The John-Henry Westen Show - Arrested for Defying COVID： Monica Smit Continues Resistance

00:00:00.000 Monica Smith, Monica Smith, Monica Smith, Monica Smith.

00:00:03.560 Government has fired rubber bullets and tear gas at anti-lockdown protesters, including children.

00:00:09.540 You will no longer be able to leave home.

00:00:11.580 The people have had enough.

00:00:12.960 Together we can save our beautiful country.

00:00:15.940 Why is Monica Smith getting arrested for excitement when all she is doing is expressing her political opinion? 1.00

00:00:22.220 We are not going to give our compliance.

00:00:25.240 Who is speaking out apart from Monica?

00:00:26.920 You can fire them! Put us in jail!

00:00:30.000 No, I can't!

00:00:39.780 Hello, my friends. Do I have something special for you?

00:00:42.800 You remember in 2020, when all the insanity was breaking out all over the world,

00:00:48.300 there was a country that actually rivaled Canada for COVID insanity, and that was Australia.

00:00:53.260 We saw the most bizarre insanity, but yet in the midst of that, which you might call hell,

00:00:58.520 rose a very beautiful figure, a young lady who spoke out and organized against the COVID insanity.

00:01:10.140 And for it, boy, was she punished.

00:01:13.380 She was actually sent to jail. 0.91

00:01:16.120 Over 20 days in jail for this young lady. 0.98

00:01:20.560 It was unbelievable.

00:01:22.540 But that persecution was so severe, it sparked a movement, not only in Australia, but all over the world.

00:01:30.800 Stay tuned for this episode of The John Henry Weston Show with Monica Smith.

00:01:35.100 We are about to come upon May 9th in very short order.

00:01:41.220 You've got to get yourself out to Ottawa to the National March for Life, which is taking place on May the 9th.

00:01:47.080 Make sure you're there.

00:01:48.240 Aren't you sick of Trudeau, the most abortion-pushing prime minister we've ever had?

00:01:53.880 It's time. It's time to show the politicians in Ottawa.

00:01:56.580 We're not going to take it anymore.

00:01:57.620 We're there to show that we are for life.

00:02:00.340 And these are not the Canadian values he always says they are.

00:02:03.220 No, the Canadian values are to stand for life from sea to shining sea.

00:02:07.180 This is still a Christian nation.

00:02:08.700 Let's show them that.

00:02:09.800 We'll see you at the March for Life on May 9th.

00:02:11.420 God bless you.

00:02:14.320 Monica, welcome back to the program. 1.00

00:02:16.260 It is so good to be here.

00:02:18.040 Under different circumstances.

00:02:20.120 Indeed.

00:02:21.360 Let's begin as we always do with the sign of the cross.

00:02:23.140 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

00:02:28.300 Amen.

00:02:30.320 Monica, so good to see you again.

00:02:32.220 You've been very busy.

00:02:33.480 You've been...

00:02:34.580 Let's start with that.

00:02:35.380 In fact, tell us, you just did a tour in Europe.

00:02:38.920 How did that go?

00:02:39.940 Better than I could have expected.

00:02:42.320 The freedom movement, which I call the Freedom Family now, after my experiences,

00:02:46.860 is bigger and wider spread than anyone could ever imagine.

00:02:50.540 But who has the time to go visit 17 different countries in five months?

00:02:54.940 Well, I do.

00:02:55.860 So I've done that so that I can share with the world that there are freedom people everywhere

00:03:01.800 where you wouldn't expect it.

00:03:03.380 Because a lot of groups and community groups, they don't want to be in this big organization

00:03:08.300 or have top-down hierarchy and things like that.

00:03:11.120 Small villages in Norway or in Italy are driving with all of this self-sustainability.

00:03:16.980 And it just gave me, which I hope to give to you and your audience, a lot of hope that

00:03:22.280 there are so many good people, strong people in the world that are ready for whatever happens.

00:03:27.440 So it helped me, and I hope it in turn helps other people.

00:03:30.900 There's an incredible explosion right now of interest in what you are doing because you're

00:03:37.980 actually taking the government to task for what they've done.

