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Today is the National Day of Prayer; participate in your community

>> Steve Jordahl: Today's Issues continues on AFR with your host, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association.

>> Tim Wildmon: Hey, welcome back, everybody, to Today's Issues on the American Family Radio Network. Thanks for listening to afr, Tim, with Fred Jackson and Ray Pritchard. And then, with us now in studio is Steve Paisley Jordal. Good morning, Steve.

>> Steve Jordahl: Hey, everybody.

>> Tim Wildmon: hey, wanted remind everybody, today is the National Day of Prayer. So participate in your community and if, you know of an event that's taking place, I know here in Tupelo, we're having a, meet at City hall event at noon, starts at noon. So one hour from now, 55 minutes from now, we, will be having our community National Day of Prayer service. and that's happening all across America and the White House right now in Washington.

>> Fred Jackson: The president. Of course, it's noon in Washington, and there is a ceremony right now at the Rose Garden at the White House.

>> Tim Wildmon: So President Trump is, speaking there.

>> Steve Jordahl: Has anybody seen what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are doing for National Day prayer? I don't know. Maybe they're holding an event somewhere else. I'm sorry. Yeah, that was uncalled for. Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, Chris, Steve, what do you got? I didn't know what to say there. It wasn't called for, but. But it was anyway.

>> Steve Jordahl: All right, go ahead.

Oklahoma wants to establish country's first religious charter school

so yesterday, at the Supreme Court, we heard arguments over a charter school case. Oklahoma wants to, become the, ah, established the country's first religious charter school. it's basically a, A, Catholic school that, has as its, one of its missions to propagate the Catholic faith to its students. And so they want to become a charter school. The, the, it. This case, whether it's first, Amendment compliant is at the Supreme Court. Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the case. So there's only eight. justice is hearing the case. It looks like it's going to hinge on Justice Roberts. What, whatever Chief Justice Roberts does, they are now, allowing or they're broadcasting audio from the Supreme Court cases when they hear an argument. We, we picked up a little bit of it. this happened yesterday. Cut one. You can't treat religious people and religious institutions and religious speech as ah, second class in the United States. The essence of the establishment clause was we're not going to pay religious leaders to teach their religion.

>> Fred Jackson: It's an interesting case because the Governor of Oklahoma is all in favor of this school, whereas, and he's a Republican. The Republican Attorney General is Opposed to this. there is concern, that this sets a precedent. Remember and we've talked about this before, a charter school is fully funded by public taxpayers money. It's a public school, but it's gets funding, it's fully funded, as I say, by the government. This is different from vouchers. This is different, all of that sort of thing. So, and, and so Michigan, if this.

>> Tim Wildmon: Applied to Michigan, you could, you could pay for a Muslim school.

>> Fred Jackson: That's right. That's right. So people, some people are a little bit concerned about that, what kind of precedent this would set.

>> Tim Wildmon: What do you think, Steve?

>> Steve Jordahl: Well, I think it's a valid concern. I'm a little familiar with charter schools. for those who don't know, charter schools are public schools that have their own school, board. They're not, don't have the same school board as the regular public schools. And they usually are.

>> Tim Wildmon: They're better, they're better academically too.

>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, they target something. So you might have a STEM school, an arts charter school.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Steve Jordahl: And this one wants to be a Catholic charter school. the benefit of having its own board of directors is if the grades aren't up, if the school fails, the charter school closes. You can have public, ah, schools having failing grades for decades on end.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: What do you think about all this?

