thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: This New Democrat Bill Defines Pure Evil

I ’ ve tried in my career as a conservative commentator to rarely use the word “ evil.
” Disagreeing over policies and a political agenda doesn ’ t make your opponent “ evil.
” As a matter of fact , most reasonable , commonsense Americans want compromise .
What if I reported my opinion is Democrats have now officially crossed the line into “ evil.
” I ’ m sure some of you might say I ’ m being harsh .
What if I reported Democrats are extreme , radical , Kool-Aid drinking , Stepford Wives trying to destroy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US Constitution and the middle class .
Some of you might say “ Wayne , now you ’ re really exaggerating.
” After you read today ’ s column , I ’ m thinking you might say , “ Wow , for once you were actually being subtle Wayne .
You ’ re being far too nice in describing what today ’ s Democrat Party has become.
” I ’ m now going to play the role of Paul Revere .
I ’ m going to expose a new bill in Congress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ H.R .
5383 : The Way Forward Act.
” It ’ s so extreme , radical , hateful and offensive towards American citizens , it ’ s clear its only possible goal is the end of America .
I believe it represents pure evil .
But I ’ ll report , I ’ ll let you decide .
I ’ m not exaggerating .
This isn ’ t April Fool ’ s Day .
It ’ s not a script for a new horror flick about zombies destroying America .
Everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is real .
“ The New Way Forward Act ” says anyone and everyone in the world can come to America- no laws , no papers , no background check required .
It eliminates illegal immigration .
And it makes it virtually impossible for anyone to ever again be deported , for any reason .
Being here illegally will never again result in deportation .
But neither will committing serious crimes .
This bill brags about ending the “ prison to deportation pipeline.
” No criminal can be deported for drug offenses , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depraved acts of moral turpitude- like sexual assault , child abuse , sex crimes against children .
Any crime that carries a sentence of less than five years will no longer result in deportation .
In many cases this includes manslaughter .
But even if you are convicted of a crime with a five year or longer sentences , like murder , rape or kidnapping , this bill gives liberal judges complete discretion to allow anyone to stay in the country .
The bill even eliminates the statute that bars anyone from immigrating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crimes , or any crimes involving moral turpitude .
So , rapists , child molesters , MS-13 and Mexican Drug Cartel gangsters , Democrats have a loud message for you : But I ’ ve saved the worst for last .
The bill is retroactive .
It allows anyone and everyone ever before deported out of our country to come back in , as long as they would have been eligible under the provisions of the new law .
Worse , DHS must pay for all the criminals deported to come back with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangerous illegal alien criminals deported numbers in the hundreds of thousands .
Their all invited back in , and YOU- the American taxpayer- are on the hook for plane tickets for all of them .
And of course , once here , they ’ ll all get free healthcare .
Remember , every single Democrat running for president raised their hands in support of free healthcare for illegals .
Now you know I ’ m not being harsh , or exaggerating .
Democrats really are extreme , radical , Kool-Aid drinking , America-hating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on destroying America and your way of life .
And there is no way to compromise with people who believe in the end of America .
From this day forward , every Democrat running for president and every other office in the land must be asked by the media where they stand on “ The New Way Forward Act.
” And if they support it , you are looking at pure evil .
Wayne Allyn Root is the host of “ The Wayne Allyn Root Show ” on Newsmax TV , nightly at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cable system in USA , plus DirecTV and Dish , at http : //www.newsmaxtv.com/Shows/The-Wayne-Allyn-Root-Show He is also a nationally syndicated radio host of “ Wayne Allyn Root : Raw & Unfiltered ” found at http : //usaradio.com/wayne-allyn-root/

By Wayne Allyn Root
I’ve tried in my career as a conservative commentator to rarely use the word “evil.” Disagreeing over policies and a political agenda doesn’t make your opponent “evil.” As a matter of fact, most reasonable, commonsense Americans want compromise.
What if I reported my opinion is Democrats have now officially crossed the line into “evil.” I’m sure some of you might say I’m being harsh.
What if I reported Democrats are extreme, radical, Kool-Aid drinking, Stepford Wives trying to destroy America, American exceptionalism, capitalism, the US Constitution and the middle class. Some of you might say “Wayne, now you’re really exaggerating.”
Nope. I’m not.
After you read today’s column, I’m thinking you might say, “Wow, for once you were actually being subtle Wayne. You’re being far too nice in describing what today’s Democrat Party has become.”
It’s that bad.
I’m now going to play the role of Paul Revere. I’m going to expose a new bill in Congress designed and championed by congressional Democrats called, “H.R. 5383: The Way Forward Act.” It’s so extreme, radical, hateful and offensive towards American citizens, it’s clear its only possible goal is the end of America.
I believe it represents pure evil. But I’ll report, I’ll let you decide.
I’m not exaggerating. This isn’t April Fool’s Day. It’s not a script for a new horror flick about zombies destroying America. Everything I’m about to tell you is real.
“The New Way Forward Act” says anyone and everyone in the world can come to America- no laws, no papers, no background check required. It eliminates illegal immigration.
And it makes it virtually impossible for anyone to ever again be deported, for any reason. Being here illegally will never again result in deportation. But neither will committing serious crimes. This bill brags about ending the “prison to deportation pipeline.”
No criminal can be deported for drug offenses, or fraud, or felonies; or depraved acts of moral turpitude- like sexual assault, child abuse, sex crimes against children. Any crime that carries a sentence of less than five years will no longer result in deportation. In many cases this includes manslaughter.
But even if you are convicted of a crime with a five year or longer sentences, like murder, rape or kidnapping, this bill gives liberal judges complete discretion to allow anyone to stay in the country.
The bill even eliminates the statute that bars anyone from immigrating to America if convicted abroad of drug crimes, or any crimes involving moral turpitude. So, rapists, child molesters, MS-13 and Mexican Drug Cartel gangsters, Democrats have a loud message for you:
“WELCOME YOU TO AMERICA.”
But I’ve saved the worst for last. The bill is retroactive.
It allows anyone and everyone ever before deported out of our country to come back in, as long as they would have been eligible under the provisions of the new law.
Worse, DHS must pay for all the criminals deported to come back with your tax dollars. The list of dangerous illegal alien criminals deported numbers in the hundreds of thousands. Their all invited back in, and YOU- the American taxpayer- are on the hook for plane tickets for all of them.
And of course, once here, they’ll all get free healthcare. Remember, every single Democrat running for president raised their hands in support of free healthcare for illegals.
Now you know I’m not being harsh, or exaggerating. Democrats really are extreme, radical, Kool-Aid drinking, America-hating, Stepford Wives. Democrats are intent on destroying America and your way of life.
And there is no way to compromise with people who believe in the end of America.
From this day forward, every Democrat running for president and every other office in the land must be asked by the media where they stand on “The New Way Forward Act.”
And if they support it, you are looking at pure evil.
Wayne Allyn Root is the host of “The Wayne Allyn Root Show” on Newsmax TV, nightly at 8 PM ET, found on every cable system in USA, plus DirecTV and Dish,
at http://www.newsmaxtv.com/Shows/The-Wayne-Allyn-Root-Show He is also a nationally syndicated radio host of “Wayne Allyn Root: Raw & Unfiltered” found at http://usaradio.com/wayne-allyn-root/


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--President Trump is Cleaning House! ‘Anonymous’ Author Who Penned NYT ‘Resistance’ Op-Ed Identified a

President Trump is Cleaning House! ‘Anonymous’ Author Who Penned NYT ‘Resistance’ Op-Ed Identified and Will Be Fired This Week

President Trump is Cleaning House !
‘ Anonymous ’ Author Who Penned NYT ‘ Resistance ’ Op-Ed Identified and Will Be Fired This Week According to former US Attorney Joe diGenova , the White House has identified the “ anonymous ” author who penned the anti-Trump NY Times ‘ resistance hit piece and ‘ tell all ’ book .
diGenova said the anonymous resister will ‘ depart the White House ’ this week as President Trump continues to clean house and drain the swamp .
The author of the NY Times ‘ resistance ’ op-ed also penned an anti-Trump tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation ’ s capital , ” the description of the book states .
The book became available for purchase in November and the DOJ got to work identifying the author .
“ I am told that soon there will be somebody else leaving the White House , who wrote that article … Victoria [ Toensing ] and I were at a dinner with a senior gov ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this person , that they have in fact identified ‘ Anonymous ' ” – diGenova said .
In September of 2018 , The New York Times published an op-ed from an anonymous senior Trump administration official bragging about being a saboteur inside the White House .
The op-ed begins with the author admitting people within the Trump administration are ‘ working diligently from within to frustrate parts of Trump ’ s agenda.
’ The author trashed Trump ’ s accomplishments and leadership style and claimed , “ Given the instability many witnessed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of invoking the 25th Amendment , which would start a complex process for removing the president.
” Good riddance to this saboteur and every other Obama-era holdover who just got canned from the NSC !

According to former US Attorney Joe diGenova, the White House has identified the “anonymous” author who penned the anti-Trump NY Times ‘resistance hit piece and ‘tell all’ book.
diGenova said the anonymous resister will ‘depart the White House’ this week as President Trump continues to clean house and drain the swamp.
The author of the NY Times ‘resistance’ op-ed also penned an anti-Trump tell all book titled, “A Warning.”
“An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation’s capital,” the description of the book states.
The book became available for purchase in November and the DOJ got to work identifying the author.
JUST NOW: Joe diGenova tells us a senior admin official told him the White House has identified the "Anonymous" NY Times writer, and that person's departure is expected shortly. LISTEN LIVE: https://t.co/JxXUynBIzv — Vince Coglianese (@VinceCoglianese) February 10, 2020
“I am told that soon there will be somebody else leaving the White House, who wrote that article … Victoria [Toensing] and I were at a dinner with a senior gov’t official and were told that, by this person, that they have in fact identified ‘Anonymous'” – diGenova said.
-REWIND-
In September of 2018, The New York Times published an op-ed from an anonymous senior Trump administration official bragging about being a saboteur inside the White House.
The New York Times prefaced the op-ed by labeling the author as a “senior official in the Trump administration.”
The op-ed begins with the author admitting people within the Trump administration are ‘working diligently from within to frustrate parts of Trump’s agenda.’
The author trashed Trump’s accomplishments and leadership style and claimed, “Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which would start a complex process for removing the president.”
Good riddance to this saboteur and every other Obama-era holdover who just got canned from the NSC!
Who’s next?


