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Jul 31 2020

President Trump Meets with the Family of SPC Vanessa Guillen – Video and Transcript…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree house on July 30, 2020 by 

Earlier today President Trump met with the family of service member SPC Vanessa Guillen who was brutally murdered. President Trump promised to deliver justice for the 20 year-old who was found dismembered and burned after last being seen in a parking lot at Fort Hood, where she was stationed, on April 22.

A courageous & stunning conversation in the oval office [Video and Transcript Below]

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[Transcript] MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (As interpreted.) Thank you for having us. Thanks you for receiving us.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (As interpreted.) It’s an honor to be here.

(Speaks in Spanish.)

INTERPRETER ON BEHALF OF MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: She wants your help to bring justice for what happened to her daughter and (inaudible) for her daughter. She wants to know who’s really responsible and who was responsible for what happened to her daughter and why didn’t people act on it.

THE PRESIDENT: Right.

INTERPRETER ON BEHALF OF MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: And her daughter died. Her daughter died in service of the country from the hand of people who are in the military. She just wants your help to get at the truth, to get at justice — the truth. And this is from her heart, and she knows it’s of your heart.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I saw this on one of the shows recently, and I was just looking, and it hit me very hard. I saw what happened to your daughter, Vanessa, who was a spectacular person, and respected and loved by everybody, including in the military. And I invited you to the White House.

As you know, the FBI and the DOJ are now involved. We got them involved. And the people at Ford Hood, where it took place, are very much involved. We didn’t want to have this swept under the rug, which could happen.

And so I’d like you maybe, just if you’d like for the media, to explain exactly what happened as we all understand it, but they don’t perhaps.

MS. KHAWAM: So, President Trump, first of all, thank you very much for hosting this family. It’s a beautiful family that I represent. I’m Attorney Natalie Khawam. I’m going this case pro bono because I believe in it, and I believe in our military and I believe in justice.

THE PRESIDENT: Good.

MS. KHAWAM: And like you, you love the military, you love our veterans, and you have proven that today by just bringing us into your home to begin with.

Secondly, we have formed together to figure out what happened and how it happened. And just to give background, Vanessa was having issues internally with some of the sergeants and such hitting on her, sexually harassing her. We don’t know how far it went because a lot of women don’t always speak up. They just are afraid.

THE PRESIDENT: Other people other than the one in question, right?

MS. KHAWAM: Correct. And it’s a systemic problem there. You know, you have young kids — boys, girls — 18, 20, 21. But there isn’t enough protections in place because they get nervous about retaliation.

And I learned — I knew about the problem, but I didn’t know how severe it was. Like I said, I thought I was picking a scab, and here I saw it is septic. It’s terrible. The hashtag #IAmVanessaGuillen, if you go to that, you will read all these stories of these young women that serve our country, how broken they are; like, when they report it, what happens in the chain of command. And then they get retaliated against, and they got to clean toilets and stuff like that.

So I understand why Vanessa wouldn’t want to go report it — formally report it. So she did tell her family. She told her friends. She told some of the soldiers with her how they were — this guy — especially guy Aaron.

THE PRESIDENT: In particular him, right? In particular.

MS. KHAWAM: Aaron Robinson. Yeah, that’s correct.

THE PRESIDENT: Others also?

MS. KHAWAM: That’s correct. So I understand that she was in a locker room, the girls’ locker room, taking a shower, and he walked in and sat there and stared at her showering — like, just creepy.

And, unfortunately, we believe that she was going to report him because he was with her in the room that day. Her day off, they asked her to come in. It makes no sense, right? We’re not getting all the answers, by the way.

THE PRESIDENT: Right.

MS. KHAWAM: And he supposedly took a hammer and killed her in the room, bludgeoned her to death. He’d go into this room — the room is probably, like, a quarter of the size of this room. And it’s open, so people can hear and see things. So how no one heard her screaming, how no one saw the blood, those are, like, questions we still have.

But when he did that to her, he carried her body out and he buried it in the river nearby. He used a machete.

THE PRESIDENT: And nobody saw this? Nobody saw it?

MS. KHAWAM: Nobody saw this. Right.

And he used a machete to cut her up with his girlfriend, and he tried to burn her body, went and — burn. I mean, this — the horribleness. I said it reminded me of, like, ISIS, what they do to our soldiers.

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. Yeah. That’s right.

MS. KHAWAM: And we — when I heard about this story, you know, they contacted me and said, “Can you help us?” And I said, “Absolutely, can I help you.” You know, these are immigrants. You know, my family is immigrants. You know, you come to this country, you want to serve it, you want to do the best you can. And I didn’t want them getting railroaded.

I know that the — it’s hard to navigate through the military. I know it’s hard to navigate through Congress. And I knew that we needed to do something. We needed a congressional investigation because there’s so many “how does that happen?”, “how did this happen?” A lot of cover-ups.

When I tried to work with CID, I said, “What subpoenas have you issued? Because I’ll issue some subpoenas with you, like, to help you out,” like — so, you know. They wouldn’t tell me what subpoenas they issued. They wouldn’t tell me anything.

THE PRESIDENT: Right.

MS. KHAWAM: So I found that it was very difficult to communicate. There was no transparency.

So what we can do collectively is — to get justice for Vanessa is we need reform. We need a bill. And, you know, I drafted a bill that — #IAmVanessaGuillen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma —

THE PRESIDENT: Right. Good guy.

