BREAKING: Major Midterm Election Shake Up

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And now, your host, Logan Sekulow. Welcome to Sekulow Halfway Through the Week, Wednesday, May 27th. Welcome to the show. Will Haynes joining me in the studio later on? We got Cece Heil going to be joining us.

She's got a pretty great announcement.

So, you want to stay tuned for that. Those who are longtime supporters of the ACLJ are going to like what she has to say. And a little bit later, Jeff Balabon, ACLJ Jerusalem, is going to be joining us as well.

So, it's going to be packed, as well as your phone calls. And I want to hear from you because we have two essential guests on the show today. We're going to have less time for calls.

So, if you want to call in, now's the time to do it. Or, you know, we'll have some time a little bit later in the show, but really, now's the time to do it. 1-800-684-3110. President Trump holding a cabinet meeting right now.

So, we're making sure to monitor that. If there's anything worth breaking into, we will. But we all want to cover what was going on in these midterm primaries, everything that happened last night, even out of Texas, including.

Some heavy hitters. being removed from office as well as some expected wins. And Thankfully.

Some Expected losses, including the candidate who was leading at the time. Saying maybe we need to round up all the Zionists and put them in what were former ICE detention facilities and turn them in to concentration camps. That's taking a little bit of liberties with her words, but not many. But thankfully, Texas did the right thing, even the Texas Democrats and decided not to move forward with her. But there's other big ones that came out last night.

That's right. And one of the major ones was the Ken Paxton versus John Cornyn Republican primary for Senate. This is with what many would refer to as kind of an establishment Republican, John Cornyn, who had been in the Senate since 2002.

So 24 years ago, he was first elected to the Senate, and this was a race that saw some jaw-dropping numbers spent. $130 million spent on this primary, $92 million of that being for Senator Cornyn. Not easy. And with a late endorsement by the President. Had an overwhelming victory in the primary for Ken Paxton.

63.8% to 36.2%, over almost 400,000 votes separated them. That is a ton in a primary. Also, look, it's not easy in any time to unseat a long-term, long-time representative. When you're talking about not only unseating an incumbent, unseating an incumbent in the primary, You know, we've had people come up to us often and talk about running, and we usually say, you know, you got to have the real money and you likely are going to lose. It is not a good thing typically to run against, you know, to try to primary a long-term incumbent.

But. We have seen different things happen over the last couple of years. And clearly, President Trump's endorsement pushed it over the edge.

Now, look, I think we've had a good relationship with Senator Courtenond over the years, so I don't want to say anything negative in that sense. I'm not sure where we've stood with him in more recent years, but I know previously he has been supportive of a lot of the work we do here.

So, all his best for, you know, hope for him for his best in the future. But it does show you the President still. actually holds a pretty good amount of leverage. This also comes out of now multiple times where President Trump has made these predictions or has made an endorsement, and it seems to have still As much as the media wants you to believe otherwise. It has still made a pretty big impact.

That's right. You saw Senator Cassidy lose his primary in Louisiana. You saw Thomas Massey lose his primary in Kentucky. We have seen race after race where someone had gone against the President or pushed back within his own party and the President supported their opponent. And what happened?

They lost a race. And here we are. Phone lines are open for you. What do you think this looks like for the future? And when you see Texas like this, and you also see another rejection.

of the anti-Israel, anti-Zionist crowd. when you actually have who is supposed to be the leading candidate go so far that even Her own voting base turned against her. Want to hear from you. 1-800-684-3110. Again, if you want to get on the air, this is the time to do it because we're going to have a packed rest of the show.

1-800-684-3110. I do encourage you to support the work of the ACLJ. When you hear about what the ACLJ is doing in the next couple segments, you're going to want to get involved. Become a champion today at aclj.org. And before we did even address, you know, James Tellarico obviously took the win.

Not unexpected, a player now on the national stage, I'd say, waving well beyond Texas. And now we'll get to. Uh a general election. And we'll see. How Texas decides to go.

And I think largely people still believe Texas is, you know, I'd say still a soft. A soft Republican area that you could have in these areas, but still looks like he may it certainly is going to make more headway than previous candidates for sure. And Making a lot of waves nationwide.

Well, once again, that's a candidate that is using a different playbook than Democrats have over the past few years. He is someone who is embracing what he says is his faith. Talks about it a lot. All the time, but he's using what he calls his faith. To prop up only his progressive ideas.

