The King, Congress, HMS Trump, and Congressional Redistricting

Hy & Christopher talk about canceled congressional primaries and whether redistricting efforts to create six GOP districts could backfire. They also discuss King Charles meeting Trump and America’s 250th birthday. HMS Trump’s bell is presented as a gift. Hy concludes the show reflecting on Founder George Mason.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Battles the politicians, the dressed of digitators and magicians first
to see the money.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
They just don't.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
There's nothing to fill the holes while then are filling
their pockets fi holes, the politicians bouncing down the road
every bider'suition for no moth, corruption and dysfunction. It's gone
O take Divide invention.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
Redistricting. Chaos comes across the American South with the possibility
of the GOP netting as many as twelve new seats
because of the decision in Louisiana versus Callus. Louisiana itself
is in bits of chaos with the elections beginning this weekend.
All of this a little bit of you've heard of

(00:53):
no kings with an actual king and some wedding blues
in New York. All of these and more on this
edition of The Founder's Show.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
And God bless all out there.

Speaker 4 (01:05):
You are now listening to The Founders Show, the voice
of the Founding Fathers. You're Founding Fathers coming to you
deep within the bowels of those mystic and cryptic alligator
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and high up on top of that old liberty cypress
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(01:28):
Branch is none other then you have s been Gary
Baba of the Republic Chaplain Hi mcnry.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
With Christopher Tidmore, you roving reporter, Resident Radical Modern Associate
editor of the Louisiana Weekly newspaper Louisiana Weekly dot Net,
and folks, we're going to talk about what the rest
of the country is talking about, but we're gonna give
you an inside view. You may not have gotten about
the findings in Louisiana versus Callous. Now for those that
have been living under rock, the United States Supreme Court

(01:56):
in the sixty to three decision, basically the Republican appointed
justice versus the Democratic appointed justices ruled that race was
too much of a determining factor in the creation of
Louisiana's fifth congressional district. This is the one that elected
Cleo Fields. Now the interesting part of this, and we're
going to talk about what this is going to mean
in this legislative session. Since Governor Jeff Landry immediately suspended

(02:22):
the congressional primaries that were supposed to start on May
second and for early voting and has caused more than
a degree of chaos at local clerks of Cork's office.
We're gonna give you some reports from there. But what
I was fascinated by was the immediate reaction from the
right in Louisiana politics to the right of Jeff Landry,
notably Lewis Woody Jenkins, my old boss, and Garrett Graves,

(02:46):
who came out and said this has been a premeditated strategy.
Please remember, and this is true, that Jeff Landry was
the architect of this district and put Cleo Fields as
the committee chairman when he was the state Senate to
draw a district that frankly stretched from Baton Rouge to
Shreport and was only connected by swamps with alligators. It

(03:07):
was the weirdest, even by the classification of Gerrymander districts.
This was the Elbridge. Gary would have been proud of
this creed.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
Maybe it didn't look like a geremana, but it sure
looked like an alligator Alameda it was.

Speaker 3 (03:21):
It was sort of was a scorpion when you read,
or actually a cobra. Actually it was really a cobra
is probably the best way to describe, because it's kind of
thinning and flares.

Speaker 2 (03:28):
Up the cotton mouth mocks on Christ. That's one. That's
a good one.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
But the point is that the Supreme Court found that
race was too much of a determining factor in the
creation of district Now, let's be very clear what the
decision didn't say. It does not completely evisc errate in
theory section two of the Voting Rights Act that allows
race as a preferential factor in the creation of districts.
But the Alena Kagan in her descent basically says, for

(03:55):
all intents and practical purposes, states were allowed no longer
to draw districts based on race. Now, this has been
coming for about ten years. Ten years ago, the Supreme
Court eliminated what was called preclearance, where states had to
submit their maps to the Department of Justice to be
able to say that this map is classified on racial grounds. Well,

(04:17):
immediately the reactions were intense. Tate Reeves, the governor of Mississippi,
was calling a special session. He had announced earlier in
the week he was going to do it. Florida had
already been called into session to redraw its districts in
the wake of the Virginia decision and the Virginia referendum.
All of this was happening intensely before this happens. Now

(04:39):
it looks like Alabama and several other Southern states are
coming into this. Thereby the math the New York Times
puts out, this could mean as much as twelve more
Republican districts going into the election. Yeah, I mean, let's
this is becoming a mutually assured destruction on a stupid level.

(04:59):
One of the things that was happening, as we pointed
out last week high was that when Texas redistrict in
California redistricting reaction, and then a Missouri redistrict reaction to California,
and then Virginia of course had the referendum last week
that redistricted that there was a net gain of one
Democratic seat. But basically we're at parody. Well, what is
this going to mean? In other as the law of

(05:20):
unintended consequences of the Northern States redistricting.

Speaker 4 (05:24):
Christopher, they already had seven states I think in the Union,
mainly in the North and California that had jerrymannered the
heck out of their states where they were having like
forty five to fifty percent of the states voting for
Trump or for Republican candidates on the state level, and
yet when it came to the congressional level only maybe one,

(05:45):
which meant the whole thing was so a skewed that
most of the state did not have proper representation for
the people that were there, that basically the Democrats were
stealing all those votes by redistricting on the congression, you know,
for the little areas, the areas of the congressman, not
for a state wide election.

Speaker 2 (06:03):
They can't mess with that.

Speaker 4 (06:04):
But the state wide election proved that they're not that blue.
But yet if you look on the map, they're like
almost solid blue. And they did that way before we
started this. We will try to come latelys in this game.
We waited way too long. We should have gotten on
it when they first started.

