Violating the Rights of a US Citizen for Political Purposes
New York Attorney General Letitia James has made good on her campaign promise that she would “get Trump” and he would know her name on a personal level. After Judge Arthur Engoron ruled against Trump and levied an unheard of and unreasonable “fine” where the bond is in the neighborhood of $500B payable by Monday or Trump could face seizure of his assets, just so he can appeal the court ruling.
What was Trumps crime? According to the prosecutor it was overvaluing his assets to secure government backed loans. Judge Engoron banned Trump from being involved in any business in New York State for the next 3 years and went after Trumps two elder sons as well.
This legal action is seen as a political hit job on President Biden’s chief political rival and a continuation of the insurrection over the past 8 years to remove Trump from political office and insure he is unable to return to the office of the presidency.
Sound fair to you? Does this seem reasonable? What if the state goes after you?
AG James forgot one important point as she was campaigning and after she was elected – The Bill of Rights (the 10 Amendments of the US Constitution) which protect US Citizens from a government (NY AG) gone out of control.
Amendments 1 – 10
The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
The Third Amendment prohibits the government from quartering troops in private homes, a major grievance during the American Revolution.
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The government may not conduct any searches without a warrant, and such warrants must be issued by a judge and based on probable cause.
The Fifth Amendment provides that citizens not be subject to criminal prosecution and punishment without due process. Citizens may not be tried on the same set of facts twice, and are protected from self-incrimination (the right to remain silent). The amendment also establishes the power of eminent domain, ensuring that private property is not seized for public use without just compensation.
The Sixth Amendment assures the right to a speedy trial by a jury of one’s peers, to be informed of the crimes with which they are charged, and to confront the witnesses brought by the government. The amendment also provides the accused the right to compel testimony from witnesses, and to legal representation.
The Seventh Amendment provides that civil cases also be tried by jury.
The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
The Ninth Amendment states that the list of rights enumerated in the Constitution is not exhaustive, and that the people retain all rights not enumerated.
The Tenth Amendment assigns all powers not delegated to the United States, or prohibited to the states, to either the states or to the people.
It seems that AG James has gone for broke and in concert with Judge Engoron have violated almost every Amendment meant to protect US Citizens from an abusive government and as elected officials they can be Impeached and removed from office.
Congress has issued Articles of Impeachment for acts in three general categories:
Exceeding the constitutional bounds of the powers of the office.
2. Behavior grossly incompatible with the proper function and purpose of the office.
3. Employing the power of the office for an improper purpose or for personal gain.
Maybe she just didn’t know…. Ya think?
Or it could be because Trump is what she could never be – A former President who is a successful businessman who is a rich white male.
What do you think the chances are of Trump suing New York State, the NY AG’s office, Judge Arthur Engoron and Letitia James personally for liable, defamation, character assassination, political prosecution and demand restitution in kind from “each entity”?
I’m not Donald Trump, nor am I a legal advisor, but if I were him…………RTM
The Constitution of the United States of America is the law of the land and protects US citizens from an abusive government (Federal, State, County or City).
It does not give special rights or privileges to visitors, tourists or immigrants.
It does not give gun rights.
It does not give the right to abort, kill, maim or injure another.
It does not give voting rights to non-citizens.
It does not give anyone the right to free stuff (food, shelter, clothing, education or housing).
It does not give anyone the right to defame, slander or character assassination.
All who enter this country MUST abide by the Constitution – including politicians!
Violating the Constitutional rights of US citizens has consequences. – RTM
In Panama my diving buddy had a 10’ – 12’ john boat that we used when going on a dive in Gatun Lake on Sunday afternoons. It had an outboard motor, oars and fit nicely in the back of my 1973 Ford Pinto Station Wagon.
