Kansans for Health Freedom gather for Summer Patriot Assembly
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Kansans for Health Freedom (KSFH), a nonprofit organization that focuses on upholding informed consent and the freedom to choose personal health decisions, gathered in the Encampment Building at the Kansas State Fair Grounds in Hutchinson on Saturday, July 9 for their Summer Patriot Assembly. The doors opened at 9 a.m. and throughout the day different speakers and political candidates spoke to the crowd—no political candidates were endorsed by the nonprofit.
Free medical information and information about different political candidates was available at different tables. A barbeque lunch was available with a $25 ticket and with an extra $3 donation people were able to get a slice of pie to help fund Whispering Pines K-8 private school in Yoder, or for a $15 donation, they could get a whole pie. A raffle took place throughout the day where people won free merchandise as well.
After a duet of the first two stanzas of The Star-Spangled Banner and the Pledge of Allegiance, KSHF President Connie Newcome started the day with a welcome speech where she spoke not just to the average citizens but to the candidates looking to be elected as well.
“Let us never forget, we live in the U.S.A.” Newcome said. “It is We, the People, who are the government, and we have a righteous responsibility to hold the elected accountable. So, if you’re [running for] election here today, take note. We’re going to hold you accountable. There’s a verse in Romans that says, ‘The wrath of God from Heaven is against those who suppress the Truth with their unrighteousness.’ …If you are an elected person, please do not participate in the suppression of truth. Instead, expose evil and tell the truth. We as the People will educate, we will motivate, we will congregate, and we certainly need to supplicate. Supplication can mean the humble inquiry to a person. So, we can supplicate to our legislators. But we can also supplicate in prayer on their behalf because they need to know that they have an accountability to even a Higher Authority than We the People. They have a Higher Authority that they are accountable to and that is God Himself, the Ruler of All Dominions.”
District 34 Senator Mark Steffen, MD was the first speaker and the MC for the day. He spoke on election importance and, as a man of faith, spoke on fighting the devil in our own unique ways. “I need you guys contacting your legislatures, praying first, …running for office, helping people running for office. There’s a multitude of things people can do. But sitting idly by is only helping Satan.”
Attorney General Candidate Kris Kobach spoke for his campaign, highlighting the fight against the five “workaround” mandates. These mandates were being used to force vaccines on the American public by the federal government. The mandates included the OSHA mandate (where people who worked for a company with 100 or more employees would have to be vaccinated for “safety” reasons), the federal employee mandate, the federal contractors mandate, the CMS mandate (mandating that those on Medicare or Medicaid must get the vaccine), and the military mandate. Kobach claimed victory over the OSHA and federal contractors mandate and “on the cusp of victory” over the federal employee mandate. He also spoke about the loss of the CMS mandate, where the Supreme Court found enough “wiggle room” for the mandate to be imposed. Finally, when speaking on the military mandate, Kobach, spoke on his role as a practicing lawyer, representing 36 members of the Air Force who were not being granted a religious exemption. “Of the 36, 17 are pilots,” Kobach explained. “We all have a constitutional right to tell the government, ‘It is our religious freedom to say no to the vaccine.’ That is absolutely clear. And we have a statutory right under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. All of them are asserting this right. One of them is an Air Force Chaplin, and he articulates very clearly why he is taking this stand, and the sincerity of the Airmen cannot be doubted.” Kobach would go on to further explain the necessity of our Air Force pilots and why we should not let them go so easily, detailing that compared to any other military person, we invest the most in our pilots, putting $5.5 million into training a single pilot.
Kobach also spoke on his political opponent Kellie Warren, saying, “The Kansas Chamber of Commerce was opposed to anything telling employers, you cannot [force vaccines] on your employees. They did not want a ban on all private mandates in Kansas. They control a lot of legislatures, and they write a lot of big checks to a lot of legislatures, and the Kansas Chamber also decided, given my position on this issue—and I’ve tangled with them on the illegal immigration issue, too—they decided we’re going to endorse against Kobach in the Primary…. You’ve probably seen some postcards in your mail that say from AFP. That’s Americans for Prosperity. That is an allied group of the Chamber. They’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on that mail and on other ads in this race.”
District 10 Senator Mike Thompson gave a speech on the weaponization of science, specifically regarding climate change. Thompson, who is also a meteorologist, and has been invited to the CO2 Coalition, talked about how we as humans cannot impact the climate. This is not to say that climate change isn’t real, but that the sun and other much larger things in our galaxy play a role in our climate to the point that humans are insignificant in the changing process.
“The last two years has become apparent to a lot of people that this has happened,” Thompson said. “They’re using the word ‘science’ and the idea of science against us to try to limit our freedoms, to heard us in certain directions. But this has been happening with a test case, basically in the climate field for decades…. We’re replacing real science with sound bite science. Whatever people are tweeting. Whatever inane thoughts come into their mind that they tweet, has now turned into fact, unfortunately.”
Mike Thompson also spoke on the problems with wind and solar energy and our need for coal, oil, and nuclear energy. Specifically, talking about the economics and environmental impacts provided by these forms of energy.
A lecture on the dangers of ESG, an acronym for Environmental, Social, and Governance, and what to do was presented by District 114 Representative Michael Murphy. In his speech, Murphy quoted German economist and founder of World Economic Forum Karl Schwab who said,
“The world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies. From education to social contract’s working conditions. Every country from the United States to China must participate. And every industry from oil and gas to tech must be transformed. In short, we need a great reset of capitalism.”
Murphy talked about how ESGs are a new way of implementing communism, comparing it to the Chinese social credit system with an environmental twist.
