TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Primary Victories Prove Trump in Firm Control of Republican Party

Episode Date: August 3, 2022

America’s 2022 mid-term elections on November 8 are less than 14 weeks away. Much to the chagrin of his enemies and critics, former President Donald Trump is in firm control of the Republican Party. Overwhelmingly throughout the 2022 Republican primaries, GOP voters have voted for candidates endorsed by Mr. Trump. Primary elections were held yesterday in Michigan, Missouri, Arizona, Kansas, and Washington. Election results yesterday held to the same pattern: Candidates endorsed by Mr. Trump won their party’s nomination. Candidates denounced by Mr. Trump lost re-election. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 8/3/22.It’s the Final Day! The day when Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. You can order the second edition of Rick’s book, Final Day!  https://rickwiles.com/final-day

The following program is made possible by the faithful prayers and financial support of listeners just like you. To find out how you can help, visit nothing but the truth, so help us God. America's 2022 midterm elections on November 8th, believe it or not, are just less than 14 weeks away. away and much to the chagrin of his enemies and critics, former President Donald Trump is in firm control of the Republican Party. Overwhelmingly, throughout the 2022 Republican primaries, GOP voters have voted for candidates endorsed by Mr. Trump and primary elections were held yesterday in Michigan, Missouri, Arizona, Kansas, and Washington. Election results yesterday held to the same pattern. Candidates endorsed by Mr. Trump won their party's nomination.

Candidates denounced by Mr. Trump lost re-election. Doc Burkhardt and I will take a brief look at America's political landscape as of August 3rd, 2022. So, Doc, Mr. Trump, there is no doubt, is in control of the Republican Party as of August 2022. And whether you like Mr. Trump or don't like Mr. Trump, there are very few people that are indifferent about Mr. Trump. There's nobody in the middle.

You have to admit, whether left, right, wherever you are, the Trump train is rolling and it's steaming along. If you're a candidate and Donald Trump endorses you, there is a high probability you're going to win the Republican nomination. If Donald Trump trash talks you, there's a high probability you're going to lose your party's nomination. And we saw it happen last night. Right.

So in the primary races across the country, as Rick said, if Donald Trump was behind you, you had a high likelihood of moving ahead. Now the question is whether or not those candidates in the general election can maintain that momentum and the endorsement of Donald Trump as we move forward. CNBC had this headline here just a little while ago. Trump still holds sway in GOP as MAGA candidates win in key primary races. And I have a feeling, Doc, that the folks over at CNBC

probably were gagging as they published that headline. Because what they wanted to publish by now is Republican Party has moved away from Donald Trump. Trump is history. Republicans reject him. And they had to admit this morning, Trump is running the Republican Party. Yeah, so election results in a slate of key primary races.

Tuesday night underscored former President Donald Trump's enduring influence. Detroit Free Press, Trump backed John Gibbs beats Peter Meyer in GOP primary for West Michigan District. This is a significant race. The Meyer family, Rick, goes back generations of political influence in Michigan. I don't know if you're aware of the Meyer food store chain chain that's that family and so he you know it has incredible name recognition influence and John Gibbs but he'd miss him out mr. Meyer voted to impeach Donald Trump that's the key right there and so former president Donald Trump can claim another

win in getting back at those who crossed him. John Gibbs, a little-known candidate who had entered the race for the newly-drawn 3rd Congressional District in West Michigan, but who was backed by the former president, defeated incumbent U.S. Representative Pierre Meyer of Grand Rapids in the Republican primary Tuesday, with Meyer conceding just before 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Trump targeted Meyer, who is in his first term and member of a wealthy family that owns and operates the grocery store chain bearing his last name, for voting to impeach the former president for his role in instigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, becoming one of only 10 Republicans to do so. And so this was one

that was one to watch last night. And it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out. African-American Republican in West Michigan going into the general election. And up against, I mean, he defeated a wealthy... A sitting U.S. congressman. With a very wealthy family name in Michigan. If I were Liz Cheney in Wyoming, I'd be looking for employment. Right. Her primary's coming up.

There is little chance Liz Cheney is going to win that election. She should dust off her resume, but I'm sure there's some think tank out there that'll pick her up. Would you know she's thinking about running for president in 2024? President of what? Oh, the United States. United States, yes. Or at least the news media is trying to float that balloon. As a Republican?

Yes. That Liz Cheney will challenge Donald Trump in the primaries. She's not going to win re-election to her House seat in Wyoming. No, she's not going to win reelection to her House seat in Wyoming. No, that's almost a given at this point. You know, I think, Doc, with Liz Cheney, she may have survived because of her name. Cheney name is obviously very big in Wyoming. Right.

She may have survived the primary with her vote to impeach, but I think what really set the voters off was when she joined up with Nancy Pelosi and took a seat on the January 6th kangaroo court. I think that did it. And anybody who's participating with that kangaroo court is absolutely unwanted in the Republican Party right now. And so Liz Cheney's going to pay the price for it. She could have stood on principle and said, I did the right thing by voting for impeachment. I'll take my, you know, lumps on it.

And I think probably by now, Republican voters may have forgotten about it. But she went all in. She went all the way in on the January 6th committee, and she's going to go all the way out when the Wyoming primary comes up. So the next one, we'll turn to Arizona. Another exciting race to watch. Carrie Lake has had incredible momentum out there.

