The John-Henry Westen Show - October 31, 2024


Candace Owens BANNED？! ｜ Australia's top freedom fighter Monica Smit calls out the censorship!


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Candice Owens is being denied entry into Australia, and we're here to fight it. Monica Smith joins us on the show to talk about why this should never happen, and why we need to fight for her to be allowed into Australia.

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00:00:00.000 Personally, if Candace Owens can't come to Australia to see willing audiences, I'm worried that if I leave Australia, can I come back?
00:00:07.940 The same reasons that they're denying her entry to Australia would be the same reason that they wouldn't want me here.
00:00:21.540 In every country on Earth where the COVID lockdowns were insane, there are cropped up heroes.
00:00:27.820 You remember in Canada, we had the truckers movement.
00:00:31.060 You remember in every country where it was truly, truly insane, you had a hero put their life, their living on the line to defend freedom, to stand for the rights of every citizen.
00:00:45.480 Well, probably the craziest country, and I admit even crazier than Canada during COVID, was Australia.
00:00:53.540 It was bizarre.
00:00:55.180 It was a place where they knocked down grandmothers, and then once knocked down, they were pepper sprayed in the face.
00:01:02.220 It was a brutal lockdown.
00:01:04.300 But sure enough, God raised up someone who was a nightmare for the government.
00:01:10.140 Because not only was it a trucker-type person who would stand up to the government,
00:01:15.460 but it was that same kind of bravery in the package of a beautiful young lady.
00:01:22.500 And that made it all the worse.
00:01:25.180 Even worse than that, she was well-spoken.
00:01:28.140 I'm talking about Monica Smith.
00:01:30.200 She's been with us before.
00:01:31.620 She's back with us again to tell us what's been going on in Australia and in her life since the last thing we remember from her
00:01:39.540 was her challenging the government in court by herself and winning, actually, two out of the three arguments in the case,
00:01:47.800 nonetheless facing massive fines.
00:01:49.700 So we're going to catch up with Monica Smith on this episode of the John Henry Weston Show.
00:01:53.960 Stay tuned.
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00:02:27.620 Monica, so good to be with you again.
00:02:29.300 Wow, what an introduction.
00:02:30.660 I feel like I have a lot to live up to right now and it's 6.30 in the morning,
00:02:34.080 but I will do my best to be well-spoken and brave as you explained me to me.
00:02:39.380 Let's begin as we always do with the sign of the cross.
00:02:42.180 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
00:02:46.860 Amen.
00:02:47.220 Let's talk about Australia because Australia is a huge time in the news right now.
00:02:51.400 Candice Owens is being denied entry into your country.
00:02:55.160 What have you got to say about that?
00:02:56.240 I'm very triggered by this because not long ago,
00:03:00.160 you know, we fought against drag queen story times in libraries
00:03:03.940 and an innocent child of any age could accidentally walk into a library
00:03:09.880 and be confronted with a drag queen reading a very inappropriate book to them. 1.00
00:03:14.520 However, adults can't willingly pay for tickets to see someone that they want to see.
00:03:22.040 An adult can't see someone they want to see in Australia, 0.68
00:03:25.720 but a child can accidentally walk into a drag queen story time.
00:03:28.740 And I just, I find this really dangerous.
00:03:32.680 And personally, if Candice Owens can't come to Australia to see willing audiences,
00:03:38.060 I'm worried that if I leave Australia, can I come back?
00:03:41.700 The same reasons that they're denying her entry to Australia would be the same reason 0.82
00:03:45.440 that they wouldn't want me here, you know?
00:03:48.220 And so that really frightens me.
00:03:50.360 However, I am very confident that Candice Owens, I don't know her personally,
00:03:54.520 but I'm sure she is a strong woman.
00:03:57.340 And I know she is, and I'm sure she will fight this.
00:04:00.320 And she has to for us, mostly for us, not so much for herself.
00:04:05.220 Because if this is a precedent that is set that an Australian member of parliament
00:04:10.020 can just deny someone entry because they don't like what they're saying,
00:04:13.500 I'm really worried about the precedent that that sets.
00:04:15.840 So I will be here to help in any way I can.
00:04:19.480 Beautiful.
00:04:19.940 Well, she is fighting it legally.
00:04:21.260 But LifeSite's also fighting this because we've just launched a petition
00:04:25.840 to ask the immigration minister to allow Candice into the country.
