Remember when Barack Obama ran against John McCain in 2008? Well according to the media it was Senator Barack Obama against Governor Sarah Palin and the media began attacking her family while saying that the Obama family was off limits, remember? That was apples to oranges but the media was oblivious.
So keeping this comparison strictly “apples to apples” let us look at Trump and Biden man to man. This should be relatively short and to the point as both 2024 campaigns throw political arrows at each other in hopes of corralling the most votes and at least 270 coveted Electoral College votes out of 538 electors.
As Democratic Incumbent 46th President Joe Biden from Delaware is challenging Republican former 45th President Donald Trump from Florida in the 2024 election taking place on November 5, 2024, the fate and future of the United States of America hangs in the balance.
TRUMP
Donald John Trump was born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York
45th President 2017 – 2021
1964 Graduated from New York Military Academy in New York, played baseball
1964 – 1966 Fordham University
1966 – 1968 Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
1968 Graduated with a B.S. in Economics
1964 – 1968 Received four student S-2 draft deferments
1968 Medically deferred and classified 1-Y (July 1968)
1968 Began working at Trump Management in New York City
1971 – 2015 President of the Trump Organization
1972 Medically reclassified 4-F (October 1968 – Bone spurs)
Entered politics
2017 – 2021, Entered office as the 45th President of the United States facing a hostile Congress (both sides of the isle).
2017 – Chose Governor Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President
2020 – Ran for reelection against Joe Biden.
2024 – GOP Presidential candidate running against President Joe Biden.
Important Presidential Actions
Ban Foreign Terrorist entry into the US
Building the Border Wall
Condemned Violence of Domestic Terrorists groups Antifa, BLM and others
Created Task Force to lead efforts to combat the Novel Coronavirus
Created the United States Space Force
Defeated ISIS
Enabled US to become the world leader in petroleum production
Established United States Mexico, Canada Trade Agreement USMCA
Implemented Defense Production Act to produce and supply personal protective equipment and ventilators for US and worldwide distribution
Improve Border Security and Immigration Enforcement
Lowered prescription medication costs to users in US
Lowered taxes (individual and corporate)
Nominated 3 associate justices on the Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated for 2 Nobel Peace Prizes (Peace in the Middle East)
Permanent Funding Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Protected American monuments, memorials and statues from criminal violence
Rebuild the US Armed Forces
Relocated US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Removed mandated user fees from Affordable Care Act
Removed Iranian Terrorist
Restarted the XL Pipeline
Restored the Mexico City Policy (no funding for abortion)
Restricted entry from certain countries to stop the spread of the China Virus into the US
Returned manufacturing jobs back into the United States
Reviving US efforts for joint government/private enterprise on space travel
Seated 2 Supreme Court Justices
Seated 300+ Judges at various levels in DOJ
Security and Immigration Reform
Signed the First Step Act into Law
Withdraw US from TPP Negotiations and Agreement
BIDEN
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr was born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania
46th President of the United States 2021 – Present
47th Vice President 2009 – 2017
1961 Graduated from Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware
1962 – 1965 University of Delaware in Newark, Double Major – History and Political Science, Minor in English, Played college football and baseball
1965 Graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree
1966 – 1968 Law Degree Syracuse University
1963 – 1968 Received five student S-2 draft deferments
1968 Medically deferred and classified 1-Y (April 5, 1968 – Asthma as a teen)
1968 Clerked for Republican William Prickett
1969 Admitted to the Delaware Bar – public defender, then Biden and Walsh Corporate Law
Began career in politics
1970 – 1972 New Castle County Council
1973 – 2009 Senator D-DE (Nixon to GW Bush)
1988 Ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination (Reagan)
2008 Ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination (GW Bush)
2016 Chose not to run for president (Hillary Clinton received democratic nomination)
2017 Received the Medal of Freedom with distinction from President Obama
2020 Chose Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the presidential election
2021 – Present, 46th President of the United States
2024 – Running for reelection against Donald Trump.
Biden’s promises to America
Congratulated BLM rioters by proxy through Senator Kamala Harris
Raise taxes (pay fair share)
Stop petroleum (fossil fuels) production
Supports the Green New Deal
Biden opened Southern Border to unlawful and unvetted migrants, human smuggling, & drugs. It has taken more than 3 years to get Biden to the US Southern Border to see his policy in action.
Biden blames the current and ongoing US Southern Border Crisis on the GOP and Climate Change, rather than taking responsibility for HIS Democratic policy decisions.
Abruptly withdrew US Forces from Afghanistan 8/13/21 resulting in 8 American & untold civilian deaths and loss of $B US assets at Bagram AB.
Biden reduced and is attempting to eliminate fossil fuels production in US, making the US dependent once again on foreign oil.
Biden has not been forthcoming in supporting Israel against Hamas’ attacks that began on October 6th, 2023.
Biden has not taken prompt action to protect the US from airborne intrusive flights by hot air balloons over the past 12 months.
Biden is sending US forces to create a sea port in Gaza capable of accepting aid and supplies to the Palestinian refugees.
There have been quite a number of manufactured crisis and allegations of misconduct launched against President Trump that have resulted in his impeachment in December 2019 and his acquittal in the Senate trial phase in early 2020 with an accusation of President Trump belittling military and veterans that did not happen. The media, entertainment industry officials and people are quick to label Trump as a bully because of his tactics growing up, while ignoring his compassion and generosity to those in need of assistance.
Based on Biden’s comments toward Democratic voters calling them liars and dog faced pony soldiers to name a few choice comments it is Biden who seems to be the real bully from the video of Biden threatening the holding of US funding to Ukraine unless a certain prosecutor was fired (investigating a company employing Hunter Biden) or the recently released video of Biden speaking in front of a military audience as Obama’s Vice President where he insulted and badly disparaged the military have been routinely ignored by the media. The Biden administration has classified a major portion of America citizens as enemies of the state based entirely on their support for Trump.
The real proof is in the pudding by examining their political track record of Trump’s 4 years vs Biden’s 47 years in politically elected office?
Is America safer now than it was 4 years ago? But don’t just take my word – do your own research. – RTM
Let me start with former Vice President Joe Biden shouting from his basement in Delaware for President Donald Trump to concede the election since he was the President-Elect after the November 2020 election. I made remarks to friends that all someone had to do was make an Oval Office in Biden’s basement and he would believe that he was president. That seems to be exactly what someone did, only modifying his banner and seal to say “Office of the President-Elect”. Keep in mind there was no president-elect until congress confirmed the Electoral College ballots on January 6th, 2021.We all think we know how that worked out, but the facts are still in dispute even in 2024.
Who can forget the contempt and disrespect shown by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she tore up her copy of Trump’s SOTU address, behind his back and on the live television broadcast?
