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Oct. 6, 2024 - Huckabee Today
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The Vance-Walz Debate, Hurricane Helene Recovery & Oct. 7th All Have THIS In COMMON | Huckabee
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Monday of this week, October the 7th, marks the one-year anniversary of the horrific massacre of Israeli citizens by Hamas terrorists who invaded from Gaza, murdering men, women, and children with reckless abandon.
They violently raped mothers in front of their own families, beheaded and burned babies in their own homes.
Executed over 1,200 Israelis in cold blood.
Many of them were young adults attending a concert.
They not only carried out the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, but they did it with a demonic pride and videotaped their evil deeds on cameras because instead of hoping no one would discover what barbarians they were, they wanted the world to know Iran-funded Hamas terrorists boasted in phone calls to their families how many Jews they had personally murdered that day.
They still hold hostages, including at least four Americans.
Bet you haven't heard about them in a while.
Since October the 7th of last year, Israel has been in a fight for its existence.
Attacks from Hamas from Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen have been relentless.
And every bit of it financed by the Iranian regime, who had been mostly bankrupted by the Trump administration's sanctions, but were enriched from the very day Joe Biden took office because he removed all the sanctions.
They went from near bankruptcy to being bankrolled, and the money that flooded their coffers, that's what was used to arm the terrorists and kill innocent civilians.
Israel has no choice but to eradicate not just the arms and legs of the Iranian-funded proxies, They've got to take out the mothership of the Iranian regime once and for all, not only securing Israel's survival, but freeing the people of Iran who have suffered immeasurably for the past 45 years under these fanatical soldiers of Satan.
Now, it's also been a week of devastation in the Carolinas and Georgia due to the apocalyptic damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
Hundreds dead.
Hundreds more missing.
And property damage into the hundreds of billions of dollars are the top line to a story that's ultimately going to leave entire cities destroyed.
Infrastructure such as roads and bridges washed away and homes demolished.
In what may be the most disgusting response imaginable, FEMA, which is a part of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that it wouldn't have enough funds to meet the needs.
But they are finding enough money to transport, house feed, provide medical assistance, and cash assistance to 20 million illegal immigrants.
Now, some of these immigrants aren't even crossing the border.
They're being flown into cities in the United States on government planes from their home country, and you paid for them.
Let that sink in.
20 million people who have come into our country having broken the law are being taken care of.
But the U.S. citizens who have paid taxes their entire lives are being told there won't be assistance for them.
Well, thank God for organizations like Samaritan's Purse who mobilize within minutes of the tragedy and who will be there until the job is done.
But what an embarrassment that those precious Americans are going to get more help from a Christian volunteer organization than from their own government, who instead spends our resources to accommodate those who shouldn't be here in the first place.
You want to know a reason to rid ourselves of this current administration?
Maybe, maybe because they're willing to spend hundreds of billions in Ukraine, allow 20 million illegals to enter the country and expects us to pay for it, and who let our nation's military veterans sleep under bridges and in cars.
God help us if people vote for them to stay in power.
Now on a lighter note, gosh, we need one now, don't we?
So on a lighter note, the one and only vice presidential debate before the election featuring Kamala Harris's pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Donald Trump's running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
Can I just say it really wasn't very pretty for Tim Walz, okay?
Like Humpty Dumpty, all the king's horses and all the king's men with help from the disgustingly biased so-called CBS moderators couldn't put Walls back together again.
Just couldn't.
It was a tough night for him.
It was so bad that even the Trump-hating New York Times had to admit that Vance dominated in the debate.
Poor Governor Walls came across like Elmer Fudd without a shotgun.
At one point, he admitted he lied about being in China's Tenement Square during the 1989 uprising, and he actually called himself on the debate stage a knucklehead.
Hey, score one point for truth-telling right there.
That was the one time he owned up.
Now, the CBS anchors were insufferable, and they boasted that they had a mute button.
You know what?
They should have used it on themselves and shut up and let the candidates talk.
Mute them.
Just when you didn't think the media could be or act more biased, they jump up and shout, hey, watch us.
Hey folks, we're less than 30 days from the election.
As Smokey the Bear says, only you can prevent forest fires.
Well, only you and your vote can keep this country from collapsing from within.
My first guest is an attorney, but he's not just any attorney.