Trump-backed candidates surge in Arizona primaries, showing former president's sway among Republicans. Donald Trump-backed candidates pulled ahead in Arizona's GOP primaries, showing if earlier election results hold a sign of the sway the former president still has over Republicans in the state. Some races were too close to call early Wednesday, but showed Trump's preferred candidates leading in high-profile Republican races for governor, for U.S. Senate, for U.S. Congress, Arizona attorney general, and secretary of state. And, you know, the one who's winning for secretary of state, you know how the media is describing him?

An election denier. Yes. Yeah. Because he basically has gone in and said, hey, I plan on overturning the results. Yes. And on principle alone. Now that Trump endorsed Carrie Lake and Karen Taylor Robson,

who was endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence, were in a virtual tie in the race for the GOP nomination for governor. That winner will face Katie Hobbs, Arizona's current Secretary of State, who easily won the Democratic nomination for governor. And so once again, we see two Republican parties here, don't we, Rick? Yes.

You see the Trump Republican Party, and if for no other reason than to give it a name, the Pence version. It's the establishment. Right. The establishment Republican Party. Donald Trump, even though it's, the irony of it is Donald Trump is a billionaire, and yet his base are blue-collar workers. Right. is a billionaire, and yet his base are blue-collar workers, regular guys, moms, soccer moms.

I mean, it's middle-class America. He's the populist billionaire. Right. And then the establishment Republican Party, they can't defeat this guy. And I think, Doc, where this is going in 2024, I think there's going to be a two-man race. This is going to be one of the most unusual primary battles in the history of America. The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, battling out in the Republican primaries with his former vice president, Mike Pence?

Honestly, I don't think Mike Pence has a chance. He doesn't have... Every poll that he shows up in, he's at the very bottom. Yes, but I'm just telling you, I think the battle, primary state after primary state, it's going to be Trump versus Pence. And the Republican establishment is going to rally behind Pence. They're going to see him as their best chance of stopping Donald Trump. It's not going to be Larry Hogan of Maryland.

Right. Donald Trump. It's not going to be Larry Hogan of Maryland. It's not going to be, what's her name, Nikki. Nikki Haley. Yeah, I can't even remember her name. That's how popular she is. Well, she's the Kufi endorsed one. Yes, but she's not going to get any traction. It's going to be Pence versus Trump, and it's going to be dirty. It's going to be nasty. It's going to be Pence versus Trump. And it's going to be dirty. It's going to be nasty. It's going to be mean because Donald Trump's going to tell stories about Pence that no one's ever heard. And Pence is going to tell stories about Trump that nobody's heard. And it's going to be a free-for-all. It's going to be a battle. But Pence will not win.

He will not win against Donald Trump. But it's going to be quite a fight in 2024. There is a... Yeah, in those same races that we're talking about, if Donald Trump is for you, you've got a good chance of winning. If Donald Trump is against you, you may as well start buying a casket for your political future. NBC News, this is Rusty Bowers.

A January 6th committee star witness loses GOP primary in Arizona. He was the Speaker of the House. Right, of the Arizona House. And he ran for a state Senate seat. Right. But he sabotaged his own campaign by participating in the January 6th kangaroo court, and it cost him his political career. So Rushie Bowers, the Republican Speaker of the Arizona

House who delivered gripping testimony earlier this year to the House Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot, lost his bid for a state Senate seat on Tuesday to a candidate backed by former President Donald Trump. Armed with Trump's endorsement, former state Senator David Farnsworth held a lead of more than 20 points over Bowers in their bid for Arizona's 10th district. Bowers testified to the committee

of the effort by Trump and his allies to get him to overturn the 2020 election in his state, and he told NBC News last month it would be difficult for him to pull off a victory in his state Senate seat. If we go back up to Michigan here, we see the fight for the race for governor is kicking off here as Tudor Dixon wins the Michigan GOP primary. but she's got some fighting words for Ms. Whitmer, the current governor, says it's predicting an epic battle shaping up for there. Dixon predicted an epic battle between her and Whitmer, who she attacked for closing schools and businesses during the pandemic, calling her the queen of lockdowns. Now, referencing problems at the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency,

Dixon also said Whitmer allowed criminals to steal millions from our unemployment system while those who needed it couldn't get it. That is going to be quite a battle. Yeah, that's going to be an interesting one to watch. Now, Rick, there's still a lot of support for Donald Trump right now, obviously. Trump-endorsed candidates are moving ahead. But people are putting a lot of hope in Donald Trump, aren't they?

Yeah, they are. Yeah. I mean, the guy, he's got a lot of fight in him. You got to give the guy credit for one thing. He has taken a beating, and he still gets up. And it's the Rocky Balboa mystique. Okay, that's what attracts people to Donald Trump, the fact that he can get beat up up and he gets back up off the mat and starts swinging again. And so people have, they find courage in him and they find encouragement is, here's a guy who's taking a beating. Everybody you can imagine with power and influence coming against him. And yet he somehow is able to

survive and he keeps coming back and they've not been able to put him down. Remember a year or two ago, they wanted to get his taxes. Oh, they're going to put him in prison when they get his taxes. Well, they got his taxes and what happened? They finally got his tax returns and it just went away. There was nothing there. What did they do? They went and arrested his company, CPA, and charged him with...

