{"id":1983030,"date":"2023-07-26T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-brings-sound-of-freedom-directly-to-congress-even-jim-caviezel-and-tim-ballard-showed-up\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:00:24","slug":"mccarthy-brings-sound-of-freedom-directly-to-congress-even-jim-caviezel-and-tim-ballard-showed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-brings-sound-of-freedom-directly-to-congress-even-jim-caviezel-and-tim-ballard-showed-up\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy takes &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; to Congress &#8211; Caviezel and Ballard join in."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-brings-sound-of-freedom-directly-to-congress-even-jim-caviezel-and-tim-ballard-showed-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Surprise Movie Hit of\u200c the Summer Makes Its \u2063Way to Congress<\/h2>\n<p>The surprise movie hit\u2063 of the summer has become \u2063so powerful that it made it \u200bto Congress.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <strong>\u201cSound\u2063 of Freedom\u201d<\/strong> was shown in a House caucus room. The movie,\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-brings-sound-of-freedom-directly-to-congress-even-jim-caviezel-and-tim-ballard-showed-up\/\" title=\"McCarthy takes 'Sound of Freedom' to Congress - Caviezel and Ballard join in.\">faith-based action \u2062film<\/a>, tells the story \u2064of \u2062federal agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sound-success-sound-freedom-matched-upcoming-big-budget-films-projected-opening-1-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Ballard<\/a>, who quit his job to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-caviezel-reveals-what-disney-told-him-to-do-with-references-to-god-in-count-of-monte-cristo\/\" title=\"Jim Caviezel shares Disney's instructions on handling references to God in 'Count of Monte Cristo'.\">fight child traffickers<\/a>. \u200dThe movie \u2062has\u2062 grossed more than $124\u2062 million this summer,\u200c according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2023\/07\/25\/sound-of-freedom-ahead-of-big-budget-mission-impossible-the-flash-and-scream-vi-in-us-box-office\/?sh=3c26373f1232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2023\/08\/11\/sound-freedom-reveals-rising-power-jesus-hollywood-1815299.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> noted that the film \u201creveals [the] rising power of Jesus in Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, \u200cI\u2019m going to have another movie night. We\u2019re going\u2064 to show the \u2018Sound of Freedom,\u2019\u201d McCarthy said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mccarthy-screens-sound-of-freedom-for-members-of-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ballard \u200dand actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/epic-blockbuster-expected-make-1-billion-sound-freedom-blow-away-us-total\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Caviezel<\/a>, who portrayed Ballard in the film, were on\u2063 hand.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of my goals as\u2064 Speaker is to improve the culture of Congress to get this place working again.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2064 I\u2019m hosting a Movie Night where we\u2019ll be screening the Sound \u2063of Freedom. Looking forward \u2062to watching it\u2063 &#038; speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reallycaviezel?\">@reallycaviezel<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-mayra-flores-announces-bid-to-retake-congressional-seat\/\" title=\"Mayra Flores, former GOP Rep., seeks to reclaim Congressional seat.\">combatting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-introduce-end-child-trafficking-now-act\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Introduce \u2018End Child Trafficking Now Act\u2019\">child trafficking<\/a><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sAHWt3V4Jd\">pic.twitter.com\/sAHWt3V4Jd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1683948619655704582?\">July 25,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHopefully Republicans and\u2064 Democrats can come together, see a movie about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/kansas-men-arrested-human-trafficking-charges-wichita-hotel-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">human trafficking<\/a>, and actually\u200b find \u2064ways to stop the \u200chuman trafficking that\u2019s continuing to move throughout the world,\u201d McCarthy \u2064said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My friends are \u2063hosting\u2064 a private screening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoundofFreedom?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoundofFreedom<\/a> tonight on\u200b Capitol Hill for Members of\u200b Congress. Praying members on both sides of aisle will unite knowing this is \u200ba serious issue and children\u200b need our help. People \u200d> Politics <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NWVn4x3rqh\">pic.twitter.com\/NWVn4x3rqh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank\u2063 Shelton (@FrankSheltonJr) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankSheltonJr\/status\/1683949821764182020?