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In this episode, I speak with Chad Connelly, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and founder of Faith Wins, about mobilizing Christians in the electoral process. We emphasize the importance of a biblical worldview in political engagement and discuss how President Trump's presidency aligns with conservative, faith-driven principles. Connect with Chad Connelly

Send us a textUncover the legislative priorities shaping South Carolina's future with our distinguished guest, Josiah Magnuson, the representative for District 38. As a committed member of the Freedom Caucus, Josiah brings a wealth of insights into the pressing issues of the upcoming legislative session. From the personal joy of expecting his second child to the serious business of policy-making, Josiah guides us through his vision for the state—starting with the moral imperative to protect unborn children and the critical need to reduce the tax burden on residents. He emphasizes aligning with the South Carolina Republican Party platform to drive meaningful change for constituents.Join us as we unravel the complexities of budgetary reform and fiscal transparency in South Carolina. Josiah passionately addresses the challenges of earmark waste and advocates for zero-based budgeting to ensure every taxpayer dollar is justified. We discuss the state's higher-than-average government spending, particularly in infrastructure and law enforcement, and how smarter fiscal policies could lead to more efficient public services. Discover our collaborative efforts with the Legislative Oversight Committee to hold state agencies accountable and explore forward-thinking reforms in higher education funding. This episode promises to leave you with a deeper understanding of the policies that could transform the landscape of South Carolina governance.https://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/

Today on Truth in Politics and Culture, a look at Trump's early picks for his administration, Democrats, like an active torpedo in the water, look for someone to blow up (metaphorically) for their election losses, and the South Carolina Republican Party rides a red wave to a 34-12 advantage in the SC Senate and an 89-35 advantage in the House.

On this WPN Call #392, Dr. Jim Garlow is joined by Chad Connelly, the former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and the founder of Faith Wins, an organization dedicated to educating, activating, and mobilizing faith leaders, helping them leverage their influence and impact within the governmental and political arena. He gives us an overview of where we are right now in the 2024 presidential election, especially in some of the key swing states.      Website: https://faithwins.org/     Dr. Jim Garlow has partnered with Pastor Mario Bramnick and Adam Schindler to bring you World Prayer Network (WPN), which seeks out Holy Spirit given strategies for how to be an effective and contagious Christ-follower in our present national situations. WPN hosts weekly prayer calls to seek out strategies for the transformation of nations, including our own. During these live calls, we share briefings from key leaders and then pray into what we see and hear from the Lord.     Follow us on social media:  facebook.com/wellversedworld twitter: @wellversedworld instagram: @wellversedworld www.wellversedworld.org

On this WPN Call #387, Dr. Jim Garlow is joined by Chad Connelly, the former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and the founder of Faith Wins, an organization dedicated to educating, activating, and mobilizing faith leaders, helping them leverage their influence and impact within the governmental and political arena. He brings a report from the ground regarding what is happening with the 2024 presidential election.      Website: https://faithwins.org/     Dr. Jim Garlow has partnered with Pastor Mario Bramnick and Adam Schindler to bring you World Prayer Network (WPN), which seeks out Holy Spirit given strategies for how to be an effective and contagious Christ-follower in our present national situations. WPN hosts weekly prayer calls to seek out strategies for the transformation of nations, including our own. During these live calls, we share briefings from key leaders and then pray into what we see and hear from the Lord.     Follow us on social media:  facebook.com/wellversedworld twitter: @wellversedworld instagram: @wellversedworld www.wellversedworld.org

What are God's people supposed to do when it comes to the political realm? God calls us to be salt and light to the entire world, and that includes politics! Listen in as Chad Connelly, former Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and current Founder and CEO of faithwins.org, shares on how and why you should vote your values and get involved with parties that have policies and principles that agree with God's views! For more resources and to view our upcoming conferences and events: www.charisbiblecollege.org.

Today on Truth in Politics and Culture, closing arguments in the New York show trial of Donald Trump, chaos outside the courtroom as Democrats freak-out about Biden's poor performance in the polls and decide to trot out Robert Dinero, South Carolina Republican Party wins an important battle on resdistricting at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Hogan Gidley, former Principal Deputy Press Secretary for President Trump joins Liberty & Justice with Matt Whitaker, Season 3, Episode 9.  Presented by American Cornerstone Institute.  Learn more about ACI at https://americancornerstone.org/  Watch every episode of Liberty & Justice at www.whitaker.tv. Hogan Gidley is from Columbia, South Carolina, and serves as AFPI's Vice Chair of the Center for Election Integrity & Senior Advisor for Communications. Most recently, he served as National Press Secretary for President Trump's Re-Election Campaign and Principal Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Trump Administration. Gidley is a communication, political, and marketing consultant with more than twenty years of experience.  He was Director of Communications for Mike Huckabee, Elizabeth Dole, and Rick Santorum, to name a few, and served as Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party. In his free time, he enjoys duck and turkey hunting, going to the beach, and golfing with friends. Matthew G. Whitaker was acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019).  Prior to becoming acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker served as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General. He was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa by President George W. Bush, serving from 2004-2009. Whitaker was the managing partner of Des Moines-based law firm, Whitaker Hagenow & Gustoff LLP from 2009 until rejoining DOJ in 2017. He was also the Executive Director for FACT, The Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust, an ethics and accountability watchdog, between 2014 and 2017.   Mr. Whitaker is the Author of the book--Above the Law, The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump.  Buy Matt's book here: https://amzn.to/3IXUOb8 Mr. Whitaker graduated with a Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa.  While at Iowa, Mr. Whitaker was a three-year letterman on the football team where he received the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor. Mr. Whitaker is now a Senior Fellow with the American Cornerstone Institute, Co-Chair of the Center for Law and Justice at America First Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow at the American Conservative Union Foundation. Matt is on the Board of Directors for America First Legal Foundation. He is also Of Counsel with the Graves Garrett law firm.  Whitaker appears regularly to discuss legal and political issues on Fox News, Newsmax and other news outlets.  

Bob Fetterly, @Pickens County South Carolina Republican Party Chair Has A Challenge For You, Don't Just Vote, Run For Office (Full Call Audio) https://www.audacy.com/989word The Charlie James Show   Listen on Spotify : https://spoti.fi/3MXOvGP Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-charlie-james-show-podcast/id1547262821   Follow us on Social Media Join our Live Stream Weekdays - 3pm to 7pm   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/989word Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2031096 X: https://twitter.com/989word Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/989word/   "Red Meat, Greenville." 02/09/24

Tonight in a campaign rally in her home state, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said her opponent, former President Trump, "pitched a fit" and "threw a temper tantrum" during his speech after he won the New Hampshire primary. After coming in second, Haley said the "race is far from over" as she prepares for the next contest in South Carolina next month. Katon Dawson is the former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and has supported Haley. He joins AC360 to discuss how he thinks she can slow the former president's momentum. Plus, a source exclusively tells CNN that the House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has reached out to the woman he allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor. Sources also say the committee has also asked the Justice Department to for materials from its own investigation into the Florida Republican. That probe concluded in 2023 with no charges. Rep. Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing. CNN Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent Paula Reid tells Anderson Cooper what more she is learning about the House committee's investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Friday, January 5th, 2024Today, Donald Trump received $7.8M in payments from 20 foreign countries while President according to a new Congressional report; exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui has been hit with a new RICO conspiracy charge; a 17-year-old killed a sixth grader and wounded five others in an Iowa school shooting; a new study finds that Hydroxychloroquine may have caused 17,000 deaths during COVID; Proud Boy Christopher Worrell has been sentenced to 10 years in prison; a Florida man has been arrested for threatening to kill Rep Swalwell and his kids; we have an update on the Colorado courthouse shooting; a South Carolina Republican and her mom have been arrested after a Christmas barroom brawl. Plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news.More from our Guest:John Fugelsanghttps://www.johnfugelsang.com/tmehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-fugelsang-podcast/id1464094232How We Win The House 2024!https://swingleft.org/fundraise/howwewin2024Want some sweet Daily Beans Merchhttps://shop.dailybeanspod.com/products/fani-t-willis-teeSubscribe to Lawyers, Guns, And MoneyAd-free premium feed: https://lawyersgunsandmoney.supercast.comSubscribe for free everywhere else:https://lawyersgunsandmoney.simplecast.com/episodes/1-miami-1985Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/Follow AG and Dana on Social MediaDr. Allison Gill Follow Mueller, She Wrote on Posthttps://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrotehttps://twitter.com/dailybeanspodhttps://www.tiktok.com/@muellershewrotehttps://instagram.com/muellershewroteDana Goldberghttps://twitter.com/DGComedyhttps://www.instagram.com/dgcomedyhttps://www.facebook.com/dgcomedyhttps://danagoldberg.comHave some good news; a confession; or a correction?Good News & Confessions - The Daily BeansFrom the Good Newshttps://www.welebaethan.org Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercast https://dailybeans.supercast.com/OrPatreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts The Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

On today's show: 1. President Biden to visit Emanuel AME Church on Monday https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/biden-will-start-the-year-at-sites-of-national-trauma-to-warn-about-dire-stakes-of-the-2024-election/ 1a. Charleston Mayor-Elect William Cogswell Invites President Biden to Speak at Inauguration - https://holycitysinner.com/politics/charleston-mayor-elect-william-cogswell-invites-president-bi/ 2. South Carolina Republican Party's political director jailed on assault-by-mob charge in Horry County - https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/south-carolina-republican-partys-political-director-jailed-on-assault-by-mob-charge-in-horry-county/ This episode's music is by Tyler Boone (tylerboonemusic.com). The episode was produced by LMC Soundsystem.

Welcome to Saturday Morning Coffee for Saturday, November 4, 2023!Welcome to a special edition of Saturday Morning Coffee, which was broadcast live from the South Carolina "First in the South" Republican Action Conference, on December 9, 2023!  The "FITSRAC" event was hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party and took place at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.Our special guests on the program include:     Chad Connelly with "Faith Wins"     www.faithwins.org     Mitch Prosser with Palmetto Family Council     www.palmettofamily.org     Drew McKissick, Chairman, South Carolina Republican Party     sc.gop     Senator Josh Kimbrell (on behalf of the Ron DeSantis Campaign)     votejoshkimbrell.com and www.rondesantis.com     Austin McCubbin, State Director for SC, Donald Trump for President     www.donaldjtrump.comWe did not give away this week, as we were live on location, and did not have time for the contest, but our latest One Nation Coffee basket is still up for grabs!  If you'd like to be entered in the drawing, send us an e-mail to the SMC Mailbag, and let us know you'd like to get some of that fine One Nation Coffee.  Send your e-mails to:          reeseboydSMC@gmail.comAlso, if you can't wait for the contest to get some of that One Nation Coffee to go with your Saturday Morning Coffee podcast, please be sure to check our coffee sponsor for the show:          www.onenationcoffee.comwhere each purchase benefits the One Nation Foundation, which benefits military veterans and first responders!  And if you use the "Saturday Morning Coffee" promo code, you'll get a 10% discount on your purchase!  So please support One Nation Coffee and the great work being done by the One Nation Foundation!  Have a great week, be blessed and thanks for listening to Saturday Morning Coffee!Everyone have a great weekend, and a great week!  Be blessed, and we'll see you again next Saturday for another edition of Saturday Morning Coffee!Thanks,The Saturday Morning Coffee TeamProverbs 3:5-6