You hear him go through the litany of Democrat talking points, but then he's using and almost in a way contorting scripture to fit his political agenda. We saw even last week, he came out and said that. You know, explaining his views on abortion, saying that, you know, I believe it is up to the doctor and the mother.

So using the same talking point that the left, especially moderate Democrats, have used of saying that's a choice between the doctor and the mother. The government should not get involved. And then went further, started to bring the faith angle to it. And instead of like most Christians, I believe, would say that the sanctity of life is paramount, that that is throughout scripture, learning about even, you know, you knit me together in my mother's womb, pointing to faith. Portions of scripture that specifically talk about pre-birth.

Life. And that's where we derive a lot of our support for the pro-life movement within our faith: is that the scriptures are filled with passages that talk about life in the womb, as well as things like, you know, thou shalt not murder, getting into the entirety of that. He goes on and says, you know. The Bible is silent on the issue of abortion, and Jesus never talked about abortion. One, as if.

That's a term that would have been in Hebrew, you know? And so I think what's awesome is you have, I never want to question someone's faith.

So if someone claims to be a Christian and they seem to be out there speaking about it, I'm never going to be the person who's going to say, that's not for me to decide whether I believe you are a Christian or you're not a Christian. I think what is different, though, between this and let's say even the pastor you decide to go to, or even a band or musician you decide to listen to, whether you agree with their politics or not. And you may go, well, I think they're Christians, but you know, I disagree with their politics. Is this someone who is running for an elected office who is going to be able to make some of those decisions and at least be able to influence some of those decisions?

So it's a little even different. than maybe you're even even than your spiritual leader. Holding these views. You have to go. This person actually is going to make an impact on what the law is going to say.

They have now some sway. Is that who you're comfortable voting for? And there's been always that discussion: are you voting for a pastor? Are you voting for a President? Are you voting for a theologian?

Are you voting for a congressman? Does it really matter if they follow your, you know, certain? I think there is a gray area there of going, yeah, they're going to need to support at least the issues that I care about because I'm voting for someone who I believe should be not only representing me, but representing my district. And then again, representing my country. You can take that, whatever you want to believe in that.

And again, I'm not going to question James Dolarico's religious beliefs. I think that that's unfair. But what I will say is that I don't think they probably line up with what a lot of us. Hold, or what a lot of us feel like our religious beliefs dictate. And the difference is: if you allowed this person as a top name in sort of the evangelical world, the difference between that and someone else.

A celebrity or whoever it may be, is you're saying, Yes, but I'm electing them. I'm giving them power to now vote on my behalf.

Well, and once again, it is interesting that he is now the chosen candidate of the people of Texas because his entire Motivation and way he's campaigning, using his faith very openly. is contrary to how the left has Campaigned. Yeah, he's marketing to Texas. Right. And that is, it's been effective.

He's, once again, he is now, he is going to be. Put in the place of this nominee on the Democrat side. I feel like it has been a.

Something that Democrats have chased for a while with the multiple failed campaigns of Beto O'Rourke trying to run for governor, trying to run for Senate there.

However, they still feel like they're on the cusp there. And I think they feel like they can get it to be a swing stay. Here's the problem that in the criticism I have of even the way that James Tallarico is using his faith. One, I don't think it lines up with scripture. I think what he is saying and the way he is trying to use it to prop up all of his left ideas is not what scripture says.

But get beyond that. It is interesting how he will be accepted if he were to win, which I'm, I'm, you know, that's one thing. But even if he remains a figure within the party, because it is opposite of even the groups like Americans United for Separation of Church and State or the Freedom from Religion Foundation, the way he is so actively trying to use it to propagate. prop up his views is what they criticize many conservatives for or genuine people on both sides. May not be a bad move.

Can they accept someone that does it this way? I think what you're going to see and what I think we're going to check with the elections, we can go look at him and even look to Spencer Pratt in the LA campaigns and go, okay, is this a national story? That locally is going to have minimal impact. Meaning, are you going to see James Tellerico? taken down pretty easily in the election.

By the voters? Will that happen to Spencer Pratt as well? I hope not in that situation. But I'm also very well aware that that is Los Angeles, just like I'm very well aware that this is Texas. When you become a national figure, that doesn't necessarily mean your district and your area are excited.

You know, remember, James Tonyo showed up on Colbert. Colbert was a nationwide television show with tons of views on YouTube. And sure, Texas is big, a lot of voters in Texas, a lot of people are watching, but that doesn't represent necessarily his actual voting base. Let's go ahead and take a phone call, though, about the elections last night. I'm going to go to Martin, who's an ACLJ champion.

