Broadcasting from Jerusalem, Democrats claim they have their smoking gun.

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entire plateau. We walked it. right on top of the Jewish holiest site, which is what it is. The temple mount is behind that

wall and occupies that entire plateau. We walked over there a little bit earlier this week,

and then we're kicked off for the crime of mumbling prayers, which apparently is not allowed formally

in Israel because of the Islamic walk. We wanted to avoid all conflict. The, by the way,

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So again, we thank them for providing us with this slot because it really is incredible.

As long as we're up here, I may talk for a few minutes here about the importance of Jerusalem.

So I'll explain that in just one second.

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If you haven't taken the first step and actually learned about all of this, gotten your free information kit on gold, you should check out my friends over at birchgold.com. Birch gold will go to work and make things super simple for you. They'll have a conversation with you. You can determine if precious metals investment is something you're into. I'm not urging you take all your money, sell all your assets, and buy gold. I'm saying you should be at least a little bit diversified. I am. I trust the people over at Birchgold to make that happen for you. So go check them out right now over at birchgold.com. Text Ben to 47-47-47 today to see how simple and straightforward the move can be for you. Again, that is text Ben to 47-47. Get that free information. Okay, so let's say you're not a religious Jew, you're not a religious Christian, you're not a religious Muslim, so you're one of the five people who's not one of those three things, and you are, and you are trying to figure out exactly what is the significance of that. Like, what's the significance of this place? Jerusalem, as I've said in my book, The Right Out of History, lies at the heart of Western civilization. It lies at the heart of Western civilization because Jerusalem is the holiest site in Judaism, which is the first monotheistic

religion to really have tremendous impact on the world and posits some certain central values

that lie at the root of Western values, including human rights,

the idea that human beings are made in God's image, the idea that the universe is a predictable

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