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Boldt: On the campaign trail with Burgess Owens

March 02, 2020
Alex Johnson/Burgess4Utah
Jon Boldt

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As a political junkie, there isn't a day that goes by I'm not tuned into what's going on in the news. Most of my connection to the news or with politicians first runs through radio and TV and most of my actual communications tend to be through telephone, email or text.

Not very personal.

The lack of being able to make eye contact makes judging someone's character tricky to say the least. To get to the heart of a person, so often it takes that one on-one-conversation too be able to size them up properly.

That's why I was thrilled to get a call a few weeks ago asking if I'd like to tag along with Burgess Owens and his team for a day leading up to Utah's Republican primary in July. Owens is running for congress in Utah's 4th district, the seat previously occupied by Republican Mia Love and currently the Democrat that ousted her two years ago, Ben McAdams.

With the 2020 election rapidly approaching, the opportunity to take back the House for the Republicans and hold the Senate will be huge in furthering the Trump agenda assuming he wins his reelection bid in November. The 4th district in Utah is one that all politico's are tuned into as Rep. McAdams only won by 694 votes, or a margin of 50.129 percent to 49.871 two years ago.

With this seat up for grabs, Owens is one of seven candidates who hopes to be the one to bring home the win the Republicans. The first challenge is snagging to nomination, and that means getting your message out to anyone and everyone is key — every last one. Case in point: Fairview.

Fairview is a small farming community with a population of roughly 1,340 people and is the 140th smallest town... in Utah. The nearly two hour drive with the campaign was fascinating to hear strategy planning, mostly because it was real. It was nothing like 'House of Cards' or even what CNN puts on air every day. The honing of the message all ran through the a filter of integrity. And that starts from the top and all the way down to every staffer I met that day.

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The first stop in Fairview was a town hall in the City Council room where Owens addressed the audience and took questions. Following a photo-op with Owens and his trusty Super Bowl ring, the campaign walked across the street with a constituent who was at the town hall to his place of business the "Corner Station and Deli Co-Op" for a quick bite to eat. (By the way, if you feel like making the trip, they have the best reuben sandwich I've ever had.)

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Next up was a stop in Mt. Pleasant for another town hall and a chance to meet more voters and to get out his message of "Heart, head, hands and home." Which translates into God, eduction, industry and the family. Being strong in those areas is what Owens credits for how he was raised and why America is such a great nation.

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A quick two hour drive back to the north end of the district and everyone was ready for a fundraiser. But when you are a Super Bowl champion, you don't do a rubber chicken dinner. You go all out a rent a room at Top Golf and invite some of your football buddies to share stories of the glory days and then go hit some balls on the range. With a buffet of pulled pork sliders and other tasty treats, there was something for everyone.

From left to right: Burgess Owens, Stevenson Sylvester, Marc Wilson, Tom Holmoe

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Aside from learning how well the campaign team works together, what the events are like or even what the politics of a candidate — the biggest thing you can learn from a candidate is do they have the moral compass to guide them through tricky circumstances. Former Brigham Young University and Oakland Raider quarterback summed Owens up this way: "Burgess is not only a great man, he is the right man."

Whoever you decide to cast your ballot for, whether in Utah or anywhere, just make sure to vote. This election is too important to sit out.

Glenn Beck: Cyberattack on US pipeline points to 'Axis powers' of a 'digital World War III'

The largest American gas pipeline shut down on Friday due to what experts told the media was the "most dramatic cyberattack on U.S. soil to date." Investigators are looking at a group believed to be based in Russia known as "DarkSide."

It's time our leaders in the White House take national security seriously because this isn't the first time enemies of the U.S. — namely Russia and China — have used the cyber world to attack our nation and weaken our infrastructure, Glenn Beck argued on the radio program. Between Russia, China, and Iran — which President Joe Biden is now trying to make another nuclear deal with — it looks like the "Axis powers" of a "digital World War III" are lining up

"The journalists seem to care about the price of gasoline for the first time. Is it because they actually care? Or is it because they're trying not to focus on the fact that this was an attack most likely from Russia? And it isn't the first cyberattack from Russia of the year ... maybe we should be paying attention, to Vladimir Putin," Glenn began.

"And by the way, the pipeline going down, that's not the only [cyberattack] happening now," he added later. "Thirty thousand U.S. victims, small businesses and local governments, were hacked by cyber espionage units backed by the Chinese government in January of this year."

"There is an 'Axis power.' It is Russia and China. And, by the way, who is also aligned with Russia and China? Iran. Wow, this is weird," Glenn surmised. "But don't worry about that. Just leave your dog tags on another table. Let's not talk about China. Let's not talk about who actually crashed the jugular of our oil pipelines. I don't want war. But I got news for you ... this Biden administration is doing the job for our enemies."

Watch the video below to hear more from Glenn:


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'It's a death by a thousand cuts': Jordan Peterson on why staying silent is WORSE than facing the woke mob

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Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and cultural firebrand Jordan Peterson is no stranger to cancel culture. Ever since he was thrust into the culture war, he has faced one controversy after another, stirred up by the woke elites who hate him with a passion. But although they have tried to make him pay for speaking out so fearlessly against their message, he refuses to back down and he believes you should, too. He joined "The Glenn Beck Podcast" this week to explain why.

"There is a growth of the reluctant hero in all stories ... so many people think that they don't have what it takes, that they're not the hero," Glenn said to Peterson. "How do you get people to recognize and then have the courage to stand? You've taken a beating ... why is it worth it and how do you get there?"

"I think it's worth it because I believe the alternative is worse ... to stay silent when you have something to say," Peterson replied. "You don't know what it is within you that requires your voice, right, because you feel like 'I have something to say.' Where does that come from exactly, that feeling that you have something to say?

"Maybe you're disgruntled at work and you're choking on your own bile because the situation is not just in your estimation," he continued. "You're dying to say something, but you won't. Well, you'll die if you don't say it. Maybe it's a death by a thousand cuts. I don't like deferred punishment. I'd rather take it now and keep the future clean, which is why I encourage people to have the fights now, not to hide things in the fog for later. They grow and metastasize. It's better to confront what you need to confront when it's small and you have some possibility of victory."

Watch the video clip below to catch more of the conversation, or find the full podcast with Jordan Peterson here:

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Bank of America warns of HYPERINFLATION 'at the very LEAST'

Top officials at the Federal Reserve are doing what they can to sugar coat what's ahead for our economy, telling Americans we may hit a "transitory" period of inflation that will settle by 2022. But Bank of America is saying something different. The bank's latest earnings call commentary warned "at the very least" transitory hyperinflation is ahead.

Watch the video clip below to hear Glenn Beck explain what this means for prices and for our economy.

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WATCH: Race-Baiters Be Damned: 3 Big Lies About Racism DEBUNKED

Straight from the Marxist con of critical race theory are three big lies about "systemic racism" in America that are debilitating to our nation: the lie that policing in the U.S. is thoroughly racist, the lie of voter suppression, and the lie of equity as the solution to solve "racism." Despite the evidence disproving these lies, they grow stronger, thanks to Democrats and activists with selfish interest in these narratives, who, along with their media partners, spread the sinister message that everything in America is racist by default and only massive government intervention can save us from ourselves. President Biden, Vice President Harris, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi – every Democrat on the national stage sees racism in literally everything at this point.

In this precarious time for America, Glenn Beck and North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson join together with data and the truth to fight back against the race-baiters ripping us apart.

Watch the full episode below:

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