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The Charlie Kirk Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert Gives a Stirring Defense of the 2nd Amendment
"Welcome to the program. I want to ask a very simple question. What is the purpose of the Second Amendment? Why do we have it and why should we defend it? The purpose of the Second Amendment is of course to defend life and protect us from tyranny. That is what our founders intended. They didn't want a tyrannical government that was infringing on all of our other God given rights. And they wanted us to have the ability to defend ourselves at all costs. And we don't often hear the stories of the good guy with a gun. The mainstream media that's been hijacked by progressive woke liberals only want to talk about the deranged bad guys with guns. But firearms are a great deterrent and a great protector of light, which is so sacred and something that the left seems to disregard and really just use it for political theater when it fits their narrative rather than actually protecting life when it comes to, let's say, in the womb, let's say policies that don't hurt your way of life. And cause people to go into poverty, you know, there's so many things that the left does that actually hinders life and doesn't protect it, but they're all about protecting the elites and fitting their narrative. But the Second Amendment ultimately is our self defense to protect ourselves from crazy people and a tyrannical government.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Matt Walsh and Charlie Unpack the Radical Trans Movement
"You've been so persuasive on this topic. The film, what is a woman is one of the best I've ever seen, not just on this in this genre, but more broadly. However, some people Matt and I think you're moving the overton window. They feel uncomfortable because they'll say this, but why do I care what you believe with yourself? You know, why would I care if a man thinks he's a woman? And your response is, well, first I care about the truth. And secondly, that's not what we're debating here actually. We're not debating somebody's own personal imagination in their bedroom. What we are debating is why do we have to reconfigure society and accommodate your delusion so that ordinary people have to change our customs, our code of conduct, our language, how we raise our children to pander to an ever radical, mentally unstable minority. Right, exactly. If this was actually just an issue of people in their own homes who are perceiving themselves a certain way, then obviously the thoughts you have in your head, that's not that doesn't automatically become an issue for anybody else until you decide to make it an issue for everybody else. And that's what they demand. Look, the trans movement, the gender ideology movement. This is not clear by now. I don't know when it will become clear. They will not allow you to not care. That's not an option. They're leaving on the table. What they're saying is, no, you need to care about this. This is relevant to your life, but here's what you need to think about it and say about it. They want you to care about it in a certain way and come to certain conclusions. And they're not leaving any other option. This is just the gauntlet has been laid down long ago. Neutrality is not an option, is what they always will say. This idea of live and let live. It's really live and let them rule is what it is,
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Welcomes "Transphobe of the Year" Matt Walsh
"Joining us now is the transphobe of the year 2022, someone who is considered to be dangerous because he tells the truth, I have an amazing amount of respect and admiration for this man. Matt Walsh joins us now. Matt, welcome to the program. Matt, this has been. This has been an awful week. And I want to read one of your tweets here because I think it's important. You say, quote, trans activists believe that those who oppose them should die. I know this because a great many of them have told me this. They have communicated the message to me and my family in many ways, they think their right to affirmation supersedes your right to live, Matt, I completely agree. Some of the nastiest interactions and death threats I receiver from the trans world, Matt, how should we think about all of this? Yeah, I think this is something that people are people are maybe beginning to understand, that obviously in our culture these days, if you take a stand on any topic, and if your stand happens to be correct, then you're guaranteed to get pushback. And the bigger your platform, the more visible you are than the greater the pushback will be. So we know that. But when it comes to the trans issue, it just is different. It is different. There's a kind of there's just the intensity of the evil behind it. And the way that they feel, the people that come after you trans activists, they feel absolutely entitled to say and do anything at all. To shut you down, silence you intimidate you, and they feel entitled to do it because they've been told by society by our institutions that they've been implicitly and sometimes explicitly encouraged to act out this way.
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: Real Oversight on the Federal Government
"Sky Fred Siegel he he's written books about one of them is called revolt against the masses And in there he discusses how liberals basically move liberalism along through the telling of narrative stories not the truth but stories And he talks about congresswoman the iron triangle all the time And the iron triangle is congressional committees activist groups in the liberal media He says in other words think it through right You want to push out a liberal narrative like the polar bears are dying or whatever it may be right You get a congressional committee to do a hearing show some pictures of some dying polar bears right And activist group takes it and runs with it Pins are everywhere in a college campus save the polar bears and then you have the media running stories on CBS News and Rachel maddow Oh my gosh the polar bears are dying They've been doing this for years Now as a member of Congress for a few years now so now you know the routine you've been there You got the lay of the land I am so grateful that members of the Republican Party the good ones not the swampy ones The good ones like yourself are starting to figure this out That this stuff matters I'm sorry that I really am sorry that there's a performance component to politics I wish there weren't But this is the real world And the Republicans are finally figuring it out You guys want to use congressional committees to show the world what's going on We're going to show the world what's really going on in our committees That's exactly right And we actually have real oversight now We have been stifled and unable to have congressional oversight in the House of Representatives for several years now because Democrats held the gavels And now we have those gavels and we are actually able to conduct oversight and the federal government What a concept these agencies that were created by Congress funded by Congress will really by the taxpayers but appropriated by Congress they have to answer to us now Come in and tell us what is going on Even in oversight we've had hearings on the waste fraud and abuse with the COVID money that went out over 500 $1 billion
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: The Cuts We Can Make to Spending Now
"You know you're up again in two years I think you're great We're going to support you get you reelected again But I think this is a gift to you I think you should be going out to all your constituents in Colorado like hey here's what this guy wants I've support none of that I support economic freedom and money in your wallet instead Absolutely And Dan look I support a balanced budget but my main focus is what can we do with the majority this year and next year What are the cuts we can make now And that starts with repealing the $400 billion for the student loan forgiveness that Joe Biden issued repealing the Green New Deal out of the so called inflict inflation reduction act and so much more we could start clawing this money back and saving the American taxpayer money now We need to return to 2019 pre COVID spending levels The government was still big then it's not like we're shrinking it that much but we do need to shrink it some in order to save America And that's what we're running on How freedom caucus came out with our proposal today And this is a stake in the ground This is a great foundation to build from I think there's still more money that we can resend and un obligated COVID funds and so much more But testing the American people more is not the answer His plan is disastrous His budget is dead on arrival and I think it's disgusting and disingenuous that he would say that this is investing in America because it is not It does not help people put food on the table put gas in their cars or provide good paying jobs So families want the stress about child care and all of their utilities and all of this that's going on No it's an investment in Washington D.C. and bureaucrats and in special interest groups and lobbyists And that is what is so wrong about this town And that's what we're fighting to undo
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: Dems Treated 'Twitter Files' Journalists Disgracefully
"So yesterday we had the Twitter files hearings And they really I have to tell you you don't have to agree with me you're in Congress you say it how you like but I think the Democrats expose themselves yesterday as some of the communists they are I'm not kidding congresswoman you had to delegate from the Virgin Islands Almost demanding a journalist protected by our constitution literally written into the First Amendment Expose his sources in the Twitter files drop in front of the entire country This is a craziest thing I've ever seen Yes Democrats are able to hide any person they want any source that they want They could just make up anything And you know you even have Benny Thompson saying oh I never even saw the January 6th videos They get to cover all this stuff And then they want every little source every little detail to try to put us in some sort of gotcha moment No you're part of the federal government You are here to protect our First Amendment rights and you're not going to go after journalists and get them to expose their sources when they're just reporting the truth to the American people They're reporting the information that they have to the American people to make a decision on And then we see Democrats they actually the federal government was actually working with NewsGuard to prop up certain news organizations not just feed them a story That happens all the time I like this news outlet I'm going to feed them a story I like Dan bongino I'm going to go on his radio show and talk No no no They're actually paying advertisers to pay for their ads on certain news outlets publications This is absolutely wrong And the way they treated these journalists was an absolute disgrace I'm proud of them for coming in taking a stand and speaking out about what they know
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: Dr. Fauci Needs to Be Held Accountable, Locked Up
