westernjournal--2020-10-30--Sen. Ron Johnson: If Biden Wins, ‘I Don’t See How You Avoid’ an Investigation

Late last month , The New York Times was doing its ceremonial victory lap after it reported that “ [ a ] n election-year investigation by Senate Republicans into corruption allegations against Joseph R. Biden Jr.and his son , Hunter , involving Ukraine found no evidence of improper influence or wrongdoing by the former vice president , closing out an inquiry its leaders had hoped would tarnish the Democratic presidential nominee.
” Yes , writer Nicholas Fandos noted , the 87-page report said Hunter Biden had “ cashed in ” on his father ’ s name to secure numerous overseas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( It uncovered a great deal more , but Fandos mostly glossed over that unpleasant stuff . )
However , it concluded there was no evidence Joe Biden meddled politically in those countries for any untoward reason .
Fandos , ostensibly writing a straight news story , had particularly subjective contempt for the GOP chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee .
“ The homeland security panel ’ s Republican chairman , Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin , had made little secret of his political ambitions for his report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would demonstrate Mr. Biden ’ s ‘ unfitness for office , ' ” Fandos wrote .
“ Instead , the result delivered on Wednesday appeared to be little more than a rehashing six weeks before Election Day of unproven allegations that echo an active Russian disinformation campaign and have been pushed by Mr. Trump.
” Even before the committee issued its report , the Biden campaign pre-emptively attacked the Wisconsin Republican .
A July memo from the campaign cast doubt on the Johnson investigation , saying the senator could be “ party to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States ” because his committee received material from pro-Russian Ukrainians and that he was pursuing “ a long debunked , hardcore rightwing conspiracy theory ” in even investigating Hunter Biden ’ s overseas dealings .
I don ’ t imagine there ’ s immense happiness either at Biden campaign headquarters or The New York Times building , therefore , that the “ long debunked , hardcore rightwing conspiracy theory ” has come roaring back thanks to emails found on what was allegedly Hunter Biden ’ s hard drive .
Biden campaign officials haven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hard drive is Hunter Biden ’ s ; they ’ ve just dismissed it as “ Russian misinformation.
” And then there were the allegations made by Tony Bobulinski , a former business associate of Hunter Biden ’ s , who said Joe Biden stood to profit from a deal that involved a partnership with a Chinese magnate .
Bobulinski also said he met twice with the former vice president , something that would contradict Biden ’ s statement that he had “ never spoken to my son [ Hunter ] about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no explicit denial from the Biden campaign .
For the most part , the establishment media have been pretty compliant and avoided reporting on the Biden scandal .
The official line is that none of this has been “ independently verified.
” Well , that ’ s where investigations come in .
And now that the laptop raises new questions about what Joe Biden knew and when he knew it , Johnson thinks it could be time for a deeper investigation .
In a Wednesday appearance on Fox Business , Johnson told host @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t “ a big fan of special counsels , ” one might have to be appointed to investigate the Bidens ’ dealings should he become president .
The move comes as House Republicans are urging Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Democratic nominee in the wake of the New York Post ’ s reporting on Hunter Biden ’ s laptop .
RELATED : Joe Biden Slurs His Words Again , Leaves Internet Baffled Trying To Interpret Phrase “ You know , I am not a big fan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden wins the presidency , I don ’ t see how you avoid one , ” Johnson told Bartiromo .
“ Otherwise , this is going to be , you know , tucked away , and we will never know what happened .
All this evidence is going to be buried , ” he said .
Johnson also referenced a report from investigative journalist John Solomon questioning why the Bidens ’ tax returns show $ 16 million in income since Biden left the vice presidency while their financial disclosure forms showed a net @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 3.2 million .
While the senator refused to speculate on whether there was anything untoward to take away from Solomon ’ s report , he said there were “ so many financial entanglements ” and “ so much buried ” in the Bidens ’ financial history that a special counsel might be necessary .
And then there ’ s that report from Johnson ’ s committee .
Yes , The Times did a victory lap , celebrating it as an exoneration of Joe Biden from partisan hacks who were out to get him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspiracy theories — but it still made Joe Biden look good .
However , there were a few uncomfortable facts The Times wasn ’ t so willing to address .
The committee report said that “ the Obama administration knew that Hunter Biden ’ s position on Burisma ’ s board was problematic and did interfere in the efficient execution of policy with respect to Ukraine.
” “ Moreover , this investigation has illustrated the extent to which officials within the Obama administration ignored the glaring warning signs when the vice president ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company owned by a corrupt Ukrainian oligarchy , ” it continued .
“ This report not only details examples of extensive and complex financial transactions involving the Bidens , it also describes the quandary other U.S. governmental officials faced as they attempted to guide and support Ukraine ’ s anticorruption efforts.
” It revealed Hunter Biden ’ s consulting firm was paid $ 3.5 million by the wife of a former Moscow mayor , a payment that hasn ’ t been fully explained even as of now .
It cited Treasury Department documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to transactions among and between Hunter Biden , his family , and his associates with Ukrainian , Russian , Kazakh and Chinese nationals.
” “ In particular , these documents show that Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from foreign sources as a result of business relationships that he built during the period when his father was vice president of the United States and after.
” The Biden camp has a three-pronged strategy for anything dealing with Hunter Biden ’ s foreign entanglements that can be described thusly : Bury , bury , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him has made clear he ’ s not going to deal with any of this malarkey , which is all just the kind of Russian disinformation that gets printed on dodgy sites like Sputnik .
Talk about any of this and you ’ re little more than a Muscovite tool doing Vladimir Putin ’ s bidding .
There ’ s a serious flaw in that strategy that got exposed the moment the emails allegedly extracted from Hunter Biden ’ s laptop hit the pages of the New York Post .
Joe Biden could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his knowledge of his son ’ s overseas dealings .
Even Ron Johnson ’ s committee acknowledged there was no evidence these entanglements played a part in policymaking under the Obama administration , even if they were conflicts of interest .
If he ’ d been more forthcoming about Hunter Biden ’ s questionable entanglements , what he knew about them and when he knew it — instead of just stonewalling — there ’ s a high likelihood we wouldn ’ t be here .
Sure , Hunter Biden ’ s laptop might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If this had been fully vetted , rehashing an exhausted issue would have done nothing .
There wouldn ’ t be any calls for a special counsel .
Instead , this is what we have .
Johnson ’ s report wasn ’ t , as Fandos reported , “ little more than a rehashing six weeks before Election Day of unproven allegations that echo an active Russian disinformation campaign.
” It raised enough serious issues to justify further investigation .
The emails on Hunter Biden ’ s laptop upped the ante exponentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he could — and , one might argue , should — face a special counsel investigation .
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Late last month, The New York Times was doing its ceremonial victory lap after it reported that “[a]n election-year investigation by Senate Republicans into corruption allegations against Joseph R. Biden Jr.and his son, Hunter, involving Ukraine found no evidence of improper influence or wrongdoing by the former vice president, closing out an inquiry its leaders had hoped would tarnish the Democratic presidential nominee.”
Yes, writer Nicholas Fandos noted, the 87-page report said Hunter Biden had “cashed in” on his father’s name to secure numerous overseas deals, including in Ukraine and China. (It uncovered a great deal more, but Fandos mostly glossed over that unpleasant stuff.)
However, it concluded there was no evidence Joe Biden meddled politically in those countries for any untoward reason.
Fandos, ostensibly writing a straight news story, had particularly subjective contempt for the GOP chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
“The homeland security panel’s Republican chairman, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, had made little secret of his political ambitions for his report, boasting for weeks that his findings would demonstrate Mr. Biden’s ‘unfitness for office,'” Fandos wrote. “Instead, the result delivered on Wednesday appeared to be little more than a rehashing six weeks before Election Day of unproven allegations that echo an active Russian disinformation campaign and have been pushed by Mr. Trump.”
Even before the committee issued its report, the Biden campaign pre-emptively attacked the Wisconsin Republican.
A July memo from the campaign cast doubt on the Johnson investigation, saying the senator could be “party to a foreign influence operation against the United States” because his committee received material from pro-Russian Ukrainians and that he was pursuing “a long debunked, hardcore rightwing conspiracy theory” in even investigating Hunter Biden’s overseas dealings.
I don’t imagine there’s immense happiness either at Biden campaign headquarters or The New York Times building, therefore, that the “long debunked, hardcore rightwing conspiracy theory” has come roaring back thanks to emails found on what was allegedly Hunter Biden’s hard drive. Biden campaign officials haven’t denied the information found on the hard drive is Hunter Biden’s; they’ve just dismissed it as “Russian misinformation.”