By the way, if you become an ACLJ champion, I usually like to bump your calls up to the front of the line. Phone lines are open. But Martin is a champion. Champions give on a monthly basis, like a membership. You can cancel any time, but it's a great way for us to set a baseline of supporters who are always dedicated to the work of the ACLJ.

And I appreciate it, Martin. You're on the air. Thank you. I hope I can make this understandable. But I had told the screener that I had heard something not that long ago, and I had to think about it for a second when Donald Trump made the moniker MAGA make America great again.

It wasn't about Trump, it's about the American people. And people associate MAGA with Donald Trump too much instead of the fact that the American people have a will. We showed that in the last election in 2024. And when these senators and congressmen, so to speak, go against Trump, it's not an indictment that may be the way they feel. But we want people in office that's going to make America great.

great again, MAGA. And the only way you can do that is to get him in office. Yes, Martin, I think I understand that. I think you could say MAGA was a natural progression from the Tea Party movement, which didn't have necessarily that centralized figure. Right.

Donald Trump is just a A different kind of guy. Who it is hard to disassociate. And I don't think he'd want to be disassociated with the creation of that movement. But I understand your point of view that the views and the need go beyond any individual person. And I think that is what a lot of people have actually had a hard time with when you have someone like President Trump endorsing you.

That not only are you saying, yeah, it makes it feel like you are getting fully endorsed by someone that 50% of the country not only just dislikes as a President, dislikes as a human being. And now we're dealing with the fallout from that as well.

So you have to take on that criticism. And I'm sure it is not an easy decision, but when you see the votes come in, I'm sure it makes that a little bit easier.

Well, once again, the President himself, though, is the one that says, I am MAGA. He does try, he says, I own it. And he. Isn't wrong in saying in that he was the one that was the central figure. It was born out of this unsettled.

Push against the establishment within conservative politics and the Tea Party movement. But it got much more populist as well, a lot in some ways away from some of the traditional conservative platform type things. And so I think. When people also try to take that away from the President, he is going to go after you and say, nope, this is mine. You've seen that with a lot of the influencers that try to say, we are America first, we are MAGA, and the President is not, and he'll go after them as well.

Yeah. All right, phone lines are still open for you. We are going to have some guests coming up: CeCe Heil, ACLJ attorney, and. It'll be an exciting announcement. What's next for CC?

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Senior Counsel here at the ACLJ, Cece Hyle, is joining us right now. And like I said, we had a big announcement. I didn't want to scare anyone, Will. Will said that it made it seem like I was saying that Cece is going somewhere.

Well, you said what's next for her. This is a big deal. And I think everyone should be in the chat, be celebrating. This is a big moment as, you know, when you support the work of the ACLJ, you support our team members who do some amazing things, get to be a part of some amazing things.

So I'm going to read specifically what this is by name because I have it right in front of me because I don't want to get it wrong. Cece, you've been appointed now as a commissioner to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Congratulations. This is a big deal. It just went up publicly, I believe, in the last day or so.

So explain to our audience, not just congratulations, what this means because this is exciting. Yeah, I'm very excited and honored about it. As all of our listeners should know, the The U.S. has made international religious freedom really a big prong of foreign relations. And so in 1998, the International Religious Freedom Act actually created this United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, or what we call USERF.

And put commissioners on. And what the commissioners do is basically what I do here at the ACLJ.

So monitors religious freedom around the world and then reports regularly to the executive branch and to congressmen and updates them on what the issues are in the surrounding countries. And on top of the meetings, the regular meetings and updating, then there is an annual report that USERF puts together. And that's the report when, you know, we've talked a lot about Nigeria being put on the countries of particular concern list.

So it is the USERF commissioners that put together that report that actually recommend which countries and why they should be on the countries of particular concern list or the special watch list or the inter entities of particular concern. And that would be like the Fulani herdsmen or the Taliban. Actually, entities that we can put on those lists and then request that there are sanctions and things that happen to those countries because there have to be consequences for violations of religious freedom. And once again, this is the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and Cece, you were actually appointed by the majority leader, Senator John Thune. There are people that are appointed by the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.

His have not been appointed yet. They're still putting together this new commission. We have, there's also ones that are appointed by Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, and the President to make up this commission. But when you look at this, this isn't. Not a new, this is a new position for you, being an actual commissioner, but you have worked with this commission.