00:03:41.000 And like very few other people, you have been able to bypass the regular channels and you're

00:03:48.020 actually taking the government to court.

00:03:49.880 Tell us about that and when that is.

00:03:51.820 On October 31st, 2020, I was reporting as a journalist, which I was at the time, and I

00:03:58.660 got arrested three times in one day for no reason, while other reporters from the mainstream

00:04:03.580 media were walking around the exact same spot that I was walking around.

00:04:07.340 But apparently my journalism was not okay.

00:04:11.040 The second arrest, I actually got put in the back of a divvy van, which is what we call

00:04:16.200 a police van.

00:04:17.420 And I was stuck there for 45 minutes, handcuffed.

00:04:21.300 And the dramatic scene that I paint for people is that this was the first time a girl like 1.00

00:04:25.520 me had ever had any sort of run-in with police that was not respectful and things like that.

00:04:30.500 And I was crying in the back of that divvy van, and I couldn't even wipe my own tears because

00:04:35.960 my hands were behind my back.

00:04:37.540 And this was, you know, I just thought to myself, if they're going to do this to me,

00:04:42.360 a journalist, in a nice outfit, respectful and calm, what are they going to do to other

00:04:48.180 people?

00:04:48.940 Now, we know the answer to that question now.

00:04:50.880 Um, but it's taken, it's taken three and a half years of back and forth paperwork, but

00:04:55.940 we finally have a court date and, um, I'm going to take someone to task for the decisions

00:05:02.400 that were made on that day.

00:05:03.900 The thing is, is not many people get to go all the way.

00:05:07.240 And a lot of people say things to the police, like, oh, I'll see you in court, et cetera.

00:05:11.760 But the police shrug and laugh it off because they know that person won't have the resources

00:05:16.460 to go all the way, all the, all the lifestyle to go all the way.

00:05:20.020 And it is going to be fun to actually see that police.

00:05:23.660 And then I said that to in court and say, I told you so.

00:05:26.580 But anyway, the day has finally come.

00:05:29.220 It's all laughter right now, but it is scary because of course, the risk of losing a case

00:05:35.500 like this is very grave.

00:05:36.840 Um, if I lose, I will have a cost order against me of three or $400,000.

00:05:42.820 And, um, you know, for many people that would ruin their life.

00:05:45.740 But luckily I have family and God on my side.

00:05:48.380 So I'm not too worried about that.

00:05:50.360 Let's just review some of that.

00:05:51.640 I want you to watch this clip because what Monica described about what went on is easily

00:05:58.880 forgotten because it was so brutal, so unbelievable that we tend to want like all traumas.

00:06:06.640 We want to kind of bury it.

00:06:08.200 Watch this.

00:06:08.720 On July 23rd, this year, 2024, we have a trial booked in the County Court of Victoria for 15 days.

00:06:19.780 I am taking Victoria police to trial so they can answer for all the things that they did

00:06:26.720 to all of us during the world's longest and harshest and most ridiculous lockdown in the entire world.

00:06:33.680 Of course, I can only use my story during my court case.

00:06:38.720 However, this case is not about me.

00:06:41.160 It is about all of us.

00:06:42.560 It is about the pregnant woman who got arrested in her house for a social media post.

00:06:48.140 It's about the old lady who got pushed down and then pepper sprayed in the face.

00:06:52.900 It's for all the people who got shot with rubber bullets in the back while they were trying to run away from police at the shrine.

00:07:00.120 It's for all the people who had a knock at the door at 1am in the morning from Victoria police.

00:07:04.400 It's for all the people who were kettled for four hours in the blistering sun with no water or bathrooms.

00:07:11.200 It's for all the people that got COVID fines.

00:07:13.840 It's for all the businesses who lost their business during COVID.

00:07:17.020 It's for everyone who suffered at the hands of the police who are supposed to serve and protect the people, not the government.

00:07:25.320 So, Monica, you were the one closest to this scene because all of us, most of us are in America.

00:07:30.980 What went through your mind when you saw that?

00:07:33.080 Now, you had experienced some of it already because you'd been in the back of a police van and arrested.

00:07:39.120 But when you saw your own citizens being brutalized by police, what went through your mind?

