Published Jan. 9, 2026, 9:07 a.m.
9am Ralph's employment history reflects his deep connection to Michigan's working families. He has been a proud member of the International Association of Machinists, the Laborers International Union of North America, and the United Steelworkers Union. This experience gives him unique insight into the challenges facing Michigan workers and the policies needed to create good-paying jobs. Ralph holds a Bachelor of Religious Education (B.R.E.), a Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.), and a Master of Divinity (M.Div). His extensive education in leadership, ethics, and service has prepared him to lead with integrity and wisdom. Ralph has served as a Police and Fire Chaplainfor multiple departments, providing spiritual support to first responders and their families. He is also a credentialed Hospital Chaplain, ministering to patients and families during their most difficult moments. His service extends to being a Crisis Chaplain for the American Red Cross, responding to disasters and emergencies across Michigan. X/Twitter: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1BRKjgYYwYRGw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/636616148890812/videos/1936723317260330 Rumble: https://rumble.com/v743bgq-bnn-brandenburg-news-network-192026-ralph-rebandt-gop-candidate-exclusions.html https://rumble.com/v743bf6-bnn-brandenburg-news-network-192026-ralph-rebandt-gop-candidate-exclusions.html Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BrandenburgNewsNetwork:d/bnn-2026-01-09-ralph-rebandt-gop-candidate-exclusions:4 BNN Live: https://Live.BrandenburgNewsNetwork.com Guests: Donna Brandenburg, Ralph Rebandt
Good morning and welcome to Brandenburg News Network. This is Donna Brandenburg and it is the ninth day of January, twenty twenty six. And thanks for bearing with me, everybody. I've been off for a little while. I had a little bit of a health issue going on and I just decided to take a rest because I've been really busy, like super busy. So this morning, we've got a special edition going forward because the same nonsense that happened in the twenty twenty two election in Michigan, the Michigan GOP is happening again right now. And you've heard me talk about it many, many times that they are choosing your candidates and the candidates that they are allowing you. to vote for. And I think that this is going to have to be addressed because honestly, our elections are rigged from top to bottom. And every day I've been in this, it's been more and more has come to light. And so I'm going to bring on Ralph and we're going to talk about everything that's wrong in the elections in Michigan in the entire election process. Morning, Ralph. How you doing? I'm doing great. Thank you, Donna. How are you feeling today? I'm doing a little bit better. I ended up having a vitreous detachment in my one eye and it was really, it's been kind of a really interesting process to go through, but thank God the retina wasn't torn. So, so it's one of those things that we just keep endeavor to persevering and we just keep going, right? You can't knock down somebody who is horse lady tough. That's just the way it is. So but anyhow, this is a great subject to get on because I think that you and I probably got into the elections at about the same time in the twenty twenty two election. And I was public enemy number one to get off the ballot because I'm mouthy and I do a lot of investigation and I'm not going to let this rest. OK. And so I've got actually I'm testifying to a case that's in the AG's office and I've got lots of lawsuits out there right now. And so they're still trying to shut me up, but it isn't going to happen. And what I saw in the twenty twenty is I was excluded from like everything. Absolutely everything. I was never invited to pretty much any events. I was excluded from all the debates. And they went on, they said, well, we're just going to look at the polls. We're going to go forward and see who's got the most money in polls and that sort of thing. Well, that completely cuts the people out. And when you realize that they're rigging this at the straw poll level, Right from the beginning. The whole thing is electioneered right from the beginning. You can see exactly what they're doing. I got this in the mail because I'm on a rampage right now. And for Mike Rogers, because here we go again. We've got Mike Rogers. I took my address out proudly displaying his sponsor AFP. the pay for play scheme that's going on, which is the Koch brothers that are backing up these candidates, cuts the American people out entirely. And it just goes to whoever pays the most money and our elections are bought and paid for. And then the political parties go right after that and they exclude candidates that really should be up to the people to who they want to vote for. So what's happening up there in District Eight? Well, I had a friend contact me and ask me if I was going to be participating in it. And I said, I didn't know what was going on. And so he sent me the links to it. And I looked on there and I found it interesting that I hadn't been invited. And so he I said, why don't you call and find out what's going on? And he called me. and Delisle and she basic numbers aren't high enoug to waste anybody's time. even he doesn't have a sh she made up all kinds of you know, their excuses n been calling them are one He doesn't have enough money and he doesn't have enough signatures. What I find interesting, Don, is they didn't even call me once. They didn't say, how many signatures do you have? How much money do you have? And they just don't do that. They just make up stories to cover their tracks. And so if they had called me, they would find out that I have as much money as Tom Leonard. They would find out that I had pulled as high as Tom Leonard. And even in the straw poll, you mentioned straw polls, even in the straw poll after Traverse City, I had more votes than Cox and James combined. I had more votes than every candidate pretty much in the whole list. And so, you know, they're clearly shutting out grassroots people. And as it happened to you in twenty two, happened to me. It was interesting because the first mailing after I was on the ballot, I know you were screwed around on that ballot issue and the signatures, but I actually had signatures and got on the ballot. And a couple of weeks later, the MIGOP sends out a survey to everybody. It wasn't an email, it was a hard paper copy said, if the election were today, who would you vote for? My name wasn't even on that, but I'm going to be on the ballot in August, but they didn't even put my name on that. So when people ask me to run again this time, I'm just like, you know, the shenanigans, the lies, the manipulations, the backroom deals are just disgusting. And I'm not sure I even want to jump into that again. I understand that because I ended up running because the U.S. Taxpayers Party had asked me to run because I was asked by a different group of people to run that was probably a little higher up in... in the structure. I've never really said who it was, but there was a group that asked me to run. And I'm like, why do you guys want me? I'm like, I hate everybody in politics. I'm like, they're a bunch of liars and cheats and thieves. And you don't have to be real smart to pick up