westernjournal--2020-04-27--Walter Block: Is the Coronavirus the Fault of Government?

Yes , the coronavirus is indeed the fault of government , both specifically and in general .
It is government ’ s self-assumed responsibility , through its vast regulatory bureaucracy , to maintain the safety of food and drugs .
Yet the Chinese government did not prohibit the so-called “ wet markets ” in which meat from both domestic and wild animals was exhibited and sold cheek by jowl , likely engendering the virus .
Second , this state apparatus arrested physician Li Wenliang , an ophthalmologist , for warning about the dangers of the spreading virus .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ error : The Chinese government considered it a crime for a doctor to do the very job for which he was trained to do , and was morally obligated to do .
Unhappily , this hero of mankind recently perished from this dreaded disease .
What is the general case ?
Governments , on average , take roughly half the world ’ s GDP from those who earn it .
Mostly , they waste it on the proverbial “ monuments , Mercedes and machine guns.
” The first need not refer to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ includes steel mills or national airlines , which cost a multiple of the world price for their products or services .
TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward The Mercedes refers to graft ; isn ’ t it amazing that leaders on fixed salaries often end up with wealth at the end or their careers greatly in excess of what could be amassed legally ?
It is no accident that some of the richest counties in the U.S. are located in the environs of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what the “ machine guns ” stands for .
If governments did not rob us in this manner , we would be twice as wealthy as we now are .
With “ their ” half of our productivity , they engage in severely regulating us in terms of minutia such as size of toilet bowls , types of ladders , compelling scads of needless paperwork , etc .
If government bureaucrats ceased and desisted from these uneconomic activities of theirs , we might be four times as rich as at present .
Does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full free enterprise , with quadruple our wealth , the coronavirus would be wrestled to the ground ?
Not at all .
But “ wealthier is healthier.
” Perhaps , instead , cancer or heart disease would have been cured .
And , maybe , just maybe , the scientist who could conquer the coronavirus would have been saved from these other illnesses and enabled to do just that .
Here we are in the realm of mere speculation .
But , presumably , 100 years from now , if we do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we are quadruply richer than at present , some diseases or other will have been rendered powerless .
Does it logically follow , assuming the above to be correct , that therefore the government should step aside and allow private enterprise to take over the role of safeguarding us from the coronavirus ?
Some would make this very case .
The government , inefficient as it is , has one advantage over the marketplace : naked coercion .
If it desires , it can marshal funds in any direction it wishes , massive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sooner .
We see evidence for this contention in the fact that the Chinese government was able to build hospitals from scratch , accommodating thousands of patients , in a matter of almost days — not even weeks .
On the other hand , the free enterprise system can also amass vast amounts of funds through stock markets .
If the stock exchanges of the world were not as heavily regulated as they are , and if the coronavirus proves to be even more serious than present rates of spreading disease and deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an even better way of addressing this scourge .
How else does the government interfere with our health in this regard ?
It prohibits price gouging .
Under laissez-faire capitalism , prices of masks , hand cleansers , hand wipes , etc.
, would go through the roof when under sudden increases in demand as at present .
This would have two salutary effects .
One , it would call forth more supply .
The lure of gargantuan profits is not to be underestimated .
And , of course , with more of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tumbling down .
Not allowing so-called price gouging is akin to imposing decibel controls on hikers lost in the woods .
Two , people at the front of the queue in grocery stores would not be tempted to hoard these items and other necessaries .
They would act as if guided by Adam Smith ’ s “ invisible hand ” to be more considerate of those at the back of the waiting line .
But politicians , bureaucrats , statists of all type and variety in their infinite wisdom have disregarded these market @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even imprison price gougers .
They really ought to enroll in some courses in microeconomics 101 .
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Yes, the coronavirus is indeed the fault of government, both specifically and in general.
It is government’s self-assumed responsibility, through its vast regulatory bureaucracy, to maintain the safety of food and drugs. Yet the Chinese government did not prohibit the so-called “wet markets” in which meat from both domestic and wild animals was exhibited and sold cheek by jowl, likely engendering the virus.
Second, this state apparatus arrested physician Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist, for warning about the dangers of the spreading virus. This is not a misprint, nor a typographical error: The Chinese government considered it a crime for a doctor to do the very job for which he was trained to do, and was morally obligated to do. Unhappily, this hero of mankind recently perished from this dreaded disease.
What is the general case?
Governments, on average, take roughly half the world’s GDP from those who earn it. Mostly, they waste it on the proverbial “monuments, Mercedes and machine guns.” The first need not refer to a statue of the dictator; it also includes steel mills or national airlines, which cost a multiple of the world price for their products or services.
The Mercedes refers to graft; isn’t it amazing that leaders on fixed salaries often end up with wealth at the end or their careers greatly in excess of what could be amassed legally? It is no accident that some of the richest counties in the U.S. are located in the environs of Washington, D.C. And we all know what the “machine guns” stands for. If governments did not rob us in this manner, we would be twice as wealthy as we now are.
With “their” half of our productivity, they engage in severely regulating us in terms of minutia such as size of toilet bowls, types of ladders, compelling scads of needless paperwork, etc. If government bureaucrats ceased and desisted from these uneconomic activities of theirs, we might be four times as rich as at present.
Does this mean, unambiguously, that under full free enterprise, with quadruple our wealth, the coronavirus would be wrestled to the ground? Not at all.
But “wealthier is healthier.” Perhaps, instead, cancer or heart disease would have been cured. And, maybe, just maybe, the scientist who could conquer the coronavirus would have been saved from these other illnesses and enabled to do just that. Here we are in the realm of mere speculation.
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But, presumably, 100 years from now, if we do not blow ourselves up before then, when we are quadruply richer than at present, some diseases or other will have been rendered powerless.
Does it logically follow, assuming the above to be correct, that therefore the government should step aside and allow private enterprise to take over the role of safeguarding us from the coronavirus? Some would make this very case.
The government, inefficient as it is, has one advantage over the marketplace: naked coercion. If it desires, it can marshal funds in any direction it wishes, massive amounts of it, immediately if not sooner. We see evidence for this contention in the fact that the Chinese government was able to build hospitals from scratch, accommodating thousands of patients, in a matter of almost days — not even weeks.
On the other hand, the free enterprise system can also amass vast amounts of funds through stock markets. If the stock exchanges of the world were not as heavily regulated as they are, and if the coronavirus proves to be even more serious than present rates of spreading disease and deaths indicate, that might prove to be an even better way of addressing this scourge.
How else does the government interfere with our health in this regard?
It prohibits price gouging. Under laissez-faire capitalism, prices of masks, hand cleansers, hand wipes, etc., would go through the roof when under sudden increases in demand as at present. This would have two salutary effects.
One, it would call forth more supply. The lure of gargantuan profits is not to be underestimated. And, of course, with more of these items available, prices will come tumbling down. Not allowing so-called price gouging is akin to imposing decibel controls on hikers lost in the woods.
Two, people at the front of the queue in grocery stores would not be tempted to hoard these items and other necessaries. They would act as if guided by Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” to be more considerate of those at the back of the waiting line.
But politicians, bureaucrats, statists of all type and variety in their infinite wisdom have disregarded these market safeguards with their threats to penalize and even imprison price gougers.
They really ought to enroll in some courses in microeconomics 101.
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--Don Jr. Calls Out Adam Schiff for ‘Desperately Trying To Hide’ Russia Hoax Transcripts

It ’ s time for Adam Schiff to come clean .
The president ’ s eldest son – and a consistent target of liberal attacks from Capitol Hill to the studios of “ The View ” – took to Twitter on Sunday to challenge the House Intelligence Committee chairman to start releasing transcripts of testimony from witnesses interviewed during the now all-but-forgotten investigation conducted by former special counsel Robert Mueller .
“ Adam Schiff is desperately trying to hide these transcripts ( including mine ) from the American people .
Who do you think he ’ s trying to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Power , Sally Yates and Andy McCabe ?
” Trump Jr. tweeted .
TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward According to pieces last week by the Washington Examiner and The Wall Street Journal , there ’ s no reason the American people should not have access to testimony collected by the House Intelligence Committee in 2018 , when it was chaired by Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes .
In fact , according to The Wall Street Journal , the intelligence committee voted unanimously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in September 2018 , opening the way for their publication once they ’ d been through the declassification process .
Americans might remember something happened a few months later that changed the course of the Trump presidency – midterm elections that brought Democrats to power in the House , and Adam Schiff to the chairmanship of the Intelligence Committee .
Now , thanks to Schiff , 43 interviews the committee conducted during the now-defunct “ Russia collusion ” investigation have been declassified by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington Examiner reported .
One of those interviews was Donald Trump Jr. ’ s – leaving suspicious minds to wonder if maybe Schiff doesn ’ t want the American public to know the president ’ s son has been telling the truth about the Democratic smears against the White House .
