Jenny Beth Martin broadcasts from Phoenix, Arizona with two leading grassroots conservative activists for a deep dive on the SAVE America Act, the Senate stall-out, and the firing tyrants playbook.
Guests:
Scott Presler is the founder of Early Vote Action, a national voter registration and get-out-the-vote organization. A 2024 cycle force in Pennsylvania who helped deliver the Commonwealth for President Donald J. Trump, Scott is now leading the public 115-day campaign to pass the SAVE America Act and is running for the Republican Committee of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Merissa Caldwell is the founder and CEO of EZAZ.org, Arizona’s leading grassroots election integrity organization. A current Arizona state committeewoman, she helped elect Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap and led the legal and grassroots effort that exposed 133 non-citizens on Arizona’s voter rolls.
Key Topics Covered:
- Why the SAVE America Act is the country-saving piece of legislation in front of the Senate
- Arizona’s bifurcated ballot system and what it means
- The Department of Homeland Security “Worst of the Worst” website and how Early Vote Action used it to find illegal aliens registered and voting
- How Arizona activists fired Recorder Steven Richer and elected Justin Heap
- The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, the pro-Hamas legal strategist, and Recorder Heap’s recent court victory
- Personnel is policy: why staffers and consultants matter as much as elected officials
- Scott Presler’s run for the Republican Committee of Beaver County
- The history of the Tea Party movement and grassroots Republican Party organizing
- Activism for newcomers: poll workers, ballot couriers, postcard writers, and public comment
- The CouchSurfer postcard voter registration project: 15,000 postcards, 4,500 new voters
- Senators raising money off the SAVE America Act while refusing to vote it onto the floor
- Closing primary calendar: Indiana May 5, Louisiana May 16, Pennsylvania May 19, Texas May 26
Timestamped Topic Breakdown:
00:18 — Welcome from EZAZ Phoenix with Scott Presler and Merissa Caldwell
01:31 — Why Arizona: The Great State 48
03:29 — The SAVE America Act and Arizona’s bifurcated ballot system
06:12 — Marissa’s name change story: voter ID is not disenfranchisement
08:28 — 115 days stalled in the U.S. Senate
09:39 — DHS “Worst of the Worst” and illegal aliens found voting
12:45 — Coming for Cornyn and Cassidy in May primaries
14:36 — Firing Recorder Steven Richer and electing Justin Heap
16:05 — 133 non-citizens found on Arizona voter rolls
17:26 — Merissa’s “firing tyrants” motto
18:19 — Maricopa County Supervisors and the Pearl Harbor speaker
22:37 — What the SAVE database actually does
25:17 — Personnel is policy: Cornyn’s pro-amnesty consultants
33:25 — Scott Presler runs for Beaver County, Pennsylvania
36:20 — The founding of the Tea Party movement
43:54 — Activism for newcomers: how to start
46:07 — The hard ask: getting volunteers to commit
48:20 — The CouchSurfer postcard project: 4,500 voters registered
51:36 — Public comment power: a grandmother in Ohio bosses her school board
57:25 — Senators fundraising off the SAVE America Act
59:09 — Closing primary calendar: May 5, 16, 19, 26
1:01:19 — Merissa’s Arizona slate: Biggs, Kolodin, Petersen, Norton
1:04:00 — Capitol Switchboard and Alaska next weekend
Links Mentioned:
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
passthesaveamericaact.com
jennybethshow.com
teapartypatriots.org
ezaz.org
earlyvoteaction.com