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Walker Wildmon and Rick Green host At the Core on Thursday
>> Rick Green: Welcome to at the Core with Walker Wildmon and Rick Green. I'm Rick Green, America's Constitution Coach. Appreciate you joining me on this Thursday. If you're watching online, you'll notice I have a guest in the studio, but you have to just look at him for a minute while I hit a couple of headlines. And then, then I'll introduce those of you at home. You're it's painful to have to look at Tristan.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I know I have a face for radio, but I thought I wasn't going to be on screen.
>> Rick Green: Bad enough they have to look at me, now they got to look at both of us. It's really bad. So now we're just going to make everybody wonder until I get back to you.
Dr. Robert Malone says he's tired of fighting lawsuits over vaccines
All right, I'm going to make this really quick. There's just two things I have to point out. And then once we get to the phones, you guys can bring up whatever topics you want. But, I'm super annoyed that Robert Malone is basically saying, I'm done, I'm tired. I understand from his perspective. I'm m just annoyed that the swamp is so swampy here. You got a guy that for a year, year and a half has given up his own time, his own money to serve, to try to straighten out our vaccine nightmare out of Washington, D.C. with the center for Demented Confusion. And they've just frustrated him to death. And of course, we had that silly judge basically saying he gets to make the health policy for America even though he's not elected by anyone. And, so that's just been kind of the, that wasn't the final straw for Malone. The final straw was that that the Health and Human Services Department, the legal department, has not even said yet whether or not they're going to appeal that decision. So anyway, for those of you that have been listening on a regular basis, you know, I've already been ranting about this one for a while, but I just got to tell you, I still think we've had victories at the CDC and fda and what RFK has done, he has, he has done more than I thought would be possible. And they've already had tremendous victories, but this one is a loss for sure. And, I think it really comes down to not, not that RFK is not willing to fight this fight or that Trump's not willing to fight this fight. There's just only so many whack a moles you can handle. I mean, they're literally just fighting on every front and these district judges overruling the policy of the people that were actually put in place by the American people. So here's a president elected with an incredible majority, with a clear mandate on all of these things, and, being thwarted by these unelected, unaccountable lawyers serving as, you know, basically witches and white black robes. And I say that because of the court statution that they create, which is like a witch's brew. And so I don't mean that to say they're actual witches, though I think that some of them might be.
We don't know if the soil in Iran is still good enough
All right, last one. Iran, ongoing battle. I, I did share. If you're not following me on X, go to, go to my X channel and look at that article I just shared about 20 minutes ago from Newt Gingrich. It says everything I've been saying here on the show, but more eloquently because he's more eloquent. Most everybody's more eloquent than I am. But, Newt always says it in, an incredible way. And it's basically this. It's a, it's a more detailed description of what I've been saying, that we don't know if the soil in Iran is still good enough, if there's solid enough soil to put. Not solid's the wrong word. If there's fertile enough soil to put the seeds of liberty in and actually bear fruit. And I've said from the beginning, we just don't know. And we won't know until we see if the Iranian people rise up and actually get completely rid of, this regime. And what Newt was explaining is when you have these true believers that, dig in the same way that the Taliban did in Afghanistan, the same way, in Iraq, I mean, even in Vietnam, I mean, it Just gives a lot of great examples. And you just don't know if 47 years has been long enough for them to eradicate the good soil and only have bad soil as a result of the education system and the indoctrination. And we won't know that for a little while. I think that's essentially what Newt's saying in the article, but that Trump is going to have to make a decision sooner rather than later. And I said in my post, I'll say it one more time, even if Trump decides after this five day pause, you know what? We're done. We've done all we can. We're pulling out. Best of luck to you guys. That's still a home run because we set them back for decades and we, you know, interrupted a lot of the terrorism we gave, you know, destroyed a lot of the bad stuff that in and of itself would have been worth it. But if they actually rise up and if the soil is good enough that those seeds actually bear fruit, then we're talking about seismic, tectonic, I don't have big enough adjectives, world change as a result of Iran actually no longer having that regime and becoming a free people again. And potentially, if some of the prophecies I've heard from guys that I think have been incredibly accurate over the last five years turn out to be true, Iran could go back to becoming a blessing to the world much as they were, when they were actually Persia and essentially a friend, to the Jewish people and to the world. So who knows? Who knows what will happen?
Tristan Gazelle teaches leadership principles at Patriot Institute
All right, that's my two news items. Now to my guest in studio, Tristan Gazelle, my good friend of two decades now, almost, I think it's been nearly two decades.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Almost two decades.
>> Rick Green: Yeah. One of our super coaches in, in Patriot Academy and, one of our faculty here at the Patriot Institute. And you had the, scholars this morning and yesterday, yesterday beating up on them in some, a little Brazilian jiu jitsu.
>> Tristan Gazelle: They were beating each other up, were they?
>> Rick Green: You didn't, you don't beat them up.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I do.
>> Rick Green: Oh, okay.
>> Tristan Gazelle: But I'm at the end when they want extra credit. That's not the curriculum.
>> Rick Green: So now you've taught them to beat each other up.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Correct.
>> Rick Green: Good. Okay, good.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yes.
>> Rick Green: And then, and then today, what were you working on with them?
>> Tristan Gazelle: we went over leadership, leadership concepts, entrepreneurship, and made sure that they understood that it didn't matter what initiatives, endeavor they were pursuing after leaving the, Institute, that they had those leadership principles intact because everything rises and falls on leadership.
>> Rick Green: Amen. Amen.
Patriot Academy has been working on developing young scholars for eight months
All right. And you get them, you get them what, like two days a month basically?
>> Tristan Gazelle: Correct.
>> Rick Green: So you've been pouring, you've been doing communications training with them, leadership training, goal setting, I mean, all kinds of life skills.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Correct.
>> Rick Green: And I wanted to have you on because, you know, the folks at home, sometimes it gets bleak as you're. Maybe you only see the defeats out there or you're around young people that aren't motivated like these scholars are to better their lives and be leaders. And so they need to hear some good news. And so, you know, what, what have you kind of seen over the last, I guess now, eight, almost eight months that we've had, as you've watched them from the time they came in in September to now, having had eight months with you and with Krish and with me and with all the other folks that we, we bring to them, what have you seen in terms of their growth, in terms of just like what it's been like to be around young people like that?