We are the new Pilgrims – homeless souls without a country that represents us but with no new land to discover and settle. On this anniversary of the Mayflower Compact, I observe that we must reconstitute red-state America if we have any hope of living free, but we must first recognize that what we are doing is not working. We're joined by a man who has offered a blueprint for revitalizing red-state America. Adam Morgan is the chairman of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus and is now running for federal office against William Timmons. He discusses how he has created a new paradigm within the South Carolina Republican Party and how he hopes to do the same thing at the federal level. We cannot afford to sleep through primaries like this. Take yes for an answer, and support those who try to change the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast - that inspires you to live a life of significance and success and to inspire others too. This week we have an incredible lesson for you , from our conversation with Chad Connelly. Chad Connelly -is the Founder of Faith Wins. Chad served as the Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 2011-2013, being re-elected overwhelmingly to a second term. Following his re-election, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus tapped him to serve as the Republican National Committee's First-ever National Director of Faith Engagement. Chad is passionate about and is active in speaking on issues ranging from American Christian history, free enterprise, school choice and other conservative issues as well as attitude, motivation and goal setting and is in national demand as a motivational speaker. He has formed a 501C3 named Faith Wins to continue to work in the states mobilizing and maximizing the faith vote to influence political leaders and candidates across the country for Biblical values. Chad is well known in political and religious circles around the nation as an effective speaker, relationship builder and prolific fundraiser and is in demand as an inspirational speaker on a variety of topics. Chad is passionate about his home state of South Carolina, America and her true history but is most passionate about his family: his wife Dana and their four children young adult children. Chad is a life-long South Carolinian and he and his family live in Prosperity, SC. Chad explains - Why Christians, and especially pastors, MUST engage in the public arena. Chad's message will inspire and help you grow.       At Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast - We love to help you with any questions, concerns you might have or trainings. To apply for our training and coaching sessions - go to: https://www.virginiaprodanbooks.com/freedom-coaching Follow Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast at: at Edifi: httpdifi.app/podcasts/courageous-leadership-with-virginia-prodan-26927/ Or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7kHPeoAgbkAHCg2C6RApEZ -  to hear encouraging & inspiring messages each Wednesday & Saturday at 10:00 a.m. CST‬. We love to hear your comments, questions or share what you have learned from this podcast. Order your autographed copy(s) of #SavingMyAssassin by Virginia Prodan  - directly here: https://virginiaprodanbooks.com/product/book/ Invite ---Virginia Prodan to speak at your events -: https://virginiaprodanbooks.com/invite-virginia/   Follow Virginia Prodan on: Twitter : https://twitter.com/VirginiaProdan  Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/virginia.prodan.1 LinkedIn :https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-prodan-0244581b/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginiaprodan/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VirginiaProd Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan Podcast at Edifi: https://edifi.app/podcasts/courageous-leadership-with-virginia-prodan-26927/ Or - On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7kHPeoAgbkAHCg2C6RApEZ Donate to Virginia Prodan Ministries - here: https://www.virginiaprodan.com/donate

Hogan Gidley & Tim Murtaugh host Matt Whitaker on Line Drive Podcast reposted here at Liberty & Justice as Season 2, Episode 28. Watch every episode of Liberty & Justice at www.whitaker.tv.As the 2024 race for the White House heats up, the Line Drive Podcast is an essential part of following the news. Hear from veterans of presidential campaigns and important guests as they dissect current events and decipher meaning in what the candidates are doing and saying.  Hosted by Tim Murtaugh, Sonny Joy Nelson & Hogan Gidley Sonny had a baby, so it's just Tim & Hogan welcoming Matt Whitaker, former acting Attorney General. Whitaker draws on his experience to dissect the latest Trump indictment. Plus, some color from the Iowa State Fair, and what's the deal with David Weiss as the special counsel on Hunter Biden's criminal case?Tim Murtaugh, currently serving as the Executive Vice President of Communication Strategy at National Public Affairs (https://natpublicaffairs.com), boasts an impressive experience which includes roles as the Director of Communications for Trump's re-election campaign, as well as for the US Department of Agriculture, the Republican Governors Association, and on Capitol Hill.Hogan Gidley is from Columbia, South Carolina, and serves as AFPI's Vice Chair of the Center for Election Integrity & Senior Advisor for Communications. Most recently, he served as National Press Secretary for President Trump's Re-Election Campaign and Principal Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President in the Trump Administration. Gidley is a communication, political, and marketing consultant with more than twenty years of experience.  He was Director of Communications for Mike Huckabee, Elizabeth Dole, and Rick Santorum, to name a few, and served as Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party. In his free time, he enjoys duck and turkey hunting, going to the beach, and golfing with friends.Matthew G. Whitaker was acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019).  Prior to becoming acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker served as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General. He was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa by President George W. Bush, serving from 2004-2009. Whitaker was the managing partner of Des Moines-based law firm, Whitaker Hagenow & Gustoff LLP from 2009 until rejoining DOJ in 2017. He was also the Executive Director for FACT, The Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust, an ethics and accountability watchdog, between 2014 and 2017.   Mr. Whitaker is the Author of the book--Above the Law, The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump.  Buy Matt's book here: https://amzn.to/3IXUOb8 Mr. Whitaker graduated with a Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa.  While at Iowa, Mr. Whitaker was a three-year letterman on the football team where he received the prestigious Big Ten Medal of Honor. Mr. Whitaker is now a Co-Chair of the Center for Law and Justice at America First Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow at American Cornerstone Institute and the American Conservative Union Foundation. Matt is on the Board of Directors for America First Legal Foundation and is a Senior Advisor to IronGate Capital Advisors. He is also Of Counsel with the Graves Garrett law firm.  Whitaker appears regularly to discuss legal and political issues on Fox News, Newsmax and other news outlets.  He splits his time between Iowa, Florida and Washington, D.C. 

