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now. host: joining us is terry showing, president of the american -- here to talk to us about issues important to conservatives in 2022. what is the focus of your organization and who funds it? guest: we brand ourselves as the nra for family values. we leverage campaign investments and victories and we turn those into legislative policy changes. host: what was the principal reason behind founding the

american principles project? guest: in 2009, we were a much different project. we were all over the place. after the 2016 election, we met with pat mccrory, and he articulated a lack of commitment in the profamily policy. we needed to fill the political gap for family policy. host: are you involved in funding political campaigns? guest: that is primarily what we do. we are investing $8 million in the 2022 election. we leverage those camping victories into policy changes. host: what is a profamily candidate, and what would you

define as an anti-family candidate? guest: our 3 focuses are protecting parental rights, number two is addressing the transgender threat as it pertains to our children. there is a whole industry behind this, big pharma, ideologues, but they want to define -- redefine what the human person is. they are locking children into a lot of these surgeries and hormone treatments. we want to protect families' rights to operate in the democratic arena. those three things are primarily what we focus on. host: an anti-family candidate is one who supports one or all

of the things you are opposed to. guest: it is rare to find a candidate who is good on one of these issues. if you are bad on one issue, you are probably also bad on free speech and fair elections for us. we do not have to make any tough endorsements. host: your survey that you did, the headline of that poll, the publication theamericanp rinciplesproject.org. tell us some of the takeaways on the survey that you did. guest: the abortion issue is contentious. we simplified things. we asked voters in swing states, which would you prefer, would

you support voting for a republican who would support abortion up to 15 weeks or a democrat who supportss. -- democrat who supports all abortions. it is 51-34. americans want profamily economics. what i mean by that is specifically policies that will help families survive. we have come a long way after the last 50, 60 years. you used to be able to support a family with a single income. good luck doing that today with two incomes. we used to put everything around the family.

we want to make it so there is more prosperity and moms and dads have to work less for more money. host: arguably, the trillions of dollars of covid spending that was necessary, or made necessary by the federal government, helped keep some families' heads above water. is it your view that, that spending was an unnecessary driver of the inflation we see now? guest: i imagine it had some impact. i wish it was more directed towards families and people who had children. the impact of this economy on us is greater. i have six children. my problem with most government spending today is that it is not

geared towards giving families more time together. they would rather use government funding for universal daycare, which keeps parents more out of the home, gets them more out of the workplace and more into the home. the -- joe biden's american families plan costs $1.9 trillion. i think parents would prefer to have had $24,000 for each one of their kids from the government, rather than instituting new programs like expanding universal daycare. mom does not have to work anymore! she can stay