00:07:46.120 It's interesting that you say that people tend to forget these types of things.

00:07:50.160 And even the people that experienced it firsthand, we also tend to forget.

00:07:55.640 And when I had that video made, for example, and any time I see those clips circulating once in a while on social media,

00:08:03.080 I really, really struggle to watch that footage.

00:08:06.120 And I've also been away from Melbourne a lot over the last year and a half.

00:08:10.800 And I flew into Melbourne just recently.

00:08:13.240 And, you know, it's an uncontrollable feeling.

00:08:16.760 You just feel suffocated here, remembering all the trauma that went on.

00:08:22.060 And people say, well, just get over it.

00:08:23.880 But COVID is still in the news and these things are still happening.

00:08:27.940 I still have court cases coming up, things like that.

00:08:30.300 So when I see footage like that, it's hard, but it's an important reminder because I do feel like God believes in justice.

00:08:39.520 He has mercy, but he also believes in justice.

00:08:42.000 And so if it takes humans to, you know, try to make some of that justice come about, I think that's part of our role as well as Catholics.

00:08:50.660 Indeed it is.

00:08:51.260 In fact, what needs to happen, which really hasn't yet, is the recognition of the evil that went on.

00:08:58.620 And some understanding for police, especially, who are not just, you know, soldiers of the government that are supposed to meet out whatever they're told to do, whether that means killing innocent people and brutalizing innocent people or not.

00:09:15.880 It means they are supposed to take the law, work within it, and do their best to do justice.

00:09:21.840 They still have their own consciences and they're supposed to work within that.

00:09:24.980 Yet what we saw was automatons doing just brutality against their own citizens, their own brothers and sisters, if you will, their own fellow Australians.

00:09:37.260 I can actually tell your audience that the police force, especially in Melbourne, but also in other places around the world, it's having a very hard time recruiting people.

00:09:47.860 And it has lost, it has the lowest numbers that it's ever had.

00:09:50.780 In fact, in Queensland, they're even looking at recruiting international police to come and work in Queensland, which is obviously absurd.

00:09:59.240 But obviously the things that they were asked to do and the things that they did do has played a role on, you know, creating discomfort within that job.

00:10:09.460 And instead of looking within the organisation, thinking, oh, I wonder what we could do differently to keep our staff in place.

00:10:16.380 Instead of doing that, they're basically throwing their hands up in the air and wondering, gee, I wonder what's going on.

00:10:22.300 And I'm like, well, I could tell you.

00:10:24.940 Also, we've got a lot of police that lost their jobs because they didn't want to get, you know, the injections and things like that.

00:10:31.300 But actually, most recently in Queensland, the police force actually won a case and it was deemed actually unconstitutional that they were forced to get mandated.

00:10:43.280 So actually, some of the police who wanted to go back after all the trauma, they might not want to have gone back.

00:10:49.320 So the police force has suffered immensely and our crime, which is obviously a bit off topic for this, but it is on topic with police.

00:10:58.200 The crime here in Australia has gone, it's really gone crazy, especially youth crime and things like that.

00:11:04.560 So there aren't enough police to actually keep us safe.

00:11:07.820 And this is a real concern.

00:11:09.360 And one thing I'll say before you ask the next question is recently I had an incident where I was sleeping in my van and someone attacked my car.

00:11:18.160 And I got very scared, of course.

00:11:20.280 And the first thing I did was drive to the nearest police station, you know.

00:11:24.940 So even someone like me who's had the experiences that I've had still respect the force and what they're there for.

00:11:31.840 And I asked if I could sleep in their parking lot and they said yes.

00:11:35.200 And I felt safe there.

00:11:36.600 So there is something to fight to keep.

00:11:39.420 And I hope that instances like me taking them to court is not an opportunity to embarrass them or make the public respect them less, but actually an opportunity for them to think twice before they follow unlawful instructions from their superiors.

00:11:57.200 I want people to think twice before they do that next time.

00:11:59.840 Not just for the force, but for themselves, because you've got to sleep with yourself at nighttime and you wouldn't feel good shooting rubber bullets at innocent people, for example.