"Here Fauci yesterday appeared on Fox News on Neil cavuto show where he goes to do his mea culpas and fake ones And he's insisting again that he did not push lockdowns still trying to push some evidence about this potential wet market theory And he said you know I wasn't the one who kept CDC director Redfield off the call about the potential lab leak I just don't trust this guy And you know he just reminds me of the Mötley Crüe song You know girl don't go away man Just go away at this point I mean he's been on the wrong side of everything It's true Yes I want to see him in cuffs and not those invisible tufts that AOC carries around Fauci needs to be locked up for what he has done to the American people We are seeing the origins of COVID We knew it all along It's coming out and we're seeing that this was absolutely gain of function and you talk about it as often on your show very clearly and eloquently getting this information out to the people I'm so grateful for that But Fauci did push lockdowns He did push masks He did push vaccines and vaccine mandates And he is injured So many thousands tens of thousands of Americans if not more whether it be financially whether it be our children in schools or even spiritually with the lockdown of churches how many churches are back to their full capacity or are people just said well we don't do this anymore Or even with the vaccines that were forced on them there's so much that he did that was absolutely wrong And he needs to be held accountable to the fullest extent for his actions
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: Receiving Dividends After House Speaker Debate
"The dividends of your work in the race for speaker I just want to note again are already paying off So all of those haters out there who said you guys were crazy for extending the fight for speaker just for a few days no big deal We got Kevin McCarthy to release the January 16 tapes We've got him to stand by some firm conservative things I know you're going to stay on it It's no time to pop the champagne but wouldn't you agree like that fights are paying dividends already Absolutely We received so many tools from that speakers race that we have been fighting to obtain in Washington D.C. for decades And now is the time to put those tools to use We've already been executing a lot of great things But I don't want to only sit and admire the tools that we have I want to get some nicks and dings in them And I want to bust these babies open And actually put them to use What good are the tools if we don't use them So that's what we're all working on right now We got the weaponization committee going We have the COVID select committee going We're looking into the origins the CCP what they're doing finer farms and our water our resources and so much more holding China accountable And then you know on oversight chairman Jamie comer I think he is one of the most aggressive chairman that we have in the house Yeah he's great That's great He is And he is ready to start slinging subpoenas He's got a process We're working on it We're not like the Democrats We follow a little bit of rules And we're going to start bringing these people in by the dozens And it's going to be amazing
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: Kiran Ahuja Can't Report How May Fed Workers Returned Post-COVID
"I mean we had money going to Japanese prisoners I mean come on This is absolutely ridiculous But we have we brought in yesterday a director of OPM And she's not even able to state how many federal employees are currently working full-time She tried to Dodge the question with my colleague Byron donalds from Florida great man Glad to have him on oversight He's great He asked her how many federal employees have actually even gone back to work with OPM We've already talked about the fraud abuse and waste and what about all this other weights and still going on How many people are working from home and not even logging in on their laptop And she was not able to give them that number and said she said oh it's in a public report You can look it up Well ma'am we brought you in direct Answers And so when I questioned her I said actually I just looked at the report and the report doesn't state it Oh well we're working on that This is a problem When you have a director of OPM coming in and saying we don't know how many federal employees are actually back to work when COVID is over That is still waste broad and abuse occurring in our federal government But we're getting to the bottom of it by having these hearings
The Charlie Kirk Show
Andy Ngo and Charlie Discuss ANTIFA's Blatant Aggression
"Play one O 8 of antifa disrupting our turning point USA event at the university of Oregon in Eugene Oregon play cut one O 8. We don't want this on our college campuses. You are miss educated. The people. But when you come in here, when you come in here and you lie about the way that our society should be. When you come in here and you spread this type of shit, it's what makes these generals bad. You want to play the game. Let's play the game, baby. Let's play the game. I'm not going to be playing the game. You got to understand that. Are you not trying to shut down my points? Are you supposed to live black voices? Let me hear 9 every situation. So what you heard there is two black conservatives, Stephen Davis, and Anthony Watson, who are part of the turning point USA team being shouted down by masked white liberals at the university of Oregon in Eugene because two black conservatives dare would have a different opinion, but the white liberals, of course, want to control black people again, a lot of liberals want to go back to slavery. They just want to admit it. So Andy, why is this not exactly, you know, why is this even a question on the modern Twitter? Have you seen Twitter improve at all since Elon took it over? In some regards, I brought a lot of attention to some of these violent extremist accounts by doing the thing that I was just punished for. And some of those accounts really high profile extremist accounts actually subsequently got banned after I brought attention, brought up the receipts. They said, this is this. This is where you can find those posts. And it was suspended. But then this seems like a big step backwards now. What's this new rule?
The Charlie Kirk Show
Andy Ngo on His Day in Twitter Purgatory Over ANTIFA Antics
"Andy. Welcome to the program. Walk us through the latest news with your Twitter account. Hi, Charlie. Thanks for having me on. Well, most of your listeners may have heard of me because of my reporting on antifa. I do that in news writing and a lot of it actually happens through tweets. I break a lot of stories on my Twitter. And one of the projects that I have ongoing is that I document violent extremists far left accounts that organize openly on Twitter. I mean, this was part of the apparatus that caused 2020 to be so successful in violent riots across the U.S. is because a lot of the riots were organized on Twitter. So as part of my primary evidence gathering, I screenshot the original tweets I linked to then these extremist reads. And I post it so that people can see this is what is on this platform live and active now, you know? It's not me editorializing it. You can see it, for yourself. And for that, I had opened up the app on Tuesday night and suddenly I was locked out. So that I had violated a rule, and then it wouldn't say what rule it was empty. So I found out, I saw people were letting me know, hey, if you go on my wall, tweet after tweet is just being this tweet is violated the rules. And everything and how to post it the last couple of days has been related to like antifa and screenshots of what they say and what they say they will do. So for example, that just an hour before I was locked out, I posted about antifa's calls to violently attack the TPUSA university of Oregon campus event. And that was one of the tweets, so it was affected.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Took Fired Twitter Execs to Task
"Let's play clip 100 from the Twitter hearings yesterday, play cut 100. You silenced members of Congress from communicating with their constituents. You silenced me from communicating with the American people over a freaking joke. Election interference? Yeah, I would say that that was taking place because of you for sitting here. Direct election interference, how do you even get close to justice? When an election that is completed and finished was completely tampered with by a company. Who do these people think they are? That's what Lauren boebert asks. And she joins us now. Congresswoman boebert from the third congressional district of Colorado. Welcome back to the program. Charlie, thanks so much for having me on. And you know, we're working towards justice in this. And I don't know if we can ever fully get justice. I mean, our country has just been in shambles the past two years because of the collusion between the federal government and big tech. And so many other things that were taking place tens of thousands of ballots mailed out illegally. You know, the list goes on and on. But we certainly are working to get truth out to the American people truth that was suppressed that was censored that was silenced and we are making sure that the truth is known to the American people. So this doesn't ever happen again.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
Rep. Lauren Boebert Grills Former Twitter Execs for Censorship Tactics
"You suppressed my account for this tweet. It's a freaking joke about Hillary Clinton being angry that she couldn't rig her election. It's a joke, but in response, being the sinister overlords that you all are, you placed a 90 day account filter, so I could not be found. And now we see here that Twitter staff said the visibility filter on my account excluded me from top searches, prevented notifications for non followers and much more. This is considered an aggressive visibility filter. You silenced members of Congress from communicating with their constituents. You silenced me from communicating with the American people over a freaking joke. Now who the hell do you think that you are? Election interference? Yeah, I would say that that was taking place because of you for sitting here. The Hunter Biden laptop story was suppressed. A sitting member of Congress was suppressed. A sitting president was banned from Twitter. You know, I bet the Putin is sitting in the Kremlin wishing he had as much election in her intervention interference as you for here today. We've heard about threats to democracy. Well, what about shutting down a duly elected member of Congress? This is fundamental to our nation's governance and you all attacked that very foundation. Two 30 protections. Well, those are for publishers. Not for editors. And it's clear you are not acting as publishers. You are acting as editors and mister chairman. I think it's far past time that we remove two 30 protections for big tech platforms who are abusing this protection.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Twitter Goons Yoel Roth and Vijaya Gadde Are in the Hot Seat
"Yesterday we were treated and that's the right word. It was a treat. The Twitter goons were talking about the old censorship regime at Twitter, notably the trust and safety guy you'll Roth. Notably the Asian Indian legal consigliere vijaya gaudy, notably the FBI guy at Twitter, James baker, all of them were hauled before the House GOP. And subjected to withering questioning that was quite honestly a real treat to watch. If you want highlights, go to my Twitter feed and you'll see James comer, you'll see Nancy mace, you'll see Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren boebert, all of them, doing a really good job putting these guys up against the wall nailing them with their own words and actions and making them squirm and hem and haw and try to Dodge and then we got a culmination that I want to tell you about. But. The Hunter Biden story was an important theme. And the questioning was really telling because it exposed the fact that even though Twitter came to the conclusion that this was quote hacked, it was our somehow a Russian hack there was no basis for this. I love the questions to you all rot. Who did you, who did you consult that told you that this was a Russian hack? Yeah, I don't know. I didn't really talk to anybody. I just read some internal Twitter communications to that effect. I'm paraphrasing, of course, but this is the old rot, twittering on about, and what became really clear is how irresponsible these people are.