And then there were the allegations made by Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden’s, who said Joe Biden stood to profit from a deal that involved a partnership with a Chinese magnate. Bobulinski also said he met twice with the former vice president, something that would contradict Biden’s statement that he had “never spoken to my son [Hunter] about his overseas business dealings.”
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Again, no explicit denial from the Biden campaign.
For the most part, the establishment media have been pretty compliant and avoided reporting on the Biden scandal. The official line is that none of this has been “independently verified.”
Well, that’s where investigations come in. And now that the laptop raises new questions about what Joe Biden knew and when he knew it, Johnson thinks it could be time for a deeper investigation.
In a Wednesday appearance on Fox Business, Johnson told host Maria Bartiromo that while he wasn’t “a big fan of special counsels,” one might have to be appointed to investigate the Bidens’ dealings should he become president.
The move comes as House Republicans are urging Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Democratic nominee in the wake of the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
“You know, I am not a big fan of special counsels, but if Joe Biden wins the presidency, I don’t see how you avoid one,” Johnson told Bartiromo.
“Otherwise, this is going to be, you know, tucked away, and we will never know what happened. All this evidence is going to be buried,” he said.
Johnson also referenced a report from investigative journalist John Solomon questioning why the Bidens’ tax returns show $16 million in income since Biden left the vice presidency while their financial disclosure forms showed a net worth of, at most, $3.2 million.
While the senator refused to speculate on whether there was anything untoward to take away from Solomon’s report, he said there were “so many financial entanglements” and “so much buried” in the Bidens’ financial history that a special counsel might be necessary.
And then there’s that report from Johnson’s committee. Yes, The Times did a victory lap, celebrating it as an exoneration of Joe Biden from partisan hacks who were out to get him. It was a rehash of old conspiracy theories — but it still made Joe Biden look good.
However, there were a few uncomfortable facts The Times wasn’t so willing to address.
The committee report said that “the Obama administration knew that Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board was problematic and did interfere in the efficient execution of policy with respect to Ukraine.”
“Moreover, this investigation has illustrated the extent to which officials within the Obama administration ignored the glaring warning signs when the vice president’s son joined the board of a company owned by a corrupt Ukrainian oligarchy,” it continued.
“This report not only details examples of extensive and complex financial transactions involving the Bidens, it also describes the quandary other U.S. governmental officials faced as they attempted to guide and support Ukraine’s anticorruption efforts.”
It revealed Hunter Biden’s consulting firm was paid $3.5 million by the wife of a former Moscow mayor, a payment that hasn’t been fully explained even as of now.
It cited Treasury Department documents that “show potential criminal activity relating to transactions among and between Hunter Biden, his family, and his associates with Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh and Chinese nationals.”
“In particular, these documents show that Hunter Biden received millions of dollars from foreign sources as a result of business relationships that he built during the period when his father was vice president of the United States and after.”
The Biden camp has a three-pronged strategy for anything dealing with Hunter Biden’s foreign entanglements that can be described thusly: Bury, bury, bury. Joe Biden and everyone around him has made clear he’s not going to deal with any of this malarkey, which is all just the kind of Russian disinformation that gets printed on dodgy sites like Sputnik. Talk about any of this and you’re little more than a Muscovite tool doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.
There’s a serious flaw in that strategy that got exposed the moment the emails allegedly extracted from Hunter Biden’s laptop hit the pages of the New York Post.
Joe Biden could be telling the truth about everything involving his knowledge of his son’s overseas dealings. Even Ron Johnson’s committee acknowledged there was no evidence these entanglements played a part in policymaking under the Obama administration, even if they were conflicts of interest. If he’d been more forthcoming about Hunter Biden’s questionable entanglements, what he knew about them and when he knew it — instead of just stonewalling — there’s a high likelihood we wouldn’t be here.
Sure, Hunter Biden’s laptop might have shown up as the October surprise. If this had been fully vetted, rehashing an exhausted issue would have done nothing. There wouldn’t be any calls for a special counsel.
Instead, this is what we have.
Johnson’s report wasn’t, as Fandos reported, “little more than a rehashing six weeks before Election Day of unproven allegations that echo an active Russian disinformation campaign.” It raised enough serious issues to justify further investigation. The emails on Hunter Biden’s laptop upped the ante exponentially.
If Joe Biden gets elected, he could — and, one might argue, should — face a special counsel investigation.
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westernjournal--2020-10-30--Officer Involved in Breonna Taylor Incident Takes Legal Action Against Taylor’s Boyfriend

Louisville , Kentucky , police Sgt .
Jonathan Mattingly has filed a lawsuit against Breonna Taylor ’ s boyfriend , alleging assault , battery and emotional distress after the March 13 shooting at Taylor ’ s apartment .
Police have said that Kenneth Walker fired the shot that struck Mattingly in the thigh that night , NBC News reported .
The lawsuit alleges that Walker ’ s conduct was “ outrageous , intolerable and offends all accepted standards of decency and morality.
” “ Walker did intentionally shoot Mattingly or acted recklessly in firing his pistol in the direction of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ search warrant , ” the suit reads .
Taylor , a 26-year-old black woman , was killed on March 13 when police executed a search warrant at her apartment during a narcotics investigation .
Although Taylor ’ s address was listed on the warrant , the target of the investigation — an ex-boyfriend — lived at a different location , according to NBC News .
Police opened fire in response to a shot fired at them by Taylor ’ s boyfriend .
That shot reportedly struck Mattingly .
Walker , a licensed gun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers were intruders , according to CBS News .
A Kentucky grand jury indicted Louisville police officer Brett Hankison for wanton endangerment in the incident ; he was fired from the department in June , The Washington Post reported .
Mattingly and Officer Myles Cosgrove were not charged because their actions were justified in returning fire as Walker fired at them , according to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron .
According to his lawsuit , Mattingly has experienced “ severe trauma , mental anguish and emotional distress ” because of Walker ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nearly killed by Kenneth Walker , ” Mattingly ’ s attorney , Kent Wicker , said .
“ He ’ s entitled to , and should , use the legal process to seek a remedy for the injury that Walker has caused him.
” RELATED : Trump Campaign Takes Fight Against Mail-In Fraud to Large Blue County Walker was initially arrested and charged with attempted murder following the incident , but the charges were dropped .
He has also sued the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department and sought immunity based on Kentucky ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Walker ’ s attorney said Mattingly ’ s lawsuit is “ a baseless attempt to further victimize and harass Kenny , ” CBS News reported .
“ Kenny Walker is protected by law under KRS 503.085 and is immune from both criminal prosecution and civil liability as he was acting in self defense in his own home , ” attorney Steve Romines said in a statement .
“ Even the most basic understanding of Kentucky ’ s ‘ Stand Your Ground ’ law and the ‘ Castle Doctrine ’ evidences this fact .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the apartment , executing his girlfriend and framing him for a crime in an effort to cover up her murder would be enough for them.
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Louisville, Kentucky, police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly has filed a lawsuit against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, alleging assault, battery and emotional distress after the March 13 shooting at Taylor’s apartment.
Police have said that Kenneth Walker fired the shot that struck Mattingly in the thigh that night, NBC News reported.
The lawsuit alleges that Walker’s conduct was “outrageous, intolerable and offends all accepted standards of decency and morality.”
“Walker did intentionally shoot Mattingly or acted recklessly in firing his pistol in the direction of the Police Officers who were serving a search warrant,” the suit reads.
Taylor, a 26-year-old black woman, was killed on March 13 when police executed a search warrant at her apartment during a narcotics investigation.
Although Taylor’s address was listed on the warrant, the target of the investigation — an ex-boyfriend — lived at a different location, according to NBC News.
Police opened fire in response to a shot fired at them by Taylor’s boyfriend. That shot reportedly struck Mattingly.
Walker, a licensed gun owner, has said he thought the officers were intruders, according to CBS News.
A Kentucky grand jury indicted Louisville police officer Brett Hankison for wanton endangerment in the incident; he was fired from the department in June, The Washington Post reported.
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Mattingly and Officer Myles Cosgrove were not charged because their actions were justified in returning fire as Walker fired at them, according to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
According to his lawsuit, Mattingly has experienced “severe trauma, mental anguish and emotional distress” because of Walker’s actions.
“Mattingly was shot and nearly killed by Kenneth Walker,” Mattingly’s attorney, Kent Wicker, said.
“He’s entitled to, and should, use the legal process to seek a remedy for the injury that Walker has caused him.”
Mattingly is seeking a jury trial and damages.
