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2018 Midterm elections

2018-12-20T21:22:08Z

Rjmahre: Rasmussen was clearly wrong

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their largest gain since 1974. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governors, including a sweep of the upper midwest. Overall Democrats picked up Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Kansas. The GOP picked up Alaska from an independent. No Democratic governors lost reelection.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate. They picked up Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats after gaining a seat in Alabama, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref> [http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref> President Trump's approval average was 43.5% on the day of the election. While some pollsters such as Rasmussen had him significantly higher, Rasmussen was off by a whopping 10 points on their election prediction, discrediting them.

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
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[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their largest gain since 1974. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governors, including a sweep of the upper midwest. Overall Democrats picked up Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Kansas. The GOP picked up Alaska from an independent. No Democratic governors lost reelection.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate. They picked up Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats after gaining a seat in Alabama, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref> [http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref> President Trump's approval was 43.5% on the day of the election. While some pollsters such as Rasmussen had him significantly higher, Rasmussen was off by a whopping 10 points on their election prediction, discrediting them.

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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2018 Midterm elections

2018-12-19T21:16:02Z

Rjmahre: election results

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their largest gain since 1974. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governors, including a sweep of the upper midwest. Overall Democrats picked up Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, and Kansas. The GOP picked up Alaska from an independent. No Democratic governors lost reelection.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate. They picked up Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats after gaining a seat in Alabama, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
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2018 Midterm elections

2018-12-19T20:21:59Z

Rjmahre: 2018 results

[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their biggest gain since 1974. Democrats won the American popular vote by 8.6%, the highest midterm margin since 1986, and larger than the 1994, 2006, and 2010 waves. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided after allegations of electoral fraud against Republican pastor Mark Harris. Democrats also gained 7 Governorships, including a sweep of the upper midwest. No statewide Republicans won in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, or Minnesota.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party had to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Of those 10 "Trump" states, 6 flipped back to the Democrats, while Republicans picked up senate seats in Missouri, North Dakota, Indiana, and Florida. Democrats won in the Clinton state of Nevada, and flipped Trump state Arizona blue. Trumps strong approval in rural states helped the GOP to gain 2 seats in the senate, but his poor national approval and cratering in the suburbs resulted in rout in the house, large governor losses, and hundreds of state legislative seats flipping blue.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], used a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media. His coattails however, flipped two house seats blue in Texas, dozens of state legislative races, and hundreds of local offices to the Democrats.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
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United States presidential election, 2016

2018-12-19T20:14:05Z

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[[File:ElectoralCollege2016.svg.png|thumbnail|right|350px|2016 election results]]
[[File:2016 United States presidential election, results by county.png|thumb|350px|Results by county, popular vote.]]
:''See also: [[Donald Trump achievements: 2016 election and transition]]''
In the '''2016 United States presidential election''', Republican [[Donald J. Trump]] defeated Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]]. The election was held on November 8, 2016. Trump was inaugurated as the forty-fifth president on January 20. Indiana Governor [[Mike Pence]], Trump's running mate, was inaugurated as vice president at the same time. Few predicted that Trump would win before the election and the result was a historic upset.<ref name="HistoricUpset"/>

Trump was elected with an [[Electoral College]] majority of 304 votes. Hillary Clinton got 227, Colin Powell 3, Bernie Sanders 1, Ron Paul 1, John Kasich 1, and Faith Spotted Eagle 1.<ref name=schmidt>KIERSTEN SCHMIDT and WILSON ANDREWS, "[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html A Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton]," ''New York Times''</ref> This result includes two "faithless" Republican electors who voted for minor candidates, five faithless Democrats.<ref name="schmidt" /> Trump received 45.95 percent of the popular vote (63.0 million votes) compared to 48.04 percent (65.8 million) for Clinton.<ref name=NationalPopular>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2016&off=0&f=1 2016 Presidential General Election Results]. ''Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections''. Retrieved January 12, 2016.</ref> A total of 136.6 million votes were cast.<ref name="NationalPopular" /> Later investigations reveal 7.2 million duplicate voter registration forms, usually in one or more states, allowing a voter to vote in person in one state and fraudulently by absentee in another.<ref>https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/16/media/seth-rich-family-response-claims-of-wikileaks-contact/</ref> Other lax voting integrity laws, including twelve states that allow illegal immigrants to obtain drivers' licenses likely resulted in over 800,000 ballots cast by non-citizens.<ref name="Lucas800k">Lucas, Fred, "[http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/28/more-than-800000-noncitizens-could-have-voted-in-2016-election-experts-say/ More Than 800,000 Noncitizens May Have Voted in 2016 Election, Expert Says]," ''The Daily Signal''.</ref><ref name="O'ReillyIA">O'Reilly, Bill (November 29, 2016). [http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2016/11/29/bill-oreilly-amazing-amount-confusion-over-illegal-aliens-voting/ Bill O'Reilly: Amazing amount of confusion over illegal aliens voting]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 2016.</ref><ref name="Scarborough800k">Scarborough, Rowan (January 26, 2017). [http://washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/26/hillary-clinton-received-800000-votes-from-nonciti/ Trump argument bolstered: Clinton could have received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, study finds]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.</ref> Later estimates gave similarly large illegal vote totals, with one in June totaling 5.7 million illegal votes.<ref>Scarborough, Rowan (June 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/19/noncitizen-illegal-vote-number-higher-than-estimat/ Study supports Trump: 5.7 million noncitizens may have cast illegal votes]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 20, 2017.</ref><ref>Shaw, Adam (June 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/22/study-noncitizens-may-voted-illegally-elections-previously-thought/ Study: More Noncitizens May Have Voted Illegally in Elections Than Previously Thought]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 23, 2017.</ref> In such key states as Ohio and Iowa, Trump soundly defeated Hillary with landslide margins as wide as 9 percent, carrying working class voters that previously voted for Barack Obama, whom Democrats now openly derided as "deplorable racists." While, the margins within several tipping point states as Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania (Trump wins), and New Hampshire (Clinton won) had margins around or less than one percent, just providing now-President Trump the needed electoral votes to win the presidency.

Despite Trump's victory, Republicans lost seats in both houses of Congress.

Trump's promises to crack down on illegal immigration and "repeal and replace Obamacare" were central campaign themes. Exit polls suggest that the issue of terrorism was a decisive factor for voters.<ref>William Saletan, [http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/11/debunking_myths_about_trump_voters_with_exit_polls.html Debunking Myths about Trump’s Voters with Exit Polls]</ref> Clinton's foundation had accepted multimillion-dollar donations from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, two Gulf Arab states that also finance [[ISIS]].<ref>"[http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/264493/saudi-arabia-and-qatar-bankroll-isis-%E2%80%94-and-clinton-joseph-klein Saudi Arabia and Qatar bankroll ISIS -- and the Clinton Foundation]," ''Frontpage Mag''.</ref>

[[Donald Trump]] defeated sixteen other major candidates to receive the nomination of the [[Republican Party]] in July. Former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] defeated Vermont Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] to receive the nomination of the [[Democrat Party]].

==Primaries and convention==
[[File:Donald Trump (29273256122) Phoenix.jpg|thumb|right|The public's fascination with Donald Trump dominated the first half of 2016 more than any candidate of either party. Trump spent virtually nothing on media advertising.]]

===Republican primaries===
A record-breaking total of 17 individuals formally announced their candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Their first [[2016 presidential debate|debate]] was held on Thursday, August 6, on the [[Fox News Channel]], and viewed by a record-breaking audience of 24 million people. By February 14, 2016, after numerous debates and subsequent to the [[Iowa caucuses]] and [[New Hampshire primary]], six candidates remained in the race.

By March 15, half of the delegates were allocated among the candidates, including the key "winner take all" states of [[South Carolina]], [[Florida]] and [[Ohio]].<ref name="washingtonpost.com">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/17/if-donald-trump-wins-south-carolina-can-he-be-stopped/</ref> The remainder of the states holding early primaries allocated their delegates using a proportional scheme, which marginalizes the influence of the state.

To have a candidate's name placed into nomination at the National Convention, the candidate must win a majority of the delegates from at least eight different states.<ref name="Rule 40">{{cite web|url=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3402699/posts|title=Rule 40|accessdate=March 4, 2016}}</ref>

With Donald Trump's victory in Indiana, and [[Ted Cruz]] and [[John Kasich]] subsequently suspending their campaign, Trump became the presumptive nominee for the GOP.<ref name="cnbc.com">http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/04/john-kasich-campaign-latest-news.html/</ref>

In winning the GOP primary, Trump received more votes than any other Republican primary candidate in history.<ref>Hoft, Joe (June 7, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/06/trump-trumps-wins-historic-race-record-fashion/ HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref>

====Conservatives increase in number====
The share of [[Evangelical Christians]] in the Republican Iowa Caucus increased to 64 percent from 57 percent in 2012.<ref>Zitner, Aaron (February 2, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/voters-seek-change-as-iowa-caucus-begins-1454377162 Ted Cruz’s Iowa Win Powered by Evangelicals, Conservatives]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref>

An NBC News exit poll taken at the Republican Primary in South Carolina found that voters have become more conservative:
{{cquote| Nearly four in 10 Republicans casting votes in the primary today described their political ideology as "very conservative"—an increase of 3 points over those who identified as "very conservative" in 2012 and up 5 points from 34 percent during the 2008 Republican presidential primary.

The increase among Republicans voters identifying as "somewhat conservative" is even more significant—now at 43 percent of Republican primary voters and up 11 points from 2012 and 9 points from 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/sc-exit-poll-results-gop-voters-grow-more-conservative-n522716|title=SC Exit Poll Results: GOP Voters Grow More Conservative|work=NBC News|date=Feb. 20, 2016|accessdate=Feb. 21, 2016}}</ref>}}

===Democrat primaries===

[[Democrats]] had to choose between former secretary of state [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Democratic socialism|"Democratic" Socialist]] Vermont senator [[Bernie Sanders]], and former Maryland Governor [[Martin O'Malley]].

====Rigged election====
The Democrat Iowa Caucus was very chaotic, poorly run, and whose results were very questionable.<ref>Samuelson, Darren (February 8, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/how-iowa-democrats-couldnt-handle-a-two-candidate-race-218934 Inside the Iowa caucus chaos]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Tuttle, Ian (February 5, 2016). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/430878/hillary-clintons-iowa-victory-transparent-irregularities Iowa’s Transparently Dishonest Democratic Caucus]. ''National Review''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Jacobs, Jennifer (February 3, 2016). [http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/02/iowas-nightmare-revisited-correct-winner-called-caucus-night/79702010/ Iowa's nightmare revisited: Was correct winner called?] ''The Des Moines Register''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> It was reported that the results of 90 precincts, about 5 percent of the vote, went missing.<ref>[http://conservativetribune.com/iowa-caucus-democrat-party/ Iowa Democrat Party Issues Stunning Announcement About Caucus Results]. ''Conservative Tribune''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref>

The Democrat primary was rigged against Bernie Sanders and in favor of Hillary Clinton, and the party was shown to be helping Clinton behind the scenes.<ref>Griffin, Andrew (November 9, 2016). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/bernie-sanders-us-election-president-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-democrats-primary-results-a7408451.html Donald Trump won election because Democrats rigged system to have Clinton beat Bernie Sanders, says WikiLeaks]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>Hoft, Jim (October 18, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/obama-lectures-media-integrity-elections-forgets-democrats-just-rigged-primary-bernie/ Obama Lectures Trump on "Rigged" Elections — Forgets That Democrats Just Rigged Primary Against Bernie]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> In addition, Democrat primaries have "superdelegates", made up of party leaders and whose votes can vote for whomever they want, thus overriding the votes of primary voters.<ref>The Republican Party does not use the superdelegate method: although each state's chairman, national committeeman, and national committeewoman are automatically selected as delegates, their votes are counted along with other delegates.</ref><ref>Resnikoff, Ned (May 16, 2016). [http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/why-will-superdelegates-decide-2016-democratic-primary-unearthed-documents-hold Why Will Superdelegates Decide The 2016 Democratic Primary? Unearthed Documents Hold The Key]. ''International Business Times''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> Even the leftist website [[Salon Media Group|Salon]]<ref>Demoro, Roseann (March 30, 2016). [http://www.salon.com/2016/03/30/10_ways_the_democratic_primary_has_been_rigged_from_the_start_partner/ 10 ways the Democratic primary has been rigged from the start]. ''Salon''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> and, later, [[Elizabeth Warren]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41850798 Elizabeth Warren agrees Democratic race 'rigged' for Clinton]. ''BBC News''. November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.</ref> believed the primary was rigged against Sanders.

