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Note to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer! Stop the impeachment insane waste of our time and money and energy. Read what POTUS Trump said. You have no case. Get on with the inauguration. Focus Nancy. Focus Chuck. Be a stateswoman Nancy. Be a statesman Chuck. Forget this impeachment drivel. Help us be free, safe, and prosperous. Make sure there is enough security and get Joe and Kamala sworn in a few days from now. And send out the $2000 checks.

A Note to Nancy Pelosi. A Note to Chuck Schumer.

  1. Nancy, stop the impeachment insanity now.
  2. Chuck, stop the impeachment insanity now.
  3. Be a stateswoman. Be a statesman.
  4. For 4 years you and half the nation have wasted the time and emotions of the whole nation beating up on POTUS Trump.
  5. Nancy and Chuck, stop wasting our time and money and energy.
  6. Do something positive to help us be free, safe, and prosperous.
  7. Stop blocking the COVID payments.
  8. President Trump addressed supporters near the White House on January 6th 2021.
  9. FACT CHECK, NANCY.
  10. FACT CHECK, CHUCK.
  11. Did POTUS Trump advocate or encourage violence?
  12. Did POTUS Trump encourage anyone to enter the Capitol building?
  13. No he did not Nancy.
  14. Not one whit.
  15. You can read.
  16. Have you taken the time to read what he said?
  17. You have no case.
  18. Those who entered the capitol deserve to be found and prosecuted, to be sure.
  19. Likewise, those who rioted and looted in the past deserve to be found and prosecuted as well.
  20. Violence and trespass are not to be condoned in any fashion.
  21. Our nation functions because we are a nation of LAW and ORDER.
  22. POTUS Trump is home free on this one.
  23. He told his supporters to go home.
  24. He stands firm and has always stood firm against violence.
  25. POTUS Trump’s speech includes no calls or encouragement whatsoever for anyone to trespass and enter the Capitol.
  26. POTUS Trump’s speech includes no calls or encouragement whatsoever for anyone to use violence.
  27. In fact, indication is that those who entered were coordinating with inside persons and already entering the Capitol during POTUS Trump’s speech.
  28. Read what he said.
  29. To the contrary, POTUS Trump says states want to revote now that they have seen the voter fraud.
  30. He contrasts his peaceful followers with those who were lawless and earlier rioted and burned and looted in our cities.
  31. He says there would be hell to pay if what happened to him happened to democrats.
  32. He asks those who support him to fight by using the primary and by voting those who did not help us be free, safe, and prosper out of office.
  33. Here are POTUS Trump’s words. Read them, Nancy. Read them Chuck.
  34. And then stop this impeachment insanity immediately.
  35. And FOCUS.
  36. Get enough security and get Joe and Kamala installed.
  37. The following are POTUS TRUMP’S WORDS:
  38. Media will not show the magnitude of this crowd.
  39. Even I, when I turned on today, I looked, and I saw thousands of people here, but you don’t see hundreds of thousands of people behind you because they don’t want to show that.
  40. We have hundreds of thousands of people here, and I just want them to be recognized by the fake news media. 
  41. Turn your cameras, please, and show what is really happening out here, because these people are not going to take it any longer, they’re not going to take it any longer.
  42. Go ahead, turn your cameras, please.
  43. Would you show they came from all over the world actually, but they came from all over our country.
  44. I just really want to see what they do.
  45. I just want to see how they cover it.
  46. I’ve never seen anything like it, but it would be really great if we could be covered fairly by the media.
  47. The media is the biggest problem we have as far as I’m concerned, single biggest problem.
  48. The fake news and the big tech, big tech, is now coming into their own.
  49. We beat them four years ago, we surprised them.
  50. We took him by surprise and this year they rigged an election, they rigged it like they have never rigged an election before, and by the way, last night, they didn’t do a bad job either, if you notice.
  51. I am honest, and I just again, I want to thank you.
  52. It’s just a great honor to have this kind of crowd and to be before you and hundreds of thousands of American patriots who are committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our glorious Republic.
  53. All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by bold and radical left Democrats, which is what they are doing, and stolen by the fake news media.
  54. That is what they have done and what they are doing.
  55. We will never give up.
  56. We will never concede.
  57. It doesn’t happen.
  58. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.
  59. Our country has had enough. 
  60. We will not take it anymore, and that is what this is all about.
  61. And to use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with, we will stop the steal.
  62. Today I will lay out just some of the evidence proving that we won this election and we won it by a landslide.
  63. This was not a close election.
  64. You know I say sometimes jokingly, but there’s no joke about it.
  65. I have been in two elections.
  66. I won them both and the second one I won much bigger than the first, okay?
  67. Almost 75 million people voted for our campaign, the most of any incumbent president by far in the history of our country; 12 million more than four years ago.
  68. And I was told by the real pollsters; we do have real pollsters.
  69. They know that we were going to do well and we were going to win.
  70. What I was told, if I went from 63 million, which we had four years ago, to 66 million, there was no chance of losing.
  71. Well, we didn’t go to 66, we went to 75 million, and they say we lost.
  72. We didn’t lose.
  73. And by the way, does anybody believe that Joe had 80 million votes?
  74. Does anybody believe that?
  75. He had 80 million computer votes.
  76. It’s a disgrace.
  77. There’s never been anything like that.
  78. You can take Third World countries, just take a look, take Third World countries, their elections are more honest than what we have been going through in this country.
  79. It’s a disgrace.
  80. It’s a disgrace.
  81. Even when you look at last night, they were all running around like chickens with their heads cut off with boxes, and nobody knows what the hell is going on.
  82. There’s never been anything like this.
  83. We will not let them silence your voices.
  84. We’re not going to let it happen.
  85. Not going to let it happen.
  86. Thank you.
  87. And I would love to have, if those tens of thousands of people would be allowed, the military, the Secret Service and we want to thank you — and the police and law enforcement — great, you’re doing a great job.
  88. But I would love it if they could be allowed to come up with us. Is that possible?
  89. Can you just let them, please?
  90. And Rudy [Giuliani], you did a great job.
  91. He’s got guts.
  92. You know what?
  93. He’s got guts, unlike a lot of people in the Republican Party, he’s got guts, he fights, he fights.
  94. [How did Rudy fight? He filed lawsuits and addressed legislatures and the public.]
  95. And I will tell you thank you very much, John [Eastman], fantastic job. I watched — that’s a tough act to follow those two.
  96. John is one of the most brilliant lawyers in the country and he looked at this, and he said what an absolute disgrace that this could be happening to our Constitution, and he looked at Mike Pence, and I hope Mike is going to do the right thing.
  97. I hope so.
  98. I hope so because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election.
  99. All he has to do — all — this is — this is from the number one or certainly one of the top constitutional lawyers in our country.
  100. He has the absolute right to do it.
  101. We’re supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our Constitution and protect our Constitution.
  102. States want to revote, the states got defrauded.
  103. They were given false information, they voted on it.
  104. Now they want to recertify; they want it back.
  105. All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify, and we become president, and you are the happiest people.
  106. And I actually, I just spoke to Mike. 
  107. I said, Mike, that doesn’t take courage, what takes courage is to do nothing.
  108. That takes courage, and then we are stuck with a president who lost the election by a lot, and we have to live with that for four more years.
  109. We’re just not going to let that happen.
  110. Many of you have traveled from all across the nation to be here, and I want to thank you for the extraordinary love.
  111. That is what it is; there’s never been a movement like this ever, ever for the extraordinary love for this amazing country.
  112. And this amazing movement.
  113. Thank you.
  114. By the way, this goes all the way back past the Washington Monument.
  115. Do you believe this? Look at this.
  116. Unfortunately, they gave the press the prime seats.
  117. I can’t stand that.
  118. No, but you look at that behind.
  119. I wish they would flip those cameras and look behind you.
  120. That is the most amazing site.
  121. When they make a mistake, you get to see it on television, amazing. Amazing.
  122. All of the way back and don’t worry.
  123. We will not take the name off the Washington Monument.
  124. We will not.
  125. Cancel culture.
  126. They wanted to get rid of the Jefferson Memorial, either take it down or just put somebody else in there.
  127. I don’t think that’s going to happen.
  128. It damn well better not, even though with this administration if this happens, it could happen.
  129. You will see some really bad things happen.
  130. They will knock out Lincoln, too, by the way.
  131. They have been taking his statute down, but then we signed a little law, you hurt our monuments, you hurt our heroes, you go to jail for 10 years, and everything stopped.
  132. You notice that it stopped?
  133. It all stopped, and they could use Rudy back in New York City, Rudy.
  134. They could use you.
  135. Your city is going to hell.
  136. They want Rudy Giuliani back in New York.
  137. We will get a little younger version of Rudy.
  138. Is that okay, Rudy?
  139. We’re gathered together in the heart of our nation’s capital for one very, very basic and simple reason, to save our democracy.
  140. You know most candidates on election evening, and of course, this thing goes on so long they still don’t have any idea what the votes are.
  141. We still have congressional seats under review.
  142. They have no idea.
  143. They have totally lost control;
  144. they have used the pandemic as a way of defrauding the people in a proper election,
  145. but you know, you know when you see this and when you see what is happening, number one they all say, sir, we will never let it happen again. I said that’s good, but what about eight weeks ago?
  146. You know they try and get you to go, they say, sir, in four years you are guaranteed.
  147. I said, I’m not interested right now.
  148. Do me a favor. Go back eight weeks.
  149. I want to go back eight weeks.
  150. Let’s go back eight weeks.
  151. We want to go back, and we want to get this right, because we’re going to have somebody in there that should not be in there, and our country will be destroyed. And we’re not going to stand for that.
  152. For years, Democrats have gotten away with election fraud and weak Republicans.
  153. And that’s what they are.
  154. There’s so many weak Republicans.
  155. And we have great ones.
  156. Jim Jordan and some of these guys, they are out there fighting.
  157. The House guys are fighting, but it’s — it’s incredible.
  158. Many of the Republicans, I helped them get in.
  159. I helped them get elected.
  160. I helped Mitch get elected. I helped —
  161. I could name 24 of them, let’s say. I won’t bore you with it.
  162. And then all of a sudden, you have something like this.
  163. There is like oh, gee, maybe I’ll talk to the president sometime later.
  164. No, it’s amazing.
  165. The weak Republicans.
  166. They’re pathetic Republicans, and that’s what happens.
  167. If this happened to the Democrats, there’d be hell all over the country going on.
  168. There’d be hell all over the country. 
  169. But just remember this, you’re stronger, you’re smarter.
  170. You’ve got more going than anybody, and they try and demean everybody having to do with us, and you’re the real people.
  171. You’re the people that built this nation.
  172. You’re not the people that tore down our nation.
  173. The weak Republicans — and that’s it, I really believe it.
  174. I think I’m going to use the term.
  175. The weak Republicans.
  176. You’ve got a lot of them and you’ve got a lot of great ones.
  177. But you’ve got a lot of weak ones.
  178. They’ve turned a blind eye.
  179. Even as Democrats enacted policies that
  180. shipped away our jobs,
  181. weakened our military,
  182. threw open our borders,
  183. and put America last.
  184. Did you see the other day where Joe Biden said I want to get rid of the America-first policy.
  185.  What’s that all about?
  186. Get rid of — how do you say I want to get rid of America first?
  187. Even if you’re going to do it, don’t talk about it, right?
  188. Unbelievable, what we have to go through.
  189. What we have to go through — and you have to get your people to fight.
  190. And if they don’t fight, we have to primary the hell out of the ones that don’t fight. We primary them.
  191. We’re going to — we’re going to let you know who they are.
  192. I can already tell you, frankly.
  193. But this year, using the pretext of the China virus and the scam of mail-in ballots, Democrats attempted the most brazen and outrageous election theft.
  194. And there’s never been anything like this.
  195. It’s a pure theft in American history.
  196. Everybody knows it.
  197. That election, our election was over at 10 in the evening.
  198. We’re leading Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia.
  199. By hundreds of thousands of votes, and then late in the evening or early in the morning, boom. 
  200. These explosions of bullshit, and all of the sudden —all of a sudden, it started to happen.
  201. Don’t forget, when Romney got beat — Romney. Did you see his —
  202. I wonder if he enjoyed his flight in last night.
  203. But when Romney got beat, you know, he stands up like your more typical — well, I’d like to congratulate the victor.
  204. The victor.
  205. Who was the victor, Mitt?
  206. I’d like to congratulate.
  207. They don’t go in and look at the facts.
  208. Oh, I don’t know. You’ve got — he got slaughtered, probably.
  209. Maybe it was okay, maybe it was — that’s what happened.