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--KA-CHING! Greta Thunberg Gets TV Series

KA-CHING! Greta Thunberg Gets TV Series

Climate alarmist Greta Thunberg has been cruising around the world complaining about global warming .
“ BBC Studios is making a TV show with 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg , ” The Wrap reports .
“ The project was announced at the BBC Showcase trade show on Monday .
No network , release date or number of episodes have yet been set.
” Here is the description for the series , which comes from the studio ’ s science unit .
“ The series will follow Greta ’ s international crusade , which takes her to the front line of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extraordinary places on earth , as she explores what actions could be taken to limit climate change and the damage it causes .
As she travels Greta meets not only leading scientists but political leaders and business heavyweights , exploring the scientific evidence with them and challenging them to change .
The films will also charts her own journey into adulthood as she continues to be confronted by the real world consequences of inaction ; and will share some of the quiet moments as she writes the impactful speeches that are now broadcast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she lives a teenage life like no other.
” The climate alarmist has also moved to trademark her name and the phrase “ Fridays for Future , ” a school strike movement she kicked off in Sweden .
In an Instagram post , the 17-year-old Swede with Asperger ’ s did so because her name and that of the movement “ are constantly being used for commercial purposes without any consent whatsoever.
” Impostors , trademarks , commercial interests , royalties and foundation… First : Unfortunately there are still people who are trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they “ represent ” me in order to communicate with high profile people , politicians , media , artists etc .
Please be aware that this is happening and be extremely suspicious if you are contacted by ” me ” or someone saying they ” represent ” me .
I apologize to anyone who has been contacted – and even misled – by this kind of behavior .
Second : My name and the # FridaysForFuture movement are constantly being used for commercial purposes without any consent whatsoever .
It happens for instance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people collecting money in my and the movement ’ s name .
That is why I ’ ve applied to register my name , Fridays For Future , Skolstrejk för klimatet etc as trademarks .
This action is to protect the movement and its activities .
It is also needed to enable my pro bono legal help to take necessary action against people or corporations etc who are trying to use me and the movement in purposes not in line with what the movement stands for .
I assure you , I and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests in trademarks .
But unfortunately it needs to be done .
Fridays For Future is a global movement founded by me .
It belongs to anyone taking part in it , above all the young people .
It can – and must – not be used for individual or commercial purposes .
And third : together with my family I ’ m setting up a foundation .
It ’ s already registered and existing , but it not is not yet up and running .
This is strictly nonprofit of course and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is just something that is needed for handling money ( book royalties , donations , prize money etc ) in a completely transparent way .
For instance , taxes have to be paid before we can give them away to specified purposes and charities .
This takes a lot of time and work , and when the foundation is fully up and running I will tell you more .
The foundation ’ s aim will be to promote ecological , climatic and social sustainability as well as mental health .

Climate alarmist Greta Thunberg has been cruising around the world complaining about global warming.
Now, she’s gonna’ make bank.
“BBC Studios is making a TV show with 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg,” The Wrap reports. “The project was announced at the BBC Showcase trade show on Monday. No network, release date or number of episodes have yet been set.”
Here is the description for the series, which comes from the studio’s science unit. “The series will follow Greta’s international crusade, which takes her to the front line of climate change in some of the most extraordinary places on earth, as she explores what actions could be taken to limit climate change and the damage it causes. As she travels Greta meets not only leading scientists but political leaders and business heavyweights, exploring the scientific evidence with them and challenging them to change. The films will also charts her own journey into adulthood as she continues to be confronted by the real world consequences of inaction; and will share some of the quiet moments as she writes the impactful speeches that are now broadcast and analysed around the world, as she lives a teenage life like no other.”
The climate alarmist has also moved to trademark her name and the phrase “Fridays for Future,” a school strike movement she kicked off in Sweden. In an Instagram post, the 17-year-old Swede with Asperger’s did so because her name and that of the movement “are constantly being used for commercial purposes without any consent whatsoever.”
She wrote:


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--NOT FUNNY: Student, 21, Says It Was ‘Humiliating’ When Biden Called Her A ‘Lying Dog-Faced Pony Sold

NOT FUNNY: Student, 21, Says It Was ‘Humiliating’ When Biden Called Her A ‘Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier’

NOT FUNNY : Student , 21 , Says It Was ‘ Humiliating ’ When Biden Called Her A ‘ Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier ’ Note to Joe Biden : When you ’ re talking face to face with a voter , maybe it ’ s not the best idea to call her a “ lying dog-faced pony soldier.
” At a New Hampshire town hall over the weekend , a college student asked Biden why he came in fourth place in the Iowa caucuses and why anyone should trust his claim that he can turn his flagging campaign around .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ You even been to a caucus ?
” When the girl nodded yes , Biden snapped , saying : “ No you haven ’ t .
You ’ re a lying dog-faced pony soldier.
” Yes , the 77-year-old one-time front runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination called a young girl — and , more importantly , a supporter and a voter — a “ lying dog-faced pony soldier.
” The woman , Madison Moore , a 21-year-old economics student at Mercer University in Macon , Georgia , said she didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ joke , ” saying those who dismissed it as such is “ kind of insulting.
” “ It was kind of humiliating to be called a liar on national TV by the former vice president , ” Moore said , The Daily Mail reported .
“ Instead of answering that question straightforward , his immediate response was to attempt to invalidate me by exposing my inexperience.
” “ He has been performing extremely poorly in this race and the fact that he couldn ’ t just straight answer my question without bullying or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moore said .
“ I am 21-year old college student , like what the hell do I know ?
Who cares who I am or my experience , just answer the damn question.
” Moore had warned Biden that her question was “ kind of mean.
” “ So you ’ re arguably the candidate with the greatest advantage in this race , ” Moore said .
“ How do you explain the performance in Iowa and why should the voters believe that you can win the national election ?
” Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a good question .
Number One – Iowa is a Democratic caucus .
You ever been to a caucus ?
” Biden asked Moore .
She nodded yes , then Biden said : “ No you haven ’ t .
You ’ ve a lying dog-faced pony soldier.
” There were a few laughs at the comment .
“ Moore later explained she only nodded her head yes because she got nervous , but said she felt whether she had been to a caucus or not was irrelevant , ” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s quip , his campaign staff said the line was taken from a scene in a John Wayne movie , where a Native American chief refers to Wayne as a “ lying , dog-faced pony soldier.
” Another note to Biden : Pulling lines out of John Wayne movies is not likely to win over young voters .

Note to Joe Biden: When you’re talking face to face with a voter, maybe it’s not the best idea to call her a “lying dog-faced pony soldier.”
At a New Hampshire town hall over the weekend, a college student asked Biden why he came in fourth place in the Iowa caucuses and why anyone should trust his claim that he can turn his flagging campaign around. Biden asked the college girl: “You even been to a caucus?” When the girl nodded yes, Biden snapped, saying: “No you haven’t. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier.”
Yes, the 77-year-old one-time front runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination called a young girl — and, more importantly, a supporter and a voter — a “lying dog-faced pony soldier.”
The woman, Madison Moore, a 21-year-old economics student at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, said she didn’t take the remark as a “joke,” saying those who dismissed it as such is “kind of insulting.”
“It was kind of humiliating to be called a liar on national TV by the former vice president,” Moore said, The Daily Mail reported. “Instead of answering that question straightforward, his immediate response was to attempt to invalidate me by exposing my inexperience.”
“He has been performing extremely poorly in this race and the fact that he couldn’t just straight answer my question without bullying or intimidating just exacerbates that fact,” Moore said. “I am 21-year old college student, like what the hell do I know? Who cares who I am or my experience, just answer the damn question.”
Moore had warned Biden that her question was “kind of mean.”
“So you’re arguably the candidate with the greatest advantage in this race,” Moore said. “How do you explain the performance in Iowa and why should the voters believe that you can win the national election?”
Biden, stepping away, said: “It’s a good question. Number One – Iowa is a Democratic caucus. You ever been to a caucus?” Biden asked Moore. She nodded yes, then Biden said: “No you haven’t. You’ve a lying dog-faced pony soldier.” There were a few laughs at the comment.
“Moore later explained she only nodded her head yes because she got nervous, but said she felt whether she had been to a caucus or not was irrelevant,” The Mail wrote.
As as for Biden’s quip, his campaign staff said the line was taken from a scene in a John Wayne movie, where a Native American chief refers to Wayne as a “lying, dog-faced pony soldier.”
Another note to Biden: Pulling lines out of John Wayne movies is not likely to win over young voters.


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--Gohmert: Vindman More Loyal to Ukraine; Should Face Court Martial #LtColVindmanDay

Gohmert : Vindman More Loyal to Ukraine ; Should Face Court Martial # LtColVindmanDay Rep. Louie Gohmert ( R-TX ) said on Monday that Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman came off as more loyal to Ukraine than his oath to the United States and that he should face an Article 15 or court martial for his conduct .
Gohmert made the comments in an interview on the WMAL-AM/FM Mornings On The Mall show with hosts Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese broadcast in the Nation ’ s Capital .
Liberals have declared Monday Lt. Col. Vindman Day and started a hashtag @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Until Friday Vindman , a refugee from Ukraine , had helmed the Ukraine desk at the National Security Council in the White House .
The interview with Gohmert covered several subjects : The shoutout from President Trump during his post-impeachment trial acquittal speech at the White House last week and an Oval Office meeting with Trump and Brexit leader Nigel Farage ; Gohmert ’ s views on Sen. Mitt Romney ( R-UT ) who voted on one article to convict Trump ( “ Quit Mitt ” ) ; the Senate deliberations ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the House in impeaching Trump and why FBI Director Christopher Wray “ needs to go ” for failing to prosecute FBI wrongdoers involved in the Russia hoax coup .
When asked about the dismissal from the National Security Council last Friday of the twin Lt. Col. brothers Alexander and Yevgeny Vindman , Gohmert called for Alexander to face a military inquiry over his conduct .
“ I think that when you have people working for you that are not actually helping but they ’ re hindering including , uh , a guy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
You know his ego outshines everything else about him .
When , I mean I was in the Army , I ’ ve known thousands of lieutenant colonels but haven ’ t gotten a , “ It ’ s Lieutenant Colonel “ .
Excuse me ?
You wear a suit most of the days , why are you , why don ’ t you wear your suit , your military uniform every day ?
“ But from his testimony it was very clear to me that he was much more allegiant to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , than he was to his own commander-in-chief and his own oath to this nation .
And so , uh , you know he should have gotten an Article 15 if not court martial , uh , and he should have gotten , uh , an Article 15 or court martial for , uh , ripping the United States to uh , the enemy back in Moscow .
He was , uh , censured , but not enough .
“ This guy , I got ta tell you when it came out that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the job of defense minister three times I was not at all surprised .
He clearly was more allegiant to Ukraine and their president than to his own commander-in-chief .
That guy needed to go .
“ And you could tell what really upset him was he put the talking points together , he knew more about foreign policy , how dare the President of the United States not stick to his talking points .
I mean you could tell it really , he tried to say the right things but you could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guy needed to go , he had no business being part of the NSC .
“ And while we ’ re trying to find who was leaking stuff , uh , from the NSC general counsel office where Vindman ’ s brother was , uh , Vindman ’ s brother had no business being there either .
“ These , these are people that have got ta go .
Glad the president waited ( until after the impeachment trial ) .
But , uh , I ’ m , I would encourage him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not a good start , but it is a start .
Uh , not good , uh , the only reason I would say that it ’ s not a good start is there ’ s too many of these kind of clowns that need to go .
They couldn ’ t find their rear end with both hands , they need to be out of the White House .
”

