The Brody File crew is on the ground in South Carolina for the GOP Primary. The insults are flying. We hear from the candidates as The Brody File gives you a sense of what to expect down in the Palmetto State.
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David: AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY, TO ANOTHER
EDITION OF "THE BRODY
FILE."
LOOK WHERE WE HAVE WOUND
UP?
WE'RE IN THE LOW COUNTRY,
CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA.
BOY, IS THIS STATE
BEAUTIFUL.
AND IT REALLY IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT POLITICALLY.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IOWA
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND NOW
IT IS SOUTH CAROLINA'S
TURN, AND THEY HAVE A
MAJOR DECISION ON THEIR
HANDS.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS STATE.
LOOK, SINCE 1890, THIS
STATE HAS PICKED THE
WINNER OF THE EVENTUAL
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN
EVERY SINGLE CONTEST
EXCEPT LAST TIME AROUND.
NEUT GINGRICH WON IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, BUT MITT ROMNEY
WAS THE NOMINEE.
THESE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN
ALL OVER THE STATE, UP
STATE, THROUGH GREENEVILLE
AND IN CHARLESTON, AND
EVEN MYRTLE BEACH.
THIS STATE HAS A LOT TO
OFFER.
TED CRUZ -- WE'VE BEEN
HERE TO COVER HIM, AND
WE'VE COVERED RUBIO AND
DONALD TRUMP, AND WE WANT
YOU TO GET A SAMPLING OF
SOME OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON
THE STUMP.
LET'S BEGIN WITH TED CRUZ.
ALL ACROSS SOUTH
CAROLINA AND ALL ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE
WAKING UP.
WE LAUNCHED THE CAMPAIGN
MARCH 23rd AT LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES"
OPINED, "CRUZ CANNOT WIN."
BECAUSE THE WASHINGTON
ELITES DESPISE HIM.
I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WAS
THE WHOLE POINT OF THE
CAMPAIGN.
[APPLAUSE]
LISTEN, IF YOU THINK
THINGS ARE GOING GREAT IN
WASHINGTON, THEN WE NEED
TO KEEP HEADING IN THE
SAME BASIC DIRECTION, THEN
I AIN'T YOUR GUY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU
THINK WASHINGTON IS
FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN, THAT
THERE IS A BIPARTISAN
CORRUPTION, THAT THERE ARE
CAREER POLITICIANS IN BOTH
PARTIES, THAT HAVE ITS WAY
WITH THE LOBBYISTS AND
SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT
THROW GOVERNMENT, AND WE
NEED TO TAKE POLITICS OUT
OF WASHINGTON, THEN THAT'S
WE THE PEOPLE.
David: AS FOR DONALD
TRUMP, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
HIS RALLIES ARE
TERRIFIC -- HE WOULD BE
THE FIRST TO SAY IT.
ANYWAY, HERE IS SOME OF
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER
REALIZED -- I'VE ALWAYS
KNOWN POLITICIANS WERE
DISHONEST, BUT I HAD NEVER
KNOWN THE LEVEL OF
DISHONESTY.
I DEAL IN INDUSTRIES, BUT
MOSTLY REAL ESTATE IN
MANHATTAN AND DIFFERENT
PLACES, BUT I HAVE NEVER
SEEN PEOPLE AS DISHONEST
AS POLITICIANS.
THEY WILL SAY ANYTHING.
AND THIS GUY, TED CRUZ,
GETS UP AND SAYS DONALD
TRUMP DOES NOT RESPECT THE
SECOND AMENDMENT.
MORE THAN ANYBODY, I
RESPECT THE SECOND
AMENDMENT.
NO, NO, THAT'S LIES.
AND THEN THEY DO
COMMERCIALS.
AND THEY DO IT TO BEN
CARSON.
IN ALL FAIRNESS, JEB
MISREPRESENTS, BUT THESE
ARE MINOR
MISREPRESENTATIONS, AND HE
IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE, SO
WHO CARES.