00:12:08.900 What do you hope to come out of this case?

00:12:11.960 Over the last four years, I have learned to have low expectations only so that I don't get hurt all the time because the conservative or freedom movement or whatever you want to call it have lost quite a few times over the last four years.

00:12:26.980 But we are still trying.

00:12:28.520 My goal is to just air things publicly.

00:12:32.580 You see, there are so many people here in Victoria, especially, that were brutalized by the police, maybe even worse than me.

00:12:39.660 But I'm the one with the voice and I'm the one with the support and the family backing and the faith in God, for example.

00:12:45.960 So I feel like I'm airing this for the people that can't do it, the people who have children, who have to focus on other things.

00:12:54.000 I don't have children.

00:12:55.220 I can risk all of this because I have the situation to do so.

00:12:59.140 And also, even your audience and my audience here in Australia, they supported me financially when I was in prison.

00:13:05.460 And because of that, I feel a duty I'm happy to do, to do whatever I can.

00:13:10.620 And even if I lose the case, John Henry, but I have aired something publicly that stays on the record for decades or centuries, then I think that's good enough.

00:13:19.800 And if that's all I can do, that's all I'm going to do.

00:13:22.160 But I obviously hope that we can make someone accountable for the decisions that were made on that day and to give the people that can't do what I'm doing some peace that we at least got heard by someone.

00:13:37.100 You know what, Monica, I can't tell you how many people were inspired, were given hope, were given just unbelievable encouragement by your witness.

00:13:47.660 You've already done enough, as it were, to have suffered what you did because it's created already amazing benefits for people.

00:13:58.140 It's inspired people, first and foremost, in faith.

00:14:01.540 You're not shy about your faith.

00:14:03.900 You believe in God.

00:14:04.840 You mention him.

00:14:05.600 You're a Roman Catholic and your parents supported you.

00:14:10.480 When I spoke with them, it was just, it was so great to hear.

00:14:15.000 Very proud of you they were, as I would have been.

00:14:17.220 I mean, imagine your child takes the faith and freedom to a whole new level in the country.

00:14:24.380 It's already been amazing.

00:14:25.780 So whatever you do from here on is just great.

00:14:27.640 I wouldn't have been able to do anything without my parents, my family and my faith.

00:14:32.260 And I think it gives a different meaning to the things that you do, and it makes you feel less afraid.

00:14:39.220 You know, if you're a parent, your purpose is being the best parent you can.

00:14:43.880 And everything after that is lesser of a purpose, actually.

00:14:48.060 Now, I think God hasn't allowed me to get married and have children yet, and I still have time.

00:14:52.400 But yet, because he's like, this is your purpose now, and purposes change, callings change.

00:14:59.340 But in the moment of now, and in the moment that I went to prison and things like that, my lifestyle was set up perfectly to be able to endure those things.

00:15:08.500 I wouldn't have been able to handle the pain of losing friends and family over, you know, the politics.

00:15:14.240 And I didn't lose anybody.

00:15:15.820 I didn't lose my community.

00:15:16.900 My church community were all like me.

00:15:18.840 So I had all the recipes for a perfect scenario.

00:15:22.020 And I still have that recipe in the sense that I have less to lose and things like that.

00:15:26.720 Now, John Henry, it's not going to be forever, okay?

00:15:28.900 I'm not going to be chasing after the government and politics and courtrooms forever because I don't want to do that forever.

00:15:35.820 But while I can, and while God is telling me to, I'll keep doing it.

00:15:41.580 And because I've been alone a lot, so I travel alone.

00:15:45.520 I was in prison alone.

00:15:47.160 I'm alone a lot.

00:15:48.080 And I think I have a really good relationship with God in the sense that, not in an arrogant way, in the sense that he gives me feelings like within my stomach or whatever.

00:15:57.460 And I just feel when I'm supposed to do something or when I'm not supposed to do something.

00:16:02.320 So maybe sometime soon he'll let me move on with my life.

00:16:06.960 But until then, I'm doing this and it gives me peace to do it.

00:16:10.640 And for anyone out there who thinks, oh, my goodness, like when you're going to see the mainstream media will attack me, there's going to be a lot of things.

