Lieutenant colonel allen west. [applause] ok. So i am not good at air guitar. How is everyone doing . Let me tell you something, are you folks back there in the back corner, icu. If you fall asleep, youre going to be doing pushups for the entire evening. What an honor and thank you so much Governor Walker for having me here. You guys are the reason why we have to because this is the longestrunning Constitutional Republic the world has ever known. Now is your time. One of the things you have to understand is that adversity is something to choose you are welcome. Right now we are in the one of the most adverse situations but this is an opportunity for us to stand strong. As it says in romans chapter five, trials and tribulations reduce perseverance. Perseverance produces character. And true character produces hope. Hope in our lord and savior jesus christ. It is our moment to shine. Where are our students from south korea . [laughter] i want to say at one more time. Where are my students here from south korea . [laughter] [applause] hey look, this is what i want to share with yall tonight. I want to share some words to live by. I believe in god the father almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And his one and only son jesus christ who was conceived by the holy spirit, born of the virgin mary, suffered under part chips pilot number was crucified, died and was buried. On the third day he rose. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father. From once he shall come to judge the dead. I believe in the holy spirit. I believe in the communion of saints. The forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting amen. Now what did i just repeat to each and everyone of you . The apostles creed. Something that is a little boring. You are not in a Methodist Church in atlanta. Every day of my life i recited that in church. That is why at the age of 602i can stand here and still recite that because those are words to live by for those of us who have a christian faith. That is an affirmation of the principles and beliefs that i have. Let me read Something Else, words that i have lived by in my life. I am an american soldier. I am a warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the army values. I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade. I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself. I am a coexpert and i am a professional. I stand ready to destroy the enemies of the United States of america. I am a guardian of freedom and the american way of life. I am an american soldier. Those are the types of words we have to live by. [applause] regardless of the fact that i hung up my new uniform 19 years ago, i still live by this come of the soldiers creed. Youre going to have the opportunity this week to sit down with some incredible people. And youve got to start thinking about the words you are going to live by. What will be your creed . What will be the things that when you are 70 years of age you will still be able to stand up and recite . Let me share with you these words. I believe in the United States of america. A government of the people, by the people and for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed. A democracy and a republic. A sovereign nation of many sovereign states. A perfect union, one and inseparable. Established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which american patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag and defend it against all enemies. That is the american creed. How many people here have ever heard those words before . See, thats why we find ourselves in the situation we are in right now. We dont understand our own creed. Our own principles, values, beliefs. This creed was written by William Tyler page in 1917, United States house of representatives accepted it in 1918. It seems no one in this country knows this. The next thing you know, people can come up like we just recently had some professors out in california say that president biden, if the Supreme Court comes down with a decision he doesnt like, he can just ignore it and do whatever he wants. That is a complete misunderstanding. It says we are supposed obey its laws. If we dont understand the three branches of government, if we dont understand they are separate in their responsibilities and powers, the next thing you know we dont have a Constitutional Republic. We dont have a Supreme Court, we just have an executive that goes out and does whatever they want. If there was a president r with an and if there was a liberal Supreme Court they would not be talking about that. But because we have a constitutional conservative Supreme Court that is doing what article three of the constitution says, they dont like that. What do you always hear the other side talking about . Everything is a threat to democracy. I think its funny they say i am the black face of White Supremacy. [laughter] asians, look at this come a we just had a Supreme Court decision about affirmative actions now asians are supporting White Supremacy. Everything is about White Supremacy from the party that gave us White Supremacy. I just spanked that butt commit didnt die . [laughter] [applause] that is what happens when you understand your principles and beliefs and values. We were just up in illinois, guess what the governor in illinois said . He started to give drivers licenses to people here illegally. What happens based upon the law from bill clinton . If you have a drivers license, guess what you can do . And now illegals are going to be voting in our elections. If we dont understand our american creed, if we dont find and that is the purpose of you all being here today. And tonight and this whole week. One of the things the army taught