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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Voter Verdict | Allen Jackson Now | June 23, 2026
- Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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- I'm alan jackson.
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- One of the most important responsibilities of a free press
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- Is helping citizens understand what's happening in the world
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- Around them.
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- Americans expect the facts to be presented
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- Fairly and accurately,
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- And in a way that helps them make informed decisions
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- About the issues
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- That are affecting their families,
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- Their communities, and their country.
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- Well, lately, that task seems to have become
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- Much more difficult.
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- We've seen that play out with the rapidly
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- Developing situation involving iran.
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- In recent days, vice president j.d.
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- Vance announced significant progress
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- In negotiations with tehran following talks in switzerland.
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- Administration officials
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- Say iran has agreed
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- To allow nuclear inspectors back into the country.
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- The strait of hormuz is opening and any future sanctions relief
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- Will be tied to verified compliance,
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- Rather than just promises made by iranian leaders.
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- Well, those developments
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- Suggest that military pressure, combined with diplomacy,
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- May be producing results
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- That would have been impossible just a year ago.
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- Yeah.
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- Much of the public conversation sounded very different.
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- News coverage often focused on the possibility
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- Of soaring gas prices and economic disruption.
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- Some outlets devoted extensive attention
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- To statements coming from iranian officials,
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- While showing far more skepticism
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- Toward statements
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- From american military leaders and administration officials.
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- It raises larger questions about how news is reported
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- And consumed in america today.
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- Are citizens receiving
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- A complete picture of major events,
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- Or are they increasingly being presented
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- With narratives that shape the facts
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- Rather than explain them?
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- And when coverage consistently focuses on what might go wrong
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- While minimizing evidence of what is going right,
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- What effect does that have on viewers?
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- Well, iran's behavior is outside the normal behavior
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- For someone in the community of nations.
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- In fact, it's egregious.
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- They sponsor, fund and provide weapons to hamas and hezbollah
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- Who aggressively try to kill israelis and americans.
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- And iran makes no apology for that.
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- It's part of their statecraft.
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- At the same time,
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- Iran says they will develop a nuclear weapon
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- With which they will destroy america.
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- America's chief ally in the region, as well.
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- Their leaders openly chant death to israel, death to america.
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- And iran has made no apology for that.
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- And let's not forget what took place on october 7th.
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- Hamas, which is funded and supported by iran, attacked
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- Israel.
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- I was later invited to the israeli embassy
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- In washington, d.c.
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- To view footage of the attack.
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- What i saw was horrific things that i won't describe.
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- It wasn't human behavior.
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- Animals treat each other better.
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- They abused wives and daughters while their husbands watched.
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- And when they murdered
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- After that, they murdered the husbands
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- As the wives and daughters watched on.
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- They said babies on fire.
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- Following the october 7th attacks, hezbollah opened
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- The northern front against israel,
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- Conducting near-daily
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- Rocket, drone, and missile attacks from southern lebanon.
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- They forced the evacuation of tens
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- Of thousands of israeli citizens from border communities.
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- Well, who sponsored all of this?
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- Iran.
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- The late ayatollah in iran was a murderous, evil person.
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- And then under our current administration, america
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- Finally said no to iran and confronted the evil.
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- I admire the willingness to do difficult things.
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- The message to the world is america is not surrendering.
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- We're not stepping back,
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- And we're not letting evil authoritarianism take over.
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- And yet, what i've heard in the media
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- Is this determination to say that
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- The deal that barack obama got
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- Was as good as the deal that trump got done.
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- I think a little common sense will help us process this.
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- Barack obama signed that deal
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- Without taking out the ayatollah,
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- Without taking out dozens and dozens
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- Of the irgc leadership structure.
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- Obama signed that deal without destroying their missile
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- Defenses, without destroying their navy.
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- Obama didn't do any of those things.
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- So to say that the trump negotiation and the obama
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- Negotiation are equivalent, it's just deceitful.
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- The media is assuming such a profound bias.
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- They're not even attempting to give a reflection
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- Of the truth to their viewing audience.
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- I would suggest that we're going to
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- Have to become more astute consumers of information.
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- Pay attention to the world we're living in.
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- We have to understand
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- The nature of the governments and the authority
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- These governments have over the people.