MS. KHAWAM: Great guy. Love him. He intro- — well, he — it’s right now leg counsel. But what it does is it says, “The way we have the EEOC, which is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, how someone can report something — go to the EEOC — we’re looking for something that’s going to allow our military, our soldiers to have the same rights and protections so, that way, they’re not going to their chain of command or internally.

THE PRESIDENT: Right.

MS. KHAWAM: What they’re doing is they’re going outside the command and reporting something. So suppose this kind of situation would have been in place, if we had this kind of bill in place, Vanessa could have reported this and they would have said, “Wait a second, this guy, Aaron Robinson, has a few of these problems. Like, look at this guy’s…” —

THE PRESIDENT: So did she report anything at all?

MS. KHAWAM: She reported it to her family and friends and some of the soldiers. She didn’t do a formal report.

THE PRESIDENT: Not to the fort, not to the people.

MS. KHAWAM: Right. Not to the command, her bosses, who are also above her, who she’s saying that were sexually harassing her.

So it’s hard to go to the boss that’s giving you problems, to report him. You know, it’s like the fox over the henhouse.

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. (Inaudible.) Well, I want to thank you. It’s a great explanation.

Would you like to say something? Please.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: I respect our military; that not all people are bad. But the way they treat Vanessa, they treated us. No transparency, no respect. They did not respect our pleading. They did not respect our pleading of my mother. And they did not respect my sister. Because I believe that the hashtag #IAmVanessaGuillen — and we have a whole nation behind us — that the hashtag #IAmVanessaGuillen would help our man and woman in the armed forces, because they are ones putting their life at risk.

They say, “Protect our protectors.” They deserve to be respected, to be heard, and to be honored, just like Vanessa. Because it’s — it’s a disgrace that when you get sexually harassed, you have to report it on to your line of command, but 80 percent of the time, the line of command is actually sexually harassing you, so you wouldn’t have the confidence nor the trust to report it. That’s why Vanessa did not report it, because she was afraid of retaliation or afraid of judgment because she was ashamed of herself, even though the shame was the aggressor.

And we need a change, and we need a positive change because our troops need to feel safe and need to feel respected because they’re the ones putting their life at risk. But yet, my sister was truly, deeply in love. She said, “If I have to go station in Iraq, if I have to go to combat, I’ll die proudly because I’m a patriot and I’m serving the country. I am protecting my own family…” —

THE PRESIDENT: She was in love with the country is what you’re saying.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: — “…I was serving my family. I was protecting my family.” But yet, she died on base. How can this happen on a military base, where you think everything is safe, but yet the soldiers are not safe?

So we need a congressional investigation because it’s impossible that no one saw, no one heard anything. Yet, there are people — my sister was not supposed to go to work, yet someone sent her to work. So if it was a day off, where were all the soldiers? It’s — it’s a humongous base.

Someone had to hear, someone had to saw what was going on in that arms room, and we want to find the truth because the truth will come out. And —

THE PRESIDENT: And now, as you know, the DOJ and the FBI are there and they’re doing a very strong investigation, as is the Army. So they’re doing a very strong investigation, as you know. We just started that. It’s an incredible story. It’s a terrible story.

Would you like to say something?

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Sure. First, I want to thank you for taking the time, taking us in. It’s an honor to be able to meet you, and I know you’re going to help us. And, you know, honoring our sister, passing the bill. And, of course, I want to point out how is it that her chain of command failed drastically.

It’s — you know, the first day I arrived, I was received by Robinson himself and a couple of other males. And I felt that they were trying —

THE PRESIDENT: Oh, really? Wow.

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: — to intimidate me, but they — they didn’t get it, and that’s why we’re here today.

THE PRESIDENT: So he took his life when? When after this horrible event? When did he take his life? When was it?

MS. KHAWAM: Probably 17 days —

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Right before they were about to arrest him.

THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I see. So that was — oh, I see. So they found out, et cetera.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: He was under watch, and he just went off, and they —

THE PRESIDENT: Did they know right away? Did you know right away? Did everybody know it was him?

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: I felt it.

MS. KHAWAM: She knew right away.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: She felt —

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: The day I went, I felt it.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: But, I mean, he was a truly coward if he killed himself. He couldn’t attempt the consequences. I mean, think over your actions before you do something. But he was a true coward. But I want her leadership to be questioned.

THE PRESIDENT: So we’re going to look into it very powerfully, and we already have started, as you know. And we’ll get to the bottom of it, and maybe things can come out that will help other people in a situation like Vanessa. We’ll be — we’ll be in touch with you constantly. We’ll be in touch with you too.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: Thank you

THE PRESIDENT: Natalie, thank you very much. That was great.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, please.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

INTERPRETER ON BEHALF OF GLORIA GUILLÉN: Her daughter’s story is the story of the whole nation. It’s (inaudible.)

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: She just said that my sister Vanessa Guillén, she’s making history, whole nation, almost international, and she wants you to be a part of it because we hope to have your support. And she said my sister, she had her whole life ahead of her, and her life was taken away in the most disgusting way anyone could take a human’s life. She wanted to be a mother.

