Remembering the Ladies: Live from Great American State Fair

The Great American State Fair will go down in history as one phenomenal 250th birthday celebration. Moms for America held a special live discussion at the fair hosted by our President Kimberly Fletcher with three incredible moms about our founding mothers and encouragement This is the Moms for America podcast. Each week, leaders and everyday champions tell personal stories, share advice, and tackle the issues most important to moms. Hi moms, I'm Debbie Krulitis, your host, and welcome to the Moms for America podcast. I'm so glad that you mama are joining us again today. Well, every episode we get together to inspire, encourage, and educate moms in their journey through motherhood. So let me tell you about today's special program. Well, there were so many things to see and do at the Great American State Fair. I was there for, I think, five days. It was amazing in Washington, D.C. Our team was there for a little over two weeks. We had a special booth and we had two spots on stage. Well, for the two weeks surrounding July 4th, the celebration of our nation's 250th was absolutely amazing. In July, we brought you my conversation with Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, which was recorded live at the fair, like I said. And then today, today we're bringing you another panel discussion with Kimberly Fletcher. Now, Kimberly had three mover and shakers on the stage to talk about the most influential and instrumental women in our nation's history. Here you go. So just to tell you a little bit about these ladies and then we're going to ask who their favorite founding mother was. So my daughter and I wanted to make sure that the American people, especially mothers and daughters, had an opportunity to learn about these incredible women during the revolution. And so we wrote this book, Remembering the Ladies. And each one of the ladies was given a copy and I said, pick your favorite founding mother. And so they're going to talk about them. But I want to start with Amy. Amy is a media influencer. She is a powerhouse mom and I am just grateful to have her on the stage with us today and have such a good friend. Tyler Oda, she is our Virginia State Director for Moms for America and she's just rocking it. And then Allie Auger, she is our Director of Engagement. It's really important that moms understand how important our role is just by knowing what America is about, sharing that love of liberty with our children and going out and vote. So she makes sure that they get involved in civic engagement and we're thrilled about that. All right. So I'm going to start with you, Amy. You had an opportunity to read through the book. Who is your favorite founding mother? Well, first off, I feel like you gave us an impossible task to read a book that had so many amazing and inspiring and incredible women. And I think what kept hitting me over and over the theme in this book was this took an entire village, the American Revolution and fighting for our country. Obviously, the men that went out and put their lives on the front lines was important, but they couldn't have done it without the families behind them, supporting them, getting up every single day. The women were continuing to do the school. They were keeping the farm running. I mean, they were doing the family business. They were doing all these things that allowed the men to go and fight for our freedom. And so when she said, pick your favorite, I was I was reading through this book. And I will have to say that the one that stuck out the most to me, one that every single one of us is very familiar with, and that was Betsy Ross, but probably not for the reason that you're thinking. So we all know that Betsy Ross is iconic for creating the very first American flag. And that in and of itself is so super cool. I am a fashion designer, even though I don't do the sewing on the back end. I can't relate with her on that. I know what it takes to put daily habits in place and do what you're doing every single day for that moment that you might get the big knock on the door. And I love that. She probably never thought that what she was doing was important. She would make her cut. She would be sewing things, maybe sewing clothes, maybe sewing uniforms for the colonial army. She was just doing and stewarding her gifts and her talents on a regular basis and never really thought, hey, God is using this to prepare me for something bigger. And when she got the knock on the door from George Washington, and I think it was Roger Sherman, who said, hey, can you put together the very first flag that we are going to fly to be that unifying symbol for what we are fighting for across these colonies, she was prepared. She was ready to go. And I will never get that out of my mind how important it is. Moms, when you were at home, just living the grind, doing day in and day out, things that you may think are insignificant, when that moment comes, when God gives you the big assignment, you're going to be ready for it and step up and rise to the challenge. And I think that's why she stuck out so much to me. I love that. It's the small things we do at home we don't even realize that are having a monumental influence on our culture. I read a book called Our Home. It was actually written