Here we are in 2024 with the economy in shambles, inflation going through the roof, mortgage rates are so high it is difficult for first time home buyers to be able to qualify to buy a home. The US Borders are wide open, with illegal migrants wearing “Biden Let Us In” t-shirts as the only real identification needed to invade our country, not by illegal, undocumented, criminals (they are) but by “Newcomers” (they are not). The US is handing out Trillions of dollars to foreign nations and non-US citizens at an alarming rate, with no stopping it (unless the US government printing press breaks down). The world is on the verge, if not already at war and President Biden, the leader of the free world tells us all that ills this nation was caused by his predecessor (Trump). He claims credit for an unprecedented upturn of American jobs and factories here in the US, while failing to acknowledge that he alone was responsible for the loss of those jobs and more during his term as president. This is the first time in recent history where the federal government under Biden administration weaponized the DOJ, Homeland Security and other agencies to fight individual state governors who are stopping the unlawful flow of invaders into our nation. Biden takes great pride in backing the “trans” community, pro-abortion and going after the NRA and the GOP.
Biden is the President for ALL Americans, unless you identify as one of Trump’s MAGA supporters, to the point of disregarding the constitutionality of civil, personal or individual rights. Many of the accused January 6th “insurrectionists” are still in isolation cells in a defunct prison, without visitors or counsel and nobody seems to care.
Read the full text of his prepared remarks, as released by the White House, below:
Good evening.
Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Members of Congress. My Fellow Americans.
In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt came to this chamber to speak to the nation.
He said, “I address you at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union.”
Hitler was on the march. War was raging in Europe.
President Roosevelt’s purpose was to wake up the Congress and alert the American people that this was no ordinary moment.
Freedom and democracy were under assault in the world.
Tonight I come to the same chamber to address the nation.
Now it is we who face an unprecedented moment in the history of the Union.
And yes, my purpose tonight is to both wake up this Congress, and alert the American people that this is no ordinary moment either.
Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today.
What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are under attack, both at home and overseas, at the very same time.
Overseas, Putin of Russia is on the march, invading Ukraine and sowing chaos throughout Europe and beyond.
If anybody in this room thinks Putin will stop at Ukraine, I assure you, he will not.
But Ukraine can stop Putin if we stand with Ukraine and provide the weapons it needs to defend itself. That is all Ukraine is asking. They are not asking for American soldiers.
In fact, there are no American soldiers at war in Ukraine. And I am determined to keep it that way.
But now assistance for Ukraine is being blocked by those who want us to walk away from our leadership in the world.
It wasn’t that long ago when a Republican President, Ronald Reagan, thundered, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
Now, my predecessor, a former Republican President, tells Putin, “Do whatever the hell you want.”
A former American President actually said that, bowing down to a Russian leader.
America is a founding member of NATO the military alliance of democratic nations created after World War II to prevent war and keep the peace.
Today, we’ve made NATO stronger than ever.
We welcomed Finland to the Alliance last year, and just this morning, Sweden officially joined NATO, and their Prime Minister is here tonight.
Mr. Prime Minister, welcome to NATO, the strongest military alliance the world has ever known.
I say this to Congress: we must stand up to Putin. Send me the Bipartisan National Security Bill.
History is watching.
If the United States walks away now, it will put Ukraine at risk.
Europe at risk. The free world at risk, emboldening others who wish to do us harm. My message to President Putin is simple.
We will not walk away. We will not bow down. I will not bow down.
History is watching, just like history watched three years ago on January 6th.
Insurrectionists stormed this very Capitol and placed a dagger at the throat of American democracy.
Many of you were here on that darkest of days.
We all saw with our own eyes these insurrectionists were not patriots. They had come to stop the peaceful transfer of power and to overturn the will of the people.
January 6th and the lies about the 2020 election, and the plots to steal the election, posed the gravest threat to our democracy since the Civil War.
But they failed. America stood strong and democracy prevailed.
But we must be honest the threat remains and democracy must be defended.
My predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth of January 6th.
I will not do that.
This is a moment to speak the truth and bury the lies.
And here’s the simplest truth. You can’t love your country only when you win.
As I’ve done ever since being elected to office, I ask you all, without regard to party, to join together and defend our democracy!
Remember your oath of office to defend against all threats foreign and domestic.
Respect free and fair elections! Restore trust in our institutions! And make clear -political violence has absolutely no place in America!
History is watching.
And history is watching another assault on freedom.
Joining us tonight is Latorya Beasley, a social worker from Birmingham, Alabama. 14 months ago tonight, she and her husband welcomed a baby girl thanks to the miracle of IVF.
She scheduled treatments to have a second child, but the Alabama Supreme Court shut down IVF treatments across the state, unleashed by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
She was told her dream would have to wait.
What her family has gone through should never have happened. And unless Congress acts, it could happen again.
So tonight, let’s stand up for families like hers!
To my friends across the aisle, don’t keep families waiting any longer. Guarantee the right to IVF nationwide!
Like most Americans, I believe Roe v. Wade got it right. And I thank Vice President Harris for being an incredible leader, defending reproductive freedom and so much more.
But my predecessor came to office determined to see Roe v. Wade overturned.
He’s the reason it was overturned. In fact, he brags about it.
Look at the chaos that has resulted.
Joining us tonight is Kate Cox, a wife and mother from Dallas.
When she became pregnant again, the fetus had a fatal condition.
Her doctors told Kate that her own life and her ability to have children in the future were at risk if she didn’t act.
Because Texas law banned abortion, Kate and her husband had to leave the state to get the care she needed.
What her family has gone through should never have happened as well. But it is happening to so many others.
There are state laws banning the right to choose, criminalizing doctors, and forcing survivors of rape and incest to leave their states as well to get the care they need.
Many of you in this Chamber and my predecessor are promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom.
My God, what freedoms will you take away next?
In its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade the Supreme Court majority wrote, “Women are not without electoral or political power.”
No kidding.
Clearly, those bragging about overturning Roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women in America.
They found out though when reproductive freedom was on the ballot and won in 2022, 2023, and they will find out again, in 2024.
If Americans send me a Congress that supports the right to choose, I promise you, I will restore Roe v. Wade as the law of the land again!
America cannot go back. I am here tonight to show the way forward. Because I know how far we’ve come.
Four years ago next week, before I came to office, our country was hit by the worst pandemic and the worst economic crisis in a century.
Remember the fear. Record job losses. Remember the spike in crime. And the murder rate.
A raging virus that would take more than 1 million American lives and leave millions of loved ones behind.
A mental health crisis of isolation and loneliness.
A president, my predecessor, who failed the most basic duty. Any President owes the American people the duty to care.
That is unforgivable.
I came to office determined to get us through one of the toughest periods in our nation’s history.
And we have. It doesn’t make the news but in thousands of cities and towns the American people are writing the greatest comeback story never told.
So let’s tell that story here and now.
