Tim, Wesley and Ray talk with Chris on top news headlines of the day including a discussion on Secretary of War saying that he is ending the wokeness from the military. Also, Jenna Ellis joins the program to discuss Charlie Kirk.
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>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. AFR. Today is Tuesday, September 30, 2020 25. Thanks for listening. as the announcer told you, I'm Tim Wildmon with Wesley Wildmon. Good morning, Wesley.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: Chris Woodward.
>> Chris Woodward: Good morning.
>> Tim Wildmon: And Ray Pritchard in Kansas City. Good morning, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, Tim. How you doing this morning?
>> Tim Wildmon: Doing good. It's a, beautiful day here in Tupelo. How about there?
>> Tim Wildmon: It is equally beautiful here. The sun is shining, blue sky, 73 degrees, no wind. A good day for golf or a good day for a bike ride, whichever is your pleasure.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah. Fishing or fishing?
>> Wesley Wildmon: Now, when you say, yeah, I do fish some. I enjoy fishing. but right now I have three kids and only one of them can fish without my help.
>> Tim Wildmon: So if you sign up for that, I don't, you're going to be doing a lot of work.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I. I wish I could share an image over the radio, but I can't. But just visualize my last trip. Coming home and having two pink poles, all in which at the top was a nest of, Of, What do you call it? Wire? yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: That'll give you a bad attitude.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Oh, yeah, yeah.
>> Chris Woodward: I saw that and heard the Andy Griffith theme.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Theme.
>> Chris Woodward: Hm. In my head.
>> Wesley Wildmon: You know what I. You know what I do with this now?
>> Tim Wildmon: What's that?
>> Wesley Wildmon: I just take it and I just cut it and then I redo it. This is the easiest way to redo it.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't blame you.
>> Chris Woodward: Work smarter.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Hey, real quick, on that note, though, it was a week ago, maybe two. Lose track of time. And in the last couple weeks, we were out there fishing, enjoying the beautiful.
>> Tim Wildmon: You and your three kids.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yes, sir. Me and my three kids out there enjoying fishing. Bennett, my oldest, he's 10. He's fishing on his own. He can. He can catch fish. Take the take the fish off and rebate it all by himself. Well, my, I got a seven year old and a four year old. Daughters, daughters. And the four year old daughter, she's not, she didn't care enough about it. Right now she's running around having a good time. Well, Landry, our middle one, seven, she's enjoying it, but she not as advanced as far as doing it on her own. So she's casting. Casting. All that said, after about an hour of just literally being persistent, casting and throwing the best she knows how she caught the biggest fish for that day. And you want to talk about a 10 year old older brother, competitive nature coming out, he just started like. I'm like, you have to be happy for her. He was like, yeah, but that's not fair. And I'm like, it's not fair. You caught four already anyways.
>> Tim Wildmon: But she got the big, biggest one.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, she caught the biggest one. She caught a two and a half pounder. They're just casting.
>> Tim Wildmon: I just wanted people to know that the, the when you said you got two quote two pink fishing quote that you have two daughters.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's a good point. Yes.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. Now I know that boys use pink baseball bats now.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's. It's a new thing.
>> Tim Wildmon: I'm against it. But, but, but. All right.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's not right.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's not right now. But anyway.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. In the sports world there's neon colors and everywhere.
My daughter Landry caught a two and a half pound bass
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: It's okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. All right, so that's funny. Yeah. All right, so, how big was.
>> Wesley Wildmon: The fish is about it. She caught my daughter, seven year old Landry caught about a two and a half pound bass.
>> Tim Wildmon: That'll fight you there.
>> Wesley Wildmon: It'll fight. Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Especially for a seven year old girl.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. And I was able to in real time. I grabbed my phone real quick, put on record, got it on video, send it around to the family and proud for her. But right now they're in school, so. Yeah, there's no fishing going on right now and we're at work so we got things to cover.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So basically the life lesson there is if you get all your fishing line tangled up, just cut it.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Just cut it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Just cut it.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. Start over.
>> Tim Wildmon: Start, cut it and start over.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That'll teach one.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's right.
Ray: Remember you have a Redeemer, a living Lord Jesus Christ
all right, so lots. Ray, give us a good word from the Bible this morning, if you would.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, from the book of Job, Marlene and I were reading, you know, we're doing our Bible listening and today just happened to come to job, chapter 19. A lot of People think, oh, the Book of Job. I don't know what I can get out of that. But you come to chapter 19. It's one of the greatest statements in all the Old Testament. Job, who had lost his kids, who had lost his fortune, had lost his reputation, had lost. Had lost his health. He's there sitting on the, scraping himself, sitting in the ash heap. And his. These three friends, the miserable comforters, come to him and they blame him for all his problems. And Job. Then in chapter 19, Tim, he says this. After listing all the things he'd been through, he said, but I know that my Redeemer lives. and in the end, he will stand upon the earth. It's a good thing to know. It's even better to know that you have a redeemer. And it's really wonderful to know that you have a redeemer who is living right now. And the best thing may be to know that in the end of days there is the Redeemer coming. Who is, we know now, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will stand upon the earth. And then he says, even after my skin has been destroyed, he means after I die, yet in my flesh I will see God. I will see him for myself. My eyes will behold him, and not as a stranger. This is the highest point of Job's faith. It's one of the highest points in all the Old Testament. Friends. It's good to know. It's better to know you have a redeemer. It's wonderful to know that he is living. It's better yet to know that he's coming back. And the best of all is that when the Redeemer comes back, we will see him and he will see us. And we will know him not as a stranger, but as a friend. So whatever you're slogging through today, remind yourself you have a Redeemer, a living Lord Jesus Christ. Friends, he is coming back. And when he does, we will see him and we will be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Better days are coming for the people of God. Hang on. Hang on, child of God. Better days are on the way.