[[Donna Brazile]], the interim DNC Chair, shared Democrat primary town hall questions to the Clinton campaign in order to help her win the primary.<ref>Shaw, Adam (March 17, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/17/brazile-admits-forwarded-debate-questions-to-clinton-camp.html Brazile admits she forwarded town hall questions to Clinton camp]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 17, 2017.</ref><ref>Ernst, Douglas (March 17, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/17/donna-brazile-admits-leaking-debate-questions-to-c/ Donna Brazile admits leaking debate questions to Clinton camp: ‘A mistake I will forever regret’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 17, 2017.</ref> She continued to deny this fact through February 2017<ref>Scarry, Eddie (March 17, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/donna-brazile-finally-admits-she-shared-debate-questions-with-clinton-campaign/article/2617742 Donna Brazile finally admits she shared debate questions with Clinton campaign]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 17, 2017.</ref> and blamed [[Russia]] for the ordeal.<ref>Hudson, Jerome (March 18, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/18/donna-brazile-admits-to-sharing-debate-questions-with-clinton-camp-blames-russia/ Donna Brazile Admits to Sharing Debate Questions With Clinton Camp, Blames Russia]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 18, 2017.</ref> Later, in November 2017, Brazile revealed that not only did Obama leave the DNC deeply in debt due to his 2012 re-election campaign,<ref>Boyer, Dave (November 2, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/2/brazile-says-obama-left-dnc-deep-debt-clinton-camp/ Brazile says she found DNC deep in debt from Obama, controlled by Clinton a year before nomination]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.</ref> but the Clinton campaign effectively controlled the DNC as early as 2015, and the DNC worked to keep Sanders from winning the nomination.<ref>Multiple references:
*Brazile, Donna (November 2, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/02/clinton-brazile-hacks-2016-215774 Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC]. ''Politico Magazine''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
*Pappas, Alex (November 2, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/02/donna-brazile-found-proof-dnc-rigged-nomination-for-hillary-clinton.html Donna Brazile: I found 'proof' the DNC rigged the nomination for Hillary Clinton]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
*Neuman, Scott (November 3, 2017). [http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/03/561768006/book-reveals-clinton-campaign-effectively-controlled-dnc-as-early-as-2015 Book Reveals Clinton Campaign Effectively Controlled DNC As Early As 2015]. ''NPR''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
*[http://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Did-the-Democratic-Party-have-an-anti-Sanders-bias-513279 Did the Democratic Party Have an Anti-Sanders Bias?] ''The Jerusalem Post''. November 4, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
The incident highlighted the growing divisions in the party:
*[https://www.voanews.com/a/democrats-cry-foul-rigged-primary-election/4098967.html Democrats Cry Foul Over 'Rigged' Primary Election]. ''Voice of America''. November 3, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
*O'Reilly, Andrew (November 3, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/03/donna-brazile-allegations-highlight-mounting-schism-within-dnc.html Donna Brazile allegations highlight mounting schism within DNC]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
*Nolan, Lucas (November 3, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/11/03/bitter-hillary-supporters-blast-brazile/ Bitter Hillary Supporters Blast Donna Brazile, Elizabeth Warren on Twitter over Rigged Primary Revelation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
The mainstream media avoided these revelations:
*Flood, Brian (November 3, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/11/03/big-three-networks-skip-donna-brazile-bombshell-that-dnc-was-rigged-for-clinton.html Big Three Networks skip Donna Brazile bombshell that DNC was rigged for Clinton]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
Brazile walked back from what she revealed soon after:
*Crookston, Paul (November 3, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/brazile-backtracks-clinton-dnc-claims-never-said-hillary-rigged-election/ Brazile Backtracks on Clinton-DNC Claims: ‘Never Said Hillary Rigged Election’]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved November 3, 2017.</ref>

====Millenial outreach====
Hillary Clinton's shapeshifting was on full display in the 2016 Democrat primaries. At first she posed as an experienced diplomat, [[national security]] expert, and statesman. But that didn't get her anywhere.<ref>See for example Hillary's speech on "The Crisis of Meaning" delivered in Austin Texas, 6 April 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/23/magazine/saint-hillary.html?pagewanted=all</ref> So she appealed to the [[center]] by saying economists claimed Bernie Sanders promises were crazy and would bankrupt America.<ref>http://fortune.com/2016/02/17/bernie-sanders-open-letter/</ref> But that didn't gain any traction either. After the nomination she was matching or trying to outdo Sanders' pie-in-the-sky rhetoric by promising hundreds of billions for student aid to prepare young people for jobs that don't exist. Public Service Ads at one time ran saying, "Get a good job, get a good education". Then came an explosion of government handouts in the form of student loans. Then, in the bait and switch arrangement, students graduated only to find their jobs shipped overseas as the result of government negotiated trade agreements or the US economy's inability to create new jobs bankrupted by government mandated [[entitlement]] programs. Recent graduates found themselves [[serf]]s of the [[IRS]] with no way to repay the debt delivering pizzas.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2016/01/student_loan_crisis_at_its_ugliest_i_graduated_and_found_out_i_owe_200_000.html]</ref> What would be the way to reform the crisis? Increase [[capital]] formation to create new jobs? Not in the Democrat program. As Bernie Sanders proposed, and Hillary adopted, increase public treasury debt so that all young adults can go to college to graduate and find no jobs.

====Convention shenanigans====
[[File:Sethrich-e1494948876256.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Seth Rich (1989-2016) leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks. His bullet ridden body was found on a dark Washington DC street two weeks before Hillary's nominating convention.]]
The Clinton dominated [[Democratic National Committee]] showed how un-inclusive it is when it rejected out of hand 42 of 45 Sanders nominees for the 75 member convention rules, platform, and credentials committees. Of the 75 members on the 3 committees (25 each), 72 where staffed with Clinton cronies, and 3 with Sanders supporters, under the party's alleged "proportional allocation" methods based upon primary and caucus results.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-dnc-rules-committee-222978#ixzz48eixbtTR</ref>

Despite being under investigation by the [[FBI]] for illegal mishandling of classified information during her term as Secretary of State, with the inclusion of [[Superdelegates]] Hillary led the field as the convention approached. The Clinton's have amassed $3 billion over 41 years from political donations. The majority of the money — $2 billion — has gone to the Clinton Foundation.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/clinton-money/</ref> Her campaign has also accumulated $6.9 million from fossil fuel donations.<ref>http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaign-updates/hillary-clintons-connection-oil-gas-industry/</ref> Through the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee, she funneled $60 million in donations through 33 Democrat state parties.<ref>http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/</ref>

Clinton promised to put her husband, former President Bill Clinton, "in charge" of fixing the [[economy]];<ref name="aflcio.org">http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Trade/NAFTA</ref> according to the [[AFL-CIO]] and the Economic Policy Institute, Bill Clinton along with the Democrat-controlled Congress destroyed 700,000 jobs in America with the passage of the [[NAFTA]] agreement.<ref name="aflcio.org"/>

==Republican Party candidates==
{| class="wikitable"4
|-
! Maverick/anti-[[Establishment]]
|-
| [[Donald Trump]]
|}

=== Republican candidates===
A record-breaking total of 17 major individuals formally announced their candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Their first [[2016 presidential debate|debate]] was held on Thursday, August 6, on the [[Fox News Channel]], and viewed by a record-breaking audience of 24 million people. As of February 14, 2016, after numerous debates and subsequent to the [[Iowa caucuses]] and [[New Hampshire primary]], six candidates remained in the race.

By March 15, half of the delegates will have been allocated among the candidates, including the key "winner take all" states of [[South Carolina]], [[Florida]] and [[Ohio]].<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/> The remainder of the states holding early primaries allocate their delegates using a proportional scheme, which marginalizes the influence of the state.

To have a candidate's name placed into nomination at the National Convention, the candidate must win a majority of the delegates from at least eight different states.<ref name="Rule 40"/>

With Donald Trump's victory in Indiana, and Ted Cruz and John Kasich subsequently suspending their campaign, Trump remained as the only Republican candidate left and became the presumptive GOP nominee. He opposed Hillary Clinton in the general election.<ref name="cnbc.com"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
|-
|[[Donald Trump]]
|Business smart, name recognition, holds some conservative positions. Leads in almost all polls. Has forcefully campaigned on the issues of illegal immigration and international trade.
|Celebrity type with a bombastic style that can be a distraction.
|Trump won the [[New Hampshire primary]] easily, more than doubling the votes of his nearest rival. Won the [[South Carolina primary]], Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Kentucky. As of March 7, he enjoys a lead in the polls in Florida and Michigan. He originally announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/16/trump-announces-white-house-bid-joins-crowded-gop-field/</ref>

|-

|}

=== Other possible Republican candidates ===
These individuals expressed interest in running or have been mentioned as possible candidates, which could happen if none of the existing candidates attains a majority of the delegates prior to the [[Republican National Convention]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
|-
|[[Paul Ryan]]
|Endorsed by former Speaker [[John Boehner]] and a proven conservative; ran on 2012 national ticket.
|Happy being speaker
|Boehner withdrew support and shifted to [[John Kasich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/16/john-boehner-withdraws-2016-support-for-paul-ryan-backs-john-kasich-until-first-vote/|title=John Boehner Withdraws 2016 Support for Paul Ryan, Backs John Kasich Until First Vote|date=March 16, 2016|accessdate=March 17, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sarah Palin]]
|Very popular with the conservative base, record of cutting the size of government, expert on energy issues. Already experienced on national ticket.
|Thanks to the media, the electorate has already made up their minds about her. May prefer the role of commentator and not run for her and her children's sakes.
|
|-
|[[Condoleezza Rice]]
|Articulate, popular, foreign policy experience, takes the race and gender cards off the table, gave impassioned speech at the RNC, inspiring childhood story.
|Pro-choice, ties to Bush administration, never elected to any office, just appointed; left-wing immigration stance, had role leading up to [[Iraq War]], single status will mean she won't have the emotional support of a family for a Presidential run as [[Laura Bush]] has said; admired by some conservatives, disliked by others like [[paleoconservatives]] and from how [[Dick Cheney]] and [[Donald Rumsfeld]] have criticized her, she doesn't even have all the [[neoconservatives]] wrapped up.
|Some conservatives would think her running would be a good idea, others wouldn't. She declined to run in 2008 and 2012, but from the speculation she was going to be Romney's VP, she might this time.
|-
|[[John Thune]]
|Senator who defeated [[Tom Daschle]], relatively conservative for a Senator.
|Voted for TARP and often votes for other spending bills the leadership pushes, not well known.
|
|-
|[[Susana Martinez]]
|Gave a good speech at the RNC, conservative Governor of a blue state, Hispanic.
|Might not be interested, expanded Medicare in her state.
|
|-
|[[Jan Brewer]]
|Former governor of Arizona. If she were to run, would use potent immigration issue as foil to Rubio. Can take its mantle and change debate to pressure other candidates to tack right on the issue. Outspoken critic of Obama.
|Expanded Medicare waiver for Obamacare, and is no longer in elective office. Has lost some support from conservatives.
|
|-
|[[Kelly Ayotte]]
|Represents a swing state
|Voted in favor of amnesty
|If Rubio had been the Presidential nominee, he was likely to make Ayotte his running mate hoping the ticket will appeal to two swing states (Florida and New Hampshire), Hispanics, and women, offsetting Hillary with the last group. Both Rubio and Ayotte have been taken under the wings of McCain and Graham since getting in the Senate.
|-
|[[Allen West]]
|Conservative black Congressman from Florida who speaks his mind, some conservative activists insist that he run.
|Lost his race for re-election to the House two years after getting voted in.
|Has compared his loss to [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s before he became President in a radio interview.
|-
|[[Brian Sandoval]]
|Hispanic, fiscal conservative
|Pro-abortion, expanded Medicare in his state, [[Harry Reid]] did not seem to mind his performance as Governor.<ref>http://blogs.rgj.com/politics/2013/02/20/reid-says-hell-run-for-re-election-in-2016-wont-comment-on-sandoval-as-opponent/</ref>
|Sandoval later announced he would not run for President. He is capable of winning Reid's seat for the U.S. Senate instead with Reid's pending retirement.
|}

