From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it’s clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we’re witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.
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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: February 19, 2025 | Stakelbeck Tonight | February 19, 2025
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck.
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- And for the first time in a long time, we've
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- Got some very encouraging news at america's southern border.
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- It appears the invasion is finally over.
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- Since president trump took office
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- On january 20th, illegal border crossings from mexico
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- Have absolutely plummeted to numbers unseen in decades.
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- To give you an idea of just how much things have changed.
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- Illegal crossings are down some 90% this month compared
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- To february of last year, according to the new york post.
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- If this trend continues
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- As the number of illegal aliens coming into the u.s.
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- Could hit levels not seen since 1968.
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- Nearly 60 years ago, one texas sheriff told the post, quote,
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- We've gone from one extreme to the other extreme.
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- Historic levels of people crossing.
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- Historic levels of the low apprehend nations.
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- It's very surprising, actually.
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- It's not.
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- Throughout his campaign, president trump vowed
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- That he would end the invasion at our southern border.
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- And now he's doing exactly that because he's a man of his word.
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- During his first 18 days in office, some 11,000
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- Criminal illegal aliens were arrested in ice raids.
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- Among them were the worst of the worst people here illegally
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- Who are wanted for murder, rape, child sex abuse
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- And all manner of evil.
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- Now they're off the streets.
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- And america is safer.
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- You'd think that would be something
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- Everyone would celebrate no matter who they voted for.
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- But democrats don't see it that way.
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- After all, they invested four years
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- In throwing open our borders and allowing more than 11
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- Million people to flood into our country illegally.
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- How dare donald trump stop the invasion?
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- Here's new york's democrat congresswoman alexandria
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- Ocasio-cortez, or aoc offering
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- Advice on how to evade ice.
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- Number one,
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- If you live in a community with a lot of immigrants,
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- Know your rights, because what ice tries to do
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- Is that they rely on people not knowing their rights
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- In order to enter buildings,
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- In order to search workplaces, etc..
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- If ice comes to you as an american citizen,
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- Still assert your rights because what you can do
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- Is protect people around you and also make sure
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- That you are slowing down this system.
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- Folks, again, that's a sitting member
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- Of congress instructing illegals on how to break the law.
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- Border czar tom homan has asked the department of justice
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- To launch an investigation into aoc over this madness.
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- And they should.
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- While they're at it.
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- They may also want to have a little chat
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- With new jersey governor phil murphy.
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- He recently suggested that he was harboring an illegal
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- Alien and basically dared ice to come and get her.
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- Take a look.
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- Tammy and i were talking about
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- I don't want to get into too much detail,
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- But there's someone in our broader
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- Universe who's immigration.
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- Status.
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- Is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to.
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- And we said, you know what?
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- Let's have her live at our house above our garage.
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- And good luck to the feds coming in
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- To try to get her.
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- And this guy is a governor of a state.
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- Now, what he's doing is obviously a disgrace.
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- But again, god bless border czar tom homan, who has said that
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- If murphy is knowingly harboring and concealing
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- An illegal alien, he will face prosecution.
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- It's pretty clear
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- That the trump administration is not playing games here.
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- And that's a good thing
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- Because the stakes have never been higher for our country.
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- Here's more from tom homan.
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- I am not satisfied.
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- I will not be satisfied to every gang member,
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- Every illegal alien gang member,
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- Every illegal alien public safety threat,
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- National security threats, eradicating this country.
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- So we're expanding the mueller teams now.
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- We got pam bondi suing the sanctuary cities.
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- We got kristi noem on now.
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- And she she's been out with the board of choice build ice.
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- She's done
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- More enforcement operations in a week
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- Than my caucus has done in four years.
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- Our teams coming together again, the architect, steve miller,
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- We're all working together
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- To increase those numbers until we can eradicate once
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- And for all every illegal alien gang member in public safety
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- And security of this country.
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- It's all on our foot on the gas.
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- And god bless president trump for giving us the authorities
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- The resources to do this job.
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- Amen.
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- Now, homan mentioned attorney general pam bondi.
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- She's only been on the job for two weeks and already
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- She's had to file a lawsuit
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- Against the state of new york and its democrat leaders for,
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- You guessed it, refusing to comply with immigration law.
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- Remember, new york declares itself a so-called sanctuary
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- State and even grants driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
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- Now, pam bondi says those days are over.