on the fact that the entire thing is rigged. And so when I got in it, it was more to figure out what's going on because I knew I would never get on because I'm way too honest. And that's the truth. And so The Constitution Party, which is the taxpayers party, asked me to run before I decided on the Republican Party. And so I was there to kind of investigate to figure out what's going on and to be able to talk about it to people because I won't lie for any reason whatsoever. I'm not going to lie. But, you know, I could see it. The first thing that I saw because they do a lot of investigation. The first thing that I saw was up in Mackinac Island. in twenty twenty one. And they had five candidates that they picked that that were their their darlings. And it's almost like it's almost like a joke. You know, we've got a rabbi, a priest and something like that to break the you know, to break the the market up. And so you got you got a pastor. You've got a news personality. You've got you know, you've got the flirt that flirts with all the women that are the low IQ women. You've got you've You've got a cop in there. You've got you've got something. So to look at it, you could see they were breaking the whole market up into a marketing, into market segments to capture people's attention. And then they would elevate and rise. And you could watch it just like playing with stocks. You could watch them rig who was getting the attention and who wasn't based on who they wanted in there. and so the ones that got in there are the ones that are willing to kiss the ring or take the money because then they're compromised and if you don't kiss the ring or take the money you don't have a shot and if you continue to go forward they're going to do something like they did with me which was a total setup Because I called down to Lansing and asked about the signature gatherers. And I called them. And I said, well, what? Because I didn't know anything. And I was just kind of picking through it. And I said, what do you think about the signature gatherers? And they said, oh, a lot of people use them. They literally gave an implied endorsement for the signature gatherers. and so and i made that call and so you know this is all the information that never makes it to the news so when you know when i got um set well when i it was really it was a setup and so i went ahead and they kept doing extortion and raising the price of getting the signatures i did it because i wanted the the um them to be able to check because we had no way to check whether they were relevant or not right And so by the time I got it all done, and I can tell you the Attorney General's office destroyed evidence that they had. They used coercion, threat, and duress on people to shut them up. And unfortunately, right now, the candidates that the Republican Party is running, nobody is looking at their backgrounds, including the cover-ups, the destruction of evidence that happened around these people and other things. And I'm going to say right now, if you're following the GOP right now, I will never run on the GOP, period, because it's a crime syndicate. They've taken foreign money in the elections. And if you're an honest candidate, you will never get in. It's not possible. And you can you can virtual signal me all you want. Anybody out there on the Democrat Party and the Republican Party. But the Republican Party is absolutely a filthy, filth ridden crime syndicate. And I'm sorry that this is happening to you. Well, you know, as I said a few minutes ago, I saw it in twenty twenty two, just like you did and I was left off emails and not invited to meetings, you know, and when I saw that, it's just like, why would I run again? But honestly, Donna, we have a base all over the state from the first run. I really believe that the first run was kind of a boot camp for me. But seeing the evil and being pushed around backroom deals, seeing people lie on the floor of the you know, the convention, all kinds of things that were just disgusting. I know the games that they play. So if last time was boot camp, this is war. We're in this, you know, we're in a twin. I'm not here to play games. I'm here to call out people who are playing favorites. And, you know, you mentioned they have a favorite and they really do. And it's the people with the money have their favorites. And There are a couple of favorites out there. I don't know how closely you said you investigate a lot. I'm sure you're watching this, but there are people who are getting, you know, big DeVos money. There are people who are being supported by K Street down in Lansing and they pretend like they are. grassroots, like they are conservatives. But as you say, they look for somebody that they can buy off, that they can compromise. And the reality is, I just read an article a few days ago, and it said, the title of it was, Ex-CIA Agent Says Christians Cannot Be Compromised. I probably would have put in there, genuine, solid Christians can't be compromised. But I was just on the phone with somebody earlier today, And the reality is the Republican Party shows up to the church, to the faith when they want votes and people throw the name of Jesus around. And I'm a Christian and I'm not calling anybody's faith into question. I don't know where they stand. All I know is that when one candidate says, I'm not a very I've never read the Bible. I'm not a very serious man of God. And then, you know, four weeks later, he has a video up saying I'm a solid Christian. I'm just like. Kay, you just contradicted yourself. Well, they just use God. And that's like in my book, that's using the Lord's name in vain because to use it to market is not going to be a good day when they face the big guy upstairs. It's going to be, you know, that's just complete deception. And I don't think that God's going to look favorably upon that at all. Right. I do not either. I hate to be in their shoes. I would too. I feel really sorry for them and I hope that they repent. The other thing that I see is I see a lot of people talking the talk, but they don't ever do anything. There are no plans. I look at the GOP, there's no leadership, there's no plans, and it's just making people run around chasing their tails over these stupid issues that will never change what's functionally wrong with the United States or the state of Michigan. And I don't think they even know how far that they have drifted and what really needs to be done to right the state and the United States. It is a President Trump is doing a pretty good job on cutting things back. And I think he's just getting started. But once we see how far about ninety plus ninety five percent of the government needs to be just abolished. And the court system is completely rogue. I mean, there is no justice. It's an administrative court. There is no justice. It's just for revenue raising. So what we have right now is something that I think we're about to the point of getting back to the Declaration of Independence. and saying that it needs to be replaced with the people that are in it are criminals. You do not get in unless you're a criminal. You can watch the candidates, like you said, with the money coming into them, and all it is is a big money laundering bunch of crap. Yeah, I've seen that. I've tracked that. And it's disgusting because when you think of what's