He's the attorney who's actually representing me in my lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram for exploiting and profiting from false claims about me on their platforms.
We're going to tell you all about it.
it, please welcome Scott Poynter, partner at the Poynter Law Group of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Scott, in seven years of doing this show, I've never done a segment that is really about me, but this time it is.
And I want not just our studio audience, I want our television audience to understand why I'm suing Facebook.
It's really, it's not the thing you want to do, but I didn't feel like I had much of a choice.
So why don't you help our audience understand what they did and why that we have a lawsuit against them.
First of all, there's an Arkansan right there.
I'm glad that you came over.
Go Hawks!
Yeah.
You know, a lot of people will ask, well, why are you suing Meta?
Why are you suing Facebook?
Because the ads that falsely portray you are trying to sell CBD gummies.
We're suing Facebook over it because they put it out there.
Their algorithm pushes it.
They reviewed.
They profited from these ads.
And so they're at fault because in the end, because of the things that I just talked about, it's their ad.
Well, and I want to put up on the screen.
I think we may can see it.
This was the original Facebook story that came out.
And one of the reasons that I want to really launch this whole thing on this show is because, as you can see, it says Huckabee on TBN is officially canceled.
He's walking away from his own show.
His reason why shared on air.
First of all, my contract just got extended.
So I'm not being thrown off.
I'm not walking away from the show.
We're going to keep doing it.
And I was the first person to be more surprised than anybody that my show was being canceled.
All of that was a lie.
But the bigger lie If there could be a bigger lie than that, was it the reason?
And in the article, it said that I had a very serious autoimmune disease, that I was in such poor health, that I could barely function, and that I had to have my show canceled.
Now that hurts me professionally and personally.
And I think part of the reason for the lawsuit is to say, you can't lie about someone that's hurtful to them.
Well, that was really bad, and you look great.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
When your lawyer says you look good, you know, that's a good thing, right?
Very healthy, but the ads all say that you aren't healthy.
Yeah.
You are.
They also falsely say that you're a big supporter of CBD gummies now and that you own a portion of a company that sells these kinds of products.
So they're lying about multiple things in the ads.
I think it's important to note that I've never...
I've never ever had a CBD gummy.
I don't even like just regular gummies just for the sugar.
I just don't.
You know, I mean...
Well, they're sugar-free.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Who eats a sugar-free gummy?
I mean, really, the whole point is the sugar.
My grandkids like gummies?
I don't.
But I've never pushed CBD products.
You know, if somebody wants to use them, I don't have any problem with that.
But I don't use it, and I certainly am not the CEO of a company.
Now, there's another piece of this.
There were people who responded because they saw my likeness.
They saw me saying, my health is ruined, but these CBD gummies have saved me and they ordered them and spent their money on them.
So it's not only defrauding me, now it's defrauding people who read that ad and who ordered those CBD gummies.
It's very sad.
You've got a lot of supporters and a lot of fans.
And there are actually folks that support you that are buying the gummies thinking that you support CBD gummies.
So yes, that's another part of these ads that are clearly false, that create damage, not to just you, but to others.
So let's walk through, what is the process?
We filed a lawsuit a little over a month ago in the state of Delaware.
Why do we do that?
Well, Delaware has some good law that's favorable to Governor Huckabee, and so we chose Delaware because Facebook is incorporated in Delaware, or Meta now, whatever their name is today.
So we chose Delaware because of some favorable law.
And so...
The lawsuit, they had, what, 30 days that they had to respond, and it turns out they hired one of the most expensive, prestigious law firms in America.
They did.
Which tells me they're taking this very seriously.
They are, and they have four partners from that law firm.
So you can take some solace in that you're causing them to spend thousands of dollars an hour to defend your lawsuit.
Maybe they'll decide to settle before we go to trial.
Who knows?
Let's go try it.
Let's go do it.
You know, I was angry.
And when I first called you, and I didn't know you before, but a friend of mine who has been my personal attorney said, you call Scott Pointer.
He's the guy you need to talk to.
And I did.
And from that moment, you know, we connected and, you know, I was very thrilled that you were willing to take this.
And he said, Scott's the guy you want.
Now, part of the reasons that I wanted to go after them was because I felt personally offended.
I truly did, that they had used, you know, my face, my image.