in the late 1800s. And there was a phrase in there that just totally stood out to me. And that is a nation is but a magnified home. So what we are nurturing and creating there is what America is going to look like. And that's why our influence is so vitally important. So, Tyler, what was the story that impressed you the most? Well, I have to say I've always had a soft spot for George Washington. And obviously, that led me to choose Martha Washington. I just find her so inspiring because she was full of the same things that George was, sacrifice and duty and service, and knowing that that was going to cost something and willing to pay that price anyway. And seeing kind of the day in day out, having to run things while he was away, getting up super early and working until night and making sure that they had clothes and food and preparing to bring things to the soldiers in the winters, because they had to always be making clothes seasons in advance. And so she was quite good with needlepoint needlework. And so she would do a lot of the sewing herself. And so seeing just her dedication was really inspiring. And I can only aspire to be as dedicated and sacrificial as she was, so. So when we were talking about what we're going to talk about on the stage today, and I said, you know, what was that moment that changed you? And you told me, I love it when you guys teach me things. So I didn't know that Martha Washington had an influence on the same thing that you do with your family on your devotionals. Can you tell us a little bit about that? Oh, yes. So Martha was a very devoted Christian. She had a dedicated morning devotional time for herself. Every morning she would leave whatever was going on and she would go from nine to 10 a.m. into her room and she would read the Bible and study and pray and meditate on God's word. And so she's a very faithful woman. But she also carried that faith to her family members. I was reading this morning that she actually made sure that all of their family and extended family had resources, books, Bibles, whatever faith-based materials that they needed to encourage their faith walk as well, which I also find very inspiring because she wanted to share that with other people and especially her loved ones. And then additionally, every evening after the evening meal, they would spend time together as a family in the Word. Maybe George would gather them around for a sermon or for some other religious texts that he would read to them. They would play music, sing hymns, and just have a nice family devotional time, which is what I call my time that I do with my family. And I've been doing that because of Moms for America for several years now and it's been a game changer for our family. Totally transformed our lives together as a family and our faith walk as well. And it's been so great for the kids and we all look forward to it. It's typically after dinner and after bedtime or after bath time, excuse me, right before bedtime that we spend some time together reading. And sometimes we'll sing a song and sometimes we'll pray and sometimes we'll do all three and it just depends on the night. But just making that dedicated time as a family and it's just been so influential. And so yeah, I was really, really surprised. Well, not surprised, but I was encouraged to see that they had done the same thing. That's awesome. Okay, Allie, who did you pick as your favorite? So I picked Mary Pickensgill. Pickersgill, that's how you say it, right? Well, and I like that we've all picked women that their weapon of choice was a needle. I mean, they didn't need a musket. They didn't need any of that. They literally sewn freedom and liberty in the fabric of their homes, their families, and in the symbol, the biggest, the largest symbol of what we look to as Americans, which is our American flag. And the reason why I picked Mary was because in the War of 1812, she was, she was, this is, I feel like it was this, it was literally called, I believe, the second revolution in our time. So it kind of, history, while history does not repeat itself, it rhymes. And I feel like we're kind of in this same situation, 250 years removed from where we started in 1776. Now we're also, for almost the third time, battling against communism and battling against people that want to completely strip away everything we've built, right? For our freedom and our sovereignty. Now, I loved her because she sewed this entire, I mean, this flag was enormous. It was as big as a house. I believe it was like 42 feet by 20 feet. I mean, men couldn't even carry it. The stripes were as big as a man to cradle a man, and the stars were just enormous. And this was the moment when there were, it was at Fort McHenry, and they were being bombarded by British ships. So this is where Francis Scott Key wrote our Star-Spangled Banner, because it was being bombarded, this port, Fort McHenry, was just constantly with bombs and everything, right? And the mission of the British was to completely dismantle what we were building, to get rid of all the symbolism of freedom, all the symbolism of liberty, and our sovereignty, to completely bankrupt us morally so that we didn't have anything to stand on. And the one thing that they looked at was the flag. And in the story that you guys wrote here that you've recreated, it