Nancy and Chuck, stop the impeachment insane waste of our time and money and energy. You have no case. You are trying to manufacture a case when there isn’t one. Get on with the inauguration. Focus Nancy. Be a stateswoman. Focus Chuck. Be a statesman. Make sure there is enough security and get Joe and Kamala sworn in a few days from now.

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Mitt Romney hasn’t taken time to watch the Sidney, Rudy, Jenna press conference where they laid out their overwhelming compelling evidence. BARREL & PORK. We report. You decide.

PORK, what do you think of this Breitbart article?

BARREL, Mitt hasn’t taken the time to look at the Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani press conference where they laid out the mountain of evidence that proves Joe and his followers committed voter fraud.

Romney: Surprising People Believe Trump’s Fraud Claims — He Made Them ‘Before the Election’

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Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said Thursday on “The Axe Files” podcast that President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud seem dubious because “the president said before the election that if he were to lose, it would be because of voter fraud.”

Romney said, “At this stage, we haven’t heard any evidence of a widespread voter fraud effort that would result in a change in the outcome of the election.”

Host David Axelrod said, “The place where the allegations are being made are mostly the president’s Twitter feed.”

Romney said, “I’m surprised that there are as many people as you say that give it credibility even within our own country because the president said before the election that if he were to lose, it would be because of voter fraud, it would be because of corruption. And then a day or two after the election, when the vote was called by the major networks, he indicated that there was massive fraud and that he had been robbed of the victory and that was before any evidence has been gathered.”

He added, “It’s one thing to charge a crime before you actually see any evidence. Normally you find evidence, and then after seeing evidence, then you reach a conclusion about whether or not there was a crime committed. But I understand the president is not happy with the result. He’s entitled to pursue his legal remedies. But I think in all likelihood it’s pretty clear that Joe Biden will become the next president.”

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Analysis Mitt Romney vote to remove POTUS TRUMP from office. BARREL & PORK.

1. PORK, what do you think of Mitt Romney’s remarks and his voting for witnesses and his vote to remove POTUS TRUMP from office?

2. You know, BARREL, I’m not willing to give Mitt a pass for doing so. I for one am not willing to allow him to use his religion to weasel out of accountability for having sided with the partisan democrats -because such is a disservice to his religion and a left handed disservice to all of his colleagues and their religions. Mitt says he voted for POTUS TRUMP’S removal from office as a matter of conscience (before God and his religion and his immediate family and grandchildren and the voters in Utah and the nation), and because he took an oath to render impartial justice, and for these reasons he is voting to remove POTUS TRUMP from office. Actually, those are Mitt’s excuses for Mitt’s conduct. At the heart of his argument is his one stated real reason for voting to remove POTUS TRUMP from office.

3. Mitt’s stated real reason is that there is no reasonable doubt but what house managers made the case that POTUS TRUMP wrongfully asked a foreign nation to investigate a political rival and his son who did not commit crimes and that POTUS TRUMP wrongfully withheld military aid and by doing so POTUS TRUMP should be removed from office.

4. So let’s see if that is true. Did the house managers in fact make their case beyond a reasonable doubt?  The answer is no they did not, no matter how many Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler generalities and “Trump will sell out Alaska to the Russians” histrionics and Mitt Romney anti-TRUMP votes might be presented to the Senate, and here is why.

5. First, did 197 Republican House members and 1 Independent member have reasonable doubt about POTUS TRUMP’S guilt and vote before God, their religion, and their family, and their constituencies and the nation not to impeach POTUS TRUMP? Of course they did. To say otherwise defies logic. The House case brought to the Senate only by the democrats is partisan and a partisan impeachment on its face is filled with reasonable doubt. There is obvious reasonable doubt which demanded a vote of acquittal.

6. Second, Mitt wrongfully says Joe and his son are not guilty of crimes; yet there is reasonable doubt as to Joe Biden’s and his son’s and his other family members’ “Profiles in Corruption” – i.e. their guilt or innocence of criminal activity including money laundering?  Of course there is. And criminal and Senate investigations are in order. Did Joe and his son corruptly receive a billion+ dollars from China knowing that Joe’s son only got the money because Joe was Vice President who wrongfully and corruptly directly or indirectly made arrangements with the Chinese? Did Joe’s son corruptly get (and keep) his lucrative million dollar job with Burisma because of Joe’s corruption? Looks like he did just that. At the same time there is more than reasonable doubt as to POTUS TRUMP’S communications with the Ukraine president [the Ukraine president testified there was no quid pro quo and no investigation of the Bidens and no withholding of funding]. Yet we have Joe admitting on camera while laughing that he in fact corruptly withheld funding to the Ukraine in order to remove a prosecutor looking into Burisma, a corrupt company with Joe’s son on its board. Did Joe corruptly and criminally misuse his office to enrich himself, his son, his brother and other family members and others? (Peter Sweizer says in his investigative book Profiles in Corruption that he did. The counsel for POTUS TRUMP says Joe corruptly misused his office.) Once more there is reasonable doubt which demanded a vote of acquittal.  

7. Third, did Adam Schiff lie multiple times about POTUS TRUMP during the hearings and gerrymander the hearings to preclude Republican participation? Of course he did. Do Adam Schiff’s lies and star chamber hearings cause reasonable doubt? Of course they do. Once again there is obvious reasonable doubt which demanded a vote of acquittal.

8. Fourth, do the letters from POTUS TRUMP leave us with reasonable doubt as to POTUS TRUMP’S intent? Of course they do. [Keep in mind that there is no way you can prove mal-intent on the part of POTUS TRUMP from the letters even though the Whistleblower claimed as much until POTUS TRUMP released the letters.] Most importantly, the president of Ukraine testifies that there was and is no wrongdoing, again no quid pro quo, no withholding of aid or Javelins, no compulsion to investigate anyone. Does the Ukraine President’s testimony on multiple occasions not create reasonable doubt? Of course it does. There is reasonable doubt which demanded aquittal.

9. Fifth, John Bolton was fired and is writing a book and other witnesses are under criminal prosecution and John Bolton refused to testify in the House and refused to sign an Affidavit to be used by the Schiff group in the Senate hearings. And then we have the whistleblowers and their motives and their veracity and their relationship with Adam Schiff and Adam Shift’s staff all of which has been kept secret from the House and Senate. Is not this highly suspect? Of course it is. There is obvious reasonable doubt about such testimony.

10. Sixth, we come to the Constitutional nature of impeachment and the fact that this was a partisan impeachment. Does that in and of itself create reasonable doubt? Of course it does. Once again, a partisan impeachment was not contemplated by the Framers and is laden with reasonable doubt. So again there is obvious reasonable doubt which easily demanded a vote of acquittal.

11. Seventh, we ask a practical question. Given all of the above reasonable doubt, would Mitt’s constituency and Mitt’s party want Mitt siding with the partisan democrats to vote to remove POTUS TRUMP who has done more to help us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS than any past POTUS except Lincoln and Washington? No they would not want such. In fact, Mitt ran on a promise that he would support POTUS TRUMP and there is a good argument that he has now betrayed his constituency in Utah. Yet, Mitt sidesteps responsibility by weeping and claiming that he voted his religion and conscience. Although he may have conferred with his conscience, it looks like Mitt went it alone without counselors. There is no hint from Mitt that he conferred with Mitch McConnell or his party leaders or his constituency in any way shape or form.

12. So PORK, having made the case for reasonable doubt, what is your bottom line take about Mitt Romney and his vote to remove POTUS TRUMP from office? Mitt says he voted with POTUS TRUMP 80% of the time, doesn’t that give Mitt a pass?

13. No, BARREL, Mitt does not get a pass by weeping and using the argument that he voted his conscience before God, family, the state, and the nation. Nor does he get a pass by using the argument that he voted with POTUS TRUMP 80% of the time. Given Mitt’s documented antipathy toward POTUS TRUMP, it is common sense that there is reasonable doubt as to why Mitt voted against POTUS TRUMP 20% of the time.

14. Bottom line is this. Mitt did not do his homework and think this matter through. He did not listen to his republican colleagues, did not pay attention to and take into account the partisan rigged House impeachment proceedings, did not confer in any way with his constituency, and either does not understand or willfully refused to acknowledge the concept of reasonable doubt which demanded a vote for acquittal. Mitt either does not understand or willfully refused to acknowledge the fact that Adam Schiff lied multiple times and conducted Star Chamber partisan proceedings all of which created reasonable doubt which reasonable doubt demanded a Senate vote for acquittal on all charges and counts.

15. One more time, the Star Chamber impeachment partisan proceedings carried out by Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and Nancy Pelosi in the House on their face provide more than enough evidence of reasonable doubt and such overwhelming reasonable doubt demanded a vote for acquittal from and by all republican and democrat Senators.

16. So PORK, should someone in Utah start a recall petition? I understand legislation has been proposed in Utah that will allow impeachment and recall of a Senator.

17. Yes, I believe so, BARREL. Paraphrasing, Mitt said he expects negative nuclear extreme fallout from his decision. Given the overwhelming evidence of reasonable doubt which demanded a vote of acquittal, given the partisan nature of the impeachment activities, and the other reasons set forth above, that negative nuclear extreme fallout probably should include a vote on the part of Mitt’s constituency back in Utah for witnesses and a serious vote by the people of Utah to impeach and remove Mitt from office.

18. As a parting hard shot, PORK, and assuming the Utah voters do not recall him for whatever reason. I believe Mitt has a JD degree from Harvard. Mitt may want to learn from this experience never again to use his religion and conscience as reasons for a political decision. Instead, he may want to stand up and be counted and think the matter through like a man and the Supreme Court Justice he probably will not now become and render his reasoned decision based on the facts and the law.

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Mitt Romney? BARREL & PORK.

So what do you think of Mitt Romney’s vote for witnesses and to convict? BARREL & PORK.

1. So PORK, what do you think of Mitt Romney’s vote for witnesses and vote to convict?

2. Well, BARREL, I think Mitt Romney is an interesting study in human nature.

3. How so, PORK.

4. BARREL, Mitt is handsome. He is smart. He is well dressed in his navy suit. He has held significant offices. He is straight laced. He ran for POTUS. He gives every appearance of having a strong religious moral compass. Notwithstanding, and I could be wrong, it does look like Mitt has a tragic fatal flaw.

5. What is a tragic fatal flaw, PORK?

6. Well, BARREL, a tragic fatal flaw is what is called hamartia or hamartanein, which means “to err.”

7. A tragic fatal flaw is a fatal personality deficiency that ultimately leads to the loss of influence and the downfall of the tragic hero.

8. This hamartia, this fatal flaw, fault, failure, guilt, is revealed in Greek tragedy by what the protagonist does and what he or she says.

9. This tragic flaw can be traits like ambition, cowardice, over-protectiveness, or self-sacrifice.

10. Actually, this tragic fatal flaw may be many different character traits if they become responsible for failure, self or other destruction, or death.

11. In a nutshell, a tragic fatal flaw is a character defect that leads to a person’s marginalization, self-destruction, and downfall.

12. Lack of self-knowledge or awareness, lack of good judgment are tragic fatal flaws; but most often hubris or pride  provides the seedbed for or is in fact the core tragic fatal flaw.

13. So how does this work, PORK?

14.  Well, BARREL, there are a number of persons with tragic fatal flaws in biblical accounts – people like David and Solomon and Saul and Judas had tragic fatal flaws. And there are those with tragic fatal flaws in the pages of fiction. Think for example about Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

15. One of Hamlet’s tragic fatal flaws is indecisiveness which is seen in his thinking about whether vengeance is wrong or right. This “back and forth nature” has a great deal to do with Hamlet’s ultimate downfall.

16. Hamlet wavers back and forth: “To be, or not to be – that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep … No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep …”

10. Goethe’s Dr. Faustus’ tragic flaw is his overwhelming ambition which leads to what has come to be called his Faustian bargain with the Devil.

11. Because Faust was so ambitious, wanting unlimited knowledge and unlimited pleasures, he made a contract with Satan and sold his soul for short term gains – for the proverbial mess of pottage.

12. Finally, when Faust’s soul is taken to hell, Faust realizes his sin, tries to repent, but it was too late. Lucifer, the ruler of hell under Cain, had encircled Faust with his chains. Lucifer subjected Faust to his diabolical control.

11. We have Othello who killed his faithful Desdemona and having self-destructed kills himself. Othello was possessed by the tragic fatal flaw of jealousy.

12. And of course you know Sophocle’s Oedipus the King lacked humility. Oedipus was beset with pride which was his tragic fatal flaw.

13. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, prideful John Proctor goes to his death because of his pride.

14. So what you are saying, PORK, is that Mitt Romney has a tragic fatal flaw despite the fact that he was elected governor and senator and has millions in Switzerland and a beautiful family.