David: AND DR. BEN
CARSON, HE HAS BEEN ALL
OVER THE STATE AS WELL.
HE WENT TO BOB JONES
UNIVERSITY, UP STATE, NEAR
GREENEVILLE THERE --
ACTUALLY IN GREENEVILLE,
AND WE HAVE SOME OF THAT
WE WANT TO PLAY FOR YOU.
AND HE IS ALWAYS SO SMART
AND ELOQUENT WHEN HE
TALKS.
THE SECOND PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT IS VERY DANGEROUS
IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THEY ALCOHO ACTUALLY ARE THE
MINORITY, BUT THEY'RE
DRIVING THE VOTE BECAUSE
THEY REALLY DON'T CARE
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH
THEM OR NOT.
AS LONG AS YOU SIT DOWN
AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO
STAND UP AND OPEN OUR
MOUTHS.
David: YOU KNOW,
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS NOT
JUST BEEN A PLACE FOR THE
CANDIDATES TO COME AND
GIVE THEIR STUMP SPEECHES,
THERE ARE TWO REAL
IMPORTANT DEBATES.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS TO TAKE A
LOOK AT.
JEB IS SO WRONG.
JEB IS SO ABSOLUTELY
WRONG.
JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND --
YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?
THAT'S JEB'S SPECIAL
INTERESTS AND LOBBYISTS.
LOOK WHO IS TALKING.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU
SOMETHING --
[BOOING]
JEB IS SO WRONG.
YOU'VE GOT TO FIGHT ISIS
FIRST.
YOU FIGHT ISIS FIRST.
RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE RUSSIA,
IRAN, YOU HAVE THEM WITH
SYRIA.
YOU HAVE TO KNOCK OUT
ISIS.
THEY'RE CHOPPING OFF
HEADS.
THESE ARE ANIMALS.
YOU HAVE TO KNOCK THEM OFF
STRONG.
YOU DECIDE WHAT DO DO
AFTER.
YOU CAN'T FIGHT TWO WARS
AT ONE TIME.
IF YOU LISTEN TO HIM AND
YOU LISTEN TO SOME OF THE
FOLKS THAT I'VE BEEN
LISTENING TO -- THAT'S WHY
WE'VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE
EAST FOR 15 YEARS AND WE
HAVEN'T WON ANYTHING.
WE SPENT $5 TRILLION IN
THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE OF
THINKING LIKE THAT.
WE SPENT $5 TRILLION --
LINDSAY GRAHAM, WHO BACKS
THEM, WHO HAS ZERO ON HIS
BALLS -- LET ME JUST TELL
YOU SOMETHING, WE
EXPECT -- WE EXPECT -- I
ONLY TELL THE TRUTH,
LOBBYISTS.
WE HAVE SPENT $5 TRILLION.
WE HAVE TO REBUILD OUR
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE TO REBUILD OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU LISTEN TO THAT, AND
WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE
FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS.
THE VERY BASIC FACT IS
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS NOT
GOING TO BE AN ALLY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS
THIS.
IT IS A SIMPLE, BASIC
FACT.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN
ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OWN
ISIS.
THEY'RE ATTACKING THE
TROOPS THAT WE'RE
SUPPORTING.
WE NEED TO CREATE A
COALITION, A SUNNI-LED
COALITION TO DESTROY ISIS
AND BRING ABOUT STABILITY.
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH
ASSAD IN POWER.
WE'RE SUPPORTING TROOPS
THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHO THEY ARE.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO
THEY ARE.
GENTLEMEN, I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT
THERE.
THIS GUY WHO GETS HIS
FOREIGN POLICY FROM SHOWS.
HE IS A GREAT NEGOTIATOR
IN IRAN.
WE'RE LIVING IN DANGEROUS
TIMES.
THIS IS A MAN WHO INSULTED
HIS WAY TO THE NOMINATION.
I LIKE DONALD.
HE IS AN AMAZING
ENTERTAINER.
THANK YOU, VER VERY MUCH, I
APPRECIATE IT IL.
>. FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE,
HE HAS DESCRIBED HIMSELF
AS VERY PRO-CHOICE AND AS
A SUPPORTER OF PARTIAL
ABORTION.
I DISAGREE WITH HIM ON
THAT --
YOU ARE THE SINGLE
BIGGEST LIAR.
YOU PROBABLY ARE WORSE
THAN JEB BUSH.
THIS GUY LIED -- LET ME
JUST TELL YOU, THIS GUY
LIED ABOUT BEN CARSON WHEN
HE TOOK VOTES AWAY FROM
BEN CARSON IN IOWA.
AND HE JUST CONTINUES.
AND TODAY WE HAD ROBOCALLS
SAYING DONALD TRUMP IS NOT
GOING TO RUN IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, WHERE I'M
LEADING BY A LOT.
VOTE FOR TED CRUZ.
THIS IS THE SAME THING HE
DID TO BEN CARSON.
THIS GUY WILL SAY
ANYTHING.
NASTY GUY.
NOW I KNOW WHY HE DOESN'T
HAVE ONE ENDORSEMENT FROM
ANY OF HIS COLLEAGUES.
HE IS A NASTY GUY.
I WILL SAY -- I WILL
SAY, AND IT'S FAIRLY
REMARKABLE TO SEE DONALD
DEFENDING HIM AFTER HE
CALLED HIS PATHOLOGICAL
AND COMPARED HIM TO A
CHILD MOLESTER, BOTH OF
WHICH WERE OFFENSIVE AND
WRONG.
IF DONALD DIDN'T AGREE
WITH THE SUBSTANCE, THAT
HE SUPPORTS PLANNED
PARENTHOOD -- HE HAS A
WEIRD PATTERN.
WHEN YOU POINT TO HIS OWN
RECORD, HE SCREAMS LIAR,
LIAR, LIAR.
HEY, TED, WHERE DID I
SUPPORT IT.
IF YOU WANT TO GO AND
WATCH THE VIDEO, GO TO OUR
WEBSITE, TEDCRUZ.COM.
WHERE DID I SUPPORT IT?
YOU SUPPORTED IT WHEN
WE WERE BATTLING OVER
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
THAT'S A LOT OF --
YOU SAID PLANNED
PARENTHOOD DOES WONDERFUL
THINGS.
IT DOES WONDERFUL
THINGS, BUT NOT WHEN IT
HAS TO DO WITH ABORTION.
THERE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS
WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN'S
HEALTH.
David: WHEN WE COME
BACK FROM THE LOW COUNTRY
HERE IN CHARLESTON, NORTH
CAROLINA, NIKKI HALEY, THE
GOVERNOR, A LOT OF FOLKS
LOVE HER, ALTHOUGH SHE
SAID SOME CONTROVERSIAL
THINGS THAT HAVE THE PARTY
OF THE REPUBLICANS IN A
BIT OF AN UP ROAR.
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT.
David: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY, TO "THE BRODY
FILE."
IT IS BEAUTIFUL DOWN HERE.
WE'VE GOT LIVE OAK
TREES --
David: LIVE OAK
TREES AND SPANISH MOSS --
I DON'T KNOW THESE TERMS
DOWN HERE.
I'M FROM NEW YORK.
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY DOWN
HERE IN CHARLESTON.
OKAY, NIKKI HALEY, THE
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, SHE HAS HAD AN
INTERESTING TIMELINE IN
ALL OF THIS.
SHE STARTED OUT AS THE TEA
PARTY DARLING, AND THEN
SHE BECAME GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE.
THE CONSERVATIVES LOVED
HER.
AND THEN SHE HAD THE STATE
OF THE UNION SITUATION,
WHERE SHE KIND OF TOOK
DONALD TRUMP TO TASK ABOUT
SOME OF THE ANGER COMING
FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW
OTHER THINGS ALONG THE
ROAD.
LET'S HEAR A LITTLE OF
WHAT NIKKI HALEY HAD TO
SAY.