Christianity and politics have a love hate relationship in the US. Despite the separation of church and state, many churches are highly engaged in the political process but they are not always well informed of the issues. Chad Connelly's work as chairman of his state Replication Party was recognised by the White House and he became the first ever Faith Envoy for the Republican National Committee (RNC). Through this role he built up church engagement to another level and has continued this endeavour through Faith Wins. Chad joins us to discuss the importance of voter registration, providing leaders with resources, identifying church liaisons and connecting with political thought leaders. Founder Chad Connelly was the Republican National Committee's first-ever National Director of Faith Engagement, a key position that influenced the elections of 2016. Having been elected to two terms as the Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Chad set new fundraising records for the party, hosted two nationally televised debates that brought over $50 million in revenue and advertising exposure to the state, and held the largest Presidential Preference Primary at that time in South Carolina's history with over 607,000 voting in the election. Since 2013, he's traveled to 43 states and spoke to more than 82,000 pastors and faith leaders about the importance of pastoral leadership in the public arena. His work has led to trusted relationships with a wide variety of denominational and organizational ministry leaders across the nation and resulted in the highest evangelical turnout and vote in modern American political history in the 2016 elections. He has appeared on numerous national television shows and has been a featured commentator on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC and others. Chad is well known in political and religious circles around the nation as an effective speaker, relationship builder and prolific fundraiser and is in demand as an inspirational speaker on a variety of topics. Chad is passionate about his home state of South Carolina, America and her true history but is most passionate about his family: his wife Dana and their four children. Chad is a life-long South Carolinian and he and his family live in Prosperity, SC. Faith Wins is dedicated to educating, activating and mobilizing faith leaders, helping them leverage their influence and impact within the governmental and political arena. https://faithwins.org/ Interview recorded 24.2.23 Audio Podcast version available on Podbean and all major podcast directories... ⁣https://heartsofoak.podbean.com/ To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please subscribe, like and share! [0:22] Hello, Hearts of Oak and welcome to another interview coming up in a moment with Chad Connelly. Chad Connelly heads up Faith Wins, an organization in America that engages churches and politics. I met him a couple of weeks ago at a conference in Miami and was intrigued and excited by hearing his background story. So in this interview, we talk about how he got involved in politics and how he became the first national director of faith engagement in the Republican Party, a position which here in the UK we would be desperate for. Over in the US you've had this, and that was during 2016 during Trump's presidency, his first presidency. So we talk about how that happened, how he ruled that across the country, got engaged with churches, got them connected with politics and got them voting, got them inspired and got their congregations understanding what political engagement was about. Now we go into Faith Wins, the organization he started post that. So I know you'll enjoy this conversation with Chad Connelly. [1:34] It is absolutely wonderful to have Chad Connelly with us today. Chad, thank you for your time today. Honoured to be here with you. I really am, Peter, and I appreciate the opportunity, brother. Not at all. I had the absolute honour and privilege of meeting Chad over in Miami a few weeks ago, sitting at the table together and also listening to you speak. So I'm looking forward to unpacking a little bit about your story and what you do and to our viewers and listeners, faithwins.org is where you can find more of Chad. We'll get into that a little bit more. The links are in the description. If you're listening on any podcasting apps, Podbean, any podcasting apps, all the links are there so you can keep in touch. But just to our UK viewers, our non-US viewers, Chad served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, the first ever national director of faith engagement for the RNC or the Republican National Committee, for those of us not on stateside, and founder and president of Faith Wins. Now before we get into some of that Chad, you were literally born in Prosperity. I've never come across this. A town in South Carolina is called Prosperity. I thought it was a typo, but no, you're born in Prosperity. Yes, you know prosperity is a really small town, Peter. It's probably, you know, you probably heard me make the joke. There are four or five hundred people counting the dogs and cats. [3:03] So it's a small little town, a great slice of rural America. But I grew up here and actually built a home here. My mom and dad, my mom's passed now, but my mom dad's house is behind me and my grandparents house is behind them. And I never really thought I'd come back to little town, but I travel so much. I really enjoyed the little town feel. [3:25] It's always good to come back home. Always good to come back home. Chad, your background is in business, but maybe you can tell us how you moved from being involved in business to being involved in politics. [3:41] Yeah. You know, Peter, I went to college, got my degree in engineering, got into the corporate world. I was doing design and engineering testing. It wasn't that I didn't enjoy it. I did, but I watched my dad lose a career in downsizing in the late 80s and my career was going up, and his was ending and it just, it changed my life. I decided I wanted to be on my own. And at about that time I had been in the army, I'd served in the army and I think that my military service made me come to grips with what's this thing called freedom? Why do we have it? What's it about? And I think it wasn't that I disrespected the idea of freedom, it was, I didn't really grasp it. You know how it is when you're 16 or 18 or 20, you have all the answers, none of the questions, but you have the answers. And life has a way of making you think through stuff. And so I was in the army and I started thinking, man, people died for this thing called freedom. And it started me really on a journey to examine my freedom, what the gifts we've been given, the blessings of liberty, and then that, It made me deeper in my faith. It made me realize God's had his hand on me [4:55] my whole life and where people can deny that or ignore it or act like it's not true, they can't deny the things going on in their lives and they see around them. And so I was a Christian, I'd give my heart to Christ in my teen years, of course wasn't very serious about it. Married my college sweetheart and I got more serious about my faith. And I think the army was big in that Peter because you know, you start thinking about why would somebody die for something and Jesus died for all of us. And so I started reading biblical worldview books and those books really are what got me in my own business. It got me speaking for a living, got me coaching other people to get in their own business, and it really gave me an appreciation for the whole idea of America and for freedom. That's the short version, but then God just moved me into politics. And I'll give you more of it, but I'll let you talk and ask any other questions on that part.   It's always interesting now people get involved in politics. I mean, I love politics. I lived and read politics for years, work in the House of Lords, all of that. But I always loved to find out how anyone made that leap because when we talk to people on the street, people generally seem disengaged with the political process. So what attracted you to begin to get involved in politics? [6:13] Well, you know, it was really reading the biblical worldview books and biblical worldview is we all have a worldview, right? We all have a way, a foundation, how we think, what we believe. And to me, it all boils down to one question, and that is, who says? There are only two answers. Man says, where there's no standard but me and you, which seems very haphazard to me, or God says. And if God says there's a standard, and if our standard is God and the Bible and the Holy Word, then that begins to inform our decision-making. And so when I was studying biblical worldview, I started realizing, oh boy, this, [6:49] here's why people turn from the faith or don't get involved in religion or relationship with Jesus. They don't want accountability. A lot of people, a lot of my friends, and they think, well, I don't want to be accountable to anybody. And I started realizing I am accountable. I am my brother's keeper. I'm responsible for myself and my family, my children, the people around me, my sphere of influence. I've been given this great blessing of being born in this free land. And that started to motivate me to, boy, there ought to be more like-minded people involved in this political thing, not just as a president or a congressman or woman, but school boards, city council. And so the more I read in those areas, I said, boy, I think God's telling me I better be involved in this. If I'm unhappy about something going on politically, it's really not political, Peter. It's spiritual. all our lives in a biblical worldview, my God's big enough to be in everything, everywhere, all the time. And while there's no question that people, I say the media and the left. [7:54] And I think that applies everywhere, have kind of taught us Christians out of being involved. You know, they say, ooh, you Christians shouldn't be involved in it. You're gonna offend somebody. And we're the very ones who don't wanna offend somebody. And so we put on our turn the other cheek Jesus, when really we might oughta find turn the tables over Jesus. And so the first thing I did in politics is, I did door knocking to get people to vote for a friend of mine for Congress in Charlotte, North Carolina, a great lady named Sue Myrick. After that, I actually went to Boston, Massachusetts and helped a guy named Mitt Romney run against Ted Kennedy. I had read about Senator Kennedy and the whole Chappaquiddick thing, and I couldn't believe anybody would vote for the guy. And so here's this little lost Southern boy, Peter, knocking on doors, you ought to vote for Mitt Romney. And of course, I didn't get a great response, but I felt compelled to do it. And I kind of had the bug. My boys came along, [8:51] CJ who's now 25, I was born in 97, Bennett was born in 2000, and we started doing political campaigns. They would sippy cup in a hand, a pacifier to mouth and a vote for somebody signed. That was how they grew up. And I got involved in the school choice movement. I got involved in the pro-life movement. I got on some boards. In 02, I actually wrote my first book called Freedom Time, where I was just explaining to people, you should be involved, get involved in the process. Don't sit over here on the side-lines and complain and whine and fuss and cuss. Get involved, make a difference. And after that, in 05, my wife Michelle, I met in college, her mom died, spun her into a deep depression. In July of 06, she took her own life, committed suicide, left me a single dad with two little boys who saw something nobody should ever see. But God used this too, Peter. It's a deep, raw part of my story and God's been good. I'm remarried, but I had spoken at Chick-fil-A the week before that. I said something I never remembered saying. I probably didn't say this when you saw me speak in Miami. [10:00] I said something I'd never remembered saying all the times I ever spoken. And I so didn't trust how bad Michelle was. I left her at her dad's home nearby and I went to Chick-fil-A headquarters in Atlanta. And I was doing a marriage and family talk, very humbling. Nobody in the audience knew my wife was home with deep depression, much less would put a gun in her mouth a week later. The boys were five and nine, they were sitting in the corner of the room, Peter, and I said, you know, I've messed up, I've made mistakes, but before God, man, I'm not going to be a failure with my wife and my boys. And I remember looking at the boys over there in the corner and going, hey, Lord, that was good. I'm going to I'm going to use that again. The next Sunday, we come in to find her. And I knew she was bad, I didn't I didn't know she had had some blues more than more like not really depression, more like deep blues throughout our marriage, but not that bad. And I knew it was bad, but I never thought she'd do that. Anyway, we get in from church to find her. The boys are on my heels. [11:06] I pick her up to cover, I didn't want them to see, right? And so I go to your room, go to your room, go to your room. I pull her close to me, I lay her back down. And in my spirit, I feel the devil say, ha ha, you failed. Immediately I feel the Lord put his arm around me and say this wasn't my plan but I have a plan for Satan's disruption. And as I'm laying my wife of 18 and a half years back down on the ground on the floor, Romans 8 28, now you probably know the scripture, I wasn't studying it, I wasn't reading it at that point but I had put it in my heart and the scripture says, and we know that all, things work together for good of those who love God and are called according purpose. And I'd read that scripture over and over again, and I don't know if anybody out there reads the Bible, there's times you read it and you're not sure what you read. Other times it leaps up off the pages and punch you and just really grabs you. And so Romans 8 28, I laid her back down and it came to mind. And I said, really Lord, all things? All things? All things? My wife's in a pool of blood. All things, Lord? Really? And he, And he said to me, did you believe it yesterday? Yes, Lord, I did. So I need you to trust me and believe it today. And I told him I would. Now, I was a mess. I had three or four months. I couldn't get off the mat, Peter. The boys, I sobbed. Michelle's my best friend. [12:31] I went back to my pro-life board several months later, and there's a guy in there who's in heaven now. He passed away a few months ago. And he just, three meetings in a row kept coming at me. Chad, you gotta meet this girl. You gotta meet this girl. I'm like, "JD, I love you, leave me alone. Get out my face", [12:47] I don't have time for any girl. I got two little boys that saw their mom come in. I mean, it's awful. It's awful. I don't wish it on anybody." He said, "you ought to meet this girl". And he got in my face at the second meeting. He said, "Chad, you're Mr. Positive. I've been watching you speak for years. This is not going to beat you". He said, "you know that talk you do about counting your blessings?" And I said, "yeah, JD, I wrote it". He said, "read your notes". And you know how a Christian brother, sometimes has to hold us accountable. And literally, I prayed for accountability and responsibility partners. And I went home that day and I read my notes and the Lord gave me three very specific prayers. I wrote down 103 blessings. I go to the next meeting. He says, "you got to meet this girl". And I finally said, "what's her name?" He said, "Dana". And I said, "JD, big question. How did she become single?" And he hung his head and he said, "man, I'm sorry to tell you, but same way you did". Turns out her husband committed suicide, Peter, almost two years to the the day before my wife. And she had two little girls, I had two little boys, and long story made short, six months later we were married, and today the kids are 25, 23, 22, and 21. We're blessed and highly favoured. That's been 15 years ago. It's the most monumental thing in my life though, to watch God work that way. And when people tell me there's no God, I don't have enough faith to be an atheist, I just don't. [14:07] It takes a lot of faith to think that we have the answers, that all this came because of an accident, that's beyond common sense. And I've watched God work in my life. And it doesn't mean he works the same way with people and he's got a purpose to fulfil. That scripture, Romans 8.28, if your audience hasn't read it, You ought to go read it. And we know all things work together for good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose. Now at the time, I had felt called into politics, Peter. I didn't know how, I didn't know what. I didn't know if it was elected or work behind the scenes. I was very involved in the school choice movement, the pro-life movement, and I thought it was that way. When Dana came along, I got back involved. As you said, I ran for state party chairman, and anybody who's familiar with American politics knows our state of South Carolina, you will be here a lot. You know, it picks presidents. [15:02] Ten out of the last 11 Republican nominees were whoever won in South Carolina. And we have what we call carve out states. There's Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. So I did every political show on television. It was a big bright spotlight on our state. And on one of those shows, a guy named Reince Priebus, and if you're political folks that are watching, have paid attention. He was Trump's, President Trump's first chief of staff. He saw me on television, and I was basically beating up the party for leaving out the faith vote. That was the long and short of my talk that day on that TV show. And Reince, I knew him, I voted for him, but I didn't have any kind of relationship with the guy. And so he texted me. He said, 'hey, I'm a believer too.' I'd like to talk to you. You're right. We should be involved more. Let's talk about it. That's how That's how I got to be the first ever national director of faith engagement. Of course, I helped Trump in 16. I actually went to 43 states and spoke to 80-something thousand pastors just telling them, you got to get involved. How can you have a Matthew 5, salt and light, biblical worldview and not engage? How are you going to be salt and light if you're not engaged? And just imploring them to get involved. And then of course I left the RNC, [16:11] I didn't go work in the White House. I think I was probably Reince Priebus's only senior staffer not to go work in the Trump White House. And that's when I started Faith Wins. But man, we exist to just get Christians involved and let your voices be heard, not just your votes. And that's the short version. Look, I'm so honoured, Peter, I've gotten to watch God work in my life. He didn't always choose to do it that way. And that's where faith comes in. But the fact that a man named Jesus hung on a tree for me and for you is just amazing. [16:42] And what is it? Some 67,000 historical references by non-biblical figures that prove the life, the death, the burial, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And to get to watch him working life, it's humbling, brother. Chad, I love when you say that when you talk to atheists, I have the same conversation that I couldn't possibly have their faith to look at the complexity of the universe of the world, to think of simply the human body, never mind the universe, and to come to believe that actually there's no greater designer, figure body out there that actually is luck and chance. I said, well, you've got a lot more faith than I have, so I don't know how you come. So I agree completely. But I, National Director of Faith Engagement, that for a new role, you're the first person in that, that's quite intriguing because you get an opportunity to make that your own. You're not coming in a job description, but actually you get this and you think, wow, how can I take this right across the country? Tell me about those early days with something brand new, how you actually built that out. Yeah, that's a great question. You know what, nobody ever asked me. I do a bunch of TV and radio and podcasts. [18:06] Very few people ask that. I literally told Priebus, Reince, we got to do this right. Let's don't do a political approach. Let's do a spiritual approach. Let's talk to them about their biblical responsibilities. I told him, I said, Reince, I'm not going to push a candidate. I'm not going to push the party. I'll work for the party, but I really think God let me do something to go to all these different, because you know there are different groups of denominations and all the segments of Christians and churches. I really think working for the party, the blessing was I got to wade through all of that and say, look, I'm not here to split doctrinal hairs. I'm not here to discuss our differences. But if we don't unify over things like the defence of Israel, that's biblical, life, it's biblical. [18:53] Traditional marriage, it's biblical, religious liberty. Man, I can say sovereignty of states and borders. It's biblical. Those are biblical spiritual issues, not political. Now they've been politicized, but that doesn't remove my responsibility as a Christian, a dad, a husband, a Sunday school teacher. I got to tell the truth. And so when Reince and I sat down, that's exactly what I told him. That's the exact conversation I had with him. And I said, I need your assurance. You'll give me the latitude to do this the right way. And I said, Reince, it's no offense, but there are very few people in this political world who've done politics at the level I've done it, been a state party chairman, run a bunch of races, but also are Christian first. It's like they separate, right? It's like you described, and I think it happens everywhere. Some of it's intentional, some of it's fear driven. Some of it's just, I don't wanna deal with it. It's an ugly mess. I can't tell you Peter how many people say well we shouldn't get involved in politics. It's it's a dirty business. I'm like [19:56] if you're been to a meeting, I'm not deep in meetings can be political I know what that's exactly why we as Christians should be involved. It's a dirty mess, We should permeate society in every way and let's face it. This is where we failed So this conversation of you asking me that Reince Priebus and I to his great credit and he's a great friend and mentor. We sat down and had this very talk, fleshing this out. What's it look like? And I said, well, first Reince. You can't contact my pastor buddies. You can't ask them for money. You can't ping them about you must vote this way You cannot irritate them and and I'll tell you the truth when I first built my list I said you can't ping them. You can't hit them up with emails and all that junk. I [20:43] salted the list y'all probably use that term, I put fake names in the email list to make sure that he communicated with his data people. We're not doing this and it was about ten days somebody in the data department, hit up my pastors and one of my fake emails got the email. So I called Reince and said, hey man, we're not doing this. We're not gonna bug these pastors. And again, to his great credit, he made sure there was a firewall. And then I started keeping my own list and I didn't give it to him. I just said, I gotta have my word and integrity. So I quit giving cell phone numbers and emails to the party, which of course was much weeping and gnashing of teeth. But I want it to be authentic relationships, Peter. I think that relationships matter. I think our world right now is going through a time it doesn't value relationships like it, but I think it will again. I think we're gonna get back to a very high touch personal relationship driven society again, in your country and mine. If they value the ideas of liberty and freedom, we're gonna get back to where that person to person relationship matters far more than a digital ad or a television ad or whatever. And so when we started the program, I'm telling you, the people in the RMC building, the political people, it was, it was, they didn't get it. Quite frankly, a lot of them still don't. And they don't want to deal with pastors. They want to be able to say, hey, we control this or we've got the data or we can contact them. [22:12] And I was like, no, no, no, no, we're not doing it that way. About that because you look at one, first question is how did this position only start at that point? Secondly, how you kind of from over here, maybe in the UK, we look at the Republican Party as as a party that many Christians, we look at America's Christianity is not something to be ashamed or afraid about and people wear it on their sleeves passionately. So how did the RNC not really get it at the beginning. [22:47] Well, it's interesting. Part of this is the denominational differences. Part of it is, they're in political mode first, and you and I are Christians first. I tell people all the time I'm a Christian, that I'm a conservative, I happen to be a Republican because their belief system lines up most closely. And I also tell pastors, you're not going to find perfect. There are no perfect candidates. Only Jesus was perfect. He's the only one. And therefore, since there are no perfect candidates, there are no perfect parties either. And goodness, Peter, I'm married with four kids. We can't get our kids to agree on a Whopper or a Big Mac. That's normal. And Reagan said that, right? Reagan said, if you're 80% of my friend, it doesn't make you 20% of my enemy. And so we try to teach those lessons that you're looking for the person that most closely aligns. And I told them, don't vote on the party, don't vote on the candidate, don't vote on a personality, vote on policies and principles. So when we were building this, it was a complete oddity to the people inside the political structure. No doubt about it. And I think, let's face it, a lot of the political types will check a box. Okay, I'm covering the Hispanics, I'm covering the black vote, I'm covering the faith vote, whatever. And I think what Priebus did that set apart the RNC, and they've not done since to my my knowledge is he had a very specific plan for every segment of that. [24:10] And he had authentic people connecting with people of like mind and talking to them. Even if they didn't agree on issues, he really was intentional about authentic evangelicals talking to evangelicals and Hispanics talking to Hispanics down the line trying to really [24:27] go back to a basic relationship model. And let's face it, it worked. In 2014, we flipped nine US Senate seats, hadn't been done in 150 years. In 2016, a guy named Donald Trump hit a record. You know, and probably not the most evangelical guy to run, right? And again, we didn't tell him who to vote for. Romney, in 2012, had hit 78%. 