15. What is it, PORK? What is Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw?

16. You know, BARREL, I do not think I am wrong although I certainly could be wrong.

17.  I think Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw is best identified and defined by how Mitt treated and treats POTUS TRUMP. Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw may be defined by an analysis of Mitt’s election loss contrasted with POTUS TRUMP’S election win but I think that approach may be superficial. Mitt appears to have the same prideful tragic fatal flaw possessed by Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

18. Remember these facts which were all over the newspapers, tabloids, television and radio.

19. Remember that Mitt asked POTUS TRUMP to support him when Mitt ran for POTUS.

20. If I’ve got my facts right, Mitt and his wife dined with POTUS TRUMP, schmoozed POTUS TRUMP and Melania, and POTUS TRUMP graciously and with largeness of soul gave Mitt his unwavering support.

21. Juxtapose when POTUS TRUMP ran for office and POTUS TRUMP asked Mitt for his support.

22. Mitt refused to give POTUS TRUMP his unwavering support. In fact, Mitt trashed POTUS TRUMP and has continued to trash POTUS TRUMP repeatedly.

23. So I think this may well say it all. It is no wonder POTUS TRUMP did not take Mitt into his cabinet.

24. More precisely, Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw appears to be his violation and continued violation of the American, indeed world-wide, honor code of reciprocity.

25. Today in the partisan democrat driven Senate trial, given Mitt’s vocal call for witnesses, and Mitt’s leaning toward voting against POTUS TRUMP, it would appear that Mitt egotistically and jealously and with enmity and ill will is doing the same thing again to POTUS TRUMP.

16. So PORK, are you just saying that Mitt was willing to take but unwilling to give? Are you just saying that Harvard Bain Capital millionaire Mitt felt pridefully entitled to Builder Entrepreneur billionaire POTUS TRUMP’S support because Mitt believed he was one of the moral and financial and elected elite? Are you saying that it appears that Harvard Bain Capital Mitt thinks he is so much “better than Builder Entrepreneur billionaire POTUS TRUMP?”

17. Yes, BARREL. I think that says it well. Recognizing and admitting the perils of judging, and acknowledging that I could be wrong, Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw appears to be his pride and lack of humility. It appears to those of us watching from the sidelines that at the heart of this matter, Mitt’s conduct in reality is not based on moral principle; instead it is Mitt’s continuing failure to care for and love POTUS TRUMP and his family despite their perceived frailties. Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw appears to be his ongoing failure to embrace POTUS TRUMP and his family as well POTUS TRUMP’S election win. Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw appears to be an unceasing enmity and antipathy toward POTUS TRUMP because of who Mitt Romney judges POTUS TRUMP and his family to be. This same conclusion is true of Adam and Jerry and Chuck and Nancy. Their impeachment is driven not be a search for truth, although methinks they profess the same vociferously, rather their impeachment activities are driven by enmity which is to say hatred of POTUS TRUMP because of who they perceive him to be.

18. Said another way, it appears to us deplorables that Harvard Bain Capital Mitt apparently thought and it looks like he still thinks he was and is somehow better than POTUS TRUMP and that he Harvard Bain Capital Mitt was robbed of the presidency and that he Mitt is deserving of POTUS TRUMP’S support. At the same time Harvard Bain Capital Mitt appears to believe that POTUS TRUMP for whatever reason did not and does not rise to Mitt’s high standard as being worthy and deserving of Mitt’s support or for that matter worthy of being POTUS. Not as an aside, and this is only one illustration, what Mitt is apparently unwilling to recognize is that POTUS TRUMP attended Kew-Forest School, Fordham University, New York Military Academy, and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania not Harvard. POTUS TRUMP comes to the presidency from the hard knocks life of Architecture and Construction. POTUS TRUMP comes from the hard knocks life dealing with media people as well. If I’m not mistaken, POTUS TRUMP, Warren Buffett, Ivanka Trump, Elon Musk, Peter Lynch, Jon Huntsman Sr, are but a few of Wharton’s distinguished alumni. And I think Penn has produced the most billionaires on Forbe’s 400 Richest List – more than Harvard – if I am not mistaken. And I do believe POTUS TRUMP pulled off The Apprentice as one of the highest rated television shows ever. For anyone with a smattering of experience in broadcasting and other media, such took genius of the highest order, a level of genius POTUS Obama will not begin to reach with Netflix and Mitt did not reach at Bain. Then of course there is the amazing, admirable, now legendary come from behind unexpected presidency genius win by POTUS TRUMP, a win Mitt was unable to pull off.

19. So is there reconciliation between the two men PORK? And if so, how so PORK?

20.Sure, BARREL. There can be reconciliation but such reconciliation is more than likely not on POTUS TRUMP’S side of the ledger. He is POTUS. Mitt is not, No matter how much Mitt wants to be.

21. I mean, look at it, BARREL. It is probably as simple as this. POTUS TRUMP graciously offered Mitt his support. And Mitt appears to have judged POTUS TRUMP as unworthy and so refused to reciprocate.

22. Keep in mind, BARREL, POTUS TRUMP has gone on to keep more political promises and do more for the American people than any president since Lincoln and before him Washington. In no way can Mitt as Massachusett’s governor match POTUS TRUMP’S performance.

23. Seems to me that Mitt may be well advised to swallow his pride and shake hands with POTUS TRUMP and say “I’m sorry. I have been a jerk. I have not reciprocated” and thereby quickly and whole heartedly jump on the POTUS TRUMP band wagon and campaign and labor diligently to help POTUS TRUMP and the Republicans succeed in a second term, rather than kowtowing to Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the partisan democrats. Why? Because any bargain by Mitt with or that rewards the partisan impeachment democrats is Faustian at best and the end result is more than likely not heaven.

24. Yes, PORK. And while we are having this interesting discussion, it certainly looks like the Utah electorate will have been hoodwinked by Mitt who appears to have carpet bagged his way to Utah so he could run for Orrin Hatch’s Senate Seat; and this for certain if Mitt now proves turncoat to the Republicans and POTUS TRUMP and then claims that he Mitt is righteous in prolonging this tedious democrat partisan impeachment by calling for witnesses or by voting against POTUS TRUMP because of some trumped up moral grounds.

25. Yes, BARREL. And don’t we all have one or more tragic fatal flaws?

26. We do, PORK. We all do. Tongue in cheek, even POTUS TRUMP has his share. There is a Book of Mormon scripture that says: “And if men come unto me [Jesus Christ] I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.”
Ether 12:27 ” Our challenge is to recognize our tragic fatal flaws and get rid of them before they destroy us.

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Mitt Romney’s Faustian Bargain with the democrats? BARREL & PORK.

1. So PORK, what do you think of Mitt Romney’s vote for witnesses, and for conviction of POTUS TRUMP?

2. Well, BARREL, I think Mitt Romney is an interesting study in human nature.

3. How so, PORK.

4. BARREL, Mitt is handsome. He is smart. He is well dressed in his navy suit. He has held significant offices. He ran for POTUS. He gives every appearance of having a strong religious moral compass. Notwithstanding, and I could be wrong, it does look like Mitt has a tragic fatal flaw.

5. What is a tragic fatal flaw, PORK?

6. Well, BARREL, a tragic fatal flaw is what is called hamartia or hamartanein, which means “to err.”

7. This is a fatal personality deficiency that ultimately leads to the loss of influence and the downfall of the tragic hero.

8. This hamartia, this fatal flaw, fault, failure, guilt, is revealed in Greek tragedy by what the protagonist does and what he or she says.

9. This tragic flaw can be such things as ambition, cowardice, over-protectiveness, or self-sacrifice.

10. Actually, this tragic fatal flaw may be many different character traits if they become responsible for failure, self or other destruction, or death.

11. In a nutshell, a tragic fatal flaw is a character defect that leads to a person’s marginalization, self-destruction, and downfall.

12. Lack of self-knowledge or awareness, lack of good judgment are tragic fatal flaws; but most often hubris or pride  provides the seedbed for or is in fact the central core tragic fatal flaw.

13. So how does this work, PORK?

14.  Well, BARREL, think about Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

15. One of Hamlet’s tragic fatal flaws is indecisiveness which is seen in his thinking about whether vengeance is wrong or right and this “back and forth nature” determines Hamlet’s downfall.

16. Hamlet wavers back and forth: “To be, or not to be – that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep … No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep …”

10. Goethe’s Dr. Faustus’ tragic flaw is his overweening ambition which leads to what has come to be called a Fautian bargain with the Devil.

11. Because Faust was so ambitious, wanting unlimited knowledge and unlimited pleasures, he made a contract with Satan and sold his soul for short term gains and pottage.

12. Finally, when his soul is taken to hell, Faust realizes his sin, tries to repent, but it was too late. Lucifer, the ruler of hell, had encircled him in his chains and diabolical control.

11. Othello killed his faithful Desdemona and self-destructed kills himself because of his tragic fatal flaw of jealousy.

12. And of course you know Sophocle’s Oedipus the King was beset with pride which was his tragic fatal flaw.

13. And in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, prideful John Proctor goes to his death because of his pride.

14. So what you are saying, PORK, is that Mitt Romney has a tragic fatal flaw despite the fact that he was elected governor and senator and has great wealth and a beautiful family.

15. What is it, PORK? What is Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw?

16. BARREL, I do not think I am wrong.

17.  I think Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw is best identified and defined by how Mitt treated and treats POTUS TRUMP; best defined by Mitt’s election loss contrasted with POTUS TRUMP’S election win.

18. Remember these facts which were all over the papers and tabloids and television and radio.

19. Mitt asked POTUS TRUMP to support him when Mitt ran for POTUS.

20. Mitt and his wife dined with POTUS TRUMP, schmoozed POTUS TRUMP and Melania, and POTUS TRUMP graciously and with largeness of soul gave Mitt his unwavering support.

21. Juxtapose when POTUS TRUMP ran for office and POTUS TRUMP asked Mitt for his support.

22. Mitt refused to give POTUS TRUMP his unwavering support; in fact, Mitt trashed POTUS TRUMP and has continued to trash POTUS TRUMP repeatedly.

23. So I think this says it all.

24. Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw is the tragic fatal flaw violation and continued violation of the American, indeed world-wide, honor code of reciprocity.

25. Today in the Senate trial, given Mitt’s vocal penchant for witnesses, and Mitt’s leaning toward voting against POTUS TRUMP, it would appear that Mitt egotistically is doing the same thing again to POTUS TRUMP.

16. So PORK, you are just saying that Mitt was and is willing to take but was and is unwilling to give. You are just saying that Harvard millionaire Bain Capital Mitt felt pridefully entitled to Builder Entrepreneur billionaire POTUS TRUMP’S support because Harvard Millionaire Bain Capital Mitt was one of the moral elite and thus so much “better than Builder Entrepreneur billionaire POTUS TRUMP.”

17. Yes, BARREL. Recognizing the perils of judging, and admitting I could be wrong, Harvard Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw appears to be his pride and lack of humility. It appears to those of us deplorables watching from the sidelines that at the heart of this matter, Harvard Mitt’s conduct is not in reality based on moral principle; instead it is a continuing expression not of caring and love for POTUS TRUMP but rather that of enmity and antipathy toward POTUS TRUMP.

18. It appears to us deplorables that Harvard Mitt apparently thought and thinks he was and is somehow better than POTUS TRUMP and that he Harvard Bain Capital Mitt is deserving of POTUS TRUMP’S support; while at the same time Harvard Bain Capital Mitt appears to believe that POTUS TRUMP for whatever reason did not and does not rise to Mitt’s high standard as being worthy and deserving of Mitt’s support. What Mitt is apparently unwilling to recognize is that POTUS TRUMP attended Kew-Forest School, Fordham University, New York Military Academy, and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a billionaire which last count I believe ecclipses millionaire. And if I’m not mistaken, POTUS TRUMP, Warren Buffett, Ivanka Trump, Elon Musk, Peter Lynch, Jon Huntsman Sr, are but a few of Wharton’s distinguished alumni. And I think Penn has produced the most billionaires on Forbe’s 400 Richest List.

19. So is there reconciliation between the two men, PORK? And if so, how so PORK?

20.Sure, BARREL. There can be reconciliation but such reconciliation is more than likely not on POTUS TRUMP’S side of the ledger.

21. I mean, look at it, BARREL. POTUS TRUMP offered Mitt his support. And Mitt refused to reciprocate.

22. Next, POTUS TRUMP has gone on to keep more political promises and do more for the American people than any president since Lincoln and before him Washington. In no way can millionaire Mitt match POTUS TRUMP’S billionaire political performance.

