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Things are, in all seriousness, getting worse and worse for Erica Kirk and Turning Point USA. Andrew Kovette is doing his best to do damage control, but it's not working.
And the problem is, as Lionel from Lionel Nation hilariously said, "You guys talking to them, you guys don't know what you're doing. You don't understand." We've got people who stay up all through the night tracking all of the planes that fly across America. We've got people measuring the shadows based on the location and angles of the sun. We've got people analyzing audio and mock cones and frequencies and gigahertz and duped things that I can't even pronounce.
You cannot hide from the American public any longer. We've learned our lessons. We do not tolerate our elites being held to a different standard than the rest of us. We know when we are being lied to, and we will expose it every single time.
Gone are the days where you can turn on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and just drink up what we're being told. Gone are the days where we just trust the Department of Justice to, in fact, deliver any true and competent justice. We live in a world where "we the people" have been betrayed by elected officials whom we vote for and are supposed to work on our behalf, that are controlled by an elitist lobby donor class, the puppet masters. And we're done with it. We're done with it.
Erica Kirk, J.D. Vance, President Trump, his MAGA mouthpieces, and Turning Point USA just cannot seem to wrap their heads around this fact. We know now that Erica Kirk lied about the threat that she was under, which caused her to cancel the event at the University of Georgia. Baron Coleman and Candace Owens have pinned her in Georgia for over four hours on the day of this event, which destroys the narrative that Turning Point USA told us that the dangerous threat to her life was via her travel schedule. If she traveled to Georgia, her travel schedule didn't change.
But even worse, as reported by CBS, apparently Barry Weiss has had enough of Erica Kirk, too. If you remember, Barry Weiss hosted the sit-down, the prescripted sit-down with Erica Kirk, where a number of lies came from. But more on that prescripted theme here in a moment.
The Secret Service outed Erica bad, making clear there was no credible threat on her life. Andrew Kovette issued a hot statement in response to what CBS had reported after they got the news from the Secret Service that you're about to see. But it also happened again. Erica canceled again. And Candace Owens is going off about this, but there is a pattern emerging that I want you to be aware of. We're going to go through that.
First, I want to address the latest unhinged and ugly attack that President Trump just unleashed on the usual suspects, but it's what he said about Joe Kent and the Pope that I find extremely problematic. We're going to start here with this clip of Trump accusing the Pope of something untrue, which, as you'll see, he was community-noted for for lying, and then we're going to go from there.
I'm Zach Costello. I don't I have to do what's right. Uh, the Pope has to understand that, very simple. I have nothing against the Pope. His brother is MAGA all the way. I like his brother, Lewis. >> Uh, I'm not fighting with him. The Pope made a statement. He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon. I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. And if the Pope looked at the 42,000 people that were killed over the last two or three months as a protester with no weapons, no nothing. I mean, you take a look at that. Uh, so I could disagree with the Pope. I have a right to. >> I have a right to disagree with the Pope. >> What do you say? What do you say to people who see that who see your criticism of >> I have look nothing. I have no disagreement with the fact the Pope can say what he wants and I want him to say what he wants. But I can disagree. I think that Iran could not have a nuclear weapon. If they do, the whole world would be at jeopardy. The Middle East will be blown up and the whole world will be at jeopardy. We're very close to making a deal. That'll be a great thing. Uh, the Pope has to understand Iran has killed more than 42,000 people over the last few months. Think of it. Protesters without guns, without anything. They were totally unarmed protesters. The Pope has to understand that. Uh, this is the real world. It's a nasty world. But as far as the Pope uh and saying what he wants, he can do that. Now, I know the Pope's brother. He is a big MAGA person. He's got MAGA all over his house. His name is Lewis. He's actually a great guy. And I'm sure the Pope is a great guy. I haven't met him. But I disagree with the Pope. If the Pope would allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, you can't do that.
So, as you can see right there, Trump got community-noted because never once has Pope Leo called for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Never once. In fact, as you can see right there, he has called only for the global disarmament of nuclear weapons so that we can avoid, you know, the indiscriminate elimination of entire civilizations like President Trump was threatening already this month.