Meanwhile , Schiff has refused to release another 10 interviews to the DNI , according to the Examiner – including those of big-name Democratic figures like Obama White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice , former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and everybody ’ s favorite former FBI Deputy Director , Andrew McCabe .
Any American who needs to be told that ’ s a rogue ’ s gallery of anti-Trump operatives hasn ’ t been paying attention to the news for the past few years .
And any American who has been paying attention would like to hear exactly what that crew might have said under oath when it came to the “ Russia collusion ” nonsense .
The Washington Examiner quoted one “ senior intelligence official ” as laying blame for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
RELATED : After Failing To Remove Trump from Office , Schiff and Nadler Now Target Barr “ Adam Schiff is thwarting the will of the House Intelligence Committee as expressed in the bipartisan vote in September 2018 to make these transcripts public , ” the official said , according to the newspaper .
“ He has appointed himself arbiter of what the public should see and has refused to allow the White House to review its own equities , making declassification of 10 of the transcripts impossible .
It ’ s difficult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is still trying to control the narrative on Russia collusion.
” With the exception of maliciously partisan House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , Schiff has been arguably the most vocal Trump opponent in the House – the man who etched his image in immortality ( and immorality ) as the lead House prosecutor in the sham Trump impeachment trial .
While Trump Jr. ’ s Twitter post drew a boatload of anti-Trump responses – they almost always do , liberals are big that way– there were a fair number of Americans who have grown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That last one is hopeful enough .
History isn ’ t likely to be very kind to Schiff once the truth comes out about his machinations during the “ Russia collusion ” investigation .
When the truth is known about the Trump impeachment case – which gets more ridiculous with each day it passes further into memory – he ’ s not likely going to fare well either .
“ Mr .
Schiff spent years shouting cover-up only to be exposed for making things up .
Now that the evidence is ready @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defying the unanimous vote of a bipartisan committee to make them public .
What doesn ’ t Mr. Schiff want America to see ?
” The answer is pretty obvious – as the WSJ editorial board knows .
The intelligence committee chairman doesn ’ t want the American people to know what Schiff knows too well already – that the hunt for Trump has been a partisan smear going back to even before he won the 2016 election and that the Democrats will stop at nothing in their quest to get back into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the California Democrat doesn ’ t Americans to know about .
But it ’ s time for Schiff to come clean .
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Donald Trump Jr. has a message for Adam Schiff:
It’s time for Adam Schiff to come clean.
The president’s eldest son – and a consistent target of liberal attacks from Capitol Hill to the studios of “The View” – took to Twitter on Sunday to challenge the House Intelligence Committee chairman to start releasing transcripts of testimony from witnesses interviewed during the now all-but-forgotten investigation conducted by former special counsel Robert Mueller.
“Adam Schiff is desperately trying to hide these transcripts (including mine) from the American people. Who do you think he’s trying to protect? Me or Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Sally Yates and Andy McCabe?” Trump Jr. tweeted.
Adam Schiff is desperately trying to hide these transcripts (including mine) from the American people. Who do you think he’s trying to protect? Me or Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Sally Yates and Andy McCabe? Schiff’s Secret Transcripts – WSJ https://t.co/wSmVkhLKWx — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 26, 2020
According to pieces last week by the Washington Examiner and The Wall Street Journal, there’s no reason the American people should not have access to testimony collected by the House Intelligence Committee in 2018, when it was chaired by Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes.
In fact, according to The Wall Street Journal, the intelligence committee voted unanimously to release transcripts of the interviews back in September 2018, opening the way for their publication once they’d been through the declassification process.
Americans might remember something happened a few months later that changed the course of the Trump presidency – midterm elections that brought Democrats to power in the House, and Adam Schiff to the chairmanship of the Intelligence Committee.
Do you think these transcripts will prove the "Russia collusion" story was a hoax? Yes No
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Now, thanks to Schiff, 43 interviews the committee conducted during the now-defunct “Russia collusion” investigation have been declassified by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, but are being kept under wraps, the Washington Examiner reported.
One of those interviews was Donald Trump Jr.’s – leaving suspicious minds to wonder if maybe Schiff doesn’t want the American public to know the president’s son has been telling the truth about the Democratic smears against the White House.
Meanwhile, Schiff has refused to release another 10 interviews to the DNI, according to the Examiner – including those of big-name Democratic figures like Obama White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice, former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates — and everybody’s favorite former FBI Deputy Director, Andrew McCabe.
Any American who needs to be told that’s a rogue’s gallery of anti-Trump operatives hasn’t been paying attention to the news for the past few years. And any American who has been paying attention would like to hear exactly what that crew might have said under oath when it came to the “Russia collusion” nonsense.
The Washington Examiner quoted one “senior intelligence official” as laying blame for the holdup squarely at Schiff’s door.
“Adam Schiff is thwarting the will of the House Intelligence Committee as expressed in the bipartisan vote in September 2018 to make these transcripts public,” the official said, according to the newspaper.
“He has appointed himself arbiter of what the public should see and has refused to allow the White House to review its own equities, making declassification of 10 of the transcripts impossible. It’s difficult to imagine any motive other than Schiff is still trying to control the narrative on Russia collusion.”
With the exception of maliciously partisan House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Schiff has been arguably the most vocal Trump opponent in the House – the man who etched his image in immortality (and immorality) as the lead House prosecutor in the sham Trump impeachment trial.
While Trump Jr.’s Twitter post drew a boatload of anti-Trump responses – they almost always do, liberals are big that way– there were a fair number of Americans who have grown supremely tired of Schiff’s scheming.
It is government property, WE are the government. Get @RepAdamSchiff out of there. — Christopher Slater (@cturtle31) April 27, 2020
He’s been stone-walling the good folks at @JudicialWatch for awhile now too. This slithery snake did 100’s of interviews over a 2.5 year period where he went on EVERY major “news” network in America & SWORE he hard evidence against your father. ALL OF IT was a BOLD FACED LIE!!!!! — Never Stop Fighting For Your Country (@kagQ2020) April 26, 2020
History is not going to be very kind to schiff, and deservingly so. — snickermoo (@snickermoo1) April 27, 2020
That last one is hopeful enough.
History isn’t likely to be very kind to Schiff once the truth comes out about his machinations during the “Russia collusion” investigation. When the truth is known about the Trump impeachment case – which gets more ridiculous with each day it passes further into memory – he’s not likely going to fare well either.
(A vague complaint about security aid to Ukraine that not even Ukraine went along with? A supposedly anonymous whistleblower whose identity was probably known to everyone in Washington? Seriously?)
As The Wall Street Journal editorialized:
“Mr. Schiff spent years shouting cover-up only to be exposed for making things up. Now that the evidence is ready for public release, he’s defying the unanimous vote of a bipartisan committee to make them public. What doesn’t Mr. Schiff want America to see?”
The answer is pretty obvious – as the WSJ editorial board knows.
The intelligence committee chairman doesn’t want the American people to know what Schiff knows too well already – that the hunt for Trump has been a partisan smear going back to even before he won the 2016 election and that the Democrats will stop at nothing in their quest to get back into power.
That’s the dirt the California Democrat doesn’t want Americans to know about.
But it’s time for Schiff to come clean.
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--After Latest Tara Reade Twist, Biden Faces Swelling Criticism from the Left

The establishment media and pundits on the left have tried to shield presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden from the impact of a sexual assault allegation by a former Senate aide , but cracks are developing in the wall of support surrounding former vice president .
Make no mistake : The left has generally ignored or dismissed Tara Reade ’ s allegation that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 when he was in the Senate .
But after a clip of Reade ’ s mother phoning Larry King on CNN resurfaced last week , some are breaking their silence on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward “ Newly surfaced video from 1993 appears to feature the mother of Tara Reade , a woman who accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault , calling into a cable TV show to seek advice around the time of the alleged assault , ” CNN reported Saturday .
The network published the report after The Intercept did its job for it and found a quarter-century-old clip that gives further credence to Reade ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far-left network had seemingly banned any mention of the sexual assault allegation from its website .
But the 1993 Larry King video is now out there , and it shows a woman asking for advice on how her daughter , a staffer for a “ prominent senator , ” should navigate an issue with her boss without going to the media .
Reade posted on Twitter that the caller was her mother .
Reade ’ s ever-growing presence in the 2020 primary is inconvenient for Democrats and the establishment media , as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men of sexual assault and misconduct must be believed was rampant after then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was tried in the media in 2018 over a decades-old accusation that he groped a high school classmate .
That accusation was never verified , and it was never proven Kavanaugh had even met his accuser .
But Reade is a former staffer with a verified history of coming into contact with Biden , and now we have an old clip that purports to show her mother asking for help on national TV .