me i know you are in the air force. Air force guys are real smart. I couldnt pass the iq test. Thats why you were a pilot and i was a paratrooper. You have all those styles, i just had two lights in the back. Red lights that i could stay in the airplane, green lights that i jump out of the airplane. This week, i want everyone of you to start putting together your three by five cards. Start writing down with the principles and beliefs are that you will hold and live by. Because if you are not ready to do that, you cant go back on these College Campuses and win. You cant do it it says right here, it says he will defend this country against its enemies. How many people here serve in the United States military . Thank you for your service. [applause] what did the oath say . That we would support and defend the constitution of the United States of america against all enemies foreign and . If you are coming up with ideas that are antithetical to us living in a Constitutional Republic first of all, what is a Constitutional Republic . The other thing i want you to start carrying is your constitution and declaration of independence. How many of you in this audience on independence day, i dont say fourth of july, independence day, how many of you read the declaration of independence . I am not trying to shave anybody. This is the problem we have. Ok governor, you get a gold star. He goes, pick me, i did it. [laughter] the importance is, how can you live in the United States of america and not understand how your independence was declared . The next thing you know, some goofball from the progressive socialist left will come around and say, the United States of america has always been a racist countries in 1619. What a bunch of ok . The things we dont realize and dont understand, when you talk about here the consent of the governed, that is how it exists, be it the federal level or state level. If they governed understand they are supposed to be governed. , the next thing you know you are being ruled. Show me where it says the federal government can shutdown a private business . Show me where there is an enumerated power it says the governor can shutdown a church . Show me where it says something can say to an agency like the atf, you are going to go out there and turn 20 million americans into felons because we are going to change the rules about a pistol brace. That is why in challenging you on the other thing. The three by five card, and before this month ends, everyone of you sitting here will have read the entire declaration. The important thing is you will find many of the grievances Thomas Jefferson articulated in that incredible document are happening today. It is happening today because we dont understand our creed. We dont understand our commitment to the fundamental principles. The constitution of the United States of america. Take time to read it. You cant call yourself a conservative if you dont understand that you live in a Constitutional Republic. Number one, a respect for the rule of law. Number two, a respective individual rights, freedoms and liberties. Who did Thomas Jefferson read when he talked about the laws of nature . If you want to call yourself a conservative you have to know new john locke is. Life, liberty and property were the original inalienable rights. How many have read the law . Write that down. Another homework assignment. Read the law because frederick bossi got the french economist talked about the proper relationship between the institution of government and the individual. The individual, the rights and freedom and revel and liberties, that is why Abraham Lincoln said that a government of the people, by the people and for the people. It is not the government for the elite, for the marxist, for the leftists, not the government for hollywood, not the government for academia. It is your government. But if you dont study and understand these things, what does it say in the bible . My people suffer for lack of knowledge. That is where we are in america. That is why im honored to kick off this week for you all. From this point, we have to Start Building up the three by five cards. You are going back on to college and university campuses. When i went to the university of tennessee 19791980 three the biggest thing for us was beating alabama. We did it my senior year. The biggest thing in the winter was beating the university of kentucky in basketball. We didnt have to contend with the things you have to contend with. Madison talks about the chuckle heads and buffalo who that is a person who is so stupid that all you can do is laugh at them. I want you to understand madison. Those police were not there to protect me, they were there to protect the students from me. I understand that. Think of how insidious it is, here is a guy born in atlanta, 1961, in a blacks only hospital. Think about that. I get invited to come to a College Campus to speak about how america is not a racist country because my dad served in world war ii and i was a lt. Col. I became a member of the house of representatives from the district that was 92 white, the highest per capita income zip code was in the Congressional District i represented. I had dinner with rush limbaugh. America is not our rated cyst a racist country. I was the chairman of the largest state Republican Party in the country. I have a bunch of chuckle had kids that are going to tell me that im an embarrassment. That i dont know what im talking about. This is the environment you are in. You have got to be ready to go and show yourself well armed to be able to, i believe it is my duty to my country to love it, support its constitution, obey the laws, respect the flag and defended against its enemies. I think it is absurd