But guys, what I am getting really, really tired of listening to is this coordinated Zionist, excuse me, campaign against anyone opposed to this war in Iran and warring propaganda, especially as they spew blatant lies and use the Bible in order to justify this unjust war being waged by America on behalf of Israel. One of the things the Pope has specifically condemned is using the name of God or Christ to justify this war, which this administration and many associated with it have done time and time again.
The Pope, along with many others, including prominently Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Megan Kelly, Joe Kent, and I bring up those names for a reason, as you're about to see, do not believe that America should be involved in this war with Iran. But what does that make you? What is the talking point? Oh, it makes you a woke leftist. Ali Beth Stucky, who finds any chance she gets to spout the Zionist talking points and hate on the Catholic Church, first and foremost. She posted this, which has also been subsequently community-noted.
Ali Beth just assumes that anything Barack Obama would say on issues of foreign policy, the Pope will say too. You will be less shocked when he continues to say the befuddling things he does about Islam and war. Well, as you can see, she got community-noted on there, well, for a specific instance of when a Pope opposed what Barack Obama was doing. The Catholic Church, for example, was extremely against the bombing campaigns that Barack Obama carried out, more so than any other president in the history of the United States.
But this is what they're doing. And I want you to watch this. I want you to watch Sean Hannity on Fox News spewing the same stuff here, attacking Pope Leo, accusing him of being more interested in spreading left-wing politics than the actual teachings of Jesus Christ for speaking out against this war in Iran. Take a listen.
>> That law, uh, but right on cue. Pope Leo XIV is now seemingly more interested in spreading left-wing politics and the actual teachings of Jesus Christ. As the AP put it, quote, "Pope Leo amplified his condemnation of America's conflict with Iran, saying that God does not bless any conflict and certainly doesn't side with those who drop bombs." Well, first, that is simply not biblically accurate. The Bible contains over 400 references to war, frequently depicting God as authorizing, commanding, intervening in battles like one that we all know, the battle between David and Goliath. Why is the Pope twisting religion to specifically attack only President Trump and the US? Why did he recently meet with top Obama adviser David Axelrod and the far-left governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker? Is it because he's a a run-of-the-mill Trump-hating Democrat that lacks moral clarity about radical Islam? By the way, did he talk to them about abortion? Uh, well, in that case, you know, where are the pointed words for Iran, this evil regime, the number one state sponsor of terror?
Hannity, Sean Hannity, astonishingly. Astonishingly, astonishingly, excuse me. Low IQ. This is what that is. Sean Hannity cites the Old Testament story of David and Goliath to justify the war in Iran. I'm sure that his neocon "Israel is our greatest ally" boomer audience really eats all of this up. Oh yeah. Well, you know, Iran is dangerous like Goliath, and we over here in America are just little David guided by God. That makes total sense. I mean, it seems as though it probably would to Sean Hannity's Fox News boomer conservative neocon audience.
You guys, to be clear, the Orthodox Christian teaching has been consistent on the matter of war and conflict for a very long time. St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas: God does not bless an aggressor waging an unjust war. Period. There are justified responses to self-defense and the protection of the innocent. The argument of the Pope and many is that this war in Iran waged by America and Israel does not fit within just war teaching. There was no imminent threat on America. This solution should be solved through diplomacy.
It's not just the Pope saying this. Joe Kent, since his resignation, has been a leading voice for this also and has just so happened to be right about how all of this would play out. He knew what the Iranian response would be. He knew how entrenched the Iranians were and how prepared they'd be. He knew they'd close the Strait of Hormuz. He knew this would not be quick and easy. He knew how Israel would behave after the ceasefire agreement, and he has been outspoken about what needs to take place in order to maintain peace, which is to restrain Israel.