says that he was white-knuckled. And I'm reading it, and I'm reading it to my kids, and I'm like, can you imagine trying to find the symbol of freedom? And you can't see anything because there's smoke everywhere because of all the bombs going off. And the only thing you see as soon as the smoke clears and a little bit of the twilight from the sun rising is this gigantic flag while it's tethered and it's got holes in it. But it was being held up by soldiers that were, some were wounded, some were dead. And they're like, this flag cannot fall. We hold it or we fall. And I'm like, that is literally the moment we are in. We are in this moment right now because there are people like Sonny Houston or Hostin, however you say her name, on The View. You have people like Mamdani in New York. You have people like others in other states that have fallen to communism and radical Islam that want to say that our American flag is equal or equivalent to white supremacy. They're trying to rewrite history. They're trying to take away everything that we've here in America for sovereignty and liberty, those of us that are veterans that have died or bled for this nation, what we stand for. And we cannot let that happen. And so for these women to have their weapon of choice be a needle but have their impact be so great just shows all of you moms and all of you ladies that your words and your actions, your small little actions of at the kitchen table telling your children about these stories or about the story of America or about the truth and what's going on and not listening to the local media that is literally, legally allowed to lie to you. Thanks to the Smith Modernization Act. Thank you, Barack Obama. So you are instilling these values back into your family and back into the fabric of our nation. And we are only one generation away from losing it. And if we do not continue to instill this, whether it's just the head of the needle or the tip of the needle or in just your words and what you do on a daily basis, whether it's devotionals or talking about your constitution or going to a Moms for America class and learning about what we do truly as Americans, we'll lose it. You know, I think it's important that we talk about those, the presentations, the cottage meeting. And you had mentioned it, Tyler, because we do talk about devotionals. If you don't know what the cottage meetings are, it's basically what we affectionately call it, Tupperware for Liberty. And you're just inviting your friends and neighbors into your home. And you can have brownies if you want. You just lead a discussion group and you learn the principles of liberty and the constitution in a way that resonates. It's personal. It's relatable. And when you have those things, you're empowered. When you know those things and you have to walk into a school board meeting or you're sitting down and trying to help your children understand a specific principle, you are more empowered to be able to do that because you understand what America is about. And it is unique in all the world. And those are things that are not being taught in schools. And one of the things that I hear from moms most is that it's life-changing. It's like totally changes the trajectory of where you're going because you now have hope and understanding that wasn't there before. So I'm thrilled that we have that program and books like this that we can share that help these stories. All right, moms, there's lots more to come from the Great American State Fair with Kimberly and her panel discussing contemporary issues that are facing moms right after this short break. Hi moms, I'm excited to share some news about our new sponsor, the Herzog Foundation. We know you're passionate about raising patriots and empowering your children with the best education possible. And the Herzog Foundation shares that passion. They're dedicated to promoting liberty through education freedom and helping parents like you choose the best educational path. They offer a powerhouse of resources designed to support families and schools alike. 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And also, if you have an idea or a topic for our podcast, would you please email me at podcasts at momsforamerica.net. And then lastly, I want to invite all of our moms listening to join the movement here at Moms for America. If this is the first time you're hearing about Moms for America, we want to let you know exactly how you can join the movement. It is all free. Everything we do here is to help you moms in your journey through motherhood. We actually call ourselves the Ultimate Support Group. It's moms like us uniting all across the country, fighting for faith, family, freedom, and the Constitution. So if you're not a part of the movement, check us out at momsforamerica.us. If you are a part of the movement, make sure that you're signed up for our newsletter that you're utilizing and taking advantage of all of our great resources and materials on our website. All right, well, let's continue with the conversation of Kimberly's panel from the Great American State Fair. They're talking about the influence of women from the past and what women are doing now to restore our republic. So I just want to say that there are several ladies in here that are incredibly powerful, but one of the