ToddCast Podcast with Todd Starnes
Rep. Tim Burchett: What the Heck Was Joe Biden Saying?
"I'm just curious, could you understand what the president was saying last night? We were having a hard time following along on TV. Well, I got the live version and I kept leaning over to people beside me. I told Lauren boebert one time, I said, what the heck did he just say? And she's like, merchant, I don't know. I was at a loss. And then one time they gave him a standing ovation, you know, I thought it was kind of funny because the vice president, she stands up in chairs and that's the signal. Because Pelosi is not up there to give him the thumbs up or thumb down. And they all, of course, they all like pavlov's dog, rigging the bail. They all jump up and then that was one of the mains because it was like, did he just say pop of it? I wasn't really sure what he's saying. He was going to ban or make sure that we or something. I don't know. Listen, man, I told somebody this morning it was a focus group out of San Francisco that helped him with all his points. He's going to go after motel room hidden phase. Well, that's at the cutting edge of problems we have in this country. And the Republicans quit standing in my way on the border issue. I mean, what the hey days was he's talking about. And then fentanyl holy cow. He couldn't even talk. We haven't met or have a hearing up here on the Democrats would have to admit they have a problem at the border.
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: The Double Standards on Biden's Documents Scandal
"Last question for you I always appreciate your time These documents Tom cotton was on I saw him on Fox this morning senator from Arkansas On our side of the aisle And what I believe to be a really solid move on his part He's threatening to basically uphold the confirmation process if we don't get a look at what is in the classified documents that were held By both allegedly Donald Trump because he's the spirit in the classification of course but that's another story And Joe Biden who no one's disputing the classification Now I find it off the odd congresswoman that they don't want you to see what's in these documents Now my next segment when you're gone I'm going to play a cut here for Miranda divine Would it be awfully interesting if some of the information in those classified documents that they won't let the Senate look at Was in fact in some emails Hunter Biden was exchanging with foreign countries Now we don't know that but there's an easy way to clear it up right To get a look at the documents Your thoughts on that Absolutely Well first of all go senator cotton We deserve to have answers on this And I'm really proud of him for taking the lead in this And making sure that we know exactly what's there But with these classified documents the real concern to me is the double standard Democrats are searched in Republicans are rated The White House is dodging questions on this They really seem to be hiding something One question I want to answer is why did the DoJ wait until after the midterms to bring this forward Why do all of these people who don't have the authority to have classified documents in their possession have them and could we have stopped this if we would have actually prosecuted Hillary Clinton whenever she was found with classified documents and deleted 33,000 emails and probably the biggest regret that any Democrat has right now is Joe Biden himself in the fact that he didn't use bleach bit or a hammer
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: Planning to Subpoena People Who Mandated Vaccines
"Yes so we are absolutely going to subpoena these folks who mandated this vaccine and also promoted it I mean this is something that we're seeing in effect from My colleague congressman Troy nels he's introduced the China lied people died act to make the CCP repay the United States $4.6 trillion in federal COVID release And so we are absolutely going to be bringing folks in and making them answer to what is going on with these vaccines Also we have the China task force that's going to not just look into the origins of COVID because I mean I think we figured that one out certainly there will be some discussion there But we want to see governments mishandling of COVID And everything that they did with the lockdowns with the mask mandates with the vaccine mandate But this is very very troublesome especially since so many people want to hide this and shove it under the rug and not talk about the one thing in common that all of these people who are having complications and even losing their lives have in common This is the one thing the one denominator that is there and everyone is afraid to say it They're afraid to come out and say well is it the vaccine What effect did the vaccine have to cause this So this is something to oversight committee is going to be looking into likely the weaponization of the federal government committee and certainly the China task force and two of those committees are part of our concessions with speaker McCarthy And so we have those committees set in place that are going to be fully funded and resourced So we can not only have the hearings and investigations But be able to hold these people accountable
The Dan Bongino Show
Rep. Lauren Boebert: Holding the Line on the Debt Ceiling
"One of the other things you guys fought for ladies is some fiscal restraint We're going bankrupt We're $30 trillion in debt It won't be a formal bankruptcy we can print money but it will be a de facto one through inflation Your money will just be worth nothing How do you see the debt ceiling debate which is getting hotter by the day now as we get closer to some serious deadlines progressing I had I think it was Jim Jordan on and he insisted that they were going to hold the line How do you feel about that Yes So when it said that we're going to hold the line I think we've proven that we mean it We were able to get amazing concessions out of the speakers race One of them being a balanced budget being brought to the floor But before we do that we do have to deal with this debt ceiling issue that's at hand Democrats went through a complete spending spree in the name of COVID in the name of a pandemic And now here we are hitting our debt ceiling again that was just raised We brought in a record $4.9 trillion into the treasury And it shows that Washington D.C. does not have a revenue problem We have a spending problem So there absolutely has to be serious cuts And I think some of the things that I'm floating out there we're all getting together and organizing our thoughts on this But one of the things I'm floating is first of all take that $600 billion that's left over that unspent COVID money that was approved by Congress And put that towards it We certainly need to end the COVID emergency because there are people who are still on Medicaid that can not be kicked off Medicaid They could be working well able body adults working and they are not able to be kicked off Medicaid because of the congresswoman
The Charlie Kirk Show
"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"We got Byron donalds and Lauren boebert joining this hour all about the speakers race, the drama there, and this ridiculous lame duck bill that is being pushed. I want to encourage all of you to get your tickets if you have not already to am fest America fest and fest dot com. I'm telling you, the tickets are affordable if you guys use promo code Arizona. We want all of you to come. There is a lot to learn. There's a lot to do. I can see your emails and see your sentiment. There's a fair amount of cynicism. Fair amount of disdain for the ruling class. And I understand all of that. But you can not allow that to prevent you from acting. From doing the right thing. In life, your feelings are actually largely irrelevant to your actions. This is one of the reasons why you should not follow your heart. Instead you should do what is correct, your feelings are fine. I totally understand it. In fact, I agree with a lot of it. Charlie, I'm angry, same. Charlie, I'm depressed. I was not anymore. Charlie, I'm broken..
