Welcome to the Eric Metaxus show with your host, Eric Mettaxas.

Hey there, folks. Welcome. This is the Eric Metaxus show. As you know, every now and again,

I have guests that I'm excited to talk to.

Today might be one of those times because I was told by my producer that we might be able to get Lieutenant Colonel Alan West, who's running for governor of Texas.

Lieutenant Colonel Alan West, is that you?

This is me, and it's good to be with you, Eric,

and it's good to see you again,

and just want to wish you a happy new year.

Happy New Year to you.

I really, I'm excited to talk to you.

But as much as I've admired you over the years,

the idea that you're running to be

governor of Texas is hugely exciting. So I really want to talk to you about that. I want to talk to you

about yesterday and the January 6th, which my head's going to explode with anger at how the left

has been portraying that in cooperation with the quote-unquote

mainstream media and the conservative media. But let's just talk about you. Some people know you,

some people don't. Where did you grow up? You've got an amazing background, obviously being a

lieutenant colonel, being a member of Congress. Tell us a little bit

about yourself, if you would. Well, I was born in 1961 in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia,

in a Blacks-only hospital. I grew up in the same neighborhood that produced Dr. Martin Luther King,

Jr. is called the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood in Atlanta. My elementary school was right across the street from Ebenezer Baptist Church.

I had two fantastic parents.

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