>> Tristan Gazelle: It's very encouraging. If you're getting any hints, that the battle is losing or that we need reinforcements, rest assured, Patriot Academy sending reinforcements. we've got a great batch of scholars, that we've been working on for the last eight months. And encouraged is the reason I come down here. And I get to come down after they've been with Rick and Krish for a month. And now they're getting a very different flavor, when I come down because when I come down the first morning, they get an extra hour, of. I don't say sleep because they're usually not sleeping, but I start them an hour later. But we're on the mats, teaching m them Brazilian jiu jitsu from 9am to 12pm and three hours of grappling is a lot. But watching them progress and understand the concepts and the principles and how they transfer to everyday life because, one of the many amazing intangible benefits Brazilian Jiu Jitsu teaches you is the difference between pressure and pain. It's like, no, no, no, you're uncomfortable. You're like, you're not in danger. You're just uncomfortable. And you can endure discomfort for an infinite amount of time. And understanding, advancing your position, understanding that there's never a position that you can't come back from. That, submission isn't something that is a ultimate failure thing. It's a, you didn't do something correctly in that sequence. Now you get to go redo it. It's just been really cool to watch them progress there and then, and then
>> Rick Green: you get a chance to take them from the mats and that physical training that has life application into the classroom and talk about that life and actually start, start putting that life plan together for when they leave here.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yep. And, so Rick's done a great job of helping them find their purpose. And so my role in coming in is like, okay, as an entrepreneur, someone who owns, I now own four profitable businesses. I don't want to. I think everyone says successful businesses too loosely. So I have a successful business like it exists. It exists.
>> Rick Green: It should be existing businesses instead of successful.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Right. Oh, I mean, are you paying taxes? I mean, that's, that's the question. If the iris coming after you. Okay, you made some money. Right. And so talked about just the power of the spoken word, how to control your thoughts, how to map out your destiny with practical steps of what I need to do daily, weekly, monthly in order to, accomplish that. Basic health and fitness concepts. We've gone over nutrition, we've gone over how to take care of the temple of their bodies and understanding, what time management and calendar planning looks like right now. Before you have a wife, before you have children. How to pursue your purpose, but compartmentalize the things that really matter long term, like your walk in faith. we went over the five S's today, which is scripture speaking, stretching, sweating and synchronizing. Instead of waking up with your cell phone and letting the day get away from you, starting your day intentionally. It's lots of very. I'm coming in with, very practical things because as the Neanderthal of, the Patriot Academy faculty, I need to come in with the basic stuff or else no one's listening to me.
>> Rick Green: Well, actually, I want to talk about your testimony too. Before this program's over. Anybody wants to call in 888-589-8840. We will come back to headlines before the program's over. But part of the reason we love having you on staff and the kids getting to hear from you is because your journey is so. Not unique. I shouldn't say, but it's so powerful. you went from being a. I can't remember the phrase you used, but basically a fire breathing atheist that hated Christians. That's pretty accurate, to now just, an evangelist, in everything that you do. so that's a big shift. And you've been sharing that with Patriot academy students for 10, 12 years now. That you've been coming down and speaking it.
>> Tristan Gazelle: First time I spoke for you guys was over a decade ago, so.
>> Rick Green: Yeah, time flies, bro. M. Oh, my goodness.
Your parents were atheists as well. Let's talk about that. Did you come in from a family of faith
Well, let's. Let's. Let's talk about that. So we got, you know, you go back, Did you come in out of a family of faith? I can't remember. So your parents were atheists as well?
>> Tristan Gazelle: I, classify them as angry agnostics that identify as Catholic. So we went Christmas and Easter. Sometimes. they had me go through, ccd, but the priests, and the people teaching were never able to.
>> Rick Green: CCDs like Catechism? Is that what that is?
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, yeah. but they were never able to explain to me the basics. I was just like, why did he die? Like, I understand Jesus died for my sins, but what did I do? I'm like, I didn't kill anybody. I didn't steal anything. And they just never really got a good macro concept of the faith. And, kind of fell away very quickly upon entering adulthood because I'm like, I don't want to go. They don't go to church. Why would I go to church? And, just moved to the buckle of the bible belt in 2001.
>> Rick Green: And, you know, you've always struck me as someone that would not waste time in something that you didn't see was gonna have any value benefit in it.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, correct. And, I moved to Texas, and there were very pretty girls who went to church, so I went.
>> Rick Green: So you saw a benefit?
>> Tristan Gazelle: I saw a benefit, so I went. And the hypocrisy, was wild. It was. I went with this gal who said, oh, you want to go to church with me? I'm like, go anywhere you want. I'll go wherever you want. And so we would go to church, but they would act just like us outside of church. And I'm like, this is stupid. Okay? I really don't believe. And all the way up until age 22, I got, a business started, and the guy who brought me into business kept quoting scripture. But he was masculine. Very backwards from all of the churchy people I met.
>> Rick Green: All the skinny jeans.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, his pants fit correctly. It was masculine. It was bold, and quoted a lot of scripture and was living out what was very obvious, a very different way to live. And I was very attracted. I was like, this is cool. And I went to a major weekend conference, and the main speaker, very successful in his own business. Great family, great, benevolence.
>> Rick Green: You're looking at the fruit you want Correct.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I saw fruit on the tree. And I was like, okay, this guy obviously thinks different. And they had a non denominational, Christian worship service that morning for anyone who was away from their home. Church optional. I went and that was the first time I'd heard the gospel in its entirety in a really simple way. And, God grabbed me, literally. a, guy who's speaking his name, Joe, he's like, hey, if you want me to pray with you, come on up front. I'll pray with you. And I'm like, I'm not going. No way. I'm like, I'm convicted. Definitely want, salvation. And, God audibly told me, go. And I'm like, that wasn't the two people sitting next to me for sure. So, ran to the front box, jumped onto the stage. I didn't know what an altar call was.
