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Welcome to Sekulow. It's July 2nd, 2026, folks. We are two days away. from the 250th birthday of this country. And while everywhere I go, we are seeing a lot of celebration.
We see a lot of people decorating for the 4th of July. In the area we live, that's normal, but I feel like it is ramped up a little bit more than normal because of this historic 250th anniversary. But there are those that can't help themselves but be pessimistic about something that should just be. what it is. It should just be a time to celebrate.
And I know that everyone in the media will sometimes try to find an angle. They'll try to find some sort of clickbait. But here is exactly what I got as a push notification to my phone. Last night, from the Washington Post. And it was labeled as an exclusive, folks.
They got it. They're the ones who got the story. And here's the headline. I'm going to read it to you. Fireworks on Mall Likely to cause hazardous air pollution, documents show.
That's their warning. That massive explosions from fireworks that happen once a year. are likely to pollute the air. Yeah, I feel like that's a no-brainer. You know what?
This is probably not the most. healthy thing that we do. But we do it One time a year. to celebrate our country. I think we're fine with that.
I think that's something we have collectively accepted as okay. that this is setting off explosions in the air. To mark the birth of our country, to pay tribute to the battles that were fought. to secure our freedom. The the Francis Scott Key line in our Our national anthem, bombs bursting in air, it's symbolism.
We get it. But to write the exclusive as if they got the scoop. That fireworks on the mall are likely to cause hazardous air pollution. Yeah, I don't think you want to be breathing in. all the time For prolonged periods Residue from fireworks.
I don't think that this is even something people questioned. But here we are. They can't let us have a wonderful celebration without trying to tear it down. They've been working hard at this. They've been going after the reflecting pool.
Remember the dead ducks story that I talked about that I just couldn't get over? That a dead duck was found in the reflecting pool. And then. They found two more close by. That was a headline from the Washington Post.
They don't want you to enjoy. The celebration. They want to cast doubt over the future of our country. I understand also saying, okay, it's their job. They're the media.
They're not supposed to be cheerleaders per se. They're not supposed to only write happy stories or propaganda for the government. I feel like the 250th anniversary is one time we can just say, hey, you don't have to find a negative angle. You can just be happy, write about other things, but they're not going to give it up and they're not the only ones. Stick around.
I'm going to go into this article because some of the quotes are going to make you chuckle at very least, I would hope, on this Thursday ahead of our 250th celebration. But I think it also is a reminder. Not that there are those that just want to tear down. And that's what I even see this week leading up to it. I see people on the right as well saying, not much to celebrate, Supreme Court opinion I didn't agree with.
You know, into the Republic. Don't let. That negativity. Tear you down. You should be joyful in celebrating.
What a wonderful country that we are blessed to live in. I'm gonna talk more about that, and I wanna hear from you. 1-800-684-3110. We'll talk to you on the other side of this break. Welcome back to Sekulow.
We're talking about. Kind of the way, unfortunately, the media is framing the 250th. I think it's fair to say many in the media do not want Americans to enjoy this. They are rooting for a failure. They're rooting for a celebration that is lackluster.
You've been seeing the way that they've been covering the great American state fair that's happening in Washington, D.C., the way that they are covering the trying to. Make the reflecting pool a more beautiful place to visit. They've been rooting for that to fail. And now, You have this headline from Washington Post: that I got a push notification to my phone.
Someone at the Washington Post that handles the push notifications they send out, because they're picking and choosing which articles get pushed. That last night, and I even have the time stamp because I was, I sent it immediately to our team, to Will and Allie, and said, You got to see this, guys. It was at uh five twenty one PM hour time. And it said, that's when it was published. I sent it to them about an hour later.
But it said, fireworks on mall likely to cause hazardous air pollution documents show. And to me, I had a lot of questions immediately. One, I wanted to see how other news organizations were covering this. I also wanted to see, is this something the Washington Post has covered before? And I'll admit, I did research quickly.
I used an AI chatbot to find this for me.
So, full disclosure there. But I just asked, I said, hey, Washington Post published this article. Have they ever written an article like this before? This is a theme from The Washington Post. They have done this.
Not just this year. They did it last year. They did it in 2023 and they did it in 2019. And they did it in 2015.
So, this is a rinse and repeat story of theirs. They like to. To throw water on the fireworks. They like to try and lessen the joy of the celebration. It would be one thing if our nation's capital set off a 40-minute fireworks display.