IN MANY PARTS OF
SOCIETY, WHETHER IN
POPULAR CULTURE, ACADEMIA,
THE MEDIA OR POLITICS,
THERE IS A TENDENCY TO
FALSELY EQUATE NOISE WITH
RESULTS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU HAVE
TO BE THE LOUDEST VOICE IN
THE ROOM TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
OFTEN THE BEST THING WE
CAN DO IS TURN DOWN THE
VOLUME.
WHEN THE SOUND IS QUIETER,
YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT
SOMEONE ELSE IS SAYING.
AND THAT CAN MAKE A WORLD
OF DIFFERENCE.
David: NIKKI HALEY
WITH SOME PRETTY STRONG
WORDS.
AND DONALD TRUMP DID NOT
TAKE TOO KINDLY TO THOSE
WORDS.
IT LEADS TO A BRODY FILE
COMMENTARY.
LOOK, SOME OF THE COMMENTS
COMING FROM NIKKI HALEY
REALLY DO REPRESENT THE
STRUGGLE WITHIN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
NIKKI HALEY -- THERE IS NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT THAT YOU
CAN MAKE THE CASE THAT SHE
IS A CONSERVATIVE
GOVERNOR.
HOWEVER, SHE IS ALSO A
POLITICIAN, AND SHE IS
PLAYING THE GAME.
AND THERE IS A GAME TO BE
PLAYED, AND THAT'S WHY
DONALD TRUMP IS DOING SO
WELL BECAUSE HE IS NOT
PLAYING THE SAME
POLITICIAN GAME.
AND NIKKI HALEY CLEARLY
IS.
I THINK THAT HAS RUBBED
SOME CONSERVATIVES NOT
JUST IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
BUT NATIONALLY THE WRONG
WAY.
YOU HAVE RUSH LIMBAUGH AND
A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN TOO HAPPY
WITH HER.
REALLY WHAT IT ENDS UP
BECOMING IS SOMEWHAT OF A
SYSTEMATIC, IF YOU WILL,
WITH WHAT THE PARTY IS
STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE THEY?
SHOULD THEY BE FIRE AND
BRIMSTONE ON IMMIGRATION
AND OTHER ISSUES?
NIKKI HALEY SEEMS TO BE
SUGGESTING THERE NEEDS TO
BE MORE OF THAT
ALL-INCLUSIVE PHILOSOPHY,
BUT WHERE HAS IT REALLY
GOTTEN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, NOT JUST AS OFr
LATE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE
LAST FEW DECADES.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE
FUTURE.
> WHEN WE ROLL ON, A BIG
ISSUE IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD
VIDEOS AND THE DEFUNDING
OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
TED CRUZ HAS A FEW THINGS
TO SAY ABOUT THAT WHEN WE
COME BACK.
David: AN AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO
CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA.
WE LOVE IT DOWN HERE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL, THE
WINTER, BUT IT IS
CHARLESTON.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL DOWN HERE,
WE LOVE IT.
TED CRUZ AND PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, HE GOES AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND TALKS
QUITE A BIT, ACTUALLY,
ABOUT DEFUNDING PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IF HE WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
AND THERE ARE OTHER
CANDIDATES THAT WOULD DO
THE SAME THING.
BUT TED CRUZ HAS QUITE A
SWAGGER WHEN HE SAYS IT.
HAVE A LOOK.
THE SECOND THING I
INTEND TO DO ON THE FIRST
DAY IN OFFICE IS INSTRUCT
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE TO OPEN AN
INVESTIGATION INTO PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AND THESE
HORRIBLE VIDEOS.
[APPLAUSE]
THE ADMINISTRATION OF
JUSTICE SHOULD BE BLIND TO
PARTY IDEOLOGY.
THE ONLY FIDELITY AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SHOULD BE TO THE LAWS AND
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES.
David: OBVIOUSLY TED
CRUZ KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS TO TALK ABOUT
DEFUNDING PLANNED
PARENTHOOD.
AND MANY OF THE OTHER
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FEEL
THE SAME WAY.