Speaker 3 (06:20):
First of all, California wasn't that because before Newsom's redistricting,
which happened after Texas, which definitely was not that before
Trump asked Texas. But if you're asking me, are there
states where there had been very heavy gerrymanders, of course
that didn't reflect it. And I'm the first one to say, hi,
Before we have this argument, there are to be a
national law that says congressional districts ought to be apportioned

(06:43):
by the average of the results of the last three
presidential elections. I've said that on the air for years.

Speaker 2 (06:47):
And I've said that too, absolutely absolutely so.

Speaker 3 (06:50):
I mean, we're in agreement with the solution, is we're
also in the we also bay reality, which is that
neither party, no matter whose president, is probably going to
introduce that law. But let's let's go back to what's
happening in the States. Immediately when Louisiana versus Callus came down,
it was kind of interesting. I had a conversation. I
won't name who it was, but let's just say he
was a very senior member of the Democratic Party in Congress. Okay,

(07:14):
just leave it at that. And the idea was, because
those primaries had already been established, they were going for
the elections that basically Troy Carter and Cleo Fields were
safe in this election cycle, if not for anybody else. Well,
immediately when Louisiana Versus Callis came out, Jeff Landry called
a meeting of the House Republican Caucus and the Senate

(07:36):
Republican Caucus in joint session on Wednesday and said we're
going to suspend the congressional primaries. On Thursday, it was
announced that any votes that went when voting starts on
May second, or all the way through the election of
May sixteenth in the primaries will not count, and that
there's going to be an effort to redraw these districts.

(07:58):
We'll get to you they what they may look like
in a Now, this raises a couple of issues. One
of the issues it raises is, by the way, Troy
Carter has no opposition, no Republican opposition. He's got a
Democratic opposition. Cleo Fields has a light Republican opposition. It
is not legal to reopen qualifying because you can. You're

(08:20):
supposed to only be able to do that if somebody
dies in the election. And the fact is nobody so far,
they haven't killed anybody yet. I mean, it hasn't gone
that far. So the legislature has is going to embark
starting next Tuesday on an effort to redar the districts,
and there are six proposed maps. Three of them include

(08:40):
one majority minority black district while two feature two majority
black districts. But the last one, the one that's getting
the most attention, features six majority white districts. By voter
registration and five the last two. One has six majority
white districts by voter right. Another has five majority white

(09:02):
districts and one plority white districts by total population. So
essentially what it would be under those models is it
would be very hard to draw six safe Republican seats.
For the reason you just said, Louisiana splits sixty forty
in elections, and by having two African American districts, we
basically reflect how the state is in presidential races. It's

(09:24):
actually a pretty fair map because it reflects how people vote.
African Americans tend to vote for Democrats. Let's just be
blunt about this. And so we've got four seats that
are Republicans, two seats that are Democrats. That's sixty forty.
If you draw six Republican seats, it's easy to draw
five Republican seats and super pack African Americans in Detroit

(09:48):
Carter seat. That's what we had before, and it basically
creates this line of black districts from New Orleans all
the way to Baton Rouge, and you can get away
with it. But if you try to draw six, here's
what happens. Draw one seat for Metro New Orleans, and
it's a swing seat. It has a white polarity. In theory,
it means that means it has more white voters than

(10:09):
black voters. But it means if you just do simple
math that a Democrat could win the seat. It's almost impossible.
The sixth map it look If you think the gerrymanderd
map for Cleo Fields looks weird, the six Republican seat
map looks a bit like you know, those tied dyed
T shirts from the nineteen sixties with all the swirls around.

(10:31):
Imagine those as congressional districts and nobody knows what the
hell district they're in, where it goes and all that.
And that's what a six district is. So legislature is
going to sit down over the next two weeks and
try to figure out which map it's going to do.
Remember they still are legally allowed to draw an African
American district. And the easiest thing to do was basically

(10:53):
restore the map that existed prior to Cleo Fields district.
Put back Garrett Graves's old seat. Can they reopen qualifying?
If they did, Garrett Graves would probably qualify and win
his old seatback. But right now, you know, it was
interesting to hear Graves's comment. The Supreme Court decision today
is exactly what was expected. No surprises here. The state

(11:13):
was never required to draw the new congressional maps in
the first place, and the map that was drawn looked
like children with crayons had been given the assignment. Now
this our state has wasted millions of dollars defending him out.
That was bankly unconstitutionals. We know when Woody Jenkins testified
to the legislature and neglected, ignored voters and registration in

(11:33):
our communities completely unnecessarily. I'm pleased today that court decisions
restore common sense to our congressional districts, and I hope
the state won't be encouraged to farm this out to
kindergarteners again. Maybe they could try Morris part As some
people knows, the reason the districts were drawn this way
is because Jeff Landry hates Garrett Graves and was trying
to get rid of them, and so this was a
sort of frack you back.

Speaker 4 (11:55):
Right, very Democrat party like the way they you know
they oh there. Jerry Mandering is also done by kindergarten Democrats.

Speaker 2 (12:03):
Right.

Speaker 3 (12:05):
I think it's much more scientific than that. But yeah,
so the real question is can you reopen the districts?
But it's also the chaos that will happen in the
other elections. And this is where everything gets really interesting.

Speaker 2 (12:20):
A poll came.

Speaker 3 (12:21):
Out right before, I mean an hour before the Louisiana
versus Callous decision came out, and in that poll, I mean,
it was really fascinating that the Senate race has now
been put completely on its head. Bill Cassidy has fallen

(12:42):
behind both of his GOP challengers in a closed primary.
So the easiest thing Jeff Landry could have done, folks
is simply say, look, we're holding off having all the elections.
We're pushing the elections off for a month. He has
that emergency power. There's a reason, and he didn't do it.