=== Republican candidates who dropped out of the race ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
|-
|[[Jeb Bush]]
|Unable to win Florida, has Hispanic wife and kids, multilingual, backing of [[Karl Rove]]. Had the backing of most [[George H.W. Bush#Family|Bush family]] members, despite the comment from his mother, [[Barbara Bush|Barbara]], who stated, "We've had enough Bushes" during an April 2013 interview.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/51667537#51667537</ref>
|Outspokenly supports amnesty and Common Core, neither Tea Partiers or independent voters want a third Bush, told GOP primary voters they wouldn't elect Reagan today.
|Bush officially announced his candidacy on June 15, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/15/after-long-wind-up-bush-set-to-enter-2016-white-house-race/</ref>
|-
|[[Rick Perry]]
|Strong record of experience as Governor of [[Texas]]. Supports [[Second Amendment]]. Before the next election he might see a debating coach. Strong fundraiser. Not expanding [[Medicare]] to adjust for [[Obamacare]] like some other Governors are doing.
|Performed poorly in the last time, is an also-ran without [[Rick Santorum]]'s likely momentum in a race that will probably also have multiple other Republican Governors, also signed a state version of the DREAM Act and mandated vaccines for schoolgirls.
|Perry announced his candidacy on June 4, 2015. Perry became the first candidate to drop out of the race in September 2015.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/11/rick-perry-drops-out-of-2016-presidential-race/ RICK PERRY DROPS OUT OF 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, Breitbart, September 11, 2015]</ref>
|-
|[[Scott Walker]]
|A once-seeming [[movement conservative]] who defeated a recall that was pushed by [[George Soros]] and the unions, exhibited conservative determination in passing right-to-work in his state and surviving the relentless union attacks that followed.
|[[AFL-CIO]] and the other union special interests have him as a top target, but he stood his ground until recently where he's starting to adopt RINO stances on issues, such as refusing to speak out against [[same-sex marriage]] in a meaningful way and not taking a strong stance against the ''[[Obergefell]]'' decision.
|Walker formally announced his candidacy on July 13, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/13/walker-announces-2016-white-house-bid/</ref> To announce dropping out Sept. 21st, 2015.
|-
|[[Bobby Jindal]]
|Populist conservative who voiced skepticism about big business, Indian-American, followed Democratic Governor [[Kathleen Blanco]] in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], focused on evangelical and energy issues like Rick Perry.
|Severely lacking in charisma.
|Jindal announced the formation of an exploratory committee on May 18, 2015.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/politics/bobby-jindal-forms-exploratory-committee/</ref> Jindal announced his candidacy on June 24, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/24/louisiana-gov-jindal-looks-ready-to-jump-into-2016-race/</ref>
|-
|[[Lindsey Graham]]
|Moderate Senator from South Carolina. Is pro-military and an advocate for a strong national defense. Good public speaker.
|Widely seen as a liberal on immigration issues. Is considered a clone of Senato [[John McCain]] in the Senate.
|Announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee in January 2015. Graham announced his candidacy on June 1, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/01/graham-set-to-enter-2016-race-with-focus-on-middle-east/</ref>
|-
|[[George Pataki]]
|Former governor of a large state.
|Very low name-recognition nationally.
|Pataki announced his candidacy on May 28, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/28/former-new-york-gov-pataki-announces-run-for-2016-gop-presidential-nomination/</ref>
|-
|[[Mike Huckabee]]
|Former Arkansas governor who ran well in the 2008 primaries, and is particularly popular with [[evangelicals]]. He is the strongest candidate against [[judicial supremacy]] and the [[homosexual agenda]]. Huckabee has kept himself in the public eye for the past six and a half years as the host of a news-and-commentary show on the Fox network.
|His record on social issues is rock solid, but some question his record on fiscal issues.
|On September 2, 2015, he announced his support for the [[Christian]] Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, and telephoned her as other candidates were either ducking the issue, or speaking out against her. Huckabee launched an exploratory committee on April 17, 2015.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/huckabee-set-to-announce-claims-ive-beaten-clinton-political-machine/article/2563219</ref> He announced his candidacy on May 5, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/05/huckabee-announces-2016-white-house-bid/</ref>
|-
|[[Rand Paul]]
|Son of [[Ron Paul]], voted against GOP establishment's spending compromise bills, advocate for cutting spending, can unite libertarians and conservatives, voted against NDAA. Made waves with historic [[filibuster]] against [[CIA]] director John Brennan over the Obama administration's claimed authority to use drone strikes against US citizens on American soil.
|Some of his father's more hardcore followers think he's a "traitor" for endorsing [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012, voted for [[Chuck Hagel]] as Defense Secretary. Supported the Supreme Court's liberal wing when it struck down Section 3 of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], suggesting he's somewhat supportive of the [[Homosexual Agenda]].
|Has criticized [[Paul Ryan]], [[Jeb Bush]], and [[Chris Christie]] as a candidate might, delivered 2013 Tea Party response to the SOTU, which the news media didn't cover. Announced candidacy on April 7, 2015.<ref>http://www.c-span.org/video/?325139-1/senator-rand-paul-rky-presidential-campaign-announcement</ref>
|-
|[[Rick Santorum]]
|Strong social conservative base, runner-up in the 2012 primary, by 2016 endorsing [[RINO]]-turned-Democrat [[Arlen Specter]] will be a distant memory for many because he died in 2012. Strongly opposed to [[homosexual agenda]].
|May have been a [[stalking horse]] for Romney in the last election, which he'll vehemently deny; in 2016 voters may want a new face to lead the party instead of an also-ran, media portrays as fanatic, voted for Bush's spending to be 'part of the team'.
|Has founded an organization called Patriot Voices which may serve as a fulcrum for his campaign. Santorum announced his candidacy on May 27, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/27/santorum-set-to-announce-2016-plans-wednesday/</ref> Is currently near the bottom of the field of 17 Republican candidates.
|-
|[[Chris Christie]]
|Blunt criticism of teacher's unions won conservatives over for about a year, [[Ann Coulter]] supported him.
|Unprofessional style, abrasive, overweight, praised Obama's Hurricane Sandy efforts only days before the 2012 election, has gotten heat for appointing Sharia judge and having pro-abortion Lieutenant Governor. Not endearing himself to conservatives with his statements on things like gun control.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/30/christie-announces-2016-bid-for-white-house-becomes-14th-gop-hopeful/</ref>
|Dropped out and endorsed Donald Trump.
|-
|[[Carly Fiorina]]
|Former CEO, a good track record of attacking liberalism. Has gained support and attention since the first debate. She was widely considered the winner of the preliminary debate held for those not in the Top Ten as rated by the polls.
|Failed to win an election as a candidate for Senator, rejected Tea Party support, embraces the establishment GOP.
|Her entrance in the 2016 campaign would deny Democrats and Hillary Clinton the image of men vs. a women argument, aka 'war on women'. Fiorina formally launched her campaign for the Republican nomination on May 4, 2014.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879</ref>
|-
|[[Ben Carson]]
|Plain-spoken, with common-sense solutions to the country's problems.
|Has said states can enact [[gun control]]. Much of his time during debates has been spent on humor or general apolitical remarks.
|The world-renowned surgeon made waves by skewering Obama's policies at the White House correspondent's dinner. Carson formally announced his candidacy on May 4, 2015, in Detroit, saying ""I'm Ben Carson, and I'm a candidate for president of the United States."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/04/ben-carson-tells-tv-station-is-running-for-president/</ref> Dropped out on March 4, 2016 at CPAC.
|-
|[[Marco Rubio]]
|Favorite of [[Fox News]], articulate, Hispanic, able to win key battleground state of [[Florida]] since he's from there, was on Romney's shortlist in 2012.
Though perhaps initially a [[stalking horse]] for Jeb Bush, Rubio began to excel on his own and attract donors independent of the [[Establishment]], and insists on campaigning hard to win the nomination.
|Rubio used to be a Tea Party favorite when he defeated [[RINO]] [[Charlie Crist]], but some soured on his actions beginning with his efforts with [[Chuck Schumer]] as part of the so-called "Gang of Eight" to enact pro-immigration legislation.<ref>Rubio has also been criticize for denouncing [[Michele Bachmann]]'s investigation into [[Huma Abedin]] an for sending troops into Syria.</ref>
|Visited Iowa in December 2012 to speak at [[Jack Kemp]] library, delivered GOP response to Obama's 2013 SOTU, put his capital on the line working with seven other Senators on a controversial amnesty plan many conservatives oppose but has now eased away from it. Announced candidacy on April 13, 2015.<ref>http://www.c-span.org/video/?325251-1/senator-marco-rubio-rfl-presidential-campaign-announcement</ref> Won in Minnesota and Puerto Rico. Dropped on out March 15, 2016 after losing the Florida Primary.
|-
|[[Ted Cruz]]
|Previously active in the [[tea-party movement]], solid on opposition to Obamacare and gun control. Good debater.
|Like Obama, some question as to eligibility. As a first-term Senator, relatively inexperienced. Alienated some due to role in government shutdown.
|Bypassed the exploratory committee process and instead made his formal announcement of candidacy on March 23, 2015.<ref>http://www.c-span.org/video/?324979-1/ted-cruz-presidential-campaign-announcement</ref> Has gained in the polls since the first debate. By March, he'd won in Iowa, Maine, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Alaska.
|-
|[[John Kasich]]
|Two-term Ohio Governor, former U.S. Congressman. Popular with establishment types after Jeb Bush's withdrawal from the race.
|Expanded Medicare in his state, said the [[Bible]] supports [[Obamacare]], D.C. beltway insider, and will not oppose [[same-sex marriage]].
|On July 21, 2015, Kasich officially declared his candidacy, stating, "I have decided to run for president of the United States."<ref>http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/07/21/john-kasich-presidential-announcement.html</ref>
|}

==Democrat Party candidates==

===Announced Democrat candidates===
These individuals formally announced their candidacy for the Democrat nomination in the 2016 presidential election.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
|-
|[[Hillary Clinton]]
|Has wanted to be President for decades, has Clinton machine and big money behind her, teflon image helped along by the liberal media, quitting Secretary of State position lets her run, she will have the "sexist" card at her disposal.
|Role in Benghazi and decades worth of scandals going back to the 90s, cheerled for the Iraq war, facing corruption charges, feminist. Bill Clinton may be a distraction.
|Clinton announced her candidacy on April 12, 2015.<ref>https://www.hillaryclinton.com</ref>
|-
|[[Bernie Sanders]]
|Independent that is lockstep with the Democrat Party. Popular among socialists.
|As head of the Veterans Affairs Committee, he has done nothing to fix scandals and help veterans. Endorses Obama's policies.
|At a press conference on April 30, 2015, Sanders announced that he is running for the Democrat nomination.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/29/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-am-running-for-president/</ref>
|-
|}

[[Democrats]] did not have a choice other than [[liberal]] Hillary Clinton. If a competitive race had been allowed by the party bosses and [[Superdelegates]] (and it was not), the candidates mentioned below her were considered contenders:

===Other possible Democrat candidates===
These individuals expressed interest in running or were mentioned as possible candidates.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
|-
|[[Joe Biden]]
|Tries to set image as he's "one of the folks" even though he's a millionaire. He'll have Obama's Chicago machine. Incumbent VPs often receive the party nomination
|Very gaffe-prone, VP to an unpopular administration.
|Currently yukking it up as Obama's Vice-President and has openly expressed some interest in running. Hasn't talked about running...yet. Should be good seeing how he and Hillary deal with each other on the stage if they both run.
|-
|[[Andrew Cuomo]]
|Tried to make himself look like a fiscal conservative, he's part of a political family like Jeb and Hillary, governor of a large state.
|Uncompelling, declared intentions to seize guns from lawful gun owners, which he's used executive orders to do.
|His late father, the former Governor, said he expected him to run. His gun confiscating executive orders are not sitting well with the American people by and large.
|-
|[[Mark Warner]]
|Senator from a swing state with a relatively moderate record compared to others, might try to get points with independents that the other Democrats won't have.
|He votes with his party most of the time, voted for gun control even though he claims to be pro-gun.
|
|-
|[[Elizabeth Warren]]
|Popular in [[Occupy Wall Street]] and other progressive circles, elected in very competitive Senate race.
|Caught lying about being a Native American so she could get [[affirmative action]] at Harvard, her very liberal views and rhetoric probably would not have resonated in states less liberal than [[Massachusetts]].
|Won election to the Senate in November 2012 against [[Scott Brown]].
|-
|[[Al Gore]]
|Former Senator and Vice-President. Represented a conservative leaning Southern state (although as of the 2016 election, it is one of the most Republican states in the nation). Since leaving office, Gore has made a career out of lecturing the world on the dangers of "Climate Change."
|
|Is being talked up as a possible candidate by Democrats worried about the scandals attached to Hillary Clinton.
|}

=== Democrat candidates that dropped out of the race ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Candidate
!Pros
!Cons
!Trending ...
|-
|[[Lincoln Chafee]]
|Former governor of Rhode Island, former Republican.
|
|Chafee announced his candidacy on June 3, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/03/former-ri-gov-lincoln-chafee-one-time-republican-declares-candidacy-for/</ref>
|-
|[[Jim Webb]]
|Former Virginia Senator and Secretary of the Navy.
|Webb's surprise candidacy looks like a public relations stunt by Democrat bosses to make the party look more mainstream than it really is. It is doubtful that this is a serious attempt to win the nomination.
|Announced his candidacy July 2, 2015 <ref>http://www.webb2016.com</ref>
|-
|[[Martin O'Malley]]
|Former governor of Maryland. Partisan and aggressive liberal.
|Martin who? He has low name recognition. Fiercely supports raising taxes and other very liberal stances, although that might help in the primary.
|O'Malley announced his candidacy on May 30, 2015.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/30/omalley-returns-to-baltimore-set-to-seek-democratic-nomination-2016-white-house/</ref>
|}

==General election==
Hillary Clinton lead the Real Clear Politics averages of polls for 101 days straight, from the end of the Democratic National Convention until election eve. The Clinton organization blamed Hillary's loss on the "[[misogyny]]" and "[[bigot]]ry" of the American people, particularly among women.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2016/11/15/get-this-now-hillarys-campaign-is-saying-she-lost-because-white-women-are-misogynist-video/ GET THIS: Now Hillary’s Campaign Is Saying She Lost Because WHITE WOMEN ARE ‘MISOGYNIST']"</ref>

===The Trump campaign===
Trump's central campaign theme has been to oppose [[illegal immigration]] and [[free trade]], and he enlisted Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] as an adviser on this issue. As reported by [[Breitbart News Network|Breitbart]], "Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders." <ref>Hahn, Julia (August 14, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/game-change-trump-consults-with-sen-jeff-sessions-on-immigration-strategy/ "Game change: Trump consults with Sen Jeff Sessions on immigration strategy"]. Breitbart website/Big government.</ref> However, in recent months, Trump has focused more on [[ISIS]] and terrorism.

At the final presidential debate between [[Hillary Clinton]] and Trump on October 19, 2016, Clinton chastised Trump for running a newspaper advertisement in 1987 critical of the [[Reagan Administration]]. But Trump persuasively explained that he has always disagreed with Reagan's support of free trade, as many other [[conservatives]] disagree with Reagan on this issue.

====Quotes====
[[File:Donald Trump and Mike Pence RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump and his running-mate, [[Mike Pence]], at the 2016 Republican National Convention.]]
Trump's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush "low-energy Jeb" and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as "Little Marco". Next came "Lyin' Ted" for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary". He doesn't give Bernie Sanders the same treatment though he has referred to him as a Communist.

