westernjournal--2020-11-16--Mom Shares Warning After Son Swallows 27 Magnets

Every parent knows that silence is suspicious and that a world of crazy things can happen in a very short period of time .
Last September , the MacNair family from Greenwood , Indiana , experienced a very unusual emergency that has led them to warn others about a toy that could prove more deadly than entertaining .
Most parents know button batteries and kids don ’ t mix , but magnets can be dangerous , too .
It was a toy magnet set that caused the MacNair family emergency .
Peyton , 4 , was playing with his 9-year-old @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in the room .
Justin got up to take a phone call , the older brother got up to use the bathroom , and the 4-year-old was left alone with what his parents now suspect was a long “ snake ” of his brother ’ s small , round magnets .
Peyton , like many boys with reptiles on the brain , often made a snake out of the magnets , and he later told his parents he ’ d been pretending to eat spaghetti when things started to go downhill .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was crying and saying something was in his throat .
It was mom Jessica who discovered what had happened .
“ I looked in the back of his throat and saw two magnets stuck together , one on each side of his uvula , ” Jessica told TODAY .
“ He already had the two in his throat and there is a good chance he swallowed more than one and I knew that it was trouble .
They could tear through tissue and the body.
” Jessica knew the magnets were dangerous thanks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Anatomy , ” so she got Peyton to the hospital , where doctors confirmed that there were 25 magnets in his stomach in addition to the two clamped around his uvula .
“ It would be very easy for some magnets to be pushed ( into the small bowel ) and separated from the others , ” she explained .
“ That is when the others would be attracted and ( magnetize ) through the tissue.
” Peyton was transferred to another hospital where the magnets were successfully retrieved from his stomach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his intestine and cause serious damage .
“ These neodymium magnets , even if they are small , they can be really powerful , ” gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Foreman confirmed .
“ The size does not have anything to do with how powerful they are .
They have a strong pull.
” RELATED : Miracle : Pastor Survives After Being Crushed by Boulder During 800-Mile Hike “ They can end up giving you a hole in your bowel and that is the worst-case scenario .
That can be devastating and result in surgery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ banned by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for a few years , but was put back on the market in 2016 .
Dr. Foreman said that they ’ ve seen nearly 3,000 cases a year since then .
“ I still see parents buying these for their kids and they are advertised as toys , ” MacNair added .
“ They are fun to play with .
I have played with them myself .
Most people don ’ t realize the dangers of swallowing magnets .
Even if it is just one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to tear through your child.
” Peyton was just fine , but the magnets went in the trash .
“ Most people don ’ t realize the dangers of swallowing magnets , ” the mom said .
“ It can happen to anyone and it can happen in a split second.
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Every parent knows that silence is suspicious and that a world of crazy things can happen in a very short period of time.
Last September, the MacNair family from Greenwood, Indiana, experienced a very unusual emergency that has led them to warn others about a toy that could prove more deadly than entertaining.
Most parents know button batteries and kids don’t mix, but magnets can be dangerous, too. It was a toy magnet set that caused the MacNair family emergency.
Peyton, 4, was playing with his 9-year-old brother while their dad, Justin, was in the room. Justin got up to take a phone call, the older brother got up to use the bathroom, and the 4-year-old was left alone with what his parents now suspect was a long “snake” of his brother’s small, round magnets.
Peyton, like many boys with reptiles on the brain, often made a snake out of the magnets, and he later told his parents he’d been pretending to eat spaghetti when things started to go downhill.
A few minutes later, the 4-year-old was crying and saying something was in his throat. It was mom Jessica who discovered what had happened.
“I looked in the back of his throat and saw two magnets stuck together, one on each side of his uvula,” Jessica told TODAY.
“He already had the two in his throat and there is a good chance he swallowed more than one and I knew that it was trouble. They could tear through tissue and the body.”
Jessica knew the magnets were dangerous thanks to an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy,” so she got Peyton to the hospital, where doctors confirmed that there were 25 magnets in his stomach in addition to the two clamped around his uvula.
“It would be very easy for some magnets to be pushed (into the small bowel) and separated from the others,” she explained. “That is when the others would be attracted and (magnetize) through the tissue.”
Peyton was transferred to another hospital where the magnets were successfully retrieved from his stomach before they had a chance to enter his intestine and cause serious damage.
“These neodymium magnets, even if they are small, they can be really powerful,” gastroenterologist Dr. Michael Foreman confirmed. “The size does not have anything to do with how powerful they are. They have a strong pull.”
“They can end up giving you a hole in your bowel and that is the worst-case scenario. That can be devastating and result in surgery or resection.”
The dangerous toy was banned by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for a few years, but was put back on the market in 2016. Dr. Foreman said that they’ve seen nearly 3,000 cases a year since then.
“I still see parents buying these for their kids and they are advertised as toys,” MacNair added. “They are fun to play with. I have played with them myself. Most people don’t realize the dangers of swallowing magnets. Even if it is just one or two magnets … they are going to tear through your child.”
Peyton was just fine, but the magnets went in the trash.
“Most people don’t realize the dangers of swallowing magnets,” the mom said. “It can happen to anyone and it can happen in a split second.”
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--Revealed: Trump Voters Beat Out Biden Voters in Marriage, Church Attendance and Full-Time Employment

A comprehensive look at some exit polling following the still-contested 2020 presidential election is giving us a deeper look at those who presumably voted for Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden .
ABC News shared its audit of the voting trends during the election , and it revealed that those who are unreligious , unmarried and less likely to hold a full-time job voted for Democrats by big margins .
Biden ’ s apparent support for more invasive lockdowns and other mandates to curtail cases of the coronavirus , should he win the election , did not chase away some groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exit polling , people who are unmarried voted reported voting Democrat over Republican by a margin of 18 points .
Democrats carried voters who answered “ no ” on the question , “ Are you currently married ?
” Of those who were unwed , 58 percent of them voted Democrat , while a mere 40 percent reported voting Republican .
Those who were married voted Republican over Democrat by a margin of seven points , 53 percent to 46 percent .
If the exit polling is accurate , that means that Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ popular with a majority of unmarried voters .
With voters who do not work full-time , Democrats also prevailed .
Democrats were more popular with those who answered “ no ” on the question , “ Do you work full-time for pay ?
” Of people who are not currently working a full-time job , 57 percent reported voting Democrat , while only 42 percent voted Republican .
Republicans also prevailed by four points , 51 percent to 47 percent , with those who answered that they work a full week .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote of those who identify as belonging to a religion .
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Those who reported having no religion split for Democrats by a margin of 65 percent to 31 percent .
Exit polling from The Associated Press VoteCast survey asked approximately 140,000 voters about the frequency with which they attend church or other religious services .
Biden won big with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
President Donald Trump , meanwhile , carried voters who attend religious services once a week or more by a margin of 62 percent to 37 percent .
Trump also won over voters who attend religious services a few times a month 54 percent to 44 percent , and he won once-a-month churchgoers by an almost-identical margin of 54 to 45 .
Biden , meanwhile , grabbed 63 percent of voters who reported “ never ” going to church .
Not to denigrate those who might not work full-time , are not married @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but they are arguably less likely to be affected by Biden ’ s plans for the economy as , if declared the winner , he would likely use the coronavirus as a pretext to clamp down on those who attend in-person religious services and go to work .
Biden has signaled he would have few reservations about shuttering the economy .
We of course know after looking at the effects of lockdowns that they kill jobs and also create a plethora of other issues — from mental health to substance abuse — for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might already be home all day , alone in the world and without meaningful company , lockdown measures might be of little consequence , so long as liquor stores remain open and cat food is widely available , one could assume .
People who live lives that might for now be void of any meaningful relationships , gainful employment or faith arguably have little invested in the future of the country , and perhaps even less invested in what our country ’ s young people will someday inherit .
While voting demographics are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ethnicity , age and gender , the breakdown of votes is eye-opening , considering the chaotic nature of the 2020 election and the coronavirus pandemic .
If the ABC exit polling is accurate , Democratic proposals didn ’ t hurt them with Americans whose lives are essentially , in some cases , already a lockdown .
On the other hand , working people , people of strong faith and those who have managed to lock down a spouse reported voting Republican by some pretty big margins .
The takeaway is that forward-looking people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a majority of those with life factors that might have them living in the now were unbothered by Democratic proposals to cede away their liberties and the country ’ s future prosperity .
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A comprehensive look at some exit polling following the still-contested 2020 presidential election is giving us a deeper look at those who presumably voted for Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden.
ABC News shared its audit of the voting trends during the election, and it revealed that those who are unreligious, unmarried and less likely to hold a full-time job voted for Democrats by big margins.
