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The Patriot Post Digest 9-13-2019
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
Sep. 13, 2019
https://patriotpost.us/digests/65466-mid-day-digest
THE FOUNDATION
“On the other hand, the duty imposed upon him to take care, that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of office, that he will ‘preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.’ The great object of the executive department is to accomplish this purpose; and without it, be the form of government whatever it may, it will be utterly worthless for offence, or defence; for the redress of grievances, or the protection of rights; for the happiness, or good order, or safety of the people.” —Joseph Story (1833)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/65460-founders-quote-daily
IN TODAY’S EDITION
Beto makes a splash with nonsensical push for gun confiscation.1
House Democrats pass anti-gun measures.2
Coup co-conspirator Andrew McCabe faces prosecution for lying.3
Daily Features: More Analysis4, Columnists5, Headlines6, Opinion in Brief7, Short Cuts8, Memes9, and Cartoons10.
IN BRIEF
Demo Debate: Gun Confiscation11
Long story short, Democrats want to take away stuff you legally bought and “give” you other “free” stuff by taking more of your money through taxes to pay for it. And they want you to think them generous and caring for doing it.
The “shock” moment of the third Democrat presidential debate came from Beto O'Rourke, who ranted about the dangers of certain semiautomatic rifles before thundering, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15!” Leftists have become more candid in recent years about their desire to confiscate legally purchased rifles with certain cosmetic features, though they usually couch that gun grab in terms of a “buyback.” How the government would buy back something it never sold in the first place is unclear except by defining it as confiscation. So should we thank Beto for his honesty?
On the one hand, this is a loudmouth, no-shot candidate desperately seeking attention with a confiscation demand he’s made12 more than once13. On the other hand, his repeated push could be the strategic play of the Democrat National Committee to float an unpopular proposal through a bottom-tier candidate to bring in the party’s collective constituencies14 to the ultimate nominee’s fold. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and others have similarly spoken of confiscation in the past.
According to National Review, “Briscoe Cain, who represents the Houston area in the Texas state legislature, wrote ‘my AR is ready for you Robert Francis’ in a since deleted tweet sent Thursday night” in rebuttal to O'Rourke’s comments. Beto whined about that being “a death threat,” providing an example of why Cain “shouldn’t own an AR-15 — and neither should anyone else.”
Few are willing to say this, but what was Beto’s threat about confiscation except a death threat? What if American Patriots refuse to yield their legally purchased, Second Amendment-protected firearms to heavily armed government agents who knock down their doors to take them? Will those government agents say, “Ok, never mind; have a nice day”? Or will there be massive bloodshed15?
And just like that, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15!” became the Republicans’ most effective option for a campaign ad.
As for the rest of the Democrat debate, it was pretty standard fare. Frontrunners Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders argued over how far left the party should go on Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and other leftist fever dreams. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang, Julián Castro, and O'Rourke vied to achieve some sort of breakout moment, primarily by offering more “free” stuff, sanctimoniously lecturing about how awful America is, or by saying outrageous things about President Donald Trump (have you heard he’s a “racist”?).
For choice quotes, see our Short Cuts16 below. But we’ll highlight a final one here: “Anybody that does what [Venezuelan President Nicolás] Maduro does is a vicious tyrant,” insisted Sanders, who also protested, “In terms of democratic socialism, to equate what goes on in Venezuela with what I believe is extremely unfair.” His protests notwithstanding, it’s not unfair. Sanders’s socialist salesmanship17 and his love affairs with China and the Soviet Union prove it. But you know what happened in Maduro’s socialist paradise of Venezuela? Gun confiscation18.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65459-demo-debate-gun-confiscation
House Passes Sweeping Gun Regulations19
The Democrat-controlled House passed three gun-control bills this week that Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted were “a measure offering grants to states to set up ‘red flag’ laws, a prohibition on gun ownership for those convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes, and a ban on magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.” Fortunately, none of these draconian bills will see the light of day in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Pelosi was asked whether she regretted not bringing the House back early from its August recess “to keep the flame lit on gun violence.” She became clearly agitated, firing back, “We did our job. The Senate was supposed to come back. Why don’t you all get that straight? The Senate did not come back to pass the bill.” After expressing her anger over the “silliness of these questions,” Pelosi bloviated, “Lives are at stake. Senator McConnell is standing in the way. … Don’t ask me what we haven’t done! We have done it! … Sen. McConnell hasn’t acted. Why don’t you go ask him if he has any regrets for all the people who died?”
Getting past Pelosi’s emotional theatrics, the reality is that Democrats are seeking to force McConnell into taking up some of their gun-control proposals. Ironically, even with these clearly Orwellian bills that Pelosi knows would never pass constitutional muster, Democrats are still backing away from passing their most loudly advocated20 gun-control measure: a ban on so-called “assault weapons.” Since Pelosi and company know that these bills amount to little more than anti-gun virtue signaling, why not go all the way and pass their “assault weapon” ban?
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65457-house-passes-sweeping-gun-regulations
DOJ Rejects McCabe’s Appeal, Indictment Imminent?21
On Thursday, the Justice Department rejected an appeal by former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to avoid indictment regarding charges that he lied to the DOJ inspector general. This decision opens the door for U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu to move forward on indictment of the infamous coup co-conspirator22.
Recall that McCabe was fired23 back in March 2018 following the IG’s finding that he had lied about his involvement in leaking to The Wall Street Journal the fact that the FBI was investigating the Clinton Foundation. His rationale for leaking this information was likely an attempt to deflect the charge by then-candidate Donald Trump that McCabe was in the tank for Hillary Clinton because his wife had received significant contributions for her failed state senate run from longtime Clintonista and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
If indicted, McCabe’s defense will be that the only reason for it is because he has long been targeted by Trump, who pressured the DOJ to act. However, as former DOJ prosecutor Andrew McCarthy writes24, “According to the IG, McCabe at one point dressed down the FBI’s chiefs in New York and Washington, as if their field offices were responsible for the leak. That is, he knew that he himself was the culprit, yet he tried to shift suspicion and blame to innocent agents. If proved, that is the kind of fact that would not endear McCabe to a jury. It would also make it hard for him to portray himself as a fundamentally honest guy who would never deceive other FBI agents.” In other words, irrespective of Trump’s opinion, the IG found significant grounds to recommend charges.
All that said, as former Rep. Trey Goudy cautioned, an indictment does not equate to guilt. “He’s presumed innocent,” Gowdy said. Everyone is entitled to the same due-process rights of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law. This obviously includes McCabe, but it also should serve as an encouragement to all that even those in high positions of government are not above the law. Well, except Hillary Clinton.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65451-doj-rejects-mccabes-appeal-indictment-imminent |