Every weekend, even. I won't even say every day. That would be absurd. Every weekend, go to DC, you can see fireworks. Like, if that was a feature.
I could understand them writing like, hey, this isn't good for the people that live here. We get it's pretty, whatever, but it's not good. No. It's once a year in the nation's capital that this is a thing. I don't even think they do fireworks.
I could be wrong. People could fact-check me, but it's not something they go live to on New Year's Eve. Everyone's watching New York, everyone's watching every other city in the world, really, for the New Year's celebration where fireworks. But fireworks on the 4th of July. are are like apple pie.
It is something you associate with the United States. And the fact that they're running this article from the media, they want you. To not like it. They're concerned about the air pollution from a one-time event. And I understand that this is a thing, like it makes sense.
But do they write about every time that there is a flyover at a sporting event? You know, the carbon footprint of that. Like these types of things that are one-offs that happen once a year, I don't know that it's warranted. to even if they wrote it framing it a different way. Of saying, hey, listen, National Park Service does a study, they want you to be aware.
If you have respiratory issues, if you have asthma, be aware. I get that. I mean, that's a very valid thing. It is the whole premise here. This fireworks for this year's Fourth of July celebration are expected to cause hazardous levels of pollution around the National Mall and, quote, very unhealthy conditions in Central DC.
They frame it as this is the one time, folks, even they've written a similar story to this since 2015, taking a few years off. wasn't going to click that year. But just the fact of of The fact that they're framing it as this year's 4th of July celebration, the 250th, it's going to be a bigger fireworks display this year. But it should be. It's it's The 250th.
It is a wonderful time to celebrate our country. And you look at this, it says avoid prolonged exposure. Also, these are logical things. It's the framing that I take issue with. One individual said.
People should use. This is a professor of medicine and population health. At NYU said that people should use the precautionary principle, which is to minimize exposure and an N ninety five mask would be a good idea. That would be the Washington Post dream. If there was a wide shot of the National Mall And everyone was wearing an N95 for the 250th.
I mean, that would be, they would probably win a Pulitzer Prize if they could capture that. Um But even the levels of the pollution, if you read the article, is saying that the expected or most likely scenario is that. The level i is something that This same professor has said that we have seen another events. Just take precautions. That's where they don't want you to enjoy it.
And when you read the other articles, my caution is, and I know a lot of you watching this broadcast aren't reading this. But just I think Combat this with joy. With the fact that we are in the greatest country on earth. No matter what the media wants you to believe, no matter what some politicians want you to believe, no matter what some influencers want you to believe. That it is.
It is the greatest country on earth and in the history of the world. And we have. A wonderful opportunity to Talk to our neighbors, to be excited, to have a collective joy about our country and the future of this country. But Reuters, happy birthday, America, question mark. At 250, nation may be too divided to celebrate as one.
And they are saying that, you know, that because President Trump's involved and all this, it's hard for Americans. They struggle with how to separate politics from pageantry. That's on them. And it's actually on YouTube, media, because you're having a hard time celebrating politics from pageantry. There's, once again, I read this morning.
An article from CNN. This is from Brian Stelter's Reliable Sources newsletter sent to my email inbox. The July 4th Balancing Act. This talks about how many networks are going to be covering it. And and and just wait for this part.
The coverage is nonpartisan in nature, referring to NBC, ABC, CNN networks that are going to be having coverage of the celebration as they should. The coverage is nonpartisan in nature and intentionally so. But President Trump's plan to speak on the National Mall on Saturday night is dot, dot, dot. complicating matters. Will T V networks show Trump's remarks live?
Should they? What if he rambles into a political rant? What if he delays Washington's iconic fireworks show? You mean the one that's gonna pollute the air? Washington Post says?
I've been asking around and my sense is that the networks are not turning Independence Day into the Trump show, even if the President may want that. News organizations have to assess how newsworthy Trump's speech. might not be. First of all, That's a tricky sentence, Mr. Stelter.
News organizations have to assess how newsworthy Trump's speech might not be. Normally you assess if something is newsworthy to cover it.
So they're like, it might not be super newsworthy. Like, it is newsworthy, but it might not be super newsworthy.
So we're going to cut away from it regardless. They're also trying to make it be like, this is Trump's Fourth of July. And the the Ridiculousness to me is. If Joe Biden had won reelection and were in office before he dropped out, or if Kamala Harris had won election. This is the 250th anniversary.