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) said on Monday that Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman came off as more loyal to Ukraine than his oath to the United States and that he should face an Article 15 or court martial for his conduct. Gohmert made the comments in an interview on the WMAL-AM/FM Mornings On The Mall show with hosts Mary Walter and Vince Coglianese broadcast in the Nation’s Capital.
Liberals have declared Monday Lt. Col. Vindman Day and started a hashtag, #LtColVindmanDay, to support him. Until Friday Vindman, a refugee from Ukraine, had helmed the Ukraine desk at the National Security Council in the White House.
The interview with Gohmert covered several subjects: The shoutout from President Trump during his post-impeachment trial acquittal speech at the White House last week and an Oval Office meeting with Trump and Brexit leader Nigel Farage; Gohmert’s views on Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) who voted on one article to convict Trump (“Quit Mitt”); the Senate deliberations (no arm twisting); the conduct of the House in impeaching Trump and why FBI Director Christopher Wray “needs to go” for failing to prosecute FBI wrongdoers involved in the Russia hoax coup.
When asked about the dismissal from the National Security Council last Friday of the twin Lt. Col. brothers Alexander and Yevgeny Vindman, Gohmert called for Alexander to face a military inquiry over his conduct.
Transcribed by TGP:
“I think that when you have people working for you that are not actually helping but they’re hindering including, uh, a guy like Vindman for heaven’s sake. You know his ego outshines everything else about him. When, I mean I was in the Army, I’ve known thousands of lieutenant colonels but haven’t gotten a, “It’s Lieutenant Colonel“. Excuse me? You wear a suit most of the days, why are you, why don’t you wear your suit, your military uniform every day?
“But from his testimony it was very clear to me that he was much more allegiant to the Ura.., to Ukraine, uh, than he was to his own commander-in-chief and his own oath to this nation. And so, uh, you know he should have gotten an Article 15 if not court martial, uh, and he should have gotten, uh, an Article 15 or court martial for, uh, ripping the United States to uh, the enemy back in Moscow. He was, uh, censured, but not enough.
“This guy, I gotta tell you when it came out that the president of Ukraine had offered him the job of defense minister three times I was not at all surprised. He clearly was more allegiant to Ukraine and their president than to his own commander-in-chief. That guy needed to go.
“And you could tell what really upset him was he put the talking points together, he knew more about foreign policy, how dare the President of the United States not stick to his talking points. I mean you could tell it really, he tried to say the right things but you could tell that really irked him. This guy needed to go, he had no business being part of the NSC.
“And while we’re trying to find who was leaking stuff, uh, from the NSC general counsel office where Vindman’s brother was, uh, Vindman’s brother had no business being there either.
“These, these are people that have gotta go. Glad the president waited (until after the impeachment trial). But, uh, I’m, I would encourage him to keep this up. It’s not a good start, but it is a start. Uh, not good, uh, the only reason I would say that it’s not a good start is there’s too many of these kind of clowns that need to go. They couldn’t find their rear end with both hands, they need to be out of the White House.”


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--Oscar Ratings Fall To All-Time Low As Limousine Liberals Spout Politics (Again) — And … Cows?

Oscar Ratings Fall To All-Time Low As Limousine Liberals Spout Politics ( Again ) — And … Cows ?
“ The three-hour-plus broadcast averaged about 23.6 million viewers and a 5.3 rating among adults 18-49 , well below the 29.56 million and 7.7 for last year ’ s awards — which aired two weeks later , ” The Hollywood Reporter writes .
“ The Oscars were down 20 percent year to year in viewers and 31 percent in the key ad-sales demo of adults 18-49.
” Sunday ’ s show also falls well short of previous ratings lows for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year the telecast averaged 26.54 million viewers and a 6.8 rating in the demo ; Sunday was down 11 percent in viewers and 22 percent in adults 18-49 from prior lows .
The Oscars join the Emmy Awards in suffering steep ratings declines .
The September 2019 Emmy broadcast on Fox fell by 32 percent in viewers and 29 percent in adults 18-49 from the previous year .
By comparison , the declines for January ’ s Golden Globes ( off by 4 percent in viewers and 10 percent in the 18-49 demo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in viewers , 4 percent in the demo ) were fairly slight .
Each year , the Academy Awards is worse than the year before .
This latest show featured a gaggle of whining celebrities ( one of whom went on a lengthy rant about people milking cows ) .
Brad Pitt complained about President Trump ’ s impeachment trial , saying “ ‘ They told me I only had 45 seconds up here , which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week.
” A documentary filmmaker invoked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers of the world ” to “ unite.
” And vegan Joaquin Phoenix went on an weird diatribe about veganism .
“ We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives birth we steal her baby , even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable , ” Phoenix said as he accepted his award for “ Joker.
” “ And then we take her milk that ’ s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal.
” “ We ’ re talking about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one people , one race , one gender or one species has the right to dominate and control and exploit another with impunity .
I think that we ’ ve become very disconnected from the natural world and many of us , what we ’ re guilty of is an egocentric world view – the belief that we ’ re the center of the universe .
We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources , ’ he said .
The Oscars ratings have plunged in the last decade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pulled in 41.3 million viewers .
In 2014 , viewership hit a high of 43.7 million .
But it quickly plunged to the low 30s over the past few years , hitting just 23.6 million this year .

Another Hollywood award show, another all-time low.
“The three-hour-plus broadcast averaged about 23.6 million viewers and a 5.3 rating among adults 18-49, well below the 29.56 million and 7.7 for last year’s awards — which aired two weeks later,” The Hollywood Reporter writes. “The Oscars were down 20 percent year to year in viewers and 31 percent in the key ad-sales demo of adults 18-49.”
Sunday’s show also falls well short of previous ratings lows for the Oscars, set in 2018. That year the telecast averaged 26.54 million viewers and a 6.8 rating in the demo; Sunday was down 11 percent in viewers and 22 percent in adults 18-49 from prior lows. The Oscars join the Emmy Awards in suffering steep ratings declines. The September 2019 Emmy broadcast on Fox fell by 32 percent in viewers and 29 percent in adults 18-49 from the previous year. By comparison, the declines for January’s Golden Globes (off by 4 percent in viewers and 10 percent in the 18-49 demo) and Grammys (down 6 percent in viewers, 4 percent in the demo) were fairly slight.
Each year, the Academy Awards is worse than the year before. This latest show featured a gaggle of whining celebrities (one of whom went on a lengthy rant about people milking cows).
Brad Pitt complained about President Trump’s impeachment trial, saying “‘They told me I only had 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week.” A documentary filmmaker invoked Karl Marx, calling for the “workers of the world” to “unite.” And vegan Joaquin Phoenix went on an weird diatribe about veganism.
“We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives birth we steal her baby, even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable,” Phoenix said as he accepted his award for “Joker.” “And then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal.”
“We’re talking about the fight against belief that one nation, one people, one race, one gender or one species has the right to dominate and control and exploit another with impunity. I think that we’ve become very disconnected from the natural world and many of us, what we’re guilty of is an egocentric world view – the belief that we’re the center of the universe. We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources,’ he said.
The Oscars ratings have plunged in the last decade. Back in 2010, the Oscars pulled in 41.3 million viewers. In 2014, viewership hit a high of 43.7 million. But it quickly plunged to the low 30s over the past few years, hitting just 23.6 million this year.


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--CPAC Chairman Says He Would ‘Be afraid’ for Romney’s ‘Physical Safety’ if He Attended Conference Thi

CPAC Chairman Says He Would ‘Be afraid’ for Romney’s ‘Physical Safety’ if He Attended Conference This Year

CPAC Chairman Says He Would ‘ Be afraid ’ for Romney ’ s ‘ Physical Safety ’ if He Attended Conference This Year Conservative Political Action Conference ( CPAC ) chairman Matt Schlapp said that he would “ actually be afraid ” for Mitt Romney ’ s “ physical safety ” if he attended the conference this year because people are so angry with him .
Following Romney ’ s vote to impeach President Donald Trump , Schlapp had tweeted that he was “ formally NOT invited ” to this year ’ s conference .
Elaborating on why in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Full Court Press , ” Schlapp explained that it simply would not be safe there for the junior senator .
“ We won ’ t credential him as a conservative , ” Schlapp said .
“ I suppose if he wants to come as a non-conservative and debate an issue with us , maybe in the future we would have him come .
This year , I ’ d actually be afraid for his physical safety , people are so mad at him.
” Schlapp explained that Romney continuously lies to conservatives to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem we have with Mitt Romney is not that he ’ s just an individual following his political course , ” he continued .
“ It ’ s the fact that he ’ s lied so continuously to conservatives .
He ’ s a ‘ use-em-and-lose-em ’ kind of guy .
When he needed a conservative like Donald Trump to endorse him in his Senate primary last time , he wanted him in .
But then , when he gets the Senate job , he wants to distance himself from Trump .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lose ‘ em kind of guy .
”

Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) chairman Matt Schlapp said that he would “actually be afraid” for Mitt Romney’s “physical safety” if he attended the conference this year because people are so angry with him.
Following Romney’s vote to impeach President Donald Trump, Schlapp had tweeted that he was “formally NOT invited” to this year’s conference.
BREAKING: The "extreme conservative" and Junior Senator from the great state of Utah, @SenatorRomney is formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020. pic.twitter.com/f35tYy73V1 — Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) January 31, 2020
Elaborating on why in an interview with Greta Van Susteren on “Full Court Press,” Schlapp explained that it simply would not be safe there for the junior senator.
“We won’t credential him as a conservative,” Schlapp said. “I suppose if he wants to come as a non-conservative and debate an issue with us, maybe in the future we would have him come. This year, I’d actually be afraid for his physical safety, people are so mad at him.”
Schlapp explained that Romney continuously lies to conservatives to get ahead politically.
“The biggest problem we have with Mitt Romney is not that he’s just an individual following his political course,” he continued. “It’s the fact that he’s lied so continuously to conservatives. He’s a ‘use-em-and-lose-em’ kind of guy. When he needed a conservative like Donald Trump to endorse him in his Senate primary last time, he wanted him in. But then, when he gets the Senate job, he wants to distance himself from Trump. He’s a use ‘em and lose ‘em kind of guy.”