>> Tim Wildmon: Amen. Amen, brother.
Ray: Sometimes what you think is the biggest issue in the world is insignificant
You're listening to today's Issues on American Family Radio. And thank you, Ray, for that word from the Bible, that good word from the Bible. go ahead. yes, Chris? Have you ever felt like Job?
>> Chris Woodward: at times. And then, you know, we want specifics. Well, it is funny. Sometimes, like, you'll think, you know, your world is falling apart because of this, this or this. And then you Go to a church service or you come here and hear prayer time from some of your co workers and you realize how small your problems are, compared to other people. So whether it's the story of job or even when you sit in a prayer meeting with other people, you realize that, you know, oftentimes what you think is the biggest issue in the world is very insignificant compared to the situations that other people are going through.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yep, that's true.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, tell us about some insignificant issues in the world. Yes, going on here, Chris.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth wants every military member to do PT
>> Chris Woodward: all right, so, what we now call the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, he gave a very fiery speech today to members of the military. And I've got three cuts here, all of which are, clips that are trending on social media. And I say trending because a lot of people liked what Hegseth had to say. Some people were like, I can't believe he said that. Or can't believe he said it that way. let's begin here. when it comes to like, fitness, specifically the fitness of generals, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is tired of seeing overweight soldiers and overweight generals. Clip 11.
>> Steve Hilton: If the Secretary of War can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon and leading commands around the country and the world. It's a bad look. It is bad. And it's not who we are. So whether you're an airborne Ranger or a Chairborne Ranger, a brand new private or a four star general, you need to meet the height and weight standards and pass your PT test. And as the chairman said, yes, there is no PT test. But today, at my direction, every member of the joint force at every rank is required to take a PT test twice a year, as well as meet height and weight requirements twice a year, every year of service. Also today, at my direction, every warrior across our joint force is required to do PT every duty day. Should be common sense. I mean, most units do that already.
>> Tim Wildmon: Now PT means physical training, yes?
>> Chris Woodward: So he wants them to be able to run obstacle courses, do the same push ups, chin ups, pull ups, all that stuff.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Same thing for any law. It varies of, how much and what it is. But it's same thing for police officers and those that serve in other law enforcements. When you are responsible for protecting and defending, you ideally would like to Be more physically fit than the person that you could potentially. Your threat that you could potentially go up against. So this is common sense. I do think it's interesting. It's the first I've heard of him saying, let's bring this also to those that are in charge behind the desk as well. So that was.
>> Chris Woodward: When you sit at a desk for long periods of time and you don't get up so much, you tend to. You know what?
>> Tim Wildmon: Maybe we need to institute this.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I knew it was coming.
>> Tim Wildmon: Here we go.
>> Tim Wildmon: I need to have a speech with our, staff here and tell them to. You're gonna have to buff up.
>> Chris Woodward: gonna make healthy you great again.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Buff up or slim down or say both.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right, Both. I'll let you talk to the ladies.
>> Chris Woodward: We're all gonna have to bike back and forth to raise house.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, in all seriousness, I think what, this is interesting. Very, interesting. This is Pete Hexith. He's the Secretary of war. They are you call it Secretary of.
>> Chris Woodward: War or war secretary, either one there they.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. As a Secretary of defense. A cabinet level position for the for President Trump. Pete Hexith. And he is, speaking there who all. Do you know who I was in attendance was this.
>> Wesley Wildmon: It was. Yeah, it was 800 of the top US military leaders, including generals, admirals at the marines for base in Quantico.
>> Tim Wildmon: Is this the same meeting where we read about a couple days ago that President Trump and Pete Hegseth had summoned or was this already planned? Does anybody know?
>> Chris Woodward: I'm not sure.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Okay, so anyways, where he said Diaz dead.
>> Chris Woodward: Yes, I have that as well.
Ray: Pentagon wants to prioritize physical training more than weight
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so, so the Ray. The he's.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's no more fat generals at the Pentagon. Yeah, I'm sure they. I'm sure. I'm sure the Pentagon leaders were happy to hear that.
>> Tim Wildmon: But he said height and weight, didn't he? Weight, didn't. He didn't know what he said.
>> Tim Wildmon: I may have been just paraphrasing.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, no, I mean he did say. Did say F. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, he did.
>> Tim Wildmon: Tired of seeing that at the Pentagon.
>> Wesley Wildmon: So.