District 12 Senator Caryn Tyson, who is running for State Treasurer, received a standing ovation for her speech. Tyson, who was named National State Legislator of the Year in 2021, said she is going to raise the bar on the Treasurer’s Office.
“How many of you think the Treasurer’s Office is about unclaimed property,” Tyson asked. “That’s all we hear about from our State Treasurer. That office does so much more. One of the things it does, by statute, it keeps the receipts of the state. So, let’s put those receipts online where we can see all of the expenditures that the state has. That’s how we’re going to find wasteful spending and cut government.”
Tyson gave examples of her successes, stressing her beliefs in transparency, being accountable, and upholding Kansas first. She also pointed out that on her palm card the difference in her voting record compared to her political opponent Steven Johnson. She explained that while she’s never done something like that before, it was because her opponents campaign manager was lying about her votes, saying she voted for the largest tax increase ever in the state of Kansas. Tyson also pointed out that Johnson has voted numerous times to restrict Kansans of their right to conceal carry while she is an avid supporter of the second amendment. He has voted against religious freedoms and supported pro-abortion bills. Tyson also pointed out the APEX bill.
“He voted to give a billion dollars of your tax money to a foreign, unknown company…. He voted to allow coal plants to shut down, and for you to pay the interest, the bond, the expense of the shutdown, and even after the plant is closed, guess who gets to keep paying the expenses. Us, the rate payer. I stood strong against those.”
She finished her speech by saying, “Tyson for Treasurer because I’m not chicken!”
Secretary of State candidate Mike Brown also received a standing ovation. His opponent, current Secretary of State Scott Schwab consistently speaks about how secure Kansas elections are, yet many Republican voters do not buy into this, including Brown.
Brown started his speech, clearing the air about his acceptance of Zuck Bucks, which his opponent has used against Brown in his political campaign. According to Brown, who was a Johnson County commissioner at the time, had Johnson County election commissioner Connie Schmidt lie to him about there being zero strings attached to an $800,000 grant from the Center of Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). Brown voted on what he knew and declared that if Schwab’s security was so great, then he should have been able to warn county commissioners about the CTCL group.
Brown continued, quoting his opponent for saying, “If you question the outcome of an election, you are a domestic bad actor.” He then asked the audience what they think when they hear the phrase, “domestic bad actor.” The audience responded with the word “terrorist.” Brown said that wherever he goes people equate the phrase to “terrorist,” and emphasized his point, saying, “You were called a domestic bad actor, and that is exactly what our Secretary of State thinks of you.”
He talked about two special pieces he would sign first. The number one thing would be to lock and remove the ballot drop boxes across the state. The number two thing would be to hire a law enforcement official and an attorney to fulfill the obligation of prosecutorial authority. This would mean that if you’re accused of breaking Kansas election law, an investigation would commence and if they find evidence of such crime it would be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
“We are going to audit every election,” Brown said. “I’m not talking about a Scott Schwab audit…. We’re going to do a full audit…. It’s called a risk-limiting audit. It drills to the bottom. We will know the chain of custody. Every ballot, where it was from the day it was printed through the entire process where it will remain fully transparent. Think of Krispy Kreme doughnuts…. You see the whole process. You watch the whole thing. Our election process will be and should be exactly the same. You should never doubt where your ballot went. You should be able to see it at all times. So, we will know where every ballot is at from the day it was created to the day it is placed in storage in repository, and we will hold onto it there, but we will go back and track where every ballot was.”
Brown also spoke on the election machines of which he said at the minimum have created doubt for Kansas voters. He promised that he would guarantee every piece of electronic voting equipment would be to his satisfaction and if not, he would take the state of Kansas back to paper ballots.
Adrienne Vallejo Foster spoke about how her and Virginia Macha went around the state hearing from people about their American-made story for the past two years. She claimed that they heard a lot about Critical Race Theory (CRT), diversity, equity, inclusion. As a Mexican-American, Foster was shocked by these things, stating that she wanted people’s vote not because she was a woman or because she was a second generation Mexican-American, but rather because she was qualified. She also heard from parents about how children were not being taught academics like math and science, but rather children were being asked about their attitudes, values, and beliefs.
Foster talked about the redistricting of the Kansas Board of Education and introduced five candidates up for election. These candidates are Danny Zeck (District 1), Michelle Dombrosky (District 3), Cathy Hopkins (District 5), Dennis Herschberger (District 7), and Luke Aichele (District 9).
Lisa Huesers joined Foster, talking on data collection of children. According to the duo through technology such as school laptops, thousands of data points are being collected on children, whether at school or at home when they have to do homework. Foster shared a personal story saying, “My last son just graduated from high school, and while I was sitting here, checking my emails, I got an email from, it’s called Securly. We haven’t emptied his laptop yet, but because it’s still connected to his phone, it tracks every text message that he sends. Every link that he goes to on the internet. It’s crazy, and I’ve tried to un-connect it so many times. But I will tell you what, if I had small children today, I would opt out of this thing.”
Huesers went into more detail about electronics and how they are not just collecting data, but also how they are behavior modifiers. “They categorize, and I have seen recordings of people who create state assessment tests, the vendors that create it, when they’re talking about the state assessment test, they categorize kids into three categories. On the far end are the kids who have strong convictions and beliefs and probably have families who are Christians—they have faith. On the other end of the spectrum are kids who are more pliable. They’re not very strongly convicted, and they can be more easily changed. They want those kids because they can change them.”
Huesers has confirmed statements from Superintendents that the majority of the curriculum is Social Emotional Learning (SEL). This is not academics, but rather behavior modification, Huesers explained.