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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson Now: Voter ID | Allen Jackson Now | March 23, 2026

Good evening and welcome to nashville.
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I'm alan jackson.
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You know, the 1960s had its share of good things and bad.
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Neil armstrong walked on the moon.
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But the president who promised that we would get to the moon.
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He was assassinated.
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The civil rights act and the voting rights
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Act were both approved.
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There were some historic scientific achievements.
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The beatles and the beach boys,
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They brought smiles to a lot of people.
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The two political parties in washington, well,
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They actually worked together.
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And congress
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Had an approval rating of 60% because they got things done.
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You know what their approval rating is now?
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It's about 15% on a good day.
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You can watch the shenanigans all day long on c-span.
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But back then,
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The democrats
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And republicans would gather in the cloakroom out of sight,
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And they would
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Actually make deals on behalf of the american people.
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Just imagine that.
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Well, now the polarization.
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Polarization is so deep that you bet that
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If something president trump wants done,
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The democrats are going to say, no, take this.
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Save america act. that's the bill
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That would prevent non-citizens from voting.
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But you'd think it would be an easy one.
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We don't get to vote for the president of france or mexico.
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So why should visitors be allowed to vote here?
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It simply requires that you can only vote
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If you're a citizen of the united states.
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So your birth certificate
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Or your passport and you get to vote.
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It's no more challenging than anywhere that ids
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Are required to be shown,
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Whether it's a bank or a library or airports,
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Even if taking a tour of the us capitol.
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Now it feels completely
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Foolish to me that we don't want to have voter id.
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It's allergy season here in tennessee.
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If you've been coughing or sniffling lately,
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Well before you go to the drugstore,
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I hope you have your government issued photo
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Id with you because you're going to need it.
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If you want to purchase something like sudafed.
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Now, even though voters from both sides of the aisle
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Overwhelmingly are in favor of requiring id,
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How is it our elected officials can't come together
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To accomplish the will of the people?
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Well, the reality is, if the messaging from the media
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Reflected the reality of how voters
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Actually feel on this issue, it would get done.
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Instead, they consistently say requiring id is
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Jim crow 2.0, referring to the practices in the u.s.
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That enforced racial segregation
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And discrimination against black americans.
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Or they say women wouldn't be able to vote.
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The idea that voter id laws somehow
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Prevent women from voting.
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It's not just misleading, it's insulting.
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I think women are smart enough to get their id
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Lined up with their voting record.
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People shouldn't be able to vote
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Without verifying who they are.
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That's just common sense.
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There's another item.
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Anyone who was here illegally, maybe they just go home.
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No exceptions.
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They knew what they were doing was illegal when they made
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Great efforts to avoid detection upon their arrival.
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What if i said i'd like to go make illegal withdrawals
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From the bank? it'd make my life better.
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But then i expect you to show compassion to me
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While i stole other people's money.
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Not likely.
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Well, i recently had a conversation
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With a representative of pregnancy centers
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That was shocked to find out that some pregnancy centers
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Didn't want to tell women
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Not to get an abortion because they didn't
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Want the women to feel pressured or intimidated.
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You know, when i was talking, i said, you're telling me
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That women can be presidents, senators, astronauts, pilots.
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But then, on the other hand,
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Women can be so bullied and intimidated
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That they can't be responsible for their actions,
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That they aren't strong enough to stand up for themselves.
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I believe women can be strong, that they can be
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Equal parts in the journey and be responsible for whatever.
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I respectfully disagreed with representative's premise.
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It was all wrapped up in a great
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Deal of language that suggested it was christian compassion.
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Well, it's not compassionate to go through with an abortion
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Because you don't want to do something difficult.
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Now there's another talking point
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That's gained traction in recent years.
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It's reparations.
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Reparations from americans is either oppressors or victims.
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I disagree with that presumption.
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We don't have to scour our history
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To find the place where we were abused,
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So that we can find an unfair advantage today.
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Let's see.
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The world is filled with opportunities,
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Not as if it were
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Filled with obstacles that diminish our opportunities.
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Expressions of strength and exceptionalism.
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I think we have to continue to feed those,
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Or we're going to leave our young people
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And the generations that follow us very vulnerable.
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I was recently asked by an interviewer on a news network.
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Aren't christians supposed to be kind?
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And i replied, not always.
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Jesus is referenced as the judge of all the earth.
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Jesus told his adversaries the truth.
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He would make statements to the hypocritical
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Religious leaders of the day that you're whitewashed tombs.
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You're a bunch of snakes. you're blind guides.