reasons why this book is so powerful is because each one is very unique and how they contributed. And they were all small and simple things, but everyone had a monumental impact. Hannah Hendy is my favorite. Anytime somebody says, who's your favorite? It's Hannah Hendy. Penelope Barker is great. She and 50 of her lady friends, matrons of the community of Edmonton, North Carolina, pretty much shut down British industry by refusing to buy British goods. I mean, it was things like that. So okay, I'll tell the story of Hannah Hendy because it is very important today to understand that our rights do come from God and not government. And I think Hannah is the epitome of that. So the British were using Indian raiders to go in and tear down towns and take whatever they wanted in an effort to win the war. And her husband, Hannah's husband, was one of the riders who was supposed to warn the next town. So a rider came in and said, Royalton's on fire. They're burning. The raiders are coming. And he looked at his wife and said, go to the neighbors, don't stop. And then he jumped on his horse and he rode off to the next town. She only got halfway to the neighbor's house when the Indian raiders came through and ripped her five-year-old son right out of her hands and he was gone. She had a baby, little girl baby on her hip and any mother would have collapsed and said, I've lost, what can I do? She did for a moment and then she got up and she started tracking those Indians. And she tracked them for miles until she finally came to the British camp and she went straight up to the commander, Commander Howell, and she said, I've come for my son. And he said, oh, you know, ma'am, that's not how we do things here. They're not going to harm the boys. They're just going to take them to Canada and train them to be good little braves. And she said, no child can make that trip. Had the British turned into murdering children as well. And so he like paused and he's and she said, I want my son. And so he's like, okay, fine, you can have your son. And then she looks over and she sees this little huddle of five and six-year-old boys who have also been taken, sobbing. And she says, I'll take them too. And so he caved and he's like, fine, take them. And so she took those boys, they wrapped, hooked onto her hips and then she took that baby on her hip and she went back and took them home. But when she was looking at, at, at the commander, she said, these are not your children. They are, they are, this is my son and those children belong to their mothers. And then she took them. And, and that's something that, you know, we're saying today that, that, that is a fight that we have today. So I, I, I just want, I guess I want moms to understand that it's not a new fight. It's a fight that we've had protecting our children, defending our freedoms from the very beginning of this nation. But now we have this new role of what do we do now? So you guys have shared your favorite, your favorite woman from, from history. Now tell me what it is that you are doing to be that Abigail Adams spirit today. That's a really big task. And I don't think I've even put myself in that category with these women in this book, but I can do a small part. I can, I can play my part. I can do what God has called me to do. And I would say that it all kind of boils down to, I've always, aside from the Bible, which has been the most impactful document in my life, was the constitution. I actually grew up at a time where we still taught the constitution in school. And I think that it impacted me maybe very differently than it impacted a lot of my friends, but it always stuck with me. And one of the things that always stuck out was the I've been a very fierce second amendment supporter for gosh, I got started in that in 2013, doing my first show speaking about the second amendment. And I thought that was really important to step up and use your voice because that was a time when the second amendment was really, really under attack. And I say, the reason why I'm such an advocate for it is because I believe that if we don't have a way to protect our freedom, we don't actually have freedom. And so, so many of us you know, we don't even think about the second amendment because maybe we don't own a firearm or maybe we live in a state that has really infringed on our rights. We just don't think about it until the time comes when we have to have it. But I started my company, I actually created the very first concealed carry activewear line on the market because it was a very deep rooted sense of, well, first off, this is something I can do to get people thinking about their second amendment, but also get to thinking about their personal protection. And I wouldn't be able to start a company like this if we didn't have the constitution. They are not starting concealed carry companies in Britain. They are not starting concealed carry companies in China or Venezuela. Definitely not in socialist countries. I mean, that's why I wake up every day grateful that we live in this wonderful, amazing, exceptional country that we are under a capitalist society that rewards risk-taking. It rewards innovators. It rewards people wanting to help millions of people. And so, I get up every single day fighting not only for protecting moms and children and