1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: On the Jordan Harbinger Show, You'll hear amazing stories from 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: people that have lived them, from spies to CEOs, even 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: an undercover agent who infiltrated the Gambino crime family. You're 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: about to hear a preview of The Jordan Harbinger Show 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: with Jack Garcia, who did just that. My career was 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: twenty four out of twenty six years was solely dedicated 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: working on the cover. I walk in, I'm in the bar. 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: How there's a bar made? Dare good looking young lady 9 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: see serving me? Joey, Hey, what would you like? I 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: usually my frank was give me a kettle, one martini, 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: three olives, class of water on the side. I finished 12 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: the drink. The guys come in. I'm gonna go go 13 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: in my pocket, take out the big wad of money. Hey, am, 14 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: I give her one hundred hours. If you're with the mob, 15 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: I say, hey, Jordan, you're on record with us. That 16 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: means we protect you. Nobody could shake you down. We 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: could shake you down. Oh, you're on record with us. 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: For more on how Jack became so trusted in the 19 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: highest levels of the Gambino organization, check out episode three 20 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: ninety two of the Jordan Harbinger show. You know your 21 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: house smells, don't get mad. Don't get mad. My house 22 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: smells too. I'm not indicting you. I'm sure you keep 23 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: a clean home, but just time means you're going to 24 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: acquire smells. Whether those are cooking smells that get in 25 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: your paint, your carpet, maybe their animals smells. Maybe you're 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,839 Speaker 1: a smoker, or someone else was just living creates smells. 27 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: I didn't realize that my home had a smell to 28 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: it until I got my first Eden Pure Thunderstorm, the 29 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: greatest air purifier I've ever owned in my life. This thing. 30 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: I had it plugged in for two hours. I came 31 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: back in the room and my air smells so clean. 32 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: I now owned three of them. I'm not making that up. 33 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: This thing has absolutely changed me on top of what 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: it's done from my allergies. Go get one, get two, 35 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: you like me, and get three. Go to Eden Pure 36 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,279 Speaker 1: deals dot com. Make sure you use the promo code 37 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: Jesse that gets you ten bucks off and free shipping. 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: Eden Pure deals dot Com promo code Jesse. We've got 39 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: a different show for you tonight, probably not quite as 40 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: light and airy as the show normally is. You know 41 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: we we present hard things but try to laugh quite 42 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: a bit. Well, this is a more it's a more 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: direct show. We'll do one of these every single year. 44 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: This is a Memorial Day show. This is a show 45 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: about the fallen. And I do want to point something 46 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: out here. Memorial Day is not Veterans Day. And I 47 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: understand when people do things on Memorial Day, like they'll 48 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: thank a veteran and then then police officers and then 49 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: fireman and first responders. I understand you're doing that out 50 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: of the goodness of your heart. If that's something you do, 51 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: you're not a bad person for doing it. Please stop, 52 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 1: Please stop, because as a day reserved for those who 53 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: have given their life on behalf of this nation, that's 54 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: what Memorial Day is for. And they're so special, they 55 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: are so important to what this country is, to what 56 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: this country should be. They deserve to have a day 57 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: that's not watered down at all. Hear me out, Memorial 58 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: Day is not Veterans Day, it's not Armed Services Day, 59 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 1: it's not First Responders Day, police Officers Day, or Fireman's Day. 60 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: It is the day where we honor the ones who 61 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: never got to come home, who never got to enjoy 62 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: that life, as a husband, as a father, wife, mother, 63 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: It's a day where we honor them, and they deserve 64 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: to have that day. So I understand it will be 65 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: a heavier show today, but I think it's necessary. And 66 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: understand when I say I think it's necessary, I think 67 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: it's necessary not just for the people who are who 68 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: we lost, not even for their families, although both of 69 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: those things are very necessary. I think it's necessary for 70 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: the next generation to look at who we honor, because 71 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: a nation will become who a nation reveres. Don't you 72 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: think we should be revering these people more than the 73 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: people we revere now? I do so. I actually picked 74 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: somebody today, one of my heroes throughout history. His name 75 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: is John Basilone or John Basilone, depending on who you 76 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: talk to and just how Italian you are. He is 77 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: a marine, a marine who won the Medal of Honor 78 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: and the Navy Cross and his service in the Pacific 79 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: during World War Two, and he is a lion of 80 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: a man, a man who deserves a place of honor. 81 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: And so tonight on the show, I know it's a 82 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: bit unorthodox, I'm going to read for you his Medal 83 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: of Honor citation. You can hear from me what he did, 84 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: and then I'm going to read his Navy Cross citation 85 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: as well. This is not again just about him or 86 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: his family, even though he certainly deserves all the honors 87 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: we could bestow on him. This is who you're supposed 88 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: to be, not the latest pop star or politician or 89 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: TV pundin. This is the man you're supposed to try 90 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: to be. This is his Medal of Honor citation for 91 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry and action against enemy Japanese 92 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: forces above and beyond the call of duty while serving 93 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: with the first Battalion, seventh Marines, first Marine Division in 94 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: the Lunga Area, Guadalcanal the Solomon Islands on the twenty 95 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: fourth and twenty fifth October nineteen forty two, while the 96 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: enemy was hammering at the Marines defensive positions, Sergeant Basilone, 97 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: in charge of two sections of heavy machine guns, fought 98 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: valiantly to check the savage and determined assault. In a 99 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: fierce frontal attack, with the Japanese blasting his guns