* Sen. Darren Bailey was on Outside the Beltway on Monday…

John Fredericks: Your governor there, totally woke. Tell me about the status of your race.

Darren Bailey: Well, absolutely, man, you got me fired up after that last segment. So thank you. And that sums it up. The people are sick and tired of it. I am by far the front-runner. I have the grassroots organization. I believe we’re going to do something that’s going to far eclipse what Virginia did a few months ago here in the state of Illinois in November. And but we’ve got to, we simply, you know, have to carry through. I am the prime target of both members of my party and the Democrats because of our lead. And I stood up and sued Governor Pritzker back in July of 2020, and we won over these lockdowns and began to free the state. So, I’ve been the only one that’s been standing up and pushing back even as a state representative and now as a state senator.

John Fredericks: Have you had enough? And the constituents that you talk to, I really think and I want to get your view here Darren because because I think you got a hell of a shot to win. I think November is going to be the biggest landslide seachange we have ever seen. And I really believe this push for transgender wokeism, this push for males swimming in the NCAA and winning medals, breaking records by 30 seconds. I mean, and then being celebrated. I mean, do you and the constituents that you’re talking to I know a lot of people are now afraid to deal with this. Do you see people just outraged by what is going on here?

Darren Bailey: Yes, they are. And you know, many people don’t know what to do. And God help us if we had the same citizenship today that, you know, instead of 250 years ago, when men and women stood up, put their lives and their fortunes and their homes and their families on the line. Yeah, they’re fed up. Proverbs 28-2 tells us when there’s moral rot in a nation, its government topples easily, but wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability. And everything you’ve been talking about is the moral rot that is destroying society. And that’s exactly why my wife Cindy and I are in this in this race for our four children and our 11 grandchildren, because we see a bleak future. And if we can’t stop this in Illinois in November of 2022, I believe it’s going to spread across the nation like cancer.

John Fredericks: We’ll see. I agree with you. And a lot of times, a lot of Republicans want to stay away from the so-called culture wars, they want to focus on gas prices, inflation. I don’t think you can separate these out, now, Darren, and that’s why I agree with what you’re saying. And look, average people down there looking at this, they might not be on Facebook, they might be afraid of going on social media. There’s there’s and I’ll tell you the other thing going on Darren is corporate blackmail, okay? If you speak out, you’re going to lose your job, you’re going to get ostracized, etc. So a lot of people are afraid to speak out. I think inside their homes, at the kitchen table. I mean, just ask yourself, does a seven year old have the mental capacity to come home and say, Hey, I think I’m a girl, or I think I’m a boy when they’re not? I mean, that is a taught behavior, that we’re letting these imbeciles teach in schools. And nobody’s saying a word until now we’re finally standing up. Do you see this as a part of your campaign?

Darren Bailey: Oh, it absolutely is. I’ve been there for the last I’ve only served as a state representative for two years and now I’m in my second year of a Senate race and it’s because of the platform that I’ve been one of the only few in my own party to stand up in a super minority here in Illinois and to push back. And just last Friday, I stood up and spoke against a woke bill and explained and argued the case of the destruction of the family. That’s what we should be propping up and lifting up. We should be working to keep the family unit together to keep dads as head of the household. And because of that breakdown of which what you’re explaining is exactly it’s a destruction of the family unit is what’s taking place. And until we get that under control, until we empower our churches across the land and wake them up to keep the family structure together, we’re going to continue to struggle with this absolute nonsense that we’re dealing with. And I’ve been speaking for the last three years as a state legislator, I come off the farm in Southern Illinois, so I’m from the school of hard knocks and hard work and common sense and and unfortunately that is missing in society today.

John Fredericks: Darren, let me ask you this. You got four children. Why is the left so determined to slice out fathers? What what is their goal here. It started with Black Lives Matter right on their website. And I just couldn’t believe they were getting billions of dollars with it said right there fathers have to go, they’re the problem. What is the left’s objective here in getting rid of fatherhood?

Darren Bailey: Well, if we take a really quick look at society and history and how a God in His creation, He intended, you know, the family unit to be headed by the dad, the dad is supposed to be out, you know, teaching his children hard work, ethics, honesty and integrity. And you remove that, and then you begin to deplete everything, morality, everything, of integrity, and our children wander around lost, waiting for a Democrat Party to give them everything and teach them their ways. And you know, it’s crazy that we have allowed ourselves to get where we’re at in such a quick amount of time. But it’s people like me who realize this, who have been enjoying freedom have been enjoying working and providing and living in with all of our family living around us and realizing that if I don’t get involved in this thing called the government to stand up to serve in a position to uphold our Constitutional Republic and freedom. If I fail to do that, then we lose. And we as Americans have indeed become a little too comfortable, a little too apathetic, we don’t want to upset anybody. So we sit back, and we compartmentalize our lives. And this is what we get.

John Fredericks: Well, because now they’re going after our children. Because this is now becoming a learned behavior. So they can basically implode the family unit. And that gives them better opportunity for control. That’s why we have the masks. That’s all we have the mandates the whole bit. All right. Tell us tell us about your race. How do you become the Republican nominee for governor of Illinois?

