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GOP Lawmaker Accuses Republicans of ‘Enabling White Supremacy’ by Refusing to Condemn Trump

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A Republican state lawmaker from Nebraska is gaining attention for calling out the GOP for “enabling white supremacy in our country” after a mass murderer with racist motivations killed 20 people and injured several others in El Paso, Texas.

State Sen. John McCollister of Omaha accused President Trump of stoking “racist fears in his base,” in a Twitter thread demanding Republicans speak out against white nationalism and condemn President Trump.

In an interview with the Omaha World-Herald, McCollister elaborated on his Twitter thread, attacking Nebraska’s GOP congressional delegation for neglecting to voice a full condemnation of the president.

“I’d like to see some moral outrage from some of our Republican officeholders,” McCollister said. “The silence is deafening.”

This is asinine. What “racist and immoral activity” is “enabling white supremacy” in the Republican Party? Refusing to join the Left in screaming “Trump is racist!” every time the president says something rude? The remarks McCollister cites about “sh*tholes” or the “go back” comments do not show that President Trump believes white people are racially superior to people with darker skin. They’re impolite, they’re not traditionally presidential, but they’re not “enabling white supremacy.”

Which Trump comments qualify as stoking “racist fears” in his base? Ask the Left, and they’ll say anyone who uses the phrase “illegal immigrant” should be condemned. Is President Trump stoking fear by frequently making statements about the illegal immigration issue or the border crisis? Should Republicans stop talking about these issues because they enable “white supremacy,” since white supremacists don’t like migrants from south of the border?

What does “enabling white supremacy” even mean? Would white supremacy cease to exist if Trump never said or tweeted anything controversial? How exactly would condemning Trump disable white supremacy? Say Republicans did condemn the president; say they even impeached him. If Trump were removed from office or if he loses the 2020 election, would racists in America stop being racists? Obviously not.

And what evidence of “white supremacy” is there in the GOP anyway? McCollister only mentions Trump. Is he implying that the El Paso murderer is somehow related to the Republican Party or inspired by his rhetoric? There’s no evidence that the murderer was a Republican or a Democrat. In his manifesto, the murderer attacked Democrats and Republicans. He ranted about environmental degradation caused by climate change in addition to illegal immigration. You might just as soon call him an eco-terrorist as a white supremacist terrorist, if you wanted to play stupid word games with acts of evil to score political points.

If McCollister knows about white supremacists in the Republican Party, he should out them and show what they’ve done to advance that racist ideology. If he’s going to accuse Republicans of being “complicit” with racism, he needs to do more than complain that the GOP won’t join in with Democrats and the media in hating the president.

President Trump, speaking for himself, condemned racism and white supremacy Monday in a speech on the weekend’s mass shootings. “Our nation is overcome with shock, horror and sorrow,” Trump said. “We are outraged and sickened by this monstrous evil.”

“In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy,” Trump said. “These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hatred has no place in America.”

Dozens of people are dead or injured after two acts of heinous evil committed by mass murderers over the weekend. Making Donald Trump the problem today, and attacking other Republicans for refusing to join in, is deplorable. (For more from the author of “GOP Lawmaker Accuses Republicans of ‘Enabling White Supremacy’ by Refusing to Condemn Trump” please click HERE)

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White House Pushes Back: Shootings Not Trump’s Fault

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By Breitbart. Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said President Donald Trump should not be blamed for mass shootings.

Mulvaney said, “I blame the people who pulled the triggers. Is someone really blaming the president? These people are sick. And until we address why people think this way. This young man —let’s be clear, we know nothing about the shooter in Dayton, we’re just talking about the shooter in El Paso. This was a sick person. You can go and read the things the person wrote, now available to the public, making the person famous.” (Read more from “White House Pushes Back: Shootings Not Trump’s Fault” HERE)

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Democrats Aim Their Outrage at Trump After Two Mass Shootings

By Reuters. Two mass shootings that killed 29 people in Texas and Ohio reverberated across the U.S. political arena on Sunday, with some Democratic presidential candidates accusing President Donald Trump of stoking racial divisions while he said “hate has no place in our country.”

Dozens were also wounded Saturday and early Sunday in shootings within just 13 hours of each other in carnage that shocked a country that has become grimly accustomed to mass shootings and heightened concerns about domestic terrorism.

