Sound Off: June 17, 2024
Hard truths
It’s not the homeless and immigrants that are holding the middle class back. It’s the entitled who waste their privilege by not taking advantage of opportunities. If you don’t have a marketable skill, no company is going to hire you. You reject manual labor because it’s too hard. The service industry pays minimum wages. What are you going to do? May I suggest getting a skill, diploma or degree so you can move out of your parents’ house.
Optics
President Biden represented us well at G-7 Summit. A stark difference from when Donald Trump pushed his way to the front for a photo. He was very disrespectful and undiplomatic. The president is a diplomat representing the U.S. on the world’s stage.
Trump trials
Our media and progressives are screaming that Donald Trump will seek political legal revenge. What in the world do you think the Trump trials are?
First Lady flights
Jill Biden’s flights back and forth to Paris cost about $345K using Pentagon standard rates. When these flights are to political events the government must be reimbursed for the cost of a first-class ticket, again using Pentagon standard rates. In Jill Biden’s case the reimbursement amounts to about $15K, which the DNC has stated they will pay. This is standard practice for First Ladies across all administrations of both parties.
Too bad
The one good thing Donald Trump did as president was to ban bump stocks on guns that allow shooters to rapid fire. That was just struck down by the Supreme Court. Who would need this adaption, other than a mass shooter?
Strange support
Watching the news today I saw Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith standing in line to get and give a kiss and hug with Donald Trump. He’s the man who is responsible for taking away her constitutional rights and for the attack on the medical health of American women, that made me sick to my stomach.
Trump protection
Why were there at least ten large black SUV escorting Donald Trump to and from the courthouse during and after his criminal trial and conviction at taxpayers expense. He is not the President any more, he’s just a common criminal.
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