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--Barr Confirms DOJ Is Assessing Credibility Of Guiliani’s Ukraine Info

Attorney General Bill Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department is currently assessing information about Ukraine provided by President Trump ’ s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani , who says the info contains a “ smoking gun.
” “ The Justice Department has the obligation to have an open door to anybody who wishes to provide us information that they think is relevant , ” Barr told reporters .
“ But as I did say to Senator [ Lindsey ] Graham … we have to be very careful … with respect to any information coming from the Ukraine.
” Barr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because there are “ a lot of agendas ” in Ukraine and “ a lot of cross currents.
” “ We can ’ t take anything we receive from the Ukraine at face value , ” Barr said .
“ For that reason , we had established an intake process in the field so that any information coming in about Ukraine could be carefully scrutinized by the department ” to assess its credibility .
He added : “ And you know , that is true for all information that comes to the department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr. Giuliani might provide.
” Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday said there are three witnesses who are ready to “ name names ” in an investigation into Hunter Biden and corruption in Ukraine , where the former vice president ’ s son once held a lucrative job on the board of national energy company , Burisma .
In an interview with Jesse Watters on Fox News ’ “ Watters ’ World , ” Giuliani said he ’ s found “ the smoking gun.
” Watters asked Giuliani “ if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s business dealings in Ukraine ” before adding that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham ( R-SC ) “ will be investigating that , ” Fox reported .
“ Lindsey , get started , ” Giuliani said , laughing , before declaring he had “ what I used to call when I was U.S. attorney , the smoking gun.
” “ We ’ ve got the documents , Lindsey , ” Giuliani declared .
“ This is a money laundering transaction .
… It ’ s about $ 14.6 million .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government to the Ukrainian government that Hunter Biden is under investigation for corruption.
” “ I ’ ll simplify it .
$ 14.8 million goes from Ukraine to a company in Latvia , disguised as a loan .
Then it goes from Latvia to another company disguised as another loan , in Cyprus .
And then it goes to the U.S. where we lose track of it because when [ former Ukraine prosecutor Viktor ] Shokin gets it , just about the day he ’ s fired , there ’ s no money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden .
Everybody else , their money is listed , ” Giuliani said .
Hunter Biden was paid more than $ 80,000 a month to serve as a “ ceremonial figure ” by the Ukrainian company Burisma , which hired him “ as a helpful non-executive director with a powerful name , ” according to a report published in October .
Reuters News Agency interviewed more than a dozen people for the report , including executives and former prosecutors in Ukraine , to “ paint a picture of a director who provided advice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategy during a five-year term on the board , which ended in April of this year.
” Burisma Holdings is one of Ukraine ’ s largest natural gas companies .
By the end of Biden ’ s term , the company had paid $ 3.4 million to Rosemont Seneca Bohai LLC , a company headed by Hunter Biden ’ s business partner Devon Archer .
From Reuters : Giuliani said he also has information on former Trump campaign head Paul Manafort .
“ I could take it back to January of 2016 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whistle-blower was there , NSC meeting – NSC , Obama , and Biden representatives tell Ukrainian officials , ‘ Get me dirt on [ former Trump campaign head Paul ] Manafort.
’ I have three witnesses there.
” Giuliani named three people : “ Andrei Teleschenko , Constantine Kulyuk , Nazar Kholodnitskiy … three witnesses are willing to get on the witness stand and say that in January 2016 , members of Obama ’ s NSC violated the law Mueller was investigating Trump for violating .
They asked foreigners for dirty information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be involved in a political campaign.
” “ There ’ s no doubt who was at that meeting , ” Giuliani said , adding , “ The ‘ Manafort black book ’ was intended to blow the Trump campaign up .
”

Attorney General Bill Barr on Monday confirmed that the Justice Department is currently assessing information about Ukraine provided by President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who says the info contains a “smoking gun.”
“The Justice Department has the obligation to have an open door to anybody who wishes to provide us information that they think is relevant,” Barr told reporters. “But as I did say to Senator [Lindsey] Graham … we have to be very careful … with respect to any information coming from the Ukraine.”
Barr said reliable information is difficult to find because there are “a lot of agendas” in Ukraine and “a lot of cross currents.”
“We can’t take anything we receive from the Ukraine at face value,” Barr said. “For that reason, we had established an intake process in the field so that any information coming in about Ukraine could be carefully scrutinized by the department” to assess its credibility.
He added: “And you know, that is true for all information that comes to the department relating to the Ukraine, including anything Mr. Giuliani might provide.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday said there are three witnesses who are ready to “name names” in an investigation into Hunter Biden and corruption in Ukraine, where the former vice president’s son once held a lucrative job on the board of national energy company, Burisma.
In an interview with Jesse Watters on Fox News’ “Watters’ World,” Giuliani said he’s found “the smoking gun.”
Watters asked Giuliani “if he had any documentation regarding Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine” before adding that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) “will be investigating that,” Fox reported.
“Lindsey, get started,” Giuliani said, laughing, before declaring he had “what I used to call when I was U.S. attorney, the smoking gun.”
“We’ve got the documents, Lindsey,” Giuliani declared. “This is a money laundering transaction. … It’s about $14.6 million. It’s a notice from the Latvian government to the Ukrainian government that Hunter Biden is under investigation for corruption.”
“I’ll simplify it. $14.8 million goes from Ukraine to a company in Latvia, disguised as a loan. Then it goes from Latvia to another company disguised as another loan, in Cyprus. And then it goes to the U.S. where we lose track of it because when [former Ukraine prosecutor Viktor] Shokin gets it, just about the day he’s fired, there’s no money in here for Devon Archer and Hunter Biden. Everybody else, their money is listed,” Giuliani said.
Hunter Biden was paid more than $80,000 a month to serve as a “ceremonial figure” by the Ukrainian company Burisma, which hired him “as a helpful non-executive director with a powerful name,” according to a report published in October.
Reuters News Agency interviewed more than a dozen people for the report, including executives and former prosecutors in Ukraine, to “paint a picture of a director who provided advice on legal issues, corporate finance and strategy during a five-year term on the board, which ended in April of this year.”
Burisma Holdings is one of Ukraine’s largest natural gas companies. By the end of Biden’s term, the company had paid $3.4 million to Rosemont Seneca Bohai LLC, a company headed by Hunter Biden’s business partner Devon Archer. From Reuters:
Specifically, the records show 18 months in which two payments of $83,333 per month were paid to Rosemont Seneca Bohai for ‘consulting services.’ The two sources said that one of those monthly payments was intended for Biden and one for Archer. Reuters was not able to independently verify the authenticity of the documents or how much money Hunter Biden received.
Giuliani said he also has information on former Trump campaign head Paul Manafort.
“I could take it back to January of 2016,” Giuliani said. “A possibility the whistle-blower was there, NSC meeting – NSC, Obama, and Biden representatives tell Ukrainian officials, ‘Get me dirt on [former Trump campaign head Paul] Manafort.’ I have three witnesses there.”
Giuliani named three people: “Andrei Teleschenko, Constantine Kulyuk, Nazar Kholodnitskiy … three witnesses are willing to get on the witness stand and say that in January 2016, members of Obama’s NSC violated the law Mueller was investigating Trump for violating. They asked foreigners for dirty information on an American citizen who was going to be involved in a political campaign.”
“There’s no doubt who was at that meeting,” Giuliani said, adding, “The ‘Manafort black book’ was intended to blow the Trump campaign up.”


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--HOW SAD: General Flynn’s Wife Posts a Heart-Breaking Tweet on How the US Government Turned on Her Hu

HOW SAD: General Flynn’s Wife Posts a Heart-Breaking Tweet on How the US Government Turned on Her Husband after His 33 Years of Service

HOW SAD : General Flynn ’ s Wife Posts a Heart-Breaking Tweet on How the US Government Turned on Her Husband after His 33 Years of Service This is just heart-breaking .
The Obama Deep State spied on General Flynn since 2015 .
He was a number one target of the Obama Deep State .
They wanted to ruin him .
They wanted to punish General Michaal Flynn because he turned against President Obama and spoke honestly about his failed strategy that caused the rise of ISIS in Iraq .
So the Obama , Comey , McCabe , Strzok , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set him up .
Now General Flynn is bankrupt and fighting to stay out of prison based on a deep state lie .
NEVER FORGET : The Democrat Deep State would do the same thing to any ordinary American who stands in their way .
On Monday the alleged twitter page of Barbara Flynn posted a heart-breaking tweet .
“ My husband is being treated like he ’ s public enemy # 1 .
All he did was help @ realDonaldTrump become POTUS & did his job as incoming NSA .
Our GOV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against him .
Sad .
 @ BarbaraRedgate  @ JosephJFlynn1 @ SidneyPowell1 ” General Michael Flynn will be back in court later this month .
Please pray for General Flynn and his family .
** And please donate to the Michael T. Flynn Defense Fund if you can .