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, it's a great question, isn't it? Do we want the government fully funding a Muslim charter school, a Hindu charter school? I suppose, as was my best thought is if you're going to do that, then you've got to make it religion neutral. Right. It's got to be that way. It's got. In Oklahoma maybe you're going to have a lot of evangelicals because they're so evangelical Charter school, Charter schools, because they're evangelicals are so strong. In Oklahoma it's going to be different in California, in Illinois, it's certainly going to be different In Michigan, I'm even playing field, I think.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I lean more toward the school choice, the vouchers, those kinds of things where they're in a direct funding of a Christian school. I think, and I'm just speaking out loud here without. And I will come. Pardon me, I will confess I haven't fully thought this through. So I'm may change my mind tomorrow if I think about it more. But just my initial gut reaction to this is I don't want to take any government money if I'm a church or a school. Because when you start taking government money, somewhere down the road there's going to be government strings attached that you're not going to like. And then they're going to say, wait a minute, you, you, you took our money. Now you're not conforming to our rules. You see what I'm saying? So as long as you got a friendly administration or a friendly governor, maybe that's not a problem. But once you get a hostile one in there, then you could have r. You may have rules that you don't particularly care to follow that maybe not be anti religious. They may have to do with, I don't know, academics or something of that nature. So you need to be really careful when you start taking money from the government because strings are usually attached to that. Again, that's just my thoughts out loud on the issue at hand. I would like to hear more from the Supreme Court.

>> Steve Jordahl: Well, we will get a decision. It's going to be a month or two before they release that. But okay, if to the point.

Muslim activists are buying churches and turning them into mosques

I want to emphasize the point you guys are making about schools. Muslim schools in particular. I ran across a video. this is a Muslim activist. His name is Muhammad Musri. He is with the Islamic Society of Central Florida and he has got plans for Florida. This is cut 10.

>> Donald Trump: We are buying these churches. We bought three churches so far.

>> Tim Wildmon: And.

>> Donald Trump: Now we have one. We are buying with a school to make it because we have to serve the same people, the people who were part of that community. One day they will be Muslims. So we will make it into a masjid and an Islamic school for our children and their children. Inshaallah. Hundred years ago they invaded the Muslim world and they built missionary schools and destroyed Islamic schools and masjids. Today we bring the favor back. Turn their churches into masjids and their schools into Islamic schools. Bring the light of Islam to here. We're able to buy ready to go institutions that have been there for a long time, but they emptied out. And now it is time to be filled with Muslims with reverts converts. I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give Islam the victory in this country.

>> Steve Jordahl: When ah, he says mushka, that's mosque, his word for mosque. They're buying churches that have been kind of dead or dying out. They're buying those buildings and they're turning them into mosques. this is the the, the feeling. This is what Muslims believe. Once they own a piece of property, it is Muslim property forever. Christians or whatever can take it back. But if they were to claim Florida, or A mosque in Florida. It is going to be, according to them, muscle for life. there's a great article from John David, Daniel Davidson, who's an editor at the Federalist, and it's. Mass immigration without assimilation is a recipe for national suicide. He says if we don't insist on the total assimilation and Americanization of our immigrants will cease to be America and become something else. It's happening in Britain, where almost all of the major cities, including London, have Muslim mayors. And, it's Muslim. Great Britain is on the verge of becoming something completely different than it ever was.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

Fred: We're loaded means we are when it's ready

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, next story.

>> Steve Jordahl: yeah, you mentioned it's National Day prayer, and, we're. We've got some audio from Mr. Trump, and when, President Trump, when Brent says it's loaded, I'd like to hear what he had to say for the National Day of Prayer. So let me put that on hold. Fred, I wanted to ask you.

>> Tim Wildmon: What's loaded?

>> Steve Jordahl: Well, when we. When we put the. Get, the. The sound. The sound bite is being put into.

>> Tim Wildmon: The system, and I just want to make sure people understand we're using radio inside.

>> Steve Jordahl: Sorry about that.

>> Tim Wildmon: Inside radio lingo to describe something. We're loaded means we are when it's ready.

>> Steve Jordahl: And it's ready.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay, so we're going to play.

>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Some remarks from President Trump.

>> Steve Jordahl: Yes, we are today. And thank you, Chris Woodward, for grabbing this.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, go.

>> Donald Trump: We're bringing back religion in our country, and we're bringing it back quickly and strongly because for America to be a great nation, we must always be one nation under God. A phrase that they would like to get rid of the radical left. But Ben, I don't think we're going to let them get rid of that. Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: I guess probably talking to Ben Carson there. I would guess he said Ben, didn't he?

>> Tim Wildmon: It did, yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Steve Jordahl: yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So the white bring back religion fastly and quickly. What do you say?

>> Tim Wildmon: We're not going to let him take God we Trust? No, not going to do that.

>> Steve Jordahl: It'll be the best religion ever.