MARGMARGORIE DANCEFELDER IS
PRESIDENT OF A BIG
PRO-LIFE GROUP IN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SHE IS LEADING THE FIGHT
AROUND THE COUNTRY TO MAKE
SURE THIS ISSUE OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD AND DEFUNDING
THE PRO-ABORTION
ORGANIZATION IS A TYPE
PRIORITY FOR THESE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
THERE IS REALLY
CONTRASTS BETWEEN EVERY
ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES
AND HILLARY CLINTON OR
BERNIE SANDERS -- IT
REALLY IS COMING APART ON
THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
THE FABRIC OF THEIR HOLE
MOVEMENT IS STARTING TO
COME APART AT THE SCENES.
YOU CAN TELL THAT BECAUSE
NANCNANCY PELOSI IS UNDER
FIRE.
AND DEBBIE WASSERMAN IS
UNDER FIRE.
WHY?
BECAUSE SHE MADE THE
MISTAKE OF TELLING THE
TRUTH.
SHE SAID THE PROBLEM WITH
THEIR MOVEMENT IS THAT IT
IS LACKING THE ENERGY OF
YOUTH.
THE YOUTH ARE COMPLACENT.
SHE GETS ATTACKED FOR
TELLING THE TRUTH THERE.
IT IS VERY INTERESTING IN
THE "WASHINGTON POST"
INTERVIEW WITH NANCY
PELOSI, SHE HAD THE NERVE
TO SAY THAT SHE WAS NOT
FOR ABORTION ON DEMAND,
AND SHE WAS NOT FOR
ABORTION AND BIRTH
CONTROL.
WE KNOW WHAT HER VIEWS
ARE.
WE HAVE SEEN HER
CONSISTENT VOTING RECORD.
SHE HAS VOTED CONSISTENTLY
AGAINST HER PURPORTED
MORAL BELIEFS.
BUT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE
SHOULD BE SAYING, AND I
THINK THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
SHE SHOULD BE SAYING I'M
AGAINST THESE THINGS.
IT IS REALLY A TIME OF
GREAT OPTIMISM.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD
ADD IS THAT THE BILL OF
STOPPING ABORTION AFTER
FIVE MONTHS IS SUPPORTED
BY ALL OF THOSE
CANDIDATES, ALL OF THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES,
WITHOUT EXCEPTION, AND
WITHOUT EXCEPTION ON THE
OTHER SIDE, CLINTON AND
BERNIE SANDERS, AND THE
ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTLY
AND MOVEMENT IS AGAINST
ANY RESTRICTIONS
WHATSOEVER.
THEY ARE REALLY ON THE
WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.
AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING
TO LOSE.
THE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT HAS
EVERYTHING TO GAIN.
David: WHAT ABOUT
WHOEVER WINS THIS
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION,
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
RELEASE AND SAY, OKAY,
LET'S MOVE TO THE MIDDLE.
LET'S NOT DEAL WITH EITHER
OF IT, THEY CALL IT THE
WAR ON WOMEN, WHICH WE
KNOW IS JUNK.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THESE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO
MAY THINK THAT THEY HAVE
TO KIND OF COME TO THE
MIDDLE AND TALK A LITTLE
MORE MODERATELY ABOUT THIS
ISSUE?
WELL, I THINK THAT ONE
THING THAT WE HAVE SEEN IS
THAT THE HEAD WINDS MOVING
INTO THE ELECTION ARE
VERY, VERY STRONG IN TERMS
OF REPUBLICANS.
BUT YOUR 100% RIGHT.
THE RULE OF POLITICS IS
ALWAYS ONCE YOU GET TO THE
GENERAL SESSION, THE
LANGUAGE STARTS TO TONE
DOWN.
AND THAT IS THE BE
EXPECTED.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO
REASON WHATSOEVER TO IN
ANY WAY SLACKEN THE
PRO-LIFE POSITIONS THAT
ANY OF THESE CANDIDATES
HAVE TAKEN.