In the counterclaim, Mattingly alleges that Kenneth Walker’s shot that night was “outrageous, intolerable and offends all accepted standards of decency or morality.” https://t.co/J3QnNEVI54 — Courier Journal (@courierjournal) October 30, 2020
Walker was initially arrested and charged with attempted murder following the incident, but the charges were dropped. He has also sued the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department and sought immunity based on Kentucky’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
Walker’s attorney said Mattingly’s lawsuit is “a baseless attempt to further victimize and harass Kenny,” CBS News reported.
“Kenny Walker is protected by law under KRS 503.085 and is immune from both criminal prosecution and civil liability as he was acting in self defense in his own home,” attorney Steve Romines said in a statement.
“Even the most basic understanding of Kentucky’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law and the ‘Castle Doctrine’ evidences this fact.
“One would think that breaking into the apartment, executing his girlfriend and framing him for a crime in an effort to cover up her murder would be enough for them.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-30--Report: Elizabeth Warren Gunning for High-Ranking Position in Potential Biden Administration

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusets reportedly wants to be Joe Biden ’ s Treasury secretary if he wins the 2020 election , according to three Democratic officials .
The officials had spoken to the Massachusetts Democrat ’ s inner circle and informed Politico about their conversation .
“ She wants it , ” two of them said .
Other contenders for the Treasury secretary position in a possible Biden administration are Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard , former Treasury Department official Sarah Bloom Raskin and former Federal Reserve vice chairman Roger Ferguson .
The Treasury Department will be tasked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a recession following the coronavirus pandemic .
TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' Putting Warren in the position would get support from the Democratic party ’ s progressives but would likely draw opposition from moderate Democrats .
“ It ’ s 5 days out , we ’ re focused on the election and encourage everyone else to be as well , ” Warren spokesperson Kristen Orthman said .
Warren will be campaigning for Biden this weekend in New Hampshire , News Center Maine reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ formed a close bond with Biden since she ended her presidential bid this past spring , serving as an economic adviser , according to Politico .
The Treasury secretary slot is appealing to Warren because she could enact the “ big structural changes ” she talked about during her candidacy instead of pressuring Cabinet officials from her seat in the Senate , according to her allies .
She also wants to rectify the mistakes she thinks were made in the Obama administration ’ s response to the Great Recession .
“ She ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment , ” Sara Nelson , president of the Association of Flight Attendants Labor Union , said .
“ She understands all the failed strategies in the past in terms of how to rebuild the economy and how to shore up average Americans.
” Another Democratic source said that if she does not get the slot , she would most likely want to stay in the Senate and push for a seat on the Finance Committee .
RELATED : Trump Campaign Reveals Wild Schedule for Final Days Before Election If Warren becomes Treasury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quick pushback from Wall Street over fears that she would put harsher regulations on the financial sector , a reputation she embraced during the Democratic primary .
Opponents have also said that her nomination “ could spook the markets , particularly the bond market , at a perilous moment , ” Politico reported .
“ I used to think that if there was reincarnation , I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter , ” James Carville said during Bill Clinton ’ s presidency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now I would like to come back as the bond market .
You can intimidate everybody.
” People have also questioned Warren ’ s preparedness for the position because she has little direct experience with financial markets .
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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusets reportedly wants to be Joe Biden’s Treasury secretary if he wins the 2020 election, according to three Democratic officials.
The officials had spoken to the Massachusetts Democrat’s inner circle and informed Politico about their conversation.
“She wants it,” two of them said.
Other contenders for the Treasury secretary position in a possible Biden administration are Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard, former Treasury Department official Sarah Bloom Raskin and former Federal Reserve vice chairman Roger Ferguson.
The Treasury Department will be tasked with bringing the U.S. economy out of a recession following the coronavirus pandemic.
Putting Warren in the position would get support from the Democratic party’s progressives but would likely draw opposition from moderate Democrats.
“It’s 5 days out, we’re focused on the election and encourage everyone else to be as well,” Warren spokesperson Kristen Orthman said.
Warren will be campaigning for Biden this weekend in New Hampshire, News Center Maine reported.
The former Democratic presidential candidate has formed a close bond with Biden since she ended her presidential bid this past spring, serving as an economic adviser, according to Politico.
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The Treasury secretary slot is appealing to Warren because she could enact the “big structural changes” she talked about during her candidacy instead of pressuring Cabinet officials from her seat in the Senate, according to her allies.
She also wants to rectify the mistakes she thinks were made in the Obama administration’s response to the Great Recession.
“She’d be the person to meet the moment,” Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants Labor Union, said.
“She understands all the failed strategies in the past in terms of how to rebuild the economy and how to shore up average Americans.”
Another Democratic source said that if she does not get the slot, she would most likely want to stay in the Senate and push for a seat on the Finance Committee.
If Warren becomes Treasury secretary, there would most likely be quick pushback from Wall Street over fears that she would put harsher regulations on the financial sector, a reputation she embraced during the Democratic primary.
Opponents have also said that her nomination “could spook the markets, particularly the bond market, at a perilous moment,” Politico reported.
“I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter,” James Carville said during Bill Clinton’s presidency, according to Politico.
“But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.”
People have also questioned Warren’s preparedness for the position because she has little direct experience with financial markets.
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westernjournal--2020-10-30--Dozens of Criminal Aliens Taken off Streets in 5-Day ICE Operation

A five-day operation in south Texas resulted in over 30 arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds deemed possible public security threats , border officials announced Thursday .
The operation targeted illegal immigrants who pose a threat to public safety and are subject to deportation , according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
“ Each arrest protects the victims involved in crimes committed by criminal aliens and prevents future ones .
Criminal aliens who are illegally present in the U.S. and threaten public safety will be apprehended and removed , ” ICE official Jose Correa said .
“ Targeted enforcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of our efforts to protect our communities from cross-border crime and illegal immigration , ” Correa added .
TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' A 29-year-old man from Honduras with felony convictions was arrested as part of the operation , according to ICE .
He has multiple previous convictions of burglary , driving while intoxicated , and driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle .
The man was previously convicted of illegally reentering the U.S. and was incarcerated for two and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He remains in ICE custody pending deportation .
Last year , 86 percent of the individuals arrested by ICE had pending charges or criminal convictions .
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A five-day operation in south Texas resulted in over 30 arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds deemed possible public security threats, border officials announced Thursday.
The operation targeted illegal immigrants who pose a threat to public safety and are subject to deportation, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“Each arrest protects the victims involved in crimes committed by criminal aliens and prevents future ones. Criminal aliens who are illegally present in the U.S. and threaten public safety will be apprehended and removed,” ICE official Jose Correa said.
South Texas stash house discovered by ICE At-Large Team. Learn more: https://t.co/JcFizQfyWm pic.twitter.com/eWnQT14ZcY — ICE (@ICEgov) October 28, 2020
“Targeted enforcement operations continue [every day] as part of our efforts to protect our communities from cross-border crime and illegal immigration,” Correa added.
A 29-year-old man from Honduras with felony convictions was arrested as part of the operation, according to ICE.
He has multiple previous convictions of burglary, driving while intoxicated, and driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle.
The man was previously convicted of illegally reentering the U.S. and was incarcerated for two and a half years, according to ICE. He remains in ICE custody pending deportation.
Last year, 86 percent of the individuals arrested by ICE had pending charges or criminal convictions.
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westernjournal--2020-10-30--CNN’s Don Lemon Compares Trump Supporters to Addicts Who ‘Have To Hit Rock Bottom’

Two CNN hosts criticized Donald Trump ’ s supporters Thursday night , with one admitting to cutting out of his life former friends , who he compared to addicts , because they back the president .
CNN host Don Lemon ’ s diatribe , where he confessed to ridding himself of some friends who support Trump and called them “ too far gone , ” came on the heels of host Chris Cuomo — the brother of Democratic New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo — blaming attendance at Trump rallies for coronavirus transmission .
“ Look at what ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help them !
” Cuomo said , claiming people were dying from COVID-19 because of Trump ’ s “ own d— rallies.
” “ You know what the sad thing is , I ’ ll be honest with you , I have many people who I love in my life , ” Lemon began .
“ I come from a red state , I ’ ve lived in several red states .
“ There are a lot of friends who I had to really get rid of because they are so nonsensical when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lemon continued .
“ They have every single talking point that they hear on state TV and that they hear from this president , they repeat it and they are blinded by it.
” TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' Lemon and Cuomo carried on their banter , with the former reminding the latter that Lemon was “ goosing ” Cuomo recently about the viewpoints of those he cut from his life .
“ Here ’ s the thing , I had to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far gone , ” Lemon divulged .
“ I try and I try and I try , they ’ ll say something really stupid and then I ’ ll show them the science and I ’ ll give them the information and they still repeat those talking points and all the while , the state was a hot spot , ” he said .
