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⁨Join us as we welcome Damani Felder to Hearts of Oak.  Damani has developed a unique perspective on the world. He discusses his skepticism towards identity politics and emphasizes the importance of judging individuals based on their ideas rather than their characteristics. In this thought-provoking conversation, Damani and Peter explore the political climates in the US and the UK, challenging norms and advocating for discernment in politics and faith-based decision-making. They delve into the complexities of political ideologies and the need for unity and inclusivity in society. Damani discusses the recent assassination attempt on President Trump and expresses his disbelief and emphasizes the importance of coming together as a nation during such trying times.  He also shares his media journey, including his involvement in the WalkAway movement, and expresses his hope for positive societal change through resilience and divine providence.  Tune in to this powerful episode to hear Damani's inspiring story and his message of hope and unity. Damani Felder was born in November 1991, as the second child of USAF veterans Eddie and Valerie Felder. Growing up as a military child, he learned how to adapt to new surroundings quickly, moving roughly once every 1-2 years. His mother chose to leave her military career and home-school him and his siblings, which she continued for the next 30 years. Education is her passion, and she worked tirelessly to equip him and his siblings with the knowledge necessary to become leaders. God has given Damani the opportunity to use the skills He's blessed him with to reach millions of people around the world, he's had the chance to speak out confidently and share hope and inspiration with others. He has been invited to the White House three times, attended and spoken at CPAC, participated in the WalkAway March on D.C., and delivered many speeches in and around the state of Texas.  Connect with Damani... WEBSITE           damanifelder.com X/TWITTER        x.com/TheDamaniFelder INSTAGRAM      instagram.com/thedamanifelder Interview recorded  18.7.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        x.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org/ PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect/ SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop/ FACEBOOK        facebook.com/DamaniBryantFelder⁩

Shownotes and Transcript Many of you will have seen Brandon Straka in tears after Trump won the Presidential election in 2016.  He was a staunch Democrat, distraught at Hillary losing the election and his tears may have amused you then, but fast forward a few years and he is now one of Donald Trump's biggest supporters.  Brandon joins Hearts of Oak to discuss why he stepped away from the Democrat Party and started the #WalkAway movement, with a vision to help encourage others just like him to abandon the divisive left.  He also got caught up in the J6 madness, on the day Brandon went to Washington DC and moved with the crowd to the steps of the Capitol building, filming on his smartphone.  He did not enter the building and left shortly after.  Because of this, his house has been raided, his good name dragged through the courts and he has been targeted simply for being there on the day. Brandon Straka is the founder of the #WalkAway campaign, a former liberal and former democratic party supporter who has very publicly walked away from the political left and created a social movement encouraging others to do the same.      His original YouTube video about his decision to leave the Democratic Party went viral in May of 2018, launching this explosive movement, uniting Americans across all demographics to leave the divisive left. Brandon frequently provides commentary on Fox News as a recurring guest on Justice with Jeanine Pirro, Fox & Friends, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and many more.  His hour long, in-depth interview with Mark Levin on Life, Liberty, and that exposed millions to Brandon and the #WalkAway Campaign.  President Trump publicly acknowledged his success in organizing the first ever #WalkAway March on Washington DC, with over 5,000 attendees.  Brandon's charismatic leadership and the #WalkAway message of unity and standing up against the left's attack on American ideals resonates with people around the globe. Born and raised in rural Nebraska and now a resident of New York City, Brandon travels the nation promoting the #WalkAway Campaign message and sharing his desire to bring a new awareness and understanding to the reality of politics in America today and his mission to unify America. Connect with Brandon and #WalkAway... WEBSITE:      https://www.brandonstraka.com/                      https://walkawaysocial.com/ X:                  https://twitter.com/BrandonStraka?s=20                      https://twitter.com/RealWalkAway?s=20 GETTR:          https://gettr.com/user/brandonstraka RUMBLE:       https://rumble.com/user/BrandonStraka Interview recorded 20.7.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  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! Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Hello, Hearts of Oak, and welcome to another interview coming up in a moment with Brandon Straka. He started the walk away movement when he walked away from the Democrat Party and went to the Republican Party, and we discuss why he set that up. Many people are disillusioned, but few start a movement, and the walk away campaign has been championed by everyone. Kari Lake recently, Donald J. Trump supported it and promoted it, and he was on every TV station whenever he launched the campaign. So we talk about that and why he got involved in that. And then on to J6, he's been caught up in January the 6th simply for filming outside on that day. And he talks about the FBI raiding his house, like a SWAT team holding them for days in jail. And what has happened in that? And also the lack of support from the Republicans. They clamoured for his support on the walk away campaign, but don't seem to be as interested in his story on J6. A lot to discuss and you will love listening to Brandon and you'll love his website which is one of the quirkiest websites I have come across in quite a a while. Brandon Straka, it is wonderful to have you with us. Thank you so much for your time today. (Brandon Straka) Thanks for having me.  