*"We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of [[globalism]]."
*"I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to [[hell]]."<ref>http://time.com/4210983/republican-debate-barack-obama-incompetent/</ref>
*"I will be the greatest jobs president that [[God]] ever created."
*"I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich."
*"Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people."
*"Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody. Within our military, I will find the General Patton, or I will find General MacArthur, I will find the right guy."
*"I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have [[Mexico]] pay for that wall."
*"I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct."<ref>http://video.foxnews.com/v/4406746003001/watch-a-replay-of-fox-news-prime-time-presidential-debate/?#sp=show-clips</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&oq=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.8295j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8]</ref>
*"Becoming the nominee of the party of [[Abraham Lincoln]] has been the greatest honor of my life.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294401-trump-claims-party-of-lincoln-mantle-in-speech-at-black</ref>

====General election debate quotes====
*"Because you would be in jail." (Trump in response to Clinton saying that it would be a good thing that he "is not in charge of the law in our country")<ref name="2ndTranscript">[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-transcript-229519 Full transcript: Second 2016 presidential debate]. ''Politico''. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.</ref>
*"Now she’s blaming the lie on the late great Abraham Lincoln. ...Honest Abe never lied. That’s the good thing. That's the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you." (Trump in response to Clinton's excuse for having "'a public and private position on certain issues.'")<ref name="2ndTranscript"/>
*"Hillary has experience, but it’s bad experience."<ref>Goodenough, Patrick (September 27, 2016). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ Trump: 'Hillary Has Experience, But It's Bad Experience']. ''cnsnews.com''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref>

====Quotes from Twitter====
[[File:Screenshot 2015-09-28-12-11-31-1.png|right|300px|Thumb|Tweet from Billionaire Carl Icahn]]
<center>{{Cquote| '''Somebody said I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.'''}}</center>
* "An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."<ref>Trump, Donald J. (August 6, 2012, 1:23 pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794 "An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."] Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.</ref>
* "It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them."<ref>Trump, Donald J. (November 13, 2012, 12:23pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/268449146711703553 "It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them."] Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.</ref>
* "This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps, and our GW scientists are stuck in ice."<ref>Trump, Donald J. (January 1, 2014, 4:39pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/418542137899491328 "This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice."] Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.</ref>

====2015 quotes====
* "So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!" (August 8, 2015)
* "Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate" (October 13, 2015)
* "They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said." (November 13, 2015)
* "President Obama said 'ISIL continues to shrink' in an interview just hours before the horrible attack in Paris. He is just so bad! CHANGE." (November 14, 2015)
* "Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are - some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?" (November 17, 2015)
* "Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG & BEAUTIFUL WALL!" (November 19, 2015)

====2016 quotes====
* "Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!" (January 3, 2016)
* "I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!" (February 20, 2016)
* "The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!" (March 12, 2016)
* "Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES, are never blamed by media? SAD!" (March 20, 2016)
* "Do you all remember how beautiful and safe a place Brussels was. Not anymore, it is from a different world! U.S. must be vigilant and smart!" (March 22, 2016)
* "For the 1st time in American history, America’s 16,500 border patrol agents have issue[d] a presidential primary endorsement—me! Thank you." (April 1, 2016)

====Other quotes====
* "[T]he country is going to hell."<ref>Cassidy, Chris (March 19, 2015). [http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/03/country_is_going_to_hell_claims_donald_trump "'Country is going to hell,' claims Donald Trump"]. BostonHerald.com website.</ref>
* "We have no leader in this country.”<ref>Reisner, Hiram (April 22, 2011). [https://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/donaldtrump-karlrove-gop-birther/2011/04/22/id/393742 "Trump: I'd just take Libyan oil"]. NewsMax website.</ref>
* "Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people."<ref>Pierce, Tony (April 29, 2011). [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/04/donald-trump-in-vegas-our-leaders-are-stupid-they-are-stupid-people.html "Donald Trump in Vegas: 'Our leaders are stupid; they are stupid people'"]. Los Angeles Times website/Top of the Ticket blog.</ref>
* "I can tell you I am [the 2012 Obama campaign's] worst nightmare."<ref>Mooney, Alexander (April 11, 2011). [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/trump-says-he-is-obama-campaigns-worst-nightmare/comment-page-6/ "Trump says he is Obama campaign's worst nightmare"]. Cable News Network website/politicalticker blog.</ref>
* "Obama has no solutions."<ref>Coz, Steve (August 19, 2012). [https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-gibbs-fox-obama/2012/08/19/id/449050/ "Trump fires back at Obama campaign smear"]. Newsmax website/Newsfront.</ref>

===The Clinton campaign===
:''See also'' [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign]] and [[Clinton donors in the Panama Papers]]
[[File:Hillary on the campaign trail.jpg|right|400px|thumb]]
Unlike Trump, [[Hillary Clinton]] carried the baggage of 40 years of personal and political scandal, and recent international foreign policy disasters as Secretary of State. The Democrats and liberal media attempted to compensate by waging an aggressive war of slander and personal attacks on Donald Trump and supporters, labeling every utterance as "racist". In the end the stategy failed, with Trump rallying more African-American votes to his side than any GOP candidate since [[Eisenhower]]. Neither did Hispanic voters respond to the Clinton's hate campaign with the final tally falling in its traditional 60%-40% break.
====Wikileaks====
:''Main articles:'' '''[[Murder of Seth Rich]]''' ''and'' '''[[Clinton body count]]'''
Clinton talking points emphasized the idea that US intelligence, the same people who brought you the [[WMD]] debacle, claim Russia and Putin were responsible for the hack of [[DNC]] servers which resulted in the firing of Democratic National Committee Chair [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]]. This presumably would exonerate anyone connected with the DNC or Clinton campaign from complity in the Murder of Seth Rich.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails provided by [[Wikileaks]] showed clear [[collusion]] between Clinton, [[mainstream media]] outlets, and the DNC to smear [[Bernie Sanders]]. Thousands of hopeful millennials felt betrayed by the Democrat Party. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was forced out on the eve of the convention, less than 24 hours after dozens of emails were published by Wikileaks showing her and her staff rigging the primary elections for Hillary Clinton.

Wikileaks founder [[Julian Assange]] has offered $20,000 cash reward for the arrest and conviction of Seth Rich's killer or killers, the alleged [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] who provided the DNC emails to Wikileaks and was murdered execution style in early July 2016. Hillary says of Assange in an email, "Can't we just drone this guy?"<ref>http://truepundit.com/under-intense-pressure-to-silence-wikileaks-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-proposed-drone-strike-on-julian-assange/</ref> To silence Assange, Wikileaks internet access was cut by the government of Ecuador after the release of Hillary's private paid speech to [[Goldman Sachs]]. Wikileaks Director, Prof. Gavin Macfayden, was found dead the following week. Macfayden's death was the third of a close associate of Assange in 6 months.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/790004642038050816/photo/1</ref>

The mysterious death of Shawn Lucas, an attorney and process server for a [[class action]] [[lawsuit]] on behalf of [[Bernie Sanders]] supporters which alleged fraud and collusion between the DNC and the Clinton campaign remained unsolved.
<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20160824031134/http://www.usapoliticstoday.com/just-found-dead-major-attorney-dnc-fraud-lawsuit</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/D3FMgZruOXE</ref> Lucas's death has delayed judicial proceedings until after the November 2016 elections.<ref>http://wallstreetonparade.com/2016/08/shawn-lucas-cause-of-death-still-unknown-as-clintons-campaign-lawyer-tries-to-move-dnc-lawsuit-into-the-weeds/</ref> Illegal payments from the DNC to agitators and activists for [[dirty tricks]] and other illegal election campaign activity on behalf of Hillary C!inton has also been uncovered.<ref>
https://youtu.be/5IuJGHuIkzY</ref>

====the insurance policy====
Using a series of intermediaries, the DNC and [[Hillary for America]] (Clinton campaign) paid a private firm to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump and his ties with Russia. [[FusionGPS]] (fusion) is the trade name of a Washington, D.C.-based company that conducts research primarily on behalf of corporate clients. [[Marc Elias]], chair of [[Perkins Coie]]'s election law practice who represented the DNC and the Clinton campaign, hired Fusion in Spring 2016 and paid Fusion $1 million to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump. Fusion subsequently hired former British Secret Intelligence Service officer [[Christopher Steele]] for $160,000 to obtain information on candidate Trump via a Russia-based primary subsource and numerous sub-sub-sources network who were purported to be current and former [[Russia]]n government officials. The information Steele collected was reported back through a series of memos to Fusion and Perkins Coie. Steele produced sixteen memos, which comprise what has become known as the ''[[Steele dossier]]''.<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2028, pp. 111-112.</ref>

By the end of September 2016 - in addition to Fusion and Perkins Coie - Steele provided the information in the ''Steele dossier'' to the [[DOJ]], [[Department of State]],<ref>"Former State Department official [redacted] has stated publicly that, over a period of approximately two years, he provided over "100 of Steele's reports with the Russia experts at the State Department," including Assistant Secretary of State [[Victoria Nuland]]. In Septemberer 2016, [[Jonathan Winer]] was personally briefed by Steele on the dossier, and shared a two-page summary with Nuland, who ensured that Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] was made aware of Steele's information. Additionally, [redacted] received from Clinton associate [redacted] information collected by an individual named [redacted] [[Cody Shearer|Shearer]] which, "alleged the Russians had compromising information on Trump of a sexual and financial nature." Winer shared [redacted]r information with Steele, who provided it to the FBI. [redacted], "Devin Nunes is investigating me. Here's the truth.," ''Washington Post'', Feb. 8, 2018; Susan B. Glaser, "Victoria Nuland: The Full Transcript." ''POLITICO'', Feb. 5, 2018; Appendix G. The Committee believes that additional State Department officials were aware of Steele's efforts in 2016." Footnote 4, p. 113, HPSCI ''Russian Active Measures in the 2016 Election'', March 22, 2018.</ref> numerous press outlets, and the FBI.

Marc Elias of Perkins Coie recalled personally being briefed by Christopher Steele on his findings during a late September or early October meeting and formed the impression that "the Fusion folks thought it was important that Mr. Steele hear from me directly that I was aware of his work and was appreciative."<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2018, p. 90.</ref>

The Obama DOJ's illegal FISA warrant on [[Carter Page]] was built on an echo chamber of Hillary Clinton's opposition research among [[journalist]]s, [[law enforcement]] and the [[intelligence community]] - all reinforcing each other with the manufactured allegations of the ''Steele dossier''. [[Michael Isikoff]]’s September 23, 2016 ''Yahoo News'' article, provided by Christopher Steele, was used to corroborate the Obama DOJ's evidence to the FISA court, which likewise was provided by Christopher Steele.

=====FBI paid off=====
[[Virginia]] Gov. [[Terry McAuliffe]] was co-chairman of President [[Bill Clinton]]'s 1996 re-election campaign. In that capacity he was a very successful fundraiser. Consequently, when the Clintons left the [[White House]] in 2001, he was rewarded with the chairmanship of the Democrat Party. In 2008 he was chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. In May 2016 McAuliffe came under FBI investigation for illegal campaign donations from a [[Chinese]] businessman.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/terry-mcauliffe-fbi-doj-federal-investigation-campaign-contributions/</ref> McAuliffe invited the same man to Hillary Clinton's Washington DC home to meet Hillary.<ref>http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/</ref><ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1294661.html</ref>
Throughout the email probe when things looked darkest even to loyal Democrats and partisan surrogates, Hillary woukd smuggly reiterated, " I am confident they'll find nothing." The reason became apparent readily enough.

McAuliffe’s political-action committee, Common Good VA, donated $467,500 to the 2015 state [[Senate]] campaign of Dr. Jill McCabe, who is married to Andrew McCabe, who later became deputy director of the FBI. The Virginia Democrat Party, over which McAuliffe exerts considerable control, donated an additional $207,788 worth of support to Dr. McCabe’s campaign in the form of mailers, according to the records. That adds up to slightly more than $675,000 to her candidacy from entities either directly under Mr. McAuliffe’s control or strongly influenced by him. The figure represents more than a third of all the campaign funds Dr. McCabe raised in the effort. Responding to a ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' exposé on the Clinton pay-to-play scandals, [[FBI]] issued a press release:
{{Quotebox|Months after the completion of her campaign, then-Associate Deputy Director McCabe was promoted to Deputy, where, in that position, he assumed for the first time, an oversight role in the investigation into Secretary Clinton’s emails.}}
At the time the Clinton email probe was launched in July 2015, McCabe was running the FBI’s [[Washington, D.C.]], field office, which provided personnel and resources to the Clinton email probe. At the end of July 2015, McCabe was promoted to FBI headquarters and assumed the No. 3 position at the agency. In February 2016, he became FBI Director [[James Comey]]’s second-in-command. As deputy director, McCabe was part of the executive leadership team overseeing the Clinton email investigation. McCabe was instrumental in supervising Hillary's investigation the subsequently clearing her.<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-24/prominent-democrat-connected-clintons-donated-675000-campaign-deputy-fbi-directors-w</ref> Some investigators wanted to combine the McAullife investigation with the investigation into bribery and influence peddling through the Clinton Foundation. Investigators reported McCabe issued a 'stand down' order.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/10/30/fbi-investigation-bribery-clinton-foundation-spans-nation-multiple-field-offices-says-wsj/</ref>

=====FusionGPS=====
[[FusionGPS]] was retained by a law firm to assist with representation of a Russian defendant in a civil forfeiture case arising out of alleged money laundering activities uncovered by the late Sergei Magnitsky (whose name was subsequently given to the U.S. human rights law, the [[Magnitsky Act]]). [[Glenn Simpson]] acknowledged that the [[Kremlin]]'s interests in the case were aligned with his client and against the [[U.S. Government]]. Russian lawyer [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] hired the law firm for which Simpson was working, and that firm retained the services of Russian-American lobbyist [[Rinat Akhmetshin]], both of whom attended a meeting at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016.