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- We must maintain in our imagination that good and evil
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- Exist, and nations represent expressions
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- Of good and evil in this calendar year alone.
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- The iranian regime has killed
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- Tens of thousands of their own people.
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- That shouldn't be okay with us.
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- In china,
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- Churches are monitored, pastors detained,
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- And only state approved religion is allowed.
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- The chinese are still practicing organ harvesting
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- On its own citizens.
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- That shouldn't be okay with us.
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- In venezuela, the communist authoritarian regime destroyed
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- Free markets, imprisoned people, including pastors
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- Who dared to speak out and cooperated
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- With enemies of the united states.
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- That shouldn't be okay with us.
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- We must engage spiritually.
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- We have to take our place in the public square.
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- We can't lose our voice around things that we know are wrong.
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- We cannot cower in fear.
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- It's vital in the season of change
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- Where competing voices exist,
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- That we as christ followers watch, listen, think and act.
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- God is moving in the earth.
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- Let's engage and be a part of it.
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- In a moment, we'll talk with the president
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- And executive editor of the daily signal.
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- Rob blewett. i'll be right back.
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- Rob blewett. i'll be right back.
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- Tonight, we're joined by the
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- President and executive editor at the daily signal, rob louis.
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- Welcome to the show, rob.
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- It's great to see you, alan.
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- Thanks for having me back. well, it's always a treat.
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- You know, after recently losing primary races,
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- There have been several gop politicians
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- That have spoken out against trump.
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- Senator cornyn predicted a miserable finale
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- To the trump turn term in his new york times interview.
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- Nancy mace kind of echoed the same thing,
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- Saying she's going to be a menace
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- To the best of her ability.
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- These are even the republican candidates
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- Being affected by trump derangement syndrome.
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- It seems so to me.
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- Well, alan, it's one of those things
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- Where you see a sharp difference
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- Between the two political parties right now.
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- It seems that the democrats are pretty much in lockstep,
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- And they're in lockstep around one thing,
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- Their dislike and disdain for president trump
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- And the policies that he's pursuing.
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- And so that's fueled a lot of grassroots mobilization.
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- You've seen the turnout in primary elections
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- On the democrat side exceed that of the republican party.
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- And so i think it's led to some frustrations
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- On the part of republicans, however.
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- I just remind
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- Everybody that they were sent to washington, d.c., to govern.
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- And so far, the voters seem to be somewhat displeased
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- With their performance.
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- You see that show up in the approval ratings of congress.
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- And so as these members speak out and express
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- Some of their frustrations about president trump,
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- I think that they need
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- To keep in mind that ultimately, it was his agenda
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- That propelled him back to the white house in 2025.
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- It was largely the result of the economic conditions
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- That we were in.
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- And there are still opportunities
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- For these republican senators and representatives
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- To come together and do something
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- To enact legislation that helps the american people.
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- And so i would suggest that
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- They set aside some of those grievances.
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- I don't think it's quite trump
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- Derangement syndrome on the republican side,
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- But i do hope that they can recognize that
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- Even if they have
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- Personal disagreements with the president,
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- They should still be representing the voters
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- That they were elected to washington to serve.
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- Well, speaking of getting things done,
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- The save america act is still alive,
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- But the senate hasn't been able to pass it yet.
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- Some say they don't have the votes.
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- Some say they've just been a bit lazy.
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- Trump is going to the senate luncheon this week.
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- Do you think he's going to be able to bring
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- Some new momentum to that push to get that legislation through?
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- Well, as you know, it's quite rare for the president
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- To make a trip to capitol hill outside of big events
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- Like the state of the union.
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- So the fact that he is showing up
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- At this luncheon and talking directly
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- To the senators about his priorities,
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- I think demonstrates
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- The president's seriousness around this particular issue.
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- And for good reason.
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- He understands that the issues that propelled him
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- To the white house,
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- On the side of those
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- Economic concerns were concerns about illegal immigration
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- In our country and also election integrity.
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- And so this president has done things
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- That have attempted to not only restore,
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- I think, americans confidence in our our
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- Not only electoral system,
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- But certainly our immigration system, through enforcement,
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- Through the building
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- Of the border wall and through, largely, a change in policy
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- That it has a complete 180 from what you saw
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- During the biden administration.