with 100 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: grenades and mortar fire, one of Sergeant Basilone's sections, with 101 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: its gun crews, was put out of action, leaving only 102 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: two men able to carry on. Moving an extra gun 103 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: into position, he placed it in action, then, under continual fire, 104 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: repaired another, and personally manned it, gallantly, holding his line 105 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: until replacements arrived. A little later. With ammunition critically low 106 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: and the supply lines cut off, Sergeant Basilone, a great 107 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: risk of his life in the face of continued enemy attack, 108 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: battled his way through hostile lines with urgently needed shells 109 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: for his gunners, thereby contributing in large measure to the 110 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: virtual annihilation of a Japanese regiment. His great personal valor 111 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: and courageous initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions 112 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: of US Naval service. I want to point out something there, 113 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: because you get kind of a boilerplate version a couple 114 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: of things you may not have read. One the Japanese 115 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: were so fierce when they were attacking the lines. They 116 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,559 Speaker 1: were so determined that the Marines had killed so many 117 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: of them. In front of the line. They had to 118 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: run out and push over the stacks of Japanese bodies 119 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: so they could see to shoot the next one's coming. 120 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: And when Baslona had to take off and go get 121 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: those shells, he had to kill men with his hands 122 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:26,679 Speaker 1: in the dark in Japan, well in the Solomon Islands. 123 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: That is a man right there. But after that, the 124 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: man was lionized, absolutely lionized as you could imagine. I mean, 125 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: that's an American hero. They wanted him to go back 126 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: do all these fancy tours, help him raise money for 127 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: the war. It always ate at him that he wasn't 128 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: over there fighting still. There were still marines fighting. And 129 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: this is a man who could have sat back, gotten 130 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: fat cake, whiskey, life of luxury. I'll be a national hero, 131 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: pretty girls. He couldn't do it. He couldn't do it. 132 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: Instead he went back and this is his Navy Cross citation. 133 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: Gunnery Sergeant Basilone boldly defied the smashing bombardment of heavy 134 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: caliber fire to work his way around the flank and 135 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: up to a position directly on top of the blockhouse 136 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: and then attacking with grenades and demolitions, single handedly destroy 137 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: the entire hostile strong point and it's defending garrison. This 138 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: is a man who's so special. The HBO, the channel, obviously, 139 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: HBO did a series really based around him called The Pacific. 140 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: Whether you're an HBO fan or not, I highly recommend 141 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: you watch it and I don't know how old your 142 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: kids are, or even if you have them, if they're 143 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: of age, to hear some coarse marine language and to 144 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: see some ugly things might be something to sit down 145 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: and watch with your children. Is it hard, you bet? 146 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: It is. Of course it's very hard. I think it's 147 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,040 Speaker 1: worth it for you and I to watch with the 148 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: men did on our behalf, don't you These men, men 149 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: like John Basilone, That's really what built the United States 150 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: of America. John Basilone never came home. He died on 151 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: the island of iwo Jima, a blackened It was all 152 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: this black sand and black volcano rock, a blackened hellhole. 153 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: And he died on Ewojima because after winning a medal 154 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: of honor and living a life of luxury, very briefly, 155 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: he decided he still had a duty to his men, 156 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 1: he still had a duty to his nation. I only 157 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: point him out by name because one it's a great story, 158 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: and two there are too many for me to name 159 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: them all. The truth is, we have so many people 160 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: who have gone and died on behalf of this country. 161 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: They deserve our honor, they deserve our respect. And I 162 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: will say this Memorial Day, I already told you what 163 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: it's about and what it's not about. Don't think for 164 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: a second you're not allowed to go have hot dogs 165 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: and cheeseburgers and swimming pool time and tip back a 166 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: couple of beers because you're supposed to sit around and 167 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: cry all day. Men like John Basilone and others I 168 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: served with these guys, they would want you to do it. 169 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: They would insist that you go be an American on 170 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: that day. All I'm asking of you, just a request. 171 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: All I'm asking of you is on that day with 172 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: your baseball and hot dogs and everything else, take a 173 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: moment with your children. With the children around you, take 174 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: a moment and simply explain to them, why is daddy, 175 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: your mommy not at work today? Why do we have 176 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: the day off? Well, here's why. Because this country has 177 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: produced lions who gave up the entire rest of their 178 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: existence to go to some really horrible places and fight 179 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: on our behalf. And that's the only reason why. It's 180 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: not the politicians, believe it or not, it's not even 181 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: the constitution. It's the people who are willing to throw 182 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: themselves into the maw and die. That's the reason you 183 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: and I get to luxuriate in this wonderful place we 184 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: call America. Do not forget it. So, like I said, 185 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: we have a great show for you tonight. There are 186 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: more heroes to list than I could ever list. If 187 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: I had the ability to do so, I would take 188 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: the entire show, even though it would take to forty 189 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 1: eight straight hours and read every single name of every 190 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: person we've lost. I can't do that. What I can 191 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: do is read you a couple stories about John basilone 192 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: I can bring on some great guests we can remember 193 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 1: to honor the people we've lost in this country because 194 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: they deserve it. So again, Memorial Day, it's not Veteran's Day, 195 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: it's not police officers Day, Fireman's Day, or first Responder's Day. 196 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: This is a special, sacred day. Let's make sure we 197 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: hold it up, and hold it up high and explain 198 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: to our love of ones around us what it really means. 