For a long time. This is a part of what you do here as our director of our international legal work that we do.

So, this is going to work hand in hand with what you do here at the ACLJ, your knowledge of the commission from working with them for decades, and now being an actual commissioner.

So, talk a little bit about that, how your work here has already prepared you for this, but also it will complement each other going forward. Right. Well, and as you know, we do reports. And especially at the United Nations, we do basically a human rights report on every single one of the 193 member states at the United Nations.

So we have been doing this for really decades. The same kind of thing of reporting on human rights abuses, specifically religious liberty abuses.

So, you know, what's good about being on the commission and a commissioner is then, you know, yes, we do send, as the ACLJ, we will send letters to the State Department. We will send it to Secretary Rubio. We will send it to the President. But here, as a commissioner, I actually get to have those meetings regularly because that is part of the job is to update them on what is going on and what are the suggestions of how to handle it. Yeah, great influence, again, for our organization, but great influence also because this is a bipartisan thing, as Will said.

There are people on all sides on this committee, which I think is going to be interesting as well as we try to bring these important issues to light. Yeah, and you know, I I grew up in a political family and so I actually already know one of the uh commissioners who's a Democrat and we have a very good relationship.

So you know I think uh re religious freedom is something that everybody can just kind of gather around and everybody should be able to practice their religion. You know, free from any fear or restriction. And I think that's something that is a bipartisan issue. And so I'm really looking forward. It's a two-year appointment.

And so I'm looking forward to what we can accomplish the next two years. And I want to put back up on the screen. This is from the actual official website. You can go to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Cece's bio is already up there.

And I like seeing the official government portrait, Cece, with the American flag behind you as well. It looks great. It's just also such a wonderful thing to celebrate as ACLJ members and champions and viewers of this show that hear from you all the time. That's not going to change. You're going to still be working with the ACLJ, but this is something in addition to your work here that we can celebrate.

This is the impact that people have when they support the ACLJ, because if it weren't for all of the work that you do and have done with this commission, then this opportunity To have more influence would not exist.

So it is directly because of our members and champions that their voice. Will now be amplified in an even bigger way. Absolutely. The ACLJ has been at the forefront of the international religious freedom issue, again, for decades. And this is what the ACLJ, this is one of our core components of what the ACLJ does and stands for.

So it is very much just hand in hand. You know, I'm thrilled that the ACLJ gets the recognition of that we are kind of the leading organization that can bring information to a commission like this.

So it's very much an honor, and I'm looking forward again to what we can accomplish in the next two years. It's a very exciting time. And again, if you're in the chat right now, I encourage you to just say congratulations and thank Cece for her work. I see a lot of you already doing that. You know the ACLJ is hard at work and you know that this doesn't slow anything down.

If anything, this just gives more access to the work that we're able to do worldwide. But of course, the legal side still ongoing every day. This is nothing, again, I want to make sure, reaffirming as Will said. That CC's not going anywhere, but this is a major deal. And I think we need to celebrate it when these moments happen for our team.

So, again, congratulations, Steve. Appreciate it. All right, we'll keep the conversation going as well. If you can, if you want to say congratulations, say congratulations. If you want to call in, you got questions.

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Second half hour comes up. We start back in less than a minute. Keeping you informed and engaged now more than ever. This is Sekulow. And now, your host, Logan Sekulow.

Welcome back to Sekulow, second half hour of the show coming up. Jeff Balabon, ACLJ Jerusalem, will be joining us. We just had Cece Hyal on. If you missed that, she just got appointed a really great position. If you're a member of the ACLJ, know that this is how the hard work of our team really pays off.

She is now a commissioner to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

So, if you missed that interview, that content we had with her talking about what that looks like, back it up a little bit after the show is over and go take a listen to that. I think it's incredibly important. Phone lines are also open for you. In the last segment, we're going to take a lot of calls: 1-800-684-3110. That is, if you call in, we'll take a lot of calls.

And we do have a few lines open for you. Again, we are halfway through the week. I know it's an interesting time for a lot of people as we talk about the elections that happened. I know you may go, well, what does Texas matter to me? But Texas matters because, again, when you see the impact that's coming through and how President Trump can still, you know, swing pretty largely and hit some pretty unexpected moments, including unseen.

cheating largely safe incumbents. By simply throwing out A post at the last minute. When you had what was going to be a very tight race and it ended up not being now, can you give him full credit for that? I'm not sure, but you can at least give him some credit to say that happened. And then we could say that happened to Messi.