00:16:18.060 There's other court cases going on that they're attacking me, but I won't go into that.

00:16:21.400 But whenever you see mainstream media about me, just think Monica's fine.

00:16:27.040 She's doing fine because this is perfect for my lifestyle and character right now.

00:16:32.060 And I'm happy to do it, but I'm really happy to get people's prayers because who knows what's going to happen.

00:16:37.480 It's a very corrupt system.

00:16:38.840 But, you know, I'm hopeful that it's, I know it's the right thing to do.

00:16:42.360 I just don't know if I'm going to get the wind straight away or years later.

00:16:45.300 Who knows?

00:16:45.820 But we're in it for the long haul.

00:16:47.380 So, indeed, first of all, let me pledge to praying for you myself and from the LifeSite staff.

00:16:53.080 But also, I know many, many of our viewers will keep you in prayer, are so happy to keep you in prayer.

00:17:00.240 One of the things you said is very interesting because I think there's a lot of people who wonder how to discern.

00:17:07.740 And the way you described it was neat.

00:17:10.540 You get a feeling in your stomach or whatever, just a sense.

00:17:13.800 If you have any more on that, we'll take it.

00:17:15.500 I think that you need to give yourself the space to think about things.

00:17:20.000 If you're always on the run and then if you're in the car and you're listening to music with words in it, I recommend listening to music, classical music or instrumental music.

00:17:29.240 But you need to give yourself the space to hear God.

00:17:32.340 You can't just say, oh, I want to hear what you want me to do.

00:17:36.760 And then you're just on the run all the time.

00:17:38.600 How is he going to speak to you?

00:17:40.700 But the other thing is as well, if you ask for him to speak to you and give you guidance and then he gives you guidance that you don't like, you can't ignore it just because it doesn't suit you.

00:17:51.560 You're supposed to do that thing because you asked for it and then it might lead into something else that you would prefer to be doing.

00:17:58.260 But if you really want to hear his calling, it will come.

00:18:03.340 But you have to be ready to listen and you have to give yourself the time to.

00:18:06.900 And when he does, you need to do it or else he might not talk to you for a long time.

00:18:11.920 So ask for it and be ready for it would be my advice.

00:18:15.860 And how do you deal with hardships?

00:18:18.660 You've had a lot of those.

00:18:19.760 I sleep really well.

00:18:21.580 That's just the basic thing.

00:18:22.920 Okay.

00:18:23.600 But recently as well, I've been getting out in nature a lot to compensate for the stress that I have.

00:18:31.040 And when I'm laying on a beach and I'm watching the ocean, I'm thinking to myself, this is God giving me the energy that I need to deal with the things that are coming.

00:18:41.060 And it honestly has worked really, really well.

00:18:44.440 So nature is there.

00:18:45.860 It is one of God's instruments to re-energize us, especially the sun.

00:18:51.400 I feel like I'm a solar panel or like a battery or something.

00:18:54.920 And I actually imagine God himself coming through the sun and like zapping me full of energy.

00:19:01.060 And people say, oh, because I'm traveling.

00:19:03.460 I've done 50 events in Australia.

00:19:05.240 I've driven 50,000 kilometers, which is like 30,000 miles in the last 10 months, all over Europe, all over Australia.

00:19:12.200 I live in a van.

00:19:13.180 And I live a very interesting life, which needs a lot of energy.

00:19:17.920 And for some reason, when I need my energy, I'm just there.

00:19:21.400 But it's because I allow God the space to give me the energy that I need when I need it.

00:19:27.900 Tell us, if you can, a bit about your strategy.

00:19:30.120 I don't know how much you're able to share.

00:19:31.840 But if you're able to share us any of your game plan, please do.

00:19:34.960 Remember, this case is about being arrested actually a year before I actually went to prison.

00:19:40.040 And so the prison case is coming next.

00:19:42.520 So I'm sure I'll do an interview with you then.

00:19:44.420 But it could be in a few years time.

00:19:45.840 Who knows?

00:19:46.820 My strategy is very plain and simple.

00:19:50.440 It's just the truth.

00:19:52.060 I understand that court is different.