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- This is a new doj and we are taking steps
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- To protect americans, american citizens.
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- New york has chosen to prioritize, hires
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- Illegal aliens over american citizens.
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- It stops. it stops today.
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- As you know, we sued illinois
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- And new york didn't listen.
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- So now you're next.
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- Folks.
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- At the end of the day, secure borders and knowing
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- Who you were letting into your country isn't just common sense.
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- It's also biblical.
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- The book of deuteronomy says that when god
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- Gave to the nations their inheritance,
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- He fixed the borders of the peoples.
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- The book of acts is god made from one man,
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- Every nation of mankind, to live on all the face of the earth.
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- Having determined allotted periods
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- And the boundaries of their dwelling place
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- Boundaries, borders, there's many more biblical examples
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- Like this. but here's the bottom line.
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- You can have a country if you don't have borders.
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- Thankfully, under president trump,
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- We do have them once again.
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- And coming
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- Up, the former acting secretary of the department of homeland
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- Security joins us to break down the incredible turnaround
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- At our southern border.
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- And it all starts now.
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- Folks, as i mentioned at the top, we've seen illegal
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- Border crossings
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- Plummet since president trump took office last month.
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- So how is the new administration having such success
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- In stopping the invasion?
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- Chad wolf is a former acting secretary of the department
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- Of homeland security under the first trump administration.
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- And today he's executive
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- Director of the america first policy institute.
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- He joins us now.
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- Secretary, always great to see you.
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- Hey, we've had 30 days now to see president trump's border
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- Policies in action.
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- What has stood out to you and why have these policies
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- Been so successful?
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- The policies are successful
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- Because they're just common sense.
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- I mean, we saw a number of executive orders on day one
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- That president trump signed into into into power.
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- And those have been effective.
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- They've been effective
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- In stopping that illegal flow from coming across the border.
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- And i think it also sent a signal to the cartels
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- And to the other smugglers
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- That it wasn't going to be business
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- As usual as it was for the last four years.
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- And so what you've seen as a result of that
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- Is a very stark decrease in border apprehension numbers.
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- I think it's over a 90% decrease.
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- And at the same time, you're seeing deportations of removals
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- Of individuals, dangerous individuals from the country.
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- And so all of that adds up
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- To having a deterrent effect on folks wanting to come illegally
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- Into the country, as it should.
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- And i think that's why you're seeing so much success
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- In a short period of time that we're seeing today.
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- Yes, secretary, it's been amazing to watch.
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- And by the way, it seems that president trump using leverage
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- With mexico, for instance, has also made a difference.
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- We have president trump here, a quick soundbite from him
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- Talking about exactly that. let's take a look.
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- And i will say this.
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- We're dealing with mexico.
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- I have a very good relationship
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- With mexico, but i think mexico is largely run by the cartels.
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- And that's a sad thing to say.
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- And if they wanted help with that, we'd give them help.
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- But mexico,
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- If you look at what's gone on with mexico for years
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- Now, but now especially, it's it's run by the cartels
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- And they've
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- Allowed millions of people to come into our country from jails
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- And prisons of other countries from all over the world.
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- The secretary of the president is holding
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- The president of mexico accountable here.
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- How big of a difference is that
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- In using leverage to get mexico to step up their spending?
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- Now, the mexican government
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- Sending 10,000 soldiers to the border.
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- How important has that leverage been in that relationship?
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- Well, i think
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- It's critically important and the president knows
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- How to use that leverage so well.
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- And it's not just mexico, it's canada, it's panama, it's
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- Venezuela taking their foreign nationals back,
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- Something that they weren't doing previously.
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- And so, look, the president trump understands
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- That these countries need foreign aid, need what?
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- The u.s.
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- Has a lot more than than what we need from them.
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- And so he uses that leverage very constructively
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- To make sure that it's benefiting the american people.
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- And in this case, it's benefiting the american people,
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- Because now you have mexico enforcing immigration law.
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- You have places like panama and venezuela taking back
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- Their foreign nationals,
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- Something that they just didn't do a lot of in big numbers.
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- And so this is what you know, i talk about a trends, not
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- Transactional foreign policy, and that's not a bad thing.
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- That means you get something and we get something in return
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- Instead of just simply doling out
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- Money as we have in the past, foreign assistance dollars
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- And not receiving anything as a benefit to the american people.
