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EL SEGUNDO HERALD December 7, 2017 Page 7
Politically Speaking
One Man’s Opinion Another Man’s Opinion
Trump Apologists Allow For His
Twitter Antics to Rave On and On
By Cristian Vasquez
Once again the President of the United States
had a weekend that was difficult to ignore. After
the news that former National Security Advisor
Michael Flynn’s pled guilty to lying to
the FBI, President Trump was quiet about
the incident…for about a day. Then, as per
usual, his Twitter account blew up with what
45 produces best: lies and absurdities. While
Trump apologists might be pounding their
chest the tax bill that’s set to make everyone
dirt poor, let’s focus on the fact that
the leader of the free world isn’t capable of
being honest about even the pettiest topic.
Let’s look at how he fails to keep his mouth
shut when it really matters.
For starters, the President is now saying that
General Flynn did nothing wrong even after the
latter admitted to the FBI that he lied. Whatever
the reasons for General Flynn’s lies, he
committed perjury--and that by definition is a
crime, which in essence is wrong. Now, if the
President is this convinced that General Flynn is
innocent of any wrongdoing, why was the man
removed from that position? If you think back
to a press conference after Flynn’s release
from his obligations as National Security
Advisor, the Snowflake-In-Chief alluded to
the General’s resignation being the result of
the bad press he received and not because
of the man’s actions.
Well, the tweets from this weekend
were just another disgusting reminder that
the White House is being occupied by someone
not qualified to run a Twitter account,
let alone the nation. Rather than staying
off Twitter and letting things play out, the
President has to go online to question the
integrity and efficiency of the FBI by saying
the agency is now the “worst in history.” The
same national security agency that’s pivotal in
protecting this country that he claims to love
so much has been continuously undermined
by the capricious tantrums of a delusional
man-child.
The disturbing and disgusting part is
that so many Trump apologists see nothing
wrong with his behavior. The same people
that kick and scream about an NFL player
taking a knee because it’s disrespectful are
absolutely content with this tangerine maniac
attacking the reputation of our own agencies
in an attempt to save face. Ironically,
the President’s tantrums and his apologists’
support only highlight the inability to
think logically and truly have an ounce of
self-respect.
To recap, General Flynn pleads guilty
to lying to the FBI finds and the President
accuses the agency of being in “titter
tatters.” However, when the findings from
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation
are reported, all the President can
whine is, “Fake news.” At this point it is
anyone’s guess why the leader of the free
world has the maturity and restraint of a
teenager. Maybe 45 promised Putin that
our media would honor and respect him, or
maybe the President is simply terrified of
the former KGB leader and doesn’t want
to anger him. Whatever his reasons, with
each passing day it’s going to become more
difficult to get the stench out of the White
House that is Trump. •
Congrats, Sanctuary City Backers
By Duane Plank
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised, right, that
the piece of human debris, illegal immigrant
Jose Inez Garcia Zarate, who gunned down
innocent Kate Steinle as she happily strolled
on a pier with her father in her sanctuary city,
San Francisco, in July of 2015, was acquitted
of murder and manslaughter charges last week
in a shameful Bay Area trial verdict.
Anyone remember the preposterous decision
rendered in the O.J. trial?
The homeless illegal and ignorant immigrant
Zarate, who had committed multiple felonies
while being sheltered in America illegally, had
been deported five times, but somehow continued
to resurface in America to continue his
criminal ways--which ended with the slaughter
of Steinle, who died in her father’s arms.
Those who favor lax immigration policies-
-and I am talking to you, Gavin Newsom, the
ex-San Francisco mayor who may be our next
Governor--should be oh-so-proud that their
sanctuary city policies, which impinge upon
law enforcement and federal officials from
ridding the country of illegals like Zarate,
are directly responsible for the death of Jim
Steinle’s 32-year-old child.
Back in March of 2015, Zarate, who had
just wrapped up his third stint in federal prison
for felony entry into the United States from
Mexico, was handed over to the cops in San
Francisco for possible prosecution on a musty
bench warrant that had been issued against the
creep for alleged marijuana possession.
Prosecutors declined to file charges, and, on
the face of it, no big deal, right? Pot smoking,
pot possession was on the way to legalization,
and I am sure the sanctuary city prosecutors
had their hands full investigating and litigating
other nefarious crimes that were being planned
and committed.
But when they decided to let Zarate skate on
the weed charges, shouldn’t they, at that point, have
deported the loser Zarate? They had full knowledge
of his heinous behavior in our country
and that he was here very illegally. But, as the
late comedian John Belushi used to say, “NO!”
City officials did not comply with a request
from Immigration and Customs Enforcement
officials to notify them before releasing Zarate,
who was freed to wander the streets of
San Francisco, presumably to commit more
crimes until his fate became intertwined with
the Steinle family on that fateful afternoon.
At the time of Steinle’s take-down, thencandidate
was considered a fringe possibility in the race
for the Republican nomination, said that “this
senseless and totally preventable act of violence
committed by an illegal immigrant is yet another
example of why we must secure our border
immediately,” and the real estate magnate began
blustering about “building a wall.”
Fast-forward to December 2017 and there
is no wall. Sanctuary cities dot the California
landscape, protecting illegals and other losers.
Proponents of illegals, a consortium including
lefties, the entrenched bureaucracy, the media
and even some Republican business owners
who favor cheap labor, continue to hold sway.
One of their favored gambits is espousing
that we need illegals to “do the jobs Americans
won’t do.” Well, one job Americans have proved
very adept at is committing murder. Check
out the murder rate in Chicago. Yes, we have
enough American citizens killing each other.
We certainly don’t need to import criminals
from outside the country to handle that job. •
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