America Out Loud

Website Title Resource Summary
A Dangerous Threat to Democracy

This explosive segment explores the experience of Paul Hodgkins, the 38-year-old patriot who entered the Capitol on January 6th, donning a Trump t-shirt and carrying a Trump flag. Unarmed and causing harm to no one, he has been portrayed by the Prosecutor as “a dangerous threat to democracy.” Listen in as Malcolm flushes out what it was like to be one of the actual participants inside the Capitol that day. The chaos, the prayers, the surreal emotions one man experienced, and how those short 20 minutes changed Paul Hodgkins’ life forever. Team Nation member, Cathi Chamberlain, joins the second hour to share how close she came to following patriots like Paul into the Capitol and how easily she, too, could be facing felony charges today.

...
patriotpaul, America Out Loud
Patriots are the new “Domestic Terrorists” – Meet Paul Hodgkins

Article by Cathi Chamberlain

Known affectionately to his local Trump flag-waving groups as “Patriot Paul,” he’s a 38-year-old Eagle Scout with an unblemished record and a blue-collar worker at a steel manufacturing plant for the past seven years. His two cats are his kids. The $800 per month place he lives in might be a rental, but it is home to him. Just a very humble fellow who always paid his bills, had a promotion coming, and felt secure with the nest egg he’d painstakingly grown over the years. Now all of that is gone.

“Patriot Paul,” while just the first of the swamp’s Jan 6 victims, will hardly be the last. There are hundreds more awaiting their fate in solitary confinement, being beaten by guards, and being withheld medical treatment. What better way has the left of disarming its political opponents while removing our right to vote? 

In my last conversation with “Patriot Paul” on July 26th, I was struck by his guilt. He said, “I regret that I broke the...

patriotpaul, chamberlain, America Out Loud
Subscribe to America Out Loud