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John Strand - J6 Candidate for Congress · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: The talk station Intato six Here fifty by KRCD Talk Station.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Thomas. Look, I've been looking forward to this all morning.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the fifty five krc Morning Show. John Strand.
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  Speaker 1: He's an author when we talk about his book Patriot Plea,
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  Speaker 1: the j six journey of a political prisoner in the
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  Speaker 1: Divided States of America. So he was there and he
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  Speaker 1: suffered the consequences. But he's also running for the Florida
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  Speaker 1: nineteenth Congressional District. Welcome to the program, John Strand's a
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  Speaker 1: real pleasure to have you on today.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Brian. It is an honor to be here
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  Speaker 2: with you in your audience as we continued the ongoing
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  Speaker 2: fight to preserve freedom in the United States of America.
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  Speaker 1: Well, no one knows about that fight more than you.
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  Speaker 1: You were locked up in jail as a consequence of
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  Speaker 1: the January sixth antics, which I've always referred to. And
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  Speaker 1: you can say, you know I'm right or wrong, but
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  Speaker 1: it just looked like a drunken fraternity party that got
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  Speaker 1: out of hand a little bit. And what Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: said did not cause people to engage in insurrection or
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  Speaker 1: violence or attempt to overthrow the government. I mean my
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  Speaker 1: listening audience is painfully aware of all this, but you
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  Speaker 1: literally dealt with the aftermath of a weaponized Department of Justice.
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  Speaker 1: I think, who I guess from January sixth, the day
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  Speaker 1: until the swat team used a battering ram to break
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  Speaker 1: through your front door, how many days had passed?
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  Speaker 2: John? It was twelve days. Ironically, it was Martin Luther
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  Speaker 2: King day, January eighteenth of that year that my door
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  Speaker 2: was shattered by a battering ram and my life was
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  Speaker 2: changed forever. The book was written in a prison cell.
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  Speaker 2: It's called Patriot Plea. And you know, Brian, I really
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  Speaker 2: urge everyone listening to go and grab a copy of
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  Speaker 2: this book right now. You can go to Johnstrand dot
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  Speaker 2: com and it's right there. You also find it on Amazon.
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  Speaker 2: It's inaudible. In whatever form, you can read this book,
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  Speaker 2: share it with your friends, write us a review, and
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  Speaker 2: really pass the word that this is a bombshell account
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  Speaker 2: of what actually happened, not only on January sixth, but before, during,
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  Speaker 2: and after, Because, like you said, Brian, it was a
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  Speaker 2: rough day that in context seems like, well, it was
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  Speaker 2: just a bit of a skirmish, But what's really happening
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  Speaker 2: here is that our government has been hijacked and weaponized
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  Speaker 2: against the American people. January sixth is a flashpoint, but
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  Speaker 2: this is an ongoing problem that's a really serious issue
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  Speaker 2: for all of us. I hope you'll read the book
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  Speaker 2: because you'll be blown away by what happened. You will
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  Speaker 2: be shocked and disturbed by how evil and corrupt our
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  Speaker 2: government has become. But I think you'll also be incredibly
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  Speaker 2: inspired by the opportunity that we have in this country
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  Speaker 2: to what I call reclaim the republic, because America is
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  Speaker 2: a constitutional republic of, by and for the people. It
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  Speaker 2: belongs to us, but it's been hijacked and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to have to fight like warriors now to get it back.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I'm running for Congress. At Johnstrand dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Johnstrand dot com and John, we made it easy
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  Speaker 1: for our listening Audien's got to copy every book because
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  Speaker 1: my producer has already put it up on my blog
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  Speaker 1: page of fifty five KRC dot com with a link
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  Speaker 1: to the site to buy it. So easy to get othing.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm sure you'll sell quite a few books this morning,
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  Speaker 1: because my listening audience is just distressed and also and
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  Speaker 1: somewhat fascinated by how this all could have unfolded. You right,
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  Speaker 1: were charged with what what's okay? First off, how did
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  Speaker 1: you end up a DC on the sixth anyway? And
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  Speaker 1: what was the purpose of being there? Of course I
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  Speaker 1: understand any reason, there's a lot of them. But and
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  Speaker 1: then what did they allege you did to result you
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  Speaker 1: being a resulting you being thrown in jail?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, all great questions. And yes it was a First
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  Speaker 2: Amendment protected protest. So I consider anyone that was there
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  Speaker 2: that day a patriot, a strong American that I'm proud
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  Speaker 2: they took the time and effort, at their own expense
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  Speaker 2: to travel across the country and assemble to protest against
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  Speaker 2: the government for a redress of grievances. The twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: election undoubtedly was fraudulent and rigged in a number of ways,
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  Speaker 2: and we deserved clarity and an audit, and that was
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  Speaker 2: a huge issue. My background is interesting. My dad served
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  Speaker 2: in the Navy. I was born in California and have
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  Speaker 2: lived all over the country and overseas throughout my life.