So he, along with Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Megan Kelly, entered Trump's social media crosshairs once again. And this is ugly. All right, this is what Trump said: "Who's dumber, Tucker Carlson or Joe Kent? It's interesting. I met Joe Kent at Dover Air Force Base along with numerous others who had lost their loved ones in war. I said hello to all the families. Kent horribly lost his wife. Her casket was being brought to Dover along with the rest, although he married again quite quickly. Such a low blow. Such a low blow to be bringing this up. He says, 'In my opinion, guys, I think I think Joe Kent got remarried like four years later. Is that is that too quick? Your wife dies in war. Is it too quick to get married almost four years later?' In any event, a number of years later, I noticed the same person was running for Congress in Washington State and lost. I then noticed a couple of years later, he was running again and lost. While I didn't know him other than our brief do encounter, my feeling but feeling sorry for him after the two election losses, I told my people, 'Hire him for the White House. Give him a job. Make him feel good.' He lost his wife and two elections. They did so. And while I rarely saw him, I certainly didn't expect disloyalty, but that's what I got. He was really a sleasag and some would say on top of it all a leaker, which we also which we know is not true. We know that that's not true. That was that was fake news as Trump likes to say. I don't know whether or not that's true. But next time, no more Mr. Nice Guy. Kent is a loser just like Tucker, Candace, Megan, and the rest of them are losers. You're born that way. Low IQ and there's not a damn thing they're going to be able to do about it.' Signed, President Trump."
I told you guys yesterday this is why we need to be paying attention to the Ben Shapiro, the Laura Loomers, and the Mark Levin. This is where Trump is getting his information from. Like I said, Joe Kent has been right. He's been right about everything since his resignation letter. His resignation letter was right. And Trump's decisions and instincts have been wrong. We knew the Israeli intelligence and presentation that got us into the regime change war was bad, and Trump did it anyway. We've covered the New York Times article that dropped on it, which showed the whole behind-the-scenes of how the decision played out. We know Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz were consulting and teaching the Israeli government and foreign ministry on how to influence Trump into this war. We know that Trump knew the information was bad. We knew he was being lied to. Benny Johnson has been crashing out over Trump being lied to by the Israelis, and he made the decision anyway. He made the decision anyway. We knew that this pitch made on February 11th on a public uprising stoked by MSAD inside Iran to overthrow the regime and implement a secular government would not work. We knew that Iran did not did not pose, excuse me, an imminent threat to America. As I've said maybe a hundred times on this channel, it was misinformation to say that America did not obliterate Iran's nuclear program back in June 2025 through Operation Midnight Hammer. Trump decided to do this anyway, and he did so because of the influence of those in his ear. And he is so politically lost and trapped inside this Zionist echo chamber. He actually and truly thinks the American public supports him. That is the problem. He and the rest of MAGA and the Republican Party are in for a huge awakening. I believe they are severely underestimating how many on the Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Megan Kelly, Alex Jones, Joe Kent, Pope Leo, Joe Rogan, Theo Von side of things on this issue and the Epstein files. There are they are acting like this is irrelevant. This is a massive, excuse me, a massive political miscalculation based on very bad information that they're getting.
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To give you guys a brief recap on everything that has occurred with Erica Kirk and the Turning Point USA event with J.D. Vance over the course of this week and what Baron Coleman and Candace Owens have discovered and uncovered and made public. We know, because of those people who track all of the airplane flights across the United States and measure people's shadows to determine time based on the location and angle of the sun, that Erica Kirk flew into the event at the University of Georgia from Palm Beach on Tuesday after a weekend bridal shower at Mar-a-Lago. She landed in a terminal that had been secured by the Secret Service. And there was both a military and police presence waiting at that terminal because J.D. Vance, the Vice President of the United States, was arriving at the same terminal, and then he was going to be escorted to the arena after he landed. After realizing audience size, low turnout for the event, which Andrew Kovette, if you remember, blamed on the left for purchasing up all of the tickets, even though the tickets were free. The left found out a way to purchase all of those free tickets. Kovette claimed that around 2,000 people, and we're being generous, let's give him that number. Let's give him the 2,000. I know a lot of you guys doubt that that's the actual number. The total capacity venue was 8,500. So, a lot of leftists snatched up those tickets. Only 23% or so full. And then I've heard people say, "Well, Zach, the Secret Service, they blocked off 2,000 seats. They blocked off 2,000 seats so that the total arena couldn't be filled. They did that for safety reasons." Okay, fine. I'll grant you that. I'll grant you the 2,000 of 6,500. Still not good. What is that? 30-something percent? You guys who are better at math than me, let me know what that actual percentage is. Still not good. Still not good. Still not packed, that's for sure.