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Then he would turn and look at the people and say,
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Don't follow them.
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Well, the problem for us today is that we think our enemies
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Will like us if we don't tell them.
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What we think they're doing is wrong.
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We shouldn't be filled with belligerence or get violent.
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But i do have a question.
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Are we going to have the courage to speak up for the truth,
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To speak up for a biblical worldview?
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We can't surrender our voices to the point that we no longer
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Have a seat at the table.
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Let's find the courage to tell the truth.
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Let our voices be heard in the public square.
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Well, joining us next on the program,
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It's going to be jeffrey lord. i'll be right back.
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It's going to be jeffrey lord. i'll be right back.
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Senate leader john thune quite rightly said
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That voting is one of this country's sacred rights.
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He's the one trying to carry
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This save america bill all the way to the white house.
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Democrats have been trying to claim
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That the bill is a hidden attempt
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At eliminating minority voters from the process.
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Let's see what jeffrey lord has to say about that.
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He's been navigating the ways of washington for years.
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Welcome back to the program, jeffrey.
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Good to be here. good to be here.
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The democrats claim that it's very hard
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For minority voters to prove they are citizens,
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And challenging for them
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To get a copy of their birth certificate.
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Is there any truth to that?
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No, there's no truth.
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I mean, you know, the insult this is to minority americans
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That they have no idea how to get a driver's license
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Or how to get an id card is just ridiculous.
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I live in suburban harrisburg,
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Right across the susquehanna river from the capitol itself.
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You cross that river, you go down a couple of miles,
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And there is a massive building there.
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That is the pennsylvania department of transportation.
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And on any given workday,
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When you go in there, there was a huge line of people
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Waiting to have their photos taken for a driver's license.
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And you can't go anywhere.
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You know, i can't literally what are
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And i always laugh at this.
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Pennsylvania decided a number of years
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Ago, not all that long ago, but a number of years ago
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To, let grocery stores sell booze.
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Well, okay.
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So i go in there to buy a bottle of wine.
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And yes, indeed,
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They want me to present a photo id that verifies that i am 18.
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And i always tell them i love coming there.
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Okay.
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And and try to
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Make a habit of it so that somebody says, you know,
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We we we need to see that you're over 18.
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Well, your youthful good looks come with some penalties.
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Yeah.
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I mean, you know, when it when it, when that's the,
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The position they take and has to get a regular i.d..
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I mean, all of this fuss about having one hour or,
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You know,
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We're not wanting to give people one
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That proves who they are when they go to vote.
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I mean,
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Maybe it's just my puritanical self,
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But i would say voting is more important than a glass of wine.
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Amen.
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Well, it looks to me like this nonsense from the democrats
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Really has nothing to do with birth certificates or passports.
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Listen to how senator joni ernst put it.
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This is common sense.
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We need to ensure that our elections are safe.
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We need to make sure that voters are showing i.d.
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And proving
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That they're actually eligible to vote in these elections.
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I'm not a politician, but it seems to me
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That this is really an extension of their open border plan.
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It was designed to pump up their dwindling voting ranks.
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What do you think?
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Yeah. you know, you have to wonder.
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You know, you listen to senator ernst there.
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She's.
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What she's talking about really is
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Just plain old fashioned common sense.
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And when you've got something that is so common sensical,
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And i think i've seen polls that even the majority of democrats
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Are in favor of this.
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But when you've got a position
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That is so filled with common sense and politicians, career
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Politicians, that that don't want any part of it,
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That should tell you something about,
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You know, the real reason for the opposition.
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You know, there are some things getting straightened out,
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But it's only when the president signs an executive order
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And can get it done without relying on congress.
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You know better,
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Cleaner and healthier food for our children is one of them.
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Know, i know this is a very important issue for the country.
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So tell us some of what's been done
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That's truly making a difference.
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Well, you know, i think one of the most important things
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Here is that president trump came to office as an outsider.
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He'd never run for office.
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He'd never, been a governor or a senator
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Or a congressman or a county commissioner, for that matter.
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And i think that that gave him a unique perspective
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On how washington runs and doesn't run.
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And what's wrong?
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And in doing that,
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He, he has,
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I think this is why so many of the american people support him,
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Because they were tired of the same old political stuff
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That came from career politicians
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Whose livelihood depended on getting elected.
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And that was not the case with donald trump.
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And, you know, i had the chance to visit with him,
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Back in 2013 before he ran for president.
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And i asked him about this, and he went on it at great length.