====email scandal====
:''Main article:'' [[Hillary Clinton email scandal]]
The Office of Secretary of State is on the 7th floor of the State Department building. Security protocols do not allow any outside, non-State Department electronic transmission or listening devices on the 7th floor. Hillary Clinton insisted upon using her own personal Blackberry and refused to use State Department issued equipment and a State Department email account. For four years, when at work in her State Department Office suite, the Secretary of State was incommunicado with anyone she wanted to communicate with, or who needed to communicate with her, whether professional, diplomatic, or personal.

Fortunately for her the job of Secretary of State requires a lot of travelling. The Secretary usually is in the office only once a month when he/she returns to [[Washington D.C.]] for a monthly Congressional Oversight hearing. While on the road Hillary used exclusively her personal Blackberry tied to an email account server in her Chappaqua, New York home.

Because of her insistence on using personal equipment, emails from her via the Chappaqua server were put on the State Department's spam block list. Huma Abedin pleaded with her to get an official state.gov email account. Hillary responded saying, "Let’s get separate address or device but I don’t want any risk of the personal being accessible."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3657225/Clinton-failed-hand-key-email-State-Department.html New Clinton email cover-up: Hillary did not include crucial message to right hand aide which demanded her account stay secret in hand-over of 'all' her work-related emails], By Associated Press, 23 June 2016. dailymail.co.uk</ref>

It has been established Hillary knew both her Blackberry and Chappaqua server were vulnerable to hackers. After a bureaucratic fight, the State Department accommodated her by disabling some of their security features to allow access from the Chappaqua server.

Criminal investigations of Hillary Clinton fundamentally surround three issues:
*Handling of classified information and government records;
*conflicts of interest with donors and the Clinton Foundation;
*efforts to circumvent the [[Watergate]] reform era [[Freedom of Information Act]] and openness in government.

The issue of ''intent'' was reviewed by the inspector general’s offices in the State Department and the U.S. Intelligence Community which referred the case to the FBI for criminal investigation after it was determined the Chappaqua server contained classified information. The Chappaqua server was hacked and sensitive classified information compromised.<ref>[http://observer.com/2016/06/how-emailgate-weakened-americas-national-security/ How EmailGate Weakened America’s National Security], By John R. Schindler, ''The Observer'', 06/01/16</ref>

When Hillary moved her server to Platte River Networks, it was a further violation of law.

Bill Clinton met privately with Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]]. Days later FBI Director James Comey closed the investigation. Later it was revealed President Obama communicated with Hillary on the server using a pseudonym, which seemingly implies he was aware of the abuse. As in the Jeffrey Epstein child sex scandal, the FBI whitewashed the investigation.

=====Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner=====

Hillary's longtime personal aide, Huma Abedin, was married to New York Congressman [[Anthony Weiner]] in a ceremony presided over by former President Bill Clinton. Weiner resigned from Congress in a sexting scandal. In mid 2016, Weiner was involved in yet another sexting scandal involving a 15-year-old girl and came under FBI investigation. His laptop, iPad and cell phone were seized. More than [[Weinergate|600,000 State Department emails]] related to the investigation of Hillary's [[theft]] of government property were discovered on his laptop.

=====Hillary's health=====
Hillary sent an email to Cheryl Mills on August 19, 2011 featuring the text of an article entitled ''Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?''

The article was about how people in positions of power and influence can suffer from “decision fatigue” that causes them to be “low on mental energy” and prompts the sufferer to “become reckless” and “act impulsively”.

The article also explains how “decision fatigue” could explain why “ordinarily sensible people get angry at colleagues.” Hillary added, “Wow that is spooky descriptive."

Huma Abedin sent an email on January 4, 2013 about Hillary's "life threatening" Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST). CVST is the presence of acute thrombosis (a blood clot) in the dural venous sinuses, which drain blood from the brain. Symptoms may include headaches, seizures, abnormal vision and any of the symptoms of stroke, such as weakness of the face and limbs on one side of the body.

From WebMD:
{{Quotebox|Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a very rare, life-threatening condition that can affect adults and children.
In cavernous sinus thrombosis, a blood clot blocks a vein that runs through a hollow space underneath the brain and behind the eye sockets. These veins carry blood from the face and head back to the heart.
The cause of cavernous sinus thrombosis is usually an infection. But other factors may play a role.
Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a serious condition. It causes death in up to 30% of cases.}}

====The Clintons' racist record====
:''See also [[Bill and Hillary Clinton and racism]] and [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign]]''
Hillary Clinton is known for her cynical manipulation of Black voters and pandering to "white working class, hard-working white" nativist sentiment.<ref>https://youtu.be/vjoMcqMTMfw</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/ijhL3-5sr18</ref> Reminiscent of her famous "bring them to heel" speech, while discussing police shootings Hillary said, "We have got to rein in what is absolutely inexplicable" without bothering to explain what is inexplicable.

Hillary's racism runs deep. The night Bill Clinton lost his bid for a Congressional seat in 1974 and disappointing their immediate personal ambitions, Hillary blamed the loss on campaign manager Paul Fray. "She called me everything but a white man," Fray explained to the [[BBC]].<ref>https://youtu.be/_VonG4TyTWw</ref> Tensions escalated. Then she called him a "F***ing [[Jew]] bastard." The Clintons of course deny it but five separate surviving witnesses corroborate each other in detail.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2016/07/05/three-eyewitnesses-allege-hillary-called-aide-a-fking-jew-bastard/</ref><ref name="Did Hillary commit a hate crime">[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200007/ai_n8910772 Did Hillary commit a hate crime?], Human Events, July 28, 2000.</ref> The incident was first reported in a book published by Harper Collins in 2000 entitled, ''State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton''.<ref name="Did Hillary commit a hate crime"/><ref>http://www.amazon.com/State-Union-Complex-Marriage-Hillary/dp/0060193921</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/US_election_race/Story/0,,344475,00.html Hillary faces voters' wrath for alleged ethnic slur], Michael Ellison, London Guardian, July 18, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.sobran.com/columns/1999-2001/000718.shtml Hillary’s Manners], Joseph Sobran, July 18, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15015 I agree with Clinton!], Joseph Farah, WorldNetDaily, July 20, 2000.</ref>

The Clintons called [[Jesse Jackson]] that "Goddamn n****r" behind his back.<ref>http://polidics.com/news/hillary-clintons-jew-bastard.html</ref><ref>http://rapmusic.com/threads/hillary-clinton-hates-blacks-and-jews-caught-by-the-secret-service-and-endorsers.1074368/</ref><ref name="emptysuit.wordpress.com">https://emptysuit.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/the-clintons-jews-and-niggers-warning-graphic-language/</ref><ref>http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/racial-slurs-are-unsettling-if-used-by-celebrity-chefs-or-top-democrats/</ref> Jackson refused to release his delegates in 1984 to [[Gary Hart]], Clinton's old boss from the [[McGovern]] campaign of 1972. Jackson, the first African-American to win states in a major party primary, questioned the disparity between his vote total and delegate count, but even Hart sided with the DNC's rigging the primary rules.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/20/us/disparity-between-jackson-s-vote-and-delegate-count-vexes-party.html?pagewanted=all DISPARITY BETWEEN JACKSON'S VOTE AND DELEGATE COUNT VEXES PARTY], By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM, ''New York Times'', May 20, 1984.</ref> In 1988 Jackson selected Ron Brown as his chief negotiator at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.<ref>https://socialistworker.org/2016/07/25/how-democrats-got-over-the-rainbow</ref> Brown went on to serve as DNC Chairman and Commerce Secretary until he died in a plane crash.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Ron-Browns-Body-Presidency-Hillarys/dp/0785262377</ref>

The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) was a racist organization formed by remnants of the McGovern and Hart campaigns - less the Rainbow Coalition.<ref>http://www.blackcommentator.com/46/46_cover.html</ref><ref>https://ofamerica.wordpress.com/tag/democratic-leadership-council/</ref> By 1992 it had taken over the DNC. Democrat strategists sought to distance themselves from the civil rights movement and begin pushing the "centrist" candidacy of Bill Clinton.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/the_clintons_sordid_race_game_no_one_will_say_it_but_the_clintons_rise_was_premised_on_repudiating_black_voters/ The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters], Corey Robin, ''Salon'', Jan 31, 2016</ref>

That fact that 30 year old allegations of sexual assault and improprieties are hurled at [[Bill Cosby]] with a devastating effect on his life and career while Bill Clinton is held up as a paragon of manhood and public service by the liberal media and judicial system is a testament of the bigotry and racism of the liberal media and their supporters. Rumors persist that the Clintons have effectively blackmailed Barack Obama to drop the email investigation and for his active support in the 2016 presidential campaign.<ref>http://wallstreetonparade.com/2016/07/media-gets-facts-wrong-on-loretta-lynchbill-clinton-tarmac-meeting/</ref>

=====Black lives don't matter=====
On the eve of the [[New Hampshire]] primary in 1992, Bill Clinton took off from the campaign trail to sign the death warrant and oversee the execution of a retarded black man, Ricky Ray Rector. Recktor, who had been lobotomized, was mentally incompetent and unable to understand the charges against him.
<ref>[https://skepticalbrotha.wordpress.com/tag/christopher-hitchens/ Christopher Hitchens], Skeptical Brotha. Retrieved 23 June 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/elections/bill-clinton-hopped-up-on-whack-ricky-ray-rector-part-2.html Bill Clinton "Hopped Up On Whack" -- Ricky Ray Rector Part 2], Colin Benjamin, Black Star News, April 13, 2016</ref> "It was like executing a child," the prison chaplain said. Hillary, the master strategist of the Clinton's rise, fearing the Willie Horton syndrome which torpedoed [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988 and the 'monkey business' which destroyed [[Gary Hart]] as well, still defended the execution in 2016.<ref>[https://theintercept.com/2016/03/17/hillary-clintons-indefensible-stance-on-the-death-penalty/ Hillary Clinton’s Indefensible Stance on the Death Penalty], Liliana Segura, ''The Intercept'', Mar. 17 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/the_clintons_sordid_race_game_no_one_will_say_it_but_the_clintons_rise_was_premised_on_repudiating_black_voters/ Jan 31, 2016 04:00 AM MDT The Clintons’ sordid race game: No one will say it, but the Clintons’ rise was premised on repudiating black voters], Corey Robin, ''Salon'', Jan. 31, 2016</ref>

Hillary was at his side when Bill Clinton raised mandatory sentencing guidelines which disproportionately sent Blacks to prison, giving the United States the highest mass incarceration rate in the world.<ref>[https://newrepublic.com/article/129433/clintons-war-drugs-black-lives-didnt-matter The Clintons’ War on Drugs: When Black Lives Didn’t Matter], By Donna Murch, ''The New Republic'', February 9, 2016</ref> The Clinton's championed the "three strikes you're out" law, passed a crime bill that created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some three-time offenders, and authorized more than $16 billion for more state prisons. By the time the Clintons left office in 2001, the United States had the highest rate of incarceration in the world. [[Human Rights Watch]] reported that in seven states, African Americans constituted 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders even though they were no more likely than whites to use or sell illegal drugs. Prison admissions for drug offenses reached a level in 2000 for African Americans more than 26 times the level they had been under [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/ Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote], Michelle Alexander, ''The Nation'', February 10, 2016</ref>

In late 2015, while several American cities smoldered in riots over police shootings, Hillary Clinton had several prison industry lobbyists working as fundraisers on her campaign. The fundraiser-lobbyists worked for the Corrections Corporation of America and Geo Group, which also run most of the [[immigrant]] detention centers.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/while-missouri-students-battle-racism-prison-lobbyists-funded-hillary-clintons-campaign_b_8553370.html While Missouri Students Battle Racism, Prison Lobbyists Funded Hillary Clinton’s Campaign], H.A. Goodman, ''Huffington Post'', Nov 13, 2015</ref>

=====Racial profiling of Hispanics=====
The Clintons instituted [[racial profiling]] of [[Latino]]s as drug dealers in 1988. Specifically, the troopers were authorized to stop and search cars driven by Hispanics, especially those with Texas license plates. Again, the Clintons' Criminal Apprehension Program was challenged in federal court and ruled unconstitutional. But the program went on anyway with further destruction of civil liberties when the Clintons authorized state troopers to stop and search any car regardless of race.<ref>https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-56765970.html</ref>

Roberto Garcia de Posada, executive director of the Hispanic Business Roundtable, cited the fact that Clinton was "a strong supporter of racial profiling against Hispanics," and that they do not have "the moral authority to lead a national campaign on this issue." The Clintons need to "apologize to all those Hispanics who suffered this 'morally indefensible' practice".