00:04:29.900 And we're hoping that you might help us with delivery of that petition.
00:04:33.820 This man, I think Tony Burke, his name is, he's not going to like me very soon
00:04:37.240 because I recently asked everyone to email and call his office.
00:04:42.680 And then I'm going to turn up with, you know, 20,000 signatures from all over the world.
00:04:47.780 So I'm going to get to know this man or his staff quite well.
00:04:51.500 And I can't wait to be there.
00:04:53.280 That is great.
00:04:54.580 That is great.
00:04:55.700 So tell us what's been going on in your neck of the woods.
00:04:58.840 What have you been up to?
00:05:00.180 So first of all, give us a recap.
00:05:02.480 I mean, everybody remembers that you were arrested three times in one day
00:05:05.960 on that first fateful time that you went basically to report on what's going on in Australia.
00:05:11.100 But then afterward, a year later, you were arrested again and held in prison.
00:05:18.200 That was stunning.
00:05:19.240 That was beyond, you know, that just freaked everybody out.
00:05:23.220 And recently had the court case.
00:05:24.640 So unpack that a little bit for us.
00:05:26.780 October 31st, 2020 was my first run in with police, I guess you could say.
00:05:31.680 And yes, I was arrested three times in one day.
00:05:34.080 I was a journalist at the time.
00:05:35.920 I was reporting and I just finished a court case recently with that.
00:05:41.640 And it ended up being 13 days in court, me on my own against a team of four.
00:05:47.920 So there was two barristers and two solicitors.
00:05:50.840 To be honest, one of the barristers sat there the entire time.
00:05:53.260 I have no idea what he was doing.
00:05:54.700 But anyway, that's besides the point.
00:05:56.500 Look, the fact they had such a big team against me was kind of a compliment in a way.
00:06:00.000 It went really well.
00:06:01.160 I felt like it was a fair trial.
00:06:03.580 The judge was very patient and a lot of people turned up to support me.
00:06:08.060 And it just, it had a very good vibe, I guess you could say.
00:06:11.660 And I felt heard, I felt listened to, and that was really powerful for someone like me.
00:06:17.200 Especially on that day, the police weren't listening to me.
00:06:20.380 I said, I'm working.
00:06:21.980 I have, I even had a permit to be there.
00:06:24.220 I have a real job.
00:06:25.640 I have a real organization.
00:06:27.040 I've got a real audience.
00:06:27.960 And they just ignored me, ignored me.
00:06:29.980 So to be in court and be heard was really good.
00:06:33.180 And it was live streamed as well.
00:06:34.420 So everyone was, a lot of people were watching.
00:06:36.840 So I'll tell you what happened.
00:06:38.840 So I had three arrests and the judge ruled that two out of three arrests were unlawful,
00:06:45.900 which is a 66 point, it's a bad number, but look, 66.66% win.
00:06:52.760 So I was pretty proud of myself.
00:06:54.800 I was pretty happy with that.
00:06:56.480 But there's a clincher.
00:06:58.880 So I don't know how this works in America.
00:07:01.360 I got $15,000 during mediation by the police to not go to trial, to avoid trial.
00:07:08.920 Now, for me, it was never about the money anyway.
00:07:11.140 So I had a counter offer, which was, I don't care about the money.
00:07:15.680 I need a public apology.
00:07:17.000 I need public vindication.
00:07:18.360 That's what I'm doing this for.
00:07:19.780 They refused to give me anything even close to that.
00:07:22.340 So we went to trial because I couldn't get what I wanted.
00:07:25.680 Then after trial, I got what I wanted, public vindication for at least two out of the three
00:07:31.060 arrests.
00:07:32.060 But the judge only awarded me $4,000 for two unlawful arrests because apparently I wasn't
00:07:42.400 distressed enough.
00:07:43.880 And because I'm a mentally strong person, I gathered myself together quickly on the footage.
00:07:48.960 And she's like, well, so you're basically okay.
00:07:51.680 So we'll just give you $4,000.
00:07:53.340 Now, that is an unprecedented low amount of money for this type of thing, right?
00:07:59.060 But because I got awarded less after trial than I did during mediation, legally speaking,
00:08:05.920 it's kind of a loss for me monetarily because I could have had a better result and avoided
00:08:12.740 trial.
00:08:13.140 However, my argument, which stands still to this day and is a very fair argument, is that
00:08:19.220 I got public vindication through trial, which I couldn't get through mediation.