They made up a whole bunch of quotes that I was supposed to have said that I never said.
And to me, for all those people who believe in what I say and what I do, I don't want them thinking that I'm out there hawking something that I've had no affiliation with.
Particularly when it's something that you're against.
But like I said before, the harm is not to just you, but a lot of your supporters that went online and bought the products.
Well, I want to get into what the steps are, where it goes.
We're going to talk more with attorney Scott Poynter.
And I want you to be aware of this story.
You're going to be hearing more about it.
I have a feeling the national news will be picking it up very soon and talking about it.
But, you know, this is not just a symbolic thing.
I'm serious about going after them because if somebody doesn't stand up to these folks, they keep doing it.
And so the only way to stop a bully is to stop the bully.
More of my conversation with Scott Pointer when we return.
We'll be right back.
Keith Bilbrey, he may be a witness to the plaintiffs here.
He's going to fill out the rest of the show for us.
Keith?
Well, that's right.
Still to come, syndicated columnist Ron Hart giving us his unique take on the presidential race.
And later, Sissy Graham Lynch reveals how you can get a free prayer, guys, to make you fearless this election season.
That's all ahead on Huckabee.
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And we're back with Scott Pointer and we're talking about...
The lawsuit that I have against Facebook.
Scott, I want to delve into the fact that Facebook typically says, you know, we don't have anything to do.
That was somebody, they use that, and it has nothing to do with us.
Now, here's why that is a big lie.
Facebook has put me in Facebook jail because they didn't like something that I posted.
I have dozens of friends who have had their content censored by Facebook because Facebook said, oh, you can't talk about COVID or you can't talk about elections.
You can't, whatever it is that they can't talk about.
So if Facebook can monitor somebody who only has a few hundred followers, as they sometimes do, let me just ask out of curious, have any of you who use, have any of you ever been put in Facebook jail?
Have you gotten in trouble?
Yeah.
Okay.
Several of you have.
Those of you that haven't, what's wrong with you?
But I mean, seriously, there's probably a couple of dozen, maybe three dozen of you that just lifted your hand.
So I got 2.3 million followers on Facebook.
Are you telling me that they have no idea what's going on, but they monitor people who may have 300 followers?
Well, I've been in Facebook jail.
You have?
Okay.
I like you better.
And also, Poynter Law Group has a Facebook page where I make entries and I've been denied certain blog posts that I've put up there.
So I know, just as well as you do and your audience members, that they do review content.
But additionally, here they got paid for that content because they can push it through the algorithm.
If you tell your wife, hey, I really like that new Ford Expedition.
And you just say it.
Some of us think that our phones must be listening to us because all of a sudden on Facebook you start getting all the Ford Expedition ads, right?
So they are listening.
They are watching.
They are reviewing.
They are getting paid for it.
The truth is, Facebook, 98% of their revenue is from advertisements.
They're an advertising company.
But they like to say, no, we're not.
We're just an internet platform.
We don't know what people are doing.
We're immune from anything that people post because we have nothing to do with it.
Now, they hide behind Section 230 of the FCC code that says that it's sort of like They're just not responsible for anything other than they open the line and you get to talk.
But the truth is, when they start shutting one party down, it'd be like the phone companies say, you know, we've been listening on your calls and we don't like what you said to your aunt.
We're going to disconnect your phone line.
That's what Facebook is doing.
So how can they argue immunity?
How can they argue distancing from it?
Scott, this past month, Facebook censored ads for the movie Reagan.
Think about that.
Twice elected president of the United States, one of the best presidents we've ever had.
Phenomenal movie about him.
We had all the stars.
We had Dennis Quaid, Jon Voight, Penelope Ann Miller, and Jennifer O'Neill all here on this very stage a month ago.
Great movie and Facebook censored the promotion of the movie Reagan.
Now, why would that be offensive to anybody?
It shouldn't be at all, and I don't understand why they say, one, that we have nothing to do with content, when they clearly mess with content all the time.
Whether it's censorship, or a view of our ads, or a view of our posts.
And in this instance, they reviewed those ads.
They profited from those ads.
And then they pushed it themselves through an algorithm.
So, under the law, that makes the ad their own.
Okay?
So, they aren't immune.
But, you know, Congress decided to give them a limited immunity, I think, in 1996. And they try to stretch it at every turn to make it as expansive as they possibly can so that they're immune from anything that they do.