Journalists are excited to be able to write words in their story like. semi quincentennial. Because you're seeing that everywhere. That's a word everyone says all the time when they say 250th, semi-quincentennial. If if Anyone else was President?
They would be speaking on the 4th of July. It is an honor that you get to be the President during such a landmark anniversary.
So them trying to say Trump is trying to make it about himself? He's trying to celebrate the country. He's trying to do everything around this, is not very look at me. Which is Hard for them to believe. It is.
Let's celebrate America. Let's have a huge fireworks display. Let's clean up the reflecting pool. Let's have a cool state fair. Let's have concerts.
Oh no, they're gonna. Shame. people, artists into dropping out. He's not trying to make it about himself. He may make a lot of things about himself.
I don't think this one is it. And the fact that he's speaking before it. I think is what any other President would have done. Call me. I want to hear your thoughts on all of this.
1-800-684-3110. What do you think about the coverage of the 4th of July and how will you celebrate? We'll be right back with more. Welcome back to Sekulow. Will Haynes in today, and I did want to take a quick pivot.
I see the phone lines are filling up. James and Steve, I'll get to you guys soon. The rest of you are being talked to right now, but give me a call. I've got one line open: 1-800-684-3110. Also, how are you going to celebrate this?
I feel like it's going to be, if you're watching this broadcast, very different than the way that these headlines I've been reading want you to celebrate it. But that's good. I do want to take a little bit of a pivot here. This is something the ACLJ is doing today. Our work didn't end this week.
A lot of people are on vacation. You can tell that by the numbers. I appreciate all of you that have been watching and joining me this week as we go through it. But this is a big travel week for Americans. This is a big week to go on vacation.
You get an extra day built in that many people wouldn't have to take paid time off because of the holiday. Folks, we actually, if you are watching, I'm going to let you down. I'm not going to be live tomorrow on YouTube and Rumble. If you listen on the radio, there will be a show for you. But, you know, it's the 3rd of July.
We got to start preparing to actually celebrate and to be with family. And I encourage all of you to think about how you're going to celebrate and just be thankful. For this wonderful land we live in, that we have the freedom. to get on here and talk about this. We have the freedom to mock the Washington Post a little bit for some of their silly takes.
A lot of places, you can't get away with that in this world. But we have these constitutional rights that the ACLJ defends each and every day, including today, as we filed a new Supreme Court brief. This is an interesting one, folks, because this is a case that. The government, and this is out of Colorado. Is we're defending a Catholic preschool right to preserve their faith.
And the big question is: can the government tell a Catholic school it may prefer a child based on geography, family ties, or even shared hobbies? but never based on shared faith. That's what the state of Colorado is doing. Uh and we filed an Amicus brief to Uh support. Saint Mary Catholic Parish.
But this is why this one's interesting. And once again, if you put that brief back up on the screen for folks, I want to point this out. Because This brief isn't just on behalf of the ACLJ. But it is on behalf of the ACLJ. Advocates for Faith and Freedom.
That is the law firm with Bob Tyler, who we work with on the Calvary Chapel case. You've seen him on this broadcast, also representing Calvary Chapel. We also filed it on behalf of Calvary Chapel San Jose and Pastor Mike McClure.
So, this Amicus brief isn't just on behalf of all of you that support the ACLJ, as most, not most, but many of the briefs are just us filing with our expert attorneys, giving analysis on the case through the Amicus brief, filing in support. Uh This one, though, is our clients in a case that is before the Supreme Court as we speak. The Calvary Chapel case, where California is still trying to impose $1.2 million in COVID fines. on the church. This is interesting because this case has already.
Um is already before the Supreme Court. And we are filing this brief. Because What happens here? Could directly shape the fate of the Calvary Chapel case.
Now something unique has happened in the Calvary Chapel case. Uh there was no it was distributed for conference and then we heard nothing from the court. Many times it either gets rescheduled, it gets denied, it gets granted, you see some sort of action. but this was distributed for conference and just nothing.
So it is still before the court. And there is some analysis that would look at that potentially. The court, because of the similar issues here in this. uh could affect the way they look at our case.
So, not only are we waiting to see what the Supreme Court will do surrounding our case. But we engaged in this on behalf of our clients because it could also help determine what they do in our case.
So, even the day, as everyone is 4th of July-minded, our attorneys are hard at work filing another brief at the Supreme Court. Supreme Court's already out of session. But we're still filing.
