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The Kingdom Campaign for the Reelection of Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine

Writer's picture: Rob HurlburtRob Hurlburt

Updated: 5 days ago

Did we just run the most unorthodox political campaign in Texas history?


Probably.  


After Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine very (0.3%) narrowly survived the unprecedented, vicious, disgusting, lying (do you want me to tell you how I really feel?) campaign of his primary opponent (Fort Worth Appellate Court Justice) Brian Walker, he faced an entirely different opponent in the General Election -- the Democrat Pro-Abortion Lobby. I have led 3 of John's previous campaigns (since 2004) and was able to convince him to let me take back the lead for the General.


So now, in addition to refuting the false accusations of Walker (who accused John's wife Nubia of stealing gold and furs from a dying friend), we would have to face the Pro-Death Radicals. The Democrats, through various PACs, had already taken several shots at John - who is known for decades of work in pro-life activism. That's what ties he and I together, btw.


In December of 2023, across a 2 day period (12-13) they (UK Guardian, Nation Magazine, Texas Tribune, etc.) launched a coordinated media attack denouncing John and Nubia's Pro-Life work and, oddly imho, attacked a short video about the story of their 7th child, Elizabeth, who died shorty after birth.  Elizabeth had Trisomy 13, a severe congenital birth defect, and yet Nubia chose to carry Elizabeth to term despite a very real risk to her life.


The Democrat group FindOutPAC launched an attack video in February, which you can see at this link - https://vimeo.com/986568378.  Btw, we removed 4 “F-bombs” from it so it's safe to watch - but you'll get their "spirit." Several other PACS announced they had raised over $5M to go into their media creation to oppose John and 2 fellow Justices (Jimmy Blacklock and Jane Bland).  And so with our limited budget we were in a true David v Goliath situation!  That’s when our “unorthodox” strategy was developed.


It became obvious to me that the Left were intent on painting John and fellow Pro-Life Republicans as the leaders of “Gilead” — the fictional setting for the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale.”  In Gilead, the Christian Patriarchal society has taken over America in a civil war.


So, if the Left were going to use an alternate universe against us we would create our own. The difference would be that ours would be based on Truth. Rather than attacking them over their Pro-Abortion positions, we instead produced a short 10 minute documentary - “Elizabeth’s Story” -  which you can watch here: https://vimeo.com/1021989306.  Remember, it was a short video about Elizabeth that triggered their rage. So we responded by telling Elizabeth's Story (2.) in a new and expanded version. I hope you will watch it!  Many have called it one of the most powerful Pro-Life videos they’ve ever seen. 


However, with our limited budget we would face a difficult to impossible task of distributing our new content — Texas is a big state!  We came up a radically different approach that would use other tactics to ensure that we reached the leadership … of our OPPONENTS. 


Can’t say more than that (tradecraft) except that



everything we did was legal and moral and ethical.  We ran a Godly campaign!


John went on to win the election with 6.2 Million votes in a 15 percentage point victory.  And for some reason (?!), other than some Google ad words and a few articles, the Democrats never fired a shot! Also, it didn't hurt that Trump led the ticket ...


I want to thank my tremendous team that made all of this possible. Texas Pastor Council's Dave Welch has never agreed to be my mentor and yet on every major Kingdom decision I've made in the past 20 years I seek his approval - first! And I especially want to thank my beloved Men's group (Singer/Tipps - HCBC Steiner). In all of the craziness of this past year I relied on them - constantly - for approval of every single decision (not "approval" - just the three or four who would nod in agreement - but it was a majority!) in a very complex campaign.


I am returning in a few days to work with my private sector company, Justice Media Lab (JML - we design and develop forensic 3D reenactments for trial in wrongful death cases).  But before I return I felt compelled to share this great story of 2024.  Many friends say they never hear any word of my work and life (except for photos of my Grandson Parker!) and so I thought I would share it with you.


Blessings!


Rob 

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