199 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 1: I doubt any of that made you uncomfortable, but even 200 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: if it did, I'm right. We got a great show 201 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: for you it starting now. Your holster is way more 202 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 1: important than you think it is. It's just way more 203 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,679 Speaker 1: important than you think it is. What look and I 204 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: get that the holsters not the sexy part of carrying firearms. 205 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: All right, you want to talk about your weapon and 206 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: your ammunition. You want to talk about your safety training. 207 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk about how you did at the range. 208 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: I'll look at my groups. I was doing these failure 209 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: drills today, and all that stuff is really important. I mean, 210 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: really really important. I'm not discounting that. But I've known 211 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 1: so many people who do all those things. They take 212 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: all the necessary steps, and then they carry with a 213 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: holster they bought from a big box hunting store that 214 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 1: was made a thousand at a time. Please don't put 215 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: your life in one of those holsters. You need to 216 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: trust Northwest Retention Systems because it's all custom made gear. 217 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: It's the only thing I carry around. NW Retention dot Com. 218 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: That's NW Retention dot Com used the promo code Jesse 219 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: gets you ten percent off Newton Group Transfer. 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Joining me now Gretchen Smith 238 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: with CODEA Vets. She is the founder of CODEA Vets 239 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: And Gretchen, I need you to tell me a story 240 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: about a mister Danny Smiley, if you wouldn't mind, and 241 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: please take your time. Thank you Jesse for having me on. 242 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: That's my dad, Sergeant Danny Smiley. He was a combat 243 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: battering back in the war in Vietnam, came back home 244 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: a very troubled spirit. His behavior was chaotic, and I 245 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: believe it was a direct reflection of how he felt 246 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: on the inside. Dad did rea shout for help initially 247 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: when he had come back home at the VA in Asheville, 248 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: North Carolina, and they told him that he had something 249 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 1: called shall shock and that basically he needed to suck 250 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: it up and be a man and never speak of 251 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: it again. And it just ate away at Dad like cancer. 252 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: He never was able to find peace or long term 253 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: stability with what he had done in the jungle. He 254 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: had lost some brothers in arms. It just was a 255 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: horrific time. As we know war is Wara's health and 256 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: we ended up losing Dad back in two thousand and five. 257 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: One of my last conversations with him, I sat down 258 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: into it was very raw. I was in here, so 259 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: was he, and I just said, look God, I said, 260 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: what are you doing? Or we need you? And he 261 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: looked at Mena a big tear drawing down his face, 262 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: and he said, Rautchen, I'm tired. They've beat me, They've won. 263 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: I'm ready to go home. And I have to tell you, Jesse, 264 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: I've heard those same words from so many veterans since 265 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 1: starting Codavets. To honor my dad. So this is an inspiration, 266 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: this is a legacy for him. Coat. It's about my dad. 267 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to honor his life, his death, his service 268 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: because he mattered. And all of our veterans who commit 269 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: suicide and her really struggling out there, they matter. Their 270 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: journeys need to be told, their stories need to be shared, Gretsion, 271 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: a tribute noted by the way that everybody the dude 272 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: was a Bronze Star recipient. So this guy was the 273 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: real deal, Gresion. Why are we failing our vets? And 274 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: this is what I mean by that. The country as 275 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: a whole, I mean even many Democrats, obviously not the 276 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: radical left, but even many Democrats. The country as a 277 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: whole loves veterans, right, I mean you walk by one, 278 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: you automatically you want to watch movies about him. You 279 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: walk by one, you want to say thank you. The 280 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: country as a whole loves veterans. They run out on 281 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: the field at a baseball game, they're going to get 282 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: a standing ovation. So why these guys who come back 283 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: and they're broken physically and or mentally do they get 284 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: kind of tossed aside? Is it? Do we not want 285 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: to think about him in that way, why while I'm 286 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: missing the disconnect there is. There's a huge disconnect, and 287 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: it's the million dollar question, and it's I'm out here 288 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: every day in the weeds with individual veterans every day. 289 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: So is my partner, doctor Cindy Walter, walking with them, 290 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: finding them assistance and that we put our veterans. We 291 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: thanked them for their service, and yes, we do value 292 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: our veterans as a nation, but when it comes down 293 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: to day to day helping them through that transition from 294 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: military time back into the civilian world and finding their 295 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: way back to stability, we're dropping the ball. The suicide 296 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: issue is very complex. You know, there's many like issues 297 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: that contributes to it. PTSDs part of it, TBI, a 298 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: poor family support system, not a strong community support network. 299 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: Our brothers and sisters in RM come back home and 300 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: they lose that comraderie and brotherhood is real. You know 301 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: that you've experienced it. I've experienced it. And when you 302 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: come back and you don't have that and you're trying 303 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: to find it, you can lose your way and you 304 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: can take you can take a nose dive very quickly 305 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: without any kind of support. So I think it's on 306 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: US as a nation to figure out how do we 307 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: provide grassroots, local community support as these veterans are coming 308 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: out of service, especially our combat vets, they really need that. 309 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: We go into basic training, we're torn down and we're 310 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: built up to be to work as a team, to 311 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: function as a team. But when we leave the military, 312 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: we separate or retire, we do not get that same 313 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: type of intense training, and we need that. We need 314 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,159 Speaker 1: mechanisms to put in place for our veterans. And this 315 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: is something that we should be having a discussion on 316 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: the national level every single day until we can get 317 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: these suicide numbers down. Jesse. There's been a surge because 318 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: of last year of the COVID research and shutdown, So 319 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: we've got a surgeon and suicide versus reducing these numbers. 