78% of the self-identified evangelicals voted for the Republican candidate in 2012. And I told Reince at the time, I said, Reince, if you ever hit 80%, the left can't win. I don't care if they're running for dog catcher or president and Trump hit 81%. And I believe it was because we were very intentional about going into areas and running up the score. We found that there were a lot of people sitting in churches who thought, my vote doesn't count. I don't care about this. I don't want to go to go vote. And our deal was, I'm going to get to know the pastor. And hey, Pastor Peter. [25:26] Listen, let's talk about this and I'll tell you to vote for, but can you do two things? Can you make sure they're registered to vote? And can you teach them to vote by the Bible? That's it. You don't have to say Republican. You don't have to say a candidate like a Trump or a particular Senator, but can you register to vote? And can you teach them to vote biblical values and use voter guides and so forth. I tell people, look, I'm not trying to get you to charge the beach at D-Day. Can you register everybody? And can you give them the vote biblical values? Those are our asks. And that's not difficult. And listen, you've read scripture, Matthew five. Jesus says, if you're not salt, I know you're probably familiar with this, then you are good for nothing to be thrown in the street and trodden under the feet of men. Not about you, Peter, or any other believers out there. I don't wanna be standing before the Father because we will all stand before the Father and be told I was good for nothing. That seems like a really bad life to me. And let's face it, [26:27] I think our world's hurting for purpose. You know, suicide's a big deal to me, obviously. We live through it. My wife and her girls lived through it. The girls lived through it. My boys live through it. It's horrible. You don't wish on anybody. When you see suicide rates like our world sees, you realize we're missing purpose. [26:47] They're missing purpose. And some people are retrievable. There are things going on. Michelle's depression was real. I don't doubt that it's real, but it goes back to purpose. and she felt like she lost purpose. And I know that from my experience. And so I think the political world is a great purpose for people. Go out and make a difference. You know, I was a Little League baseball coach because I wanted to make a difference. I'm a Sunday school teacher because I want to make a difference. I'm involved in my local community because I want to make a difference. You know, we had a family friend, his wife's got an incurable disease. My wife and I organized the Sunday school class to take a meal, just to take a little burden off because I want to make a difference. And there's so many unfilled needs out there that government is fulfilling wrongly in my opinion, that people like me and you, because scripture says the church and the individual should take care of people. There's not a jot, tittle or phrase about the government doing it, especially through coercion like we're seeing now. You must, and we're gonna tax you super high. So my whole message is get involved, Christian, get involved, find purpose. God's got a plan in your life, he doesn't make accidents, and so figure out what that is and spend the rest of your life doing it. [27:59] I want to ask you about your church engagement because I for this conversation with my church about abortion and pro-life, there is an absolute fear to engage that no, no, we need to be very careful what we say because we would offend people and there's an inability to come out and say this is what we believe but we will love those who have failed. And that's quite different from, I remember the one time was over in the States, quite a few four years ago in Houston, Second Baptist Church Houston, Reverend Ed Young, at Phenomenal Church and Tucker Carlson happened to be speaking that evening on a Saturday. I just was blown away by the.... Intentionality, I think, of bringing your faith into any realm of public life. In the UK there's that mass of separation. I mean, talk to us about that because that is quite exciting, that engagement generally with churches, in not only politics but across the board in public life. [29:12] Yeah, you know, I think as a Christian, the more you read the Word, the closer you get to God, the more, you know, my prayer is, Lord, I need wisdom today, every day, 15 minutes. I want to be more Christ-like. I want to have a better walk. And when you say those prayers, kind of dangerous prayers, if you will, right? Then what do you have for me, Lord? Then there's a response. You know, faith without works is dead. We don't get to heaven by our works, but our works are a response to what He's done for us. He died for our sins. So how do I say thank you? I believe it's by engaging, by activating, by doing my part. And part of that's the justice the Bible talks about. God is justice. God is just. The Bible doesn't talk about fairness, except with the weather and fair ladies, I believe, but justice is God. [30:05] And how do I let the murder of innocent babies go without me speaking up if I'm a Christian? And there are two victims, right? a girl and there's a baby that we take a life and I think they've been lied to. Listen, this is deeply personal to me. I know so many friends who've, and they didn't see a way out. My wife's involved in a local crisis pregnancy centre. [30:30] We've marched, we've counselled, my son and his fiancé started a pro-life group on their college campus at Clemson. It's deeply personal and I don't want to condemn people because, yep, with the grace of God, lie, right? And so we're all sinners saved by grace. We've all fallen short of The Glory [30:47] Of God. None of us is righteous, no, not one. We go right down the Roman road scriptures and we realize, you know, none of us is perfect. And so I don't want to condemn somebody who's made a horrible mistake. But I also want to reach out to them and I want to make sure they don't make that second mistake. And I told my kids, listen, mistakes aren't fatal for you. What you got to do is take them as learning experiences. I don't want you to be scared of making a mistake and I don't want to minimize the death of a baby as a mistake but in a bigger sense you want to think about it was I did something I can't undo. You know Michelle did something we can't undo. It's a horrible thing. I believe she got to heaven and she figured that out. But also understand that people do things every day they're influenced by their people around them or, mass media or whatever else. And we got to reach out to them and love on them and tell them there's a different way and tell them that there's a thing called forgiveness. And you know, he removes your sin as far as the east is from the west. So there's nothing that you or I do or have done that Jesus isn't willing to forgive us for except denying Him and the Holy Spirit, obviously. And so he is about forgiveness. That's why he died. He knew what we were going to do before he hung on the tree. And so my response to that knowledge, the more I read the Bible, the more I understand [32:10] that, is I got to get involved. And part of that is loving on people who've been through stuff relating to them, but also in a political sense, standing up for truth. And truth is, God made every single one of us with His perfect design. We messed it up, but He had a plan. He had a purpose. And Peter, if he had a plan and a purpose through the decision my wife made to commit suicide, then he's got a plan and a purpose. And far be it from me to question that. I don't understand it. It's beyond my capability to understand. But I do know God's got a plan and a purpose for me and for you and for everybody else watching and listening. What's up to for me is to find out when he strikes us with this thing about abortion, You know, our nation alone, we've taken what, some 65 million babies' lives. And who did we kill in the name of choice? Who did we kill in the name of convenience? Who did we snuff out a life far too soon because it didn't fit our plans? And so I've got a friend who was conceived by rape. [33:15] And I have a pastor whose granddaughter was conceived by rape. And I dare you, when somebody says, yeah, but rape, whatever, incest, why don't you tell Ryan, or that, and I won't mention her name, why don't you tell those two people their lives don't matter? And I think people don't think through that sometimes. And let's face it, we're in a society now where emotions and feelings count more than facts and that'll recentre. We'll get back to truth. Not completely and no one is too far, whatever they've done, whatever has happened is too far from God's ability to reach out as he is all powerful. Can I ask you about [33:59] Faith Wins. Faith Wins is all about engaging Christians and helping them understand that Christians have a responsibility to vote according to their values. Tell us about that journey. Why did you start it? You'd finish your time in the White House with that responsibility. You started Faith Wins. Tell us why and give us that journey.   You know, I really, I think that when I left the the RNC and I just thought I should do this through a ministry side as opposed to through a political side. I think that pastors do respond better to the ministry angle than they do to a political angle and it just, it was a God thing. It really was a God thing. I was driving along one night and Faith Wins came in my mind. It was a prayer result. I believe God answered prayer. You know, what do you call this? If I do this on my own? Of course, now the responsibility is mine. Go raise money. Go tell people about what we're doing. But our laser focus is building relationships with pastors to get them to engage the culture. [35:06] I mean, Peter, we're living in a time when, I don't know if it's like this in your country, this whole, if a boy feels like a girl, he should swim or race or wrestle or whatever else against a biological girl. And that's pure insanity. And it defies common sense. How about those girls that have been working their whole lives? And I'll tell you what it tells me. I told a pastor yesterday and I with this. [35:31] The first time somebody said, if a boy feels like a girl, he should go to a girl's bathroom. Here's what I know. There wasn't a Christian in the room with a backbone. [35:39] Because if my mama, who's in heaven now, had been in the room when somebody said something that stupid, she would have picked up a chair and whopped somebody upside the head. It defies common sense. And so we're told, oh, you can't talk like that. And that's offensive. Listen, let's get people like that help. You know, that's not healthy for them. And this whole sexualization of children and genital mutilate, I mean, that's, [36:05] that's evil. That's demonic. That's not doing them a favour. But, you know, I live with somebody who had mental illness. I get it. Let's get them help. And some people you can't help. I'm the first to say it. We did everything we knew to do with her. But when you look at all the things going on around that movement and the the apologists who are pushing for it, it shows me that there are not enough Christians around. And all that's a big reason I started Faith Wins. Just go get involved, Christian. Don't sit on the side-lines. You will be held accountable for what you do and don't do. Part of Faith Wins is about providing leaders with resources. Tell us how you do that. Yeah, you know what we do is we teach them how to do voter registration. We hand out voter guides. We distribute them digitally and printed. We make sure they know about who's running. We get involved in judges races. We get involved on anti gambling, pro life, pro traditional marriage. We'd get involved in all sorts of things like that and we just educate them. We provide them the tools. Most states that means voter guides. It means how to conduct voter registration. It probably means having a pastor come in to train their people. It kind of runs the full slate of whatever it takes. We make an assessment of what do they need in that area and we go at it. When you engage with churches, what are the conversations? I guess you meet some people who are engaged politically. [37:32] But I guess, as I've known for many of my conversations, you meet many people who are completely disengaged. Tell us about that and how those conversations go. [37:44] I remember the first time I got a pushback from a pastor. I was in a town in Colorado in 2013. And I knew it was coming, but I'd never really heard it framed. And I already felt like some people hide behind the pulpit, some people just don't want to deal with it. Some people, they think I'm gonna make somebody mad. So this pastor said, "Chad, we just, you know, I appreciate what you're doing. I just, we don't get political." And I didn't know what to say. And it kind of, you know, took me aback. And so when I don't know what to say, I always whisper a quick prayer. "Okay, Lord, you better give me something." And then I ask a question, what do you mean? And it gives me a chance to think. And he said, "well, you know, we don't talk about controversial stuff." And here's what the Lord gave me. "Well, do y'all talk about the Bible? He preached the whole council of God, as scripture says." He said, "what do you mean?" I said, "well, I don't believe life is a political issue. It's a spiritual issue. Traditional marriage, religious liberty, defensive visual, I can go down the line. Those are biblical issues. And yes, pastor, they've been politicized, but how does that remove our responsibility to be salt and light?" He said, "nobody's ever told me that." And then last fall, I had a pastor, I was in the state of Wisconsin. [38:53] This pastor got saved late in life, tattooed, full-arm tattoos. Pretty big church in a medium-sized town in Wisconsin. He came up to me and he hosted our meeting because my pastor that works on my team had asked him to be the host. He said, "Chad, I wanted to host because your pastor's a long-time buddy. He's been a mentor. But I just gotta tell you, I'm pretty sceptical." I said, "pastor, what are you sceptical about?" He said, "well, I just guessed the whole political thing." I said, "do you think I want you to be political?" He said, "yeah, I thought so." I said, "no, no, I want you to be biblical." [39:28] He said, "I don't think I understand". I said, "you should stick around for my talk." So I did, he said, "I can't, I'm too busy." I looked out, I did my 15 minute talk. He was out there. David Barton did his 40 minute talk. He was out there. When we got done, our conversation and our avenue, our approach to explaining it, he comes over, he grabs you by the arm firmly. And he said, "Chad, I've never heard anybody explain it this way. And I got to tell you, I want to be ground zero for everything you're doing in our state." And Peter, I can tell a story like that from virtually every state, because we're going out into the nooks and crannies. Faith Wins had 132 meetings in 24 states between February and November last year, so if someone has got a better pulse on Christian America in the nooks and crannies, I'd love to meet them. Save me some time. I'd like to meet them and ask them their experiences, but we had 24 different denominations host our meetings. We have over 40 different denominations attend our meetings. We had 27,000 people in those meetings in very specific areas, and we had over 4,100 pastors in those 132 meetings. And so we got a pretty good take on what people are thinking and feeling. And you're seeing what's happening in Asbury. I think God's moving. I think God's moving in our nation and the world. I think that he's tapping us on the shoulder. Hey, hey, who shall I send? Here I am, send me, said the prophet. So I think the onus is upon us. [40:52] Or perhaps I was reading about Asprey today and feeling that excitement within me, reading about what was happening and wanting God to continue doing that and to spread out. My prayer was, well, as I'm going to CPAC, maybe a little bit of Asprey and CPAC would be wonderful. Just mess up the agenda. But can I say, obviously connecting with churches is about connecting, I guess, with political thought leaders. And many, I assume you come across pastors, I come across many people and they say, well, you know, I just need to stay in my lane and to what I've been called to do. And I'm thinking, well, your lane is the world, your lane is everything. Why live yourself? How do you kind of encourage, I guess, encourage those maybe within churches that feel, well, I need to constrain myself to what God's given me and their worldview is quite small and you're trying to enlarge that worldview? [41:53] I think the way that works is, and you're exactly right, because I don't ever wanna disrupt what a pastor's main thing is, right? I believe it is preaching the gospel to tell the truth. And so, I'll give you this analogy that our friend Bob McKeown uses. If you and I walk in your office there, and you say, well, it's 40 feet wide. And I say, well, Peter, I think it's 35 feet wide. And those are just opinions. until we pull a tape measure out and we have the truth. [42:23] And truth reveals error and error hates truth. And that's why you see so much truth being confronted these days. Well, that's not my truth. No, no, no. You get to have your experience. You don't get to create truth. Truth is his, not ours. You know, we can have an experience and that's our experience. But we got the bugs view of the windshield. God's got the helicopter. And so we don't get to decide what truth is. And when truth reveals error, that's why you see all this error going absolutely nuts. If they ask you to go down to the local university and say a prayer, they're going to say, Peter, what are you going to pray about? You're going to say, well, I'm going to pray in the wind or goat's breath or eagle's feathers. Ooh, that's wonderful. But if you say you're going to pray in the name of Jesus, all hell breaks loose because truth reveals error. And so I think that when they think I got to stay in my lane and just preach the gospel, we are. And every time you tell the truth, that is preaching the gospel. You know, I've got a buddy named Bill Feddory says two things. He says, number one, we got to get everybody to heaven we can, and number two, make sure it keeps it legal. And I think that part of what a lot of these pastors that won't engage, they think they're going to lose a tether in the church, or they think they're going to lose, you know, respect. And the truth is, the churches that preach the truth, the unfettered, [43:45] unfiltered, absolute Word of God. They don't change it for their own needs or wants or feelings. They're growing. The mainline churches in America, they're hurting. Some of them are dying. And the reason they're dying, I've got five new couples in my Sunday school class in my little town. And every one of them came from a mainline denomination that's capitulated on the truth. They've watered it down. They've apologized for it. They won't jump into into the culture wars and tell the truth. And our pastor's preaching truth, and I'm sure trying to in my Sunday school class every Sunday. [44:19] I want to end on the truth, let me ask you one question before we end on that. It seems to be what you're doing has gone past the party limitations. I mean, it's what you're talking about has taken on a life of its own, you're engaging churches irrespective of whether the RNC is happy or not, irrespective of who is running or not. Actually, what you're doing [44:44] has passed that point of, I guess, control and ownership. Tell us about that because it's then irrelevant what the ideas or policy or campaign is of any particular party. What you're doing is now separate and much bigger than that. Yeah we think so and we think it's been a God thing. Thank you for for saying that. That's awful nice and it's certainly been a prayer and a heartfelt desire that Christians not just give votes but voices. And, you know, there's too many candidates, too many staffs that don't acknowledge a biblical worldview. They don't understand it. They see it from their own worldview, which is, as I said, who says only one question, only two answers, man or God. Man's always going to have a standard that moves all over the place, different based on the different people, and God's going to have a standard that doesn't move, whether it's inconvenient or not. I think it's gotten bigger because we've been able to tell candidates and party people, Love you, proud of you, but no, you're not gonna hire us. I've had presidential candidates already. We wanna hire your network. That is not how we work. [45:49] And we're gonna get pastors out to maximize the Christian vote. But if you're not talking their issues and you're not standing for truth, they're probably not gonna be with you, just quite frankly. And so I raise money through donors who believe in this. And I talked to them, you met some of them, probably in Miami, who just have bought into what we're doing and they realized we gotta get our nation and the world back to a foundational truth that doesn't move with the changing winds. And we gotta be able to identify liberty as, true freedom is freedom in Christ. That's true freedom. Bondage, releasing the bondage and the chains of sin. That's true freedom. And we gotta get people back to understanding truth instead of all this haphazard, all over the map, ricochet rabbit stuff that we see today. So we think it has, we just thank the Lord for it, and we're humbled, we're excited where we're at and where we're going. [46:40] Can I end off on a paradox that I see? America's traditional culture of Christians being engaged in politics, even though you have a separation of church and state, you have huge Christian engagement. Well, we in the UK, we have an established church, we have that connection and yet we are seeing traditionally that has been very much one with our education system, with our health service, all of that came from faith, came from the church. But now we have a huge disconnect and it's curious that over in the States where you have that separation, you seem to have churches being engaged where over here in the UK we have that connection in theory in our constitution, but we have a separation. I mean, speaking to that on the end and how kind of that works. [47:39] Well, in America, that whole idea of separation of church and state has been mislabelled. That was in a private letter by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. Thomas Jefferson wasn't there when the US Constitution was written. It was just hearsay. But it was taken out of context over 150 years later in a Supreme Court case. It was used by the up-and-coming modern progressive left to say, oh, you can't be involved. And see, our First Amendment assures freedom of speech just because you're a Christian or you're behind a pulpit. You don't lose that. And I think the more you see judges that are committed to our constitutional, they're constitutional conservatives, they're not trying to rewrite laws. You're seeing a rebalancing of that in America right now. You know, you probably watched, you are probably familiar with that coach out in the state of Washington, Peter, who was fired for doing a silent prayer at a football game. He had done it for years, never promoted it, never made people do it, but people came out of the stands after the game. The kids on the teams came out and it became a big deal. The school district punished him, they fired him, the guy was mocked and lied about, he lost his job. I think he lost his house. [48:50] And a Christian attorney that was at that meeting, Kelly Shackelford at First Liberty Institute took it up and they finally won last June, the right to pray in public like that. And that's a big reversal for America. So coach Kennedy, they had to pay him back pay, they hired him. And I'm sure you remember when that football player on Monday night football about six weeks ago, when he went down, do you know what those football players did and everybody in the stand? They took a knee. There was not a Supreme Court ruling. There was not a school district punishing them. There wasn't a newspaper reporter saying, no, you can't do that. So when people are in dire straits, you know what they do? They pray. They may not know to God. They may not know how. They may not know why. And so this whole idea of separation of church and state has been a misnomer, it's been mislabelled, it's been misapplied. And in America, when you read America's founding documents, those words don't appear in any American founding document. It's been so misinformed to people people are miseducated about it. We've been trying to re-educate them and teach them about the truth and going back to America's original history.   Just to end, Faith Wins for probably a quarter of our viewers or state side, a quarter of our listeners or state side, how can they get involved? Can they register? Can they donate? How can they get involved on the website? [50:13] Absolutely. That's faithwins.org .org you've got on your screen. We'd love to have you involved. We'd love to know where you are. We'd love to invite you to our meetings. We were in Iowa yesterday We got meetings in South Carolina this week coming up. We were in 24 states last year. I know we're gonna add Oregon, Washington, [50:31] Minnesota Maine, I know we're adding those four states this year, but if you go on that website You'll see where our meetings are. We'd love to have you come they're free. They're open to people, We want to help educate people we want to have those dialogues and conversation And so faith wins, F-A-I-T-H-W-I-N-S, faithwins.org. We'd love to have you involved.   Chad, thank you for coming on. The story of what you're doing with Faith Wins and your story with RNC is exciting and inspiring. So thank you for joining us and sharing your story with us. Thank you, brother. God bless you. Thanks for what you're doing. I hate to won't see you at CPAC, but I know I'll see you soon.   I'll see you soon. Thank you so much, Chad. And thank you to our viewers, listeners for watching, for tuning in, for being part of the conversation and look forward to seeing you on our next interview. So thank you so much and good evening to you all.

Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, and U.N. ambassador has officially entered the 2024 presidential race. She is the first major Republican challenge to Former President Donald Trump… only two years after she said she wouldn't.  Katon Dawson, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party joins us to find out if Haley's bid is not just for president but for "the soul" of the Republican party. 

Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, and U.N. ambassador has officially entered the 2024 presidential race. She is the first major Republican challenge to Former President Donald Trump… only two years after she said she wouldn't.  Katon Dawson, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party joins us to find out if Haley's bid is not just for president but for "the soul" of the Republican party. 

Three students were killed and five others were critically wounded after a gunman opened fire at Michigan State University. Police say the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and doesn't appear to be affiliated with the university. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe joins AC360 to discuss the gunman's motive and what investigators will be looking for. Plus, Nikki Haley announced she will run for president in 2024. The former South Carolina governor and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is the first major Republican challenger to former President Trump. Katon Dawson is the former chairman for the South Carolina Republican Party and is a supporter of Haley. He tells Anderson Cooper where he sees Haley's lane considering she's now Trump's opponent after being his ally for years.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Tracy Beanz has been one of those conservative activists that is willing to do more than just talk or write articles. She follows through with action. While she does an amazing job, along with her team, of investigative journalism over at UncoverDC, she was also fighting the good fight on the local level within the South Carolina Republican Party.She came on The Jeff Dornik Show to share her experience fighting against the RINOs that are entrenched in the SCGOP. It got so bad that she realized they were rigging the system, breaking their own rules and doing anything they could to thwart her every attempt to do the right thing. Ultimately, she resigned as Horry County's State Executive Chairwoman.After seeing the workings of the state party from the inside, she realized that the Republican Party plays dirty because the establishment is so entrenched with power-hungry swamp creatures. However, there was one man who could've actually done something about it. Instead of rooting out the RINOs, he listened to them… which led to some of his horrific endorsements.We've got so much work to do, which means we've got to stay caffeinated. That's why I drink Freedom First Coffee every day. It's 100% organic and fire-roasted… it tastes like FREEDOM. Who wants a Cup of Joe when you could have a Cup of Freedom? Order today using code JEFF for 10% off and start drinking the most patriotic coffee in America. Https://freedomfirstcoffee.com.For all of Jeff Dornik's shows, articles and interviews, please visit https://jeffdornik.com.Make sure you are going to UncoverDC for all of the latest breaking news and investigative reporting at https://uncoverdc.com.On Friday, October 14th, I will be emceeing an online summit on Freedom First TV about transhumanism, artificial intelligence and The Great Reset. We are assembling a super-team of speakers that you do not want to miss. The only way to watch it is to become a Freedom First TV subscriber. Use code JEFF for 25% off when you sign up at https://freedomfirst.tv/subscribe.Tune into In The Foxhole with Karen Kingston and Jeff Dornik every Thursday at 3pm PT/6pmET only on Freedom First TV. Https://freedomfirst.tv/inthefoxhole