00:08:24.460 So it's a better outcome for me.
00:08:26.340 Anyway, the judge decided that I now have to pay the legal costs of the other side in excess
00:08:35.120 of $250,000.
00:08:37.560 I have to pay $250,000 for winning my case.
00:08:41.900 It is absolutely insane.
00:08:45.060 But what I think the purpose for this is, and I don't actually believe they're all necessarily
00:08:50.500 colluding with each other.
00:08:51.560 But what I can say is that it sends a really dangerous message.
00:08:55.160 Two things.
00:08:56.160 One, it emboldens police to be unlawful because, hey, even if they act unlawfully and someone
00:09:02.260 takes them all the way to trial on their own, that person is still going to lose anyway.
00:09:07.280 So no one's going to do it.
00:09:08.620 And the police are just like, oh, cool.
00:09:10.620 No worries.
00:09:11.120 I got away with that, even though I did the wrong thing.
00:09:13.680 Then for everyday people like myself, why would you take on the police?
00:09:18.940 Look what happened to Monica Smith. 1.00
00:09:20.620 She won her case and she lost everything in the process.
00:09:24.280 It's a very dangerous precedent.
00:09:25.980 So for those reasons, I am appealing and I put in my appeal paperwork last Thursday and
00:09:33.480 then I walked to pilgrimage to sacrifice for it and to see what can happen.
00:09:38.700 And to finish that story off, I'll say that it's absolutely meant to be this way because
00:09:44.700 the Supreme, so I was in the county court and now I'm appealing to the Supreme Court.
00:09:49.700 And I'm sure it's similar in America that the higher you go, the stronger the precedence
00:09:54.580 is.
00:09:55.360 So I think it's a blessing that I've been forced to go to a higher court and now I can appeal
00:10:00.820 the lawful arrest that she declared was lawful and I can definitely appeal the cost order
00:10:07.340 and I'm very hopeful on that and I'm excited to do it.
00:10:10.320 So that'll probably be early next year.
00:10:12.200 But I cannot have this being the end of the story that a citizen has to pay to win their
00:10:17.720 case.
00:10:18.080 This is just absolutely terrible.
00:10:19.820 And just to finish that off, even mainstream media who have been historically unfriendly
00:10:25.320 to me have been friendly to me on this topic because they are also shocked.
00:10:29.460 So people who don't like me actually feel sorry for me, which is really an interesting window
00:10:35.420 for me to get in the audiences of normal people.
00:10:39.100 So I've had some mainstream media attention and it's been friendly.
00:10:43.080 So that's been a positive as well.
00:10:44.560 Interesting.
00:10:45.000 Now, one of the things that we should stress is you actually represented yourself by yourself
00:10:50.040 without a lawyer during the trial.
00:10:54.300 And are you doing that again for this or are you going to get a lawyer this time for the
00:10:58.660 appeal?
00:10:59.500 I'm actually not going to say.
00:11:01.620 I'll tell you why.
00:11:02.560 Because I've learned something very valuable that is very difficult for me.
00:11:05.980 And that is that not to say everything.
00:11:08.380 So the other side, they had my full book, which tells every single story about my entire
00:11:14.120 life, they had my social media and they used it against me.
00:11:17.700 You know, they used my open minded, hard on my sleeve character.
00:11:21.640 They used it against me.
00:11:22.960 So I'm going to play the game a little bit more and I'm going to keep some things to myself.
00:11:27.340 One of the other things that happened to you that I understand you're also going to take
00:11:31.840 up is this unlawful imprisonment.
00:11:35.340 What was that?
00:11:35.900 I got arrested and charged.
00:11:37.880 I got hunted down, I should say, and arrested for inciting people to go to a protest.
00:11:43.500 It was a social media post.
00:11:45.180 OK, I was arrested for a social media post.
00:11:48.960 Let that sink in.
00:11:49.860 The real purpose and mission of that arrest was to give me bail conditions to shut my mouth.
00:11:55.660 And so there was a bail condition in there specifically that I was not allowed to speak
00:12:03.120 in opposition to the COVID restrictions.
00:12:06.380 Yeah, there's no caveat there.
00:12:07.980 I couldn't dream about it.
00:12:09.340 I couldn't sing about it.
00:12:10.340 I couldn't talk to my family about it or I couldn't go back to jail, basically.
00:12:15.100 And they also wanted me to shut down my business, which that website got over 4 million views
00:12:20.740 in one year during COVID.
