John Frankman on Veterans, Military Mandates and His Run for Congress

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[1:18] Hello everyone. Welcome back to Patriots

[1:20] Perspective. I am your chief

[1:24] propagandist dissector here. And today I

[1:28] have an amazing man with me, John

[1:31] Frankman. John Frankman is a Green

[1:35] Beret, which is our special forces for

[1:37] those of you who don’t know and who are

[1:39] not very familiar with our military. Um

[1:41] because I find John that a lot of people

[1:43] are not. They want our military to

[1:45] protect them and they want these

[1:46] American values but they’ve moved here

[1:48] from third world countries. They have

[1:50] zero idea how to stay free. And matter

[1:52] of fact, they’re believing the same

[1:53] propaganda being produced that were

[1:55] produced back in their own countries.

[1:57] And I feel like sometimes I’m the only

[1:59] one who’s calling it out other than you

[2:01] yourself, John, which that’s the reason

[2:03] I have you on here today. I’m so

[2:05] thankful for you to be here because you

[2:08] have a story beyond all stories. Can you

[2:10] start off with telling us number one

[2:12] about why and how people should listen

[2:15] to you and what you’ve done to protect

[2:17] Americans already and especially our

[2:20] military.

[2:21] >> Yeah, absolutely. I’m John Frankman. I’m

[2:23] a fighter for faith and freedom. I’m

[2:24] running for Congress in Florida’s first

[2:25] congressional district. But my journey

[2:27] to Congress or journey to uh to running

[2:29] for Congress has been anything but

[2:31] ordinary. It’s been God’s providence

[2:32] that brought me here. I spent four years

[2:34] studying in the seminary to be a

[2:36] Catholic priest. After that, uh

[2:37] discerned it wasn’t God’s will. went

[2:39] into the army as a infantry officer,

[2:41] Ranger school, then a special forces

[2:43] green beret. And it was when the co shot

[2:45] was coming out that I said I’m not going

[2:47] to do it on religious principles, the

[2:49] use of aborted fuel cells. I just knew

[2:51] that’s something I couldn’t be a part

[2:52] of. After being forced out of the army

[2:54] for not getting the co shot, I lost

[2:56] that, you know, I lost them in

[2:57] deployments, teen time, job

[2:58] opportunities, I got politically

[3:00] involved, or rather politics got

[3:01] involved in me. And I saw that God had

[3:03] put me on a mission to advocate for our

[3:04] service members, for our veterans, for

[3:06] their families, for those who were

[3:07] negatively impacted by the shot mandate.

[3:10] And in that process, I learned that

[3:12] Congress is broken. You know,

[3:13] Republicans, they had the majority in

[3:15] 2022, but they didn’t do anything with

[3:16] it. And they could have done more with

[3:18] it. And now they have the majority right

[3:20] now. Um, even we have the House, the

[3:22] Senate, and the Presidency, but they’re

[3:23] getting nothing done. We have no lasting

[3:25] changes. Um, they’re just pretending to

[3:28] do whatever in order to keep their

[3:30] seats. Um, and that’s why I’m running

[3:32] for Congress right now. So, if you want

[3:33] to listen to me, it’s just for the faith

[3:35] formation. It’s for what I’ve done

[3:36] already to fight for the 100,000 service

[3:39] members who were forced out of the army

[3:41] to get them back into the military. Um,

[3:43] so those are some of the reasons.

[3:45] >> Yep, John. And that’s one of the reasons

[3:46] I first found you um a while back when

[3:49] you were running um in the same seat

[3:51] that you’re running for now, which I

[3:53] admire that you were in it. You were in

[3:55] it to win it. And um you’re back in it

[3:58] again because um as we well know, our

[4:00] army and our Green Berets, they will not

[4:02] be forced out um based on a one-time hit

[4:07] or a one-time wonder. And and in the

[4:09] case of your election before, the person

[4:11] in the seat right now is not even living

[4:14] in the district. I mean, which I find

[4:16] just appalling. I mean, I I find that

[4:19] it’s appalling that we can run for seats

[4:21] that in a district that we don’t already

[4:23] live in. So, can you tell us a little

[4:24] bit about that?

[4:25] >> Yeah, absolutely. So, uh when I ran the

[4:27] last time, um I was in the race and you

[4:30] know, we love President Trump. We’re

[4:31] grateful that he’s the president

[4:32] sometimes the endorsements he makes and

[4:34] you know, he can’t screen everybody. He

[4:35] can’t screen every representative, every

[4:37] senator, every gubernatorial candidate,

[4:39] etc. So, the decision was made early on

[4:43] uh via whatever proxies to endorse this

[4:45] guy who doesn’t live in the district.