America’s comeback is building a future of American possibilities, building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down, investing in all of America, in all Americans to make sure everyone has a fair shot and we leave no one behind!
The pandemic no longer controls our lives. The vaccines that saved us from COVID are now being used to help beat cancer.
Turning setback into comeback.
That’s America!
I inherited an economy that was on the brink. Now our economy is the envy of the world!
15 million new jobs in just three years — that’s a record!
Unemployment at 50-year lows.
A record 16 million Americans are starting small businesses and each one is an act of hope.
With historic job growth and small business growth for Black, Hispanic, and Asian-Americans.
800,000 new manufacturing jobs in America and counting.
More people have health insurance today than ever before.
The racial wealth gap is the smallest it’s been in 20 years.
Wages keep going up and inflation keeps coming down!
Inflation has dropped from 9% to 3% — the lowest in the world!
And trending lower.
And now instead of importing foreign products and exporting American jobs, we’re exporting American products and creating American jobs — right here in America where they belong!
And the American people are beginning to feel it.
Consumer studies show consumer confidence is soaring.
Buy American has been the law of the land since the 1930s.
Past administrations including my predecessor failed to Buy American.
Not any more.
On my watch, federal projects like helping to build American roads bridges and highways will be made with American products built by American workers creating good-paying American jobs!
Thanks to my Chips and Science Act the United States is investing more in research and development than ever before.
During the pandemic a shortage of semiconductor chips drove up prices for everything from cell phones to automobiles.
Well instead of having to import semiconductor chips, which America invented I might add, private companies are now investing billions of dollars to build new chip factories here in America!
Creating tens of thousands of jobs many of them paying over $100,000 a year and don’t require a college degree.
In fact my policies have attracted $650 Billion of private sector investments in clean energy and advanced manufacturing creating tens of thousands of jobs here in America!
Thanks to our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 46,000 new projects have been announced across your communities — modernizing our roads and bridges, ports and airports, and public transit systems.
Removing poisonous lead pipes so every child can drink clean water without risk of getting brain damage.
Providing affordable high speed internet for every American no matter where you live.
Urban, suburban, and rural communities — in red states and blue.
Record investments in tribal communities.
Because of my investments, family farms are better be able to stay in the family and children and grandchildren won’t have to leave home to make a living.
It’s transformative.
A great comeback story is Belvidere, Illinois. Home to an auto plant for nearly 60 years. Before I came to office the plant was on its way to shutting down. Thousands of workers feared for their livelihoods. Hope was fading.
Then I was elected to office and we raised Belvidere repeatedly with the auto company knowing unions make all the difference.
The UAW worked like hell to keep the plant open and get those jobs back. And together, we succeeded!
Instead of an auto factory shutting down an auto factory is re-opening and a new state-of-the art battery factory is being built to power those cars.
Instead of a town being left behind it’s a community moving forward again!
Because instead of watching auto jobs of the future go overseas 4,000 union workers with higher wages will be building that future, in Belvidere, here in America!
Here tonight is UAW President, Shawn Fain, a great friend, and a great labor leader.
And Dawn Simms, a third generation UAW worker in Belvidere.
Shawn, I was proud to be the first President in American history to walk a picket line.
And today Dawn has a job in her hometown providing stability for her family and pride and dignity.
Showing once again, Wall Street didn’t build this country!
The middle class built this country! And unions built the middle class!
When Americans get knocked down, we get back up!
We keep going!
That’s America! That’s you, the American people!
It’s because of you America is coming back!
It’s because of you, our future is brighter!
And it’s because of you that tonight we can proudly say the State of our Union is strong and getting stronger!
Tonight I want to talk about the future of possibilities that we can build together.
A future where the days of trickle-down economics are over and the wealthy and biggest corporations no longer get all the breaks.
I grew up in a home where not a lot trickled down on my Dad’s kitchen table.
That’s why I’m determined to turn things around so the middle class does well the poor have a way up and the wealthy still does well.
We all do well.
And there’s more to do to make sure you’re feeling the benefits of all we’re doing.
Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anywhere else.
It’s wrong and I’m ending it.
With a law I proposed and signed and not one Republican voted for we finally beat Big Pharma!
Instead of paying $400 a month for insulin seniors with diabetes only have to pay $35 a month!
And now I want to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it!
For years people have talked about it but I finally got it done and gave Medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for prescription drugs just like the VA does for our veterans.
That’s not just saving seniors money.
It’s saving taxpayers money cutting the federal deficit by $160 Billion because Medicare will no longer have to pay exorbitant prices to Big Pharma.
This year Medicare is negotiating lower prices for some of the costliest drugs on the market that treat everything from heart disease to arthritis.
Now it’s time to go further and give Medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for 500 drugs over the next decade.
That will not only save lives it will save taxpayers another $200 Billion!
Starting next year that same law caps total prescription drug costs for seniors on Medicare at $2,000 a year even for expensive cancer drugs that can cost $10,000, $12,000, $15,000 a year.
Now I want to cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 a year for everyone!
Folks Obamacare, known as the Affordable Care Act is still a very big deal.
Over one hundred million of you can no longer be denied health insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
But my predecessor and many in this chamber want to take that protection away by repealing the Affordable Care Act I won’t let that happen!
We stopped you 50 times before and we will stop you again!
In fact I am protecting it and expanding it.
I enacted tax credits that save $800 per person per year reducing health care premiums for millions of working families.
Those tax credits expire next year.
I want to make those savings permanent!
Women are more than half of our population but research on women’s health has always been underfunded.
That’s why we’re launching the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, led by Jill who is doing an incredible job as First Lady.
Pass my plan for $12 Billion to transform women’s health research and benefit millions of lives across America!
I know the cost of housing is so important to you.
If inflation keeps coming down mortgage rates will come down as well.
But I’m not waiting.
I want to provide an annual tax credit that will give Americans $400 a month for the next two years as mortgage rates come down to put toward their mortgage when they buy a first home or trade up for a little more space.
My Administration is also eliminating title insurance fees for federally backed mortgages.
When you refinance your home this can save you $1,000 or more.
For millions of renters, we’re cracking down on big landlords who break antitrust laws by price-fixing and driving up rents.
I’ve cut red tape so more builders can get federal financing, which is already helping build a record 1.7 million housing units nationwide.
Now pass my plan to build and renovate 2 million affordable homes and bring those rents down!
To remain the strongest economy in the world we need the best education system in the world.
I want to give every child a good start by providing access to pre-school for 3- and 4-year-olds.
Studies show that children who go to pre-school are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a 2- or 4-year degree no matter their background.
I want to expand high-quality tutoring and summer learning time and see to it that every child learns to read by third grade.
I’m also connecting businesses and high schools so students get hands-on experience and a path to a good-paying job whether or not they go to college.
And I want to make college more affordable.
