The Eric Metaxas Show - Sen. Doug Mastriano

Episode Date: October 13, 2022

Senator Doug Mastriano is running for governor of Pennsylvania and addresses key issues facing the keystone state, as well as the nation. (Encore Presentation)

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Not being Dutch, but the Lord of hosts. Give him 15. And it's the number one, five. Dutch, we talk about this thing called the prophetic. And a lot of people either don't know anything about it or some people are really hostile to it that makes them uncomfortable. And I think it's like anything like healing, like words of knowledge. Because of the nature of it, people can get it wrong and people can, some people can kind of mix some of themselves into it. And I think that that's been happening. I was having a conversation with our friend Mario Marillo about this recently,

that, you know, we know that going back to the 2020 election, which I have no doubt was stolen, but there was a lot of prophetic, there were many prophetic voices declaring, that Trump would be inaugurated, that Biden wouldn't get in, or whatever, and I have not, I've been blissfully ignorant in a sense of, you know, whether people repented of speaking wrongly or whether they said, I don't know. I feel like different people deal with these things, different ways, and it muddies the waters. But the trouble, of course, is that it drives a lot of people away.

They just go, you know, I'm not going to listen to any of that, which to me is a mistake. Yes, well, absolutely mistake. I don't understand when they hear the term prophecy or prophetic is that most prophetic information, words, dreams from the Lord are conditional. And he tells us that in scripture, this is what I want to do, but I need your cooperation to do it. This is what I'm offering, but there are things that we need to do to cooperate with him. In all the dreams and words that were coming around the election, for example, I met with one of, I try not to give this person an identity, but I met with a person in the inner circle of the president. And they were hearing about these things.

And they said, do these dreams mean that President Trump will absolutely? be in the White House, will this be exposed and will things turn? And I said to them, no, no, I'm a person that believes in all this. But no, it's not guaranteed. God is saying, here's what I'm offering, but humans still have a choice. Will they pray? Will they repent? Well, certain people that have authority take action.

And so there are some things in the Bible that are guaranteed. God says, this is the way it's going to end. There are other things that are conditional. I mean, Jesus said, ask, and you receive. How many people have asked for things and didn't receive? Because they didn't understand there are conditions to these promises. Well, if there are conditions to promises in the Bible, which is the highest level of guarantee and accuracy, then certainly there would be conditions if a person today says God is saying,

this is what I'm offering you. I know that you've written about this issue recently, which is one of the reason I want to ask. you about it because it's hard to process this. But I mean, I know some people, this is going back to Kim Clement, who in 2007 said Donald Trump is going to have two terms in the White House. It was, it's astonishingly shocking that in 2007 somebody floats Donald Trump, you know, like it was crazy. But the other part of that is he said two terms in the White House. And so do you have a sense? and, you know, I'm asking you to be subjective here, but do you have a sense of whether he will have a second term in the White House? My sense is, yes, that he will.

But I just wonder if you have a sense of that or can speak about it. I do have that same sense. I do believe that was a word from Lord. Another mistake people make is they think they understand exactly how God is going to fulfill a word or his timing. It wouldn't be unusual for God to have not told us they won't be consecutive because he needed to allow this time. Donald Trump would have been just as resisted and had just as much difficulty as a term as he did the first one.

Now we've had four years to clean things up. We've had four years to expose the evil and get rid of people and get more people in that will do what's right. He'll be able to accomplish much more in a second term now than he would have two years ago. starting two years ago. So yes, I believe it. I do believe it. And I think we'll see it happen. So you do believe that he will get in in 2024. Listen, I wish he would. That's my prayer. And that he could woo DeSantis into being his vice presidential candidate and that DeSantis would get two turns because we need warriors who understand what is at stake? What is that stake with China? What is it stake with the

cultural Marxism, which is really atheistic and some of it clearly satanic that that has come into the culture? I do believe that that will happen. Where I always get confused is somebody like Kat Kerr said that Trump would have two terms, followed by Pence would have two terms. And I even asked her about that. And she said, that's what God said to her. And that's what God said to her. And that's where I get completely mystified. That doesn't seem possible to me. I don't know how to process those kinds of things. I don't think she's lying.