This is just heart-breaking.
The Obama Deep State spied on General Flynn since 2015. He was a number one target of the Obama Deep State.
They wanted to ruin him.
They wanted to punish General Michaal Flynn because he turned against President Obama and spoke honestly about his failed strategy that caused the rise of ISIS in Iraq.
So the Obama, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Brennan, Clapper deep state set him up.
Now General Flynn is bankrupt and fighting to stay out of prison based on a deep state lie.
NEVER FORGET: The Democrat Deep State would do the same thing to any ordinary American who stands in their way.
On Monday the alleged twitter page of Barbara Flynn posted a heart-breaking tweet.
“My husband is being treated like he’s public enemy #1. All he did was help @realDonaldTrump become POTUS & did his job as incoming NSA. Our GOV that he protected for 33 yrs turned against him. Sad. @BarbaraRedgate @JosephJFlynn1@SidneyPowell1”
https://twitter.com/lofly727/status/1226651343571607552
General Michael Flynn will be back in court later this month.
Please pray for General Flynn and his family.
** And please donate to the Michael T. Flynn Defense Fund if you can.


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--BREAKING: At Least 3 Shot at Forest City, Arkansas Walmart – Suspect Dead, Two Officers Shot

BREAKING : At Least 3 Shot at Forest City , Arkansas Walmart – Suspect Dead , Two Officers Shot At @ @ @ @ @ today at the Forest City , Arkansas Walmart .
The police chief says the suspect @ @ @ @ @ story on Deaderick Road .
There are reports that two officers were shot .

At least three people were shot today at the Forrest City, Arkansas Walmart.
The police chief says the suspect was also shot inside the story on Deaderick Road.
There are reports that two officers were shot.
Police in Arkansas say they're investigating a shooting at a Walmart in Forrest City https://t.co/Iz0w1wMH0b pic.twitter.com/XnaCLGLFMo — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 10, 2020


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--Joe Biden Staffers Forced Into CRINGEY Campaign Video That Only a Dog-Faced Pony Soldier Could Love

Joe Biden Staffers Forced Into CRINGEY Campaign Video That Only a Dog-Faced Pony Soldier Could Love Biden ’ s campaign @ @ @ @ @ heading into the New Hampshire primaries after taking a punch to the gut in Iowa @ @ @ @ @ staffers were forced into a cringey campaign dance .
This is the type of campaign @ @ @ @ @ soldier could love , right , Biden ?
According to a New Hampshire poll , @ @ @ @ @ 5th ? )
place in the Granite State .
This was hard to watch .

Biden’s campaign is dying a slow death heading into the New Hampshire primaries after taking a punch to the gut in Iowa.
So Biden’s staffers were forced into a cringey campaign dance.
This is the type of campaign video only a dog-faced pony soldier could love, right, Biden?
According to a New Hampshire poll, Biden is in last (5th?) place in the Granite State.
This was hard to watch.
https://twitter.com/M2Madness/status/1226913976870674436


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--Go Away Lady: Liz Warren Stops By New Hampshire Diner and Nobody Wants to Talk with Her (VIDEO)

Go Away Lady : Liz Warren Stops By New Hampshire Diner and Nobody Wants to Talk with Her ( VIDEO @ @ @ @ @ a New Hampshire diner on Monday .
And nobody cared .
They really just wanted @ @ @ @ @

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thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--IT BEGINS: Trump Admin Cuts 70 Obama-Era Holdovers From NSC – More Cuts Coming This Week

IT BEGINS : Trump Admin Cuts 70 Obama-Era Holdovers From NSC – More Cuts Coming This Week The Vindman twins were just the beginning of the NatSec purge .
On Friday President Trump fired the Vindman twins from their National Security Council positions in the Trump White House .
This comes after Alexander Vindman admitted to working behind President Trump ’ s back in Ukraine .
The Washington Examiner reported Trump cut 70 Obama-era holdovers from the NatSec .
President Trump is making good on his promises to “ drain the swamp ” and cut Obama-era holdovers from his staffs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National Security Council .
Officials confirmed that Trump and national security adviser Robert O ’ Brien have cut 70 positions inherited from former President Barack Obama , who had fattened the staff to 200 .
Many were loaners from other agencies and have been sent back .
Others left government work .
But President Trump is not done and neither is National Security Adviser Robert O ’ Brien .
The National Security Advisor is expected to announce more cuts in the NSC staff this week .
Trump ’ s goal is to cut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became a bloated bureaucracy under Obama and Obama holdovers such as Eric Ciaramella , Alex Vindman and Sean Misko worked together to “ take out ” Trump .
Rep. Nunes took it a step further and urged President Trump to move the entire NSC apparatus out of the White House and across the Potomac River .

The Vindman twins were just the beginning of the NatSec purge.
On Friday President Trump fired the Vindman twins from their National Security Council positions in the Trump White House.
This comes after Alexander Vindman admitted to working behind President Trump’s back in Ukraine.
The Washington Examiner reported Trump cut 70 Obama-era holdovers from the NatSec.
President Trump is making good on his promises to “drain the swamp” and cut Obama-era holdovers from his staffs, especially the critical and recently controversial National Security Council. Officials confirmed that Trump and national security adviser Robert O’Brien have cut 70 positions inherited from former President Barack Obama, who had fattened the staff to 200. Many were loaners from other agencies and have been sent back. Others left government work.
But President Trump is not done and neither is National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien.
The National Security Advisor is expected to announce more cuts in the NSC staff this week.
Trump’s goal is to cut the agency in half.
The NatSec became a bloated bureaucracy under Obama and Obama holdovers such as Eric Ciaramella, Alex Vindman and Sean Misko worked together to “take out” Trump.
Rep. Nunes took it a step further and urged President Trump to move the entire NSC apparatus out of the White House and across the Potomac River.


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--NatCon 2020: Populist EU Leaders Convene in Rome: Viktor Orban, Marion Marechal, Thierry Baudet, Pet

NatCon 2020: Populist EU Leaders Convene in Rome: Viktor Orban, Marion Marechal, Thierry Baudet, Petr Bystron, Douglas Murray, etc – Breaking the Left’s Soft Totalitarianism