happening right now in Michigan, all of this money laundering through campaigns actually is destroying the next generation. At the rate the current legislature, and we have candidates that are running in that right now who are in the legislature, or were for fifteen thirty years whatever it is you combine it all together they have continued to vote for bloated budgets and the problem is the next generation is going to have to bear that weight and the problem is in five years we'll be totally bankrupt and so i can't i can't sit by and watch that happen to my kids grandkids as the kids of michigan and and i i'm talking to these gen zers and don i'm telling you it's exciting because they they see right through it they they They completely understand that something drastically has to be done. And I keep telling people I have a veto pen. And as governor, I can go into that budget and just start vetoing things. And I don't know if you've ever seen the movie Dave. Have you seen Dave? No, I'm not. I don't watch TV. And so I watch about two movies a year or something like that. This is one you have to watch, Donna, and your listeners have to watch because it is just classic. You get past the first scene and the rest of it is just hilarious. But there's a scene where they are in the boardroom discussing the budget for the United States. And they're just some common sense things that Dave is asking because he had to replace the president. He's a lookalike. And he's just like, that's who I am. I mean, that's exactly what I would do. I would just be bringing common sense to cut the budget and get rid of a lot of these non-elected bureaucrats, the fourth branch of government. That's one of my top goals is to get two thousand of them to have a buyout or just retire in the first few months because we don't need those people adding more rules and regulations. And as you mentioned, the deep state is just simply an administrative state that's there to raise money to support programs that they're getting kickbacks off of. Yeah, it's like you look at all the daycares and such in Minnesota, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I think that Michigan is going to be found to be the head of the snake here because of the connections. I mean, you know, you look at, we're going to go back to the DeVosses, and I call Amway Chinway because of the Belt and Road Initiative and all that nonsense that's going on over there, which, you know, they were pushing. They just got out of doing business in Venezuela, which I was glad to see. Because when you see the globalist agenda and how this is just a cancer that has crept into, you know, all sorts of things, and then the alliance with the Seven Mountains churches that they have and such. That is the claimant frame it. Last time I checked, you don't force God into a contract. He sort of does what he wants to do and pretty much extra sure that it's God who will be done, not our vendor God with what we want. It's kind of sad. But the entirety of the state needs to change. And I think the coming to terms with the fact that the Michigan GOP and the entirety of the GOP is a crime syndicate. If they're taking money in with foreign money in their elections, it has to be prosecuted, in my opinion, because that is one of the first tenets of going against what the Constitution sets out as lawful and legal. And so, you know, unless somebody decides that they're going to cut the strings there on that, it's going to be, I'm afraid, the same old, same old. And good candidates are either going to be coerced and threatened, until they fall into line in line or bribed or whatever, you just, nobody will get a chance at it. I don't, I think it's rigged beyond fixing personally, but that's, that's my, my own because of the, because the criminal nature of the system. Well, I don't know about foreign money in elections, but I will say this, that my confidence and hope in the American people and in the citizens of Michigan is that when you put a candle in a dark room, that will light the room, just a little flicker of a candle. and you probably saw the commercials years ago said a candle light can be seen a mile away and when people when the light is turned on in the darkness the darkness flees there's no more darkness and so i'm convinced that if we bring truth to bear and we expose it uh people are going to wake up to that and my my post yesterday or the day before on what's going on in district eight uh people are are living i mean it's got a three hundred and some odd shares right now. And a lot of people are calling and commenting. And, you know, it's just we have to expose this because, as I said, they did this the first time to you and to me. And I'm not going to sit by and watch it happen again. There's too much at stake here that the next generation is on the line. And I'm not going to let greedy politicians and bad policies continue to destroy the state or our next generation. It's just not going to happen. Who is involved in making these decisions in District Eight? Who are the people that are the decision makers? Because I think they need to be called out. Well, I don't know the people on the committee, but Anne Delisle is their chair. And apparently she and the committee have made this decision together, which... Again, I don't know who's on their district committee, but again, you had mentioned back in twenty twenty two and. I found it humorous as an outsider to Lansing, as an outsider to the I mean, I've been voting Republican my whole life, but as an outsider to the Republican Party's politics and apparatus, I found it interesting that, you know, when James Craig announced he was running and everybody's excited, he's our guy, you know, he's the man. And I just said to them, I said, you know, anybody who said, what do you about James Craig? I said, he won't even be on the ballot. And like, how do you know that? I just said, well, I'm the chaplain for the Michigan Chiefs of Police. They've endorsed me. I know James Craig. And I just know if some stuff comes out about him, he will not even be on the ballot. In fact, you're probably aware that he couldn't even get city council in Detroit this past election. But so here's James Craig. They're lifting him up. Then Perry Johnson jumps in with his, I don't know how much money he has, a billion dollars? I don't know what he has, but he can certainly self-fund the state if he wanted to. But he jumps in, and they all go rushing to him like he's the answer to everybody's problems. He's the next bird feeder of money. Yeah. Exactly. To the party. You know, you give them a platform, you'll donate some money to the party. And I've seen that over and over again. And the thing that's crazy about all this, and I think your listeners, citizens in Michigan have to ask this question. If politicians, if these businessmen and women that have been there, and I'm not throwing you into that pot, that have been there, if attorneys could fix this problem in Michigan as governor, Wouldn't you think they would have fixed it by now? They haven't fixed anything. We just went from Whitmer eight years ago, a fifty nine billion dollar budget to eighty five billion dollars. Nothing's changed. In fact, social issues are worse. The problem is politicians think in two routes. One, we pass legislation and then it's fixed. Or