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an honor to be here and I do not
take this honor lightly it is it is it
is fun I like the guy said a moment
to go solid conservative and just plain right I've
got the chairman John wall the chairman of the
Alabama Republican Party one of the things that I've really
been impressed with is he is not afraid to
get in the mix even when it comes to
going down to Montgomery and working the issues and
now we're gonna talk about that somebody's also staged
a coup here with a major event coming up
in a few weeks so without any further due let
me introduce to the audience here chairman John wall
of the Alabama pelican parties Mr. Sherman how are
you doing today you know I'm doing very well
and that feel appreciate you inviting me under the
shell I'm looking forward to it and always a
pleasure to be with you well thank you sir and
listen I'll get straight to the big news yesterday
I think it actually broke during the timeframe of
my show and I announced it as soon as
we saw it come across the wire but so
Donald Trump 's gonna be in Alabama I think
you had your hand in that the state party
has coordinated for the opportunity to bring the former
president to the to the state of Alabama give
us some indication of what's happening now and we're
really excited about it so yeah I started working
on this actually back in February soon after my
election and just that process got got the ball
rolling then I've been working ever since and where
we were super excited yesterday to be able to
announce this publicly Donald Trump is coming to Alabama
I'm on August 2 1 to Coleman York family
farms that we are we are super excited your
family farms and so here's the cool thing if
I'm not mistaken Coleman is in the fourth congressional
district is it not that is correct so it's
kind of fitting that it's being held in the
heart congressional district because that is Trump country so
if you look at the results from both the
20 16 and 20 20 election elections district 4
was the best congressional district in the country for
Donald Trump so he is coming back to Trump
country he literally in fact I've heard that the
congressman Robert Aderholt was actually with President Trump after
the 20 16 election and and let him know
he said it's just so you know I'm not
my Republican is supportive of your election obviously he
said but I do represent Alabama 's fourth congressional
district and we had the highest per cap of
district vote of any district in the US which
is a a pretty good claim to fame right
after the president gets elected absolutely not a bad
thing to be to be industry for for sure
well yeah absolutely so and I live in district
for myself and and so that's that's pretty cool
and so common tell us about the venue if
you would tell us about what you expect a
day to look like how's the president 's parents
gonna be give us a layer of the land
as you know it so far yeah so is
actually going to start with this let me back
up a little bit the rally is being held
in conjunction with the Alabama Republican parties summer meeting
so the day will get started actually 3 miles
away where we're holding our summer meeting for the
state executive committee that'll wrap up around noon and
then will transition over to the rally location at
your family farms the gates will open at about
2 o'clock at that point there will be some
local band just music plane it'll get more serious
with some speakers coming on at about 5 o'clock
and then the president will make his address at
7: 0 7 o'clock OK and you know we
can imagine because all of us had an opportunity
to see the president speak at least you know on
TV if not in person and he has been
in Alabama before but do you have any other
speakers that are on the agenda that you're aware
of that you can announce at this time you
know there's gonna be several that is actually going
to the rally itself will be a Trump rally
so that the Trump team will be deciding the
other speakers and I have not gotten confirmation a few
other speakers will be yet OK all right some more
to come on that is there is this gonna
be a an open venue is there are the
ticket sales how are you gonna work that so
I've got some great news on that it will
require a ticket but they are free tickets and
we're super excited to be able to offer everyone
the opportunity to come and we've got it really
simple for people who who would like to come
if they want to go to a l g
o p .org party website we've got a link
right directly under the main page there's a graphic
with Trump rally on it and then at the
bottom of that just click the link and it
take them straight to where they can register for
free tickets outstanding outstanding well speaking as a member
of the state executive committee myself do a members
of the other of the various county and and
state party do they have to also get tickets or
or is that automatic because of their membership we
will be in contact with party membership but you
will actually all have guaranteed reserve seating at his
member of the party reward for you our troops
in the trenches fighting for conservative values detective well
we appreciate that and and listen to Mr. Sherman
I think this is a cool and and I
certainly appreciate the fact this is happening because it
wasn't so long ago that we thought we had
a Trump rally that was gonna take place at
the Alabama battleship and I don't know if politics
gotten in the way if it was a miscommunication
but it certainly wasn't unseemly type rejection of what
would've been a really good and patriotic venue rally
and and and yet we're gonna recoup that now
by having it North Alabama in the fourth district
and I think that's pretty cool well I know