NatCon 2020 : Populist EU Leaders Convene in Rome : Viktor Orban , Marion Marechal , Thierry Baudet , Petr Bystron , Douglas Murray , etc – Breaking the Left ’ s Soft Totalitarianism NatCon in Rome : Adios Davos , or How to Be Non-Anxiously Present in Apocalyptic Times On Feb. 4 , 2020 , the second “ National Conservatism ” Conference took place in Rome , Italy , attracting luminaries of the new conservative movement from Europe and beyond , including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán , French politician Marion Maréchal , Italian Brothers party head Giorgia Meloni @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first NatCon in Washington , DC in July 2019 , the event was organized by Prof. Yoram Hazony of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem , author of the seminal “ The Virtue of Nationalism ” , and hosted by Reagan veteran Christopher De Muth ( Hudson Institute ) and Thatcher adviser John O ’ Sullivan ( Danube Institute ) .
The theme was “ God , Honor , Country : Ronald Reagan , Pope John Paul II .
and the Freedom of Nations ” , but “ we could also have called it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by way of introduction , chiding the globalist set that has become “ openly defiant of democracy and Western values.
“ The new conference set the stage for a “ Replacement Davos ” that will be “ less intolerant , less imperialist , ” De Muth said : “ National Conservatism has become an inspiring vision , showing that we national patriots can get along just fine.
” Rod Dreher , author of the upcoming “ Live Not By Lies !
: How To Resist The Coming Soft Totalitarianism ” recalled talking to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through Communism , who told him the new political correctness “ felt like Communism is coming back .
The fight against the new totalitarianism is the fight of our age .
The new totalitarianism seeks to make us welcome our own oppression .
Social Justice is a utopian political cult , a fanatical religion.
” Google , Facebook and Amazon give us the means to dominate other people never imagined by Stalin and Mao , Dreher warned , and “ social credit ” will be a new form of oppression .
Dreher stressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cultural identity as “ Globalists try to make nations ashamed of their heritage.
” Surviving the upcoming “ Pink police state ” will require patience and suffering , Dreher warned , and urged following the motto of Alexander Solzhenitsyn : “ Live Not By Lies !
” Professor Roberto De Mattei of the Lepanto Foundation warned of the return of Communism , which is like “ a subterranean river that disappears and then resurfaces when you least expect it.
” He cited speeches by former EU head Jean-Claude Juncker and articles in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Karl Marx .
Instead of praising the father of Communism , which killed at least 100 million people in the 20th Century , we should be reading Vladimir Bukovsky ’ s book “ Judgment in Moscow : Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity “ , De Mattei said , appealing for a “ new Nuremberg Trial on Communism ” , since many old and new Communist criminals have yet to be brought to justice .
Polish professor Michal Luczewski recalled the heritage of Ronald Reagan , who “ both survived assassination attempts – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on , even after they are dead they are still trying to kill them , they were so powerful.
” John Paul II .
would say we should “ have no fear – of the end of the world , of the fall of civilization.
” That was the reason the Communists were so afraid of John Paul II.
, Luczewski said , citing a secret police memo on the Pope which noted that “ He has a sense of humor , shakes people ’ s hands and kisses children.
” This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a free man .
They realized they can not manipulate someone like that .
Free people have their own agenda , the agenda of freedom and good will.
” Luczewski urged fellow conservatives to be “ non-anxiously present ” , a Zen-like notion he saw in Reagan and John Paul II .
“ When Reagan said , ‘ Mr .
Gorbachev , tear down this wall !
’ he was non-anxiously present .
He was not aggressively shouting.
” Both men were actors , Luczewski said , “ playing a part in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how they could be non-anxiously present in apocalyptic times.
” Organizer Prof. Yoram Hazony feted the United Kingdom ’ s leaving the EU on Jan 31 .
“ Not all agree that Brexit is the right thing to do–I do.
” No one could predict the future , Hazony granted , but called Brexit “ like a wedding , when you are not sure of what will come , but you ask for Gods blessing .
I ask for God ’ s blessing for British independence.
” Hazony criticized the Enlightenment rationalist political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consenting individuals ” , with no allegiance to our nation , and contrasted this view with the Biblical view of nation as a holy covenant , tied to the land and the people .
“ There can be no freedom when your nation is enslaved , when your family is enslaved.
” The world of free nations is the foundation of the Jewish and Christian world view , Hazony said , evoking the Biblical brotherhood of nations .
Hazony cautioned against believing “ the lies told about us National Conservatives : when I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people say to me , I just met so-and-so , I can ’ t believe how nice they are !
Then I ask , Why not ?
and they say , Well , what they say about them in the papers is so terrible !
Then I ask , Well what do they say about you in the papers ?
and they say , Oh , but that ’ s not true.
” Hazony warned : “ We come to believe the propaganda of the other side.
” This is “ the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this conference and others like it : We cease believing the lies told about us National Conservatives.
” French professor Édouard Husson noted that European conservatism , formerly centered around Angela Merkel and the German Christian Democrats , is now shifting to Boris Johnson and British conservatism : “ The torch is passing.
” In 2015 , Angela Merkel opened borders against the advice of her own border patrol , Husson observed , admitting terrorists who then struck in France in November of 2015 , “ but France did not protest.
” Husson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Brexit vote .
“ Angela Merkel doesn ’ t realize it , but she is the first person responsible for Brexit.
” Merkel moved her party to the left , Husson said , ruling with Social Democrats , criticizing Pope Benedict , adopting Green views on nuclear power and opening the borders .
He expressed hope for the “ Alternative for Germany ” ( AfD ) to form a new conservative base in Germany , without Nazi overtones : “ Please , German friends , we need you.
” Although many speakers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Angela Merkel ’ s Germany in modern Europe , there were no German speakers on the stage .
AfD vice-chair Beatrix von Storch and AfD foreign policy spokesman Petr Bystron were in the audience and drew a positive resumé : “ It ’ s crucial for Conservative parties in Europe to network and get in touch , and this conference offers a suitable venue to do that .
We all face similar challenges , share a Christian heritage , and want to preserve the European nation state , to safeguard democracy and liberty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pundit .
“ Our opponents act globally , and combat us internationally .
That ’ s why it ’ s essential to also network and forge alliances .
This conference will be an important step in that direction , ” Petr Bystron told Gateway Pundit .
“ After Brexit , the failed Impeachment of Donald Trump , and the local elections in Germany , which forced out a Communist governor in Thuringia with the votes of the AfD – these are all signs of the conservative resurgence.
“ Marion Maréchal , niece of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pen , called conservatism “ the new humanism of this century , because we define all the needs of the human soul : honor , family , security , which progressivism is seeking to replace .
There can be no humanism without these needs .
We are trying to connect the family to the society , the nation to the world , the past to the future , ” Maréchal said .
France is a revolutionary nation , Maréchal said , and has no tradition of conservatism except a few figures like Viscount @ @ @ @ @ @ @ de Gaulle .
“ That ’ s why we have the Yellow Vests , ” Maréchal said , the “ French version of Brexiteers , necessary to protect their material and immaterial heritage .
This is what remains in a time of attacks on free speech , when Islamic studies are taking over the academy and every day in France churches are ransacked , to the indifference of the media.
” Conservatives are “ best equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century ” , Maréchal found , including population growth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reform can be expected of the EU .
The solutions will only come from national governments .
We need a new coalition of national governments to engage in a power struggle with EU ” , she said , envisioning a “ Latin alliance ” of France , Italy and Spain together with the Slavic Visegrad countries , and “ in alliance with the UK , USA , and Russia , who we must not leave alone in their conflict with China .
We do not need to speak in the same voice , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dutch Forum for Democracy head Thierry Baudet picked up on Yoram Hazony ’ s reference to the anonymous architectural motifs on the Euro bills , featuring generic “ windows and bridges ” as a sign of transparency and interconnection : “ You can see that ugliness is intimately related to their project .
We as conservatives must get over all this infighting , with all these words that left-wing journalists throw at us .
We must not only point out we ’ re not like them , but also mount a defense of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rome we are meeting in , where we are surrounded by this incredible beauty .
We defend beauty , we stand with all the beauty that European civilization has created , and we oppose the nowhere cities these global elites are imposing on us : The Nowhere ideology of globalism vs. the Somewhere of national sovereignty.
” Douglas Murray , author of “ The Strange Death of Europe ” and “ The Madness of Crowds ” , noted that he is “ not a Nationalist , so it ’ s a little strange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only agree with two-thirds of the motto.
” He observed that “ Nationalism sounds much different in America than it does in Europe ” , where Nationalism had caused such bloodshed in the 20th Century .
“ Nationalism can go wrong , but then everything can go wrong .
Love can go wrong .
Love caused the Trojan war , yet nobody ’ s advocated abolishing Love.
” Murray criticized the term “ Populism ” as “ a euphemism for popular , which means elected .
I have yet to hear a good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way.
” Murray noted that “ Trump supporters like to claim Brexit as theirs , but Brexiteers don ’ t really adopt the Trump movement , whatever that is .
Brexit was their own thing.
” He criticized the BBC for recently producing a clip claiming there ’ s “ nothing British ” , a strange notion for a broadcaster named “ British ” .
“ It ’ s like pretending there ’ s no such thing as steel ” , Murray jibed .
“ Steel is also made up of component parts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together , but it still holds up bridges.
” He observed that “ The EU just not right for Britain .
It may be right for you , but it just didn ’ t work for us .
Strangely , people from the South always told me , You can ’ t leave us with the North , and people from the North always said , You can ’ t leave us with the South ; people from the East said , You can ’ t leave us with the West , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t leave us with the East.
” So he was left to wonder why the regions even want to belong together , Murray quipped .
“ If you read the German press or the American press , you would get an entirely false view of Brexit , and why the British people wanted it .
If you read the New York Times , you would get a comparison of Boris Johnson to Donald Trump , ” and that would be the end of the analysis .
Reading the mainstream coverage of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think the British were simply manipulated by Russia , or by Facebook ads .
“ You would think we were very happy with the EU until a few Russian bots got into our mother ’ s Twitter account and , hey presto , suddenly you got Brexit.
” On the past weekend , EU council head Donald Tusk “ urged the breakup of my country , ” Murray objected : “ It is not for Brussels to tell my people who should be allowed to be British .
If we are to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the things that will have to stop.
” Murray cited the Five Questions British Labour politician Tony Benn liked to ask of people in power : “ What power do you have ; where did you get it ; in whose interests do you exercise it ; to whom are you accountable ; and how can we get rid of you ?
” Of course , “ When Tony Benn met Saddam Hussein , he asked none of them , ” Murray quipped .
“ We didn ’ t know how to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ EU , and at least now we know where the levers of democracy are .
We had no Yellow Vests , we had no riots and cars burning in the street .
We were asked our opinion in a vote .
And for the first time in EU history , that voted counted.
” Video : Douglas Murray : Nationalism Can Be Positive or Negative The highlight of the conference was the appearance by Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán , who was interviewed by Chris de Muth .
Orbán recalled : “ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I first became PM and went to London .
She was not in office any more , but I went to visit her ; she opened the door and she said ‘ I totally disagree with you ’ ” over Hungary ’ s decision to stay out of the Kosovo conflict .
But Orbán continued to admire Thatcher and Ronald Reagan , who changed the world with one sentence .
“ Reagan said : ‘ We have a new strategy : We win , they lose.
’ That made us think the captive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” , Orbán recalled .
His relationship with Pope John Paul II .
was “ complicated ” as a Calvinist in Hungary , Orbán noted , saying he was the only Calvinist to visit John Paul II .
On his visit , the Pope looked at him and said : “ You are not important for what you have done , but for what you will do.
” As an avowed Anti-Communist , Orbán said he is not just against the Soviet Union , “ but against the Communist mindset ” , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have a new language , but the same mindset .
We are still the same radical anti-Communists as 30 years ago , we are fighting the same battle.
” Orbán said Europe could either be “ a bottom-up cooperation of nations ” or “ top-down , imposed from a centralist regime.
” The difference between his situation and that of Conservatives in Germany , Italy , France and Spain is “ we don ’ t have a coalition .
When I stand up and say something , I don ’ t have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lucky man , because I am the only leader in Europe who can say what he wants.
” The one condition to be successful in politics is “ courage , ” Orbán noted .
The formerly Conservative European People ’ s Party EPP in Brussels ( which has suspended Orbán ’ s Fidesz party ) “ is becoming center , then , liberal , then left .
If you can ’ t stand up and say , Guys , what are we doing ?
then you will lose your way.
” “ Hungary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good for us .
We are an Eastern nation that moved to the West ” , Orbán remarked on the history of the Huns .
“ The basic instinct of Hungarians is to appreciate stability .
Hungarians understand we have to have stable government or we are in trouble .
Conservative politicians must be successful or they will kill you the next day , since you are all alone .
That is why we have to have successful policy , with unemployment down , debt down , and growth of 5 % every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tomorrow.
” In the United States , “ many people hate Trump more than they love their country , ” Orbán wondered , “ but if your country is not Nr .
1 , what is ?
Hungarian people are not nationalist , but they realize we need the nation .
We are accused of being populist ; when I was young , populism meant you promise something that you couldn ’ t fulfill .
But if you promise something that you fulfill , that ’ s called democracy.
” In the migrant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failed to protect their own society and their borders .
If they can not protect their own society , and provide good governance for the people , what are they good for ?
That ’ s why liberal democracy is over ; what comes after we call illiberal , postliberal or Christian democracy .
Nobody likes these terms outside of Hungary but that ’ s what we call it.
” Orbán called Central Europe “ the growth engine of Europe .
What I represent is not just the success story of a country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are all National Conservative governments in Central Europe .
As a result of mass migration , the outcome will be “ Western societies with decreasing Christian and growing Muslim communities .
The left supports this .
In Central Europe , we have a different approach .
Possibly they will be happy in the West .
We just ask they don ’ t force us to follow them.
” The migrant crisis “ raised the question of national identity .
These issues were not fashionable .
Now you can ’ t avoid that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the debate in Euro countries ; what does it mean to be French , Italian , German – that is more complicated .
Don ’ t miss the chance to clarify intellectually who we are as a country .
The major challenge to European politicians is : In 20 years Europe will look very different in the West and the East .
How can we cooperate if we are becoming so different ?
Host Chris de Muth noted Orbán ’ s “ Natalist program ” to reward families for having children , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to achieve in the next years .
Orbán noted that Hungary had taken on the leadership of the Conservative movement in Europe without wanting to : “ We play this role now , but we are a small country .
We hope other , bigger countries will take over the fight.
” Speaking earlier , Spanish Vox leader Santiago Abascal had said : “ We want to do everything , ” Orbán recalled : “ That is the energy we need .
Good luck to all the newcomers , even if they don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” After the conference , Orbán went on to meet with Italian Lega leader Matteo Salvini , who had to cancel his appearance at short notice , to send a message to the European People ’ s Party EPP in Brussels : The Conservative movement is here to stay .
Video : Yoram Hazony : On the Rebirth of Nationalism in Europe The speeches will be uploaded to the National Conservatism channel here .