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- And obviously president trump is is changing that dynamic.
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- Yeah, i think we're in the process
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- Of making america sane again, which is wonderful to see.
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- Speaking of that, after the break, more with secretary wolf.
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- What about the fentanyl crisis?
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- What about china, what they're trying to do in america?
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- And homegrown jihad.
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- More with secretary chad wolf after the break.
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- Stick around.
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- Stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck
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- Tonight, we're talking to the former acting secretary
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- Of the department of homeland security.
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- And today, the executive director
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- Of the america first policy institute in d.c.
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- Chad wolf is back with us.
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- Secretary, before the break,
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- You were talking about the need and the great thing
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- President trump's doing and using that leverage
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- With mexico, with canada.
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- Part of that is to crack down on the fentanyl crisis.
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- You've sounded the alarm about this for years.
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- What kind of progress are we making there?
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- And cracking down on fentanyl, which has had such a devastating
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- Impact on communities across the united states?
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- Well, i think the progress is actually
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- Having canadian and mexican officials
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- Stepping up to the plate.
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- So if you recall, just a couple of weeks ago,
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- President trump was threatening tariffs
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- On both mexican products and canadian
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- If they didn't do something and step up
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- Not only the human trafficking coming across the borders,
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- But also the fentanyl and the president's
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- Been very clear about the fitness crisis that the u.s.
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- Is undergoing and how that can be stopped
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- Both from the canadian and mexican side,
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- But also from the china perspective as well.
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- A lot of those precursors come over from china into mexico
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- And then into the united states.
- 00:12:08.419 --> 00:12:09.887
- So i think this president is laser focused on it.
- 00:12:09.887 --> 00:12:12.990
- You hear president trump talking
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- Almost daily about the fentanyl crisis, something that
- 00:12:14.859 --> 00:12:17.528
- We haven't experienced under four years of president biden
- 00:12:17.528 --> 00:12:20.965
- Hardly ever mentioned it.
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- And so, look, and part of
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- That is attacking the cartels is going after the source.
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- And so the president is also focused on that as well.
- 00:12:29.540 --> 00:12:31.943
- So i think a lot more to come.
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- But i think you've got the right leadership,
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- You've got the right focus and you've got the right
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- Team on the field.
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- Yeah.
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- Secretary, it's amazing
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- How foreign actors have such an impact on our border.
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- You and i have talked in the past
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- About terrorist elements coming into the border,
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- Coming in through the border illegally.
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- Obviously,
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- We saw
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- The attack on new year's eve, not someone who crossed
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- Into the border over the border illegally, but nonetheless,
- 00:12:53.865 --> 00:12:56.367
- That threat of homegrown jihad is only increased
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- When you have a wide open border.
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- How concerned are you about that right now?
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- We saw car ramming in munich just last week.
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- How concerned are you about
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- That homegrown islamic terror threat here on u.s.
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- Soil?
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- I think you have to be concerned
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- From the number of instances that we've seen in
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- The united states over these last several years,
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- But also the former fbi director, director wray, again,
- 00:13:17.121 --> 00:13:21.225
- Was was sounding the alarm as well, saying what he has seen
- 00:13:21.225 --> 00:13:25.997
- Not only here in the united states,
- 00:13:25.997 --> 00:13:27.531
- But overseas as well, in the ability
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- To inspire individuals here in the united states
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- Is at an all time high.
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- And if you combine that
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- With that chaotic withdrawal
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- From afghanistan, along with the wide open
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- Southern border under president biden,
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- He was saying this is a scenario that is not good
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- For the united states.
- 00:13:44.382 --> 00:13:45.716
- The trump
- 00:13:45.716 --> 00:13:46.417
- Administration was left a mess,
- 00:13:46.417 --> 00:13:47.418
- But they're making the most of it
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- To trying to about a minute left.
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- Secretary, you wrote a great piece
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- On foxnews.com recently, a great op ed about china
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- And their nefarious activities right here in the united states.
- 00:13:55.660 --> 00:13:58.696
- What they're doing
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- In the electronic and the digital realm.
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- In about a minute that we have left,
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- Can you tell us more about that and why we should be concerned?
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- You know, look, overall, i think we've
- 00:14:05.770 --> 00:14:07.405
- Got to be concerned about china.
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- It's a very different threat and adversary
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- Than we see from other nation states.
