{"id":1993136,"date":"2023-08-07T13:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-father-running-for-congress-after-biden-doj-tried-to-lock-him-up-for-11-years\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T13:30:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T17:30:45","slug":"pro-life-father-running-for-congress-after-biden-doj-tried-to-lock-him-up-for-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-father-running-for-congress-after-biden-doj-tried-to-lock-him-up-for-11-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Life Dad Runs for Congress Post Biden DOJ&#8217;s 11-Year Lock-Up Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fpro-life-father-running-for-congress-after-biden-doj-tried-to-lock-him-up-for-11-years%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=1993136&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>A Man of Conviction: Mark Houck Runs\u200b for Congress<\/h2>\n<p>A man who knows the price of standing\u2064 up for what he believes wants to bring those beliefs to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Houck,\u2064 who was\u200b arrested by the FBI after an incident outside of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sasse-reintroduces-infant-protection-bill\/\" title=\"Sasse Reintroduces Infant Protection Bill\">abortion clinic<\/a> but\u200d later \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/abortion-doctor-accused-sinister-act-pro-life-protester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleared of\u200c federal charges<\/a> by a jury,\u2062 is running for \u2063Pennsylvania\u2019s 1st Congressional District<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seen first-hand what an\u2064 out-of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quebec-is-now-under-the-equivalent-of-covid-martial-law-no-one-is-allowed-on-the-streets-after-8pm-till-5am\/\" title=\"Quebec Is Now Under the Equivalent of COVID \u2018Martial Law\u2019 \u2013 No One is Allowed on the Streets after 8pm Till 5am\">-control government<\/a> can do to\u200c its citizens,\u201d\u200b Houck said on\u2064 his <a href=\"https:\/\/houckforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign website<\/a>. \u201cI will fight to protect all people and their rights\u2063 under God \u200d&#038; our Constitution. My platform is based on common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u2062site quoted the Book of Esther: \u2064\u201cFor if you remain\u200b silent at this time, relief\u200d and \u2063deliverance \u2026 will arise from another place, but you and your father\u2019s\u2064 family will perish.\u200b And who knows but \u2063that you have come to your \u2026 position for such a time \u200cas this?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mark\u2064 Houck, \u200da Catholic\u200c father of \u20627 children, who was arrested few months ago on charges of pushing a Planned Parenthood escort to defend his son while praying in front \u2063of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia, has announced that\u200d he\u2019s running\u2064 for Congress. \u2062He has said\u2063 that\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HTUJFzCseG\">pic.twitter.com\/HTUJFzCseG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sachinettiyil\/status\/1687087478132572160?\">August 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Houck explained his staunchly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joseph-one-scotus-ruling-just-gave-us-invaluable-tool-abortion-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-life<\/a> views on the \u200bsite, writing, \u201cI believe\u2062 as we\u2062 look at the\u200d vastness of\u2062 the universe &#038; try to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-father-running-for-congress-after-biden-doj-tried-to-lock-him-up-for-11-years\/\" title=\"Pro-Life Dad Runs for Congress Post Biden DOJ's 11-Year Lock-Up Attempt\">find \u200blife<\/a>, we must also \u200crecognize how \u200crare\u2062 life is in the universe &#038; therefore we must defend all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-sidney-powell-releases-statement-to-we-the-people-on-her-trump-election-legal-efforts-it-will-be-epic\/\" title=\"New: Sidney Powell Releases Statement to \"We the People\" on Her Trump Election Legal Efforts (\"It Will Be Epic\")\">human life<\/a> at\u200d all stages of development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January, Houck was acquitted of violating\u2062 the Freedom\u2063 of Access to\u200c Clinic Entrances Act, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/253523\/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-reveals-details-of-fbi-raid-will-press-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholic News Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should more everyday Americans run for Congress?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at \u200danytime. You \u200calso agree \u2063to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (25\u200c Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction \u200cffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name \u200b= cname\u2062 + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca \u2063= decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i = 0; \u200bi <ca.length; i++) {\n\t\t\t\tvar c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {\n\t\t\t\t\tc = c.