Speaker 2 (13:01):
And Hi, here it is, I read this morning the
paper that he did do it.

Speaker 3 (13:06):
All he's done is said that in the congressional races,
the congressional primaries, if you vote in those primaries, your
vote does not count. That's all he's done. There still
will be elections, early voting starting on Saturday, May second,
going through the week the main election on May sixteenth.
He had the power to delay the entire thing, and

(13:28):
that would have probably been the most responsible thing to do.

Speaker 2 (13:31):
Delay the primaries.

Speaker 3 (13:32):
Right, No, he didn't delay the primary. Well he's what
he did was he didn't delay the elections. He just
says the primary elections will not count. We will have
them again. Now I know that saysn't sound, but let
me explain why that means we're going to spend twenty
seven million dollars to have another set of elections when
we didn't need to have, instead of delaying the whole thing.

(13:54):
Here's why he did it, folks, get ready. It all
has to do with the latest sets of polls, because
because Bill Cassidy has fallen behind Julia Letlow and John Fleming.
In the latest Emerson College poll released Thursday, Louisiana State
Treasurer John Fleming got twenty eight percent of the vote.
Julia Letlow's a congresswoman from the sixth district, got twenty

(14:17):
seven percent, while Cassidy garnered twenty one percent. But here's
the key part. Twenty two percent of the poll's responses
said they are undecided on their vote in the May
sixteenth primary. Why is that important. Bill Cassidy has a
super pack with seven million dollars in it. Give him

(14:38):
more time and he will be able to make up
more space. One of the things that's been happening is
he's been recovering in the polls, particularly with what's called
no party voters. Quite there's been a major move for
many Democrats and many Independents to vote in a Republican
primary forum. They're racing against time. So the responsible thing

(14:58):
would have been to say, let's delay the elections altogether.
If not that, let's delay all the closed primaries, that
would have been the Senate, the House Bessie Board, because
there's a competitive Board of Elementary and Secondary Education race,
as a competitive Public Service commissioner race going on, very competitive.
They didn't do any of that because Jeff Landry was

(15:20):
scared to death that Bill Cassidy would be able to
recover his position and he'd have to go to Donald
Trump and say, you know, Cassidy managed to survive to
a runoff and maybe coming back to Washington as a
US senator. So all of this is just a lot
of political theater. And why does any of this matter
to you, folks, Because it's your tax dollars they're wasting

(15:42):
on all of this that we're having another series of
elections we didn't have to have for this. And as
I told you, the law doesn't allow, even on the
congressional races, reopening of the primaries. So we may end
up with Cleo Fields and Troy Carter just simply because
there's nobody qualified against them to run.

Speaker 2 (16:03):
Well, well, Chrispherrom.

Speaker 4 (16:04):
What I don't get about this is Cassidy is so
far down on the polls.

Speaker 2 (16:09):
Why are they even worried about him?

Speaker 4 (16:11):
You know, I just said that didn't make any sense
to me that they're concerned about Cassidy. Uh, maybe you
could help explain that to our audience. And another thing,
just because you're scientific, you said, well, the Democrats when
they do it, they're very they're so scientific. Christopher an Assassin.
It can be very scientific. They're all scientific. When when
they're redrawing, drawing the maps here in Louisiana, they were
very scientific. They needed geography, they needed numbers, math, polls.

Speaker 2 (16:35):
All that being scientific.

Speaker 4 (16:36):
That that means there's they using science to steal our elections, folks.
So to heck with the fact that, oh they were
so scientific, baloney.

Speaker 3 (16:44):
I didn't mean that as a compliment, high, I meant
as a criticism.

Speaker 2 (16:47):
All right, just so you understand across.

Speaker 4 (16:49):
You didn't explain that when you came across as well.
It's okay, because they're so scientific.

Speaker 3 (16:53):
What I meant by it is politicians choosing their voters
rather than voters chosing their politicians.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (16:59):
So my point about.

Speaker 2 (17:00):
Right way of saying, what's what the jerrymander does?

Speaker 3 (17:03):
So my point about all of this is, folks, you
should be pretty angry because this entire scenario started with
Jeff Landry actually getting Cleo Fields to choose his own
voters to create a district that only Clio Fields could
win in order to have a Supreme Court case that
Jeff Landry defends until it gets the Supreme Court and

(17:24):
then says we're flipping sides. It's literally what Liz Morel,
the Attorney General did in order to.

Speaker 2 (17:30):
Have a.

Speaker 3 (17:32):
Redistricting election. And instead of delaying the entire election, so
he has so the Senate election keeps going, he has it.
And now to answer your question about Cassidy, it's simple.
He's at twenty one percent of the polls with twenty
two percent undecided. And the two people in fronts are
at twenty seven and twenty eight, and the poll has
a five percent margin of error. That's not a vast

(17:52):
difference if you get if the thing they're not polling
is no party voters, no party of voters are There's
been a huge move by Democrats to become no party
voters and vote in the Republican primary. And if that happens,
Cassidy could just as easily end up in the runoff
and win the runoff. So that's why they're racing to

(18:15):
make sure that election happens in the two weeks because
Cassidy has the one advantage that let Low and Fleming
did not. He's got money in the bank.

Speaker 4 (18:25):
That's say well, we'll say it's going politics, and Louisiana
is never boringgainst it, folks, And so let's see Christopher.

Speaker 2 (18:34):
Is it time to come on nut? What about the royals?