RELATED : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supporters Should Drink Clorox and 'Drop Dead' Unlike Christine Blasey Ford , who accused Kavanaugh of inappropriately touching her when the two were in high school , we know Biden and Reade knew one another .
The Reade problem is a growing one for Democrats , as supporters of former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont are crying foul over the double standard applied to Biden , who is presumed innocent by the establishment media and prominent # MeToo activists , due to his party affiliation .
Briahna Joy Gray , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidential campaign , has suggested that Biden might be replaced with another candidate at this summer ’ s convention .
“ Either Dem leadership cares more abt maintaining a corporate status quo than getting rid of Trump , or they ’ re planning to replace Joe – adopting a pretty fast and loose relationship w/ representative Democracy , ” Gray wrote on Twitter earlier this month in response to questions from Fox News host Tucker Carlson about whether Biden has the mental competency to be president .
During an interview with The Atlantic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that statement , and made it clear , “ Biden is only the presumptive nominee.
” When questioned about her hesitancy to endorse Biden , which her former boss has done , Gray was asked if Reade ’ s allegation is playing a role in a desire by far-left Democrats and some Sanders supporters to see Biden replaced .
“ There ’ s a lot of reasons why Democrats might want to substitute a different person for Joe Biden as the nominee .
The Tara Reade allegation has been handled abysmally by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closely , then they will see reason for concern , ” she said .
Gray is not the only person on the left calling out the Democrats ’ double standard with regard to sexual assault accusations .
Many prominent leftists , including Intercept co-founding editor Glen Greenwald , have attacked the party online for its silence on the allegation against Biden , saying it damages the credibility of the # MeToo movement .
Reade , who worked for Biden from 1992 to 1993 , said during a recent podcast that Biden had kissed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unwanted sexual advance more than 25 years ago .
“ We were alone and it was the strangest thing , ” Reade told liberal podcaster Katie Halperin .
“ There was no , like , exchange really .
He just had me up against the wall.
” “ He went down my skirt but then up inside it and he penetrated me with his fingers , ” she said on the podcast .
Reade filed a criminal complaint with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department earlier this month .
With even far-left CNN @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are in a position where they might have to reconsider Biden ’ s viability in the November election .
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The establishment media and pundits on the left have tried to shield presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden from the impact of a sexual assault allegation by a former Senate aide, but cracks are developing in the wall of support surrounding former vice president.
Make no mistake: The left has generally ignored or dismissed Tara Reade’s allegation that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 when he was in the Senate.
But after a clip of Reade’s mother phoning Larry King on CNN resurfaced last week, some are breaking their silence on the allegation — including CNN itself.
#BREAKING: HERE is the video from August 11,1993’s ‘Larry King Live’ described by @TheIntercept (and Tara Reade) as allegedly featuring her mother calling in and alluding to Reade’s sexual assault claims against @JoeBiden (blog here by @ScottJW) https://t.co/fCgEqBnX7n pic.twitter.com/V5FGHskv56 — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 24, 2020
“Newly surfaced video from 1993 appears to feature the mother of Tara Reade, a woman who accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault, calling into a cable TV show to seek advice around the time of the alleged assault,” CNN reported Saturday.
The network published the report after The Intercept did its job for it and found a quarter-century-old clip that gives further credence to Reade’s claims.
Until April 17, the far-left network had seemingly banned any mention of the sexual assault allegation from its website.
But the 1993 Larry King video is now out there, and it shows a woman asking for advice on how her daughter, a staffer for a “prominent senator,” should navigate an issue with her boss without going to the media.
Reade posted on Twitter that the caller was her mother.
This is my mom. I miss her so much and her brave support of me. https://t.co/okU80kqWAI — taratweets ( Alexandra Tara Reade) (@ReadeAlexandra) April 24, 2020
Reade’s ever-growing presence in the 2020 primary is inconvenient for Democrats and the establishment media, as a notion that all women who accuse powerful men of sexual assault and misconduct must be believed was rampant after then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was tried in the media in 2018 over a decades-old accusation that he groped a high school classmate.
That accusation was never verified, and it was never proven Kavanaugh had even met his accuser.
But Reade is a former staffer with a verified history of coming into contact with Biden, and now we have an old clip that purports to show her mother asking for help on national TV.
Unlike Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of inappropriately touching her when the two were in high school, we know Biden and Reade knew one another.
The Reade problem is a growing one for Democrats, as supporters of former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont are crying foul over the double standard applied to Biden, who is presumed innocent by the establishment media and prominent #MeToo activists, due to his party affiliation.
Briahna Joy Gray, the now-former national press secretary for Sanders’ presidential campaign, has suggested that Biden might be replaced with another candidate at this summer’s convention.
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“Either Dem leadership cares more abt maintaining a corporate status quo than getting rid of Trump, or they’re planning to replace Joe – adopting a pretty fast and loose relationship w/ representative Democracy,” Gray wrote on Twitter earlier this month in response to questions from Fox News host Tucker Carlson about whether Biden has the mental competency to be president.
Bernie was too kind to go after Biden, but it’s coming. Either Dem leadership cares more abt maintaining a corporate status quo than getting rid of Trump, or they’re planning to replace Joe – adopting a pretty fast and loose relationship w/ representative Democracy. Lose lose. https://t.co/mzQYMjM2Nc — Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) April 9, 2020
Gray framed the Democrats’ position as “Lose lose.”
During an interview with The Atlantic this past week, Gray expounded on that statement, and made it clear, “Biden is only the presumptive nominee.”
When questioned about her hesitancy to endorse Biden, which her former boss has done, Gray was asked if Reade’s allegation is playing a role in a desire by far-left Democrats and some Sanders supporters to see Biden replaced.
“There’s a lot of reasons why Democrats might want to substitute a different person for Joe Biden as the nominee. The Tara Reade allegation has been handled abysmally by the press. If anyone looks at this closely, then they will see reason for concern,” she said.
Gray is not the only person on the left calling out the Democrats’ double standard with regard to sexual assault accusations.
Many prominent leftists, including Intercept co-founding editor Glen Greenwald, have attacked the party online for its silence on the allegation against Biden, saying it damages the credibility of the #MeToo movement.
Democratic men feel totally comfortable to publicly smear Tara Reade as an unstable disinformation agent of the Kremlin – in order words, flagrantly lying about her claims of sexual assault – because the accused is a Democratic Party politician. They are the lowest of the low: https://t.co/6bSJ1AgqbX — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 26, 2020
Think about it: if someone advocates 2 radically different standards for judging sexual assault allegations — determined exclusively by the partisan identity of the accused — what is more morally grotesque than that? Just trifling with people’s lives for Party. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 26, 2020
This much is clear. In 1993 the mother of Tara Reade was so disturbed by what her daughter told her @JoeBiden did to her, & the lack of help she said she got from his staff, that she called Larry King to talk about it the week Tara stopped working for himpic.twitter.com/WOlPdjLNyP — Shaun King (@shaunking) April 25, 2020
Have had a lot of prominent Democrats write me, many in the past few minutes, say they think this Larry King video is damaging for Joe Biden, and bolsters Tara Reade’s credibility. But that they think speaking about it will help Trump so they won’t say anything. https://t.co/JmID1iW8NB — Shaun King (@shaunking) April 25, 2020
Reade, who worked for Biden from 1992 to 1993, said during a recent podcast that Biden had kissed, groped and digitally penetrated her during an unwanted sexual advance more than 25 years ago.
“We were alone and it was the strangest thing,” Reade told liberal podcaster Katie Halperin. “There was no, like, exchange really. He just had me up against the wall.”
“He went down my skirt but then up inside it and he penetrated me with his fingers,” she said on the podcast.
Reade filed a criminal complaint with the Washington Metropolitan Police Department earlier this month.
With even far-left CNN now finally covering the story, Democrats are in a position where they might have to reconsider Biden’s viability in the November election.
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--Op-Ed: Mandatory Mail-In Ballots Just Another Opportunity for Fraud

The events of 2020 have shown us how fragile a republic is that relies on the honest , open election of leaders and representatives .
And now , there are some who are seeking to capitalize on the current health crisis by changing election processes .
In Arizona , there are calls from a vocal minority for mandatory , “ all mail-in ” voting , despite state law already having an extremely popular voluntary vote-by-mail system , commonly known as the Permanent Early Voter List .
It was Rahm Emanuel who uttered the now-infamous phrase “ you never want a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s what is at work here .
Various Arizona county officials have been discussing all-mail elections since 2011 .
The purpose of PEVL was to provide a convenience to voters that would enhance voter engagement .
Current events are being used to try to force ballot-by-mail on those who do not want it .
TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward Nothing is more important than voters having confidence that their votes will be counted and counted correctly .
If a voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as the U.S .
Postal Service , handling their ballot , why should that be imposed upon them ?
Voters should be able to decide if they vote by mail or not .
