And when you say that they're all organized by communists and socialists and Marxists, can you give an example of what you mean by those organizations being communists or Marxists?
unidentified
Well, that's their title, the Communist Party of America and the Democratic Socialists of America.
And if you look at the organizers, they proclaim themselves as the name.
So, you know, it's not me just taking a guess that these are far leftists in America coming together to organize these protests.
I think the theme to the No Kings Day of Action, just like it was in June, was for people to affirm with one voice in unison in America, we have no kings, not now, not ever.
And the impetus for it is the Trump administration overreach and abuse of power that millions of Americans are seeing.
A lot of our organizations that are involved are really feeling this through feedback from our members.
And those members want to create community in their communities.
They want to know that other people are seeing the same thing that they're seeing and also still believe in the America that they believe in.
And if you look at what the Donald Trump administration is doing, they are trying to instill law and order in our communities.
They are trying to bring peace and calm out of chaos that has been generated by Democrat controls, whether it's the previous administration or whether it's the Democrat-controlled communities.
unidentified
This administration is saying we're done with the lawlessness.
We're taking decided action to put a stop to it and bring about safety and security in communities.
And that's what the far left is rebelling against.
And Cheryl, when you mentioned lawlessness, so I just want to bring up the commutation of George Santos' sentence today.
He was released from prison at about 11 p.m. last night by President Trump.
What were your thoughts on that?
unidentified
Well, my thoughts were that if I were a Democrat, I'd be cheering this because he's the openly gay former congressional member for the Republican Party.
So the left would seem to embrace that type of ideal.
And second author.
Sorry, the ideal of a Republican gay individual serving in politics.
That's something that the Democrat Party should have embraced because that's something that they advocate for, the open service of LGBTQ members in Congress in politics.
I didn't look into all the details of why his sentence was commuted, but I do know that he was convicted of seven years and given a sentence of seven years for lying, I believe it was, and for fraud.
And the terms of his sentencing was what Republicans were concerned about, that he was put in isolation for very long periods of time, which seemed above and beyond what anyone else should be treated to in prison.
I want to ask you, Cheryl, since you are an Army vet, about your thoughts on Secretary of Defense Hagseth's policies regarding women in combat and their physical fitness requirements.
unidentified
Well, it's not just women, it's men too.
Same physical fitness requirements across the board.
And for 20 years now, I've been saying the same thing.
And at the time when I went into basic in AIT advanced individual training, there were new policies put in place that, for instance, women could not be dropped on the pavement to do punitive push-ups because they might get their hands cut by the rocks on the pavement.
unidentified
So it was things like that that I saw as concerning.
On one hand, we were being told in the military that the military standards know no gender, that it's the same, they're equal standards, we're a fighting machine, and that's it.
And on the other hand, I noticed how very different the physical fitness standards were for women versus men.
unidentified
And I said when I first got out, I wrote a piece, a commentary piece saying that most GI Jane should go home.
Because if you can't have the same standards in your military fighting force, if you have to lower them to allow certain people to serve, then that degrades the ability of your military force to do its core mission.
So when it comes to physical fitness standards, I am entirely in line with Secretary of War's Pete Hegseth's new policies.
unidentified
If you can achieve and reach those physical fitness, it shouldn't matter whether you're male or female.
Pentagon now has the same rules as every U.S. military installation.
What do you think?
unidentified
Well, so 90% of what the policy makes clear is common sense.
The part that I had an issue with was having journalists, having media organizations sign a paper agreeing to abide these new policies.
And specifically, the area that I did not like was the notion that journalists agree to not solicit classified or sensitive information from sources.
And if they do, they could be deemed a security or safety threat.
And I thought that that was very broad language that really intrudes on the right of not just the press, but the individuals in America that the press represents to exercise their First Amendment, God-given freedoms.
As I said, I'm all in favor for Americans going out and rallying and voicing their concerns with government.
That is a core American freedom.
But I did never say, I never said that these groups were paying activists.
I didn't say that.
I said that these communists and socialists and far-leftist groups were sponsoring these rallies.
And that's still not to say that everybody who goes out and attends and participates is a card-carrying member of the Communist Party.
But it is to say that we have to recognize the root, the foundation, the supporters of these organizations and who actually are organizing them and bringing them about.
When you look out at the No Kings rallies that are going forth today, take a look how many Hamas enablers are out there, how much anti-Semitism is flowing through and coursing under these rallies.
Because I'm pretty sure in some of these cities, at least, that there are going to be a lot of down with Israel, save the Palestinian people type protests.
The report on the young Republicans came about because they're in my own state of Virginia here.
unidentified
There was a lot of reporting on Jay Jones, who is running for Attorney General of Virginia, and the comments he made about fantasizing about murdering his political opponent and wishing to see his political opponent's wife's children die in her arms and a few other texts that came up that seemed alarming.