We are seeing it still. The endorsement of President Trump going further than maybe mainstream Republicans and Democrats would like you to believe. And I'm not saying whether that's a good or bad thing at this point. I'm just saying the truth. And that's what I always tell you here on this show.

I'm going to tell you how I see it. whether we'd like to hear it or not. There's going to be a lot of commentators that are going to tell you otherwise. And again, I'm not here giving some sort of full support. Over all of the views that President Trump has.

I'm not giving you any sort of support over a lot of these local candidates. Simply, I don't know if I'm really as invested as a lot of people. pretend to be in some of these local elections. But the voters of these areas Clearly showed up and answered A certain call.

Well, here's what's also interesting, Logan. And this is one of the reasons why it is so hard to unseat incumbents, especially in a primary. A lot of that has to do with where the fundraising dollars come from. It's one thing if the incumbent loses all support and can't raise any money and cannot compete. But a lot of times, especially people like John Cornyn that have been there since 2002.

So 24 years is what we're talking about here since he was first elected. Uh he spent $92 million in this race. It is one of the most expensive primaries of all time. $130 million were spent in the primary.

Now, That causes Two things. One. That's a lot of money spent. That John Cornyn was hoping to spend to beat James Tallarico or whomever his Democrat. opponent would have been if he had secured the nomination for re-election.

But he clearly can still fundraise.

So, that is one of the main reasons a lot of these incumbents get in, they are able to still raise the money. And that's also why they get support from the National Party is because they raise money and they can also spread that around. But when he spent $92 million, that's $92 million that's not going to be spent on beating James Tallarico.

So now Ken Paxton. In this insurgent style of unseating the incumbent, has to be able to combat the message of James Tallarico that is trying to play this moderate, trying to use his faith, even though his policies and ideas are extremely far left. But he's still trying to Uh market himself to the Middle of the road, more centrist, Texan. That maybe is tired of the fire brand of MAGA. and want something a little different.

That's where that money that will be missing from the campaign, they're gonna have to figure something out in that. And that's where things get interesting. Yep, we'll cover that and more coming up. If you want to call in, great time to do it. Really, this is the time to do it.

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I did want to play, if we can, this is from President Trump's cabinet meeting right now. I do see some comments asking about Tulsi Gabbard, obviously been a longtime friend and was a contributor here on this show for a number of years. And our prayers are to her and her family as she steps down from her current position as the head of the director of national intelligence, doing that because her husband is battling, who again, someone we've worked with closely as well, battling cancer, an aggressive form of cancer, rare form of cancer. President Trump had something to say. This was just a moment ago in the full cabinet meeting.

She is still there again through the end of June.

So let's hear from President Trump about our friend Tulsi. And then Tulsi, we're praying for you and for your husband. Our husband's not feeling great, but he's going to feel great soon. You're going to make him, you're going to get him better. And he's a wonderful guy.

So just say hello and thank you for the great work you've done. We appreciate it. Thank you very much. Again, kind of similar words that a lot of people have to share when you've worked with someone that closely. Again, her and her husband have been good friends of ours and incredibly talented people.

So really sad for them and we'll be praying for them and we'll make sure to share even more of your support. And we thank everyone who comments about that. That being said, Jeff Alabon is joining us right now, I think, via phone. Is that correct? That's right.

Via phone.

So again, sorry for the video people. We were having some technical difficulties. But I actually wanted to start this segment with a phone call that's coming in. Bobby in New York. Bobby's been on hold for quite a little while there.

So Bobby, I appreciate it. Go ahead. Hi guys, I asked your screener too if I could become a champion for $10 a month and he said I could do that.

So my question is, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against UCLA from what I understand. I'm hoping Harmene Dillon had something to do with it because I'm a big fan of hers. But do you think that that could be a successful lawsuit? He filed the suit because of UCLA's treatment of Jews. On campus, and I want to know what you think.

And thanks very much. That's right. We'll go right to Jeff because this is the DOJ sued UCLA yesterday, arguing deliberately that they were deliberately indifferent to the anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish students on campus. Jeff, what are your thoughts on what the DOJ did just yesterday?