two, we throw big money at it. We create a new program. We throw money at it. And it's fixed. Well, that just creates more opportunity for fraud, for abuse, for people to squander money. I'm running, Donna, because I know I can fix this. I'm running because I'm not a ladder climber. I'm not looking to go from the House to the Senate to the governor's office to run for president. That's not me. I'm looking to fix this state. And I do have the answers that will fix this state. And when you mentioned that people, politicians, all they have are talking points. They don't have any real plan. My goodness, I have some serious plans that will change the budget drastically. And it's not just with my veto pen, it's with programs that actually work. And I'll give you one example. In the prison system, people go, say they get incarcerated for seven years and they start to get close to getting out and the state starts working with them and then they're released. Within six months, Donna, they're back. It's a revolving door within six months. When you have a faith-based program like Reach the Forgotten or Alpha Prison Ministries or Chuck Colson's Prison Fellowship, these folks that go through that program, eighty percent never return. Why do we continue to go with the programs that fail? Why don't we have a big push for faith-based programs in the prison system? I'm convinced it'll work. I'm convinced it'll cut down the whole prison population and send out people that are, as you said, who've repented and who will have their lives together. Yeah, there's a real problem there. And I think, too, it goes back to, once again, commerce. I mean, they put the entire United States into commerce. The Bar Association is nothing but a private membership association. It's not even a license to practice law. And they've screwed things up colossally. And in the prison system, they've turned, because it's in commerce, they have to have a quota in there because it's private rather than public. So it is to their advantage. to put people in there that is a revenue generator for them. So even at the financial level, it needs to be changed. But nothing ever changes unless God's involved in it. And I think that that's the biggest thing. And I mean, I know that you and I are both solidly follow Christ. And that if we don't have Jesus in our lives and in what we're doing, it is going to fail. And no matter what we do, it's not going to go right. He's like a dad, right? God's a dad. He's going to go sit back and go, okay, so how's this working for you? How's that working out? You had such great plans. And let us fall on our faces until we humble ourselves and come back to God and say, okay, we screwed this up. What do you want us to do? And I think I think, you know, you're on to something because, you know, the numbers matter. If they're having results, then why aren't we why aren't we going in that direction? Well, you know, the other thing, too, Donna, is that this generation, at least for the last sixty years, we've been the students, people in America have been sold a false Bill of goods, they've been told a lie that you hear this. Well, what about separation of church and state? I get these posts, take your religion and shove it. And I mean, I mean, just people are so vitriol against it, but they don't realize that when our founders started this country, it was founded on Christian biblical principles, and those principles drove the entire Constitution. You know, people say, oh, by the time the Constitution was made, the pilgrim's faith was far gone. And I'm like, no, I said, every principle that's in there is based on biblical truth. And that's what I've been doing for the last couple of years, running around the state, sharing the fact that Christians were involved. Pastors led the charge in the revolution. They would go fight in the week, come back and give an update to their congregation on Sundays. And these men were standing up for not only their church, but primarily their community. They knew that if they loved their neighbor as themselves, they would fight for the same freedom for their neighbor as they do themselves and for their church. And so that's why I'm doing all this, Donna, because I care about the citizens of Michigan. Money has never driven me. I know we haven't had much conversation about our history, but, you know, Carol and I got married at eighteen. We didn't have two dimes to rub together. And we've made it. We've lived the American dream. God has blessed us. And as Jesus said, if you seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, all these things will be added unto you. And so I have never had money motivate me. I've had people set money on my desk saying, let's do this as a church. And I'm like, no, that's not the right thing to do. When I moved here from Pennsylvania after grad school to start our church, I didn't have an income. We were putting everything on the line to come here. but we knew God wanted us to be here. And that's another whole discussion and story. But the reality is I'm convinced that I'm running to fix this state. And my son asked a fellow who's been very involved over the years in the Republican Party and in the legislature. He's probably the smartest guy. I'll say he's the smartest guy I know in Michigan who has a solid heart. And my son asked him, you know, why are you supporting my dad instead of one of the other five candidates? He said, because your dad's not a ladder climber. Your dad is a problem solver. I see that in him and we're going to fix this state and we're going to get it back on track. That's what I'm doing. To all those people who are going to be deprived of hearing you speak, what is it that you would want them to know? I mean, what would you like to say to them? And, you know, what would you like to say to the people that are censoring you? Because that's what it is. It's censorship by the party, by the Republican Party is censoring. Right. Well, what I would say to the state of Michigan is you have to ask yourself the question, one, If the people who are running, who are in part of the syndicate, if they could fix it, they would already have fixed it. Or their heart's not in it and they don't care about you. And so that's the biggest question. And you have to ask yourselves, if someone says, I'm against taxes and yet they vote to raise taxes, I'm against high budgets and yet they bloat the budget. Seriously, we have to ask, are these the people we want running the state? They obviously have proven by their actions that their words don't mean anything. What would I say to the leadership in District Eight? I would say that it's unfortunate that you have your favorites and people you want to choose. It's unfortunate that you have put up your response as to why you said, you know, polling signatures and money. I fit all three of those. It just shows that they really is. I would say it shows that you as the district leaders haven't even done your research. And that's unfortunate. But it tells me that's the kind of leaders that you are. You're not interested in giving everybody a free shot, but rather you're interested in promoting your favorites. And Donna, that's what happened to you. That's what happened to me. And we've seen it. And again, I'm not letting it happen this time. I'm taking my story to the