>> Tim Wildmon: Anyway. Well, good for him. For, for President Trump hosting this event at the White House. Sure. A lot of. I'm sure a lot of our friends are there, who we know. and so President Trump has been very friendly to the, Christian community and particularly the evangelical community in America. And, so we are appreciative of that.

Wall Street Journal reports that Tesla is looking for a new CEO

all right, next story.

>> Steve Jordahl: this one pains me a little bit to talk about because I always hate It. When it looks like the left has a victory. and Tesla is looking for a new CEO. Elon Musk is out at Tesla.

>> Tim Wildmon: That happened this morning.

>> Steve Jordahl: That happened today or late last night.

>> Tim Wildmon: Do they have. Do you know how this works? They have to vote him out as CEO.

>> Steve Jordahl: The board.

>> Tim Wildmon: They have a board?

>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah, they have a board of directors that, has asked him to step down. Now the reason is.

>> Tim Wildmon: Wait a minute. Ask him to step down. Giving him a chance to step down without firing him.

>> Steve Jordahl: I don't know the answer to that. I could look that up.

>> Tim Wildmon: But you said he was out.

>> Steve Jordahl: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: So he's out means he either was fired or he withdrew with, he stepped down. He's voluntarily stepped down.

>> Steve Jordahl: Right. that's what I'm looking up.

>> Tim Wildmon: Okay. that's a big deal. Yeah, because that's his right. That's his baby.

>> Tim Wildmon: It's hard to believe that could happen, but they have. There's been so much controversy and. Ah, wow. Wow.

>> Steve Jordahl: Motor Trend is reporting. Magazine, is reporting that, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has very publicly assumed the controversial role in president's trust, Trump's administration with doge. the Wall Street Journal released a bombshell report saying that, it's the giving. The political pushback is giving Tesla's board some reservations. and that they have begun approaching executive recruitment firms to identify potential successors to Elon Musk. so I suppose. And this is dated two hours ago. So, yeah, out. Maybe premature, but he is heading to the door. Obviously, when your brand has become as. As a touchstone politically as, as Tesla has become, this is a business move.

>> Tim Wildmon: well, okay, so early Thursday morning, I'm reading Yahoo. Finance. Early Thursday morning, Tesla chair Robin Denham denied a stunning report from the Wall Street Journal saying that Tesla's board of directors were looking for CEO Elon Musk's replacement.

>> Steve Jordahl: Well, there you go.

>> Tim Wildmon: So he's not out.

>> Steve Jordahl: No, despite the reporting, he was out minutes ago. Wait a minute, wait a minute.

>> Tim Wildmon: He's not out. He's not out. It may yet happen. He may get. But he's not out as of right this minute.

>> Steve Jordahl: Right.

>> Tim Wildmon: So anyway, this is what Tesla said earlier today. There was a media report erroneously claiming that Tesla's board had contacted a recruitment firms to initiate a CEO search for the company. this is absolutely false. The CEO of Tesla is Elon Musk and the board is highly confident in his ability to continue executing on the exciting growth plan ahead, end of quote.

>> Steve Jordahl: So the story here is that Elon Musk is firmly ensconced at the moment at Tesla.

>> Fred Jackson: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, yeah, I think he founded the company.

>> Steve Jordahl: Did he?

>> Tim Wildmon: I mean this is his, this is, you know, and it would.

>> Fred Jackson: Be sad if he was pushed up because he's doing a good thing. Right, he's doing a good thing. and it would be a victory for the left, I know, if that company forced him out. So I'm glad the story is false that we saw from Wall Street.

>> Tim Wildmon: If I had the money, I'd buy a Tesla, but I've driven one just to support him in this effort. And listen, I don't know all about Elon. I don't know a lot about Elon Musk other than what most people do. I think he's lived an immoral lifestyle, for the most part. Sounds like to me, I mean, a lifestyle that I wouldn't approve of.

>> Fred Jackson: Many kids, many wives.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, it's like a harem.