320 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: So this is something we need to be out here. 321 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: It's a worthy conversation. It can pull our nation together. 322 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: It is bipartisan. We all need to rally around our 323 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: warriors because they're the ones who've served and who've honored 324 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: our nation, preserved our freedoms. Question. Okay, last year you 325 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: mentioned the suicides went up. Is that just a is 326 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,200 Speaker 1: that a job lost? Thing? Is that you know, descending 327 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: back into substance abuse. They why why did our veteran 328 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: suicides go up last year? Last year? There's a direct 329 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: correlation with the COVID restrictions and shutdowns when you isolate 330 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 1: our vets. We had one who was a bartender and 331 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: that was his social network, that was he is a 332 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: way out and he loved that interaction, and he ended 333 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: up killing himself because he was locked into his apartment 334 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: basically on lockdown, and was not able to have those 335 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: relationships that he needed to survive. And that's just one 336 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: of many, many stories. We have to do better as 337 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: a nation when we when we take on, you know, 338 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: a pandemic and decide we're going to go with these 339 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: extreme measures, It's going to come with extreme consequences. And 340 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: of course a lot of them lost their jobs and 341 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: their paychecks, and many of them were living paycheck to paycheck, 342 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: didn't have the savings place, and if it did, it 343 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: was minimal and not that they were not able to 344 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 1: live on it. So that created a whole new stress 345 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 1: level for our veterans that are already triggered by their 346 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: PTSD and trying to figure out how to live with that. 347 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: So when you throw in financial turmoil and voiding into 348 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: the mix. It was just too much for some of them. Jesse. 349 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: We have a lot of work to do. We have 350 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: there's so much recovery we have to we have to 351 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: be working towards from last year, and we're still feeling 352 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,959 Speaker 1: that surge of suicide into this year. It's picked up 353 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: in We're just a small grass record, but we're dealing 354 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 1: with a lot of suicide stuff right now, and it's 355 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,679 Speaker 1: it's not right. We need we need as a nation 356 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: to embrace our warriors, to say we're here. You do 357 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: not have to walk this path alone. There is help, 358 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: there is hope. Let us let us carry the load 359 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: with you. Let us find you resources that you're comfortable with, 360 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: so that we can get you back to living life, 361 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 1: not just barely surviving day to day grudge. And I 362 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: understand I mean the VA as a whole other conversation. 363 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: Government is what it is. But private organizations such as 364 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: I'm mainly talking about religious institutions, have they stepped up 365 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: as there are there major religious institutions stepping up and 366 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 1: stepping in. In my mind, they should be kind of 367 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 1: on the forefront of that kind of thing. Bringing these 368 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: guys in and giving them help. Are they Now That's 369 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: that's a great point, Jesse, and I completely agree with you, 370 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: and they're not. They are not stepping into the arena 371 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: to assist veterans, not that I have seen. And I'm 372 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: out there in social media world every day and I've 373 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: got a good wholesome what's going on, and we're not 374 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,919 Speaker 1: seeing that. We need our spiritual leaders to be a 375 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: part of this journey because this is you cannot throw 376 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: money at a suicide issue and expect a reduction in numbers. 377 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: This is a heart and soul matter we need. That's 378 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: how we need to be addressing this. And our country 379 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: is dropping the ball when it comes to taking care 380 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: of our warriors when they are in crisis like this. 381 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 1: So that's it's such an important point for us to 382 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: notate for our listeners that we all have to get involved, 383 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: especially our churches, our leaders in the community. We all 384 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 1: need to be in the interacting with each other and 385 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: finding solutions in our local communities for our veterans, because 386 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 1: they're worth it and we're losing way too many of them. Gretchen. 387 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: The individual army branches or army, the individual military branches themselves, 388 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: Army and Air Force, Navy, and of course the best 389 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: one in the Marine Corps. Are they are they improving? 390 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,679 Speaker 1: I remember when I got back from Iraq and we 391 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: were getting ready to get out. I'm not here to 392 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 1: rip on the Marine Corps anything like that. It was fine, 393 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: It worked out five and it certainly wasn't extensive. The 394 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: mental health check on it. We've just gotten back from 395 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 1: war and it was got to check your eyes, check 396 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: you're is out of boy patch under your in and 397 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: out you win. I'm assuming that's gotten better over the years, 398 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,639 Speaker 1: though not much yet. Believe it or not, we're not 399 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: seeing a whole lot of changes in that particular area. 400 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: Once you transition out, you're pretty much on your own. 401 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: You have some of your you know, your classes that 402 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: we all went through, you know, for our time and services, 403 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: and we haven't seen any improvement on that. And a 404 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: lot of those those classes that are offered the curriculum 405 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: is from years ago. It hasn't been updated. So that's 406 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: another area of improvement that we can work on letting 407 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: our veterans