>> Tim Wildmon: I mean that's not exactly Dale Carnegie, how to Win friends and Influence People. But this how you get right. It's how you develop a world class fighting force.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that's what he's getting at. Yeah. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: We want the best of the best.
>> Tim Wildmon: And he's saying the leadership needs to take. Make an example. Be an example.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Example.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. I don't know what age that applies to age. I'm saying.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, well, I don't know. I'd imagine that there's also a formula for those that are.
>> Tim Wildmon: You can't ask a 65 year old to do the same thing you ask a 35 year old.
>> Wesley Wildmon: No, but you can ask.
>> Tim Wildmon: Not fair.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, you can ask him but he's not going to be able to do it. Right.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, I think in that case he would be more referring. Referencing to being overweight. In that case less, more so than physical. But yeah, but I do think the point that was interesting when he said if you were to be on a battlefield and you looked across there and you saw that there were fat people, overweight people is not as intimidating and there is something to be said about the psychological effect that someone who has been disciplined over countless times to meet a physical requirement there is that. That is a factor too that.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. I don't know. You know I'm sure they got this figured out but also there's a lot of you know somebody, Somebody five, five.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Well that's some.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well no, this. I'm talking about a woman. Say a woman. I know you're not supposed to talk about a woman's weight.
>> Chris Woodward: Well, he wants them to pass the same PT stuff he wants them to, to be.
>> Tim Wildmon: He's going to tell them they're overweight.
>> Chris Woodward: Good point. He did not, he did not say fat women. But he did. He did. He does want women with big boned. He does want women in combat to.
>> Tim Wildmon: Go through large frame healthy. We're. We're losing so. But what I'm saying is I'm sure they got this figured out then we will move on from this subject. So I think we've milked it for all its.
>> Chris Woodward: I have more though from hex.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well okay, but I'm. I'm just saying that Some people are built different so that a. Let's say a five five woman may weigh someone maybe 180 but they, but they're fit and we're. Somebody weigh 150 and they're not.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. I don't think necessarily that in a priority that the weight as much as m being physical fit. So you could. Now I would say that in most cases they both go hand in hand and their joint but to your point there may be a few exceptions that someone may be slightly overweight but they meet all the physical training requirements. So therefore I think I would assume they would pass. But you're talking about an exception to the overall rule which is he wants to prioritize physical Training and passing physical tests.
Secretary wants to do away with all the woke stuff in the military clip
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, next. What else you got here?
>> Chris Woodward: Secretary, Hegseth also wants to do away with all the woke stuff in the military clip.
>> Steve Hilton: 13 foolish and reckless political leaders set the wrong compass heading and we lost our way. We became the woke department. But not anymore. No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship. No more division distraction or gender delusions.
>> Chris Woodward: Now, he went on, and I just had to cut it there. By the way, I have posted the entire speech in our Today's Issues Facebook page. Don't watch it with.
>> Wesley Wildmon: You said he went on.
>> Chris Woodward: There was some language. Yes.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, you mean. Well, I love that.
>> Tim Wildmon: No more dudes in dresses.
>> Tim Wildmon: What he said.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yes, go.
>> Tim Wildmon: I love that. What he just said was awesome.
>> Chris Woodward: And that.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That.
>> Tim Wildmon: What, he slip off in some bad language there?
>> Chris Woodward: well, you know, he's. He's a military guy. He might, My dad was a sailor. I mean, he used some pg 13. He used some pg 13 words in the speech that we didn't bring into the.
>> Wesley Wildmon: So we all have to.
>> Tim Wildmon: We can't play that on this radio station.
>> Chris Woodward: not according to Brent. No.
>> Wesley Wildmon: We all. We all sat at this table and Ed was in here as well.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Wesley Wildmon: When we all had slight. Slight, like, question marks about peak headset because of, quote, his background in military, which, of course, he served as. There was slight, like, questions now, but for me, I withheld anything because of statements like that that he was already making before he was, elected or not elected, before President Trump put him in his position. Okay. Selected him.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, Next.
>> Wesley Wildmon: And now. Yeah, he's doing stuff like that. And that's exactly why, he didn't. He didn't get in. In his position and change his mind. He's always had that position.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Oh, yeah. That. What Some of the controversies that are not controversial with us. The controversy the liberal Democrats were going. Oh, yeah, m. What he said while ago. Right. That triggered. That triggered them. I want to hear that again, though, that I. That's like, that's like playing a. A song, you know, that you want to hear a second time. You know, I want to hear popular demand.
>> Steve Hilton: Foolish and reckless political leaders set the wrong compass headings and we lost our way. We became the woke department. But not anymore. No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship. No more division distraction or gender delusions.
>> Tim Wildmon: No more. What do you say about. No more recognizing, climate change distractions. Yeah, well, the climate change worshiping.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: And that and then no more identity.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Identity, gender dysphoria.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And identity.
Chris Hemsworth wants the military to be better again
Anyway, what else has he got here, Chris?
>> Chris Woodward: Well, this one's short and sweet, but basically he just wants the military to be better again. clip 12.
>> Steve Hilton: You love your country and we love this uniform, which is why we must do better.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Amen.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, that's it.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Halfway through popcorn. Five seconds.