I just don't know how to process it. Well, I think the other thing we have to always remember is, number one, anything God says does, 99% is conditional on the response of men, humans. The second thing is anybody can miss it. even Kim Clement, who am I believed in his words. Maybe he was seeing what God wanted to do, said it in a way that made people think he was guaranteeing it. What I just said when I answered your question, yes, I believe this will happen at 24.

I'm not saying I know that. I'm not prophesying it will happen. I'm saying, yes, that's what I believe. And so prophecy can be very challenging to interpret. Even my closest friends, if they give me a prophetic word, I'm still going to take it to scripture. I'm still going to pray into it and say, Lord, what are you saying to me through this?

And what are your conditions? What do I need to do? And I also know, no matter how much I believe in them, Eric, I know they can miss it. You can miss it. I can miss it. So my responsibility is to judge that word and pray into it and say, what are you saying?

What are the conditions? Is it right? What do I need to do, et cetera? And I don't, it's not disrespectful respectful for me to me when I say, I know they can miss it. They can be wrong. No one is perfect in their ability to hear from God. Yeah, and it's, well, it's tough stuff. And again, I can see why some people run from it or condemn it. I do not. I think, I know God speaks today. The only question is how and through whom. But I know that, you know, when you say that you had that

experienced 22 years ago and that God broke your heart, gives you this experience, as I must have this nation back. I don't see it much to argue with there. It's beautiful, it's compelling. It seems very clear to me that that was real. And God doesn't break your heart in that way and give you that emotional experience for nothing. And so, again, you know, to folks who are, there are a lot of folks that I think they're

in love with defeat. They love the idea that God's going to come and going to judge. You know, they're kind of like, like. Jonah. They just can't wait, you know, to see the fire from heaven. And you think, well, that's real nice, except what if it's not God's will? Then shame on you for putting yourself in God's place. And God calls us to pray. Now, we've just got seconds left. If people want to find you, are you preaching around the country, or I guess I assume this is all on your website? It is on my website. That's sheets.org. Thank you.

Well, it's just a joy to begin to get to know you, Dutch. I hope we get more time together. You're someone that you've walked in this for a long time and you really are seasoned and your voice of sobriety, as I put it, in the midst of all this stuff, helping us to process it. So it's just very, very important that we do that together. So thank you for all you do. And let me just say to be continued. In case you haven't been paying attention, the Biden administration has caused a financial crisis and they have no clue how to fix it.

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One of the most exciting things happening in the United States of America today is the idea that Doug Mastriano is running to be the governor of Pennsylvania. If you're not aware of this, you are now. Doug, as far as I am concerned, represents the hope of many, many Americans and being the kind of person

who would be the governor that we need in a place like Pennsylvania. I have interviewed him many times over the years. He's a military hero, husband, father, combat veteran, author, and he's my guest right now. Doug Mastriano, just a joy to have you. Thank you. Thanks for having me on, Eric.

And we're heartened. You know, we're working real hard. We've been to all 67 counties since May, since the primary, and the reception we're getting across the state, whether it's in Philadelphia, around the western part of the state here is absolutely overwhelming. Let me ask you a leading question. According to the polls right now,

what percentage of Pennsylvania's, Pennsylvania's might be dumb enough to vote for your opponent? The reliable polls like Trafalgar had it, you know, neck and neck, pretty much split down the middle with about six or seven percent undecided. And Richard Barris, one of the pollsters, did analysis of the undecideds, and he has that breaking for me pretty overwhelmed. It's actually scary to me, and I want to say this, that there's so many Americans that are not informed, that many of them are not even registered to vote, many of them who are registered to vote, don't vote.

And many of those who do vote, they simply aren't aware of the reality of the situation. Where we find ourselves in America today, it couldn't be clearer. We've never had clearer choices than we do right now. And that's in most of the country, in most of the states. But in Pennsylvania, it is to me astonishing. I mean, first of all, putting your race aside, the idea that somebody like Federman would be running to be the senator, this is a nightmare for Pennsylvania and for the country. And a lot of people seem not to understand.