road. I'm taking it to the media. I'm taking it to you. Thank you for doing this and sharing it. I'm just I'm fed up. I'm not going to have this anymore. You know what it looks like to me? It looks like they're betting on a horse race. It's like they've got their favorites there and they're betting that they're going to get the return because it's all about the money. It always is. And so they're betting on the horse that they think is going to pull the most money for them to play with and have bigger parties. But we don't change anything. There were so many things that jumped out on me from this little establishment flyer right here. Cutting taxes for Michigan's families. What has he done? Anything? And, you know, like people can do this before they get into office. And why aren't people doing this stuff even before they get into office? And why, you know, where where are the actual steps for the plans? That's that's what I want to know. But it does. Doesn't it remind you of a horse race? It does. You bring that up and people have said that I'm the dark horse in the race. I know you said you don't watch movies, but there's another one out there, Seabiscuit. And Seabiscuit went up against War Admiral and nobody was betting on Seabiscuit, but he blew War Admiral away and he's like half the size. I actually watched that one because I'm a horse person. You will love it. I'm serious. If I were you, you know, as you're recovering from your eye, man, I would sit this afternoon and just watch Seabiscuit. You will absolutely be inspired. And that's what inspires me because I know that not only happens in the animal world, but David and Goliath. David went up against Goliath and he said, is there not a righteous cause? And that's exactly what I'm saying. We have to bring righteousness back to the state because as long as you allow evil, as long as you allow corruption, extortion to reign in the state, that's what we're going to get. We've allowed this. And so I can't let it happen anymore, Donna. This is just out of control. Well, I really applaud you for standing up and saying something because just so many people are so afraid to go against this. It's a club, right? And to not say anything. And so they don't stick with their integrity, their morals, their honesty. They don't want to be ostracized from a group of people who literally have the ability to destroy people's lives. The extent of this coercion, duress, and threat is just unbelievable. And it goes all the way up to the offices and the people that are second command, the clerks, the people in office right now. I mean, you could go right down the attorney general's office and look at it because, you know, I watched them. I watched them in one of my cases. They literally got rid of somebody and they destroyed the evidence. And it's really amazing. And in fact, I have a lot to say about it because in one of my lawsuits, an attorney I worked with, they found him dead. This is not a game anymore, guys. This is for keeps. And they want to hold on to this money. They're in a panic. You remember when the word that panic in D.C. was coming up a lot when President Trump was running? It's like panic in D.C. Well, it's panic everywhere right now because they're watching The system absolutely implode. Have you been following the silver trade? Yes, how it's just risen so much. Yeah, and the way they were running it through Venezuela, Maduro through the Panama Canal and over to China and such. It's kind of an interesting thing. But I look at that and I go, these people that are in office, the ones that they're rerunning, the candidates they're rerunning again, they have all of these connections that are establishment. They know what's going on. They're not innocent of what's going on. They're complicit. And they just let it go because they won't blow the whistle. You know, I had a question about there's a Secretary of State candidate. I think it's Amanda Love that's running. And I've talked to several of them and I ask them the hard questions. And she got up and she talked about being in the Secretary of State's office and working in that office for a long time and such. And I'm like, why didn't she step up when she saw things going wrong in the elections and say something to be a whistleblower? Right there, I see her as disqualified because she was within the system and did nothing, but is promising to do something now once she gets in. That's not the way it works. It's got to be done before they before they get in, you know. And the fact that you haven't been in and you've been fighting gives you a lot of credibility. And I really don't think that even with the electioneering that went on in twenty one that, you know, all of us were so, you know, you and I were new and new to it to get in and unravel the criminality that was going on in there. I had a guy that he literally tried to break my hand up in Mackinac. And it was, it was really, it's really much sadder and horrible than people can ever imagine until they do get in and see it. And, and once you see it, you can't go back. You can't just, especially if you're a Christian, God won't, if you're a Christian, God will not let you be complicit in what's going on. He's going to have his hand on you and go, nope. He'll steer you right back to holding people accountable. Yeah. Yeah. You know, just a couple quick observations. One is, you had mentioned the MIGOP, You know, the encouraging thing for me, Donna, is that I've had calls from congressional district chairs. I've had conversations with congressional district chairs, and they're supportive of what I'm saying. They are behind me. And that gives me hope because I know there are people who understand what District Eight is doing is just absolutely wrong. And I love the fact that the leadership has actually called Ann as well. i doubt that she's returning their calls that's the word i'm getting from everyone who's uh you know called her uh but you know that it I'm still trying to figure out the path forward. We have a path in terms of, actually, we have five lanes that we're running in right now, and nobody knows what they are. And that's why District Eight says, oh, he doesn't have the polling, he doesn't. But again, they haven't done the research. They would know that I'm as high in a recent poll as Tom Leonard, I've got as much money as Tom Leonard. So if they're going to exclude me, why don't they exclude him? Well, the obvious answer is, He's part of the syndicate. Well, when you, with you saying that it's like, why are they not including you? And they're not looking at it. It's going to be the money every single time. You know, I would look into donations from candidates back to the party to see what they're actually putting into the party, because in my opinion, the parties should be supporting the candidates instead of running it back through the party. for whatever it may be. And it just doesn't, it seems like it's backwards, just like the state of Michigan is top down rather than bottom up. And it's flipped. Are you seeing that too? Oh yeah, yeah, we're seeing that. I don't know what people are donating to the party. I suspect there's stuff going on and that's why they get their favoritism stuff. But the reality is, this is hurting the citizens of Michigan. And the reality is, I don't care. And I don't