Let’s continue increasing Pell Grants for working- and middle-class families and increase our record investments in HBCUs and Hispanic and Minority-serving Institutions
I fixed student loan programs to reduce the burden of student debt for nearly 4 Million Americans including nurses firefighters and others in public service like Keenan Jones a public-school educator in Minnesota who’s here with us tonight.
He’s educated hundreds of students so they can go to college now he can help his own daughter pay for college.
Such relief is good for the economy because folks are now able to buy a home start a business even start a family.
While we’re at it I want to give public school teachers a raise!
Now let me speak to a question of fundamental fairness for all Americans.
I’ve been delivering real results in a fiscally responsible way.
I’ve already cut the federal deficit by over one trillion dollars.
I signed a bipartisan budget deal that will cut another trillion dollars over the next decade.
And now it’s my goal to cut the federal deficit $3 trillion more by making big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their fair share.
Look, I’m a capitalist.
If you want to make a million bucks — great!
Just pay your fair share in taxes.
A fair tax code is how we invest in the things that make a country great, health care, education, defense, and more.
But here’s the deal.
The last administration enacted a $2 Trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefits the very wealthy and the biggest corporations and exploded the federal deficit.
They added more to the national debt than in any presidential term in American history.
For folks at home does anybody really think the tax code is fair?
Do you really think the wealthy and big corporations need another $2 trillion in tax breaks?
I sure don’t. I’m going to keep fighting like hell to make it fair!
Under my plan nobody earning less than $400,000 will pay an additional penny in federal taxes.
Nobody. Not one penny.
In fact the Child Tax Credit I passed during the pandemic cut taxes for millions of working families and cut child poverty in HALF.
Restore the Child Tax Credit because no child should go hungry in this country!
The way to make the tax code fair is to make big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their share.
In 2020 55 of the biggest companies in America made $40 Billion in profits and paid zero in federal income taxes.
Not anymore!
Thanks to the law I wrote and signed big companies now have to pay a minimum of 15%.
But that’s still less than working people pay in federal taxes.
It’s time to raise the corporate minimum tax to at least 21% so every big corporation finally begins to pay their fair share.
I also want to end the tax breaks for Big Pharma, Big Oil, private jets, and massive executive pay!
End it now!
There are 1,000 billionaires in America.
You know what the average federal tax rate for these billionaires is? 8.2 percent!
That’s far less than the vast majority of Americans pay.
No billionaire should pay a lower tax rate than a teacher, a sanitation worker, a nurse!
That’s why I’ve proposed a minimum tax of 25% for billionaires. Just 25%.
That would raise $500 Billion over the next 10 years.
Imagine what that could do for America. Imagine a future with affordable child care so millions of families can get the care they need and still go to work and help grow the economy.
Imagine a future with paid leave because no one should have to choose between working and taking care of yourself or a sick family member.
Imagine a future with home care and elder care so seniors and people living with disabilities can stay in their homes and family caregivers get paid what they deserve!
Tonight, let’s all agree once again to stand up for seniors!
Many of my Republican friends want to put Social Security on the chopping block.
If anyone here tries to cut Social Security or Medicare or raise the retirement age I will stop them!
Working people who built this country pay more into Social Security than millionaires and billionaires do. It’s not fair.
We have two ways to go on Social Security.
Republicans will cut Social Security and give more tax cuts to the wealthy.
I will protect and strengthen Social Security and make the wealthy pay their fair share!
Too many corporations raise their prices to pad their profits charging you more and more for less and less.
That’s why we’re cracking down on corporations that engage in price gouging or deceptive pricing from food to health care to housing.
In fact, snack companies think you won’t notice when they charge you just as much for the same size bag but with fewer chips in it.
Pass Senator Bob Casey’s bill to put a stop to shrinkflation!
I’m also getting rid of junk fees those hidden fees added at the end of your bills without your knowledge. My administration just announced we’re cutting credit card late fees from $32 to just $8.
The banks and credit card companies don’t like it.
Why?
I’m saving American families $20 billion a year with all of the junk fees I’m eliminating.
And I’m not stopping there.
My Administration has proposed rules to make cable travel utilities and online ticket sellers tell you the total price upfront so there are no surprises.
It matters.
And so does this.
In November, my team began serious negotiations with a bipartisan group of Senators.
The result was a bipartisan bill with the toughest set of border security reforms we’ve ever seen in this country.
That bipartisan deal would hire 1,500 more border security agents and officers.
100 more immigration judges to help tackle a backload of 2 million cases.
4,300 more asylum officers and new policies so they can resolve cases in 6 months instead of 6 years.
100 more high-tech drug detection machines to significantly increase the ability to screen and stop vehicles from smuggling fentanyl into America.
This bill would save lives and bring order to the border.
It would also give me as President new emergency authority to temporarily shut down the border when the number of migrants at the border is overwhelming.
The Border Patrol Union endorsed the bill.
The Chamber of Commerce endorsed the bill.
I believe that given the opportunity a majority of the House and Senate would endorse it as well.
But unfortunately, politics have derailed it so far.
I’m told my predecessor called Republicans in Congress and demanded they block the bill. He feels it would be a political win for me and a political loser for him.
It’s not about him or me.
It’d be a winner for America!
My Republican friends you owe it to the American people to get this bill done.
We need to act.
And if my predecessor is watching instead of playing politics and pressuring members of Congress to block this bill, join me in telling Congress to pass it!
We can do it together. But here’s what I will not do.
I will not demonize immigrants saying they “poison the blood of our country” as he said in his own words.
I will not separate families.
I will not ban people from America because of their faith.
Unlike my predecessor, on my first day in office I introduced a comprehensive plan to fix our immigration system, secure the border, and provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and so much more.
Because unlike my predecessor, I know who we are as Americans.
We are the only nation in the world with a heart and soul that draws from old and new.
Home to Native Americans whose ancestors have been here for thousands of years. Home to people from every place on Earth.
Some came freely.
Some chained by force.
Some when famine struck, like my ancestral family in Ireland.
Some to flee persecution.
Some to chase dreams that are impossible anywhere but here in America.
That’s America, where we all come from somewhere, but we are all Americans.
We can fight about the border, or we can fix it. I’m ready to fix it.
Send me the border bill now!
A transformational moment in our history happened 59 years ago today in Selma, Alabama.
Hundreds of foot soldiers for justice marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, named after a Grand Dragon of the KKK, to claim their fundamental right to vote.
They were beaten bloodied and left for dead.
Our late friend and former colleague John Lewis was at the march.
We miss him.
Joining us tonight are other marchers who were there including Betty May Fikes, known as the “Voice of Selma”.
A daughter of gospel singers and preachers, she sang songs of prayer and protest on that Bloody Sunday, to help shake the nation’s conscience. Five months later, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law.
But 59 years later, there are forces taking us back in time.