00:19:54.820 It's all about process and gosh, all these confusing things.

00:19:59.380 And that's how they get people because it's so complicated.

00:20:02.440 But for me, it's really, really simple.

00:20:04.920 This happened and it shouldn't have happened.

00:20:07.240 And that's where I'm going with.

00:20:08.520 And then I don't think I need five lawyers embarrassed like they do because I'm not having

00:20:13.660 to come up with clever ways to justify why I did things.

00:20:17.740 I don't have to.

00:20:18.800 It's the truth.

00:20:19.760 What can people do to help you though?

00:20:21.920 We want to pray.

00:20:23.140 Is there somewhere we can write to you, keep in touch with you?

00:20:25.620 How would people keep up with you even?

00:20:27.840 If you subscribe on www.monicasmit.com.

00:20:32.480 Very simple.

00:20:33.580 That's how you can keep up the date.

00:20:35.060 If you live in Victoria, people are actually coming to the court case.

00:20:39.020 So I really hope to have a lot of support there, especially if you have some grievances

00:20:42.700 that you've never been able to air, come and let's make this our case.

00:20:46.300 That's actually all I'm asking for at this moment.

00:20:49.620 And if I do get a payout of any sort, it's taxpayer's money.

00:20:53.420 I might keep a little bit myself if I deserve that.

00:20:56.080 But because it's taxpayer's money, I'm going to spend it back on the Freedom family in Australia

00:21:01.340 especially.

00:21:02.660 So look, yeah, just pray for me and come if you're in Victoria.

00:21:06.900 That's all you can do.

00:21:07.960 And subscribe.

00:21:08.800 Beautiful.

00:21:09.160 And how are you going to keep people in touch with what's going on as it continues?

00:21:13.100 Well, I have all the social medias, John Henry.

00:21:15.480 So, you know, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

00:21:18.020 And then I also have my website, which is monicasmit.com.

00:21:22.200 So you can connect with all the socials there.

00:21:23.980 But the email, the biggest news will always be sent by email.

00:21:28.480 I don't send emails that often because I'm on the road.

00:21:31.420 But the important ones, you'll definitely get an email.

00:21:34.060 After the last four years, we've had a lot of time to reflect on the things that worked

00:21:38.880 and didn't work.

00:21:40.040 And I think it's really important that we do reflect on those things so that if tragedies

00:21:44.540 do happen again, global tragedies like, I don't know, they try to bring in a cashless

00:21:49.240 society or climate change lockdowns or anything to the magnitude of COVID.

00:21:53.980 I think it's really important that we focus on things that worked instead of wasting our

00:21:57.900 energy on all the things that we tried and failed, but also because we know now.

00:22:04.060 But the last thing I want to say is that traveling the world, meeting the freedom movement around

00:22:08.360 Australia, I absolutely know that people are far more ready than they've ever been because

00:22:14.920 before COVID, we didn't know each other.

00:22:17.260 I didn't know you.

00:22:18.440 All these groups didn't have each other.

00:22:20.040 And they're still meeting up weekly, fortnightly or monthly and communicating that people like

00:22:25.580 us who are open-minded and who know what might be coming, we're actually ready.

00:22:30.660 We're more ready than we've ever been.

00:22:32.520 And I have so much faith in our community, in humanity, in fact, that when push comes to

00:22:39.600 shove, if we get pushed too far, we absolutely will stand up.

00:22:43.400 But unfortunately, we're going to have to get pushed to see that.

00:22:46.800 So when you see governments pushing and doing things that seem just absurd, actually, instead

00:22:53.000 of being afraid, you should almost be thankful that they're overplaying their hand because

00:22:59.120 the sooner they make mistakes, the sooner we will come together and we will have the

00:23:03.600 life that you want for your children and I want for my nieces and nephews at this point.

00:23:07.960 So don't be afraid when you see them doing crazy things because maybe we need them to.

00:23:12.300 And that will be our time to shine.

00:23:13.480 Indeed. Now, you mentioned there digital currencies.

00:23:19.560 What do you think is the problem with going away from a cash society into a cashless digital

00:23:27.540 currency? I mean, it seems so convenient for people.