Not all great to have you and Brandon's links are @BrandonStraka on social media, brandonstraka.com website, and of course he's the founder of the #WalkAway campaign, former liberal, former democratic party supporter who publicly walked away in 2018. We'll get into to all of that and walkawaysocial.com. All the links are in the description. Please do check it out. But Bran, before I go into your background, I just want to bring up your website because I love your website. It stands out. It's that Batman, Robin cartoon nostalgia. I absolutely love it. I looked down and thought, I feel so jealous. So I just love your website. Thank you. Oh, that's very kind. I, yeah, we, I designed that several years ago. And kind of meticulously worked with a graphic designer to put it all together. And it's, I'm glad to hear you say that because, you know, obviously the last couple of years of my life have been less than fun. And so sometimes, I don't know, sometimes I look at that website now and I'm like, does that really reflect who I am and how I feel and whatever? But ultimately, I'm glad to hear that somebody else loves the way that it looks, so that's good to hear. Thank you. It just gave me a big smile. Good. I know the content is great, but just that that hit you at the beginning, so thank you for that. But Brandon, maybe go back to maybe give a little bit of your intro to our probably 80 percent, 75% UK audience, 20% US audience. Maybe give a little intro to yourself and then on to what it meant to define yourself as a liberal and part of or follower of the Democratic Party. Sure. Yeah, so basically, I guess my story is, obviously, I'm an American citizen who grew up in the Midwest in a small town in a state called Nebraska. I don't know how familiar people in the UK are with our states, but it's, you know, very kind of agriculture driven state, lots of corn and cows and things like that. And that's where I grew up. I'm a gay guy who knew early on in life that I was gay. So to me, it was kind of important that I wanted to get out of a very kind of rural environment. And I always, well, and, you know, I don't know if it's to what degree it's because I'm gay or not, but I'm also, I think in my blood, just sort of a city person. So always wanted to move to New York City or somewhere kind of very fast paced and exciting. So after I graduated from high school, I moved to New York City. And, you know, I was a liberal my entire life. A lot of that was very influenced, I think, by the fact that I was gay growing up at a time when gay rights and gay cultural issues were very much wedge issues in politics and culture. And so I naturally found myself a part of the Democratic Party and the ideology of liberalism and all of my friends were liberals. I moved to New York City because I wanted to pursue an artist's life, really. I mean, I act and I sing and I consider myself a creative person. And so I wanted to kind of just go and live that kind of life at that kind of pace and sort of find my way. And so I adhered and I was very much devoted to the Democrat party, my entire adult life up until the year 2017, which would have been, um, you know, immediately after the 2016 election, between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, I voted for Hillary in 2016. I had just come off of voting for Barack Obama twice, in 2000, what eight in 2012. And, I was convinced that Hillary Clinton was going to win because that's what the media kept telling us was going to happen. I mean, they kept saying that Donald Trump was, you know, dangerous and deranged and his followers were dangerous and deranged, but they also kind of kept saying, but don't really worry about it too much because his, he's got no chance of winning. She's going to win in a landslide. It's going to be the most insane upstate, you know, landslide victory in history and actually on election day in 2016 they gave her like a 97 to 99 percent chance of winning. I remember reading polls that day that said he had a three percent or less chance of winning. Obviously, that's not how the election turned out. And so when he got elected in November of 2016, I was shattered and devastated and confused and I was angry and I was scared. Because again, the media that I trusted kept saying that this was a rise in bigotry and white supremacy and homophobia and xenophobia and all of these different things. And so I spent about two weeks after the 2016 election paralyzed with fear and anger and resentment and I mean, to the point of almost feeling somewhat dysfunctional because the media had really brainwashed everybody on the left to believe that anybody who supported Donald Trump was a horrible person who wanted to do harm to minorities and take people's rights away and roll back, you know, our progress and all of these different things. So, you know, even living in New York City, as I did, I spent weeks after the 2016 election walking down the street or being on the subway and kind of just looking around and being like, did you vote for him? Did you vote for him? Did you vote for him? You know, just one, because obviously people did. And so I was just wondering, well, where, who are all these covert bigots that live amongst us and how much danger am I actually in? And so after a few weeks of going through this kind of paralyzing fear and anxiety and all these things, I thought to myself, this is going to be a very long and very miserable four years if I don't try to get some sort of understanding about what happened. And so initially I just kind of went on this journey to understand two things. How did the media get it so wrong? And two, why would anybody vote for Donald Trump? And that started this journey. And I've been talking for a while, so I'll stop. But that's what began the journey of exploration, to try to understand how this happened and how the media got it so wrong. Then there were more specific moments that ultimately led to the switch in me. Yeah, I've watched your videos you put out and you talk about friends sending you video clips and showing what the media tried to cover up. But I guess probably for me being someone on the right, I would have looked at your videos and enjoyed them, the ones of you crying and mocked. I think those of us on the right tend to mock those on the left, instead of winning them over. But so that's why I love the whole walkaway campaign because you've tried to win people over. So tell us how you went from all the way on the Democrat side to actually realizing that Trump wasn't really as bad as what he was made