>> Rick Green: Yeah. Now wait, guys, as you're listening to this, you got to picture this. So most people, when they go down front in an altar call, they go down front and they keep facing the speaker, preacher, whoever it is. Right. Tristan is so all in and everything. He does.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Go ahead. Yeah, I ran. I'm wearing Homer Simpson flip flops. This is a business conference. Everyone's dressed up. I'm wearing Homer Simpson flip flops, baggy jeans and a hoodie. And my hair is like, I had a lot of hair back then. And, I went and jumped probably three foot stage. I jump on the stage to get next to the guy speaking. He said he's gonna pray with me. God just told me to go, so obviously I'm supposed to go. I had no point of concept. It freaked him out, obviously.
>> Rick Green: he's like, is this guy attacking me? Right? Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: but no. he walked me through the very traditional sinner's prayer. And, I made Jesus lord of my life. And, I just took it literally. And I, radically saved, called my then fiance, now wife. She's like, what kind of cult meeting are you at? And called, my parents because they're like, hey, tell somebody. And I'm telling everybody, like, this is freaking great.
Rick Green: You just gotta ask forgiveness and Jesus will resurrect you
I don't have to go to hell. You don't have to go to hell either. No matter how bad you screwed up. You just gotta, just gotta ask forgiveness and die to yourself and Jesus will resurrect you from the dead. Like, this is freaking great. And I've been saying that for 19 years now. November, November, it's either 17th or 19th of, 2006, and he's made
>> Rick Green: you an incredible vessel to share that as well. And I just, I love that picture every time you tell your testimony. Just that, that image of really being all in and being so grateful for that salvation.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I haven't gotten over it yet.
>> Rick Green: Yeah. And then the exuberance to want others to, to be able to enjoy that powerful. All right, we got a lot more in our program today and we will get to the phones and to more headlines. 888-589-8840 is the phone number. I'm Rick Green, America's Constitution coach. You are listening to at the Core with Barker Wahburn.
>> Tristan Gazelle: The AFR app is a powerful tool, but it does have limitations. You can't use it to change the oil in your vehicle or get rid of carpet stains. It won't walk the do, won't pick up the dry cleaning or take the kids to practice. But while you're doing those things, you can listen to your favorite AFR content through the app on your phone, smart device or Roku. Just go to your app store or visit afr.net Listen to AFR wherever you go with the AFR app. This is at the Core on American Family Radio with your host Rick Greene.
Walker Wildmon: These tours are amazing. I've watched on video one of them
>> Rick Green: We're back here on at the Core with Walker Wildmon. Rick Green, I'm Rick Green America's Constitution coach by the way. Just listening to that commercial, there. Wildmongroup.com Go there. I'm telling you, these tours are amazing and I don't even know which one they were talking about. But if you get to go with Tim Wildmon and Steven McDowell and sometimes Tim Barton goes on those and you get to go to Boston and all these cool places if you get a chance to do. There's nothing like walking in the footsteps of the, founding fathers. Cool. Cool stuff. All right. We got Tristan Gazelle in studio with me. We were in the middle of your testimony. Then we'll get to more of the other things. But. So you give your life to the Lord radically saved. Go from being a fire breathing atheist.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yep.
>> Rick Green: To now a George Whitfield going everywhere you can to share that is a flattering comparison.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I'll take that all day.
>> Rick Green: I see. I see you as being like Whitfield though. You would ride a horse, up and down the colonies and sermons.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Absolutely.
>> Rick Green: Be glad to do it.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Absolutely.
>> Rick Green: And you would probably build the little, makeshift, you know, travel, not podium, but kind of like stage thing that he had not staged. But what do you say? What is.
>> Tristan Gazelle: If it's just you, it's soapbox, but
>> Rick Green: I mean, yeah, soapbox works.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, yeah, but like a m. Makeshift stage and podium. Yeah, I would totally do it.
>> Rick Green: So April 3rd, great. Ah, awakenings coming out, and I got to screen it. And, dude, I'm telling you, I don't want.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I wonder why you didn't invite me.
>> Rick Green: because it was in my living room and you were in Dallas.
>> Tristan Gazelle: yeah, but I would have. I've been to your living room a lot.
>> Rick Green: You would have driven all the way down just to watch that?
>> Tristan Gazelle: I would have, yeah.
>> Caroline: Yeah.
>> Rick Green: I cried, man. I cried multiple times. The scenes in the Constitutional Convention, you know me, I'm like, no, it's. It's hard to do that without it being cheesy. And they did it. They did it. It's the Titan sound people. Have you ever been to one of those? In Lancaster they had. And then in Branson, I haven't either. Cameron, my daughter, you know Cameron, she's been to, a couple of those. She says it's the best production she's ever seen. I've watched on video one of them, and it is remarkable. I mean, mean, they're first class.
The movie A Great Awakening shows the relationship between Ben Franklin and George Whitefield
Anyway, the, the movie A Great Awakening shows the relationship between Ben Franklin and George Whitefield. And it's.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Wow.
>> Rick Green: The best line in the. Maybe the whole movie, but definitely in the trailer is when Franklin's grandson says. He's like, they're rummaging through all these papers that, they're going through, and. And they come across a bunch of Whitfield stuff. And the grandson says to Ben Franklin, like, I didn't know you hung out with m a pastor, Grandpa. That's a. You know, that surprises me. And so was this Whitfield guy part of the. Was he, you know, part of the revolution? And there's a pause, and Franklin looks off, like, you know, into the distance, and he goes, george Whitfield was the revolution.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah.
>> Rick Green: It's like, oh, that's so true.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Well, I read that, Steven Mansfield wrote that book, and, oh, I had no idea. Like, they're literally taking pieces of the man's bones to battle. Like, I'm just. I'm like, okay, I obviously tore off
>> Rick Green: road pieces and everything.
>> Tristan Gazelle: California public schools did not highlight that story. And, I'm like, that's insane. I'm like, I'm just flabbergasted, that there was so much of our history that we just.
>> Rick Green: Well, you. You. You know David, Barton. Well, David is kind of a George Woodfield of today because he 400 presentations a year. He's done that for 35 years now. just literally, like. And he rides horses a lot, but he doesn't travel the country by horseback.
>> Tristan Gazelle: So, anyway, you should recreate that ride.
>> Rick Green: Yeah. Oh. Ah, that would be cool.
>> Tristan Gazelle: That actually. Yeah, that might be something.
>> Rick Green: Well, what, you definitely go to the movie. It's April. April 3rd is opening, day, and it's always good.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I'll take a group.