- 00:14:12.243 --> 00:14:13.911
- And at the end of the day,
- 00:14:13.911 --> 00:14:15.112
- They want to replace the united states
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- As a world superpower. and they're going to do that
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- From a variety of different ways.
- 00:14:18.549 --> 00:14:20.484
- In the piece that i wrote that you mentioned
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- Talks about making sure that we secure our data.
- 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:25.122
- There is so much data on the american people.
- 00:14:25.122 --> 00:14:27.258
- We use data every point almost daily in our lives
- 00:14:27.258 --> 00:14:31.062
- And making sure that that
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- The information that is needed to be retained
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- Is retained here
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- In the united states and not in foreign countries.
- 00:14:36.133 --> 00:14:39.236
- That can be accessed by foreign actors and our adversaries.
- 00:14:39.236 --> 00:14:43.307
- So making sure that we're protecting our security,
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- Protecting our data.
- 00:14:45.810 --> 00:14:47.011
- And of course, president trump is leading the way on this.
- 00:14:47.011 --> 00:14:49.013
- When he announced that stargate project investing
- 00:14:49.013 --> 00:14:53.117
- Millions and billions of dollars here in the united states
- 00:14:53.117 --> 00:14:56.120
- And we see some of those
- 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:57.655
- Domestic data centers being built
- 00:14:57.655 --> 00:14:59.457
- In the state of texas and elsewhere.
- 00:14:59.457 --> 00:15:01.058
- And so it's a it's a first good it's a good start.
- 00:15:01.058 --> 00:15:03.794
- We need to do more, but we need to start talking
- 00:15:03.794 --> 00:15:06.464
- About that that threat from china.
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- And in this case, as it relates to americans privacy
- 00:15:08.933 --> 00:15:12.503
- In their data.
- 00:15:12.503 --> 00:15:13.604
- Yes. secretary, thank god we have you on the case.
- 00:15:13.604 --> 00:15:15.940
- Great work, as always.
- 00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:17.241
- God bless and follow him, folks.
- 00:15:17.241 --> 00:15:18.609
- That acts across social media.
- 00:15:18.609 --> 00:15:20.277
- Secretary chad wolf, we'll see you again soon, secretary.
- 00:15:20.277 --> 00:15:22.880
- And coming up after the break, we're talking about
- 00:15:22.880 --> 00:15:24.949
- Stemming the invasion at our southern border.
- 00:15:24.949 --> 00:15:27.218
- Getting a handle on that.
- 00:15:27.218 --> 00:15:28.686
- What about getting a handle on our culture?
- 00:15:28.686 --> 00:15:32.023
- Todd starnes
- 00:15:32.023 --> 00:15:32.790
- Joins us
- 00:15:32.790 --> 00:15:33.958
- With some encouraging news on that front after the break.
- 00:15:33.958 --> 00:15:36.727
- Stick around.
- 00:15:36.727 --> 00:15:40.007
- Stick around.
- 00:15:40.007 --> 00:15:43.432
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
- 00:15:44.199 --> 00:15:45.934
- In just four weeks, president trump and his team have moved
- 00:15:45.934 --> 00:15:49.505
- So fast to correct the madness of the past four years
- 00:15:49.505 --> 00:15:52.841
- And really the past
- 00:15:52.841 --> 00:15:53.942
- Few decades that the left is in complete disarray.
- 00:15:53.942 --> 00:15:57.646
- But the battle to save our country
- 00:15:57.646 --> 00:15:59.815
- And judeo-christian civilization is only just beginning.
- 00:15:59.815 --> 00:16:03.752
- And our next guest is at the forefront of that fight.
- 00:16:03.752 --> 00:16:07.256
- Todd starnes is an award winning journalist, bestselling author
- 00:16:07.256 --> 00:16:10.559
- And host of the todd stern show.
- 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:12.461
- Herd on more than 140 stations across the country.
- 00:16:12.461 --> 00:16:15.731
- You can also catch him on newsmax tv.
- 00:16:15.731 --> 00:16:18.300
- Todd, great to see you.
- 00:16:18.300 --> 00:16:19.935
- Hey, secretary of state marco rubio had a very interesting
- 00:16:19.935 --> 00:16:23.072
- Exchange with margaret brennan on cbs over the weekend
- 00:16:23.072 --> 00:16:26.408
- Debating the real cause of the holocaust.