women, but fighting to protect our constitution as well. And I think that thread, that theme of protection has stuck with me. I started my business long before I had children and I was wanting to protect women and children long before I had my own kids. And when I did have my babies, that idea of protection obviously never left me. It just started to take different forms. It was now it is protecting their minds from this indoctrination. You talked a lot about communism. You talked about the people that are trying to rip apart the very fabric of what we are trying to instill in our children. And that takes fighting. That takes moms stepping up and understanding the important role that we play in protecting our children, not just physically, but protecting them spiritually by praying over them, praying that armor of God over them every single day and praying to protect them from what they are being indoctrinated against. And so, I just, it's the little things that we do. Yes, I've got a company that fights to protect our constitution, but then also it's the things that we do around our kitchen table with our children to instill this. We love to read the Declaration of Independence. We love to talk about the constitution. They're five and six. It goes over their head right now, but it's those little things that we are putting in their brain on a daily basis that I know one day they will come back to it like I did. And so, yeah, I would say I think knowing and reading the Declaration is a game changer. The first time I read it, and everybody talks about, you know, the very beginning part, a life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and that's great. But like the bulk of it is the grievances against the king. And the first time I read it, it was 2001. The first time, I should have learned it in school, but didn't. That's the first time I read through the entire Declaration of Independence and I was like, would we win? A lot of those same grievances we're fighting today. So, if you're not reading it, if you're not knowing it, then you're going to repeat the same things and we're not going to be able to sustain the republic. Okay, Tyler, what was your moment where you kind of went, wait, what's going on, and changed everything? So, I grew up in Northern Virginia, and so I by default kind of followed political, you know, landscape and always voted for presidential elections and kind of knew what was going on and complained at the appropriate times. But that's pretty much all I did. And so, when COVID came, and I was pregnant at the time, and I already had a, I guess she was a little over one at the time, child, I had two children, and I realized all the rights that were being infringed upon. I mean, I couldn't even go to the store. They were telling me I had to wear a mask. And when you're pregnant, ladies, you know, it's already hard enough to get oxygen for yourself because someone else is draining it from you. And then they wanted me to put a mask on on top of that. Come to find out later, many people miscarried during that time because of not having enough oxygen to their children. But I just, I knew something was wrong. This is not right. This is not normal. There's not going to be a new normal for me. I'm like, I'm not on board with whatever the heck this is. And it was crisis and Leviathan, if anybody's familiar with the book, right? There's a crisis, and then the government swoops in and says, we'll save you, right? And I'm like, I'm not having this. I'm not. And so, it spurred me to start a group of other moms in my area because, as you all recall, that was a very lonely time. And I felt like I can't be the only one that thinks that this is crazy. So, I need some other people to remind me that I'm sane and everything else is crazy. And so, we started a group and we were looking for names and I found Moms for America. And I was like, oh my goodness, this is it. This is what I'm looking for. And I just fell in love and immediately started volunteering and just loved everything that you all stood for and that you were teaching. The principles of liberty, the 28 principles of liberty have been so influential, so transformative just to be able to know them and then go and speak out and know that these are the principles of liberty that we're standing on. It's not just something that somebody made up. This is like what, this is what we have. And so, knowing that and being able to share that and teach it to my children and teach it to other moms so they can teach it to their children. I think the education piece and especially during COVID too, seeing what they were teaching in the schools was shocking to so many people and especially me. I didn't even have kids in school at the time, thank God, but I was seeing from my friends, oh my goodness, this is what they're teaching. And to realize that we're paying our tax dollars to have state schools tell us that America is evil and that we're bad and the founders were horrible men and trying to discredit them and discredit their honor. They've already lost their lives and their fortunes long gone, but their honor still remains and now the state goes after that. So, it was very, a pivotal moment for me to realize that I needed to do more. I needed to become an active and engaged citizen, that we the people