Biden’s apparent support for more invasive lockdowns and other mandates to curtail cases of the coronavirus, should he win the election, did not chase away some groups of people.
Let’s dive into the numbers.
According to the ABC exit polling, people who are unmarried voted reported voting Democrat over Republican by a margin of 18 points.
Democrats carried voters who answered “no” on the question, “Are you currently married?”
Of those who were unwed, 58 percent of them voted Democrat, while a mere 40 percent reported voting Republican.
Those who were married voted Republican over Democrat by a margin of seven points, 53 percent to 46 percent.
If the exit polling is accurate, that means that Democrats’ proposed policies for the country were popular with a majority of unmarried voters.
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With voters who do not work full-time, Democrats also prevailed.
Democrats were more popular with those who answered “no” on the question, “Do you work full-time for pay?”
Of people who are not currently working a full-time job, 57 percent reported voting Democrat, while only 42 percent voted Republican.
Republicans also prevailed by four points, 51 percent to 47 percent, with those who answered that they work a full week.
One other factor that is noteworthy was the vote of those who identify as belonging to a religion.
Protestant or other Christians voted Republican over Democrat by a margin of 60 percent to 39 percent.
Those who reported having no religion split for Democrats by a margin of 65 percent to 31 percent.
Exit polling from The Associated Press VoteCast survey asked approximately 140,000 voters about the frequency with which they attend church or other religious services.
Biden won big with those who rarely or never attend church.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, carried voters who attend religious services once a week or more by a margin of 62 percent to 37 percent.
Trump also won over voters who attend religious services a few times a month 54 percent to 44 percent, and he won once-a-month churchgoers by an almost-identical margin of 54 to 45.
Biden, meanwhile, grabbed 63 percent of voters who reported “never” going to church.
Not to denigrate those who might not work full-time, are not married or do not attend religious services, but they are arguably less likely to be affected by Biden’s plans for the economy as, if declared the winner, he would likely use the coronavirus as a pretext to clamp down on those who attend in-person religious services and go to work.
Biden has signaled he would have few reservations about shuttering the economy.
We of course know after looking at the effects of lockdowns that they kill jobs and also create a plethora of other issues — from mental health to substance abuse — for many people.
For some persons who might already be home all day, alone in the world and without meaningful company, lockdown measures might be of little consequence, so long as liquor stores remain open and cat food is widely available, one could assume.
People who live lives that might for now be void of any meaningful relationships, gainful employment or faith arguably have little invested in the future of the country, and perhaps even less invested in what our country’s young people will someday inherit.
While voting demographics are generally looked at through a lens of ethnicity, age and gender, the breakdown of votes is eye-opening, considering the chaotic nature of the 2020 election and the coronavirus pandemic.
If the ABC exit polling is accurate, Democratic proposals didn’t hurt them with Americans whose lives are essentially, in some cases, already a lockdown.
On the other hand, working people, people of strong faith and those who have managed to lock down a spouse reported voting Republican by some pretty big margins.
The takeaway is that forward-looking people in many circumstances voted Republican, while a majority of those with life factors that might have them living in the now were unbothered by Democratic proposals to cede away their liberties and the country’s future prosperity.
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--CNN’s Tapper Sets Stage for Holiday Misery: ‘Christmas Is Probably Not Gonna Be Possible?’

As long as we ’ re canceling Thanksgiving , why don ’ t we get an early start on Christmas , too ?
In an appearance on CNN ’ s “ State of the Union ” on Sunday , host Jake Tapper and Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , were discussing a return to normality in the midst of COVID-19 — in particular the role a vaccine would play in getting us there .
In the midst of the conversation , Tapper intimated that Dec. 25 might just be a Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Now , you have already encouraged Americans to consider canceling any Thanksgiving plans that involve visiting with somebody else or having visitors come , ” the CNN host said .
“ I know a lot of Americans are looking ahead , hoping to make plans for other holidays , such as Christmas .
But when do you think Americans will next be able to safely gather together for family events like this ?
Are you suggesting it probably won ’ t be able to happen until , I don ’ t know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
” Whether the nation ’ s most powerful epidemiologist realized it wasn ’ t good PR or got the impression that Tapper was trying to draw him into uttering a pull quote CNN could splash across the front page of its website ( “ Fauci : Christmas Can not Happen , Easter Unlikely Too ” ) , he steered it back to whether a vaccine could get us to “ approach a degree of normality ” in typically Faucian language .
Fauci said the “ first [ vaccine ] that came out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second one likely will be comparable .
You never can tell until you see the data , but would be comparable.
” He went on to add it depended on people getting the vaccine and “ still doing some fundamental public health things that synergize ” with the vaccine .
However , Fauci still said we would only “ start getting things back to relative normal as we get into the second and third quarter of the year , where people can start thinking about doing things that were too dangerous just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until the second or third quarter of 2021 , though ?
Christmas is probably not going to be possible ?
” Tapper said .
Again , hemming on whether Christmas is canceled : “ Yes , I ’ m — well , I think that , if we get most of the country vaccinated in the second , third quarter of the year , and the vaccine continues to prove its efficacy , and people adhere to those fundamental measures , I think we can start approaching the degree — it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Jake , ” Fauci said .
“ We are not going to turn it on and off , going from where we are to completely normal .
It ’ s going to be a gradual accrual of more normality as the weeks and the months go by , as we get well into 2021.
” As for Fauci , it ’ s rare that he takes some credit for realistic thinking on risk mitigation , but he said during a Yahoo Q & A in October that every “ individual family needs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk situation in your own family ” and that while “ we need to realize things might be different this year , particularly if you want to have people who are going to be flying in from a place that has a lot of infection , ” the holidays were still “ a beautiful tradition of getting family together.
” Fauci is usually a man given to tone-deaf , backfiring paternalism such as his Thursday statement that , despite America ’ s “ independent spirit … now is the time to do what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is striking a more realistic tone than some of our politicians — or Jake Tapper , for that matter — perhaps they ought to evaluate the usefulness of rhetoric and regulations designed to snuff out human impulses in order to snuff out the pandemic .
Lest we forget , for the better part of the first two weeks of the month , we ’ ve seen a whole host of politicians instituting policies essentially barring families from having Thanksgiving together , whether through travel bans or caps on gathering sizes or the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the holiday .
How will this end ?
Consider the ability of these politicians to abide by their own rules .
On Friday , California issued guidelines that barred over half the people in the state from having indoor gatherings and mandated that only three households be present and that members of different households sit 6 feet apart .
The state has also implored residents to refrain from nonessential travel .
This was shortly after news broke that California Democratic Gov .
Gavin Newsom had attended a birthday party with more than three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happened at a restaurant , making it technically legal , if inadvisable .
It also happened in Napa Valley , a roughly one-hour drive from the state capital of Sacramento .
Generally speaking , travel to a Michelin-starred restaurant for an adviser ’ s birthday party falls under the aegis of nonessential .
In Chicago , Mayor Lori Lightfoot ’ s administration announced a more stringent advisory , telling the city ’ s residents they “ must cancel the normal Thanksgiving plans … [ p ] articularly if they include guests that do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chicagoans were also admonished not to have guests over , and gatherings of more than 10 , both indoors and outdoors , have been prohibited , according to WMAQ-TV .
Curious , because this was Lightfoot just days before , in the midst of celebrations after many establishment media outlets declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election : It ’ s unlikely these regulations were cooked up in just a few days , meaning Lightfoot knew full well this would be verboten in just a few days in the name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not just the hypocrisy of the “ rules for thee , not for me ” mentality .
It ’ s the idea that all agency must be stripped from us by our betters , even as they — knowing full well what they ’ re demanding of the plebes — indulge in basic human impulses of attachment , fellowship and celebration , having made a calculated risk-reward decision in the matter .
When you take away that agency , you don ’ t get compliance , though .
What you get is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argument about Tapper ’ s remark — it was seen not infrequently on Twitter , here expressed by Republican-ish pollster Frank Luntz — just be forewarned that it ’ s wrong : Except he ’ s not .
In the fuller context of the conversation , it ’ s clear Tapper is talking about “ when … Americans will next be able to safely gather together for family events like this , ” not when the vaccine will be available .
Frank Luntz apparently didn ’ t bother going to CNN ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to own Steve Guest .
Tapper himself said he wasn ’ t making a statement , he was just asking a question : It ’ s not often I get to say this , but Fauci was right — at least in October : “ Each individual family needs to make the decision based upon the risk situation in your own family.
” Jake Tapper doesn ’ t have the ability to cancel Christmas , thank heavens .
There are plenty of people who believe they do and have their hands on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Those levers do not and have never controlled human instinct , a fact which will become messily clear if this is how officialdom plans to superintend the holidays .
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As long as we’re canceling Thanksgiving, why don’t we get an early start on Christmas, too?