>> Tim Wildmon: M. Yes.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So, So, but, but, but that, that aside, many women, many, many women, you know, we can, public policymakers, governors, mayors, presidents, we can always, you know, you can always, scrutinize their, their private lives, and sometimes it deserves, disqualification because of actions taken in their private lives. But Elon Musk is not elected by anybody. He was appointed by President Trump to do a job. His job was to find frayed fraud, waste and abuse in the federal government and save the American taxpayer money. And he's done an excellent job at that. Elon Musk has in the few months that he's been doing this. And all he does is find these frayed fraud, waste and abuse and he reports it to the President and to the media and then he does the same thing the next day. And he's going to stop doing that, by the way. And but because a lot of these agencies have been exposed, they are left wing agencies that are promoting a left wing agenda. The left wingers hate Elon Musk for doing that because he's costing them a lot of money.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: So how do they react? They, key cars and they try to burn down Tesla dealerships and they, you know, try to, you know, go after Elon Musk in every way he possibly can. That's basically what's going on here.

>> Fred Jackson: Yes.

F18 Super Hornet fell off USS Harry S. Truman on Monday

>> Tim Wildmon: So anyway, next story.

>> Steve Jordahl: Did you guys hear about the F18 Super Hornet that fell off the aircraft carrier in the red?

>> Tim Wildmon: about that. What happened?

>> Steve Jordahl: $67 million. Well, apparently the aircraft carrier was taking Some evasive action from some, Houthi drone in the Red Sea. Houthis are a terrorist organization that has been harassing shipping in the Red Sea.

>> Tim Wildmon: Right.

>> Steve Jordahl: They are funded by Iran and Pete Hagseth, we believe because of this, accident, losing this $67 million plane has, given a warning to Iran. This is what he, this is what he posted on X. We see your lethal support to the Houthis talking to Iran. We know exactly what you're doing. You know very well what the US Military is capable of. And you were warned. You will pay the consequence at the time and place of our choosing.

>> Tim Wildmon: Sounds like a line. A line from Batman. That's pretty, pretty serious, warning there.

>> Fred Jackson: What I'm not clear about, it's that story says the ship was taking evasive action. I mean, did the plane fall off or did the pilot do a bad approach?

>> Steve Jordahl: No, it was being towed. It was on one of the elevators fairly close to the side. On Monday, Houthi drone forced the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft to make an evasive maneuver, which some believe caused the F18 Super Hornet and a tow tractor to fall off of the carrier into the race.

>> Tim Wildmon: Oh, you're saying that the plane fell off and the tractor fell off also, is that right?

>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.

>> Fred Jackson: Wow, that must have been quite a turn when you think of a, think of an aircraft carrier.

>> Tim Wildmon: How'd that happen?

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah, they don't turn on a dot.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, they can't dodge anything, can they? Right. Huh? That's crazy, sounding, I will say this. If, if I lost a 76 million dollar plane or whatever it was, I'm going down there after it.

>> Tim Wildmon: If.

>> Tim Wildmon: I have to dive in myself.

>> Tim Wildmon: That's right. That's right. Give me some rope, give me some chain.

>> Tim Wildmon: We ain't leaving this. $67 million.

>> Tim Wildmon: Crank up the winch, right, because we're.

>> Tim Wildmon: Gonna bring it, we're gonna go down.

>> Fred Jackson: Bring it up, dry it out, get it up there.

>> Tim Wildmon: We need to get a country boy in here and get a winch. That's right.

>> Tim Wildmon: Get a couple of, get a couple of Ford pickups there.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, get a winch or two and get this, get that plane back up. Because if it's 60, who's going to call the boss and tell him 60? Hey, we just,

>> Tim Wildmon: What happened? Well, we were turning and it fell off. It fell off the aircraft here. That's a, that's a strange thing.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, that was a Tomcat. that's a, 18. Okay, that was an F18. That's I mean, that's fighter jet, right? Well, I guess something about all of.

>> Steve Jordahl: Them are on the Super Hornet is what?

>> Tim Wildmon: It's an aircraft carrier. It's Super Hornet.

>> Steve Jordahl: Super.

>> Tim Wildmon: All right, we got a few minutes left. What do you got, Steve?

Scott Jennings is considering a run for Senate to replace retiring Mitch McConnell

>> Steve Jordahl: All right, guys, ever, appreciate, CNN when they put.

>> Tim Wildmon: I love seeing him, I appreciate him a lot.