out, to actually beginning to pull people over because you could have just walked away from the Democrat party and that was it. Yeah, you're right. Okay, so while I was kind of on this exploratory journey, there was this moment that happened that was completely transformative. And that was in January of 2017, would have been right around the time he was about to take office. I had posted on Facebook that essentially that I would never be able to understand how anyone could vote for a man who was capable of mocking a reporter's disability in front of a cheering crowd. You know, and you know, what the hell is wrong with this guy? What is wrong with all of you that voted for him? You know, what happened to the heart and soul of people in middle America or on the conservative side of the aisle? And that's when a woman named Diane, who used to babysit me when I was a kid, reached out to me privately. She sent me a link to a YouTube video that was entitled debunking that Trump mocked the disabled reporter. And she sent me this video that you know when I first saw the title of the video I was kind of outraged and just sort of like, oh god. This is gonna be more right-wing, propaganda and brainwashing and then I got kind of excited to watch it. So because I was like oh, I can't wait to watch this so I can tell her how stupid she is for falling for it. And so I click play and what I saw was a compilation of footage showing Donald Trump numerous times throughout the years, even back before he ran for president, doing that same voice and that same gesture that he did at his rally that day when he was accused of mocking a reporter's disability. But the commonality in every instance was that he was imitating somebody or making fun of somebody who was caught in a lie. Somebody who was flustered and somebody who was flailing because they had been caught doing something shady or being dishonest. And so it showed very conclusively and compellingly that Donald Trump did not mock that reporter's disability. What he was making fun of was the fact that that reporter who happened to be disabled had been caught in a lie. And so it really opened my eyes for the first time and a light went on sort of going, wait a minute. First of all, he obviously didn't really make fun of that reporter's disability, but second of all, if he didn't do that, why are outlets like CNN and MSNBC and others trying to make me believe that he did. And so that's when this journey that I was going on went into overdrive because I was like, well, how often is this happening? You know, because they very effectively manipulated my emotions and my outrage and my anger to make me believe something happened that didn't happen. And obviously with an intent to elicit some sort of reaction from me, that was very disturbing. So, how often is this happening and why? And so for the next several months, I basically did a deep dive trying to research how often the media is lying and manipulating and what the end game is and how often this is happening. And what I ultimately discovered is that it's constant, it's relentless, it's happening all the time. And they're putting a particular focus on if you're black or brown or LGBT or a minority of some kind, they're manipulating everybody. But if you're a minority, they're specifically targeting you and manipulating and exploiting your fear, your feeling of disenfranchisement, your feeling that you don't, have the same opportunities or the same chance in this country as other people do. And they're exploiting all of that. And they're doubling down and making you, they're never letting you forget that, that feeling inside of you, they're reinforcing it and making you believe that it's true. And then they're also telling you, and the only thing that you can do about this feeling that you have is support the democratic party, is be a part of the ideology of the political left, because these are the only people that care about you. This is, these are the only people that are looking out for your best interests are fighting on your behalf. And the Republicans hate you. The Republican party is out to get you. They want to take your rights away. They want to suppress you. They want to drive you out of the country. They want to cease your existence. And when I discovered that, I became really, really outraged, really outraged as a gay man, particularly. And so I made the decision to walk away from the Democratic Party and the left-wing media that I had been trusting. I felt hugely betrayed and outraged. And then I, it was a while later, I didn't walk away from the Democratic Party and instantly become a Republican or a Trump supporter. Supporter. That actually took the better part of six to eight or nine months of continued research and talking to people and watching videos and reading and understanding and researching. But ultimately, by the end of 2017, I did end up becoming a Trump supporter. I did end up registering as a Republican. And then the next year, 2018, that's over the course of that year and into 2018, I mean, I lost like 90% of my friends, maybe more. I had people turning on me who had known me my entire life. And not just turning on me, you know, creating vicious rumours that I was, that I joined a cult, that I was brainwashed, that I, you know, I'm sober. I quit drugs and alcohol eight and a half years ago at that time, I guess four years. And people were saying that I had relapsed, that I was drinking, that that I was doing drugs, all this different stuff. And I got so fed up with it. Which was really, I mean, like bullying and attacking and anything that they could do to pressure me, to silence me. Because at that point, I mean, I was an unknown person. I was just a regular guy living in New York City who was having this experience, but I was being attacked by my own friends and my own colleagues and family members. And so I just, I got really angry and fed up. And I just said, you know what? I'm gonna sit down and write down all of the reasons why I'm walking away from liberalism and the Democratic Party. And I'm going to shoot a video, put it out on my social media. And then anybody who wants to walk out of my life can do it once and for all. And whoever's left, I guess I'll know those are my real friends and people I can count on. So I wrote the script and I shot the video and I put it together and I showed it to some of my friends and they were like, this is amazing. This is bigger than just putting it on your Facebook