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Where the private citizens view of,
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Of politics and an elective office
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And the presidency, he was clearly thinking of it,
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At that point.
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And, you know, that is a good thing.
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We we tend to think of and we clean it all up
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And think that politicians
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Are public servants and yes, sure they are.
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I was one for a long time as a staffer.
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But, you know, there's more to it than that.
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And the picture i have over my shoulder
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There of president reagan, he is very much.
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And, trump used to kid me because every time i go on
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Cnn in 2016 or 2020 or whatever, i would compare him
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To president reagan.
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And the reason i did
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That is because president reagan, like president trump,
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Never held public office until he ran
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For governor of california
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And then went on to the to the white house.
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This was a whole new deal.
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He brought a whole new way of thinking of things
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From the perspective of a private citizen.
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And i remember i remember him telling me, telling others.
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Two of the staff that on
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The first time
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He got a paycheck in hollywood,
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90% of it went to taxes.
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And he was he was so astonished.
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And from that moment
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On, he began to understand the importance of low taxes
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And all of that, and made that a sort of career stamp for it.
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You know, another issue that the president is addressing
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Is to talk about reparations.
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As usual, the democrats are all over it.
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They're trying to push conservatives into a corner.
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They're leaving out a key piece.
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If they're
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So into paying reparations,
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Then when are they going
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To open up their own purse to pay for it?
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Well, that's exactly right.
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And i've written about this.
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You know, you know me, a geek that i am.
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I have gone back and read every platform
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Of the democratic party since it was formed.
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And lo and behold, what did i find?
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They formally,
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In these early platforms, formally endorsed slavery.
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Yes, indeed, they are on record as the democratic party
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Supporting slavery.
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That being the case,
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I would suggest that since they were responsible,
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And advocating slavery, that they should pay for it.
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And, they can start with reparations now,
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As far as i'm concerned.
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Well, jeffrey, we need to take a short break.
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We stand by for another segment.
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A lot more to talk about.
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You bet.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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We're back now
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With jeffrey lord, a key adviser to president reagan.
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You can see them together in that picture behind them.
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You know, there's another front page issue
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That many americans are hoping to get settled.
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It's funding for the department of homeland security.
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It's a security issue.
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And the people who work on protecting us.
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They need to get paid.
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President trump is certainly making that case.
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Listen to his comments.
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The democrats are, in fact, the democrats.
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We have a deal.
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They just said we're not going to pay.
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We're not going to do anything.
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And it's terrible.
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Here we are.
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We're fighting
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Big battles with a very tough enemy and winning nicely.
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And we're not allowed to have security in our country.
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It's crazy.
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You know, i get that the democrats
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Want to push back on trump.
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But is it this going to backfire on them this fall?
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Yes. yes.
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You know, one of the things that
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Political opponents of any party need to learn
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When they're dealing with an incumbent president
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From the other party,
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They have to separate opposing on issue
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A, b or c and or,
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And instead of that being seen as people who just
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If he's attached to the issue,
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If the president's attached to the issue, they're opposed.
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That doesn't get the country anywhere.
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And the thing that always amazes me is they don't understand
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How this backfires.
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The american people
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Are not like, you know, political geeks like me.
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They're out there every day doing their thing,
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Getting up at, you know, crack at dawn to go to work,
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Feeding their family, work work work work work.
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And when you when you do that, you're not paying attention
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To all the ins and outs of politics.
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And when you see somebody coming into your living room
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At 630 every night on television, playing
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Politics with your livelihood and your family and all of this.
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It doesn't go over well, and it can backfire easily
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And be a real downer when it comes to elections.
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And this is no surprise, an election year.
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Well, i want to talk for a moment about abortion.
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The pro-life organizations
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Have been pointing out that four years
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After the dobbs decision and the end of row,
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Abortions are up largely because of the easy access
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To the abortion pill.
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That's the one that was rushed through for approval.
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Without the full testing,
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That is usually a part of the process.
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Pro-lifers make the case at the end of roll
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Wasn't the end, but rather the end of the beginning.
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At least that's how doctor ben carson described it.
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Tell our viewers who prefer to see all god's children alive.
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What they can do now to turn this around in washington.
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Well, they have to get the the the basic
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Political support from from the from the ground up, as it were.
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The groundswell.
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And, and i would say in terms of the abortion situation,
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That's a pretty hard road to, to sew because what we
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Now we are all these years later after,
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The ro decision and you've got whole generations out there
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Who've been growing up thinking that, their right to abortion
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Is, is, you know, like getting a driver's license.