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- So having a proposal
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- That would require verification for citizenship
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- Seems like a common sense solution at a time
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- When our country is facing an unprecedented crisis,
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- When it comes
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- To those illegal immigrants
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- Who entered the country on joe biden's watch.
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- And then there are other measures
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- In that legislation, like voter id,
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- Which tend to get over 80% support.
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- And i think that the democrat attacks on this,
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- Fall on some deaf ears,
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- Because you even see
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- A majority of their own party
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- That tends to support some of these policies.
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- So i'm not surprised that the president
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- Is putting a lot more weight behind this issue.
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- It's going to ultimately be dependent on senate
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- Republican leadership if they want to devote the time
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- On the floor to getting it done.
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- Well, democratic
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- Socialist jenny lewis george is now the democratic candidate
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- For d.c. mayor.
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- President trump, working with the current mayor, has made d.c.
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- A much safer place.
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- What are the implications
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- Of this new candidate who secures the job?
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- Well, i somebody who works in washington, d.c.,
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- On a daily basis,
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- Obviously, that affects me and our team quite personally.
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- And so we take a heightened interest
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- In making sure that the nation's capital is safe and secure.
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- And obviously, right now,
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- And because of the preparations for the america
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- 250 celebration, which is coming up on july 4th,
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- There is just a lot of activity taking place
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- Around the national mall and our monuments.
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- As more and more people come to visit, visit washington, d.c..
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- Now, this this particular mayoral candidate wouldn't be,
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- It wouldn't take office until obviously
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- After the november election.
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- Although, as you know, in a, in a democrat led city, where,
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- Whoever wins the primary is, is pretty much a shoo
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- In for, for the, the final job.
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- I expect that she will, follow in the footsteps of zoran madani
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- And some other democrats, socialist leaders in our country
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- Who've taken charge of big cities.
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- And she has made no secret
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- About her disdain for president trump.
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- So i do think the relatively cordial relationship
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- That mayor bowser
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- Has with president trump right now is about to turn rocky.
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- And the last thing i'll say on
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- This is because the federal government
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- Does have a stake
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- In washington, d.c., and does have some authority
- 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:27.381
- Despite the home rule act of the 1970s.
- 00:11:27.381 --> 00:11:29.817
- President trump might look to us exert some authority
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- When it comes to the executive branch
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- And its control over certain parts of the city,
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- Given that the federal government
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- Is such a huge landowner in the nation's capital?
- 00:11:38.325 --> 00:11:41.796
- Well, you know, trump's efforts in conjunction
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- With mayor bowser have made d.c.
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- Safer, more pleasant, better for citizens and visitors.
- 00:11:45.332 --> 00:11:50.171
- It just seems impossible to me that someone aspiring to
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- That position would not cooperate with that momentum.
- 00:11:53.007 --> 00:11:56.911
- What are their motivations?
- 00:11:56.911 --> 00:11:58.212
- Because trump's leaving in the not too distant future.
- 00:11:58.212 --> 00:12:01.282
- Why would a mayor take that position?
- 00:12:01.282 --> 00:12:04.018
- Well, i think that there's, there's
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- Though on the one hand, allen, there is they campaigning.
- 00:12:05.753 --> 00:12:08.422
- And so let's remember that, she was trying to appeal
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- To a largely, democrat base.
- 00:12:11.826 --> 00:12:15.629
- And, and there is a certain level of anti-trump rhetoric
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- That you probably heard, from her as a candidate.
- 00:12:19.567 --> 00:12:22.903
- Now, whether or not
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- She actually would govern that way is another question.
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- And you've already seen
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- In recent days, maybe moderating some of her positions
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- To be more palatable to the electorate.
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- But it was a convincing win, 54%, in a pretty crowded field.
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- So, certainly the,
- 00:12:39.220 --> 00:12:40.955
- Not only i think the far left in
- 00:12:40.955 --> 00:12:42.590
- Washington, dc propelled her to victory,
- 00:12:42.590 --> 00:12:44.725
- But there were plenty of other people who i think
- 00:12:44.725 --> 00:12:46.460
- Had that same frustration with president trump
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- Who decided to give her a chance.