page or, you know, whatever for your friends to see there, there's gotta be a lot of people in this country and maybe the whole world who are feeling the same way you're feeling, bullied, pushed away, ready to leave the political left, pushed away from the Democrat party, the ideology of liberalism. But they're also being bullied and basically treated the way people would treat somebody who's leaving a cult, you know, and all of these sort of bully tactics to get them to not leave. And, maybe there's an opportunity here to bring people together. And so I created a Facebook group called #walkaway campaign, and I put the video out and I just said, look, if you're feeling the same way I'm feeling, please join this group and share your own story. And it just exploded. I mean, the video went out and it got millions and millions of views. People started joining #walkaway campaign by the tens of thousands and thousands of videos and written testimonials coming into people telling their stories why they're walking away. And then by the end of 2020, which was two and a half years after I started #WalkAway, it had grown to 511,000 people who had joined, and we had tens of thousands of videos. And then on January 8th of 2021, my team and I woke up and Facebook had taken everything. They banned the group. They banned our personal accounts. All the content was gone. The group was gone. The membership was gone. Everything was gone. Facebook just flipped the switch and took it all away. Well, let me ask you before we get to end off on J6, but I mean, that's a hell of a journey, how did it feel for you personally, someone who's a private individual supporting the Democrat Party privately to now being a public figure on the right championed by Trump. I mean, Kari Lake, who we're having on in a week, for her to call you out, say how much she loves what you're doing. Must kind of be, that that move from one side to the other, but from private to public, you must sit and think at times, this is just crazy. Oh, yeah, yeah, absolutely. But I'll tell you something. So okay, let's go back and kind of like explore that a little bit. So I released this video, right? I did that on May 26 of 2018. Within about a week, I started getting contacted by like little podcasts and little like AM radio stations, local stations, things like that. And I was so excited, so excited. I was just like, Oh my God, somebody wants to talk to me. Like someone cares what I think about anything like that's cool. So I said yes to everything. And I mean, to a certain degree, I still do, because I just, I think, first of all, I think it's important to always stay humble. And second of all, I think it's important to spread the message wherever, whenever you can. So, you know, every like I was getting calls from little radio stations and little podcasts and stuff. And I was like, yes, yes, yes. And then over the course of the next six weeks, it just grew and grew and grew and grew. And I started getting, you know, national radio interviews and some bigger name podcasts and things like that. But it was six weeks after I launched #walkaway. I got contacted by the Tucker Carlson show and they were like, you know what you're doing is amazing. We'd love to have you come on and talk about #walkaway. And I was like, now I had never done a television interview in my entire life. I had never been on television so my first experience going on television was on the number one cable television news show, in the entire country that was my entrée into the world of going on television. So Tucker had me on that night. And then the next night I was asked to come on the Laura Ingraham show. And then the day after that I was asked to come on the Charles Payne show on Fox. And then the day after that I was asked to come on Fox and Friends. And then the day after that I was asked to come on Judge Janine's Saturday night show on Fox. So I did Fox every single night that week. And then #walkaway was just everywhere. It was just like on everybody's mind, on everybody's lips, and everybody was making #walkaway videos. And they were getting like hundreds of thousands to millions of views. And then, yes, I was just kind of getting asked to go everywhere and, and do all this stuff. But here's the thing, definitely there were like little private moments where I would go, oh my God, this is crazy. You know, this is crazy. But it meant so much to me, and it still does. It means as much to me today as it did five years ago when things were going great, and things are, the last couple of years have been very, very difficult. But it means as much to me today as it did five years ago. I didn't spend much time, at all thinking about like, oh my God, this is amazing. Or what I did is amazing. Or this is crazy. My, I mean, once I felt like I had been given a gift and an opportunity to, I wanted to create a community and a movement that would support people to walk away from the democratic party. To me, it felt like a responsibility. So I didn't spend a lot of time being like, Oh my God, like, isn't it amazing that I'm on TV all the time? I was just like, we just got to keep that. How do we keep it growing? How do we keep it moving? What's the next right step? What's the next right thing to do? What's the, you know, and that's part of the reason why it's really,  I don't even think about this either. But like it, if I sat around and thought about how tragic it is, that Facebook took the group away and took the the community away, because honest to God, of all people in the entire country or the world, I probably got to enjoy it less than anybody. Because I didn't, I didn't have time to watch walkaway videos or read the posts in the community or, you know, I brought on a ton of volunteer, moderators and admins, and they were moderating all the posts and moderating the group and keeping everything going. I was out speaking in colleges and doing media interviews and doing public appearances and traveling the country, talking about walk away, walk away, walk away, doing the #walkaway events, town halls debates. I hardly got to even look at or enjoy the thing that I had created. And my thought was, let's just get through the 2020 election, cause this is like a freight train that's just going and going and going. And after we get through the 2020 election, things are going to calm down a little bit. And then I'm going to take like a month, just like, I'm just going to sit there and just watch walkaway videos and just like deep dive into the group and just enjoy it. And they took it away before I got a chance to do that. I'd love to ask you more but I want to end off on J6 because your story going from one side to the other, you couldn't have gone further over to being caught up in what has happened and I saw a video of you recently once again going for like drugs tests or something. Your story, but also possibly the the lack of support and I've watched this from afar of the Republican Party of those and we've had Jake Lang on who's languishing there in a DC cell, we followed others. And it's quite unbelievable that those who are caught up in the J6 stuff don't have the 100%, 110% support of the Republican Party. But how did you get caught up and kind of tell us about that, lack of support, if that's a fair enough comment?  