In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, host Jake Tapper and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, were discussing a return to normality in the midst of COVID-19 — in particular the role a vaccine would play in getting us there.
In the midst of the conversation, Tapper intimated that Dec. 25 might just be a Friday with presents for us this year.
“Now, you have already encouraged Americans to consider canceling any Thanksgiving plans that involve visiting with somebody else or having visitors come,” the CNN host said.
“I know a lot of Americans are looking ahead, hoping to make plans for other holidays, such as Christmas. But when do you think Americans will next be able to safely gather together for family events like this? Are you suggesting it probably won’t be able to happen until, I don’t know, Labor Day 2021, Thanksgiving 2021?”
Whether the nation’s most powerful epidemiologist realized it wasn’t good PR or got the impression that Tapper was trying to draw him into uttering a pull quote CNN could splash across the front page of its website (“Fauci: Christmas Cannot Happen, Easter Unlikely Too”), he steered it back to whether a vaccine could get us to “approach a degree of normality” in typically Faucian language.
Fauci said the “first [vaccine] that came out was highly effective. I anticipate that the second one likely will be comparable. You never can tell until you see the data, but would be comparable.” He went on to add it depended on people getting the vaccine and “still doing some fundamental public health things that synergize” with the vaccine.
However, Fauci still said we would only “start getting things back to relative normal as we get into the second and third quarter of the year, where people can start thinking about doing things that were too dangerous just months ago.”
“So, not until the second or third quarter of 2021, though? Christmas is probably not going to be possible?” Tapper said.
Should Christmas celebrations be tightly controlled by state and local governments? Yes No
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Again, hemming on whether Christmas is canceled: “Yes, I’m — well, I think that, if we get most of the country vaccinated in the second, third quarter of the year, and the vaccine continues to prove its efficacy, and people adhere to those fundamental measures, I think we can start approaching the degree — it’s not going to be a light switch, Jake,” Fauci said.
“We are not going to turn it on and off, going from where we are to completely normal. It’s going to be a gradual accrual of more normality as the weeks and the months go by, as we get well into 2021.”
CNN’s Jake Tapper this morning: “Christmas is probably not gonna be possible.” pic.twitter.com/z56ifNCr3G — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) November 15, 2020
As for Fauci, it’s rare that he takes some credit for realistic thinking on risk mitigation, but he said during a Yahoo Q&A in October that every “individual family needs to make the decision based upon the risk situation in your own family” and that while “we need to realize things might be different this year, particularly if you want to have people who are going to be flying in from a place that has a lot of infection,” the holidays were still “a beautiful tradition of getting family together.”
Fauci is usually a man given to tone-deaf, backfiring paternalism such as his Thursday statement that, despite America’s “independent spirit … now is the time to do what you’re told.”
When even he is striking a more realistic tone than some of our politicians — or Jake Tapper, for that matter — perhaps they ought to evaluate the usefulness of rhetoric and regulations designed to snuff out human impulses in order to snuff out the pandemic.
Lest we forget, for the better part of the first two weeks of the month, we’ve seen a whole host of politicians instituting policies essentially barring families from having Thanksgiving together, whether through travel bans or caps on gathering sizes or the number of households that can meet for the holiday.
How will this end?
Consider the ability of these politicians to abide by their own rules. On Friday, California issued guidelines that barred over half the people in the state from having indoor gatherings and mandated that only three households be present and that members of different households sit 6 feet apart. The state has also implored residents to refrain from nonessential travel.
This was shortly after news broke that California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom had attended a birthday party with more than three households at an exclusive restaurant.
This happened at a restaurant, making it technically legal, if inadvisable.
It also happened in Napa Valley, a roughly one-hour drive from the state capital of Sacramento. Generally speaking, travel to a Michelin-starred restaurant for an adviser’s birthday party falls under the aegis of nonessential.
In Chicago, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration announced a more stringent advisory, telling the city’s residents they “must cancel the normal Thanksgiving plans … [p]articularly if they include guests that do not live in your immediate household.”
– Stay home unless for essential reasons
– Stop having guests over—including family members you do not live with
– Avoid non-essential travel
– Cancel traditional Thanksgiving plans — Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) November 12, 2020
Chicagoans were also admonished not to have guests over, and gatherings of more than 10, both indoors and outdoors, have been prohibited, according to WMAQ-TV.
Curious, because this was Lightfoot just days before, in the midst of celebrations after many establishment media outlets declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the presidential election:
This is a great day for our city and our country. We are taking our democracy back. #BidenHarris2020 pic.twitter.com/OAZQPd1r4y — Lori Lightfoot (@LoriLightfoot) November 8, 2020
It’s unlikely these regulations were cooked up in just a few days, meaning Lightfoot knew full well this would be verboten in just a few days in the name of curbing the spread.
It’s not just the hypocrisy of the “rules for thee, not for me” mentality. It’s the idea that all agency must be stripped from us by our betters, even as they — knowing full well what they’re demanding of the plebes — indulge in basic human impulses of attachment, fellowship and celebration, having made a calculated risk-reward decision in the matter.
When you take away that agency, you don’t get compliance, though. What you get is this:
In March we were told “2 weeks to flatten the curve.” That was 8 months ago. Screw this authoritarian lunatics. They only have power if we give it to them. Happy Sunday, folks. https://t.co/akNcNZFXrW — Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) November 15, 2020
Maybe for you, Jake. I’ll be having Christmas with my family, using common sense measures, because this is America, and no Democrat mayor or governor is going to dictate to me what to do in my own home. @jaketapper @GavinNewsom @ericgarcetti #COVID #Lockdown2 #Freedom https://t.co/K7GwrZ6qt4 — Alana Stewart (@AlanaKStewart) November 15, 2020
“The government big enough to play Santa Claus is also big enough to play The Grinch.” — Unknownhttps://t.co/7GMjqvRxDp — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) November 16, 2020
Jake Tapper is a crazy person. https://t.co/iFhugmGhpT — BDW (@BryanDeanWright) November 15, 2020
And before you make this argument about Tapper’s remark — it was seen not infrequently on Twitter, here expressed by Republican-ish pollster Frank Luntz — just be forewarned that it’s wrong:
In this clip, @JakeTapper is referring to whether a COVID vaccine will be available by Christmas.@SteveGuest is counting on you to read his tweet but not watch the video. https://t.co/vBpXZvWgW6 — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) November 15, 2020
Except he’s not. In the fuller context of the conversation, it’s clear Tapper is talking about “when … Americans will next be able to safely gather together for family events like this,” not when the vaccine will be available. Frank Luntz apparently didn’t bother going to CNN’s website to watch the interview before attempting to own Steve Guest.
Tapper himself said he wasn’t making a statement, he was just asking a question:
Yeah, @SteveGuest is characteristically misrepresenting the conversation. It was a question about family gatherings. pic.twitter.com/kLYUvvUEXN — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 16, 2020
There is no Christmas “comment.” It’s a *question* about the safety of family celebrations. I’m no health expert, I ask questions of them. pic.twitter.com/X6UYM3l7Fc — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 16, 2020
It’s not often I get to say this, but Fauci was right — at least in October: “Each individual family needs to make the decision based upon the risk situation in your own family.”
Jake Tapper doesn’t have the ability to cancel Christmas, thank heavens. There are plenty of people who believe they do and have their hands on the levers of public policy, however. Those levers do not and have never controlled human instinct, a fact which will become messily clear if this is how officialdom plans to superintend the holidays.
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--Newly Elected Congresswoman Who Grew Up in Soviet Ukraine Gives Stark Warning About Socialism

It ’ s an immigrant ’ s story , with a message every American should hear .
As a native of Eastern Europe , Victoria Spartz has seen life under socialism up close and knows the damage it can do .
As a newly elected American congresswoman , she ’ s in a position to stop it from destroying the United States .
Spartz was the underdog winner of a race in Indiana ’ s 5th Congressional District to replace the retiring Rep. Susan Brooks .
And in an interview Monday morning on Fox News ’ “ Fox & Friends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she got into politics in her adopted country .
“ I grew up in socialism .
I saw what happens when it runs out of money , and it ’ s not pretty.
” Born in 1978 in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , a member state of the former Soviet Union , she came to the United States in 2000 and became a citizen in 2006 , according to the Indianapolis Star .
Her personal past became part of her politics .
“ I was born in a country that doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Spartz told the Star in an August interview .
“ Unfortunately , there are a lot of socialistic trends in our country , and it breaks my heart , because that ’ s not what makes our country the greatest in the world.
” So while Democrats such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez keep whining about the supposed injustices of the country they were born in , and while antifa ruffians trash once-great American cities such as Portland , Oregon , and Seattle , Spartz knows full well the blessings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appreciates them too much to leave at the tender mercies of rejuvenated socialism .
