Trump’s Competitors Stay Silent and Reclaiming the Douglas County GOP

On March 21, 2023, with Donald Trump’s potential arrest looming, Kim Monson welcomes Epoch Times reporter Nathan Worcester to analyze why Republican competitors are staying silent, and newly elected Douglas County GOP Chair Steven Peck and First Vice Chair Matt Emerson share their plans to rebuild the local party.

Trump’s Competitors Avoid Upsetting MAGA

Start listening at 28:05 – Hour 1

Nathan Worcester of the Epoch Times reports that Trump’s Republican competitors have largely remained silent about his potential indictment, with only Vivek Ramaswamy releasing a critical video about the dangerous precedent. Worcester notes that DeSantis dismissed the matter as a “distraction,” while other candidates fear alienating the MAGA base.

Worcester connects the potential prosecution to broader concerns about the weaponization of government against political opponents, referencing coordinated efforts by DHS and the FBI against Americans with dissenting political beliefs. He warns that indicting a former president would set America on a trajectory toward being a banana republic.

“It would seem that there should be a mass of people in the middle who, looking at the seriousness of the charges, recognize that this could set us on the trajectory to simply being a banana republic, where political prosecutions are the norm.”

Nathan Worcester, Epoch Times Reporter

Reclaiming the Douglas County GOP

Start listening at 79:00 – Hour 2

Newly elected Douglas County GOP Chair Steven Peck and First Vice Chair Matt Emerson share their vision for rebuilding the local party. Peck emphasizes that party involvement must extend beyond simply voting – citizens need to participate in caucuses and assemblies to influence candidate selection.

Emerson focuses on outreach to citizens who may agree with 80% of Republican positions but have been turned off by the party brand. They plan to establish a political engagement committee with liaisons for grassroots organizations, churches, and issue-specific areas like education and water. Peck makes a special appeal to libertarians to participate within the Republican Party structure.

“If you don’t love the candidates at the end, you’ve got to look in the mirror. I didn’t go to caucus. I didn’t go to assembly. I haven’t been a participant. You can’t just complain now that it’s election day.”

Steven Peck, Douglas County GOP Chair

School Mental Health Surveys: Creating the Problem They Claim to Solve

Start listening at 100:17 – Hour 2

Caller Kane from Task Force Freedom connects HB 23-1003 school mental health screening to a sinister pattern: schools create mental illness through CRT, gender confusion, and family destruction, then use surveys to identify children for intervention – all while 12-year-olds can make medical decisions without parental knowledge.