00:12:22.160 So clearly it was very useful for the people, that website, and they wanted me to shut it
00:12:27.940 down as part of the bail conditions.
00:12:30.340 So I refused to sign the bail conditions.
00:12:33.360 And that's why I went to prison, because I had to wait for the appeal of the bail conditions.
00:12:39.000 After 22 days in solitary confinement, because I wouldn't take a PCR test and I was so dangerous,
00:12:44.860 I appealed the bail condition and the higher judge agreed that those conditions were basically
00:12:49.820 draconian and I was let out with new bail conditions that were reasonable.
00:12:54.880 And then five months later, they thought they would try something a little bit sneaky and
00:13:00.100 they got a warrant forcing me to give them password access to every single app on my phone,
00:13:07.160 which they had taken into custody when they arrested me.
00:13:10.200 They still had my phone with them.
00:13:11.660 They wanted access to Google Maps, Google Drive, Google Docs.
00:13:14.640 They wanted my entire database from my organization, Reignite Democracy Australia, which at the time
00:13:20.480 was over 100,000 email addresses.
00:13:23.100 Half of them would have had actual addresses as well, physical addresses.
00:13:27.080 They wanted me to disclose all of my emails through my organization and everything like
00:13:31.140 that, which is private and confidential.
00:13:32.860 And if I trusted them, it would be a different thing.
00:13:34.800 But I don't trust the police, of course.
00:13:37.000 Anyway, I said no to the warrant.
00:13:39.280 And I said, and that's breaching bail.
00:13:41.140 So if you commit another indictable offense while you're on bail for an indictable offense,
00:13:46.640 then that's a breach of your bail and you go back to prison for three months just for that.
00:13:50.820 And then it's a whole new court case, a whole new trial, blah, blah, blah.
00:13:54.000 Anyway, I said, I'm not giving you those details.
00:13:56.340 Let me know and I'll come into the office, come into the police station to get arrested.
00:14:01.700 And three days later, they dropped the warrant and they dropped the charges.
00:14:06.260 So the warrant was, I guess you could call it a poker hand.
00:14:09.760 It was a psych out.
00:14:11.300 They either wanted the details or they wanted me to plead guilty to the incitement charges
00:14:15.320 to make the warrant go away.
00:14:16.620 But it was just a game, wasn't it?
00:14:18.540 And thank God I have a very supportive family and a very good friendship network and things
00:14:25.480 like that, that I have the strength to say no to these things because it means that they
00:14:30.060 can't do it again to other people.
00:14:31.820 So that's my next court case.
00:14:33.780 Um, and I still have some time to put that together.
00:14:36.900 So I'm waiting for this one to be, you know, tied up in a knot and finished before I go,
00:14:41.820 go on that one.
00:14:42.580 And that's going to be really big because I'll tell you the most important thing about that
00:14:46.480 case is actually not 22 days I spent in prison.
00:14:49.780 Okay.
00:14:50.060 The most important thing about that case is incitement.
00:14:55.180 I don't know if you have that word in your law.
00:14:57.320 Oh, we do.
00:14:58.480 You do.
00:14:58.960 Okay.
00:14:59.360 Of course you do, Jen.
00:15:00.320 Yeah.
00:15:00.720 So it's supposed to be that the punishment of the charge of incitement should mirror the
00:15:07.200 punishment of what you're inciting people to do.
00:15:10.180 So if you're inciting someone to do an armed robbery, that's very serious.
00:15:14.080 But if you're inciting someone to break COVID restrictions, that's only a fine.
00:15:20.320 It's only a summary offense.
00:15:21.920 It's like, it's like parking in a no parking zone.
00:15:24.540 That is how trivial it really is.
00:15:26.540 And to criminally charge someone, bring them through the court system, bring them through
00:15:31.380 the bail system for inciting someone to park in a no parking zone, right?
00:15:36.740 Shouldn't be allowed.
00:15:37.680 Should not be allowed.
00:15:38.940 So I need to use my case to be sure that they can't use this again on people who are
00:15:43.940 can't handle it because I have the mental strength to handle it.
00:15:46.900 Someone else, it might ruin their entire life.
00:15:49.280 And I just can't have this.
00:15:50.980 And, you know, we've got climate change lockdowns in the future.
00:15:53.700 We know that.
00:15:54.320 We know we have that coming up.
00:15:55.680 Okay.