“ I think we need to be good students of history .
Our country , for the last century , fought against socialism .
And a lot of young kids died , ” she told Earhardt .
“ I took my kids to the beaches of Normandy , and you can see how many young kids died fighting for freedom .
How many wars were fought and we won.
” Ah , the beaches of Normandy , where the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United Kingdom and other Allies launched the D-Day invasion to destroy the National Socialism of Adolf Hitler ’ s Germany .
RELATED : Revealed : Trump Voters Beat Out Biden Voters in Marriage , Church Attendance and Full-Time Employment Most Americans under the age of 30 today are probably unaware that the same socialism touted by septuagenarian soreheads such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and the photogenic but abysmally ignorant Ocasio-Cortez was part of the system put in place by the Nazi monsters Americans died to destroy in the 1940s .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Cold War , when the United States — under leaders like Ronald Reagan — faced down the evil empire of the Soviet Union .
To the liberally minded among them , “ socialism ” might mean free school , free health care , free just about anything .
But to Spartz , who ’ s seen it in action , it means exactly the opposite .
“ And let ’ s look at any country that ’ s had socialism .
Every country failed because this system is not sustainable .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and misery .
So we have to be smarter than that , ” she said .
Apparently , it was a message that resonated among Indiana voters with unexpected strength .
While the state ’ s 5th District has a history of voting Republican and went for President Donald Trump in 2016 , according to The New York Times , Democrats were eyeing it as a potential pickup in 2020 .
In fact , according to the Indianapolis Star , the district was rated by CNN and the website FiveThirtyEight as one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the week before the election , the Star reported , the Cook Political Report labeled the district as “ leans Democratic.
” But like many predictions about the 2020 race – particularly in the House , where Democrats lost seats while managing to retain their majority — the expectations for the Indiana 5th were badly mistaken .
Spartz held off a flood of Democratic money pouring into the district as well as a mainstream media-fostered political climate that aimed to make suburban Republicans an endangered species .
Now , with the security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waiting only for Jan. 3 and the beginning of the 117th Congress , Spartz has a vantage point of personal history shared by few Americans .
As an immigrant from Eastern Europe of the communist days , Spartz knows well the distinction between traditional American capitalism and the “ socialism ” espoused by far too many of today ’ s Democrats .
“ You have freedom and free enterprise , and you have system where government decides , ” she told Earhardt .
“ Every socialistic system is about suppression .
We have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a message every American needs to hear .
As the Republican gains in Florida this year showed , it ’ s a message many immigrants – particularly those from Central and South America — already know all too well .
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It’s an immigrant’s story, with a message every American should hear.
As a native of Eastern Europe, Victoria Spartz has seen life under socialism up close and knows the damage it can do.
As a newly elected American congresswoman, she’s in a position to stop it from destroying the United States.
Spartz was the underdog winner of a race in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District to replace the retiring Rep. Susan Brooks.
And in an interview Monday morning on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” the Ukraine native explained why she got into politics in her adopted country.
“I grew up in a socialistic country,” Spartz told co-host Ainsley Earhardt.
“I grew up in socialism. I saw what happens when it runs out of money, and it’s not pretty.”
Born in 1978 in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, a member state of the former Soviet Union, she came to the United States in 2000 and became a citizen in 2006, according to the Indianapolis Star. Her personal past became part of her politics.
“I was born in a country that doesn’t exist anymore, for good reason,” Spartz told the Star in an August interview. “Unfortunately, there are a lot of socialistic trends in our country, and it breaks my heart, because that’s not what makes our country the greatest in the world.”
So while Democrats such as New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez keep whining about the supposed injustices of the country they were born in, and while antifa ruffians trash once-great American cities such as Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Spartz knows full well the blessings of being an American.
And she appreciates them too much to leave at the tender mercies of rejuvenated socialism.
“I think we need to be good students of history. Our country, for the last century, fought against socialism. And a lot of young kids died,” she told Earhardt.
“I took my kids to the beaches of Normandy, and you can see how many young kids died fighting for freedom. How many wars were fought and we won.”
Ah, the beaches of Normandy, where the combined forces of the United States, the United Kingdom and other Allies launched the D-Day invasion to destroy the National Socialism of Adolf Hitler’s Germany.
Most Americans under the age of 30 today are probably unaware that the same socialism touted by septuagenarian soreheads such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and the photogenic but abysmally ignorant Ocasio-Cortez was part of the system put in place by the Nazi monsters Americans died to destroy in the 1940s.
The same age group has no memory even of the Cold War, when the United States — under leaders like Ronald Reagan — faced down the evil empire of the Soviet Union.
To the liberally minded among them, “socialism” might mean free school, free health care, free just about anything.
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But to Spartz, who’s seen it in action, it means exactly the opposite.
“And let’s look at any country that’s had socialism. Every country failed because this system is not sustainable. This system created a lot of destruction and misery. So we have to be smarter than that,” she said.
Apparently, it was a message that resonated among Indiana voters with unexpected strength.
While the state’s 5th District has a history of voting Republican and went for President Donald Trump in 2016, according to The New York Times, Democrats were eyeing it as a potential pickup in 2020.
In fact, according to the Indianapolis Star, the district was rated by CNN and the website FiveThirtyEight as one of the most likely to change parties.
In the week before the election, the Star reported, the Cook Political Report labeled the district as “leans Democratic.”
But like many predictions about the 2020 race – particularly in the House, where Democrats lost seats while managing to retain their majority — the expectations for the Indiana 5th were badly mistaken.
Spartz held off a flood of Democratic money pouring into the district as well as a mainstream media-fostered political climate that aimed to make suburban Republicans an endangered species.
Now, with the security of a congressional seat before her, waiting only for Jan. 3 and the beginning of the 117th Congress, Spartz has a vantage point of personal history shared by few Americans.
As an immigrant from Eastern Europe of the communist days, Spartz knows well the distinction between traditional American capitalism and the “socialism” espoused by far too many of today’s Democrats.
“You have freedom and free enterprise, and you have system where government decides,” she told Earhardt. “Every socialistic system is about suppression. We have to value our freedom.”
That’s a message every American needs to hear.
As the Republican gains in Florida this year showed, it’s a message many immigrants – particularly those from Central and South America — already know all too well.
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--‘WJ Live’: Liberals Are Already Preparing for a Second Wave of Lockdowns

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westernjournal--2020-11-16--Poll: Support for Stricter Gun Control Laws Drops to Lowest Level in Years

Support for enacting stricter gun control laws has dropped to its lowest level in four years , according to a new survey .
Amid a year of record gun sales , Gallup reported Monday that support for stricter gun control laws has slipped significantly .
“ In the absence of a high-profile mass shooting in the U.S. in 2020 and amid the coronavirus pandemic , civil unrest related to racial justice issues and the contentious presidential election campaign , Americans are less likely than they have been since 2016 to call for increased gun control , ” the pollster reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans answered that gun control laws should be “ more strict ” when asked the question , “ In general , do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict , less strict or kept as they are now ?
” The pollster said that was a 10-point drop from the recent high of 67 percent of Americans who supported stricter gun laws in 2018 and a 7-point decrease from the 64 percent in 2019 .
In the new survey , 34 percent of respondents said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kept as they are , while 9 percent said they preferred less-strict laws .
Support for stricter gun laws in the survey hit its lowest level in 2012 , when just 44 percent of those polled said they wanted stricter laws .
Gallup first began asking the public about support for gun control in 1990 , when a record 78 percent of respondents said they supported more gun control .
The pollster noted in its most recent survey that Democrats are more likely to support stricter laws on gun purchases than Republicans or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported wanting stricter gun laws compared with 80 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of independents .
“ Among these groups , the largest gap in support for more stringent gun laws is for partisans , ” Gallup reported .
“ The current 22 % of Republicans favoring stricter laws for gun sales is the lowest for the group over the past 20 years and represents a 14-point drop since 2019 .
“ Meanwhile , the percentages of Democrats and independents calling for more gun control are near the highest recorded by Gallup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republicans and Democrats is the highest on record over the past two decades.
” RELATED : Another Man Charged in Connection to Kyle Rittenhouse Shooting Case Among gun owners , 74 percent wanted gun laws kept as they are now or made less strict .
Gallup reported women are also more likely than men to want stricter gun laws , 67 percent to 46 percent .
The survey polled 1,000 Americans and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points .
Gallup noted its results might seem to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ estimated 5 million Americans have become new gun owners thus far in 2020 , ” but it said those purchasers represent only “ about 2 % of the U.S. adult public.
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Support for enacting stricter gun control laws has dropped to its lowest level in four years, according to a new survey.