Erica decided that she no longer wanted to do the event because of the audience size. But instead of canceling, they made up, and we know it's made up per what I'm about to show you, that there were threats against her life. Then the first 20 minutes or so of J.D. Vance's appearance on stage, he proceeded with the assistance of Andrew Kovette to give us a lecture about how poorly everyone criticizing Erica is treating her and how that's evil and how that's disgusting. And then he did a lot of emotional gaslighting to get us all to feel for Erica's situation.
Well, Barry Weiss and CBS apparently have had enough of Erica's BS, too, because they got in touch with the Secret Service, who said this: "Secret Service determines no credible threats to the University of Georgia rally after Erica Kirk's cancellation," source says. Okay, that first paragraph there says, "The U.S. Secret Service determined there were no credible threats to Tuesday's Turning Point USA rally at the University of Georgia, even as a planned co-appearance by Erica Kirk was canceled over unspecified security concerns. A person familiar with the matter tells CBS."
All right, I want to go down here to the bottom. This is the whole article here. You see our girl, America's boss babe, Erica Kirk, right there. And then this is what the article states because Andrew Kovette gets really bad about the headline, but I don't see any issue with the headline. The headline seems actually pretty accurate. According to the source, the site was secure and there were no known threats to the protectee. While Kirk may have received hostile or threatening messages, including on social media, those were not part of any identified or actionable threat stream monitored by federal authorities. The person said, "Ouch." So, basically, Erica got some critical or mean messages on social media that were not considered threatening by the Secret Service. After being briefed by his protective detail, Vance was informed that the event remained safe and chose to proceed. In a statement Thursday, a representative for Turning Point USA said, "Threats related to Erica's travel outside the secured perimeter led to our team making the difficult decision to withdraw her participation." That was the statement.
And then I want you guys to see Andrew Kovette and Turning Point USA and Erica Kirk because they're clearly very unhappy with CBS and the Secret Service for outing them. So Andrew Kovette posted this statement here, and you can see that he is very unhappy and talking about this specific article from CBS. You see that headline there? So that's what he addresses right here. Andrew Kovette says, "This is an absolute garbage headline from CBS, which didn't even bother to reach out for us for comment." And why didn't they do that? Why don't you think they did that, Andrew? Because you're not trustworthy. Why would they need to reach out to you when they can reach out to the Secret Service? Wow. I can't believe I, and after Butler, Pennsylvania, I, I'm going to say I'm going to say that well, the Secret Service is a more competent uh security agency than Turning Point USA's security. I mean, I think we can say that pretty safely. I mean, the bar of of Turning Point USA security is is not very high at this point, given what happened on September 10th, 2025. But they don't need to reach out to Turning Point USA or Turning Point USA security, right? So Andrew's mad they didn't reach out to them for comment. I wonder why.
Number one, this is a four-point response from Andrew Kovette. Of course, there was no issue with the venue. If there was, we would have canceled the entire event. The venue was deemed secure, and we trusted the Secret Service to protect the VP and secure the perimeter. But Erica is not the Secret Service's job. That's what our security is responsible for. Number two, the threats were related to Erica's travel, not the venue. There are lunatics following her around constantly. Guys, if Erica was already in Georgia and the flights all happened as they should have happened regardless, this is an irrelevant point. In the days leading up to the event, we had to constantly change her itinerary and locations because threats were made against her specifically and her location was getting doxed. The threats were ultimately deemed severe enough that her security said, "We cannot guarantee your safety. We recommend you don't move forward with the event." When they say that to a woman whose husband has just been assassinated, you listen. Okay? So, there's some emotional gaslighting there at the end. But, as you guys, as we just read in the CBS interview, the Secret Service had access to all that was going on with Erica Kirk and they briefed J.D. Vance on the entire situation and they came to the conclusion that there was no credible threat, especially given that Erica went on all of these flights. She landed into the same location which had been swept and secured by military and Secret Service prior to him flying in. Erica flew into the same place. She flew from Mar-a-Lago where she was at a bridal shower with Ivanka Trump. Guys, let's be serious. This is some of the highest level security that you could possibly get. We don't believe this. We don't believe this.
