment to america's job creators.
  • 00:13:25.952 --> 00:13:28.421
  • So the business community is excited.
  • 00:13:28.421 --> 00:13:30.690
  • They're open minded.
  • 00:13:30.690 --> 00:13:31.791
  • They're really watching elon, what's going to happen
  • 00:13:31.791 --> 00:13:33.994
  • With these tax cuts and jobs act, the tca.
  • 00:13:33.994 --> 00:13:36.363
  • Because without action, those all expire at the end of 2025.
  • 00:13:36.363 --> 00:13:39.900
  • And that's a gigantic tax
  • 00:13:39.900 --> 00:13:41.635
  • Hike for pretty much everybody in america.
  • 00:13:41.635 --> 00:13:43.603
  • And washington.
  • 00:13:43.603 --> 00:13:44.838
  • Dc's got this really bad habit of waiting until the last minute
  • 00:13:44.838 --> 00:13:47.707
  • Before they get anything done.
  • 00:13:47.707 --> 00:13:48.808
  • Let's hope they get off their case
  • 00:13:48.808 --> 00:13:49.943
  • And get something done sooner, because
  • 00:13:49.943 --> 00:13:51.578
  • That is what the business
  • 00:13:51.578 --> 00:13:52.512
  • Community really needs above all else,
  • 00:13:52.512 --> 00:13:54.547
  • To know that they have
  • 00:13:54.547 --> 00:13:55.715
  • A little bit of certainty, a little bit of stability
  • 00:13:55.715 --> 00:13:57.784
  • As they look ahead.
  • 00:13:57.784 --> 00:14:00.253
  • Carl, i want to ask one more question.
  • 00:14:01.054 --> 00:14:03.023
  • You've seen a few of these moments
  • 00:14:03.023 --> 00:14:04.190
  • Before when the party in power seems to have momentum.
  • 00:14:04.190 --> 00:14:07.794
  • Politicians being politicians,
  • 00:14:08.395 --> 00:14:09.796
  • They often choose individual choices
  • 00:14:09.796 --> 00:14:11.464
  • Rather than moving forward as a group.
  • 00:14:11.464 --> 00:14:13.533
  • That's true of both republicans and democrats.
  • 00:14:13.533 --> 00:14:16.403
  • With the house and senate leadership now in place,
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  • Do you think they may find a way to course correct
  • 00:14:18.872 --> 00:14:21.074
  • On some or most of what's weakened
  • 00:14:21.074 --> 00:14:22.509
  • The economy and the safety of our country?
  • 00:14:22.509 --> 00:14:25.111
  • Well, this one feels you're right, alan, i've seen this.
  • 00:14:25.111 --> 00:14:27.314
  • I've been around the block a time or two,
  • 00:14:27.314 --> 00:14:28.515
  • But this one feels a little bit different
  • 00:14:28.515 --> 00:14:29.983
  • Because of just some of the cultural changes right now.
  • 00:14:29.983 --> 00:14:32.652
  • You see nfl players doing trump dances in the end zone.
  • 00:14:32.652 --> 00:14:35.689
  • You see trump building a coalition of people,
  • 00:14:35.689 --> 00:14:37.857
  • Frankly, that aren't just republicans or conservatives,
  • 00:14:37.857 --> 00:14:39.793
  • But he's got people like
  • 00:14:39.793 --> 00:14:41.428
  • Robert kennedy, a lifelong democrat, for better
  • 00:14:41.428 --> 00:14:43.763
  • Or worse, potentially bleeding the health and human services.
  • 00:14:43.763 --> 00:14:46.967
  • So there's there's something that's happening right now
  • 00:14:46.967 --> 00:14:49.636
  • That feels a little bit more like a seismic change
  • 00:14:49.636 --> 00:14:52.472
  • Than just the traditional
  • 00:14:52.472 --> 00:14:54.174
  • Changing of the guard every 4 or 8 years in this town.
  • 00:14:54.174 --> 00:14:56.676
  • But look, this is incumbent on the president elect.
  • 00:14:56.676 --> 00:14:59.612
  • He worked really hard to earn the votes.
  • 00:14:59.612 --> 00:15:02.015
  • He did.
  • 00:15:02.015 --> 00:15:03.049
  • Now comes the really hard business of governing.
  • 00:15:03.049 --> 00:15:04.684
  • And whether he wants to do it,
  • 00:15:04.684 --> 00:15:06.619
  • Whether he can't do it up to him,
  • 00:15:06.619 --> 00:15:08.421
  • But he's got he's got the wind in his back right now.
  • 00:15:08.421 --> 00:15:11.091
  • He's got capital to spend.
  • 00:15:11.091 --> 00:15:12.759
  • And he's got, he's got, he's got all the things he needs
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  • To, to execute the things he said he was going to do.
  • 00:15:16.096 --> 00:15:20.867
  • Well, colin reed is always a pleasure to have you join us.