that we have young people in the United States right now that think if you miss gender someone, and im trying to understand this because im glad, 62 genders are we up to now . Over 100 . I would fail because i struggled with biology with two genders. We have young people that are saying that it should be a crime to miss gender someone . Are you kidding me . It is man and woman. Same as up and down, good and evil. I need you to be able to go out and articulate these things but you cant unless you read, you understand and you develop your own creed. The creed of your faith, the creed of your service, the creed that you have is an american, the beliefs you are willing to live by every day of your life. That is where we are in this country. As i was telling young people earlier, when they start yelling and screaming at you, you are winning the debate. What they are trying to do is get you to selfcentered sensor. They are trying to use the leftist tactics of coercion, intimidation, threats and ultimately, violence. The important thing is that you dont need to be on these campuses wandering around by yourself. You need your battle buddy. When you go back to campus, have your battle buddy, someone who will have your back. In proverbs, solomon said iron sharpens iron. The only way you will get better is if you have someone helping you to get better. But you have to start by understanding what it is that you believe in. A sovereign nation of many sovereign states. I live in texas. Are those aggie whoops . Im going to the tennesseetexas a m game. We are going to whoop yall. Do pushups. You dont hiss the old man. I have been to the border 14 times. If you study and understand the constitution of the United States, it says clearly in article four, section four that the federal government is supposed to protect every state in the union from invasion. 5, 6, 7 Million People coming across the border from 150 countries is an invasion. Single military age, coming across the border even from china, that is an invasion. The fentanyl coming across the border killing young people, the sex trafficking that is happening, that is part of an invasion. If the federal government doesnt do its duty to protect us as a sovereign nation and protecting our sovereignty as states, then they are not fulfilling the principles and values and the rule of law. You have to be able to articulate that. You cant have people saying that you dont care about people and you arent being humane. Of course you care. Of course you are humane. People have to respect our laws. If we are not a Constitutional Republic, then we are just a piece of land between canada and mexico, the pacific and the atlantic oceans. That is not what we are. We are a sovereign nation. I want you to think about why you are here in washington. You have a midnight monument to her tonight . When you drive past these monuments, think about the men and women the monuments represent. My dad served in world war ii. You will drive past that monument. My brother served in vietnam. As well as my fatherinlaw. I did a year on the dmz in korea , 1995. Drive past that monument. On the other side of the break how mike they will file a bill for the memorial for operation desert storm. That was my first tour of duty. Think about the men and women for which patriots sacrificed their lives. When you read the declaration of independence, the 56 signers placed their lives and honor so you could be sitting here tonight and it will be your duty and responsibility to do the same, to pass it along to subsequent generations. If you dont know what you believe in, if you dont know who you are, being a christian, a soldier, an american, then someone will come along and they will feed you anything. And you may believe it. That is why this is so important. It is important that you continue to support this. Life aint about, as i said in illinois, it is not about the cars we have, the money in our bank accounts, the houses. It is about what we pass on. My dad was born in 1920 in south alabama. He fought for this country in world war ii at a time when it was a segregated army. The age of 15, my dad created in me a commitment of service and sacrifice to the country. When he said to me, his middle son, there is no greater honor than serving the country in unit , in uniform, he challenged me to be the first officer in the family. From a man born in the segregated south, this is what he produced. This is what he caused me to believe in. Understand what true freedom is. Go out and tell your friends on College Campuses that i aint responsible for their student loans. I aint. That is good english. I have two daughters. I paid for their college. Im not paying for anyone elses college. If you make the decision that you want to go to college, if you enter into a private contractual agreement, it is part of your duty and responsibility. If we dont watch what is happening, we will mess around and we will start giving out grownup participation trophies. How many of you know what participation trophies are . They are worthless. They mean nothing. They mean that you suck. You sat on the bench. Someone wanted to make you feel good about yourself. That paint what aint what it means to be american. Americans get on the field, americans play the game. My dad told me if i come to see you but a High School Football game, i am not coming to see you sit on the bench. You do what is necessary to make sure you are a star. Im challenging everyone of you in this conservative movement, be a star. Dont be on the bench. If there is someone on the bench, help them be a star. When you talk about inequality, we have an interesting discussion about equality in the United States right now. Because how does a kid