Totally fair. Yeah, so I was asked to be a speaker at a permitted event on Capitol grounds on January 6th. And so I travelled to DC with the intent and understanding that I was going to speak at the Capitol after the event at the Ellipse that President Trump spoke at. The event was always called March to Save America. The media cannot stop lying about January 6th. So the media wants you to think it was this event called Stop the Steal and that there was never like a march or that there was never a plan to go to the Capitol, that Trump told everyone to storm the Capitol. Not at all. I mean, everyone knew that we were gonna sit there and watch the president speak, that we were all gonna march to the Capitol and that there was another event at the Capitol. Everyone always knew that. I don't know why people decided to start breaking windows and going inside the Capitol. That started while all the rest of us were listening to President Trump speak. He didn't know it was happening. We didn't know it was happening. No one had any clue. So when he got done speaking and said, Let's go to the Capitol. That was always the plan. So I travelled over to the Capitol to do my speaking engagement, and as I was arriving, I started getting text messages from friends and colleagues, people saying, we're hearing on the news that people are going inside the building. And I thought, that sounds unusual. So I started shooting a video, and I walked up on the east side of the Capitol. That's the side I was coming in from. Now, it was the opposite side, the west side, where people were breaking barriers and fighting with police officers and breaking windows and all that craziness and commotion, which I still didn't know about, was happening on the west side. I was coming in from the east side. So when I arrived, there were zero police officers on the east side grounds. Zero. None. Huge crowd. Thousands of people all over the grounds and thousands of people up on the steps of the Capitol. Now, they weren't trying to get inside the Capitol. They weren't like, you know, they were all facing away from the Capitol, holding signs, singing songs, things like that. But when I got to the crowd of people on the steps, there was a man standing at the top, motioning down and shouting. They've opened the doors. They're letting us in. We're going inside. We're going inside. So I walked up to the top of the stairs. And when I got there, there were two large doors on the east side of the Capitol that were wide open and there was a crowd of hundreds of people. And some of them were trying to push their way in, and the rest of them were just kind of shooting a video, like I was doing. So I shot a video for eight minutes, and then a man came outside of the Capitol and got on a bullhorn and said, "'They've cleared Congress, everyone left the building, "'move out, move out.'" So I immediately, at that point, turned around and left. I never went inside the Capitol on January 6th. I didn't commit any violence, any vandalism, any theft, any destruction, and I left. And then I uploaded the video that I had just shot to Twitter. And then two and a half weeks later, an FBI, a team of FBI agents in tactical gear stormed my apartment, got me out of bed, put me in handcuffs, started stripping my apartment of my phones, my computers, my hard drives, my thumb drives, camera equipment, took me to jail. I spent several days in jail. And when I got out, I learned that I was being charged with multiple felonies and a misdemeanour. And while I was in jail, the news had, the same media that I walked away from, two and a half years before that, had written, is international news that the founder of the #walkaway movement had stormed the Capitol on January 6th and was encouraging violence and encouraging people to attack police officers, and encouraging a civil war. It was so insane. It was so insane.  And basically this, I mean, it was just, it was nuts. I ended up within a week or two after getting out of jail, I got permanently banned by PayPal, Venmo, Stripe, Patreon, all my email services, my donor portals, we lost our Facebook group. I mean, it was just a mass annihilation of my life and they wouldn't even treat you like a person. I mean, when you would reach out and be like, why did you cancel my PayPal account? Why did you cancel whatever? The only response you would get was. Our investigation showed that you have engaged in political violence and this decision is permanent. It cannot be appealed. Don't come back. I even had one company tell me, if you come back to us, we're going to, you'll be hearing from our lawyers. Like, don't even try to respond to this or you'll be potentially involved in a legal situation. So there was no conversation. There was no reasoning with people. I got put on a TSA terrorism watch list. So when I tried to get on airplanes, I have a designation, what they call SSSS, where they put you through hours of screening with like nine TSA agents who, like, it's just insane what they put you through. And then when you get through it, they follow you around the airport. Sometimes they have dogs. It's nuts. But in the end, after a year, I ended up taking a plea deal, pleading guilty to a misdemeanour. And on that misdemeanour, I ended up getting jail time, three months of house arrest, three years of federal probation, community service, maximum fine, $5,000. And then I'm also now being sued by Capitol Police officers who I never met, I never saw, I never encountered on January 6th, but they're being funded by a Soros-funded non-profit law firm, and they're suing me and Donald Trump and a number of other people alleging, aiding and abetting assault