means me, includes me, not just everybody else. And so, that was really the moment and I'm so glad that I've been a part of this and been able to be involved and to teach other people all these important things that have been long forgotten. Even myself, I didn't know so many things and there's still more for me to learn, of course, but I'm just so thankful that that woke me up. Can I say something really fast to that point? I love that you were talking about knowing your rights and I think this is why this is so important as moms and what you guys do with Moms for America to remind the moms to read that bill of rights to your children. They are not teaching that in school anymore and if you don't know your rights, you don't know when they're being infringed upon. They're doing everything that they can to make you think that you don't have rights so that when the government tries to swoop in and take them from you, you'll just probably give it to them because you don't know them. So, you have to read that, read that document over and over again to be reminded that our rights were endowed by our creator, not by our government. So, thank you guys so much for what y'all are doing. Well, there's another thing and that is the expert component. So, you need an expert for everything and that's one of the things that we absolutely speak against. You are the most expert person. God put these children in your hands. You are the one who is to nurture them and if you ever have problems or struggles or how do I handle this thing or that thing, you don't need an expert. You just need your knees because God had those children first and you're the steward and it is a great thing. So, we're the expert. We can go seek guidance and support, but we are the expert. No one's going to love our children more than us. Okay, Allie, what was your big moment that caused you to change the trajectory of your life? And I have to say, when I say that, it's not this big blow-up thing where you're like leaving your children and going out and fighting with the sword. No, that's like literally what it felt like at the time. I mean, you're like you're leaving all of this preconceived notions about like your life and the things that you thought you knew behind you because you've come to a different realization. So, for me, it was watching California literally strip away, legally, through their legislative process, rights of parents when it came to medical establishment, medical procedures. And I call it like a precursor COVID because what happened after that? COVID shots were mandated. Masks were mandated. And then what happened after that? It was mandated that if you didn't change your child's, you know, sex physically, then they were taken away from you by CPS or the government. And so, for me, watching that happen in California and then we had in Florida, because that's where I'm from, from Florida, we had a senator in our state legislature that was literally trying to implement the same language and the same legislative bills in Florida. So, I created an organization. It was Moms for Freedom for Medical Freedom is what we were doing. We killed eight of her bills. So, I got civically engaged because I'm like, these are not your kids. They belong to me and I'm the expert. You can't tell me that I have to do this because it's better for the community. No, it's not good for my kids. I know what goes in it. I've done the research. And just because you wear a white coat doesn't mean that you know more than I do. You can't name the 12 ingredients that are in there and what they do to the body. I can. So, after that, COVID again, and I'm like, as a veteran, as someone that comes from military family, I'm like, wait a minute. Government can't tell you who's essential and who's not essential. If you're going to work and you're putting food on the table, they can't tell you that you're not an essential worker. You have a family to feed. And so, I'm like, absolutely not. I stopped. I petitioned our governor to open our state because Florida was closed. I don't care what anybody tells you. I had friends arrested at beaches. It was crazy. And then we had him drop the state of emergency for COVID. That was all due to our moms. We had an international reopen Tampa rally. We made international news that day. I planned it. Five moms in a week. 500 people showed up. Guys, that is your ability. All you got to do is open your mouth. You don't need a platform. All you need is this. You just need this. Talk to your friends and your family. Build groups. Talk to your neighbors. Talk to other moms. Listen, nobody does more research than a concerned mom. And the worst position you can put yourself in is in between a loving mother and her children. And you can't fight for what you don't know. And you can't fight for what you don't love. And if you don't know what you love, you can't fight for it either. So, again, I ran for school board in 22. That's when I met you, Kimberly. And then I started working with Moms for America because I love this mission of instilling liberty in our families because that's where it all started. They didn't come over here because they just woke up one day and was like, oh, we're going to go to a new land. That's not what happened. They left because of religious freedom. They were being