- 00:12:48.596 --> 00:12:50.164
- And so i don't fully understand
- 00:12:50.164 --> 00:12:51.765
- Why she wouldn't want to cooperate.
- 00:12:51.765 --> 00:12:53.434
- It would seem like the logical thing to do,
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- Since dc has made some significant improvements, under
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- The current mayor, particularly when it comes to crime.
- 00:12:59.139 --> 00:13:02.643
- And i think ultimately, what you're going to see is probably,
- 00:13:02.643 --> 00:13:06.513
- The president say, i'm sorry, there's certain things i'm
- 00:13:06.513 --> 00:13:09.884
- Not willing to compromise on.
- 00:13:09.884 --> 00:13:11.352
- And one of those things is, crime and safety,
- 00:13:11.352 --> 00:13:14.321
- And that's an area
- 00:13:14.321 --> 00:13:15.189
- Where he's going to draw the line
- 00:13:15.189 --> 00:13:16.490
- And probably pick a fight with the new mayor.
- 00:13:16.490 --> 00:13:18.826
- Should she decide to,
- 00:13:18.826 --> 00:13:20.461
- Try to undo some of the policies that he's put in place?
- 00:13:20.461 --> 00:13:23.297
- Rob, we need to take a short break.
- 00:13:24.064 --> 00:13:25.633
- I hope you'll stay with us for another segment.
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- Thank you. alan.
- 00:13:28.702 --> 00:13:29.904
- And for those of you watching, if you got your phone close
- 00:13:29.904 --> 00:13:31.538
- By to try logging on to aj now.com, send me an email.
- 00:13:31.538 --> 00:13:35.609
- We'd love to hear your thoughts on these topics.
- 00:13:35.609 --> 00:13:38.412
- I'll be right back.
- 00:13:38.412 --> 00:13:48.002
- I'll be right back.
- 00:13:48.002 --> 00:13:54.455
- We're back now
- 00:13:54.789 --> 00:13:56.024
- With the president and executive editor at the daily signal.
- 00:13:56.024 --> 00:13:58.660
- Rob. bluey.
- 00:13:58.660 --> 00:14:00.595
- Rob. the daily signal recently ran a story on how one leftist
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- Group prevents corporate employees
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- From supporting conservative non-profits.
- 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:08.269
- Can you tell us a bit more about this,
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- And why you felt it was important
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- To highlight the story?
- 00:14:10.772 --> 00:14:13.041
- Absolutely.
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- Well, this is an increasing problem
- 00:14:13.875 --> 00:14:15.443
- That we're seeing in many businesses that provide
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- Either matching funds or an ability
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- For employees to select different
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- Charitable organizations that they want to support.
- 00:14:24.118 --> 00:14:26.521
- And when you have an organization that filters out
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- Some non-profits,
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- Including those that have either christian beliefs
- 00:14:31.893 --> 00:14:34.362
- Or conservative political beliefs,
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- I think it limits
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- The choices that employees have
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- When they want to make those types of decisions.
- 00:14:39.267 --> 00:14:41.336
- And so money,
- 00:14:41.336 --> 00:14:42.470
- Which is the firm in question here, has decided to use
- 00:14:42.470 --> 00:14:46.307
- The rating services of organizations
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- Like the southern poverty law center,
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- Which we know discriminate
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- Against conservative and christian groups
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- As a screening mechanism to prevent those donations
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- From actually happening.
- 00:14:57.151 --> 00:14:58.319
- So one of the things
- 00:14:58.319 --> 00:14:59.220
- That you've seen conservatives
- 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:00.688
- Do, increasingly, is take a much more a stronger approach
- 00:15:00.688 --> 00:15:04.726
- In fighting back against these filters.
- 00:15:04.726 --> 00:15:07.562
- Now, the ellen,
- 00:15:07.562 --> 00:15:08.429
- This is not happening
- 00:15:08.429 --> 00:15:09.397
- Just when it comes to donations to non-profits,
- 00:15:09.397 --> 00:15:12.033
- But it affects media companies too.