On this WPN Call #110, Dr. Jim Garlow is joined by three special guests: Chad Connelly, former chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Hogan Gidley, former White House Deputy Press Secretary under the Trump administration, and Congressman Ralph Norman, the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 5th Congressional District. They discuss whether we can still trust our elections as well as how we can get involved to ensure a free and fair process.      Dr. Jim Garlow has partnered with Pastor Mario Bramnick and Adam Schindler to bring you World Prayer Network (WPN), which seeks out Holy Spirit given strategies for how to be an effective and contagious Christ-follower in our present national situations. WPN hosts weekly prayer calls to seek out strategies for the transformation of nations, including our own. During these live calls, we share briefings from key leaders and then pray into what we see and hear from the Lord.     Follow us on social media:  facebook.com/wellversedworld twitter: @wellversedworld instagram: @wellversedworld www.wellversedworld.org

Our guest today is Alexia Newman! Alexia was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and attended the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg (now USC Upstate) and Columbia International University.  Alexia worked as the Director of Student and Family Ministries at Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Abbeville, South Carolina for 5 years, before becoming the Executive Director of Carolina Pregnancy Center in 1989.  Carolina Pregnancy Center is a pro-life ministry to women and their families.  Alexia also serves on the Executive Committee for the SC Association for Crisis Pregnancy Centers, as an advisor.  She is a regular speaker in churches, civic  clubs, and youth events. Alexia is active in Republican politics.   In 1995 she was appointed by Governor David Beasley to the South Carolina Board of Juvenile Parole.  She served as First Vice Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. Alexia is a member of the Board of Hannah's Hope Ministries, a ministry that seeks to minister to people in life crisis, specially those diagnosed with cancer.   She also serves of the Board for South Carolina Citizens for Life.   Alexia serves on the  Development Board for Reformed University Fellowship, specifically serving Wofford College.  Alexia also serves on the board of Palmetto Family Council, and serves on the board for South Carolina Conservative Future.  Governor Haley appointed her to the State First Steps Board.  Upon her 30th anniversary at Carolina Pregnancy Center, she was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from North Greenville University and the Order of the Palmetto from Governor Henry McMaster.  Alexia is the proud aunt of Blake and Parker and her husband Graham and is proud to admit she spoils them!  Carolina Pregnancy Center WebsiteChasing What Matters InstagramChasing What Matters Website             

Founder Chad Connelly was the Republican National Committee’s first-ever National Director of Faith Engagement, a key position that influenced the elections of 2016. Having been elected to two terms as the Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Chad set new fundraising records for the party, hosted two nationally televised debates that brought over $50 million in revenue and advertising exposure to the state, and held the largest Presidential Preference Primary at that time in South Carolina's history with over 607,000 voting in the election. Since 2013, he’s traveled to 43 states and spoke to more than 82,000 pastors and faith leaders about the importance of pastoral leadership in the public arena. His work has led to trusted relationships with a wide variety of denominational and organizational ministry leaders across the nation and resulted in the highest evangelical turnout and vote in modern American political history in the 2016 elections. He has appeared on numerous national television shows and has been a featured commentator on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC and others. Chad is well known in political and religious circles around the nation as an effective speaker, relationship builder and prolific fundraiser and is in demand as an inspirational speaker on a variety of topics. Chad is passionate about his home state of South Carolina, America and her true history but is most passionate about his family: his wife Dana and their four children; CJ, who is 22, Leigha, 20, Bennett, 18 and Summer 17. Chad is a life-long South Carolinian and he and his family live in Prosperity, SC. This program is underwritten by the Alliance for Shared Health. Check out how you can cut your health insurance premiums by 40-60% by joining a health sharing alliance. ASH is that option!! Learn more... (http://www.ashcommunity.org/Stacy-on-the-right/) Download our latest PDF Guide at: GUIDE: Talking to your high schoolers about politics!! (https://familyvisionmedia.org/guide) Thank you for listening!! We are live Monday through Friday from 9p to midnight eastern on SiriusXM the Patriot channel 125!!! Donate to support the show here: paypal.me/stacyontheright Or join our Patreon: patreon.com/stacyontheright Thanks and God Bless ya!! -- Spiritual Encouragement -- When He comes we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He really is. 1 John 3:2 NLT -- Stacy's Stash! -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! -- Get More Stacy -- Stacy's Blog (http://www.stacyontheright.com) Watch the show live, download previous episodes, and more Stacy! Contact Stacy stacy [at] stacyontheright.com -- Connect with Stacy -- Follow Stacy on Twitter (https://twitter.com/stacyontheright) Follow Stacy on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stacyontheright971/)

Founder Chad Connelly was the Republican National Committee’s first-ever National Director of Faith Engagement, a key position that influenced the elections of 2016. Having been elected to two terms as the Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Chad set new fundraising records for the party, hosted two nationally televised debates that brought over $50 million in revenue and advertising exposure to the state, and held the largest Presidential Preference Primary at that time in South Carolina's history with over 607,000 voting in the election. Since 2013, he’s traveled to 43 states and spoke to more than 82,000 pastors and faith leaders about the importance of pastoral leadership in the public arena. His work has led to trusted relationships with a wide variety of denominational and organizational ministry leaders across the nation and resulted in the highest evangelical turnout and vote in modern American political history in the 2016 elections. He has appeared on numerous national television shows and has been a featured commentator on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC and others. Chad is well known in political and religious circles around the nation as an effective speaker, relationship builder and prolific fundraiser and is in demand as an inspirational speaker on a variety of topics. Chad is passionate about his home state of South Carolina, America and her true history but is most passionate about his family: his wife Dana and their four children; CJ, who is 22, Leigha, 20, Bennett, 18 and Summer 17. Chad is a life-long South Carolinian and he and his family live in Prosperity, SC. This program is underwritten by the Alliance for Shared Health. Check out how you can cut your health insurance premiums by 40-60% by joining a health sharing alliance. ASH is that option!! Learn more... (http://www.ashcommunity.org/Stacy-on-the-right/) Download our latest PDF Guide at: GUIDE: Talking to your high schoolers about politics!! (https://familyvisionmedia.org/guide) Thank you for listening!! We are live Monday through Friday from 9p to midnight eastern on SiriusXM the Patriot channel 125!!! Donate to support the show here: paypal.me/stacyontheright Or join our Patreon: patreon.com/stacyontheright Thanks and God Bless ya!! -- Spiritual Encouragement -- When He comes we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He really is. 1 John 3:2 NLT -- Stacy's Stash! -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! -- Get More Stacy -- Stacy's Blog (http://www.stacyontheright.com) Watch the show live, download previous episodes, and more Stacy! Contact Stacy stacy [at] stacyontheright.com -- Connect with Stacy -- Follow Stacy on Twitter (https://twitter.com/stacyontheright) Follow Stacy on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/stacyontheright971/)

Welcome to Saturday Morning Coffee for March 27, 2021!  After a brief hiatus, the podcast is back!  Reese and Glenn are back in the studio for another fresh brew of Saturday Morning Coffee.  Reese and Glenn discuss the events of the week, including a Chinese rocket booster that is the size of a five-story building that is set to crash back to Earth on Sunday.  Reese and Glenn offer a Mother's Day reminder for our listeners and we discuss the interesting history of this very special holiday.Reese notes some of the more bizarre news of the week, including a school shooting by a 6th grade student in Idaho, which thankfully resulted in now fatalities, and a school bus hijacking outside Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC, that thankfully also resulted in no serious injuries.  Reese discusses a rather startling report published in Rolling Stone magazine this week that chronicles no less than 44 fatalities that are either suspicious, or confirmed homicide or suicide, at Fort Bragg, identified in a recent investigation by the magazine.We give an Election Integrity update and discuss ongoing efforts in Arizona (Maricopa County) and Michigan to get to the bottom of what happened in the November 2020 election.Paul Gable joins us on the program to discuss a rather bizarre Horry County Council meeting that was adjourned suddenly on Tuesday evening, half-way through the published agenda, apparently as a result of one Council member's request that certain information, which is clearly public information, related to how much the County spends on legal fees, in an effort to prevent that discussion from taking place.Tom Herron ("Up With America") also joins us on the program to discuss the recent schism within the S.C. GOP, and Lin Wood's campaign to unseat incumbent Drew McKissick as Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.Be well and have a great week, and join us next saturday for more Saturday Morning Coffee!  Wherever you are, you can stream us live at Talk945.comProverbs 3:5-6

Radio Public|LibSyn|YouTube|Patreon|Square Cash (Share code: Send $5, get $5! Avast! Listen to David Waldman and Greg Dworkin on today’s KITM, then find yourself a volcano and a soccer ball and have ye a joyous Passover, arr! Giant container ship “Ever Given” finally made the long-awaited pivot to freedom, and scampered back into open water, leaving reporters misty-eyed on shore. We are still stuck with a COVID pandemic, though. Thanks to Joe, vaccines are pouring into millions of arms. Unfortunately, cases keep rising, as will deaths. Anti-vaxxers and far-right extremists here and around the world continue to fight for death. We could have saved more than a World War’s worth without Donald Trump in office. Of course, Trump couldn’t have done it alone. Dr. Deborah Birx, Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, now points out that she personally chose to have hundreds of thousands of people die, rather than to aggravate Donald Trump. Dr. Francis Collins proves one can be a scientist, evangelical and a Christian, all at the same time. Joe Biden is doing such a good job as president, that his overthrow has been postponed until August. Mr. Biden will now demonstrate what effective management techniques can do at the border. Management isn’t Republicans strong suit, or even something that interests them. They don’t mind that anti-voting measures hurt them also, because they that see where we are stuck now might be as good as anywhere they will ever get to. Lara Trump was to headline Trump TV, but now is just fine being Fox Blond #3452. Hard-working journalist Brenna T. Smith exposed insurrectionist crowdfunding, irritating right wing mediocrities and slacker grifters.  John Cornyn is putting some actual work into making sure Vanita Gupta doesn’t go to work for voters. Brad Raffensperger did his job one time, and now he’s in trouble. Unindicted pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood hopes to hide out as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party until things cool off.  Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer will attempt the unimaginable! Actually, as David explains, it is pretty imaginable, just a lot of work, and neither side wants that, unless it’s necessary.

Senator Scott Talley of the South Carolina Legislature Talks About the Economy Education Health and Racial Inequities.