>> Steve Jordahl: Have you heard Scott Jennings, though, defending conservative principles?

>> Fred Jackson: Very good. Yeah.

>> Steve Jordahl: How they, how they continue to have him on their air is a mystery to many people. He is staunchly conservative and often makes, fools of the panel that, he's on. but he is now mulling a run for Senate to replace retiring Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. He's waiting, according to, yahoo.com for a nod from President Trump. He says, if President Trump gives me the nod, I'm running. If he doesn't, I will support whoever President Trump wants to run in Mitch McConnell's spot.

>> Tim Wildmon: But, when is Mitch McConnell's, term and hand?

>> Steve Jordahl: It would be at the next, year.

>> Fred Jackson: 26.

>> Steve Jordahl: Retire next year. Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: 26 next year.

>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Of course, he stepped away as Senate Majority Leader, but, he's still a sitting United States Senator.

>> Steve Jordahl: Yes.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

>> Steve Jordahl: One of the old guard, as they say.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. So how old is Mitch McConnell, by the way?

>> Fred Jackson: Does it say he would be in his 80s for sure?

>> Steve Jordahl: This article does not say, but I can look it up.

>> Tim Wildmon: I'm curious, how old he is? 83. Yeah, I just say this is older than that. I know. I see Democrats and Republicans. I don't know why these congressmen and senators can't give it up. they stay way past their time. this is my opinion. Some people may disagree, but I think you get past 75, you now. President Trump ran for president. 78. But of course he's a freak of nature. Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yes.

>> Tim Wildmon: He's not like a normal human being.

>> Tim Wildmon: No, he's not. No. So, Diet Coke, Big Mac.

>> Tim Wildmon: Diet Coke and Big Mac. He can, you know, he can he sleep good? I don't know when he sleeps.

>> Tim Wildmon: He doesn't evidently sleep from.

>> Tim Wildmon: From 1 to 5. I think he may, maybe. but anyway, but I'm just saying that these. And I know age depends on the person, you know, the ability to which it impacts them, but what it takes to be a senator and a congressman with, the grind they have in Washington D.C. of, Congress, committee meetings and all the information you have to, you have to put, into your brain and make decisions. I just think 75 right in there. 76, 77. You just need to say, hey, you know, I want to go to the house and let somebody else do it. I've been doing it long enough. But these guys and ladies, look at Diane Feinstein. How long did she. She was in a wheelchair, and since she died.

>> Steve Jordahl: In office.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I mean, you just. Just.

>> Steve Jordahl: I mean, well, Mitch McConnell was in a wheelchair last we saw him.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I mean, just, I just think they. When you've been there 20 years or more, you just go home and enjoy the rest of your life and don't.

>> Tim Wildmon: Who was it? Strom Thurman that served, like.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: Ever in the Senate.

>> Tim Wildmon: it must be in a long time.

>> Steve Jordahl: Robert Byrd. Robert.

>> Tim Wildmon: Well, Strom Thurmond, too.

>> Steve Jordahl: Yeah.

>> Tim Wildmon: But that. I guess that power that they get used to is so addictive. Can't give it up. I might. And that probably happens to humans.

>> Fred Jackson: Yep. Down through history, I think Senator Grassley is. Senator Grassley, 90s now.

>> Tim Wildmon: Are you serious?

>> Fred Jackson: Oh, he's.

>> Tim Wildmon: He's.

>> Steve Jordahl: He's the oldest. I think he's the oldest member.

>> Fred Jackson: Yeah.

>> Steve Jordahl: He's older than, McConaughey, but he's still very sharp.

>> Tim Wildmon: Yeah. All right, well, thank you, Ray.

>> Tim Wildmon: You bet. Thank you, Tim.

>> Tim Wildmon: Thank you, Fred.

>> Fred Jackson: You bet.

National Day of Prayer is celebrated across the country today

>> Tim Wildmon: And Steve.

>> Steve Jordahl: My pleasure.

>> Tim Wildmon: Already thanked Chris, so I don't have to thank him again. Brent, Creeley, our producer, and thank James Lambert for being on with us. Enjoy your day, folks, and remember, to celebrate the National Day of Prayer today.