Well, first of all, in direct response to the caller, and thanks for wanting to become a champion, there are actually two DOJ actions now, and definitely Harmeet Dillon is, you know, she sits on top of that particular food chain in terms of these lawsuits. And right under her is Leo Terrell, who's spectacular, and I was just at a meeting with him in Washington the other day. And he's going nationwide to really try and draw attention. And Terrell's status, you know, Harmeet is wonderful, and Leo Terrell is also terrific. He is a black civil rights lawyer who brings this huge passion to us.

He's a former Democrat. He's a very dynamic speaker, and he is just on fire about this issue. And these lawsuits, you know, there are two lawsuits that the DOJ is bringing against the ECLA. The first one in February is their employees alleged there's an anti-Semitic environment for the Jewish and Israeli employees and faculty and a pattern or practice of discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which is about employment. This new one yesterday is under Title VI, which accuses the UCLA of quote deliberately indifferent behavior towards anti-Semitic discrimination.

But let's explain. That's a very legalese. What actually happened is. is mass demonstrators erected an encampment outside Royce Hall in UCLA, slapped, kicked, beat with sticks, doused with pepper spray, knocked unconscious Jewish and Israeli students. They formed human chains to physically block Jewish and Israeli students from entering the campus.

Swastikas were painted on buildings. Jewish employees were barred from entering. I mean, it was. Horrifying. This is happening on one of the major, most prominent campuses in one of the most major prominent cities in America.

So the DOJ is not letting this go. UCLA has not, according to the DOJ and I believe, has not responded appropriately. And it's just the sign to the times.

So thank God that President Trump has this team who's fighting for this.

Well, and Jeff, once again, this is important because It is the federal government finally stepping up. We saw what happened under the Biden administration. And sometimes the silence is permission that we saw from the DOJ, the civil rights division, under the Biden years. And yeah, sometimes it takes an election to get change, but this is real change. And we see that now being fought out in court.

But I also want to kind of compare this to because of where the left has been going. And we had talked last week about this candidate that was running in Texas for the 35th congressional district that had put out these posts calling for Zionists to be put in internment camps to turn ICE facilities where people had been placed because they broke the law. The only law that would have been broken was being Jewish or supportive of a Jewish state of Israel. And she wanted to turn those into internment camps here in the United States.

So her platform was a Nazi platform. She lost last night to Johnny. Garcia in the primary, the runoff for the Democrat nomination. fifty nine point five to forty point five percent.

So almost it's nineteen percent sway. She had gotten the most votes in the first round before the runoff. What do we see from this, Jeff? Yeah. You know, it goes beyond that.

It is very Nazi. She was talking about using these camps to sterilize or castrate Zionists. I mean, the most extreme insanity. And look, I mean any any crazy person who's running for office. what's horrifying is how many people decided to vote for her either despite or more likely because of this platform, because this is the center of her platform.

And as we've been covering here at ACLJ and reporting, it is not limited to one side. I think the Democrats, their side, the left, it's maybe a few years ahead in the insanity. But on our side too, Massey lost his election and immediately not only did he blame it on Zionists and some shadowy conspiracy, but he's following up on social media nonstop. It's just about inciting to violence and hate against Jews. And it's the sign of societal collapse.

And we have to we were talking before about who represents Make America Great Again. I mean, this is a binary. Donald Trump, it doesn't matter what his personality is, he represents an idea that understands that America is built on a biblical idea that all humans are created equal. And we have to tolerate people we disagree with. We don't have to like their point of view, but we can't put them in camps and castrate them because we disagree with them.

As much, Jeff, as it is unsettling that this kind of words we use and this many people would still vote for them, there is at least a glimmer. You know, for me, saying, okay, well. She didn't make it. Massey didn't make it. There are enough people right now, at least, on the conservative and the liberal side.

Who goes, there is a line that we're not willing to cross here in terms of how Israel is treated, how, really, not even how Israel is treated. Jewish Americans are treated. But I also want to say that this is not just a war against Jews. As always, when this happens, it means the society is collapsing and it's tearing itself apart. And this is an attack on the entire Judeo-Christian idea that is America.

Making America great again means going back to the Declaration of Independence, going back to the founders, going back to the Constitution, going back to the people who fled the kind of religious persecution and hatred in Europe to come here and found a different nation. And the people on the right, on the extremes, on the right, and the extremes and the left, and honestly, they meet each other at some crazy extreme place, they hate that vision of America. And they say it openly. They hate Judeo-Christianity. They call this, they call it blasphemous, a lie, they call it evil.