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"I talked last time about Homer is introduction to the Trojans. And we're going to pivot and talk about the Greeks. And specifically about Achilles setting in his camp away from the field of battle. But before we do that, I thought it'd be useful to speak about the gods. Just to get a little better understanding of who these Greek gods are, and what does Homer doing by introducing the gods to play a pretty active role in this narrative. Now, the idea of these pagan gods and I'm using the term gods with a small G and plural, not one God, but God's is very incomprehensible to us today because we are the product of really 2000 years or more of a monotheism. Christianity, of course, goes back 2000 years, but Judaism goes back before that. In fact, it goes back to about the time of the Iliad. If you look at people like Abraham and think about when when would we date Abraham? When did he live? Well, he lived probably somewhere around the 8th century BC, which would be right about the time that the Italy is based right about the time that the bards were putting together the narrative thread of the Trojan war, which itself is dated a couple of hundred years prior to even that. Now, because it was so much a product of monotheism, we think of God and monotheistic terms, God is God is omnipotent God is omniscient. God knows everything. God is Omni. Benevolent, God cares. And a lot of our problems, including the famous problem of the Odyssey, I've written a book on this is because God is omnipotent and Omni benevolent. We can ask questions like, why would God allow so much suffering in the world? Why would God allow so much evil in the world and see the point is that God has the power, the omnipotence to prevent it. And he also has the benevolence to care about us, and so these kinds of problems are our meaningful. But I wanted to show why they were not meaningful. And in fact, they're never raised. In the world of the Iliad. And in fact, they're not raised in classical antiquity. And it's because they had a, they had different gods that operated, you may say, by different rules. Even atheists today don't object to pagan gods. You'll never see an atheist today except sort of by historical kind of reference referring to Athena or Poseidon or Zeus. They don't bother to fight against those gods. They're fighting against the one monotheistic God. And in fact, to be honest, they're fighting against the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. That's the only God that they care about and atheists who are obsessed with God are obsessed with that God. The Jewish and Christian God. Now, the gods of Homer and the gods of classical antiquity, the gods of the Greeks. By the way, the Romans essentially took on the same gods as the Greeks. They gave them different names. But they were referring to the same gods. And these gods, it should be said are, first of all, there are many of them. Second of all, they are, in a sense, superhuman. They are much stronger. They are much more beautiful, they are much more knowledgeable than human beings. They are human beings, you may almost say writ large. And yet, it's important to realize that the gods are not omnipotent. They're not all powerful. Even Zeus is not all powerful, and we can see this because Zeus can not alter fate. If the Greeks are destined to win the Trojan war, then Zeus can operate within that and change temporarily the fortunes of one side or the other, but he can change the outcome. He can't even change the outcome of Achilles death, as we will see. Again, he can change events along the way, but he can't change the results. So the gods are not omnipotent. Zeus is, in fact, not even in a sense, the creator of the world. He didn't make the world out of nothing. In some ways, the Greeks thought of their gods as craftsmen. They built certain things, but they are not the inventors of them you might say in the same way that the Christian God is truly the inventor of the universe. The Greek gods are not omniscient. They know a lot. They know more than human beings, but there's a famous scene in the Odyssey where one of the Greek goddesses I think it might be Athena wants to intervene on the side of Odysseus. But Odysseus is at sea and Poseidon the God of the sea hates Odysseus. So Athena can not intervene because of Poseidon, but at one point, Poseidon makes his way to Egypt. He's out there to receive some sort of attribute and Athena's like he's gone. Let me now intervene on the on behalf of Odysseus. In other words, when Poseidon is quote out of town and evidently does not know what's going on with Odysseus Athena can sort of jump in and rally to his side. So clearly the gods don't know everything, and they're not even benevolent. In fact, they're a times downright malicious downright scheming downright callus and perhaps even downright evil. So what we're getting at here is the Greek gods mirror human life. They're not transcendent. They're not outside the world. In fact, they live in the world. They live in a place called Mount Olympus. And they bear a kind of startling resemblance to human beings and all the human qualities ranging at times they can be wonderful. They can be generous. But at other times, they can be nasty and they
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"And in fact, they kind of encourage me that I'm on the right that I'm actually doing something truthful because I know how much the left hates truth. And righteousness. And so to actually speak that truth and be attacked for it, just as a little signal that says you're on the right path. But also with those with those attacks, I'm not afraid of attack ads for the next election or what may, whatever it may be, I arrived to Washington, D.C., on attack ads. And in fact, I talk about that in my book, the Democrat party spent over $5 million in my very rural district attacking me. There were billboards of my mugshot all throughout our country district, and you know, that was a $100 traffic ticket that I failed to pay in time. And they made it look like I was America's most wanted. So I'm not afraid of attack ads. I know that they spend stories that they exaggerate and they flat out lie. So I will continue to speak the truth and stand up for these America first principles for my district. You've gotten a chance to see in Congress, your first term congresswoman, and you've gotten to see up close in Congress the way that Pelosi functions, the way that the Democrats operate, one of the persistent questions conservatives have is are these people bunglers? Are they stupid? Or are they evil? I think I know the answer to the question myself, but I'd like to hear your answer. In other words, are these people are these people just do they have a wrong view of the world and so they well intent in well intentioned way make mistakes? Or are they actually the sort of diabolical scoundrels that some of us suspect? I think that there's a mix of both here. It's really interesting in Washington, D.C.. Of course, Nancy Pelosi is much worse in person than anyone sees on TV. And the things that she does, the things that she does, they're absolutely intentional. And like you said, diabolical. And evil. And I think that that is her strategy. I mean, look at what she's talking about with abortion. Being a Catholic and saying that we should be able to offer abortions all the way to full term. But there are members of Congress under her that aren't so direct in their legislation. They simply work for Nancy Pelosi, and even worse than that, they work for their hill staffers, who bounce from member to member, office to office. With an elections, it is astounding how much of our country is run by 25 year old hill staffers, because the members show up and say, tell me how to vote, I'll vote that way. And then make sure I have a ride to my steak dinner tonight. So this is really where we need a breakthrough. We need a breakthrough in our education process. How are we training up these individuals who are going to come here and work, but there's certainly a mix of both. There are members who are lazy and their job, and then there are others who are flat out intentional and destroying our country. Lauren, you have written a great book. I'm really enjoying reading it and looking forward to finishing it. Thanks for coming on the podcast. I really appreciate it, folks. My American life book dot com. That's the website. Thanks very much, Lauren boebert. Thanks
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"I'm sure you can get the book everywhere, but this is the website for the book. Lauren, we were talking about your family and about dealing with life in America and dealing with the government. I got to say one of the remarkable things we got to hang out with your husband, a little while ago, an incredibly soft spoken and modest guy, and he was coming to our part of Texas to do some training. And I remember you saying, or he was saying that at his work, people don't even know that he's married to you so that when it comes out that he's married to a congressman, people are like, well, how come we didn't know this? And it's because he's so understated and so low key. And so I just wanted to put out a word of tribute to him because he's a guy who doesn't, you know, he doesn't trade on his relationship with you and I think a mark of his character. Right, absolutely. You know, even God says that the unseen parts are more valuable than worthy of more honor than the scene parts. And so he certainly behind the scenes and doing a lot for our family. He's with our boys and I could not be doing what I'm doing without him. So he absolutely deserves a lot of credit. A lot of honor for what he's doing in his position. And I'm always so grateful when people do acknowledge that and we have people come up to us and say, you know, we like what you're doing. We like what you're saying, but we're praying for your husband. We know that this is hard for him. And you know, that just is so special to me that people include my family because we are in this together. This adventure of serving our nation. It's not just me. Now Lauren, you know, you have found that being visible and out front in Congress also provokes a lot of attack. And that's probably why a lot of people, a lot of Republicans don't do it. They're scared of the media. They're scared that they will be they will be reviled and that they won't know how to respond. What is your take on living life, not in the fast lane, but on the front line, and what would you say to other Republicans about whether or not this timidity that they show in their typical political lives, how do you motivate them to be a little bit more more aggressive? Yes, so right now is not the time to draw back. We have to press in. We have to be loud. I run my mouth a lot and give God glory. And I hope that that's encouraging for other people to take a stand. And in fact, I'm here because I was bold on a particular subject. Beto o'rourke, he announced the Democrat playbook and said, hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15s and your AK-47s. And here I am, a mom, a business owner, and I drove three hours to his presidential rally with my Glock on my hip. And I looked him in the eyes and told him hell no, you're not. That received nationwide attention. And I saw that we can actually do something when we speak up. When we take a stand, especially for our principles. Now, we're coming into the midterm elections here. I think the only way Republicans have a shot at losing the midterms is if we start acting like Democrats. We have to be bold on the principles that we were elected to represent. We are representatives of the people in our districts. And we have to keep that in mind and not appease the Democrats and vote Democrat lite. So now is the time to speak up and take a stand. I'm not afraid of the attacks.
