ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the fox nation. hang on. this is nashville, man. you got it. i mean, you got to punch i i s ist. u haveot to punch i i you can do it. t ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the fifth annual fox nation patriot awards. feel you know, it almost feels like we're in new york city or somethinkg. i mean, can you drop the hands and can you do it with a country accent? accent t just add a little country accent to it. i got that. ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the fifth annual box nation patriot alliance. >> well, that's country. can we split the difference? okay, so one more time we got. you know what? actually, we got to go. ime.we got to go. and we practiced in the car. you'll get it. okay, let's go. i got the cadillac waiting, man. >> you'll be fin e. tonight in nashville, we honor the brave men and women who commit their all patriots t who deserve to be celebrated. that's why wdee brought our best and brightest. sean hannity, laura ingraham,rag jesse watters, and so many more. plus performanceras from craig morgan and dennis quaid, all so that we can salute you. >> john rich. nobody could have gotten me any better. hey, man, go get em. oh, hey, pete. pete, pete. forgot something, buddy. i now i think we're ready. welcome to nashville. o nashvi and here's your host, pete, texas. y'all ready? let' yous do this. >> nashville cop every monday. oh, good evening, fox nation. what a crowd. >> beautiful patriots out there. i thinrowd we have.k some of yo already been to broadway. >> it's great to have you here. you saw it right there. so, john rich and i, we hammered it out in his cadillac . so here we go. ladies and gentlemen. >> no, i can't do that.can't welcome to thedo fifth annual fox nation patriot awards. we are so glad you're here. >> we are live in the year ofint our lord 2023 at the grand olehf opry house in nashville,ille tennessee. you know, i am so honored to be amazknow, i am so honored to be fox colleagues here in the front. >> people, you know, you seein th people, you know, you seein every day and you're going to see many of them very soon up here on stage. you know, it's been five years, five incredible years of the patriot awards honoring unsung heroes. >> and amazing patriots. and this is for you. this is because of you. and you're going to see that tonight, which got us thinking as we planne yit's d the night. tonight, what's the symbol of ca five year anniversary by now? >> i didn't. so. didn't. so thi ts year's awards are made of wood, and let me tell you about that. >> they're handcraftedyouabout a 76-year-old patriot from floridaa. >> he put in 15 hour days in his woodshop for the past two months crafting these beauties. give t >>ha give thanks to tony siravo tonight for this award. tony and and i think that's a theme you're going to see tonight. >> the patriot awards inspirineg patriotism and activism in others. >> you know, it's also made of wood. >> the famous opry circle, which i very humbly stand intani right now in 1974. this woo d was transplanted from the famous ryman auditorium in downtown nashville. now, they say, legend says that the circle still contains the dust from hank williams cowboy boots. not bad. so we are in good company tonight, past and present. and you can't be nashville, can you? >> more. not bad. we're glad to be here. >> but you know what? overall, these are not. i don't have to tell you this. >> these are not easy times fory our country. . who know who in the world knowsw what this next year's going to look likehaxt year ? >>yo you know what? only god knows he can'tnows. be worse. up >> that's only up to us. that is up to we the people. benjamin franklin said a republic. if you can keep it. that is our charge today. more than ever. >> keeping and saving thisic, ii republic. >> it is up to us because, like you, like all of us, we see it down is up. >> evil is good.t right is wrong. truth is twisted and patriots are targeted. >> it can feel like. >> like too much. right? all the incoming. all the incoming. >> ssoo as things keep getting more complicated, i just keep going back to the basics. god. god. freedom. it's the basicfrees. >> you know, king david wrote inin his 33rd song blesse is the nation, whose god is the lord. >> our our american experiment was founded from the beginning. this nation from the outset, because we founded this nation with general george washington at valley forge, on bended kneea and with a declaration wid with a declaration that we hold these truths to be self-evident. theruthswe know the words somes might not. that all men are created know the equal,e created endowed by their with certain unalienable rights. >> from our creator. our founders knew it then. and we know it now. >> now it's time to act like it . so then. then i think of my family. famil >> and i thinky, of your family that's why i do what i do. that's why i do this. that's why wthe do this., that that's why we serve. that's why we