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) ==\u200d 0) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn \u200bc.substring(name.length, c.length);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn\u2064 \"\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tfunction ffp_setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {\n\t\t\tvar d = new Date();\n\t\t\td.setTime(d.getTime() + (exdays*24*60*60*1000));\n\t\t\tvar expires\u2063 = \"expires=\"+ d.toUTCString();\n\t\t\tdocument.cookie = cname + \"=\" \u200b+ cvalue + \";\" + expires + \";path=\/\";\n\t\t}\n\n\t\twindow.ff_poll_voted\u2064 =\u2064 false;\n\n\t\tvar voted_cookie_name = 'firefly_voted_3435821';\n\n\t\tfunction ff_poll_submit( event ) {\n\t\t\tevent.preventDefault();\n\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPoll = jQuery( '#firefly-poll' );\n\t\t\tvar fireflyPollContainer\u200d = jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\n\t\t\tvar pollFormBox = jQuery('#pollFormBox');\n\n\t\t\tif( window.ff_poll_voted || ffp_getCookie( voted_cookie_name ) ){\u200c return; }\n\t\t\twindow.ff_poll_voted = true;\n\n\t\t\tfireflyPollContainer.addClass('loading');\n\n  \u2064        \u2064  \/\/Need to assign URL here as \u200cit was defined only \u200cin firefly.\n     \u2063      \u2063 var firefly_ajax_url =\u200d 'https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php';\n\n\t\t\tvar posting = jQuery.post( \u2064firefly_ajax_url, jQuery( event.target ).serialize() \u2064);\n\n  \u2064  \u2064  \u2062      \/\/Check the Datalayer\n    \u2064  \u2064  \u2063 \u2062  \u2062 if(window.dataLayer){\n  \u200d       \u200c  \u200b   \u200b  window.dataLayer =\u200b window.dataLayer ||\u2063 [];\n \u2063      \u2063       \u2063  \u200dwindow.dataLayer.push( {\n \u200b   \u2062             \u2064   'event': 'in-article\u2062 poll vote',\n        \u2064    \u2062       \u200d 'pollAnswer': jQuery( 'input:radio[name=answer]:checked' ).val(),\n    \u2062    \u200c      \u200d     \u200d 'pollName': jQuery( '.firefly-poll-question').text(),\n    \u200d           \u2063     'pollSubmitMethod': 'email',\n   \u200c   \u200c   \u2064   \u200c    } );\n \u2064       \u200b    }\n\n\t\t\tffp_setCookie( voted_cookie_name, 1, 7 );\n\n\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) {\n\t\t\t\tif( response.success ){\n\t\t\t\t\tyes_el = document.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results-yes' );\n\t\t\t\t\tno_el \u2064= document.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results-no' );\n\n\t\t\t\t\tyes_el.style.width \u2062=\u200d response.data.percents.yes + '%';\n\t\t\t\t\tyes_el.innerHTML = 'Yes: ' + response.data.percents.yes + '% (' +\u200c response.data.votes.yes + ' Votes)';\n\n\t\t\t\t\tno_el.style.width = response.data.percents.no + '%';\n\t\t\t\t\tno_el.innerHTML = \u200b'No: ' + response.data.percents.no + '% (' + response.data.votes.no + ' Votes)';\n\n\t\t\t\t\tfireflyPoll.remove();\n\n\t\t\t\t\tpollFormBox.hide();\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results' ).style.display = 'block';\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\tfireflyPollContainer.removeClass('loading');\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t};\n\n\t\tif ( ffp_getCookie( voted_cookie_name ) ) {\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'pollFormBox' ).style.display \u2064= \u200b'none';\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results' ).style.display \u2062= \u2064'block';\n\t\t} \u200delse {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif( ffp_getCookie( 'ff_source' ) == 'email' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tvar emailField =\u200c document.querySelector( '#firefly-poll input[name=\"email\"]' );\n\t\t\t\t\temailField.required = false;\n\t\t\t\t\temailField.style.display\u200c = 'none';\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'pollFormBox' ).style.display = 'block';\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'firefly-poll-results' \u2062).style.display =\u2062 'none';\n\t\t}\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container \u2064{\n\t\t\tborder: 2px\u200d solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tpadding: 15px;\n\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\tmargin-right: \u200c15px;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom:\u200b 15px;\n\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tbackground:\u200b #ddd;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container input[type=email] {\n\t\t\tmargin-top: 5px;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom:\u2063 5px;\n\t\t\tpadding-top: 10px;\n\t\t\tpadding-bottom: 10px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 10px;\n\t\t\tbackground-color: #F5F5F5;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 3px;\n\t\t\tborder-color: #d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-container