Author bio: Randall Norman DeSoto is an award-winning screenwriter, a journalist, and a U.S. Armyveteran. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he studiedpolitical science and history. He holds a juris doctorate from Regent University School of Law. Randy’s many life experiences and travels make the events described in “We Hold These Truths”come to life, having “walked the grounds” of many of its historic locations from Boston toGettysburg to Bastogne. Additionally:Randy is the co-writer of the 2010 political documentary, "I Want Your Money," which wasdistributed in over 500 theaters nationwide and was a finalist for Movie Guide's "Faith andFreedom Award." It screened at CPAC and the Values Voter Summit ahead of the 2010 midtermelection. The film compared Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama's governing philosophies --Freedom vs. Big Government Socialism.Randy was an assistant producer on the film as well and formulated questions and assisted ininterviewing people who appeared in it, including Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, AndrewBreitbart, Michael Reagan, Ed Meese, and Stephen Moore, along with several lawmakers andmembers of think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the CATO Institute.The original trailer for the movie garnered over 4 million views on YouTube, which was the mostfor a political documentary at that time. It was taken down for a new DVD release version, whichgarnered an additional nearly one million views. The movie included three original cartoons thatRandy co-wrote, in which Reagan was the star and Obama and other recent presidents, alongwith Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, were in the supporting cast.Randy has been with The Western Journal since 2015. Some of his more high-profile interviewshave been with Charlie Kirk, Franklin Graham, Oliver North, Kari Lake, and Kash Patel.He was press secretary for Joe Miller’s successful U.S. Senate primary campaign in Alaska in2010 against incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. During the course of the general election, he didmedia hits on Fox News, NBC News, and other local outlets.In January 2026, Randy won the LA Film Awards for best screenplay for his political thriller,"Gog Unfolding," and his script about Gen. Douglas MacArthur in World War II called "TheReturn" won an honorable mention. Both were finalists in the 2024 Page Turner Awards, as wellas semi-finalists and quarter-finalists in others.Brief Description of WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS: The Two Beliefs That Still Hold the Power to Transform theNation and the World: It is time to focus on what the United States has gotten right in the pursuit of liberty in the last250 years since the nation’s founding. Two beliefs undergird America’s experiment in liberty,and they are articulated in the Declaration of Independence. The book “We Hold These Truths”is a gripping narrative about the impact of these ideals, taking readers through three of the mostepic and defining moments in U.S history -- the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War II --and onto today. Some people featured in the account include Patrick Henry, GeorgeWashington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Julia Ward Howe,Franklin Roosevelt, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Ronald Reagan, and Charlie Kirk. “WeHold These Truths” makes clear why the United States became the “land of the free and thehome of the brave.”