born in the inner city of atlanta grow up and achieve all the things i have been able to achieve at 62 . It is equality of opportunity that comes from a good quality education. How interesting it is the republicans in North Carolina past School Choice and the democrat governor of North Carolina declared a state of emergency . See, this is your money line when it comes to education. Once upon a time the party of the jackass, they live up to that symbol, the party of the jackass at one point stood outside the doors of education to prevent certain kids from getting inside. Now they stand inside those doors of education, those failing institutions of indoctrination preventing kids from getting outside. And that is not equality of opportunity. When they talk about equity, that is equality of outcomes. They determine where you can go. There is only one justice. The rule of law. Social justice stuff, that is forced indoctrination. That is the forced equality of outcomes and equity. I dont need anyone to write me a check for reparations because i am no mans slave. I have never been a slave. That is how my dad raised me. But i want you to understand something, that every day of your life, you have two choices. You are either going to be a victor, or you will be a victim. The other side wants victims. Because that is how they gain power. Constitutional conservatives, we want big things. That is why you are here, to be a champion. You cant be a champion unless you get onto the battlefield, unless you understand your fundamentals and your basics. You cant be a champion unless you understand your maxims and you have a creed. At the university of notre dame, before they go out onto the field, they slap the sign that says play like a champion today. I want everyone to you as conservatives to play like a champion every day. Because you are a champion. What you believe is right and true and timetested. I dont care if you are from ireland, canada, the u. K. , south korea or wherever. The principles that establish the individual and their liberties are the right and true principles that have their basis in true freedom, not dependence. Let me close by saying this. What are the words you will live by . That is what you have to decide this week. What is going to be your creed as you go forward . That is what you are going to decide. When you leave from this week, your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to go out and spread that to others. When they stand up and call you names, keep on spreading the message. When they think they want to spit on you, tell them that if they spit on you, you will lay them out first and foremost. Spitting is assault. Protect yourselves. But keep on spreading that message. When they threaten you, a professor, a teacher, another adult, whoever, called the old colonel. Im happy to go toe to toe with any professor, teacher or adult that wants to challenge you on what you believe in. I will never leave a fallen comrade on the battlefield. You all are my soldiers. You all are my comrades. I will not leave you alone. You want me to come to your campus . I will most certainly do it. And i will kick the hornets nest and i will have a can of raid behind my back and i will make all of them dropdead. God bless you all and thank you. [applause] thank you. Go get em. [applause] all right. We will start the q a portion of the event now. Line up at the back of the room. There are signs marking where there will be at. State your name, your school and a brief question. On the right over there. Always start on the right, folks. Yes maam. Thank you for being here tonight. My question is, as someone who wants to go into constitutional law to defend religious liberty and freedom of speech, what advice would you have or any book recommendations . Contact a guy named Kelly Shackelford at first liberty, the number one institution that defends religious liberty and freedom in this country. They have several cases before the Supreme Court. They are in plano, texas. We can never allow people to take away the first liberty we have, which is the freedom of religion and the exercise thereof. I will challenge every one of you to read Thomas Jeffersons letter to the Danbury Baptist convention because when he talked about separation of church and state, he didnt mean separating our judeochristian heritage from who we are. It meant protecting our faith from the intrusion of government. Yes, maam. [applause] my friend from iowa. Im evan, i go to the university of iowa. Im in the military. My question, we talked before but you know the numbers are decreasing for military. Every branch is feeling it. What are your thoughts on that . Why is it happening and what is the solution . We have to get someone different in the white house. The number one most important responsibility of the president is commanderinchief. When you look at what is happening with military readiness, it is sacrificed over this leftist wokeness. The average volunteer force is 50 years old this year. The last two years is the first time we havent consistently been able to meet recruiting goals. You look at what is going on, i spent two and a half years in afghanistan. That hurt me when i saw the way we left afghanistan, how we restored the taliban back to power. We are not focusing on our Operational Capability and capacity. We have b2 bombers that have been told to stand down. We have f35 aircraft that are 60 readiness. In the United States army we dont have full combat teams. The marine corps doesnt have enough Amphibious Assault craft to conduct operations. We arent focusing on Core Competencies and you have young men and women that dont want to be part of this military where cultural marxism is the number one