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president Trump cruises to victory with
a record-breaking Republican turnout
Trump got more total votes than Obama
got as an incumbent weekend turnout
operation in Texas is extraordinary
ompletely domination receiving more
primary votes and than any sitting
president we're winning we're winning we
have record turnout for an incumbent
president
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turnout was also huge for Donald instead
of trot celebrating a record-breaking
victory dinner parties for the person
and by a wide margin let's utilize how
good Donald Trump's political operation
is to all Americans tonight I'm with you
the American
I will fight for you
and we are going to keep America gray
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welcome everyone and thank you for
joining us today in our series of faith
in America on Team Trump on line with us
today I'm honored to have such wonderful
guests first I've got Matt slap my great
husband who we're still stuck with each
other
even through its crisis but also joining
us is Marjorie Denon felzer who is
president of susan b anthony list we
also have with us pastor tony perkins
president of the Family Research Council
and also joining us is pastor Robert
Jeffers who is senior pastor of First
Baptist Church in Dallas Texas and
pastor Jeffers we'd love for you to
start with a prayer as we know today
being such a solemn day for Christians
across the globe being Good Friday where
our Christ our Savior died where you can
share with us and bring us together in
prayer I will let's pray together father
I thank you so much for the love you
have shown toward us and even in the
midst of this crisis we're facing as a
nation we're seeing hearts turned toward
you and father I thank you for my
friends around this discussion today for
their great faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ and their commitment to living
out their faith and today we want to
pray for our nation that you would show
mercy upon us we pray for our wonderful
president Donald Trump that you would
give him the wisdom that he daily seeks
from you and on this weekend when we
remember the death burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ we thank
you that death doesn't have the final
say in what happens in this world we
thank you for the promise of eternal
life through Christ our Lord and it's in
his name that we pray amen thank you so
much well I think it would be a great
opportunity to talk about faith in
America and talk about how we are seeing
Christians turn to prayer during this
time so share with us what you're seeing
in your communities right now so many of
our church
are closed people are feeling a sense of
where they can find a place of peace be
able to stay connected with their
churches and their communities so let me
start with you pastor Perkins where
where how do you see how this
coronavirus has changed our communities
in terms of those turning to prayer what
are you seeing in your community well
it's interesting because I think the the
social distancing is causing us to get
closer to God where we're farther apart
physically from one another but I think
that time and space from everything
that's really busy our lives is allowing
us to draw closer to God in fact we're
saying that pew research showed recently
in a survey showed that 55% of Americans
are praying for this virus to end and
over 70% for over three-quarters of
Americans are praying daily that's new
and then also a Bible publisher saying
that the purchasing of Bibles has spiked
over this time last year so certainly in
this time of uncertainty this time of
great fear and anxiety people are
looking for something that is
foundational something that they can
stand firmly upon and what we've been
communicating to the pastors network
that we have across the country about
15,000 pastors is to to think and act
outside the box the four walls of the
church we're encouraging people to
comply with the guidelines that the
president has put out and that some of
the governors have put out although
there are some that have gone a little
overboard but we've we've encouraged
them to comply but think creatively and
it's amazing the stories that we're
getting of the ministries that have just
mushroomed have blossomed in this time
of crisis because they're looking for
hope and so this is a great time to
share the hope of Jesus Christ and the
fact that while we may not know what's
gonna happen tomorrow we can know the
God who was the same yesterday today and
forever and that gives us great comfort
pastor Jeffers what's going on in Texas
it must be very strange to be one of the
most prominent pastors in the country to
have a big full church most weeks and
you know I bet you hear echoes these
days what does that like for you as a
pastor and how are you taking care of
your flock well it really is eerie I'm
here in downtown Dallas where our
churches we cover six blocks of downtown
in Dallas and it's empty and that is
strange for a holiday weekend like we're
having right now but I'll tell you this
is a time of incredible opportunity and
I would just echo what Tony said a great
chance to share the gospel you know yes
our church is doing what other churches
are doing it's a good time to try to
deliver food to the elderly to pray for
those who are in need but you know the
church is more than a sanctified social
agency we have an opportunity to share