Speaker 3 (18:38):
Christopher, I'm going to talk about it his majesty and
the no Kings. But let's get a break out of
the way. We'll be back after these important messages. Stay tuned.
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(19:00):
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(19:21):
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(19:42):
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Speaker 3 (23:36):
Tidmore and before we talk on some issues, ROYAL i
do want to point out that there are some other
very competitive Closed republican primary races as well As democratic
primar races that are going. On one of the things
that fascinates me is The Public Service commissioner's race to
Replace Eric. Scramtta, now for those that do not Know
Eric skrimmetta is term, limited but he's going. On he's

(23:57):
about to be the number three person In Trump's Energy,
department basically in charge of all nuclear policy in The United,
states amongst other. Issues but there's been a very competitive.
Race The Public Service Commission rate district is roughly the
same size as congressional. District they're not exactly the same
in designs and certainly won't be after this. Election but

(24:18):
what's been fascinating is there's several candidates in. It we've
mentioned a couple of the high running but not as
well known candidates Like Big John mason And Wayne. Cooper
but the three main front running candidates who have the
best sort of the highest level of, profile no disrespect
to Mister mason and Mister cooper Are State Representative Stelphanie,

(24:41):
hilfridy who represents Who's republican Representing lake for you And.
Bucktown the Only republican elected In New Orleans, Parish Mark
wright Of, Covington and of course Former Jefferson Parish President John,
young who is arguably the front runner right. Now so
there's probably going to be a runoff in this. Race
this is where if there had been a delay like

(25:02):
we talked about before the, primary this is where there
would have been more time for these candidates to establish. Themselves,
frankly nobody really knows that this race is going, on
rather than there is a, race and that's what would
have benefited Most. Louisianians high are used to having races
in the, fall having An october. Election and one of
the Things Saidate President Cameron henry has come out bluntly

(25:24):
and said is that the closed, primaries this experiment with
closed primaries is going to cease after this, year that
the legislature is going to return to open. Primaries, interestingly
there's also A Bessie board. Election there's One democrat running.
Unopposed but The bessie election talk about blasts from the

(25:45):
past and congressional. Races you know who the front runner
is in that. Race board Of elementary And Secondary education
is the state school. Board basically it overseas and great.
Schools the front runner in that race Is joseph gow
former congressman From New. Orleans he's Against michael Hollis and
Of New orleans And Ellie schroeder Of Beata.

Speaker 4 (26:05):
Springs what a great fellow for that because he's bringing
guy very well. Educated but on top of all, that his,
people The vietnames and The, asians all of, them they
excel so well in. School so what a what a
fantastic pick for that.

Speaker 3 (26:19):
Position In josepha's, case he's actually an expert in educational policy,
too which most people don't realize he. Had he had
spent time on charter school. Boards but he's got he's
got a very competitive. Race he's running against two well known.
Candidates it's All republican and that's The republican. Primary the
big race, races of, course are happening In, kenner AND
i really want to talk about that just for a,

(26:39):
second BECAUSE i moderated a Wonderful kennered. DEBATE i was
going to bring it on the, radio but it was
it didn't work very. Well it didn't translate very well
for the. Recording but if the mayor of the city
Of kenner and the council races were, Up Mayor Mike
glazier is running for reelection and he's running against perennial,
candidate but a good, Guy Walt. Benetti he doesn't really

(27:00):
have a lot of. Chance and a lady by the
name Of Diane, schnell who was a very impressive. Candidate,
Now Mike lazer has been a pretty good mayor, overall
to be honest Of. Kenner but WHAT i find interesting
About kenner is as of this, Year kenner is no
longer a white majority. City it is a minority majority.
City hispanics have Passed African, americans and Together hispanics And

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blacks constitute a majority of The city Of kenner's, population
and that is beginning to Affect kenner. Politics it may
not Affect Mike glazier's, race who's very, popular but it
is having a little bit of an impact in the
down ticket, races particularly at the at large. Race there
is there are two at large races going. On Brian,

(27:46):
brennan who is an existing, councilman is running against State
Representative Joe stagne and that is a competitive, race but
they're both White. Republicans the race That i'm watching Is
George brannigan Versus Gregory. Carroll George brownigan is the incumbent
councilman at, large but Greg carroll is the Longtime district
one councilman That's rivertown and The river area is The

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African american and is a Brilliant it was a brilliant
councilman and if, anything a fiscal. Conservative he was actually
to the right on spending issues and a lot of his,
colleagues and that is the. Question Greg carroll is well
known and well. Liked if he takes Out George, Granigan
you're going about to see not only That kenner has,
changed but That Jefferson parish is on the verge of this.

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Change because this is What i've been trying to explain
to people for some. Time Jefferson parish in another twenty
years will be a majority minority. Parish it will no
longer have a white. Majority it's. Politics you're already seeing.
It Remember John Bell edwards Run Jefferson parish. Twice it's
become a place that is a swing district in many.
Elections and so how that plays, off, Folks i'm going

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to be really. Fascinated Downticket district one For carroll's old.
Seat D dunn is running Against David. Weathersby both Are Black.
Democrats Dee dunn is actually a. Minister you've met her.
Before she's worked with inner city kids, Before she's come
across you many, times and that's been her, ministry inner
city black, Kids Mike, segur who is the former mayor Of,

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kenner is running for Council district, two which was his old,
job Against Tom, wilmot who had been a state, representative
and he is the favorite in that. Race he's well,
known sort. Of he's a guy who came up through
The Kenner Police department and has basically dedicated. Himself and
he's actually running on something interesting amongst his many. Issues
he's asked the. Question when he was the administrative head

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of The Kenner Police department Under nick And, jemmy he
built a full police, station, department a whole their headquarters
in two. Years it's been five years Since Hurricane, ida
and they still don't have a city.