emphasis. How can you have an effective military if you tell my air force brother here that he is bad, he is an oppressor because of his skin color and you tell me im a press because of my skin color . How do you expect me to construct conduct operations when i look at him as a racist . You dont build a cohesive force that way. Electric vehicles . Give me a break. In the middle of a tank battle timeout, i have to recharge my tank. Can you not shoot at me . That is the most insidious thing i have ever heard. Those are the things that happen. You know Something Else . The secretary of art the army said she doesnt want to recruit soldiers from families that have Generational Service in the military because she doesnt want to perpetuate the warrior ethos. What are we going to do, go on the battlefield and handout daisies . It is all about the civilian leadership and it has to be changed. Lloyd austin the secretary of defense, i served with him at fort bragg. The audacity to send a memo to female soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines that they have to be prepared for biological males to use bathroom facilities with them, our focus is off. That is why 2024 is important. You will be voting. I like that. Your vote is important. [applause] good evening, lieutenant col. Im a sophomore. At Daytona Beach . In four years i will commission as a Second Lieutenant in the air force. Talk to that guy. How do you suggest i deal with the woke culture that has been brought about in the military in the last four or five years . When will you commission . Four years, sir. Hopefully we wont have these knuckleheads in the white house so you wont have to worry about it. But you have to stand up for what is right and what is true. There is something in the military that you dont have to follow orders that are not ethical, not legal, that arent immoral and that are unconstitutional. That is why this National Defense authorization act, we are pushing for men and women put out of the military for refusing to take that shot, for them to be reinstated with back pay at their former rank because they were right to refuse that. It was an immoral and unlawful order. Stand up for what is right because the men and women you will be called to serve will be watching to make sure you are there to protect them and not just further your own career. It is an honorable thing to serve this nation but what we have to do is make sure we have honorable leaders that will also serve this nation. [applause] these guys this is like the military. Put your toes on the line. Good evening. Good evening, sir. I hope to serve in the department of defense one day. I wonder how you would advise i helped our troops. You help the troops if you are a civilian serving by serving them. There are two types of people in the department of defense. There is more fighters war fighters and people who support them. Not a political or ideological agenda. Make sure the fighters get what they need to be successful. As i said in the soldiers to come creed, to close i dont care if you are a finance officer or whatever, that is your goal and mission, support the war fighter. The young man with the green bow tie, are you falling asleep . Tap him on the shoulder. You. Come here. Come here. Yes, if you are brave enough to fall asleep in front of me, come here. Come on. Come on. [applause] step up here. Ok. What did i say if you fell asleep you had to do . Pushups. I will do them with you. We will do 20. Can you do 20 . We will do 20. Get on down. Here we go. You ready . 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. [applause] stay awake. Yes, sir. You thought i was kidding, didnt you . [laughter] yes, sir. That was really it. Thank you very much. Yes, maam. Thank you for speaking with us and thank you for your service. I go to the university of florida. Go gators. X no, no, no. None of that gator stuff here. My question is this semester i took a pass where a professor told us that the reason why we entered the American Revolution was to preserve slavery and White Supremacy. How do we stop that from happening in our institution . You ever saw the movie water boy . Remember when he said why do the alligators have all those teeth . And he said, you are wrong, professor. Maybe you have to talk to the professor now. I didnt say that, dont do that but you have to challenge that professor. Get him to understand that this was not a perfect country at its inception. But it wasnt long afterwards, in 1863, at a place called gettysburg, when Abraham Lincoln gave that speech and talked about government of the people, by the people and the new birth of freedom. He talked about living up to the promise that was made in the declaration of independence. I think you need to tell him that there is no nation and 247 years that has been able to achieve what it has achieved and in those short years from 1776 to 1863, sought to correct that. Then you tell him basically, the party of systemic racism is the party of the jackass, that didnt support the 13th, 14th or 15th amendments, the party of jim crow and segregation and poll taxes and literacy tests and lynching. The only president that ever showed a screening of a kkk movie in the white house was a democrat, woodrow wilson. Now they are they party of low expectations. The longest alabaster in Senate History was democrats filibustering against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed because of senator Edward Dirksen and republicans. Beat him about the head and shoulders with the truth. Everything i told you, you should have it on a three by five card so when they say that foolishness, you can whip out your card and say, this is what colonel west told me. Then tell him, you are