what I love about this is we have a
venue they can hold a massive amount of people
so down in Mobile we might would've had to
not a lot everybody who wanted to come to come
at this venue we have full access for as
many as wanna come so we can expand it
out forever well that's outstanding well listen let me
turn this topics while I've got you but but
I certainly appreciate you first of all enlightening on
that so special to your listeners today we're actually
offering something a little special and that is we're
calling at 4 5 to meet 4 5 because
of course Donald Trump is a 4 5th president in
the United States of America and anyone who wonder on you're getting
tickets on our website if you make a contribution
to the Alabama Republican Party of $45 we're throwing them
into a hat for the opportunity to pull one
person out for them and a guest to be
taken backstage me President Donald Trump in person get
a picture with them and give them the backstage
tour wow that's that's pretty cool all right you're setting
this up like a rockstar show I mean this
is this is this is a big doings it's
it's even better than meet Aerosmith I think this
is good I'm a political junkie so I'm more
excited about this and I would be rocking there
well Mr. Sherman thank you for that and tell you
what we had we got just a few minutes for
the break and then I hope you'll be able
to stay on through the break cause I wanna
finish up some things with you one of the
things I do wanna talk to you about those
so you're the chairman another Republican party and I
will say this for my listeners especially those few
liberals that I do know listen taking notes on
what you hear on right side radio that I
have reached out multiple times to the chairman of
the Democrat party who is someone I know personally
Democrat party chairman state representative Chris England and I'm
getting no response whatsoever but we are offering the
opportunity for him to be on the show as much as
anybody else so that is not it not that
we are a one-sided show we're conservative but we'll
talk to everybody that being said German wall we
are in an election season right now and you
know I think there's a vast difference between being
a conservative and being a republican you can be
a republican and still be as liberal as a
day as long but but all that to say
we are a red state and there are still
some races where we see I mean we have
a lot of potential open races in the state legislature I've
counted upwards of maybe 20 in the state house
alone that that may wind up being open seats
right now I think we can confirm at least 14
all that to say how's the party handling the
filling in the qualifying of a races as we
move into this most important season you don't have to
let me let me drop back quick to your
first point and that is you can be a
republican or not a conservative and I think it's
important for people to know that republican are our
core principles in our platform represent those true traditional
American values and what I always like to say
is I am a Republican because of the values
we represent and a Republican is the name and
if we ever abandon those values in those core
principles then absolutely what what good is it to
be Republican if it doesn't represent something so I
think that's very important that's near and dear to
my heart as you know someone who's come through
the grass is kind of grassroot side of the
party and and very much believes in those American
values of Alabama values limited government traditional family values
you know there's those things that that built this
country and I think it is important that the
Republican Party always embrace those and fight for those outs
moving onto filling see you know I will know
a lot more after redistrict team obviously that's gonna play
a big role in what the individual district will
look like Worcester for reelection but I'm I'm extremely
hopeful all the numbers I've seen we are moving
and also what district are up for election I
think we will if anything grow than a percentage
of Republicans of the state legislature this year but
I think that would be ideal and I would
hopefully that we would move them in in a
direction that also means you know the conservative values
that we do as a party are typically known
for I would hope that they will be voted
for in the actual body on the floor of
the house and Senate and we've got of course we
got the one open seat for US Senate which
is got four contenders right now we've got the
congressional race up in North Alabama where Mo Brooks is
moving to a Senate race and and that that
race is even getting thicker we've got another candidate
in the race as of last week John Roberts
he'll be on the show tomorrow but but yeah
there's there's the races are filling up but you
mentioned something they are the redistricting is an issue
and I mentioned on the show several times it's
it's amazing it's actually appalling how long it is
taken the Biden administration to get numbers out to
the states they can't even redraw a school district
at this point until they have the numbers in
place and are able to work the processes to
even get it to a vote of the legislature
and this would normally I've already been done probably
about three months ago but you're absolutely correct you
know we're not just drawing correctional district state district you
have all the county commission in a different county
commission school board as well as state school board county school
board a lot of different races that have to be redrawn by
by the primary so no doubt about it there's
a lot of work to be done here yeah I mean
right now if someone wanted to declare for a
race and they live close to the margin of