and battery and all of these. I mean. It's indescribable what is happening in Washington DC, and the ways in which these institutions are weaponized to try to destroy anybody that they possibly can who somehow got involved in the January 6th narrative. And I'm of particular interest to them because I am the founder of the #walkaway movement. I'm trying to encourage people to leave the political left. And yeah, and as I've gone through all of this, which, by the way, has driven at least five people to suicide, five other J6ers who, at minimum, that's just who we know of. There are others we may not even know. But the way that people have been brutalized by these institutions and by the left-wing media has driven numerous people to kill themselves. I didn't make that decision, although it did cross my mind several times. And yeah, barely a word of support from anybody in the conservative movement, whether it's conservative influencers, media. I just got done telling you in this interview, the support that I had from the biggest cable news institutions when I created the #walkway campaign. But suddenly when I got arrested because of January 6th, it's like I was dead. I was a ghost. I didn't exist anymore. No one wants to talk to me. And members of Congress, the former president, I mean, it's just nothing, silence, total silence. And so anybody who's been ensnared into this J6 trap has had to endure all of this on their own with no help and no support. And as I said, I mean, it's been so devastating to people that a number of people have even chosen to take their own lives because of it. Wow. Brandon, I appreciate you coming on and sharing. I mean, two huge subjects, walking away from the left and J6, I know is ongoing, is still a hugely hot topic. So thanks for coming on and sharing what is happening. I know people can follow that on your social media and on the coolest website I've seen for a while. So they can see all of that there. So thanks for your time today.  You're welcome. Thank you. And if I could just quickly tell people too, because because there was so much to unpack, we couldn't get into all of it. Facebook did take our group away, but one of the ways in which my team and I are fighting back is by launching our own social platform. So we are rebuilding the walkaway movement one person at a time with our own social media app called Walkaway Social. And this people can load this by going to the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store, it's called Walkaway Social. Right now it's for American users only. I am looking to expand that to make it worldwide. But if anybody's watching who is in the United States of America and keep checking back as we expand to global users, go to your app store, load WalkAway Social, join our community, and share your story. Whether you walked away from the political left or you support those who do, we want to hear from all of you. Yep, that's it right there. So people can go to walkawaysocial.com, and there's links there to load the apps. Get on there, watch the videos, share them on Twitter, Facebook, anywhere that you are, and upload your own story and support this movement as we fight our way back, please. Okay, it's there, make use of it. Everyone watching and listening, all the links will be in the description. Brandon, thanks so much for being with us today. Thank you.

Brandon Straka, the founder of the #walkaway campaign, is a former liberal and former Democratic Party supported who has very publicly walked away from the political left and created a social movement encouraging others to do the same.  His original YouTube video about his decision to leave the Democratic Party went viral in May of 2018, launching this explosive movement, uniting Americans across all demographics to leave the divisive left. Brandon frequently provides commentary on Fox News as a recurring guest on Justice with Jeanine Pirro, Fox & Friends, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and many more. His hour long, in-depth interview with Mark Levin on Life, Liberty, and Levin exposed millions to Brandon Straka and the #WalkAway Campaign. Brandon also provides conservative commentary for numerous television media outlets. President Trump publicly acknowledged Brandon's success in organizing the first ever #WalkAway March on Washington DC, with over 5,000 attendees. Brandon's charismatic leadership and the #WalkAway message of unity and standing up against the left's attack on American ideals resonate with people around the globe. Born and raised in rural Nebraska and now a resident of New York City, Brandon Straka travels the nation promoting the #WalkAway Campaign message and sharing his desire to bring a new awareness and understanding to the reality of politics in America today and his mission to unify America. @#WalkAway Campaign    @Brandon Straka

BRANDON STRAKA, THE FOUNDER OF THE #WALKAWAY CAMPAIGN, IS A FORMER LIBERAL AND FORMER DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTER WHO HAS VERY PUBLICLY WALKED AWAY FROM THE POLITICAL LEFT AND CREATED A SOCIAL MOVEMENT ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.His original YouTube video about his decision to leave the Democratic Party went viral in May of 2018, launching this explosive movement, uniting Americans across all demographics to leave the divisive left.Brandon frequently provides commentary on Fox News as a recurring guest on Justice with Jeanine Pirro, Fox & Friends, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and many more. His hour long, in-depth interview with Mark Levin on Life, Liberty, Levin exposed millions to Brandon Straka and the #WalkAway Campaign. Brandon also provides conservative commentary for numerous television media outlets. President Trump publicly acknowledged Brandon's success in organizing the first ever #WalkAway March on Washington DC, with over 5,000 attendees. Brandon's charismatic leadership and the #WalkAway message of unity and standing up against the left's attack on American ideals resonate with people around the globe. Born and raised in rural Nebraska and now a resident of New York City, Brandon Straka travels the nation promoting the #WalkAway Campaign message and sharing his desire to bring a new awareness and understanding to the reality of politics in America today and his mission to unify America. and sharing his desire to bring a new awareness and understanding to the reality of politics in America today and his mission to unify America.