THE PRESIDENT: That’s true.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: And everyone has a family, so everyone could feel the small pain. And she’s — she just dreams of her and how she wants to save children. But everyone has heart, so we expect people’s compassion, we expect people to help us, and we hope to have your support in this bill.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: You will be making history within Vanessa, because we need a change, and the change is now. And we need something positive so the soldiers feel safe to be recruited, feel safe while serving their nation, feel honored to serve their nation, but to feel respected and safe, and that’s how the bill will help them. Because not only women — it’s also men. I have heard many stories. And hopefully we have your support.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: Because this bill will mark a whole lifetime, and that you will be in it, and you will be making history within Vanessa, and people will be so thankful and blessed for having your support.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, you have our support, and we’re working on it already, as you know, and we won’t stop. And hopefully something very positive will come out in honor of your sister. Okay? And your daughter.

MR. GUILLÉN: Thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: We will — yes. Absolutely.

MS. KHAWAM: And, you know, President Trump, the saddest part of this all is her funeral is around the corner. And she won’t — they won’t have her body in the casket. Sometimes people need closure when they see someone’s face or body in a casket, and there’s no body. I mean, that’s what’s — it’s horrific.

THE PRESIDENT: When you say “around the corner,” you mean there is — there has not been a funeral yet?

MS. KHAWAM: No, not yet.

THE PRESIDENT: How come?

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: We’re planning on it. We’re planning to have —

MS. KHAWAM: Did you get any of the (inaudible)?

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: I was in touch with the Texas Rangers and FBI, and they told me that because the investigation was still open, they would call me as soon as I would be able to receive.

THE PRESIDENT: Well, they have to do that. I mean, it’s —

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Right. And I feel like we should be able to —

THE PRESIDENT: That’s no good. We got to take care of that.

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Right. If you could — thank you

THE PRESIDENT: You mean, you — you haven’t had a funeral? Because this is quite a while now.

MS. KHAWAM: Yeah.

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Right.

THE PRESIDENT: Because I even saw it quite a while ago.

MS. KHAWAM: Correct.

THE PRESIDENT: And — because you don’t have the body yet?

MS. KHAWAM: No remains.

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: No. That’s all we’re —

THE PRESIDENT: But they have the body.

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Yes.

MS. KHAWAM: The remains.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: That’s just a disgrace. And how can someone be capable of doing that? It’s just —

THE PRESIDENT: No, it’s a terrible thing. When would you like to have the funeral? When?

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: As soon as possible.

THE PRESIDENT: As soon as possible. I agree. As soon as possible with the funeral. We’ll make sure — we’ll make sure that happens. Okay, please?

Where will you have the funeral? Do you know?

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Houston.

THE PRESIDENT: In Houston?

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Yeah.

THE PRESIDENT: And if I can help you out with the funeral, I’ll help — I’ll help you with that.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: Thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: I’ll help you out. Financially, I’ll help you.

MS. KHAWAM: I think the military will be paying — taking care of it.

THE PRESIDENT: Good. They’ll do a military. That’s good. If you need help, I’ll help you out.

MS. KHAWAM: Thank you, President.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay? If they need something, I’ll — we’ll take care — we’ll make sure she is very respected.

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: Thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: Because I — I’ve seen statements about her from other people, as you know, and you don’t get better statements about a person. I see many statements about many people; I don’t see statements like that. So she was very extraordinary. And thank you, Natalie. Very good job. You’re doing good. So we’ll coordinate.

John, do you have any questions of the family, please? We’re going to keep this to Vanessa, right now, if we could.

Q I’m just wondering — Mr. President, you’ve got the FBI, the DOJ, the DOD involved. The family is asking for legislation in the military, similar to the EEOC in civilian life. What can you, as President, do to try to push that process forward?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’re doing that right now and we’re working, and actually, we’ve been working on it since I heard about it originally. And we’re going to see if we can do something, representing the family, but also helping other people that are in the same position because they’re — this is not — you know, probably, sadly, it’s probably not that unique. There are other people in trouble too.

MS. KHAWAM: That’s right.

THE PRESIDENT: So we’re going to look into that very strongly, John.

Q Is there a — is there a culture in the military that you’re worried about? Or what needs to happen here?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, it would seem to me — what would you think about that? Is there a culture? Is this a culture in the military?

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: Sexually harassing a person shouldn’t be daily. Murdering a person on a military base shouldn’t be monthly. Like, all those bodies found in Ft. Hood. It needs to change, and the change is now. There needs to be transparency, and for the truth to come out — what is happening on Ft. Hood — and to have an investigation because, I mean, it’s impossible that no one saw, no one heard Vanessa, that saw Vanessa. It’s impossible.

THE PRESIDENT: Certainly unusual. This was, Steve, a very horrific situation. Well, I don’t know if you — if you read about it or saw it, but it impacted me. I saw it and it was terrible. And so we’re going to get to the bottom of it. And how could it have happened where nobody knew about it at all?

MS. KHAWAM: Right.

THE PRESIDENT: They must have known.

MS. KHAWAM: I think there was a lot of cover-ups. Like, for example, that guy, Aaron Robinson — I don’t really want to call him a “guy” — an animal. I think that what happened, what transpired, with so many eyes and ears there, I really feel like they don’t want to think it was him. It was like confirmatory bias. They wanted to keep looking the other way. And it just — not sure why they were protecting him.

THE PRESIDENT: But they — remember, they ultimately got him, and that’s when he — he committed suicide, I guess. But they ultimately got him, so that was — frankly, somebody did that. Who did that? Who was — who was in charge? They didn’t let him get away with it, is what I’m saying. And they probably wouldn’t have.