know, hey, you can have a rough road 408 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 1: a hat, you're going to fill some things, You're going 409 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: to go through some things when you transition, you're going 410 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: to miss out onto your military lifestyle and that brotherhood 411 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 1: on that connection that you only get here. So you've 412 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: got to work on that on the outside and find 413 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: a little fire team, so to speak. You know, you've 414 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: got to find and build your own little support network 415 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: in order to survive. Because I feel like we find 416 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: strength in each other, Jessie, that that's truly is the 417 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: answer is God. But also with us finding that those 418 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: little teams of you know, in our communities that support 419 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: to get through those rough times and to find our balance, 420 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: and we can do that, we can recreate that. We 421 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: just have to make an effort as an nation. And 422 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: this again, we need to be talking about this every 423 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: single day. We are so hyper focused on politics. We're 424 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: leaving our warriors behind and it's and the numbers are glaring. 425 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: It's telling that we're leaving them behind. Gretchen Smith, everybody, 426 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: thank you so much, Gretchen, and I appreciate you. Thank you. 427 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:37,400 Speaker 1: Jesse all right, we'll be back joining me now. One 428 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: of our favorite guests on this show, former New York Giants, 429 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: and we're proud of that. Also, he runs the Jack 430 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: Brewer Foundation, which is one of the great foundations out there, 431 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: and part of that is investing in our veterans program. Jack, 432 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: why would you invest in veterans as part of the 433 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: Jack Brewer Foundation? Explain. You know, I've been doing prison 434 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: ministry and working with underserved population for so long, man, 435 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: and as I was in the prison, I started noticing 436 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: just you know, dozens and dozens of veterans that I 437 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: crossed path with behind bars, and you know, I started 438 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: doing my research and I noticed that, you know, we've had, 439 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: we have over eighty six thousand veterans in our prisons 440 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: across America, and that just wasn't right to me, man, 441 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: because you meet these guys who, you know, some of 442 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,959 Speaker 1: them had gone over and served in the Wars and 443 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: had served in the military, and you know, they had issues. 444 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,360 Speaker 1: You know, they had addiction issues, drugs, you know, alcohol 445 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: abuse and all kinds of things. But to lock them 446 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: up for this long I just felt it was wrong. 447 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 1: And so I started to really try to focus my 448 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 1: programming on this population in particular. Uh. And so you know, 449 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: we went out and we lost the program. We raised 450 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: some funds from the Canal Foundation and we were able 451 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 1: to start giving small grants to to these inmates. We're 452 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 1: teaching them about business, about investing, and we're helping them 453 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: start a bank account once they get out of prison. 454 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: And so it's really been rewarding. But you know, every 455 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: time I walk into the prison and I go every Friday, man, 456 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: and I go teach them. Every time I walk into 457 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: the prison and they stand up to salute me, I 458 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,400 Speaker 1: get this feeling, and I get the chills running down 459 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: my bones, man, because I know these guys have served 460 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 1: our country, yet they're gonna stay in prison and I 461 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: get to go home to my family. God bless you 462 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,399 Speaker 1: for a jack, Jack, Why do you think they struggle? 463 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: Because look, I mean a lot of my buddies did 464 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: a lot of my buddies still do. I have a 465 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: friend of mine just got out of state prison in 466 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: California that I fought in Iraq with. And there's a lot, Jack, 467 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot. About half of them. I 468 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: think it just they kind of go sideways when they 469 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 1: get back. You're the one talks to them in prison. 470 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 1: Why do you think that that happens? You know, a 471 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: lot of them need support that they're not getting. You know, 472 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 1: when you have issues and you're facing addiction and those 473 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: type of things, you need a support system. You know. 474 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: It's really similar to what we see a lot of 475 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: our adolescents that are going through issues, you know, whether 476 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: they're in homes where they're broken or don't have fathers. 477 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: You know, the guys that I get in contact with, 478 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: they need that programming, you know, whether it's that faith 479 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: and character programming, whether it's that those behavioral classes to 480 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,199 Speaker 1: remind them. But most importantly it goes back to spirituality. 481 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: If you can can get these guys to really dive 482 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: in to serving God, to serving humanity, and reminding them 483 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,959 Speaker 1: of the things that they learned when they were serving 484 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:33,199 Speaker 1: our country, you know, being your brothers and sisters keepers 485 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 1: and really laying your life on the line for your 486 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: country and for your fellow man. I mean, that's what 487 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: Christ did, and so I always remind these guys that 488 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 1: they are the true heroes. And so I think if 489 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: if you put a support system around folks like that, 490 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: they can't overcome some of these addictions. And hey, some 491 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: people need to go to prison for a while. Some 492 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: people need to be reminded when they commit certain crimes. 493 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: So I'm not here saying that everyone needs to be 494 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: left out of prison, but I do think that our 495 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: prison system needs to improve itself in the caliber of 496 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: programming that it's offering to men and women behind bars. 497 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: I think we waste a lot of time, a lot 498 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,760 Speaker 1: of money and resources when we have folks in prison 499 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: that aren't being provided the rehabilitation programming that they need 500 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: to truly come back and be great members of society. Well, 501 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 1: I don't disagree with you. There. Where's our disconnect? Then, Jack, 502 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: where's our failure? Because I mean, look, we're the wealthiest 503 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 1: station on Earth. I understand we're twenty three trillion to death, 504 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: but I don't want to talk about that. But we look, 505 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: the money is there where Bunny? We blow on everything 506 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: under the sun? How did we miss that? Why did 507 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: we miss that? What happened? You know, when you look 508 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: at the prison system, the budgets are massive. I think 509 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: last year the BOP budget was almost two billion dollars. 