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Brandon Straka, The founder the #WalkAway campaign, is a former Liberal and former Democratic Party supporter who has very publicly walked away from the political Left and created a social movement encouraging others to do the same.His original YouTube video about his decision to leave the Democratic Party went viral in May of 2018, launching this explosive movement, uniting Americans across all demographics to leave the divisive left. President Trump publicly acknowledged Brandon’s success in organizing the first ever #WalkAway March on Washington DC, with over 5,000 attendees. Brandon’s charismatic leadership and the #WalkAway message of unity and standing up against the left’s attack on American ideals resonate with people around the globe.https://brandonstraka.com/about/https://www.walkawaypac.org/https://www.walkawaycampaign.com/

THE PETE SANTILLI SHOW Episode #1692 - Sunday - December 01, 2019 - 6PM  Live Broadcast Link - https://youtu.be/CufJv3FBnV4  #WalkAway Campaign Founder Brandon Straka Talks About Meeting President Trump Last Night - 1692-6P GUEST: Brandon Straka, the founder of the #WalkAway Campaign, is a former liberal and former Democratic Party supporter who has very publicly walked away from the political left and created a social movement encouraging others to do the same. His original YouTube video about his decision to leave the Democratic Party went viral in May of 2018, launching this explosive movement, uniting Americans across all demographics to leave the divisive left.  Brandon frequently provides commentary on Fox News as a recurring guest on Justice with Jeanine Pirro, Fox & Friends, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and many more. His hour long, in-depth interview with Mark Levin on Life, Liberty, and Levin exposed millions to Brandon Straka and the #WalkAway Campaign. Brandon also provides conservative commentary for numerous television media outlets. President Trump publicly acknowledged Brandon’s success in organizing the first ever #WalkAway March on Washington DC, with over 5,000 attendees. Brandon’s charismatic leadership and the #WalkAway message of unity and standing up against the left’s attack on American ideals resonate with people around the globe. Born and raised in rural Nebraska and now a resident of New York City, Brandon Straka travels the nation promoting the #WalkAway Campaign message and sharing his desire to bring a new awareness and understanding to the reality of politics in America today and his mission to unify America. #WalkAway Campaign The Campaign - The Campaign encourages and supports those on the Left to walk away from the divisive tenets endorsed and mandated by the Democratic Party. We are walking away from the lies, the false narratives, the fake news, the race-baiting, the victim narrative, the violence, the vandalism, the vitriol. We are walking away from a party driven by hate. We are walking toward patriotism and a new, unified America.

On the episode of Blunt Force Truth, Chuck and Mark are joined by Brandon Straka, the founder of the #WalkAway Campaign and former Democratic party supporter. Brandon shares more about the #WalkAway Campaign and his decision to leave the Democratic party. Chuck and Mark start by asking Brandon about the events leading to his decision to walk away from the Democratic Party. He explains how he had supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, and her loss was devastating to him. Brandon shares how seeing a video opened his eyes to the deception used by the media to create fear. Their conversation moves into Brandon explaining how he started the #WalkAway movement and the backlash he received because of it. Chuck, Mark and Brandon discuss the struggles with revealing different political views while living in a liberal-dominated area. Brandon explains how his campaign grew very quickly and distanced him from many of those close to him. They finish up the show considering the impact that politics have had on Brandon's friendships and his experiences on both sides of the fall out. Brandon explains how he has been happier since he publicly walked away and the positive impact it has made. They also talk about Conservatives' acceptance of everyone and support for those who leave the Democratic Party. More about Brandon Straka: Brandon Straka, the founder of the #WalkAway Campaign, is a former liberal and former Democratic Party supporter who has very publicly walked away from the political left and created a social movement encouraging others to do the same. His original YouTube video about his decision to leave the Democratic Party went viral in May of 2018, launching this explosive movement, uniting Americans across all demographics to leave the divisive left. Brandon frequently provides commentary on Fox News as a recurring guest on Justice with Jeanine Pirro, Fox & Friends, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and many more. His hour long, in-depth interview with Mark Levin on Life, Liberty, and Levin exposed millions to Brandon Straka and the #WalkAway Campaign. Brandon also provides conservative commentary for numerous television media outlets. President Trump publicly acknowledged Brandon's success in organizing the first ever #WalkAway March on Washington DC, with over 5,000 attendees. Brandon's charismatic leadership and the #WalkAway message of unity and standing up against the left's attack on American ideals resonate with people around the globe. Born and raised in rural Nebraska and now a resident of New York City, Brandon Straka travels the nation promoting the #WalkAway Campaign message. He shares his desire to bring a new awareness and understanding to the reality of politics in America today, along with his mission to unify America. Connect with Brandon Straka: Website: WalkAwayCampaign.com Twitter: @usminority YouTube: YouTube.com/usminority Instagram: @usminority Facebook: @usminority   Don't forget to leave us a voicemail for the chance to have it played on a future episode. You can do so by clicking the link. https://bluntforcetruth.com/voicemail/ Also, check out the store on our website to get your own Blunt Force Truth gear. https://store.bluntforcetruth.com/  