00:15:56.180 And this incitement charge is going to be used over and over again.
00:15:59.940 I have some friends of friends who are inside the police and they laugh about it.
00:16:04.060 They know that incitement is being used as a weapon against people like me.
00:16:08.560 And so we need to try to close that loophole.
00:16:11.180 And that's why I'll be going to, I'll be doing that court case.
00:16:13.420 And it will be, it'll be, it'll be, it'll be big, I think.
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00:16:48.420 King.
00:16:48.760 It's a very unique position you're in because I did very purposely align you with the folks
00:16:55.880 fighting for freedom in America, in Canada and around the world, because you are that.
00:17:00.960 That's what you're, you're the tip of the spear.
00:17:02.700 And you've been chosen by our Lord very specially to, to be his spokesman for freedom, for faith,
00:17:09.180 for life inside of Australia.
00:17:10.800 It's a, it's a beautiful thing to see.
00:17:12.200 I was so glad to speak initially with your parents because it was, um, it was heroic.
00:17:17.360 I could speak as a parent to parents, um, and, uh, talk to them of their being so proud
00:17:23.520 yet heartbroken of what was happening to you, but so proud of you.
00:17:27.020 Um, now that you've come through it all and, and you're not on the other side, but you're
00:17:32.820 still fighting, but I mean, you're in a position of relative peace.
00:17:36.800 What are, what are your thoughts post all of the uproar?
00:17:39.740 You know, I think I gave up a lot of my life to, to do what I was doing.
00:17:45.340 And although at the time it was quite fun, I, I, I, I find it quite fun to go up against
00:17:51.380 authorities.
00:17:52.380 Um, and that's why I'm the right person for it.
00:17:54.860 Cause I see it as a bit of a game, but now I'm 36 and, uh, I'm not married and I don't
00:18:00.320 have any children.
00:18:01.540 So, uh, it's a little bit difficult that I've potentially lost those years.
00:18:07.900 Um, and I was so satisfied.
00:18:11.100 I was fulfilled in myself doing what I was doing that, um, it wasn't such a big problem.
00:18:15.920 And now it's like, oh my goodness, what about my life?
00:18:19.140 You know?
00:18:19.900 So there, there, I'm glad I did it all.
00:18:23.620 I'm glad I did all.
00:18:24.700 Um, but I'm definitely trying to, uh, have a balance in my life now where I don't feel
00:18:31.160 so beholden to the audiences.
00:18:33.440 And I don't, you know, you can kind of get a hero complex, um, and it can, it can run
00:18:38.800 away with you and you feel like, you know, if you don't do it, no one's going to do it
00:18:42.880 and stuff like that.
00:18:43.720 And it's a lot of pressure on yourself.
00:18:45.360 And I've definitely stepped back a little bit and I'm, uh, doing what I can because
00:18:49.780 I've got these court cases.
00:18:51.120 I've got these stories and I can make a difference that way, but it's, it's more, um, individual
00:18:56.720 now.
00:18:57.260 It's more about me and my life and if I can help, I'll help, but I really have to plan
00:19:03.580 around spending too much energy on things that aren't working and things like that.
00:19:07.900 So I'm trying to find a different type of life.
00:19:10.660 And I've, I told God this many times and I'm not sure if he's listening, but I said, obviously
00:19:17.720 that's a joke.
00:19:18.380 Of course he's listening, but, um, uh, I think I can do it all.
00:19:21.760 I think I can be a little bit of an activist and I think I can get married and have kids as
00:19:25.700 well.
00:19:26.060 So, um, I'm, I, I'm hoping that he, he agrees with me, um, because I would like that support.
00:19:31.700 But if I don't, you'll know, you'll know John Henry because you will be in contact.
00:19:37.020 But, uh, if, if in four years time, I'm still not married, I'll be 40 and it'll be over for
00:19:43.880 that almost.
00:19:44.640 And, um, so I will just put all of my life into activism and, uh, that's just how my life
00:19:52.100 is going to be.
00:19:52.680 And so I am in an interesting place in my life.
00:19:56.220 So your audience could pray for me that, um, you know, things happen, but I don't regret
00:20:01.640 a thing.
00:20:02.420 And, uh, no, sorry, that's a wrong, that's the wrong thing to say.
00:20:07.120 We should always regret some things because we're not perfect and we make mistakes.
00:20:10.860 What I mean is that I don't regret, you know, doing what I did most of the time.