MS. KHAWAM: So, they issued a BOLO, which is “be on the lookout” for him, and he escaped somehow, on foot. And I’m not sure if they gave him a hint, because how did they let the one guard who was watching him, how did he miss him? And a second guard as much, then guards out front watching him. Did they tell him? Did they let him in?

Because when they tried to issue — you know, to detain him, for some reason, the senior attorney at the base would not allow for them to do a — for them to — a subpoena. They basically couldn’t detain him because they say there was not enough facts and evidence, even though they had him — believe it or not, they pinged his phone or something, and they knew he was at that river from one to four in the morning. Who goes fishing at one in the morning?

So there was a lot of, like, why would they — why would they keep on turning a blind eye?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, look, the good thing is that he’s gone —

MS. KHAWAM: Right. He’s a goner. Right.

THE PRESIDENT: — okay? As far as I’m concerned. The good thing: He’s gone. Now we’re going to go in to see what happened. Also, can we have this go on to other people to help other people —

MS. KHAWAM: Yes.

THE PRESIDENT: — like your sister. Right?

Q Last year, a soldier named Gregory Wedel-Morales disappeared from Fort Hood. It was believed by the military that he had gone AWOL. They didn’t launch an investigation into his whereabouts. His remains were found not far from where Vanessa Guillén’s remains were found, and in about the same time period. Is there a problem with the culture at that particular base, do you think, that is allowing this to happen?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, let me ask you, do you know about that —

MS. KHAWAM: Yes.

THE PRESIDENT: — particular case?

MS. KHAWAM: Yes.

THE PRESIDENT: What’s — what — what about that case?

MS. KHAWAM: So they found his remains while they were looking for Vanessa’s.

THE PRESIDENT: No kidding.

MS. KHAWAM: Yeah.

THE PRESIDENT: Wow.

MS. KHAWAM: So he starts — starts becoming suspect. And so, unfortunately, you know, the family did not get any information or (inaudible) —

THE PRESIDENT: But are they putting that together? Because it’s —

MS. KHAWAM: Now — well, now it looks — it all looks —

THE PRESIDENT: With the same guy. He was there and then they find the other remains?

MS. KHAWAM: So, you know, we’ll find out. Hopefully, with the FBI — thanks for asking them to join this case and the DOJ. Hopefully, they’ll see whether there’s any kind of connection.

THE PRESIDENT: That’s a good question, John.

Q We interviewed the mother a couple of weeks back.

THE PRESIDENT: It’s an interesting question. That you’d even know that is very interesting. It’s impressive, actually.

Q Mr. President —

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah?

Q Mr. President, you offered to help pay some of the funeral costs.

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.

Q Have you offered to do that for other families before?

THE PRESIDENT: I have. I have.

Q Have you — and you’ve actually —

THE PRESIDENT: Personally. I have to do it personally. I can’t do it through government.

Q So you’ve written checks to help for other families before this?

THE PRESIDENT: I have. I have, because some families need help. They need help.

I don’t even know if you need help. Maybe you don’t need help, from a financial standpoint. I have no idea what — I just think it’s a horrific thing that happened. And if you did need help, I’m going to — I’ll be there to help you.

Are you using the military for the funeral though? Or is it — is it going to be —

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: We actually declined because my mom didn’t want a military casket and stuff like that. Vanessa is very unique, so we wanted something unique for her. So far, a lot of people have been helping us, but it has been a rough three months.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay, well, you let us know.

MS. KHAWAM: Thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay? You let us know. That’s fine.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: “It’s very painful,” is what she just said.

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah, there is a lot of pain here. This is just a horrible thing.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: Another horrible thing just happened.

THE PRESIDENT: What — what did your mother say?

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: That CID is not a — you cannot have confidence in them because they lied to us the first day, seeing my mom in pain. But yet, there’s another story that CID tried to just throw it under the rug. There was a baby that was murdered, and they threw him. It’s just hard to say. An innocent life — a child — was thrown from the bedroom, all the way from the top of the building to the floor. And it happened on a military base. And an innocent child died. Why? Why is that happening? They have to be investigated.

THE PRESIDENT: So was this at Fort Hood also?

MS. MAYRA GUILLÉN: I believe Fort Hood, yes.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: Like, this particular person, he is stationed on Fort Hood. He told my mother, because this is a pure example: He was — he’s afraid to speak up. He’s afraid to tell others because they feel that they’re going to endanger his own family. He’s going to be — he’s going to be in danger every day because — why are they afraid to speak up? Why?

THE PRESIDENT: We’re going to find out. Right?

MS. KHAWAM: Yeah. And I would love to work with whoever —

THE PRESIDENT: We’re going to find out.

MS. KHAWAM: — it is, because I know all the stories and I know what’s happening.

THE PRESIDENT: We’ll look at that too.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (Speaks in Spanish.)

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: She wants justice for Vanessa Guillén and for all those soldiers that have been found dead and being killed on a military base, and for those soldiers have been sexually harassed and don’t have the opportunity to go and have confidence to report their sexual harassment.

Because a pure example that people are too afraid to report their sexual harassment and sexual assault, and it goes far to rape, is — and a pure example you can find articles: 2015 prostitution ring was led by a sergeant on Fort Hood, but yet, that same sergeant was leading the SHARP classes, which — that same SHARP classes are supposed to prevent sexual harassment to happen throughout higher-rank soldiers, sergeants. But yet, how is that possible that someone is trying to protect soldiers from sexual harassment and rape and abuse and assault, but yet you’re conducting a prostitution ring?