Luis Drayton and Professor P-Soop present the latest edition of "Butterflies and Hurricanes" on Fusion Music Radio! With Special Guest Demon Boy, music from Mikayla, The Oohz, Knee High Fox, Octane, Tonetta, Baluja, Professor P-Soop - plus "The Week In Lulz" and more!*Listeners are advised that this show may contain material of a contentious nature. If you are easily offended, do not listen. YOUR FEE-FEES HAVE BEEN WARNED.Special Guest Demon Boy:https://www.demonboyband.comhttps://www.facebook.com/demonboymusicNews stories:#Walkaway March on Washington: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/25/walkaway-movement-march-washington-ahead-midterms/Another migrant caravan gathering at Guatemala border: https://thehill.com/latino/413269-another-migrant-caravan-gathering-at-guatemala-borderExorcist to hold mass for Kavanaugh to counteract witches 'hexing’ him: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/412114-catholics-and-exorcists-pray-for-kavanaugh-to-counteractWitches cast hex on Kavanaugh video: https://www.facebook.com/Breitbart/videos/live-witches-casting-hex-on-brett-kavanaugh-in-brooklyn/786579995007424/Rihanna turns down the Super Bowl Halftime show: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6292857/Rihanna-turned-Super-Bowl-Halftime-disagrees-NFL-anthem-kneel-row.htmlAmy Schumer turning down Super Bowl ads to protest ‘endless racism people of color face’: https://ew.com/news/2018/10/20/amy-schumer-turning-down-super-bowl-ads-protestTourism still suffering in town where diner denied Sarah Huckabee Sanders: https://nypost.com/2018/09/03/tourism-still-suffering-in-town-where-diner-denied-sarah-huckabee-sanders/Cosby hit in face by chicken patty: https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2018/10/bill-cosby-slapped-by-fellow-inmate-with-a-chicken-patty/‘Explosively breeding’ frogs are literally dropping from above in NC, experts say: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article219663830.htmlSquirrel 'with very large breasts' drives Japanese social media wild: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6277409/Squirrel-large-breasts-drives-Japanese-social-media-wild.htmlMan whose deportation was blocked by passengers revealed as convicted gang rapist: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/14/man-whose-deportation-was-blocked-by-passengers-revealed-as-convicted-gang-rapist-8036129/www.fusionmusicradio.net

Luis Drayton and Professor P-Soop present the latest edition of "Butterflies and Hurricanes" on Fusion Music Radio! With Special Guest Demon Boy, music from Mikayla, The Oohz, Knee High Fox, Octane, Tonetta, Baluja, Professor P-Soop - plus "The Week In Lulz" and more!*Listeners are advised that this show may contain material of a contentious nature. If you are easily offended, do not listen. YOUR FEE-FEES HAVE BEEN WARNED.Special Guest Demon Boy:https://www.demonboyband.comhttps://www.facebook.com/demonboymusicNews stories:#Walkaway March on Washington: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/25/walkaway-movement-march-washington-ahead-midterms/Another migrant caravan gathering at Guatemala border: https://thehill.com/latino/413269-another-migrant-caravan-gathering-at-guatemala-borderExorcist to hold mass for Kavanaugh to counteract witches 'hexing’ him: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/412114-catholics-and-exorcists-pray-for-kavanaugh-to-counteractWitches cast hex on Kavanaugh video: https://www.facebook.com/Breitbart/videos/live-witches-casting-hex-on-brett-kavanaugh-in-brooklyn/786579995007424/Rihanna turns down the Super Bowl Halftime show: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6292857/Rihanna-turned-Super-Bowl-Halftime-disagrees-NFL-anthem-kneel-row.htmlAmy Schumer turning down Super Bowl ads to protest ‘endless racism people of color face’: https://ew.com/news/2018/10/20/amy-schumer-turning-down-super-bowl-ads-protestTourism still suffering in town where diner denied Sarah Huckabee Sanders: https://nypost.com/2018/09/03/tourism-still-suffering-in-town-where-diner-denied-sarah-huckabee-sanders/Cosby hit in face by chicken patty: https://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2018/10/bill-cosby-slapped-by-fellow-inmate-with-a-chicken-patty/‘Explosively breeding’ frogs are literally dropping from above in NC, experts say: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article219663830.htmlSquirrel 'with very large breasts' drives Japanese social media wild: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6277409/Squirrel-large-breasts-drives-Japanese-social-media-wild.htmlMan whose deportation was blocked by passengers revealed as convicted gang rapist: https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/14/man-whose-deportation-was-blocked-by-passengers-revealed-as-convicted-gang-rapist-8036129/www.fusionmusicradio.net

Hour 1: BRANDON STRAKA of the #WalkAway movement steps back INTO the Saloon AGAIN to tell us about his #WalkAway March on DC, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday!Hour 2: Tons of Happy Stories, buttery political goodness, a little Kurt Schlichter and MUCH MORE.

Tonight: BRANDON STRAKA, creator of the #WalkAway movement and the upcoming #WalkAway March on DC, October 26th to 28th! Plus the continuing saga of Brett Kavanaugh.

The GOP offers Dr. Ford to testify on September 26th regarding her sexual assault claims. Could the President direct the FBI to investigate the accusation? Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein suggested secretly recording Trump and corroborating an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment. Brandon Straka joins us to discuss his #WalkAway March. Dr. Ford says she doesn’t feel comfortable flying to DC. John Rich from Big and Rich joins us to talk his American blended whisky with Redneck Riviera.

Jan Cook, Karen Kataline, Joy Overbeck & Hugh McNulty guest-hosting Backbone Radio on Labor Day Weekend. Cook talks about the Brandon Straka national #WalkAwayCampaign, people sharing their stories of why they walked away from the Democratic party. There is a #WalkAway March on D.C. from October 26-28. Overbeck amplifies the discussion about Walker Stapleton. Father Hugh shares how a GoFundMe for General Michael Flynn has been established, and encourages listeners to support General Flynn, and he talks about the latest Jack Phillips Masterpiece Cake Shop dust-up with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.