>> Chris Woodward: I had to chop it down.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah, chop it down. There was some grown, grown man language there.
With the election of President Trump, recruiting in the military is back up
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, well, listen, Pete Hagseth, is the SEC warp Secretary of War or War Secretary? He barely made it.
>> Tim Wildmon: Barely was confirmed.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: but I know people, I don't know him personally, but I know people who do know him personally and they're very impressed with him. he's, he's you know, this is who he is and this is what he believes and what, what he's right. What he's advocating for, he's not advocating for, he's putting into place. Right. I'm talking about Pete Hexith in the military really is only re establishing how the armed forces used to look, how they used to be, before all this. So he called it woke up. The woke department.
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: Before all the woke stuff came into the military. And by the way caused the United States military, all branches to dive in terms of recruitment.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yes. Major tanks.
>> Tim Wildmon: And then when President Trump was elected and Pete Hexith, came in to be Secretary of War, the recruiting numbers have gone way, way up in the military. Now I believe can't prove this, but Ed's talked about this too. You have a lot of times in the military you have generational service. So somebody's great grandfather did, then their grandfather did and they did, you know, that kind of thing, a family lineage. Well that stopped, really stopped around the Obama years because of all the woke garbage that started coming into the military. And then when they forced them to take the COVID vaccine, a ton more left, right. Or either they fired them. They said if you don't, they said if you don't take the COVID vaccine, we don't want you in the military. You remember that?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah.
>> Tim Wildmon: So that, that caused a big problem too. So, but with the election of President Trump, with, with Pete Hex Ray, the numbers of recruiting in the United States military are going way, way back up. Go ahead.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, I noted that in the speech and Chris, you may have this somewhere. He actually said out with and he named a number of modern day military leaders, including General Milley. And then he said in With. And one of them was Norman Schwarzkopf of the first Gulf War.
>> Chris Woodward: Storm and Norman.
>> Tim Wildmon: Storm and Norman. And then he named General Patton. And I just think. I just think there's a lot of particularly veterans, around the country who would stand up and cheer and say, well, it's about time. Oh, yeah, they are the Storm and Norman. And back to George Patton.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has requested National Guard to help combat crime
>> Tim Wildmon: All right. You're listening to Today's Issues. That's the name of this show on American Family Radio. Tim, Wesley, Chris and Ray, go ahead. What's your next story?
>> Chris Woodward: Well, for the purposes of time, since we're coming up on a break, I do want to point out that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry does indeed and has officially now requested National Guard to report to help combat crime in Louisiana. Clip 10.
>> Steve Hilton: We're sending, the Department of War a request to send the National Guard, asking them to deploy the National Guard here in Louisiana into our cities like New Orleans and Baton Rouge and others, so we can continue to reduce the amount of violence on our streets. Why would you not want your citizens to be safe? We started to see violence start to trickle down in the city of New Orleans, and lately we've seen an uptick. So I'm calling the president today. I, sent a letter to Secretary Henseth. It said, hey, we want some orders. Please send us some troops. And we are going to crack down on violence in the city of New Orleans.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's the governor of Louisiana right there.
>> Chris Woodward: Landry, former Attorney general, knows a thing or two about the law.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, only question I would have there, and I know there's a good answer to it, is if he's the governor, why doesn't he call out the National Guard himself?
>> Chris Woodward: Yeah, that's a great point. Many people have talked about that. why, you know, this is almost a situation. Why you can't keep depending on the federal government when you have the power to do things yourself. Some people have pointed that out, particularly New Orleans.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't. Baton Rouge. M. Maybe they have high crime numbers. I'm not sure, but I know New Orleans does. And, per capita is one of the. Is very dangerous place. Yeah, Per, capita. And I'm sure there's lots of lovely places they're safe in New Orleans. But a lot of. But there are enough to. Where the crime numbers are, again, per capita, are way up there. Same with Jackson, Mississippi, with St. Louis, with M. Memphis. there's a lot of cities, that's a Mississippi river there right now. It must be something about the River.
>> Chris Woodward: You think something's in the water?
>> Tim Wildmon: Something's in the, That's. There you go, Chris. Something. No, I don't know what's going on there with, But, exactly why those cities, but, are dangerous again, per capita.
Louisiana is asking President Trump for help in policing its streets
All right, next story. We got to take a break. Yeah, let's take a break right here. So the governor, Louisiana is asking President Trump for help.
>> Chris Woodward: Officially.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. I don't have a, I don't, I don't have a problem with that because the governor and, or the mayor, I don't know how the mayor of New Orleans feels about that. But really, her, she, she's second under the governor in terms of who's in control of the state. I'm sure the governor would like to work with the mayor. Maybe the mayor of New Orleans wants, help too in policing the streets of New Orleans. But, I bet. Anyway. All right, let's take a break right here and we'll be back with more of today's issues on American Family Radio.
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>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back everybody to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Tim, Wesley, Chris and Ray. And as always, we thank you for listening. Wesley. How come folks watch this here show if they'd like to do that or download our podcast. They like to do that.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Are, you sure you want to ask me that? Because the last two times I have failed.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, this is third time.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, you redeem yourself.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Let's Redeem ourselves here.