- 00:16:26.408 --> 00:16:29.611
- Let's watch.
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- Well, he was standing in a country
- 00:16:32.181 --> 00:16:34.416
- Where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide,
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- And he met with the head of a political party
- 00:16:38.987 --> 00:16:42.157
- That has far right views
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- And some historic ties to extreme groups.
- 00:16:44.927 --> 00:16:49.665
- The context of that was
- 00:16:49.665 --> 00:16:53.235
- Changing the tone of it.
- 00:16:53.235 --> 00:16:55.370
- And you know that that the censorship.
- 00:16:55.370 --> 00:16:57.139
- I disagree with you.
- 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:58.073
- Specifically about.
- 00:16:58.073 --> 00:16:59.308
- The right.
- 00:16:59.308 --> 00:16:59.975
- I have to disagree with you.
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- Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide.
- 00:17:02.711 --> 00:17:04.780
- The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian
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- Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal
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- Because they hated jews and they hated minorities
- 00:17:09.251 --> 00:17:11.520
- And they hated those that they had a list of people
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- They hated, but primarily the jews.
- 00:17:13.555 --> 00:17:15.491
- There was no free speech in nazi germany.
- 00:17:15.491 --> 00:17:17.259
- There was none.
- 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:18.260
- There was also no opposition in nazi germany.
- 00:17:18.260 --> 00:17:20.195
- They were a sole and only party that govern that country.
- 00:17:20.195 --> 00:17:22.898
- So that's not an accurate reflection of history.
- 00:17:22.898 --> 00:17:25.200
- I also think it's wrong.
- 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.702
- Again, i go back to the point of his speech.
- 00:17:26.702 --> 00:17:29.404
- The point of his speech was basically
- 00:17:29.404 --> 00:17:30.839
- That there is an erosion in free speech
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- And intolerance for opposing points of view within europe.
- 00:17:32.875 --> 00:17:35.744
- And that's of concern.
- 00:17:35.744 --> 00:17:39.348
- Now, todd, secretary rubio was talking about j.d.
- 00:17:39.348 --> 00:17:41.783
- Vance, his speech in munich
- 00:17:41.783 --> 00:17:43.852
- Last week, which we'll discuss in a minute.
- 00:17:43.852 --> 00:17:45.521
- But man, what a take that free speech caused the holocaust.
- 00:17:45.521 --> 00:17:50.959
- Todd, what were your thoughts when you watch that exchange?
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- Well, i wasn't terribly surprised.
- 00:17:54.329 --> 00:17:55.964
- It is in fact, cbs news.
- 00:17:55.964 --> 00:17:58.400
- What we're talking about here and margaret
- 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:00.302
- Brennan has a history of making those kinds of pronouncements.
- 00:18:00.302 --> 00:18:04.540
- What i did find surprising, though, is
- 00:18:04.540 --> 00:18:06.575
- This was not some sort of a misstatement.
- 00:18:06.575 --> 00:18:08.510
- We didn't have a correction
- 00:18:08.510 --> 00:18:09.811
- Or even a clarification coming out of the tiffany network.
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- This is what they believe.
- 00:18:14.116 --> 00:18:16.051
- And this is a very disturbing statement
- 00:18:16.051 --> 00:18:18.754
- Because what they're trying to do
- 00:18:18.754 --> 00:18:20.088
- Is equate free speech to nazi ism.
- 00:18:20.088 --> 00:18:24.259
- And why is that an important thing?
- 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.994
- Well, we have watched free speech in america
- 00:18:25.994 --> 00:18:28.864
- Come under attack really over the past decade.
- 00:18:28.864 --> 00:18:32.167
- Back in 2015, there was a survey done
- 00:18:32.167 --> 00:18:35.470
- And a
- 00:18:35.470 --> 00:18:36.405
- Shocking number of millennials at the time,
- 00:18:36.405 --> 00:18:38.173
- 40% of millennials believe there should be
- 00:18:38.173 --> 00:18:40.909
- Limitations placed on free speech.
- 00:18:40.909 --> 00:18:43.378
- And it was shocking because now
- 00:18:43.378 --> 00:18:46.014
- An overwhelming majority of young americans believe that
- 00:18:46.014 --> 00:18:49.685
- Not only is
- 00:18:49.685 --> 00:18:50.819
- It acceptable to silent speech, you disagree with it,
- 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:53.488
- But it's acceptable to use force to stop ideas
- 00:18:53.488 --> 00:18:57.793
- That you disagree with.