One Sunday afternoon around Easter 1976 we had quite an experience that almost took us both out permanently. While returning after our dive (air tanks were empty) we came upon a convoy of Army LCMs taking some poor infantry troops into the jungle for training. My dive buddy (never dive alone) was a medic with an infantry unit at Fort Davis in the Canal Zone. We both lived in housing at Fort Davis, and we were both stationed there. As each LCM passed the waves began having a rippling effect and our little john boat rocked with each wave. By the time the last LCM passed by us, our boat became a submarine and went completely under water, before bobbing to the surface upside down. We righted the boat, partially submerged and full of water, so we began guiding it toward a nearby island and didn’t notice the underwater tree branch that poked a hole in the bottom of the boat until we beached it on the shore. We took stalk of what we had (all our drain plug and diving gear were gone) and we had one oar and the lid of our tackle box which was tied to the boat. By now it was around 3pm and after plugging the holes with branches we launched the boat only to find the engine wouldn’t start. After removing the spark plug and pulling the starting rope a couple of times, reinstalling the spark plug the engine came alive. We continued our way towards the Gatun pier where the car was parked. As we approached the major shipping lane in the Panama Canal we fell right behind a huge tanker and began following it. That’s when the engine shut off (it was out of gas). We couldn’t help but notice another tanker behind us so we hurriedly moved over to the side of the channel so it could overtake and pass by us. By now it was after 7 pm and we were a tiny dark spot on a very dark body of water. As we made our way – one person rowing, the other bailing water with the tackle box lid, we weren’t getting very far fast. We considered beaching for the night and trying again at daybreak but it was so cold and we had no fire. That meant continuing on – marker buoy to marker buoy until finally there were no more buoys between us and the pier which still seemed a couple of miles away. It was close to midnight when we heard the sound of an outboard motor in the darkness. We began beating on our boat with the oar until the other motor throttled down and shut off. We kept banging on the boat. Finally a flashlight shown in our direction and we were spotted. The boat fired up and came alongside. We cast a rope and they towed us to the pier and then continued headed into town with vegetables for market. We loaded the boat in the back of the car and headed for the base. The military policeman told us to report to our unit duty sergeant that we were back. After dropping my dive buddy and his boat I headed to my unit. When I reported in the guy on duty said, “Did you go somewhere”? I told him to write in in the duty log. That officially ended my diving career as I couldn’t afford to replace the dive gear lost in an estimated 85’ deep lake. – RTM
Have you ever gotten sent to the “FB” jail or doghouse because you violated FB community standards?
There are consequences you know.
Since the internet is an international, global network of computers they comprise an international community with varying standards which may be okay in countries, outlawed in other countries and banned in still other countries.
So which standards exactly did you violate?
Recently FB took down one of my posts and I had a caution flag on my FB page which said, “We took down your post because it appeared that you are looking for likes.” So it appeared I violated the “likes” standard? Is there a law that prohibits getting likes? More directly how does one go looking for “likes”?
As I began to challenge or voice my opinion on my post, I thought it might actually be thoughtful to know exactly what post they took down. When I clicked on the FB flag, a message appeared that the post in question could not be seen (they took it down). Apparently showing me the post would be a violation of their community standards.
The only option I could find was to select a response that indicated that FB may have misunderstood my post. FB said it would take between 7-14 days for them to take another look at the post (so they do have it, but not able to tell or show me the post). It’s now been 2 – 3 weeks and I still don’t know whether they put the post back up, or decided that it in fact did violate their community standard.
As I said earlier there are consequences. I could have been put in jail, removed and banned from FB altogether or worse……..RTM
In light of what seems to be a reoccurrence of violence involving gun toting bad guys and the never ending aim of controlling law abiding citizens with guns, it’s time to take a closer look at what is being controlled (It certainly isn’t the bad guys with guns).
Gun Control MUST begin by controlling BAD GUYS WITH GUNS! Stopping an immediate threat BEFORE someone gets hurt or killed, arresting, prosecuting and imprisoning violent offenders is a must.
So don’t be fooled by President Biden bragging in his SOTU speech that he’s proud to have beaten the NRA and is for gun control of automatic weapons or large capacity magazines or what’s being reported in the news to cause fear and panic and a rush to judgement against our right and ability for self-defense.
Guns don’t kill people.
Bad guys with guns (any caliber) kill people.
Good guys with guns STOP bad guys.
During the western expansion period in areas known as the Wild West it seemed that desperadoes roamed about blasting away as they wished using their side arms and rifles. Town’s folk feared for their lives and US Marshals, Sheriff Deputies or Texas Rangers sworn to keep the peace had to reign in the unruly. Suddenly the old west was populated with “gun free zones” where the only people with guns were lawmen. Violators were either arrested or shot dead and put on public display as a warning.
Fast forward to the Roaring Twenties and the era of Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde and a whole host of new baddies who robbed banks or people to line their own greedy pockets. Next were the mobs and a whole lot of bad guys with guns. Soon unions were the thing to represent the workers and keep them from being taken advantage of by big business.
In the 50s and 60s everyone who owned guns, learned to use them responsibly and safely and before the necessity to lock doors, windows and vehicles – guns were openly carried in gun racks. Parents taught their children about gun safety and soon schools, scout troops and organizations like the NRA sprang up to insure uniformity in training and issue certificates for successful completion.