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"Guys, I'm really happy to welcome to the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast, Lauren bobert, U.S. congresswoman. Colorado's third congressional district. She's on the natural resources and budget committee. She's involved with the freedom caucus, no surprise. She's co chair of the congressional Second Amendment caucus, but I'm really excited about her new book. It's called my American life. I'm actually in the middle of reading it. Lauren, welcome to the podcast. Great to have you. Your life has been kind of a wild ride in the last couple of years. But I want people to sort of hear your story from the beginning. So talk a little bit. Walk us through the who is Lauren boebert and how did you end up where you are now? Yeah, so it's an amazing story. There's some incredible life experiences and I really, I wish that more members of Congress had the life experiences that I've had. They would have more of a better view on reality and how average Americans live and navigate through this life. But I was actually raised in a Democrat household. My mom was a single mom, and when I was four years old, she moved us to aurora, Colorado. And we thought that it was going to be this wonderful life living in the mountains and instead we were putting this crammed two bedroom apartment with two large dogs in aurora. And soon we later found out that my stepdad wasn't the dream man that he had painted himself to be with my mom. He became very abusive. And then throughout the years, there was a lot of drug and alcohol abuse. And it wasn't long before my mom was stuck. She was stuck in a cycle of abuse. There's always the extremes of the abuse and then the extremes of the sincerity of the apology that keeps these people stuck in this cycle. But that also let us to bread lines. Standing in line for government cheese. I remember looking around a large warehouse and saying is this us? Are we so poor that we have to get powdered milk that we aren't able to afford groceries? We have to use monopoly money to go to the grocery store. And I knew at 11 years old, that that was not America's best. We ended up moving to the western slope of Colorado and my stepdad gained some nice employment and things looked a little bit different. And then I started working as well. I started working at the local rifle McDonald's. And I learned two things with that first paycheck. First of all, I didn't like fica. He was taking all of my money and I'm still on a mission to find out who exactly he is. But also, I could do a better job taking care of myself than government ever had. And so I began to develop conservative values unknowingly. I later met my husband and we have four boys now. We have learned through our relationship together literally growing up together that when times get tough, you get tougher. And we had options to revert back to the failed Democrat policies, the lies that our parents believed when we were children that that was the best way to live life. We could have reverted back to that and said, okay, government send me a check. I can't do this on my own. But instead, we decided to press in even harder, no matter what obstacles were in our way. And almost welcomed that resistance that comes in life. That means you're on the right path. Because it's not just a walk in the park. But he and I have, we have our four children together. We've opened up businesses together, restaurants, and we've worked in the oil and gas industry. And we've seen that when you put your hand to something, you can create wealth. You can create opportunities for other people. My faith in God and the relationships that I have in my church led me to minister to women at the local jail. And that was some of the most precious moments of my life. I served there for 7 years. And to go into that jail and personally introduce these women to the God who could turn their shame into glory rather than directing them to another government program that says you are not enough, you will never be equipped to handle life on your own. Take our program. I was able to offer them freedom and independence. And I think that that's where a lot of our self worth and dignity come from actually doing something, doing something productive. I was able to bring these women into my home, offer them jobs. And that was so powerful. And so we have a heart and a passion for people who have struggled. People who have society hasn't treated them the best. Maybe it was their home life. Maybe it was decisions that they made that landed them in a poor situation. But having that compassion encourages me to show them the way out. Not just a handout, but a hand up and saying you can do this too. If we can, so can you? Let's take a short pause when we come back more with congresswoman Lauren boebert.
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"Guys, I'm really happy to welcome to the podcast. Welcome back to the podcast, Lauren bobert, U.S. congresswoman. Colorado's third congressional district. She's on the natural resources and budget committee. She's involved with the freedom caucus, no surprise. She's co chair of the congressional Second Amendment caucus, but I'm really excited about her new book. It's called my American life. I'm actually in the middle of reading it. Lauren, welcome to the podcast. Great to have you. Your life has been kind of a wild ride in the last couple of years. But I want people to sort of hear your story from the beginning. So talk a little bit. Walk us through the who is Lauren boebert and how did you end up where you are now? Yeah, so it's an amazing story. There's some incredible life experiences and I really, I wish that more members of Congress had the life experiences that I've had. They would have more of a better view on reality and how average Americans live and navigate through this life. But I was actually raised in a Democrat household. My mom was a single mom, and when I was four years old, she moved us to aurora, Colorado. And we thought that it was going to be this wonderful life living in the mountains and instead we were putting this crammed two bedroom apartment with two large dogs in aurora. And soon we later found out that my stepdad wasn't the dream man that he had painted himself to be with my mom. He became very abusive. And then throughout the years, there was a lot of drug and alcohol abuse. And it wasn't long before my mom was stuck. She was stuck in a cycle of abuse. There's always the extremes of the abuse and then the extremes of the sincerity of the apology that keeps these people stuck in this
The Eric Metaxas Show
"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"It's very important. When we come back, we continue the conversation with Robert Morgan, the new book is the Jordan River rules ten God given strategies for moving forward. In a land of milk care I'll tell you what. Folks I'm talking to Robert Morgan, who has a book out not to be confused with the huge bestseller, the Red Sea rules, which has a red cover, but the Jordan River rules, the new book, and you were just talking about rahab, the prostitute, how, when they go into her house, it's an amazing thing that sometimes God does stuff so dramatic. He does it so dramatic to underscore the point. Obviously, he doesn't approve of prostitution. He doesn't approve of lying because ray have lies so that he's making a larger point and one thing that I read because I literally was doing research on this the other day is that probably the reason these two spies sent by Joshua Joshua into to do this. The reason they probably went to her house is because they knew they wouldn't be followed there. In other words, it was a place where you could be secret. So it's kind of a, we don't know, but the idea is that she does the right thing. She acknowledges God as God knows that God will destroy Jericho and she is then included in the bloodline of David and Jesus. I mean, it's one of these levels of redemption that you think that's too much. I can't believe it. And then there's the crimson chord. Yeah. They have her tie a crimson cord and it's very much like the blood that was put on the door posts of the Passover lamina exodus chapter 12. I think it's indicative of Christ. It's the blood of Christ, it's that crimson cord through the Bible, and when you read the scripture, you know, Eric, all of these things fit together. There is a cohesiveness to the story of scripture that makes it unlike any other book and one other great verse in the book of Joshua is when we are told that the lord will go with us that if we sanctify ourselves today, we will do exploits tomorrow. And that's sort of the theme of these first chapters that if we will live correctly today, God will use us in wonderful ways tomorrow. And this is the Jordan River rules. The Jordan River rules. It's a small book. It's a short book. It's the kind of a book that I suppose you could use as a devotional, but this stuff, it's kind of funny because a lot of times if you've been going to church, you kind of think, oh, I've heard this. I've heard this, but why is it that we need to be reminded over and over and over and my theory, I guess, is that apart from the fact that we're sinners who are constantly needing refreshing in the truth, but I guess it's kind of God's way of speaking to us personally. Like you can say you know something, but when someone says it or you read it in a book, you realize God speaking this to me now, and I think there are a lot of people out there who are maybe they do feel stuck or they feel I just don't know. Have I come to the end? Am I done? And lord says, no, not if you're still here. Every time I open the Bible, I find something new. Even in passages that I've known very well, the Bible is a never ending reservoir of refreshment and wisdom for.