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  • Thanks for sharing.
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  • What you know from inside the washington scene.
  • 00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:28.174
  • It's very helpful to those of us in the countryside and.
  • 00:15:28.174 --> 00:15:31.344
  • Grateful for the time.
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  • Ellen, take care.
  • 00:15:32.645 --> 00:15:35.682
  • Well, in a moment i'll have some thoughts of my own
  • 00:15:35.682 --> 00:15:38.151
  • As we transition into an even more hopeful place.
  • 00:15:38.151 --> 00:15:45.994
  • As we transition into an even more hopeful place.
  • 00:15:45.994 --> 00:15:49.664
  • You know, our nation
  • 00:15:50.132 --> 00:15:51.199
  • Is the most unusual experiment in self-government.
  • 00:15:51.199 --> 00:15:54.336
  • The people we send to washington, d.c., are imagined
  • 00:15:54.336 --> 00:15:56.938
  • To be a representation of us, of our values, of our choices,
  • 00:15:56.938 --> 00:16:00.742
  • Of our dreams and our aspirations.
  • 00:16:00.742 --> 00:16:03.311
  • Well, this most recent election was a very
  • 00:16:03.311 --> 00:16:06.114
  • Loud repudiation of those who have had authority over us.
  • 00:16:06.114 --> 00:16:09.785
  • It seems to those of us who live in the hinterland.
  • 00:16:09.785 --> 00:16:12.354
  • And that would be me.
  • 00:16:12.354 --> 00:16:13.655
  • We're in flyover country, those places
  • 00:16:13.655 --> 00:16:15.557
  • That nobody seems to pay any attention to.
  • 00:16:15.557 --> 00:16:17.659
  • We're outside the beltway.
  • 00:16:17.659 --> 00:16:18.994
  • We're not included.
  • 00:16:18.994 --> 00:16:19.761
  • Typically, in the invitations
  • 00:16:19.761 --> 00:16:21.530
  • To the celebrated elite universities.
  • 00:16:21.530 --> 00:16:24.332
  • We stand beyond that.
  • 00:16:24.332 --> 00:16:26.034
  • Well, we still have a voice and it's been expressed.
  • 00:16:26.034 --> 00:16:28.870
  • But i think it's very important
  • 00:16:28.870 --> 00:16:30.272
  • That we maintain awareness of what's happening
  • 00:16:30.272 --> 00:16:32.374
  • And that we not just hand the baton
  • 00:16:32.374 --> 00:16:34.009
  • To newly elected officials
  • 00:16:34.009 --> 00:16:35.977
  • And imagine they will initiate change.
  • 00:16:35.977 --> 00:16:38.280
  • They're living in the midst of the swamp,
  • 00:16:38.280 --> 00:16:40.015
  • And there's tremendous
  • 00:16:40.015 --> 00:16:41.049
  • Gravitational pull to maintain the status quo.
  • 00:16:41.049 --> 00:16:44.252
  • I believe what we have said is we won't accept the values
  • 00:16:44.252 --> 00:16:47.456
  • That they've been pushing at us, that we want
  • 00:16:47.456 --> 00:16:48.990
  • To see a restoration of freedom of speech.
  • 00:16:48.990 --> 00:16:51.593
  • We won't tolerate censorship even if it's labeled
  • 00:16:51.593 --> 00:16:54.663
  • Misinformation or disinformation.
  • 00:16:54.663 --> 00:16:56.765
  • That we have the right to our opinion
  • 00:16:56.765 --> 00:16:58.400
  • And the right to express it.
  • 00:16:58.400 --> 00:17:00.202
  • I believe we said that we intend to defend our children,
  • 00:17:00.202 --> 00:17:02.838
  • That we will not abandon them
  • 00:17:02.838 --> 00:17:04.806
  • To people who say that their biological sex
  • 00:17:04.806 --> 00:17:07.209
  • Is irrelevant and they should be relabeled,
  • 00:17:07.209 --> 00:17:09.044
  • If they so choose,
  • 00:17:09.044 --> 00:17:10.612
  • That we won't tolerate pornographic, vile material
  • 00:17:10.612 --> 00:17:13.615
  • Being put in our children's libraries while we stay silent.
  • 00:17:13.615 --> 00:17:17.319
  • The arguments that are always pushed
  • 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.787
  • Forward are really intended just to distract us.
  • 00:17:18.787 --> 00:17:22.023
  • They say we want to ban books.
  • 00:17:22.023 --> 00:17:24.392
  • We want no such thing.
  • 00:17:24.392 --> 00:17:25.627
  • We simply want age appropriate learning.
  • 00:17:25.627 --> 00:17:28.196
  • We want biological sex to be recognized again.
  • 00:17:28.196 --> 00:17:31.099
  • We want the values of the heartland of america
  • 00:17:31.099 --> 00:17:33.468
  • To be reflected by those who we've given power
  • 00:17:33.468 --> 00:17:35.904
  • To make policy decisions to lead us, and we will not relent.