So, I think that's just important. If you support the work of the ACLJ, know that our attorneys are always working and working very hard. Trying to Do everything we can to defend these churches in this case. to defend you, your rights. Under the First Amendment?
And it's not easy work. It's a lot of work. Our attorneys work nonstop all night. Every day. It is uh they are very special people.
And when you support the work of the ACLJ, you support them. You support everything we do here, but you also support the Constitution because at the end of the day, that is what we are fighting to preserve. And we know even these silly headlines They, at the end of the day, they're silly. I mean, there's more of them we can get to. Like, um,.
Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success. I didn't see that. I haven't seen that really anywhere. Maybe Some of these newly nominated Democrat Socialist candidates are having a hard time with it. Maybe.
But I watched that uh match last night. We played Bosnia and won. It was contentious. It was dramatic. But I saw a lot of people excited.
Not just in the stadium. Obviously, they paid tickets to be there on social media. They cut to different cities holding watch parties. And those aren't all conservative Republicans. Let's be honest, this is maybe the only time of year conservative Republicans, or only time every four years, conservative Republicans really lean into soccer.
So I feel like the of all of the sports fan demographics, this one is less likely to be who they think would be celebrating America. But this headline from Politico that they're they grapple with how to They grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success. I don't believe it. I think that's just a lie. They found a couple people they could get a quote from to support their claim, but it's not true.
That moment after the U.S. won that match, and they're playing Country Roads by John Denver. Was like, uh uh you got the warming fuzzies. You got chills watching the success of our country and not being. uh uh crowded by politics.
In Supreme Court decisions. and elections. It was a moment of like, that is the best kickoff to this weekend to me. That we can just be Happy about something. The media doesn't want you to just be happy about something.
A lot of political influencers or analysts don't want you to just be happy about something. But you can be. You can show pride in this country. There's a reason they talked about a more perfect union. No one is saying we're perfect.
America gets things wrong. We fight to correct those wrongs. And we've got a long history of that. But it doesn't mean you have to just be upset about it. pessimist A cynic about the future of your country.
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I am going to take phone calls. I've been talking about these headlines from the media.
Some people are like, well, no one reads that anyways. Yeah, but. Pe some people do. And I think it is important to be aware of what's being said. and be aware of what's going on.
In our country, and how they're trying to frame it. One, so you can be informed and you can push back. But let's go ahead and take some phone calls. I'm going to go to Steve from Maryland online two. This is about I mentioned this earlier that the Washington Post said fireworks on the mall likely to cause hazardous air pollution documents show.
Steve, you're on Sekulow. Thanks. Your critique of the Washington Post article was. Uninformed, and you called it silly.
Well, it was silly and frankly biased. To say that it only happens once a year doesn't really reflect the issue. Because, first of all, this is being described as and designed to be the greatest pyrotechnic event ever in history. That's your way. it's being advertised.
So it's a great more than, oh, we do this every year. And second, when we look at understanding dimensions of risk, sometimes something that has to be a significant risk if it's something that you are chronically exposed to. Like, say, cigarette smoke. Sure. But there are other things that can pose a one-time danger to you just by being exposed one-time.
And so the levels of particulate matter that the government analysis showed to be expected. from the fireworks display are very significant. Yeah. Even for one-time exposure.
So I w I wouldn't scoff at that. In fact, it's dangerous to scoff at that.
So Steve, once again, I'll I'll take callers that disagree with me and I appreciate it. My framing was mostly at the negativity that it came from. And once again, this is not. The only time that the Washington Post has published a very similar story. Uh I think you could have published this very story.
Not with the Debbie Downer style reporting that they had here. And I understand, I understand the risk, and I understand, and I even read what some of them were saying.
However, the NYU professor said that the particulate matter, the 1200 micrograms per cubic meter, That is the most likely scenario. Uh it match what have been recorded in other fireworks displays. That they have measured.
So one. Yeah, it is a one-time, it is a one per year. They are saying it is going to be the greatest spectacle, pyrotechnic spectacle, all of that. But the scientists that they are even reporting are not saying that this is different than other fireworks display as it comes to the contamination from these particulates. It also goes to say that.
The It will be very unhealthy in that sense, but that people should expect irritation symptoms.
Now, once again. I said from the very beginning, I think we all know that breathing in combusted material from fireworks displays is probably not healthy. But I wasn't dismissive that even those individuals, I think people know the risk too. If they are asthmatic, if they have chronic lung issues, probably don't go to fireworks displays. normally because of that reason.