Lemon also looked back during his Thursday night tirade to figures he claimed were from Wednesday about red states , alleging those areas have experienced an uptick in coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s more transmission obviously where people are closer to together , and so now the red states are the problem , ” Lemon surmised .
Lemon , who asserted in August that Trump supporters need to be “ deprogrammed ” before they vote , quickly returned , however , to denouncing those he previously allowed in his safe space , stating , “ And I just had to get rid of a lot of people in my life because sometimes you just have to let them go.
” He turned to Cuomo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and nodded slightly as Lemon asked , “ I think that they have to hit rock bottom like an addict , right ?
” “ They have to want to get help , they have to want to know the truth , they have to want to live in reality , they have to want to be responsible , not only for other people ’ s lives , but for their lives , ” Lemon spewed .
RELATED : Don Lemon Suggests Trump Supporters Need To Be 'Deprogrammed ' Before Election “ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t know if after this I will ever be able to go back and be friends with those people , because at a certain point you just say , ‘ They ’ re too far gone and I got ta let them go , ' ” Lemon added dryly .
Lemon would be willing to forgive , he said .
If “ they ’ re willing to come back and if they ’ re willing to live in reality , then I will welcome them with open arms , but I can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the host claimed .
Lemon ’ s comments were not well received by many on social media : “ Who does he think he ’ s fooling ?
” one user tweeted .
“ The guy has hated people on the right long before Trump came around.
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Two CNN hosts criticized Donald Trump’s supporters Thursday night, with one admitting to cutting out of his life former friends, who he compared to addicts, because they back the president.
CNN host Don Lemon’s diatribe, where he confessed to ridding himself of some friends who support Trump and called them “too far gone,” came on the heels of host Chris Cuomo — the brother of Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — blaming attendance at Trump rallies for coronavirus transmission.
“Look at what’s happening to them, we have to help them!” Cuomo said, claiming people were dying from COVID-19 because of Trump’s “own d— rallies.”
“You know what the sad thing is, I’ll be honest with you, I have many people who I love in my life,” Lemon began. “I come from a red state, I’ve lived in several red states.
“There are a lot of friends who I had to really get rid of because they are so nonsensical when it comes to this issue,” Lemon continued. “They have every single talking point that they hear on state TV and that they hear from this president, they repeat it and they are blinded by it.”
Lemon and Cuomo carried on their banter, with the former reminding the latter that Lemon was “goosing” Cuomo recently about the viewpoints of those he cut from his life.
“Here’s the thing, I had to get rid of them because they are too far gone,” Lemon divulged.
“I try and I try and I try, they’ll say something really stupid and then I’ll show them the science and I’ll give them the information and they still repeat those talking points and all the while, the state was a hot spot,” he said.
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Lemon also looked back during his Thursday night tirade to figures he claimed were from Wednesday about red states, alleging those areas have experienced an uptick in coronavirus transmission versus blue states.
“There’s more transmission obviously where people are closer to together, and so now the red states are the problem,” Lemon surmised.
Lemon, who asserted in August that Trump supporters need to be “deprogrammed” before they vote, quickly returned, however, to denouncing those he previously allowed in his safe space, stating, “And I just had to get rid of a lot of people in my life because sometimes you just have to let them go.”
He turned to Cuomo, who stared blankly at the camera and nodded slightly as Lemon asked, “I think that they have to hit rock bottom like an addict, right?”
“They have to want to get help, they have to want to know the truth, they have to want to live in reality, they have to want to be responsible, not only for other people’s lives, but for their lives,” Lemon spewed.
“It’s so sad and I don’t know if after this I will ever be able to go back and be friends with those people, because at a certain point you just say, ‘They’re too far gone and I gotta let them go,'” Lemon added dryly.
Lemon would be willing to forgive, he said. If “they’re willing to come back and if they’re willing to live in reality, then I will welcome them with open arms, but I can’t do it anymore,” the host claimed.
Lemon’s comments were not well received by many on social media:
They seriously sound like abusers trying to tell the abused why it’s the abused fault that they abuse them. Sick AF — MaryAnnNotGinger (@MAnotGinger) October 30, 2020
State T.V. ? Lemon’s lost it — David Doane (@David_Doane) October 30, 2020
Who does he think he is fooling. The guy has hated people on the right long before Trump came around — ⭐America First 4 Trump ??⭐ (@iamdeeza2) October 30, 2020
“Who does he think he’s fooling?” one user tweeted. “The guy has hated people on the right long before Trump came around.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-30--Twitter CEO Says Holocaust Denial Is Not Misinformation, but NY Post Gets Locked Out for Damning Bid

Twitter CEO Says Holocaust Denial Is Not Misinformation, but NY Post Gets Locked Out for Damning Biden Story

If you haven ’ t sat down and watched some clips from the Senate Commerce , Science , and Transportation Committee hearing with the CEOs of three major tech companies , I suggest you do so .
It ’ s pretty glorious .
One of the key takeaways from Wednesday ’ s hearing is that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey either doesn ’ t care or didn ’ t actually think prepping for his virtual appearance was necessary .
I would have expected the CEO of the second-biggest social media network in the world to have read the situation a little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Section 230 , a 1990s law that allows internet platforms and providers to moderate content as they see fit .
Republicans have pushed for political neutrality guarantees in Section 230 , arguing Big Tech ’ s liberal bias has led to conservative viewpoints being silenced or undermined .
Democrats , meanwhile , think platforms aren ’ t doing enough moderation and need to be more aggressive in pruning what they see as problematic content .
The hearing took place in the shadow of Twitter locking the New York Post out of its account @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published emails from a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden that heavily implied Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden knew about his son ’ s overseas entanglements despite his protestations to the contrary .
That lent a bit more resonance to one side of the argument and should have alerted Dorsey that maybe a bit of rehearsal might have been in order .
One of the answers he probably should have rehearsed , for instance , was why he let virulently anti-Semitic world leaders post bilge about Israel and the Jewish people without any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ locked out of its account on the pretext that the materials from Hunter Biden ’ s laptop could have been hacked .
The biggest offender in this category is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , the supreme leader of Iran .
Khamenei ’ s tweets — in which he ’ s frequently called for violence against Israel , denied the Holocaust and called the Jewish state “ # Covid1948 , ” in reference to the year of its independence — already came up when a Twitter representative appeared before Israel ’ s Knesset .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could have sat Dorsey down before Wednesday and practiced some kind of rhetorical defense for allowing Khamenei ’ s missives to continue unchecked while the company fact-checks self-evidently satirical memes retweeted by President Donald Trump and censors his posts .
For all I know , this is as well as Jack Dorsey prepares .
However , when GOP Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado asked him if he believed the Holocaust happened , Dorsey probably should have acquitted himself a bit better .
Just so we ’ re clear , this is the tweet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Illinois High School Basketball Can Start on Schedule After State Sports Org Defies Dem Gov When the Twitter CEO said he believed the Holocaust happened and that anyone questioning its existence would be spreading misinformation , Gardner said Dorsey ’ s answers “ surprise me and probably a lot of other Coloradans and Americans.
” “ After all , ” the senator said , “ Iran ’ s ayatollah has done exactly this , questioning the Holocaust .
And yet his tweets remain unflagged on Twitter ’ s platform .
“ You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ makes sense in certain respects .
We don ’ t want the next terrorist finding inspiration on Twitter or certainly any platform , for that matter .
“ But you ’ ve also decided to moderate certain content from influential world leaders .
And I ’ d like to understand your decisions to do so a little bit better .
Can you name any other instance of Twitter hiding or deleting a tweet from heads of state ?
” “ Not off the top of my head , but we have many examples @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Dorsey responded .
Again — probably should have had that one prepped , but never mind .
Gardner moved on to Twitter ’ s dedication to combat misinformation on the platform , which seems oddly narrow .
“ I know we ’ ve established and we agreed content moderation can have certain upsides , like combating terrorism , but Twitter has chosen to approach content moderation from the standpoint of combating misinformation as well , ” the senator said .
“ So it ’ s strange to me that you ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ haven ’ t hidden the ayatollah ’ s tweets on Holocaust denial or calls to wipe Israel off the map.
” Gardner was also surprised Dorsey “ can ’ t recall off the top of your head hidden or deleted tweets from other world leaders .
I would appreciate that list .
I think it ’ s important that we all hear that.
” He then asked if “ Twitter maintain [ s ] a formal list of certain accounts that you actively monitor for misinformation.
” “ No , and we don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” the Twitter CEO said .
“ We have a policy against misinformation in three categories , which are manipulated media ; public health , specifically COVID ; and civic integrity in election interference and voter suppression .
“ That is all we have policy on for misleading information .
We do not have policy or enforcement for any other types of misleading information that you ’ re mentioning.