510 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: And so when you look at that budget and then 511 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: you look about look and see how much of that 512 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: budget actually goes into the rehabilitation in the programming within 513 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: the prison, it's a fraction of less than one percent 514 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: most of the time. And so you sit back and think, Okay, now, 515 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: incarceration is supposed to be there to rehab people, to 516 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: get people back and change their behavior. If we're not 517 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: spending money on real programming, what are we doing. And 518 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: so that's where the issues come. You know, whether it's 519 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: union's fighting for money, whether it's you know, the money 520 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: being spent misappropriately. It's just the money needs to go 521 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: in the right places. It's the same issues we see 522 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: in the education industry across America. These public schools that 523 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: are that are getting twenty five thousand dollars per kid 524 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 1: per year yet not producing quality education. The prison systems 525 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: are no different. It's shameful. But if you go into 526 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,719 Speaker 1: most state prisons, they do not have sufficient programming. They 527 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: don't have the job skill of training. They don't have 528 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: you know, the trade schools that are offered there. You know, 529 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: our programs now are preparing these guys that were when 530 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: they get out, they're gonna be ready for an interview, 531 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna understand the general concepts of business. And we're 532 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: also working with partners to be able to actually go 533 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,719 Speaker 1: into the prison and start doing job training behind bars 534 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: while we're waiting until these guys are getting out of prison. 535 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: Most states are giving them twenty five or fifty bucks 536 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: in them bus ticket to get home. But yet you're 537 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,720 Speaker 1: not training these same folks when we need a workforce 538 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: right now across our country. I think we are really 539 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: missing out on a big population that could help this 540 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: country remain stronger and stay stronger. Jack, I'm seeing some 541 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: military changes right now. I know you're seeing them too 542 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: under the new administration, and I don't like them. Man, 543 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: It's more than just crazy standard, you know, I expect 544 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: the college sociology professor to be a nutball who doesn't 545 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,959 Speaker 1: know about the real world. When I'm seeing ads from 546 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: the US Army campaigning for more lesbians, I think we 547 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: don't exactly have our priorities in line here. How did 548 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: we get so out of wax so fast? Because we 549 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: start we start confusing justice, um and making that be 550 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: without righteousness. And when you separate the two, you have 551 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: the issues that we see right now. You cannot have 552 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: justice without righteousness, all right. If you're gonna take a 553 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: person that's confused, a person that doesn't know what sex 554 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: they are, a person that doesn't know what sex that 555 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 1: they want to be with or to find as a mate, 556 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: that person is not necessarily the folks that you want 557 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: to have in the military. And people can get upset 558 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: at me for saying it, but that's not the first 559 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 1: person I want to be in a bunker next to 560 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: with my rifle the hand. And so I think we 561 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: got to look at the mental situation with a with 562 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: a lot of our with a lot of our folks, 563 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: military or otherwise, no matter what it is, there's certain 564 00:31:53,520 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: positions that are are not ideal for someone who is, 565 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: in my opinion, confused, confused on the way that God 566 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: created them and confused on the way that the Bible 567 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: teaches us and the creation of man. And so I 568 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: think we are focusing on the wrong things. We should 569 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: be focusing on how do we support our military when 570 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: they're out there fighting for this nation? And then also 571 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: how do we better support these guys were in their home. 572 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: How do we make sure that our heroes, the guys 573 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: that put their lives on the line, are truly taking 574 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: care of. And I'm not just talking about with the 575 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: VA and these other programs, but I'm actually talking about 576 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: finding these pockets of veterans that are homeless, these veterans 577 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: that don't have families, and figure out a way to 578 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: give them that pride for country and make them really 579 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: be staples in our society. Again across the board, A man, 580 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: the Jack Brewer Foundation, everybody goes support a Jack. I 581 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: can't thank you enough. So I appreciate you as always anytime. Brother, 582 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: God bless you and keep fighting for good and fighting 583 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 1: for justice and country. Man, you're doing a great job. 584 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 1: You too, my man too. Appreciate you. It's a good 585 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: dude right there. Then I've run into a lot of 586 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,320 Speaker 1: foundations out there just because of what I do. I 587 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 1: don't know that I've run into a better one than 588 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,920 Speaker 1: Jack Burer Foundation. That's the truth. You don't have to 589 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 1: dip forever. You know that, Ryan, You don't have to 590 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: smoke forever. And the reason I say it like that 591 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: is I have been that guy. I've been that guy. 592 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,960 Speaker 1: I dipped for so long, and what would happen is 593 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: I would decide I'm gonna quit. It's bad for me. 594 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna quit. I'm a man, I don't need any help. 595 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna quit cold turkey. And I would fail 596 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: time and time and time again. I tried things like 597 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: the patch that didn't work, gum, sunflower seeds. I tried 598 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: at all. It's just a matter of finding the right 599 