Misfiling some receipts. Misfiling some company receipts. That's all they could do. Right. So that poor guy is paying a price for it, but they couldn't find anything on Donald Trump. And so, you know, we have this ridiculous January 6th committee hearing. It's a kangaroo court. Donald Trump, none of his supporters have been called in to give witness, to give testimony. They've used people who've given third-hand testimony.

It's ridiculous, stuff that could never be presented in a court of law. The media has choreographed it. In fact, the man running the January 6th production, and it is a production, he's a former ABC News president. Who buried an Epstein story. Who buried the Jeffrey Epstein story. You got it.

So that's what Donald Trump is up against. And you can have disagreements with him, which I have. There are things. I mean, he pushed the vaccines. I'm not happy with that.

Right. But when you look on the big picture, who else is on the scene? You're right. Who is willing to, there are people willing to take on the establishment, but who has the backbone to take the beating and have enough strength to be able to get back up off the mat and get on your feet and swing again? That's what attracts people to Donald Trump. I'm telling you, it's the Rocky Balboa mystique. He's Rocky facing the big Russian.

It's like the guy is so big, and yet somehow Rocky manages to win the fight. So that's how they see Donald Trump, because they see him, he's a champion for the people who have no voice right and we've said here before the attack is not against Donald Trump it's against the people who vote for Trump yes and that's the key understanding isn't they hate the people who vote for Trump they despise and who are those people right they're common people they're just everyday middle class people. People who feel disenfranchised from the political process, and now they finally have a voice. They have an opportunity to be able to fight against what they see as the system.

The system is very real. And finally, there's somebody that embodies that battle. And they're sticking with him. They have not deserted him. They're sticking with him. And he's winning these primaries. He's lost a few, but nothing significant. He's won almost every single candidate that he has endorsed. He's definitely shifted the GOP in a big, big way. If you're a candidate, honestly, if you're a candidate in the Republican primary and Donald Trump endorses your opponent, you should just quit and make peace with him because you're not going to win. The best thing to do is just go make peace with him and find something else to do because you're not going to win that election.

And it is guaranteed, I say guaranteed, it's not 100% guaranteed, but if you get his endorsement, most likely you're going to win. Now the interesting one was Missouri, your home state. Because there was a battle in the Republican Party between two heavyweights, both with the first name Eric. That's right. And Eric won. Yes, Eric won. So St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporting Eric Schmidt

and Trudy Bush Valentine win Missouri's Senate primary contest. Now, Eric Schmidt, Missouri Attorney General, defeated Eric Greitens. Eric Greitens was a popular Missouri governor, fell into some candles here a few years ago. Republican Attorney General Eric Schmidt and Democrat Trudy Bush Valentine, the Bush family, will face off in the November general election contest for U.S. Senate. Missouri voters decided on Tuesday. Schmidt handily won Missouri's Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday,

defeating a scandal-plagued former governor and a six-term congresswoman on his way to the nomination. And this is significant here. Schmidt was winning about 46 percent of the Republican primary vote in the race to succeed longtime U.S. Senator Roy Blunt. His closest competitors, former Governor Eric Greitens and U.S. Rep Vicki Hartzler, she was there in Congress for 12 years, were trailing with Hartzler taking 22% and Greitens only coming in with 19% of the vote. And so this was an interesting race to watch here because this is one of those bellwether decisions here that's going on.

Did you see what Donald Trump did last week at the rally? No, what did he do? Well, he made an endorsement. Okay. He endorsed Eric. Right. So he won either way. Yeah.

He said, you know, and Eric is going to win. Eric has my support. And Eric, he never gave a last name. He wins either way. Yeah. So both candidates said that he endorsed them. And there was a battle in Missouri last weekend. Who did Trump endorse?

And both of them were saying, no, he endorsed me. But Trump never replied after that. It was a really shrewd move. He knew he had supporters in both camps, and he just said, I endorse Eric, and Eric won. Eric Greitens, the former governor, he was the one that put out that ad with the guns, storming, we're going to take them all down. We're going to lead a patriot army. That was one of his ads. And so that was gaining some support within a

certain block of people, but it looks like Missouri played it safe on the GOP side with Eric Smith. Doc, the big surprise for me was the vote last night in Kansas on actually guarantees abortion. Yes. And so there was a vote on an amendment to give the legislature the authority to regulate abortion. Right. And that referendum was defeated in favor of abortion. Yeah, Kansas is a strange state. I don't mean strange in the sense that they're weird,

but strange in that most of the state is rural and it tends to be conservative. And we have conservative politicians that they send to Washington. Yet really a lot of the population is to the left because you've got cities like Lawrence, Kansas, big University of Kansas there, Wichita, several universities there, Topeka. Those are all liberal cities and the majority of the population of the state. And so, but yeah, Kansas voted to protect abortion rights in this challenge to the state constitution.

In the first ballot test of abortion rights in a post-Roe America, Kansas voters turned out in historic numbers to overwhelmingly reject a constitutional amendment that would have opened the door for state lawmakers to further restrict or ban abortions across the state. Now, the AP called the race last night, and the Vote No campaign led 59% to 41% after all precincts in the state had reported. It's interesting that really much of the modern pro-life movement was birthed in Kansas, especially in Wichita, around George Tiller's abortion mill there.