Well, as it so happens, it happened again. Erica was supposed to make another appearance at Pinnacle High School. And then the response went out and said, "Hey everyone, I wanted to share, this is communication from Pinnacle High School about what was going on with Erica Kirk. I wanted to share some important information or important news about the event with Erica Kirk. Unfortunately, we are unable to host her at Pinnacle High School after school due to serious threats she has received over the past few days. We are taking her security extremely seriously as these threats are not empty and we must prioritize Erica's safety and well-being. I sincerely apologize for this change, but it's crucial that we ensure a safe environment for everyone involved. Instead, we're inviting all of Pinnacle High School Club America members to our headquarters this Friday for a special opportunity. You'll get to meet Erica, chat with her, and take a tour of the headquarters, including where Charlie worked. We'll provide food and are arranging transportation with the principal." Okay, let's make the most of it, is how that finishes up.
I want to bring in what Candace then shared as she reposted this announcement. Candace said that "We showed you guys on Wednesday that Pinnacle High School teachers and parents were organizing on Facebook to boycott Erica's scheduled appearance. Yesterday, Turning Point emailed and canceled the event, citing more death threats against Erica. The event was to take place in Phoenix, Arizona, where Turning Point is based and where Erica is scheduled to appear tonight with the president. She will be canceling that appear. She, I'm sorry, Candace is asking, will she be canceling that appearance as well? Or do the death threats only come when the crowd size is guaranteed to be small?"
You guys, what this is is anticipation of hostility or harder off-the-cuff questioning that might arise whenever it seems now that Turning Point USA anticipates any spontaneous form of events happening, they get cold feet for Erica Kirk. This is the same reason that Kamala Harris refused to go on Joe Rogan and then made up a bunch of "Joe Rogan was too difficult" type of excuses. She, like Kamala Harris, cannot handle, like I said, that spontaneous environment. They then spin it as threats of violence to silence critics and insert more control. As I said, they identify this opportunity to take advantage of Erica is under threat, this incitement of violence, so they can then turn and silence people like Candace Owens, like Baron Coleman, a lot of these people who are investigating these alternative arguments and theories about what happened to Charlie Kirk and those who have been critical of Erica Kirk and the direction of Turning Point USA since she took over the organization.
This whole, as I said yesterday, this is pretty much what my entire show was about yesterday. Go back and watch it if you missed it. This call for or this categorizing what Erica is going through and connecting it back with incitement of violence against her, putting her life in danger, is a tactic that they are setting up to use to silence, wage lawfare, and cancel any of us who are critical of Erica Kirk and Turning Point USA and the charging document narrative that we've been told.
As I said to you guys yesterday, the only acceptable chaos that we are allowed to have, the only acceptable chaos is chaos that hurts the everyday working American person. Any chaos or dissent or criticism of the order of things, of the order, the machine that allows for the elitist lobby donor billionaire class to get rich and powerful, gets shut down immediately. Only certain chaos is allowed.
Bible verse for today. I want to stay in the book of Matthew here and I want to read Matthew chapter 4. Is it Matthew chapter 4 or is it five? Nope, it's Matthew, Matthew chapter 5, verse 13. This is from the Sermon on the Mount. "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a bushel basket. It is set on a lampstand where it gives light to all in the house. Just so your light must shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father."