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  Speaker 2: I've worked as an actor writer in Hollywood and et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: Twenty twenty, when COVID made the world crash down around
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  Speaker 2: all of us. I recognized it instantly for tearny it
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  Speaker 2: in real time. I organized a freedom rally in Los
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  Speaker 2: Angeles that President Trump tweeted to support because it was
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  Speaker 2: so successful, bringing tens of thousands of people to support
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  Speaker 2: freedom and President Trump in LA of all places. And
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  Speaker 2: that led me to become the creative director of a
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  Speaker 2: nonprofit called America's Frontline Doctors in the summer of twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 2: There we've got twenty doctors in white codes on the
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  Speaker 2: steps of the Supreme Court. It really melted the internet
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  Speaker 2: as they brought the good news of early treatment and
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  Speaker 2: really changed the narrative. So I was traveling the country
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  Speaker 2: with that group, helping to bring truth to the COVID chaos,
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  Speaker 2: and Washington, d C was just one of our many
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  Speaker 2: tour stops. That's why I was in JA in DC
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  Speaker 2: on January sixth, So I was working on my professional capacity.
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  Speaker 2: I did nothing unlawful that day. If people want to
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  Speaker 2: understand the full truth of this, go to Johnstrand dot
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  Speaker 2: com slash J six. That link will take you directly
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  Speaker 2: to a short thirteen minute video. The security camera footage
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  Speaker 2: shows every step I took in the building. I don't
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  Speaker 2: cut any of it out, and you can judge for yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Does this guy belong in a courtroom much less than
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  Speaker 2: a prison. The obvious answer is, of course not. It's
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  Speaker 2: incredibly shocking, but I was there working in my capacity
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  Speaker 2: to really bring truth to the American people, fight against
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  Speaker 2: propaganda and government overreach. And now I'm going to continue
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  Speaker 2: that mission running for Congress in Florida's nineteenth district, where
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  Speaker 2: if your listeners want to really help a patriot get
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  Speaker 2: into Congress, they actually can make a real difference. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: go to Johnstrand dot com. Donate whatever possible because these
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  Speaker 2: dollars help us to actually fight this contested primary, and
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  Speaker 2: we have a real shot to break through and bring
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  Speaker 2: some real change to Congress.
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  Speaker 1: So the charge was just simply being in the building.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that was one of sort of one of them.
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  Speaker 2: They brought five charges against me, totally twenty three years
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  Speaker 2: of prison. One is what they refer to as a
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  Speaker 2: trespassing charge, but it was bogus because the actual charge
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  Speaker 2: is seventeen fifty two, which is entering and remaining in
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  Speaker 2: a restricted building or grounds. But that requires a number
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  Speaker 2: of factors, one being that the restriction restricted status is
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  Speaker 2: set by the US Secret Service. There was no Secret
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  Speaker 2: Service restriction set to that day, so the law doesn't
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  Speaker 2: even technically qualify. Also, any trespassing charge requires the basic
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  Speaker 2: idea that the restriction is known to the public by
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  Speaker 2: signage and clear communication beforehand, and that if you accidentally
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  Speaker 2: get there and they ask you to leave, you have
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  Speaker 2: to refuse to leave to additionally qualify for the crime.
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  Speaker 2: None of that applied to me at all. It was bogus.
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  Speaker 2: But the big one was a twenty year felony for
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  Speaker 2: quote unquote obstruction of justice. However, that's title eighteen Code
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  Speaker 2: fifteen twelve. The actual title of that twenty year felony
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  Speaker 2: is tampering with a witness. Okay, there was no witness
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  Speaker 2: and I was not tampering, nor did the prosecutor even
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  Speaker 2: attempt to claim as much. They just brought the twenty
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  Speaker 2: year felony and dumped me in a high security federal
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  Speaker 2: prison that abused me horribly for four months in isolation,
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  Speaker 2: among other things. All those details are in the book.
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  Speaker 2: Please get it at Johnstrand dot com and you will
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  Speaker 2: be blown away. I promise you well.