And so now we see that when the opportunity came after Rose defeated the Kansans. Fifty-nine percent of the voters said, we want the right to murder our babies. Right. Don't tell us that we can't do it. That's the fact. That's really what it comes down to. Those people, unless they repent before they die, that vote that they did yesterday in favor of abortion will be confronted. They will be confronted on Judgment Day with that vote

that they voted, consciously voted to kill babies. They can't say, well, I didn't have a say in it, or some politicians, some judges made it legal in my state. No, those people will be held accountable. That they voted to kill babies. And babies will die in the state of Kansas because of those people. Those are the hard facts.

And that's the reality. It's not a political issue. It is a morality issue. The next one, while we're talking about abortion, Missouri Independent, four members of the U.S. Senate have unveiled a bipartisan bill to legalize abortion nationwide. Right.

So Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins, Virginia Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Arizona Democrat Senator Kristen Sinema said the measure called the Reproductive Freedom Act for All, except the ones in the womb, would protect access to abortion and contraception. The bill is a response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,

which overturned a 73 decision that established abortion as a constitutional right. Well, that's the independents' opinion about that. For five decades, reproductive health care decisions were centered with the individual. We cannot go back in time in limiting personal freedoms for women, Murkowski said in a written statement announcing the bill.

And so, bipartisan support, Rick, if you count Murkowski and Collins as Republicans anyway. Well, here in Florida, our wonderful governor, Ron DeSantis, I'm telling you, we love our governor here. Everywhere I go and I talk to my fellow Floridians, everybody talks about how fortunate we are

to have Ron DeSantis as the governor. Doc, honestly, in my lifetime, I've never seen a governor this popular, at least among the people I know. In the place we live, he is extremely popular. I'm sure if you go down to Miami. Or parts of Orlando, Jacksonville. There are places that they don't like him, but the rest of Florida loves him. Well, there was an interesting story that developed, and it happened live.

That's what's really interesting about this. Florida's Voice is reporting PayPal unfreezes Moms for Liberty funds after DeSantis announces crackdown on woke banking. And so here's the story as it goes. Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich said the organization had operated on PayPal for more than a year before running into the most recent problems. Many of their donors would give monthly automatically through PayPal. However, Descovich said PayPal sent notifications that

they froze the organization's accounts during Governor DeSantis' speech at Moms for Liberty National Summit on July 15th. So she tells this, while he's speaking, I started getting emails during the event that PayPal has stopped processing one by one all of our monthly donors. The governor's speaking. Right. And PayPal's deplatforming the organization. Shutting them down live.

So PayPal also froze the organization's $4,500 and would not let them transfer the money out. PayPal told Descovich that they could not operate on the platform until the IRS approved the organization's paperwork. They always try to pull that. However, Descovich said that PayPal had already accepted the paperwork they

filed with the IRS, which is backlogged way back in January of 2021. Now, the story continues here. I emailed, Deskovich explained, I tried calling again and get another person. They said, sorry, there's nothing you can do. PayPal suddenly released the funds after Governor DeSantis' press conference announcing he wants legislation passed to prohibit transmitters like PayPal from discriminating against customers for their religious, political, or social beliefs, right as the press conference is going on. Descovitz had spoken about her PayPal experience at that same press conference. Okay, so the thing about this, PayPal was monitoring Governor DeSantis when he was giving a speech at this conservative group. And they shut him down.

And they shut down the group. And then when he gave a press conference announcing that he was going to push for legislation. And they brought Descovitz up and had him tell her story. This is what PayPal did to me. And they released the fund at the and had him tell her story. This is what PayPal did to me. And they released the fund at the same time. Right.

So PayPal was monitoring the governor. That's right. You tell me these big tech companies don't have a political agenda. Right. But also,

there's another story in this too, is that you can fight back. Yes. You can fight back. You don't have to stand for this. You can speak up against it.

You can make a difference. You can make a change. Well, finally, I think this is the first governor in America who has said, we are going to fight big tech companies that close bank accounts. Because we have banks that are closing people's accounts now because of their political and religious views. Or won't let them open accounts. Yeah.

They'd just be turned down. He can't even open an account. And no explanation given. Right. So, God bless Ron DeSantis. Well, another governor that's been proactive in fighting against the system here has been Governor Greg Abbott of Texas.

And he's been under criticism here lately about shipping migrants to D.C. and everything. He says, well, we're going to keep sending them. We're going to send more migrants to D.C. until President Biden and the administration does its job on border security. And yet a couple of mayors, you got Muriel Bowser in D.C.

and New York Mayor Eric Adams. They've expressed concern about dealing with the influx of migrants. Now, in defense of Governor Abbott here, he has not shipped any migrants to New York City. Do you know who has? The federal government has. They've been shipping migrants. They've been doing it for three years. So they'll take illegal migrants and fly them up to Trenton, New Jersey, and let them run cage-free in New York City.

You see how they shape the narrative here. Eric Adams makes it sound like Governor Abbott has been doing this the whole time. He hasn't been. But he has been sending them to D.C. And it's really upsetting the mayor. Yes. She wants to call out the National Guard.C. And it's really upsetting the mayor. Yes. She wants to call out the National Guard. Right.

Oh, we've got a big problem. Isn't that racist? We've got all the, yes. We've got all these illegal aliens in the city. We can't support them all. Call the Guard. You know, if for some reason Donald Trump did not run for president 2024. I think the strongest ticket would be Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott. That would be a pretty good ticket.