What I love about that, "You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world." Every single Christian that has the Spirit dwelling and working within us has responsibility in the world. We have a responsibility to make this world a better place. We have a responsibility, each and every one of us, to allow God to work through us so that we can do His will for our lives during our time here on this earth. That is the purpose of our life. That is the purpose of our life. And when Christians live authentically in the state of grace, powered by God and the Holy Spirit, we bear good fruit that will remain. We contribute to building stable, peaceful, fulfilled families, organizations, nations, civilizations. A moral and great country does not come from anything other than the Holy Spirit living within each and every individual. When each and every individual lives out their God-given purpose and allows the Holy Spirit to work through them, when the majority of a nation does that, a moral and good nation follows. When the majority of people in government live through the Spirit working through them, good government follows. When a husband and wife, or when parents allow the Holy Spirit to work through them and to guide their family, good family follows. When an individual, when an individual aligns their life with God and allows the Spirit to work in them, and they bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, generosity, faithfulness, and self-control, as Paul writes, are the fruit of the Spirit. We live individually more stable, peaceful, loving, fulfilling, meaningful lives. When each and every individual does it, and then we do it one by one, we can therefore build a great nation and a good government. I don't want America to be a Christian nation that enforces Christianity by law on every citizen. I want a nation made up of devout, practicing Christians. Therefore, a good nation will follow. That's my political philosophy based in Christianity in a nutshell. And we always have hope. We always have hope. A nation and a people and an individual always has hope, as long as you are committed to being the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
Let's get to some of your guys' comments. We got some member shoutouts here today. Sandy 6 became a member. Nostalgic Gem became a member. And Gabrielle became a member. Thank you guys. It's good to have you here. Thank you guys for becoming members. And then Nostalgic also gave a super chat. Thank you so much. I very much appreciate your support of the channel. "Always Be True. The hair color mentions are getting old. I've contributed. Sorry."
Well, well, thank you for taking ownership of your contribution to the matter. It will die down. Whichever it is, you're handsome and your wife knows it. Can we talk about the curls/waves instead? I kid. Um, I appreciate you. You know, I know. And and and I'm, you know, it's it's kind of a joke, but you might be right. You might be right that that it might be getting too old. Um, you know, I thought it was just funny because I had because I, as I was watching Baron Coleman and Jesse on Fire, and I'm only I'm a member of of Baron Coleman. That's I think that's the only membership that I have. I don't think I know it's the only membership that I have here on YouTube. Um, I mean, Baron, in my opinion, has got the the the best investigative podcast when it comes to this Charlie Kirk assassination. Um, his info that he delivers on a daily basis and just his background and and uh everything that he brings to the table, I just feel like is top-notch. So, um, yeah, I'm a big fan. But in any case, uh, you know, I was kind of just joking about it because that's what came up in their in their members-only. So, anyway, I thought that was funny. But, yeah, it doesn't matter. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. And, um, look, I, you know, I hope you guys know that I I I like to joke every now and then. Um, I can laugh at myself and it's kind of just funny. But, I appreciate your compliment of of being handsome. And I think my wife does know it. She knows it. And yes, I have really curly hair. If I I mean, there's some embarrassing pictures of me in high school. Uh, I'm not not bringing those up, but like if you like it, it is like I had like the I mean, we called it a shag back in the day, but I had real long hair. It came down in front of my eyes, went over my ears, and it gets so like puffy. Like my hair gets like really curly and really puffy. Like I I can really grow like an afro. Um, when it was really long, I had to wear a hat to school like right after I showered to get it like, you know, more flat, but it can get really curly and like when my hair gets longer, like around the sideburns, like it's it's not good. Like, I got to I got to keep it short. It took me a while like figure out my haircut, but I feel pretty good about where I'm at with my haircut. Um, I think it represents me well. So, anyway, thank you. Why are we getting Why are we talking about my hair, man? Um, anyway, too funny. Uh, another one from Always Be True. "Check out Check out the Tarot card. The Magi, the magician, probably what uh DJT was depicting, not Jesus. DD got a podcast covered it in my opinion at tracks uh demon the last pool book cover." Um, I'll check into that. Is I'll I'll take a look at that. Yeah, thanks for giving me a heads up.
All right, and then uh Marty, thank you here for the super super chat. Excuse me. "I'm 100% Catholic teaching and no longer for Trump, but evidence shows Obama got Francis elected. So he and Leo are fake anti-popes with Axelrod in ear."