And so, yes, I agree with you. Thank God most Americans are still normal and decent and good. But the fear is that when politics lurches so violently, you know, we saw it with the Democrats. Elon Omer never would have been elected, and then she was celebrated. And so the madness becomes, because of politics, becomes normalized, and we do have to fight against that.

Well, and Jeff, we've just got about two minutes left here. But I think the celebration that this was defeated. I don't know much about the other opponent, but Johnny Garcia, who was able to win, but at least he was not publicly calling for these things. But I think the caution needs to remain. Because this individual made it to the runoff and actually got the most votes the first time around.

So the caution remains. Because we don't want it to be next time. That individual makes it as the nominee. And maybe loses there. And then the next time, those individuals win a seat in our House of Representatives.

That's right. America's greatness really cannot be separated from its goodness. America will never be great if if it embraces evil. And we see that they're even convening on their ideas of collectivism and totalitarianism. And it's all about scapegoating other people.

And so yes, America, thank God, is still rooted in Judeo Christian values and goodness And the silent majority, which is a phrase that needs to be brought back, needs to rise up and push back against the extremists. Thanks, Jeff, for joining us. We always appreciate it.

Sorry about the tech issues earlier. That's a live broadcast, everyone. You should be watching us live. It's always more fun. We're kept on our toes here live, Will, because there's callers, there's comments, and there's even technical issues.

And you know what, though? That's what makes this show special. I want you to be a part of it right now. Phone lines are open for you. In the next segment, I want to take as many calls as we can, and I'll be honest: right now we don't have many.

So this is the time to do it. Give me a call right now. You got about 30 seconds before it's probably gonna be too late for you to get on the air.

So you need to call in right this second, whether it's about Texas, whether it's about Israel, whatever with any of the topics you want to talk about. I want to hear from you 1-800-684-3110. Get on the air today. We'll be right back with more on Secula. Welcome back to Sekulow.

Phone lines are open for you. A couple lines still open. 1-800-684-30-110 though, a lot of you calling in. Probably the shortest time you'll ever wait on hold if you want to be on the show today. Let's kick it off with a phone call.

Let's go to Margaret in Maryland line one. Go ahead, Margaret. Thank you very much. Logan, I remember when we were running Before we actually elected Donald Trump in 24, there was a woman who called in, and she was very patiently waiting. And When she finally got on, was one of the callers, she said she was completely against everything that ACLJ stood for.

She was going to vote for the Democratic R um rep repo member I can't I can't think of her name right now. But um You were so Polite to her. That's what ACLJ is. You thanked her for patiently waiting. You thanked her for expressing her views.

There's no reason for anybody in this whole world to get upset with somebody who doesn't stand for what they believe. You just. Except There's their standards. Yeah. And Margaret, I appreciate that.

And I appreciate you remembering some of those calls that come in. And I always say that. You know, if people want to call in on the other side, if they're respectful, it doesn't really bother me. As long as, honestly, if you're nice to the phone screener and you don't lie to them, there's a good chance you're going to make it on the air. But Margaret, I appreciate that.

And it is something that we have, maybe the ACLJ in this show has always felt a little different, which is I do definitely come at a different angle in terms of the way we talk about our opponents, people we disagree with, people that we like. I do think that there is room to have these conversations still, that we don't have to always result. to inflammatory speech. It's why look. I see the comments.

People aren't thrilled at the fact that I said, I'm not going to question the beliefs of James Tallarico. I'm not going to question his religious beliefs. They may not be mine, and I'm not saying we share religious belief. But if he wants to claim something, I'm not here to be the judge of that. But what you can do.

Is like you said, respond in a different way. Everyone can exist, everyone has a right to have their own opinions, but the ballot box is where things can change.

So look what happens. Look what happened in Texas. Look what happened in Kentucky. You have big moments happening and changing because people believe a certain way, not because, you know, sure, it may get into social matches of people screaming and yelling and debating. And I'm okay with a debate, it's when it becomes.

rude or obnoxious or mean or just uh plainly vulgar. Did I even have a problem with Republicans doing this? Uh maybe more so, to be honest. With people who claim the name of Jesus and people that are more conservative doing that. I have more of an issue with that because you're trying to hold yourself to a higher moral standard.

I understand politics is dirty. I've been around it too long to see that it is not As clean as any of us would like to believe. That's why so many people end up in Washington, D.C. and leave pretty quickly. Because what you see behind the curtain, it's a little hard to ever see it otherwise.

Well, and I think we can go to Juni calling on line two from Georgia because a similar vein of kind of line of talk.