something that no other agency can and
that is the hope of Jesus Christ I think
about aw Tozer 'he's quote he said a
scared world needs a fearless Church and
this is a chance for the Church of Jesus
Christ Christians of all the nominations
to use this opportunity to share their
faith you know it's been interesting
we've always had several million people
watching us on broadcast TV but we're
experiencing what other churches are in
online worship we're having hundreds and
hundreds of thousands of people tuning
in every week because they're hungry
they're scared they want to know answers
we had a man in our church just this
week who lost his job and his employer
asked him how are you handling this with
such peace and calmness what's what's
your secret and he used that as an
opportunity to share his personal faith
in Jesus Christ so we will get through
this pandemic but I think this is going
to do eternal good to strengthen
individuals faith and the outreach we
have to share the message of Christ
that's a great point in a scared world
needs a fearless leader and I do thank
God that President Trump in the White
House now who understands how to take a
very complex problem put solutions in
place and and really get our country in
a place it get our country to focus in
on what matters and making sure that the
priority is that of the safety and the
health of the American people at the
same time
without losing faith because he's giving
us so much hope Marjorie thoughts on
that yeah I mean I echo these great men
and also from home I think this has been
a moment where to cease being busy and
to return home to the domestic church oh
is it we're here where we can watch
Jesus feet and serve one another in ways
that we didn't have Liberty to do for
years I know and our family is very
similar to yours mercy and Matt we're
going in a thousand directions all the
time and we're supposed to be here and
our little church doing little things
with great love and I see that in the
pro-life movement all over the country
um I work with leaders in every state
and with members of Congress and and
governors as well and it's a leveler
we're all doing the same thing what has
to be something that can be leveraged
and beautiful for God in the end of this
I see it as a great opportunity even for
healing and for growing what's good at
home I feel like Marjorie in some ways
God's stretching us I'm a complainer I
complain about a lot of little things
don't believe it hearing that more and
it's it's a really it's a wake-up call
for me to focus on what's important I
think that's what pastor Jeffers said
just so you know as far as the Trump
campaign is concerned mercy the
viewership on on shows like this on the
launch of Black Voices for Trump on the
launch of Catholics from all of these
launches it's been over a million people
on the initial views on social media so
there's a real thing out there to
connect and what I love about what's
happening with people of faith and maybe
people of maybe a little bit of faith
and they're on their own I think people
are really reaching out more than when
they have in a long time
it's certainly more acceptable it's very
accessible wherever you go you can find
a place to connect online with something
that you need to hear that's so true and
I think it's a moment we discovered the
family rediscover your faith
help them to need I mean there's so many
of those components that we could all
come together during this time and it
really is a crisis that will unite
America I believe and revive the spirit
of you know the great spirit of this
country and bring God to the center of
it you know I could say this I really
believe that President Trump in large
part should be credited for this freedom
people feel to share their faith right
now you know he has broken the
stranglehold that political correctness
had on our country for so long and I
think people Christians feel like they
can boldly share their faith without any
restriction and I think that's important
during this crisis and I would add I
would add to that that the this
administration because of just what
Robert said is absolutely true I would
hate to see us going through this crisis
under the previous administration that
was outright hostile to people of faith
but this administration sees the church
sees people of faith as partners in
solving many of the big problems facing
our country and this is an example you
know the multiple times during this
crisis the administration reaching out
to faith leaders to engage them in being
as Robert or saying ministering in their
communities you know government can
deliver services but it can't deliver
hope and love and that's where the
church comes in and this administration
has partnered with them and they need
that needs to be recognized that that
wouldn't have happened I think under any
other administration not to the degree
it's happened now this is a wonderful
conversation we're gonna continue this
conversation but first we got to take a
commercial break my name is Mercedes
schlopp senior advisor for the Trump
pence campaign we'll be right back way
to go this is a crisis
this is no time for Donald Trump's
record of hysterical xenophobia Biden's
son inked a billion-dollar deal with a
subsidiary at the Bank of China China is
going to eat our lunch they're not bad
folks both since the outbreak the
Communist Party has been mobilizing
overseas organizations to buy local
supplies and sent them to China it is in