- 00:15:12.033 --> 00:15:13.868
- And so, for instance, there's an organization
- 00:15:13.868 --> 00:15:16.037
- Called newsguard, which provides ratings for media companies,
- 00:15:16.037 --> 00:15:19.974
- Which has been known
- 00:15:19.974 --> 00:15:21.275
- To discriminate against conservative
- 00:15:21.275 --> 00:15:22.877
- And christian organizations in their news coverage.
- 00:15:22.877 --> 00:15:25.813
- That will affect everything from whether or not a school
- 00:15:25.813 --> 00:15:29.117
- Might be able to display a website
- 00:15:29.117 --> 00:15:30.785
- Like the daily signal on their library computers,
- 00:15:30.785 --> 00:15:33.588
- Or whether, government agencies can, can use those new services
- 00:15:33.588 --> 00:15:37.992
- For information they're gathering.
- 00:15:37.992 --> 00:15:39.327
- So it's it's quite significant.
- 00:15:39.327 --> 00:15:41.696
- Some of the challenge this that we're up against,
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- And we know
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- That it has big implications based on some of the censorship
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- That conservatives and christians
- 00:15:47.802 --> 00:15:49.103
- Faced from social media companies
- 00:15:49.103 --> 00:15:50.772
- During the biden administration, particularly
- 00:15:50.772 --> 00:15:52.974
- If they didn't necessarily
- 00:15:52.974 --> 00:15:54.108
- Always agree with things
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- Like the covid 19 recommendations
- 00:15:55.643 --> 00:15:57.545
- That were coming out of the government.
- 00:15:57.545 --> 00:15:58.780
- And so i think that we need to be mindful
- 00:15:58.780 --> 00:16:01.315
- That there are entities out there that are actively working
- 00:16:01.315 --> 00:16:03.985
- Against christians on a daily basis,
- 00:16:03.985 --> 00:16:05.987
- And it's just something for us to keep in mind.
- 00:16:05.987 --> 00:16:07.955
- And if you're in a situation like this,
- 00:16:07.955 --> 00:16:09.757
- Please tell us at the daily signal
- 00:16:09.757 --> 00:16:11.459
- So that we can do more reporting on it.
- 00:16:11.459 --> 00:16:13.561
- Well, major league baseball has been in the news
- 00:16:13.561 --> 00:16:15.463
- Lately for something other than playing baseball
- 00:16:15.463 --> 00:16:18.132
- In support of gay pride month.
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- Other
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- All their teams have been modified
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- Their uniforms in support of that,
- 00:16:22.537 --> 00:16:24.439
- And a few players have written some bible verses
- 00:16:24.439 --> 00:16:26.307
- On their caps for which they've been
- 00:16:26.307 --> 00:16:28.476
- Reprimanded by major league baseball.
- 00:16:28.476 --> 00:16:30.478
- Now, the doj
- 00:16:30.478 --> 00:16:31.712
- Department of justice is saying they're going to get involved.
- 00:16:31.712 --> 00:16:35.183
- It seems like to me that this double standard of tolerance
- 00:16:35.183 --> 00:16:38.920
- Has a stronghold in a lot of places.
- 00:16:38.920 --> 00:16:41.622
- Is major league baseball
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- Going to be a platform to help us reverse some of that?
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- Well, i certainly
- 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.795
- Admire those who have spoken out against major league baseball.
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- Certainly.
- 00:16:50.832 --> 00:16:52.667
- The, the professional leagues, not just major league baseball,
- 00:16:52.667 --> 00:16:56.070
- But football, hockey, basketball
- 00:16:56.070 --> 00:16:58.473
- All seem to have embraced
- 00:16:58.473 --> 00:17:00.274
- Pride month and do things, to, to celebrate this,
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- Even if it goes against the the deeply held
- 00:17:04.378 --> 00:17:06.481
- Religious beliefs of individuals who might not support
- 00:17:06.481 --> 00:17:09.550
- That lifestyle.
- 00:17:09.550 --> 00:17:10.751
- And so i'm glad to see that they're not only are members
- 00:17:10.751 --> 00:17:13.121
- Of the trump administration speaking out,
- 00:17:13.121 --> 00:17:14.789
- But also members of congress like senator
- 00:17:14.789 --> 00:17:16.958
- Josh hawley of missouri, who has, extracted,
- 00:17:16.958 --> 00:17:21.262
- You know, some sort of promise from major league baseball
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- That it will not go any farther in terms of fining and,
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- And reprimanding those
- 00:17:27.268 --> 00:17:29.070
- Baseball players who decided to display those bible verses.