00:20:15.420 Um, but I'm looking for a different life now.
00:20:17.900 Beautiful.
00:20:18.640 Well, I'm sure many of our viewers, I will, and I'm sure many of us will join you in storming
00:20:24.900 heaven and finding an answer from our good Lord as to what exactly he wants from you.
00:20:29.060 Um, tell us now about, uh, what's going on in Australia.
00:20:33.220 Um, what's your beloved land, which seems so crazy still, uh, going through right now?
00:20:38.720 Well, politically something interesting did happen, uh, just this last weekend.
00:20:43.140 Um, it's, it's, it's an exciting week for, for us.
00:20:45.680 We, we had the Queensland elections with it, which is a state election.
00:20:49.280 And then of course we have the U S elections coming up.
00:20:51.620 So I feel like a lot's happening at the moment.
00:20:53.920 I'm on, on the edge of my seat most of the time.
00:20:56.580 Uh, but anyway, for you viewers, Queensland is, uh, up in the, in the North side of Australia.
00:21:01.740 And it's really interesting because a lot of people moved to Queensland during COVID to
00:21:07.860 get away from the major cities of Sydney and Melbourne.
00:21:11.900 And so I had the, and I'm, I also am in Queensland and my whole, my entire friendship network
00:21:18.500 literally picked up from Melbourne and moved to Queensland.
00:21:22.400 It's, it's like never happened before and entire that the church, you know, it's all moved
00:21:27.860 over and the school has grown.
00:21:29.500 It's just amazing.
00:21:30.100 Anyway, so I thought that Queensland is becoming probably like the Florida of America where
00:21:36.440 people have intentionally moved here because they're conservatives, because they want to
00:21:41.520 homeschool because they want to live off the land and it's a really good weather so you 1.00
00:21:44.980 can grow things.
00:21:45.700 And so people have moved here anyway.
00:21:47.340 So I was really interested to have the state election because I thought surely, um, it's
00:21:53.080 going to be a conservative swing in Australia.
00:21:55.060 We do have the two party system just like you guys do, but our liberal party.
00:22:00.100 Our Labour party is actually our conservatives and our Labour party is the left wing woke baby
00:22:06.140 killing, um, party.
00:22:07.440 And, um, it's been, um, it's been the Democrats, you could say for two terms for eight years
00:22:16.740 here in Queensland.
00:22:17.480 Um, and this election, the liberals won by a significant amount.
00:22:22.580 We're talking, uh, at least 10, almost 10% more of the votes to the liberals, um, and the
00:22:29.160 green party, and that's the conservative party and the greens party, which is a fake green
00:22:33.640 party because they actually don't care about the environment at all.
00:22:36.240 But anyway, they are quite a big party underneath the two party system.
00:22:40.700 They got zero seats, zero seats.
00:22:44.900 And that is absolutely hilarious and incredible.
00:22:49.060 And it just goes to show that the, uh, their propaganda isn't working the same way that it
00:22:54.460 was because the greens party is kind of a scary thing because they get a few seats and then
00:22:59.160 they, they hold the balance of power.
00:23:01.140 So the major parties have to appease them to get anything, to get anything through.
00:23:06.520 So they got zero seats and the liberal party got a lot of seats.
00:23:10.320 And now I will just make this premise that I'm not necessarily a liberal party supporter.
00:23:16.540 They are not good during COVID.
00:23:18.060 They did not stand out for us.
00:23:19.300 They are not a very good opposition.
00:23:20.620 However, I really don't like the Labour party and I don't like the liberal party, but I don't
00:23:27.600 not like them as much of the Labour party, if that makes sense.
00:23:29.980 They, they are the better of the two evils.
00:23:32.460 And if you read their actual mission statement, it's something that I would write.
00:23:36.800 They're, they're, they're supposed to be conservative.
00:23:39.320 They're supposed to be about freedom of speech.
00:23:41.180 So their actual founding values align with mine, but the major party has been taken over by the
00:23:49.180 left, like a lot of other things have.
00:23:51.480 And people like me left the liberal party.
00:23:54.540 We, we abandoned our memberships because we were so disappointed with them.
00:23:58.860 However, that has made it worse because people like me have left the party.
00:24:03.740 So now it's been infiltrated.
00:24:05.920 And so I think people like me actually need to join mainstream politics again, instead of
00:24:10.920 going for independence and minor parties, because we also had, uh, there's a minor party here
00:24:16.520 in Queensland that has been going for 20 years and they're incredible.