00:23:30.440 You know, they're using the credit cards mostly anyway.

00:23:33.800 What's wrong with that?

00:23:34.820 A one-world government, a one-world currency, a one-world language kind of sounds really

00:23:39.380 convenient, actually. If it wasn't in hands of bad people, then everything would be fine,

00:23:45.480 actually. But the problem with cashless society is that none of your movements will be private

00:23:51.080 anymore. And some people say, well, I have nothing to hide. So it doesn't matter until you do.

00:23:57.460 Now, I had nothing to hide four years ago. But if there was a cashless society implemented in

00:24:02.940 Australia during COVID, do you think I would have been able to go grocery shopping? Maybe, maybe not.

00:24:08.460 I guess we don't know. The thing is, the people implementing these things have been proven to be

00:24:12.960 untrustworthy. So the same person who says we would never mandate medical procedures is exactly the same

00:24:19.240 politician saying we would never mandate a digital ID. And you think to yourself, well, how can we trust

00:24:25.220 you? And then there's the very simple things, John Henry, like, you know, giving children, your

00:24:30.640 grandchildren a $5 note in a card or doing a cash job for your friend. These are the very simple

00:24:36.400 things. But the sinister thing is complete control. And I'm telling you, if we go cashless, that is

00:24:42.300 exactly what it will be. It will be, and I'm not a very dramatic person in that sense, but it will be

00:24:47.580 the end of freedom for the foreseeable future if that becomes mandatory. But can I just say on that

00:24:54.160 point, I don't want to end on a, on a dramatic thing, but I don't think they can do it. I think

00:25:00.200 it's all smoke and mirrors because in Australia anyway, they couldn't even do contact tracing

00:25:05.420 properly during COVID, for example. So what the heck makes you think they can bring in a digital

00:25:10.780 currency and digital ID all at the same time and make it mandatory and make sure everyone has

00:25:16.040 reception all over Australia, which is a huge country with hardly any people. How the heck are they

00:25:21.260 going to bring that in? Now, there are so many rural places here in Australia that have no reception

00:25:26.280 and the FBOS machines go down all the time. So I really think it's actually a fear tactic because

00:25:32.940 if you're a globalist or if you're a tyrant who's trying to scare people, obviously you're going to

00:25:38.500 pretend that you're further along in your agenda than you actually are because that scares the exact

00:25:43.400 people that they want to scare. So what if they can't do any of it and they're just trying to scare us?

00:25:48.240 China is a good example though of people who have enforced such a thing. And it's exactly as you said,

00:25:55.420 what's amazing is nobody would have thought they're going to mandate people to take some

00:26:01.740 medication or something, let alone a controversial one that's untested, but they did. They would never

00:26:09.600 force people to stay in their homes and tell them they couldn't come out and make a curfew on the whole

00:26:14.540 society. But they did. They would never cancel someone's bank account. No, but they did. So

00:26:23.920 yeah, you can see it. It's actually great that they did those things because now when you're

00:26:30.100 talking to someone, you can use those examples like Trudeau in Canada or like UK, Nigel Farage's

00:26:36.320 bank account. So you can actually use these real life examples and say, but what about this? And

00:26:41.580 they've got the other person has nothing to say. So maybe it's a gift. And that's why I think that

00:26:47.300 when they overplay their hand, that's when we're going to recruit a lot of people onto the truth

00:26:53.380 movement, if you will.

00:26:55.300 Monica Smith, it's just beautiful to be with you, to learn from what you're doing, to be inspired by

00:27:02.760 what you're doing. You're in our prayers. We will follow you. And on behalf of all of LifeSite News,

00:27:08.200 thank you. Thank you for your witness. Thank you for your faith. And thank your parents for us too.

00:27:14.100 Speaking as a dad of many children, that's a really great thing when you see your daughter shine

00:27:19.840 and you're shining very brightly right now. God bless you.

00:27:23.680 Thank you so much.

00:27:24.740 And God bless all of you. And we'll see you next time.

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The John-Henry Westen Show - April 30, 2024

Arrested for Defying COVID： Monica Smit Continues Resistance

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