[4:46] Fine. You know, I stepped out. Didn’t

[4:48] want to get in the way of Trump’s

[4:50] agenda. Was hopeful. Um but, you know,

[4:52] since then hasn’t had any in-person town

[4:54] halls. Um doesn’t really understand the

[4:57] district is not a veteran. In fact,

[4:58] didn’t hire a veteran on his staff until

[5:00] I challenged him in the primary. And

[5:03] yeah, we just don’t really see him

[5:04] around here. And kids just graduated

[5:06] from school there in Panama City. Hey,

[5:08] whatever. But if you’re going to

[5:10] represent an area, you know, it’s called

[5:11] representative and you should be from

[5:13] the area or living in the area at least

[5:15] where where you’re representing. And if

[5:17] you’re just running a place, so I made a

[5:19] joke video endorsing him for

[5:20] congressional district 2. And in that

[5:23] video, I said it’s a better fit for him

[5:25] because unlike uh CD1, which I’m running

[5:27] for, CD2 is not as veteran densely

[5:30] populated. So, it’s better to be

[5:31] represented by a non- veteran. And

[5:34] another distinction I made was that

[5:36] district 2 is as conservative. So, it’s

[5:38] better for a moderate Republican focused

[5:39] on keeping Mike Johnson happy rather

[5:41] than actually fighting for conservative

[5:43] values like we had Matt Gates before.

[5:44] And then finally, CD2 has Tallahassee,

[5:47] so it’s good for a career establishment

[5:48] politician. So, I’m the better fighter

[5:51] for District 1. District 2, which is

[5:53] open now, now that Neil Dunn is stepping

[5:54] down, is where he should be running.

[5:57] >> Okay, that’s interesting. So, it’s open

[5:58] and he’s still sitting in the seat where

[6:01] he does not live. That’s even more

[6:02] interesting. Um, so John, that leads me

[6:04] to believe, you know, people sometimes

[6:06] want to call me a conspiracy theorist. I

[6:08] say, well, you know, it’ll there’s news,

[6:10] but you can have it here early, right

[6:12] here and right now. Um, but it is my

[6:14] belief that a lot of times they’re here

[6:16] to occupy certain seats to keep people

[6:18] like you out of them because they know

[6:21] that you will be in, as much as you

[6:23] might love President Trump and love

[6:25] Republicans, you will be challenging

[6:27] people on what is right. And what I’ve

[6:31] learned about our veterans running for

[6:33] office is a lot of times you guys don’t

[6:35] look the other way. You don’t you don’t

[6:37] go along to get along. Um you’ve already

[6:39] lived on a modest salary um being in the

[6:42] military itself. Can you talk about that

[6:44] feel about that as a veteran and as a

[6:46] Green Beret? Yeah, and I mean I think

[6:48] what you pointed to is absolutely right

[6:50] that um you know we had Matt Gates in

[6:52] the seat before and I think the main

[6:53] concern they had is they didn’t want a

[6:55] fire brand like him who was going to

[6:56] make it difficult for uh the house

[6:59] speaker to just go along and and keep

[7:00] the uni party going. Uh they wanted

[7:02] someone who they could control and this

[7:04] is somebody who can they can control

[7:06] who’s not going to bite the hand that

[7:07] feeds them which is the establishment.

[7:09] Um so I think that’s exactly why and

[7:10] they know with me that I was a green

[7:12] gray who was forced out for not getting

[7:13] the co shot. So, however you feel about

[7:15] that, that shows a little bit of um of

[7:18] of prudence, of wisdom, of being able to

[7:21] go against the grain even at per great

[7:22] personal sacrifice. And that’s exactly

[7:24] what I would do in Congress. I would do

[7:26] the right thing, follow principle,

[7:28] follow my own moral uh convictions. And

[7:30] I would do that up there e even if it’s

[7:32] upsetting to the majority or to uh this

[7:35] leadership. But in the military, yeah,

[7:37] you don’t make a ton of money. you make

[7:38] a good means. But if you’re qualified,

[7:40] if you’re able to be a special operator,

[7:42] I mean, we have IQ tests, physical

[7:44] aptitude tests, language aptitude tests,

[7:47] uh IQ test, everything of that nature in

[7:49] order to just get into uh the training,

[7:52] in order to start the training. Um, so

[7:54] you could certainly go off and do

[7:56] whatever, but it’s for love of country,

[7:58] uh, that you risk your life, that you

[7:59] jump out of planes a bunch of times,

[8:01] that you carry more weight than is, you

[8:03] know, reasonable and your body gets

[8:04] broken later on, uh, that you sleep on

[8:06] rocks and go hungry and ranger school

[8:09] and things of that nature. Uh, it’s

[8:10] certainly not for comfort. It’s

[8:12] certainly not to make as much money as

[8:13] you can. Um, so for me, going up to DC,

[8:16] it’s it’s not a get-rich scheme. I

[8:19] signed that I’m not gonna inside trade

[8:20] or not going to trade stocks at all.