our self-interest that China continued
to prosper but a beautiful history
banning all travel will not stop it
travel ban he slapped on China every
doctor now acknowledges was the right
look that was a very smart move right
there
hysterical xenophobia here Mon
xenophobia I complimented him on I'm
dealing with China okay welcome back to
faith in America this match slap along
with the person you know very well my
wife merci slap and we're joined with a
great group of friends talking about
faith in America at this critical time
of facing this threat of this virus and
really other threats as well we want to
kind of get into some other threats tony
perkins who is the president of family
research council someone who you know
i've known for decades as a friend and
is a strong voice for conservative
values Tony you know as it's often said
that some politicians don't let an
emergency go to waste
other politicians realize we should take
precautions to not have as many
emergencies have you been either
encouraged or discouraged by what
politicians have done especially in
Congress and governors in light of this
struggle and the funding bills that have
been working their way through Congress
well Matt first I would say that I pray
every day and thank and this is the I
say this before God as my witness I I
thank God every day that Donald Trump is
the president United States and the
leadership that he
and the vice president have provided in
this crisis and I think that I can't
imagine anybody else solving problems as
quickly as he has and it's because he
comes from a business mindset you know I
look at the you know and we can have
some arguments about the the scope of
the the cares Act and how big it was but
let me tell you some things I saw on
this just some of my observations one
I've never seen Congress move so quick
I've never seen something that big moved
through and and then the problems that
surfaced in it how the administration
was right there addressing and I've know
Marjorie's gonna address this aspect of
it but we were involved as well on the
life front this administration we didn't
have to go to them and twist their arm
to say hey there's funding in here that
would violate the hyde provisions no
they were saying hey we see this we're
going to fix it that's unprecedented in
terms of the concern that this
administration has about the values and
making sure that's reflected in the
policy it's so refreshing and the
leadership this administration has
provided I don't think could I don't
think we could have gotten through this
and I know we're not through it yet
but I'm seeing light at the end of the
tunnel and and I'm not sure that could
have been done under the previous
administration in fact I'm convinced it
would not have been done Marjorie do you
want to add to that you were in the
middle of that fight as well during the
economic stop we're still seeing Planned
Parenthood facilities open during this
time I mean what what are you all
dealing with us Wow it is on every level
because what is with precedent is that
Planned Parenthood no matter the
national crisis comes in with abortion
as a panacea for everyone's problems
they see themselves as the service
provider for for women and that way is
to provide abortion a cheaper free but
definitely what they are the wolf at the
door when we are talking about any
amount of funding in an emergency moment
there hoping is that just slip it in
which they did big-time on this on the
first two bills and they're in the
middle of it right now they were
scrambling for funding for small
business loans which we worked very hard
Tony how did too that's not over but
we're still making
sure that those holes are plugs that
they don't scramble to get that money
and then as you noted mercy governor's
across the country are saying we're
limiting we're limiting our activities
we have to limit our activities to
taking care of those most in need so any
any optional surgeries or procedures
have to be set aside and that clearly
includes abortion though heroes around
the country and governorships beginning
with governor Abbott in Texas DeWine yes
and Oklahoma all over the place are
doing this very common-sense thing and
boy are they getting tremendous pushback
so it is not a time to relax to be
vigilant yeah if there was ever a time
that it was true that abortion is not
health care it's now what you know
health care facilities to be taking care
of sick people and we never wonder what
the White House is gonna say that's
right they know before we know they are
right there at the door and they're not
gonna let it slip by you know each one
of us plays a role at an important
organization pastor a church
Tony the Family Research Council
Marjorie the susan b anthony list your
role at the campaign what I do at the
American Conservative Union eventually
America has to come to grips with this
idea that we're going to have to get
about the the country's business the
president every day is up at the podium
in the briefing room along with the vice
president and these eminent medical
experts and they're trying to find this
balance right between when we can start
being more open walking the streets
going back to work
pastor you know it's a big church you
said you said six blocks how are you
gonna balance this question and are you
thinking about what you have a you you
are lucky cuz you have a great governor
integrated and a great congressional
delegation yadda yadda yadda you are
from Texas
but the how are you gonna make that