It should not be the county records and elections officials who dictate how voters submit their votes .
Recent calls for an “ all ballot-by-mail ” election are a solution in search of a problem .
Under Arizona Revised Statute , voters can already opt-in to be placed on the PEVL .
Our current laws ( ARS 16-541 A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that prevent ballots from being mailed out to people who do not want them .
Such ballots will probably be discarded or worse , used for nefarious purposes .
The recent presidential primary and judicial election in Wisconsin does not give confidence to voters leery of someone else handling their ballot .
In that election , some ballots in Milwaukee were never delivered by the USPS .
There were problems in four other counties .
Also , there were ballots delivered on Wednesday — the day after the election , without postmarks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ no way to verify they were mailed by Tuesday , election day , which is required by law .
Further , such a massive change in voting process would surely cause significant confusion for those who have voted at the polls all their lives and would no doubt show up at their traditional polling place expecting to vote and being denied their fundamental right .
One of the tactics used in the notorious practice of “ ballot harvesting ” is the collection of signed but blank ballots in exchange for something of value @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that similar practices occurred during the 2016 and 2018 election cycles .
Certain operatives offered hundreds of homeless people in Los Angeles ’ famous Skid Row area one-dollar bills or cigarettes in return for fraudulent signatures on voter registration forms and ballot petitions .
For the past four years , two under current occupant Katie Hobbs , the Arizona Secretary of State ’ s office was supposed to have added municipal , county and precinct committeeman positions onto the online nomination petition system called E-QUAL ( ARS 16-317 ) .
Although required by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ priority for Ms. Hobbs or her staff .
This became a form of voter suppression .
Candidates have to collect a minimum number of signatures to appear on the 2020 ballot .
“ Mandatory social distancing ” restricted candidates ’ abilities to gather paper signatures – without the E-QUAL option , some were not able to make the ballot .
Voters are now unable to vote for the people they might otherwise have supported .
Now we are supposed to trust that an election ’ s office that was unable to make a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be able in a few months hold an all-mail election , which has never been done in our state before , without making any mistakes .
Confidence in the elections process is critical to a thriving , democratically elected , republican form of government .
There are too many opportunities for corruption of the final outcome when voters are not permitted to choose how they will vote .
The major flaw can not be overlooked .
If voters are forced into a system that is reliant on an undependable intermediary — USPS — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting station , a fundamental check on special interest power will be sacrificed .
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The events of 2020 have shown us how fragile a republic is that relies on the honest, open election of leaders and representatives.
And now, there are some who are seeking to capitalize on the current health crisis by changing election processes.
In Arizona, there are calls from a vocal minority for mandatory, “all mail-in” voting, despite state law already having an extremely popular voluntary vote-by-mail system, commonly known as the Permanent Early Voter List.
It was Rahm Emanuel who uttered the now-infamous phrase “you never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” That’s what is at work here. Various Arizona county officials have been discussing all-mail elections since 2011.
The purpose of PEVL was to provide a convenience to voters that would enhance voter engagement. Current events are being used to try to force ballot-by-mail on those who do not want it.
Nothing is more important than voters having confidence that their votes will be counted and counted correctly. If a voter is not comfortable with an intermediary, such as the U.S. Postal Service, handling their ballot, why should that be imposed upon them?
Voters should be able to decide if they vote by mail or not. It should not be the county records and elections officials who dictate how voters submit their votes. Recent calls for an “all ballot-by-mail” election are a solution in search of a problem.
Under Arizona Revised Statute, voters can already opt-in to be placed on the PEVL. Our current laws (ARS 16-541 A, ARS 16-544 D) include safeguards that prevent ballots from being mailed out to people who do not want them. Such ballots will probably be discarded or worse, used for nefarious purposes.
The recent presidential primary and judicial election in Wisconsin does not give confidence to voters leery of someone else handling their ballot. In that election, some ballots in Milwaukee were never delivered by the USPS. There were problems in four other counties.
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Also, there were ballots delivered on Wednesday — the day after the election, without postmarks. Without the postmarks, election officials have no way to verify they were mailed by Tuesday, election day, which is required by law.
Further, such a massive change in voting process would surely cause significant confusion for those who have voted at the polls all their lives and would no doubt show up at their traditional polling place expecting to vote and being denied their fundamental right.
One of the tactics used in the notorious practice of “ballot harvesting” is the collection of signed but blank ballots in exchange for something of value. Recent prosecutions in Los Angeles prove that similar practices occurred during the 2016 and 2018 election cycles.
Certain operatives offered hundreds of homeless people in Los Angeles’ famous Skid Row area one-dollar bills or cigarettes in return for fraudulent signatures on voter registration forms and ballot petitions.
For the past four years, two under current occupant Katie Hobbs, the Arizona Secretary of State’s office was supposed to have added municipal, county and precinct committeeman positions onto the online nomination petition system called E-QUAL (ARS 16-317).
Although required by law, it wasn’t a priority for Ms. Hobbs or her staff. This became a form of voter suppression. Candidates have to collect a minimum number of signatures to appear on the 2020 ballot.
“Mandatory social distancing” restricted candidates’ abilities to gather paper signatures – without the E-QUAL option, some were not able to make the ballot. Voters are now unable to vote for the people they might otherwise have supported.
Now we are supposed to trust that an election’s office that was unable to make a legally required change in four years will be able in a few months hold an all-mail election, which has never been done in our state before, without making any mistakes.
Confidence in the elections process is critical to a thriving, democratically elected, republican form of government. There are too many opportunities for corruption of the final outcome when voters are not permitted to choose how they will vote. The major flaw cannot be overlooked.
If voters are forced into a system that is reliant on an undependable intermediary — USPS — as opposed to the more predictable precinct voting station, a fundamental check on special interest power will be sacrificed.
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--Politico Silently Edits False Story on Trump Being Indebted to Chinese Bank – And It’s Still Wrong

The idea that Donald Trump is in the pocket of the Chinese is a curious one .
If he is , Beijing got quite a raw deal on the whole matter .
Their ROI hasn ’ t exactly been stellar .
However , last week Politico reported that the president was indebted to a major Chinese bank to the tune of tens of millions of dollars , something the subheadline stated could “ complicate his attacks on Biden.
” The problem is that none of it was true — and when the outlet went to correct it , they didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anything substantive .
The article began with Trump ’ s charge that if Joe Biden becomes president , “ China will own the United States.
” “ But Trump himself has taken on debt from China .
In 2012 , his real estate partner refinanced one of Trump ’ s most prized New York buildings for almost $ 1 billion .
The debt included $ 211 million from the state-owned Bank of China — its first loan of this kind in the U.S. — which matures in the middle of what could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the article read .
TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward “ Steps from Trump Tower in Manhattan , the 43-story 1290 Avenue of the Americas skyscraper spans an entire city block .
Trump owns a 30 percent stake in the property valued at more than $ 1 billion , making it one of the priciest addresses in his portfolio , according to his financial disclosures.
” According to the Politico article , the president is indebted to the Bank of China and has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pretty major conflict of interest , particularly given the fact that the president has taken a tough line on trade with China and has been hard on the government in Beijing when you consider the fact that their mismanagement has led to a global crisis .
The problem is that the story isn ’ t true .
“ The Washington , DC , based media company falsely reported Friday that Trump owes millions to the Bank of China for a loan financing a building located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to pay tens of millions of dollars to the state-controlled banks because the loan was coming due shortly , a situation which it described as ‘ unprecedented , ’ ” Breitbart reported .
“ President Trump is not the debtor and Bank of China is not the creditor on the loan to 1290 Avenue of the Americas .
Trump is the minority partner in a real estate deal that owns the building , had nothing to do with arranging the loans , and is not liable for their repayment .
Bank of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lenders in 2012 that provided $ 950 million but sold its interest days later when the loan was repackaged into bonds for investors.
” Furthermore , the Bank of China issued a statement in which they made it clear Trump didn ’ t owe them scads of money .
“ On November 7 , 2012 several financial institutions including the Bank of China participated in a commercial mortgage loan of $ 950 million to Vornado Realty Trust , ” said Peter Reisman , the Bank of China U.S.A. managing director and chief communications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the loan was securitized and sold into the [ commercial mortgage-backed securities ] market , as is a common practice in the industry .
Bank of China has not had any ownership interest in that loan since late November 2012.
” However , Politico reported the Bank of China was still listed as a creditor on the property .
This is hardly unusual , considering it ’ s one of the largest investors in commercial real estate in the United States .
RELATED : While Obama Admin Used IRS To Target Political Enemies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Relief to Americans The headline originally said that “ Trump owes tens of millions to Bank of China ” — later changed to “ owed ” — even though the entity that owed money to the Bank of China was a Vornado controlled trust .
Trump is merely a passive investor .
Furthermore , China ’ s interest in the loans had ended years ago — and they had only had an interest in the loans for a matter of days until they were packaged as securities .