00:24:19.460 They got zero seats.
00:24:21.160 And I'm just thinking to myself, like, we need to get back into the liberal party and
00:24:25.960 we need to take it back and bring it back to its founding values.
00:24:29.480 And that's going to be a campaign that I, I, I run quite soon and they're going to really
00:24:33.620 hate me for that one.
00:24:34.580 So I'm still in the game, that's for sure.
00:24:36.080 But, and there's one more point I'll make about this election.
00:24:39.800 We actually know too, is that the federal election is coming up here in Australia in May.
00:24:44.400 And, uh, I'm pretty sure it'll be a conservative swing as well, based on Queensland, but this
00:24:49.820 is really, really important.
00:24:51.400 The Labour Party, so our Democrats here in Queensland, ran their campaign heavily on pro
00:24:58.440 abortion commentary.
00:25:00.480 And I found that really strange, very strange.
00:25:04.460 I've never seen it here in Australia before.
00:25:06.780 It's very American, I would say actually, to do that.
00:25:09.560 And they lost dramatically.
00:25:11.600 And that gives me hope.
00:25:13.220 That gives me hope that, um, people realise that abortion is not a woman's right. 0.88
00:25:19.320 It is, it is murder, of course.
00:25:21.540 And, um, I hope they learn to lessen.
00:25:23.660 So I'm really proud of Queensland and, um, it gives me hope.
00:25:27.180 This whole election cycle, um, in America, that's what they're doing.
00:25:31.700 They're running on abortions. 1.00
00:25:32.540 Basically, what's your policy?
00:25:33.840 It's abortion. 1.00
00:25:34.440 And that's what the whole debate is about.
00:25:36.040 Now, if we had a free and fair election in America, I, I think Trump would trounce it so
00:25:41.480 bad that he would actually just take everything.
00:25:44.880 But it's weird.
00:25:45.940 There are some.
00:25:47.260 I, I just travelled recently and I noticed some, uh, Kamala signs on people's lawns.
00:25:52.760 Did make me wonder what could they be thinking?
00:25:55.340 But nonetheless, there were some.
00:25:56.620 So there must be some support there.
00:25:59.100 But Trump people are too scared to put signs in their yard because they'll get vandalised.
00:26:03.600 Oh, well, there was, there was a lot of Trump signs.
00:26:06.580 This, the one thing that I was just surprised that there was some Kamala at all.
00:26:10.860 There was a massive amount of Trump signs.
00:26:13.820 It's just, um, so yeah, no, I'm not, I'm not really concerned about the election.
00:26:19.320 Uh, I think people, the way I am concerned is the steel effort is out there.
00:26:25.080 You know, stop the steel is a very real thing.
00:26:27.280 Um, and so it's, it's strange.
00:26:30.080 We've, we've already seen ballot boxes burned, especially in, in, in areas that are heavy
00:26:34.740 for Trump.
00:26:35.440 So already the craziness has started.
00:26:38.420 We're, we're just about there now.
00:26:40.300 Um, so we'll see what happens.
00:26:42.080 It's, it's going to be interesting.
00:26:43.780 If anyone does know Trump, I, I got, I got denied my visa to come to America and I would
00:26:48.860 really love to come to America.
00:26:50.020 So if Trump gets in, we need to sort this out, you know?
00:26:53.080 Indeed.
00:26:53.560 In fact, if anybody's watching right now, um, this is, uh, who, who has some access to
00:26:59.720 Mr.
00:27:00.080 Trump, to president Trump, please go ahead and tell him.
00:27:03.180 Cause this is, this is a great hero for freedom internationally.
00:27:08.320 Uh, an example to so many of us who are looking for someone to lead the charge.
00:27:14.300 And if you look at her rap sheet, her history of sacrifice and suffering for freedom, it's
00:27:18.460 truly incredible.
00:27:18.940 So anyone out there can do something, please do.
00:27:21.340 Um, Monica, give us any final thoughts for us as, um, as we close off here.
00:27:27.220 I've traveled around Europe recently and then around Australia, and I don't wear a freedom
00:27:33.400 hat or a freedom shirt, or I'm not obviously a freedom advocate necessarily, but I'm very
00:27:39.000 approachable because I'm usually alone and I'm a young female or youngish anyway.