What's at stake? What do you see as being at stake in these races and especially in yours? Just our basic freedoms in the future of America. And I don't say that flippantly, Eric, you know, because I served in a year for 30 years. I take all that very serious. My opponent is the Attorney General, Mr. Shapiro. And on his watch, crime has gone up. He's a senior law enforcement official of state for six years.

And on his watch, crime has gone up 40%. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on. 40 percent. Ladies and gentlemen, did you hear? Did you hear? This is not made up. This is a fact. 40% crime has gone up. 40% under Shapiro. If you knew nothing else. If crime, as bad as it was, had stayed where it was, that's a reason to throw the bum out. It has increased by 40% under Shapiro. I mean, Doug Maastriano, you're not making this up. That's how bad it is. And you're telling me in the polls, you guys are neck and neck.

It's just astonishing to me. Yeah, John Adams said facts are stubborn things. And I live in the world of facts. You're a historian as well. You know how it works. On his watch, we have about 1,000 carjackings now in Philadelphia this year. A thousand carjacking. This is more dangerous than for Bull Afghanistan when I was there at the Army.

Wait a minute. Every time, like, these things, people say these things, I've got to like hit pause. A thousand carjacking's where? In Philadelphia. Okay, hold on. That's a city. That's not the state. In Philadelphia, in this year, which is still quite young, you have had 1,000 carjackings in Philadelphia.

So what does somebody like Shapiro do? Does he just hide and hope nobody notices? That's exactly what he's doing. So he refused to debate me. And this is the playbook we're seeing in Arizona and in Michigan and Maryland with Dan Cox. He's not being debated either. It's a Democrat playbook. So call your opponent names.

The media will cover for you if you're a Democrat. And then don't go on a state with your opponent where I can bring these facts out and call them out. So, you know, the media, they need to do their jobs. Josh Shapiro has a record. He can't run on it. And they're helping to cover up for them. We're on track. We're on record here pretty soon in Philadelphia,

to perhaps have a record number of homicides of 600, so 400 right now, and we're projecting 600 homicides in the city where our nation was founded in one year alone. All right. So this is just, again, folks, you know, you don't have to be any kind of an ideologue. You don't have to be a Republican. You know, the idea that we're talking about record number of homicides in this year, let's think about this, folks. This is amazing.

murders, carjackings. This is on his watch, and you know, Doug Maestriano, that it's not just a coincidence. It's the policies that Shapiro and company have put in place that have led to the rise of violent crime. Again, what could be clearer for every single person in Pennsylvania? This is not something like, oh, we're talking about taxes or we're talking about, We're talking about violent crime. We're talking about a thousand carjackings in the city of Philadelphia, and we're just in the beginning of October.

It's incomprehensible to me that people would either stay home or even vote for your opponent. Everything's at stake. Josh Shapiro was on the side of the shutdown, and he was not content enough, to support Governor Wolfhardt, or Radical Democratic governor in his policies, but he sued to keep kids in mass a year after this all happened. He sued to keep businesses shut down.

And instead of doing his job, Eric, he actually sued the little sisters of the poor over a religious issue. He took him to the Supreme Court over a religious issue. Instead of doing his job in fighting crime, he chased nuns. I mean, you can't make this stuff. Only villains, like in Marvel movies, do this kind of thing. Well, again, you know, to me, you may know I've written a book called Letter to the American Church. church. If anybody out there is some kind of a Christian in Philadelphia, and you hear this, and it doesn't make you sick, that Josh Shapiro, with innumerable issues to deal with that are

as important as anything you can imagine, again, murders, crimes spiking like crazy, he sues to keep children wearing masks, he sues the little sisters of the poor. These are his priorities. And there are many people that just say oh well, you know, I don't know if I'm going to get out and vote. I want to say, ladies and gentlemen, I'm begging you, take this seriously

because people are being murdered in record numbers. That sounds like something you'd make up, but we have the figures here. You said Doug Maastriano that this is looking like a record year for homicides

in Pennsylvania. This under Josh Shapiro. How long has he been in this position? He's been our Attorney General for six years. And on top of all this, Eric, of course, the Democrat playbook is don't debate your opponents, call them names, and then pretend you're a champion of women rights. So we passed a bill out of the House and Senate and the General Assembly in June to protect female athletes from being dominated by men, you know, to defend females from male domination in their sports. And of course, Josh Shapiro fought against that. And he rejoiced when Governor Wolf vetoed that bill.