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Absolutely. And one of the wonderful verses this book covers Joshua chapters one through 6. And one of the wonderful verses is stay close to the lord for you have not been this way before. And that's true for us in the future. As a nation, as a people, as churches as individuals, as we go into tomorrow, we have not been this way before. But we have a God who guides us. He has risen from the dead. He knows the way he goes behind as he goes before us as he was with Moses. He will be with us. He will not leave us or forsake us. And those assurances give us the confidence that he has the future mapped out for us, and he's going to lead us all the way through life and on to heaven. I want to just underscore that because I really do not, I know we live in a culture that lies to us. The voice of Satan in our ears that, you know, your best days are behind you. It's just now just to wait for death. Or now you just have to kind of manage the decline. That's not the voice of God. And we need to stand heroically against the voices of hopelessness and darkness and understand those are lies. Those aren't just unhelpful. They're lies and we need to believe what God says and what God says is what you've put in this book Robert Morgan. And we need to hear it over and over and over because many of us struggle with this. Every one of us as you get on in years, these voices, these things that you hear, these messages in the culture that are simply not true. That's true. That's so deeply believe that God leaves us on this earth in order to do something for him and not until we're finished with it. Will he take us to heaven? And we run into obstacles along the way. But the Israelites and chapter 6 came to Jericho, but they encircled it as the lord commanded them, and they just marched around it. So as we come to obstacles, whatever our age, we encircle it with prayer, we encircle it with the lord's presence. We encircle those obstacles with perseverance and the walls, somehow come down. The lord is in control of our lives the same lord who rose from the dead brings down the walls that are an opposition to us and gives us victory in our hearts and victory in our lives. Well, I have to say it's obvious that you were a pastor because you have a pastor's heart and these are the kinds of things we need to hear. I mean, when people say like, well, I don't go to church folks. You need to hear these things. You may think you know the truth. But if you don't have it reminded over and over and over again, are in nature, we forget these things, that the whole world is warring against this truth. And we need to be reminded over and over to walk in hope. So what are some of the other things in the Jordan River rules, the book that I'm holding in my hand that we can talk about? Well, one of the interesting aspects is in chapter two, two spies for the swallowing Jordan River, and they end up in the house of a prostitute. Yes. And she is the only person in that whole city of Jericho who has a heart that's being prepared by the lord. And these two spies happen to end up in her house. They help her. She helps them and the result of that is she becomes a part of the lineage of Jesus Christ. And the simple lesson to me is we just got to help one another. There are people that God is going to bring into our paths that we can encourage that we can help and part of our journey through the Jordan River and on to the next stage of life is seeing who we can help who we can encourage and it may be the most unlikely of people. Well, I've literally been reading and writing about that scene with ray habit..
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"So we're talking about some interesting things with regard to the Bible, the scripture and I'm sitting here with Robert Morgan, whose book new book is the Jordan River rules not to be confused with the gigantic bestseller, the Red Sea rules, which came out over 20 years ago. The new one is the Jordan River rule. So, you know, for folks like me, who, okay, we've been led out of bondage and sin and unbelief. And but when you come to faith, your problems don't go away. You just, you're just able to deal with them in a new way. But so what are some of the things that you say in the book that Jordan River rules? Well, it has to do with going forward. The lord always wants us to go forward and the Israelites have been going around in circles for 40 years in the desert. Oh, that's okay. That's what sets this up. Yes. Because before they cross over to the promised land, they have been circling for 40 years, not ready to go in. And a lot of people feel stalled and life, but the lord wants us to go forward. He's got new adventures for us, new land to conquer. New things for us to do. It says Eric and numbers chapter 33. The lord said to Moses write down all of the stages through which I have led you. And I believe the lord leads us and stages through life. And so the thesis for this book is the next stage is better in many ways than the previous one and all of the other stages have prepared us for this one. And that opening chapter of Joshua says Moses my servant is dead, therefore a rise and go forward over this Jordan. I will be with you every step that you take that land will be given to you as I was with Moses. I will be with you. I will never leave you or forsake you. And it's a tremendous encouragement to people to get out of that stalled place in life and to go forward because God has a plan and individual plan for every one of us and the next stage of your life of our lives is going to be better. Because we'll be more mature or will be growing. And so it has new things for us. This is kind of the problem in our culture. And I rarely say this, but I think it a lot, and I'll say it now. We live in a sick culture, and this culture roughly since the 60s has been preaching a lie. And the lie is that youth is better than old age, to be young, the young have something they have an innocence and whatever. That's totally unbiblical. Totally unbiblical. The scripture says that, you know, when you have, when you have years under your belt, God makes you a richer, deeper person, because you have suffered and you've experienced things. And we need to value that. And we do need to believe that if somebody says, oh, my best days are behind me, that's a lie from the pit of hell. I will say that. It is a lie from the pit of hell. God says, first of all, yeah, you may not be able to jump as high or you may have, but God is about other stuff. And that's what you're talking about in this book. Absolutely..
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Okay, what you're saying, which is what I think as well, these people are the enemies of America. They're trying to destroy America. That's satanic. It is evil. It is harmful to Americans. That seems to be the agenda backed by people like George Soros, it's a kind of a nightmare, and we've got tons of Republicans sticking their heads in the sand on this. Yes. So I would love everyone to be a much more strong on this front and in the majority. I certainly want to have congressional oversight and have hearings on this and impeach secretary mayorkas. I am a co sponsor of articles of impeachment for secretary mayorkas. I've introduced articles of impeachment for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. It is time we hold these people accountable. This is a true threat to America. This isn't a phone call. This isn't a speech like president Trump was impeached twice over. These are real things that are harming Americans. And what are Democrats doing? They're having prime time January 6 hearings rather than talking about gas prices. People not being able to afford to go to work. Not talking about the broken supply chain, not talking about record inflation. And not talking about. GDP so much more. These people are enemies of the United States and many of them are blatantly ignoring the oath of office that they took when they were sworn to defend this to defend the constitution and this nation. Well, I'm sorry we're at a time, but Lauren boebert, it's just, it's a deep encouragement to know that you're out there. I hope that people in Colorado in your district will go to the polls on June 28th. We need you, we need more like you, God bless you, sister, and we'll continue the conversation at the time. Good to talk to you. God bless you. Thank you so much. Tell me Eric, why is relief factors so successful at lowering or eliminating pain? I'm often asked that question, the owners of relief factor tell me they believe our bodies were designed to heal. That's right, designed to heal, and I agree with them. So the doctors who formulated relief factor for them selected the four best ingredients, yes, 100% drug free ingredients, each helps your body deal with inflammation. Each of the four ingredients deals with inflammation from a different metabolic pathway. And that right there approaching from four different angles may be why so many people find such wonderful relief. So if you've got back pain, shoulder neck hip knee or foot pain from exercise or just getting older, you should order the three week quick start discounted to only 1995 to see if it will work for you. It works for me. It has for about 70% of the half a million people who've tried it and have ordered more, go to relief factor dot com or call 800 for relief to find out about this offer, feel the difference. In case you haven't been paying attention, the Biden administration has caused a financial crisis and they have no clue how to fix it. Oil prices have skyrocketed and when oil prices go up, the cost of transportation and shipping spikes leading the prices of goods to rise. And when we're already seeing record inflation, that's the last thing we need. Our economy is in trouble and you need to take steps to protect yourself. If all your money is tied up in stocks, bonds and traditional markets, you are vulnerable. Gold is one of the best ways to protect your retirement. No matter what happens, you own your gold. It is real. It is physical. It's always been valuable since the dawn of time. Legacy precious metals is the company I trust for investing in gold. They can help you roll your retirement account into a gold backed IRA where you still own the physical gold. They can also ship gold and precious metals safely and securely to your house called legacy at 8 6 6 5 two 8 1903 or visit them online at legacy p.m. investments.