oppressed. And they're like, we need to either get away because they didn't really want to fight on the soil. They're like, we need to get away. They got away. And they did that because they looked at their children and said, what are we going to do? And that's my whole stance. When tyranny came knocking at your door and your kids are like, mom, what happened when tyranny came knocking? What did you do? Did you stand and fight for it or did you bend the knee? And so I've run for office. I'm running for Congress. I mean, I'm trying to change the system, but also not just doing that in the legislative arm. I mean, I lobby for good bills. We've done that with Moms for America. We push positive legislation that's America first that benefits families and Americans and American interests. But I also have a veteran-owned and operated podcast. It's called OOP, Out of Pocket. So when you do that, what we do is we dispel propaganda. You have to take what is being said in the news media because they're legally allowed to lie to you. And if you can't understand what they're saying is not true and dispel that and then counter it with what is true and what actually is going on and then do calls to action. I mean, how did we get the Save America Act to pass the House? How did we get, you know, no boys and girls sports to pass the House? How did we get a lot of the bills that we have currently that we've seen over the last four, five, six, seven, eight years get passed and implemented? That was advocacy, our moms. It was moms. I remember when the different people were going up, there were five specific cabinet members that were up for nomination that were having a really difficult time and they were getting pummeled. And it was RFK, Linda McMahon, Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard. And so we rallied the moms and I was like, listen, if we're going to get stuff done, we got to have people who are going to support us because we had an adversary in the White House calling us domestic terrorists for four years. And arresting our moms. Right? We're just moms. And so now we have an advocate in the White House. So it's like, okay, well we want to make sure we get people in there who are going to fight for medical freedom, who are going to fight for, you know, proper education and dismantling the Department of Education. We want those things. And so I, we were, rallied the moms and we were there at every single confirmation hearing outside with the purple shirts and all the media kept saying the purple shirts are coming. And the high heels. And the one that just caught me was at the end of the day, after Bobby Kennedy did his, he texted me and he said, you ladies made my day today. So it was encouraging to them too. I mean, they're getting constantly pummeled. So we can be an encouragement. We can be a support. Last year, Moms for America was invited 54 times to Washington DC, to the White House, to cabinet meetings, for press briefings, policy briefings, bill signings, special events. And it's because they're finally recognizing the powerful influence of mothers. And now I just need moms to realize your powerful influence. We were the largest untapped voter base in all of America. And President Trump kind of brought that out in what we were doing, thanks to President Biden. And even before that, like he brought this fire in women that were like, you cannot do this to our kids. I'm sorry, it's not happening. So when we instill that, that we empower our moms and we show them that it's possible to stand up and fight for your kids in a non-combative way. I mean, we're really just in these meetings talking truth. We're telling the truth about one, our own experience or two, what the consequences of the legislation is going to do, what that impact, what is that unintended consequence if this passes. And then we're using constitutional backing and constitutional legalizing, like this is what is going to happen. That's the empowerment that we offer. So if you want to learn more about Moms4America, you just come right there. You can go right to Moms4America and get more information and be a part of the tribe, the posse. We are the ultimate mom support group. And if you are concerned about what's happening in your home, we teach principles that strengthen family, strengthen home, defend our freedoms, and secure the republic. And it's not that hard. If all we do is learn it ourselves, which is very simple, do the cottage meetings, share that love of liberty with your children, and then go vote your values, America's going to be great. So join the club. Okay, so I want to go down through the line here again and just last thoughts, what would be what you want moms to take away from this? I want moms to take away how important it is for them to get involved and not put their head in the sand anymore about what's going on with their education system, about what is going on in the medical system, but just to start paying attention. Wake up, pay attention, and then get involved and do something. We cannot sit on the sidelines any longer when it comes to our children's education. We cannot sit on the sidelines any longer when it comes to voting. Voting is super important as well. So we just, we can't sit by, I know we're busy. I mean, we were up here talking today just about how