To make matters worse, this time last year, Josh Shapiro fought to allow boys in the girls' bathroom. I'm sorry, to allow boys in the girls' bathroom in Pennsylvania. And then, on top of all that, he sued in an amicus, Virginia. And this time last year, that happened where boys were allowed in the girls' bathroom. This time last year in Loudoun County, a girl was raped. This time last year, the dad found up his school board covered up. And then he went to the school board to confront them, and he was hauled out in handcuffs.

Josh Shapiro is on the wrong side of all the issues that matter to Pennsylvania. And so, you know, the contrast is very stark. You have the continuation of radical dangerous policies under Josh Shapiro or a new birth of freedom. And I'm using those words cautiously. Those are from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address here. But we need a new birth of freedom. We need the power to return back into the hands of the people rather than a centralized approach in Harrisburg. Well, people like Josh Shapiro, you know, I will say it.

You can't. But he's a villain. He's focusing on things that are monstrous. This is not, well, we differ. This is evil, ladies and gentlemen, and you have a vote. And if you don't tell everyone you know in the state of Pennsylvania to vote for Doug Mastriano and against Josh Shapiro, you are aiding and abetting a horror story. People are being murdered.

If you ever meet someone who has had a loved one murder, It doesn't get worse when the government cannot protect us from violent crime. That's as basic as it gets. Violent crime. And not only is Josh Shapiro, Doug Mastrayano's opponent, not protecting the people of Pennsylvania from violent crime. His policies have aided and abetted it. It's the sort of thing. It's like out of a comic book, this is villainy, this is evil.

and the only thing that has to happen is, folks, you need to get into that voting booth and you need to tell everyone you know because this is literally lives are at stake, and this is the Keystone State. Everything is at stake. Folks, this is here from a Texas show. I'm talking to my friend, Doug Mostrayano, who, by the grace of God, will be the next governor of the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We'll be right back.

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Folks, welcome back. I'm talking to the man I hope, by the grace of God, will be the next governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mostriano. Doug, you and I were just talking over the break. Something horrific happened recently. Like this is one of those things that I think the whole nation is stunned, that a man, last name, Huk, a pro-life activist with a lot of kids, protests in front of abortion clinics, a prayerful. peaceful man and the FBI sent what 35 agents to smash down his door to terrorize his family it's like one of these things that

you don't want to believe this is true you'd like to think that somebody's exaggerating it's not exaggerating it is stunning overreach this is this is why we fought a revolution against George the 3rd because of

I mean actually it's just stunning that it just happened. Can you talk about that because I still can't believe that this is how human beings are being treated in this country and in Pennsylvania where I hope you'll be governor?

It's heartbreaking. So we have Mark Halk who is a sidewalk counselor in Pennsylvania in Berks County. And a very peaceful man. He loves people. He has seven kids. And he was outside of an abortion clinic and one of the abortion

and Planned Parenthood escorts apparently was started getting out of line with Mark's 12-year-old kid. And so Mark in who came to the defense of his kid. And apparently there was a shoving match. The gentleman on the other side, of course, sued Mark. And it was thrown out of by a lower court. Now, I want to be clear, as I have read the story, this gentleman over and over and over would very, very forcefully harass. Mark Hauke and his 12-year-old son and say vicious things that we can't mention on this program about this boy's father.