have any fear, Don. And you talked about standing before the Lord. The only thing I want to hear, regardless of what area of my life is, I want to hear, well done, my good and faithful servant. I am not going, I'm an outsider. I am not going to bow to special interests. I will not bow to the lobbyists. I will not bow to anybody. I will bow to Jesus Christ. And that's why I'm running. Because if you don't have somebody that has that kind of conviction, they get bought off. In, Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist pastor in England said, and this is almost a quote from his sermon. He said, how come when Christians get sent to parliament, it's as if they leave their Christianity behind. And I thought, man, the same thing back then. I don't have any fear I don't have any fear of people I don't have any fear of threats I'm simply moving forward with the truth and you know the people who want to lie they want to silence the truth that that's if you can silence the truth you can get your case won and you know you talk about your law cases if they can silence you they've won but if you can get your case in front of people who You know, the jurors who understand your case and they think like you do and you're there to present your case, you're going to win. I'm convinced that truth wins every time. And truth is not as self-evident as it was to our founders because people have so mixed it with error and lies that people have a hard time figuring it out. But the reality is if you keep talking truth, you keep sharing truth, and people know that that's all you do, truth will win. I'm convinced of that. do you have anything else you want to talk about is that you've seen, you know, within the party or the other things that you want? Cause you know, I do very long format interviews. It's kind of like grab a cup of coffee and let's just sit down and talk for a while. And we might get to the issue of goats, horses, or chickens or something else like that, you know, but is there anything else that you want to talk about that, um, you know, that, that does give people hope. Cause I, you know, though I said that, I really think that we've got to have a real come to Jesus meeting with what's going on in the United States, as well as the state because of the lack of integrity and honor. But I think, I think that people are waking up to that and saying, wait, I want to be part of the solution, which is absolutely fantastic. And just so you know, if they end up silencing you, I'm the chairman of the U.S. Taxpayers Party, which is the Constitution Party in Michigan. Come and talk to me. And we will, you know, I love honest people and I love solution-based people. And it gives me more time to just find out who's doing the bad stuff and sue them because I really enjoy doing that. I'm doing the work that I'm doing right now, which is suing people. I've got I've got a lawsuit against Jocelyn Benson, but nobody ever hears about it because that's always squelched in the news, too. And it's it's a pretty good case. And and besides some of the other things I have going on. But and I really like doing that. I think that's a that's a move the move the line accountability type thing. And so but but is there anything else that you really want to talk about? Well, I would just say, as we look at the ways that we have checks and balances in our system, and unfortunately, as you've already addressed, there's corruption everywhere. There's corruption in the judicial system, political system. There's corruption in churches. There are just people who have used and abused the people below them. And it's just disgusting to me. But the fact that I have significant hope is this. We as Christians have won in the legal arena. I look at Jocelyn Benson and I think what a corrupt woman. She should be in jail for the things that she's ordered with reference to election, destroying files within two weeks or whatever after the election. And it's supposed to be hung on to for twenty three months. Is it charged with treason? Just the same thing as Whitmer and Nessel. Yeah. And so this is just pure evil. And I believe she shouldn't even be on the ballot. She should actually be behind bars. But my point is this. People, as you say, are beginning to wake up to it. Because, you know, when we were growing up, when we were raising our kids, we were busy. You know, we didn't have time to watch this political system. And it was during that time that We live the American dream. It was during that time that greedy politicians and bad policies have now burdened the next generation. And I will not allow that to happen, Donna. And, you know, you said, come talk to you. I'm convinced that I'm going to win the primary on the Republican ticket. I am not naive. As I mentioned, we have five lanes we're running in. Nobody even knows. And when all the people show up to vote, they're going to say, how did Ralph do that? They're going to be shocked, but it probably, you know, some of these lanes will be coming out sooner than we want. But the reality is where we are working hard and, you know, God's blessing it. That's all I can say at this moment. That's all I can say. Well, that's, that's awesome. I want to hear more about, about, you know, all of your plans and what you're doing too. And then also what you're planning to do once you get in to cut, you know, some of the dark money ties and, and that sort of thing. That's a, that's one of my, one of my areas that I think it's the financial part is where you throttle this whole system back down. And so it's. May I state one other thing? Always. You can talk as long as you want. I'll just keep the camera rolling. I don't censor, okay? Well, I didn't know how long we were going to be on. So I just have another thing to add. You know, the interesting thing is I have been going around the state looking for people to fill leadership spots in the departments that I already, you know, that I'll be over. And I've talked to a lot of people, you know, Michigan State Police replacing the colonel, you know, interviewing people, asking people. I mean, that's just one example. But when we hit the ground, on inauguration day, we're going to be like Trump. We're going to be running strong and hard because we already have our team. We don't have it completely assembled, but I can tell you, I am out there looking for people because I, you know, the first run, you get to know people and you get to know where they stand. And people that are solid will be in those positions. And we're going to run just like an awesome singer sewing machine, or we're going to run like Seabiscuit. Give you a little horse analogy there. Yeah, I got to do that. That makes my day always. I'm telling you, you're going to love it. And by the way, Donna, I had a pony when I was growing up. Oh, did you? Yeah, the coolest little guy ever. It was Shetland Pony, and I just loved him. I bought him for thirty five bucks. I had him for about three years, got tired of cleaning out the barn. I realized that I could sell him for fifty dollars and buy a mini bike that all I had to do is put gas in. Oh, that's funny. That's funny. So, yeah, I kind of grew up on a farm with my grandpa had sixty acres and still got my dad's tractor. It's just life's been good. God's been good. Oh, that's cool. Do you do a lot of stuff on