we all get so focused on just our family and the social calendars of our five and six year olds alone are taking up so much of our thought and our time. But there are big things that are taking place in this country right now that are trying to strip away and rip away our rights and our freedoms. And we can't stand by and let that happen anymore. So pay attention and get involved would be the best thing that I could tell you to do. And I love that you said do something because we're not asking you to do everything. And then those three simple things, the devotionals, to share the stories with your children, pray with your children, talk about their birth stories, help them understand their identity before someone tries to take it away. Simple things that we can do. And then whatever else God leads you, go. Go. Answer the door. When the knot comes on the door, answer the door. Could be President Trump. Tyler? I would say I would like moms to really take, well, a couple things, but hope and also, I guess, to want to learn more. A love of learning. To learn. Go home and read. Go home and get an I Love America library and teach it to your children and learn the Constitution and the founding documents and the Constitution from the intent of the founding fathers, not how it's been skewed. And especially recently as we just saw in the Supreme Court. But yeah, I would say hope because if you keep your families close, that's such an important thing too. Like before you go out, you've got to get your own family and get everybody together and solidify your family and keep them close and have a good relationship, good family time. Look to God for solutions and again, educate. Educate your family and yourself. That's powerful. Yeah. Well, for me, I think I would want our moms to take away, Moms for America, all of you, to take away that you can do it. You don't need a platform. You don't need to be on TV. You don't need to be on social media. Your kids need you. This country needs your kids. It's for the future of the next generation. And it is we the people. That requires a participatory role in our own governance. And if you're not instilling that in your children, they're not going to know what it is to even be an American. They're not going to know what it is that they're losing. So educate yourself first, be empowered, learn, and then teach them so that they can go out and evangelize for freedom. I love that. Civic evangelism. There you go. Okay. So before we go, I have to talk about one thing because it fits perfectly in with tying everything in. A couple of years ago, we partnered with Unitas. And if you guys haven't heard of Unitas, you totally need to check them out. It is a athletic company started by Jonathan. Y'all look at that. Okay. Gotta check out those shoes. Jonathan Isaac started this company and it is an effort to unite us. And every single one of their products, their judah shoes, all the different shoes and sportswear they have, have a scripture in them. And it's all about uniting us. So Ali here, I kept saying, you guys, you have a great product, but you don't have anything for women. You're going to have like some nice women jumpsuits. And Ali's like, no, what you really need is an Esther shoe. Well, they developed the Esther shoes, promoted and inspired by Moms for America. Purple, green, has a gold wings in the back, and it has the Esther verse in there. So for such a time as this, ladies, you really do have the power. And I guess what I want you to take away is just how powerful your influence is. Matthew Vassar, when he started Vassar Women's College, he said he did so because he realized the mothers of a country mold its citizens, determine its institutions, and shape its destiny. And when Alex de Tocqueville came to America, he realized the powerful influence of mothers in this nation. And he said, the influence of mothers beginning in your home is powerful and it can turn the world around. The circle of influence beginning in your home. So take that to heart. Know that what you're doing is changing the world simply by being who you are right in your own home and everything else, just icing on the cake. Thank you for being with us, Moms for America. Well, those ladies did such a great job. Thank you, ladies, for joining us. And Ali's right. I mean, it is we, the people, it's we, the moms, I say, right? This is a country governed by the people, for the people, and we can never, ever forget. All right, moms, well, thank you for being a part of this program. And again, every week our podcast hits on Tuesdays. We have an incredible library on all of our platforms as well. And if you need more information about Moms for America, again, besides the podcast, our blog, our resources, our seminars, our webinars, please check us out at momsforamerica.us. We have everything from parental rights to public policy and cover everything from the kitchen table to Congress, and we sure do. Moms for America has it all. All right, moms, I hope to see you next week. Please share this podcast. Please like, subscribe, and share. And as always, let's keep changing our country one home at a time. Thanks so much, and I'll see you next week. A special thank you to our sponsor, the Herzog Foundation. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Herzog Foundation.