  • 00:17:35.904 --> 00:17:40.442
  • I'm grateful that god has awakened
  • 00:17:40.442 --> 00:17:42.511
  • Us, but i want to encourage you not to
  • 00:17:42.511 --> 00:17:44.079
  • Step back into the shadows and be quiet.
  • 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:46.448
  • We'll have to stand with our faith
  • 00:17:46.448 --> 00:17:48.016
  • And courage and determination
  • 00:17:48.016 --> 00:17:49.985
  • To see the changes that we desire be implemented.
  • 00:17:49.985 --> 00:17:53.021
  • If we do that, i promise you there's more reasons for hope
  • 00:17:53.021 --> 00:17:56.057
  • Than despair.
  • 00:17:56.424 --> 00:17:57.959
  • When we return.
  • 00:17:57.959 --> 00:17:58.860
  • I'm going to read some of your emails.
  • 00:17:58.860 --> 00:18:05.995
  • I'm going to read some of your emails.
  • 00:18:05.995 --> 00:18:08.204
  • Thank you for taking the time
  • 00:18:08.838 --> 00:18:10.206
  • To share your thoughts and opinions with us.
  • 00:18:10.206 --> 00:18:12.208
  • Your emails matter.
  • 00:18:12.208 --> 00:18:13.743
  • John from florida writes, our cousins, we don't often
  • 00:18:13.743 --> 00:18:16.512
  • See are getting together with us for thanksgiving this year.
  • 00:18:16.512 --> 00:18:19.615
  • I learned that one of the teenagers
  • 00:18:19.615 --> 00:18:20.883
  • Is now dating the same sex.
  • 00:18:20.883 --> 00:18:22.752
  • How do i lead with my faith around the table
  • 00:18:22.752 --> 00:18:24.687
  • When i disagree with that lifestyle?
  • 00:18:24.687 --> 00:18:27.290
  • Well, so and that's the challenge.
  • 00:18:27.290 --> 00:18:28.457
  • That is a part of most families in the holiday season.
  • 00:18:28.457 --> 00:18:31.794
  • We are diverse groups of folks,
  • 00:18:31.794 --> 00:18:33.529
  • And we seldom agree universally on anything,
  • 00:18:33.529 --> 00:18:36.832
  • Even about what our favorite side dish
  • 00:18:36.832 --> 00:18:38.634
  • For thanksgiving or christmas might be.
  • 00:18:38.634 --> 00:18:41.070
  • When you recognize you've got a diversity of opinions,
  • 00:18:41.070 --> 00:18:43.506
  • We could treat one another with love and respect and dignity.
  • 00:18:43.506 --> 00:18:46.709
  • And then we would imagine that the other people
  • 00:18:46.709 --> 00:18:48.277
  • At the table would treat our values
  • 00:18:48.277 --> 00:18:49.979
  • With that same love and respect and dignity.
  • 00:18:49.979 --> 00:18:53.149
  • We can survive disagreement.
  • 00:18:53.149 --> 00:18:55.318
  • We won't survive censorship.
  • 00:18:55.318 --> 00:18:57.420
  • So don't go to the meal angry.
  • 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.788
  • Don't go condemning.
  • 00:18:58.788 --> 00:19:00.556
  • If you have expressed
  • 00:19:00.556 --> 00:19:02.491
  • A biblical worldview in the past,
  • 00:19:02.491 --> 00:19:03.859
  • I'm pretty confident
  • 00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.894
  • The people around the table know your opinion.
  • 00:19:04.894 --> 00:19:07.063
  • Now we find a way forward while we wait
  • 00:19:07.063 --> 00:19:09.165
  • To see the spirit of god move in our lives to initiate change.
  • 00:19:09.165 --> 00:19:13.035
  • And finally, from
  • 00:19:13.469 --> 00:19:14.170
  • Janine in utah, she said,
  • 00:19:14.170 --> 00:19:15.371
  • Our son was exposed to an inappropriate book.
  • 00:19:15.371 --> 00:19:17.940
  • How do we make sure he's not scarred in any way
  • 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:20.076
  • After seeing or reading this book?
  • 00:19:20.076 --> 00:19:22.345
  • Well, ginny,
  • 00:19:22.345 --> 00:19:23.145
  • I don't know how old your son is,
  • 00:19:23.145 --> 00:19:24.313
  • But i assure you, the children are exposed
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  • To many things that are inappropriate.
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  • And gratefully,
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  • One exposure does not typically result in a permanent scar.
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  • Help them understand why it's not appropriate.
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  • Point them towards something that's better
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  • And then move forward. god brings healing.
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  • He designed us to heal physically.
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  • He's also designed us to heal emotionally.
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  • Well, if you haven't yet, take a moment
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  • You have a wonderful evening.
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