Speaker 2 (29:48):
Hall what's the.

Speaker 3 (29:49):
Deal he's asking some very big questions about. That The
district three races undern But district, Four Christy cansantus McKinney
is running for. Reelection she's well. Known she's an at
large councilman running for Council district. Four that's what kind of.
Is she's running Against Stacy alessandro in a tough, race

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And Danny reim is running Against Caitlyn. Ramirez, caitlyn you
Know Danny reim is the. Incumbent he is somebody who
is well. Known he's known as a. Coach he was
one of, this BUT i was Actually Caitlyn ramirez is
a young lady who's studying. Criminology she's A hispanic. Female
she's an, independent not A, democrat and she was one
of the more impressive candidates That i've seen for some.

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Time and that Is district five is one of those
districts that's, changing and that will be kind of a
bellweather as to what we're going to see is going to, happen,
folks so goes ken or so Goes Jefferson. Parish AND
i think these, elections especially with the turnout being as
quirky as it will be because they cancel the congressional.
Elections SO i bet you a lot of people who
even listen to this show are still confused as to

(30:53):
whether there's going to be an. Election there is going
to be an, election but a lot of people aren't
going to show up with the polls because they, think,
well no congress elections they redrawing the maps are not gonna.
Happen and that's going to have an interesting effect on
all the down ticket. Races even though The senate, race
and The bessie and THE psc races are going.

Speaker 2 (31:11):
On your thoughts are, well very, Fascinating.

Speaker 4 (31:13):
Christopher, always LIKE i said earlier In, louisiana it's got
to be, colorful it's got to be, wild it's got
to be. Crazy we're keeping our reputation. Going But i'm
getting tired of all this election. Stuff CHRISPHER i think
it's time to talk about. Kings they don't have, Elections
so you got any news on kings and the, royals
like Maybe King charles and and and.

Speaker 2 (31:33):
Even though we're supposed to have no.

Speaker 4 (31:34):
Kings take note The democrats all poured out singing the
praises Of King. Charles all of a, Sudden kings were.
Okay democrats are such. Hypocrits it never. Ends So, christopher
tell us what she's a little bit more about? It that,
beautiful magnificently gorgeous first lady with our own leader of this, country.

Speaker 2 (31:55):
R President.

Speaker 4 (31:55):
TRUMP i think they got along so, well both know both,
couples and it was wonderful the interchanges between.

Speaker 2 (32:03):
Them how well they got along is really.

Speaker 3 (32:05):
Fascinating kings are good at dealing with somewhat egomaniacal. Politicians
the one of the THINGS i found people are surprised
That i'm sometimes in.

Speaker 2 (32:18):
Anglifier you never miss a cheap.

Speaker 4 (32:19):
Shot, Therefore i'm going to continue to diagnose you With
trump derange fment.

Speaker 3 (32:24):
Syndrome What i'm not Is anglo derangement, syndrome because, people you,
know even think with my past my family fought The
british on their plantation Shall my battlefield was my family's.
Plantation my ancestors on both sides of my, family you,
know the Tid moores were With washington And Valley, forge The,

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villaries you, Know Jockville villary was the aide de camp
on all of The galvez. Expeditions you think you THINK
i would have an Any british, animist but of Course
i've been something of. Anglophile and one of the Things
i've always admired is The british constitutional system, because As
churchill put it so, depthly if the government does, well
they cheer the. King if the dunman does, badly they

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vote out the government and they cheer the. King and
the Point i'm getting about all of that is you
have one figure that's slightly above, politics and there's one
unifying figure that can talk to, everybody and he. Doesn't
despite popular, opinion they. Can't the, monarchs, well in, theory

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have the power to veto they have the. Power in,
operation they just have the power to warn and. Caution
but it acts as sort of a. Break there's somebody
that could talk to. It and WHAT i found fascinating,
is and this was true With Queen elizabeth In trump's
first term when he went To, england Is, trump the

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son of A scottish, mother has a very healthy respect
for the monarchy and the. Monarchs he actually is somewhat
a little humble around, them AND i mean that in
a good, way in a complimentary. Way he treats them
with great, respect and they know how to kind of
get on. It and so if you Watch King charles's,
speech which was hysterical by the, way And i'm not

(34:08):
going to play all the clips because everybody in the
world's played the, clips but you, know just, basically there
were a couple of digs about the. Environment there are
a couple of things that were. Like but the point
About Magna carta being listed in seventy Nine Supreme court
cases on checks and balances was a very key. Part
it was a brilliant.

Speaker 4 (34:25):
Speech one THING i liked about his speech was he
recognized the fact AND i have always that so much
of our government In america literally comes From, england Because
england had already made great strides, toward you, know representative
government where we the people have a voice.

Speaker 2 (34:42):
In our own.

Speaker 4 (34:42):
Government they had made and The Magna carta was the
first original case like. That came close to a thousand years,
ago maybe nine hundred years. Ago they caught was, It King,
john and they forced him to basically sign a constitution
similar to, ours guaranteeing them the rights that they should The,
englishman the rights Of, englishmen and it's very well, done.

Speaker 3 (35:05):
Was a series of rights Of english. Lords but it
was the first time there was a declaration of rights
put into. It and there was another declaration of rights
That King charles brings up that isn't given but was
very important to our founding. Fathers that's The declaration Of
rights of sixteen eighty. Nine in sixteen eighty, eight there's
something called The Glorious, revolution and it's the time When

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parliament was declared supreme and they actually had the first
bill of.