23. Seems to me that Mitt may want to rethink how he is perceived and what he is doing. He may just want to swallow his pride and jump on the POTUS TRUMP band wagon, say I’m sorry, and campaign and labor diligently to help POTUS TRUMP and the Republicans succeed in a second term and throughout the nation rather than kowtowing to the partisan democrats including of all people Adam Schiff who has blatantly lied about POTUS TRUMP repeatedly; keeping in mind, Mitt, that any bargain with the democrats is Faustian at best.

24. Yes, PORK. And while we are having this discussion, it certainly looks like the Utah electorate, most of whom are trending pro-TRUMP now, will have been hoodwinked by Mitt because he appears to have carpet bagged into Utah to run for Orrin Hatch’s Senate Seat; and this is especially true now that Mitt has voted turncoat to the Republicans and POTUS TRUMP after claiming he Mitt prolonged this tedious partisan, unconstitutional impeachment by calling for witnesses and then voted against POTUS TRUMP after citing specious moral grounds.

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We surmise there are a number of angry democrat and republican voters who support POTUS TRUMP! BARREL & PORK.

PORK, I understand there are an overwhelming number of angry democrat and republican PRO-TRUMP voters out there.


Yes, BARREL. those angry voters, republicans and democrats and independents, know that POTUS TRUMP and his family have been abused to an intolerable level by the democrats Schiff, Nadler, Pelosi, Schumer and others.


In greater detail,

1.       Angry voters find Schiff, Nadler, Schumer, Pelosi are at best Boring.

2.       Angry voters find them Repetitive and Tedious.

3.       Angry voters find them to be amateurs and anything but professional.

4.       Angry voters are overwhelmingly tired of this one-sided democrat partisan hit job on POTUS TRUMP and his family.

5.       Angry voters hold the democrats accountable for spending $40 million plus in worthless investigations and hearings and for wasting the time and energy of the congress which could have dealt with infrastructure and the southern border wall and other measures helpful to FREEDOM, SAFETY, and PROSPERITY.

6.       Angry voters want to be happy and they know the democrats are responsible for making them and the country unhappy.

7.       Angry voters know life is going on tomorrow.

8.       Angry voters know the sun is going to come up.

9.       Angry voters know they are going to take care of what’s important in their lives.

10.   Angry voters know the impeachment outcome is not in doubt but such is no consolation.

11.   Angry voters know the GOP controls the Senate.

12.   Angry voters know the story is already written.

13.   Angry voters have their minds made up and an overwhelming majority are for POTUS TRUMP contrary to the effete democrat narrative. Given the media coverage of POTUS TRUMP, his approval rating is 80-90% not 45% as polls suggest.

14.   Angry voters know there is no possibility of removal.

15.   Angry voters know the democrats have wasted their time and their money and have trashed the country and have done nothing to help them be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS since POTUS TRUMP was elected and that the fix was in to impeach him from before his inauguration.

16.   Angry voters know the democrats have squandered $40 million plus of the nation’s money in these foolish investigations and hearings.

17.   Angry voters know the DNC should pay back the country far in excess of $40 million for their impeachment perfidy wrongfully and illegally foisted off on the American people.

18.   Angry voters know the democrats have no facts while the republican factual arguments have blown the Schiff Nadler democrat emotional arguments out of the water.

19.   Angry voters know the trial will end in acquittal.

20.   Angry voters know that the democrats conducted an illegal impeachment.

21.   Angry voters have fallen asleep during the democrat Schiff Nadler droning arguments and that there is no need for added witnesses to prolong the partisan charade.

22.   Angry voters know that it is a blatant lie that Schiff Nadler competently and legally conducted themselves during House impeachment hearings or Senate. They know that Schiff Nadler Pelosi Schumer have done nothing for their constituencies or the nation in general to help them be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS since POTUS was elected.

23.   Angry voters know the media is likewise skewed dramatically against POTUS Trump.

24.   Angry voters know that Joe Biden and his son and family are corrupt and that Joe and his family wrongfully took vast sums of money and that Joe failed miserably in his duties as Vice President and cannot show where he has helped us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS.

25.   Angry voters know also that Joe Biden was complicit in all of the ill done by POTUS OBAMA and that “the Obama administration” is a euphemism and that POTUS Obama and Joe were responsible for all the negative produced during the Obama years.

26.   https://www.breitbart.com/news/in-divided-america-some-voters-tuning-out-impeachment-trial/

27.   Angry voters are yelling at Adam Schiff (D-CA), telling him to “move to Venezuela.”

28.   Angry voters know Adam Schiff is a liar having lied repeatedly making up lies about POTUS Trump, lying to the Congres and the American people.

29.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP did not abuse his power and was well within his rights to ask for an investigation of the corruption of the Bidens and many other politicians who have had their hands in the Ukrainian and China and other foreign and domestic tills stealing money for their personal and their campaign use. The Sweizer book Profiles in Corruption and Rudy Giuliani disclosures of Biden and other corruption are but the tip of the iceberg.

30.   Angry voters are highly incensed that those in high places who have enriched themselves at the expense of the voters have not been indicted and shamed and where law was violated jailed for their perfidy. Will AG BILL BARR please stand up and be counted?

31.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP did not withhold aid from Ukraine unless the investigation of the Bidens and others took place.

32.   Angry voters also know POTUS TRUMP did not obstruct Congress by blocking documents and witnesses unlawfully. They know the minority was denied due process including right to litigate differences of opinion while the democrat majority rushed to impeach before Christmas.

33.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP has been denied due process by Schiff Nadler Pelosi throughout the House impeachment activities.

34.   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/26/impeachment-protester-yells-adam-schiff-move-venezuela/

35.   Angry voters know that POTUS TRUMP has not committed a high crime or misdemeanor and that Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have fallen abjectly short of the standard need to convict POTUS TRUMP let alone remove POTUS TRUMP from office.

36.   Angry voters know that the republican minority has the facts while all Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler have is conjecture, generalities, suppositions, mind reading drivel, and no impeachable offenses.

37.   Angry voters know there has not been a constitutionally authorized bi-partisan impeachment of POTUS TRUMP.

38.   Angry voters know that POTUS TRUMP has done nothing of a criminal nature.

39.   Angry voters know the democrats cannot prove abuse of power.

40.   Angry voters know the democrats cannot prove obstruction of congress no matter how over the top maudlin Adam Schiff is during his arguments.

41.   Angry voters know the abuse of power and obstruction of Congress are precisely the arguments the framers of the Constitution rejected because partisan impeachments let the majority exercise tyranny over the minority.

42.   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/26/dershowitz-house-managers-case-falls-short-of-impeachment-standard-even-if-true/

43.   Angry voters know that POTUS TRUMP has shown restrain, deliberateness, and immense ability to make tough decisions and that POTUS TRUMP has saved the world millions of deaths in the matters of North Korea and Iran and otherwise, while at the same time giving the nation the best economy and stock market and more jobs for BLACKS, HISPANICS, ASIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, and WHITES than in the history of our country.

44.   Angry voters know that POTUS TRUMP made the right call to kill Iranian Quds Force leader Qasem Soeimani and that POTUS TRUMP’S decisive approach has prevented a major war with Iran.

45.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP consults with his cabinet, asks for intelligence, takes the opinion of his leadership, takes a very calculated and measured response over time.

46.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP is methodical and calm and asks lots of questions and updates before he jumps to conclusions.

47.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP is properly advised and that there is a process to present POTUS TRUMP with options and the risks and ladder of escalation associated with each situation.

48.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP is highly involved in the process when it comes to decisions that involve potential loss of American lives or even the lives of adversaries.

49.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP likes differing points of view, wants debate, wants to see the debate.

50.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP relies on intelligence and relied on intelligence that Soleimani was planning a major attack.

51.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP has kept more campaign promises than any previous POTUS while the democrats have kept but one which was to impeach POTUS TRUMP.

52.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP is not like Joe Biden at all. Joe has enriched himself and his family in Ukraine, China, and elsewhere while making decisions contrary to the good of the country. POTUS TRUMP has done more to help America be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS than the democrats hoped of doing.

53.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP was not erratic in responding to Iran.

54.   Angry voters know Soleimani was taken out because Iran conducted a series of provocative actions against the U.S. and its allies including 11 rocket attacks on installations in Iraq where U.S. forces were present, including attack on oil plants in Saudi Arabia that took out half of the oil output, including seizure of a United Kingdom ship, including attacks on Japanese and Norwegian oil tankers, and shooting down of a U.S. drone.

55.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP chose economic sanctions but that POTUS TRUMP’s patience ran out after Iranian-backed forces targeted and killed an American contractor and wounded four American service members.

56.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP has been patient and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told the truth.

57.   Angry voters know that when an Iranian Shia militia rocket attack killed the American contractor and wounded U.S. troops in Iraq, POTUS TRUMP was presented a list of options, and only then did POTUS TRUMP authorize airstrikes against Shia militia targets, including weapons storage facilities and command posts used to attack U.S. and coalition forces, and killing about two dozen militia fighters.

58.   Angry voters know that POTUS TRUMP said “Iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost, or damage incurred, at any of our facilities. They will pay a very BIG PRICE! This is not a Warning, it is a Threat. Happy New Year!”

59.   Angry voters know that criticism from the left which has been swift and loud was unfounded, that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) criticism was “reckless,” “impulsive,” with no planning or forethought and that her response was in fact fiction.

60.   Angry voters know that the democrats are politically motivated and that they do not care for us the voters and that the democrat criticisms are not patriotic, keeping in mind that the Iran counterattacks resulted in structural damage, but did not kill any Americans or Iraquis.

61.   Angry voters know that POTUS TRUMP called for Iran to return to the negotiating table on its illicit nuclear program.

62.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP is a statesman while Schiff, Nadler, Pelosi, and Schumer are politically effete, having done nothing for their constituencies and nothing for the country, and that the four should be voted and drummed out of congress for their waste of $40 million dollars on the failed Mueller Report and their many other failed, unproven “collusion with the Russians” and “obstruction of justice” wild accusations against POTUS TRUMP.

63.   Angry voters know former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama Adm. (Ret.) Sandy Winnefield wrote in the Hill: “Whether one agrees with the elimination of General Qassem Soleimani as the correct means of signaling Iran, it was an important statement that a new red line is in effect. … Now Iran (and presumably other self-alienated states) have been served notice that they will be held more directly accountable for the actions of their proxies, particularly when those actions result in the death of an American.”

64.   Angry voters know Obama National Security Adviser Marine Gen. (Ret.) Jim Jones said at a recent forum, “What the administration did in the Soeimani case is absolutely correct. I think it’s the right thing to do.”

65.   Angry voters know Reuel Marc Gerecht, former C.I.A. specialist on Iran at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is right – He’s (POTUS TRUMP’S) not a strategist. But his tactical game hasn’t been bad. The hit on Suleimani was genius – totally flummoxed his opponent,

66.   Angry voters know that democrat and republican opponents who portray POTUS TRUMP as an erratic decision-maker do not know what they are talking about and that the evidence does not support that contention.

67.   Angry voters know POTUS Obama for eight years was paralyzed by fear of adverse consequences and therefore did nothing.

68.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP is more precise and disciplined that either POTUS OBAMA or POTUS George W. Bush hoped to be.

69.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP comes from a rough New York real estate business experience where setbacks, challenges, back stabbing, incomplete information, competition demands clear thinking and excellent decision making.

70.   Angry voters know POTUS TRUMP goes to the experts to get information and then he makes the hard choice with a high degree of self-confidence and ANGRY VOTERS know that 4 more years of POTUS TRUMP will be of greatest benefit to the nation.

71.   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/26/on-iran-commander-chief-trump-showed-restraint-deliberateness-ability-make-tough-decisions/

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Don’t underestimate POTUS TRUMP and his family. Barrel & Pork.

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BARREL, SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS AND DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS UNDERESTIMATE POTUS TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY? 


NO, PORK. Underestimate POTUS Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania Trump and their family at your own risk and peril!

WINNING TRUMP CARDS

Underestimate POTUS Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania Trump and their family

at your own risk and peril!

129.        WINNING TRUMP CARDS IN POTUS TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

130.        STATE OF THE UNION. “President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress

131.        BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOUR FUTURE, IN AMERICA. “”Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America.”

132.        ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. “Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America:

133.        WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. “Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month,

134.        WE ARE REMINDED OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE WORK THAT STILL REMAINS. “we are reminded of our Nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains.  

135.        THREATS AGAINST JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND JEWISH CEMETARIES, AND SHOOTING IN KANSAS CITY REMIND US THAT WE CONDEMN HATE AND EVIL IN ALL ITS FORMS. “Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week’s shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms.

136.        WE HOLD UP THE TORCH OF TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE HANDED DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION. “Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice –- in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present.

137.        WE WILL LIGHT THE WORLD WITH THAT TORCH OF TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. “That torch is now in our hands.  And we will use it to light up the world.