Voter suppression. Election subversion. Unlimited dark money. Extreme gerrymandering.
John Lewis was a great friend to many of us here. But if you truly want to honor him and all the heroes who marched with him, then it’s time for more than just talk.
Pass and send me the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act!
And stop denying another core value of America our diversity across American life.
Banning books.
It’s wrong!
Instead of erasing history, let’s make history!
I want to protect other fundamental rights!
Pass the Equality Act, and my message to transgender Americans: I have your back!
Pass the PRO Act for worker’s rights! And raise the federal minimum wage because every worker has the right to earn a decent living!
We are also making history by confronting the climate crisis, not denying it.
I’m taking the most significant action on climate ever in the history of the world.
I am cutting our carbon emissions in half by 2030.
Creating tens of thousands of clean-energy jobs, like the IBEW workers building and installing 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations.
Conserving 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030.
Taking historic action on environmental justice for fence-line communities smothered by the legacy of pollution.
And patterned after the Peace Corps and Ameri Corps, I’ve launched a Climate Corps to put 20,000 young people to work at the forefront of our clean energy future.
I’ll triple that number this decade.
All Americans deserve the freedom to be safe, and America is safer today than when I took office.
The year before I took office, murders went up 30% nationwide the biggest increase in history.
That was then.
Now, through my American Rescue Plan, which every Republican voted against, I’ve made the largest investment in public safety ever.
Last year, the murder rate saw the sharpest decrease in history, and violent crime fell to one of the lowest levels in more than 50 years.
But we have more to do.
Help cities and towns invest in more community police officers, more mental health workers, and more community violence intervention.
Give communities the tools to crack down on gun crime, retail crime, and carjacking.
Keep building public trust, as I’ve been doing by taking executive action on police reform, and calling for it to be the law of the land, directing my Cabinet to review the federal classification of marijuana, and expunging thousands of convictions for mere possession, because no one should be jailed for using or possessing marijuana!
To take on crimes of domestic violence, I am ramping up federal enforcement of the Violence Against Women Act, that I proudly wrote, so we can finally end the scourge of violence against women in America!
And there’s another kind of violence I want to stop.
With us tonight is Jasmine, whose 9-year-old sister Jackie was murdered with 21 classmates and teachers at her elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Soon after it happened, Jill and I went to Uvalde and spent hours with the families.
We heard their message, and so should everyone in this chamber do something.
I did do something by establishing the first-ever Office of Gun Violence Prevention in the White House that Vice President Harris is leading.
Meanwhile, my predecessor told the NRA he’s proud he did nothing on guns when he was President.
After another school shooting in Iowa he said we should just “get over it.”
I say we must stop it.
I’m proud we beat the NRA when I signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly 30 years!
Now we must beat the NRA again!
I’m demanding a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines!
Pass universal background checks!
None of this violates the Second Amendment or vilifies responsible gun owners.
As we manage challenges at home, we’re also managing crises abroad including in the Middle East.
I know the last five months have been gut-wrenching for so many people, for the Israeli people, the Palestinian people, and so many here in America.
This crisis began on October 7th with a massacre by the terrorist group Hamas.
1,200 innocent people women and girls, men and boys slaughtered, many enduring sexual violence.
The deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
250 hostages taken.
Here in the chamber tonight are American families whose loved ones are still being held by Hamas.
I pledge to all the families that we will not rest until we bring their loved ones home.
We will also work around the clock to bring home Evan and Paul, Americans being unjustly detained all around the world.
Israel has a right to go after Hamas.
Hamas could end this conflict today by releasing the hostages, laying down arms, and surrendering those responsible for October 7th.
Israel has an added burden because Hamas hides and operates among the civilian population. But Israel also has a fundamental responsibility to protect innocent civilians in Gaza.
This war has taken a greater toll on innocent civilians than all previous wars in Gaza combined.
More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed.
Most of whom are not Hamas.
Thousands and thousands are innocent women and children.
Girls and boys also orphaned.
Nearly 2 million more Palestinians under bombardment or displaced.
Homes destroyed, neighborhoods in rubble, cities in ruin.
Families without food, water, medicine.
It’s heartbreaking.
We’ve been working non-stop to establish an immediate ceasefire that would last for at least six weeks.
It would get the hostages home, ease the intolerable humanitarian crisis, and build toward something more enduring.
The United States has been leading international efforts to get more humanitarian assistance into Gaza.
Tonight, I’m directing the U.S. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast that can receive large ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters.
No U.S. boots will be on the ground.
This temporary pier would enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza every day.
But Israel must also do its part.
Israel must allow more aid into Gaza and ensure that humanitarian workers aren’t caught in the cross fire.
To the leadership of Israel I say this.
Humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip.
Protecting and saving innocent lives has to be a priority.
As we look to the future, the only real solution is a two-state solution.
I say this as a lifelong supporter of Israel and the only American president to visit Israel in wartime.
There is no other path that guarantees Israel’s security and democracy.
There is no other path that guarantees Palestinians can live with peace and dignity.
There is no other path that guarantees peace between Israel and all of its Arab neighbors, including Saudi Arabia.
Creating stability in the Middle East also means containing the threat posed by Iran.
That’s why I built a coalition of more than a dozen countries to defend international shipping and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
I’ve ordered strikes to degrade Houthi capabilities and defend U.S. Forces in the region.
As Commander in Chief, I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people and military personnel.
For years, all I’ve heard from my Republican friends and so many others is China’s on the rise and America is falling behind.
They’ve got it backward.
America is rising.
We have the best economy in the world.
Since I’ve come to office, our GDP is up.
And our trade deficit with China is down to the lowest point in over a decade.
We’re standing up against China’s unfair economic practices.
And standing up for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
I’ve revitalized our partnerships and alliances in the Pacific.
I’ve made sure that the most advanced American technologies can’t be used in China’s weapons.
Frankly for all his tough talk on China, it never occurred to my predecessor to do that.
We want competition with China, but not conflict.
And we’re in a stronger position to win the competition for the 21st Century against China or anyone else for that matter.
Here at home I’ve signed over 400 bipartisan bills.
But there’s more to do to pass my Unity Agenda.
Strengthen penalties on fentanyl trafficking.
Pass bipartisan privacy legislation to protect our children online.
Harness the promise of A.I. and protect us from its peril.
Ban A.I. voice impersonation and more!
And keep our one truly sacred obligation, to train and equip those we send into harm’s way and care for them and their families when they come home, and when they don’t.
That’s why I signed the PACT Act, one of the most significant laws ever, helping millions of veterans who were exposed to toxins and who now are battling more than 100 cancers.
Many of them didn’t come home.
We owe them and their families.
And we owe it to ourselves to keep supporting our new health research agency called ARPA-H and remind us that we can do big things like end cancer as we know it!
Let me close with this.