Speaker 4 (35:29):
Rights they had like THREE i think revolutions of rebellions
or civil wars within about one hundred and fifty, years
and they all had to do with establishing you, know representative.

Speaker 3 (35:41):
Government, yeah they were More the third one definitely had
to do with. That they had to do with all
of them had the common theme that is where you're
correct of the supremacy of. Parliament but part of it
has to do with the purifying of the religion and the.
Coveniors so the first part of The English Civil war

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there were religious aspects that make it more like the
wars of religion In. Europe but by the time you
get to The Glorious, revolution which was not bloodless despite
popular opinion it was actually a, revolution it has the
same themes that we. Have the problem, was by eighty
years later a lot of the members Of parliament who

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were representing rotten boroughs that were jerry. Mandered the representation
For Old sarum had seven, seats Whereas manchester And liverpool had.
None it was a highly the idea that you had
to represent people to vote Into it was something that
one of the two political parties as they had it
sort of and In britain at the, time The whigs

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did not believe was a relevant issue when they were
trying to tax the. Colonies we paid one fiftieth of,
this and that's one of the THINGS i want to bring.
Up we're doing twenty Five moments of twenty five for
two hundred fifty years of political. History it's worth remembering
something very important That hei And i've talked about. Before
The American revolution was not completely won by The United

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states and its. Allies if, anything it was a civil
war In britain as. Well Charles James, fox the leader
of the, opposition used to show up At parliament in continental,
uniform dressed as one Of washington's, soldiers and he'd go
to question The Prime. Minister they called him The chancellor
then a saying The americans are, right they're fighting for

(37:30):
the same principles we were fighting. For AND i think
in the Visit King, charles it's worth remembering that what
ultimately happens After yorktown is they have a general, election
that government, falls and the new government that comes, in
which is led By, fox says it is considered a
point of treason to argue Against American. Revolution The british
public was very much on the side in many cases

(37:53):
of The, americans because if you lived in one of
the new cities Like liverpool Or manchester that become the
center of The british economy in the nineteenth, century you
didn't have any voter registration. Either And britain is not
going to make the changes that we make in The American,
constitution but they'd make them till eighteen thirty. Five but
all of these issues are part of The british tradition.
Anyway the PART i wanted to reel was not any of.

Speaker 5 (38:14):
That.

Speaker 4 (38:15):
Christopher we learned from them and they learned from. MOUTHS
i think it's fascinating based on what you just. SAID
i was really glad to see That King charles was
making those comments and bringing that. Out And trump had
his own excellent insights to the whole thing, Also so,
really we're people that should always stick. Together and, incidentally

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when you're talking about resistance In, england there was huge
resistance In, ireland and they were even calling The American
revolution The Irish rebellion In america because especially Because washington's number,
one his top infantry unit was known as The Irish
line and commanded by none other Than Robberie lee's, Father
Lighthouse Harry.

Speaker 2 (38:57):
Lee to tell you something.

Speaker 3 (38:59):
Interesting WHEN i was at we had the privilege of
being At Francis. Tavern one of the things they've discovered
is That George washington did Celebrate Saint Patrick's day because
of The irish. Line they were Not Irish. Catholics they
Were Irish, protestants which actually led the revolution In ireland
in seventeen ninety. Eight so it's kind of interesting how politics.
Change BUT i do want to bring up one last

(39:20):
thing About New york after, This but there's an old
tradition of visitors giving the president a, gift And Queen
victoria sent a gift That John kennedy would use, actively
and that's The Resolute decks and that it was made
from THE Hms resolute and so in that, Tradition King
charles gave this and this didn't make as much news,

(39:41):
coverage AND i thought it was worth. Sharing this is
The king presenting a, bell.

Speaker 2 (39:46):
Really going to ring true, forest to ring true.

Speaker 6 (39:48):
Belas there was one particular Or Chris predecessor launched from
A uk shipyard in nineteen forty four submarine that saived
for them majority of her, life attached to the Fourth
Submarine squadron In, australia playing a critical role during the

(40:09):
war in The. Pacific her Name.

Speaker 2 (40:13):
Hms.

Speaker 6 (40:13):
Trump so, tonight Mister, PRESIDENT i am delighted to present
to as a personal. Gift who presents the, bell the
original bell which hung on the conning tower of your valiant.

Speaker 2 (40:28):
Namesake May.

Speaker 3 (40:33):
What he goes on to say is as a testimony
of our relationship and anytime you need to get in,
touch just ring the.

Speaker 2 (40:38):
Bell.

Speaker 4 (40:39):
Boy do you know who the name of the, ship
the submarine ship Was? Trump who was The trump that
from whom it was?

Speaker 3 (40:47):
Named that's an interesting. Question it was named for a
nineteenth Century british naval officer who is no Relation, trump
because actually at the Time trump's family name Was. Trump
it was it was The german spelling from. It BUT
i want to say one last. THING i ALWAYS i
had a rare opportunity WHEN i was In New york
last week of performing the wedding for my wonderful Cousin,

(41:10):
susan AND i got TO i had to line up
at the clerk's office to get my one day marriage
certificate that would allow me to be a one day
marriage efficiant with all the brides and grooms in their
in their wedding dresses at eight o'clock in the morning
in the, Cold AND i, said you, know for anybody
who has there has the romance of getting married In City,

(41:32):
HALL i don't recommend, it especially Not New. York but
that's kind of The New york. Experience So i've had
the experience of not only performing a wedding in The
West village Of New, york which was beautiful at the
soon to be ended after one hundred and twenty Years
Greenwich House Music. School for one hundred and twenty, years
it's been. There now it's going to cease to. Exist
they sold it to a family for twenty six million
to be. Home but the fact of the matter, is,

(41:55):
folks if you ever have a chance to get, married
find a.