” Twitter ’ s policies on the matter , in other words , can be described as amusingly finite .
Fighting COVID-19 misinformation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , Twitter ’ s major contribution to doing this seems to have been flagging several tweets by Trump , including one where he said the virus was less deadly than the seasonal flu and another where , after his own bout with COVID-19 , he said he was “ immune.
” The platform also locked Donald Trump Jr. out of his account for 12 hours in July after he retweeted a controversial video about hydroxychloroquine by a group calling itself America ’ s Frontline Doctors .
In all three of these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information on COVID-19 at best .
It still leaves me curious as to what Twitter ’ s calculus involving flagging world leaders ’ tweets is , however , when that gets flagged and this doesn ’ t : Which do you find more concerning ?
When it comes to “ manipulated media ” and “ civic integrity in election interference and voter suppression , ” these again seem narrowly tailored to the American general election .
In the case of “ manipulated media , ” you don ’ t get any points for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was Trump .
Nor will you be surprised that it ’ s been hilariously misapplied ; in June , Twitter labeled a meme the president retweeted using a video of toddlers to make fun of CNN ’ s coverage as manipulated media .
Anyone who believed it was actual CNN coverage would be too witless to operate a digital device , but this mattered not .
As for “ civic integrity in election interference and voter suppression , ” one suspects this is a thinly veiled way of saying anyone who critiques mail-in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s interesting is that all of these were formulated before Holocaust denial or any other anti-Semitic conspiracy theories .
I ’ m not in tech , but I would have thought that would have come first .
In fact , I can think of a panoply of misinformation I would have started flagging and deleting before , or at least alongside , those three categories .
Apparently not Dorsey .
When asked by Gardner whether “ somebody denying the murder of millions of people or instigating violence against a country as a head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any of those three misinformation or other categories Twitter has , ” he said no .
“ Not misinformation , but we do have other policies around incitement to violence , which may , some of the tweets that you mentioned or the examples that you ’ re mentioning , may fall afoul of , ” Dorsey said .
“ But for misleading information , we ’ re focused on those three categories only.
” This is the leniency Twitter shows to Ayatollah Khamenei .
In the meantime , the New York Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as of Friday morning thanks to the Hunter Biden story .
During another equally dense portion of his testimony , Dorsey said he had no evidence the story was false and that all the Post had to do was delete the link to the story and then post it again , since Twitter ’ s policies on “ hacked ” information have now changed .
You follow that logic ?
Meanwhile , Khamenei can tweet whatever he wants about the Holocaust or the state of Israel and Twitter won ’ t touch it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ platform moderation , how information was obtained from Hunter Biden ’ s hard drive is more problematic than a world leader spewing anti-Semitism .
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If you haven’t sat down and watched some clips from the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing with the CEOs of three major tech companies, I suggest you do so. It’s pretty glorious.
One of the key takeaways from Wednesday’s hearing is that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey either doesn’t care or didn’t actually think prepping for his virtual appearance was necessary. I would have expected the CEO of the second-biggest social media network in the world to have read the situation a little bit better.
The hearing was about Section 230, a 1990s law that allows internet platforms and providers to moderate content as they see fit.
Republicans have pushed for political neutrality guarantees in Section 230, arguing Big Tech’s liberal bias has led to conservative viewpoints being silenced or undermined.
Democrats, meanwhile, think platforms aren’t doing enough moderation and need to be more aggressive in pruning what they see as problematic content.
The hearing took place in the shadow of Twitter locking the New York Post out of its account for two weeks and counting because it published emails from a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden that heavily implied Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden knew about his son’s overseas entanglements despite his protestations to the contrary.
That lent a bit more resonance to one side of the argument and should have alerted Dorsey that maybe a bit of rehearsal might have been in order.
One of the answers he probably should have rehearsed, for instance, was why he let virulently anti-Semitic world leaders post bilge about Israel and the Jewish people without any sort of moderation while the Post got locked out of its account on the pretext that the materials from Hunter Biden’s laptop could have been hacked.
The biggest offender in this category is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran. Khamenei’s tweets — in which he’s frequently called for violence against Israel, denied the Holocaust and called the Jewish state “#Covid1948,” in reference to the year of its independence — already came up when a Twitter representative appeared before Israel’s Knesset.
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One would think some high-level execs at Twitter could have sat Dorsey down before Wednesday and practiced some kind of rhetorical defense for allowing Khamenei’s missives to continue unchecked while the company fact-checks self-evidently satirical memes retweeted by President Donald Trump and censors his posts.
For all I know, this is as well as Jack Dorsey prepares. However, when GOP Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado asked him if he believed the Holocaust happened, Dorsey probably should have acquitted himself a bit better.
Just so we’re clear, this is the tweet we’re talking about:
The next question to ask is: why is it a crime to raise doubts about the Holocaust? Why should anyone who writes about such doubts be imprisoned while insulting the Prophet (pbuh) is allowed? — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) October 28, 2020
When the Twitter CEO said he believed the Holocaust happened and that anyone questioning its existence would be spreading misinformation, Gardner said Dorsey’s answers “surprise me and probably a lot of other Coloradans and Americans.”
“After all,” the senator said, “Iran’s ayatollah has done exactly this, questioning the Holocaust. And yet his tweets remain unflagged on Twitter’s platform.
“You and I agree that moderating your platform makes sense in certain respects. We don’t want the next terrorist finding inspiration on Twitter or certainly any platform, for that matter.
“But you’ve also decided to moderate certain content from influential world leaders. And I’d like to understand your decisions to do so a little bit better. Can you name any other instance of Twitter hiding or deleting a tweet from heads of state?”
“Not off the top of my head, but we have many examples across world leaders around the world,” Dorsey responded.
Again — probably should have had that one prepped, but never mind. Gardner moved on to Twitter’s dedication to combat misinformation on the platform, which seems oddly narrow.
“I know we’ve established and we agreed content moderation can have certain upsides, like combating terrorism, but Twitter has chosen to approach content moderation from the standpoint of combating misinformation as well,” the senator said. “So it’s strange to me that you’ve flagged the tweets from the president but haven’t hidden the ayatollah’s tweets on Holocaust denial or calls to wipe Israel off the map.”
Gardner was also surprised Dorsey “can’t recall off the top of your head hidden or deleted tweets from other world leaders. I would appreciate that list. I think it’s important that we all hear that.”
He then asked if “Twitter maintain[s] a formal list of certain accounts that you actively monitor for misinformation.”
“No, and we don’t have a policy against misinformation,” the Twitter CEO said. “We have a policy against misinformation in three categories, which are manipulated media; public health, specifically COVID; and civic integrity in election interference and voter suppression.
“That is all we have policy on for misleading information. We do not have policy or enforcement for any other types of misleading information that you’re mentioning.”
Twitter’s policies on the matter, in other words, can be described as amusingly finite.
Fighting COVID-19 misinformation could be an understandable and universal concern. However, Twitter’s major contribution to doing this seems to have been flagging several tweets by Trump, including one where he said the virus was less deadly than the seasonal flu and another where, after his own bout with COVID-19, he said he was “immune.”
A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can’t get it (immune), and can’t give it. Very nice to know!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2020
The platform also locked Donald Trump Jr. out of his account for 12 hours in July after he retweeted a controversial video about hydroxychloroquine by a group calling itself America’s Frontline Doctors.
In all three of these instances, yes, this is dodgy information on COVID-19 at best. It still leaves me curious as to what Twitter’s calculus involving flagging world leaders’ tweets is, however, when that gets flagged and this doesn’t:
Some argue that the Zionist regime is a reality that the region must come to terms with. Today the #Covid_19 is a reality; should it be accepted or fought?!
The long-lasting virus of Zionism will be uprooted thanks to the determination and faith of the youth. #Covid1948 — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) May 22, 2020
Which do you find more concerning?
When it comes to “manipulated media” and “civic integrity in election interference and voter suppression,” these again seem narrowly tailored to the American general election.
In the case of “manipulated media,” you don’t get any points for guessing the first person to be tagged was Trump. Nor will you be surprised that it’s been hilariously misapplied; in June, Twitter labeled a meme the president retweeted using a video of toddlers to make fun of CNN’s coverage as manipulated media. Anyone who believed it was actual CNN coverage would be too witless to operate a digital device, but this mattered not.
As for “civic integrity in election interference and voter suppression,” one suspects this is a thinly veiled way of saying anyone who critiques mail-in voting will get flagged.
What’s interesting is that all of these were formulated before Holocaust denial or any other anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. I’m not in tech, but I would have thought that would have come first. In fact, I can think of a panoply of misinformation I would have started flagging and deleting before, or at least alongside, those three categories.