Amid a year of record gun sales, Gallup reported Monday that support for stricter gun control laws has slipped significantly.
“In the absence of a high-profile mass shooting in the U.S. in 2020 and amid the coronavirus pandemic, civil unrest related to racial justice issues and the contentious presidential election campaign, Americans are less likely than they have been since 2016 to call for increased gun control,” the pollster reported.
Gallup reported that 57 percent of Americans answered that gun control laws should be “more strict” when asked the question, “In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict or kept as they are now?”
A significantly diminished majority of Americans, 57%, favor stricter laws covering the sale of firearms, while 34% prefer that these laws be kept as they are now and 9% support less-strict laws. https://t.co/6ETwDLxzQX — GallupNews (@GallupNews) November 16, 2020
The pollster said that was a 10-point drop from the recent high of 67 percent of Americans who supported stricter gun laws in 2018 and a 7-point decrease from the 64 percent in 2019.
In the new survey, 34 percent of respondents said they wanted gun control laws to be kept as they are, while 9 percent said they preferred less-strict laws.
Support for stricter gun laws in the survey hit its lowest level in 2012, when just 44 percent of those polled said they wanted stricter laws.
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Gallup first began asking the public about support for gun control in 1990, when a record 78 percent of respondents said they supported more gun control.
The pollster noted in its most recent survey that Democrats are more likely to support stricter laws on gun purchases than Republicans or independents.
Only 22 percent of Republicans reported wanting stricter gun laws compared with 80 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of independents.
“Among these groups, the largest gap in support for more stringent gun laws is for partisans,” Gallup reported. “The current 22% of Republicans favoring stricter laws for gun sales is the lowest for the group over the past 20 years and represents a 14-point drop since 2019.
“Meanwhile, the percentages of Democrats and independents calling for more gun control are near the highest recorded by Gallup since 2000. The 63-point gap between Republicans and Democrats is the highest on record over the past two decades.”
Among gun owners, 74 percent wanted gun laws kept as they are now or made less strict.
Gallup reported women are also more likely than men to want stricter gun laws, 67 percent to 46 percent.
The survey polled 1,000 Americans and had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Gallup noted its results might seem to be contradicted by the fact that an “estimated 5 million Americans have become new gun owners thus far in 2020,” but it said those purchasers represent only “about 2% of the U.S. adult public.”
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--Biden Names Outspoken Reparations Advocate to Key Position

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named outspoken reparations advocate and University of California Law School professor Mehrsa Baradaran to his transition team to help formulate Treasury Department policies .
Bloomberg reported the professor ’ s appointment as part of a group of “ experts on systemic racism ” who have been tapped for a Biden administration .
Baradaran , author of the 2017 book “ The Color of Money : Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap , ” argued during an interview on PBS in July that the United States must pay reparations to African-Americans to compensate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laws .
“ I think looking really hard at what reparations looks like .
Every society that has taken from , when you look at the Holocaust , you look at South Africa , you look at the Japanese internment .
We have done reparations .
We , as Americans , have done reparations , ” Baradaran said .
The professor contended the U.S. has breached its social contract with black Americans contained in the post-Civil War amendments to the Constitution .
“ Our Constitution promised equal protection under the law in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and those promises were violated .
So what does damages look like ?
How do we make that right ?
’ Baradaran asked .
“ You can call it ‘ reparations.
’ You can call it ‘ damages.
’ You can call it whatever you want to , but what you have to acknowledge is the harm , ” she continued .
“ And then go to step two and three as , how do we actualize some remedies ?
” Baradaran called out Biden and his running mate , Sen. Kamala @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regarding reparations during the Democratic primaries .
During a debate in December 2019 , Baradaran tweeted that Biden “ just dodged that reparations question like a much nimbler and younger man.
” Similarly , she hit Harris for not stating her position plainly in June 2019 : “ Dear Kamala , Reparations or go home.
” In her book , Baradaran wrote that reparations could be implemented in various ways , according to The Washington Free Beacon .
“ A reparations program could take many forms from simple cash payments or baby bonds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ college tuition , basic income , housing vouchers , or subsidized mortgage credit , ” she writes .
Robert Woodson — who participated in the civil rights movement in the 1960s — contended in an interview with The Western Journal earlier this year that the push for reparations is misplaced and does not address the true challenges that many African-Americans face .
“ You can not monetize that problem , ” Woodson said .
Some of the deeper issues he identified include black-on-black violence and out-of-wedlock births resulting in single-parent households .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to heal black America ?
” he said regarding the prospect of reparations legislation .
“ If the goal is to punish America , reparations are fine , but it ’ s not going to have any effect at all on the challenges facing a lot of black Americans , ” Woodson said .
“ If you have millionaire NBA and NFL players who make millions playing sports and less than five years [ after ] they leave the league , they are broke or filing for bankruptcy , how would reparations work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ native has spent much of his life studying and working on issues related to lifting people out of poverty and into productive , rewarding lives , which has included stints at the National Urban League and the American Enterprise Institute .
“ Black America has never been defined by oppression .
In fact , it is defined by its resistance to oppression and its ability to pursue excellence in the face of oppression , ” he said .
Woodson noted that black Americans in the first half of the 20th century responded to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hotels , banks and prosperous neighborhoods such as Bronzeville in Chicago , known as the “ Black Wall Street.
” “ So if blacks were able to achieve these great economic and social improvements in the face of segregation , how can you say that we can not do it today ?
” the African-American scholar asked .
Woodson argued that the 1960s “ War on Poverty ” social welfare programs devastated families and led to many of the societal ills black people face now .
The 1960s saw the separation of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the man in the house , ” he said .
Asked what he would change to help strengthen African-African communities , Woodson said first he would “ like to see the government stop helping people.
” Next , he “ would like to see black America stop talking about white people for two years and turn their attention to addressing the enemy within the way we were compelled to do during segregation.
” Earlier this year , Woodson helped launch 1776 Unites , a school curriculum initiative that is in direct response to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The 1619 Project curriculum is being used in 3,500 classrooms in all 50 states , the Pulitzer Center , which is partnering with The Times to promote the material , recounted in its 2019 report .
Nikole Hannah-Jones , The Times ’ lead writer on the project , said in a December 2019 radio interview that her “ ultimate goal is that there ’ ll be a reparations bill passed.
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named outspoken reparations advocate and University of California Law School professor Mehrsa Baradaran to his transition team to help formulate Treasury Department policies.
Bloomberg reported the professor’s appointment as part of a group of “experts on systemic racism” who have been tapped for a Biden administration.
Baradaran, author of the 2017 book “The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap,” argued during an interview on PBS in July that the United States must pay reparations to African-Americans to compensate for the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws.
“I think looking really hard at what reparations looks like. Every society that has taken from, when you look at the Holocaust, you look at South Africa, you look at the Japanese internment. We have done reparations. We, as Americans, have done reparations,” Baradaran said.
The professor contended the U.S. has breached its social contract with black Americans contained in the post-Civil War amendments to the Constitution.
“Our Constitution promised equal protection under the law in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and those promises were violated. So what does damages look like? How do we make that right?’ Baradaran asked.
“You can call it ‘reparations.’ You can call it ‘damages.’ You can call it whatever you want to, but what you have to acknowledge is the harm,” she continued. “And then go to step two and three as, how do we actualize some remedies?”
Baradaran called out Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, for dodging questions regarding reparations during the Democratic primaries.
During a debate in December 2019, Baradaran tweeted that Biden “just dodged that reparations question like a much nimbler and younger man.”
Biden just dodged that reparations question like a much nimbler and younger man. — Mehrsa Baradaran (@MehrsaBaradaran) December 20, 2019
Similarly, she hit Harris for not stating her position plainly in June 2019: “Dear Kamala, Reparations or go home.”
Dear Kamala, Reparations or go home. — Mehrsa Baradaran (@MehrsaBaradaran) June 28, 2019
In her book, Baradaran wrote that reparations could be implemented in various ways, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
“A reparations program could take many forms from simple cash payments or baby bonds to more complex schemes such as subsidized college tuition, basic income, housing vouchers, or subsidized mortgage credit,” she writes.
Robert Woodson — who participated in the civil rights movement in the 1960s — contended in an interview with The Western Journal earlier this year that the push for reparations is misplaced and does not address the true challenges that many African-Americans face.
“You cannot monetize that problem,” Woodson said.
Some of the deeper issues he identified include black-on-black violence and out-of-wedlock births resulting in single-parent households.
“Is the answer to punish America or to heal black America?” he said regarding the prospect of reparations legislation.
“If the goal is to punish America, reparations are fine, but it’s not going to have any effect at all on the challenges facing a lot of black Americans,” Woodson said.