[8:22] just find one mutual fund, whatever. Um,

[8:24] but it’s unfortunate that Congress can

[8:26] tend to attract uh so many people for

[8:28] the wrong reasons.

[8:30] >> Yeah. And speaking of the IQ test and

[8:33] everything, I always find it very odd

[8:34] that when any kind of veterans running

[8:36] for office, especially, you know, if

[8:38] you’ve made it to Green Bray special

[8:40] forces, I find that a lot of dirt is

[8:42] thrown your way. And you you’ve been

[8:46] tested as some of the most intellectual,

[8:49] you know, high beings out there, human

[8:52] beings. And then you know why do you

[8:57] think you know these other candidates

[8:59] are constantly throwing dirt against the

[9:02] very people like yourselves that have

[9:04] protected us that a war that have um

[9:07] that have signed up for a duty um in

[9:11] which you agreed to take such a low I

[9:14] mean no no offense but nobody in our

[9:16] military is making a lot of money right

[9:19] unless you’re like really high up and

[9:21] even you know have outside dealings. But

[9:24] when it comes to these positions, um can

[9:27] you explain why, you know, why some

[9:30] people are completely against um you

[9:32] know, any kind of veteran being in

[9:34] office and usually who those people are?

[9:36] >> Yeah, I mean obviously Democrats are

[9:40] pretty much they’re trying to find

[9:41] veterans to to get to run, but that’s so

[9:43] hard for them because uh you know, kind

[9:45] of being in the military, military

[9:47] service is almost antithetical to what

[9:49] Democrats stand for. They hate the

[9:50] country. We see where Democrat

[9:52] socialists are going. Uh they just want

[9:54] to completely tear it apart, make it

[9:55] communist, get rid of, you know, pack

[9:56] the courts, get rid of the executive and

[9:59] get rid of the Senate, etc. But um you

[10:01] know, folks who don’t want veterans to

[10:03] run, uh I mean, I think there might be a

[10:05] little bit of a jealousy for some folks

[10:07] who didn’t do it, but the thing is that

[10:09] everybody had the opportunity to sign

[10:10] up, everybody had the opportunity to

[10:12] serve. Um so

[10:15] >> yeah.

[10:15] >> Yeah. even if they’re coming into this

[10:17] country um from other countries. I mean,

[10:19] there is a a service level that they’re

[10:22] supposed to sign up for saying that they

[10:24] will take up arms for our country. I

[10:26] mean, if you look at like an N400 form

[10:28] for citizenship, it clearly says that

[10:30] they’re supposed to be taking up arms

[10:32] for the United States of America. Um,

[10:34] but yet we have so many registered

[10:37] foreign agents or FAR agents for those

[10:39] of you out there who want to uh I mean

[10:42] and I find a lot of times there’s FAR

[10:44] agents behind almost every campaign that

[10:48] attacks a veteran and and I find it

[10:50] shocking shocking that you know some of

[10:53] them are in our government some of them

[10:55] are you know in executive branches as a

[10:58] whole um without being registered to

[11:01] begin with. And the in interesting thing

[11:04] too in the state of Florida specifically

[11:06] um we’ve had registered foreign agents

[11:08] who have actually um you know spoken for

[11:11] many of our politicians and um who have

[11:14] failed to register until the DOJ

[11:16] actually came after them. So John, what

[11:18] will you do to make sure that you’re

[11:20] hiring veterans and that you’re putting

[11:23] veterans and their initiatives first and

[11:25] even their families first? Yeah. I mean,

[11:27] what I can make sure that I’m doing is

[11:29] just my track record that I was

[11:31] advocating for veterans for years before

[11:34] I ever ran for office. I got out of the

[11:35] military and I didn’t get paid to do it,

[11:37] but I went up to DC. I advocated for

[11:38] them on the hill. I did interviews. I

[11:41] wrote opeds and I bit pretty much

[11:42] forewent um any kind of serious job the

[11:44] first, you know, year, couple years

[11:46] after getting out of the military

[11:47] because I felt God put it on my heart to

[11:49] take care of them. Um and one thing I’m

[11:51] campaigning on is hiring veterans and

[11:53] staffers in the office. That’s something

[11:54] that this current congressman didn’t do

[11:56] until I challenged him. Now you see

[11:57] billboards all over his face of, oh,

[11:59] this guy helps with veterans VA issues.