As robberies, shootings and deaths attributed to gun violence began to rise in the public consciousness efforts began to remove guns from the hands of law abiding gun owners, demonize the NRA and prevent citizens from defending themselves from bad guys with guns.
It wasn’t long before courts were overflowing with criminal cases involving guns and soon charges were dropped and the bad guys were back on the street the same day.
Does any of this sound familiar?
We are at a point where good guys with guns, stopping bad guys with guns often end up in jail while the bad guys with guns are back on the streets.
Do you want to curb gun violence?
Do you want to stop the senseless killings, shootings, robberies and violence?
The only way might be to revert back to the days of the Wild Wild West where bad guys with guns are stopped cold by good guys with guns, and survivors are arrested and charged with the severity of crimes against people. When someone’s life is taken by a bad guy with a gun, his life should be the price to pay.
There are no “assault” rifles. There are rifles and people assault people with guns, knives and broken bottles or whatever is available. One properly trained in firearm safety can stop a whole host of baddies and save countless lives.
There is no such thing as gun control. There is self-control. It’s called headspace and timing.
The Constitution guarantees the right of American citizens to own and bear arms.
There is no guarantee to commit crimes using guns – prosecute and punish bad guys with guns who commit crimes using gun violence. See something, do something – save lives. – RTM
Remember the story of the Trojan horse that was a gift to an army inside a walled city, taken inside and when all were asleep a hidden force came out from inside the horse and destroyed the defending army?
When George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, a little know group called Black Lives Matters protested his being killed by marching in the street. They had BLM banners and flags and stirred up quite a fuss, or did they? I remember reading reports of a huge number of unscheduled aircraft coming in under the cover of darkness landing and unloading passengers from where – nobody knew. When the rioting, looting and mayhem began it took peaceful protesting to a whole new level. The attention of the nation and the world was focused on this tragedy.
When on January 6, 2021 the Nation’s Capital Building was besieged by MAGA supporters with banners and flags, red hats and placards. What was not publicized was the fact that a number of individuals with the same MAGA trappings were escorted into the Capital Building ahead of the actual MAGA crowd, who were later invited inside the lower level. When the “rebellion” began, offices were broken into, trash was strewn about and a single shot rang out, killing a retired female USAF military police officer. The Electoral College ballot presentations were stopped as members of Congress and the Vice President were escorted to safety. Afterwards the ballots were certified and Biden became the President-Elect.
I’m not a conspiracy theorist however the similarities in both of the above scenarios leaves too much left unsaid. In each case above the influx of persons unknown posing as either BLM or MAGA changed otherwise peaceful protests into acts of violence aimed at casting blame on a segment of society who believes that American can be great again.
While President Trump was falsely accused of inciting and leading an insurrection, which would have been impossible for him to do (topple himself), he was charged by the January 6th Committee of going against the will of Congress??
This was followed immediately by the apprehension, arrest and confinement (PURGE) of MAGA supporters who posted online that they were present in DC on January 6th or were at the MAGA rally and went to the Capital Building. This according to House Speaker Pelosi was an assault on the nation’s Temple of Democracy, which was then fortified with fences and select armed non-MAGA National Guard soldiers.
The real Trojan horse in America is the Democratic Party, who puts themselves out as taking care of the working class Americans, while punishing the rich to pay their fair share and giving free stuff to people who then become indebted to the government simply for their vote.
When will America wake up and smell the roses (Coffee) and say enough is enough? – RTM
We live in a time where following, subscribing and liking someone or something is akin to professing allegiance to. Don’t tell me that you have no allegiances because then you’d be lying. Everyone has a tie to the place they were born, where they came from, the city in which they now live or the nation they call their own.
Some have declared their allegiance to places, property or things. The one with the most wins. Another word for allegiance is loyalty. When we are born we are dependent upon and loyal to family. Some become loyal to an adopted family. Others seeking love and approval become loyal to a clan or gang while climbing the hierarchy or tribal status or leadership.
Politically we favor an individual and the party to which they belong. As we grow in knowledge we tend to see things that benefit us personally and favor the political party who gives us the most satisfaction. We tend to shy away from other parties when we see them as the enemy.
As followers of Christ (Christians) we must remind ourselves that we are in the world, but not of the world. Our standard bearer is Jesus Christ and our desire is to serve him and no other.
Jesus said we can’t serve two masters; we will love the one and hate the other; and the love of money is the root of all evil – so I ask who do you follow, like, subscribe to, or give your whole-hearted allegiance to. – RTM
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
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