138.        FROM MY HEART I DELIVER A MESSAGE OF UNITY AND STRENGTH. “I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart.

139.        THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER OF AMERICAN GREATNESS. “A new chapter of American Greatness is now beginning.

140.        THIS IS A NEW NATIONAL PRIDE SWEEPING THE NATION. “A new national pride is sweeping across our Nation.Paragraph

141.        THIS IS A NEW SURGE OF OPTIMISM ENSURING IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS ARE REACHED. “And a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp.

142.        THIS IS THE RENEWAL OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. “What we are witnessing today is the Renewal of the American Spirit.

143.        ALLIES FIND AMERICA IS LEADING. “Our allies will find that America is once again ready to lead.Paragraph

144.        ALL NATIONS FIND AMERICA IS STRONG, PROUD, AND FREE. “All the nations of the world — friend or foe — will find that America is strong, America is proud, and America is free.

145.        IN 9 YEARS IT WILL BE 250 YEARS SINCE WE DECLARED OUR INDEPENDENCE. “In 9 years, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our founding — 250 years since the day we declared our Independence.

146.        THAT 250TH ANNIVERSARY WILL BE A GREAT MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. “It will be one of the great milestones in the history of the world.

147.        WHAT WILL AMERICA LOOK LIKE THEN? WHAT LEGACY WILL WE LEAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN? “But what will America look like as we reach our 250th year? What kind of country will we leave for our children?

148.        I, DONALD J. TRUMP, WILL NOT ALLOW THE MISTAKE OF RECENT DECADES TO DEFINE THE COURSE OF OUR FUTURE. “I will not allow the mistakes of recent decades past to define the course of our future.

149.        FOR TOO LONG WE WATCHED OUR MIDDLE CLASS SHRINK FOR LOSS OF JOBS AND WEALTH TO FOREIGN NATIONS. “For too long, we’ve watched our middle class shrink as we’ve exported our jobs and wealth to foreign countries.

150.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE FINANCED GLOBAL PROJECT AFTER GLOBAL PROJECT, IGNORING THE FATES OF OUR CHILDREN IN INNER CITY CHICAGO, BALTIMORE, DETROIT, AND MANY OTHER AMERICAN CITIES. “We’ve financed and built one global project after another, but ignored the fates of our children in the inner cities of Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit — and so many other places throughout our land.Paragraph

151.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE DEFENDED BORDERS OF OTHER NATIONS AND LEFT OUR BORDERS WIDE OPEN, FOR ANYONE TO CROSS, FOR DRUGS TO POUR IN AT UNPRECEDENTED RATE. “We’ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross — and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate.

152.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE SPENT TRILLIONS OVERSEAS AND ALLOWED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO CRUMBLE. “And we’ve spent trillions of dollars overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled.Paragraph

153.        NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OF ALL COLORS AND CREEDS HAVE REBELLED, PROTESTED, AND SPOKEN WITH THEIR VOTES. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. “Then, in 2016, the earth shifted beneath our feet.  The rebellion started as a quiet protest, spoken by families of all colors and creeds -– families who just wanted a fair shot for their children, and a fair hearing for their concerns.

154.        AMERICA’S QUIET VOICES BECAME A LOUD CHORUS. “But then the quiet voices became a loud chorus — as thousands of citizens now spoke out together, from cities small and large, all across our country.

155.        AMERICA’S SHOUT CAUSED AN EARTHQUAKE. “Finally, the chorus became an earthquake – and the people turned out by the tens of millions,Paragraph

156.        THEY WERE UNITED BY ONE GREAT DEMAND. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. “and they were all united by one very simple, but crucial demand, that America must put its own citizens first … because only then, can we truly MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

157.        DYING INDUSTRIES ARE COMING ROARING BACK TO LIFE. “Dying industries will come roaring back to life.  

158.        HEROIC VETERANS ARE GETTING THE CARE THEY DESPERATELY NEED. “Heroic veterans will get the care they so desperately need.

159.        OUR MILITARY IS GIVEN THE RESOURCES ITS BRAVE WARRIORS DESERVE. “Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve.

160.        CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING REPLACED WITH NEW ROADS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AIRPORTS. “Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land.

161.        OUR TERRIBLE DRUG EPIDEMIC IS SLOWED AND STOPPED. “Our terrible drug epidemic will slow down and ultimately, stop.

162.        OUR NEGLECTED INNER CITIES ARE REBORN IN HOPE, SAFETY, AND OPPORTUNITY. “And our neglected inner cities will see a rebirth of hope, safety, and opportunity.Paragraph

163.        I DONALD J. TRUMP AND MY ADMINISTRATION WILL KEEP OUR PROMISES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. “Above all else, we will keep our promises to the American people.

164.        I DONALD J. TRUMP UP-DATE THE NATION REGARDING WHAT I HAVE DONE TO KEEP MY PROMISES TO YOU. “It’s been a little over a month since my inauguration, and I want to take this moment to update the Nation on the progress I’ve made in keeping those promises.Paragraph

165.        SINCE MY ELECTION, THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL INVEST BILLIONS IN THE U.S. AND CREATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOGS.

166.        FORD.

167.        FIAT-CHRYSLER

168.        GENERAL MOTORSParagraph

169.        SPRINT

170.        SOFTBANK

171.        LOCKHEED

172.        INTEL

173.        WALMART

174.        MANY OTHERS.Paragraph

175.        “Since my election, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Lockheed, Intel, Walmart, and many others, have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new American jobs.

176.        SINCE MY ELECTION, THE STOCK MARKET HAS GAINED ALMOST 3 TRILLION DOLLARS IN VALUE. “The stock market has gained almost three trillion dollars in value since the election on November 8th, a record.  Paragraph

177.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE SAVED TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS BY BRINGING DOWN THE PRICE OF THE FANTASTIC NEW F-35 JET FIGHTER. “We’ve saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by bringing down the price of the fantastic new F-35 jet fighter, and will be saving billions more dollars on contracts all across our Government.  

178.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE PLACED A HIRING FREEZE ON NON-MILITARY AND NON-ESSENTIAL FEDERAL WORKERS. “We have placed a hiring freeze on non-military and non-essential Federal workers.Paragraph

179.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE BEGUN TO DRAIN THE SWAMP OF GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION BY IMPOSING A 5 YEAR BAN ON LOBBYING BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS – AND A LIFETIME BAN ON BECOMING LOBBYISTS FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. “We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a 5 year ban on lobbying by executive branch officials –- and a lifetime ban on becoming lobbyists for a foreign government.

180.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE ELIMINATED JOB-CRUSHING REGULATIONS IN HISTORIC PROPORTION. “We have undertaken a historic effort to eliminate job‑crushing regulations,

181.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CREATED A DEREGULATION TASK FORCE INSIDE EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. “creating a deregulation task force inside of every Government agency;

182.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE IMPOSED A RULE MANDATING THAT FOR EVERY 1 NEW REGULATION, 2 OLD REGULATIONS MUST BE ELIMINATED. “imposing a new rule which mandates that for every 1 new regulation, 2 old regulations must be eliminated;

183.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE STOPPED A REGULATION THREATENING THE LIVELIHOODS OF OUR GREAT COAL MINERS. “and stopping a regulation that threatens the future and livelihoods of our great coal miners.Paragraph

184.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CLEARED THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEYSTONE AND DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINES. “We have cleared the way for the construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines — thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs –

185.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE DIRECTED THAT NEW AMERICAN PIPELINES BE MADE WITH AMERICAN STEEL. “and I’ve issued a new directive that new American pipelines be made with American steel.Paragraph

186.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM JOB-KILLING TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP. “We have withdrawn the United States from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership.

187.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WITH PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU, I HAVE FORMED A COUNCIL WITH CANADA TO ENSURE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS NETWORKS, MARKETS, CAPITAL THEY NEED TO START A BUSINESS. “With the help of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we have formed a Council with our neighbors in Canada to help ensure that women entrepreneurs have access to the networks, markets and capital they need to start a business and live out their financial dreams.Paragraph

188.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FORM A TASK FORCE TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME. “To protect our citizens, I have directed the Department of Justice to form a Task Force on Reducing Violent Crime.

189.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE ORDERED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND JUSTICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO DISMANTLE CRIMINAL CARTELS. “I have further ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, along with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to coordinate an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have spread across our Nation.

190.        WE WILL STOP DRUGS FROM POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY AND POISONING OUR YOUTH. “We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth –

191.        WE WILL EXPAND TREATMENT FOR THOSE SO BADLY ADDICTED. “and we will expand treatment for those who have become so badly addicted.Paragraph

192.        WE WILL ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW AND ENSURE BORDER SECURITY. “At the same time, my Administration has answered the pleas of the American people for immigration enforcement and border security. 

193.        ENFORCEMENT OF OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS WILL RAISE WAGES, HELP THE UNEMPLOYED, SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER. “By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone. Paragraph

194.        WE WILL END LAWLESS CHAOS AND HELP ALL AMERICAN SUCCEED. “We want all Americans to succeed –- but that can’t happen in an environment of lawless chaos. 

195.        WE WILL RESTORE INTEGRITY AND THE RULE OF LAW TO OUR BORDERS. “We must restore integrity and the rule of law to our borders.

196.        WE WILL CONSTRUCT A GREAT WALL ALONG OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. “For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great wall along our southern border.

197.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WE ARE REMOVING GANG MEMBERS, DRUG DEALERS AND CRIMINALS THAT THREATEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PREY ON OUR CITIZENS. “As we speak, we are removing gang members, drug dealers and criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens.  Paragraph

198.        SINCE MY ELECTION, AS I PROMISED, BAD ONES ARE BEING DEPORTED OR JAILED. “Bad ones are going out as I speak tonight and as I have promised.

199.        SOME IN CONGRESS DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD ENFORCE OUR LAWS. “To any in Congress who do not believe we should enforce our laws,

200.        I ASK THESE PEOPLE IN CONGRESS AND ANY OTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME MINDSET THIS QUESTION. “I would ask you this question:  Paragraph

201.        WHAT CAN I OR YOU SAY TO THE AMERICAN FAMILY THAT LOSES JOBS, INCOME, OR A LOVED ONE, BECAUSE AMERICA REFUSES TO UPHOLD ITS LAWS AND DEFEND ITS BORDERS? “what would you say to the American family that loses their jobs, their income, or a loved one, because America refused to uphold its laws and defend its borders?

202.        I AM DUTY BOUND TO SERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. “Our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the United States.  

203.        I AM DUTY BOUND TO PROTECT OUR NATION FROM RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM. “We are also taking strong measures to protect our Nation from Radical Islamic Terrorism.

204.        THE VAST MAJORITY OF TERRORISM-RELATED OFFENSES COMMITTED IN THE U.S. WERE PERPETRATED BY PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE FROM OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY. “According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted for terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country.  Paragraph

205.        BOSTON, SAN BERNARDINO, THE PENTAGON, THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TERRORIST ATTACKS OCCURRED. “We have seen the attacks at home -– from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon and yes, even the World Trade Center.

206.        ATTACKS IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY, AND ELSEWHERE OCCURRED. “We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium, in Germany and all over the world.

207.        IT IS RECKLESS TO ALLOW UNCONTROLLED ENTRY FROM PLACES WHERE PROPER VETTING CANNOT OCCUR. “It is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. Paragraph

208.        IT IS A HIGH HONOR FOR ANYONE TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE GAINING SUCH HONOR MUST SUPPORT THIS COUNTRY, LOVE ITS PEOPLE, AND UPHOLD ITS VALUES. “Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values.

209.        I WILL NOT ALLOW A BEACHHEAD OF TERRORISM TO FORM INSIDE AMERICA. “We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America –

210.        I WILL NOT ALLOW OUR NATION TO BECOME A SANCTUARY FOR EXTREMISTS. “we cannot allow our Nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.Paragraph

211.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WE HAVE IMPROVED VETTING PROCEDURES. “That is why my Administration has been working on improved vetting procedures, and we will shortly take new steps to keep our Nation safe — and to keep out those who would do us harm.

212.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO DEMOLISH AND DESTROY ISIS, THIS NETWORK OF LAWLESS SAVAGES THAT HAVE SLAUGHTERED MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS, AND MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN OF ALL FAITHS AND BELIEFS. “As promised, I directed the Department of Defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy ISIS — a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians, and men, women, and children of all faiths and beliefs. 

213.        WE WILL WORK WITH OUR ALLIES, INCLUDING OUR FRIENDS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, TO EXTINGUISH THIS VILE ENEMY FROM OUR PLANET. “We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet.