Was there any mention of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corrections weren ’ t to be seen almost anywhere in the story , which was substantively the same as it was in its initial version .
So what do we have instead ?
The idea that this amorphous deal could muddy the water for Trump and make it impossible for him to attack Biden on China .
This is patently false .
Trump ’ s record on China speaks a lot more loudly than any loan the president doesn ’ t really have anything to do with , anyhow .
It has nothing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can hit Biden on being soft on China .
As for how the edits were done , this note was included before the story : “ This article and headline were updated to include comment from the Bank of China and additional reporting.
” That there were substantive changes wasn ’ t mentioned .
The article is still wrong and goes to prove nothing .
Its primary point is entirely incorrect .
But , it made good copy , and that ’ s all that matters .
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The idea that Donald Trump is in the pocket of the Chinese is a curious one. If he is, Beijing got quite a raw deal on the whole matter. Their ROI hasn’t exactly been stellar.
However, last week Politico reported that the president was indebted to a major Chinese bank to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, something the subheadline stated could “complicate his attacks on Biden.”
The problem is that none of it was true — and when the outlet went to correct it, they didn’t really bother to actually correct anything substantive.
The article began with Trump’s charge that if Joe Biden becomes president, “China will own the United States.”
“But Trump himself has taken on debt from China. In 2012, his real estate partner refinanced one of Trump’s most prized New York buildings for almost $1 billion. The debt included $211 million from the state-owned Bank of China — its first loan of this kind in the U.S. — which matures in the middle of what could be Trump’s second term,” the article read.
“Steps from Trump Tower in Manhattan, the 43-story 1290 Avenue of the Americas skyscraper spans an entire city block. Trump owns a 30 percent stake in the property valued at more than $1 billion, making it one of the priciest addresses in his portfolio, according to his financial disclosures.”
According to the Politico article, the president is indebted to the Bank of China and has been since 2012. That’s a pretty major conflict of interest, particularly given the fact that the president has taken a tough line on trade with China and has been hard on the government in Beijing when you consider the fact that their mismanagement has led to a global crisis.
The problem is that the story isn’t true.
“The Washington, DC, based media company falsely reported Friday that Trump owes millions to the Bank of China for a loan financing a building located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas. The story said that the president would have to pay tens of millions of dollars to the state-controlled banks because the loan was coming due shortly, a situation which it described as ‘unprecedented,’” Breitbart reported.
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“President Trump is not the debtor and Bank of China is not the creditor on the loan to 1290 Avenue of the Americas. Trump is the minority partner in a real estate deal that owns the building, had nothing to do with arranging the loans, and is not liable for their repayment. Bank of China was one of a consortium of lenders in 2012 that provided $950 million but sold its interest days later when the loan was repackaged into bonds for investors.”
Furthermore, the Bank of China issued a statement in which they made it clear Trump didn’t owe them scads of money.
“On November 7, 2012 several financial institutions including the Bank of China participated in a commercial mortgage loan of $950 million to Vornado Realty Trust,” said Peter Reisman, the Bank of China U.S.A. managing director and chief communications officer.
“Within 22 days, the loan was securitized and sold into the [commercial mortgage-backed securities] market, as is a common practice in the industry. Bank of China has not had any ownership interest in that loan since late November 2012.”
However, Politico reported the Bank of China was still listed as a creditor on the property. This is hardly unusual, considering it’s one of the largest investors in commercial real estate in the United States.
The headline originally said that “Trump owes tens of millions to Bank of China” — later changed to “owed” — even though the entity that owed money to the Bank of China was a Vornado controlled trust. Trump is merely a passive investor.
Furthermore, China’s interest in the loans had ended years ago — and they had only had an interest in the loans for a matter of days until they were packaged as securities.
Was there any mention of this? No. In fact, corrections weren’t to be seen almost anywhere in the story, which was substantively the same as it was in its initial version.
So what do we have instead? The idea that this amorphous deal could muddy the water for Trump and make it impossible for him to attack Biden on China.
This is patently false. Trump’s record on China speaks a lot more loudly than any loan the president doesn’t really have anything to do with, anyhow. It has nothing to do with whether or not Trump can hit Biden on being soft on China.
As for how the edits were done, this note was included before the story:
“This article and headline were updated to include comment from the Bank of China and additional reporting.” That there were substantive changes wasn’t mentioned.
The article is still wrong and goes to prove nothing. Its primary point is entirely incorrect. But, it made good copy, and that’s all that matters.
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--Biden Accuser Shames Media, VP Hopefuls: ‘You Are Complicit in Rape’ if You Keep It Up

A woman who has accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her while she worked on his Senate staff in 1993 is now accusing the establishment media and Democrats of protecting the former vice president .
Tara Reade , who first claimed in March that Biden once cornered and assaulted her , told Fox News on Sunday that she would like the establishment media to treat her accusation as “ dignified.
” She also told the network that prominent female Democrats and vice presidential hopefuls such as Sens .
Kamala Harris of California , Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” if they choose to side with Biden by disregarding her story .
“ I ’ d like my history with Biden to be examined in a dignified way that ’ s not slanted by political bias or sensationalized .
I ’ d like a deeper conversation about the fact that sexual harassment and sexual assault do not have a political party , agenda , ” Reade told Fox .
“ [ Sexual assault is ] an equal opportunity offender .
There are Democratic offenders as well as Republican offenders and I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I mean , it doesn ’ t matter what your party affiliation is , and it shouldn ’ t as far as the media coverage regarding claims , ” she said .
TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward With regard to how Democrats and the establishment media handled accusations against conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 , Read said she has noticed partisan differences in the way her case has been approached when compared to the accusations made by Christine Blasey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was a conservative candidate they were going to put in the Supreme Court , was treated with much more deference by most of the media outlets , although her experience was difficult as well .
And she received threats and received her own pain , ” Reade said .
“ I ’ ve basically had no substantive support from women ’ s groups that are considered liberal or Democratic , ” she continued .
“ I ’ ve had no support from any Democratic candidate , although I ’ ve reached out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slanted reporting that ended up being talking points for Biden ’ s campaign or silence from the mainstream media .
So that ’ s my contention and my concern.
” Reade then accused Democrats and reporters of protecting Biden , whom she described a “ a powerful man , ” and accused three female Democratic senators of putting their party before justice for women .
“ What I ’ d like to say to the slanted reporting where they are omitting details , where they are not investigating corroborating [ testimony ] , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them at this point and some of the silence from some the candidates Kamala Harris , Amy Klobuchar , Elizabeth Warren that at this point , if you continue to silence me , if you continue to engage in protecting a powerful man without giving my case a closer look , you are complicit in rape , ” Reade said .
Reade , a lifelong Democrat , concluded she does not feel that those reporting her accusations will treat her with the same respect generally afforded to women claiming sexual assault .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And I ’ m already taking heat , so you know , you can put the heat on me .
I ’ m the one who ’ s saying it .
They can call me crazy , or whatever , ” she concluded .
Reade first went public last month with an allegation that Biden had penetrated her with his fingers in 1993 during her time as a staffer in his Senate office .
On Friday , a clip resurfaced purportedly showing Reade ’ s mother speaking via telephone with Larry King on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ RELATED : New York Cancels Presidential Primary Despite Objections from Sanders Campaign In the clip , unearthed by The Intercept , a woman tells King , “ I ’ m wondering what a staffer would do besides go to the press in Washington ?
My daughter has just left there , after working for a prominent senator , and could not get through with her problems at all , and the only thing she could have done was go to the press , and she chose not to do it out of respect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the caller on the clip is her mother .
After seeing the clip , Reade reacted , “ aww , I have not heard my mom ’ s voice in awhile , ” The Intercept reported .
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A woman who has accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her while she worked on his Senate staff in 1993 is now accusing the establishment media and Democrats of protecting the former vice president.
Tara Reade, who first claimed in March that Biden once cornered and assaulted her, told Fox News on Sunday that she would like the establishment media to treat her accusation as “dignified.”
She also told the network that prominent female Democrats and vice presidential hopefuls such as Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts are “complicit in rape” if they choose to side with Biden by disregarding her story.
“I’d like my history with Biden to be examined in a dignified way that’s not slanted by political bias or sensationalized. I’d like a deeper conversation about the fact that sexual harassment and sexual assault do not have a political party, agenda,” Reade told Fox.
“[Sexual assault is] an equal opportunity offender. There are Democratic offenders as well as Republican offenders and I’m sure independent and Green Party. I mean, it doesn’t matter what your party affiliation is, and it shouldn’t as far as the media coverage regarding claims,” she said.
With regard to how Democrats and the establishment media handled accusations against conservative Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018, Read said she has noticed partisan differences in the way her case has been approached when compared to the accusations made by Christine Blasey Ford.