- 00:18:57.793 --> 00:18:59.294
- And remember what vice presidential candidate
- 00:18:59.294 --> 00:19:01.396
- Tim walsh said last year on the campaign trail
- 00:19:01.396 --> 00:19:04.700
- When he said that there should be limitations.
- 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:07.869
- There are no absolutes when it comes to free speech
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- Or anything that you might find offensive.
- 00:19:11.006 --> 00:19:13.709
- And my question is, okay, but who decides what is
- 00:19:13.709 --> 00:19:18.247
- And what is not offensive speech.
- 00:19:18.247 --> 00:19:20.582
- Yeah, todd, great point.
- 00:19:20.582 --> 00:19:21.883
- And to say we dodged a bullet on
- 00:19:21.883 --> 00:19:23.518
- November 5th is an understatement.
- 00:19:23.518 --> 00:19:25.320
- That's a reminder with tim walsh's comments there.
- 00:19:25.320 --> 00:19:27.422
- But that was kind of the basis, todd,
- 00:19:27.422 --> 00:19:29.157
- Of vice president's speech in munich last friday,
- 00:19:29.157 --> 00:19:32.361
- Calling europe out and saying, look, you are cracking
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- Down on free speech and free expression.
- 00:19:35.230 --> 00:19:38.433
- He's trying to make america strong again,
- 00:19:38.433 --> 00:19:40.335
- Along with the trump administration.
- 00:19:40.335 --> 00:19:41.570
- While europe seems hell bent on going down the road to weakness
- 00:19:41.570 --> 00:19:45.641
- And wokeness an example of making america strong again.
- 00:19:45.641 --> 00:19:48.677
- Transgender is just banned in the military.
- 00:19:48.677 --> 00:19:50.846
- Transgender recruits,
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- Transgender surgeries.
- 00:19:52.381 --> 00:19:53.915
- That seems to be a big step towa
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- Oh yeah.
- 00:19:58.887 --> 00:19:59.388
- We have a saying.
- 00:19:59.388 --> 00:19:59.955
- Back home in tennessee,
- 00:19:59.955 --> 00:20:01.657
- The vice president had all those european leaders
- 00:20:01.657 --> 00:20:04.359
- Squirming like a sidewalk sally in church.
- 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:07.362
- They were
- 00:20:07.362 --> 00:20:08.563
- They were a little uncomfortable and they should have been.
- 00:20:08.563 --> 00:20:11.199
- It really was a come to jesus moment.
- 00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:13.669
- But think about this for a second, erick.
- 00:20:13.669 --> 00:20:15.170
- When you
- 00:20:15.170 --> 00:20:16.171
- When you see what they're doing overseas now,
- 00:20:16.171 --> 00:20:18.507
- People are being thrown in jail
- 00:20:18.507 --> 00:20:20.042
- For writing something offensive on social media.
- 00:20:20.042 --> 00:20:22.477
- Christians are being arrested or preaching the gospel
- 00:20:22.477 --> 00:20:26.281
- And sharing bible verses that might offend people.
- 00:20:26.281 --> 00:20:29.051
- These are things that were happening
- 00:20:29.051 --> 00:20:30.485
- In the united states of america.
- 00:20:30.485 --> 00:20:32.354
- And so we were really on the on the same trajectory
- 00:20:32.354 --> 00:20:35.891
- As the europeans.
- 00:20:35.891 --> 00:20:37.426
- But something happened here.
- 00:20:37.426 --> 00:20:38.927
- The people rose up and said, you know what?
- 00:20:38.927 --> 00:20:40.996
- We're not willing to go down that path.
- 00:20:40.996 --> 00:20:42.998
- And so we elected donald j.
- 00:20:42.998 --> 00:20:44.733
- Trump in november.
- 00:20:44.733 --> 00:20:46.301
- And president trump is putting a stop to all of that.
- 00:20:46.301 --> 00:20:48.904
- Yeah, the american people have spoke.
- 00:20:48.904 --> 00:20:50.639
- And speaking of which, todd,
- 00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.973
- What's been your reaction to the left's reaction to doge
- 00:20:51.973 --> 00:20:55.911
- To the department of government efficiency
- 00:20:55.911 --> 00:20:57.512
- In elon musk cutting, for instance,
- 00:20:57.512 --> 00:20:59.281
- Shutting down usaid, the wasteful
- 00:20:59.281 --> 00:21:01.750
- Spending that he's uncovering left and right.