Think about that. Think about that ticket. DeSantis, Abbott. If it's not Donald Trump leading the ticket. I think that would be a very strong ticket. President Trump had something to say about Nancy Pelosi's excursion to Taiwan. Yes, and this is really in opposition to so many on the Republican side that have been touting Nancy Pelosi going to Taiwan

and standing up to the Chinese and everything. Breaking from dozens of his fellow Republicans, former President Donald Trump criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday for her decision to visit Taiwan as China threatened a military response, the New York Post reported. This is what he had to say, as only Donald Trump can say it. Why is crazy Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, always causing trouble. Nothing she does turns out well. Two failed impeachments,

loss of the House. Watch, he added. And the watch part is watch what's coming. So. Hey, speaking of Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan. Okay, so the Chinese today, Chinese communist government, they're doing their war exercise drills around Taiwan. They're flying jet planes over the island. They have the island encircled with warships. But other than that, they're just throwing a temper tantrum.

Right. That's the general consensus. She's left, and they're stomping their feet. Xi Jinping is stomping his feet and pounding to death, and he's mad. Okay? But they didn't do anything. Now, I'm speaking strictly

just as an observer, okay, because I'm not a fan of Nancy Pelosi. But you've got to give the old gal credit. She pulled off a stunt that was extremely dangerous, extremely risky, and downright, well, let's just say that she did something that should have been reserved for a man, okay? So she really, she stood up to Xi Jinping publicly, and he backed down. And I think it was risky. I think it was foolish. I don't think she should have done it.

But I'm just saying she's pulled it off. You have to admit that. She pulled it off. Yes. off. You have to admit that. She pulled it off. She could have gotten the world into a nuclear war this week. Thank God it didn't happen. But she did pull it off. On the surface level, Xi Jinping looks weak and Nancy Pelosi looks strong. That's, I mean, I'm just being a neutral observer in this, just saying, on the surface, looking at it,

there was a showdown, and she won, and Xi Jinping lost. And that's a setback for him. Now, is he going to get even at some point? I don't think it's a matter of them getting even. I think it's simply a matter of when China will invade Taiwan. But I think he had to grit his teeth yesterday and endure the embarrassment and the outrage. She dissed him.

I mean, you just have to admit that what she did turned out to be successful for her. I don't think it was a smart thing to do. I think with the world as close as we are to war, it wasn't a wise thing, Doc, for her to go there. But she pulled it off. That's all

I'm saying. She pulled it off. Biden didn't do it. That cackling chicken in the white, you know, the vice president. You're talking about the vice president. Yeah, the vice president. I mean, can you imagine her doing it?

Yeah, she would have to tell him what color pantsuit she was wearing first. Yeah, I'm a woman. I'm wearing blue, you know. But Pelosi pulled it off. And China didn't do anything. I really thought they were going to do something because of the threats that were coming out of China. So China right now looks like they blow hot air.

And the next time that they blow hot air, will anybody take them seriously? That's the danger where Xi Jinping got himself into. Okay, so... And you've got the party congress coming up, I think, in September or October, right? Yes, yes. And that could, you know,

that could be a challenge for President Xi as he goes into that this fall as well. Well, while we're on the topic of Nancy Pelosi, let's talk about her husband, Paul Pelosi. He had a court hearing today. He did a no-show himself, but his lawyer showed up for him and pleaded guilty. Right. So the story, of course, is Mr. Pelosi had an accident end of May while he was driving under the influence. But a lot of new information is coming out in the past couple of days regarding the story. Paul Pelosi allegedly had slurred speech, had drug in system,

and handed over a police privilege card during a DUI bust. So what we've learned today, as this story has developed, is that it wasn't just alcohol, but there appears to be another drug that was involved. They don't specify what the drug is. And apparently, when the police arrived, the California Highway Patrol arrived, that he handed over a card, a foundation card, $11.99 foundation card, you know, maybe as a way to say, hey. I donate to law enforcement. Right. Charity groups. And so, you know, so that's new development that's coming out. But underneath all this, there's been a sub-story about the slowness of the DA there locally

and moving on charges and also whether there was a thorough investigation and everything. And then the mysterious witness in all this too. Doc, I have not paid attention to this story other than I knew it happened. I don't particularly spend over about 20-some years doing this. I've rarely covered these kind of stories. Somebody has a drinking problem or something. I just stay away from it, okay? My prayer is, hey, I hope you get things

straightened out in your life. I'm not trying to embarrass you or anything like that. And so my first thought was, he was coming home from some type of social event. He had a little fender bender, and because his name is Pelosi, it got in the news, and that's the end of the story. Right. Right?

And that's the way it's been framed, especially by the Pelosi handlers. So it's the... There's more to the story, as Paul Harvey used to say. Okay. It was a significant fender bender, enough to total both vehicles. Yeah, that's what, first time today I learned that both cars were declared totaled, which means it's quite an impact.

And also, Mr. Pelosi went through a stop sign and got hit by a Jeep that was on a state road. So he hasn't been charged on running a stop sign in this process either. But there's been an interesting little story in here too about a witness that saw this. Well, let's talk about where the accident happened. I mean, it wasn't, again, I was thinking it was in San Francisco. And that was the impression too. Urban area, but it wasn't. It was out in Napa Valley. Yeah, the Pelosi's actually have a vineyard out in Napa Valley, but he was coming from another event, driving, I guess, back to the city.

So this is out in the country. So Napa Valley is really about an hour out of San Francisco in that area. Beautiful country, if you've ever been out there. But he was coming home. It was in the evening. It was about 10, 10.15 at night. Dark roads and everything. And this accident occurs.