214.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE IMPOSED NEW SANCTIONS ON ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. “I have also imposed new sanctions on entities and individuals who support Iran’s ballistic missile program,

215.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE REAFFIRMED OUR UNBREAKABLE ALLIANCE WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL. “and reaffirmed our unbreakable alliance with the State of Israel.

216.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE KEPT MY PROMISE TO APPOINT A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHO WILL DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. “Finally, I have kept my promise to appoint a Justice to the United States Supreme Court — from my list of 20 judges — who will defend our Constitution.Paragraph

217.        I AM HONORED MAUREEN SCALIA IS WITH US. “I am honored to have Maureen Scalia with us in the gallery tonight. 

218.        ANTONIN SCALIA WILL FOREVER BE A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN JUSTICE. “Her late, great husband, Antonin Scalia, will forever be a symbol of American justice. 

219.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CHOSEN JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH TO FILL JUSTICE SCALIA’S SEAT. “To fill his seat, we have chosen Judge Neil Gorsuch, a man of incredible skill, and deep devotion to the law.  He was confirmed unanimously to the Court of Appeals, and I am asking the Senate to swiftly approve his nomination.

220.        NEXT STEPS WE MUST TAKE. “Tonight, as I outline the next steps we must take as a country, we must honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited.Paragraph

221.        94,000,000 AMERICANS ARE OUT OF THE LABOR FORCE. “Ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force.

222.        43,000,000 ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. “Over 43 million people are now living in poverty,

223.        43,000,000 ARE ON FOOD STAMPS. “and over 43 million Americans are on food stamps.Paragraph

224.        1 IN 5 IN THEIR PRIME WORKING YEARS ARE NOT WORKING. “More than 1 in 5 people in their prime working years are not working.

225.        THIS IS THE WORST FINANCIAL RECOVERY IN 65 YEARS. “We have the worst financial recovery in 65 years.

226.         THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUT ON MORE DEBT IN THE LAST 8 YEARS THAN NEARLY ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS COMBINED. “In the last 8 years, the past Administration has put on more new debt than nearly all other Presidents combined.

227.        SINCE NAFTA WAS APPROVED WE’VE LOST MORE THAN ONE-FOURTH OF OUR MANUFACTURING JOBS. “We’ve lost more than one-fourth of our manufacturing jobs since NAFTA was approved,

228.        SINCE CHINA JOINED THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001 WE’VE LOST 60,000 FACTORIES. “and we’ve lost 60,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

229.        LAST YEAR UNDER OBAMA OUR TRADE DEFICIT IN GOODS WITH THE WORLD WAS NEARLY $800 BILLION, THAT’S $800,000,000,000. “Our trade deficit in goods with the world last year was nearly $800 billion dollars.

230.        FROM OBAMA WE INHERITED A SERIES OF TRAGIC FOREIGN POLICY DISASTERS. “And overseas, we have inherited a series of tragic foreign policy disasters.

231.        TO SOLVE THESE REQUIRES WORKING PAST PARTY DIFFERENCES. “Solving these, and so many other pressing problems, will require us to work past the differences of party.  

232.        WE MUST TAP THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. “It will require us to tap into the American spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and storied history.Paragraph

233.        WE MUST RESTART THE ENGINE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. “But to accomplish our goals at home and abroad, we must restart the engine of the American economy –

234.        WE MUST MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMPANIES TO DO BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES. “making it easier for companies to do business in the United States,

235.        WE MUST MAKE IT HARDER FOR COMPANIES TO LEAVE AMERICA. “and much harder for companies to leave.Paragraph

236.        UNDER OBAMA, AMERICAN COMPANIES HAVE BEEN TAXED AT ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE WORLD. THIS MUST STOP. “Right now, American companies are taxed at one of the highest rates anywhere in the world.

237.        WE WILL IMPLEMENT HISTORIC TAX REFORM. “My economic team is developing historic tax reform

238.        THIS HISTORIC TAX REFORM WILL REDUCE THE TAX RATE ON OUR COMPANIES SO THEY CAN COMPETE AND THRIVE ANYWHERE WITH ANYONE. “that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone. 

239.        WE WILL IMPLEMENT HISTORIC TAX RELIEF FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. “At the same time, we will provide massive tax relief for the middle class.

240.        WE WILL LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES AND WORKERS. “We must create a level playing field for American companies and workers.

241.        UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE SHIPPED PRODUCTS OUT OF AMERICA, MANY OTHER COUNTRIES MAKE US PAY VERY HIGH TARIFFS AND TAXES. THIS MUST STOP. “Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes –

242.        WHEN FOREIGN COMPANIES SHIP THEIR PRODUCTS TO AMERICA, WE CHARGE THEM NEXT TO NOTHING. THIS TOO MUST STOP. “but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them almost nothing.

243.        HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS A GREAT AMERICAN COMPANY. I JUST MET WITH THEIR OFFICIALS AND WORKERS. “I just met with officials and workers from a great American company, Harley-Davidson.  In fact, they proudly displayed five of their magnificent motorcycles, made in the USA, on the front lawn of the White House.

244.        THEY SAID BUSINESS IS GOOD. “At our meeting, I asked them, how are you doing, how is business?  They said that it’s good. 

245.        THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE BEEN MISTREATED BY OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE TAXED AT SUCH A HIGH RATE. “I asked them further how they are doing with other countries, mainly international sales.  They told me — without even complaining because they have been mistreated for so long that they have become used to it — that it is very hard to do business with other countries because they tax our goods at such a high rate. 

246.        THEY TOLD ME ONE COUNTRY TAXED THEIR MOTORCYCLES 100 PERCENT. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. “They said that in one case another country taxed their motorcycles at 100 percent.

247.        HARLEY-DAVIDSON WASN’T ASKING FOR A CHANGE. I AM. “They weren’t even asking for change.  But I am.

248.        I BELIEVE FREE TRADE MUST BE FAIR TRADE. “I believe strongly in free trade but it also has to be FAIR TRADE.

249.        PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID WANT AND RUIN WOULD RESULT WHEN AMERICAN ABANDONED ITS PROTECTIVE POLICIES. THAT HAS HAPPENED JUST AS HE SAID. “The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the “abandonment of the protective policy by the American Government [will] produce want and ruin among our people.”

250.        WE MUST HEED LINCOLN’S WORDS. AMERICA AND ITS GREAT COMPANIES WILL NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ANY MORE. “Lincoln was right — and it is time we heeded his words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers, be taken advantage of anymore.

251.        I WILL BRING BACK MILLIONS OF JOBS. “I am going to bring back millions of jobs.  

252.        I WILL PROTECT OUR WORKERS BY REFORMING OUR SYSTEM OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION. “Protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. 

253.        OUR CURRENT IMMIGRATION SYSTEM DEPRESSES WAGES FOR OUR POOREST WORKERS, AND PUTS GREAT PRESSURE ON OUR TAXPAYERS. “The current, outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers, and puts great pressure on taxpayers.

254.        I WILL IMPLEMENT A MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. “Nations around the world, like Canada, Australia and many others –- have a merit-based immigration system. 

255.        THOSE WHO ENTER OUR COUNTRY MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY. “It is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially. 

256.        I WILL ENFORCE THIS RULE. I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO STRAIN PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT OUR POOREST CITIZENS RELY ON. “Yet, in America, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. 

257.        OUR CURRENT IMMIGRATION SYSTEM COSTS AMERICA’S TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. “According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America’s taxpayers many billions of dollars a year.

258.        WE WILL ADOPT A MERIT-BASED SYSTEM THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR PEOPLE. “Switching away from this current system of lower-skilled immigration, and instead adopting a merit-based system, will have many benefits:  

259.        A MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM WILL SAVE COUNTLESS DOLLARS. “it will save countless dollars,

260.        IT WILL RAISE WORKERS’ WAGES. “raise workers’ wages, and

261.        IT WILL HELP STRUGGLING FAMILIES. “help struggling families –-

262.        IT WILL HELP IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AS WELL. “including immigrant families –-

263.        IT WILL HELP OUR PEOPLE ENTER THE MIDDLE CLASS. “enter the middle class.

264.        I WILL IMPLEMENT ANOTHER GREAT NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM LIKE PRESIDENT EISENHOWER DID. “Another Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure program –- the building of the interstate highway system. 

265.        WE WILL REBUILD OUR NATION. “The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding.

266.        AMERICA HAS SPENT 6 TRILLION DOLLARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHILE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING. THIS MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY. “America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. 

267.        WITH 6 TRILLION DOLLARS WE COULD HAVE REBUILT AMERICA TWICE. “With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country –- twice. 

268.        WITH 6 TRILLION DOLLARS WE COULD HAVE REBUILT AMERICA THREE TIMES USING PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO NEGOTIATE. “And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.

269.        I ASK CONGRESS TO APPROVE A $1 TRILLION INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE. “To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking the Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure of the United States –

270.        FINANCING WILL COME FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CAPITAL. “financed through both public and private capital –-

271.        THIS WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS. “creating millions of new jobs.

272.        THIS EFFORT WILL BE GUIDED BY TWO PRINCIPLES. “This effort will be guided by two core principles:  

273.        BUY AMERICAN. “Buy American, and

274.        HIRE AMERICAN. “Hire American.

275.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW. “Tonight, I am also calling on this Congress to repeal

276.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW. “and replace

277.        Obamacare

278.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT EXPAND CHOICE. “with reforms that expand choice,

279.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT INCREASE ACCESS. “increase access,

280.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT LOWER COSTS NOW. “lower costs,

281.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT PROVIDE AMERICANS WITH BETTER HEALTHCARE. “and at the same time, provide better Healthcare.

282.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW BECAUSE IT IS WRONG TO MANDATE EVERY AMERICAN MUST BUY GOVERNMENT-APPROVED HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT SOLUTION. “Mandating every American to buy government-approved health insurance was never the right solution for America. 

283.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW AND IN THE PROCESS MAKE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE BY LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE. “The way to make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of health insurance,

284.        I AM COMMITTED. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO. “and that is what we will do.

285.        OBAMACARE PREMIUMS NATIONWIDE HAVE INCREASED DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DIGITS. “Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits.

286.         ARIZONA PREMIUMS WENT UP 116 PERCENT LAST YEAR ALONE. “As an example, Arizona went up 116 percent last year alone.

287.        OBAMACARE IS FAILING IN KENTUCKY. “Governor Matt Bevin of Kentucky just said Obamacare is failing in his State –

288.        OBAMACARE IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND COLLAPSING. “it is unsustainable and collapsing.

289.        ONE THIRD OF COUNTIES HAVE BUT ONE INSURER. “One third of counties have only one insurer on the exchanges –-

290.        MANY AMERICANS HAVE NO CHOICE WHATSOEVER. “leaving many Americans with no choice at all.

291.        POTUS OBAMA TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD KEEP YOUR DOCTOR AND KEEP YOUR PLAN. “Remember when you were told that you could keep your doctor, and keep your plan?

292.        HE KNEW BETTER AND BROKE HIS PROMISES. “We now know that all of those promises have been broken.

293.        OBAMACARE IS COLLAPSING. “Obamacare is collapsing –-

294.        CONGRESS MUST ACT DECISIVELY TO PROTECT ALL AMERICANS. “and we must act decisively to protect all Americans. 

295.        I SAY TO CONGRESS, ACTION IS NOT A CHOICE. IT IS A NECESSITY. “Action is not a choice –- it is a necessity.

296.        I CALL ON DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO WORK WITH MY ADMINISTRATION TO SAVE AMERICANS FROM THIS IMPLODING OBAMACARE DISASTER. “So I am calling on all Democrats and Republicans in the Congress to work with us to save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster.

297.        THESE PRINCIPLES MUST GUIDE PROVIDING BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL AMERICANS. “Here are the principles that should guide the Congress as we move to create a better healthcare system for all Americans:

298.        THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS MUST HAVE ACCESS TO COVERAGE. “First, we should ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage,

299.        THERE MUST BE A STABLE TRANSITION FOR AMERICANS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN HEALTHCARE EXCHANGES. “and that we have a stable transition for Americans currently enrolled in the healthcare exchanges.

300.        WE MUST HELP AMERICANS PURCHASE THEIR OWN COVERAGE. “Secondly, we should help Americans purchase their own coverage,

301.        WE MUST DO SO THROUGH TAX CREDITS. “through the use of tax credits

302.        WE MUST DO SO THROUGH EXPANDED HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. “and expanded Health Savings Accounts –-

303.        THE PLAN MUST BE THE PLAN THE PEOPLE WANT. “but it must be the plan they want,

304.        THE PLAN, UNLIKE OBAMACARE, MUST NOT BE FORCED ON THE PEOPLE BY THE GOVERNMENT. “not the plan forced on them by the Government.