So the #IAmVanessaGuillen bill would have our man and woman have the confidence —

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.

MS. GUADALUPE GUILLÉN: — into reporting the sexual harassment.

THE PRESIDENT: So we’ll look into that too, Natalie. Okay?

MS. KHAWAM: Thank you, President.

THE PRESIDENT: We’re going to look into that.

I want to thank you all for being here. It’s a lot of courage actually. It takes a lot of courage. And your daughter is very respected. And she’s respected by me, and you’re in the Oval Office. Your daughter would be very proud of you right now. She’s looking down. She’ll be very proud of you. So — and your sister. So we will get to the bottom of a lot of this, and maybe all of it. Okay?

MS. KHAWAM: Thank you so much, President.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.

MR. GUILLÉN: Thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you.

MRS. GLORIA GUILLÉN: (As interpreted.) Justice for Vanessa.

THE PRESIDENT: Justice. Yep. Absolutely. For Vanessa. Thank you. Thank you very much.

END 1:47 P.M. EDT

Jul 31 2020

RIP Herman Cain…


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Sad news today as Herman Cain, 74, has passed away.  Most people became aware of Herman Cain as a result of his 2012 presidential bid which drew national recognition.  However, long before Mr. Cain was a candidate he left a legacy in business and touched the lives of many as a minister.  His patriotic voice will be greatly missed.

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Farewell Herman Cain.  You made a difference to many; and you left this world a little better place.

Jul 30 2020

The Delusional Demorats formerly the Democrats


Who You gonna believe? Your  lyin’ eyes or the Democrats?

Democrat Jerry Nadler recently claimed that Antifa violence was just a “myth”.  Is Nadless Nadler so out of touch with reality that fire bombs, statue toppling and entire downtowns engulfed in violence and riots don’t even register with him?

Maybe. But maybe, it is because the Democrat party agrees with their frothing at the mouth radical base, that America is racist and bad and the whole country should be burned to the ground.

Our Dumb Donkey friend just keeps repeating the talking points and will not hear the truth, his fingers are firmly planted in his ears.

Hillary won in 2016.

Barr is a Russian Agent of Evil.

Everything is racist.

Biden is firmly in the lead in all polls.

Orange Man Bad!

Would you give the control of the country to delusional Democrats? With Biden as President- Every city will be Portland or Seattle.

The silent majority is no longer silent.

Trump 2020 landslide.

Tina 

Jul 30 2020

Face Mask—Don’t Leave Home Without It On Election Day


Meanwhile don’t leave home without your face mask on election day when you go out to vote. That way, smarmy Democrats can’t possibly steal your vote or Election 2020

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Re-Posted from the Canada Free Press By  —— Bio and Archives—July 29, 2020

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The best time to wear a Covid-19 face mask is to wear one on Election Day.

The Democrats and their running dogs in the mainstream and social media expecting a spike in the Coronavirus sometime closer to election day, are using the virus to frighten people from coming out to vote in person.  By that time they hope to have a 100 percent MAIL-IN VOTE in place.

Joe Biden’s 2020 Election coronation,  they’re convinced, is already in the bag for them.

Covid-19 is being used as a cover for a MAIL-IN VOTE—spearheaded by media-described “NON-PARTISAN” Michelle Obama

Getting it to that point was a piece of cake, a walk in the park. According to them—without your coming out to vote—it’s all over for that blankety-blank President Donald Trump.

Right, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama?

But it’s not all over if millions of people show up at voting booths with the ‘expert-promised’ safety of a face mask.

The safety of wearing face masks will be pretty difficult for the desperado Dems to argue against.  After all,  isn’t that what Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci with his bummed up baseball throwing arm and ‘Scarf Lady’,  Dr. Deborah Birx repeatedly advised the masses during months of White House Task Force press conferences?

Isn’t that why all White House Press Corps ‘reporters’ are wearing face masks in the Rose Garden to this very day?

Isn’t that why some dog walkers caught out walking their pets without wearing masks being maced by women terrified of coming down with the virus all but guaranteed to spike on or before Election Day?

That Covid-19 is being used as a cover for a MAIL-IN VOTE—spearheaded by media-described “NON-PARTISAN” Michelle Obama—caused the biggest social media PANIC in all of Internet history yesterday.

WOOT! WOOT!

America’s Frontline Doctors

‘Doctors’ Capitol Hill Coronavirus Press Conference Terrifies Big Tech Companies; How They Responded Says It All’ (Tea Party 247, July 28, 2020)

“(Tea Party 247) – If you didn’t already think that leftist politicians had a whole lot to gain in the fight against President Donald Trump by keeping the masses terrified over the coronavirus, you might want to rethink your position after you discover what Big Tech companies like Facebook and Twitter did to a group of American doctors who sought to hold a press conference concerning COVID-19.

“It seems these companies, who have now earned a reputation for being the propaganda arm of the progressive movement, alongside the mainstream media, have decided to follow the lead of their overlords and stoke the fear of this virus as a means of helping to create an anti-Trump narrative to take him down later this year in the election.

“Facebook decided to remove a video produced by America’s Frontline Doctors that was organized by the Tea Party Patriots, despite the fact the video was one of the top-performing posts on the social media network.