00:27:43.960 And so I've spoken to a lot of random people, random people in random situations, caravan
00:27:50.060 parks, trains, planes, you name it.
00:27:52.200 I've spoken to a lot of random people and 99.9% of them are awake to everything.
00:27:59.620 And I'm sorry, but that is a very rich, rich data set.
00:28:04.700 I'm talking like 15 different countries all over the world, hundreds of random people,
00:28:10.740 and they're all awake.
00:28:12.400 I think somehow they've convinced us that we are a minority or that we're the crazies
00:28:20.200 or something like that.
00:28:21.200 It's just not true.
00:28:22.140 And it's impossible for me to have gone through what I've just gone through, talking to all
00:28:26.380 those people and for me to have that rich, rich data set and for it to be the way it
00:28:30.560 is.
00:28:31.300 They're trying to convince you that you're alone and it is the absolute opposite.
00:28:36.040 But what I can tell you is that the reason it feels like we're not the majority, which
00:28:40.540 we absolutely are, is because they've trained us very well to be scared to speak.
00:28:46.380 So if you're picking your kids up from school, you're not going to talk to the parents about
00:28:50.680 the gender ideology, are you? 0.92
00:28:52.240 Because you are too afraid that you might stigmatize yourself.
00:28:56.520 But all the parents are thinking the same thing, but just someone needs to say something
00:29:01.580 to make the other people feel safe to speak out.
00:29:04.160 So it's very hard to be the first person in a room to speak out, but it's easier to be
00:29:09.260 the second person and it's even easier to be the third person.
00:29:12.480 So that one person is really, really important, but then others need to follow along.
00:29:16.060 And I think what's going to happen is it's going to be like, I imagine the scales of
00:29:19.660 justice, you know, these scales here.
00:29:21.340 And we're definitely the majority.
00:29:24.140 Once people start speaking up, it's going to be like a kaboom moment. 0.93
00:29:28.160 It's going to be like the dam will be broken and everyone who was scared to speak will then
00:29:33.820 all of a sudden feel safe to speak.
00:29:35.400 And it will be an enormous avalanche of truth.
00:29:39.100 But we need to get to that point.
00:29:40.640 And I'm just not really sure how, but I want people to feel confident that I've done the
00:29:44.540 hard yards to speak to so many different people.
00:29:47.240 And it gave me so much hope that people are there waiting for the right moment.
00:29:52.820 And I will give you one more reason.
00:29:54.720 I know that this is true is we had a referendum here in Australia in about March or April.
00:30:01.600 And there was also a referendum in Ireland.
00:30:03.620 I'm sure you've heard about.
00:30:05.240 And this showed me something.
00:30:06.800 It solidified my point.
00:30:09.080 I won't go into the referendums themselves. 0.99
00:30:11.080 All I can tell you is that both of them were woke, very woke, very lefty and silly. 0.96
00:30:16.080 OK, all of the propaganda, all of the mainstream media, all of the celebrities, anyone who could 0.95
00:30:20.940 kick a football, you know, were on the side of the woke.
00:30:24.540 Everything was on the side of the woke.
00:30:25.940 But the people went into that ballot box in private, anonymously, and voted for conservatism,
00:30:34.320 both referendums. 0.97
00:30:36.100 And what that proved to me is that people aren't stupid. 0.89
00:30:40.080 They're just scared. 0.95
00:30:41.540 So if you give them that privacy and you give them that anonymity in the ballot box, they're
00:30:47.480 going to vote the right way, but they're not going to tell you what they're going to vote
00:30:50.360 before they get there.
00:30:51.260 So it gave me a lot of hope.
00:30:53.000 So I want people out there to just don't get overwhelmed thinking that everyone around
00:30:57.400 you is asleep because they're probably just pretending and just speak to people and you'll
00:31:02.360 know exactly.
00:31:03.180 So have hope.
00:31:03.700 Monica Smith, trailblazer, and in speaking the truth to power. 1.00
00:31:08.980 God bless you, my friend.
00:31:09.900 We will be praying for you and supporting you and very much looking forward to having
00:31:14.700 you deliver that petition for Candace Owens being allowed into Australia.
00:31:20.820 God bless you, my friend.
00:31:21.500 And thank you.
00:31:22.720 See you later.
00:31:23.560 And God bless all of you.
00:31:25.640 And we'll see you next time.
00:31:26.540 Hi, everyone.
00:31:31.820 This is John Henry Weston for LifeSite News.
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