>> Rick Green: Yeah, take. Take a big chunk of your group. I'm going to take a bunch of the scholars. And, that always helps as, you know, produce, more good films.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Right.
>> Rick Green: They have a good opening day, they get more theaters.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah. So if you're watching this, like, always take some films that you want to see more of made. Take people on opening weekend. They use opening weekend as the metric on how the market receives whatever they're presenting. So if it's a movie, you don, like, don't go. But if you do, like, and want to see more of, take a group. Like, take people.
Jay Cho developed an empty hand defense course for the Patriot Guard
>> Rick Green: Hey, before we go to the phones, talk to me about the empty hand defense course that you developed for us, because you've been. You and I've been training with firearms together for 15 years now.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Right. I was at. I was at the first constitutional defense. I was one of the first students, and all of my guys were. And, we got to have a, practice run of firefighting that you guys got to repeat here. and, I forgot about that.
>> Rick Green: Oh, my goodness, that's hilarious.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I mean, talk about coming around full circle. But no, I, During the first one, I pulled you aside and I was like, this is fantastic. But what about that gap when you can't get to your weapon?
>> Rick Green: Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Or God forbid, you already have a weapon on you. What do you do? Like, we should probably have some martial arts training. And, we just kind of, as we inevitably do. It's not that it wasn't important, it's just. It wasn't a good way to execute it. And last, I think Christmas time, that last one, but the one before it, I sat down with you. I was like, hey, I got access to a good guy now. We're really good friends. His name's Randy. he developed the hand to hand combatives for the SEAL teams in its most recent update, so.
>> Rick Green: So amateurs. He's just. He's just really, you know, guys just playing around. Nobody's serious.
>> Tristan Gazelle: No, no, not. Not even.
>> Rick Green: Nobody at the top of the game. Like, literally the top of the food chain.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, yeah. The baddest dudes on the planet.
>> Rick Green: Dudes on the planet, right?
>> Tristan Gazelle: so he. He literally. They scrapped their entire self defense course and gave Randy carb launch to hire the best Muay Thai guy, the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu guys, the best, Krav Maga guys, the best, American wrestling. And he's like, okay, we're not attached to any of these systems. Let's just take what works and apply it. And scrapped anything that was religiosity, reinforcement and just said, what works, what doesn't? And they came out with American Warrior Combatives. and when I say that that's Randy's company that he started after he left the teams. And I met Randy through Jiu Jitsu. We're both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belts. And we met training, and we were scrapping and having a good time. I got to know a story. I'm like, oh, you're a high performance human. I need to buy you lunch. We need to get to know each other. And so now he's officially partnered with Justin's Jiu Jitsu academy. He teaches American warrior combatants at my school.
>> Rick Green: That's Tristan's academy.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, I own Justin Jiu Jitsu Academy. If you're in Justin, Texas, we would love to have you. and, I was like. And then we sat down after eating some tacos, and I'm like, hey, I think we'd do something really cool because Tim Barton's a purple belt in shih tzu, good friends with Tim, and like, you put me, Tim and Randy in front of a camera, it's gonna be entertaining.
>> Rick Green: And it is.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And then I'm like, hey, we can come up with a base curriculum for people to complement the firearms training.
>> Rick Green: And you gave Tim one of the most fun times of his life, because Tim normally is like me, goes out and teaches history and gives presentations all day. But he is much more, you know, he loves rolling, he loves doing Jiu Jitsu. And so you gave him a chance to do both. He gets to teach on the history of the concept of self defense and being able to defend your family and then get to roll with you guys. Super high level. So that was cool.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And, so, yeah, we came up with the, just base curriculum. Like, hey, let's highlight four things that they need to know, and they want to do a deep dive. They can go with Randy through American Warrior Combatives. And if they want to get some hands on training, we'll eventually have that Hands on training here at the campus now we're partnered with War Room Jiu Jitsu, owned by Jay Choquette in, Fredericksburg. And so they have an official partnership with Patriot Academy. So if they come to a class and they want to go take some classes for Jiu Jitsu, they can go. But I'm working on, certification, because America, we're working about. As the company is new, he doesn't have any certified instructors. And so I will likely be his first certified instructor, that he basically puts a stamp of approval on, says, hey, Tristan can teach this, and then we're going to have that here at the campus in the near future.
When are you doing another live class where people could, uh, not live
>> Rick Green: When are you doing another live class where people could, not live? Well, I guess it is live, but you show the videos because you guys have this video.
>> Tristan Gazelle: So we just ran it. Yeah, we ran. So there's four videos, that we made with Tim Barton in the vault at American Journey Experience.
>> Rick Green: So you got all this history around.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Oh, It's. Yeah, it's 45 minutes of gold because we shift from there to the mats at my academy. And you, got to watch the course.
>> Rick Green: It's a great way for. If you've never done anything at all like this, it's a great way for you to be able to learn and observe and then hopefully get fired up about doing actual physical training in your community, wherever you are.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah. And you could do it at home. Comfort of your home, with a partner. It's not anything that's super advanced. You need an instructor. We gave the four most rudimentary techniques that you could apply and drill with somebody. disclaimer. Use a rubber dummy gun for the gun takeaways and use a dummy knife. Do not use real weapons for the. For the practice rounds. We say it in the video, too, but, there's too many stories of negligent discharges that just use dummy guns. It's $20 on. On a website, easy, like Amazon, Walmart. Doesn't matter. Just get a plastic dummy gun. Super easy now.
>> Rick Green: This is terrible. I'm asking you on live radio here. I don't. I don't even know, like, how right now can they get. Can they watch it on Patriot?
>> Tristan Gazelle: So, yeah, go to Patriot. You. It's, a patriot U dot com.
>> Rick Green: Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Patriot U dot com patreon.com subscribe. It's five bucks for access to all of Patriot Academy's curriculum. Biblical citizenship of modern America, Constitution alive. Constitutional, defense, empty hand course. my aggressively average networking course that we cut for you guys. we've got Aggressively average. Ah. I mean, we've got some incredible curriculum all in one. A one stop shop Patriot Youth for five bucks a month. It's like Netflix. Free for patriots who are taking over the country.
>> Rick Green: Citizens that want to learn how to be a better citizen.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Amen. Well, you got, the campaign coach curriculum on there, which by itself should be hundreds of dollars.