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  Speaker 1: Your strength in the face of an offer from those
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  Speaker 1: who are prosecuting you and persecuting you. I might say,
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  Speaker 1: they offered you a plea deal, We'll plea out to
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  Speaker 1: a single misdemeanor, and you stood up and said no.
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  Speaker 1: From my understanding, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: That's the reason I called it patriot plea. It's a
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  Speaker 2: double meaning because I am making in the country is
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  Speaker 2: that we must re commit to patriotism and civic participation,
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  Speaker 2: believing and knowing that this is one nation under God,
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  Speaker 2: and we must return to that promise. But part of
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  Speaker 2: that promise is being totally committed to our Judaeo Christian
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  Speaker 2: values and just the fundamental baseline of truth. So I
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  Speaker 2: was facing twenty three years of prison, and then they
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  Speaker 2: gave me a get out of jail, nearly free card,
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  Speaker 2: a single misdemeanor plea deal to make it all go away.
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  Speaker 2: I've never heard of such a plea deal in light
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  Speaker 2: of five charges in twenty three years of prison. So
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  Speaker 2: that's another story. But the point is they gave me
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  Speaker 2: a shockingly easy path. If I would just sign a
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  Speaker 2: false confession and play along with the Washington DC program.
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  Speaker 2: I refuse because there is never a right time to
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  Speaker 2: do the wrong thing. Brian, and we need men of
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  Speaker 2: courage and faith back in the government, back in Congress
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  Speaker 2: that can actually stand on such principles even when the
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  Speaker 2: pain and the pressure is excruciatingly high. And I can
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  Speaker 2: tell you if you read Patriot Lea, go to Donstrand
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  Speaker 2: dot com and get it, you will understand the pressure
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  Speaker 2: I was under. You will get a taste of the
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  Speaker 2: absolute horrors that our own government was destroying. Men and
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  Speaker 2: women like myself. With this, you'll be shocked, but you'll
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  Speaker 2: also be really inspired that a few brave men really
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  Speaker 2: can turn the tide. This is such a moment. This
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  Speaker 2: story will absolutely inspire you, and I hope that you
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  Speaker 2: join in this mission to reclaim the Republic because it
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  Speaker 2: takes every one of us participating together.
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  Speaker 1: I think we can probably all come up with our
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  Speaker 1: own guesses as to the motivation. What have you concluded
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  Speaker 1: in so far as the Department of Justice and this
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  Speaker 1: ruthless pursuit of literally anybody that was within like one
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  Speaker 1: hundred miles of the Capitol on Jay six, and why
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  Speaker 1: they went so hard and prosecuted folks like you who
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  Speaker 1: did virtually nothing, And had you done it on any
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  Speaker 1: other day of the week, you probably wouldn't even have
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  Speaker 1: gotten a citation, just a kind request to please leave
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  Speaker 1: the building. What's going on? What's this ultimate goal or
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  Speaker 1: motivation that with this weaponized Department of Justice, as you've concluded.
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  Speaker 2: That's a great question as well. So the subtitle of
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  Speaker 2: the book is the JA six Journey of a political
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  Speaker 2: Prisoner in the Divided States of America. Brian, We are
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  Speaker 2: so divided, and there is a very specific reason why
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  Speaker 2: I break it down in the book. You will really
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  Speaker 2: want to dig into this. So folks might not realize this,
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  Speaker 2: but January sixth was the largest law enforcement manhunt in
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  Speaker 2: United States history, consuming about a third of the entire
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  Speaker 2: FBI's resources over the course of four years, tens of
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  Speaker 2: millions of dollars, tens of thousands of human agent resources,
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  Speaker 2: and they chased down almost sixteen hundred Americans with federal indictments,
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  Speaker 2: many of them misdemeanors that they're chasing four years later
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  Speaker 2: with FBI swat teams. This is horrific, an absolute travesty,
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  Speaker 2: a misuse of American taxpayer dollars, not just to waste,
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  Speaker 2: but to abuse innocent Americans in the name of the
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  Speaker 2: radical leftist mission to dismantle Western civilization, to infuse Marxist
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  Speaker 2: poison into the minds of Americans so that they would
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  Speaker 2: hate their own country, and it's just a desperate project
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  Speaker 2: of the devil. Ultimately, that is the truth. There is
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  Speaker 2: a spiritual reality that underlies all of this. But we
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  Speaker 2: need to realize that this is no longer republican versus
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  Speaker 2: democrat in a classic sense of all Americans pursuing the
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  Speaker 2: same end. Right. We have real mortal enemies in our
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  Speaker 2: midst and we are sworn to defend our constitution against
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  Speaker 2: all enemies, foreign and domestic. Many of them are estic,
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  Speaker 2: And these are not fellow Americans, if we're honest about it.