Here’s more from Breitbart: (Breitbart, July 27, 2020)

“If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, the great American experiment of a Constitutional Republic with Representative Democracy, will cease”

“The press conference featured Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and frontline doctors sharing their views and opinions on coronavirus and the medical response to the pandemic. YouTube (which is owned by Google) and Twitter subsequently removed footage of the press conference as well.

“The video accumulated over 17 million views during the eight hours it was hosted on Facebook, with over 185,000 concurrent viewers.

“The livestream had accumulated over 17 million views by the time of its censorship by Facebook.

“In terms of viral velocity, the post was beating content from many other prominent accounts on Facebook today, including Hillary Clinton, Rev. Franklin Graham, and Kim Kardashian.

“The event, hosted by the organization America’s Frontline Doctors, a group founded by Dr. Simone Gold, a board-certified physician and attorney, and made up of medical doctors, came together to address what the group calls a “massive disinformation campaign” about the coronavirus. Norman also spoke at the event.

“If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, the great American experiment of a Constitutional Republic with Representative Democracy, will cease,” reads the event’s information page.

“The event was organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots

Jul 30 2020

Perspective: Image You are in Fort McHenry…


Posted originally on The Conservative Tree House on July 29, 2020 by 

The battle of Fort McHenry was a critical point in the War of 1812.  Many people know that our national anthem stemmed from the valiant defense of Fort McHenry by American troops who refused to concede Baltimore harbor and withstood 27 hours of continual bombardment by British naval forces beginning Sept 13, 1814.  The short story is HERE

Two-hundred-six years later, there is a lesson to be learned.

[Part of the Korean War Memorial – Washington DC]

Right now those who wish to “fundamentally change” our nation are waging a full frontal assault against our constitutional republic.  The bombardment seems overwhelming.

Leftist city and state leaders have abandoned rule of law in favor of supporting the mob effort to destroy our sense of unity.  Political activists, left-wing ideologues under the guise of democrats, and a host of media allies are conducting an information war on behalf of their objective.  Big tech social media companies are attempting to remove the voices of those who are fighting back.

There is a great deal of purposefully driven anxiety and fear amid our nation as this multi-faceted internal war takes place.  However, there is a primary element to this effort that each person can shield themselves from, and act to counter.  Do not let your sense of self succumb to this assault.  Do not let them win the battle for your peace of mind.

It might, heck, -check that- it does seem overwhelming at times.  But that is the nature of this collectivist strategy.  That is the purpose of this bombardment.  We must hold strong and push back against their lies and manipulations.  If you look closely at their attack, it is weak and much of it is psychological bait.  Do not fall into the trap of despair.

When I share the message “live your best life”, it is not without purpose.  Every moment that we allow the onslaught to deter us from living our dreams, is a moment those who oppose our nation view as us taking a knee.  Do not allow this effort to succeed.

You might ask yourself how can I, one person, a flea looking into a furnace, retain an optimistic disposition while all around me seems chaotic and mad.

That’s the point; it ‘seems’ chaotic and mad because it has been created to appear that way.  There are more of us than them; they just control the systems that allow us to connect, share messages and recognize the scale of our assembly.

Every second that you live your life with thankfulness for the abundance within it; every moment that we CHOOSE to engage with fellowship; every day that we accept guidance from God – however you define him to be; and every moment we cherish this time to be a beacon of optimism; is a moment that we withstand that barrage and hold the flag in place.   It is a genuinely patriotic position not to succumb to the attack.

If you allow yourself to be drawn into crisis and despair, you allow them to win.  If your center of normal is based around this overwhelming onslaught, you will eventually concede liberty in favor of peace.  Once we stop living in liberty, we no longer have peace.

It took me a while to fully understand just how damaging empty streets, soulless eyes, the lack of smiles, shuttered businesses and the absence of joy would become.  But as I travel around trying to deliver a very specific message to a very specific audience, I now recognize just how much damage is being done; not just to our nation as a whole, but also to every individual within it – personally.

We must shake this mindset.  We must withstand this onslaught and rally to the origin of our true national spirit.  We must rally to a standard of Americanism and accept this is not that. In essence, we must individually take a stand.  Purposefully, deliberately and with forethought, we must engage those around us to get rid of this sense of foreboding.

This approach is how we win the larger battle.

All around us, in every tribe and region, there are people who need you to show them the strength that you have.  Strength of spirit. Strength of fellowship that you will not relent from expressing.  No matter what noise is shouting from the loudspeakers we must withstand it; we must make eye contact and remain joyful.  We cannot allow despair to be the status quo.

In my own travel, right into the belly of the beast, I have encountered some of the most morose robotic people I could ever imagine; yet each night I held up my mission in prayer and promised to accept guidance regardless of my own fears and trepidation.  Trust me, this ain’t easy for me…. through my research, I have torn open the dungeon doors and stared into the dark space; and yes, the scale of it sticks with you; it manifests as cynicism.

So, let me share two recent short-examples of what following that guidance actually means.

The second night in DC, I woke up with this horrible taste in my mouth.  Teeth brushing didn’t help… wearing a mask or facing a $500 fine didn’t help either and perhaps was the cause.  Regardless, I asked a gentleman for the location to a convenience store to purchase some mints to chew throughout the day.  I was directed to a specific store.

