{"id":128986,"date":"2022-09-06T10:38:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbs.org\/?p=128986"},"modified":"2022-09-06T10:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:38:05","slug":"americanism-will-fix-america-not-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbs.org\/audio\/freedom\/americanism-will-fix-america-not-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Americanism\u00a0Will\u00a0Fix America, Not Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9049\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-128986-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/jbs.org\/?powerpress_pinw=128986-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Many people believe that voting Republican will fix our problems. But what&nbsp;did Republicans fix when they&nbsp;were in charge? In this episode, Paul and&nbsp;Art Thompson, the former CEO of The John Birch Society, discuss the concerning origins of the Republican Party, certain questionable Republicans, and how patriotic Americans can make sure&nbsp;their&nbsp;legislators are&nbsp;true&nbsp;Americanists, not just Republicans.<\/p><div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Learn &amp; Take Action<\/strong><\/h3><div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jbs.org\/video\/myths-vs-facts\/\">Watch Myths vs Facts series<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefreedomindex.org\/\">Access Congressional Scorecards<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jbs.org\/coordinator\/\">Contact your local coordinator to join The John Birch Society<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9050\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-128986-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/jbs.org\/?powerpress_pinw=128986-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jbs_freedom_is_the_cure\/jbs.org\/assets\/podcast\/fitc\/freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"freedom-is-the-cure-0050-americanism-will-save-america.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Many people believe that voting Republican will fix our problems. But what&nbsp;did Republicans fix when they&nbsp;were in charge? In this episode, Paul and&nbsp;Art Thompson, the former CEO of The John Birch Society, discuss the concerning origins of the Republican Party, certain questionable Republicans, and how patriotic Americans can make sure&nbsp;their&nbsp;legislators are&nbsp;true&nbsp;Americanists, not just Republicans.Learn &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37631,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13635,13644],"tags":[13543,13872,14107],"class_list":["post-128986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-freedom","category-audio","tag-republicans","tag-constitution-2","tag-rinos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Americanism\u00a0Will\u00a0Fix America, Not Republicans : The John Birch Society<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jbs.org\/audio\/freedom\/americanism-will-fix-america-not-republicans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Americanism\u00a0Will\u00a0Fix America, Not Republicans : The John Birch Society\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many people believe that voting Republican will fix our problems. 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