- 00:17:29.070 --> 00:17:31.639
- So i'm glad to see
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- That public officials are engaging in this fight.
- 00:17:33.107 --> 00:17:35.243
- However, alan,
- 00:17:35.243 --> 00:17:36.611
- As you correctly noted, oftentimes
- 00:17:36.611 --> 00:17:39.514
- These baseball players are left with no choice
- 00:17:39.514 --> 00:17:41.849
- But to wear the uniform or wear the heart.
- 00:17:41.849 --> 00:17:44.185
- Now, there was a minor league baseball team
- 00:17:44.185 --> 00:17:46.087
- That actually forfeited a game because there were enough
- 00:17:46.087 --> 00:17:48.856
- Players who banded together and said,
- 00:17:48.856 --> 00:17:50.525
- Sorry, we're not going to participate
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- In this activity and wear this uniform,
- 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:54.295
- But it's one of those things where i would love to see major
- 00:17:54.295 --> 00:17:58.065
- League baseball do a better job of celebrating
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- Christian beliefs and giving players
- 00:18:00.468 --> 00:18:02.303
- An opportunity to express their faith in a more public way.
- 00:18:02.303 --> 00:18:05.706
- Oftentimes, it seems that despite the fact
- 00:18:05.706 --> 00:18:08.075
- That i'm sure a large majority of major league
- 00:18:08.075 --> 00:18:10.511
- Baseball players harbor those beliefs,
- 00:18:10.511 --> 00:18:12.980
- They just simply don't have the opportunity to do so.
- 00:18:12.980 --> 00:18:15.049
- Or as we saw in this particular case,
- 00:18:15.049 --> 00:18:17.118
- Our reprimanded in the public sphere, when they attempt, to
- 00:18:17.118 --> 00:18:20.488
- To display the simple thing as a bible verse.
- 00:18:20.488 --> 00:18:22.790
- Well, under the biden administration, the daily
- 00:18:23.724 --> 00:18:25.526
- Signal had your white house press credentials revoked.
- 00:18:25.526 --> 00:18:28.396
- Now, you were one of over 400 outlets that that happened to.
- 00:18:28.396 --> 00:18:32.133
- It significantly reduced the number of outlets
- 00:18:32.133 --> 00:18:34.202
- That had access to the white house
- 00:18:34.202 --> 00:18:35.937
- And president biden during that season,
- 00:18:35.937 --> 00:18:38.406
- Compared that to the trump administration
- 00:18:38.406 --> 00:18:40.708
- And their attitude towards the media
- 00:18:40.708 --> 00:18:42.376
- And their engagement with the media.
- 00:18:42.376 --> 00:18:43.711
- It seems quite different to me.
- 00:18:43.711 --> 00:18:45.880
- It sure is.
- 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.747
- I don't think there's,
- 00:18:46.747 --> 00:18:48.416
- At least in my lifetime, ever been a president
- 00:18:48.416 --> 00:18:50.518
- As open as president trump
- 00:18:50.518 --> 00:18:52.019
- To taking questions from the news media,
- 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:54.989
- Maybe sometimes to the
- 00:18:54.989 --> 00:18:56.190
- Frustration of his own staff because he is so accessible?
- 00:18:56.190 --> 00:18:59.360
- In fact, alan, you asked that question
- 00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:00.861
- On the same day that my colleague elizabeth
- 00:19:00.861 --> 00:19:03.297
- Mitchell, our white house correspondent,
- 00:19:03.297 --> 00:19:04.732
- Is traveling with the president in pennsylvania,
- 00:19:04.732 --> 00:19:07.401
- As part of the press pool.
- 00:19:07.401 --> 00:19:08.469
- And so not only is the daily signal back
- 00:19:08.469 --> 00:19:10.805
- Inside the white house press
- 00:19:10.805 --> 00:19:12.039
- Briefing room, but we've had the opportunity
- 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.175
- To not only travel with president trump
- 00:19:14.175 --> 00:19:16.010
- Said several occasions, but also the vice president,
- 00:19:16.010 --> 00:19:18.779
- The defense secretary, and interview
- 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:20.715
- Members of his cabinet.