[12:01] Well, guess what? I have a bunch of them

[12:02] reaching out to me who I’ve been able to

[12:04] get help uh that you weren’t able to

[12:05] help. So, my goal is to have multiple

[12:07] veterans in staff in the district so

[12:09] that they can one lease with the five

[12:11] military bases that we have and then

[12:13] help the most veteran densely populated

[12:15] district in the country. We have nearly

[12:17] 90,000 100,000 veterans in this district

[12:19] more than anywhere else. help them get

[12:20] the VA help that they need uh and really

[12:23] fight to get that VA hospital. Um so I

[12:25] can absolutely ensure that’s that’s the

[12:27] case that’s going to happen.

[12:28] >> That would be great. I know a lot of

[12:29] veterans are are going to be to hear

[12:31] about that. John, tell us a little

[12:34] district. Tell us about the location. I

[12:37] know you said Panama City. What other

[12:39] cities are in in your district so that

[12:41] people know what to look out for, who to

[12:43] contact, you know, when they hear this

[12:45] interview. I want everybody, you know,

[12:47] listen, no matter which state you’re in,

[12:49] you probably know somebody that lives in

[12:51] in this area that John is talking about.

[12:53] Um, and I know that your campaign is

[12:55] very grassroots. Um, and that you are

[12:58] not, you know, one of the ones who are

[13:00] getting a ton of donations, um, from

[13:02] these high level, um, techno groups. Um,

[13:06] and, um, so tell us a little bit about

[13:08] that.

[13:08] >> Yeah, absolutely. And, and Panama City

[13:10] is actually outside the district. That’s

[13:12] where the current representative uh is

[13:14] from, lives, has built his life. So, um

[13:17] our district, it’s uh it’s Florida’s

[13:19] first congressional district. It is the

[13:21] furthest northwest you can go in

[13:22] Florida. So, it has Pensacola, Dest uh

[13:26] it has Freeport, uh it’s Escambia

[13:29] County, Santa Rosa County, Okaloosa, and

[13:31] then half of Walton County. Um and

[13:33] what’s special about the district is

[13:35] it’s on the it’s on the Gulf of America.

[13:38] has the most veterans in any district,

[13:39] the most veteran densely populated

[13:40] district of the country. We have five

[13:42] major military bases. So if you know

[13:44] anybody, anyone who starts their naval

[13:46] or marine aviation goes to NAS

[13:48] Pensacola. We have Whiting Field where

[13:50] we have a lot of uh flight training that

[13:52] takes place there. Corey Station, we

[13:54] have Herbert Field, which is the home of

[13:56] Air Force Special Operations. We have

[13:57] Eglund Air Force Base. Uh we have the

[13:59] biggest testing range near us on the uh

[14:02] Eastern Gulf testing range. Uh, and

[14:04] underneath Egglund was seven special

[14:06] forces group where I was assigned and

[14:07] there was six Ranger training battalion

[14:08] which is where I went and finished up

[14:10] Ranger school and you also have the EOD

[14:12] school. So, and when you think about

[14:14] Florida’s first congressional district,

[14:15] you know, there’s it’s it’s Florida,

[14:17] it’s south of Alabama, it’s central

[14:19] standard time zone. Uh, but just let

[14:21] everybody you know um pass it on, share

[14:23] it on social media. Even if they you

[14:25] don’t know anyone specifically lives

[14:26] there, it’s going to keep passing

[14:27] around. And yeah, this is a grassroots

[14:29] fight. Um, I’m fighting because I’m one

[14:31] of the people who live there. I’m one of

[14:33] the veterans who loves the area, chose

[14:34] to stay there. Uh, so yeah, get out the

[14:37] word and sport.

[14:38] >> So, John, were you raised in that area

[14:40] or like what brought you to the area

[14:42] originally?

[14:43] >> The Well, originally I was brought there

[14:44] because of Ranger School and that wasn’t

[14:46] the most pleasant experience, but hey,

[14:48] we got through it. We made it. Um, you

[14:50] know, you’re going through the swamps,

[14:52] you’re 10 days without a shower and

[14:54] sleeping on all kinds of rocks and awful

[14:56] things, but hey, that was, you know, um,

[14:58] >> you don’t return to it. That’s a big

[15:00] deal.

[15:01] >> Yeah. And when I was there in miserable,

[15:02] I they have seventh group. They do uh

[15:05] there are freef fall jumps, there are

[15:06] static line jumps on the airfield, the

[15:08] drop zone, which is where Ranger School

[15:10] is located. So I remember seeing the

[15:11] Green Brays there thinking, man, these

[15:13] guys are cool. Uh and then maybe one day

[15:15] I’ll be one of them. And then hey, you

[15:17] come back in 2020. What brought me here

[15:19] was the military. Um I was raised all

[15:21] over the place. My stepdad was military,

[15:23] parents divorced, but this is the

[15:25] longest I ever lived in one place. And

[15:26] this is where I’ve chosen to make my

[15:28] home. Um, and this area is so blessed

[15:31] because you have tens of thousands of

[15:33] vets who aren’t from here, but they get

[15:35] stationed here and they love it. And

[15:36] they love the strong Christian values.