Um, I mean, I've heard the argument on Francis uh basically being a not legitimate Pope. Um, I don't know where I stand on that. I mean, I've had friends of mine that are priests talk to me about that issue. Um, Leo though, I haven't heard that argument as much. I think the the word on that is like, we'll see. But, um, in fairness to Pope Leo, I mean, there's a number of different people that he's talked to. Like he's spoken with, I mean, he's spoken with J.D. Vance. He's spoken with, I mean, I guess Axelrod that I guess has been talking to him and advising him. I mean, look, I'm going to I'm going to evaluate uh Pope Leo and his comments on American politics on a case-by-case basis. Um, do I align with 100% everything that Pope Leo has said about, um, or the USCCB, for example, has said about American politics? No, not necessarily. Um, an example of that is I don't 100% agree with, um, the USCCB's stance on the illegal immigration coming into the United States. I think they're a little softer than I'd like them to be in that regard. Now, do I think that the immigration issue should be as far right and get every single person out of here like a lot of people that, um, on the right are talking about? Not necessarily. Not necessarily. I'm I'm a little bit more of a moderate on that issue. I think that there's a lot of people within this country that have been here for a long time that have provided a lot of value to our communities and to our country that work hard and share the same values. And I think that that is actually an an opportunity to allow good and productive hardworking people that share a lot of what you would say orthodox Christian values into our country. I think there's a way to integrate some of these, a lot of these people, and a lot of these people even helped get Trump elected. Um, like kind of working-class, um, working-class immigrants, for example, you would say, especially like Spanish or South American immigrants that helped get Trump elected that are really working-class, that have a lot of family-oriented Christian values. I think there's opportunity there. Um, so I'm a little bit more of a moderate on that issue where I I think the USCCB and the and maybe the Pope's stance is too loose, but I'm also not as tight as a lot of people on the right are on that issue. Um, I think Pope Leo has been solid on the war in Iran issue. I I am with him on that issue for sure. Um, Pope Leo, for example, has been strong on the pro-life issue. Um, you know, I'm I can say that with clarity. I mean, the church has always been solidly pro-life and abort, and, you know, as far as, uh, being pro-life, anti-abortion, uh, IVF is an issue that the the church has stood against for a long time, and and I align on that as well. So again, I mean, I kind of look at this as as an issue, an issue-by-issue basis. Um, I believe that it is the Pope's role, unlike a lot of what people are saying right now in the political arena, especially in America, that the Pope should kind of stick to his lane and leave American politics up to American politicians. Look guys, I don't want I think it is the Pope's role to weigh in on political and cultural matters from the teachings of the church. I mean, I think that about everybody. I think that you I do this, I'm not I'm I'm not the Pope, obviously, but I weigh in on political and cultural matters from a Christian perspective. That's what I'm doing here. And I certainly think the Pope should be doing that. I I'm not a shut up and dribble type of guy. I think that if you have something to say, say it. Say it. I don't I don't care what industry you're in or or what you've you know where you've come from. Like if you're a musician, if you're an athlete, if I don't care. If you have something to say, say it, please. You guys, I'm a free speech absolutist. I've said that many different times here. If you have something to say, say it. I'm not one of these guys that you're going to see out here like the Mark Levin saying like, "Oh, the problem with these podcasts is anybody can have a podcast and anybody can say whatever they want." Yeah, I don't think that's a problem. I think that's actually America. I think that that's a core value of America. That's called the mechanism of free speech. So, I'm very much for that. I'm very much for all ideas putting out there, and then we talk about the different ideas and the different issues. So, um, yeah, I don't know. I mean, look, the the Pope is going to meet with a lot of different people, and I mean, he's a world leader, so it makes sense that he's meeting with a lot of different people from a lot of different sides. Um, but is he is he perfect or is he unerring? No. Catholics, make that let's make this straight and clear right now. Catholics don't believe the Pope is unerring when he weighs in on political and cultural matters. Like, like he's not infallible when he talks about these things. Like, so I want to make that clear. We also don't worship the Pope. We don't pray to the Pope. We don't worship him like like he's God. Um, we don't.
So, all right guys, um, that's going to be all for today. Hope you guys all have a great rest of the day and have a great weekend, and I will see you back here on Monday. Hope you have a great weekend. I'm Zach Costello.