Apparently not Dorsey. When asked by Gardner whether “somebody denying the murder of millions of people or instigating violence against a country as a head of state is not categorically falling in any of those three misinformation or other categories Twitter has,” he said no.
“Not misinformation, but we do have other policies around incitement to violence, which may, some of the tweets that you mentioned or the examples that you’re mentioning, may fall afoul of,” Dorsey said. “But for misleading information, we’re focused on those three categories only.”
This is the leniency Twitter shows to Ayatollah Khamenei.
In the meantime, the New York Post’s Twitter account was still locked as of Friday morning thanks to the Hunter Biden story.
During another equally dense portion of his testimony, Dorsey said he had no evidence the story was false and that all the Post had to do was delete the link to the story and then post it again, since Twitter’s policies on “hacked” information have now changed. You follow that logic?
Meanwhile, Khamenei can tweet whatever he wants about the Holocaust or the state of Israel and Twitter won’t touch it.
Apparently, when it comes to platform moderation, how information was obtained from Hunter Biden’s hard drive is more problematic than a world leader spewing anti-Semitism.
Those are some priorities.
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She Grew Up Believing She’d Been Abandoned. 44 Years Later, She Finally Learns the Truth About Her Family

It was 44 years ago , in 1976 , when Sang-Ae and her twin sister Sang-Hee , just a few years old at the time , tagged along to a market in Seoul with their grandmother .
At some point , for unknown reasons , the two toddlers were separated from their grandmother and became lost .
While Sang-Hee was found three days later and was reunited with her family , when Sang-Ae was found , she was taken to an orphanage and later told she ’ d been abandoned at a hospital because she ’ d been sick .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1976 , and until recently , had no more information about her past .
Little did she know , her parents had been desperately trying to find her .
They searched everywhere for their daughter after she went missing , even going so far as to open a shop in the market where she went missing , hoping it would help them find her .
They never gave up — and finally , after a lot of worrying , four decades and some DNA tests , the family was able to reunite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Denise McCarty , visited South Korea in 2016 .
During that time , she took advantage of a program that offered to ( if possible ) track down the families of U.S. adoptees through DNA testing .
“ I was told that I was abandoned , so I never knew that I had family , ” McCarty told Korea Now .
But that was one of the first things her family clarified when speaking to her : They reassured her that she had been very much wanted , and very much missed .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Sang-Hee said .
“ We were looking for you every day.
” McCarty was thrilled to have a sister — especially a twin .
As is the case with many twins , the sisters shared many traits even though they ’ d grown up far apart .
“ To then know that I had a twin sister who looked just like me !
” McCarty told WCAX-TV .
“ To have that missing piece of what happened to me is just incredibly overwhelming and happy and it makes me feel whole.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the world , both through news outlets and through her own personal Facebook account .
“ I just found out 4 weeks ago that I have an identical twin sister , older brother , birth mom and younger sister that live in Seoul , Korea , ” she posted to Some Good News on Wednesday .
“ I met them for the first time on October 14th since getting lost as a child in a market when I was 2 years old .
I was adopted and live in Vermont.
” RELATED @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Finishes Final Round of Chemo Treatment , Rings Bell in 'Very Emotional ' Video While meeting in person will have to wait , the family was so happy to be able to reunite after all those years .
McCarty ’ s grandmother and father have since passed , but she claimed that she could sense them .
“ And we had the reunion and I know he was there in spirit because I think that he just made this happen and I think that my maternal grandmother that lost us that day … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I could just tell , ” the long-lost daughter and sister said .
“ I ’ ve just got this huge family now that loves me and that I love , ” she added .
“ You can ’ t be happier than that .
You can ’ t ask for more than that.
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It was 44 years ago, in 1976, when Sang-Ae and her twin sister Sang-Hee, just a few years old at the time, tagged along to a market in Seoul with their grandmother.
At some point, for unknown reasons, the two toddlers were separated from their grandmother and became lost.
While Sang-Hee was found three days later and was reunited with her family, when Sang-Ae was found, she was taken to an orphanage and later told she’d been abandoned at a hospital because she’d been sick.
She was adopted by an American family in 1976, and until recently, had no more information about her past. Little did she know, her parents had been desperately trying to find her.
They searched everywhere for their daughter after she went missing, even going so far as to open a shop in the market where she went missing, hoping it would help them find her.
They never gave up — and finally, after a lot of worrying, four decades and some DNA tests, the family was able to reunite over video chat.
Sang-Ae, now Denise McCarty, visited South Korea in 2016. During that time, she took advantage of a program that offered to (if possible) track down the families of U.S. adoptees through DNA testing.
“I was told that I was abandoned, so I never knew that I had family,” McCarty told Korea Now.
But that was one of the first things her family clarified when speaking to her: They reassured her that she had been very much wanted, and very much missed.
“We never abandoned you, Sang-Ae,” Sang-Hee said. “We were looking for you every day.”
McCarty was thrilled to have a sister — especially a twin. As is the case with many twins, the sisters shared many traits even though they’d grown up far apart.
“To then know that I had a twin sister who looked just like me!” McCarty told WCAX-TV. “To have that missing piece of what happened to me is just incredibly overwhelming and happy and it makes me feel whole.”
McCarty has since shared her story with the world, both through news outlets and through her own personal Facebook account.
“I just found out 4 weeks ago that I have an identical twin sister, older brother, birth mom and younger sister that live in Seoul, Korea,” she posted to Some Good News on Wednesday. “I met them for the first time on October 14th since getting lost as a child in a market when I was 2 years old. I was adopted and live in Vermont.”
While meeting in person will have to wait, the family was so happy to be able to reunite after all those years. McCarty’s grandmother and father have since passed, but she claimed that she could sense them.
“And we had the reunion and I know he was there in spirit because I think that he just made this happen and I think that my maternal grandmother that lost us that day … I know she was there as well. I could just tell,” the long-lost daughter and sister said.
“I’ve just got this huge family now that loves me and that I love,” she added. “You can’t be happier than that. You can’t ask for more than that.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-30--New Poll Shows Game-Changing Black Support for Trump Among Likely Voters

Rasmussen continues to poll President Donald Trump ’ s support among black likely voters , and for the second week in a row , those numbers show that a game-changing political realignment could be underway .
Trump narrowly won the 2016 election but garnered only about 8 percent of the black vote , according to exit polling .
His opponent , Hillary Clinton , received 88 percent of the black vote in the race .
The notion has been that if Trump could increase his support in that community by even several points , he could poach away at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A Rasmussen Reports survey of black likely voters published last week found Trump ’ s approval rating started went from 25 percent on Monday , Oct. 19 , to 46 percent on Friday , Oct. 30 .
On Thursday , the pollster reported that nearly one-third of black likely voters said they would vote for Trump after being asked : “ If the presidential election was held today , would you vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden ?
” The president started the week off with a robust 27 percent support from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it was at 31 percent .
According to the Washington Examiner , the polling for Thursday ’ s results was conducted between Monday and Wednesday among 1,500 people , with a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points .
Rasmussen is a credible pollster , but still , the numbers are hard to fathom .
But even others in the polling industry are finding that Trump is potentially much more popular with black voters than any other GOP candidate for president in recent memory .
As the statistical analysis website FiveThirtyEight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performing slightly better than last time among college-educated white voters , and he has gained among voters of color , especially Hispanic voters and younger Black voters.
” RELATED : Joe Biden Slurs His Words Again , Leaves Internet Baffled Trying To Interpret Phrase We don ’ t know how significant those gains are , but if the numbers reported by Rasmussen are even remotely correct , this could be the story of this election and of future elections .
Democrats count on the black vote to survive as a party , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great deal of time attempting to paint their opponents as being racist .
They ’ ve used this strategy for decades , and with Trump , they ’ ve applied it with particular venom .
Problematically , some prominent black Americans seem to have grown tired of the lip service from Democrats .
Democratic policies have not helped black young people , and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s marquee accomplishment during 48 years in public life is the 1994 crime bill , which is almost universally loathed .
Still , Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ icons with an increased frequency down the stretch .
This is of course after rapper Kanye West made the idea of supporting the president less taboo for young black men in 2018 .
Another problem for Democrats who take black support for granted is that Trump can actually point to specific policies which have been targeted to make life easier for the country ’ s black communities .
Trump oversaw a record-low black unemployment rate earlier this year before Democrats tanked the economy with coronavirus shutdowns .
He ’ s also taken a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ historically black colleges and universities , in addition to getting a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill passed .
If Trump is indeed polling anywhere close to where Rasmussen has him , then it could signal a paradigm shift in all of politics .