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 1: thing to help you quit. That's Jake's Mintchew. Go put 600 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 1: in your dip. Just make sure it's Jake's Minchew. It's 601 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: tobacco free, it's nicotine free, it's even sugar free. And 602 00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: I highly recommend just a personal choice. I highly recommend 603 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: there's CBD pouches because it really helps take that extra 604 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: edge off. Get at Jake's mint Chew dot com. That's 605 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: Jake's mint chew dot com. Make sure you used to 606 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 1: promo code Jesse at check out. When you do that, 607 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: get ten percent off. All right, we'll be back. Well, 608 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: we only get the best people for you here on 609 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 1: I'm right, and obviously the best. By best people, I 610 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: mean marines. So joining me now is Josh Bendel, United 611 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: States Marine. I guess former, even though nobody's in X 612 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 1: also running for Senates in Ohio. Josh talking about heroes 613 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: and people who serve this country because I think it's 614 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 1: important that we don't just point out all the scumbags 615 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: out there, we actually talk about the really good people. 616 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 1: Why did you? Why did you sign up? Why the 617 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: Marine Corps of all things too? Why do you do 618 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: something easy like the air force. I was inspired by 619 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 1: my grandparents. So my grandfather Joe, he was a Holocaust survivor. 620 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: He was in the death camps. He was the only 621 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: one to survive in his family, and he was liberated 622 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: by Allied troops. My grandmother Fernanda, she was an Italian 623 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:24,720 Speaker 1: Jew that was saved and hidden by courageous Christians during 624 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: World War Two. And then my grandfather Harold, who was 625 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 1: from Cleveland. He was in the US military. And so 626 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,759 Speaker 1: when I was growing up, they just camered into me 627 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,960 Speaker 1: and pounded into me how proud we are to be 628 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,319 Speaker 1: Americans and really inspired me to want to pay it 629 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,959 Speaker 1: back and pay it forward. And they essentially said, like, listen, 630 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 1: you got to pay back this debt. It's a debt 631 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: to the US military. But for the US military, like 632 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 1: you wouldn't be right now. So that's why rogered up 633 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 1: and joined the United States Marine Corps. That's awesome, that's 634 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 1: all right. You know what, that was a lot to 635 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: unpack it once. Let's focus on grandma for a moment, 636 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 1: all right, rescued by courageous Christians. Unpacked that for me. 637 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: I will. So during World War Two, there were about 638 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: fifty thousand Jews in Italy and they went back in 639 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:17,319 Speaker 1: multiple generations. So four of those fifty thousand Jews were 640 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: my grandma Fernanda, my aunt Marietta, my aunt Ranata, and 641 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 1: my uncle Mario. And so as the Nazis were rising 642 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: in Europe, the word got back to this network of 643 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 1: courageous Christian families in Italy what was happening in other countries. 644 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 1: And so this network of incredibly courageous Christians got together 645 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,560 Speaker 1: and said, we're going to save these kids. And there 646 00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,399 Speaker 1: was a family in Torino, Italy, a Christian family who 647 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: risked their own life to save the life of my grandmother. 648 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 1: And if you think, Jesse about that level of courage, 649 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: you know, if the Nazis would have knocked on that door, 650 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: they would have not only killed my Grandma Fernanda, they 651 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 1: would have killed the Christian family hiding her as well. 652 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 1: And so, you know, I believe like that level of 653 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:10,520 Speaker 1: courage only comes from one place. It's one's faith. And 654 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: I believe that. You know, if we had the opportunity 655 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,879 Speaker 1: to ask that Christian family how they harness that type 656 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,760 Speaker 1: of courage and strength, they would say it was because 657 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 1: of their belief in God. And so yeah, that's the 658 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: second debt. I've been trying to repay it in my 659 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,720 Speaker 1: life as to that network of courageous Christians who informed 660 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: by their faith, saved my grandmother. And it's why I've 661 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 1: been such a pointy tip of the spear leader and 662 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,760 Speaker 1: defender of religious liberty and religious expression and religious freedom 663 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 1: and really the Judeo Christian values on which America was 664 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: founded and grew strong. And Jesse, if I may just 665 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:49,400 Speaker 1: like repeat that, the Judeo Christian values on which America 666 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: was founded and grew strong, not radical Muslim values, not atheism, 667 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 1: but Judeo Christian values. You can repeat that as often 668 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: as you want on my show, job, Josh, are we 669 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 1: losing it? I mean, I saw over the last year, 670 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: everyone's seen the statistics church attendance at record lows. I 671 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,399 Speaker 1: was just holding out that that was a COVID thing. 672 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,799 Speaker 1: But I've told people a thousand times on this show, 673 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: every nation has to have a religion or the national fall, 674 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,920 Speaker 1: that the religion is the son of a nation and 675 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 1: the whole thing revolves around it. And I feel like 676 00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,640 Speaker 1: we are losing ours. But does that be a melodramatic 677 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,840 Speaker 1: I don't think it's being melodramatic, So what's going on 678 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: in this country is the secular left is trying to 679 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: take God out of everything. They're trying to strip it 680 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: out of all aspects of our life. They are essentially 681 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,759 Speaker 1: trying to indoctrinate our kids. They're trying to make our 682 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 1: kids hate American, be ashamed for being Americans. And my 683 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: feeling is we shouldn't be watering down on our Judeo 684 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: Christian values. We should be doubling down on those Judeo 685 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:59,120 Speaker 1: Christian values, because what separates the Judeo Christian ethic from 686 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: atheist them or radical Islam or other beliefs is the 687 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:07,880 Speaker 1: acknowledgement and the obligation to fight for good over evil. 688 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,360 Speaker 1: And there's so much evil going on in our country 689 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,640 Speaker 1: right now. There's so much evil coming from Washington. We 690 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 1: got evil coming from Silicon Valley, we got evil coming 691 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,239 Speaker 1: from these woke corporations, and we definitely have evil coming 692 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:22,640 Speaker 1: from places like China and the Palestinians and the Russians. 