When I made my purchase, the mask on the other side of the counter was as sad as many that day, but I felt compelled to ask how she was doing.  The typical “been better” was the return.  However, as I started to walk away… I turned back: “what’s wrong”?  For the next few minutes I listened as I met a mom of four kids who was 15 days from a COVID-based eviction.  There was really no-one to blame; and worse, for her no-where to turn.  She was looking for housing grants to avoid the most painful decision in her short 30-year-life.

You see, there was a reason why I went into that store that afternoon, at least that’s what I told her; and there was a reason why she was there.  In part with your support, and after putting all other tasks in the appropriately unimportant place they deserved, WE (yes, you and me) together found a solution and provided the resources she needed.   Starfish dude strikes again… this time with His help and your help.

It would have been very easy to walk out and accept that simple: “been better”. Heck, I think of all the times I have done that before…. but not this time.  This time something nagged about it…. and so I turned around and found tears, fellowship – and mints.

The next day another stroll, a little lost, and a veteran on the street… I can’t tell you his story because that’s for another day… but it is just as important and just as profound.  As I walked away from him many minutes later he yelled at me: “HEY DUDE”.  I turned my unmasked smile back in his direction only to have him say: “we need more people like you in charge”…  Thumbs up, and I continued my travels.

Which is really the point of writing all this.  Our nation needs more people like you, right now.  Don’t wait… engage life, get optimistic however you need to do it. Then let that part of you shine right now… This is how we fight.  Hold up that flag; give the starter smile… rally to the standard you create and spread fellowship again.  God knows we need it.

Oh, and don’t call me a goober for sharing this – I’m doing it because a smart lawyer, a genuinely decent young man who I met along this specific road less traveled, told me to write about it…. and, perhaps, because I sense he might have needed to hear it too.

Thanks Travis.

Love to all.

 

 

Jul 30 2020

Jim Jordan Opening Statement on Big Tech Censorship…


Posted originally on The Conservative tree house on July 29, 2020 by 

At today’s assembly of Big Tech oligarchs; and contrast against a backdrop where Google Inc. could possibly be soon facing a DOJ antitrust case; Representative Jim Jordan delivers opening remarks that cut right to the heart of the matter.  WATCH:

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Even though the level of content manipulation that Google, Facebook and Twitter are pouring into the 2020 election cycle was anticipated, it is still incredible to watch them carryout the scheme so openly.

Jul 29 2020

Facebook Calls for the Break-Up of US Government


Armstrong Economics Blog/Politics

Re-Posted Jul 29, 2020 by Martin Armstrong

The high Tech leaders are to testify before Congressional House antitrust investigation into the market power of major tech companies. This will in Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, Apple, Google, and Facebook. The House Judiciary Committee has been pushing for them to return to testify in front of its investigation into antitrust. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been reportedly more aggressive against the antitrust investigation. The pressure against the influence of high tech has been growing. It should be very interesting to watch today. The Onion put out a piece that is more of a satire on Zuckerberg which claimed that the US government should be broken up. To a large extent, some of the comments that the government has gone too far is not so off base. But it would be insane if he thought he could stand against the government.

My warning to Zuckerberg is he better count his fingers after shaking hands with the Democrats if they promise not to break up Facebook in return for his support to seize the White House in November. We live in very interesting times.

Jul 29 2020

Racism or Values?        


Individual black lives matter. Power-hungry “Black Lives Matter,” does not. Brecksville’s June 9th “Rally for Justice” organizers misstepped by using the BLM logo on Facebook for publicity.

Was their intent to support reform by protesting a tragic case of police brutality? Or was it to politicize the lie of “systemic discrimination” and “white privilege theory” by co-opting a Marxist, police-hating anti-family organization?

BLM website’s hateful, divisive content profits from people’s ignorance and funnels more money to the DNC than to needy humans. Affiliation with radical BLM was cause enough for local administration to compensate with law enforcement in riot gear who acted professionally despite enduring vulgar insults.

Rather than virtue signaling of raised signs and fists, did planners consider projects that address what really matters to metropolitan Cleveland’s black community? Why not tutor or mentor struggling children; volunteer to feed the homeless; visit prison inmates; hold BLM signs outside abortion clinics?

Injustice answered with anger, vengeance and shallow behavior leads to social and cultural destruction. Civil dialogue using critical thinking to problem solve is harder. Obscured by a failed education system, accepting the truth of our flawed shared history takes common sense and discernment.

This is no longer about racism or diversity. It’s a choice between cultural Marxism and American values. Thinking that middle class values-based people of any origin are not welcome in our community is myopic. If you believe in Liberty, E Pluribus Unum and In God We Trust, welcome to Brecksville!

Jan Lukas

Jul 28 2020

PART FIVE: What is Bill Gates Up too with His Vaccines and Dominance in the Medical Issue if You are Curious then you Must Watch this Four Videos!


A dozen years ago or there about, Bill Gates became worried about Climate Change and gave a TED talk on what the world had to do to save us from extinction. In that presentation Gates stated that one of the variables in his equation had to go to zero to stop Carbon Dioxide from killing all of us.  Now keep in mind that Gates does not have any degrees and knows little about anything but making money with software. We do however recognize that he was very good at that but we must also understand that he had no formal training or studies in anything else.

Gates’ vision is a world with less than a billion people and probably closer to 500 million. This world will be very clean and use only solar PV or Wind to power this Utopian Dream. Everything will be perfect and safe for those that reside in that world. Dreams of that kind are neither practical nor doable but that never stops those that have these visions: like Karl Marx who also had a vision of a perfect world Marxism. Unfortunately that vision brought us WW I,  WW II and the cold war and hundreds of millions of dead people, and Marxism has still not been eliminate as an evil system.