input[type=submit] {\n\t\t\tpadding: \u200b10px;\n\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #d6d6d6;\n\t\t\tcursor: pointer;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-results-yes {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 5px;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-results-no \u2063{\n\t\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-question {\n\t\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t\t\tfont-size: var( --big-font-size );\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-Disclaimer {\n\t\t\tfont-size: var(--smallest-font-size);\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t@media \u2062( max-width: 768px ) {\n\t\t\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 90%;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 20px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/div>\n<p>The case involved\u200c Houck shoving an abortion \u2064clinic\u2063 worker.<\/p>\n<p>Houck never denied\u2062 the incident, but he\u200c said the\u2064 act was in response to the abortion \u200bprovider coming\u200d too close to \u2064his 12-year-old son.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Houck had been\u2064 facing a \u200bpossible 11 years in prison, according \u200cto\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/pro-life-activist-prosecuted-biden-administration-announces-run-congress?utm_source=mux&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the \u200bNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took \u200bon Goliath \u2014 the full might of \u2063the United States government \u2014\u2062 and won,\u201d said Peter Breen, Houck\u2019s\u200d attorney, after the acquittal, according \u2063to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/08\/02\/pro-life-father-targeted-by-biden-doj-announces-congressional-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily \u2063Signal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mark Houck, a \u200dpro-life activist, announced he \u2062will challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBrianFitz?\">@RepBrianFitz<\/a> in \u200cthe 2024 GOP primary.<\/p>\n<p>Houck, 48,\u2062 runs a nonprofit called The King\u2019s\u200c Men. Its website calls the organization \u201cauthentically catholic\u201d and\u200d \u201cunapologetically masculine\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMJ8xTuY6L\">https:\/\/t.co\/kMJ8xTuY6L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bSy Snyder (@PoliticsPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliticsPA\/status\/1687499414191972353?\">August 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe jury saw through and\u200c rejected the\u200b prosecution\u2019s discriminatory case, which was harassment from day one. This\u200c is a win for Mark and the entire pro-life\u200c movement. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-mulls-exec-order-end-run-2a-house-dems-push-1000-excise-tax-assault-weapons-high-capacity-mags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> Department of Justice\u2019s intimidation against pro-life people and people of\u200b faith has \u2064been put in its \u200cplace,\u201d\u200b he said.<\/p>\n<p>Houck will\u200c be\u2063 challenging incumbent Republican Rep. \u200dBrian\u200d Fitzpatrick.<\/p>\n<p>Houck said if he makes it to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arrest-warrant-issued-abortion-doctor-accused-running-pro-life-protester-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congress<\/a>, he wants to serve on the \u2062Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal \u2062Government,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to get on that\u2062 committee, and I\u2019d\u2062 like to\u200d be the face that the \u2064Democratic Party cannot ignore and the story that cannot be ignored,\u201d Houck \u2064said, according \u2064to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/255012\/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-announces-run-for-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholic \u200bNews Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy presence in D.C. will maintain that story, and they can\u2019t\u200b run from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-life-father-running-congress-biden-doj-tried-lock-11-years\/\">Pro-Life \u200bFather Running for Congress After Biden DOJ \u200dTried to\u200d Lock Him Up for \u206211 Years<\/a> appeared first\u2063 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man, aware of the cost of defending his beliefs, seeks to take them to Congress. Mark Houck, once arrested by the FBI near an abortion clinic but later acquitted by a jury, is running for Pennsylvania&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. He aspires to bring his firsthand experiences to the political arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1993137,"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-1993136","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\/1993136","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=1993136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}