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Tuesday's primary election results were generally bad for President Trump and America First patriots. Two of his most important endorsements failed miserably, underperforming even compared to their dismal poll numbers. David Perdue and Jody Hice were trounced by voter-fraud-deniers Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger in Georgia. This established a string of losses for Trump-endorsed candidates taking on GOP Establishment incumbents.
According to WSJ:
In Georgia on Tuesday night, Gov. Brian Kemp decisively won his primary against the former president’s candidate, former Sen. David Perdue. Last week in Idaho, Mr. Trump’s candidate, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, lost her challenge to Gov. Brad Little. A week before that, Charles Herbster, the Trump-backed businessman who ran for governor in Nebraska and faced allegations of groping women, lost to University of Nebraska official Jim Pillen. Mr. Herbster denied the allegations; Mr. Trump told voters to overlook them.
Georgia’s governor race was perhaps the marquee primary test given it was the center of the president’s false 2020 election fraud claims that he says will boost turnout for Republicans this fall. He repeatedly attacked Mr. Kemp, calling him weak for not trying to overturn President Biden’s win there.
Does this mean Trump has lost his touch or, worse yet, his support? Not at all. It means the two things I've been saying since before the first primary this year are still quite true, even for Trump. First, it's always going to be tough to beat an incumbent who doesn't have a major scandal attached to them because many if not most U.S. voters like to go with what they know during primaries. It's human nature to assume that an incumbent who has proven they can beat Democrats will get the lion's share of low-information votes during primaries.
Second, and I'll continue to say this despite most disagreeing with me, is my belief that endorsements are mostly worthless. Are dedicated Trump fans going to take his endorsement into account? Sure. But your standard mid- to high-information voter is going to be the one who's even aware of Trump's or anyone's endorsement, and those voters are more likely to do the research to make their own decisions.
Endorsements are mostly ineffective. Rallies and other appearances for the sake of fundraising are better. But both are trumped by the quality of the campaign. Money and great endorsements cannot make a bad campaign or a bad candidate win. Perdue was a horrible candidate throughout, hitting the wrong notes at the wrong times and often coming across as whiny rather than winning.
As for Hice, did he even run a campaign? I like him as a Congressman, but he wasn't out there hammering Raffensperger nearly as hard as he should have been. He had a prime opportunity to make national news and drive massive fundraising if he had gone after Raffensperger's demonstrable corruption. Instead, he ran the mediocre campaign that's fine for a congressional district but not nearly enough for a statewide election.
The real narrative here isn't just Trump. The bigger narrative that the Republican Establishment and their cronies in corporate media will play on is the combination of "MAGA Republicans" and voter fraud losing weight in the eyes of primary voters. This may or may not be true; we tend to see things in light of what's present in the America First base but often miss what Average Joe Republican is thinking. Have they been so gaslighted by Fox News and the like to the point they think voter fraud didn't happen and MAGA is dead and gone?
I don't know the answer to that question, but it really isn't important to know because our path forward remains the same. The America First movement must get louder in spite of corporate media propaganda. Voter fraud must remain an issue until culprits are held responsible. Most importantly, RINOs must be exposed. We need to work harder at that now more than ever. America hangs in the balance and continued control by the Uniparty is untenable.
One final note about Trump's influence in the party. As improbable as it was to imagine just a year ago, there are plenty of rumblings about active people within the America First movement having second thoughts about him. He hasn't helped himself by continuing to this day to promote the jabs. I'm not sure where the disconnect is or why he feels it's beneficial to mention them at most events, but it's turning MAGA people away. Then, there's the poor endorsements of people like Dr. Mehmet Oz that have people scratching their heads. Even the Republican Establishment is rallying behind Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania over fellow globalist David McCormick. That's not a good look for Trump.
Arguably the most concerning miss on his endorsements on Tuesday is the one nobody's discussing. Mo Brooks has done much better since LOSING Trump's endorsement. When Trump pulled his endorsement two months ago, Brooks was in a distant third place with under 17% in the polls. He finished yesterday by forcing a runoff and getting 29.1%.
Perdue and Hice were expected to lose, but just two weeks ago so was Brooks. He surged in spite of Trump. That doesn't mean he got a bump from Trump pulling his endorsement. It just reinforces what I've said all along: Endorsements don't mean much.