IT WE WONT T WANT TO HAVE OUR
MESSAGE CONTINUE FROM THE
GRASSROOTS, HELPING THEM,
SUPPORTING THEM WHEN THEY
SAY GOOD THINGS.
AND MAYBE IN A GOOD
FRIENDSHIP, COMING AROUND
THEM AND SAYING, WE THINK
YOU COULD BE A LITTLE
STRONGER WHEN THEY'RE NOT
BEING AS STRONG AS THEY
CAN.
David: ALL RIGHT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, A REAL
INTERESTING STORY: A GREAT
GUY DOWN HERE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, CHAD CONNELLY
NOW DOING BIG THINGS FOR
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE WHEN IT COMES TO
EVANGELICAL VOTERS.
BACK WITH HIS STORY.
IT IS A TELLING ONE.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO "THE
BRODY FILE."
WE'RE HERE IN CHAR CHARLESTON,
THE LOW COUNTRY.
WE LOVE IT HERE.
CHAD CONNELLY, THE FORMER
REPUBLICAN CHAIR OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN
PARTY DOWN HERE, A GREAT
GUY, HE IS NOW IN CHARGE
OF EVANGELICAL OUTREACH
FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE IN
WASHINGTON.
I HAD A CHANCE TO
INTERVIEW HIM A COUPLE OFF
YEARS AGO.
WE WANT TO BRING SOME OF
THAT BACK.
IT IS PART OF OUR BRODY
FILE ARCHIVE SERIES.
*
I THINK THE PARTY HAS
HAD CREDIBILITY PROBLEMS.
IT IS PART OF POLITICS.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT.
I'M ON THE DEACON BOARD,
AND HAVE BEEN ON THE
DEACON BOARD AT MY CHURCH,
AND IT REALLY IS NO
DIFFERENT.
THEY WANT TO LABEL
EVERYTHING AS THIS OR
THAT.
I HAD TO BUILD CREDIBILITY
AND AUTHENTICITY.úú
I LEFT THE CHAIRMANSHIP OFú
SOUTH CAROLINA BECAUSE Iú
BELIEVE IN CHAIRMAN
PREVUS.
I BELIEVE HE HAS A VISION
ON THIS.
THE ALL HANDS ON DECK IS
THE RIGHT APPROACH.
A CONSERVATIVE,
FAITH-BASED MESSAGE WORKS.
I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
IT.
WHEN YOU BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS AND
COMMUNICATE THAT, PEOPLE
LIKE IT AND WANT TO BE A
PART OF IT.
I TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY, MEETING WITH
FAITH LEADERS, PASTORS,
AND PRIESTS.
I'VE SPOKEN TO OVER 15,000
PASTORS, AND A LOT OF
ONE-ON-ONES.
A COUPLE OF THINGS: THE
FIRST THING AFTER THE
AUTHENTICITY, OUR PEOPLE,
DAVID, HAVE BEEN TALKED
OUT OF THE ARENA.
I REALLY THINK THE LEFT,
AND PARTICULARLY THE
MEDIA, HAS BEEN REALLY
GOOD AT SAYING, YOU
CHRISTIANS, BOY, YOU ALL
DO EVANGELISM AND MISSIONS
AND MY KIDS LOVE THAT
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL, BUT
YOU SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED
IN POLITICS OR EDUCATION.
THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION
OF THE SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE.
AND WE TURN THE OTHER
CHEEK, AND WE'RE GOOD AT
IT.
I THINK WE'RE AT A TIME IN
OUR NATION'S HISTORY THAT
WE BETTER NOT TURN THE
TABLES OVER JESUS.
IF WE'RE NOT INVOLVED AND
ENGAGED, I DON'T KNOW
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO
FROM HERE.
I TOLD PASTORS, WE'VE
WORKED HARD TO AVOID
POLICY FOR YEARS.
BUT POLICY IS NOT AVOIDING
US.
IF THERE IS NO FREEDOM OF
SPEECH IN THE PULPIT,
THERE IS NO FREEDOM OF
SPEECH ANYWHERE.