Now, the accident occurred about 10.15 in the evening. They did not check his blood alcohol content for another two and a half hours after the accident they did field sobriety test but didn't do a BAC test on mr. Pelosi at the site they waited two and a half hours two and a half hour later two and a half hours later Rick he still had point zero eight alcohol content in his blood so if you just back up the time a little bit, that tells you that he was probably running.15 earlier.

Plus a drug. Right. Which they have not identified. They haven't identified the drug. There's a lot of information that they don't identify. The name of the other driver concealed until recently. Right. And so for over a month now, they've said,

they've called him John doing everything. And finally, court papers actually mentions Jesus Alvarez in some documents and everything. But early on, I still remember the night I actually heard this clip. This was about the end of June when this story broke.

And I was driving home and was listening to Fox. And, you know, I'd heard about the accident, Mr. Polis and everything. But Jesse Waters was talking about this particular event. And he had some interesting things to say about it. We got a little clip. This was, I think, June 24th. Yes, so not too long after the accident. Listen to what he has to say about this that no one has really gone after, but really raises a lot of questions. Listen to this. Who said, Papa Pauly is nothing more than just a social drinker, of course, and it would be harsh, quote unquote, to put him in jail because in Napa, quote,

drunk driving was always met with understanding rather than criminal charges. But that's not all. We're just getting started. Buried between the paragraphs about Pauly's sleek salt and pepper hair and Nancy's favorite nail salon, there are some shocking details about what really happened that night, things we haven't heard before. about Pauly's sleek salt-and-pepper hair and Nancy's favorite nail salon, there are some shocking details about what really happened that night, things we haven't heard before, and things that only make this night seem more suspicious. For example, according to The Times,

there was a witness at the scene of the collision. A witness. Funny, because we asked for witness statements, and they told us to take a hike. So who is this witness? Just standing on the side of the road in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere? There's no bus stops in wine country. So if you ask primetime, this sounds a little fishy. So we have to ask, was the witness in the car with Paul? We know Nancy was out of town that night and reports suggest Pauly P's always had a little

bit of a wandering eye. Was it hanky-panky that caused the collision? We don't know. When we spoke to the cops, they refused to say if there was a passenger in the car. They can't confirm or deny it. Very interesting. Another interesting tidbit, according to The Times, both cars were totaled. Totaled. For weeks, we've been led to believe this was just like your everyday little fender bender. We'll say it again. Both cars were totaled. The mystery witness also told the Times Pelosi stayed in his car after the accident. He wouldn't get out. Instead of getting out like, you know, most people do when they get into a car accident, Pelosi froze. He was motionless. It took him several minutes to move.

Why did it take him so long to get out of the car? What was he doing in the car that whole time? New York Times also claims a local sheriff was actually the first person to arrive on the scene, not California Highway Patrol. This is the first time we're hearing about a sheriff. And not only did a sheriff show up, sheriff talked to the witness, and then the sheriff left. Mm-hmm. But they turned it over to the Highway Patrol. SHERIFF TALKED TO THE WITNESS, AND THEN THE SHERIFF LEFT. BUT THEY TURNED IT OVER TO THE HIGHWAY PATROL. BUT THE HIGHWAY PATROL HADN'T ARRIVED YET. THE SHERIFF LEFT.

BEFORE HIGHWAY PATROL ARRIVED? RIGHT. AND SO THEY WERE STILL, THE AMBULANCE FOLKS WERE THERE TAKING CARE OF THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP AND MR. PELOSI, WHO BOTH SAID WE DON'T NEED TREATMENT OR ANYTHING. BOTH OF THEM DID. taking care of the driver of the Jeep and Mr. Pelosi, who both said, we don't need treatment or anything. Both of them did. But the sheriff deputy left before highway patrol officers showed up. That's very unusual.

Yeah, this is really a weird story. The other thing I thought was very strange is that Mr. Pelosi would not or could not move. He wouldn't get out of the car. What was that about? Was he in shock? Or was he too drunk to get out of the car? Too drunk to get out? Or was he hiding something?

I mean, any of those possibilities. Yeah, what gets me is the nearly, almost three-hour delay of checking his blood alcohol content. Come on. This would be a felony. They only charged him with a misdemeanor right now. But if it had been at 1.1, it would have been a felony. If his name wasn't Pelosi.

Yes. One more news story. This is from LifeSite News. Our good friend, Dr. Peter McCullough, says the medical establishment has threatened him with disciplinary action. Now, Dr. Peter McCullough, the same man who's authored 54 peer-reviewed publications on COVID-19 and testified before the U.S. Senate on the pandemic response, told LifeSite News during a Tuesday interview that he has received notice of potential disciplinary action from the American Board of Internal Medicine because of his stance

on the COVID-19 response. According to McCullough, the letter from the board cited public statements the cardiologist has made concerning COVID-19 with which the board disagreed. The board said his previous comments could lead somebody to think that the vaccines weren't effective or that they would not take a vaccine. Well, we know they're effective. Just look at Joe Biden. Right. He tested positive again today. Again? Again. The third time? The third time. Man. I mean, he's just the unluckiest president in the world, isn't he? Thank you.