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  Speaker 2: These are people, whether they are of evil intent or
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  Speaker 2: they're simply ignorant and useful idiots. There is a lot
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  Speaker 2: of that swirling around, and the only way to solve
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  Speaker 2: this is to understand the truth, recommit to our foundations.
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  Speaker 2: And I really dig into that inmpatriotley at Johnstrand dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Well an appropriately time book, even it's a two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of our country and
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  Speaker 1: the freedoms and liberties that our country guarantees. And yet
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  Speaker 1: obviously there are factions with goment within government nefarious as
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  Speaker 1: they are that are desirous of literally tearing our country apart.
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  Speaker 1: The division is profound, and this is one element of
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  Speaker 1: the division. And I suppose all these prosecutions and this
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  Speaker 1: going after literally everyone spending all these valuable resources chasing
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  Speaker 1: down misdemeanors, if they are even that, it's to perpetuate
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  Speaker 1: the narrative that you were there to overthrow the government,
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  Speaker 1: thus branding anybody who is a friend or a fan
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  Speaker 1: of Trump and for his inauguration, someone who wants to
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  Speaker 1: undermine our country, which is literally what they're doing.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. And that's the irony of the left is almost
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  Speaker 2: always a total inversion. So they've screamed the loudest against
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  Speaker 2: you for doing exactly what they are doing. And you'll
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  Speaker 2: see this pattern endlessly. So we cover that and patriotally
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  Speaker 2: as well, and we really dig into what is necessary
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  Speaker 2: to wake up to this issue and to fight against it.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, to the starting point is to realize
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  Speaker 2: you are in a war. We are all surrounded in
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  Speaker 2: a gigantic battle, spiritual and political and cultural, and these
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  Speaker 2: things are all connected. So we have to get that
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  Speaker 2: situational awareness. We have to put on our spiritual armor.
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  Speaker 2: As it says in the Bible and Ephesians, and again,
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  Speaker 2: this is one nation under God. It's our only hope
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  Speaker 2: of surviving that we would recommit to our spiritual foundations
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  Speaker 2: because our rights come from God, not the government. This
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  Speaker 2: was the foundational principle that the Founding Fathers framed in
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  Speaker 2: the Declaration which we will be celebrating this coming fourth
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  Speaker 2: of July and in the ten and State on the
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  Speaker 2: amazing super Centennial two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. And a
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  Speaker 2: shout out to Eric Mataxis, another incredible author who is
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  Speaker 2: a good friend of mine and wrote the foreword for
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  Speaker 2: Patriot Plea, as well as doctor Simone Gould, founder of
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  Speaker 2: Frontline Doctors, who wrote the afterword. You guys are going
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  Speaker 2: to absolutely love this book. It's really powerful and it's
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  Speaker 2: also an incredibly important moment to remember what happened. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: recommit ourselves to pursuing accountability and justice and you guys,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six is our Nations and our Generations seventeen
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  Speaker 2: seventy six. It's not just the midterms. It's the final
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  Speaker 2: countdown for this generation to rise up and commit to
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  Speaker 2: engaging in their government and taking it back for the
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  Speaker 2: government that is of buy and for we the people.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, before it's too late, Patriot plea. The Jay six
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  Speaker 1: Journey a political prisoner in the Divided States of America
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  Speaker 1: by my guest today, John Strand. Easy to get a
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  Speaker 1: copy of fifty five KC dot com just go to
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  Speaker 1: Johnstrand dot com. It's his political campaign webags. He is
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  Speaker 1: running for Congress in Flora Is nineteenth congressional District. I
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  Speaker 1: wish you all the luck in the world on that race, John,
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  Speaker 1: and thank you very much for bringing what you live
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  Speaker 1: through to America's attention. Your plight and the perils that
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  Speaker 1: befel you are illustrative of a broader problem going on
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  Speaker 1: in America, and I can't thank you enough for highlighting
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  Speaker 1: it for all of us. Have a wonderful day and
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  Speaker 1: best of luck on the race.
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  Speaker 2: John, Thank you so much. Brian, God bless you and
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  Speaker 2: your audience, and make God continue to bless the United
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  Speaker 2: States of America. It is worth fighting for.
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  Speaker 1: Amen to that one, my friend. Amen, stick around.