NatCon in Rome: Adios Davos, or How to Be Non-Anxiously Present in Apocalyptic Times
On Feb. 4, 2020, the second “National Conservatism” Conference took place in Rome, Italy, attracting luminaries of the new conservative movement from Europe and beyond, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, French politician Marion Maréchal, Italian Brothers party head Giorgia Meloni and author Douglas Murray.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and host Chris de Muth:
As the first NatCon in Washington, DC in July 2019, the event was organized by Prof. Yoram Hazony of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, author of the seminal “The Virtue of Nationalism”, and hosted by Reagan veteran Christopher De Muth (Hudson Institute) and Thatcher adviser John O’Sullivan (Danube Institute). The theme was “God, Honor, Country: Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II. and the Freedom of Nations”, but “we could also have called it Adios Davos,“ De Muth said by way of introduction, chiding the globalist set that has become “openly defiant of democracy and Western values.“ The new conference set the stage for a “Replacement Davos” that will be “less intolerant, less imperialist,” De Muth said: “National Conservatism has become an inspiring vision, showing that we national patriots can get along just fine.”
Rod Dreher, author of the upcoming “Live Not By Lies!: How To Resist The Coming Soft Totalitarianism” recalled talking to an old Czech woman who had lived through Communism, who told him the new political correctness “felt like Communism is coming back. The fight against the new totalitarianism is the fight of our age. The new totalitarianism seeks to make us welcome our own oppression. Social Justice is a utopian political cult, a fanatical religion.” Google, Facebook and Amazon give us the means to dominate other people never imagined by Stalin and Mao, Dreher warned, and “social credit” will be a new form of oppression.
Dreher stressed the need to reclaim and defend our cultural identity as “Globalists try to make nations ashamed of their heritage.” Surviving the upcoming “Pink police state” will require patience and suffering, Dreher warned, and urged following the motto of Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “Live Not By Lies!”
Professor Roberto De Mattei of the Lepanto Foundation warned of the return of Communism, which is like “a subterranean river that disappears and then resurfaces when you least expect it.” He cited speeches by former EU head Jean-Claude Juncker and articles in the New York Times celebrating the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. Instead of praising the father of Communism, which killed at least 100 million people in the 20th Century, we should be reading Vladimir Bukovsky’s book “Judgment in Moscow: Soviet Crimes and Western Complicity“, De Mattei said, appealing for a “new Nuremberg Trial on Communism”, since many old and new Communist criminals have yet to be brought to justice.
Polish professor Michal Luczewski recalled the heritage of Ronald Reagan, who “both survived assassination attempts – and the assassination attempts are still going on, even after they are dead they are still trying to kill them, they were so powerful.” John Paul II. would say we should “have no fear – of the end of the world, of the fall of civilization.” That was the reason the Communists were so afraid of John Paul II., Luczewski said, citing a secret police memo on the Pope which noted that “He has a sense of humor, shakes people’s hands and kisses children.” This is what they were afraid of: He was a free man. They realized they cannot manipulate someone like that. Free people have their own agenda, the agenda of freedom and good will.” Luczewski urged fellow conservatives to be “non-anxiously present”, a Zen-like notion he saw in Reagan and John Paul II. “When Reagan said, ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’ he was non-anxiously present. He was not aggressively shouting.” Both men were actors, Luczewski said, “playing a part in God’s play – that is how they could be non-anxiously present in apocalyptic times.”
Organizer Prof. Yoram Hazony feted the United Kingdom’s leaving the EU on Jan 31. “Not all agree that Brexit is the right thing to do–I do.” No one could predict the future, Hazony granted, but called Brexit “like a wedding, when you are not sure of what will come, but you ask for Gods blessing. I ask for God’s blessing for British independence.” Hazony criticized the Enlightenment rationalist political theory that “we are all just consenting individuals”, with no allegiance to our nation, and contrasted this view with the Biblical view of nation as a holy covenant, tied to the land and the people. “There can be no freedom when your nation is enslaved, when your family is enslaved.” The world of free nations is the foundation of the Jewish and Christian world view, Hazony said, evoking the Biblical brotherhood of nations.
Hazony cautioned against believing “the lies told about us National Conservatives: when I move around a room like this, people say to me, I just met so-and-so, I can’t believe how nice they are! Then I ask, Why not? and they say, Well, what they say about them in the papers is so terrible! Then I ask, Well what do they say about you in the papers? and they say, Oh, but that’s not true.” Hazony warned: “We come to believe the propaganda of the other side.” This is “the most important thing that’s happening at this conference and others like it: We cease believing the lies told about us National Conservatives.”
French professor Édouard Husson noted that European conservatism, formerly centered around Angela Merkel and the German Christian Democrats, is now shifting to Boris Johnson and British conservatism: “The torch is passing.” In 2015, Angela Merkel opened borders against the advice of her own border patrol, Husson observed, admitting terrorists who then struck in France in November of 2015, “but France did not protest.” Husson saw the immigration issue as key for the Brexit vote. “Angela Merkel doesn’t realize it, but she is the first person responsible for Brexit.” Merkel moved her party to the left, Husson said, ruling with Social Democrats, criticizing Pope Benedict, adopting Green views on nuclear power and opening the borders. He expressed hope for the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) to form a new conservative base in Germany, without Nazi overtones: “Please, German friends, we need you.”
Thierry Baudet (Forum for Democracy, Netherlands) and Beatrix von Storch (AfD vice-chair)
Although many speakers focused critically on the dominant role of Angela Merkel’s Germany in modern Europe, there were no German speakers on the stage. AfD vice-chair Beatrix von Storch and AfD foreign policy spokesman Petr Bystron were in the audience and drew a positive resumé: “It’s crucial for Conservative parties in Europe to network and get in touch, and this conference offers a suitable venue to do that. We all face similar challenges, share a Christian heritage, and want to preserve the European nation state, to safeguard democracy and liberty,“ von Storch said to Gateway Pundit.
“Our opponents act globally, and combat us internationally. That’s why it’s essential to also network and forge alliances. This conference will be an important step in that direction,” Petr Bystron told Gateway Pundit. “After Brexit, the failed Impeachment of Donald Trump, and the local elections in Germany, which forced out a Communist governor in Thuringia with the votes of the AfD – these are all signs of the conservative resurgence.“
Petr Bystron (AfD foreign policy spokesman) and Marion Maréchal
Marion Maréchal, niece of French Reassemblement National party head Marine Le Pen, called conservatism “the new humanism of this century, because we define all the needs of the human soul: honor, family, security, which progressivism is seeking to replace. There can be no humanism without these needs. We are trying to connect the family to the society, the nation to the world, the past to the future,” Maréchal said. France is a revolutionary nation, Maréchal said, and has no tradition of conservatism except a few figures like Viscount Chateaubriand, Honoré de Balzac and Charles de Gaulle. “That’s why we have the Yellow Vests,” Maréchal said, the “French version of Brexiteers, necessary to protect their material and immaterial heritage. This is what remains in a time of attacks on free speech, when Islamic studies are taking over the academy and every day in France churches are ransacked, to the indifference of the media.” Conservatives are “best equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century”, Maréchal found, including population growth, the environment and EU. “No reform can be expected of the EU. The solutions will only come from national governments. We need a new coalition of national governments to engage in a power struggle with EU”, she said, envisioning a “Latin alliance” of France, Italy and Spain together with the Slavic Visegrad countries, and “in alliance with the UK, USA, and Russia, who we must not leave alone in their conflict with China. We do not need to speak in the same voice, but sing in the same song.”
Marion Maréchal, niece of Marine Le Pen
Dutch Forum for Democracy head Thierry Baudet picked up on Yoram Hazony’s reference to the anonymous architectural motifs on the Euro bills, featuring generic “windows and bridges” as a sign of transparency and interconnection: “You can see that ugliness is intimately related to their project. We as conservatives must get over all this infighting, with all these words that left-wing journalists throw at us. We must not only point out we’re not like them, but also mount a defense of beauty, like this wonderful hall in Rome we are meeting in, where we are surrounded by this incredible beauty. We defend beauty, we stand with all the beauty that European civilization has created, and we oppose the nowhere cities these global elites are imposing on us: The Nowhere ideology of globalism vs. the Somewhere of national sovereignty.”
Author Douglas Murray (“The Strange Death of Europe”)
Douglas Murray, author of “The Strange Death of Europe” and “The Madness of Crowds”, noted that he is “not a Nationalist, so it’s a little strange to be on a stage where you only agree with two-thirds of the motto.” He observed that “Nationalism sounds much different in America than it does in Europe”, where Nationalism had caused such bloodshed in the 20th Century. “Nationalism can go wrong, but then everything can go wrong. Love can go wrong. Love caused the Trojan war, yet nobody’s advocated abolishing Love.” Murray criticized the term “Populism” as “a euphemism for popular, which means elected. I have yet to hear a good definition of populism used in the pejorative way.”
Murray noted that “Trump supporters like to claim Brexit as theirs, but Brexiteers don’t really adopt the Trump movement, whatever that is. Brexit was their own thing.” He criticized the BBC for recently producing a clip claiming there’s “nothing British”, a strange notion for a broadcaster named “British”. “It’s like pretending there’s no such thing as steel”, Murray jibed. “Steel is also made up of component parts, it takes work to put it together, but it still holds up bridges.”
He observed that “The EU just not right for Britain. It may be right for you, but it just didn’t work for us. Strangely, people from the South always told me, You can’t leave us with the North, and people from the North always said, You can’t leave us with the South; people from the East said, You can’t leave us with the West, and people from the West said, You can’t leave us with the East.” So he was left to wonder why the regions even want to belong together, Murray quipped.
“If you read the German press or the American press, you would get an entirely false view of Brexit, and why the British people wanted it. If you read the New York Times, you would get a comparison of Boris Johnson to Donald Trump,” and that would be the end of the analysis. Reading the mainstream coverage of Brexit, Murray said, you would think the British were simply manipulated by Russia, or by Facebook ads. “You would think we were very happy with the EU until a few Russian bots got into our mother’s Twitter account and, hey presto, suddenly you got Brexit.” On the past weekend, EU council head Donald Tusk “urged the breakup of my country,” Murray objected: “It is not for Brussels to tell my people who should be allowed to be British. If we are to get along in future, that is one of the things that will have to stop.”
Murray cited the Five Questions British Labour politician Tony Benn liked to ask of people in power: “What power do you have; where did you get it; in whose interests do you exercise it; to whom are you accountable; and how can we get rid of you?” Of course, “When Tony Benn met Saddam Hussein, he asked none of them,” Murray quipped. “We didn’t know how to get rid of these people in the EU, and at least now we know where the levers of democracy are. We had no Yellow Vests, we had no riots and cars burning in the street. We were asked our opinion in a vote. And for the first time in EU history, that voted counted.”
Video: Douglas Murray: Nationalism Can Be Positive or Negative
The highlight of the conference was the appearance by Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, who was interviewed by Chris de Muth. Orbán recalled: “I visited Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s when I first became PM and went to London. She was not in office any more, but I went to visit her; she opened the door and she said ‘I totally disagree with you’” over Hungary’s decision to stay out of the Kosovo conflict. But Orbán continued to admire Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, who changed the world with one sentence. “Reagan said: ‘We have a new strategy: We win, they lose.’ That made us think the captive nations of Eastern Europe could be free”, Orbán recalled.
His relationship with Pope John Paul II. was “complicated” as a Calvinist in Hungary, Orbán noted, saying he was the only Calvinist to visit John Paul II. On his visit, the Pope looked at him and said: “You are not important for what you have done, but for what you will do.”
As an avowed Anti-Communist, Orbán said he is not just against the Soviet Union, “but against the Communist mindset”, which still pervades the Left: “Now they have a new language, but the same mindset. We are still the same radical anti-Communists as 30 years ago, we are fighting the same battle.” Orbán said Europe could either be “a bottom-up cooperation of nations” or “top-down, imposed from a centralist regime.”
The difference between his situation and that of Conservatives in Germany, Italy, France and Spain is “we don’t have a coalition. When I stand up and say something, I don’t have to compromise. I am a very lucky man, because I am the only leader in Europe who can say what he wants.”
The one condition to be successful in politics is “courage,” Orbán noted. The formerly Conservative European People’s Party EPP in Brussels (which has suspended Orbán’s Fidesz party) “is becoming center, then, liberal, then left. If you can’t stand up and say, Guys, what are we doing? then you will lose your way.”
“Hungary is a freedom-loving nation, which is good for us. We are an Eastern nation that moved to the West”, Orbán remarked on the history of the Huns. “The basic instinct of Hungarians is to appreciate stability. Hungarians understand we have to have stable government or we are in trouble. Conservative politicians must be successful or they will kill you the next day, since you are all alone. That is why we have to have successful policy, with unemployment down, debt down, and growth of 5% every year. Otherwise I would be gone tomorrow.”
In the United States, “many people hate Trump more than they love their country,” Orbán wondered, “but if your country is not Nr. 1, what is? Hungarian people are not nationalist, but they realize we need the nation. We are accused of being populist; when I was young, populism meant you promise something that you couldn’t fulfill. But if you promise something that you fulfill, that’s called democracy.”
In the migrant crisis of 2015, “liberal governments failed to protect their own society and their borders. If they cannot protect their own society, and provide good governance for the people, what are they good for? That’s why liberal democracy is over; what comes after we call illiberal, postliberal or Christian democracy. Nobody likes these terms outside of Hungary but that’s what we call it.”
Orbán called Central Europe “the growth engine of Europe. What I represent is not just the success story of a country, but of a region. And they are all National Conservative governments in Central Europe.
As a result of mass migration, the outcome will be “Western societies with decreasing Christian and growing Muslim communities. The left supports this. In Central Europe, we have a different approach. Possibly they will be happy in the West. We just ask they don’t force us to follow them.” The migrant crisis “raised the question of national identity. These issues were not fashionable. Now you can’t avoid that dispute. This is now central to the debate in Euro countries; what does it mean to be French, Italian, German – that is more complicated. Don’t miss the chance to clarify intellectually who we are as a country.
The major challenge to European politicians is: In 20 years Europe will look very different in the West and the East. How can we cooperate if we are becoming so different?
Host Chris de Muth noted Orbán’s “Natalist program” to reward families for having children, and asked what the Hungarian Prime Minister hopes to achieve in the next years. Orbán noted that Hungary had taken on the leadership of the Conservative movement in Europe without wanting to: “We play this role now, but we are a small country. We hope other, bigger countries will take over the fight.” Speaking earlier, Spanish Vox leader Santiago Abascal had said: “We want to do everything,” Orbán recalled: “That is the energy we need. Good luck to all the newcomers, even if they don’t belong to our party family.”
After the conference, Orbán went on to meet with Italian Lega leader Matteo Salvini, who had to cancel his appearance at short notice, to send a message to the European People’s Party EPP in Brussels: The Conservative movement is here to stay.
Video: Yoram Hazony: On the Rebirth of Nationalism in Europe
The speeches will be uploaded to the National Conservatism channel here.