And eventually, the father shoves him away from the son. And then please continue. And so, of course, the other gentleman sued Mark, and it was thrown out of a court. Sounds like case closed. But no, here comes a weaponized Department of Justice. and they go to Mark's house, I call it a night raid. For a perspective in Afghanistan, I'd assist in targeting packages of high-value targets. And so we look at people that are armed, dangerous insurgents, heavily armed with a record of killing, you know, Afghans and what having.

And the night raid would entail going in an early morning hours with maybe 30 special operators or so with lots of vehicles and you take them down. That's what happened to Mark on a Saturday morning several weeks ago. You have 30 agents, about a dozen or 15 vehicles show up. you kidding me, waving weapons in his face in front of him and his seven kids and his wife. This is designed to send a message. The exclamation point on this here is, and obviously my opponent has a great disdain from Catholic Church because he's going after nuns and persecuting them quite a bit, although the Supreme Court. But this past weekend, apparently two pro-life priests were also arrested in New York. I don't know if it was with its much force, but to go over with

such overwhelming force. I mean, this is ridiculous here. We are at a turning point in our state. Josh Shapiro is not criticized or condemned this police state action here because he's okay with it. He's okay with abortion, you know, until birth. He's okay with transitioning underage kids, which is happening now in the community hospital of Philadelphia, kids off the street, kids who are vulnerable or being transitioned, you know, changing their gender here. I call that child abuse here. So in all these issues, Josh Shapu is on the wrong side of history. And so one way we can retain power is to restore the balance by having a governor that believes in states' rights, such as myself here, and that's going to actually defend his people from overreach from the federal government.

There's a lot the governor can do. We've seen the example of Ronda Samos. And so my goal is to make Pennsylvania, the Florida of the North. Well, this is the whole point, is that because of this COVID nightmare, we, the people, have seen the power that mayors and governors have. a lot of times they were irrelevant in our lives. Suddenly something has happened where we see the tremendous power. And then you see the ability of an attorney general like Josh Shapiro, who now wants to be governor, to do genuinely evil things.

Folks, we're not talking about what we have a difference of opinion. It's one thing to say, I am pro-choice. I am pro-life. This is the weaponized FBI. terrorizing a father, a man of God, terrorizing his children. If you don't call that evil and wicked and do everything you can to stand against that, folks, then you are the problem. And I can tell you right now, if you don't vote in Pennsylvania and in many of these other states,

these are nightmares that are happening, but it's only because we the people are allowing it to happen. I got to tell you, Doug, to me, it's God's gift that you are running. because you didn't have to run. You got a lot of excuses if you didn't want to. I was so thrilled when I found out that you were running. And it gives me hope for America when I think of Kerry Lake in Arizona. And just a handful of others, we could change this nation. We have the hope.

Things have been so bad that finally people are stepping up and recognizing these things. But you, you know, you were not, when I first met you, you know, we weren't talking. about you being governor. Things are bad and you're stepping up. So, you know, and I want to lay it out for people here. So you might not live in Pennsylvania, but Pennsylvania is the Keystone State, as Eric mentioned. You know, we are the key to the future of the nation. But this country, the history of our nation goes right through Pennsylvania, whether it's the founding in 1776 or a new birth of freedom in Gettysburg or even 2001 at Shanksville, you know, let's roll Todd Beamer on 9-11. But as the Keystone state here, I do believe

Eric, we win in Pennsylvania. We can begin to change the trajectory of American history here. I want to come back. We have a final segment with Doug Mostjano. Folks, it simply doesn't get more important than this. If you can, folks, you've got to step up, do what you can, whatever you can. We'll be right back with Doug Maastriano. With the overturn of Roe v. Wade, lots of companies are coming out saying they'll pay for employees.

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You know history. You've written books. I've had you on this program talking about the history of this nation. And you were just talking about the centrality of Pennsylvania in our history. And when you tell me what has happened to Philadelphia and to the state of Pennsylvania under Josh Shapiro, your opponent, it couldn't be more black and white. In other words, it's amazing to me that it takes things to get this bad for somebody like you to be able, I hope, to become governor, that people would let these things go on.