>> Tim Wildmon: how could you fail at that?
>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, because I left out, I think it was YouTube, because I remember we were banned for so long, I. And then you. You apparently were back on. But I didn't know we were back on.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Well, okay.
>> Tim Wildmon: YouTube's put us back on because thanks to. Well, they. We got back on. Let's just say that.
>> Wesley Wildmon: And we're just all. We're only back on on YouTube on the days that Ed's not in here.
>> Tim Wildmon: Brett, Brent paid them off. Would you have to pay them, Brent? Get us back on there, huh? Uh-huh. I just closed them out of money.
>> Wesley Wildmon: No. Yeah, it's not just because it's not only on the days that Ed's here. We are back on YouTube. Today's issues live on YouTube.
>> Tim Wildmon: Basically, we got banned because during COVID Ed was.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Throwing the words like ivermectin around. Hydra, whatever that with that one. Anyway, tell them how they watch on the Internet.
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>> Tim Wildmon: We're on Facebook. Facebook, yeah, Facebook and YouTube.
>> Wesley Wildmon: We also. The Afore app is another great place to download that because you can listen to even if you get outside the, traditional terrestrial.
>> Tim Wildmon: Terrestrial radio stations. What about, in the podcast, people want to listen. If, they want to listen on demand.
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>> Jenna Ellis: Good morning. Great to be with you guys.
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, you're, they're not puppies anymore, are they? Your dog?
>> Jenna Ellis: That. My dog? Yeah. Todd and Copper. They're. Well, there may be teenagers at this point, if we're counting dog years, because today actually is their Gotcha Day, two years ago, which is the celebration of when, you get your dog. It's called the Gotcha Day. It's a big thing on Instagram. I didn't actually know about it and until Instagram, but today, two years ago, is when I, got both of them. So they're a little over two now.
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, we used to hear them every once in a while. Where are they now?
>> Jenna Ellis: you know what is so great about having a house with a backyard is that I can, set up radio and, have the screen door open, and they can come in and out and they play, mostly, outside. And so it's not as. We don't have a lot, you know.
>> Tim Wildmon: And you got a fence. You got a fence, just to be clear.
>> Jenna Ellis: Yes, absolutely.
>> Tim Wildmon: A screen door in the summer in Florida. And you got it open.
>> Jenna Ellis: Well, you know, Florida is actually. We're past the heat of the summer. I, was telling Brent before coming on, it's actually a little bit cloudy today.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
>> Jenna Ellis: And so it's not bad.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay.
>> Jenna Ellis: They love.
>> Tim Wildmon: I've just seen the size. I've seen the size of those mosquitoes in, central Florida, and I just know they could. They could carry off a small dog sometimes.
>> Jenna Ellis: well, occasionally.
>> Tim Wildmon: Up. There we go. There we go.
>> Jenna Ellis: His name.
>> Tim Wildmon: They know I'm calling their names. Listen to that.
Jenna, you were friends with Charlie Kirk and his wife Erica
All right, so, Jenna, on a more serious and somber note, I know you were friends with Charlie Kirk and his wife Erica. I was talking to you, slash, texting you the day he passed and then the subsequent days, and you were in shock, as we all were. What, do you want to say about what happened there, about Charlie? What. What do you. Give you an opportunity to speak on.
>> Jenna Ellis: That yeah, you know, I really appreciate that. And doing my live show the. The day after he was murdered was probably, one of the hardest things that I've ever done. And I know, listeners who tune into that show, and that's on the podcast as well, our September 11th program. I was crying, I think, almost all the way through, just because of how terrible the situation, was. I mean, this would have been difficult if he had, you know, suddenly, died in a car accident or, you know, some other kind of, you know, other thing like that. But to have this so, brutally murdered just on video, you know, in front of everyone, and to recognize that he was targeted just really for his Christian faith, I think, to me, you know, now it's been almost three weeks. It'll be three weeks tomorrow. it's really, for me, been a point of conviction that I need to take advantage of every opportunity I have to speak the truth of the gospel of Christ even more than, I do. And, you know, some people may be saying, well, Jenna, you get to do that every day on the radio in the morning. And that's true. but we all have more opportunities, I think, than we think. And one of the things, as I've been seeing all of the reels of Charlie and seeing, how he professes his faith so clearly, he did. He did that in a way that's just such clear communication and with such conviction that I think speaks to all of us that we all need to be prepared, to give an answer for the hope that lies within us. And I also love how there has been such an inspiration to not just, profess our faith, but to go back to church, to be involved in a local church, as the Bible calls us, to back to marriage and family. I mean, all of these things that are so wholesome. And, that's really what I saw in Charlie and in our friendship. I met him about a decade ago when he was, really young. And, and then I got to know him more personally in 2019, when, we were founding fellows together at Liberty University. And he had just started dating Erica at the time. And instead of just being so focused on politics and, you know, big government sucks was kind of their bumper sticker, right, for tpusa. And they were so focused on capitalism and conservative policy. All that's great. but when Erica came into his life and he was focused on family, that really changed him. And TPUSA started TPUSA Faith, and he got even more centered on saying it's not just the policy that matters, that does matter, but the fight really and the message really is the redemptive work of Christ. And he became even more bold in his faith. And that, I think is ultimately what people are already remembering him for, is that boldness. And that's really when, he. He started. That was when he got married and had a family. And I love that because that is God's design for us. And there's a real testimony in that as well. And I just. Tim, I still can't believe that he's gone. And there are times where, you know, it just hits me again that this actually happened. And I just pray for Erica and for his two little kids.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, absolutely.