=====Naked racism=====
A Black Lives Matter activist confronted Hillary Clinton in 2016 about the Clintons' history of [[racism]].<ref>[http://fair.org/home/why-did-it-take-an-activist-to-bring-superpredators-into-the-campaign/ Why Did It Take an Activist to Bring ‘Superpredators’ Into the Campaign?], By Jim Naureckas, FAIR, 27 Feb 2016</ref> In January 2016 ''[[Salon]]'' published an article on the dirty little secret among the liberal intelligentsia no one wants to talk about: The Clintons' rise and success has been based on stoking racial fears. Stan Greenberg conducted the focus groups that dictated the Clinton's daily buzzwords and talking points to provide the fodder and fuel the Clinton's lived and died on. Greenberg's work produced results claiming the Democrat Party was too identified with [[Jesse Jackson]] and minorities to speak for 'average Americans' and it needed to appeal to white working class swing voters.<ref>[http://prospect.org/article/crisis-working-majority-0 From Crisis to Working Majority], Stan Greenberg, ''The American Prospect'' 2, no. 7 (September 1991). Republished 24 May 2005</ref>

Perhaps nothing reveals the cold, cruel, calculated and hateful divisiveness in the heart of the woman than her comment to Sam Donaldson on ABC's ''Prime Time Live'' that Gennifer Flowers was the daughter of Willie Horton. Intended as a throwaway line, with all the facts in now - that it was a lie and she knew it was a lie - we see the cynical manipulation of people, particularly those in the civil rights and women's movements, and her incipient predations.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1j6Xy5FnBzkC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=gennifer+flowers+is+the+daughter+of+willie+horton&source=bl&ots=LIylbGcmHA&sig=35GnRjdcZx32qV_stExpcJV0PFw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPgdST5s3NAhUIKGMKHfDfCOgQ6AEIODAE#v=onepage&q=gennifer%20flowers%20is%20the%20daughter%20of%20willie%20horton&f=false The Rhetoric of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton: Crisis Management Discourse], Colleen E. Kelley, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, pp. 268-269</ref>

In 1992 for the first time in nearly half a century the party platform made no mention of redressing racial injustice. Through triangulation and a policy of "get tough on crime", the Clintons sought to repudiate and distance themselves from the Democrat Party's commitment to the struggles of [[African-American]]s. The Clintons formulated a crime bill purportedly to 'put 100,000 new cops on the street'. Hillary became one of the chief spokespersons referring to black teens as dogs.
{{Cquote|They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are often the kinds of kids that are called ‘super-predators.’ No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way but first we have to bring them to heel.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-slams-clintons-racist-1996-super-predators-comment/ Bernie Sanders slams Clinton's "racist" 1996 super predators comment], By Reena Flores, CBS News, April 14, 2016</ref><ref>[http://fair.org/extra/superscapegoating/ Superscapegoating], Teen 'superpredators' hype set stage for draconian legislation, By Robin Templeton, FAIR, 1 Jan 1998</ref>}}
In the 2008 presidential primaries, the Clintons were back at it: fostering racial fear and paranoia,<ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008</ref> which by now seemed to be the regular program of the Democratic Leadership Council.<ref>[http://www.blackcommentator.com/46/46_cover.html Muzzling The African-American Agenda With Black Help], Bruce A. Dixon, ''The Black Commentator''. www.blackcommentator.com</ref> They tried to marginalize Obama as the black candidate with comparisons to Jesse Jackson<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/26/bill-clinton-obama-is-jus_n_83406.html Bill Clinton: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson], ''Huffington Post'', 03/28/2008</ref> emphasizing Hillary's 'wide appeal': "Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again", Hillary told ''USA Today''.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-07-clintoninterview_N.htm Clinton makes case for wide appeal], By Kathy Kiely and Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY, 5/8/2008</ref> She mocked and ridiculed Obama's fitness to lead on his no first strike nuclear pledge saying, "I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of nuclear weapons," whereas two months earlier she promised to nuke Iran. She stayed in the race even after it became apparent she lost, according to her, only because Obama might be assassinated.

As heir to the [[New Deal]] tradition and key to the New England donor base, Senator [[Ted Kennedy]]'s blessing on the candidate for the 2008 Democrat presidential nomination was vital. The Clintons also were seeking bona fides among liberals and the [[civil rights]] movement. Clinton said of Obama, "that boy would have been carrying our bags and getting us coffee a few years ago".<ref>[http://urbanintellectuals.com/2015/07/17/did-you-know-bill-clinton-made-racist-comments-about-barack-obama-when-he-first-ran-for-president/ Did You Know Bill Clinton Made Racist Comments About Barack Obama When He First Ran For President], F. Taylor, Urban Intellectuals, July 17, 2015.</ref> Kennedy was offended by Clinton's racism and refused to give Hillary the endorsement.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/28/hillaryclinton.usa Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008.</ref>

=====Haitian abductions=====
In 2010, Bill Clinton, through the Clinton Foundation, worked for the release of 10 adults who had been arrested transporting 33 [[Haiti]]an children abducted from their families across the border to the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref>https://youtu.be/vzVAcn1YkcY</ref>

=====African sex slaves=====
Again, this advocate of women and children's rights was asked repeatedly in 2011 to designate [[Boko Haram]] as a terrorist organization after the group bombed the [[United Nations]] headquarters in Abuja. Secretary Clinton's State Department refused, despite requests coming from the U.S. Justice Department, the FBI, the [[CIA]], and numerous Senators and Congressmen.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-dropped-ball-boko-haram-020300046--politics.html?ref=gs Hillary Dropped the Ball on Boko Haram], Josh Rogin, [The Daily Beast], May 7, 2014. www.yahoo.com</ref> In May 2012, Justice Department official Lisa Monaco wrote to the State Department to urge Clinton to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. The following month, Gen. Carter Ham, the chief of U.S. Africa Command, said that Boko Haram provided a "safe haven" for al Qaeda in the Maghreb (al Qaeda in North Africa) and was likely sharing explosives and funds with the group.<ref>Morrissey, Ed (May 8, 2014). [https://hotair.com/archives/2014/05/08/did-hillary-refuse-to-designate-boko-haram-as-a-terrorist-organization/ Did Hillary refuse to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization?] Hot Air website.</ref>

The American counterterrorism agencies were asking for the legal authority to begin countering Boko Haram. Boko Haram is now an Islamic State province but at the time it held allegiance to al Qaeda. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at the behest of French and British [[corporate]] interests was in negotiation with several al Qaeda affiliates - [[al Qaeda in the Maghreb]], the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]], and Ansar al Shariah - to destabilize Muammar Gaddafi in Libya at the time and didn't want to antagonize or alienate her allies.

In early 2014 Boko Haram kidnapped 276 teenage schoolgirls, most of whom were Black, and announced its intention to sell them as [[marital]] [[sex]] [[slave]]s.<ref>http://www.theledger.com/opinion/20160927/letter-for-hillary-money-matters-more</ref>

====Clinton attacks on women====
=====Slandering assault victims=====
In [[George Stephanopoulos]]'s memoirs of the Clinton 'War Room', a war waged by the Clinton machine and surrogates against fellow citizens with as much vitriol and [[hate]] as against any foreign oppressor...
{{Quotebox|..."We have to destroy her story," Mrs. Clinton said of one of the first women to come forward during her husband's first presidential campaign, Connie Hamzy, in 1991.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/207158/abcs-fairy-tale-hillary-tim-graham</ref>}}
In January 2016, ''Esquire'' magazine reported on a gathering in the fashionable Upper East Side apartment of the chief executive of [[HBO]]. Several conflicted past and present Clinton surrogates discussed how...
{{Quotebox|...the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had had sexual encounters with, or been [[sexual assault|sexually assaulted]] by former [[President Bill Clinton]]. 
The conversation, relayed by several people with knowledge of the discussion who would speak about it only anonymously, captures the deeper debate unfolding among [[liberal]]-leaning women about how to reconcile Mrs. Clinton's leadership on women's issues with her past involvement in her husband's efforts to fend off accusations of sexual misconduct.<ref>[http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a41327/new-york-times-clinton-rumors/ The New York Times Is Obsessed with 2 Things. You Already Know What They Are.], By Charles P. Pierce, ''Esquire'', Jan 20, 2016.</ref>}}
The conundrum these conflicted Clinton surrogates face is how to explain their own past participation in sliming and vilifying women who came forward with accusations against the President of the United States with a history of untoward, and even violent, sexual misconduct to a generation of Millennials unfamiliar with the brazen history of the pair:
{{Quotebox|Even some [[Democrat]]s who participated in the effort to discredit the women acknowledge privately that today, when Mrs. Clinton and other women have pleaded with the authorities on college campuses and in workplaces to take any allegation of sexual assault and sexual harassment seriously, such a campaign to attack the women's [[character]] would be unacceptable.}}
But such a public campaign of abuse and ridicule of the victim ''was'' acceptable under the Clintons, by Clinton media and [[Hollywood]] surrogates. And virtually all historical and inside eyewitness accounts, dating back to Arkansas and the White House years, point to Hillary Clinton as the source who made it a mission.

=====Intimidation and blackmail=====
{{Cquote|When Hillary hired this fleet of detectives to go around examining all of the woman who had been identified with Clinton. Not for the purpose of divorcing Clinton. Not for the purpose of getting him to stop, but for the purpose of developing blackmail material on these women to cow them into silence that had a [[Nixon]]ian quality that I hold against her and I continue to.|20px|20px|[[Dick Morris]]<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/video/2014/10/31/dick-morris-i-left-when-hillary-hired-secret-police-to-go-after-woman-victimized-by-bill/ Dick Morris: I Left When Hillary Hired Secret Police to Go After Woman Victimized by Bill], by [[Breitbart.com]], 31 Oct 2014.</ref>}}
One of the more abhorrent aspects of Hillary Clinton's personality is a well documented pattern by multiple Clinton confidants and advisors of intimidation and blackmail toward female victims of Mr. Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct. Mrs. Clinton is accredited with introducing the [[sexist]] [[pejorative]], 'bimbo', into the American political [[lexicon]] to disparage victims of sexual assault by the rich and powerful.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WiQRBN8igE Hillary Clinton calls Bill Clinton's sexual assault victims "Bimbo Eruptions"] youtube.com</ref> The politicalinsider.com identified the problem,
{{Quotebox|One of the most incredible things about Hillary Clinton running for President is that there is an extraordinary long list of scandals that younger voters have never heard of. Just trying to keep up with the multiple decades of corruption and criminal activity of Bill and Hillary Clinton which happened long before the recent email scandal is overwhelming.<ref>[http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/a-woman-who-was-sexually-assaulted-by-bill-clinton-drops-a-bomb-on-hillary-whoa/ A Woman Who Was Sexually Assaulted by Bill Clinton Drops a BOMB on Hillary], thepoliticalinsider.com</ref>}}
The ''New York Times'' noted before the 2016 [[primary election]] season began that the ''’90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton’s Strength With Women'', and Hillary Clinton certainly was not, by any account, a victim, or a victim of her husband's faithlessness.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/21/us/politics/90s-scandals-threaten-to-erode-hillary-clintons-strength-with-women.html ’90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton’s Strength With Women], By AMY CHOZICK, ''New York Times'', JAN. 20, 2016.</ref>
In the recent book, ''The Clinton's War on Women'', the authors cite a [[Sociology|sociological]] phenomena known as [[elite deviance]] in a society where the elites no longer believe the rules apply to them and their behavior is justified and facilitated by a cadre of [[sycophant]]s, [[apologist]]s, supporters, and surrogates collectively known as the Clinton smear machine.<ref>http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/the-hillary-clinton-smear-machine/</ref><ref>''[http://greatbookcorner.com/data/thepopularbook.site/T/the-clintons-war-on-women-roger-stone--93pfuGF9wiHCc6-8BX16-8ZvB6-8AVI6d.pdf The Clinton's War on Women]'', pp. 16-17 pdf.</ref>

To locate, stalk, harass, and intimidate the women, Betsy Wright was put in charge of the operation. According to [[Carl Bernstein]], "Betsy's operation became known as 'The Defense Department', and Wright was sometimes known as the 'secretary of defense'"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KG8oDvWH3ZYC&pg=PT612&dq=Carl+Bernstein+betsey+wright+defense+department+clinton&hl=en&sa=X&ei=x4RWU4edAcLjsATguYHYAQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Carl%20Bernstein%20betsey%20wright%20defense%20department%20clinton&f=false A Woman in Charge], Carl Bernstein, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jun 5, 2007</ref> For this Jack Palladino, Terry Lenzner, Ivan Duda, Jerry Parks,<ref>http://bonedjello.com/Articles/The%20Murder%20of%20Jerry%20Parks.html</ref> Anthony Pellicano, and others were employed.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2005/07/31278/ The real story behind the Clinton body count], ''[[WorldNetDaily]]'', 07/13/2005. Review of Richard Poe’s, ''Hillary’s Secret War.'' wnd.com</ref><ref>[http://alamo-girl.com/02742.htm PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES], SECTION: SECRET POLICE, Revised 8/10/00. http://alamo-girl.com</ref><ref>[http://www.mega.nu/ampp/foster.html Reports Tie Clinton Sexcapades to Foster's Death]. mega.nu</ref>

To silence the women, all sorts of threats and intimidation were common, such as murdering the family pet on the doorstep or blatant cowardly threats against the lives of their children.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1v5e4lZiS08C&pg=PA214&lpg=PA214&dq=pellicano%2Bhillary&source=bl&ots=2QSRhFU8QY&sig=zFCzv6MqE1JDMGwraPnD1XL3TB8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyuqCkgYDNAhVLz2MKHdJwA9AQ6AEI3AEwIg#v=onepage&q=pellicano%2Bhillary&f=false Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, WND Books, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2007/11/44416/ PI 'admits' Hillary paid him to harass Willey], WND, 11/07/2007.</ref> [[Pornographer]] impresario [[Larry Flynt]] was called to boot a $1,000,000 reward to anybody to come forward with sexual innuendo, whether true or not, to attack Clinton's enemies with.<ref>[http://observer.com/2000/08/its-poker-night-with-larry-flynt-porn-king-discourses-on-sex-gore/ It’s Poker Night With Larry Flynt! Porn King Discourses on Sex, Gore], By Andrew Goldman, ''New York Observer'', 08/28/00</ref>

Hillary's obsession with sexual blackmail is not limited to compromising and silencing disgruntled mistresses or women Bill Clinton assaulted, it became a ready tool against political opponents as well. Hillary Rodham Clinton has an obsession with digging up dirt and negative information on opponents.<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/hillary-clinton-already-knows-the-bad-thing-you-said?utm_term=.ry2yGw3Go#.of4rD4yDJ</ref> As Hillary's emails reveal, she often spent more time studying domestic critics views of her activities than the actual job of secretary of state. A new generation of millennials is becoming familiar with the term, "oppo", which is the first step in blackmailing and silencing media critics or candidates for public office. The Clintons have raised it from [[muckraking]] and [[dirty tricks]]to a high art form.