We've talked about the Gossnell case at other times. We're talking about levels of evil and wickedness and crime and violence in places like Philly that it should make everyone up in arms. how do we fix this? You're presenting an opportunity, and I feel like you give hope to every single American. This is not just about Pennsylvania. I do appreciate that.

And everything's at stake. You know, you rightly delineate in your book, if you can keep it, you know, capturing that moment when Benjamin Franklin was asked that we had a monarchy or a Republican 1787 in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and he said a republic, if you can keep it, you know, those words are a bit echoed into Gettysburg address,

you know, four score and seven. ago with Abraham Lincoln. After he starts off his speech with our history and then honoring the dead, then Lincoln goes on and says, rather it is for us the living. Rather it is for us to be living, the living to be dedicated to the unfinished works. A republic, if you can keep it, it is for us a living. And so Pennsylvania, Americans, what are you going to do? We have an important, a midterm election in Pennsylvania.

I'd say the most important nation. And not just because of our historic link or our birthright as the seat. of the nation as William Penn would have it in 1682. But also as a place where we had the potential to be the number one energy producer in the nation, God has blessed Pennsylvania with natural resources of oil and natural gas and coal. And under Governor Magistriana, we're going to open up the wells. They're going to drill and dig and export and dry down prices. I think be a remedy for many of the problems our nations facing economically. But most importantly, is restoring balance and putting the power back in the hands of the people and the parents,

rather than having a powerful state-making decisions on schools and education and curriculum. Again, this is what is so astonishing is that during this COVID period, we've finally seen things that they've been hidden all along. I think of it. It's like kind of tearing up the carpet and the floor and seeing black mold and termites and thinking, we have been living in this incredibly toxic environment. By the grace of God, we could at least see it now. It's being uncovered.

The question is, ladies and gentlemen, what are you? you going to do about it? Are you getting involved? Are you volunteering for Doug Mostriano and other candidates? Are you getting the vote out? Are you making sure that people understand what's at stake? Listen, if a year from now, a relative of yours is murdered and you didn't vote, you're going to think, well, you know, maybe I should have voted. We have to vote. What we do in the voting booth and in our lives affects the state of our culture, and our civilization, you must take this seriously, folks. And that's a big part of the conversations that we have on this program,

is that we've been coasting. We've been coasting along. And when Franklin said, Republic, Madam, if you can keep it right there in Philadelphia, he really meant if you can keep it, because there's a good chance you can't keep it. If you're lazy, if you take for granted what those who've gone before have sacrificed, if you don't make your sacrifice and do what you have to do,

it goes away. It's the second law of thermodynamics. We're not supposed to have a glorious self-governing republic. That's not the normal state of affairs. We have to do work to get it done. And Doug Maastriano, just the fact that you are running for governor, that you won the primary, that you're bold about your faith. There's nobody bolder about his faith than you are, about family, about all this kind of stuff. But if people don't care about anything except crime, ladies and gentlemen, It is so, the situation is so black and white. The idea, to go back to what you said before, that your state is on track to have more homicides in this year than at any time in history, folks, are you hearing this? 1,000 carjackings just in Philadelphia.

I mean, you know, you think you'd make this up, but you're telling me this, and it's true, and all your opponent. Shapiro can do his hide because he has been the Attorney General for six years. I mean, are things that corrupt that a guy like this could think that he can just coast in with a record as bad as this? Oh, absolutely. The corporate media in Philadelphia and in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania is very left-leaning. They've never asked him about his record. They never asked him about his extreme positions, you know, on life and abortion.

And it's always attack, attack, attack. And actually, they amplify his message. on, you know, regarding me. But despite their greatest efforts, Eric, you know, people are in Pennsylvania are waking up. We've done rallies in all 67 counties, rallies that I host and meet and greets that I host. We're in the southeast, supposedly, you know, the weakest area of my constituents, of my base, which is just not true. We're in Chester County.

One of the original counties founded by William Penn, and we had a meet and greet 1030 in the morning outside of Philly, and it turned into a rally. I mean, meeting green, you have 100 to them people, you take pictures, and you talk. It turned, it was 500 people in the room, and it was just, it was amazing. And then we move into Bucks County, but Washington Crossing State Park, a historic location, and we had a thousand people show up. I mean, and we're seeing this in every corner of the state. So Pennsylvania is waking up.