We need to fight harder to get America First candidates across the finish line. We can't rely on Trump or Ron DeSantis or Tucker Carlson to do that for us. We need to do it ourselves.
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A unified Republican Party is almost impossible to stop in America. The last time we came close to having one was under Ronald Reagan. Even as successful as Donald Trump was at uniting Republican voters, his opponents in the GOP Establishment were working feverishly behind the scenes to undermine him and tear down his influence. They tried the same thing with Reagan, but were not as heavily funded as they are today.
Democrats are seizing on this, embracing their fellow swamp-dwellers in the GOP Establishment to take down "MAGA Republicans." I prefer to think of us as America First Patriots, but since the MAGA movement is what really got all of this started, it's fair to use that term as well. We truly do want to make America great again, and neither the Democrats nor the GOPe has any intention of letting that happen.
Listen to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer invoke "MAGA Republicans" and associate it with concepts like White Replacement in an effort to not only aid his RINO cronies in retaking control of the GOP but also convert centrist voters into Democrats:
As I covered in the latest episode of America First Report, we cannot allow that to happen. In fact, we should use Schumer's words as well as the words of RINOs like Mike Pence and The Lincoln Project to remind patriotic Americans that they're being gaslighted by The Swamp. If they want to divide us based on our patriotism, so be it. Terms accepted.
The distinction between RINOs and Democrats is minimal. As I've said many times in the past, primary elections are far more important than the general election because if we vote in a bunch of RINOs, we will not change America for the better. They're all in The Swamp.
There are really three major parties in America. There are the radical leftist "Democrat Socialists" like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. There are the "MAGA Republicans," as Schumer has labeled us, like Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. Then, there's the Uniparty, also known as The Swamp. They are made up of the joint forces of Establishment Democrats and Establishment Republicans who use Kabuki Theater to pretend to be opposed to one another in public while hanging out together at the DC Country Club making policies that put America last.
This attempt by Schumer, Pence, and others to invoke identity politics against Republicans in an effort to divide us is desperate, but unfortunately it can be effective. Republicans are so scared of being labeled as racists. It's a false label for the vast majority of Republicans, but people like Schumer and Pence try to invoke it constantly. Schumer is even trying to use "women's rights" as a way to pull milquetoast centrist Republicans to his side by claiming some abortion restrictions are better than abolishing the murder or preborn babies. It's disgusting.
We need to fight harder against The Swamp. If that means we should divide the party by accepting Schumer's label of "MAGA Republicans," so be it. I see nothing wrong with wanting to make America great again.
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Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has grown accustomed to controversy. No matter where she goes on the corporate media interview circuit, leftist journalists invariably try to catch her in a misstep or a "gotcha" moment. It's getting to the point that one would think they'd have learned their lesson by now, but they haven't.
Conservative media loves her. I had the pleasure of interviewing her myself. So did Jenna Ellis, and as the former attorney for President Trump quickly learned, YouTube doesn't like it when strong women speak the truth about the massive, widespread voter fraud that occurred during the 2020 election.
"BREAKING: YouTube has removed an episode of http://TheJennaEllisShow.com because @KariLake and I had the audacity to discuss election integrity. Asking questions and having opinions is NOT 'misinformation.'"
They took the interview down. Thankfully, freer speech alternative Rumble has it for everyone to see. I would embed it, but Substack doesn’t allow that from Rumble yet.
I chatted with Ellis about the censorship, and as expected she will not be silenced.
"I will never back down from speaking truth and asking the right questions," she said. "The relentless efforts by YouTube and leftist-run platforms to remove any discussion and debate over the 2020 election are anti-American."
This is so true. Even if you don't believe the election was stolen, it's impossible to sensibly argue that there wasn't massive, widespread voter fraud that occurred. A single viewing of 2000 Mules tells us that, and many of us who have read the affidavits and watched previous video examples of voter fraud were already convinced.
But Ellis wasn't just upset with Google and YouTube. She turned to the Biden regime for advancing and perpetuating this unhinged desire to subvert free speech and label any ideas that run contrary to their prescribed narrative as either "misinformation" or "disinformation."
"We the people are over being told what is 'misinformation' by the Regime," she continued. "It’s time for every American to say enough is enough to the evildoers who seek to censor the truth."