decision well we're gonna follow the law
we were probably the last megachurch
in America to continue to have services
as long as the government allowed it
when they gave the regulation no more
than 500 here in the city of Dallas we
said ok we will divide up around our six
blocks people into groups of 500 and
meet and the city was fine with that
but then when they changed the
restrictions we suspended our worship
and went strictly online we're gonna be
careful to protect not only our members
but our community frankly I think that
churches that are disobeying the
government that are not following the
president's leadership are bringing
great harm not only to their own members
and to their community but to the
reputation of Jesus Christ as well so we
want to follow the law and look when
people talk about trampling rights if it
were another administration that had a
dubious record on religious liberty I
would understand the concern but this
president has been the most Pro
religious liberty president in history
and I think we can follow his leadership
and I believe when it comes down to it
the president is going to listen to the
scientists and do what is best for the
American people well we're gonna have to
take a quick commercial break but this
discussion will continue we'll be right
back in times of struggle we see the
true greatness of the American character
Americans from all walks of life are
rallying together to beat the unseen
enemy President is talking about hope
for people the president's been working
non-stop the president has demonstrated
excellent bold leadership he said
everything that I could
he is being the kind of leader that
people need I can tell you the actions
he has taken his team has been on it he
did what a president supposed to do this
spirit in our country like everyone
they're doing things that have never
been done before
this is record time for the development
of vaccines it's the one that really
deserves the credit of the American
people we're gonna get through this
we come out stronger than ever before
our message is to all Americans
we love them who are with them we will
not let them down I'm Donald Trump and I
approve this message
welcome back to faith in America this is
Matt slap along with Mercedes slap and
we're having a great conversation here
with friends on this most solemn of days
Good Friday Tony Perkins
we just heard pastor Jeffress talk about
Jeffers talk about how he's balancing
the law with his role as the leader of a
flock as a pastor but we also have to be
careful that local officials and
governors don't use this as an
opportunity to overstep you have you
have a comment on that I think well I do
I agree completely with with Robert on
this because in fact I worked in there
was a case in my own community where a
church continued to meet and the
governor and the sheriff and others
asked me to meet and I met with him to
try to talk him into complying with the
law I mean commit with the wall are the
orders by the the president based upon
the the experts but we're seeing in some
jurisdictions California we've seen in
New York City with the the mayor they're
going overboard restricting not just the
meeting but the message trying to
prevent drive-in services and so I think
this is another clear example of the
distinctions between the perspectives of
the two parties where this
administration fully embracing religious
liberty and we still see that hostility
from the other party popping up at times
like this I think it's we've always have
to be vigilant when it comes to these
fundamental freedoms the freedom of
religion and the freedom of
speech I think that's a great point and
I think Margery I want to shift the
conversation a little bit here as we are
in this moment where you know we know
that the nominee seems for the Democrats
is gonna be Joe Biden Bernie Sanders
drop the race this week a lot of
problems with that because yeah Biden's
extreme positions on so many of these
issues and the concerns for those people
of faith who want to practice their
religion freely as talking about what
are the major concerns and contrast that
with where President Trump has been in
terms of his leadership oh yeah I mean
it so I really think this story will be
written and people won't even believe it
so we have a president who's a convert
to the pro-life cause big time pro to
pro-choice he caught it and now big time
pro-life and now the most pro-life
president that we've ever had and then
you've got a guy who was very
self-described pro-life oh you know down
the line and now he's done a complete
flip and he's completely pro-abortion so
which role does the American public
embrace right now they're embracing all
the policies that this president
embraces the contrast between those two
on the abortion issue could not be more
clear from the president brings that up
at all of his rallies that he cannot
believe the crazed up activity of
governors who would who had advocate for
allowing a baby to die after a failed
abortion he's in a position of defending
that he's in a position of explaining
why did he used to be against I'm using
taxpayer money to kill unborn children
and yet now you're for it what changed
and for what reason would you have
changed the contrast is beautiful it's a
gift in politics that's what we are
communicating every day now not
door-to-door but over the phone to
people in battleground states so they
know what's at stake in this election
yeah that's right boy what what it