“Blasey Ford, because it was a conservative candidate they were going to put in the Supreme Court, was treated with much more deference by most of the media outlets, although her experience was difficult as well. And she received threats and received her own pain,” Reade said.
“I’ve basically had no substantive support from women’s groups that are considered liberal or Democratic,” she continued. “I’ve had no support from any Democratic candidate, although I’ve reached out. And I’ve received either slanted reporting that ended up being talking points for Biden’s campaign or silence from the mainstream media. So that’s my contention and my concern.”
Reade then accused Democrats and reporters of protecting Biden, whom she described a “a powerful man,” and accused three female Democratic senators of putting their party before justice for women.
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“What I’d like to say to the slanted reporting where they are omitting details, where they are not investigating corroborating [testimony], what I would like to say to them at this point and some of the silence from some the candidates Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren that at this point, if you continue to silence me, if you continue to engage in protecting a powerful man without giving my case a closer look, you are complicit in rape,” Reade said.
Reade, a lifelong Democrat, concluded she does not feel that those reporting her accusations will treat her with the same respect generally afforded to women claiming sexual assault.
“Nothing’s going to change. And I’m already taking heat, so you know, you can put the heat on me. I’m the one who’s saying it. They can call me crazy, or whatever,” she concluded.
Reade first went public last month with an allegation that Biden had penetrated her with his fingers in 1993 during her time as a staffer in his Senate office.
On Friday, a clip resurfaced purportedly showing Reade’s mother speaking via telephone with Larry King on CNN on Aug. 11, 1993.
In the clip, unearthed by The Intercept, a woman tells King, “I’m wondering what a staffer would do besides go to the press in Washington? My daughter has just left there, after working for a prominent senator, and could not get through with her problems at all, and the only thing she could have done was go to the press, and she chose not to do it out of respect for him.”
Reade wrote on Twitter that the caller on the clip is her mother.
This is my mom. I miss her so much and her brave support of me. https://t.co/okU80kqWAI — taratweets ( Alexandra Tara Reade) (@ReadeAlexandra) April 24, 2020
After seeing the clip, Reade reacted, “aww, I have not heard my mom’s voice in awhile,” The Intercept reported.
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--New York Cancels Presidential Primary Despite Objections from Sanders Campaign

The New York State Board of Elections canceled the state ’ s June 23 Democratic presidential primary scheduled on Monday despite receiving a request from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ’ presidential campaign urging the primary to take place as planned .
Officials on the board acknowledged that the move to cancel the presidential primary outright would anger many of Sanders ’ supporters , but said they couldn ’ t justify holding the election amid the coronavirus crisis .
“ What the Sanders campaign wanted is essentially a beauty contest that , given the situation with the public health emergency , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , frivolous , ” the state elections board ’ s Democratic co-chairman , Douglas Kellner , said , according to The New York Times .
Kellner said he received thousands of emails from Sanders supporters urging the primary to move forward .
A Sanders campaign lawyer , Malcolm Seymour , sent a letter to the state ’ s elections board on Sunday asking it not to cancel the presidential primary .
TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward “ Senator Sanders has collaborated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Biden campaign , to strengthen the Democrats by aligning the party ’ s progressive and moderate wings , ” Seymore wrote , according to The Wall Street Journal .
“ His removal from the ballot would hamper those efforts , to the detriment of the party in the general election , Voters in about 20 New York counties that were slated to vote for only the Democratic nominee for president will no longer have a reason to vote in the June 23 primary , but some 42 counties that have down-ballot races @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their polling places open .
Sanders dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in early April , but his surrogates are still pushing his supporters to vote for the Vermont senator in upcoming elections so that he can amass enough delegates to influence the Democratic party platform at the Democratic National Convention in July .
“ In the absence of an active Bernie campaign , we are pushing folks to vote for the delegates , ” Paco Fabian , the director of campaigns for Our Revolution , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 4 ) group founded by Sanders in 2016 , told CNBC on Wednesday .
Our Revolution Chairman Larry Cohen suggested Monday he would challenge the New York delegation at the Democratic National Convention , according to The Times .
“ Suppressing the Sanders vote in New York will again lead to attacks on the Party across the nation and harm the volunteer effort that our group and others are building for Joe Biden , ” Cohen said .
It ’ s unclear at the moment how New York ’ s 274 primary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s decision to cancel its primary .
New York Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs told The Times that the decision will be made by the Democratic National Committee ’ s rules committee .
“ The DNC has been very clear ; The DNC does not want to do anything that looks like we ’ re being unfair , ” Jacobs told The Times .
“ And we ’ re not being unfair , we ’ re just reacting to a global pandemic that happens to be centered in New York at the time.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , VP Hopefuls : 'You Are Complicit in Rape ' if You Keep It Up “ In a situation like this , lives have to trump politics , no pun intended , ” Jacobs said .
The DNC did not immediately return a request for comment .
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The New York State Board of Elections canceled the state’s June 23 Democratic presidential primary scheduled on Monday despite receiving a request from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign urging the primary to take place as planned.
Officials on the board acknowledged that the move to cancel the presidential primary outright would anger many of Sanders’ supporters, but said they couldn’t justify holding the election amid the coronavirus crisis.
“What the Sanders campaign wanted is essentially a beauty contest that, given the situation with the public health emergency, seems to be unnecessary and, indeed, frivolous,” the state elections board’s Democratic co-chairman, Douglas Kellner, said, according to The New York Times.
Kellner said he received thousands of emails from Sanders supporters urging the primary to move forward.
A Sanders campaign lawyer, Malcolm Seymour, sent a letter to the state’s elections board on Sunday asking it not to cancel the presidential primary.
“Senator Sanders has collaborated with state parties, the national party and the Biden campaign, to strengthen the Democrats by aligning the party’s progressive and moderate wings,” Seymore wrote, according to The Wall Street Journal. “His removal from the ballot would hamper those efforts, to the detriment of the party in the general election,
Voters in about 20 New York counties that were slated to vote for only the Democratic nominee for president will no longer have a reason to vote in the June 23 primary, but some 42 counties that have down-ballot races for congressional and state-level positions will keep their polling places open.
Sanders dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in early April, but his surrogates are still pushing his supporters to vote for the Vermont senator in upcoming elections so that he can amass enough delegates to influence the Democratic party platform at the Democratic National Convention in July.
“In the absence of an active Bernie campaign, we are pushing folks to vote for the delegates,” Paco Fabian, the director of campaigns for Our Revolution, a dark money 501(c)(4) group founded by Sanders in 2016, told CNBC on Wednesday.
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Our Revolution Chairman Larry Cohen suggested Monday he would challenge the New York delegation at the Democratic National Convention, according to The Times.
“Suppressing the Sanders vote in New York will again lead to attacks on the Party across the nation and harm the volunteer effort that our group and others are building for Joe Biden,” Cohen said.
It’s unclear at the moment how New York’s 274 primary delegates will allocate following the state’s decision to cancel its primary.
New York Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs told The Times that the decision will be made by the Democratic National Committee’s rules committee.
“The DNC has been very clear; The DNC does not want to do anything that looks like we’re being unfair,” Jacobs told The Times. “And we’re not being unfair, we’re just reacting to a global pandemic that happens to be centered in New York at the time.”
“In a situation like this, lives have to trump politics, no pun intended,” Jacobs said.
The DNC did not immediately return a request for comment.
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--Biden Accuser’s Former Neighbor Corroborates Details of Sexual Assault Allegations

A woman who formerly lived next to Tara Reade has confirmed multiple details of the former senate staffer ’ s allegations against 2020 presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden .
In an interview with Business Insider , 60-year-old Lynda LaCasse said that Reade told her about the alleged assault in 1995 or 1996 while they were smoking on LaCasse ’ s front stoop in Morro Bay , California .
LaCasse , a Democrat , is a retired former emergency room clerk and medical staff coordinator for San Luis Obispo General Hospital , the publication reports .
“ This happened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I remember talking about it , ” LaCasse told Insider .
“ I remember her saying , here was this person that she was working for and she idolized him , ” LaCasse said .
“ And he kind of put her up against a wall .
And he put his hand up her skirt and he put his fingers inside her .
She felt like she was assaulted , and she really didn ’ t feel there was anything she could do.
” TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LaCasse said she does not remember all the details , but she remembers “ the skirt ” and “ the fingers , ” and that Reade was devastated .
Reade was crying as she told LaCasse the story , LaCasse told the publication .
“ She was crying .
She was upset .
And the more she talked about it , the more she started crying .
I remember saying that she needed to file a police report.
” Lorraine Sanchez , who worked alongside Reade in the mid-1990s for a California state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had complained to her that her former Washington , D.C. , boss had sexually harassed her and caused her to be fired after she complained .
Reade worked as a Senate staffer for Biden in 1993 and has accused the then-senator of kissing her , touching her , and penetrating her with his fingers without her consent .