Hey, grateful he had the vaccines. Imagine if he didn't have the vaccines. Yeah, was he at five or six on the vaccines? I don't know. And you notice how they cover on Paxlovid, the medicine he was taking? Oh, well, people get rebound COVID all the time taking Paxlovid. Well, then don't give it. Right. See, it sounds to me like that's a bad choice then. Dr. McCullough said the letter makes it obvious that the American Board of Internal Medicine has made the presumption that the vaccines are safe and effective. However,

he argued that since the jabs have only been rolled out under an emergency use authorization and lack long-term studies, no board, no doctor can ever encourage or discourage people to take them because they're experimental. And still experimental today. Yes. I'll pray for Dr. McCullough.

Yes. He's a brave man, and he played a leading role in the early days of the fight against the COVID propaganda. And I want to encourage all of you to pray for him, that he has victory over the needle Nazis in the medical industry. There is a medical mafia. Yes. There really is. There is a medical mafia. Yes. There really is. There's a medical mafia.

The pharmaceutical industry owns much of the medical industry. And Pfizer recorded record profits this week. Of course they did. Aren't you excited that they have made all this money? Yeah, of course they did.

And no liability issues. Hey, do we have some miracle money reports? We've got some pretty good ones here today. And so thank you for sharing your miracle money reports to us here this week. These are fresh off the press, if you will. And so we have Wendy. Wendy is saying she's got her second miracle money

that she's received. She got a gift card at work for doing a good job. She says, God is so good, I can't wait to see what he does next. Gina writes, this is my portion of the $40 miracle money, an unexpected 5% raise on my weekend job. And so, Gina, congratulations on that. I appreciate that. Diana writes, I think this is a miracle money.

It was an unexpected back payment from work. And just may the Lord continue to bless you for all the work you do at True News. You've certainly opened my eyes to faith. And that's from Diana. This is a good one here. Kevin writes, I prayed foracle Money and received an unexpected inquiry on our website that turned out to be a $2,500 project for them. So God is blessing people with Miracle Money. What is Miracle Money? Miracle Money is unexpected resources from an unexpected

source. And it's been an exciting time here at the ministry hearing these stories and watching people's faith get ignited about miracle money. Do we have the one from Mike? I'm trying to pull it up here. I'll have it in just a moment. That's okay. We'll do it tomorrow. There's no problem. He had a very good one also. I enjoy reading them. I like hearing them. Susan sends them over to me. And it's one of the first things I ask. I do have Mike. You got Mike's? Yeah, I've got Mike's.

So Mike writes, last week while you were teaching on Miracle Money, I received a check from Chrysler for $26. I hadn't asked for Miracle Money, so it struck me as interesting. The next day I saw you on television where you were asking the question, why haven't you asked God for miracle money? And that's still a question. Why haven't you asked God? I hadn't thought about it. Why hadn't I asked God for that? Proverbs says that the wealth of the wicked is stored up for the righteous. Why haven't I asked for what the Lord says is available to me? So I gave the $26 and promised the Lord if any more came, I would give half to the ministry and use the rest to pay down a bill. I went home at lunch today and there was a check in the mailbox for $260. The check was a settlement payment that the courts ordered on my student loan provider to pay out to

their clients for unfair marketing practices. Apparently, they were found guilty of steering students toward repayment plans that benefited them. I'm giving the $130 to the ministry as promised and looking forward to continuing the process as long as the Lord sees fit. What a thrill it is to see the Lord supernaturally allocate resources, not only for myself, but also to a ministry that is dedicated to preaching the gospel. Thank you, Mike, so much for that. We appreciate those encouraging words. See, that is a great example of miracle money. $260 from a legal settlement

that he didn't even know he was part of. Right. Somebody else filed a lawsuit several years ago. Right. But he didn't get his settlement until he asked God for miracle money. Yes. And then a check was issued to him. And so it's money that arrives suddenly from an unexpected source. And so for our folks to understand here, once you make the commitment to say, Lord, if you provide miracle money between now and the

end of August, I faithfully say that I'll give half of that to the ministry. The Lord takes you up on that. Yes, as though you've already given. As though you've already given, and He'll provide the resource for you to be able to do it. It's exciting because I've seen him do it in my own life and other staff members here. This excited staff members and giving, and of course a number of our friends and supporters from way back, they love these times. You know why? Because it increases that faith.

That's right. You know what? My own story where I got the $500 check on from insurance, totally unexpected. You know, I could have just given $250. I have some resources where I can give, and I give on a regular basis. But I wanted to be involved in miracle money. I wanted God to increase.

I wanted the faith more than I wanted the money. That was me. I WANTED GOD TO INCREASE. I WANTED THE FAITH MORE THAN I WANTED THE MONEY. THAT WAS ME. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHERE OTHER PEOPLE ARE, BUT FOR ME, I NEEDED THE FAITH BECAUSE I NEEDED THAT BOOST RIGHT THERE. I NEEDED THE FAITH TO SEE GOD MOVE IN MY OWN LIFE. IT'S ASKING GOD FOR SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE FOR HIM TO DO.