I know I may not look like it, but I’ve been around a while.
And when you get to my age certain things become clearer than ever before.
I know the American story.
Again and again I’ve seen the contest between competing forces in the battle for the soul of our nation.
Between those who want to pull America back to the past and those who want to move America into the future.
My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom and democracy.
A future based on the core values that have defined America.
Honesty. Decency. Dignity. Equality.
To respect everyone. To give everyone a fair shot. To give hate no safe harbor.
Now some other people my age see a different story.
An American story of resentment, revenge, and retribution.
That’s not me.
I was born amid World War II when America stood for freedom in the world.
I grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Claymont, Delaware among working people who built this country.
I watched in horror as two of my heroes, Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy, were assassinated and their legacies inspired me to pursue a career in service.
A public defender, county councilman, elected United States Senator at 29, then Vice President, to our first Black President, now President, with our first woman Vice President.
In my career I’ve been told I’m too young and I’m too old.
Whether young or old, I’ve always known what endures.
Our North Star.
The very idea of America, that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives.
We’ve never fully lived up to that idea, but we’ve never walked away from it either.
And I won’t walk away from it now.
My fellow Americans the issue facing our nation isn’t how old we are it’s how old our ideas are?
Hate, anger, revenge, retribution are among the oldest of ideas.
But you can’t lead America with ancient ideas that only take us back.
To lead America, the land of possibilities, you need a vision for the future of what America can and should be.
Tonight you’ve heard mine.
I see a future where we defend democracy not diminish it.
I see a future where we restore the right to choose and protect other freedoms not take them away.
I see a future where the middle class finally has a fair shot and the wealthy finally have to pay their fair share in taxes.
I see a future where we save the planet from the climate crisis and our country from gun violence.
Above all, I see a future for all Americans!
I see a country for all Americans!
And I will always be a president for all Americans!
Because I believe in America!
I believe in you the American people.
You’re the reason I’ve never been more optimistic about our future!
So let’s build that future together!
Let’s remember who we are!
We are the United States of America.
There is nothing beyond our capacity when we act together!
This morning a headline appeared to confirm that the CEO of a certain corporation was quoted as saying they would exert their legal right to fight being banned by congress. That brought up some very valid points that words framed for a specific purpose or end result have very different meanings dependent on ones point of view.
Take for example people are not illegal, it is what they do that is against the law is considered illegal.
In fact we are born with certain inalienable rights – life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and those rights are enshrined in the Constitution of the United States of America.
When people are categorized, marginalized or separated and set aside for political purposes different rules apply. Take for example the words Patriotic, America First, GOP, NRA, Trump and you may think these kinds of people are purely un-American because of the political spin making these words political triggers. The fact that people who identify with these “labels” are normal, everyday people, working hard to build a better life for themselves, their families and working to make America better than ever before. Politicians tend to associate with these labels believe that the Constitution is the rule of law and there are rights guaranteed to American citizens that are non-negotiable. The right to speak freely; worship God; own and bear arms; confront their accusers in a court of their peers; and bring their grievances against a government gone amuck before said government. There are more rights guaranteed in the Constitution, but unless one knows what those rights are and is willing to fight to keep those rights they can easily be taken away.
Look at the right to life – Abortion and murder takes that right away.
The biggest threat to our Republic’s way of life is allowing one political party to dictate morality, patriotism or what rights citizens are allowed to have. And no, non-citizens are not under the same rights and privileges as citizens under the Constitution. In order to earn the rights of citizenship, one must become a citizen of the United States. Until then each person remains a citizen of their country of origin.
Banning unacceptable or undesirable behavior or actions takes away the right liberty. Taking property from one person and giving that property to another who did not purchase or earn it is irresponsible. Using a firearm in the commission of a crime is unlawful and when it results in the loss of life the user must be held accountable.
Banning free speech – takes away or impedes the right to speak freely. Reporting on unverifiable or without sufficient evidence is simply irresponsible and unprofessional gossiping. Banning or removing God from daily life or government is man’s futile attempt to remove any form of conscience or holding oneself accountable for ones actions. One political party actively working to silence any other political party or opponent leads to a singular one-party government where the head of that party is the defacto dictator of that country.
Not everything that is deemed “legal” or “lawful” is such when they are contrary to the Ten Commandments (Love God; Love your neighbor as you love yourself; Have No Other god’s before God; Honor your mother and your father; Do not steal; Do not covet; Do not spread false rumors (gossip); Do not kill; Do not commit adultery (sex outside of marriage) (You can look them up).
If God says do not, no matter if man or government says it is okay, it is still wrong because God has said so in His Word. Life is not about who’s the biggest, strongest, richest or most powerful, it is about submitting to God’s will for your life. It’s all about Jesus. – RTM
I saw a clip from a recent President Joe Biden political ad where he tackles age, himself and attacks Trump, all without seemingly breaking a sweat.
Let me paraphrase President Biden who said “Yes I’m old but I’m fighting for the American people, while Donald Trump is fighting for himself.”
On the surface those words sounded great right?
Granted Biden is older than Trump and age is just a number, but fighting for us, the American people…….that is not even stretching the truth, in fact truth is lost there.
Biden’s claim that Trump is out for himself, is sorta true since he has been fighting the political establishment and more recently the injustice systems in more than one democratically controlled state in their vain attempt to keep him out of the White House after the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election in November.
President Trump is one of only 3 presidents who served without taking a salary. How much money did Biden receive illegally while serving as Obama’s Vice President? How much money has Biden received illegally while serving as President?
A better question might be, “Who is making those behind-the-scenes decisions that should be coming from President Biden? Who is running the show?
I have a word of advice for President Biden – Do not stand on your own record, it’s disgraceful and has hurt every American citizen, while catering to those who came here illegally. They are not “newcomers” as you call them, nor are they illegal migrants (people who came here illegally). It is their illegal actions of crossing into this country sparked by your policies of inclusion into our culture and our nation using handouts and free stuff instead of upholding established US Immigration Laws, rules and regulations.
I urge you to follow the example of President Lyndon B. Johnson who said, “I will not run, nor will I accept the nomination for President!”
Those words would cement you into the anals of American history forever. – RTM
Did you catch that State of the Union speech last evening? Nah by golly neither did I. But I noticed on all the major news networks and stations (except Fox News) they all say it was a good speech, just not good enough for Biden to unite the nation, only good enough to attack “My Predecessor” – 13 times without even using his name.
I recognized that sign right away.
It reminded me of the story of the elderly man and woman who had company over for dinner. Throughout the night he referred to his wife as sweetie, honeybun and dear. So taken in by his romanticism that the guest (when his wife went into the kitchen to bring out dessert) made a comment that basically there was still that flame of love burning strong in their marriage. The man leaned over to her and whispered that he talked that way because he simply couldn’t remember her name.