Jenna: Since Charlie's assassination, something has happened in Christian America
Ray, you have any thoughts or comments on our, question?
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, Jenna, one of the things that we're seeing around the country is this unbelievable response among young people. I mean, Charlie knew how to speak to the, let's say, late teens up through the early 30s. I mean, he had the heart of that generation right in his hand. Now Charlie is gone, but we're seeing around the country, talking to pastors around the country. I'm hearing about new people coming to church, you know, that have not come maybe in years. And some people who drifted away are coming back. I talked to one pastor in Montana, and he used an interesting word. He said, I see these people coming in and they're gritty. They have grittiness about them. That is, they're not just here for pleasure, but they. Since Charlie's assassination, something has happened. It's almost like there's been a shift inside. Inside a whole generation. So, Jenna, what are you seeing, in terms of what's happening around the country? And do you think this portends perhaps a greater move of God toward.
>> Tim Wildmon: We've all been praying for revival for a long time. Could. Could this now bring us to the brink of a great spiritual awakening?
>> Jenna Ellis: I hope so. And I think that, Charlie would have absolutely loved that. To know that his. His life was in any way a smaller big part of that catalyst. And, and, and I agree with you. I mean, what we're seeing is so unique right now. I think it's, unprecedented. And it's, something we've all been praying for. And we need to grasp hold of the moment and meet that moment. And I hope that pastors especially, ah, are meeting that moment. But even, me personally, I mean, I've had friends that, you know, I've known for years who really weren't churchgoers. I mean they kind of believed in God, but not really all that dedicated. And I've had so many people, ah, text me, just saying, you know, I really feel like I need to buy a Bible. I need to go back to church. I mean these are, this is really happening. And I hope that this is the start of not just a conservative wave and what we've seen kind of in this populist movement in America, but truly a refocus and a recentering on Christ. Because that's ultimately what is going to change America. It's not going to be the Republicans versus the Democrats. It's not going to be Washington D.C. what's going to transform this country and the world is if we truly have a realignment with truth. And truth as we know, is the person of God. And I really hope that, this isn't just a, flashpoint moment, but it is a turning from all of the damage that we have seen to this country over the last, especially 20 years. But I would say even longer than that, 50 or 60 years down this road toward, embracing sin. we've seen, you know, abortion decisions from the Supreme Court. We've seen, the homosexual decisions from the Supreme Court. We've seen, you know, all of this just open embrace, but at the highest levels of government, of genuinely sin and evil. And when our hearts and our minds are changed to turn back to truth and Christ, that's ultimately what changes a nation because that's what changes the individual.
Were you surprised that James Comey was indicted for lying to Congress
>> Tim Wildmon: Hey Jenna, changing subjects here. Were you surprised that James Comey, the former FBI Director, was indicted? Was that a federal indictment?
>> Jenna Ellis: yeah. So it's out of the district, a federal district in Virginia. so the DOJ is prosecuting that. And yeah, I, I was surprised frankly, because, typically, you know, a Republican led agency is often too hesitant to to do anything that the left can claim is, ah, politically motivated or retaliation or lawfare, you know, any of these ridiculous things. but ultimately, I think that there is a very solid case. And of course Comey has a right to due process, presumption, of innocence, all of that in a court of law. But I'm not going to be sitting on the jury. I don't live in Virginia. so I can say that from what I've seen and from what the indictment shows, if you lie to Congress, then you should be indicted for that. And so this is a moment, I think, where the left is finally recognizing, you know, maybe we're not going to get away with all of this stuff and just assume that there's no accountability. I hope that this is just the beginning because whether it's Republican or Democrat, if you violate the law then you should be held accountable. And we need to be a law and order society, not just a politically motivated or ah, law and order society. Or assume that some people actually are and offices are above the law. If you happen to have an R or D after your name.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.
Jenna Ellis: Todd and Copper can follow me on Instagram
All right, well Todd and Copper, tell them we said hello now that you can. People, people can watch them on Instagram, right?
>> Jenna Ellis: Yes they can. And we've actually in the midst of, you know, all of this, I've made that more private, be just you know, with all of the security stuff. But I post some pictures on them but they can follow me at Jenna Ellis Media. And I actually sent you the picture of Copper, ah, when he was saying hi because he, he came up on the table there so you can, you can see that. But yes, they say hi to all of our listeners and I love when people write in and reach [email protected] that's my email address here. And and tell them hi, Todd and Copper.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's from the Disney movie. What was that?
>> Jenna Ellis: yes, the Fox and the Hound.