SO I STARTED RESEARCHING
THOSE NUMBERS.
AROUND 89 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO WOULD IDENTIFY AS BORN
AGAIN OR EVANGELICAL,
35.5 MILLION OF THOSE
VOTED IN 2012.
THAT MEANS 60 MILLION
PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY
BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE AND
CORE VALUES DIDN'T EVEN
BOTHER TO VOTE.
THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THAT'S
POLITICAL.
IN MY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
FOR YEARS I TAUGHT ON
POLITICAL VIEWS.
IT TOLD ME NOT CHAD'S VIEW
OR DAVID'S VIEW, BUT WHAT
DOES GOD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
THIS.
IN GOD'S WORLD VIEW,
VOTING IS NOT POLITICAL,
IT'S SPIRITUAL.
OUR VOTING IS A WITNESS
AND A TESTIMONY TO THE
COMMUNITY OF WHAT WE
BELIEVE IN.
THAT'S HOW WE GET ELECTED
OFFICIALS WHO REFLECT WHAT
WE BELIEVE IN.
IF THERE ARE 60 MILLION OF
US NOT EVEN VOTING, NO
WONDER WE'RE IN A MESS.
David: WHAT ABOUT
THE ARGUMENT, THERE ARE A
LOT OF EVANGELICALS WHO
SAY THE DEMOCRATS ARE OFF
THE RESERVATION WHEN IT
COMES TO POLITICAL
ISSUES -- WE HEAR WE HAVE
TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
ARE PEOPLE CONCERNED THAT
REPUBLICANS WILL LOOK AT
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND SAY,
POLITICALLY THAT'S NOT AN
ISSUE FOR US, SO WE'LL
DITCH THE ISSUE.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS
THE NATURAL HOME FOR
PEOPLE OF FAITH.
ONE OF MY MOST PROUD
MOMENTS AS A CHAIRMAN WAS
GETTING TO PUT IN THE MOST
PRO-FAMILY, BEST PLATFORM
EVER PUT IN IN POLITICAL
PARTY IN HISTORY IN TAMPA
IN 2012.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO BE
ASHAMED OF.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE GOD
HAS GOT A HOME.
I'VE GOT A WIFE AND FOUR
KIDS.
I CAN'T GET THEM TO AGREE
ON A WHOPPER AND A BIG
MAC.
I'VE BEEN IN DEACON
MEETINGS FOR YEARS, AND I
CAN'T THEM TO AGREE ON
EVERYTHING.
WE'LL NEVER FIND SOMEBODY
WHO A MILLION PERCENT ON
EVERYTHING.
BUT I BELIEVE OUR IDEAS
AND FAITH-BASED VALUES
RESONATE WITH PEOPLE.
I THINK THEY RESONATE WITH
VOTERS.
I THINK THEY MAKE SENSE TO
THEM.
MAYBE WE HAVEN'T DONE A
VERY GOOD JOB OF GETTING
THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE.
IT IS PART OF WHAT I TOLD
WRIGHT: LET ME GO TALK TO
THE CHURCHES.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE
THEY LIVE.
IF THEY SAY THEY AGREE IN
THE SAME BIBLE I READ
EVERY DAY, THEN I NEED TO
TALK TO THEM.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE OUR
VOTERS, AND THEY OUGHT TOFF
BE VOTING.F
David: CHAD
CONNELLY, A GREAT GUY AND
COMPELLING STORY.
YOU CAN READ MORE ON HIM
ON
thebrodyfile@gmail.com.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK, EVERYBODY, TO THE
SHOW.
BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU, WE
WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT
OF WHAT IS NESS.
NEXT.
WHAT COMES AFTER SOUTH
CAROLINA.
