And greetings. Happy Wednesday. Thanks for tuning in here today on the blaze live and

a little bit later on to and a truth bomb you need to see to believe all that in more coming up.

First though, I want to extend our condolences.

I heard the news this morning. If you are a long time listener subscriber viewer of the blaze,

then you know, Doc Thompson, we took over this spot for Doc when he went out to start his own

condolences. In Devar back in the fall, he died suddenly and tragically yesterday.

I heard the news this morning via Twitter and I know that we inherited some of that audience when we came to join up with the blaze a few months ago as well.

So I want to do express our sympathies, prayers, condolences to those of you that were fans and remained so as well as to Doc's family.

And now here's what happened while we were away.

What happened while we were away brought to you by the state of the union.

They psychotically incoherent speech with cookies and dog poop.

Okay then. Well, here's some highlights.

Now is the time for Congress to show the world that America is committed to ending illegal immigration and putting the ruthless coyotes, cartels, drug dealers and human traffickers out of business.

Simply put, walls work and walls save lives.

We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom.

And we condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime whose socialist policies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in South America into a state of abject poverty and despair.

We are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country.

America was founded on liberty and independence and not government coercion, domination and control.

We are born free and we will stay free.

No greater contrast to the beautiful image of a mother holding her infant child than the chilling displays our nation saw in recent days.

Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's womb moments from birth.

These are living, feeling beautiful babies who will never get the chance to share their love and their dreams with the world.

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