Fiery JB made it a point to reference himself being called too old for the job of President, and that my friends on the left, right and center – he is! – RTM
I saw a headline this morning which sent my mind reeling (browsing really) in all kind of directions because I remembered why I sometimes avoid self-checkout. This month I’ve noticed that at Walmart nearly all of the self-checkout lanes are closed, with only 2 operational and only 3 or 4 checkout lanes with cashiers are open. I wonder why? So far no explanation has been given, mainly because I’ve asked nobody.
What got my attention this morning was a headline that at the airport TSA is going to have self-service lanes. Did you get that? Are they going to have a huge sign saying “Nefarious individuals check in here”? Or is granny in her wheelchair going to have to throw herself out of her wheelchair, wave a wand over her body, pull herself back into the wheelchair and give the ALL CLEAR?
Sound crazy, what about the current TSA thought process where migrants with no credentials use this lane to proceed with only an envelope and a letter from President Joe Biden’s administration granting entry into the country, on cross country flights, bus passage or whatever other privileges that letter grants them.
Hey I have an idea. Why don’t they install kiosks at the border check points where immigrants show up WITH credentials, scan their country issued identification or driving license and within 60 seconds a complete criminal background check is conducted electronically and out pops a GREEN CARD. Anything else requires deportation and a 5 year ban on entry into the United States.
Sound crazy, not at all. It would be better than Biden’s current modified immigration policy – open border – no credentials required. Think of all the diseases, drugs, human trafficking, gangs, felons, and terrorists that have entered the US over the past 3+ years of the Biden administration.
A few years ago while I was returning to the US from overseas I had to go through CBP inspection and they found that I was carrying a plant used as a cooking spice and it was not on my declaration. They confiscated the plant, charged me a hefty fine and BLACKLISTED ME so that for the next 10 years when I returned from overseas travel and scanned my passport at the Kiosk a huge RED X appeared and each time I was taken for a second inspection. Talk about embarrassing. Everyone else received a GREEN CHECKMARK, but my RED X stood out clearly for all to see.
Now self-checkouts are fine providing the system being used doesn’t crash or go down for maintenance or worse…..think of Facebook and Instagram on Super Tuesday 2024 when they went down (off line) for more than an hour. Was that an accident or a test of some sort?
Now think about EVs when there is insufficient or no electricity to accommodate charging?
If you’ve ever gotten a scab, wound or sore that swells up under the skin, turns red and never seems to get better you know that someone has to “open it up” drain the infectious liquid matter, clean it up (medication if necessary) and then close the wound and prescribe instructions for taking care of it until it heals. In my case when growing up it was “doctor mom”.
Well America needs “doctor mom” real badly. Oh during the China Virus we had “Doctor Fauci” and today have the “Surgeon General” neither of which are medical doctors. America has a highly infectious case of “TDS” and the cure may be amputation, plain and simple.
When a doctor identifies the cause of the illness he often prescribes medication to stop the infection from spreading. He then monitors to see that it’s working as he knows it should. If not he switches tactics and may have to go into surgery mode.
According to the democratic left the disease is Trump. He’s a danger to our “Democracy” and he’s too old and stuck in the past. If you must know the disease is the “Democratic Party” what is deathly afraid of losing their power over We The People, who have been fed a line of crap about Trump and we have been forced to watch them parade Trump around publicly with their never ending “Pin the Tail on the Donkey”.
Have they completely forgotten that they ARE the donkey?
Let me remind you (and them) that slips of the tongue can often reveal the true intentions of the individual, like when Speaker Pelosi called the Capital Building the “Temple of Democracy”.
I for one have never saw it that way at all. Democracy is not a religion, nor is it to be worshipped. Democracy is how almost EVERY communist state or nation began.
We (the USA) are not a democracy; we are a Constitutional-Republic. Trump is not a threat to our Constitution or our Republic, but he is a direct threat to the Democratic way of doing things – mandate, mandate, & more mandates. Trump is a direct threat to their powerbase.
When any political party or politician puts their personal interests ahead of the nation as a whole they need to be reined in or removed from office at the ballot box. When they conspire to insure they hold all the cards (attack Trump, MAGA, Citizens and even their own party) that needs to cease.
The biggest threat to the American way of life is the Democratic plan for a national takeover which includes changing our government from a Constitutional-Republic to a Constitutional-Democracy.
We are not North Korea, Cuba, Russia or China we are the United States of America and we are one nation, under God with liberty and freedom for all, but not for long unless we continue to fight for our right to be free from democracy and democratic policies which are destroying our nation right under our noses.
I’ll leave you with one question, “What has Donald J. Trump done TO YOU personally”? – RTM
Sometimes I feel like a kindergarten teacher (although I don’t know what that feels like because I’ve never been one).
Ordinarily people learn from their and other people’s mistakes so that they won’t go thru the pain or humiliation of making those same mistakes.
But that doesn’t seem to be the case in 2024.
Have you ever watched a documentary on Wolves, Hyenas, Badgers, Gangs or Mobs?
There is always that one Alpha Male or Female that demonstrates to all members of the pack who is the boss. Never is there a successful takeover unless there is blood spilled and the leader goes down fighting. Usually the challenger is either killed or run out of town bloody and wounded. Once the Alpha meets and bonds with another of the same species they form another pack and the process begins all over again.
Why is that so hard for humans to learn? Gangs do it, by force, fear or both. They stake out their “territory” and dare anyone to cross into or try going through it. Guns, knives or AKs are enough to keep everyone in line or paying for protection.
With politics it’s a whole nother story, except all too often they’re playing the same old song. Not only that but for lack of a better way of expressing it, they accuse the other guy of doing what they, themselves are doing – and getting away with.
What happened to the days when politicians did the “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” bit for the good of the nation as a whole? They don’t need to talk to Jimmy Stewart (RIP) but simply watch the movie on DVD, Netflix or YouTube – and then adjust their focus.
We as a nation are at the point where families are divided, neighborhoods are in shambles and entire communities are up in arms for what…….they don’t even know? I’ll give you a clue – POLITICAL MISINFORMATION in the form of CHARACTER ASSASSINATION!
Until 2015 what did you know about Donald J. Trump, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joseph R. Biden or Barack H. Obama for that matter? NADA – NOTHING – ZILCH!
How many of those folks spent a significant part of their lives wrapped up in politics?
How many were caught up in simply making a name, a brand, a business?
How many were trying to do the right thing for their family, their community or their country?
Before the internet, television or radio how did Americans learn about political candidates?
Print media – newspapers, magazines, journals or other publications. Did you know that libel, slander, lying about someone’s character could land you in jail or federal prison?
Does that even happen anymore?
Today threats to, against or about the sitting President of the United States and/or other elected officials is simply taken for granted or ignored – UNLESS – the subject is DJT, and then “no rules apply”.