- 00:19:20.715 --> 00:19:22.049
- So he has encouraged not only people
- 00:19:22.049 --> 00:19:24.285
- In the white house staff to be more accessible,
- 00:19:24.285 --> 00:19:26.387
- But all across the government for these agencies,
- 00:19:26.387 --> 00:19:29.657
- To open up their doors and have conversations.
- 00:19:29.657 --> 00:19:32.126
- Now, it hasn't sat
- 00:19:32.126 --> 00:19:33.060
- Well with all members of the media,
- 00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:34.528
- Because obviously there's more competition.
- 00:19:34.528 --> 00:19:36.697
- And as that competition has increased,
- 00:19:36.697 --> 00:19:38.599
- I think that they've expressed some frustrations.
- 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:40.801
- But i think at the same time,
- 00:19:40.801 --> 00:19:42.270
- It ultimately is going to be
- 00:19:42.270 --> 00:19:43.404
- Judged on the quality of your work
- 00:19:43.404 --> 00:19:44.972
- And the credibility of your journalism.
- 00:19:44.972 --> 00:19:46.440
- And so that's why we strive at the daily signal
- 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:48.743
- To do our best on a daily basis,
- 00:19:48.743 --> 00:19:50.745
- To tell the truth and deliver for our audience
- 00:19:50.745 --> 00:19:53.247
- Some of the information that they,
- 00:19:53.247 --> 00:19:55.349
- They truly respect and admire from our team of reporters.
- 00:19:55.349 --> 00:19:58.786
- And so,
- 00:19:58.786 --> 00:19:59.587
- I think as long as president trump
- 00:19:59.587 --> 00:20:01.155
- Continues to operate in that manner,
- 00:20:01.155 --> 00:20:03.357
- Certainly his administration is going to be better off
- 00:20:03.357 --> 00:20:05.660
- And viewed at more, positively
- 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:07.728
- When at least when it comes to transparently,
- 00:20:07.728 --> 00:20:09.463
- If no, he's, on on all the policy issues
- 00:20:09.463 --> 00:20:12.266
- That some americans obviously will disagree with.
- 00:20:12.266 --> 00:20:14.435
- But i do give him a lot of credit,
- 00:20:14.435 --> 00:20:16.804
- For the changes that he made from compared
- 00:20:16.804 --> 00:20:18.739
- To this last administration under joe biden.
- 00:20:18.739 --> 00:20:21.509
- Rob, i thank you for your time today.
- 00:20:21.509 --> 00:20:23.377
- We appreciate your insight.
- 00:20:23.377 --> 00:20:24.478
- You bring clarity to the confusion. thanks.
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- Thank you.
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- Alan.
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- We'll be right back in just a moment.
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- We'll be right back in just a moment.
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- Judith from palmdale, california, said after hearing
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- You call google rabbi google, i decided to try it.
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- After getting an answer to a question, i typed.
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- Thank you rabbi google.
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- My answer was shalom.
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- You're welcome. very good. faster.
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- Google is multilingual, but keep up your language skills.
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- It's always fun to check.
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- Christine w from southeastern pennsylvania said
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- Just listening to your intro comments from today's broadcast
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- On maintaining a biblical worldview
- 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:33.607
- In reference to major league baseball's refusal to allow
- 00:21:33.607 --> 00:21:36.677
- Scripture added to their rainbow colored logos.
- 00:21:36.677 --> 00:21:40.180
- Yes, let's take back the rainbow,
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- Which was given to god's people as a promise
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- Not to represent a false pride this month.
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- Good job christian, but i put it in a bigger context.
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- Let's go back to god's covenants for all of us.
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- Noah's covenant, the marriage covenant.
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- The new
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- Covenant that jesus established through his redemptive work.
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- The covenants of god not only inform our present,
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- But they promise us an amazing future
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- In a world that's trying to diminish god's influence amongst
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- Us, and particularly amongst our children.
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- Let's remember the covenants god's made with us.
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- That's the best possible way to live.
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- Thank you for spending a few moments of your day with us.
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- God is moving in the earth. let's be a part.
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- God bless you.
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- Good night.
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