Clay is joined by White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley to discuss the state of the nation going into the national conventions, what it’s like to speak for the President, and how we can unite after November.  Moderator: Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014. Panelist: Hogan Gidley was recently named National Press Secretary for the Trump Campaign, having formerly served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary for President Donald Trump. For more than two decades, Gidley has worked in top communication positions in business as a political consultant and strategist, a political commentator, and on local and national political campaigns – including for Governor Mike Huckabee, Senator Rick Santorum and Senator Elizabeth Dole. He served as the Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2008, and before that he worked as a television news anchor and reporter on various local television stations. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Clay is joined by White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley to discuss the state of the nation going into the national conventions, what it’s like to speak for the President, and how we can unite after November. Moderator: Clay Aiken (https://twitter.com/clayaiken) has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014. Panelist: Hogan Gidley (https://twitter.com/JHoganGidley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) was recently named National Press Secretary for the Trump Campaign, having formerly served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary for President Donald Trump. For more than two decades, Gidley has worked in top communication positions in business as a political consultant and strategist, a political commentator, and on local and national political campaigns – including for Governor Mike Huckabee, Senator Rick Santorum and Senator Elizabeth Dole. He served as the Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2008, and before that he worked as a television news anchor and reporter on various local television stations. Email your questions to podcast@politicon.com (https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/a56e69ec-efda-11e7-bbd7-c3a8c0f9b6e6/podcasts/d17f5f20-5976-11ea-bf71-fb810ef6e986/episodes/af0d2092-5eaa-11ea-ba03-5374da6c3fcc/podcast@politicon.com) . Follow @politicon (https://twitter.com/Politicon) and go to Politicon.com (https://politicon.com/) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

As a political heavy-hitter in South Carolina’s Republican Party, Kevin Hall is well-known as the go-to attorney for the state’s leading political figures. Kevin’s client list reads like a who’s who of South Carolina’s luminary politicians, including Senator Lyndsey Graham, Senator Tim Scott, former ambassador Nikki Haley, former Gov. Mark Sanford, and the South Carolina Republican Party itself. In this candid and at-times personal conversation about values, politics, and the real-life impact of discriminatory laws, Kevin shares with TendingBar the story of the coalition he led to overturn South Carolina’s “No Promo Homo” law, which forbade virtually all K-12 classroom discussion regarding same-sex relations and which effectively stigmatized LGBTQ students and teachers across the state. As a lifelong Republican in conservative South Carolina, Kevin might have seemed like an unlikely champion for LGBTQ equality. Having developed a reputation as the state’s leading political attorney, Kevin was, however, well-positioned to work within his party toward change. Building upon the trust earned over decades of service to the South Carolina Republican Party, Kevin built an unlikely partnership that included the state’s Attorney General and the statewide school superintendent. Together, they worked to overturn South Carolina’s “no promo homo” statute, ultimately leading a federal court in Charleston to declare the law unconstitutional. Key Topics (minute:second) 5:12: Lawyering for political heavyweights in South Carolina 7:05: The Origins of South Carolina’s Anti-LGBTQ Curriculum Statute – the “No Promo Homo” Law 11:10: “As bad as it gets” – How discriminatory laws impact both students and teachers 19:05: Kevin’s Personal Story 24:45: Crafting an unlikely, collaborative litigation strategy 32:35: The Courage to Fight Unpopular Battles 39:07: Remembering the higher purposes of the profession About Kevin Hall Kevin is a practicing attorney at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP and is Managing Partner of the firm’s office in Columbia, South Carolina. A litigator with 30 years’ experience, Kevin has represented Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes litigation and elected officials facing ethics charges, criminal prosecution, and/or impeachment and removal from political office. One of South Carolina’s most prominent lawyers, Kevin practices at the intersection of law, business, politics and public policy.

Republicans sue in South Carolina to get their primary back, Joe Biden raised less money than we expected, Elizabeth Warren raised a whole bunch of money—almost as much as Bernie Sanders, Matt Lieberman is running for Senate in Georgia, and a candidate anecdote from Bernie Sanders.Links:Chris Higgins on TwitterChris Higgins on InstagramElection Ride Home on TwitterElection Ride Home on FacebookInglis tweet on SC primary suit (Twitter/Bob Inglis)Protect Democracy tweets re: SC primary (Twitter/Protect Democracy)Complaint: Inglis v. South Carolina Republican Party (Protect Democracy)Inglis v. South Carolina Republican Party [home page] (Protect Democracy)Biden Has a Meh Fundraising Quarter (NY Mag)Which 2020 Democrats Raised the Most Money This Summer? (NYT)Elizabeth Warren Raises $24.6 Million In 3rd Quarter, Trailing Only Sanders (HuffPost)Elizabeth Warren raises $24.6 million in third quarter (Politico)Joe Lieberman's son running for Senate in Georgia (Politico)Matt Lieberman is running for U.S. Senate (YouTube/Matt Lieberman)Georgia Senate: Randy Evans, Jack Kingston apply for Isakson’s seat (AJC)I Have a Dream (YouTube/Senator Bernie Sanders)

Host: Ann Ubelis is recovering from her cardiac event and is home resting.Southern-Sense.comToday's show is a recap of her interviews of:Katie Arrington, Candidate for Congresswoman from SC District 1, is a proven business leader who has created jobs and made payroll. As an executive with military defense contractors, she has helped lower costs while ensuring our nation’s military has the tools they need. As our next Member of Congress, Katie will be a strong, informed voice to protect our men and women in uniform, including her daughter, while also ensuring our veterans get the care they need and deserve. https://www.votekatiearrington.com/Drew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017. He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gopBrad Farrin, Candidate for Senate from Maine www.facebook.com/pg/bradfarrinforsenateDedication: Army Staff Sgt Aaron R. Butler, Died August 16, 2017 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel

Host: Ann Ubelis is recovering from her cardiac event and is home resting.Southern-Sense.comToday's show is a recap of her interviews of:Katie Arrington, Candidate for Congresswoman from SC District 1,  is a proven business leader who has created jobs and made payroll.  As an executive with military defense contractors, she has helped lower costs while ensuring our nation’s military has the tools they need.  As our next Member of Congress, Katie will be a strong, informed voice to protect our men and women in uniform, including her daughter, while also ensuring our veterans get the care they need and deserve.  https://www.votekatiearrington.com/Drew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017.  He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gopBrad Farrin, Candidate for Senate from Maine  www.facebook.com/pg/bradfarrinforsenateDedication: Army Staff Sgt Aaron R. Butler, Died August 16, 2017 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel

Host: Ann Ubelis is recovering from her cardiac event and is home resting.Southern-Sense.comToday's show is a recap of her interviews of:Katie Arrington, Candidate for Congresswoman from SC District 1, is a proven business leader who has created jobs and made payroll. As an executive with military defense contractors, she has helped lower costs while ensuring our nation’s military has the tools they need. As our next Member of Congress, Katie will be a strong, informed voice to protect our men and women in uniform, including her daughter, while also ensuring our veterans get the care they need and deserve. https://www.votekatiearrington.com/Drew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017. He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gopBrad Farrin, Candidate for Senate from Maine www.facebook.com/pg/bradfarrinforsenateDedication: Army Staff Sgt Aaron R. Butler, Died August 16, 2017 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel

Host: Ann Ubelis is recovering from her cardiac event and is home resting. Southern-Sense.com Today's show is a recap of her interviews of: Katie Arrington, Candidate for Congresswoman from SC District 1,  is a proven business leader who has created jobs and made payroll.  As an executive with military defense contractors, she has helped lower costs while ensuring our nation’s military has the tools they need.  As our next Member of Congress, Katie will be a strong, informed voice to protect our men and women in uniform, including her daughter, while also ensuring our veterans get the care they need and deserve.  https://www.votekatiearrington.com/ Drew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017.  He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gop Brad Farrin, Candidate for Senate from Maine  www.facebook.com/pg/bradfarrinforsenate Dedication: Army Staff Sgt Aaron R. Butler, Died August 16, 2017 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, and "CS" Bennett. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit Southern-Sense.comJenniffer Carroll is a Trinidadian-born American politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Florida. She is the first black person and woman elected to the office and the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Previously she was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There. Carroll is one of the founders of Maggie's List, a federal PAC that supports conservative female candidates. jennifercarroll.comDrew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017. He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gopDedication: Police Officer Rogelio Santander, Jr., Dallas Police Department, Texas, End of Watch Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, and "CS" Bennett.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit Southern-Sense.com Jenniffer Carroll is a Trinidadian-born American politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governorof Florida. She is the first black person and woman elected to the office and the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Previously she was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There.  Carroll is one of the founders of Maggie's List, a federal PAC that supports conservative female candidates.  jennifercarroll.com Drew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017.  He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gop Dedication: Police Officer Rogelio Santander, Jr., Dallas Police Department, Texas, End of Watch Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, and "CS" Bennett.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit Southern-Sense.comJenniffer Carroll is a Trinidadian-born American politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governorof Florida. She is the first black person and woman elected to the office and the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Previously she was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There.  Carroll is one of the founders of Maggie's List, a federal PAC that supports conservative female candidates.  jennifercarroll.comDrew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017.  He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gopDedication: Police Officer Rogelio Santander, Jr., Dallas Police Department, Texas, End of Watch Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, and "CS" Bennett. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit Southern-Sense.comJenniffer Carroll is a Trinidadian-born American politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Florida. She is the first black person and woman elected to the office and the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Previously she was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There. Carroll is one of the founders of Maggie's List, a federal PAC that supports conservative female candidates. jennifercarroll.comDrew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party in 2017. He is a conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.His past work involved specializing in political strategy, planning and organization as well as the development of grassroots political education programs. www.sc.gopDedication: Police Officer Rogelio Santander, Jr., Dallas Police Department, Texas, End of Watch Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Dustin' off the Degree - Asceticism noun - severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.: "acts of physical asceticism". In modern days you'll mostly find asceticism practiced publicly in India, but it has a long history in Christianity as well. Some of the early church fathers got into it and the gnostics really got into it. It is rooted it metaphysical dualism. Your spirit is good because of God's grace, for mainstream Christianity at that time, or because you have the secret knowledge for the Gnostics, but the flesh is evil. The lowest levels are denying the flesh something, taking the form of fasting or abstaining from eating meat, drinking alcohol, or having sex for a while, or permanently abstaining in some of the more extreme cases. Next up is self-flagellation where you literally beat yourself with whips, which in the extreme cases may have glass shards, stones, or sharp metal embedded in them to tear the flesh. The final level, which is now almost exclusively found in India is exposure to the elements where you might spend months or even years sitting naked on top of a pole exposed to the sun, rain, wind, and cold. With in Christianity this was most common in Palestine and Egypt in the 2nd and 3rd century CE. Hindu ascetics will even go as far as to permanently disable themselves, often through immobilizing a joint until it calcifies and is permanently immobile, and Hindu asceticism is practiced with the aim of paying for bad karma. Back to Early Christian asceticism, it was common to some extent with the early Church fathers, especially Origen, but was really popular with Gnosticism. There were two main branches of Gnostics, the Libertine Gnostics and the Ascetic Gnostics. Both groups believed that the spirit was pure and the physical form was evil. Libertine Gnostics used this separation of the two to indulge the flesh through feasts and orgies, they never became a large group and were on the verge of dying out on their own. The Ascetic Gnosticism practiced extreme asceticism and strove to always abstain from sex, alcohol, meat, and anything else that might indulge the flesh. This group was so popular and growing so fast that the church had to get the Roman Empire involved in forcing them to go mainstream or die. Most merged back in with the church and with that strengthened the ascetic tendencies that you will still find in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. NEWS Boys removed from gay conversion camp in Texas http://bit.ly/an263-texas In 2016 a boy ran away from Blessed Hope Boys Academy claiming to have been punished with forced exercise, solitary confinement, and having food withheld. The police raided the facility and Pastor Gary Wiggins, who ran it moved to Missouri where he remained until the authorities started looking into his new ministry, so he moved again in May, this time to Texas, where now eight boys, ages 10 - 17, have been removed after claims of abuse, fraud, and human trafficking, including that he was using the boys for his moving and lawn care businesses without pay. Presumably this third gay conversion camp is now closed, but Pastor Gary Wiggins has still not been charged with any crimes. Creation Festival Co-Founder Sentenced to 18 Years for Child Sex Abuse: I Deserve to Be Cast Into Sea http://bit.ly/an263-thomas Harry Thomas is the 75 year old retired pastor of the Come Alive New Testament Church in Medford, NJ and a co-founder of the Creation Festival, which claims to be the largest Christian music festival. He plead guilty to sexual crimes involving five girls ranging in age from 7 to 9 and after failing in his attempt to rescind his guilty plea he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Police Report: Ex-GOP Official Calls Himself Second Christ, Sacrifices Dog http://bit.ly/an263-second_christ Todd Kincannon is the former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party and now identifie...

