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Re: Joe Biden’s Disgraceful Departure
“Biden’s disgraceful departure from the presidency is the capstone of his self-aggrandizing lifelong political career characterized by lying, corruption, and hypocrisy. Had Biden’s enablers acknowledged and the Leftmedia objectively reported on his fitness and character, the many deleterious consequences of violence, destruction, and suffering on a number of fronts resulting from his weak and inept ‘leadership’ could have been prevented.” —Florida
“While I mostly agree with your assessment of the J6 pardons, there is one salient point that must be made — namely, even the prosecutions of the violent offenders were sullied beyond redemption with political corruption. I find it better that 10 guilty men go free than one innocent man be harmed.” —Michigan
“I have come to believe that virtually none of the J6 offenders was prosecuted fairly, and that would include those who were convicted for violent offenses. Some of those offenders should not have been pardoned, but which ones? I agree with Alexander: To allow the Democrats to keep up this charade with 300 more trials to go would accomplish nothing but affirm that the Left would have no legal standards if not for double standards.” —California
Re: Leftist Bishop Scolds the President
“Dear Mariann Edgar Budde, please do us all a favor and shut your mouth. Your stupidity is showing. Stop applying your liberal misinterpretations of the Bible and leave the real-world problems to strong intelligent men like President Donald J. Trump. All you do is confuse people with your opinion of what is right and wrong. It’s people like you who have driven away so many people from the church.” —Arizona
“Bishop Budde is a bigoted nonbeliever. To ignore the Scriptures regarding the creation of men and women runs afoul of God’s teachings. She attempts to distort the Christian religion to suit her purpose. She also does what many self-righteous liberals do — purposing aliens as the lower class needed to work their farms, wash their dishes, and clean their homes and office buildings, which she views as beneath the liberal elite. I can only hope and pray God will find a way to publicly admonish this twisted, demented leftist who has Satan in her soul.” —Washington
Re: Trump Reverses Biden’s Green Boondoggle
“With progressive Democrats and their agenda to fundamentally transform our nation, common sense is absolutely absent. Their flawed direction in all matters has gravely impacted our national security and placed our future at risk. It is high time that our leaders return to common sense by protecting our Constitution and our traditional values of faith, family, and individual freedoms that once made the U.S. the greatest and most envied nation on earth. The U.S. must be preserved as originally established by our Constitution to ensure freedom for our posterity and to serve as the exceptional model of democracy for all. Common sense is essential.” —Florida
“I hardly ever disagree with Mark Alexander, but I think his assessment of the J6 pardons as an unforced error is off base. First, most of those pleading guilty likely did so to avoid bankrupting themselves and/or their families with endless attorney fees for defense. They were hammered to the point of giving up. Second, how many of those who engaged in vandalism or tussling with the Capitol Police have already served more time than they would have had that same offense occurred somewhere else? Considering the unpunished crime that was ignored during the BLM riots, this is a small blip as the scales of justice rebalance.” —Idaho
Re: Mike Johnson Opens Investigation of Inquisitors
“The violent protesters were not pardoned but only had the rest of their sentence commuted — big difference. They have already served three years or more, and that is plenty of incarceration time considering that the so-called Justice Department under Biden gave zero prison time (or even brought cases against) the thousands of violent BLM, Antifa, and leftist protestors who assaulted police officers and destroyed billions in property. Those who committed violence on J6 have already been punished enough, and the overcharging and over-sentencing of the J6 protestors is an outrage.” —Arizona
“Nate Jackson reiterates information about the violent actions of a number of J6 protesters. I agree those defendants should be punished. However, my desire for their pardon is based on multiple reports of unjust prosecution and, further, sentences that bear very little relation to the crimes. My thought is that much (most?) of the prosecution, court procedures, and sentencing was unjust and often corrupt. Now, if the DC courts think they can prove certain allegations in constitutional proceedings, let them do so. Until they do that, the J6 offenders should be considered innocent.” —Texas
“Trump should also release all the documents on Watergate, which have remained sealed to hide the illegal activity done by communist Democrats. They used the same exact tactics to get Trump. Funny how Rush Limbaugh used to say on his show that Nixon never did what he was accused of. He was right. How did he know?” —Minnesota
Re: Trump Challenges Birthright Citizenship
“According to Vattel’s The Law of Nations, which much of our Constitution was constructed from, a child born in a nation of parents owing allegiance to other nations is a child of the parent country. Vattel acknowledges the concept of ‘jus sanguinis’ (right of blood), which would tie citizenship to the parents’ nationality. Which in plain language means if a couple from, say, France were vacationing in America and she was pregnant and had the baby while here, the child would not be an American citizen; he would be a citizen of France. It’s that simple.” —Florida
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