Speaker 4 (41:58):
Minister well anything about, this. Folks now we've got two
ministers on the. Show i'm an ordaining Souther matist minister
And christopher is A New york minister.

Speaker 2 (42:10):
By their. Law, well, folks there.

Speaker 4 (42:12):
This time for us take a, break thanks so much
for caring on being with. Us we'll be shortly returning
to the.

Speaker 5 (42:18):
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God ows bind the two.

Speaker 4 (43:34):
Shoes, well folks are back and you are listening to
The founder's, show the voice of The Founding, fathers and
it's not time for us to go into our chaplain
by patriotic moment where we just took a brief moment
to remind you of The biblical foundations of our, country
our Great Judeo christian, jurisprudence and today we want to
Cover George. Mason he was a delegate From virginia to

(43:57):
The Constitutional. Convention he was one of the most famous of
our founding. Fathers he was rather an old man during
The American, revolution but he was very busy and very.
Active he was in The Virginia house Of, burgess a,
lawyer a, judge a political, philosopher and a. Planter he
was the richest man In, virginia owning fifteen thousand, acres

(44:17):
which back then was a lot of, land and over
eighty thousand acres In, ohio which was actually still part Of.
Virginia he was the author of The Virginia constitution in
The Virginia bill Of rights in seventeen seventy. Six he
was a delegate to The Constitution convention of The United,
states but refused to sign The constitution as it did

(44:37):
not sufficiently limit government's power from infringing on the rights of.
Citizens George mason disapproved strongly of the slave trade and
mortally hated paper. Money he disliked the idea of a
strong federal, government as he feared it would usurp the
sovereignty of individual. States he is called the father of
The bill Of, rights as he insisted That congress had

(44:59):
The bill Of. Rights that's the first ten, amendments, folks
to The. Constitution in, fact when things are discussed and
debated over The, constitution almost invariably it's A bill of.

Speaker 2 (45:06):
Rights the first ten.

Speaker 4 (45:07):
Amendments his influence has gone, worldwide as virtually all succeeding
constitutions have incorporated this pattern that he set forth in
its freem of, religion freedom of, speech you, know freedom
of all the basic important, freedoms including the freedom to
secede from The. Union the first ten amendments to The
United States constitution limiting the power of the government are

(45:28):
practically his and may be found ex expressed in The
Virginia bill Right, rights which he. Wrote Here's Virginia Bill,
Rights article.

Speaker 5 (45:38):
Of.

Speaker 4 (45:38):
Sixteen and this was done In june seventeen seventy. Six
right the very birth of our. Country but this Is,
virginia The state Of. Virginia that religion are the duty
which we owe our, creator and the manner of discharging
it can be directed only by reason and, conviction not
by force or. Violence for all men are equally entitled

(46:01):
to the free exchange of religion according to The dictates Of,
conscience and that it is the mutual duty of all
to Practice christian, forbearance, love and charity toward each. Other
he also in his work here In virginia for The Virginia,
constitution in this seventeen seventy, six the laws of nature

(46:22):
are the laws Of, god whose authority can be supersiited
by no power on. Earth and from that it's where
we get in our own decoration of. Independence they borrowed
that phrase and they increase in a little. Bit it's
actually a theological phrase that preachers used all the, time
and it goes like, this the laws of nature and
the laws Of Nature's. God now that was to declare
the foundation upon what we were doing with The. Constitution

(46:45):
did we have solid foundation for? It and, anyway he
what that meant was the laws of nature means nature
whatever nature's teaching, us and the laws Of Nature's god
is The. Bible that's what The Finding fathers, say that
either the nature or The, bible you can get it either.

Speaker 2 (47:01):
Way, same it's still the.

Speaker 4 (47:02):
Same On august of twenty, second seventeen eighty, Seven George,
mason's one of the largest plantation owners In, virginia stated
his views on national accountability during the debates of The Constitution,
convention and this had to do with. Slavery jefferson did
the same. Thing every master of slaves is born a petty.
Tyrant they bring the judgment Of heaven upon a. Country

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as nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next.
World they must be in this by an inevitable chain
of cause and. Effects providence punished national sins with national.
Calamities providence Means. God, so, folks we can clearly see
That George mason had a very devout faith and believe that.

Speaker 2 (47:43):
That was the foundation of.

Speaker 4 (47:45):
Government once again that we have a preponderance of evidence
saying our finding fathers want to make sure we Kept
god in the middle of, government not, institutionally but certainly.
Spiritually they did, it set it.

Speaker 2 (47:57):
Over and over and over.

Speaker 4 (47:58):
Again and with that being, said where do you stand
in all this for your own personal? Life you, know
you could be the greatest biblical patriot that ever lived
and still dye and go to hell because you really
didn't know that your.

Speaker 2 (48:10):
Savior you knew all about.

Speaker 4 (48:11):
Him you knew About god and The, bible and you
thought it was wonderful and noble, virtues but you didn't
really Know god because you just didn't go. There SO
i would want to show you how you can go
there right now as we're now going to our chaplain
by by a gospel.

Speaker 2 (48:24):
Moment it's got a short period of time to show
you how you can know. That you know, that you
know you're saved from a burning, hell and you're guaranteed.
Heaven you.