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Well, i think we'd be remiss without getting your thoughts
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On the diminishment of iran and terrorism overall.
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You went through some tough times with president reagan,
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But the media and the democrats weren't quite as aggressive
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Then as they are now.
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How would you advise
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President trump to help get everyone to see the light,
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Which is sure to come this summer?
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Well, president reagan's
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Motto, as it were, was peace through strength.
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And one of the things
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That i thought was very telling about him, which he would talk
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About in later years, is, if you remember, when he was,
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He hadn't
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Been president for very long, and we got to august of 1981
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And the air traffic controllers, a federal union
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That was forbidden, you know, by law from striking
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Threaten to go out on strike anyway.
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And president reagan said, if you strike, i will fire you.
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Well, the common
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Wisdom in in washington was he wouldn't have the nerve.
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They went on strike and he did.
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And what
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Was not realized at the time was the people who were paying
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Very close attention to that was the soviet union. why?
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Because they began to realize that when he said something,
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He meant it.
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And when he said, we're dealing with the evil empire,
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As he called the soviet union,
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They knew that they had a problem
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On their hands with this american president,
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That he wasn't just going to simply roll over and do things.
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And that's the kind of attitude
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That i think president trump has.
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I think what we're seeing in iran right now
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Is his view that this was not acceptable.
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He was not going to let, iran get a nuclear weapon,
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And he was going to do
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Whatever he felt he should do to to stop it, that it was,
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Easy to imagine that, an attack,
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On, american allies on israel or what have you,
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Or even the united states itself could in fact, be imminent
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And not to fool around with it and to take action.
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So we did one last quick question.
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You know, expressions of american strength
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Today seemed to be received with a good deal of skepticism,
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If not just out and out anger and resentment.
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Is that different, or was it the same in reagan's day?
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Oh, i think it's i think the feeling is somewhat
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The same here.
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Remember that president reagan succeeded.
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God bless.
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And jimmy carter,
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A lovely man, a lovely christian, and all of this.
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But he was perceived, pretty universally out
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In the international scene as being very weak.
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And so too, is that the situation with joe biden,
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Who certainly left people with that impression,
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And on top of which, he had his own mental
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Frailty issues and all of this kind of thing.
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So with that, president, president trump has made it
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Crystal clear that, you know, he's
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Not going to put up with any nonsense.
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And, i think the world has begun to understand that.
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And they're being very careful and how they deal with it.
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Well, jeffrey lord, thank you for joining us again tonight.
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Please stay in touch.
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We'll see you again soon. you bet.
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Thank you.
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I'll be back with your emails after this short break.
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I'll be back with your emails after this short break.
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Thank you for taking the time to send us
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Your thoughts and your questions.
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Your opinions. they're important to us.
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Jeffrey lord reminded us about abortion, that there's
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This widespread sentiment that it's a right.
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We get lots of your emails and questions
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About the abortion issue and what to do.
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I think he reminded us that there's an assignment
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That the church has to embrace.
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We've got to take the truth about the sanctity of human life
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And teach it around our kitchen tables.
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Let it become a part
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Of our families again, a part of our conversations.
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We've been far too influenced by the world.
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We need a little bit more of the fear of god,
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A respect for god
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That will give us a greater sense
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Of the sanctity of human life, both at the beginning of life,
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At the end of life.
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It's the assignment of the church. we got to stand up.
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Malcolm from new hampshire wrote,
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Why can't we learn appeasement of the alligator
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Just means you're the last one eaten.
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I think we've learned too much of that.
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It's time to find some courage and stand up.
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We've been appeasing evil.
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It'll never yield.
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Evil will never yield except to a force greater than itself.
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And finally, fern from california.
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She said my table.
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I was blessed with parents who read god's word every day.
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Bibles underlined, written on in the margins.
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It's okay to write in the bible.
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My parents each wore our bibles pages, falling out
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Several bibles in their lifetimes.
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And i've done the same.
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Daddy's bible was on the kitchen table.
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Mothers on the coffee table in the living room by
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My table has my bible on it. i read it daily.
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I'm 88 and i've read it many versions many times.
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Each reading brings something new that i haven't seen before.
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Daily readings bring huge blessings for.
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Thank you for the reminder.
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You know we have the great privilege
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Of having access to the bible, to the word of god.
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Let's stop quibbling about which translation is the best
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And just start reading
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The one that we can have access to god's word when you read it.
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It read you. it'll change your life.
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Thank you for spending a few minutes of your day with us.
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God bless you and have a good evening.
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