So, Juni, you're on Sekulow. Go ahead. Hi, good afternoon, everyone. Can you hear me? We've got you.

I praise God for the opportunity. My topic is the Christian silence. We're not called to be silent, but we're not called to be rude. We're not called to be Republicans or Democrat first. We're called to be Christian first.

And so We have an opportunity in this climate to show the love of God no matter what someone else's belief is. the way we handle disagreements Matters, the way we handle, just like Jesus handled a woman caught in the very act of adultery. matters is that Paul said he became everything to all men so that he might save one. Our mission is to save people. not to oppose them and beat them over the head.

Our mission is to show the love of God so that the Holy Spirit might do the convincing. When we label ourselves label ourselves as Democrats, and Republicans. And conservative or liberals, and forget our primary calling is as Christians. We get off topic and let emotional issues and our emotions about issues take over when the love of God should prevail in everything. Hey, Junior, only cutting you off because we are only a few minutes away.

I want to take some more calls and then we'll talk to this point as well. And I agree with you 100%, is back to what Logan was talking about. We can disagree with even what James Tallarico says is his doctrine, and we can call that out. We can say, We believe differently, and here's what scripture does say. I mean, Jeff Balabon even sent me during the broadcast a whole passage and website about the Torah and what they say about life, and how the pro-life stands for those that don't even have the New Testament looking at what Jesus said, but even the Torah and what it talks about life.

We can call that out. But you can do it respectfully. And when Logan says, I'm not going to question his beliefs, he means I'm not questioning the sincerity James Tallarico has about his faith. Do I think he is wrong? Does my doctrine go against that?

Yes, and you can call that out, but you also don't have to be this. this this candidate, Maureen Galindo, who lost. Because what did she want to do? She wanted to take a policy difference. And say, I'm going to take ICE detention camps because I disagree with that policy, and I'm going to turn them into internment camps.

And and horrific centers that For my political opponents. That is what we will not do here. We are not gonna say, We're going to one-up you with our evil. And take what you think is bad, and we're going to use it against you in a more unimaginable way. And look, we only got two minutes and we got two calls.

I'm going to try to get this very quickly. Derek, line three, he's a champion. I want to make sure he gets some time. Derek, go ahead. Thanks, guys.

I just want to say I find this Tellerico guy to be very dangerous, cherry picking and twisting scripture to fit his policies instead of making policies to fit scripture. Texas held the line when the federal government wouldn't. We need to remember that. Everybody listening, please, if you can. Send a small donation to Pac Dan.

We can't, Derek, I can't say that we have to be able to endorse or anything like that on this show.

So I appreciate your point, your view, and I appreciate you being an ACLJ champion. I just can't let you say you go make a donation to a political candidate. That being said, I want to quickly take Marion, line four. Marion, go ahead.

Well, thank you for letting me get on the call. I just wanted to, first of all, I wanted to thank ACLJ for all the work they've been. I've been following them since about 1980 in that area. And you guys have always been consistent. You've always stood for righteousness.

You've always listened to people's viewpoints and things like that. And I just, and you said something a while ago that I really did like. You said that we should hold our side more accountable because we're the ones that are supposed to have common sense. And if we are believers, we're supposed to act like it and not get involved with vulgar stuff and things like that. I don't cuss myself, but I'm glad you pointed that out.

So I believe that anybody that wants to help ACLJ should do that. They're not going to ever regret it. You guys are fantastic. And I want to just commend y'all for all the hard work y'all have done over all the years. And you've always been consistent.

And I really admire that about you, you guys. And I want the Lord to bless your program more than He ever has before. And that's it. Marion, perfect way to end the show. Thank you so much.

Like you planted that call. Know how much that I appreciate your ongoing support. Like I said, for decades and decades at this point, that the ACLJ has been around, you know, getting close to 40 years, formally and informally, as you said, since the early 80s.

So we appreciate it. With that, that's going to do it for today's show. If you feel so moved though, I would encourage you to become an ACLJ champion like so many people you just heard. That is people that give on a monthly basis. Do it right now.

You've heard about the incredible work the ACLJ has done, whether that's Cece getting appointed to that new commission, which is amazing. U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Whether that is Monday, we are filing appeals court to defend the pro-life centers. There's so much happening.

I could go through a whole list of things right now. Of course, our Supreme Court case will see against CNN. And none of that happens without you. Go to aclj.org. We'll talk to you tomorrow.