You know, my goal, I'm not a big fan of Mark Zuckerberg.
He gave $400 million to Joe Biden's campaign in a way to try to influence the last election in 2020. And I doubt he likes me.
I'm pretty sure he doesn't.
He may not know me, but before this is all over, I hope he not only knows me, but I hope he likes me a lot less, and I hope I cost him at least as much money as he spent on Joe Biden.
That would be my goal.
I would be delighted to see that happen.
And I have a feeling you would be delighted.
Well, I was going to say me too, because we're on a contingency agreement.
So I'm all in on that.
The more the merrier.
But, you know, it's honestly about that I want to protect not just people like me, but there's a lot of other people who totally get ripped off.
And this ad ran for months.
And when Facebook tries to pretend they didn't know anything about it, no one contacted me and said, is any of this true?
Because the answer would have been, no, it's not true.
Take it down.
Scott, I'm anxious to continue to keep the discussion going.
We'll keep our audience up with what's happening, and you can keep up with the case as it continues by going to Scott's guest page at Huckabee.tv.
Now, Keith, I don't know if you know this, but you are under oath, and it is now your duty to tell us what's next on the show.
Well, my plea is that we've got some great guests on the way, including husband and wife Americana Duo Goldpine with an amazing performance.
And next, a visit from one of our favorite guests, Ron Hart.
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Well, my next guest is a longtime friend of this show.
He's one of my favorite people to talk politics with.
I want you to welcome syndicated columnist and humorist Ron Hart.
Welcome back, Ron.
You know, the hard thing about being a humorist and a columnist these days, there's no material.
No.
I mean, everything's so boring right now, right?
No, no.
Is there a presidential election going on?
I think there is an election going on.
In fact, less than 30 days from now, we're going to select people from the school board of the White House.
Only 30 assassination days left of election day.
That's terrible.
Too soon?
Yes, too soon.
What...
What's your take on the election?
Where do you think it's headed?
Well, we got, you know, Hawaltz lied the other night about Tiananmen Square and military record and, you know, Kamala lies about McDonald's and all the things she's done.
And you know that thing they used to tell us when we were kids, anybody can become president?
We need to re-examine that.
Let's take a fresh new look at that whole idea.
Maybe we need to narrow the universe a little bit.
I thought Vance did a great job the other night in the debate.
It was a good job.
I do too.
Very measured and calm.
Trump with the assassination attempts.
You remember MLK had the Muslim people around him when he spoke?
I'm thinking Trump needs to look at the Rittenhouse or somebody to help him out a little bit.
I mean, this is not good of late, you know.
And the Democrats kind of, you know, he said, well, there's rhetoric, he's Hitler.
The Democrats, well, you got rhetoric, too.
They're basically blaming him for not dying For the first assassination attempt, basically.
It's been bizarre.
And I think the lack of transparency from the federal government, that's very troubling.
We haven't been, even yet, given answers as to why the failure and complete collapse, not only at Butler, but at the golf course down in Florida, for heaven's sake.
Yeah, and I get most of my news from the Babylon Bee right now because...
About as trustworthy as anything.
More so than most, I think.
I haven't listened to the news since Huey Lewis left.
So, you know, but according to the battle I'm being honest, all I know is that they say that Biden's looked at it and he feels very strongly that the next assassination attempt has to be by a woman of color.
So, I like this.
To follow in with the whole diversity, equity, and inclusion idea, of course.
That's his take on the whole matter.
But yeah, it's scary out there.
Trump, what a bad guy to step up and do the whole thing.
I mean, if that was not an iconic moment in America, I don't know what could be.
Yeah, and they knew four assassination teams were out to get him.
You got Iran out to kill him.
Iran, China, the woman of the view.
ABC, NBC, you know, they're all kind of out there to get him, you know, but I hear David Muir has challenged him to another debate.
So that could be pretty soon.
Well, he was debating him.
All right, let's talk about Kamala Harris a moment because she has avoided, I think it's like, what is it?
78 days or something like that.
She has still not had an open, just transparent press conference.
How does she get away with that and why?
She likes to toss the word salads, right?
So she just would not do well on her own.
And they protect her.
You know, she's in the candidate protection program.
Didn't know we had one, but I think she's in it.