Darren Bailey: Well, the simple fact that I chose to stand up two years ago, when all these mandates started happening. And I stood up as a private citizen, and I filed a lawsuit against our governor. I won. And because of that, we have been invited all across the state to empower and educate people to stand up, open your schools, open your businesses, open your churches. And then about 40 days later when we reconvened in August of 2020, I was kicked out of the General Assembly for standing up and refusing to put a mask on because the General Assembly had rented an arena out so that our desks could be 12 feet apart. And I even stood up and I said, you know, I’ll put my mask on if someone comes over and to talk at my desk or if I have to get up use the restroom or get something eat but I’m not going to sit here for 20 hours a day and and wear this mask when we are 20 feet apart when your own CDC says that six feet’s good enough and at the time they were debating if three foot was enough. So I’ve been standing up and I’ve been educating the people of Illinois and and they become very responsive. So they’ve known who I am for the last two plus years. And now when these lies come out against me from opponents in the Republican Party and and from the Democrat party, you know, they can stand and they say that’s not who Darren Bailey is. We know him because we’ve, my wife and I are putting in the you know, we’re putting in the work all across this state and our Facebook page and our web page documents that every day so people know what we’re doing. They know who we are. And that is why that the establishment on both sides of the you know, both sides of the aisle are concerned about our movement. You know, there’s times when I began to wonder, do Republicans really want to be in charge? we had the our amazing President Donald Trump stand up and come against all of this. And common sense and business mind ruled the day and our country was great for a moment. But then…

John Fredericks: I’m, I’m running out of time, we got to get the bottom of the hour. I’m going to keep you for a couple more minutes so we can figure out what your campaign is and how you win this race. And God knows we need a farmer as governor of Ilinois, not one of these politicians. Hang with us a couple of minutes. I’m going to come right back […]

We’re back right now with our candidate for governor Darren Bailey. Farmer, four children. It’s the kind of people we need in government. I’m in Richmond, one of one of my representatives here changes oil for a living. One time I’ve got on my radio show, her name is Kim Taylor. 8am She’s like text me Look, I gotta be late. I just got somebody didn’t show up. I got to change somebody’s oil before he gets to work. And then I got to wash wash up, I’ll be about 10 minutes late. See? These are the kind of people we need government, right? Not these lawyers and these gangster banksters running around on Wall Street, hedge fund managers and everything else, screwing you and shipping our jobs to China. We need farmers like Darren Bailey. Alright, Darren, I want to get back to your campaign. Your primary is June 28. Latest polls out you had about 35%, you’re ahead, your two closest competitors 15, 20 percent, you keep working hard, you’re going to be the nominee. Then how do you win this race? How do you flip Illinois red?

Darren Bailey: I’m going to contend that we’ve already got it. It’s interesting, as soon as we get off this interview, I’m headed to the capitol and and this is the last week of session for Illinois. And we’ve seen several Democrats that even with the redistricting that they thought they had figured out Democrats are either not voting or voting with Republicans on many bills. So and they’re doing that because the people of Illinois, even downtown Chicago are sick and tired of what’s going on and they’re scared to death because of the the lack of police presence, thanks to JB Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot.

John Fredericks: The crime in Chicago out of control, another police officer shot, another pinned between vehicles during a traffic stop. I mean, this goes on day after day, weekend after weekend. The carnage. You know we talk about Ukraine and what’s going on there. Nobody will talk about Chicago. If you’re governor, what are you going to do to keep people so they can like stay in their homes without getting shot?

Darren Bailey: Absolutely. And Cindy and I have actually witnessed, been very close to witnessing some shootings in Chicago. 16 shootings and two deaths this past weekend. We talked to the people. Governor Pritzker should have been, all this started with the riots two years ago. Governor Pritzker should have been boots on the ground, he should have been there, he should have brought in the Illinois National Guard, he should have ramped up the Illinois State Police. And unfortunately, none of that happened. And instead, bills were passed taking the rights away from police officers and so they’re retiring early, they’re moving out of state, they’re changing professions. And so we’ve got to repeal some of these laws that have been put into place and we’ve got to, you know, reinstitute this ability for the men and women who protect us to actually be able to uphold the law without worrying about their careers.

John Fredericks: Darren Bailey, you keep doing what you’re doing. I want to see you as governor of Illinois.

* I was tipped to the interview by a Democratic Party of Illinois press release…

Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey has once again shown his true colors as a dangerous, far-right extremist. In a new interview, Bailey refers to “transgenderism and wokism” as “moral rot that is destroying society,” says God “intended the family unit to be headed by the dad,” and brazenly attacks women, LGBTQ+ Illinoisans, and more.

Illinois Republicans have increasingly embraced far-right incendiary rhetoric—including refusing to condemn the QAnon conspiracy theory and agreeing that the violent January 6 attack on the Capitol was “legitimate political discourse.”

Now, as Republican legislatures across the country ramp up attacks on women’s rights and the LGBTQ+ community, Illinois Republicans must take a stand: will the Illinois GOP condemn Darren Bailey’s vitrolic remarks?

While Gov. Pritzker and Illinois Democrats fight to protect and strengthen the rights of Illinoisans of all backgrounds, Republicans across the nation and our state continue to embrace these shameful attacks, moving the ILGOP even further toward the fringe. It is time for the Illinois Republican Party to hold the extremists in their own party accountable—including Darren Bailey.

That’s one thing to attack, but his reply after the Black Lives Matter question about the concept of God intending that “the family unit to be headed by the dad,” and when the dad is removed, “our children wander around lost, waiting for a Democrat Party to give them everything and teach them their ways,” is quite something as well.

Also, his mask lawsuit applied only to himself, not to anyone else. And after he pulled that mask stunt during the 2020 session, he dutifully wore his face mask every session day.