brings back to me is it was Obama Biden
for eight years and the nation's
response to that was give us Donald
Trump and now that really go back to the
ease of
my policies Pheidon has accepted even
more radical policies coming from the
squad and coming from Bernie Sanders and
Elizabeth nor Elizabeth Warren pastor
Jeffers going back to these previous
eight years before Donald Trump was
elected president and the idea that we
could even be paying for abortion on
demand through our healthcare system
what's your message to to people of
faith around the country well I think we
have to acknowledge the hand of God and
all of this and what he is doing in our
country through our great president
I mean God is at work and you know I
think all of us on this program have our
own stories about President Trump but
you know I've known him for five years
and one picture I will never forget was
January of 2016 before any primary votes
before any caucus we were flying around
Iowa campaigning and one morning we were
on his plane and finished our Wendy's
cheeseburgers and I said to him I said
mr. Trump I believe you're going to be
the next president of the United States
and if that happens it's because God has
a great purpose for you and for our
nation
he said Robert do you really believe
that I said yes sir I do
and I quoted Daniel to God is the one
who establishes kings and removes kings
and over the next year we saw God work
to put Donald Trump into the Oval Office
it is a work of God that he is there and
you know I believe when history is
written one of the greatest ironies of
history will be that it took a secular
real-estate tycoon from New York City
named Donald J Trump to become the most
pro-life Pro religious liberty
pro-israel president in history
god bless this president for what he's
done Tony share your story you've been
in the Oval Office with the president
tell me how does he know you know I've
had the opportunity of working at the
White House for two years as well see
him firsthand as he tackles these
difficult problems what's your
perspective
well you know words are one thing
actions are another and we often I've
been in politics for 25 years I've been
involved in presidential elections
worked with presidents all the way down
to school board I haven't done a dog
catcher race yet but I still have time I
haven't gotten there but I've been at
every level and you know a lot of times
you hear rhetoric but the record doesn't
match it one of the things that is most
significant for me as a Christian as one
who has evolved in public policy is
involved in politics is that this
president when it comes to religious
freedom and the expression of it is
genuine I've seen you know I've prayed
at many events and almost everybody
wants your prayer scripted they want to
approve the prayer this president he he
welcomes prayer unscripted which to me
is so refreshing in genuine and I think
for for believers out there that is one
of the most significant things that he
wants people to pray for him from the
heart whether it's in public or in
private and to me that is extremely
significant and I say real quickly mercy
I always think it's amazing when we do
the big CPAC every year that they have
said they have allowed me several times
to introduce the president Tony you've
done that at C&P and I always expect
that call hey send over the intro and
it's always so nice in it's respectful
in fact that they know that you have to
keep it quick but they just kind of let
you use your own words he's a very
spontaneous leader in that it's not all
scripted which means a lot of this is
coming from his heart which is kind of
things - yep Marjorie you also have been
in the Oval Office with the president
what you know about your experience when
you've met with him hold there a couple
but and I'll give him real quick but
nothing was more heartwarming than a
time we shared with him you were there I
believe mercy - we're in the Oval Office
with all of the all examples of people
who were potential victims of abortion
or it could be it was filled with
vulnerable frankly so a young woman who
had who was a survivor of a failed
abortion a beautiful Down syndrome young
woman whose
lobbyists to keep abortion from killing
children with Down syndrome a whole
roomful these beautiful people who he
connected with and just this and in a
way that she of course imagine he
completely engulfed them with his with
his cheer and his love and encouraged
them all along the way
that was really my favorite but I will
say this another time you were in the
room Tony I'm right before the State of
the Union message we were all there
merci you were there I think I'm
probably about ten of us and the State
of the Union was right right the next
day this is the night before and he kind
of wanted to talk about what he was
going to talk about which I really
appreciate that he is that way um and I
think everybody in the room had an idea
of what he was gonna say and he didn't
at all the first thing he said when he
came in and joined the vice-president
was can you believe what the governor of
Virginia is doing right now that's crazy
he's talking about allowing a baby to
die on a table who's a product of a
failed abortion and just do nothing and
he was looking at all of our faces like
can you believe this I can't even
believe it
so his raw his raw response to that
horror is exactly the way the American
people responded to that and he had the
courage thank God to communicate what