For every turncoat former Republican supporting Biden , it seems a brave black culture icon or elected Democrat crosses the aisle for Trump .
Democrats count on black votes , and for years they ’ ve galvanized many of them to go out and vote by successfully portraying the GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out for them .
If Democrats lose a large portion of the black vote , it ’ s back to the drawing board .
Not only would the party have to reassess its obsession with identity politics and racial division , it would also have to again run campaigns on policy , which would be a disaster .
We ’ ll hopefully know more this time next week .
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Rasmussen continues to poll President Donald Trump’s support among black likely voters, and for the second week in a row, those numbers show that a game-changing political realignment could be underway.
Trump narrowly won the 2016 election but garnered only about 8 percent of the black vote, according to exit polling.
His opponent, Hillary Clinton, received 88 percent of the black vote in the race.
The notion has been that if Trump could increase his support in that community by even several points, he could poach away at a voting bloc which Democrats desperately need.
Rasmussen shows he’s overperforming expectations.
A Rasmussen Reports survey of black likely voters published last week found Trump’s approval rating started went from 25 percent on Monday, Oct. 19, to 46 percent on Friday, Oct. 30.
On Thursday, the pollster reported that nearly one-third of black likely voters said they would vote for Trump after being asked: “If the presidential election was held today, would you vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden?”
The president started the week off with a robust 27 percent support from black likely voters, and by Thursday, it was at 31 percent.
According to the Washington Examiner, the polling for Thursday’s results was conducted between Monday and Wednesday among 1,500 people, with a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points.
Oct 29, 2020 – Morning Reader Data Points: “If the presidential election was held today, would you vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden?” National Daily Black Likely Voter % For @POTUS – October 26-29, 2020 Mon 10/26 – 27%
Tue 10/27 – 30%
Wed 10/28 – 30%
Thu 10/29 – 31% — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) October 29, 2020
Rasmussen is a credible pollster, but still, the numbers are hard to fathom.
But even others in the polling industry are finding that Trump is potentially much more popular with black voters than any other GOP candidate for president in recent memory.
As the statistical analysis website FiveThirtyEight conceded last week, “Trump is performing slightly better than last time among college-educated white voters, and he has gained among voters of color, especially Hispanic voters and younger Black voters.”
We don’t know how significant those gains are, but if the numbers reported by Rasmussen are even remotely correct, this could be the story of this election and of future elections.
Democrats count on the black vote to survive as a party, which is partially why they spend such a great deal of time attempting to paint their opponents as being racist.
They’ve used this strategy for decades, and with Trump, they’ve applied it with particular venom.
Problematically, some prominent black Americans seem to have grown tired of the lip service from Democrats.
Democratic policies have not helped black young people, and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s marquee accomplishment during 48 years in public life is the 1994 crime bill, which is almost universally loathed.
Still, Trump has received unlikely support from black cultural icons with an increased frequency down the stretch.
Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done. ?? pic.twitter.com/Q9c5k1yMWf — Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 29, 2020
Rapper Waka Flocka Thinks Trump Is Better Than Obama and the Internet Is Losing It https://t.co/wgfUIorybJ — Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) October 23, 2020
Famous Rapper Lil Pump Endorses Trump, Trashes ‘Sleepy Joe’ to His 17 Million Followers https://t.co/JjDifBH0JH — Tea Party Patriots (@TPPatriots) October 30, 2020
This is of course after rapper Kanye West made the idea of supporting the president less taboo for young black men in 2018.
Kanye visits the White House: @reuterspictures photo gallery captures the rapper’s meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office https://t.co/8FxhbP1FuW Via pic.twitter.com/Uj5qooBcWs — Reuters (@Reuters) October 11, 2018
Another problem for Democrats who take black support for granted is that Trump can actually point to specific policies which have been targeted to make life easier for the country’s black communities.
Trump oversaw a record-low black unemployment rate earlier this year before Democrats tanked the economy with coronavirus shutdowns.
He’s also taken a particular interest in the long-term funding of historically black colleges and universities, in addition to getting a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill passed.
If Trump is indeed polling anywhere close to where Rasmussen has him, then it could signal a paradigm shift in all of politics.
For every turncoat former Republican supporting Biden, it seems a brave black culture icon or elected Democrat crosses the aisle for Trump.
Democrats count on black votes, and for years they’ve galvanized many of them to go out and vote by successfully portraying the GOP as a party which is not looking out for them.
If Democrats lose a large portion of the black vote, it’s back to the drawing board.
Not only would the party have to reassess its obsession with identity politics and racial division, it would also have to again run campaigns on policy, which would be a disaster.
We’ll hopefully know more this time next week.
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westernjournal--2020-10-30--FBI Busts Lib Narrative: Accused Whitmer Kidnapper Allegedly Also Wanted To Kill Trump, Depose GOP G

FBI Busts Lib Narrative: Accused Whitmer Kidnapper Allegedly Also Wanted To Kill Trump, Depose GOP Gov

One of the men arrested in an alleged plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer early this month also talked online of harming President Donald Trump , according to a report .
The Detroit News reported 44-year-old Barry Croft of Delaware was among 14 alleged militants implicated in the plot to kill Whitmer and start a civil war .
But the man also allegedly spoke of harming Trump and South Carolina ’ s Republican governor , according to an unsealed search warrant affidavit obtained by the outlet .
“ Evidence collected by FBI agents portrays his Facebook account @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violent imagery , including a noose and a list of grievances in which he mulled killing Democrats and Republicans including South Carolina Gov .
Henry McMaster , Muslims and liberals , ” the report said .
Although the establishment media and Whitmer have blamed the plot on Trump , Croft was no fan of the president .
TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' According to The Detroit News , in a Facebook post in May , the Delaware man declared , “ I say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re all guilty !
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” Croft also posted a photo of the president and commented , “ Wan na hang this mf ’ er too , ” the report said .
Those don ’ t sound like the words of a Trump supporter .
But the establishment media set a narrative with this story early on , and I wouldn ’ t count on an update on this story from the Democrats ’ information arm .
That narrative was one that portrayed apparent nonpartisan extremists as crazed Trump supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ budding stars , only to be stopped by FBI agents .
But it ’ s already been widely reported that the men accused in the plot were no fans of Trump , nor were they conservatives .
According to reports of previous social media posts from the accused , the group was apparently a ragtag ensemble of online loudmouth anarchists who loathed police officers .
Whitmer apparently happened to be among a bipartisan group of elected officials that the 14 people allegedly spoke of harming .
Sadly , for those who only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the newest developments in the story will be of zero consequence .
News that Croft despised Trump will surely be ignored on news broadcasts , and many people will remain in the dark about the reality of what is going on in the country .
That reality is that there are extreme people among us of every background .
But , like the mounting Biden family corruption scandal , Croft ’ s newly disclosed political leanings will be widely ignored by America ’ s left-wing establishment media .
They already got the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to show there is no low with regard to where they ’ ll go to run interference for Democrats .
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One of the men arrested in an alleged plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer early this month also talked online of harming President Donald Trump, according to a report.
The Detroit News reported 44-year-old Barry Croft of Delaware was among 14 alleged militants implicated in the plot to kill Whitmer and start a civil war.
But the man also allegedly spoke of harming Trump and South Carolina’s Republican governor, according to an unsealed search warrant affidavit obtained by the outlet.
“Evidence collected by FBI agents portrays his Facebook account as a virtual bulletin board filled with violent imagery, including a noose and a list of grievances in which he mulled killing Democrats and Republicans including South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, Muslims and liberals,” the report said.
Although the establishment media and Whitmer have blamed the plot on Trump, Croft was no fan of the president.
According to The Detroit News, in a Facebook post in May, the Delaware man declared, “I say we hang everything currently governing us, they’re all guilty!!!”
Croft also posted a photo of the president and commented, “Wanna hang this mf’er too,” the report said.
Those don’t sound like the words of a Trump supporter.
But the establishment media set a narrative with this story early on, and I wouldn’t count on an update on this story from the Democrats’ information arm.
That narrative was one that portrayed apparent nonpartisan extremists as crazed Trump supporters plotting to kill one of the Democrats’ budding stars, only to be stopped by FBI agents.
But it’s already been widely reported that the men accused in the plot were no fans of Trump, nor were they conservatives.
According to reports of previous social media posts from the accused, the group was apparently a ragtag ensemble of online loudmouth anarchists who loathed police officers.
Whitmer apparently happened to be among a bipartisan group of elected officials that the 14 people allegedly spoke of harming.
Sadly, for those who only get their news from the establishment media, the newest developments in the story will be of zero consequence.
News that Croft despised Trump will surely be ignored on news broadcasts, and many people will remain in the dark about the reality of what is going on in the country.