a current district they might declare for the race
only to find out that three months and I
don't want to live in the district exactly and
they can change the whole dynamic well listen to
your wall we're heading into a break right now
if you will hang on please when we get
back I wanna talk about it's a very important
legislation that I know you had a hand and
I want to congratulate that that was Senate bill
2 6 7 regarding passports I'll be on the
end all right we'll be right back in just a
minute with the chairman John wall from the Alabama
Republican Party talking about the future of the party talking
about Trump coming to Alabama and we're gonna talk
a little bit about legislation and how important is
the party sometimes get involved and remind people what
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be with you I'm gonna go quickly back to
the phones before I lose any time with him but
I've got the chairman John wall the chairman of
the Alabama Republican Party the chairman thanks for hanging on
during the break no absolutely glad to be here
well listen and the time we have left I
wanna talk about something because I will say this
I spent eight years in the legislature as you
will know and and and and there were times
when the party was active and there are other
times when I felt like the party I almost
forgot that we were down there getting our teeth
kicked in sometimes by the teachers union or somebody
else and that's that's frustrating because you know that's
your team that's you're those more your cheer cheerleader
they should also be your activist and and I
became aware of something that senate bill 2 6 7 which
I'm I'm a huge fan of the bill that
basically banned vaccine passports that you on behalf of the party
actually had a role in advocacy for that in
helping to maybe put the bill together and then
working the phones and reminding Republican senators and representatives
what we stand for as a state and so
thank you for that and give me your thoughts that
was one of my target legislation because I was
up in DC shortly after I was elected his
chairman and served on Tommy Tuberville 's transitioning team so
I have a lot of friends in DC on the conservative
side of course but I have a lot of friends up there
and just what I was hearing really concerned me
because there is a a push coming from the
Biden administration and the Democrats in general that really
has zero respect for individual liberty or for personal
responsibility they honestly believe that big government knows how
to live your life better than you do and
the things I was hearing out of DC horrified me
so when I got home I immediate said I
see this coming we're going there's gonna be a
push for mandatory vaccines for vaccine passport for taking
away peoples right if they don't get a vaccine
so I immediately starting on start working on that
bill I'm spoke to the Secaucus had a very
good meeting with them and to give them full
credit the bill past two days later unanimously so
I think a lot of time on these issues what we
need is to explain the situation Republicans we're all
on the same side you know activist the party
or listed officials we're all Republicans well on the
same side and we really only need to work
together to secure the rights of the individual individuals
and defend the people balance so that was my
goal with it and I'm super excited that it
was able to pass before the end intercession and
then now protects the people of Alabama well I
think that's as a feather in your cat but
I also I'm of the opinion as I look
back on it you know the policy intent where
I also do a lot of work we had a number
of key votes that we called them things that
we watched for and and put on our scorecard
for the first time this year we had an
all legislative scorecard but but that being said this
one escaped our attention in the in the early
days to the point that we didn't have it
on our watchlist I look back now with some
regret and wishing it had been on the watchlist
because I thought it was such an amazing bill
I do believe though that may wind up being
perhaps the most important single piece of legislation that
came out of the 20 2 1 session overall because
of what it's already beginning to do and you're
right what we're saying we're even seeing right now
and then we broke the new story here on
this show last week about Birmingham Southern College they
know they can't ask for your vaccine or or
require your vaccine to allow you to go to
school there because the bill says so but they
are willing to go ahead and make your life
very difficult if you don't so they're almost in
the mode of coercion as opposed to you know
asking you and and I think that violates a
spirit of the law I would agree and I
have been in contact with the train general 's
office about that and I think I think there
are some legal remedies in solutions there for the
students well I believe there is two and we've
had some legal advisor on this show with chairman
thank you for your time it's it's I think I'm
gonna want you back on the show again you're
a great representative for the party and and we
thank you for the work you've done so far in
your very short tenure with the Alabama Republican party
chairman wall I look forward to being back on
all right thanks sir all right folks that was a chairman
John wall in the Alabama Republican party and like
I said we've been trying to reach I mean
over and over again using cell phone office phone
emails to chairman Chris England state representative England of
the Democrat party if you know him tell him
we're trying to reach him he deserves an opportunity
to be on here too we'd love to hear
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