The 2020 election was stolen, in my humble opinion. If you believe that, you're not welcome on YouTube. Why? Because the 2020 election was stolen and Google was almost certainly involved. For the sake of not getting into legal trouble, I won't outright accuse Google of being involved with the theft, but it's crystal clear they were and continue to be directly involved with censoring any information, whether fact or opinion, that points to the likelihood the 2020 presidential election was rigged.
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Last week, I made a terrible mistake. I reached out to several prominent conservatives and populists supporting one candidate or another in the Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary. I wanted to know if unity was possible after the election since this race has been more divisive than any primary this season.
After discussions with Greg Kelly, Jack Posobiec, Todd Starnes, and a handful of others, I reluctantly came to the conclusion that when the primary was over, we could reunite and move forward toward the midterm elections where we fight the real foes, the Democrats. I say "reluctantly" because that was never really how I felt. I'm not one who believes in the old saying, "vote conservative in the primary and vote Republican in the general."
For years, I've said a RINO was just as bad as a Democrat. In many ways they're worse because at least you know what you're fighting with a Democrat. The lines are clear. With RINOs, you never know which side of a fight they'll be on. I've mused about the whiplash induced in many conservatives over the years with people like Lindsey Graham who sometimes make sense and sometimes reveal their NeoCon agenda.
I concluded in my article that unity was possible for one reason and one reason only: I figured a conciliatory tone would allow me to get the message out to supporters of Dr. Mehmet Oz about his leftist and anti-American leanings. It was a "strategic" move and I've been very disappointed in myself ever since. That's not my style. I take pride in shooting straight and aiming true. It didn't feel natural to accept unity for the sake of strategizing when deep down I have no intention of ever supporting RINOs.
To my readers and listeners, I humbly and wholeheartedly apologize. I deceived myself into thinking I could reconcile with fellow conservatives who were supporting a globalist like Dr. Oz (or WEF-ally David McCormick, for that matter). By deceiving myself, that means I also deceived my readers, and for that I am truly sorry.
In reality, there is no way I could cheer for, support, or accept either Dr. Oz or McCormick in the Senate. Would they be better than the Democrat. Probably. Maybe. But we have spent so much time in recent years accepting the lesser-of-two-evils, and I've been done with that for a long time. I convinced myself I could do it after the Pennsylvania race, but now that it's done I'm realizing I was being delusional.
Sean Hannity and others went completely nuclear on Kathy Bennette in the last week of the race. They spread lies about her in ways that one normally associates with unhinged leftists. If I thought I could reconcile with him, Ric Grenell, or any of the other Dr. Oz shills, I was wrong. Perhaps I never really thought that. Perhaps it was just wishful thinking. Frankly, I'm just not sure anymore. All I know is that I cannot and will not have unity with RINO-supporters.
Does that mean I'm ready to finally dump President Trump and seek another to lead the America First movement? At this point, I'm just not sure. He's built up so much goodwill with his actions as President. Unlike Hannity and others, President Trump may deserve a pass. May. Then again, he's still pushing the jabs. He's still hiring the wrong people and backing the wrong candidates. He's still participating in the very Swamp politics he swore to abolish.
No, I'm no ready to abandon him yet, but for the first time in over five years I have an open mind about the future of the America First movement. It's the people of the movement who are important. The leaders will do what they will, but the true America First patriots are the epitome of the word "grassroots." That is where the real strength that is necessary to preserve and rebuild our nation lies. I do still support President Trump, but that support hangs by a thread that can be broken by another more discerning America First patriot stepping up at any moment.
It's always challenging to admit that we made a mistake, and my perspective on finding unity after the Pennsylvania primary was a huge one. I'm correcting it now, humbled and disappointed that I fell into that trap in the first place. I know that admitting that mistake and questioning my support for President Trump in the same article is certain to make some cut me off, but the truth is the truth. If I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing, I must be honest with myself which means being transparent with you all.
It is my sincere hope that we're able to turn things around in America. The only people who have a chance of doing that are America First patriots which is one of the biggest reasons I'm so adamantly opposed to RINOs. My wife told me that I need to stop getting behind candidates. As I explained to her, I rarely fully support any one candidate, but I oppose RINOs aggressively. My support is contingent on an America First ideology and a willingness to fight the RINOs. I'm not looking for perfect candidates any more than I'm looking for unicorns. But a good America First candidate going up against a RINO helps me remain resolute even in light of imperfections.