That reality is that there are extreme people among us of every background.
But, like the mounting Biden family corruption scandal, Croft’s newly disclosed political leanings will be widely ignored by America’s left-wing establishment media. They already got the headline they wanted.
The media continue to show there is no low with regard to where they’ll go to run interference for Democrats.
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westernjournal--2020-10-31--Biden Campaign Begins To Worry as Black, Latino Disaster Looms

Biden campaign staff is reportedly sounding the alarm as presupposed minority support fails to pour in as expected .
An unspecified number of anonymous senior officials manning the canons for 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke out this week , expressing concern over a lack of black and Latino turnout in national early voting efforts , according to Bloomberg .
Left-wing establishment media outlets have long forecast victory for Biden this November , predicting a diverse Obama-era Democratic coalition and never-before-seen youth and minority turnout would win the day .
With record early voter turnout already a reality several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however , initial results suggest the cavalry may not be coming .
While analysis run by Democratic data firm Catalist shows something of a surge in turnout among incumbent President Donald Trump ’ s most supportive demographic , non-college-educated white voters , only 25 to 50 percent of registered black and Latinos have yet to cast a ballot in the prized swing states of Arizona , Florida and Pennsylvania .
Failing to definitively spell disaster , those numbers were at least enough to shift the outward posture of prominent Democratic politicos like Steve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unite the Country .
“ I would like to see turnout increase , ” Schale told Bloomberg .
During a year in which the American left has given cover to violent inner-city unrest and aided in squashing record minority economic advancements due to COVID-19 , however , it would be rather arrogant to immediately count an increase in minority turnout as beneficial for Democrats .
This , of course , has not stopped left-wing operatives from doing just that , confident minority voters would still be coming out in support of the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We know our pathway to victory includes winning key battleground states that have significant [ minority ] populations , ” deputy Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said .
“ We can not win without the Latino vote in these states , which is why we have invested historic amounts of money and research.
” Such investments have long played their part in Democratic strategy , and the Biden campaign has doubled down on those efforts .
RELATED : Biden Repeats One of Obama 's Biggest Lies Without Missing a Beat “ No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level of resources that we have to outreach to voters of color , and we ’ re deeply proud of it , ” said Symone Sanders , a senior minority adviser to the campaign .
“ In community-specific advertising alone , we ’ ve dedicated tens of millions of dollars to each community , with a total into 9 figures .
And we ’ ve committed tens of millions on in-person GOTV programs unique to communities of color.
” “ Earning the support of diverse voters is the beating heart of our operation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re also the most diverse general election campaign in American history , including at senior levels , and all of our strategic decisions are driven by our diverse leadership team.
” A slew of Trump campaign surrogates and staff members have previously told The Western Journal , however , that winning minority support would be about more than campaign expenditures this election cycle .
The president made swing states like Arizona a priority early on this year , visiting a number of times over the summer as Biden kept to the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state for the first time at the outset of October .
Members of the Trump apparatus say such efforts to “ parachute ” into the swing states last minute will damn the Biden campaign , appearing insincere beside numerous campaign events put on by Women for Trump and Latinos for Trump in places like Arizona .
“ The Democrats think that they are going to take this Latino vote , ” Cuban-American campaign advisor Mercedes Schlapp told The Western Journal following one such event in Phoenix , Arizona .
“ They have taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , and time again.
” “ It failed them in 2016 , it ’ s going to fail the Democrats in 2020 .
Why ?
Because we are seeing the light .
We are seeing the light .
We are seeing the fact that President Trump has said , ‘ No more of this old-style , ridiculous politics that can ’ t get anything done .
I want results for all Americans .
I want opportunities for all Americans , ” the adviser said .
State congressional Tatiana Peña , a fellow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sentiments .
“ We never had a presence of Republicans in this community like we see today , ” Peña told The Western Journal .
“ This has never happened as far as I am concerned.
” “ I know a lot of people , they were told a lot of lies in 2016 .
I even heard the lie that I was going to be deported , my family was gon na be deported .
Well , it hasn ’ t happened .
So , now I know that that wasn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people are seeing that sort of thing going on and they ’ re waking up to the reality because they ’ re also seeing how far extreme the left has become , ” she said .
“ We ’ re also seeing the economic opportunities that this president has brought to the Hispanic community , to the black community .
I mean , I ’ m seeing over here in our state that we are getting [ back ] the jobs that we had lost under previous administrations .
So this is something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be afraid to speak out on either.
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Biden campaign staff is reportedly sounding the alarm as presupposed minority support fails to pour in as expected.
An unspecified number of anonymous senior officials manning the cannons for 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke out this week, expressing concern over a lack of black and Latino turnout in national early voting efforts, according to Bloomberg.
Left-wing establishment media outlets have long forecast victory for Biden this November, predicting a diverse Obama-era Democratic coalition and never-before-seen youth and minority turnout would win the day.
With record early voter turnout already a reality several days out from the 2020 election, however, initial results suggest the cavalry may not be coming.
While analysis run by Democratic data firm Catalist shows something of a surge in turnout among incumbent President Donald Trump’s most supportive demographic, non-college-educated white voters, only 25 to 50 percent of registered black and Latinos have yet to cast a ballot in the prized swing states of Arizona, Florida and Pennsylvania.
For the first time, Latinos outnumber African Americans among eligible voters in the U.S. Could #Elections2020 propel them to the most influential voting bloc in the country? Presented by @SASsoftware pic.twitter.com/AlfFuvkI1q — Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) October 30, 2020
Failing to definitively spell disaster, those numbers were at least enough to shift the outward posture of prominent Democratic politicos like Steve Schale, president of pro-Biden super PAC Unite the Country.
“I would like to see turnout increase,” Schale told Bloomberg.
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“We need improvement.”
During a year in which the American left has given cover to violent inner-city unrest and aided in squashing record minority economic advancements due to COVID-19, however, it would be rather arrogant to immediately count an increase in minority turnout as beneficial for Democrats.
This, of course, has not stopped left-wing operatives from doing just that, confident minority voters would still be coming out in support of the Democratic Party platform on election day.
“We know our pathway to victory includes winning key battleground states that have significant [minority] populations,” deputy Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said. “We cannot win without the Latino vote in these states, which is why we have invested historic amounts of money and research.”
Such investments have long played their part in Democratic strategy, and the Biden campaign has doubled down on those efforts.
“No campaign in American history has devoted this level of resources that we have to outreach to voters of color, and we’re deeply proud of it,” said Symone Sanders, a senior minority adviser to the campaign. “In community-specific advertising alone, we’ve dedicated tens of millions of dollars to each community, with a total into 9 figures. And we’ve committed tens of millions on in-person GOTV programs unique to communities of color.”
“Earning the support of diverse voters is the beating heart of our operation,” she added.
“We’re also the most diverse general election campaign in American history, including at senior levels, and all of our strategic decisions are driven by our diverse leadership team.”
A slew of Trump campaign surrogates and staff members have previously told The Western Journal, however, that winning minority support would be about more than campaign expenditures this election cycle.
The president made swing states like Arizona a priority early on this year, visiting a number of times over the summer as Biden kept to the Democratic strongholds, arriving in the Grand Canyon state for the first time at the outset of October.
Members of the Trump apparatus say such efforts to “parachute” into the swing states last minute will damn the Biden campaign, appearing insincere beside numerous campaign events put on by Women for Trump and Latinos for Trump in places like Arizona.
“The Democrats think that they are going to take this Latino vote,” Cuban-American campaign advisor Mercedes Schlapp told The Western Journal following one such event in Phoenix, Arizona. “They have taken those voters for granted time, and time, and time again.”
“It failed them in 2016, it’s going to fail the Democrats in 2020. Why? Because we are seeing the light. We are seeing the light. We are seeing the fact that President Trump has said, ‘No more of this old-style, ridiculous politics that can’t get anything done. I want results for all Americans. I want opportunities for all Americans,” the adviser said.
State congressional Tatiana Peña, a fellow Latina, was quick to echo those sentiments.
“We never had a presence of Republicans in this community like we see today,” Peña told The Western Journal. “This has never happened as far as I am concerned.”
“I know a lot of people, they were told a lot of lies in 2016. I even heard the lie that I was going to be deported, my family was gonna be deported. Well, it hasn’t happened. So, now I know that that wasn’t true. And I mean, people are seeing that sort of thing going on and they’re waking up to the reality because they’re also seeing how far extreme the left has become,” she said.
“We’re also seeing the economic opportunities that this president has brought to the Hispanic community, to the black community. I mean, I’m seeing over here in our state that we are getting [back] the jobs that we had lost under previous administrations. So this is something that we should be proud of, not be afraid to speak out on either.”
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