fight. and i aswhk myself the question, what kind of country are my kids going to inherit? and >> i know you ask the samei question. what kind of country are my grandkids going to inherit? the question is very sobering.nt >> but you know what? it's also motivating. >> america is not america. >> if we are not free, it is not an america without freedom is just another failed experiment in a very broken world. now, tonight, we honor those men and women known and unknown, seen and unseen, who hold the line for freedom. t >> that is what the patriot awards are all about. selfless, everyday americans who never expected any recognitio n forctednitio their service. the men and women that we're going to honor tonight on this stag the men e never sought the spotlight. but at the fox nation patriot awards, the spotlight has found them tonight. so let's shine that spotlight bright and let's do it right now. >> does that sound good?[che >> all right. here to presenert the first awad of the evening. >> she's my co-host. she's a mama bear spitfire. >> hoo hoo. as they said about michael jordan. >> you remember this? you can only stop. you can'chael jot stop her. >> you can only hope to contain her. >> and joining her? the man who knows that better than anyone elseainer. . an anyone elseainer. two great patriots. and my friends, rachel campos-duffy and congressman sean duffy back. i thank thank you, pete. >> we are thrilled to be here tonight to present the first award for a cause that is very close to our heart as the proud parents of nine amazing children. hey ar and they are they are raising sean and i are passionate about their education. >> yeah, but over the past few years, parents like us have lost confidencnte in what our kids are doing in the classroom. >> until one organization became a beacon of hope for all of us. >> that'the clm until s right. moms for liberty was founded. i know they're awesome moms for liberty. we're founded by two momshers w who turn their mission of transparency in schoolshoture a movement that was so powerfumr they were called domestic terrorists. caall right. let's take a look. i think these people are a shama and they've completely twisted realithave reay for the left wia working overtime to discredit the parental rights group moms for liberty. >> protecting children doesn't look like it's mom. >> these are people who are really on the wrong side of history. onow, the group moms for libery is now considered extremist. what is moms for liberty? >> we are moms, dads, uncles, aunts, grandparentss an and concerned citizens. cod concerned citizens. and we will not be silenced. >> moms for liberty is a nonprofit, grassroots organization founded to help parents to protect their parental rights. >> we were coming off our term serving on the school board from 2016 to 2020, and we like to say we saw behinde the education curtaisan and what happened in 2020, as all of america saw behind the education curtain. hewe saw parents coming to thekh school district. they didn't know how to engage. they didn't knowow how to make change happen. and we knew that the experience that we had from servingex on school board could benefit families, could benefit momspern and dads as they were trying to advocate for their children. and i remember tinyto advoca sa, you know, are we ready to go national? and i said to her, i don't know how you say no moms all over the country are struggling. >> and if this isn't really ours to keep to ourselves. and and so people started calling and wanted to start chapters. and now we are in 47 states. 130,000 members. we have spread like wildfire all over the country. >> nobody but my husband and i are better equipped to meet the needs of our children. >> our schools are becominlsg indoctrination camps and a breeding ground for hatred and division. >> we're just parents trying>> to do the best that we can for our kids. our parents are dealin we cg with sore dealin many different issues that i think really americans never thought we would have to face. >> i don't know about you, but telling my child or any child that they are in a permanent oppressed status in america because they are black is racist. >> we need to focus less on hypersexualized our students and focus more on raising our test scores and schoolor i ranking. >> the heart of this organization is with the moms on the ground. they arenization standing up for their children, standing for truth. the work they are doinr childre it's effective. it's happening. it's working. we are fighting forr the the survival of america. >> the real issue here is you believe you must protectsual children from their parents. i reject that notion. we are awakeyoueve you . >> we are organized. we are angry. and we know our rights. moms for liberty.goin >> we're going to fight like with a smile on our face because our childreng are watching us. >> and it is a privilege to fight for this countrdren ca >> boy, do i love those ladies. pleasedo welcome this year's mvp most valuable patriots, , the