[15:38] They love the strong military community.

[15:41] And it’s just, God bless this place

[15:43] immensely. It’s so conservative, the

[15:45] most conservative district in Florida.

[15:46] Um, you know, it’s just a shame when it

[15:49] uh gets wasted by a more moderate

[15:51] establishment or Republican who’s more

[15:53] uh more curious or more wants to keep

[15:56] leadership happy than actually, you

[15:58] know, fight for conservative values and

[15:59] move the party further right. So, you

[16:00] know, love the place. It’s my home. Want

[16:02] to try to fight for it.

[16:04] >> Yeah. Thank you, John. So, one of the

[16:06] things that um I always see them

[16:08] attacking veterans running for office on

[16:10] that I’d like to cover, John, is um you

[16:13] guys actually your voting records.

[16:15] They’ll say, “Oh, he didn’t vote here.

[16:17] He hasn’t voted here.” Um, can you

[16:19] explain what our mailin ballots or um

[16:24] any kind of absentee ballot is actually

[16:27] for? What it was designed for?

[16:29] >> Yeah. It’s for people who are in the

[16:30] military. If you’re registered to vote

[16:33] where you’re born, where you’re from,

[16:35] but you’re stationed in Germany, you’re

[16:37] stationed in another state, and you

[16:38] don’t want to change your state of

[16:39] residence, you can you can uh request a

[16:41] mail and ballot. And I’ve been pretty

[16:42] faithful about doing that. I think since

[16:44] as old as I can remember that I voted.

[16:46] Uh I remember receiving them in

[16:48] different states getting early, doing a

[16:49] little bit of research and sending them

[16:51] back in. Um but yeah, I mean I’ve voted

[16:53] in every election since getting

[16:54] stationer in 2020 and uh I don’t know

[16:57] been a Republican the whole time since

[16:59] turning 18. So that’s a weird that would

[17:01] be a weird thing uh to attack me on and

[17:04] how conservative I am, especially after

[17:06] one I spent four years in Catholic

[17:08] seminary, you know, very religious, very

[17:10] socially conservative, and then I didn’t

[17:12] get the co shot. I think that’s uh more

[17:14] conservative than maybe uh you know, all

[17:17] of the MAGA bases, but yeah.

[17:19] >> Right. Exactly. And and that’s what I’ve

[17:22] always appreciated you for, John, is

[17:23] that you didn’t take the shot. You

[17:25] didn’t just bow to whatever Dr. Fraud

[17:28] says. So that’s that’s when you first

[17:29] started to get my attention is when I

[17:31] was um doing the Dr. Fraudi

[17:33] investigation with James O’Keefe and

[17:35] confirming for sure 100% even the people

[17:38] who were running the tests and

[17:40] everything for Dr. Fraudi even called

[17:43] him a fraud. Um matter of fact is kind

[17:46] of an easy investigation to do because

[17:49] the even the people who are running the

[17:51] test for the NIH and for Dr. fraud. She

[17:55] claims that he is absolutely a fraud

[17:57] politician who’s never practiced any

[18:00] kind of anything, but yet he wanted to

[18:02] jab everything into our our military,

[18:05] which just tease me off. I mean, listen,

[18:07] I’ve come from a military background um

[18:09] family, and um there’s nothing that

[18:12] makes me matter than somebody trying to

[18:14] tell not only military, but Americans

[18:16] what they have to do um and try to

[18:19] silence them in the process. So, thank

[18:22] you for Thank you. standing up there.

[18:24] So, John, what um should veterans know

[18:27] and why would you like the endorsement

[18:29] for veterans for America First?