MARCH 1st, A HUGE DAY IN
THE AMERICAN POLITICS,
THEY'RE CALLING IT THE
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
PRIMARY DAY AND THAT'S
BECAUSE 12 STATES ARE
GOING TO VOTE ON THAT DAY,
MANY OF THEM HERE IN THE
SOUTH.F
AFTER THAT, IT IS ON TO
FLORIDA.FF
ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER ORF
SO.FF
AND WE, AT THAT POINT,
SHOULD HAVE A REAL GOOD
SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ONF
OR WHAT'S NOT GOING ON.
WHO KNOWS AT THIS POINT.F
IT'S GIVEN US A HEADACHEF
AND WE'VEF HAD TO TAKEF
EXCEDRIN QUITE A BIT.
ANY WAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU
JOINING US ON "THE BRODY
FILE."F
WE'VE HAD SHRIMP AND
GRITS, AND WE HAVE GAINEDF
A LOT OF WEIGHT.
SO, THANKS AGAIN.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON
THE ROAD WITH "THE BRODY
FILE."
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE,
HILHILLARY CLINTON AND BERNIE
SANDERS ARE GEARING UP FOR
THE NEVADA CAUCUS ON
SATURDAY.
SANDERS IS WORKING TO
RAISE HIS SUPPORT AMONG
BLACKS AND HISPANICS.
IN BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND
NEVADA, MANY VOTERS MAY
DECIDE AT THE LAST MINUTE,
AND, AS ALWAYS, THEY WILL
HAVE THE FINAL SAY.
HEATHER SELLS, CBN NEWS.
Efrem: IN THE
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
CBN NEWS, DONALD TRUMP
SAYS AS PRESIDENT HE WOULD
SIGN A BILL DEFUNDING
PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
OUR CBN'S DAVID BRODY
SPOKE WITH HIM IN
CHARLESTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA.
> AS A PRESIDENT, IF A
BILL CAME TO YOUR DESK
THAT DEFUNDED PLANNED
PARENTHOOD, YOU WOULD DO
THAT?
YES, BUT AS LONG AS
THEY DID THE ABORTIONS, I
WOULD DEFUND IT.
THEY SAY IT IS 3% OF THEIR
WORK, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT
IS 10%, SOME PEOPLE SAY IT
IS 8%.
I HEAR ALL DIFFERENT
PERCENTAGES, BUT IT
DOESN'T MATTER.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE
INVOLVED WITH ABORTION, AS
FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
FORGET IT.
AND I WOULDN'T FUND THEM,
REGARDLESS.
BUT THEY DO DO OTHER GOOD
WORK.
I'VE HAD WOMEN TELL ME
THEY DO SOME EXCELLENT
WORK.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO ALSO
HAVE TO PUT THAT INTO
ACCOUNT.
BUT I WOULD DEFUND PLANNED
PARENTHOOD BECAUSE OF
THEIR VIEW AND THE FACT
THEY WORK ON ABORTION.
Efrem: AND TED CRUZ
IS TELLING VOTERS THAT
TRUMP CANNOT BE TRUSTED ON
HIS ABORTION ISSUES
BECAUSE OF SOME HIS
PRO-CHOICE PAST.
WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE
TRUMP INTERVIEW TOMORROW.
> AS WE HAVE MENTIONED,
THE BATTLE FOR THE SOUTH
CAROLINA PRIMARIES HAS
BEEN BRUTAL.
DONALD TRUMP AND MARCO
RUBIO CALLING TED CRUZ A
LIAR, WHILE CRUZ ATTACKS
THEIR RECORDS.
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IS
JUST TWO DAYS AWAY, AND
THE DEMOCRATS IS THE
FOLLOWING SATURDAY.
THE STATE IS SETTING THE
STAGE FOR HOW THE REST OF
THE CAMPAIGN MAY SHAPE UP.
Reporter: THERE IS AT
LEAST ONE AREA OF
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THIS
REPUBLICAN ANALYST AND
THIS DEMOCRATIC
STRATEGIST, SOUTH CAROLINA
IS WHERE COMPAIGNS GET
NASTY.
THAT'S ANOTHER LIE.
I NEVER WENT BANKRUPT.
Reporter IF PEOPLE WERE