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Let's talk for a minute about fentanyl because you just put putting forward legislation on that. It's a nightmare. But you're a hero in this talk about that. Yes. So I introduced legislation that would designate fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. If fentanyl is the number one killer of 18 to 45 year olds right now in our country. And as I mentioned, it's been decriminalized in Colorado, was a felony now. It's a misdemeanor. And so we have wide open borders, a very unsecure southern border, some 3 million illegal aliens coming into our country and that includes criminal aliens. This includes people on a terrorist watch list. And they're all at the hands of the cartel. I would say that Joe Biden is an honorary member of the cartel completely assisting them in this aiding and abetting the cartel in the crimes that are taking place at our southern border. And that fentanyl is coming from China through our southern border into our communities and is killing our children, killing our family members, killing our Friends. And law enforcement in many cases are unable to do anything about it to actually tackle this crisis. So realistically speaking, just, I mean, what you just said about Biden being an honorary member of the cartel. Like, that's the kind of stuff that gets you in trouble. And that is why we need more people like Lauren boebert, because you're telling it like it is. So my question is, what do you suppose is in the mind of Biden and his administration that they would not see what most of us see so clearly? What is it that would allow them to think that it might be okay to have open borders or for fentanyl to be coming in? I mean, can you help us fathom why they would think that? Because I, for the life of me, just I can't get it. Eric, this is completely intentional. I've been in conversations with secretary mayorkas. And he knows how to secure the southern border. He understands the policies that work to keep our southern border secure. And he is not enforcing those. I've talked to border patrol agents. I say, what do you need from us right now? And they said, well, we don't need resources. We don't need money. We don't need personnel. We don't even need infrastructure right now. We just need the policy that allows us to do our job. Our border patrol agents are going home defeated each and every day, unable to do the job that they swore to do. And we just need to have that policy in place. But in hearing remarks from secretary mayorkas about the southern border, it really seems that they want to overrun our systems and completely break those systems. And that makes me believe that this is intentional. He said that it will take 8 to ten years to process the people who are actually encountering border patrol agents at the southern border when they're crossing illegally. And of course, the some 800 or some 700,000, it could be up to 800,000 now. Got aways are not being processed at all. And so he's saying this will take 7 to 8 years. And in states like Colorado, again, my primary opponent, he voted for legislation that creates a department of new Americans. And so states like Colorado are really enabling this problem. This department of new Americans, if you go to the Colorado website, says, what is a new American? And you American is a coloradan, a refugee, a silly, a docker recipient, an SIV holder, and all other forms of immigrants seeking safety, opportunity, and reunification of family. Chain migration taking place in our states without a secure border every state is a border state. And I believe that this is completely intentional. That's why you have not seen Joe Biden go to the border. That's why you've not seen the borders are at the border. And that's why they are not securing our southern border..
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Folks, I am talking to congresswoman Lauren boebert of Colorado. I mentioned earlier I got to know her recently and was just so enthused to see that God is raising up real leaders who love him who love America, who are courageous, so Lauren, you were just talking about the idea of God calling you to run for Congress. Now, if somebody doesn't believe in the God that we know personally, they just think that's loony stuff, you know, she prayed and whatever. But you know that you're not making this up. I mean, this was not an ambition of yours when you were little. This is just something that you've fallen into, but it does seem like it is God, and it seems like you are triggering your opponents, particularly well. It's a joy to see. Yes, and you know, it's absolutely a sign in a wonder to the unbeliever. I was not supposed to win this seat. I didn't have the money. I didn't have the name recognition. I didn't have the education or I didn't work my way up the political ranks. And I took out a 5 term incumbent. That was the first time in 48 years that an incumbent had lost a primary in Colorado. And so this was absolutely a sign and a wonder to the unbeliever. And even to myself, you know, but that's what walking by faith is like. When you don't know what the outcome will be, but you have trust in what God has called you to. And you walk that out. And he opens doors that no man can shut. And he closes doors, no man can open, and there's favor. And there are divine appointments that take place, and it's just so incredible. But you know, with all of these qualifications that I don't have in the natural, God was equipping me in another way. And he who he calls he justifies and who he justifies he qualifies. And I firmly believe that. And if you go through the book of hebrews, chapter 11, and you look at these great men and women who lived their life by faith. And they saw the promises of God by faith. Their stories are not perfect. In fact, by our standards, we would look at them and say, well, there were some real losers in that bunch. In fact, there was a harlot in the lineage of Jesus Christ. And so we would look at that and say, wow, wow, wow, you're not qualified. But God seems to have a reputation of working with losers and turning them into victors. I would just say, don't limit your future by your past. I certainly don't look to to my past or my shortcomings, my failures, my education, or anything like that, and allow that to hinder what God has for me in the future. We all live in the greatest nation of this world has ever known. And I want to ensure that we keep these liberties for generations to come. I'm here because I do not want my four boys to be raised in a socialist nation. And I'm raising my four boys to be men before liberals teach them to be women. And so there's a lot of work to do there to make sure that we are sticking to what our founding fathers actually intended for our country. And that is to be a free people. The government now would much rather have disarmed subjects, obedient subjects rather than free citizens. And they are attacking every right and liberty, but I am here each and every day being a strong voice for those rights and making sure that we secure those rights for generations to come. It's astonishing to me that the folks on the left have gotten so radical. I mean, when you talk about open borders, the madness, anybody with half a brain understands, this is absolute madness. It's on the level of defunding the police. It makes less than no sense, it's crazy, and it is bringing genuine harm to American citizens..