Biden ’ s 2020 presidential campaign , which has not responded to many requests for comment from the DCNF , has denied the assault and said it “ absolutely did not happen.
” LaCasse and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an apartment complex near the beach where their young daughters would swim together , causing the two mothers to form a bond , LaCasse told Insider .
The publication verified through publicly available records that Reade and LaCasse were , in fact , neighbors in the Morro Bay complex in 1995 .
After she put her daughter to bed , LaCasse said she would occasionally sit on her front stoop and smoke cigarettes and that Reade would sometimes join her .
On one of these nights , LaCasse said , Reade shared her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Media , VP Hopefuls : 'You Are Complicit in Rape ' if You Keep It Up “ We were talking about violent stories , ” LaCasse said , “ because I had a violent situation .
We just started talking about things and she just told me about the senator that she had worked for and he put his hand up her skirt.
” Reade ’ s former neighbor adds that she understands that coming forward to corroborate Reade ’ s allegations against Biden “ may have repercussions for me.
” But LaCasse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Biden , and Insider notes that her social media shows a lengthy history of anti-Trump sentiment as well as favor for both Biden and former 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders .
She also shared a link to a story about Reade ’ s allegations on Facebook in March with the caption , “ this is my good friend Tara Reade , who was assaulted by Joe Biden in 1993.
” “ I personally am a Democrat , a very strong Democrat , ” she told Insider .
“ And I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I have to come out and say this.
” She says felt compelled to come forward with her corroboration as the Biden campaign denies Reade ’ s claims .
“ I have to support her just because that ’ s what happened .
We need to stand up and tell the truth.
” LaCasse ’ s confirmation of details surrounding Reade ’ s allegations comes after video evidence obtained by the Media Research Center as well as a transcript obtained by the Intercept appear to show Reade ’ s mother calling into a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had problems with a “ prominent senator.
” Reade told the DCNF Friday that the voice in the video is her mother ’ s and that “ hearing her voice made me cry.
” “ I just heard audio , my mother died and hearing her voice made me cry .
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A woman who formerly lived next to Tara Reade has confirmed multiple details of the former senate staffer’s allegations against 2020 presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden.
In an interview with Business Insider, 60-year-old Lynda LaCasse said that Reade told her about the alleged assault in 1995 or 1996 while they were smoking on LaCasse’s front stoop in Morro Bay, California.
LaCasse, a Democrat, is a retired former emergency room clerk and medical staff coordinator for San Luis Obispo General Hospital, the publication reports.
“This happened, and I know it did because I remember talking about it,” LaCasse told Insider.
“I remember her saying, here was this person that she was working for and she idolized him,” LaCasse said. “And he kind of put her up against a wall. And he put his hand up her skirt and he put his fingers inside her. She felt like she was assaulted, and she really didn’t feel there was anything she could do.”
LaCasse said she does not remember all the details, but she remembers “the skirt” and “the fingers,” and that Reade was devastated.
Reade was crying as she told LaCasse the story, LaCasse told the publication.
“She was crying. She was upset. And the more she talked about it, the more she started crying. I remember saying that she needed to file a police report.”
Lorraine Sanchez, who worked alongside Reade in the mid-1990s for a California state senator, also told Insider that Reade had complained to her that her former Washington, D.C., boss had sexually harassed her and caused her to be fired after she complained.
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Reade worked as a Senate staffer for Biden in 1993 and has accused the then-senator of kissing her, touching her, and penetrating her with his fingers without her consent.
Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, which has not responded to many requests for comment from the DCNF, has denied the assault and said it “absolutely did not happen.”
LaCasse and Reade lived next door to one another an apartment complex near the beach where their young daughters would swim together, causing the two mothers to form a bond, LaCasse told Insider.
The publication verified through publicly available records that Reade and LaCasse were, in fact, neighbors in the Morro Bay complex in 1995.
After she put her daughter to bed, LaCasse said she would occasionally sit on her front stoop and smoke cigarettes and that Reade would sometimes join her. On one of these nights, LaCasse said, Reade shared her story.
“We were talking about violent stories,” LaCasse said, “because I had a violent situation. We just started talking about things and she just told me about the senator that she had worked for and he put his hand up her skirt.”
Reade’s former neighbor adds that she understands that coming forward to corroborate Reade’s allegations against Biden “may have repercussions for me.”
But LaCasse emphasized that she will still be voting for Biden, and Insider notes that her social media shows a lengthy history of anti-Trump sentiment as well as favor for both Biden and former 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
She also shared a link to a story about Reade’s allegations on Facebook in March with the caption, “this is my good friend Tara Reade, who was assaulted by Joe Biden in 1993.”
“I personally am a Democrat, a very strong Democrat,” she told Insider. “And I’m for Biden, regardless. But still I have to come out and say this.”
She says felt compelled to come forward with her corroboration as the Biden campaign denies Reade’s claims. “I have to support her just because that’s what happened. We need to stand up and tell the truth.”
LaCasse’s confirmation of details surrounding Reade’s allegations comes after video evidence obtained by the Media Research Center as well as a transcript obtained by the Intercept appear to show Reade’s mother calling into a CNN show and mentioning that her daughter had problems with a “prominent senator.”
Reade told the DCNF Friday that the voice in the video is her mother’s and that “hearing her voice made me cry.”
“I just heard audio, my mother died and hearing her voice made me cry. She was such a good mom and always watching out for me even now,” she said, adding that the video proves what she has been saying: “that I was forced out and wanted to come forward in 1993.”
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--‘I Want the Same Equal Treatment’ as Blasey Ford: Biden Accuser Calls Out Silence of Media, Women’s

‘I Want the Same Equal Treatment’ as Blasey Ford: Biden Accuser Calls Out Silence of Media, Women’s Groups

It ’ s amazing how quickly the asterisk appeared at the end of “ Believe all women ” as soon as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was the one who was accused of sexual assault .
Tara Reade , the former Senate aide who has accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 , thinks that ’ s clearly a double standard .
That ’ s why she wants the same kind of treatment that Christine Blasey Ford received from the media when she accused then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 2018 .
In an interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Saturday , Reade lamented that her accusation had become a “ partisan tool ” and said she wanted the same kind of treatment as “ other survivors.
” “ It ’ s inexcusable , ” she said in the interview .
“ I ’ m sorry that I ’ m politically inconvenient , but my perpetrator was Joe Biden .
And people need to deal with it.
” TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books After Coroners Come Forward Reade ’ s accusation has received only the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden has been asked 81 questions in over two hours worth of media interviews since a former staffer in his U.S. Senate office accused him of sexual assault three weeks ago , ” The Washington Free Beacon reported April 15 .
“ He hasn ’ t fielded a single question about the allegation .
“ Biden has sat for 10 interviews with major news outlets since March 24 , when his former aide , Tara Reade , accused him of pinning her against a wall and penetrating her with his fingers in 1993 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his office .
“ None of Biden ’ s 10 interlocutors have asked him to comment on the allegation.
” Instead , Reade said she ’ s been met with a “ shroud of non-commitment ” by the media , which devoted “ hundreds of stories ” to Ford ’ s claims of being assaulted by Kavanaugh in 1982 when the two were teenagers .
“ My question is : Why ?
Are they being told not to by the campaign ?
” she said .
Reade also expressed frustration that Biden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — “ This absolutely did not happen , ” deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said this month — as opposed to the candidate himself .
“ Their campaign didn ’ t have their hands up my skirt , ” Reade said .
“ Their campaign didn ’ t have their hands underneath my clothes and then arrange for me to be fired.
” She said CNN has called her to interview her and said it would “ consider doing a story ” on the allegations , which is quite a thing to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the biggest campaign stories of the 2020 cycle .
RELATED : Howard Stern Rages Against Trump , Says Supporters Should Drink Clorox and 'Drop Dead' “ Well , get back to me when you know you ’ re doing a story , ” Reade said , “ and then I ’ ll complete the interview.
” Furthermore , she singled out CNN host Anderson Cooper , who has interviewed Biden several times but hasn ’ t asked him any questions about her .
At ABC News , Reade said Sasha Pezenik interviewed her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been sitting on the interview .
“ She has never done a story , ” Reade told the DCNF .
“ When I ’ ve asked her , she basically just says her producer ’ s not interested right now.
” Reade was also critical of women ’ s groups , none of which has gotten behind her .
She said it would have meant “ so much ” to have one of these groups behind her at a difficult time .
“ I say back to these women ’ s organizations , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other survivors have received , no matter who the perpetrator is , ” Reade said .
“ Emily ’ s List , where are you ?
” she asked .
“ Gloria Steinem ?
Where are you ?
Where are these people ?
” Reade managed to answer her own question .
“ I think there ’ s all kinds of reasons , ” she said .