wrong, professor. That is it. You are welcome. [applause] thank you for being here and thank you for your service. I had to be here. But thank you for being here. I attend the university of tennessee knoxville. Rocky top, you will always be. You mentioned you grew up in the Methodist Church so im sure youre familiar with the decision regarding it is horrible. My church is dealing with it and it is hard on people. My question is what do you think allowed for that politicization of our religious institutions and what do you recommend we do to avoid that decision . There is a book out there called woke jesus and i suggest you read that book. The devil is very smart and he figures the best way to go after us is a judeochristian nation is to go into the church. When you see these rainbow flags and these things in churches, when you have black pastors that brought Stacey Abrams on stage and prayed for Stacey Abrams, the woman that said that abortion is like a budget line veto, if you are struggling with finances, we cant support these things. In romans 12 2, it says we the church, we are not supposed to conform to the world, we are supposed to flit trend permit transform it through our minds. Many of us in the church are conforming to the world because we want to be liked, we want to be popular. 2 timothy 4 5 says you need to preach the word. There would be a time when people would put out false narratives and they would want to tickle the ears of the people in the pew. Pastors would come back and say i cant go talking that political stuff because i have to protect my 501 c 3 status. When you show up before the lord, pastor, god aint going to ask about your 501 c3 status. God will ask you whether you preached the word. Im telling you now, our judeochristian heritage is under assault and what the left is doing is creating a new religion, gender dysphoria and Climate Change and everything. What they are seeking to do, and too many christians are buying into it, is undermined the omnipotence and omniscience of god. If god wasnt smart enough to get man and woman right, if god is the one that does control the weather and we can choose where we want to be, then how can god endow you with inalienable rights . That is why this week is so important, for you to find tune ability to articulate these things and win the argument. There are Serious Problems in churches in america. We cannot conform to this. We have to be scriptural. We love people as christians, but we cant embrace the sin of this world. [applause] good evening. I am from texas a m. I know, i know. Talking about the culture and the administration we have, how can we respect the laws if they dont respect our rights, freedoms and liberties . That is why it is important to understand in the constitution, the very last amendment in the bill of rights is the 10th amendment and it talks about the powers not specifically delegated to the federal government are reserved to who . The states and to the people. Government created by the people and for the people. We have got to be better educated and better at standing back and pushing back and saying we are not going to do it. You have to strong governors. We have to see more people running for city council, school board. We are finally waking up to scoreboard imports. We need to have because additional shares. There is a Great Organization called constitution allshares and the Police Officers association. That is where the roots are. Tip oneill was right with one thing all politics are local. We have to start at the local level. We can have executive order rule. We are supposed to be governed. It supposed to happen to the executive branch. And interpreted by the Supreme Court. So it is so important that we understand our rates as individuals in this Constitutional Republic. Thank you. Go get em. [applause] my other buddy from iowa Jasmine Jordan from the university of ai art. Go hawks i was wondering what we can do to immerse the community when we have apathetic as well as fearful students who would see reading these documents as more homework. Mr. West ask them what it will feel like when they are living in the tyranny of totalitarianism. Because it only takes you may be may be, and i am from georgia so maybe i am a slow reader, but it only took me five minutes to read the entire declaration of independence. Now set the artillery you and got five minutes . The time it takes you to walk and get a sixpack of beer . You know what i am talking about. Then you dont know what it means to be american. There isnt man or a young woman somewhere out there right now, standing watch, 13, 14 hours. There is a special operator getting ready for combat mission. Their cycle for preparing is about 36 hours. You are telling me you cant give me five minutes to read the declaration of independence . That sucks. I am not laughing. This is serious. That is why we are losing. Because the other side wakes up every single day, thinking about what they can do to destroy this country. If you are sitting here and telling me that you know people that cant give five minutes , then they dont deserve the sacrifices people have made. That is what you do. You look at them, eyeball to eyeball. Maybe you need to grab them by the cojones, as we say, and you need to squeeze. You tell them, you find your guts. Too many people have died for this country for you to say you are scared to just stand up for truth . That is why they think they can win, because the exact same thing you just said. Many people here want to get into the fight . [cheers and applause] mr. West no, no, no, you arent ready. How many people want to get into the fight . [applause] there is what this is about. The history of marxism and communism and socialism have