Gates has managed to merge Marxism, Environmentalism, Climate change and World health into one Political system using technology, which he is very good at, that makes George Orwell’s “1984” look like it was done by a rank amateur. If Gates even comes close to achieving his objectives we will be living in Hell!

The story of Bill gates from James Corbett

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Jul 28 2020

Time for Civil Disobedience is NOW!


Liberty deserves better. It is time for civil disobedience

Douglas V. Gibbs image

Re-Posted from the Canada Free Press By  —— Bio and Archives—July 27, 2020

Time for Civil Disobedience is NOW!

In a 5-4 Decision the United States Supreme Court has determined that California restricting church gatherings is not unconstitutional, and does not violate the “free exercise clause of the First Amendment.”  The Ninth Circuit Judges, regarding restrictions against churches regarding the free exercise of their religion, and more specifically, worship services, said, “constitutional standards that would normally govern our review of a Free Exercise claim should not be applied.”  The last time I checked, the First Amendment does not say, “Freedom of Religion, unless there’s a virus.”

The court’s decision is unconstitutional.  They are wrong.  Liberty must prevail.  And it is time the American People send that message.

We have allowed the tyrants in political office to run wild with their authoritarianism

In 1777 a small pox epidemic swept through the fledgling United States, and it occurred while we were fighting for our independence.  The British Troops had stronger immunity to the disease because its presence in Europe had been long standing.  In response to the disease, despite its 10% mortality rate, new United States offered a voluntary vaccine, quarantined the sick (not the healthy), and remained open for business and at war with the Redcoats through the disease’s journey along our shores.  While some precautions were taken voluntarily, the decisions were left up to the people, not through government mandate.

A little more than a decade later the Yellow Fever swept through Philadelphia, taking the life of the mayor, Samuel Powel, during the epidemic.  Powel, and his wife Elizabeth, had been given the opportunity by the George Washington family to wait out the disease at their home on Mount Vernon in Virginia in the name of safety, but the Powel couple felt their presence as a firm voice of leadership in Philadelphia was more important.  Some people died, most survived, and liberty was never compromised during the affair.  After the Yellow Fever departed, the immune systems of the Americans grew even stronger, and the country continued on to become the greatest this world has ever seen.

Now, we face a novel coronavirus that, if you honestly look at the numbers, has a survival rate of over 98%.  The death numbers have been padded, and we have been told a massive spike in cases has gripped our country, but interestingly enough the number spiked as testing increased.  In other words, due to testing, we don’t have more cases, we simply have more cases we know about as a result of the testing.

This mild virus has, honestly, killed some people, but largely those who have underlying health issues already in place.  But, for the most part, it is nearly harmless, and usually asymptomatic, to anyone under 60, and is a slightly stronger bug for those over 60.  As a result of a minor virus, we have refused to trust our immune systems, gone against science with “run and hide” strategies, we have shut down our economy, and worse, we have allowed the tyrants in political office to run wild with their authoritarianism.

Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, it is time for churches to stand in defiance

We have complained, we have yelled, and we have taken them to court, and the dictators continue to do the evil things they do without any consequence.

The time for that stops now.

Remember how proud we were of the rise of the Tea Party Movement when President Obama’s policies threatened our Liberty?  We rallied, we shouted, and we were rewarded with a caucus in Congress, and with the election of a President named Donald J. Trump who has shown us that he has an incredible ability to stand firm, with a resolve of steel.

Have we learned nothing from him?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did more than complain and form rallies.  He committed civil disobedience to ensure that the Civil Rights Movement moved forward and got national attention.  Should we not be doing the same in the face of this moment in history when tyrants are stomping all over our liberty?

Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, it is time for churches to stand in defiance.  They need to unite, and hundreds of churches around California, and thousands around the country, need to openly hold worship services, regardless of what the ruling elite is mandating.

“The Founding Fathers put on the line their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, and you are worried about a paint job.”

We also need to hold “face parties,” where those of us who refuse to wear masks visit public locations in groups to get our point across.  Target liberal businesses, government facilities, and the lobbies of media outlets freaking out about the Wuhan Chinese COVID 19 virus.  First, one person walks in without a mask.  As the person who thinks they are security for the establishment tells the person they need to have a mask on, another unmasked person needs to walk in.  Then another.  Then another.  Do it until the whole place is full of people not only not wearing masks, but hugging and talking and shaking hands with each other.  Let them arrest the whole group, if that is what is necessary to get media attention, and the attention of the American People.

That’s the rub.  You must have the stomach for civil disobedience.  You must be willing to take a risk that may include arrest, or worse.

I will wrap up with this little story to help you understand the perspective we need to be having.

In 2016, I had a Trump/Pence sticker in the window of my car, and a woman said that I was brave, and she would not do the same because she feared someone scratching her paint job on her car by running a key along the side of it if she put a similar bumper sticker on her vehicle.

“Think about what you just said,” I responded.  “The Founding Fathers put on the line their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, and you are worried about a paint job.”

Liberty deserves better.  It is time for civil disobedience.  It is time for us to risk more than just a paint job on our car.  But, to make it work, WE must organize, and WE must do it.  Otherwise, we cease to be We the People, and we become, “those who once enjoyed liberty, but threw it all away to be in bondage in the name of good intentions and a virus.”