Join Robert Chernin and Ericka Redic as they welcome Founder and President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Cliff May. Cliff, Robert, and Ericka discuss U.S. foreign policy for China, Russia, Israel, Iran, and Ukraine – all important issues that voters are considering this election season. Plus, don’t miss our interview with Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire’s 2nd congressional district, Lily Tang Williams.

Brash, irreverent, and mostly peaceful!

 

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Cliff May
FDD Website: https://www.fdd.org/
X – @CliffordDMay
LI – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cliff-may-ab624314/

Under Cliff May’s leadership, FDD has become one of the nation’s most highly regarded think tanks and a sought-after voice on a wide range of national security issues. He has helped assemble a staff and advisory board whose research, ideas, and recommendations have shaped important policies and legislation on terrorism, nonproliferation, human rights, Islamism, democratization, and related issues.

Cliff has had a long and distinguished career in international relations, journalism, communications, and politics. A veteran news reporter, foreign correspondent and editor (at The New York Times and other publications), he has covered stories around the world, including datelines from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, the U.A.E., Bahrain, Oman, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Chad, Mexico, Argentina, Northern Ireland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, China, and Russia.

From 2016 to 2018, Cliff served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission that makes policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress in order to advance the pivotal right of religious freedom around the world, and integrate religious freedom into America’s foreign policy.

Lily Tang Williams
Website – https://www.lilytangwilliams.com/
X – @Lily4Liberty
FB – @lilytangwilliams
YT – @lilytangwilliamsZHIYOU

Born to illiterate working-class parents in China’s western Sichuan province just before Mao’s Cultural Revolution, Lily Tang Williams grew up experiencing extremely poor living conditions, food rationing, social chaos, and Communist indoctrination. In spite of these hardships, she learned to work hard and persevere.

In 1988, Lily Tang Williams decided to attend university in the U.S, earning a Master’s degree in Administration and Planning from the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Eventually, she went into business for herself, providing consulting and expert witness services in China-related business and legal cases. She and her husband also manage residential real estate properties they own.

Her passionate presentations and interviews have been featured on Fox News, Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox Business, Newsmax, Timcast, Huckabee TV, John Stossel, Joe Pags Show, Gothix TV, Shawn Ryan Show, Epoch Times TV, Glenn Beck Radio, and many other podcasts.

Lily Tang Williams is a Congressional Candidate for the 2024 elections in NH District 2 and has numerous endorsements from prominent citizens and organizations.

Robert Chernin
X – @RBChernin
FB – @OfThePeopleShow
IG – @rbchernin1

Ericka Redic
X – @ErickaRedic
FB – @GenerallyIrritable
IG – @generally_irritable

The American Coalition: https://coalition4america.com/
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Robert is a longtime successful entrepreneur, business leader, fundraiser, political advisor, and now popular podcast and radio talk show host. Robert has been an in-demand consultant on important gubernatorial, congressional, senatorial, and presidential races, including leadership roles in the presidential campaigns of President George W. Bush and John McCain. In 2004 he was praised as a difference maker as Executive Director for the national Republican Jewish outreach operations. Robert also proudly served on the President’s Committee of the Republican Jewish Coalition. He studied political science internationally at McGill University in Montreal.

Ericka L. Redic is a Vermont and Texas-based Chief Financial Officer, author, entrepreneur, and former Republican/Libertarian Congressional candidate. She strongly advocates from an originalist constitutional position for conservative values focusing on the culture war on her show Generally Irritable.

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