been on the other side of the wall to east berlin. I will not live like that. You should be committed not to live like that. Young people here from korea, they know us on the other side of that dmz. We shouldnt want to live like that. If you cant find five minutes, my god, what does it take . I got. Thats all i got. [applause] Andres Manuel lopez obrador. My name is zoe, i go to the university of colorado in boulder. Mr. West tell Deion Sanders i said hello. [laughs] california, colorado is very different from where i grew up. I didnt grow up in a super consecutive area but anyways, i bicycle i experienced some different scenarios. I am doing a double degree in business and also vocal performance. Within the arts obviously there is a lot more liberalism. I had a scenario happened where my teacher pulled me aside outside of class to have a 20minute conversation because i basically quoted mlk and said, we talk about what we want to see in our group, and i said i want everyone to treat each other as individuals. I dont care where you came from, how you identify as a much just treat everyone as an individual. And after saying that, at my teacher sent me an an email saying, we need to have a conversation. I kind of knew what was going to be about. I went to her office and she told me how i might be racist because i believed in individualism instead of collectivism. Mr. West no, she is a specialist because she believes collectivism instead of individualism. She went on to talk about how i am privileged because of the color of my skin, not knowing anything about my background. Little did she know that i recorded entire 20 minute conversation. [applause] with that being said, i have had other scenarios such as issues with gender. I have also had a man who identified as the woman, almost walk in on me as a naked 14yearold young girl. That is really scary to not have basic womens rates. Things like that. My question regarding this is, what am i supposed to do . I am not just of student, but of someone who is just in the workforce, i have people above me who will disagree with my opinions. That is fine except they will use their power to basically dominate in an unfriendly way. Mr. West no, you are always protected. You must always understand your employment rates. Never again sit down with a professor like that yourself, take someone with you as a witness. Good thing you recorded the conversation. That is why yaf is important. They can bring lawsuits. I think they are doing that in buffalo and in texas. You have grownups who will back you up. We just need to know what is happening. Get someone like riley gaines to come and speak on your campus. Because, he aint got no fear. That is what we need to have, we need young men and women who dont have any fear to go on the offense. You dont win a battle on defense, folks, only on offense. That is what i want you to understand. Get young folk like riley gaines to come and talk about this issue. And always be in contact with yaf headquarters with some of these things that you seek, because they have the legal background to help you out. Ok . [applause] good evening. My name is skyler and i am a rising junior at utah state. As a fellow conservative christian, i have noticed that christianity has now fallen into interpretations especially in utah. Since we cant, as just a member in our church, right at pistols write epistles and tell them what theyre doing wrong, how can we communicate this idea of compassion but actual Critical Race Theory is being put into a religion and discrediting it from the inside out . Mr. West in heaven, there are no racism or colors. This is manmade dogma. Marxism he was an atheist. He hated god. Why would we succumb ourselves in the Christian Church to listening to anything about the doctrines and philosophies and theories of karl marx . He said religion was the opiate of the masses. What socialists and leftists want is to promise some short type of utopia on earth instead of people having faith in something higher than man himself. So yes, you should write epistles to your elders and tell them, you are going against the basic constructs of christianity. When we get to heaven, you will not know that i am a black guy. Im just another soul celebrating the lord and savior jesus christ and worshiping him. Remember what Martin Luther king jr. Said, he wanted a time when this country where his children would be judged by the color of their skin, and the content of their character. Theres only one group that continued to talk about the color of their skin. We cant fall into that trap. Ok . [applause] good evening, lieutenant. I am in a at unc chapel hill Supreme Court case school, yeah. Mr. West i know. I assure you are familiar with jim jordans weaponization committee. Last year i wrote a thesis paper on the weaponization of the doj. I see it as an extremely problematic issue today. I wanted to know your thoughts, can this Committee Really help america, and what are other ways to stop the abuse of power namely in the fbi . Mr. West the main thing they can do is expose people. The greatest disinfectant is sunlight and that is what they are trying to do. It is incumbent upon us as American People to make a decision, and that is in november. If you continue to vote for this Benjamin Franklin said sometimes you get the government you want, other times you get the government you deserve. If we vote affirmatively, regret that government we deserve. If we dont have a change in leadership in washington, d. C. So that we can eradicate the bureaucratic and Administrative State that we have and cleanout the department of justice defense, irs, you name it, all these institutions then we will continue down this path where government