your farm then? Do you still do you still do that type of work or not? Well, I know we have acreage up north, but we don't have a farm anymore. We did that when I was growing up in high school. In fact, my wife and I, our second date, I was I had promised my dad I would plow the field, the hundred and sixty acres that we had starting after school on Friday night. And I came home on Thursday and I said, Dad, I'm going out on a date with Carol tomorrow. And he says, no, you're not. You told me you were going to you're going to plow the field tomorrow night. So I said, well, I don't want to lose Carol. She's a sharp girl, et cetera. And he said, well, have her come out and ride on the fender. So she came out and rode on the fender and we laughed to this day. I don't remember the country singer, but you know, that song, she thinks my tractor is sexy. We still have it. I still have it used to plow the snow up here in Northern Michigan and use it to pull down trees and clear out the property. And we are going to plant some corn, um, You know, that's another whole discussion on DNR and baiting. We're going to plant some corn and we'll figure that out as we go along, but. You know, I would love to just share with you the ways that we're going to cut the budget and all kinds of things like that. And if you have another couple of minutes, I could share a couple more things. Yeah, go ahead. I love it. And if Carol wants to poke her head in and say hi, that's great, too. Yeah. DNR, Department of Natural Resources, EGLE, which is the Environmental Great Lakes Energy Group, and agriculture are filled with corruption. whether they're criminal yeah whether they're ticket writers that's all they believe they do whether they come on your property illegally um whether eagle which they have they sent fifty million dollars to a green energy group in kentucky our tax money fifty million dollars was approved and sent to kentucky how does that happen i don't know but my point is this In the thirties, there was a national move to have what's called conservation districts. Conservation districts are in every county. I believe every county, if we have eighty three, it might be eighty one counties, something like that. But there are just about every county in Michigan. It's a five member panel that's elected. The groups I just mentioned are unelected bureaucrats. They are people who. they have to write tickets and they they if if eagle comes in and says hey you've got this violation and you say well can we work together typically they'll say no we can't um here's the ticket straighten it out well i can't do that well then we'll see you in court they have the ag's huge budget that there's no accountability in and so they just it's all about legal stuff it's about taking you to court it's about bankrupting you they don't care the five elected officials on the conservation districts from your neighborhood, from your county. They want you to succeed and they do work together. And as I've been sharing this in the various counties, people are like, yeah, that would be a great plan. Well, if we bring the conservation districts in and give these five elected in each one of these counties, not only will they help work with the citizens because they're in their neighborhood or their county, but they're not about lawfare. They want to work with them. It's not about, you know, putting you out of business or whatever the case is. So if we, not if, but when we bring the conservation districts to bear in those three departments, we can cut half of the people out of those. That's a lot of the money out of the budget. So when I talk about revenue raising, I mean, most of the, most of the Politics is all about revenue raising and taking from the people because they know better than us. They know everything. So they take our money and our work and that sort of thing. So, yeah, that's interesting. So that's just one example. We could talk all afternoon, but I want you to watch Seabiscuit. I have to watch Seabiscuit. What was your horse's name? Dick. Oh, fun. And what color of a little pony was he? He was like a calico. That's a cat. He looked like a pinto. Oh, that's cool. He had brown, black, white. He looked like Little Joe's horse on Bonanza. Did you ride him a lot? Oh, man. We had a blast. Yeah. He was just... Yeah, I could tell you story after story. Just an amazing little pony. He was obedient. He'd do what we wanted him to do. In the wintertime, we'd tie a rope on the saddle and somebody would be on the saddle and we'd have our street shoes on. He'd pull us around like we're skiing. We'd take him to the back of the sixty acres. hit him with the whip on his, you know, bridle and whoever could run fast enough to catch up with him. It's kind of like the movies, you know, you run, you try to whoever you can get on and you pull the other kid off trying to get on him and he keeps running to the barn and you jump on and whoever got on got to ride back. Everybody else had to walk. So it was a lot of fun. That's that. And that's what I want for our, you know, next generation. I want them to have that freedom and, you know, not worried about, you know, affordability and all of the taxes they're going to have to pay and how You know, it's just that's what I want for this next generation. Yeah, it'd be nice to go back to those times where neighbors mattered and people didn't spend so much time on social media and actually got to know their neighbors. And instead of expecting somebody else to help, they just step in and do it themselves and find those projects and those times to get together and enjoy each other's company and that sort of thing. That's really what we need to go back to. Well, this is fun. This is fun talking to you about this. I mean, I'd love to go through. I've got so much research on everybody that I haven't really dropped all of it, but I've got lots of questions on the candidates because I will go in and check their backgrounds and look at who their connections are to many steps away and who they're, you know, like I'm a little concerned with this right here. you know, I actually had John Engler tell me that I should have gone in and it worked for Mike Rogers getting him in and instead of going right straight for governor, it's like, so I got to put my time in and kiss the ring before we do something else. You know, you talked about that working up the levels before you're approved and they know, they know that, uh, that you're going to, you're going to jump when they tell, tell you to jump instead of standing up for we, the people. But, uh, Anyhow, that you look at the money, follow the money and ask lots of questions. Well, this is really fun. Well, I tell you what, I always say prayers at the end of broadcast. And so I can pray or if you want to pray either way or we both pray. You pray first, I'll finish. All right, dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much for this wonderful time together. We just love you. We love you so much. And we love everything that you're doing here. Really, it's like bringing us out of Egypt, like the people from the past. And you're liberating us. And sometimes it's a bumpy path. And I ask that you give people the steady heart, the steady feet to walk the path that's in front of us. that we stay strong and steadfast and that we don't