Um But I don't think I was flippant at that there is a potential risk. I said that that is something that people understand to a great degree, and I was going after the way that it was framed in the article. It was framed as if the Can you believe? That America's going to do this. And The fireworks display on the National Mall does happen one time a year.
Happens every single night at Disney. We'll be back with more on Sekulow. when we get back. Welcome back to Sekulow. I appreciated Steve's call that he disagreed with me.
That's fine. And hopefully, I was able to explain that it was really the framing I have an issue with. The Park Service puts out. Notices about this. This is where some of their primary documents came from, was from the Park Service.
So I. I think that there is some. middle ground that can be had here. Took issue with my framing. My framing was mostly, I got a push notification from the Washington Post warning about this.
I'm not geographically close to them all. If it was sent out as a kind of a PSA, like if you're in the area, you can regionally send out. Push notifications or people that sign up for certain alerts. It wasn't done as a local news story. It was done as.
The Washington Post putting out a statement that effectively is a policy statement, and that is a negative thing against this administration. I struggle with the, yes, I do want to be. Um Thoughtful of people that have respiratory issues and things of that nature. That's not a this isn't a dig at that and saying, like, deal with it. This is America.
This is a fact that the fireworks display of the National Mall is an uh iconic American thing. And I used at the end of the segment that Walt Disney World does a massive fireworks display every single night. And there hasn't been this investigative journalism takedown of Walt Disney World. Probably because their politics align. more with the Washington Post than the Trump Administration.
Why isn't it saying the The P 2.5 matter at Walt Disney World is chronically affecting those in Lake Buena Vista and Kissimmee, Florida. Because I guarantee you, it does have an effect on that area. And that's every single night.
So I think it is very much fair game to point out this article that they decided to use data. I mean, it costs money to send out push notifications, even when it's their own app. It takes data. They send it to. Millions and millions of phones.
To warn of their exclusive which comes from government documents that are Public. They're published. About how this year's Fourth of July celebration are expected to cause hazardous levels of pollution around the National Mall in very unhealthy conditions in Central D.C. That sentence could have been said every single year. And as a matter of fact, they do use this over and over again.
when they feel like it, And they frame it that way. As a negative thing about a celebration of America. And that I have a problem with. You could write this same story.
So much easier, but it wouldn't have had the fun headline with the Washington Post exclusive that they could push to millions of phones. That's the problem I have with it. I don't have a problem with them talking to scientists and doing analysis of that. And I agree, it is probably not good for you, and actually documented, not good for you to be breathing in that material. But I do think that It's...
It's picking and choosing the battles, and they're wanting to make it something that I don't believe it is. I don't believe that this is a massive plan. Public health. Emergency at the hands of our government when the fireworks display is something people choose to go to. It's being done at 10:30 or 11 o'clock at night.
If people aren't there for watching the fireworks, they're probably inside. And if they also are not in a specific area, After it's over, they're probably going back inside relatively quickly. which is what they encourage people to do. It's actually made. in a way to be a little bit easier for people to go back inside.
At the time that it's happening. They're not going to be outside going to more things. It's over. That's the thing. And then it's done.
I'm going to go ahead and take some phone calls. Let's go to James, calling from Alaska. This is from. Talking about the birthright citizenship case, so a little bit off topic, but I'll go ahead and go. You've been online the longest.
You're on Sekulow, James.
Okay. First thing first thing is that Juneau Alaska has the very first fireworks in the nation because of the time situation. Will you be watching them, James? Oh, yes. There you go.
And on the birthright citizenship, the Constitution of the United States being the greatest legal document ever written, it says at the heading of the Constitution, the United States of America, meaning the states are located on the North American continent. And they're separate basically from the federal government and the state.
Now when they allow birthright people to come into the United States to have a child, the birth the state gives them a birth certificate, which follows them the rest of their life and is their identification.
So why the federal government allows them to have a social security number and not go through the naturalization process like everyone else applies for the citizenship and are required to go through the process. And it's an extensive process.
So They should be And the basis earning the Social Security number, not being given the Social Security number, it's like them stepping in front of the line of all those other people that have applied for citizenship. Sure. So, James, I think what What we're getting at is also a separation between what the text of the Constitution is and things that are statutory. The Social Security program, the way that Social Security numbers are given out, and yes, they are vastly used. They're used as a way to verify citizenship and things of that nature in many ways.