[18:32] >> I mean, what veterans should know is my

[18:33] number one priority is military veterans

[18:35] in this district. We have five major

[18:39] strategic military bases in the

[18:40] district. So, it deserves a veteran who

[18:42] understands the hardships, the

[18:44] difficulties military veterans, their

[18:45] families go through. And it has more,

[18:47] it’s the most veteran densely populated

[18:48] district within the country. Um, so the

[18:51] reason I would want Veterans for America

[18:52] First’s endorsement, um, is just as an

[18:55] affirmation that they understand and

[18:57] they recognize that, hey, I’ve been

[18:58] advocating for veterans for far longer

[19:00] than I’ve ever run for office, years

[19:03] before any political aspirations. I put

[19:05] my career on the line advocating for

[19:06] veterans. I told my detachment I would

[19:08] not punish them or reward them based on

[19:09] whether they get the shot, but tried to

[19:11] protect their own medical rights uh, and

[19:13] their own careers and livelihoods while

[19:15] in the military. Um, but I think that

[19:18] that would be a nice sign for veterans

[19:20] to just point them in the right

[19:21] direction to let them know, hey, you

[19:23] have an advocate, you have a champion. I

[19:25] often tell service members who are

[19:26] currently in that if I had to have

[19:28] another yard sign, another motto for

[19:30] military, it would be for the boys. And

[19:32] everybody understands that when they

[19:33] say, “This guy’s for the boys. That

[19:34] guy’s for the boys.” Um, and there’s a

[19:36] misunderstanding about what congressmen

[19:38] are supposed to do on the House Armed

[19:40] Service Committee. A lot of people think

[19:41] that they’re there to just write blank

[19:43] checks to the Department of Defense to

[19:45] give them whatever the generals are

[19:46] asking them, whatever the admirals are

[19:47] asking them, and just give the Pentagon

[19:49] whatever money they want. And but

[19:52] really, they are the civilian leadership

[19:54] over the Department of Defense. We are a

[19:56] nation where, you know, it’s of the

[19:58] people, by the people, for the people.

[19:59] They work for the civilians. And as a

[20:01] representative, you are the closest to

[20:02] the people. And as being the person

[20:04] closest to the military, closest to the

[20:06] veterans, and someone who’s been screwed

[20:08] over by the military, screwed over by

[20:09] the government, I will bring the hammer

[20:11] on these generals, on these admirals,

[20:13] whenever they step out of line and

[20:14] affect the lives of their service

[20:16] members. Whenever they become

[20:17] cowardless, morally weak ladder

[20:19] climbers, I will bring it down on them

[20:21] because there’s only so much a service

[20:23] member can do when their leadership and

[20:25] their chain of command is pressured and

[20:27] doing something um that is just totally

[20:30] unlawful or problematic. So, if you want

[20:32] a fighter for veterans, that is why you

[20:34] should vote for me. That is why you

[20:35] should support me. Tell your other

[20:37] veteran buddies to support me. Um, and

[20:39] you know, we have such a short small

[20:42] percentage of the military uh of of the

[20:44] US population that serves, but this is

[20:46] the greatest concentration of veterans.

[20:48] So, if there’s any district that

[20:49] deserves a veteran and a fighter who’s

[20:51] fought for veterans to represent it, it

[20:52] is Florida’s first congressional

[20:53] district.

[20:54] John, can you tell people about when

[20:56] your election is, how many people that

[20:58] they put in the pot to run against you

[21:00] in hopes to divide the vote away from

[21:02] you?

[21:02] >> Yeah, so the election is August 18th.

[21:05] Um, we have early voting before then.

[21:07] Um, but yeah, that’s interesting. I’m

[21:09] challenging an incumbent and

[21:11] surprisingly uh maybe not so much. One

[21:13] month later, we get another veteran who

[21:15] jumps in who has no history of being

[21:18] involved whatsoever. uh who I’ve know

[21:21] dozens of people have come talked to

[21:23] him, talked to him about dropping out,

[21:24] supporting me. I’ve tried to approach

[21:25] the individual. So, it seems that I was

[21:28] enough of a threat for uh this

[21:30] establishment individual I was

[21:32] challenging that they threw another guy

[21:33] in there. So, it’s myself and it’s two

[21:35] others uh middle of the ballot Frankman.

[21:38] Um but hey, you don’t you don’t realize

[21:41] how deep the swamp is or how hard the

[21:43] fight is until you’re in it. But, you

[21:44] know, I’m a man of faith. Uh I’ve read

[21:46] David versus Goliath. I think this is a

[21:48] David versus Goliath fight and with

[21:51] God’s grace, with the support of other

[21:53] godly people who want to step in, who

[21:55] want to help out and spread the word. Uh

[21:56] we can absolutely win this fight and we

[21:58] can absolutely start taking this country

[22:00] back one by one because even though we

[22:02] have the majority in the House and the

[22:03] Senate, nothing’s getting done. The

[22:05] current leadership, the current

[22:06] congressman we have right now, we will

[22:08] never save our country that way. So if

[22:09] we want to last another 250 years, we

[22:12] need to get real serious about the

[22:13] problems our country is facing.

[22:15] >> Yeah. Because I I’ll tell you the two

[22:18] representatives that I have in Miami

[22:20] Dade County, they are both from third

[22:21] world countries. I mean, so this is

[22:23] serious. Yeah. This is they they are

[22:26] elected, but they’re both from third

[22:27] world countries. So, we cannot expect um

[22:31] people from third world countries to

[22:33] actually uphold our American values. I

[22:36] mean, listen, you know, I know our

[22:37] father founding fathers knew that there

[22:39] were going to be people in office from

[22:40] other countries, but I cannot imagine

[22:42] them being okay with, you know, us

[22:46] having people directly from communist

[22:48] countries and even sometimes even going

[22:50] back there um and and really not

[22:53] speaking against communism until they’re

[22:55] absolutely forced to. And um and I’ll

[22:58] tell you, they did the opposite of what

[22:59] you did during COVID. um they shut their

[23:02] counties down, they shut their districts

[23:04] down, uh they’re they’re these people

[23:06] are booed off the stage at Trump events.