305.        STATE GOVERNORS MUST MEET NEED WITH MEDICAID SO NO ONE IS LEFT OUT. “Thirdly, we should give our great State Governors the resources and flexibility they need with Medicaid to make sure no one is left out.

306.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST PROTECT PATIENTS AND DOCTORS FROM UNNECESSARY COSTS THAT DRIVE THE PRICE OF INSURANCE UP. “Fourthly, we should implement legal reforms that protect patients and doctors from unnecessary costs that drive up the price of insurance –

307.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM ARTIFICIALLY HIGH PRICE OF DRUGS. “and work to bring down the artificially high price of drugs

308.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST MANDATE THAT ARTIFICIALLY HIGH PRICES OF DRUGS BE BROUGHT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. “and bring them down immediately.

309.        AMERICANS MUST BE PERMITTED TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES. “Finally, the time has come to give Americans the freedom to purchase health insurance across State lines –-

310.        WE MUST CREATE A COMPETITIVE NATIONAL MARKETPLACE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. “creating a truly competitive national marketplace

311.        NATIONWIDE COMPETITION WILL BRING COSTS DOWN. “that will bring cost way down

312.        NATIONWIDE COMPETITION WILL PROVIDE FAR BETTER CARE. “and provide far better care.

313.        ALL THAT IS BROKEN IN OUR COUNTRY CAN BE FIXED. “Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. 

314.        ALL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED. “Every problem can be solved. 

315.        ALL HURTING FAMILIES CAN FIND HEALING AND HOPE. “And every hurting family can find healing, and hope.

316.        OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS DESERVE THIS AND MORE. “Our citizens deserve this, and so much more –-

317.        I ASK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO JOIN FORCES TO GET THIS DONE NOW. “so why not join forces to finally get it done?  

318.        I ASK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO GET TOGETHER, TO UNITE, FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA AND ITS PEOPLE. “On this and so many other things, Democrats and Republicans should get together and unite for the good of our country, and for the good of the American people.

319.        MY ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK WITH BOTH PARTIES. “My administration wants to work with members in both parties

320.        WE WILL DO SO TO MAKE CHILDCARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. “to make childcare accessible and affordable,

321.        WE WILL DO SO TO HELP ENSURE NEW PARENTS HAVE PAID FAMILY LEAVE. “to help ensure new parents have paid family leave,

322.        WE WILL DO SO TO INVEST IN WOMEN’S HEALTH. “to invest in women’s health,

323.        WE WILL DO SO TO PROMOTE CLEAN AIR AND CLEAR WATER. “and to promote clean air and clear water,

324.        WE WILL DO SO TO REBUILD OUR MILITARY. “and to rebuild our military

325.        WE WILL DO SO TO REBUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. “and our infrastructure.

326.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE FIND COMMON GROUND. “True love for our people requires us to find common ground,

327.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD. “to advance the common good,

328.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE COOPERATE ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN CHILD BECAUSE EACH DESERVES A BRIGHTER FUTURE. “and to cooperate on behalf of every American child who deserves a brighter future.

329.        INCREDIBLE MEGAN CROWLEY IS WITH US TODAY. An incredible young woman is with us this evening who should serve as an inspiration to us all. Today is Rare Disease day, and joining us in the gallery is a Rare Disease Survivor, Megan Crowley.  Megan was diagnosed with Pompe Disease, a rare and serious illness, when she was 15 months old.  She was not expected to live past 5. On receiving this news, Megan’s dad, John, fought with everything he had to save the life of his precious child.  He founded a company to look for a cure, and helped develop the drug that saved Megan’s life.  Today she is 20 years old – and a sophomore at Notre Dame. Megan’s story is about the unbounded power of a father’s love for a daughter. 

330.        FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVAL PROCESSES MUST BE ACCELERATED NOW. “But our slow and burdensome approval process at the Food and Drug Administration keeps too many advances, like the one that saved Megan’s life, from reaching those in need. If we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our Government, then we will be blessed with far more miracles like Megan.


331.        WE MUST ENRICH THE MIND AND SOUL OF EACH AMERICAN CHILD. I ASK MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES TO PASS AN EDUCATION BILL THAT FUNDS SCHOOL CHOICE TO PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER, MAGNET, RELIGIOUS, OR HOME SCHOOL FOR ALL YOUTH, FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, INCLUDING MILLIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO CHILDREN. “In fact, our children will grow up in a Nation of miracles. But to achieve this future, we must enrich the mind –- and the souls –- of every American child. Education is the civil rights issue of our time. I am calling upon Members of both parties to pass an education bill that funds school choice for disadvantaged youth, including millions of African-American and Latino children.  These families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school that is right for them.

332.        DENISHA MERRIWEATHER IS WITH US TONIGHT. WE MUST BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. “Joining us tonight in the gallery is a remarkable woman, Denisha Merriweather.  As a young girl, Denisha struggled in school and failed third grade twice. But then she was able to enroll in a private center for learning, with the help of a tax credit scholarship program. Today, she is the first in her family to graduate, not just from high school, but from college.  Later this year she will get her masters degree in social work. We want all children to be able to break the cycle of poverty just like Denisha. But to break the cycle of poverty, we must also break the cycle of violence.

333.        THE MURDER RATE IS HORRIFIC. MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. “The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century. In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone –- and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher. This is not acceptable in our society.

334.        EVERY AMERICAN CHILD MUST BE ABLE TO GROW UP IN A SAFE COMMUNITY, ATTEND A GREAT SCHOOL, AND HAVE ACCESS TO A HIGH-PAYING JOB. “Every American child should be able to grow up in a safe community, to attend a great school, and to have access to a high-paying job.

335.        WE MUST WORK WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. “But to create this future, we must work with –- not against -– the men and women of law enforcement.

336.        WE MUST BUILD BRIDGES OF COOPERATION AND TRUST WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. “We must build bridges of cooperation and trust –-

337.        WE MUST NOT DRIVE THE WEDGE OF DISUNITY AND DIVISION. “not drive the wedge of disunity and division.

338.        WE MUST HONOR AND SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND SHERIFFS. “Police and sheriffs are members of our community. They are friends and neighbors, they are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – and they leave behind loved ones every day who worry whether or not they’ll come home safe and sound. We must support the incredible men and women of law enforcement.

339.        WE MUST SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIME. “And we must support the victims of crime.

340.        I HAVE ORDERED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO CREATE AN OFFICE TO SERVE AMERICAN VICTIMS. I WILL NOT FORGET THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN KILLED BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD. ‘I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American Victims. The office is called VOICE –- Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement. We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests. Joining us in the audience tonight are four very brave Americans whose government failed them. Their names are Jamiel Shaw, Susan Oliver, Jenna Oliver, and Jessica Davis. Jamiel’s 17-year-old son was viciously murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member, who had just been released from prison. Jamiel Shaw Jr. was an incredible young man, with unlimited potential who was getting ready to go to college where he would have excelled as a great quarterback.  But he never got the chance. His father, who is in the audience tonight, has become a good friend of mine. Also with us are Susan Oliver and Jessica Davis. Their husbands –- Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver and Detective Michael Davis –- were slain in the line of duty in California. They were pillars of their community. These brave men were viciously gunned down by an illegal immigrant with a criminal record and two prior deportations. Sitting with Susan is her daughter, Jenna. Jenna:  I want you to know that your father was a hero, and that tonight you have the love of an entire country supporting you and praying for you. To Jamiel, Jenna, Susan and Jessica:  I want you to know –- we will never stop fighting for justice. Your loved ones will never be forgotten, we will always honor their memory.

341.        I AM ASKING CONGRESS TO APPROVE MY BUDGET TO PROVIDE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO PREVENT, FIGHT, AND WIN WAR – TO REBUILD OUR MILITARY, TO ELIMINATE THE DEFENSE SEQUESTER, TO INCREASE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SPENDING NEEDED, AND TO FUND HELP FOR OUR VETERANS. I WILL REMEMBER, WITH ALL WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES, U.S. NAVY SPECIAL OPERATOR, SENIOR CHIEF WILLIAM “RYAN” OWENS.“Finally, to keep America Safe we must provide the men and women of the United States military with the tools they need to prevent war and –- if they must –- to fight and to win. I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the Defense sequester, and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history. My budget will also increase funding for our veterans. Our veterans have delivered for this Nation –- and now we must deliver for them. The challenges we face as a Nation are great. But our people are even greater. And none are greater or braver than those who fight for America in uniform. We are blessed to be joined tonight by Carryn Owens, the widow of a U.S. Navy Special Operator, Senior Chief William “Ryan” Owens. Ryan died as he lived:  a warrior, and a hero –- battling against terrorism and securing our Nation. I just spoke to General Mattis, who reconfirmed that, and I quote, “Ryan was a part of a highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence that will lead to many more victories in the future against our enemies.” Ryan’s legacy is etched into eternity. For as the Bible teaches us, there is no greater act of love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Ryan laid down his life for his friends, for his country, and for our freedom –- we will never forget him.

342.        OUR FOREIGN POLICY CALLS FOR DIRECT, ROBUST, MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD. “To those allies who wonder what kind of friend America will be, look no further than the heroes who wear our uniform. Our foreign policy calls for a direct, robust and meaningful engagement with the world. It is American leadership based on vital security interests that we share with our allies across the globe.

343.        WE SUPPORT NATO. “We strongly support NATO, an alliance forged through the bonds of two World Wars that dethroned fascism, and a Cold War that defeated communism.

344.        OUR PARTNERS IN NATO AND OTHER THEATERS MUST MEET THEIR FINANCIAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. THEY MUST PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE COST. “But our partners must meet their financial obligations. And now, based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. We expect our partners, whether in NATO, in the Middle East, or the Pacific –-  to take a direct and meaningful role in both strategic and military operations, and pay their fair share of the cost.

345.        WE RESPECT HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS, BUT WE RESPECT SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF NATIONS. FREE NATIONS MUST CHART THEIR OWN COURSE. “We will respect historic institutions, but we will also respect the sovereign rights of nations. Free nations are the best vehicle for expressing the will of the people –- and America respects the right of all nations to chart their own path.  

346.        I DO NOT REPRESENT THE WORLD. I REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT IS MY JOB. “My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America.

347.        AMERICA IS BETTER OFF WHEN THERE IS LESS CONFLICT. “But we know that America is better off, when there is less conflict — not more.

348.        WE MUST LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST. “We must learn from the mistakes of the past –- we have seen the war and destruction that have raged across our world.

349.        IN THESE HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS, DISPLACED PERSONS MUST BE AFFORDED THE RIGHT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO RETURN HOME. “The only long-term solution for these humanitarian disasters is to create the conditions where displaced persons can safely return home and begin the long process of rebuilding.

350.        AMERICA IS WILLING TO FIND NEW FRIENDS, FORGE NEW PARTNERSHIPS, WHERE SHARED INTERESTS ALIGN. AMERICA WANTS PEACE. WE WANT JUSTICE. WE WANT FREEDOM. “America is willing to find new friends, and to forge new partnerships, where shared interests align.  We want harmony and stability, not war and conflict. We want peace, wherever peace can be found. America is friends today with former enemies. Some of our closest allies, decades ago, fought on the opposite side of these World Wars. This history should give us all faith in the possibilities for a better world. Hopefully, the 250th year for America will see a world that is more peaceful, more just and more free.

351.        WE MUST SET FREE THE DREAMS OF OUR PEOPLE TO BUILD, PAINT, INVENT, CURE ILLNESSES, AND SET FOOT ON DISTANT WORLDS. “On our 100th anniversary, in 1876, citizens from across our Nation came to Philadelphia to celebrate America’s centennial. At that celebration, the country’s builders and artists and inventors showed off their creations. Alexander Graham Bell displayed his telephone for the first time. Remington unveiled the first typewriter. An early attempt was made at electric light. Thomas Edison showed an automatic telegraph and an electric pen. Imagine the wonders our country could know in America’s 250th year. Think of the marvels we can achieve if we simply set free the dreams of our people. Cures to illnesses that have always plagued us are not too much to hope. American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream. Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. And streets where mothers are safe from fear – schools where children learn in peace – and jobs where Americans prosper and grow – are not too much to ask. When we have all of this, we will have made America greater than ever before.