>> Rick Green: And even our. Right there by you is the Founder's Bible. Yeah, the Founder's Bible reading. So for those of you that haven't gone through Founders Bible, it's this great compilation of articles that David Barton and Paul Jaylee and all these people wrote that are essentially stories where people throughout American history and even before, American history, pilgrims, all of that, where they applied the Bible to what was going on in their world. And so as you're reading through the Bible, you get a story of someone using that scripture to live out their life.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And so, and it's beautifully illustrated. and the article, you could literally just start at the front and work your way to the back, get your entire Bible in a year. And we have live readings of the article sans the scripture on Patriot U to where you can listen to it while you're driving. I love the Patriot U app.
>> Rick Green: I know you're working out.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I thought for sure you would see, I actually listened. I listened to you when I worked out sometimes.
>> Rick Green: Oh, man, that must.
>> Tristan Gazelle: The Tavern's on there. the, I mean there's so much content that we're doing a terrible job of promoting. but yeah, patriotic.com or you can go to your app store and download it and subscribe through the app. And the app plays in the background while you're multitasking. And so, you can listen to it while you're driving. You can listen to it when. Now the martial arts stuff.
>> Rick Green: Hard to sit down and watch that.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, but, but the beginning of it is dialogue.
>> Rick Green: Listen to the learning part, of course. Teaching that.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, yeah. Tim, Tim, Randy and I are, seated podcast st. And the dialogue came out way better than we anticipated. God's hand was on that course for sure.
>> Rick Green: Very, very good.
You might have questions for Tristan about atheists or coming to Christ
okay, we got just a couple of minutes before our next break, so let's take at least one phone call before then. Phone number is 888-589-8840. You might have a question for Tristan about, defense or even just his walk with the Lord and coming to Christ. You might have people in your life that are atheists. You want to know how to address them. And I just interviewed Ray Comfort the other day, who I know you're also a fan of. And, that's going to air on Wallbuilders next week.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Oh, so fun.
>> Rick Green: I love Ray.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Oh, he's so great.
>> Rick Green: He is, is. He's amazing.
He physically called me after I donated. Amazing. I literally, I got a call from a California area code
All right, let's get it.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Two seconds on Red Comfort. He physically called me after I donated.
>> Rick Green: You're kidding.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I'm not kidding. I literally, I got a call from a California area code and I'm like, who is this? I have these. I thought it was recording. I was waiting for him to keep going and I was like, like, actually, Ray cover.
>> Rick Green: He's like, I know that accent from NewSong Zealand's got to be the.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Well, you know. So actually, Ray Comfort. I'm like, wait, you're calling me live? Like, it blew my mind. I'm sorry, I just.
>> Rick Green: By the way.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Oh, incredible content.
>> Rick Green: Amazing.
Caller Suggests SAVE act is unconstitutional because it regulates voting
All right, first phone call up today is from, Virginia. Mark, you're up first, man. Can you hear me? Yes, hi, Rick. Yeah, I just wanted to say. I just wanted to say that the SAVE act, is unconstitutional because Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution does not give authority for Congress to regulate what kind of identification people should have when they vote. And the 10th amendment, says that any authority not, given, in the Constitution is to reserve for the states, respectively, and for the people. Well, Mark, I would agree with you if that was the only place that was addressed in the, in the Constitution. And honestly, I'll tell you when, when 2020 happened, my knee jerk reaction was there's so much cheating and so much, you know, violation of the law here in the states that the feds need to take this over. And my friend Mark Meckler, who you also know, Tristan, Mark's like, dude, no, we don't want to nationalize the elections. However, there is a clause in Article 1, Section 4, Paragraph 1, that does give Congress the ability to, modify election law. And so let me just read that to you real quick. Markets, the time, place and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature. So the state legislature gets to do that. But the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators. So that's the clause that, that they're using. And I think it's legit. I think it's. Look, it would. It would cause a state to have two different elections if they don't want their state elections to have the same requirements. But for certain, Congress can, under that Clause, make the regulations and rules for how your federal elections take place, which means just President, House and Senate, and and then, you know, I don't think any state is going to turn around and go, okay, well we're going to hold two different elections. I think most, most states are going to then follow those rules and still have one ballot and one nova November election. But yeah, it's definitely not. You're right, Marcus. Not under Article 1, Section 8, but it is under Article 1, Section 4, paragraph, 1. You still with me? Yes, thank you. Yeah, yeah, man, absolutely. And believe me, your knee jerk reaction is right. Your instinct is right. Keep the feds out of it as much as you can and only have them do those things that the Constitution says they can do. This just happens to be one of the things that they, that they can do. I don't know if you watched at all. in fact, you kind of look like Mike Lee with your hairdo. Have you ever watched Mike Lee? He's amazing. I love this.
>> Tristan Gazelle: He's got a great haircut.
>> Rick Green: Best constitutionalist in the country for sure. And he has been. I mean, I don't know how much
>> Tristan Gazelle: he wrote written out of history. I'm thinking of the same guy, right?
>> Rick Green: I think that's the name of it. Yes. Okay. He's, he's, he's been in the Senate for, gosh, probably, Yeah, a while, 12 years. Yeah. And the only time I've ever really disagreed with Mike Lee is he, he was not willing to object on January 6th with Ted Cruz and and, and Josh Hawley, for, for whatever reason. I think he had a very, strict view of, how the electoral college was going to work and how, and who could object and who couldn't. I honestly, I think he was wrong on that. But other than that, man, the dude's been an absolute champion. He's very much for, and I forgot the guy's name that just called, but he's very much for the, for what he's saying, which is 10th amendment, man, keep the feds doing only those things they can do and then give everything else to the, to the states. But man, I mean, he was up, he was up on the Senate floor again last night. I'm not, you know me, I'm usually optimistic, Tristan, but I am not hopeful, on the SAVE act simply because you've got these rhino wussy Republicans, that sell us out every chance they get. And we still don't even know which Republicans are refusing to do the talking filibuster. Thune is protecting his members in a way that I don't think he should.
Rick Green: Thoughts on the whole election debacle
all right, I think we got, like, 30 seconds or something here. Thoughts on. On the, just. Just the whole election debacle because, you know, you've come from not voting at all and not being involved to being very involved.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yep.