falter on our abilities to get rid of this corruption, criminality, and restore what you've given us, this wonderful country, this wonderful world that you've given us as a gift, as also to be stewards of. This is not our earth. It's yours, your sandbox. You make the rules and we're willing to do whatever it is that you ask us to do. That your will be done in all things. Help us to lay ourselves aside. our lives, our goals, and our experiences so that we can put away the distractions and listen to your voice, listen to you calling, and listen to all the things that you're telling us to do, even right down to who's the neighbor that needs me to walk over there today and show them that I care, and or the people in the grocery store. All these little things add up to really big things. We just thank you so much, and we love you so very much. In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Lord, I thank you for being the sovereign God of the universe. I thank you that, as Jesus said, not a hair can fall from our head without your will. And if something that insignificant to us is important to you, how much more, Lord, the next generation, our state, government which you have ordained is important to you as well. So, Lord, we want to be nothing more than obedient. We want to be servants of you. We want to be servants of the people. We want to promote truth. We're tired of listening to the lies of the left, the corruption that's taking place, the burden that it's placing on the next generation. And, oh, God, we just ask that you would do a mighty work. We just pray that as we think about how large this mountain is, that we are trying to climb or how big Goliath is that we are trying to take down. Lord, we know that if you are not in this, as Abraham Lincoln quoted from the scriptures, unless the Lord builds the house, we labor in vain. So Lord, we place it in your hands. We know your will for this planet. We know your will for our lives. We know your will for government. Our founders understood that. That's why there were checks and balances. That's why people had a holy, how do I say this, a holy distrust, Lord, in one another. Even if they knew each other and they were Christians, they knew that corruption and the evilness in the heart would draw people in the wrong direction. So, Lord God, I just pray that you would wake up Michigan, that you would wake up the party, that you would wake up Democrats, that you would just bring to bear your word once again. and the freedom that it brings, because we know that Jesus said, I have come that you might have life and live it to its fullest. Lord, we are not living to its fullest right now under this current administration, and we won't live under it, Lord, unless you are reigning supreme. So again, we thank you, and we ask for your goodness as we move forward, and your mercy as well. In the name of Jesus, who is the King of kings and Lord of lords. Amen. Amen. That's great. Love it. I just love that. Thank you so much. And, you know, anytime you want to talk about something, give me a call because this is truly a no censorship platform. You can say you say whatever you want on here. And I don't you know, whether we agree or disagree, I don't expect that anyone ever agrees all the time, which is good. That discourse, that civil discourse. Absolutely. where we talk is good but no matter what it is no matter how controversial it is you can you can come on and say whatever it is that you want to say or anybody else for that matter because uh first and foremost we uphold people's individual rights and freedom of speech um anything else that you that you missed that you want to go over are you good to go I'm good to go, but I appreciate your time today. Thank you so much. And I'll be praying for your eye. That's got to be traumatic. It was kind of like, well, it started out with kind of like flu symptoms and it just kind of kept getting worse. And so I was glad that the flashes of light and that sort of thing were where there was an explanation, and it's something that just is what it is. But, you know, I got diagnosed with incurable cancer years ago, and I just stopped going to the doctors and said, yeah, I really don't think you've got a good plan, and so I'm just going to be doing my own. So it's the same thing here. I'm just going to do my own thing and figure it out, because it turns out they're wrong a lot. Yeah. So that's kind of interesting. So, boys and girls, that's where we go to this part of the show. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Go to brandenburgforgovernor.com because I'm the best non-consider. It's the best non-consider in the history of the United States of America. And I'd like to have a discussion with the rightful president of the United States, President Donald J. Trump in cowboy boots. See who wears better. I will because I wear them every day. and try to fix this thing right now. And so, at any rate, remember that if they continue to screw with you here on this sort of thing, that the U.S. Taxpayers Party, the Constitution Party, will not be taking any dark money, will not be doing anything that is against the Constitution. We'll stand without compromise on the things that are of honesty and integrity. And you're always welcome, Ralph. So just let you know that. And if there's anything else that I can do to help you, I'm kind of not a party person. I'm an American. So I'll go to anything and everything and talk to everybody just because I believe in that family of God getting together. So, and I really thank you for all you're doing. It's a tough thing to stand up in such a corrupt system and hold to the truth. And I really appreciate you coming forward and saying something a lot. It was very nice to hear. So at any rate, everybody, this is part of the show. God bless you all. God bless all those whom you love. And God bless America. Have a great day. Make it a great day. It starts with God in here and making choices every day. The choices that you make, just even the little choices that involve integrity and honor, reaching out to people, realizing that people are very, very isolated. and they're still isolated and alone and i think as we watch things kind of crumble to the ground here a little bit because it's coming we're there's no way to avoid what is going to be coming down the pike for all of us and you know what we're a bunch of bots okay we've always made it through we always get together as a family whether we have our struggles and our disagreements and that sort of thing the key is is to come together put ourselves aside Not stick to that we have all the answers, but listen to people because they will bring the answers forward for us. And we'll navigate through this together. God's leading us. And so there's no fear going forward, no matter what it is. Just keep going and trust in God. And I'll see you next week. I'll be back on Monday. Stay on the line here. Guys, this is where it gets fun because then we talk off camera just for a few minutes. And it's always really fun because then the real good stuff comes out. Just because, you know, it's fun. One of these days I'm just going to leave the camera roll forever. But I know you guys got things to do today. So we'll see you Monday. Have a great day. Have a great weekend. You too. Hang on just a minute, Ralph.