352.        THIS IS OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION FOR ALL AMERICANS. WE ARE ONE PEOPLE. WE BLEED THE SAME BLOOD. WE SALUTE THE SAME FLAG. WE ARE MADE BY THE SAME GOD. WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF GLORIOUS FREEDOM. THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER IN AMERICAN GREATNESS. THE TIME FOR SMALL THINKING IS PAST. WE NEED COURAGE. WE NEED CONFIDENCE. WE MUST BE INSPIRED BY THE FUTURE, NOT BOUND BY THE FAILURES OF THE PAST, GUIDED BY OUR VISION, NOT BLINDED BY OUR DOUBTS. “For all Americans. This is our vision. This is our mission. But we can only get there together. We are one people, with one destiny. We all bleed the same blood. We all salute the same flag. And we are all made by the same God. And when we fulfill this vision; when we celebrate our 250 years of glorious freedom, we will look back on tonight as when this new chapter of American Greatness began. The time for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us. We just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. The bravery to express the hopes that stir our souls. And the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams to action. From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears –- inspired by the future, not bound by the failures of the past –- and guided by our vision, not blinded by our doubts.

353.        I ASK YOU ALL TO EMBRACE THIS RENEWAL OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. I ASK ALL OF YOU TO BELIEVE IN AMERICA. “I am asking all citizens to embrace this Renewal of the American Spirit. I am asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big, and bold and daring things for our country. And I am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment and — Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America.

354.        THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS THE USA. “Thank you, God bless you, and God Bless these United States.

Critical democrats and disaffected republicans and much of the media, are focused on criticizing, finding fault, and the negatives of life.


POTUS Trump and his administration are focused on the positives of life – helping us — helping to

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1. GUARANTEE OUR FREEDOMS. *Freedom of Religion; *Freedom of Speech; *Freedom of Assembly; *Right to bear arms; *Eliminate as much political correctness as possible. *Cut government bureaucracy and regulations!

2. GUARANTEE OUR SAFETY and PEACE. *Support Law and Order; *Support police officers and our military and border patrol; *Uphold our Right to bear arms; *Protect our borders; *Build the wall; *Vet immigrants and visitors stringently; *Eliminate ISIS/al Qaeda; *get rid of gangs; *Ensure no NK/Iran nukes; *Care for our Vets; *Strengthen our military.

3. INCREASE OUR PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. *Create 25 million new jobs; *Enhance U.S. manufacturing; *Establish Energy independence; *Foster Technology advances; *Push Space exploration; *Work with other countries so long as the deal is fair; *Eliminate the national debt; Ensure clean air and water and care for our environment.

4. IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. Establish *Better roads; *Better pipe system; *Better airports; *Better ports; *Better bridges; *Better secure free enhanced internet.

5. REPEAL AND REPLACE FAILED DEMOCRAT OBAMACARE AND PROVIDE LOW COST HEALTH CARE. *Repeal and Replace failed Democrat OBAMACARE; *Lower health care cost; *Give us doctors of our choice; *Cover pre-existing conditions, *Provide competition through more health care providers.

6. ELIMINATE ABORTION WHILE HONORING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN. *300,000,000 unborn American babies have been killed surgically and chemically since 1973 Roe vs Wade (50,000,000+ Black babies killed; 50,000,000+ Hispanic babies murdered, killed, dismembered, flushed, poisoned, sent to landfills, millions of lives wasted ) Fix it now! Promote adoption. Abortion, the killing of our infants, is collective insanity.

7. RESPECT AND HONOR AND HELP THOSE OF ALL CREEDS, NATIONALITIES, PERSUASIONS. *Respect and Honor All as long as they are common law abiding! *Same with countries, so long as they are peaceful, pro-USA, and not bent on harming each other and Israel.

8. SO STOP ALL NEGATIVE ANTI-POTUS ADMINISTRATION NARRATIVES NOW! *Democrats and Republicans and Media stop all negative POTUS narratives and help us voters and viewers be FREE, SAFE, AND PROSPEROUS NOW! *Stop all Russia and Climate Change and other diversionary negative narratives NOW! HELP US VOTERS AND VIEWERS be FREE, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS NOW!

9. WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CABINET. WHY? BECAUSE HE IS DELIVERING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD AND THEY ARE FACILITATING HIS AGENDA. *President Trump and his cabinet are focused to accomplish his campaign promises. *TIME FOR CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA TO STEP TO THE PLATE AND WORK WITH HIM TO HELP US VOTERS AND VIEWERS BE FREE, SAFE, AND PROSPEROUS. *Stop bashing him and wasting our time and money; stop sitting on your hands; stop stonewalling; stop playing dog in the manger; TO CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI AND THE OTHER NAYSAYERS, PUT ON YOUR WORK GLOVES and help us or get out of the way! Because you critics have been acting like spoiled children, wasting our resources, you can count on it! We will vote you democrats and disaffected republicans out of office for years to come unless you straighten out and focus and help us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS. That is all we want from you. That is why we voted for you in the first place.

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PATRIOTISM. July 4th, 2017.

1.    The word “patriotism” derives from the Middle French, Late Latin, “patriota” which means “countryman.”

2.    Patriotism is being patriotic.

3.    Patriotism is intense support of your country.

4.    Patriotism is love of your homeland and the people of your homeland.

5.    Patriotism is the positive feelings of attachment you have for your country and its people.

6.    Patriotism is appreciation of your country’s culture and values.

7.    Patriotism is respecting your country’s ethnicities, religions, and differences of opinion. It is freedom of speech. It is freedom of assembly. It is freedom of religion.

8.    Patriotism involves knowing and appreciating and not rewriting the history of your country.

9.    Patriotism includes understanding and supporting your country’s religious and political and cultural heritage.

10.           Patriotism includes understanding and helping solve the issues that affect your country and us its people. 

11.           Patriotism is your actions taken in support of your country, not vapid, time and resources wasting critical talk. 

12.           Patriotism is your willingness to put on your gloves and work to help your country continue.

13.           Patriotism is devotion to your “Fatherland.”

14.           Patriotism is defending your country.

15.           Patriotism is supporting your country.

16.           Patriotism is being loyal to your country.

17.           Patriotism is loving your country.

18.           Patriotism eschews any thought or action traitorous to your country.

19.           Patriotism is found in your actions and your respect for others not in your hollow words.

20.           Patriotism is found in your good works.

21.           Patriotism is found in your efforts to uphold your country’s legacy.

22.           For an American, patriotism is to uphold and honor the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution and the rule of law.

23.           For an American, patriotism is to honor those brave men and women in military, law enforcement, paramedics, firefighters, and others who put their lives on the line, yes, even gave their limbs and lives, for you.

24.           For an American, patriotism is to honor America’s flag, its Courts of Law, its Congress, its state governments.

25.           For an American, patriotism is to champion the rights of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and the freedoms promised to all including the unborn.


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Who is Joe Biden according to the media? What about White Knight Oprah Winfrey or Michael Jordan? BARREL & PORK.

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BARREL, what do most democrats and republicans and the media say about Joe Biden?

PORK, they set forth among other reasons these fifteen reasons not to vote for him.

1.       The media has given Joe the moniker creepy uncle Joe.

2.       He is known for his misconduct.

        2.1.    – Whispering in women’s ears.

        2.2.    – Shoulder rubbing women.

        2.3.   –  Slow kissing the back of a young woman’s head.

3.       He is at heart angry.

4.       He is a career politician who has difficulty relating to younger generations.

5.       He fraudulently used his office while in office to enrich himself and his family including his son with multi-millions of dollars from China.

6.       He is now a socialist zebra having changed his stripes to lean farther left with the rest of the democrat candidates.

7.       He is not electable as shown by the fact that few show up to his rallies which prompts the DNC to ask where is the white knight who besides Joe or Bernie or Elizabeth will rise up and be the democratic candidate. What about Oprah Winfrey or Michael Jordan?

8.       Joe used his office to remove a Ukrainian prosecutor investigating his son, admitted it on camera, and laughed about it.

9.       He is a questionable thinker and his multiple memory lapses and gaffes are common.

10.   Joe has done little during his many years in politics for Black or Hispanic or Jewish Americans.

11.   He has little history of keeping political promises while POTUS Trump has kept more than 300 of his campaign promises.

12.   If elected, Joe will likely cost the New York Times and CNN and ABC and NBC and MSNBC and Fox News and Washington Post millions of dollars not to mention Joe’s negative effect on the US economy and this while POTUS Trump is generating billions of dollars in advertising for the media and has given impetus to the best economy and stock market and job situation for Blacks and Hispanics and the rest of us, including a strongest military, and dealing with a problematic border situation, ever. 

13.   Joe owns all of Barack Obama’s baggaged-up failed policies including but not limited to FISA warrant abuse, supporting the IRAQ and Afghan wars which cost us trillions, not dealing with ISIS, appeasement payment of a billion dollars in small bills to Iran, not to mention Joe’s part in the democrat contrived fake news Russia and Mueller probe and now impeachment hoax.

14.   Like most of the democrats, since POTUS Trump was elected Joe has wasted his time and our time and treasure denigrating POTUS Trump and this while POTUS Trump has used his time and energy to help us be free, safe, and prosperous.

15.   Even Joe’s campaign people and Joe’s wife can’t think of a good reason to vote for him.

(C) LInford Corporation 2018, 2019
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Looks like Joe Biden is political toast because Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and the democrats are still playing in the third rate minor leagues and have been hit with the boomerang and have stepped in it again and have egg on their faces to use multiple metaphors. BARREL & PORK.


Looks like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and the democrats are still playing in the minor leagues and have boomerang stepped in it again and have egg on their faces, PORK. Only this time, POTUS TRUMP played for keeps. There is “no collusion” and “no obstruction” and “no corruption” and he is vindicated once again and Joe Biden is political toast and Warren will be the nominee. It’s a done deal.

How so, BARREL? Sounds like Nancy Pelosi is working for POTUS Trump.

She is, PORK. Instead of having her ducks in a row they are all drowning.

Senate Democrats sent a letter to Ukraine in May of 2018 leaning on Ukraine to investigate POTUS TRUMP. Read this at https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/09/25/dems-sent-letter-to-ukraine-asking-for-investigation-to-trump-n2553705

Hypocrites: Senate Dems Sent Letter Pressuring Ukraine To Investigate Trump In May 2018
  1. “If you have not learned by now, … every Conservative “scandal” in recent memory has been nothing more than leftists projecting their own personal problems onto their political opponents.
  2. “Sexism and abuse against women? Meet Bill Clinton and Harvey Weinstein.
  3. “Racism? Meet the blackface donning Gov. Ralph Northam and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  4. [Collusion with the Russians? Meet Hillary Clinton and her cronies and collaborators.]
  5. [Obstruction of Justice? Meet Hillary and Comey and their cronies and collaborators.]
  6. “Trump pressuring Ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election? Meet the Democrats in May 2018.
  7. “Yes, the very same Democrats who are now supposedly aghast that President Trump asked the president of Ukraine to look into Joe Biden’s family corruption [wherein Joe and Hunter banked $1.5 billion], 
  8. “[yes, the very same Democrats] actually sent Ukraine a letter saying “U.S. assistance” was at stake unless the Ukrainian government complied with the bogus special counsel Robert Mueller investigation and conducted their own investigation into the president and his former aid Paul Manafort.
  9. “Marc Theissen of the Washington Post brought this up yesterday, and after seeing what the president actually said to his call to the newly elected president Volodymyr Zelensky, it looks like the Democrats have nothing but egg on their face [AGAIN]. 

8. “Here’s what Theissen reported Tuesday: 

9. “It got almost no attention, but in May, CNN reported that Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) wrote a letter to Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Yuriy Lutsenko, expressing concern at the closing of four investigations they said were critical to the Mueller probe.

10. “In the letter, they implied that their support for U.S. assistance to Ukraine was at stake.

11. “Describing themselves as “strong advocates for a robust and close relationship with Ukraine,” the Democratic senators declared, “We have supported [the] capacity-building process and are disappointed that some in Kyiv appear to have cast aside these [democratic] principles to avoid the ire of President Trump,” before demanding Lutsenko “reverse course and halt any efforts to impede cooperation with this important investigation.”

12. “So, it’s okay for Democratic senators to encourage Ukraine to investigate Trump, but it’s [hypocritically] not okay for the president to allegedly encourage Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden?

13. ” … The letter clearly shows they were threatening to withhold assistance unless the Ukrainian government did as they demanded. Between this uncovered letter and former Vice President Joe Biden bragging about intimidating the Ukrainian prosecutor, this whole thing is boomeranging on the Dems. Here comes Trump 2020, folks, steamrolling into the White House (again). 

14. As well, “Recommended BREAKING: President Trump’s Ukraine Call Transcript Has Been Released and Blows Up the Latest Impeachment Narrative Katie Pavlich

15. “Steve Guest✔@SteveGuest [Steve gets credit for a great note.]

16. “FLASHBACK to 2018 byYouTubing Joe Biden bragged about bribing Ukraine with $1 BILLION to fire the prosecutor who was investigating his son, Hunter Biden’s company.

If that’s not corruption, I don’t know what is, PORK.

Spot on, BARREL. Spot on.