She's in it.
She's safe there, you know.
The other joke was that, you know, the Secret Service assigned to her must take a bullet for her and a question if they have to.
So...
I just think, you know, I think the great debate, I think the best debate we possibly could have is Kamala 2024 debating Kamala 2020. Let her debate herself.
Yeah, that would be good.
Well, there's a 180-degree policy difference between 20 and 24. Actually, she never made it to 20. She got finished.
By the way, do you know, Ron, that I can say this, this is the truth.
I got far more votes as a presidential candidate than the nominee for the Democratic Party in both...
In both the times that I ran for president.
Heck, I should be the Democrat nominee.
In a way, it's kind of like, you know, she's running on joy, right?
That's her idea about joy.
But, like, if you look at her, you know, she has a 30-some-odd percent approval rating of VP. It's been a synthetic, created situation within the media.
You know, Jesus turned, you know, water into wine.
The media's turned, you know, Kamala into Jesse Waters.
All of a sudden, she's this big moderate candidate, you know?
So 9% of her staff quit when she was vice president.
She's very hard to work with.
So I guess they had all the joy they could stand.
Should Trump and Kamala Harris have another debate?
Trump says no.
She says she wants one.
I can't imagine that she really does.
The internal polling, I don't know what the internal polling...
You saw internal polls back in the day.
Do they differ vastly from what the public gets?
No.
Sometimes.
You know, sometimes a home-cooked poll will tell the candidate he's doing or she's doing great when maybe that's not true.
Well, you saw the difference between the vice presidential debate the other night and Trump's like a WWF wrestling contest.
And then there was pretty cerebral the other night.
And then Walt, he comes out there, you know, he looks like the skipper from Gilligan's Isles.
Well, we know what the skipper did with the boat.
He wrecked it on an island, didn't he?
Yeah, you're sitting there, you're going, okay, yeah, he's funny, he's kind of cute, he's kind of a knucklehead, but we all know who got us here, right?
The skipper.
Well, let's hope we can survive this election.
Yeah, Brady Vance is very comforting.
You know, they made him out to be such a villain.
He had nothing but upside the other night.
And the same thing with Biden in the first debate.
Everybody knew he was, we knew he was a walking corpse, but...
The nation got to see it.
80 million people watched the vice-presidential debate the other night.
That's pretty engaged.
That is pretty impressive.
So hopefully it'll work out.
I hope so.
Ron, always a thrill to have you here.
You can plug into Ron's social media by going to his guest page.
We will connect you if you go to Huckabee.TV and get you straight to our friend Ron Hart.
Now, our very own social media darling, Keith Bilbrey, is going to fill us in on the rest of the show.
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And next, Sissy Graham Lynch gives an update on the relief Samaritan's Purse is bringing to those affected by Hurricane Haleed.
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Sissy Graham Lynch is part of the famous Billy Graham family, but she has blazed her own path, spreading the gospel and advocating for women, children, and millennials, and as part of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, as well as Samaritan's Purse.
She's got a podcast, it's called Fearless, and a brand new book called Fearless Family, an eight day election prayer guide.
Would you please give a big welcome to Sissy Graham Lynch.
Sissy, great to be with you.
A lot of our audience may not know that we co-anchored this big prayer march in Washington, D.C. What was that, four years ago?
Something like that?
It's hard to believe.
A lot's changed in four years, hasn't it?
Yes, it has.
A lot has changed.
That was one of the most stressful days of my life, but next to you, you're like smooth sailing.
You've done this a time or two.
Oh, thank you.
It was fun.
You were terrific.
I thought, well, she's a television pro.
They've never asked me back.
Come to think of it, Sissy, they've never asked me back either.
Maybe we weren't so good.
Now, I don't know that they've had another one of those, but let's start with something that is very close to you because you live in Boone, North Carolina.
That's where Samaritan's Purse is headquartered.
It's also one of the areas that was Busted by this horrible hurricane.
Yeah, the widespread destruction of Hurricane Helene has just been devastating.
Samaritan's Purse has served all over the world, all over this country, but now we're serving our own hometown.
And it just, it hits a little different when you serve your own neighbors.
Just down the road from Samaritan's Purse, a road that I've passed almost every day of my life.
On the way to work, we pass it and these are neighbors.