Speaker 4 (48:31):
Know The bible, says for we have been saved by
grace through, faith and even that is not of. Ourselves
it is a gift Of, god not of, works lest
any man should. Boast their. Word grace comes from The
greek word charis or charitable is another way of saying it.
Charus and what that means is just plain and simply.
Gift a free. Gift you, know if it's a, gift

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it has to be. Free if you paid for, it
then it's.

Speaker 2 (48:55):
No longer a.

Speaker 4 (48:56):
GIFT i think we should all understand. That so we've
been saved by a free. Gift The bible, says what
is that free? Gift it's, wonderful, Folks it's it's all about,
guys a wonderful gift box wrapped around a precious series of.
Things one thing Is. Jesus that's the most important gift of.
All but then with that comes his, mercy his, love his,

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understanding his, power all his.

Speaker 2 (49:23):
Authority all that is a gift to.

Speaker 4 (49:25):
You if you accept, him you got accept you know
you Get you got a. Gift it's no good to
you if you don't accept. It, right so you have
to accept the free gift of. Heaven god wants you
to get. It and all you have to do is
believe with the faith of a little, child That jesus
really did die for all of your, sins from the
day you're born to the day you, die your tiniest
to your greatest. Sins you, know the script says for

(49:46):
all have sin and comes short of the glory Of.
God that means, You that means all of, us every
one of, us have a great load of sin in our.
Lives that sin burden has been taken away if you Trust.
Christ if, not you still carry hey hanging on to.
It why don't you get rid of? It get rid of?
It you do that by. Repenting first repentance means you've
changed your. Mind that's what the word means madonoia And

(50:09):
greek change your. Mind what's the change of? Mind believe
that you can't save, yourself that you're hopeless and helps Without,
god destined to a burning. Hell you are a loser
before your. Creator your life is just completely hopeless and.
Helpless when you come to that point in your life
and you realize you're that low, down you have just.

Speaker 2 (50:27):
Repented it is a function of the mind of the.
Heart it is not.

Speaker 4 (50:31):
Action it is not turning from your, sins cleaning up your,
life getting, baptized you, know doing certain religious prayers and,
ceremonies and.

Speaker 2 (50:38):
It's none of.

Speaker 4 (50:38):
That that's your good, works and your good works will
never get you to have the. Mouse is that your
good works and no better than filthy. Rags scripture says
that all of your rights are as filthy. Rags so,
folks just give, up quit trying to save, yourself and
Let god do it Because he's already done it for.
You just got to take that free, gift that, grace
believe it really is for. You and the moment you do,

(51:00):
that the moment you believe That jesus died for all of.
You since was buried in rosaved. Dead you are guaranteed.
Heaven you're going to heaven when you. Die that's, exciting. Folks, well, now,
folks it is time for us to do our final,
part and this is going to be The watchman on The,
wall where like the scripture, says if you're the watchman
on the wall and the enemy comes and you don't
warn the, people then their blood will be on your.
Hands SO i don't want y'all's blood on my. Hands

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So i'm gonna tell you what The watchman needs to.
Say he's sitting here, myself looking out over the, world
the ramparts of the, world and seeing all of the
signs Of jesus's near. Return they're all happening right. NOW
i can't give them all to you right. Now they're
over two hundred of, them BUT i. Can every time
on this show that we do, THIS i give you
at least one or, two And i'm gonna give you

(51:44):
a couple right. Now one of them is that there
would be distressive nations and that if there would be
violence all.

Speaker 2 (51:48):
Around the, world and that authority would be greatly.

Speaker 4 (51:53):
Challenged, folks do you know how many assassination attempts we've
had on our.

Speaker 2 (51:56):
President, now this is unheard.

Speaker 4 (51:57):
Of do you know the rhetoric out there that the
liberals and The democrats are pouring, out spewing out Against
Donald trump right, now you, know saying he's, hitler he
needs to be, killed and on this murder, talk this
hate murder talk that's going on on the internet and
from the mainline, newscasters the deep, State mainslim, newscasters they're
all calling for the murder Of President.

Speaker 2 (52:19):
Trump this is unheard of In american.

Speaker 4 (52:21):
HISTORY i, mean there was a time that if you
talk like, that you'd go to, jail maybe even hung
at the neck till. Dead it's considered be a great
treats in a sack to call for the murder of the.

Speaker 2 (52:32):
President and you got enough crazies out there who.

Speaker 4 (52:35):
Are listening and acting, Accordingly, folks this is a terrible
thing and is another sign of the. End the other
sign is that were you, know distress of, nations and
part of that is going to Be. Israel The bible
Says israel become a burden to all. Nations are we
seeing that?

Speaker 2 (52:50):
Happen?

Speaker 4 (52:51):
Absolutely and it's not because they're so hateful to mean
whatever in defending. Themselves they're offending a lot of other,
people which is. Absurd We i'm not offended that The
ukraine is defending. Itself how COULD i do? That, well, anyway,
folks we're near the end and you need a. Bunker
you need a safe, house and the greatest one you
can ever get is named The Lord Jesus. Christ go
to him right, now accept him as your safe, house

(53:13):
as your, bunker AND i promise, you, folks don't no
matter how bad it, gets you'll do just fine through
the coming trials that are.

Speaker 2 (53:21):
Near to be. Here, well, folks it is time for
us to.

Speaker 4 (53:24):
Close as we close with The Monde Saint martin singing
a creole, goodbye And god bless.

Speaker 2 (53:29):
All the call you cREL.

Speaker 7 (53:35):
Goodbye they think we're just wasting the. Time all, Three,
siby there's time for a creole, goodbye