[23:09] And um this is a serious fight that

[23:11] we’re in. And a lot of times President

[23:13] it people will ask me, well, why would

[23:15] you go against President Trump’s

[23:16] endorsement? Why would you advocate for

[23:18] um for a politician against President

[23:20] Trump’s endorsement? because President

[23:22] Trump often has to work with these

[23:24] people that are already in office to get

[23:26] things like the Save America Act passed

[23:28] because otherwise they just start to go

[23:30] directly against him and everything and

[23:32] in his agenda and he gets absolutely

[23:33] nothing done. So, President Trump has

[23:36] never called me out and said, “Hey,

[23:37] don’t um don’t use my name and my image

[23:41] and you know endorse against another

[23:44] candidate.” He’s never done that for

[23:45] Veterans for America First even. Um they

[23:48] have recently gone against one of his

[23:50] endorsements, a pretty large one when uh

[23:52] Veterans for America first endorsed um

[23:55] Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins over

[23:57] Byron Donald’s who in Lieutenant

[23:59] Governor Jay Collins is also Green Bay

[24:02] um I might add and you know that is a

[24:04] big one and and you know President Trump

[24:07] would more than welcome any of you in

[24:10] but at the same time

[24:12] the people to actually go out and vote

[24:16] for you good people so that he can get

[24:20] things passed um without affecting the

[24:23] the situation that’s already in because

[24:25] I do think it’s going to be up to you

[24:27] John and several other of these veterans

[24:30] who actually are running at this very

[24:32] moment. So I encourage

[24:36] out there to please be mindful vote for

[24:38] a veteran over um anybody else that’s in

[24:42] office because you guys have taken a

[24:44] constitutional oath. I mean, I know that

[24:46] supposedly the other U representatives

[24:49] have also taken a constitutional oath,

[24:50] but there is something about when you’ve

[24:52] gone to battle for America that you have

[24:56] a different point of view. Any comments

[24:58] on that, John?

[24:59] >> No, absolutely. You know, there’s

[25:01] there’s something when you hear the

[25:02] pledge of allegiance, you’ve served in

[25:03] the military, uh you know, it’s hard to

[25:05] not go with uh without some tears. um

[25:07] you go through survival evasion of

[25:09] resistance uh school um seir school and

[25:12] you’re put in there as a prisoner of war

[25:13] and at the end of it they bring you in

[25:15] somewhere they play the the national

[25:17] anthem the flag right in front of you

[25:19] and they try to simulate you know that

[25:20] you’re a prisoner of war uh and Jay

[25:22] Collins went through that training I

[25:23] went through that training um it’s a

[25:25] powerful experience and you have such a

[25:26] love for country from that but you know

[25:28] one thing that I’ll what I’ll end end on

[25:30] or add as well is that uh a lot of

[25:33] people think that the issue with the

[25:34] covid vaccine the reinstatement polic

[25:36] policy that everything is fixed. That

[25:38] everything that happened at DoD with

[25:39] regards to uh the COVID mandate has been

[25:42] fixed. Everybody’s invited back. They’re

[25:43] getting full back pay. That’s actually a

[25:45] lie. And there hasn’t been enough work

[25:47] on it and no one’s talking about it. We

[25:48] had about 100,000 veterans, 100,000

[25:50] service members who were forced out

[25:52] either kicked out or voluntarily

[25:54] separated. And of that 100k, only 200

[25:57] have come back in or less than 200. That

[25:59] means for every 500 people separated,

[26:01] less than one’s come back in. The reason

[26:03] being is the process is overly

[26:04] bureaucratic. There isn’t actually full

[26:06] back pay. Only about 10% qualify for any

[26:10] back pay. And even those individuals,

[26:12] their back pay is subtracted from

[26:13] everything they made as a civilian from

[26:15] the day they were kicked out to the day

[26:17] they come back in. So no one’s really

[26:18] getting full back. And you don’t leave

[26:21] an abusive relationship and come back to

[26:22] it unless there’s accountability, unless

[26:24] there is some amends. And the highest

[26:26] ranking individuals in the Pentagon were

[26:28] some of the biggest CO abusers. So no

[26:30] one’s talking about CO accountability.

[26:32] No one’s fighting for those service

[26:34] members who are negatively impacted.