The first massacre occurred on Saturday morning in the heavily Hispanic border city of El Paso, where a gunman killed 20 people at a Walmart store before surrendering. Authorities in Texas said the rampage appeared to be a racially motivated hate crime and federal prosecutors are treating it as a case of domestic terrorism.

Across the country, a gunman opened fire in a downtown district of Dayton, Ohio, early on Sunday, killing nine people, including his sister, and wounding at least 27 others. The assailant, identified as Connor Betts, a 24-year-old white man, was taken down by police within 30 seconds but authorities still did not know his motive for the attack, the city’s police chief said.

The El Paso shooting sent shock waves onto the campaign trail for next year’s presidential election, with most Democratic candidates repeating calls for tighter gun control measures and some drawing connections to a resurgence in white nationalism and xenophobic politics in the United States. (Read more from “Democrats Aim Their Outrage at Trump After Two Mass Shootings” HERE)

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Watch: Trump Addresses the Nation Following Shootings in El Paso, Dayton

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By Fox News. President Donald Trump on Sunday addressed the mass shootings that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio this weekend.

He took the opportunity to thank law enforcement for their efforts and preparation for such a tragic event.

“My condolences to the people of El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. They’re incredible people and they’ve been through a lot,” Trump said next to the First Lady outside at Morristown Airport in New Jersey.

“I just want to thank the law enforcement, in both places, the job they’ve done is incredible. I also want to congratulate them. No one could have done what they’ve done,” Trump said. “This could have been, as bad as it was, much worse. I just want to thank them. The job they’ve done is incredible. In El Paso, they were there so quickly. And in Dayton, less than a minute.”

“Think of the damage he did in such a short period of time, in less than a minute, and law enforcement acted and killed him and it would have been it would have been unbelievable. It was horrible but it could have been so much worse, it would have been so much worse,” Trump said. (Read more from “Watch: Trump Addresses the Nation Following Shootings in El Paso, Dayton” HERE)

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Ohio Gunman Had Bulletproof Vest, Was Stopped Within 30 Seconds of Opening Fire Outside Bar, Police Say

By Fox News. The gunman in the deadly rampage in Dayton, Ohio, was wearing a mask, bulletproof vest, earplugs and was carrying a rifle capable of holding at least 100 rounds when he opened fire outside a bar, killed nine – including his sister – and injured more than two dozen, one in critical condition, police said Sunday.

Dayton police Chief Richard Biehl told reporters in a news conference on Sunday afternoon that the gunman, identified as 24-year-old Connor Betts, showed up to the city’s Oregon District around Fifth Street with his sister and a friend on Saturday night. He added the three separated at some point between when they arrived and when Betts opened fire, saying it is unknown what happened during that time.

Biehl said police officers in the area engaged him seconds after the first gunshots were heard and the gunman was “neutralized” within 30 seconds after the first of “dozens of rounds.” Betts was shot and killed by police before he entered Ned Peppers Bar. He was using a .223-caliber rifle.

“At 1:05 a.m. officers were patrolling the Oregon District during bar closing time and heard gunfire. They observed a large crowd running away from this gunfire,” Biehl told reporters.

“The officer’s immediately advance toward the gunfire and within approximately 20 seconds, they engaged the suspect who was actively firing and attempting to enter a crowded liquor establishment. The threat was neutralized in approximately 30 seconds of the suspect firing his first shot.” (Read more from “Ohio Gunman Had Bulletproof Vest, Was Stopped Within 30 Seconds of Opening Fire Outside Bar, Police Say” HERE)

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An Impeachment Inquiry Has Begun

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Those eager for the start of an official inquiry by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee into the possible impeachment of President Trump need wait no longer.

A memorandum, submitted by the committee on July 26 to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and signed by the general counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives, makes clear that such an inquiry has begun.

The memorandum is in support of an application for access to all redactions of grand jury material in the Mueller report, in grand jury materials referenced in the report, and to any grand jury testimony or material directly related to four topics. The topics include the president’s knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, links and contacts of his associates directly or indirectly with Russia, and criminal acts by anyone associated with his administration or campaign.