Kathy Barnette wasn't a perfect candidate. Some would say she wasn't even a good candidate. But I supported her because Dr. Oz and McCormick do not hold America First perspectives and are directly affiliated with globalists. I'd rather lose with Barnette than win with a globalist. This is why I am reversing on the notion that reconciliation with RINO-shills is possible.
I'm not a fan of purity tests, but I'm a huge fan of discernment. If we stay true to God and follow our nationalistic beliefs through an America First ideology, we can focus on unifying true patriots. It's not the "big tent" the GOP wants, nor is it the combining-of-forces to beat Democrats that the Republican Establishment has used against us for decades. It means we'll support the best America First candidates possible. And if there are no good ones, we shouldn't support anyone. That goes against Republican orthodoxy, but I don't care. Republican orthodoxy gave us George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney.
For the first time ever, I'm going to debunk myself. Here's what I'm embarrassed that I wrote a couple of days ago:
Populist pundit Jack Posobiec from Human Events believes we will be able to reconcile after the primary is done. He told me the focus needs to be on the midterm elections.
"Every primary is a hard-fought contest," he said. "I hope that in the midst of this conservatives and America First populists will remember we all are on the same side, and to treat everyone fairly and truthfully. We all have a long road ahead to November."
That is hopefully the sentiment we will all fall back on after the primary. As Democrats have proven over the past 16 months, they are an existential threat. As much as I oppose RINO globalist Dr. Oz, I'd still rather see him in the Senate than any Democrat. That didn't used to be the case; a RINO was once just as bad as a Democrat in my book. But today, I may not like most of what Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, or Susan Collins do with their Senate seats, but at least all of them voted against the radical abortion bill last week. With the Senate as tight as it is, all it would have taken is one of them to have allowed abortion up until birth to be codified.
Just because Romney et al occasionally vote the right way on certain issues doesn't mean we should support them in any way. The Swamp in general and the Republican Establishment in particular have conned many of us into thinking that centrist, milquetoast politicians are better than radical leftists. That's not necessarily true. On individual votes, it can be beneficial but we cannot and must not base our support on singular votes. The damage done by people like Romney far outweighs their occasional benefits. They lead many Republican voters down the path of thinking bipartisanship and centrism works. Neither do. Perhaps they once did, but that ship sailed long ago if it ever existed at all.
We are deeply divided, which means those who push the GOP to the mushy middle are actually enabling those who turn into leftists based on separate triggering factors. We need to convince as many Americans as possible that a strong, America First ideology works for everyone. That cannot happen if we keep sending the Mitch McConnells and Dr. Oz's of the world to Capitol Hill.
Does that mean we need to look at "fringe" candidates? In many ways, yes. There are plenty of people on the right who do not like Marjorie Taylor Greene or Matt Gaetz, for example. I don't always agree with them myself. But at least I know their decisions come through an America First lens. They don't get everything right, but there's a difference between getting something wrong and being wrong. RINOs are wrong, even when they occasionally get something right.
I know this article probably doesn't make sense to everyone. I don't like writing or doing podcasts as emotional reactions to events, but if I always wait until I'm completely calm and thinking properly, I may never write at all. That's the state of the nation right now. There seems to be a constant flow of events prompting emotional responses in those of us who pay attention the most.
The bottom line is this: When I thought I could reconcile with those in conservative media who backed RINO globalists, I was wrong. I deluded myself, and my punishment that I'm unfortunately sharing with you is this convoluted article asking for forgiveness. It is what it is. Feel free to lambaste me in the comments because I totally deserve it.
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When news broke yesterday that the globalists at the World Economic Forum expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to attend their annual Davos conference, most conservative news outlets pounced on the notion that he's going to be wasting his time with his buddy, Klaus Schwab, instead of focusing on bringing peace to his nation and protecting his people.
This is a valid argument, though one that has been made every time Zelensky appears to be doing something other than focusing on the war efforts. What seems to have gotten lost in all of this is that Zelensky is almost certainly going to be positioned as not just a victim, but also a potential leader to spearhead the stated purposes of this year's meeting: Advancing the world toward The Great Reset, ending capitalism, and subverting Western domination over the world.
There was a time not too long ago when such devious plans were only fodder for conspiracy theorists listening to Alex Jones at Infowars. Today, the machinations of the globalist elites are being displayed proudly by the architects of The Great Reset. This New World Order no longer exists solely in the shadows. They're branching out into the light and Volodymyr Zelensky is one of the keys to normalizing their plans to the masses.