But that is a statutory thing versus and so is birth certificates being issued. The Constitution doesn't say Even in the 14th Amendment, and you shall be issued a birth certificate in the state thereof. That There's a lot of messy issues when it comes to this. And I think it's just bubbling up some of the issues that some people have. We've talked about it extensively.
We talked about it earlier with Jordan. I. I think there are some of these issues that are going to be shifted through the legislative process, and that there is an appetite for some people to move forward on some of these issues. Maybe some of those issues that you're bringing up as well. But I also think that.
The Supreme Court, whether you agree with it or not, it didn't necessarily change anything that had been happening. It wasn't. It wasn't like a new law was passed. It was Put on hold by a court order until the Supreme Court ruled on it, and the Supreme Court ruled, and now that new law just created something new.
So, I think I do see a lot of pessimism. I've seen people say that are just trying to get clicks and trying to make money online. I get that. Of, you know, this is the end of the republic, this is it. This was it.
The Supreme Court did it. And I have a hard time with that, especially with this 250th celebration, because of many reasons. Because I don't think any single Supreme Court opinion or decision is the end of our country. I think also when you get opinions that you don't agree with, that also shows that the Supreme Court is working. But I also think that.
Uh It's not as if this was a new Interpretation. This is how it had been interpreted for a very long time. And the Supreme Court, in that opinion, affirmed what had already been the interpretation.
Now There are statutory ways to change things. There are constitutional amendment ways. That's unlikely. If that is the appetite of the people, that's the way our government works. If the people that are elected as representatives want to change and legislate things, they can do that.
That was kind of what was in the descent.
Sorry, I'm sorry, the concurrence by Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Kavanaugh. Was Uh a little bit. And some people went after him, saying, you know, he betrayed us. And I don't like that language. I'm so tired of hearing when we got very upset at the left for calling President Trump a Nazi.
Right? It led to assassination attempts. calling them evil, Nazis, Hitler, We didn't like that language because it led to violence against the person that many people watching this broadcast like. I don't like When you look at Justice Barrett and say she betrayed America, she is a traitor. She's a very good idea.
Conservatives? No, I think she was actually true to her judicial philosophy. Which is, if you're a conservative jurist, you have a lot of independent thinking. Unlike a lot of more liberal jurists that Are pretty much in lockstep with their views.
So I don't like hearing When people say they betrayed, you can say I disagreed with it. That isn't what I hope that person would do. But when you start saying traitor, betrayed us. Yeah. That's not good.
That's dangerous language. That's what we called out the left for doing. to political candidates that led to assassination attempts.
So knock that off. Let's stop that. Let's voice our opinions in a way that are constructive and continue to fight for this country and be excited about this country in the 250 years and more ahead of us. We'll be right back with more on Sekulow. Sekulow, welcome back to Sekulow, final segment of the broadcast here, and I'm going to get right to your phone calls.
Let's go to Vera calling from Texas on line five. Vera, you're on Sekulow. Oh, hello. Yeah, um I am Really, first generation naturalized American citizens in the United States. And uh my parents yeah, my parents spent five years uh studying the Constitution and and they had to memorize and repeat back the Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
That was part of their Ah, citizenship. I'm sorry, I'm huffing and puffing because I'm working outside. You're all good. You're all good. And you know what?
A lot of Americans probably can't do what your parents had to do to gain that naturalization that that are just born here. Exactly.
Well, my goodness, I think that uh all this uh Stop sticking. They're doing over the airways with the media is just a bunch of, I would call poppycocks. That's probably English. There you go. It's crazy.
It's just crazy because they do not know what my parents went through fleeing East Germany during World War II, just after, after, I should say, World War II, to West Germany, and then coming to the States. because um my mother had a Jewish uh father that she didn't know was Jewish either. Yeah, until she got to the States. Yeah, so it was very interesting. Yeah, and so I think that we need to thank God every day for our liberties and not take them for granted anymore.
Vera, thank you so much for calling. I love your positivity. And I don't share these things to try to be negative like the media. I share them. One, some of them are genuinely humorous to me, the way they frame it, like the World Cup one that, you know, Democrats, where was it?
I got to read it for you.
Well, here's one. Forget Trump. Democrats have lost faith in America itself. That may be true. You've seen some of the polling, but.
Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success. That is so funny to me because it is not the reality that you see play out. And I think a lot of politicians maybe are upset that people are enjoying America because that's not helpful for them. Did we take power? But that's not the point.