>> Tim Wildmon: Fox and the Hound, yeah.
>> Jenna Ellis: Such a good, a good classic. You know, none of the woke stuff.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Jenna Ellis: It's one of, one of the good ones.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, well Jenna, take care. Thanks for being on with us and your podcast. I know a lot of people listening to you each morning at 7 o' clock central time right here on American Family Radio with the Jenna Ellis in the Morning show. When, your podcast coming up this week, what will it be on?
>> Jenna Ellis: Yeah, so we we're actually going to do a special episode of all of these topics we were talking about, specifically on the rise of trans violence and why that is the worldview and what we as Christians, need to do about it in terms of worldview. So I have a very special guest for that and that will drop on Friday. So every Friday is when On Demand comes out. And so again you can go to the podcast [email protected] alright, thank you Janet.
>> Tim Wildmon: Take care.
>> Jenna Ellis: Thanks you guys too.
Jenna Ellis says she's received threats because she supports trans rights
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, that's Jenna Ellis joining us from Florida and she's that podcast, very popular too. But Jenna is she. If you want to listen to her show and you should at 7, 8 o' clock each day, weekday morning right here on American Family Radio, I Bet.
>> Wesley Wildmon: She covers some of that. J.K. j.K. Rowling.
>> Tim Wildmon: J.K. rowling. Yeah, yeah, whatever. How do you pronounce that correctly?
>> Chris Woodward: Well it's spelled R O W L I N G. But she's British.
>> Tim Wildmon: Talking about the Harry Potter, author.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Yeah. The reason I mentioned that is because within the last couple of days she's beginning to share some of her threats that she's has been. Got. That she has gotten from.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Trans activists over the years. So she, she shares some of those stories. I wonder if she'll cover their life's been threatened.
>> Tim Wildmon: We're talking about. If you don't know J.K. rowling. I think Rowling is right in it.
>> Wesley Wildmon: Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Have you heard it?
>> Tim Wildmon: I think that, I think Rowling is right.
>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. She's a British author and she's most. She's known worldwide for.
>> Tim Wildmon: Worldwide.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. The Harry Potter series.
>> Chris Woodward: Series.
>> Tim Wildmon: and. But she is a ardent defender of women's rights and girls rights.
>> Wesley Wildmon: And prior to the trans movement she would have been considered ah. On the left. Not necessarily radicalized like we know it today. But she's a left.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right.
>> Wesley Wildmon: But because of this issue she's having to pick sides, so to speak.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. And she's she, she's received threats because she says that if you support trans, the trans movement where men or boys can claim their girls just because they feel like they are and then like compete against girls in sports, real girls, that's unfair and that's against women's rights. And she's correct right on that. But the trans kind of movement to the, their supporters, they can get very hostile, very ugly and violent. sometimes.
>> Wesley Wildmon: And the reason.
>> Tim Wildmon: And so she, she is, she's had to protect herself. Course she has the money to do that.
>> Wesley Wildmon: I was going to say the reason she. Well one, she's very popular. But the reason we also use her as an example is because we know those on the right, overwhelming majority of them support men and traditional views on sexuality.
>> Tim Wildmon: Right. Yeah.
>> Wesley Wildmon: But for her to come out having a background of being a. On the left that is. Made her a prominent voice.
>> Tim Wildmon: You have several now you have several prominent people, Bill Maher, who are on the left. M. Martina Navratilova, the famous tennis star.
>> Wesley Wildmon: That's right.
>> Tim Wildmon: She's come out, been over and over. She's a lesbian.
>> Tim Wildmon: But she says it's not you can't be a man and, and compete against women, competing against girls. So and a Pete Hacks. That made it clear because he's, quote, against, he's against, quote, dudes and dresses. Right?
>> Chris Woodward: Right. No more dudes and dresses.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's what he said today. You're listening to today's issues on afr. Tim, Wesley, Chris and Ray. Go ahead, Chris.
President Trump has what he's calling a 21 point peace plan for Gaza
>> Chris Woodward: Well, this is a continuing topic to something we began discussing yesterday. Yesterday, President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, where they discussed Israel's war in Gaza, which is in retaliation, of course, for Hamas, attacking them back on October 7th, 2023. Long, story short, President Trump has what he's calling a 21 point peace plan for this situation and really the Middle east in general. I won't read all 21 points.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, come on.
>> Chris Woodward: but I will say this. point one, Gaza will be a de radicalized terror free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of its people. If Israel and Hamas agree to the proposal, the war will immediately end and both sides will return whatever hostages they still have. I've got some audio here of President Trump talking about this clip once.
>> Tim Wildmon: Everybody who wants to see an end to the violence and destruction should be united in calling for Hamas to accept the extremely fair proposal so that we can end the war and get us back our hostages right now and have everlasting peace.
>> Chris Woodward: That everlasting peace part is kind of.
>> Tim Wildmon: Sounds like a song, right?
>> Chris Woodward: Some people are kind of scratching their heads going, you know, these people have always been fighting. I don't know that we'll have everlasting peace, but at least he's trying to do something.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. Ray, what do you think about what present have you read? You know what point 19 is, Ray?