\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>Caveziel \u2063has said he \u200cwants movie-goers to leave the film with \u201ca new heart,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/254575\/jim-caviezel-sound-of-freedom-is-best-film-i-ve-done-since-the-passion-of-the-christ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholic News Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cA heart that\u2019s not \u200cafraid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was praying the other day, and I said, \u2018Can \u2062we love \u200cGod\u2019s children more than we fear evil? Can we love Jesus more than we fear the cross?\u2019 And this\u2063 is the problem right now with modern-day Christians is that we want the easy route. And \u2063right\u2063 now you see the world changing. You\u2019re going to have to make a decision at some\u2063 point,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s\u2063 good, there\u2019s evil. But a big\u2063 part of that evil is \u200cthose that are sitting on the fence. And \u200dwe have to make a choice. And some are more leaning towards Jesus, \u200bmore towards\u2063 good. Some are more leaning \u200btowards the\u200d evil, but they\u2019re on that fence, \u2064and\u200c that \u2064fence belongs \u2063to the evil one. And\u2063 so we have to make \u200dthat decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The\u2062 Sound of Freedom is more than a movie. It\u2019s a call \u2064to action to combat \u200bchild trafficking wherever the evil exists.<\/p>\n<p>Thank\u2062 you to Tim Ballard and \u200cJim\u200c Caviezel for bringing this \u2064true story to light\u2014even though so many in Hollywood tried to\u200b stop you! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VPtenKk9Tt\">pic.twitter.com\/VPtenKk9Tt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1684002653062430721?\">July\u200c 26,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Sound of Freedom movie faced every obstacle imaginable in coming to \u200btheaters.<\/p>\n<p>But Tim Ballard and Jim\u200c Caviezel didn\u2019t give up because \u201cwhen God tells you to do something, you don\u2019t hesitate.\u201d\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8oHCw3gyy4\">pic.twitter.com\/8oHCw3gyy4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin \u200bMcCarthy\u2062 (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1684180745751756800?\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a brief interview session, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-mccarthy-puts-biden-crosshairs-doubles-impeachment-inquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> asked Caviezel to express the core message he\u200b wants moviegoers to take away\u2064 from the film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen God tells you to do something, \u2063you don\u2019t hesitate,\u201d the actor said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just watched Sound of Freedom tonight &#038; \u2062my heart felt heavy. Everyone\u200c should go\u200b to see it. \u200bChild trafficking is the modern\u2062 slavery, a $150B a year criminal industry. Protecting \u200dchildren is not a partisan issue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pZ8cO7QEr7\">pic.twitter.com\/pZ8cO7QEr7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lily Tang Williams (@Lily4Liberty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lily4Liberty\/status\/1684028564155297793?\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dems-lose-mtg-begins-displaying-images-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> of \u200cGeorgia noted she was all in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-sound-freedoms-jim-caviezel-just-say-cia-tried-kill-will-try-not-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewing the film<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica is number \u2064one in the world in \u200bconsuming child pornography and\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-nefarious-biden-doj-blasted-for-quietly-removing-sex-trafficking-info-from-website\/\" title=\"Biden DOJ under fire for silently deleting sex trafficking info.\">child sex \u2063trafficking<\/a>, and\u2062 the Biden Administration has lost over\u2063 85,000 migrant children. These are the most appalling statistics. Tonight, I\u2019m looking forward\u200b to \u2062watching\u2063 Sound of Freedom and stopping evil,\u201d she posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1683828041103859713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-brings-sound-freedom-directly-congress-even-jim-caviezel-tim-ballard-showed\/\">McCarthy Brings &#8216;Sound of Freedom&#8217; \u200cDirectly to Congress\u2063 &#8211; Even Jim Caviezel \u200dand Tim Ballard \u2062Showed Up<\/a> appeared first \u200don <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer&#8217;s surprise hit, &#8220;Sound of Freedom,&#8221; gained such momentum that it reached Congress. On Tuesday, the faith-based action film was screened in a House caucus room. It follows the journey of Tim Ballard, a federal agent who left his job to combat child traffickers. The movie&#8217;s box office earnings have been remarkable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1983031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}