will. Be weaponized if there is one thing i can say to president trump, if he were sitting here, i would say to president trump, the mistake that you made, you didnt realize how deep the democratic administered estate was not just of the cabinet level, but seven or eight levels down. Barack obamas senior military leaders, look what we got. Eric holder was a very political attorney general. They set the case during the obama administration. Whatever reason, when we get the opportunity to be in control of this mechanism called the federal government, we try to play compassionate and nice and everything that that. There is no time for that now. As barack obama once said, you come bring a knife to a gunfight. That is what he said. What we do is we bring a plastic spoon into a gunfight. That aint going to work unless you are really good with a plastic spoon and let you our brewskis. So we have got to unless you are bruce lee. We have got to put people in charge and accountable. Merrick garland isnt going anywhere. If we were to impeach him in the house of representatives, which basically serves as a grand jury, the trial occurs in the senate. Chuck schumer will not impeach, Merrick Garland christopher wray, alexander mayorkas, what we can do is expose all this corruption and unconstitutional activity. We have to make a decision as an informed electorate november. [applause] electorate november. Hello. Jack. I am of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and northern ireland. Was that the irish guy that said that . [applause] [laughter] mr. West its a throwdown either the way, those were not very good pushups. [laughter] trust me. I will show you later. Mr. West ok, time. How old are you . 24. Mr. West i am 62. Three years ago, were you in the motorcycle accident at 75 miles an hour and completely destroyed both your shoulders so that now you have screws and pin in them . S no. Mr. West you see, this is a teachable moment. Engage brain before firing off mouth next time. [cheers and applause] valid point. Would you say that given that we have to have immense resilience and spiritual resilience, that one of the ways to do that is through physical resilience and the importance of that . Mr. West all that fitness goes together. Mental, spiritual, physical and emotional fitness go together. I got up this morning and knocked out four miles, i did my best and did my pushups maybe well be there with me next time. [laughter] anyway, i continued to do that because that is when i can be at peace with the lord and talk to him. When you talk about trial and tribulations, you cant have perseverance without spiritual fitness. Cant win in this part of it until you have mental rigor. All those things go together. When i was up here, as a retired army lieutenant, i had a big belly and long hair and you would say, what kind of colonel was that . People will judge you by what you see. So it is important you present that very strong person that has that full armor of god ephesians 6 1018, that you are able to go out and withstand all the attacks of the people. All those aspects of fitness are so important. I apologize. Mr. West you didnt know. But next time, google it. And you know, you can look at the pictures. It was three years ago on memorial day weekend, i got hit on the motorcycle going 75 mo on i35 in texas. I shouldnt be here. Only by the grace of god, standing here. I will try to do better on mike apps, but that kind of carts the old man. Ok . [cheers and applause] this will be our final question. Mr. West i will hang around and talk to you guys. You guys got first dibs. My name is thomas, u. S. Army cavalry. Mr. West scouts out. Kansas state university. How do i as a former soldier after getting out, after struggling to find my purpose to serve my community the best about being in the military more . Mr. West every single day you need to wake up and find out, what, do to continue to honor the, i took to support the constitution . You dont have to be a member of the military to serve this nation. Some of the greatest people this country ever produced, they never wore a uniform, but every day they woke up and thought about how they could serve this great nation. It started with them understanding the fundamentals of what it meant to be an american. Understanding and developing words they would live by. Understanding and developing a creed that they would live by. That is all you have to do. When you come out every single day, again, you are on an ideological battlefield especially being on the college and university campus. What you have to do, as the young man from the u. K. Said, you have to develop your intellectual and mental fitness, spiritual fitness, your emotional fitness and your physical fitness, to be able to withstand this battle. But it starts with you at the end of this week. Cvs should be running out of 3x5 cards tonight. Every single one of the overfunded way to get some. Then you have to have this over here, the constitution and the declaration. That is how you go out and serve america. By first understanding what it means to be an american. So, thank you all so very much for having me. [applause] god bless you all. Have a great week [cheers and applause] coming washington journal, yous and comments. En, reviewing this weeks federal open Market Committee meetings in the possibility of another interest rke. We will talk with Adam Andrzejewski about his research into wnd abuse in government spending. Also, a discussion on Climate Change policies and recent extreme weather patterns with bob inglis and david kieve, president of Environmental Defense action fund. Washington journal is next. Host good morning, it is tuesday, july 25. The topic today is inflation. It is top