was going on in ways that no president
has before amen
I think what we'd like to do is have if
you all can share just last thoughts
what you want to leave our viewers what
message you want to leave our words
continue to battle through the
coronavirus crisis in our nation and as
and also as we enter into the Easter
season I'll start with you pastor
Jeffers many of us this week were on a
faith call with the President and I was
very interested in the fact that he
quoted from Isaiah 60 verse 2 darkness
covers the earth but the Lord will
appear to his people and you know we're
in a time of darkness right now the
president acknowledges the hurt that is
going on but he also acknowledges that
there is light coming and for those of
us who are believers that light is the
truth of Jesus Christ
and so I'm grateful we have a president
who will acknowledge the reality of the
present situation but is an optimistic
leader who points us to the future the
future is bright certainly for our
country Marjorie I I think that as we've
come home and we're restoring coming
back to our fundamentals what is really
important what is really essential we're
also going to discover what type of
leadership we want for this country and
I can't help that this moment I would
really like to communicate especially in
my role with the campaign to really look
at the difference between these two guys
the President of the United States who
has been the protector of freedom and
life and religious liberty and this guy
coming up on his flank that is really
going to be bad for this nation and for
our future and for the courts for
overturning Roe vs. Wade so we can
protect life in America president Trump
is our man and I'm really grateful for
him amen Tony well I'll say just very
quickly the first thing is the
president's got a tough decision to make
going forward on when the economy gets
humming again and people go back to work
and I'm gonna be with him up 1,000% when
he decides that it's go time and
whatever way he decides to do it number
two when we talk about faith the
American tradition you have the right to
make these decisions whether you want to
practice a creed or whether you don't
and what I love about the president is
that he's upholding our American
traditions you have the right to chart
the course you want to chart and we all
know the beautiful part about America is
that an all the whole American story is
about people of faith coming together
and working together to make this most
beautiful of countries and I'm just
proud that the president has kind of
reignited everyone's understanding of
the First Amendment
tony'll aspects well Mercedes have the
only thing left to do is take up the
offering I want to encourage people to
pray pray for the president pray for our
country pray for the end of this virus
but folks don't get distracted by all of
this because there's going to be a lot
out of noise going forward the our our
lives are going to be well there's going
to be a new normal but there's an
election coming up we've got to make
sure that we are communicating to our
friends we're prepared and we're
participating in this process because
while others are distracted if we're
focused on the future of America in this
election we can have a disproportionate
impact on the election and so my prayer
is for this country going forward and
that this president stay at the helm I
think that's very important is to
remember that I know we're dealing with
this crisis right now but there is an
election in November we do have to face
Joe Biden we need to focus on getting
president Trump reelected and we need
all of you out there to volunteer to
become involved be inspired by this
movement join the movement stand up for
religious freedom stand up for the
unborn it is so critical this is a
moment in time it is the most critical
election of our lifetime and we need to
ensure that President Trump gets four
more years and we will continue to pray
for him so to get involved to go to
Donald J Trump com volunteer there's an
opportunity to make calls from home and
reach out to voters and and reach out to
other grassroots individuals and I think
it's gonna be a great opportunity to
continue to build on this wonderful
momentum and also to ensure that we are
able to win in November so thank you all
for joining us in faith in America thank
you to my wonderful guests and also
don't forget it's faith in America part
two is going to be our prayer service on
eastern join us then on Easter Sunday
with another group of wonderful pastors
and father Pavone as well who will be
joining in praying for our nation thank
you all and God bless you and god bless
america
[Music]
America is being threatened by an
invisible but deadly enemy President
Trump is leading an unprecedented
response to this threat making the tough
call early by banning travel from China
and coronavirus epicenters declaring a
national emergency
mobilizing scientists doctors and nurses
to treat patients and find a cure
testing more people than any other
country investing billions of dollars to
help develop a vaccine and President
Trump is putting American workers and
families first by increasing
unemployment insurance providing paid
sick leave fighting for direct checks to
families and helping small businesses
survive together we will defeat this
pandemic and emerge safer stronger and
healthier than ever because we are
America the greatest country on Earth
I'm Donald J Trump and I approve this
message
you