RIGHT. BUT SEEING HIM DO IT, AND DO IT FAIRLY QUICKLY IN YOUR LIFE, AND THE BOOST TO YOUR FAITH IS, IT'S GOD SAYING TO YOU, IF YOU'RE IMPRESSED WITH THIS, ASK ME FOR SOMETHING HARDER. RIGHT. HE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR YOU. RIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE KINDS OF OFFERINGS. AN OFFERING GIVEN IN FAITH IS ACCEPTED BY GOD. An offering given in faith is accepted by God. And this was a faith offering. An offering, I could have just written a check for $250 and given it to the ministry. That wasn't the issue at all. The issue was, could I believe God provides supernaturally for me and ask him to provide seed for the sower? I said something to you last week after we stopped recording,

and I have not said it to our audience. A lot of people have faith to give from what they have. Right. But they don't have faith for what they don't have. Yes. That's what we don't have. Yes. That's what we're trying to build here. We're trying to help you have faith for what you don't have. As Doc said, he could easily just written a check for $250. But that required I mean, I have faith believing that God will use it. That would be generous.

It would be, God would honor it. But when you have faith for what you don't have. Yes. And miracle money you don't have. But faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Not seen. And God says, oh, so you believe

I can give you miracle money and you're willing to pledge half of it to the work of my kingdom. Therefore, because you have faith, I will give it to you. That's what we're talking about. And he wants us to live like this all the time. And I'm just so excited for the people

who've already received miracle money. And so I ask you the question, if you have not asked God for miracle money, why? What's holding you back? Pride? Religion? What is it? Why won't you do it? I mean, what is it?

I mean, I know some people who have just said they're not going to ask. Why? I mean, they're not going to tell me. But it's a personal thing. But why? Why would you not ask? Ask God for miracle money. I think you're afraid he's going to give it to you.

Some people... And there's truth to that, though, Rick. Doc, some people don't want him to give it because it will scare them in the sense that they'll have to recognize he's really close. Yeah, he's not sitting off somewhere watching. His spirit is right here with us. And he's watching sitting off somewhere watching. Way up there. His spirit is right here with us.

And he's watching. He's listening. He's observing. And they'll realize, oh, that happened really fast. He really did hear my prayer. He did answer. And I think other people are afraid

to ask God for miracle money because, quite frankly, you know what it is, Doc? They're afraid that the miracle money that will come in will be a large amount and they won't want to part with half of it. So they'd rather have none. Yes, they would rather have none than to give up half. I was thinking about that the other day, that there are people holding back thinking, well, what if I get a check for $20,000? What if the miracle money that comes to me is $20,000? I'll have to send true news, $10,000. I'm not going to do it. Therefore, they'll go without

the $10,000 that they could keep. And I think that's part of it. I think some people are holding back for that reason. But that's an issue of the heart. Have fun with this. Yes. If he can give you something that big, he can continue. Once you give that offering,

he'll just keep giving to you. It'll never stop. It will just flow. You'll get the understanding that God is your source for everything. Not just the money in your wallet, but everything that you do. To me, this Miracle Money Challenge has built up my faith. Because you can get into sometimes a stagnation in your giving. And I'm a faithful supporter and love to give.

And I give by faith. I automate my giving, but I felt like faith. But I needed something different, something extra. And Miracle Money, like you said, an unexpected resource from an unexpected source. You know something, Doc? And I mentioned this to you probably a couple weeks ago. So in this modern age, we have automatic debits, automatic withdrawals from our accounts. It's easy.

It's easy to give. It's easy to send your offerings. It's easy to send your offerings. It's easy to send your donations. And everybody likes it. It's easy. But I remember the day when I was a young Christian and faith was new to me and serving God was new to me and it was exciting. And I love worshiping God with my offerings. And I love when a church was building a new church or there was a missionary project or something going on with an orphanage, I loved being part of it. I was excited about it. And I remember the excitement as a young Christian that the moment I got, the day that I got my paycheck, I would run. I literally would run to send my gift. Often I'd get money orders back then. And I'd go to the post office or convenience store and I'd go to the post office or convenience store

and I'd get some money orders and I couldn't wait to get to the post office and mail those checks and I would speak a word of faith. Father, I'm giving this money to you in faith. I believe you to meet all my needs and I want to help this church build this new church. I want to help this orphanage feed these children

and it was exciting to me. Where are we at now? Everything's automatic. Right. Debit withdrawals, everything. Where's the faith? Where's the excitement? Yes. Yes. We're giving and God's honoring it. But there's that childlike faith is missing. Right. And that's why exercises like this help us, not only in reinvigorating our current faith, but prepare our hearts and our spirits for what's coming. Tough times are coming.

Let's just face that. Every indicator is leading us in that direction. Difficult times are coming this fall and winter. When's the last time you wrote a check to a ministry that required you to truly believe God? Yes. When you said, you know, I'm writing a check out for an amount that this is making me take a couple breaths before I write this.

But in your spirit, you know you're supposed to do it. When's the last time you've done that? So I did it the other day, Doc. I realized I haven't done anything like this for a while. Because I have all my gifts going out automatically. I don't have to think about it every week. But the Lord was challenging me the other day. Write out this check to this ministry. Get that childlike faith back in you like you had when you were a young Christian.

That's what I'm excited about right now. And I hope this gets in you and it grows and expands. And I think a lot of you know what I'm talking about. And we've all gotten dull in our giving. We're giving, but it's dull because there's no real faith. There's obedience. Yes.

There's obedience, but not faith. The excitement is gone. The obedience is there. You're obedient because you have your automatic withdrawals. You have set aside. You know who you're going to give to. You're obedient. But the faith is gone.

The excitement is gone. The childlike wonder of doing something for God, it's gone. That's what he wants to ignite in all of our lives again. Hey, we love you. We'll be back here tomorrow. Take care. God bless.