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--Rep. Devin Nunes: Remove All Obama Holdovers from NSC — Move NSC Out of White House and Across the P

Rep. Devin Nunes: Remove All Obama Holdovers from NSC — Move NSC Out of White House and Across the Potomac River (VIDEO)

Rep. Devin Nunes : Remove All Obama Holdovers from NSC — Move NSC Out of White House and Across the Potomac River ( VIDEO ) Rep. Nunes ripped the liberal media after their disastrous three years of lying and misleading the American public .
The leftie mainstream media TRULY is an enemy to Truth .
Rep. Nunes also urged President Trump to move the entire NSC apparatus out of the White House and across the Potomac River .
Rep. Nunes : I believe we ’ re going to get accountability .
I believe Durham is going to get to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a long time that the National Security Council that ’ s there at the White House , 400 and some people , he would be best to take all of those people , ship them across the Potomac , quarantine them , get them the hell away from the White House , because we know that a lot of the leaks for the last three plus years have been coming from that National Security Council .
The President really only needs to have Trump appointees with him in the White House .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ his request — The California Republican called on President Trump to FIRE all Obama holdovers in the NSC and in the White House .
Rep. Nunes : We know that it is highly likely that many of the leaks that started at the very beginning of President Trump ’ s administration came from the National Security Council .

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures yesterday morning.
Rep. Nunes ripped the liberal media after their disastrous three years of lying and misleading the American public.
The leftie mainstream media TRULY is an enemy to Truth.
Rep. Nunes also urged President Trump to move the entire NSC apparatus out of the White House and across the Potomac River.
Rep. Nunes: I believe we’re going to get accountability. I believe Durham is going to get to the full story… I’ve been saying for a long time that the National Security Council that’s there at the White House, 400 and some people, he would be best to take all of those people, ship them across the Potomac, quarantine them, get them the hell away from the White House, because we know that a lot of the leaks for the last three plus years have been coming from that National Security Council. The President really only needs to have Trump appointees with him in the White House.
Via Sunday Morning Futures:
On Monday morning Devin Nunes expanded on his request — The California Republican called on President Trump to FIRE all Obama holdovers in the NSC and in the White House.
Rep. Nunes: We know that it is highly likely that many of the leaks that started at the very beginning of President Trump’s administration came from the National Security Council.
https://twitter.com/M2Madness/status/1226862027924279296


thegatewaypundit--2020-02-10--SORRY NANCY!… Amazing TPUSA Video that Pelosi Demanded Twitter to Take Down PASSES THE 10 MILLION VI

SORRY NANCY!… Amazing TPUSA Video that Pelosi Demanded Twitter to Take Down PASSES THE 10 MILLION VIEWS MARK!

SORRY NANCY !
… Amazing TPUSA Video that Pelosi Demanded Twitter to Take Down PASSES THE 10 MILLION VIEWS MARK !
Tyrant Pelosi demanded Facebook and Twitter take down a very powerful TPUSA video meme tweeted by President Trump of her tearing up his SOTU speech .
President Trump tweeted out the video meme titled , ‘ Powerful American Stories RIPPED To Shreds By Nancy Pelosi.
’ The video , which can be viewed below , showed Pelosi ripping up Trump ’ s SOTU speech every time President Trump honored a powerful American story on Tuesday evening .
Pelosi pre-ripped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s lung cancer diagnosis , proving she pre-planned the theatrical stunt .
Pelosi is an evil , calculating , witch and lashed out at reporters who suggested her ripping up the SOTU speech backfired .
The tyrant then demanded the video be taken down immediately !
Facebook and Twitter got back to fascist Pelosi , telling her to pound sand , reminding her that the video did not break any violations .
And , thanks to Pelosi ’ s complaints , the TPUSA video now has over 10 million views !
Thank @ @ @ @

Tyrant Pelosi demanded Facebook and Twitter take down a very powerful TPUSA video meme tweeted by President Trump of her tearing up his SOTU speech.
President Trump tweeted out the video meme titled, ‘Powerful American Stories RIPPED To Shreds By Nancy Pelosi.’
The video, which can be viewed below, showed Pelosi ripping up Trump’s SOTU speech every time President Trump honored a powerful American story on Tuesday evening.
Pelosi pre-ripped the speech as Trump mentioned Rush Limbaugh’s lung cancer diagnosis, proving she pre-planned the theatrical stunt.
Pelosi is an evil, calculating, witch and lashed out at reporters who suggested her ripping up the SOTU speech backfired.
The tyrant then demanded the video be taken down immediately!
TPUSA responded to Pelosi’s threats.
Taking real footage of things that happened and placing that footage together in a timeline is literally how you create: – news packages
– sports highlight reels
– documentaries
– instant replay This is called a "package"
Everything in perfect sequence is called a "live stream" — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 8, 2020
Facebook and Twitter got back to fascist Pelosi, telling her to pound sand, reminding her that the video did not break any violations.
And, thanks to Pelosi’s complaints, the TPUSA video now has over 10 million views!
Thank you, Nancy!
10 million views and counting!
https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/1226675729531887616