>> Rick Green: Bringing a lot of people to the polls. You want to have faith in the elections. You want to know that there's not a bunch of manipulation.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Right. Watching, Kamala Harris try to argue for or against voter, ID was hysterical. Not because she was a terrible communicator, but because there's no logical bias behind it. We have to show ID and identify ourselves for so many other trivial other things. And, as someone who was. I mean, I voted for John Kerry my first election, and I'm on this show. Okay. So, like, talk about we're not Catholic,
>> Rick Green: but let me do some sort of weird, like, forgiveness of your sins.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Oh, I've repented, tremendously.
>> Rick Green: And we could do an indulgence. You could pay me for forgetting.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Right? Yeah, I mean, I. I got. I mean, I think. I think I went to the bricks, though. I got a bunch of those.
>> Rick Green: You've already sponsored enough on the campus.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, yeah, you can walk. You can walk on all the bricks.
>> Rick Green: I gotta interrupt you. We got. We're going to break. We'll be right back. Tristan, Gazelle, my. My special guest in studio. See a lot of phone calls out there. We will get to those when we come back as well. 888-589-8840. You're listening to at the Core with Walker Wildmon and Rick Greene.
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>> Tristan Gazelle: This is at the Core on American Family Radio with your host, Rick Green.
Tristan Gazelle and Rick Green discuss Patriot Academy in Texas
>> Rick Green: Welcome back to at the with Walker Wadman and Rick Green, Armored Green, America's Constitution coach. Not sitting with Walker Wildmon. I'm sitting with Tristan Gazelle. Tristan and our special guest in studio today. We're sitting here in the tavern at the Patriot Academy campus in Constitution City, Texas. Go to patriotacademy.com today if you want to sign up and be a coach or you want to go to one of, the courses that Tristan and I have been talking about or you got a young person that, you know, 17 to 25 years old, you want them to come spend nine months with us on campus getting the things that Tristan was talking about in the first segment. Life skills, apologetics, biblical worldview, some good physical training to jitsu and firearms training, that kind of stuff. just a great year for them to, even if they already know what they want to do, it's a great year to submit for a launch. but most students at that age don't know and they need a year like this to kind of figure out
>> Tristan Gazelle: what gives them the tools no matter what they do.
>> Rick Green: Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: That they're going to be able to do what they do with excellence. Because one thing Patriot Academy has at least taught me in the golly, almost two decades I've been partnered, with you guys is that not only find your purpose, but do your purpose God's way. And God does everything with excellence.
>> Rick Green: Amen.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And, yeah, these kids are coming out of this way better than they came in. we had one, so I, I, did they tell you about the push up challenge? We did? No. Okay.
>> Rick Green: I saw a lot of it in
>> Tristan Gazelle: the, saw it on the chat. So, they, you have to read if you Ephesians 2:10 or 2:1 through 10. It's, it's basically, it's the gospel message, but each verse, is a push up. And so the challenge was for the next 40 days, put a camera on, do the push ups. And they did. Fantastic. A bunch of kids who've probably not done push ups until they got here. We're now knocking out 10 pushups while reading scripture. It's pretty cool.
>> Rick Green: Nice. Very cool. Very, very cool. All right, let's hit the phones. 888-589-8840 is the phone number. Let's see. Let's head over to Oklahoma. Shari's up next in Oklahoma. Shari, how are you?
>> Caroline: Oh, I'm doing well, but I am so frustrated with Jonathan. Can we teach him and put Mike Lee in there?
>> Rick Green: I would love for Mike Lee to be the Senate Majority Leader. That would be a beautiful day.
>> Caroline: Absolutely, yeah.
Rick Santorum says some Republicans are refusing to cooperate on the filibuster
Let me ask you a question, Rick, that I'm hoping you will know the answer to. We thought the talking filibuster was it. I didn't know till you just said some of the Republicans are refusing to cooperate. I shouldn't be surprised. My understanding is John Thune could say, okay, the filibuster's out. We're going to vote. We're going with a simple majority. Doesn't he have the authority to do that?
>> Rick Green: Well, here's the deal. They have, they've done this for decades. And David Barton and I have been, I think, intellectually honest from the beginning on this. In our very first Constitution class we created, we said the filibuster is wrong. they should to do it the way they do it. basically, it's majority rule. That's the way our system is supposed to work. And the way that they do the filibuster now, it's not even a real filibuster. It's just turning a piece of paper. It's not Mr. Smith goes to Washington anymore, where you stand there and talk as long as you possibly can, and then the next senator talks. it's a joke. It basically empowers the minority, whoever that is, Republican or Democrat. So even when Democrats had the majority and they were in charge, David and I were saying, sorry, I know it would hurt us to not have the filibuster the way that they do it, to not have, 40 won Republicans, be able to stop bad stuff from the Democrats. But that's the consequence of elections. And right now we're on the flip side of that. We won the elections. The American people said, go do these things. Get rid of the rapists and murderers and pedophiles and other illegal aliens. you know, strengthen our borders. All the things that the American people said very clearly in this last election, we're now not doing those things, even though we have the votes to do it because of this fake zombie filibuster. It should be that, yes, a senator, I would, I would support the rules of the Senate being adopted to say that as long as a senator can talk, they can hold the floor, and they can block whatever the piece of legislation is that they're against. But that will only last for as long as the body can physically do that, which is going to be, you know, maybe 20 hours, maybe, maybe 30. Whatever they can physically do till they pass out.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Like, what was Rand's. Rand Paul's. It was like, it was like 20 something hours.