>> Tim Wildmon: I do not.
>> Tim Wildmon: I don't know what we can get back to that.
>> Chris Woodward: Bear with me. I'm ready when you need me, sir.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, go ahead. Hold on. Right, yeah, go ahead.
>> Tim Wildmon: What's number.
>> Tim Wildmon: What's point number 19, by the way.
>> Chris Woodward: I have posted these on our Today's Issues Facebook page. But number 19 is a process will be established to de. Radicalize the population. This will include an interfaith dialogue aimed at changing mindsets and narratives in Israel and Gaza.
>> Tim Wildmon: All right, well, Hamas ain't going to go for this. Go ahead and try it anyway. I guess given a may for effort, but go ahead, Ray.
>> Tim Wildmon: Look, point one is they're going to de Radicalize. They're going to de. Radicalize Hamas. Well, good luck.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, good luck with that one.
>> Tim Wildmon: Good luck with that one. You know, nobody's been able to do that. Wish them all the best. there is inherent in these 21 points. It's interesting that Netanyahu's agreed to this. it doesn't explicitly say a Palestinian state, but it's clearly. It's clearly. Chris, you can check me on that. But it's clearly leading in the direction of some kind of independent Palestinian state. Look, let's get to point 1. Let's deradicalize Hamas. Then there's going to be. There's going to be some kind of government set up in Gaza. All in favor of that. Send the hostages back home, all of that. what can you say? We wish everybody involved all the best, but, the record of peace plans involving terror groups is not very hopeful.
>> Chris Woodward: Point number nine is this Gaza will be point number nine. Number nine. Gaza will be administered by a temporary transitional government of Palestinian technocrats who will be responsible for providing day to day services for the people of the strip. The committee will be supervised by a new international body established by the US in consultation with Arab and European partners. It will establish a framework for funding the redevelopment of Gaza under the Palestinian Authority. has completed. Until the Palestinian Authority has completed its reform program.
>> Tim Wildmon: Does it say where the Trump Hotel will be?
>> Chris Woodward: It does not. maybe that was. And they had to cut it somewhere.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, it's going to be around in the ocean. Tim, you know that. He's going to build it right there on the shore.
>> Tim Wildmon: You know, lavish golf courses and.
>> Tim Wildmon: What is this Gaza Technocrats. What a word to use in a piece.
>> Tim Wildmon: That's actually a. That's a bluegrass group.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, yeah, the Gaza Technocrats.
>> Tim Wildmon: When they opened the carpenter at the.
>> Chris Woodward: Pyramid in 1972, it was fantastic, let me tell you.
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, listen,
>> Wesley Wildmon: No, no, no. We want more.
>> Tim Wildmon: We want more.
>> Chris Woodward: Oh, I can tell you what a technocrat is.
>> Tim Wildmon: You want to hear from the guys that Technocrats.
>> Wesley Wildmon: No, I've got all points here. I want more points.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, more points where? We already covered one night.
>> Tim Wildmon: What's number. What's number 11?
>> Chris Woodward: Okay, got you right here. Number 11. an economic zone will be established with reduced tariffs and excess rates to be negotiated by participating countries.
>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, that's right down Trump's alley right there. I mean, this for that kind of stuff.
>> Chris Woodward: He had him in tariffs.
Ray: Netanyahu is going along with this, which shows how bad the situation has become
>> Tim Wildmon: What about. What was. Tony. Tony, Blair, the former, prime minister?
>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, he's in on this deal.
>> Tim Wildmon: His name's in this. What's his job?
>> Chris Woodward: He's basically like an envoy that's kind of in on the talks and Trying to be a mediator between the two.
>> Tim Wildmon: Between two what?
>> Chris Woodward: well, between Israel and the so.
>> Tim Wildmon: Called Palestinians, the Hamas. Okay, well, Hamas is, I don't think Hamas is going to agree that they're radical.
>> Tim Wildmon: No, no, they're just peace loving, peace loving killers.
>> Tim Wildmon: How are you going to, how are you going to de. Radicalize somebody who doesn't think they're radical? listen, this is a very serious situation and and it's, it's sad on many levels, what's happening.
>> Tim Wildmon: It is.
>> Tim Wildmon: So, we're, you know, having a little fun with this, but it's a very, The situation there on the ground in Gaza and you've seen it, is one of utter desolation and this dystopianism. Right, Ray?
>> Tim Wildmon: Well, the surprise is Netanyahu is going to go along with this, which shows how bad the situation has become over there.
>> Tim Wildmon: Listen, the, the Hamas still hasn't released the hostages. No, they're still holding hostages. Right.
>> Tim Wildmon: And they're holding the bodies of some of those that, that have died. So it's just awful.
>> Tim Wildmon: They say, right, Fred said something about 21 are still alive or something like that. but they brought on their own destruction. Destruction. Okay. Hamas, did you know they brought on their own destruction, I'm, sad to say, in Gaza by, by killing all those people, 1200 people on October 6th. 7th. 7th in 2023. We'll be back momentarily. Stay with us.
>> Jenna Ellis: The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.