To political opponents and the women, Clinton surrogates routinely use the material, truth not being a factor, dug up by Hillary's investigators to slime anyone publicly who would not fall into line. A recent lawsuit filed just days after it became evident Trump was considering using the case of Joe Epstein in the election is intended to neutralize criticism.<ref>https://youtu.be/EPlDvVwER7A</ref> And the surrogates relish their jobs. Indeed, many Clinton supporters believe this is the essence of [[politics]] — slander, defamation, and demonization of living human beings — not formulation or discussion of public policy.

In what perhaps may or may not be a [[Freud]]ian slip Hillary Clinton titled her last book, ''Hard Choices''.

=====Other assaults=====
Most cited by name in this section of assault victims are of women who have spoken about the crimes they've suffered, although some have been intimidated into silence after going public. Others remain fearful to come forward.

*In 1972, a twenty-two-year-old woman told Yale University’s campus police that she was sexually assaulted by Bill Clinton, and although no charges were filed, a retired policeman confirmed the incident to ''Capitol Hill Blue''. The woman herself was also tracked down and confirmed it, though she elected to stay anonymous.

*In 1974 a female student at the University of Arkansas complained that then law school instructor Bill Clinton tried to prevent her from leaving his office during a conference, groping her and forcing his hand inside her blouse. Although she complained to her faculty advisor, who confronted Clinton, the complaint again failed to go anywhere. The student left the school shortly after the incident, and more recently confirmed the incident. Several former students also confirmed the incident in confidential interviews and also said there were other reports of Clinton attempting to force himself on female students.

*Arkansas state troopers assigned to protect Clinton have knowledge of at least seven other complaints from women who said Clinton forced himself on them sexually or attempted to do so.<ref>[http://www.shwiggie.com/articles/clintons.html Living with the Clintons, Bill's Arkansas bodyguards tell the story the press missed], By David Brock, 1993</ref>

*A Little Rock legal secretary named Carolyn Moffet claimed that in 1979, she met the governor at a political fundraiser and shortly afterward received an invitation to meet him in a hotel room. She was escorted there by a state trooper. When she arrived he was sitting on a couch wearing an undershirt and nothing else, and angrily assaulted her. She was able to escape before being raped. Moffet received threatening phone calls. “He said that people who crossed the governor usually regretted it and that if I knew what was good for me I’d forget that it ever happened...I haven’t forgotten it. You don’t forget crude men like that.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2014/12/15/why-hillary-is-not-inevitable-bills-sordid-past/</ref>

*Elizabeth Ward Gracen, a former Miss Arkansas who won the Miss America crown in 1982 told friends she was forced by Clinton to have sex with him shortly after she won her state crown.<ref>http://www.villagevoice.com/news/the-trashing-of-clintons-women-6422690</ref> Clinton media surrogates publicly hype and boast of Clinton's manliness and ''machismo'' for his sexual conquest of Miss America.

*An Arkansas state employee named Paula Corbin filed a sexual harassment case against Clinton after she said the governor exposed himself and demanded sex in a Little Rock hotel room. President Clinton finally settled the case with Paula Corbin in 1998 with an $850,000 cash payment.<ref>
https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/11/18/jones/</ref>

*Sandra Allen James, a former Washington, DC, political fundraiser said Clinton invited her to his hotel room when he was in Washington in 1991, pinned her against the wall and stuck his hand up her dress. She says she screamed loud enough for the Arkansas state trooper stationed outside the hotel suite to bang on the door and ask if everything was alright. Then, she said, Clinton released her and she fled the room. When she reported the incident to her boss, he advised her to keep her mouth shut if she wanted to keep working. ‘’My husband and children deserve better than that..I wasn’t raped, but I was trapped in a hotel room for a brief moment by a boorish man...I got away. He tried calling me several times after that, but I didn’t take his phone calls. Then he stopped. I guess he moved on.” She said she learned other women had similar stories during Clinton’s 1992 presidential run. She has since married and left Washington and retreated from public view.<ref>http://m.digitaljournal.com/article/255828</ref>

*Christy Zercher, a flight attendant on Clinton’s campaign plane in 1992, reported that he exposed himself to her, groped her, and made explicit sexual remarks. A video filmed on board the plane by [[ABC News]] showed an obviously drunken Clinton with his hand on intimate parts of another young flight attendant. Zercher said later in an interview that White House attorney Bruce Lindsey tried to pressure her into not going public about the assault.<ref>http://redalertpolitics.com/2015/12/29/millennials-guide-bill-clintons-20-sex-scandals/</ref>

*Kathleen Willey was a volunteer at the White House when Clinton grabbed her, fondled her, and pressed her hand against himself during an Oval Office meeting in November, 1993. Willey, who told her story in a ''[[60 Minutes]]'' interview, became a target of a White House–directed smear campaign after she went public.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Target-Caught-Crosshairs-Hillary-Clinton/dp/0974670162 Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton], Kathleen Willey, World Ahead Publishing, Nov 6, 2007 ISBN 978-0974670164 ISBN 0974670162</ref> In 1998, just before Willey was to testify in the Paula Jones trial, Willey had a disturbing encounter where she was approached by a jogger near her home. The complete stranger asked her menacing questions about her children, naming them by name. According to Willey, "I'll never forget that look in his eyes . . . He just looked at me and he said, 'You're just not getting the message, are you?'" On ''Hardball'' in 1999, [[MSNBC]] host [[Chris Matthews]] identified the mysterious jogger as [[Cody Shearer]].<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-other-secret-dossier/article/2011477</ref>

*The other encounters were confirmed with more than 30 interviews with retired Arkansas state employees, former state troopers and former Yale and University of Arkansas students. Like others, they refused to go public because of fears of retaliation from the Clinton White House and smear machine.

*Peter Baker in ''The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton'', which the ''Washington Post'' describes as the definitive account of the impeachment saga, reported that in the files of the independent prosecutor lawyers had collected the names of 21 different women. Baker noted
{{Quotebox|“One woman was alleged to have been asked by Clinton to give him oral sex in a car while he was the state attorney general (a claim she denied). A former Arkansas state employee said that during a presentation, then-Governor Clinton walked behind her and rubbed his pelvis up against her repeatedly. A woman identified as a third cousin of Clinton’s supposedly told her drug counselor during treatment in Arkansas that she was abused by Clinton when she was baby-sitting at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock.”<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/The-Breach-Inside-Impeachment-William/dp/1476730075 The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton], Peter Backer, December 4, 2012, p. 138</ref>}}

On November 21, 2014, columnist Joan Vennochi of the ''a [[Boston Globe]]'' wrote, “Rape allegations hurt Bill Cosby but sail past Bill Clinton.”

“Power—who has it, who doesn’t, and how it can for years insulate the holder of it—is the common thread between Cosby, Clinton, and their accusers,” Vennochi wrote. Clinton apologists, surrogates, sycophants, and spin-meisters srgur their public policies are more important than his private failings.

“Meanwhile, the Clinton spin machine did its best to portray his accusers as ‘nuts or sluts,’ ...against women who dare to hold men accountable for their actions,” Vennochi wrote.<ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/11/21/rape-allegations-hurt-bill-cosby-but-sail-past-bill-clinton/YTIsUoXS2uxrW1mW2JSuRM/story.html</ref>

=====Defends a pedophile=====
The next job after the Children's Defense Fund the self-described "defender of children" handled was the case of a 41-year-old man who raped a 12-year-old girl. The rapist was facing 30 years to life in prison, but Hillary plea bargained down to time served - two months in county jail - by attacking the victim who was too young to testify in a court of law to defend herself.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/audio-hillary-clinton-speaks-of-defense-of-child-rapist-in-newly-unearthed-tapes/ AUDIO: Hillary Clinton Speaks of Defense of Child Rapist in Newly Unearthed Tapes], Washington Free Beacon Staff, June 15, 2014. freebeacon.com</ref>

In court documents Hillary wrote to the judge about the young victim as:
{{Cquote|emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing...children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents in disorganized families, such as the complainant’s, are even more prone to exaggerate behavior.<ref>[https://www.intellihub.com/video-hillary-clinton-brags-getting-pedophile-off-hook/ Video: Hillary Clinton brags about getting a pedophile off the hook], By Brandon Turbeville, January 25, 2016. www.intellihub.com</ref>}}
In 2006 the victim, now an adult heard for the first time Hillary Clinton laughing about her victory in the case. The victim spoke out,
{{Cquote|Hillary Clinton took me through hell. ...You took a case of mine in ’75, you lied on me… I realize the truth now, the heart of what you’ve done to me. And you are supposed to be for women? You call that for women, what you done to me? And I hear you on tape laughing. ... she lied like a dog on me. I think she was trying to do whatever she could do to make herself look good...<ref>[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/20/exclusive-hillary-clinton-took-me-through-hell-rape-victim-says.html She Lied: 'Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,' Rape Victim Says], Josh Rogan, ''The Daily Beast'', 06.20.14.</ref> }}

Mrs. Clinton knew the child rapist to be guilty, and joked about it. Clinton mainstream surrogates, apologists, and sycophants [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin%20control spin] the episode to prove how "tough minded", "dedicated", and "fair" she is.

In 2014 Hillary Clinton again lied about the case claiming she asked to be relieved.<ref>[http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2014/jul/17/did-hillary-clinton-ask-be-relieved-rapist/ Politifact: Did Hillary Clinton ask to be 'relieved' from representing an accused rapist in 1970s?], By Steve Contorno, July 17th, 2014. politifact.com</ref>

=====Joe Epstein=====
When the Clintons left the White House in 2001, Bill became a friend and business associate with a character known in the media as "the billionaire pervert". His new friend is involved in a child sex trafficking ring. He is a registered sex offender for sex crimes involving children.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2011/02/28/jeffrey-epstein-sex-offender-yes-billionaire-no/#669f83922136</ref>

Clinton's [[pedophile]] friend and associate, Jeffrey 'Joe' Epstein, is a donor to the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/06/billionaire-sex-offender-epstein-once-claimed-co-founded-clinton-foundation.html</ref> He began making donations shortly after his arrest on child sex charges. Epstein received a relatively light sentence in view of the charges against him. Epstein has settled lawsuits with 33 of his child victims. Other suits are still pending.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2584309/Bill-Clinton-identified-lawsuit-against-former-friend-pedophile-Jeffrey-Epstein-regular-orgies-Caribbean-compound-former-president-visited-multiple-times.html#ixzz3NysnRS27</ref> Epstein is said to have provided minor girls for Prince Andrew. When the Palm Beach Florida police seized Epstein's contact book,<ref>http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/bill-clinton/bill-clinton-and-jeffrey-epstein-9086711</ref> 21 different phone numbers and email addresses for Clinton machine operatives were discovered, including the personal cell number for Bill Clinton, and numbers for Bill's flunky Doug Band and Hillary's flunky Cheryl Mills.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2015/03/27/cheryl-mills-the-woman-who-knew-too-much/</ref>

Epstein owns property in Manhattan, Palm Beach and the Virgin Islands where the child molestation acts are said to have taken place.<ref>http://nypost.com/2011/02/25/billionaire-jeffrey-epstein-im-a-sex-offender-not-a-predator/</ref> Seized flight logs in the investigation reveal Clinton flew on Epstein's private plane 18 times.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/05/18/morning_joe_panel_clintons_connection_to_billionaire_pedophile_jeffrey_epstein_will_blow_up_campaign.html]</ref> It has been established some of these flights were to Epstein's Virgin Islands retreat.<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2015/07/judge-unseals-more-details-in-jeffrey-epstein-underage-sex-lawsuit-210065</ref> A woman who victims name as procurring underage girls is a donor to the Hiilary Clinton Presidential campaign and attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding in 2010.<ref>http://snn.bz/clinton-4ss/</ref>

In 2007 former Whitewater prosecutor [[Ken Starr]], whom critics accuse of whitewashing the Vince Foster investigation,<ref>http://www.prorev.com/knowl2a.htm</ref> defended Epstein from a second conviction of having sex with a 14 year old minor.<ref>http://www.justice-integrity.org/faq/791-ken-starr-explains-his-help-for-billionaire-pervert-jeffrey-epstein</ref> Starr was forced out of his position as president of Baylor University in May 2016 for mishandling another sex scandal.