“If you have millionaire NBA and NFL players who make millions playing sports and less than five years [after] they leave the league, they are broke or filing for bankruptcy, how would reparations work?” he asked.
The Philadelphia native has spent much of his life studying and working on issues related to lifting people out of poverty and into productive, rewarding lives, which has included stints at the National Urban League and the American Enterprise Institute.
…And then I want to know what remedy would they apply & then how would that stop, for instance, the hemorrhage of black-on-black death in the inner city. 2/2 https://t.co/3CDNpmkli1 — Bob Woodson (@BobWoodson) November 11, 2020
“Black America has never been defined by oppression. In fact, it is defined by its resistance to oppression and its ability to pursue excellence in the face of oppression,” he said.
Woodson noted that black Americans in the first half of the 20th century responded to prejudice by building their own infrastructure of hotels, banks and prosperous neighborhoods such as Bronzeville in Chicago, known as the “Black Wall Street.”
Should the U.S. institute a reparations program? Yes No
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“So if blacks were able to achieve these great economic and social improvements in the face of segregation, how can you say that we cannot do it today?” the African-American scholar asked.
Woodson argued that the 1960s “War on Poverty” social welfare programs devastated families and led to many of the societal ills black people face now.
The 1960s saw the separation of “work from income, and welfare replaced the man in the house,” he said.
Asked what he would change to help strengthen African-African communities, Woodson said first he would “like to see the government stop helping people.”
Next, he “would like to see black America stop talking about white people for two years and turn their attention to addressing the enemy within the way we were compelled to do during segregation.”
Earlier this year, Woodson helped launch 1776 Unites, a school curriculum initiative that is in direct response to The New York Times’ 1619 Project.
The 1619 Project curriculum is being used in 3,500 classrooms in all 50 states, the Pulitzer Center, which is partnering with The Times to promote the material, recounted in its 2019 report.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The Times’ lead writer on the project, said in a December 2019 radio interview that her “ultimate goal is that there’ll be a reparations bill passed.”
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--Obama: John McCain ‘Would Badmouth’ Fellow Republicans to Me in Private

Former President Barack Obama said in a recent interview that the late Sen. John McCain , a Republican , confided in him to privately disparage members of his own party .
In an interview with The Atlantic released on Monday , Obama discussed at length his presidency , current events , and his upcoming 768-page memoir in which he attacks the Republican Party base .
When speaking with The Atlantic ’ s Jeffrey Goldberg , Obama hinted that he wasn ’ t alone in his criticism of Republicans .
McCain , who Obama defeated in the 2008 presidential election , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ colleagues , nor was former GOP House Speaker John Boehner , according to the former president .
Goldberg asked Obama if he regrets not making a more public attempt at befriending Republicans in Congress .
“ Should you have been caught trying more … Meaning , drinking with [ Sen. Mitch McConnell ] more often , working the opposition ?
” Goldberg asked .
Obama responded , “ Look , this comes out more in volume two , and I will be more explicit on this , but take [ former House Speaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and I had a perfectly good relationship , but he had to act a certain way for his caucus , ” Obama said .
“ He would badmouth many of them to me , in private .
Much as John McCain did .
The issue was never personal — Mitch McConnell is not buddy-buddy with anyone .
I ’ m enjoying reading now about how Joe Biden and Mitch have been friends for a long time.
” Obama went on to claim that GOP figures such as McCain , McConnell , and Boehner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2015 — were all privately at one point willing to work with him , but they only publicly spoke out against him to appease their voters .
“ The issue was that they found it politically advantageous to demonize me and the Democratic Party .
This was amplified by media outlets like Fox News , ” Obama said .
“ Their voters believed this , and over time Republicans became so successful in their demonization that it became very difficult for them to compromise , or even be seen being friendly.
” Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book , titled “ A Promised Land , ” also wrote about McCain ’ s decision to choose then-incumbent Alaska Gov .
Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate .
“ I ’ d like to think that given the chance to do it over again , [ McCain ] might have chosen [ his running mate ] differently , ” Obama wrote , according to CNN .
He also launched attacks against Palin , President Donald Trump and the GOP base .
“ Through Palin , it seemed as if the dark @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the edges of the modern Republican Party — xenophobia , anti intellectualism , paranoid conspiracy theories , an antipathy toward Black and brown folks — were finding their way to center stage , ” Obama wrote .
Obama also wrote , per the excerpts obtained by CNN , that President Trump took advantage of racism to win the 2016 Republican primary .
“ It was as if my very presence in the White House had triggered a deep-seated panic , a sense that the natural order had been disrupted , ” Obama wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump understood when he started peddling assertions that I had not been born in the United States and was thus an illegitimate president.
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Former President Barack Obama said in a recent interview that the late Sen. John McCain, a Republican, confided in him to privately disparage members of his own party.
In an interview with The Atlantic released on Monday, Obama discussed at length his presidency, current events, and his upcoming 768-page memoir in which he attacks the Republican Party base.
When speaking with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, Obama hinted that he wasn’t alone in his criticism of Republicans.
McCain, who Obama defeated in the 2008 presidential election, was not always complimentary of his GOP colleagues, nor was former GOP House Speaker John Boehner, according to the former president.
Goldberg asked Obama if he regrets not making a more public attempt at befriending Republicans in Congress.
“Should you have been caught trying more … Meaning, drinking with [Sen. Mitch McConnell] more often, working the opposition?” Goldberg asked.
Obama responded, “Look, this comes out more in volume two, and I will be more explicit on this, but take [former House Speaker] John Boehner for example. He and I had a perfectly good relationship, but he had to act a certain way for his caucus,” Obama said.
“He would badmouth many of them to me, in private. Much as John McCain did. The issue was never personal — Mitch McConnell is not buddy-buddy with anyone. I’m enjoying reading now about how Joe Biden and Mitch have been friends for a long time.”
Obama went on to claim that GOP figures such as McCain, McConnell, and Boehner — who resigned from the House in 2015 — were all privately at one point willing to work with him, but they only publicly spoke out against him to appease their voters.
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“The issue was that they found it politically advantageous to demonize me and the Democratic Party. This was amplified by media outlets like Fox News,” Obama said.
“Their voters believed this, and over time Republicans became so successful in their demonization that it became very difficult for them to compromise, or even be seen being friendly.”
Obama, according to an excerpt of his book, titled “A Promised Land,” also wrote about McCain’s decision to choose then-incumbent Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his 2008 running mate.
“I’d like to think that given the chance to do it over again, [McCain] might have chosen [his running mate] differently,” Obama wrote, according to CNN.
He also launched attacks against Palin, President Donald Trump and the GOP base.
“Through Palin, it seemed as if the dark spirits that had long been lurking on the edges of the modern Republican Party — xenophobia, anti intellectualism, paranoid conspiracy theories, an antipathy toward Black and brown folks — were finding their way to center stage,” Obama wrote.
Obama also wrote, per the excerpts obtained by CNN, that President Trump took advantage of racism to win the 2016 Republican primary.
“It was as if my very presence in the White House had triggered a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been disrupted,” Obama wrote.
“Which is exactly what Donald Trump understood when he started peddling assertions that I had not been born in the United States and was thus an illegitimate president.”
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--Op-Ed: Neither the Media Nor the Electoral College Calls Races — the GSA Does & They’ve Been Silent

I was hopeful that the mainstream media couldn ’ t sink lower than the night of Oct. 16 , 2016 .
That ’ s when CNNs Chris Cuomo was discussing some of the emails hacked from Hillary Clinton ’ s campaign chairman , John Podesta .
Prior to delving into the content of the emails , Cuomo sternly reminded us that “ it ’ s illegal to possess these stolen documents .
It ’ s different for the media , so everything you learn about this , you ’ re learning from us.
” At the time I was shocked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as if he were scolding us like children who were misbehaving .
But Cuomo ’ s ill-advised statement shed light on one of the main reasons why trust in the media is on shaky ground .
First , he lied about it being illegal to possess the “ stolen documents.
” Second , it isn ’ t different for the media .
The media doesn ’ t have any special legal protections in this regard , mainly because none are needed .
Lastly , Cuomo insinuated that we are helpless without the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like him to tell us what we should know and what we should believe .
Yes , Cuomo ’ s self-aggrandizing statement was bad , but the mainstream media continued to lower the bar routinely , and willingly , over the next four years .
And they did it with one single intent : To disparage President Donald Trump and everyone who supported him .
The mainstream media became predictable with their attacks after Trump took office , ramping up the rhetoric every time he achieved something positive for the American people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ media pundits began spinning and slinging in an attempt to downplay Trump ’ s accomplishments .