So then Politico did its due diligence reporting to find something from the other side to sort of distract from the discussions going forth about Jay Jones.
And so when you ask my thoughts on these young Republicans' comments, ugly, divisive, don't support it, but not as bad as what's taking place in Virginia right now with Jay Jones and this guy seeking office with the fantasies he has and the hopes to become the highest law enforcement official in my state.
I could probably have a discussion with him for an hour or so, but just to try and address some of his points.
I think those are excellent points.
And let me just give an example of where Republicans have failed, because I agree.
We have two political parties who are battling against each other, mostly creating purposeful divisions among the people in America so they can, in their various political capabilities, swarm in and pretend to have the answer for the people.
I have said for the very, very longest time that the issue in America is not with Republicans or Democrats or pitting or voting one over the other.
unidentified
It was the loss of our individual freedoms in America.
It was the loss of the concept of God-given individual rights.
And you've seen Republicans exploit open borders for their own business purposes.
You've seen Democrats exploit open borders for their own voting interests and for their own agendas.
So that's just one example of what that caller was saying, that these political parties aren't working for us as individuals.
And what we need as a nation is to recapture that spirit of America, that God-given individual right and freedom, which is the American exceptionalism that keeps America above and beyond any other nation in the world.
And part of the problem is we're not teaching civics, we're not teaching proper history in school, we're degrading the economy to the point where we have young people clamoring for socialism because they can't make it on their own in a free market.
unidentified
So it's a cyclical thing that's taking place in America, degrading our greatness.
And I see the core foundation is the loss of that individualism, that loss of the concept of God-given rights.
But since it's been brought up twice now by callers, I do know from my years and years covering local governments for local community newspapers that there were leftist organizations that did pay people to attend zoning board meetings, board of supervisor meetings, city council meetings.
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unidentified
They paid for them to attend and to present viewpoints to the boards, pretending as if they were speaking for the citizens of the community.
So if it happens on the local level, then chances are pretty good it's happening on the federal level, on the national level.
And we do have evidence of some organizations funding some of these protests.
Just for the record, again, I never did say that these no kings protests were being funded by anybody.
Well, it is an interesting question, and I know we're running out of time.
So let me just say, I think the Democrat Party has gone through a dramatic change since Bill Clinton years.
It happened under Barack Obama, really sped up for his eight years.
Under Joe Biden, things got worse.
And I think the Democrat Party has been infiltrated by and corrupted by the far left, such as the Democratic Socialists of America, Communists, and Marxists.
And I think that's why you're getting this big political divide.
It's not about for America.
It's for the parties.
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unidentified
And the Democrat Party is not the Democrat Party of JFK or even Bill Clinton days.
On the war between Russia and Ukraine, the president hosted President Zelensky in the Oval Office.
He had talked with Putin on the phone for two hours.
And the president, President Trump, has announced another summit with Russia.
So what are you making of all this news?
unidentified
To briefly describe it, President Trump has been threatening since May to bring major pressure on Putin because Putin is blocking Trump's own proposals for peace.
And three times he seemed to be on the verge of doing something strong.
And three times he paused and pivoted because Putin reached out to him and suggested, you know, instead of measures, let's have a negotiation.
Do you feel like it's a mistake to offer Putin another summit with the president?
unidentified
I will be a little bit cautious in responding.
I think that if President Trump wants to achieve his stated goal of a durable end to the war between Russia and Ukraine, he needs to put major pressure on the Kremlin.
He has been talking about this very clearly since May, but he's been reluctant to do so.
What does major pressure on the Kremlin look like?
unidentified
It means significant arms to Ukraine, which the Europeans and the Ukrainians can pay for, that will make it hard, much harder for Russia to make any gains whatsoever, and significant economic pressure.
That's what's within play.
And since Trump and Zelensky met in New York City about four weeks ago, Trump's been talking very seriously about major pressure, including the provision of our cruise missiles, the tomahawks, to Ukraine.
But then I think Putin got very nervous in the last week, which is why you had that phone call a few days ago between Putin and Trump.
Tomahawks in particular, but in general, serious pressure coming from the United States.
And as happened in August, Trump said, okay, let's see if we can get you to agree to do the right thing without major pressure.
And so that's where we are, and that's why we haven't seen any progress.
Trump had a triumph in the Middle East.
I worked 15 years of my career in the State Department on Arab-Israeli affairs.
What he did was remarkable.
But the way he got it done, he said at Sharm el-Sheikh, he said, if I had not bombed Iran, this wouldn't happen.
So with Russia, he's not going to bomb Russia, but he needs to use the same concept of serious pressure, that he's not going to let Russia get away with this war of aggression.