How can you not miss the implied threat of Representative Nancy Pelosi who along with then Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told newly elected President Trump, IN THE OVAL OFFICE & on camera “You don’t know the importance I bring to this meeting”. Did not alarm bells go off – ANYONE?
How about tearing up the SOTU speech on camera and behind President Trump’s back during a joint session of Congress? Remember that? The warning bells have been going off since January 20th. 2017 and nobody called an Audible, 911 or anything.
I took those not as idle threats, but as the beginnings of an Insurrection to take down the sitting President of the United States. Where was the Secret Service, the FBI, Homeland Security or even the CIA or the DOD?
Either someone(s) is sleeping or complicit!
I’m going to pinpoint a comment(s) by the person(s) who said on camera, in print or verbally that “we have enough legal stuff to keep Trump locked in legal courts for the next 200 years”. They are trying to do exactly that, and not only is it morally wrong, it is unlawful and un-American, to say the least.
Does that not stink of conspiracy?
Our government from the neck down to the head up needs a complete sanitization of all the anti-American rhetoric and actions of folks who should not be in government at all. Not civil service, appointed or elected – NOTHING!
Where they need is to be behind bars – in a Mexican prison, without food stamps and full loss of telephone and other privileges. They need to feel the pain they are inflicting on others.
Every government agency’s upper administrative staff needs to see what the unemployment line looks like. They need to start from scratch, below entry level and without government pensions or retirement funds to tie them over, and those IRA’s, they should be absorbed into the social security system to pay back all the funds that have been improperly used for purposes other than their intended recipients.
Congress, I mean the real Congress should stand up and say NO MORE! Name names and hold people accountable for their irresponsible actions, and punishment should be outsourced to a foreign prison where nobody knows their names or cares that they were privileged government employees – just law breakers. – RTM
The narrative from the left is and always has been liken to the words of a “Trump done me wrong song” as they continue to twang the 14th Amendment and President Donald Trump fired up his MAGA crowd to insurrect. Did you see the faces of those MAGA families as they came to the Capital Building, they were hot and dawg tired, but smiling at what they thought they had come to witness. Things are not always what they seem to be.
The Dems feels that the Supreme Court got it wrong because Section 3 of the 14th Amendment clearly says the important part: “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion”.
Maybe those never-Trumpers on the left should read the entire section of the 14th Amendment:
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
But let’s take a step back and look at the events of January 6th, 2021. It’s been noted that while President Trump was speaking on the Mall, nefarious operators were being escorted into the Capital Building by Capital Police. That reeks of pre-meditation and collusion on the part of people or persons yet to be known who were willing to take action in order to blame President Trump and his MAGA supporters who weren’t even there yet.
Take this a step further, who would better know the procedure and routine to be taken by Congress once the Electoral College ballots are to be presented than members of Congress who have done this before and to know the precise moment and exact timing to cause a ruckus to interrupt the final phase of the election process? House Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Schumer and others who have made a public showing of roasting Trump over the past 8 years with their non-stop dog and pony shows?
When a Capitol Police officer shot and killed a MAGA supporter because seeing her made him fear for his life was then paraded in front of Congress who called him a hero? – Speaker Pelosi.
Now after January 6th what was President Trump charged and convicted of? Leading an insurrection or rebellion – No? He was accused of inciting the insurrection, but charged with “going against the will of Congress” or some such nonsense.
As a matter of record, President Trump had the constitutional right to challenge every single Electoral College Ballot, and Congress had the responsibility of carrying out challenging any and every EC Ballot that may have seemed improper or questionable.
When did the ruckus in the Capital begin, at the precise moment the swing state EC Ballots were entering the House Chamber and by that time the crowd of MAGA supporters who were encouraged by President Trump to watch the EC Ballot certification process for themselves were themselves being let into the lower level of the Capital Building by Capital Police.
Now I have not heard or read what each member of the Supreme Court said or wrote concerning the 14th Amendment argument against President Trump, but with a unanimous 9 – 0 ruling it stands to reason that each Supreme Court Justice understood the importance of allowing this travesty of trying to remove Trump from individual state ballots to continue moving forward. I agree with The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision completely, and I abhor those who are now trying to intimidate Justice Clarence Thomas into retiring or resigning, even before this decision was reached. I also agree with what President Trump said after the decision was made public, that in this country we do not weaponized the DOJ to go after ones political opponent.
It is not Congress or the Courts who have the final say on who is elected to office. That choice and responsibility remains firmly in the hands of the people, the citizens who cast their ballots early or in person, in accordance to established voter registration procedures.
Today is the day to render YOUR VOTE. Make your voice be heard or forever hold your tongue, keyboard, pencil, or pen and paper.
In response to the media saying that Trump played the court system like a fiddle, maybe the Dems on the left should try playing a new and different tune. – RTM
When the kids were little there were magazine ads for a book that would put your child’s name into the story. It was not a great seller, but it was a way of trying to engage the child to read. With computers, cell phones and the internet I’m not seeing that anymore.
This got me to thinking about the bible. Have you read those old bible stories? Do they come alive when you read them? Can you imagine yourself there, participating or watching from the shadows?
I remember reading the bible from Genesis to Revelations (cover to cover) the very first time and it only took a few short weeks. What I remember was reading about David and his coat of many colors being cast into the pit, sold as a slave and showing up as a ruler (second only to Farrow). When there was famine across the land his brothers came in anticipation to get food for their families, not expecting nor knowing that it was Joseph who controlled the storage of grain. They showed great fear when Joseph demanded they bring their younger brother to him. Yet when revealed it was a great time to know that Joseph showed no anger or wanted retribution for the wrong they had done him because it was God’s plan all along.
The same can be said of Jesus’ short 3-year ministry on this earth and as they took custody of him and paraded him before the rules of their time, I could see that it was MY hands that nailed Jesus to the cross; It was MY spear that was thrust into his side; It was MY sin that placed him on that cross, it was his love for me that kept him there. Yet it was for ME that Jesus died. As he breathed his last breath it was ME a sinner who was on his mind.
You see you can simply read words on a page or you can place yourself deep into the story line by making it personal.
The same can be said of world events or modern day water shed moments.
Where were you on November 22nd, 1963?
Where were you on September 11th, 2001?
Where were you on September 11th, 2012?
Where were you when COVID was unleashed on the world in 2020?
Where were you on January 6th, 2021?
Where were you on August 9th, 2022?
Where were you on October 6th, 2023?
Where are you on Primary Voting (Super Tuesday)?
One man or woman can make a difference. Will You?
Instead of just reading or watching a news story or cataclysmic event, try placing you into the situation, circumstance or event?
My grade school aged (at the time) daughter once asked me what did Abraham Lincoln say about slavery? I asked are you talking about the Emancipation Proclamation. I’ll never forget when she said, “No daddy, what did he tell you?” – RTM
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