- 00:21:01.750 --> 00:21:04.152
- It would seem that every american,
- 00:21:04.152 --> 00:21:05.754
- Regardless of their political persuasion,
- 00:21:05.754 --> 00:21:07.689
- Should be on board with that.
- 00:21:07.689 --> 00:21:09.191
- And yet
- 00:21:09.191 --> 00:21:10.058
- The left is having
- 00:21:10.058 --> 00:21:10.926
- An absolute meltdown at all
- 00:21:10.926 --> 00:21:12.494
- The cost cutting of these wasteful programs.
- 00:21:12.494 --> 00:21:14.963
- What should we make of that?
- 00:21:14.963 --> 00:21:17.065
- Yeah, my my big question is
- 00:21:17.065 --> 00:21:18.667
- I was looking at the zillow for the washington, d.c.
- 00:21:18.667 --> 00:21:22.504
- Area, and i was shocked to see just hundreds
- 00:21:22.504 --> 00:21:25.207
- And hundreds of homes now going up on the market.
- 00:21:25.207 --> 00:21:27.843
- And most of them are four and $5 million homes.
- 00:21:27.843 --> 00:21:31.113
- I'm curious how government workers
- 00:21:31.113 --> 00:21:33.849
- Can afford four and $5 million homes.
- 00:21:33.849 --> 00:21:36.518
- It is very clear to me
- 00:21:36.518 --> 00:21:38.320
- That there is a lot of fraud, there is a lot of waste.
- 00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:41.957
- And quite frankly,
- 00:21:41.957 --> 00:21:43.225
- There's no reason why we should be spending millions of dollars
- 00:21:43.225 --> 00:21:46.962
- To fund a transgender opera in bogota, colombia.
- 00:21:46.962 --> 00:21:50.799
- When you have military veterans
- 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:52.334
- In this country who cannot get good medical care.
- 00:21:52.334 --> 00:21:56.071
- Could it be that the swamp is actually being drained?
- 00:21:56.071 --> 00:22:00.108
- Stay tuned. todd, great job, folks.
- 00:22:00.108 --> 00:22:01.810
- Be sure to follow todd on ex across social media.
- 00:22:01.810 --> 00:22:04.679
- Catch him on the todd starnes
- 00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.881
- Radio show and of course, on newsmax tv.
- 00:22:05.881 --> 00:22:08.350
- Todd, great job, my friend. we'll see you again soon.
- 00:22:08.350 --> 00:22:10.218
- God bless.
- 00:22:10.218 --> 00:22:11.119
- And coming up after the break,
- 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:12.554
- My final thoughts on saving civilization.
- 00:22:12.554 --> 00:22:16.525
- Can it be done?
- 00:22:16.525 --> 00:22:17.559
- Yes, and i'll tell you how. that's next.
- 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:20.328
- Stick around.
- 00:22:20.328 --> 00:22:23.005
- Stick around.
- 00:22:23.005 --> 00:22:25.801
- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
- 00:22:26.668 --> 00:22:28.437
- As we wrap up, i said before the break, i'm
- 00:22:28.437 --> 00:22:30.238
- Going to tell you how we can save civilization.
- 00:22:30.238 --> 00:22:32.674
- You may say stakelbeck. that's a very tall order.
- 00:22:32.674 --> 00:22:35.310
- Well, not really.
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- Number one, the book of psalms, chapter 33, verse
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- 12 says, blessed is the nation whose god is the lord.
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- It's very simple honor god as a nation, as a civilization,
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- And he will honor you.
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- And part of that is having a family.
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- Have you seen the birthrates
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- Plummeting across the western world?
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- Think of the book of genesis chapter two, verse 24.
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- That is why a man leaves his father
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- And mother and is united to his wife,
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- And they become one flesh, faith, family and freedom.
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- Family have a family, have children,
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- And you will also sustain your civilization.
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- See, i told you it's very simple.
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- Put god first at the end of the day.
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- Hey, tomorrow, ellie conine is here
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- With a great middle-east breakdown and much more.
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- Until then, thanks for watching.
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- God bless. we'll see you soon.
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