I do believe it's going to be enough. I do believe it's going to be overwhelming because we are at a flex point in history. Either we continue down this path of destruction and perdition, or head towards back to the light of liberty and freedom. Well, it's that stark. It is absolutely that stark. And that's why I just want to say, ladies and gentlemen, you know, when you have corporate media squelching the truth, squelching the voice of somebody like the Doug Mastoriano, which is just one example. But it means you've got to do your part to keep the Republic.

You have to take the video of this interview, send it to everyone you know. You've got to volunteer. You've got to get the vote. Everything we can do, we must do to save the Republic. And when I think of a state like Pennsylvania that God has given us the opportunity right now to have somebody like Doug Mastriano be the governor, it would be game-changing, folks. You've seen what one governor in Florida can do to change the conversation in this nation. Doug, what's the best website for people to find you? I go to Dougforgov.com. It's Doug number four, gov.com.

Doug number four gov. Doug forgov.com. Doug for gov.com. Doug Mastriano, we love you. God bless you. Thank you, Eric. God bless you, too. Thank you.

Hey, folks. Have you done it? Did you do it yet? Did you do it yet? I'm going to keep bugging you. Did you go to Metaxistock.com and give the lines ofending freedom? Look, it's der Riger. That's a French term, which means hurry up.

Seriously, the lines of spending freedom. They're heroes. And I think part of what's happening in America right now is folks like us, all of us, are realizing we've got to do our part if you can keep it. We have a job to do to keep our liberties. And we've been told over the last decades, don't do anything, just move along, just to do what you're told. No, there are things we need to do. and I think if we're going to be able to go forward as a free people,

we have to do all these things in different ways at different times. But one of the things we have to do is give to the organizations that are fighting for us. Lions of Vending Freedom, we mentioned them. They defended our friend Jack Phillips, who was told, remember this, right? He said, I'm a cake artist. I'm not just like baking stuff here. I'm like I'm making these creations, the artistic creations. And some vicious, you know, LGBTQ activists said, we're going to make a lesson of you.

We're going to punish you because you don't want to celebrate our same-sex marriage. And he's saying, well, look, there are other bakers in town. But in America, you can't force me to celebrate something that goes against my faith. And they said, you know, shut up and bake the cake or we're going to take you to. So basically, who steps up for this guy to defend him and to defend all of us? Because imagine going to a Jewish baker and saying, I want you to bake a cake celebrating the PLO or celebrating this group that doesn't like you. You'd say, well, no, I don't have to do that. It's America, right?

And they'd say, oh, yeah, you have to, if you don't do that, we're going to bury you with legal costs. We're going to harm you. that's where we are. And it will happen to all of us one way or the other, which is why we need to do what we can. So the lines defending freedom, you've got to go to metaxis talk.com. And I mean it, folks, when I say,

please everyone do your duty, go to mettaxistock.com, give what you can to the lines of defending freedom. They are fighting for you, for your children, for your grandchildren. They're fighting for America. They're fighting for the Constitution. We've had them on.

We'll have them on in the future. they are doing this. And if they weren't doing it, I don't know where we would be. I don't know where somebody like Jack Phillips goes. You lose your freedoms. This is what happens. So you have to step up. Go to Metaxus Talk.com.

Click on the banner. Let me remind you also. If you're able, go to SalemNow.com. There's a film there, no vacancy, starring Dean Kane, Sean Young. We've talked about it on this program. There's a lot of stuff at SalemNow.com. Earlier today, we talked to our friend Bryce Eddie about the border battle, the six-part series that's there.

So no vacancy is there. And finally, let me remind you, nutrametics.com, our friends, one of the sponsors on this program, they've decided that this month only, they're doing 30% when you use the code Eric. That is a lot. 30% off of all the stuff that, you know, you may buy it at,

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We're grateful. Thank you. God bless you.