With the disgusting trend firmly established , I wasn ’ t surprised when the lies from the mainstream media kicked into overdrive before and after the 2020 general election , which has yet to be officially decided .
Still , I was a bit shocked to see the bar drop even lower .
In a Nov. 2 piece recounting the longstanding role of The Associated Press in determining winners of presidential elections , New York Times reporter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States — which , unlike many other countries , does not have a national electoral commission — the news media takes the role of race-caller in presidential elections.
” RELATED : Fred Weinberg : Do We Really Want Swampy Bureaucrats Counting Our Votes ?
According to who ?
Robertson conveniently left out that it ’ s not the self-anointed media experts who call elections , but rather the General Services Administration , which issues a letter of determination in a race .
So far , the GSA hasn ’ t done that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” dictate .
Interestingly , Robertson ’ s article included commentary from Sally Buzbee , executive editor for The Associated Press , who actually explained in clear detail why it ’ s premature and disingenuous for anyone in the media to declare Joe Biden the victor right now .
In Buzbee ’ s own words , per Robertson ’ s story , “ If there ’ s no way for the trailing candidate to catch up , no legal way , no mathematical way , then the race is decided , essentially .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or if there are enough votes out to change the result , then we don ’ t call the race.
” Considering the Trump campaign possesses numerous affidavits alleging voter fraud and has filed lawsuits challenging the ballot counting process , I think there ’ s more than enough uncertainty to refrain from calling the race .
In fact , Trump ’ s legal team scored a big victory on Nov. 12 when a Pennsylvania judge issued a ruling that segregated mail-in ballots should not be counted and the Secretary of State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ override election law .
Regardless , the mainstream media continues to play cover-up for Biden ’ s questionable election win , bombarding readers with stories about how there was no election fraud while shunning opposite claims made by Trump ’ s side .
The blatant attempt to discredit arguments made by Trump allies has even come from one of the few media sources that treated the president somewhat fairly over the years – Fox News .
Specifically , anchor Neil Cavuto , who inexplicably broke in on press secretary Kayleigh McEnany ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote should be discarded .
Cavuto said unless McEnany has details to back up claims of illegal voting , “ I can ’ t in good countenance continue to show you this.
” He took a page right from Cuomo circa 2016 .
Cavuto felt it was more important to interpret McEnany ’ s words for us rather than let us decide for ourselves .
Unfortunately for the mainstream media , I think their current war against Trump ’ s election challenge may be exposing a dark secret .
When media outlets launch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election process , convince us there was no fraud regardless of the evidence and abruptly silence Trump administration officials as they are outlining a credible case , it tells me they ’ re worried .
Perhaps Trump is on to something here and the election was indeed rigged .
Could that be why the mainstream media wants to silence any dissent and fast-track Biden to the White House ?
We ’ ll have more answers over the next few weeks , and it wouldn ’ t surprise me if the mainstream outlets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence doesn ’ t fit their narrative .
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I was hopeful that the mainstream media couldn’t sink lower than the night of Oct. 16, 2016.
That’s when CNNs Chris Cuomo was discussing some of the emails hacked from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta.
Prior to delving into the content of the emails, Cuomo sternly reminded us that “it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents. It’s different for the media, so everything you learn about this, you’re learning from us.”
At the time I was shocked at Cuomo’s insulting claim, as if he were scolding us like children who were misbehaving.
But Cuomo’s ill-advised statement shed light on one of the main reasons why trust in the media is on shaky ground. First, he lied about it being illegal to possess the “stolen documents.”
Second, it isn’t different for the media. The media doesn’t have any special legal protections in this regard, mainly because none are needed.
Lastly, Cuomo insinuated that we are helpless without the media, implying that we need talking heads like him to tell us what we should know and what we should believe.
Yes, Cuomo’s self-aggrandizing statement was bad, but the mainstream media continued to lower the bar routinely, and willingly, over the next four years.
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And they did it with one single intent: To disparage President Donald Trump and everyone who supported him.
The mainstream media became predictable with their attacks after Trump took office, ramping up the rhetoric every time he achieved something positive for the American people.
You knew Trump was winning when the media pundits began spinning and slinging in an attempt to downplay Trump’s accomplishments.
With the disgusting trend firmly established, I wasn’t surprised when the lies from the mainstream media kicked into overdrive before and after the 2020 general election, which has yet to be officially decided.
Still, I was a bit shocked to see the bar drop even lower.
In a Nov. 2 piece recounting the longstanding role of The Associated Press in determining winners of presidential elections, New York Times reporter Katie Robertson wrote “In the United States — which, unlike many other countries, does not have a national electoral commission — the news media takes the role of race-caller in presidential elections.”
According to who?
Robertson conveniently left out that it’s not the self-anointed media experts who call elections, but rather the General Services Administration, which issues a letter of determination in a race.
So far, the GSA hasn’t done that, regardless of what the media “race-callers” dictate.
Interestingly, Robertson’s article included commentary from Sally Buzbee, executive editor for The Associated Press, who actually explained in clear detail why it’s premature and disingenuous for anyone in the media to declare Joe Biden the victor right now.
In Buzbee’s own words, per Robertson’s story, “If there’s no way for the trailing candidate to catch up, no legal way, no mathematical way, then the race is decided, essentially.
“And if there is any uncertainty, or if there are enough votes out to change the result, then we don’t call the race.”
Considering the Trump campaign possesses numerous affidavits alleging voter fraud and has filed lawsuits challenging the ballot counting process, I think there’s more than enough uncertainty to refrain from calling the race.
In fact, Trump’s legal team scored a big victory on Nov. 12 when a Pennsylvania judge issued a ruling that segregated mail-in ballots should not be counted and the Secretary of State, Kathy Boockvar, lacked authority to override election law.
Regardless, the mainstream media continues to play cover-up for Biden’s questionable election win, bombarding readers with stories about how there was no election fraud while shunning opposite claims made by Trump’s side.
The blatant attempt to discredit arguments made by Trump allies has even come from one of the few media sources that treated the president somewhat fairly over the years – Fox News.
Specifically, anchor Neil Cavuto, who inexplicably broke in on press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s news conference when she said every illegal vote should be discarded.
Cavuto said unless McEnany has details to back up claims of illegal voting, “I can’t in good countenance continue to show you this.”
He took a page right from Cuomo circa 2016. Cavuto felt it was more important to interpret McEnany’s words for us rather than let us decide for ourselves.
Shut up and obey.
Unfortunately for the mainstream media, I think their current war against Trump’s election challenge may be exposing a dark secret.
When media outlets launch desperate attempts to validate their role in the election process, convince us there was no fraud regardless of the evidence and abruptly silence Trump administration officials as they are outlining a credible case, it tells me they’re worried.
Perhaps Trump is on to something here and the election was indeed rigged.
Could that be why the mainstream media wants to silence any dissent and fast-track Biden to the White House?
We’ll have more answers over the next few weeks, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the mainstream outlets continue to lower the bar if the evidence doesn’t fit their narrative.
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website. If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal, you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here.
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--AOC Finally Cracks: Announces GOP Has Taken Control of Congress – It’s ‘Just Extraordinarily Upsetti

AOC Finally Cracks: Announces GOP Has Taken Control of Congress – It’s ‘Just Extraordinarily Upsetting’

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed that Democrats lost the House majority during virtual town hall Thursday evening .
A constituent asked Ocasio-Cortez about her thoughts on Democrats shrinking their majority in the House and expressed her frustration .
“ Why did we lose so many seats , and what needs to be done to get them back next term ?
” the moderator asked on behalf on the constituent .
“ So , you know , of course , the loss of the House majority is just extraordinarily upsetting to all of us .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ invested in having a Democratic majority so that we can expand health care , so that we can raise wages , so that we can protect working people , ” Ocasio-Cortez said .
While the Democrats are still going to retain a narrow majority , her anger is no surprise .
According to the Associated Press , Republicans have gained 7 seats and counting and Democrats have lost 6 .
This went against earlier predictions from Cook Political Report , which expected Democrats to gain over 10 seats .
FiveThirtyEight and others are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ majority in the 2022 midterms , especially with a Biden administration in the White House .
House Democrats in competitive districts are also fuming about the losses , as Republicans used Ocasio-Cortez and the “ Squad ” in campaign messaging as poster children for the far-left .
Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin criticized her own party for catering to people like Ocasio-Cortez , and recently called for more moderate , Midwestern leadership .
“ For me , I ’ m a Midwesterner so I want to see more Midwesterners in leadership .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m out in my swing district trying to convince people that they should consider the Democratic Party they look around and they don ’ t know who are the representatives at the senior level ?
Are they from my part of the country ?
” Slotkin said in an interview last week .
Slotkin is not the only moderate Democrat with hard feelings towards coastal Democrats in safe Democratic districts .