693 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,080 Speaker 1: And so now is not a time for civility. Now 694 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,839 Speaker 1: is the time to fight, and we need fighters who 695 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 1: are gonna fight for good over evil. And sometimes it's 696 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: Republicans who are perpetrating that evil. So we need leaders 697 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,239 Speaker 1: who've got the guts in the backbone and not only 698 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: take on the radical left, but also take on the 699 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:44,800 Speaker 1: squishy establishment Republicans as well. God, we gotta get involved 700 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 1: in this guy's campaign, Josh, I don't understand why you're 701 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,600 Speaker 1: running for Senate. You've got you a successful dude who 702 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,480 Speaker 1: wants to go to Washington DC. Washington DC sucks. I 703 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:55,919 Speaker 1: moved there once myself. I moved out in like ten months. 704 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:59,399 Speaker 1: The whole place is at dump. It's definitely an assessabol 705 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:04,120 Speaker 1: As President Trump said, it's indeed a swamp. And I 706 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: think he did a fantastic job of starting to drain 707 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,800 Speaker 1: the swamp. And now I want to go to Washington 708 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,680 Speaker 1: following his footsteps and blow up the swamp. And what 709 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,320 Speaker 1: I think is going on in that swamp is there's 710 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:19,040 Speaker 1: this uniparty where the Democrats and the Republicans they start 711 00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,799 Speaker 1: to look the same and sound the same, and they're 712 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,400 Speaker 1: more interested in getting invited to the cocktail parties and 713 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,640 Speaker 1: being liked by the journalists and being liked by the 714 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 1: people in high society than they are about standing up 715 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 1: for the Constitution and standing up for the people and 716 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: standing up for the Trump America First Agenda. So let 717 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,920 Speaker 1: me be clear, Jesse, I am not going to Washington 718 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,839 Speaker 1: to make friends. I'm going to Washington to blow up 719 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: the system, and then I'm going to come home and 720 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,399 Speaker 1: live under the budget and the laws I created. That's 721 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:54,320 Speaker 1: why I signed the term limits Pledge. That's awesome, Josh. 722 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:57,680 Speaker 1: We're coming up on Memorial Day here. This is obviously 723 00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,440 Speaker 1: a heavy day for most people who've served, especially most 724 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,360 Speaker 1: people who've served and knew someone they lost. Do you 725 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,720 Speaker 1: have anybody in your family background, anyone in your time 726 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,719 Speaker 1: in that you lost you'd like to give a shout 727 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:12,319 Speaker 1: out to, or anyone else who who you've heard a 728 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: story about, who gave his life for this country and 729 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:18,000 Speaker 1: you think's worthy of discussion. Sure, I never met him, 730 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: but I had a cousin named Abe Mandel who was 731 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:26,000 Speaker 1: a marine and gave his life in Korea defending the 732 00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:28,880 Speaker 1: United States of America. And he's someone I'd like to 733 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,160 Speaker 1: recognize and listen. I'll tell you what I did last year. 734 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:32,600 Speaker 1: I'm Amorial Day, and I'll tell you what I'll be 735 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,480 Speaker 1: doing this year. I'm Amoral Day. I'll be taking my 736 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:39,640 Speaker 1: three kids, Gideon, who's five years old, Judah, who's six 737 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,480 Speaker 1: years old, and Rosie who's eight years old, and I 738 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,960 Speaker 1: take them to the cemetery and we go and plant 739 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,239 Speaker 1: flags next to the graves of veterans to honor them, 740 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,839 Speaker 1: because I'm trying to teach my kids and raise them 741 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,960 Speaker 1: up to be proud to be Americans and understand that 742 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 1: the reason we have this freedom, the reason we can 743 00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,440 Speaker 1: get on a soapbox on the street corner and say 744 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,200 Speaker 1: anything about at the government without fear of what happens 745 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,760 Speaker 1: to people who do that in China or in Saudi 746 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: Arabia or all other countries. The reason we can do 747 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,919 Speaker 1: that in freedom here today in America is because brave 748 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,960 Speaker 1: men and women who've paid the ultimate sacrifice in previous generations. 749 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:19,719 Speaker 1: Whether it was in places like Iwajima and Normandy and 750 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: Omaha Beach, or it was in Casan, or it was 751 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:28,560 Speaker 1: in Vietnam, or it was in places like Fallujah and Ramadi. 752 00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,760 Speaker 1: There's so many men and women who pay the ultimate 753 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:36,560 Speaker 1: sacrifice so we can live free today. A man Josh 754 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,880 Speaker 1: man dever body, Josh plug your website please before we 755 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 1: let you go real easy. It's Josh Mandel dot com, 756 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:47,400 Speaker 1: Josh M A N D E. L dot com. Listen. 757 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,320 Speaker 1: If you're a wallflower and you're part of the Republican 758 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,680 Speaker 1: establishments and you're looking for civility, I'm probably not your guy. 759 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:58,680 Speaker 1: But if you're anti establishment and you want to stand 760 00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,120 Speaker 1: up for the Constitution and you want a fighter, and 761 00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,200 Speaker 1: you want someone who's gonna take on the radical left 762 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,440 Speaker 1: but also take on the squishy establishment in the Republican 763 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,600 Speaker 1: Party and going to stand up in advance the Trump 764 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:12,440 Speaker 1: America First agenda, I am your guy. And even if 765 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,600 Speaker 1: you don't live in Ohio, this is a national race. 766 00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,520 Speaker 1: This is about fighting for the soul the Republican Party, 767 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 1: this is about fighting for the soul of the conservative movement. 768 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,800 Speaker 1: And would love to have you in our in our team, 769 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: it's Josh Mandel dot com, Josh m A N D 770 00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,280 Speaker 1: e l dot com, and Jesse. As I said earlier, 771 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:30,480 Speaker 1: I didn't get to say it on air, so I 772 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,000 Speaker 1: do want to say it on air. I've been a 773 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:34,120 Speaker 1: huge fan of yours for a long time. It's great 774 00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,680 Speaker 1: to see another devil dog out there doing big things 775 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,520 Speaker 1: and standing up and fighting the fight. And just appreciate 776 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,080 Speaker 1: everything you're doing to uh stand in the gap and 777 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:46,200 Speaker 1: stand up for our country. Seper five. My brother appreciate 778 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:52,279 Speaker 1: you seper five about that. It's kind of people we need. 779 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:53,239 Speaker 1: We'll be back.