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Thanks so much, Eric. It's great to be on with you today. Listen, you're the real deal, and that's why I wanted you on the program because there's so many people in public life that you realize we may agree on some of the issues, but they're not fighters. They're not fire brands. They don't understand where we are in the nation. You're clearly someone who does and you have a primary coming up. Let's start there because you won this congressional seat. Obviously every two years, you've got to go through this whole thing again. What do you face saying before we get into all the fun stuff? What do you facing on June 28th in this primary? Sure. Well, first, you mentioned, you know, every two years you have to go through this again. And I have to say, I love that about the house. I love that we are forced to be with our constituents. Because there are plenty of elected officials who would rather sit back for a few years and say, oh, I don't have to be out there and connecting with people because I'm not up for reelection. So I love that that's forced upon us because I was elected. November 3rd, and November 4th, you know, I was running for reelection, basically. So working hard to serve my constituents and then also campaign as well. But in my primary on June 28th, I am up against a very liberal state senator. He is a registered Republican, but even he says that they are behind his name does not stand for Republicans. So I think we ought to believe him. But you know, just to put it into some sort of context, I really couldn't ask for a better opponent in a Republican primary. He has a record at the state legislature. That has passed legislation to give illegal aliens Colorado driver's licenses in state tuition. Reduce fentanyl, four grams of fentanyl from a felony offense to a misdemeanor. And then also removing qualified immunity from our law enforcement officers. So while we have wide open borders, our law enforcement officers are not even able to really protect our communities with a fentanyl that's coming in because he's decriminalized it. But either way, there's plenty of momentum in the third district and I am looking forward to continuing to serve Colorado's third district as their United States representative. Well, when I was at the event with Sean Foyt in Colorado Springs, I really got to hear you for the first time. And I was thrilled, Lauren, because as I said, there are many people that, you know, maybe they agree with me on some issues, but you're an on fire Christian. When I heard you speak about your faith, I thought, nobody's making that up. This is real for you. Your story is real. And to me, it's like the ultimate American story. You had a tough upbringing. I want to go there a little bit because I didn't know this about you. I mean, you're very young, but you're the mother of four boys, you've just had a tough background and it's turned you into somebody who I think of as the American Dream. So let's go back. I have the privilege of meeting your mom. What was it like? What's the world that you grew up in and how did you get to be where you are today? Yes. So I was actually raised in a Democrat household. My mom voted Democrat because she believed the lies that Democrat politicians told her Nancy Pelosi's calling us to vote. That's what the beeping is in the background. But I was raised in under these failed policies. And it was really just a cycle of poverty that we were stuck in. That made us behold it to the government. And I've stood in line for bread. I've stood in line for government cheese. And I know that that's not America's best. And at 11 years old, I knew that that was not America's best. But when we moved to the western slope of Colorado, I started working at the rifle McDonald's, and I earned that first paycheck. And I realized I could do a better job taking care of myself than the government ever had. So I am a self taught conservative. I actually moved out of my mom's home when I was 17 years old. And my husband and I, we started our life together. We started our family. All I ever wanted to be was a mom. My mom is my hero. She is my best friend, and I wanted to be just like her. So it wasn't, I hate you, mom. I'm leaving on kind of thing. I wanted to hurry up and be just like her and start my family. And so, you know, there were tough decisions that had to be made and are we going to depend on the government or are we going to make a way for ourselves? And so my husband and I have been through a lot, but when times get tough, we get tougher. And along that way, I found my relationship with a lord with Jesus. And that right there is my favorite part of this entire story. I was born again at three years old, and I remember that very distinctly, but I didn't know what that meant. I knew that I love Jesus, and I'd go to heaven someday. And beyond that, there wasn't much else. But when I started to have children, I brought them to church as a check mark. Yep, did the good mom thing brought my kids to church. But eventually that turned into me wanting more, wanting a deeper relationship. And rededicated my life. Truly made Jesus the lord of my life. And if not for the holy ghost, you all wouldn't even know my name. So I spent some time serving in the church, serving women at the local jail in the prison ministry that we had. And that was just some of the most rewarding times that I've had watching these women really turn their lives around and watching God turn their shame into glory. And it's just something that's so powerful. I mean, when you say that, turn their shame into glory, that's what it's all about. And in a funny way, I think the problem, of course, with a lot of American Christians, either they haven't suffered or they haven't dealt with real evil. And so in a sense, their faith is attenuated. They don't really understand what the lord saves us from how wonderful he is and your story. I mean, look, the idea that you were raised on welfare, single mom that you get a job at McDonald's. That you don't get to go to college. A lot of people, a lot of cultural elites would sneer, do sneer at that and sneer at you the way they sneer at my friend, Mike lindell, for having been a crack addict, but you and Mike and others. You let God turn those things for his glory. And that's what's so beautiful because you can't fake that. You can, nobody can fake that. You didn't go to college. You didn't, whatever it is. And you are now a congresswoman in the United States of America. And I think it's because of this that you're particularly hated and I think that's how I know you're the real deal. How did you even get the idea that you want to run for Congress? I mean, that's kind of a big step for a young woman who's a mother of four. Yes, well, there was definitely a lot that added up to it. I didn't know that all of these events would land me in this position, but I was really just started feeling frustrated with elected officials with elected officials wanting to take the rights and liberties away from American citizens. And knowing that that is not the proper role of government, knowing that government is there is instituted to keep us free. And so that frustration really launched me into what I'm doing now. I started praying about it and asking God what he would have me do. And he highlighted this position. And I argued with God for a few days, argue with God a lot. I can't say that I've ever won an argument, but we certainly happens. And it's so interesting because he actually revealed to me something that I saw as a weakness that he put in me as a gift. And so God just very plainly highlighted. I created you a spontaneity. So what I say go, you go. And that's just arrested my spirit. And I said, wow, I have always seen that as a weakness. Lauren, why can't you put things on a calendar? Why can't you make a plan? Why do you just jump at something that just seems right or seems good? And of course we can use those gifts and callings in a negative way. And they wouldn't be beneficial for us. But when you are actually using the gifts and callings that God has given us that are without repentance, it's really quite amazing. Hang.
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"That. But right now, I'm really excited. Lauren boebert is a congresswoman from the third district in Colorado. I had the privilege of getting to know her recently in event at an event in Colorado Springs with Sean Foyt. And I was just so blessed to know who she is to get to know her a little bit. And blessed and thrilled right now to have her on the program. Lauren boebert, welcome. Thanks so much, Eric. It's great to be on with you today. Listen, you're the real deal, and that's why I wanted you on the program because there's so many people in public life that you realize we may agree on some of the issues, but they're not fighters. They're not fire brands. They don't understand where we are in the nation. You're clearly someone who does and you have a primary coming up. Let's start there because you won this congressional seat. Obviously every two years, you've got to go through this whole thing again. What do you face saying before we get into all the fun stuff? What do you facing on June 28th in this primary? Sure. Well, first, you mentioned, you know, every two years you have to go through this again. And I have to say, I love that about the house. I love that we are forced to be with our constituents. Because there are plenty of elected officials who would rather sit back for a few years and say, oh, I don't have to be out there and connecting with people because I'm not up for reelection. So I love that that's forced upon us because I was elected. November 3rd, and November 4th, you know, I was running for reelection, basically. So working hard to serve my constituents and then also campaign as well. But in my primary on June 28th, I am up against a very liberal state senator. He is a registered Republican, but even he says that they are behind his name does not stand for Republicans. So I think we ought to believe
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"lauren boebert" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
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America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
"lauren boebert" Discussed on America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
"I have to ask you, congresswoman, the question I always ask you when you come on the show and please follow this lady right now at rep boebert that's rep bobert and boba house dot com dot com. What is the power relationship? Can the good guys can the freedom caucus patriotic congressmen and women like yourself take control of the party so that the rhino faction is now no longer relevant? You know, I sure hope so. I do believe that we are going to take the take back the house in the next Congress and I'm really looking forward to that. We don't know about the Senate and we'll still have a commander in chief who's in command of nothing being told what to do on a daily basis in between his naps and applesauce. But I think the number one thing that we are going to be able to do as the freedom caucus as principled conservative is investigate the Biden crime family and the Democrat party investigate the 2020 elections investigate what is going on at the border. Hopefully we'll see you in or impeachment from Mallorca and others who have failed our country, the safety and security of our nation by allowing 2 million illegal aliens to invade our country over the past year and allow fentanyl into our country and then of course I want to look further into Afghanistan, what left 13 of our heroic soldiers dead. You know, this is stuff that I want to look into, and this is why I'm looking forward to taking back the House in 2022. And doctor gorka, I would appreciate it if your listeners could help me out with that. Lauren for freedom dot
WCPT 820
"lauren boebert" Discussed on WCPT 820
"Never get caught You'll never pay any consequence I mean it's the brazenness of he thinks that it's okay to leave this message Did you hear this We see two Muslim sand Bitch N word bitch There's plenty that we love He says there's plenty that would love the opportunity to take you off the face of the earth Come and get it bitch You Muslim piece of yuji jihadist We know what you are You're a traitor You will not live much longer bitch I can almost guarantee you that Just leaves it on a Congress person's voicemail I mean that can't be traced And it's funny It's not the only one either Every day Yeah No they're brave and company I mean you know but this isn't just Trump It's Lauren boebert Lower involvement is inciting this kind of behavior as well And these people that are standing up there saying when can we use our guns Well can we start shooting People when can we start killing people Yeah And by the way you can't tell the lunatics are in Congress I love that even Nancy mace dropped an F bomb at the end of this after this whole fight back and forth And she said to reporters about green all I can say about Marjorie Taylor Greene is bless her art This is a congressperson They're just yeah These people are in trouble I hate that we've gotten to this point They're garbage people Yeah I mean actually my father my father would be appalled This is what has happened to his beloved Congress My grandfather my grandmother they were registered Republicans all their life And it's just this is not about fiscal responsibility They have never been pro life They've never been patriots They are showing us exactly who they are and shame.