>> Rick Green: You know, Ted Cruz did a really long one. Yeah, both of them was, but Ted Cruz did a long one. the last one to really do and I think was Cory Booker. you know, but it's, it's a great. I think it's a, ah, cool, statesmanlike moment. Right. It's an opportunity to, for somebody to really, you know, show whatever their knowledge is and to educate the American people on that. It draws attention to the issue. it can be a good thing. But to answer your question, technically, Shari, the Constitution doesn't have anything about a filibuster. It's basically the Senate rules. And Jefferson was the one to, to do the Senate, rules initially, back in 1801. they, they kind of operated haphazardly those first eight or ten years, and then he set up a system of rules. But they have lately really manipulated that filibuster opportunity to allow the minority to rule. I think it's so offensive that Chuck Schumer is getting to call the shots right now. I mean, he, they lost the majority. He should. Chuck Schumer should have no say whatsoever. He has a vote as a senator. But why is he getting to demand that we not fund, that we not deport rapist murderers and pedophiles? Why is he getting to even have a voice at the table the way that he is? Because of the manipulation of this filibuster. So, Shari, I agree 1000%. They should get rid of it, I believe. Yes, absolutely. I'd love to have Mike Lee as Senate Majority Leader. The challenge is, of course, Tristan, you've seen this in our simulations. And even when you've gone down and watched the, the, the real legislature, the challenge is that your speaker of the House or your Senate Majority Leader is chosen by the members, and they've got to try to make peace and cobble together the votes. And you almost always end up with a, a wimpy person in charge. It's rare that you get a strong personality that'll especially.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I mean, here in Texas we've never had a really dominant personality in that role. It's always been, I'm getting better with my. I'm 41 now, and at 31, I would have said what I was thinking. I'm so proud of myself.
>> Rick Green: That's good. Actually, one of our Patriot Academy students came up with an idea that I think could work. If you look at the Senate in Texas, it is run by the lieutenant governor, who is elected by the entire state.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Correct.
>> Rick Green: Which means then the policy coming out of the Senate tends to reflect the. What the state. What the majority in the state in theory, wants to see happen. Right. In the House, the speaker's elected by the members, and so you end up with more of the politics behind the scene in the lobby calling the shots. So this Patriot Academy student said, why don't we elect. Why don't we do a constitutional amendment in Texas to elect the speaker of the House statewide?
>> Tristan Gazelle: Ooh.
>> Rick Green: And I thought, you know what? That would probably be a very good change.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Golly.
>> Rick Green: Maybe we do a constitutional amendment that the House Majority leader or the Leave
>> Tristan Gazelle: it to a patriot to have that idea.
>> Rick Green: To have an idea like that.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Oh, that's fantastic.
>> Rick Green: To Shari's point, I mean, maybe we don't need a constitutional amendment because the vice president is technically the president of the Senate. So J.D. vance could walk over to the. To the Senate. Now, I have some of my conservative friends saying, well, they could. He couldn't just walk in and say, here's how we're gonna do it. I'm not so sure.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I think he can.
>> Rick Green: I think it would be an interesting.
The SAVE act is so common sense. 82% of the country wants it
>> Tristan Gazelle: I mean, challenge. The left would lose their minds.
>> Rick Green: They would lose their minds, but they
>> Tristan Gazelle: lose their minds anyway.
>> Rick Green: That's right. And some of the Republican senators would say, no, we adopted rules, that the Senate rules would operate this way. Well, then I think he should say, okay, well, we're about to take a vote on the rules. And that vote, as I said, we
>> Tristan Gazelle: can change rules whenever we want to
>> Rick Green: be 51, you know, 50 plus 1 or 50 plus the president of the Senate anyway. I'm just so tired of them hiding behind this thing and not. The SAVE act is so common sense. 82% of the country wants it.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Right.
>> Rick Green: And yet you have Chuck Schumer in the minority with only 47 Democrats able to stop it from happening. Right.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And they're using the TSA as the weapon, which is ridiculous, saying most of the people who want this don't want the TSA there anyway.
>> Rick Green: That's right.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And that's right. And it's showing that the TSA shouldn't be there anyway. I mean, every time I go through, I ask for my TSA massage. And they chuckle. And then I always ask the agent, hey, you know what the fourth Amendment is?
>> Rick Green: Not a clue.
>> Tristan Gazelle: They never know. And so I haven't. I have the design made. I just haven't pulled the trigger on it. I'm going to. I want to have it with metal that shows up. I want it to be the Fourth amendment on my shirt to where it stops me when I go through. And then they have to pat me down.
>> Rick Green: I love that. Yeah, I love that. Yeah. I used to have a lot of fun with them during COVID because they made life so miserable for us.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah.
>> Rick Green: And every time I'd go in without my mask and say, you gotta have a mask. And I say, why? And they say, it's the law. And I'd say, what law?
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah, what law?
>> Caroline: What law?
>> Rick Green: Show me. Well, it's a. It's an order or it's a exact. And I'd say, well, that's not a law. You know, who makes the law? The legislation. Remember that old. I'm a bill from Capitol Hill.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yep.
>> Rick Green: So, anyway.
George in Missouri says Congress should have no exemptions from gun laws
All right, we got a few minutes left. Let's see if we can get a couple more calls in here. How big? George in Missouri. George, you still with us, man?
>> George: I'm still with you. I got Parkinson's, and I need a license to get my groceries.
>> Rick Green: There you go. So you still got to show,
>> George: there's another thing, too. Why don't. In every politician's description, why don't they have it where if they don't do good for America, they get impeached? That would be nice. And. Or they don't get a paycheck, or they get fined for not making the government open up and doing bad things.
>> Rick Green: George, there was a senator the other day that stood up and said. I can't remember who it was now, but they basically made a motion that the senators would not get paid as long as the dhs. You know, if our ICE agents aren't getting paid, the senators don't get paid. Similar to what you're. Basically. What you're saying. And of, course, shot down because, unfortunately, we have a Congress that exempts them from all kinds of. Exists themselves from all kinds of things, and they get all kinds of benefits. Did you see that? Delta said, we're not gonna. We're not gonna give you your special.
>> Tristan Gazelle: God bless the free market.
>> Rick Green: I love it. I mean, you know, because apparently, I guess they probably were, like, giving them concierge service, like, where they would meet them and they'd Skip all the lines and they get to go, you know, so I love it. They basically said, sorry, we're so busy because of what you've done that we don't have time to send anybody to give you special treatment. Love it. Love it. but to that point, Tristan, I mean, I think the American people get sick and tired of feeling like their overseers get different rules than they give us peasants.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Amen. M. I think that's what created my original disdain for the political situation when I started waking up to all this stuff was I'm like, rules for thee but not for me is the antithesis of my understanding of what founded this country. I mean, we shot them over a 3% tax on our beverages.
>> Rick Green: Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And now obviously it wasn't just that, and I'm hyper aware, but, what we're putting up with now is disgusting.
>> Rick Green: Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And it would be like you coming into my home, defecating and leaving. Like this isn't acceptable.