Under Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, a judge may grant access to confidential grand jury material when sought in preparation for, or use in, a judicial proceeding. The committee urges that an impeachment investigation is a judicial proceeding for purposes of this exception to grand jury secrecy.

Then the committee makes clear that it is engaged in just such an impeachment investigation. Its statement is unequivocal: “The Committee seeks Rule 6(e) materials to further its ongoing investigation and assessment of whether to recommend articles of impeachment.” (Read more from “An Impeachment Inquiry Has Begun” HERE)

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MAGA: Give This Woman VIP Seating at All Trump Rallies After These Remarks

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While the Democrats continue to shank each other onstage since their 2020 clown car is still 15-plus candidates deep, President Trump is raking in the cash and already de facto running a general election campaign. He had a rally in the battleground state of Ohio last night, Cincinnati to be exact, and this one woman should be given VIP seating for all future Trump rallies:

Prior to the rally, which was in front of a packed house, one female Trump supporter called out Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and the Democrats for trashing America, putting down the country, and being asked to apologize for being citizens of this great country. Right on, lady! It’s funny that when we criticized America’s tepid economic growth under Obama, we were accused of being down on America. Screw the Democratic rules. WE shouldn’t have to apologize for being Americans or for our Founding Fathers and the ideals they advocated when they founded our country. It’s insanity.

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President Trump Pulls Ratcliffe’s Nomination for DNI Director

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President Trump announced Friday afternoon Congressman John Ratcliffe’s nomination to be the next Director of National Intelligence has been withdrawn.

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Trump Admin Reports Another Strong Monthly Jobs Report in July

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The Trump administration once again has some good economic news to close out the work week with the latest release of Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July job report on Friday.

Here are the highlights of Friday’s numbers:

There were 157,288,000 people employed in July, which marks an increase of 283,000 from the 157,005,000 employed in June.

The July employment number is also a 1,324,000 increase from the same month in 2018.

The unemployment rate has held steady at 3.7 percent.

The number of people not participating in the workforce also dropped considerably from June to July, dropping 183,000 from 96,057,000 to 95,874,000.

The number of people unemployed for 27 weeks or more declined by 248,000, according to a BLS statement.

The number of involuntary part-time workers — people who work part-time despite wanting full-time employment — has also dropped over the past 12 months by 604,000.

BLS also reported Friday that black employment is now at its highest point since the bureau started keeping records on the data in 1972 at 19,481,000. That’s 282,000 higher than June’s number of 19,199,000.

“July’s Employment Situation Report demonstrates the steady and consistent growth of the American economy,” said Acting Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella. “With Labor Day a month away, we have not seen an unemployment rate this low on a Labor Day since 1952.”

Republican lawmakers praised the news, pointing to Republicans’ tax cuts and deregulation agenda as the cause of economic growth.

“A record number of workers are on the job in America’s strong, healthy and growing economy,” said Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barrasso, Wyo. “Republicans’ tax reform and regulatory relief have set the stage for robust job growth and wage gains, and American workers are winning.”

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, tweeted that the numbers were “good news for families+ society+ the entire country.”

In related news, a recent survey found that a majority of Americans think that government is in the way of growing the economy further, with 56 percent saying that big government spending is holding things back. (For more from the author of “Trump Admin Reports Another Strong Monthly Jobs Report in July” please click HERE)

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Trump Orders Navy to Rescind Medals ‘Ridiculously’ Awarded to SEAL Gallagher Trial Prosecutors

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President Trump has ordered that the Navy Achievement Medals awarded to four prosecutors in the Eddie Gallagher case be rescinded immediately.

Trump announced his directive via Twitter late Wednesday, following reports that revealed the four prosecutors were awarded the medals during a ceremony on July 10 – a week after they lost the Gallagher case.

“The Prosecutors who lost the case against SEAL Eddie Gallagher (who I released from solitary confinement so he could fight his case properly), were ridiculously given a Navy Achievement Medal,” Trump tweeted. “Not only did they lose the case, they had difficulty with respect to information that may have been obtained from opposing lawyers and for giving immunity in a totally incompetent fashion.”

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Gallagher was acquitted on July 2 of all murder, witness intimidation and assault charges against him after a case marred by controversy and prosecutorial misconduct. He was found guilty of one single count involving taking a photo with a terrorist’s corpse.