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia , a deeply Republican state , raised his concern about radical solutions being promoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m a West Virginia Democrat .
And it ’ s all about , do you have an opportunity to take care of yourself and your family in the best fashion ?
” Manchin expressed in a MSNBC interview Saturday .
His comments come just days after Ocasio-Cortez went viral for posting a photo of her glaring at Manchin at the State of the Union .
It was intended to show her disagreement about Manchin ’ s views about socialism and defunding the police .
Slotkin , Manchin , and many others are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by radicals who are at no risk of losing their seats in the near future .
They recognize that Republicans took advantage of the up-and-coming leftist faction and used it against them .
The only saving grace for Democrats is to stop giving a voice to those pushing an unrealistic agenda and start working with those across the aisle to achieve solutions with broad appeal .
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New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed that Democrats lost the House majority during virtual town hall Thursday evening.
A constituent asked Ocasio-Cortez about her thoughts on Democrats shrinking their majority in the House and expressed her frustration.
“Why did we lose so many seats, and what needs to be done to get them back next term?” the moderator asked on behalf on the constituent.
“So, you know, of course, the loss of the House majority is just extraordinarily upsetting to all of us. It’s upsetting to all of us who are invested in having a Democratic majority so that we can expand health care, so that we can raise wages, so that we can protect working people,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
While the Democrats are still going to retain a narrow majority, her anger is no surprise.
According to the Associated Press, Republicans have gained 7 seats and counting and Democrats have lost 6.
This went against earlier predictions from Cook Political Report, which expected Democrats to gain over 10 seats.
FiveThirtyEight and others are now projecting that Republicans will win the majority in the 2022 midterms, especially with a Biden administration in the White House.
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House Democrats in competitive districts are also fuming about the losses, as Republicans used Ocasio-Cortez and the “Squad” in campaign messaging as poster children for the far-left.
Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin criticized her own party for catering to people like Ocasio-Cortez, and recently called for more moderate, Midwestern leadership.
“For me, I’m a Midwesterner so I want to see more Midwesterners in leadership. I think part of the reason why when I’m out in my swing district trying to convince people that they should consider the Democratic Party they look around and they don’t know who are the representatives at the senior level? Are they from my part of the country?” Slotkin said in an interview last week.
One thing that could help solve some of the problems we have in Washington: more practical, Midwestern leadership on Capitol Hill. pic.twitter.com/KAxfewJhS8 — Elissa Slotkin (@ElissaSlotkin) November 11, 2020
Slotkin is not the only moderate Democrat with hard feelings towards coastal Democrats in safe Democratic districts.
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a deeply Republican state, raised his concern about radical solutions being promoted in the Democratic Party.
“I’m a West Virginia Democrat. And it’s all about, do you have an opportunity to take care of yourself and your family in the best fashion?” Manchin expressed in a MSNBC interview Saturday.
His comments come just days after Ocasio-Cortez went viral for posting a photo of her glaring at Manchin at the State of the Union. It was intended to show her disagreement about Manchin’s views about socialism and defunding the police.
Slotkin, Manchin, and many others are worried that their party has been hijacked by radicals who are at no risk of losing their seats in the near future. They recognize that Republicans took advantage of the up-and-coming leftist faction and used it against them.
The only saving grace for Democrats is to stop giving a voice to those pushing an unrealistic agenda and start working with those across the aisle to achieve solutions with broad appeal.
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westernjournal--2020-11-16--Lawmakers Move for Impeachment of Gov. Whitmer After New Round of Restrictions

A group of Republican Michigan legislators rallied virtually on Sunday for impeachment hearings against Democrat Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer .
State Rep. Matt Maddock wrote in Facebook and Twitter posts that he and several other current and incoming GOP legislators will challenge Whitmer ’ s “ impeachable conduct.
” According to WILX-TV , Maddock ’ s posts were on the heels of Whitmer ’ s announcement of new restrictions by the state Department of Health and Human Services that start Wednesday and continue through Dec. 8 .
Maddock said Whitmer violated Michigan residents ’ constitutional rights , ignored “ due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ contract tracing databases to aid democrat campaigns , ” used children as “ political pawns ” and did not provide in-person classes for special needs students .
He also blamed her for “ the unnecessary death of thousands of our vulnerable elderly who died alone and scared in nursing homes.
” On Twitter , Maddock wrote that Whitmer had “ crossed the line , ” saying , “ The list of violations is long and the call is overdue.
” The lawmaker received support , pushback and legal threats on Twitter .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Official Bans Open Carry at Polling Places Whitmer also took to Twitter on Sunday with her revised mandates .
Beginning Wednesday in Michigan , in-person classes for high schools and universities , businesses that can operate remotely , theaters , bowling alleys , casinos and indoor dining will be closed .
She also suspended fitness classes and high school and college sports programs , although individual exercise at gyms , outdoor recreation , professional sports and Big Ten football may continue .
Whitmer will allow schools up to the eighth grade and child @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with outdoor dining , takeout , hair salons , parks , health care facilities and manufacturing businesses .
“ In the spring , we listened to public health experts , stomped the curve , and saved thousands of lives together , ” she said in a statement .
Whitmer asserted “ there are thousands of cases a day and hundreds of deaths a week in Michigan , and the number is growing.
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A group of Republican Michigan legislators rallied virtually on Sunday for impeachment hearings against Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
State Rep. Matt Maddock wrote in Facebook and Twitter posts that he and several other current and incoming GOP legislators will challenge Whitmer’s “impeachable conduct.”
According to WILX-TV, Maddock’s posts were on the heels of Whitmer’s announcement of new restrictions by the state Department of Health and Human Services that start Wednesday and continue through Dec. 8.
Maddock said Whitmer violated Michigan residents’ constitutional rights, ignored “due process and the legislature,” weaponized “contract tracing databases to aid democrat campaigns,” used children as “political pawns” and did not provide in-person classes for special needs students.
He also blamed her for “the unnecessary death of thousands of our vulnerable elderly who died alone and scared in nursing homes.”
On Twitter, Maddock wrote that Whitmer had “crossed the line,” saying, “The list of violations is long and the call is overdue.”
Today, myself and a growing list of Michigan Legislators have decided that @GovWhitmer has crossed the line and will be calling for #ImpeachWhitmer hearings. The list of violations is long and the call is overdue #MIGOP #MILEG — Matt Maddock (@matthewmaddock) November 16, 2020
The lawmaker received support, pushback and legal threats on Twitter.
This needs to happen yesterday! She cannot lock this state down again! — President Elect Stoney (@bigpebble2) November 16, 2020
It’s about time. And let’s Defund the MDHHS while we’re at it — Tom4Liberty2024 (@LibertyTom2020) November 16, 2020
I’m not holding my breath but I hope it’s a step in the right direction in removing this tyrant. ??♂ — ??6DTOWN9?? (@Mugatu519) November 16, 2020
Hallelujah! I’ve been waiting for this for a long time! I signed a petition to get her OUT at a Trump rally along with thousands of others! — Suzyquzy (@suzy_cuatt) November 16, 2020
Really? God have mercy on you & your family. We stand with @GovWhitmer ! — JJ (@jjinmi) November 16, 2020
I’m starting a petition to have you impeached!!! — Courtney (@clawrence86) November 16, 2020
No you have crossed the line by stopping her from doing her job. It’s time for you to resign. You do not care about if Covid wreaks havoc on Michigan. At least Gov. Whitmer does and cares about our health and safety. — jenny prough tanner (@ProughJenny) November 16, 2020
The MIGOP needs to be sued by the Michigan people you’re putting at risk over your political games. @GovWhitmer is taking the necessary step to keep us safe and healthy. — Ames (@PositiveChickie) November 16, 2020
Whitmer also took to Twitter on Sunday with her revised mandates.
Beginning Wednesday in Michigan, in-person classes for high schools and universities, businesses that can operate remotely, theaters, bowling alleys, casinos and indoor dining will be closed.
Tonight, @MichiganHHS issued an emergency order that enacts a three-week pause, targeting indoor social gatherings and other group activities to curb our state’s rising #COVID19 infection rates. pic.twitter.com/yEc0enVPBX — Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) November 16, 2020
She also suspended fitness classes and high school and college sports programs, although individual exercise at gyms, outdoor recreation, professional sports and Big Ten football may continue.
Whitmer will allow schools up to the eighth grade and child care centers to stay open, along with outdoor dining, takeout, hair salons, parks, health care facilities and manufacturing businesses.
“In the spring, we listened to public health experts, stomped the curve, and saved thousands of lives together,” she said in a statement.
Whitmer asserted “there are thousands of cases a day and hundreds of deaths a week in Michigan, and the number is growing.”
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