Here's the solid report about it all from Breitbart with emphasis added to key points:
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the globalist forum of elites in Davos, Switzerland later this month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on Friday.
The annual meeting of business elites and government leaders will once again take place in the Swiss ski resort of Davos later this month after being held virtually during the prior two years during the Chinese coronavirus crisis.
On Friday, the Klaus Schwab-led group announced: “The President of Ukraine, [Volodymyr Zelensky], will join our Annual Meeting virtually as the war continues to devastate his country.”
The meeting, which will run from May 22nd to 26th, will feature globalist heavyweights such as European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Joe Biden’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, German climate and economy minister Robert Habeck, the director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February by Russian forces, Zelensky has become a staple on Western media, and has frequently appeared via video link in parliaments and congresses around the world, including the British, Canadian, and German parliaments, and the Congress of the United States.
The comedian turned president previously addressed the World Economic Forum in January of 2020 and has a biography page on the WEF’s website dedicated to him.
Following the escalation of the invasion of Ukraine, which began with the annexation of the Crimea in 2014, the World Economic Forum announced that it would be suspending ties with Russia.
President Putin has previously been featured at Davos meetings.
“We are not engaging with any sanctioned individual and have frozen all relations with Russian entities,” a WEF spokesman said in March.
Describing what is to be expected this year, the WEF, which has spearheaded the idea of a “Great Reset” of capitalism in the wake of the Wuhan virus pandemic, said: “Against a backdrop of deepening global frictions and fractures, it will be the starting point for a new era of global responsibility and cooperation.”
The announcement of Zelensky’s Davos attendance comes after the European Union announced that it would be sending an additional €500 million in military aid to Ukraine. This follows the U.S. House of Representatives, including all but 57 Republicans, voting to send another $40 billion in military and other forms of aid to Ukraine on Tuesday.
The U.S. bill still needs Senatorial approval, but despite widespread economic issues across the U.S. under the Biden administration there is bipartisan support to send more American taxpayer dollars to the war-torn country.
It also comes as the NATO is looking to expand its membership to include Sweden and Finland, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson already signing defensive pacts with the two Scandinavian countries and pledging British soldiers to their protection while they consider joining the military alliance.
The global food crisis, in part a result of the invasion of Ukraine, which is one of the top food producers in the world, will also likely serve as a topic of conversation at Davos.
Under the WEF’s previously stated goals for its Great Reset, the globalist group has advocated for humans consuming lab-manufactured meat and sustaining themselves with protein from bugs for a supposedly more sustainable future.
What this All Means
The first time I ever had a "prophetic" moment (no, I'm not claiming to be a prophet!) in which I turned out to be correct in my assessment of a political figure was in 2004. I was watching the Democratic National Convention and a young Senator took the stage who struck me in two ways. Number one, he was a dangerous politician with radical views. Number two, he was so convincing in his delivery that the Democrats were likely going to try to make him president someday. I wasn't surprised when four years later Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination and eventually the presidency.
The last time I had a similar feeling was when I watched Zelensky's first speech at Davos. He hammered home globalist talking points like a seasoned politician, drawing wild applause and the adoration of Klaus Schwab. I thought at the time that they're going to try to position this guy as the face of the globalist movement.
Fast forward to the upcoming Davos meeting and I feel it's almost certain he will be elevated there as well. It will be like an ascension as they discuss the three important goals of the New World Order. Zelensky will be positioned as the ultimate avatar for these goals. Sympathy toward him and the plight of his people will be translated into pure goodwill. It's all a setup for the next stage, whenever that may be.
This next stage will be peace. Zelensky will negotiate a peace agreement with Russia that allows him to either remain in power or not. If he remains in power, Ukraine will be the centerpiece of rebuilding the world in a post-pandemic and post-war era. Build back better, so to speak. If he's not allowed to stay in power, he will be adopted by some large organization, likely the World Economic Forum or World Health Organization but possibly the United Nations or someone else, and from there he will be established as a true world leader of world leaders.
If this all sounds Biblical, that's because it possibly is. But I'm not into speculation about Bible prophecy until it's clear and right now all I have are theories. We'll have to see how it plays out.
Be watchful of what we're allowed to see coming out of Davos in less than two weeks. It will be stunning to see how Zelensky is treated even for those of us who expect the worst.
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