The following week on July 10, the Navy Region Legal Service Office held a ceremony in a courtroom to award the four prosecutors and support staff and praise them for efforts such s “exceptional witness preparation,” “expert litigation on constitutional issues,” and “superb results” according to a motion obtained by Task & Purpose. (Read more from “Trump Orders Navy to Rescind Medals ‘Ridiculously’ Awarded to SEAL Gallagher Trial Prosecutors” HERE)

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Actor Calls for Violence Against President: America Needs Someone Who Can Punch Trump ‘in the Face’

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Calling for violence against President Trump, or at least casually joking about it, has become fairly routine since 2016. Now actor Jeff Daniels says America needs someone who will punch Trump “in the face,” reports Fox News.

Speaking with Stephen Colbert on CBS, Jeff Daniels touched upon the Democratic Party presidential primary debates and how they should pick a candidate who will give Trump a solid knuckle sandwich.

“This is the second debate out of 20?” said Daniels. “You know, whittle it down, but we need somebody that can take this guy on, that can punch him in the face.” . . .

Jeff Daniels has been a fierce critic of not only President Trump, but also Trump supporters themselves — the latter of whom he has previously uncharitably characterized as being motivated by racial animus. In fact, the actor even compared Trump rallies to a line from “To Kill a Mockingbird”: “A mob is a place where people go to take a break from their conscience.”

“That’s what I see when I look at Donald Trump’s rallies, that’s when I see the lies he’s spewing at these people, and people going, ‘I gotta believe in something,’ and he said he’d bring my manufacturing job back and he didn’t … but at the end of the day, it’s race. It’s race,” Daniels said on MSNBC back in May. (Read more from “Actor Calls for Violence Against President: America Needs Someone Who Can Punch Trump ‘in the Face’” HERE)

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Majority of Senate Republicans Vote to Send Budget ‘Monstrosity’ to President Trump’s Desk

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A budget agreement that suspends the debt ceiling for two years, raises federal spending limits, and sets America up to add another $2 trillion to the national debt is on its way to President Donald Trump for signature after passing the Senate by a vote of 67-28.

A final vote on the bill was originally expected on Wednesday, but was pushed to Thursday afternoon amid questions about whether or not Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s leadership team would be able to get more than half of Senate Republicans behind the bill. House Republicans voted against the measure by a ratio of 2 to 1 the week before.

Twenty-three Republicans voted against the bill, fewer than half of the 53-member conference. Of the 67 who voted in favor, therefore, only 30 were Republicans, meaning that the bill passed with more Democrat support.

Five Democrats voted against the measure: John Tester, Mont.; Joe Manchin, W.V.; Amy Klobuchar, Minn.; Michael Bennet, Colo.; and Tom Carper, Md.

In a Tuesday statement against the legislation, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said the legislation “isn’t only a betrayal of conservatism but an example of government at its worst,” citing the fact that the bill was written behind closed doors.

“This budget deal is yet another missed opportunity to rein in excessive government spending,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said after the vote. “Instead of running up bills we can’t pay, we should be fighting for the American people’s commonsense priorities such as securing our southern border, cutting taxes, and reducing regulations.”

Supporters of the deal, however, have touted it as a compromise reached by a divided government to avoid a potential default or shutdown.

“One of our most important jobs as members of Congress is delivering the resources to fund our government, provide certainty and support for our military and our veterans, and ensure economic stability for American families,” Sen. Shelley Moore-Capito, R-W.V., said in a statement. This agreement puts us on the path to accomplish all of those goals.”

Before the final vote on Thursday, the Senate rejected an amendment from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., that would have raised the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts by a vote of 23-70. Paul announced the vote the day before in a floor speech where he lambasted both parties for putting the budget deal together and called the legislation “a monstrosity” and “an abomination.” During the Wednesday speech, he also decried Republicans who he predicted would vote for his bill as political cover before supporting final passage of the agreement.

The vote was one of the last few remaining items of Senate business to wrap up before members of the upper chamber depart for this year’s five-week summer break. (For more from the author of “Majority of Senate Republicans Vote to Send Budget ‘Monstrosity’ to President Trump’s Desk” please click HERE)

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