founders of moms, two liberty, tina gershkovichfoe and tiffany justicrse, the. >> thank you so much. we are so grateful to foxwe nation for this award. but we want to be clear. we are accepting this on behalf of over 130,000 moms and dads across america and to our moms. >> and in just under three years, over 300 chapters, 48 states, we know you are working to unify, educate and empower parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government. >> and we are joyful warriors. our children are being taughtrr to hate eachiors other in schooe there is no future for imerica america with that type w of hat. so we are going to fight like lk with a smile on our faces because our children are watchinge th us. and it is a privilege to fight for this countrya. >> we also want to thank lik our families and the families ou moms.lies and the families they sacrificed so much time. but if i could just sayust one thing before we close out, we have the fundamentasal right given to us by gode to raise our children, to direct their upbringingou, their education, their moral and religious upbringingcation, and once we let the governmentnt get in between us and our children, our families are done. our country is at risk. >> this is the line in the. stand. moms for liberty moms across the country have drawn that line because we do not co-parent with the government. thank you. so get off the couch and runf for school board. fight, fight, fight for thisth countre y. fight. thank you. >> now, joe johns can attest to this, too. as someone who's seen a few terroristscan in his life, i cn tell you those two freedom fighters, all thank you, ladies, for everything that you do. no longe >> singing is my career and my >> singing is my career and my calling, but i'm also a motherl. of four. >> and as entrepreneurs, we weigh the cost of every weigh the cost of every decision. de. >> medical bills are no longer a worry for our family. so i 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we do, what it is. >> thanks, pete. who that that is tyrus.. thanks, pete. we are honored to be presenting this year' honoreds back, the be award, back to blue baby and absolutely, absolutely. >> and, you know, as a retired k officer, i know firsthand what it's like to go out each day not knowing what that shift will be. but the bottom line is every officer, those that do this job, they just hose tha want to do a good job for their community and get back home safe for their families. >> hey, man, sticks your sticks. i'd be tree twigs, steel, little twigs. but it's not about uss abou right now. no, but what it is about you. we all know. wet, weal all hear about is theo cops and the viral videos and not the actual struggles of the job. that's whyhe this year's recipient is making sure the world hears the storier's that are otherwise go unheard. >> yes. >> is the best selling author of the past decade out with a new book about real life heroes. walk the blue line,ion of a collection of honest and heartfelt storie hs by. real police officers revealing what it's like to wear the unifor m. unifor why i wrote walk the blue line is literally trying to makeante this country a little better. get to the truth little more. help the police to love search. feel misunderstood. you get up in the morning, t you put on a vest, you leave your family and they don't know if you're coming home. and people need to understand that people, that's their job. need tnow, nobody should have tt themselves in unnecessary danger. james well, famous authorterson james patterson is questioning the authenticity of thef "the "new york times" bestsellers list after his new nrk book nevr made the cut. one of the crazy thingsit's l about walk the blue line is inoo some places it's looked at as political. it didn't make the times bestseller list the first week. and yet we had the sales from nielsebun and it outsold all but three of the books that were on the list. and i found it difficult to getf appearances on a lot of the ap. r ances on a lot of the >> how can we get toward the truth that people don't actually have the information? w can wethis isn't a political . it's important. >> but more of what you do when i think, you know, bring light to what police officers go through. >> our daily beating, which one is on? >> james's way of getting our stories out there is very positive for us. they actually put people ine our shoes so they can see what wsoe go through. >> there's a lot of things that go on that people don't see. ere's a s going i would say james patterson absolutely got it right. >> he's talkin g about, okay, we're not going to let you die . >> please welcome this year's back to the balloon recipient bestseller king authors many times over. >> james pattersons. u, thank thank you. why? hold it. what's your story? hold on. wow. the >> we're at the grand ole opry, man. god bless america.bles dolly parton gave me this jacket to wear. >> pretty nice, huh? >> i am 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