[26:35] This will happen again if and when we

[26:37] have another Democrat president because

[26:39] nothing has been done to stop from

[26:40] happening again. If you care about CO

[26:42] accountability, if you care about our

[26:44] service members, you know, I think that

[26:45] this fight will unfortunately end with

[26:48] my campaign however it goes because no

[26:49] one in Congress is talking about it

[26:50] right now. So if this is important for

[26:52] you, please get involved in the

[26:54] campaign. Vote, donate, do what you can,

[26:56] spread the word because this is

[26:57] important. You know, 500 and less than

[27:00] one. Think about that. Yeah, that’s

[27:02] that’s appalling. That’s appalling. So,

[27:04] that’s the that we’ve been led to

[27:06] believe that all of these service

[27:08] members are able to come back and we’re

[27:10] going to give you the back pay and it’s

[27:12] just lie after lie after lie after lie.

[27:16] Meanwhile, we have people speaking out

[27:18] like George Santos who did make it into

[27:20] Congress and saw all the craziness go on

[27:23] and the sex in the um closets and

[27:27] everything else that he brought forth.

[27:29] And what did they do? They

[27:31] >> Yeah. They kick him out, right? Yeah.

[27:33] >> For campaign finance, for wearing

[27:36] wearing Forgamo suits, right? I I joke

[27:39] with George all the time, you know, like

[27:40] online uh for for his Forgamo and his

[27:44] fashion, you know. So, thankfully,

[27:46] President Trump um has re uh has

[27:49] pardoned him and he’s out speaking. But,

[27:52] uh, I want to encourage people to get

[27:54] out and vote for you, John, and, um,

[27:56] help you, um, in terms of whatever you

[27:59] can do. If you’re in his area, please

[28:00] door knock. If you’re in the military,

[28:02] please share this video around. Uh,

[28:04] believe it or not, that is how John can

[28:07] get votes. John, I assume that people

[28:09] can not only volunteer, but they you’re

[28:11] very receptive to taking phone calls and

[28:14] um, FaceTime doornocking if people want.

[28:17] Is that something that you’ve been doing

[28:18] during your campaign?

[28:20] >> Oh, absolutely. I mean, we’ve been door

[28:22] knockocking like crazy. A number of

[28:23] great volunteers, and yeah, I’ll get hit

[28:25] up on DMs, have phone calls back to

[28:27] people, try to answer questions. But if

[28:29] people want to reach out to me, they can

[28:30] go to franklinfor Florida.com. That’s my

[28:32] campaign website. You can buy merch, you

[28:34] can read my platforms, you can donate,

[28:36] you can sign up to volunteer. I’m on

[28:38] social media, too. X, Instagram,

[28:40] Facebook. All those links are on my

[28:41] website as well, or you can just look it

[28:42] up on those platforms.

[28:44] >> Yep. And we’ll make sure to put it in

[28:45] the description, too, guys. So, and he’s

[28:47] got a very cool logo. So, you know, one

[28:49] of those campaign t-shirts um would

[28:51] would actually be a great momentum to

[28:54] have and carry forward. Um John, I thank

[28:56] you so much for being on today and I I

[29:00] pray that God really blesses you,

[29:02] blesses your campaign full of volunteers

[29:05] um so that you can um have the message

[29:07] far and wide and um so that we can have

[29:10] another veteran and a Christian Congress

[29:14] who is an absolute um pleasure. John,

[29:18] thank you so much and God bless you. Um,

[29:21] any final words you want to make sure

[29:22] the audience

[29:24] >> Yeah, I mean, just please pray for me.

[29:26] That’s the most important thing you do

[29:27] can do. Uh, I won’t win this without God

[29:29] and God’s help. Um, and I’ve told him,

[29:31] too, if this isn’t good for my soul, if

[29:33] this isn’t good for uh just my salvation

[29:35] and holiness, don’t let it happen. But I

[29:37] think with God’s grace, he can make it

[29:39] happen. So, please pray for me. Um, and

[29:41] consider helping out however God tells

[29:42] you to. But thank you so much for uh

[29:44] having me, Christie. I really appreciate

[29:45] it.

[29:46] >> Yes. audience. Thank you guys for tuning

[29:49] in. Make sure that you do click the

[29:51] links below to John’s um campaign

[29:54] website. Go see his logo. Go see the

[29:56] video that he’s talking about. It’s

[29:57] really funny. Um I’ve had the privilege

[29:59] of interviewing John twice now. And um

[30:03] he’s the same guy every single time,

[30:04] John. And I and I um look forward to

[30:07] seeing who your new staff is in terms of

[30:09] when you are elected into Congress.

[30:12] Audience, thank you so much for tuning

[30:14] in. Make sure you share this far and

[30:15] wide. God bless everybody.

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