The point is that we are all Americans and we can be joyful. No matter what your political ideology is, you can be joyful and excited about this weekend and this celebration.
So I'm going to go now quickly to Martin calling from North Carolina. Martin, you're on Sekulow. Thank you, sir. I just wanted to say that if you go back to last year and the 250-year anniversary of the Army, that parade was permitted under Joe Biden, but the media tried to make it that Trump was going to make it all by himself. And I watched it, and he never really said anything.
I think he said thank you to J.D. Vance for acknowledging it, but that was it. It wasn't about Trump.
So these headlines now and all that, you kind of have to dismiss them. And as far as the Washington Post, maybe they should go back to writing about dead ducks and finding out what happened in there. I hear you. Maybe they can do an investigative series about the ducks. Martin, thank you.
And, you know, I. That is something that the media can't handle to some degree. Does President Trump make a lot of things about himself? Does he have a robust ego? Yes.
Anyone who Who runs for President? I don't care how humble they want to try and present themselves. To run for President, you have to have a big ego. You think you can run the free world.
So I don't care what President it's been in our history. You have to believe that you're the one guy for the job.
So yeah. He does. But one thing they can't get over is that he actually genuinely does love the country. Like the entire make America great again, all of these things aren't just about make Trump President again. There are two sides to that coin.
And they can't get over it that he He would want to make the reflecting pool look better. Even if they wanted it to fail. And they're like, look, we got him. Or that he wants to have a massive fireworks display. Look, it's about him.
No, it's the 250th. Let's go to Jaclyn Calling on line six from Maryland. Jacqueline, you're on Sekulow. Hi, thanks for taking my call. have two things to say since we got on the birthright citizenship thing.
Okay. A lot of people here they come here from other countries and they are foresaid whatever their government tells them about America. And then when they get here, they just follow whatever they're told because they don't have a frame of reference being the past. Uh to go by. Sure.
I you know, so I kind of I'm with President Trump on that, especially because I have a daughter in Africa that can't come here because she's not my blood. I adopted her. And that's an issue. for for for immigration. Sure.
'Cause that's all I'm gonna say about that. But back to the topic, which was the 250th celebration. I'm old enough to remember the Bicentennial celebration. And The President did speak. And there was a huge celebration on the mall.
And back then We did things called smoking, where all of us, there was an area where the cops could not bother you, and everybody would smoke weed on that day. Different times, Jacqueline. I mean, now I think some of these big cities, that may be the whole city. But even to your point, is that the celebration? Yeah, I think I could already write the headline.
If President Trump wasn't speaking, they'd be like, Because the 250th isn't enough about the President, he declines to speak. They're going to try and twist it no matter what. Jacqueline, thank you so much for calling. I'm going to try to get to, I've got two more calls. I'm going to try to get to both of them.
Let's go to Joyce from Georgia Online for Joyce. You're on Sekulow. Hey, thank you for taking my call. Absolutely. I am very uh moved.
by the Fourth of July celebration. It's always been important and special to me and to my family. And this one, like you say, is monumental. And I just don't understand. And it's not just about this, it's about everything.
I don't understand. Kind of like if you can't say something nice, don't say anything. Why can't people just be neutral if they don't? Want to participate in it if they don't like it? Why do they have to try to run it for us?
Right. They are the ones that are making the 4th of July political by their reporting, right? The 4th of July should just be able to be something that we can enjoy regardless of political background, regardless of where we are in the country. We can just celebrate and celebrate maybe in our own ways. But you know what?
Most of that includes hanging out with family and friends. Maybe something on the grill. and some fireworks. And just being happy, wearing red, white, and blue. These are things that we can all get behind.
And yes, the media, it is disheartening to some degree that they try to tear it down. But don't let it get you. Go from this broadcast and forget everything I told you about the media and just go and celebrate with your friends and family. I want to ask you a few things. One, if you can, support the work of the ACLJ.
Your donations are double. We are in the middle of our Liberty Drive. It is a big month for us. Two, If you can, read the Declaration of Independence with your family this weekend. And three.
Pray for our nation. I think that's the most important thing you can do this weekend. Besides enjoying yourself, pray for the nation. Because you have people that want to tear it down. even on your own political ideology.
There are a lot of people that are losing their positivity about America, but not us here. We're gonna keep fighting. Pray for America. God bless you all, and happy 4th of July. We'll talk to you next week.
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