” There ’ s economic , there ’ s just fear of who he is and how powerful he is .
I ’ m 56 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of pushed beyond fear .
I ’ m getting attacked .
I am getting harassed .
But I think it ’ s important I stay strong and stay firm.
” There ’ s also the fact that covering the allegation against Biden would benefit President Donald Trump in the 2020 election .
Thus , giving the story any airtime or treating Reade the same way that they treated Kavanaugh ’ s accusers — giving her deference that would imply Biden is guilty — simply isn ’ t an option .
Reade is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t be .
She ’ ll be like Juanita Broaddrick ; maybe in 20 years we ’ ll believe her , too , long after it ceases to matter .
That ’ s what always happens when you make an accusation against a liberal .
The asterisk gets trotted out in an awful hurry , doesn ’ t it ?
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It’s amazing how quickly the asterisk appeared at the end of “Believe all women” as soon as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was the one who was accused of sexual assault.
Tara Reade, the former Senate aide who has accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, thinks that’s clearly a double standard. That’s why she wants the same kind of treatment that Christine Blasey Ford received from the media when she accused then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 2018.
In an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation published Saturday, Reade lamented that her accusation had become a “partisan tool” and said she wanted the same kind of treatment as “other survivors.”
“It’s inexcusable,” she said in the interview.
“I’m sorry that I’m politically inconvenient, but my perpetrator was Joe Biden. And people need to deal with it.”
Reade’s accusation has received only the most desultory forms of coverage.
“Joe Biden has been asked 81 questions in over two hours worth of media interviews since a former staffer in his U.S. Senate office accused him of sexual assault three weeks ago,” The Washington Free Beacon reported April 15. “He hasn’t fielded a single question about the allegation.
“Biden has sat for 10 interviews with major news outlets since March 24, when his former aide, Tara Reade, accused him of pinning her against a wall and penetrating her with his fingers in 1993 when she was a staff assistant in his office.
“None of Biden’s 10 interlocutors have asked him to comment on the allegation.”
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Instead, Reade said she’s been met with a “shroud of non-commitment” by the media, which devoted “hundreds of stories” to Ford’s claims of being assaulted by Kavanaugh in 1982 when the two were teenagers.
“My question is: Why? Are they being told not to by the campaign?” she said.
Reade also expressed frustration that Biden’s campaign had commented on her allegations — “This absolutely did not happen,” deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said this month — as opposed to the candidate himself.
“Their campaign didn’t have their hands up my skirt,” Reade said. “Their campaign didn’t have their hands underneath my clothes and then arrange for me to be fired.”
She said CNN has called her to interview her and said it would “consider doing a story” on the allegations, which is quite a thing to say when you realize this is one of the biggest campaign stories of the 2020 cycle.
“Well, get back to me when you know you’re doing a story,” Reade said, “and then I’ll complete the interview.”
Furthermore, she singled out CNN host Anderson Cooper, who has interviewed Biden several times but hasn’t asked him any questions about her.
At ABC News, Reade said Sasha Pezenik interviewed her just after her allegations broke but has been sitting on the interview.
“She has never done a story,” Reade told the DCNF.
“When I’ve asked her, she basically just says her producer’s not interested right now.”
Reade was also critical of women’s groups, none of which has gotten behind her.
She said it would have meant “so much” to have one of these groups behind her at a difficult time.
“I say back to these women’s organizations, I want the same equal treatment that other survivors have received, no matter who the perpetrator is,” Reade said.
“Emily’s List, where are you?” she asked. “Gloria Steinem? Where are you? Where are these people?”
Reade managed to answer her own question.
“I think there’s all kinds of reasons,” she said. ” There’s economic, there’s just fear of who he is and how powerful he is. I’m 56 years old, and I’ve kind of pushed beyond fear. I’m getting attacked. I am getting harassed. But I think it’s important I stay strong and stay firm.”
There’s also the fact that covering the allegation against Biden would benefit President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Thus, giving the story any airtime or treating Reade the same way that they treated Kavanaugh’s accusers — giving her deference that would imply Biden is guilty — simply isn’t an option.
Reade is going to be ignored until she can’t be. She’ll be like Juanita Broaddrick; maybe in 20 years we’ll believe her, too, long after it ceases to matter. That’s what always happens when you make an accusation against a liberal.
The asterisk gets trotted out in an awful hurry, doesn’t it?
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westernjournal--2020-04-27--Teacher Screams at Kids in Park: ‘I Hope You Both Die a Long, Painful Death’ from Coronavirus – Repo

Teacher Screams at Kids in Park: ‘I Hope You Both Die a Long, Painful Death’ from Coronavirus – Report

A woman identified as a math teacher at a New Jersey high school recently told students playing in a closed park that she wished them “ a long , painful death ” from the coronavirus .
The incident was captured on a cell phone camera and later made the rounds on social media .
Based upon comments from the students , the woman was identified by The Trentonian as Nicole Griggs , who according to the website of Steinert-Hamilton High East , has been teaching in the area at the middle school and high school level for 15 years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ students , whose name was not used , said he and some friends were playing football on the field of a former school when the incident took place .
The teens gathered despite lockdown orders in place across New Jersey .
The recording of the incident shows the woman asking the students if she was “ loud enough so you can hear me over your music ?
Park ’ s closed .
You will get arrested if the cops come.
” TRENDING : Pennsylvania Takes Hundreds of 'Probable ' COVID Deaths Off Books @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confrontation , one youth asked , “ Wait , can we go over there ?
” According to The Trentonian , that was when the teacher erupted .
“ Park ’ s closed .
The whole area .
Get it through your thick head .
You are the reason we are in this situation .
You are the problem , not the solution , ” she said .
She continued to scream at the teens , who were recording the incident .
“ Go ahead keep recording .
Who are you going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media .
You ’ re the idiot doing the wrong thing .
I ’ m just trying to save your a– and save your life , ” she said .
She then wished the students would die .
“ But die , OK ?
I hope both of you get the coronavirus .
I hope you both die a long , painful death , ” she said .
One student said that Griggs threatened to call the police on them , and that a police officer did come by .
The student @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told to leave the area .
RELATED : U.S. Food Supply Chains May Be in Jeopardy if Economy Remains Closed for Too Long The Trentonian reported Griggs previously posted on a Facebook page she appears to operate that she “ wished illness ” on a couple removing caution tape from a jungle gym so their child could use it .
“ I totally called them out on it , wished illness on them and commented that it was scary to even think they were parents , ” the post said .
Hamilton Township @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aware of the incident or video , but said no one ought to be “ wishing death or harm on people.
” “ This is a very serious thing , ” he said .
“ We ’ ve got at least 50 people who have actually died from it , 50 families .
It ’ s not something to joke around about .
Teacher or not , it ’ s unacceptable.
” School superintendent Scott Rocco said Saturday that the district will investigate the incident .
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A woman identified as a math teacher at a New Jersey high school recently told students playing in a closed park that she wished them “a long, painful death” from the coronavirus.
The incident was captured on a cell phone camera and later made the rounds on social media.
Based upon comments from the students, the woman was identified by The Trentonian as Nicole Griggs, who according to the website of Steinert-Hamilton High East, has been teaching in the area at the middle school and high school level for 15 years.
The Trentonian reports that one of the students, whose name was not used, said he and some friends were playing football on the field of a former school when the incident took place. The teens gathered despite lockdown orders in place across New Jersey.
The recording of the incident shows the woman asking the students if she was “loud enough so you can hear me over your music? Park’s closed. You will get arrested if the cops come.”
After the initial confrontation, one youth asked, “Wait, can we go over there?”
According to The Trentonian, that was when the teacher erupted.
“Park’s closed. The whole area. Get it through your thick head. You are the reason we are in this situation. You are the problem, not the solution,” she said.
She continued to scream at the teens, who were recording the incident.
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“Go ahead keep recording. Who are you going to show it to? Post me on social media. You’re the idiot doing the wrong thing. I’m just trying to save your a– and save your life,” she said.
She then wished the students would die.
“But die, OK? I hope both of you get the coronavirus. I hope you both die a long, painful death,” she said.
One student said that Griggs threatened to call the police on them, and that a police officer did come by. The student said they were not arrested but were told to leave the area.
The Trentonian reported Griggs previously posted on a Facebook page she appears to operate that she “wished illness” on a couple removing caution tape from a jungle gym so their child could use it.
“I totally called them out on it, wished illness on them and commented that it was scary to even think they were parents,” the post said.
Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin said he was not aware of the incident or video, but said no one ought to be “wishing death or harm on people.”
“This is a very serious thing,” he said. “We’ve got at least 50 people who have actually died from it, 50 families. It’s not something to joke around about. Teacher or not, it’s unacceptable.”
School superintendent Scott Rocco said Saturday that the district will investigate the incident.
“We will address the issue immediately,” he said.
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