>> Rick Green: I think we should have a constitutional amendment. It's one of the things I would push for at a, Article five convention states. I think we should say in the Constitution that our representatives in, in the house of the Senate, all representatives, no exemptions.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Amen.
>> Rick Green: Of any law.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Why there's an exemption already is a ridiculous concept of. I'm going to write laws for everybody else elected that I was elected here for, but it doesn't apply to me. Yeah. It's like, why, like, I think it was, Was it Lauren Boebert who was complaining that she couldn't carry her firearm? I think, I think.
>> Rick Green: Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And it's like, wait a minute. That doesn't make any sense. And so. But everyone should be able to carry the firearm in the Capitol, which I know here in Texas. Amen. Yeah. That's my favorite part of going to the Capitol is I get to go to the good guy line.
>> Rick Green: Fast lane.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah. And, Yeah. I just. It rules for thee and not for me. Should discuss. Every American should.
>> Rick Green: And, and, and we should demand change. And, you know, part of what we're doing here at Patriot Academy is raising servant leaders. A servant leader would never even think about saying, I mean, if I'm going to. Yeah, I'm going to exempt myself from this law. I'm going to make everybody else live under this, but not me. They would say, you know, actually I want to think about what's best for the culture, best for the society, best for the next generation.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Amen. well, that's. If I, If I were to Ever run, Which right now I'm still really unelectable. But you notice that pause there when I was talking about the speaker of the House? I mean, like, maybe 10 more years, maybe get to that point where I can bite my tongue enough to maybe get elected. It's. You don't go for you. I mean, Washington was the best example, and it kicked off our incredible government where like, now it's. It should be. That should be. The default setting is I'm here for who sent me here. I don't want to be here.
>> Rick Green: Yeah. And I want to go home as soon as I've done what I've called to do, or, you know, serve for a certain amount of time and then go home. I think one of the problems with the Swamp, both the big one in D.C. and the smaller ones in our state capitals and, is there's. The longer you're there, you either become jaded and. And frustrated or down, and you just become numb to it, and you don't fight as hard or you become part of the problem. It's just really hard to resist.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Right.
>> Rick Green: That.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Well, that's why. That's why John left Stickland. He's just like.
>> Rick Green: Well, I only know one guy, Phil King, my buddy of mine, that I went in with as a freshman, you know, 30 years ago. That's still there and hasn't changed.
Tristan Gonzalez: All my kids were against term limits originally
Yeah. That is rare, man. There's a handful in D.C. but only a handful. And so I think it's better for them. I think it's better for their spiritual life, their personal life. Go serve. You know, I think 10 or 12 years, I think you can do that long and be effective for that long and come home in 2025. Some of these people have been there 40 years. Can you imagine being in D.C. for 40 years? You're hardly ever around the very people you serve.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Correct.
>> Rick Green: You're hardly ever around the people you grew up with.
>> Tristan Gazelle: And you don't live under the laws because of all the exemptions.
>> Rick Green: Yeah.
>> Tristan Gazelle: You're oblivious on what.
>> Rick Green: And you're constantly being pampered, constantly having, people, you know, serve you. And what can I do for you, Congressman? What can I do for you, Senator? And telling you how great you are. It. Yeah. I think term limits is. Is a must. You know, we used to have a, leadership that limited themselves.
>> Tristan Gazelle: I think I'm still. So you actually had me on the side of no term limits originally.
>> Rick Green: Me.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Yeah.
>> Rick Green: Oh, what was I thinking?
>> Tristan Gazelle: I don't know. well, because we have. I mean, like, let's take Massey, or Paul or, yeah, some good guys.
>> Rick Green: I think Barton's the one that must have got you on the wrong side there.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Okay, yeah.
>> Rick Green: Because Barton and I have this debate. This is the only thing.
>> Tristan Gazelle: So it was my second, leadership Congress and Barton was speaking.
>> Rick Green: That's what it was.
>> Tristan Gazelle: It was Barton.
>> Rick Green: There was.
>> Tristan Gazelle: There was one time I blamed Patriot Academy for that. For that.
>> Rick Green: Yeah, yeah, yeah, he got my kid. All my kids were against term limits. And so when he came and spoke against them, they were like, see, dad, we're right, you're wrong, you know, and, but I finally won over a couple of my kids, so at least got the family split on it. It's actually the most fun debate we have at Patriot Academy because it's a process thing. Of course, David's position is, you know, we have term limits at the election.
>> Tristan Gazelle: you know, you have term limits every two years by theory.
>> Rick Green: And my position is, but the incumbent has too much power. It's too hard to, you know, 94%
>> Tristan Gazelle: re election rate because, last couple. Gonzalez.
>> Rick Green: Well, that's true. He beat an incumbent. We beat him once in a while. But I think having. Spreading out the power is just good. Ah, and you spread the power out by saying, all right, you get 10 years.
>> Tristan Gazelle: We have too stupid of an electorate to have no term limits anymore. Because originally it was, why would I not do my due diligence and make sure I'm voting for the person who best represents me? Now we're lucky if they even show up to vote.
>> Rick Green: Right?
>> Tristan Gazelle: And if they do show up to vote, like, I'm a Republican, that guy. And it's like they have no idea even how that guy got on the ballot.
>> Rick Green: Yeah, a Republican that, is. Is in name only, which is where that rhino term comes from. Hey, everybody. What fun. Tristan. Thank you, man. Thanks for coming in today.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Glad it worked out.
>> Rick Green: It's been good. So check out patriotacademy.com send your young people to, to us. They can learn from Tristan and myself and Krish and David Barton and all the rest of our team. Patriotacademy.com in fact, we got our leadership Congresses coming up this summer in state capitals across the nation. So get signed up as soon as you can. That's 16 to 25 year olds. And then bring the whole family to Constitution City and go through one of these classes and maybe even get to get beat up by Tristan.
>> Tristan Gazelle: Can I tell them about the Patriot experience?
>> Rick Green: You got 10 seconds.
>> Tristan Gazelle: 10 seconds. I did the Patriot experience with my daughter. She's 14. that's who you got to write legislation. I got to write legislation. Take it through the whole process together. It was fantastic.
>> Rick Green: Thanks for being with us. You've been listening to at the core,
>> Tristan Gazelle: the views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family association or American Family Radio.