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.comDoug Giles http://www.ClashDaily.comDrew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. http://SC.GOPResa LaRu Kirkland - https://www.gofundme.com/ForgottenWarriorTeachThemCharacterhttp://americaswarchick.blogspot.com/Dedication: Sergeant Mujahid Ramzziddin Prince George's County Police Department, MDEOW: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.com Doug Gileshttp://www.ClashDaily.com Drew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. http://SC.GOP Resa LaRu Kirkland - https://www.gofundme.com/ForgottenWarriorTeachThemCharacter http://americaswarchick.blogspot.com/ Dedication: Sergeant Mujahid Ramzziddin Prince George's County Police Department, MD EOW: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.comDoug Giles http://www.ClashDaily.comDrew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. http://SC.GOPResa LaRu Kirkland - https://www.gofundme.com/ForgottenWarriorTeachThemCharacterhttp://americaswarchick.blogspot.com/Dedication: Sergeant Mujahid Ramzziddin Prince George's County Police Department, MDEOW: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Visit our website at http://www.Southern-Sense.comDoug Gileshttp://www.ClashDaily.comDrew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. http://SC.GOPResa LaRu Kirkland - https://www.gofundme.com/ForgottenWarriorTeachThemCharacterhttp://americaswarchick.blogspot.com/Dedication: Sergeant Mujahid Ramzziddin Prince George's County Police Department, MDEOW: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.comAli Alexander - "Last year, I embraced a more populist flare of politics. I am more of a constitutional conservative and didn’t start out on the “Trump train.” Yet, increasing violence from partisan organized mobs, complicity from our media, and confirming that then candidate Donald Trump was surrounding himself with trusted conservatives friends and colleagues of mine led me to support Trump". TheAliAlexanderPeter Murphy, V. P. for Policy of Invest in Education Foundation. A research and policy organization with a mission of promoting improvement in K-12 education, increasing educational choice, and working to close gaps in educational achievement. Our activities include research and events to educate the public and advocacy (under the “h” election) in support of legislation consistent with our mission. investineducation.orgDrew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.Dedication: Police Officer Justin Taylor Billa, Mobile Police Department, Alabama, End of Watch Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Southern-Sense.com Ali Alexander - "Last year, I embraced a more populist flare of politics. I am more of a constitutional conservative and didn’t start out on the “Trump train.” Yet, increasing violence from partisan organized mobs, complicity from our media, and confirming that then candidate Donald Trump was surrounding himself with trusted conservatives friends and colleagues of mine led me to support Trump". TheAliAlexander Peter Murphy, V. P. for Policy of Invest in Education Foundation. A research and policy organization with a mission of promoting improvement in K-12 education, increasing educational choice, and working to close gaps in educational achievement. Our activities include research and events to educate the public and advocacy (under the “h” election) in support of legislation consistent with our mission. investineducation.org Drew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. Dedication: Police Officer Justin Taylor Billa, Mobile Police Department, Alabama, End of Watch Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!  Southern-Sense.comAli Alexander - "Last year, I embraced a more populist flare of politics. I am more of a constitutional conservative and didn’t start out on the “Trump train.” Yet, increasing violence from partisan organized mobs, complicity from our media, and confirming that then candidate Donald Trump was surrounding himself with trusted conservatives friends and colleagues of mine led me to support Trump". TheAliAlexanderPeter Murphy, V. P. for Policy of Invest in Education Foundation. A research and policy organization with a mission of promoting improvement in K-12 education, increasing educational choice, and working to close gaps in educational achievement. Our activities include research and events to educate the public and advocacy (under the “h” election) in support of legislation consistent with our mission. investineducation.orgDrew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.Dedication: Police Officer Justin Taylor Billa, Mobile Police Department, Alabama, End of Watch Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.comAli Alexander - "Last year, I embraced a more populist flare of politics. I am more of a constitutional conservative and didn’t start out on the “Trump train.” Yet, increasing violence from partisan organized mobs, complicity from our media, and confirming that then candidate Donald Trump was surrounding himself with trusted conservatives friends and colleagues of mine led me to support Trump". TheAliAlexanderPeter Murphy, V. P. for Policy of Invest in Education Foundation. A research and policy organization with a mission of promoting improvement in K-12 education, increasing educational choice, and working to close gaps in educational achievement. Our activities include research and events to educate the public and advocacy (under the “h” election) in support of legislation consistent with our mission. investineducation.orgDrew McKissick State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference.Dedication: Police Officer Justin Taylor Billa, Mobile Police Department, Alabama, End of Watch Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.comDrew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party on May 13th, 2017. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. http://www.SCGOP.com"I’m a conservative political strategist and consultant with over twenty-five years of experience in campaigns and grassroots politics and a passion for helping conservatives make a difference in our political system." drewmckissick.com/"Wild" Bill Finley, As “America’s Leading Liberalologist,” Bill Finlay pokes fun at the liberal left while exposing the evil that undermines freedom and faith throughout America. He also provides common sense solutions to bring the United States back into the path of honor as “one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all.”Visit his website at wildbillforamerica.com, his Facebook page, or his YouTube page.Dedication: Police Officer Brian Shaw, New Kensington Police Department, Pennsylvania, End of Watch Friday, November 17, 2017

Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis, as host and "CS" Bennett, co-host. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.comDrew McKissick was elected State Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party on May 13th, 2017. He is a Columbia, S.C.-based conservative political strategist with thirty years of experience in grassroots politics and a passion for teaching others how the system works and how to make a difference. http://www.SCGOP.com"I’m a conservative political strategist and consultant with over twenty-five years of experience in campaigns and grassroots politics and a passion for helping conservatives make a difference in our political system." drewmckissick.com/"Wild" Bill Finley, As “America’s Leading Liberalologist,” Bill Finlay pokes fun at the liberal left while exposing the evil that undermines freedom and faith throughout America. He also provides common sense solutions to bring the United States back into the path of honor as “one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all.”Visit his website at wildbillforamerica.com, his Facebook page, or his YouTube page.Dedication: Police Officer Brian Shaw, New Kensington Police Department, Pennsylvania, End of Watch Friday, November 17, 2017

Dedication: Trooper Landon E. Weaver, Pennsylvania State Police, End of Watch: Friday, December 30, 2016 Mick Mulvaney's approval as Director of the Office of Budget Management, leaves his seat is open.  Meet the top three candidates for South Carolina's 5th congressional district Chad Connelly served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 2011 until 2013, when he resigned to take a senior role at the Republican National Committee. chadconnellyforcongress.com Tommy Pope was elected to the SC House and has served District 47 since 2010. In 2014, he was named Speaker Pro Tempore.  He served on the Judiciary and Ethics, Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs, Republican Caucus Tax Study, and Ethics Reform Committees. tommypope.com Sheri Few is a dynamic conservative champion of less government, fewer regulations and more freedom.  A past member of the SC GOP Executive Committee, Sheri founded SC  Parents Involved in Education to join with other public school parents concerned with increased federal role in education and the added emphasis on testing and data collection.  Sheri ran for SC Superintendent of Education. sherifewforcongress.com Southern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!Southern-Sense.com

Dedication: Trooper Landon E. Weaver, Pennsylvania State Police, End of Watch: Friday, December 30, 2016Mick Mulvaney's approval as Director of the Office of Budget Management, leaves his seat is open.  Meet the top three candidates for South Carolina's 5th congressional districtChad Connelly served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 2011 until 2013, when he resigned to take a senior role at the Republican National Committee. chadconnellyforcongress.comTommy Pope was elected to the SC House and has served District 47 since 2010. In 2014, he was named Speaker Pro Tempore.  He served on the Judiciary and Ethics, Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs, Republican Caucus Tax Study, and Ethics Reform Committees. tommypope.comSheri Few is a dynamic conservative champion of less government, fewer regulations and more freedom.  A past member of the SC GOP Executive Committee, Sheri founded SC  Parents Involved in Education to join with other public school parents concerned with increased federal role in education and the added emphasis on testing and data collection.  Sheri ran for SC Superintendent of Education. sherifewforcongress.comSouthern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett.  Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey!Southern-Sense.com

Dedication: Trooper Landon E. Weaver, Pennsylvania State Police, End of Watch: Friday, December 30, 2016Mick Mulvaney's approval as Director of the Office of Budget Management, leaves his seat is open. Meet the top three candidates for South Carolina's 5th congressional districtChad Connelly served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 2011 until 2013, when he resigned to take a senior role at the Republican National Committee. chadconnellyforcongress.comTommy Pope was elected to the SC House and has served District 47 since 2010. In 2014, he was named Speaker Pro Tempore. He served on the Judiciary and Ethics, Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs, Republican Caucus Tax Study, and Ethics Reform Committees. tommypope.comSheri Few is a dynamic conservative champion of less government, fewer regulations and more freedom. A past member of the SC GOP Executive Committee, Sheri founded SC Parents Involved in Education to join with other public school parents concerned with increased federal role in education and the added emphasis on testing and data collection. Sheri ran for SC Superintendent of Education. sherifewforcongress.comSouthern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.com

Dedication: Trooper Landon E. Weaver, Pennsylvania State Police, End of Watch: Friday, December 30, 2016Mick Mulvaney's approval as Director of the Office of Budget Management, leaves his seat is open. Meet the top three candidates for South Carolina's 5th congressional districtChad Connelly served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party from 2011 until 2013, when he resigned to take a senior role at the Republican National Committee. chadconnellyforcongress.comTommy Pope was elected to the SC House and has served District 47 since 2010. In 2014, he was named Speaker Pro Tempore. He served on the Judiciary and Ethics, Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs, Republican Caucus Tax Study, and Ethics Reform Committees. tommypope.comSheri Few is a dynamic conservative champion of less government, fewer regulations and more freedom. A past member of the SC GOP Executive Committee, Sheri founded SC Parents Involved in Education to join with other public school parents concerned with increased federal role in education and the added emphasis on testing and data collection. Sheri ran for SC Superintendent of Education. sherifewforcongress.comSouthern Sense is conservative talk with Annie "The Radio Chick" Ubelis and "CS" Bennett. Informative, fun, irreverent and politically incorrect, you never know where we'll go, but you'll love the journey! Southern-Sense.com

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Van Hipp is Chairman of American Defense International, Inc. (ADI), a Washington, DC based consulting firm specializing in government affairs, business development and public relations. He's also the author of "The New Terrorism: How to Fight It and Defeat It". From 1986 to 1989, Van Hipp served as the Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party and served as a member of the Presidential Electoral College in 1988. In 1990, Van Hipp was sworn in as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Reserve Forces and Mobilization) and served in this position during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Following the "Tailhook Scandal," Hipp was named by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to be the Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Navy. He served in this capacity until January 1993. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union and The National Capitol Board of The Salvation Army. He is also on the board of the Palmetto Policy Forum and is a member of the Committee on the Present Danger. Key Takeaways:[7:43] Terrorists coming across our borders[13:38] If we actually need to worry about terror attacks since we haven't had much happen since 9/11[18:08] Things the individual can do to protect from terrorist threatsWebsite Mentioned:www.thenewterrorism.com

"Wofford College will host the Commander-in-Chief Presidential Forum, featuring Republican presidential candidates, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in Leonard Auditorium in Main Building on the college’s campus.All major Republican presidential candidates have been invited to participate in the event, part of the Hipp Lecture Series on International Affairs and National Security, which brought the 2011 Republican Presidential Candidates Debate presented by CBS to Wofford’s campus. The event is co-sponsored by the South Carolina Republican Party.The Commander-in-Chief Presidential Forum will be moderated by former S.C. Gov. David Beasley. It will be free and open to the public.“Whoever America elects as its new commander-in-chief in 2016 will be facing the most complex national security and foreign policy situation that a president has ever faced,” Hipp says. “In short, electing a commander-in-chief who can keep America safe so that we remain free will be the dominant issue of the presidential campaign. I’m pleased that the Commander-in-Chief Presidential Forum, hosted by Wofford College and co-sponsored by the South Carolina Republican Party, will exclusively address these issues.”Matt Moore, chairman of the S.C. GOP, notes the importance of South Carolina in presidential races. “South Carolina’s Republican primary presents an important test for candidates. For a generation, no Republican candidate has won the White House without first winning support from South Carolina’s diverse and informed Republican voters. This forum will bring important issues in this race to the forefront, and we are pleased to be a part of the event.”Founded in 2011, the Hipp Lecture Series on International Affairs and National Security is designed to create signature events at Wofford. The goal of these events is to capture the attention of students and the public, and draw them into important conversations on applying American leadership and ideals to the challenges of international affairs past, present and future. The lecture series is made possible through the generous donations of Wofford alumnus Van D. Hipp Jr. (Class of 1982).Hipp, chairman of American Defense International Inc. in Washington, D.C., recently released his latest book, “The New Terrorism: How to Fight It and Defeat It.”Hipp has been immersed in defense and security matters since 1990 when he was appointed deputy assistant secretary of the Army for reserve forces and mobilization. He was named by then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney to be the principal deputy general counsel of the Navy. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Hipp served on active duty in both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Restore Democracy. He is a frequent writer and speaker on defense and international policy issues."Van Hipp, is a former Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, serving from 1987-1989. He is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army and the former Principal Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Navy, He is author of The New Terrorism: How To Fight It And Defeat It. The book has a foreword by Newt Gingrich.