We're going into their home and serving them.
Our teams, our volunteers are some amazing people.
You know that.
Your wife is one of our amazing volunteers.
She wears those orange shirts.
She's a part of our army.
Your daughter just, we were serving in Arkansas.
She goes out and helps.
So we're thankful to your family.
But the road ahead is long.
And so Samaritan's Purse is there to serve when people are in the ditches of life and facing the storms of life, to tell them that there is a God that loves them, that He hasn't forsaken them, but we take care of their physical need, whether that's tarping their roof, chainsawing trees that have been falling down, mud out, gut out the home or rip out drywall if we need to.
But there's a spiritual need.
And the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has chaplains.
They partner with Samaritan's Purse.
It's an amazing partnership.
But the chaplains go in there and they love on these homeowners.
They wrap their arms around them.
They just listen.
Sometimes people just need to talk about what they've been through, to process it, but also to tell them about the love of Jesus.
And we get a front row seat at Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to see God's goodness.
We know that He's always working for His good.
That even in the midst of devastation, He never forsakes us.
So there are some sweet moments we get to see in the devastation.
It's so powerful.
Samaritan's Purse, a lot of people may not understand.
They do the physical things, the things that are very practical and useful, like you mentioned, chainsaws, getting rid of the trees, helping people put a tarp on their roof to keep the water out, helping them to clear the debris from their yard and deal with the mold and all the things that they do.
But they never do just that.
They also minister to them, as you have described.
But I read that just this week you've established a significant medical center in Boone because the hospitals are destroyed.
So people don't have a way to get medical care.
A Samaritan's Purse is such a phenomenal organization that you can set up a field hospital like it was a mass unit out in the battlefield and have doctors, nurses, and all of the medical equipment to take the place of a hospital that's been wiped out.
Yeah, we have an emergency field hospital and it's just like you said, it looks like one of those military mass hospitals that we can set up very quickly and staff with doctors and nurses.
We have one set up in the community next to Boone.
We also have some smaller clinics and facilities that are to fill oxygen tanks for people.
I mean, the infrastructure is gone.
The difference between this hurricane and some others, it has wiped out the infrastructure and people are stranded.
Roads are gone.
And so Samaritan's Purse has also been coordinating helicopter air flights where we are providing medical services.
Some medical needs, some water, and just some quick emergency needs that can get to those hard-hit areas that have been isolated.
And people are stranded to a point that if they're diabetic, they can't get their insulin, they don't have refrigeration to take care of their insulin?
Yeah, we have the insulin on those medical flights for people.
So we hear a lot about Asheville and the areas around Western Carolina.
On a scale of one to 10, just how bad?
I mean, because even the camera crews can't get there and see all of it.
We've seen it and it's horrible, but a scale of one to 10, how bad is this impact?
It's devastating.
I mean, a 10. You're in the middle of it.
You're in the heat of it.
It's a 10. I come from South Florida.
I just moved back to Boone two months ago where Hurricane Ian hit our home in Fort Myers, Florida.
And the road ahead is long.
And your emotions are like in the balance.
The adrenaline wears off.
The reality sets in of the road ahead of you that you've got to do.
And some days you're feeling great.
And then some days You're like, wow, we haven't even accomplished anything.
You know, I'm just listening to this.
I'm realizing you're living in South Florida.
A hurricane hits.
Destroys a whole lot of things, including your house.
You move to Boone.
A hurricane hits.
Sissy, if you announce that you're moving to a town, everyone in the neighborhood is going to move out.
Want me to come to Arkansas?
They're all leaving.
Sissy's here, we're gone.
They're chasing you.
But it's sweet to be home and to watch as my community.
I've had people come into my house to take, I have power, I'm thankful for that, that are taking a hot shower, getting a cup of coffee that I probably wouldn't normally have in my home.
To meet a neighbor, to serve those, that's what, we're to be a community.
We live in a world where we've isolated ourselves now, but we're called to serve.
And that's the beautiful thing about the church.
That we come together.
At Samaritan's Purse, we always work with the local church because we want to build up the local church.
Well, we have a lot more to talk about with Sissy Graham Lynch, and she's going to stay with us.
I want to talk about this book, Fearless, Fearless Family.
And so we will be right back in a moment.
But Keith Bilbrey right now is going to tell us all the stuff that's still yet to come.
Keith?
Well, still to come, an interview and performance from the red-hot Americana duo Gold Pine.
And next, how you can get your own free prayer guide for the upcoming election.
Keep it right here on Huckabee.
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Welcome back.
We are still with Sissy Graham Lynch.
We're talking about not just the hurricane, but I want to talk about this book that she's put out.
It's called Fearless Family.
Sissy, it's a simple book, but it's an eight-day election prayer guide.
So, I mean, a lot of people say, well, politics and prayer, there's no connection there.
You think there may be.
Well, I'm one of those ones that have loved politics since I was a young girl.
I like the good, the bad, and the ugly of it all.
I know that's rare.
When I turned 18, I wanted to vote.
Some of my friends went out to go buy tobacco.
But I know a lot of people right now are weary of politics and the ugliness and the messiness.
But as Christians, This is the epic battle we have to remember.
Our enemies are not Democrats versus Republicans.
We're fighting against evil right now, good versus evil.
And we as Christians, we have to fill those gaps, those voices in all parts of our community and our culture.
So that if we're silent, evil will fill the gap.
We as Christians have to be able to speak truth into these situations, even, yes, in the public square and at the ballot box.
But God's Word has a lot to say about these issues that we're facing this election.
And so with this prayer guide, which everyone in your audience gets a copy of...
Did you all know that?
You're going to get a copy of the book when you leave today.
Yeah.
Courtesy of Sissy.
Thanks.
I want people to look at God's Word and open up God's Word to see what He says on these issues.
And I think it'll be very clear how we are to have a voice.
What are some of the issues you think are biblical issues rather than political issues that people ought to be thinking about when they cast a vote?
Well, I know this is going to sound strange.
I think the economy is a biblical issue.
There's a lot of verses about finances.
But when the economy suffers, the church suffers.
Tithing is down and we can't keep up with inflation.
And when tithing is down, it's like right now we're facing, after the hurricane, a disaster ahead of us.
It's the churches and the private organizations that are in there doing the job, not the government.
And so those things...
They are.
You know, my wife and I sent...
A significant contribution Monday to Samaritan's Purse.
We don't trust anyone more than we do Samaritan's Purse.
And I know it'll help.
I wish we could finance it all, but we all need to do something like that.
But I think that's right.
There's a biblical mandate to use our resources as good stewards.
And we've never seen government, whether that's local, state, or federal, have such an open disdain against biblical values and the nuclear family.
You know, if we stay silent on our children's education, evil's gonna fill the gap.
If we stay silent on the sanctity of life, we have a political party that has such a zeal for abortion.
And that they were signing into laws that they don't even have to save a child that survives a botched abortion.
That's evil.
When, I mean, you have a political party who once again has such a zeal to have encouraged children to question their God-given gender, and that would encourage mutilation and take toxic hormones, that is evil.
We have to stand against that.
So those are, it's all biblical, it's not political.
You know, I love your dad, Franklin Graham.
I mentioned to you that he had a quote.
I think it was on Twitter.
And he said, you know, a lot of people don't like the personalities of the candidates and all.
And he said, but we're not electing our Valentine.
And I thought, what a brilliant assessment.
I have quoted him to somebody every day since I read that because I thought, that sums it up.
This isn't about personality.
It is about the policies that are going to be in place that will determine what kind of culture...
Yeah.
That my children and grandchildren are going to be living in.
Yeah, it's important.
The policy is going to outlive the person.
I'm a mom of three.
I never thought how hard it would be to raise my children the way that I see fit according to my biblical beliefs and worry about what's in their future.
But I believe that we as Christians, we have a sense of duty.
First off, we've been given great freedom here in this country.
I love this nation.
I was just in Washington, D.C. this morning and overwhelmed with emotions of how wonderful our nation is.
But we've been given freedom to whom much is given, much is expected.
God expects us to do stuff with our freedom, like vote.
And I know we can sit frustrating with people that want to sit out of the fray because they don't like somebody.
But there's a lot more at state here with this election than a personality.
We'll take it seriously.
And if you want to see how you can help those affected by Hurricane Helene through the wonderful work of Samaritan's Purse, as well as to get a free prayer guide for this election.
While supplies last, if you go to Sissy's guest page on Huckabee.tv, she will send you this book.
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