====Sycophants and surrogates====
The London ''Telegraph'', for example, refers to [redacted] revelations into the Goldwater girl's "high mind".<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1558943/Hillary-Clinton-student-letters-reveal-high-mind.html Hillary Clinton student letters reveal high mind], By Toby Harnden, ''London Telegraph'', 30 Jul 2007.</ref> As the young woman at Wellesley College considered which of a "smorgasbord of personalities" she wanted to be, she asked him, "Can you be a misanthrope and still love or enjoy some individuals?". A misanthrope - a hater of humanity, is opposite of a philanthrope - a lover of humanity. But it also can be understood in a sexual sense; a misogynist is a woman-hater, and a misanthrope is a man-hater.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QesppquBwgsC&pg=PT1408&lpg=PT1408&dq=misogynist+woman-hater,+misanthrope+man-hater&source=bl&ots=F8br3x1wPm&sig=1koMfbtfuulHxZ9MOTFc48vIhNk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif6fT3zOnMAhUJGj4KHXu8C-8Q6AEIfjAT#v=onepage&q=misogynist%20woman-hater%2C%20misanthrope%20man-hater&f=false New American Roget's College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form (Revised & Updated)], By Philip D. Morehead, Penguin Books, 2002.</ref> Whatever its meaning, a college sophomore ought to understand it refers to an antisocial personality.

'''David Maraniss''', while promoting a book based upon personal interviews during the Clinton's first term, broached the subject of the Clintons remaining active in electoral politics beyond Mr. Clinton's presidency. Maraniss speculated one or the other, or both, would run for the Senate.<ref>[http://www.c-span.org/video/?64214-1/book-discussion-first-class Booknotes, C-Span, March 27, 1995.]</ref> Maraniss's book was entitled ''First in His Class'', a euphemistic title offensive to baby boomers. Clinton ''was not'' first in class, his schoolmate [[Vince Foster]] was, who ended up dead before being able to deliver Rose Law Firm and Waterwater records to investigators.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/22/us/white-house-aide-leaves-no-clue-about-suicide.html?pagewanted=all</ref> Clinton was thrown out of his class at Oxford for a reported rape of a 19 year old.

Impeachment made it improbable for Mr. Clinton to run for the Senate, but when Hillary declared her candidacy for the Senate from New York in 2000, it was an open secret their ambitions were for the White House again in 2008. Hillary was declared "inevitable" by media surrogates and supporters. By 2007 when Barack Obama publicly cited published reports the Clintons made a secret pact with each other in the early 1970s to further each other's careers with their eyes set on the White House, Clinton surrogates such as [[Media Matters]] went to work smearing and attacking Barack Obama.<ref>[http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3735821 More Obama Desperation: talks about Hillary and Bill's secret pact of ambition], Sun Nov-18-07 08:22 PM. www.democraticunderground.com</ref>

Hours before the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, radio personality [[Michael Savage]] was abruptly cutoff in midstream on air from his 400 nationwide affiliates when he began discussing Hillary's obvious failing health.<ref>http://breaking911.com/breaking-talk-radio-host-michael-savage-abruptly-removed-radio-claims-sabotage/</ref>

=====Google=====
[[File:Google crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Google results, June 2016.]]
[[Google]] has more or less destroyed its reputation for integrity in generating non-biased search engine results among intellectuals of the tech-savvy millennial generation. On numerous occasions Google has been caught red-handed manipulating autocomplete [[search engine]] results to favor Hillary Clinton.<ref>[http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-10/must-see-video-how-google-manipulates-search-results-favor-hillary-clinton How Google Manipulates Search Results In Favor Of Hillary Clinton], by Tyler Durden, Jun 10, 2016. zerohedge.com</ref> Autocomplete returns the most popular trending search queries.
<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/here-are-10-more-examples-of-google-search-results-favorable-to-hillary/ Here Are 10 More Examples of Google Search Results Favorable to Hillary], Tech giant accused of whitewashing autocomplete results, Brent Scher and Elizabeth Harrington, ''Washington Free Beacon'', June 10, 2016</ref> Only a few examples are outlined in this section.

When a user types in ''Hillary Clinton cri'' to query about the criminal investigation into Mrs. Clinton for example, the Google results do not match at all popular trends on all other major search engines.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFxFRqNmXKg Did Google Manipulate Search for Hillary?], Matt Lieberman, SourceFed, Jun 9, 2016. UPDATE: Friday June 10. youtube.com</ref>

Supporters of [[Bernie Sanders]] complained throughout the 2016 primary season Google had inflated Hillary's delegate count by adding unelected [[Superdelegate]]s who by rule were to remain unpledged until the convention.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/sanders-vs-clinton-delegate-count/ Failing Delegate Math], A popular [[meme]] detailing the actual delegate count between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in May 2016 is mostly accurate. Kim LaCapria, ''Snopes'', May 10, 2016</ref> Some in late primary states considered this a form of voter suppression.<ref>[http://thebernreport.com/superdelegate-system-has-been-used-as-a-form-of-voter-supression/ Superdelegate System Has Been Used as a Form of Voter Suppression], Posted by G.A. Casebeer, ''The Bern Report'', May 23, 2016</ref>
[[File:Bing crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Bing results, June 2016.]]
In an article entitled ''How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election'' in August 2015 ''Politico'' warned Google "can easily shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 percent or more—up to 80 percent in some demographic groups—with virtually no one knowing they are being manipulated... In the United States, half of our presidential elections have been won by margins under 7.6 percent".<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548 How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election], Google has the ability to drive millions of votes to a candidate with no one the wiser, By Robert Epstein, ''Politico'', August 19, 2015</ref>

Billionaire Eric Schmidt, [[CEO]] of Google's parent company Alphabet funded a startup company called The Groundwork to ensure Hillary has the engineering talent needed to win the election.<ref>[http://qz.com/520652/groundwork-eric-schmidt-startup-working-for-hillary-clinton-campaign/ THE GROUNDWORK The stealthy, Eric Schmidt-backed startup that’s working to put Hillary Clinton in the White House], Adam Pasick & Tim Fernholz, ''Quartz'', October 09, 2015. qz.com</ref> Schmidt and Google are both donors to the Clinton Foundation.

When Googling, '''Hillary Clinton's he-''' 
Google yielded,
*Hillary Clinton's headquarters
*Hillary Clinton's health plan
*Hillary Clinton's healthcare plan
[[File:Yahoo crimes.png|thumb|right|225px|Yahoo results, June 2016.]]
Search results on Bing return the suggestions
*Hillary Clinton's health
*Hillary Clinton's health issues
*Hillary Clinton's health and weight

Search results on Yahoo return the suggestions
*Hillary Clinton's health problems
*Hillary Clinton's health
*Hillary Clinton's health issues

There also are allegations Google has been filtering emails from [[Donald Trump]] into Gmail users spam boxes.<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2016/06/23/users-claim-google-is-putting-trump-emails-in-their-spam-box/ Users Claim Google Is Putting Trump Emails In Their Spam Box], Alex Pfeiffer, ''Daily Caller'', 8:19 AM 06/23/2016</ref> Of course, Google and other Clinton surrogates deny any manipulation.

=====CNN=====
During Erin Burnett's broadcast [[CNN]] maliciously slandered Donald Trump with the claim he advocated racial profiling when in fact he has not. A review of the transcript shows that Trump never used the phrase in his comments on terrorism and immigration. CNN ran headlines reporting that the GOP presidential nominee spoke of using "racial profiling" to stop terrorism. Trump spoke of “profiling," as [[Israel]] does. CNN added the word "racial". CNN likewise edited out a key portion of Hillary Clinton's statement days earlier after the terror attacks in New York and New Jersey.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/296753-cnn-falsely-adds-racial-to-trump-vetting-comments</ref>

CNN had gone on air with doctored, altered images of tweets from Donald Trump editing out the wording of Trump's messages critical of Hillary Clinton asking for the release of her medical records.<ref>https://thehill.com/media/293704-cnn-edits-crooked-out-of-trump-tweet-on-hillary</ref><ref>http://nalert.blogspot.com/2016/09/cnn-blurs-out-guests-trump-t-shirt.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FwHtV+%28Newsalert%29</ref>

CNN abruptly cancelled the highly successful ''Dr. Drew'' show when Dr. Drew expressed concern on air about Hillary's health and the care and treatment she's been receiving from Dr. Lisa Bardack for post-concussion syndrome. In 2012, when Hillary got a "cracked head" (her words ''per her email'') a blood clot, or thrombosis, was formed inside her skull.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Health/hillary-clinton-blood-clot-life-threatening-medical-experts/story?id=18101213</ref> Hillary ''was not'' hospitalized, according to CNN's reporting at the time.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/us/us-hillary-clinton-concussion/</ref> Dr. Drew criticized the use of outdated bloodthinners her physician prescribes.<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/hillary-im-probably-on-blood-thinners-for-life/article/794545</ref> Dr. Drew was threatened and harassed after his comments and CNN demanded he retract them. When he refused, he was fired.<ref>http://pagesix.com/2016/09/04/dr-drew-loses-show-after-discussing-hillarys-health/?_ga=1.33153086.1667858589.1472997909</ref>

CNN became increasingly deranged in its frothing hatred, alleging ''Pepe the Frog'' to be a symbol of white nationalism. CNN's relationship with the Clinton campaign machine reversed itself: rather than the campaign machine write talking points for the news network, the news network now was writing talking points for the campaign. Having sown the seeds of hate and violence, CNN blamed the victims of terrorism for CNN's own blithering hate when the Republican headquarters in North Carolina was firebombed.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2016/10/16/cnns-stelter-blames-firebombing-nc-republican-office-trumps?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJWa00ySmlOR00wTnpjeSIsInQiOiJWRHU2MzNZSVhxTktPTkRoZ01JOWlwRWhTY2grVmV3cWpMV1J4TnVDelE1bFYzaDV0SE82NkZcL2tvZVIxSlVVQ3RqVTFENFZEdTRrVWkrd25EZlNPR05xck1YOUs5bkJDdU5pRWcwTnJURFU9In0%3D]</ref>

CNN forced journalist Amber Lyon to kill stories.<ref>https://youtu.be/BO-TyETzNO8</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/NzyyIb5_jXA</ref> Lyon had prepared a [[documentary]] about [[Bahrain]]'s bloody uprising during Hillary's ill-advised "[[Arab Spring]]" the network [[quash]]ed at the behest of Hillary's State Department.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/04/cnn-international-documentary-bahrain-arab-spring-repression</ref>

=====Dana Milbank=====
In June 2016 after Donald Trump had secured the Republican nomination, ''Washington Post'' columnist Dana Milbank proposed a "media blackout" after alleging that eight top news outlets gave Trump the equivalent of $55 million of free advertising, about two-thirds of it being positive. Taken as a whole, Milbank reported, coverage was worth $2 billion and amounted to a "huge in-kind contribution to Trump." Milbank adopted a conspiratorial tone, proposing "[n]o more live, wall-to-wall coverage of Trump’s rallies and events."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-right-response-to-donald-trump-a-media-blackout/2016/06/14/2868a0e0-3256-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html?utm_term=.ad617f85321f</ref>

Milbank supported Hillary's use of the term, "deplorables", to describe American citizens and voters.<ref>http://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/dana-milbank-clinton-must-cast-aside-caution/article_332fbebf-4ca6-5679-958e-94b24789e6b1.html</ref>

Dana Milbank is a member of the Skull and Bones Society.<ref>http://www.nndb.com/people/871/000044739/</ref> Paranoid extreme [[leftist]]s consider Yale's Skull and Bones Society as an entry point for elitists into the [[New World Order]] and the [[Illuminati]].<ref>http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3888011</ref> New World Order conspiracy kooks are known for their racist and [[anti-Semitic]] sentiments.

=====Reuters and CBS=====
The live feed of a Trump rally at an [[African-American]] [[church]] in [[Detroit]] was blacked out in the midst of Trump receiving the blessing and presentation of a [[Jewish]] prayer shawl from the senior black pastor.<ref>https://youtu.be/MM7oPN2g1ig</ref> A hot mic captured the camera team ordering a blackout. [[Reuters]] was widely criticized for cutting the news feed. Typically, one news organization sets up a camera at a crowded event where space is limited and all broadcast organizations share the video feed. When the camera was cut, the blackout was universal. Reuters denied they issued the blackout and blamed [[CBS]]. CBS denied to comment but attacked the Trump campaign.

Trump received a standing ovation from members of the black church after his moving speech on the importance of the black faith community in American life.

The issue was so widely reported Vladimir Putin asked Barack Obama about it at the G20 Summit in [[Beijing]] in early September 2016. Putin has been accused by Western reporters of impeding the campaigns of opposition challengers and murder of journalists critical of him. Obama is reported to have given Putin no answer.

====Pay to play====
:''Main article : [[Clinton Foundation conflicts of interest]]''
Clinton's critics claim that the sudden rise in the Clinton's net worth following their departure from the White House in 2001 was as a result of trading access for money.

=====Rosatom-Uranium One deal=====
In 'resetting' relations with [[Russia]], Secretary Clinton gave approval to a deal that allowed a Russian government enterprise to control one-fifth of all [[uranium]] producing capacity in the [[United States]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150509041803/http://nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund Charity watchdog: Clinton Foundation a ‘slush fund’], Isabel Vincent, ''New York Post'', 26 April 2015</ref> Rosatom, the Russian company, acquired Uranium One, a Utah mining company owned by a [[Canadian]] firm and run by Frank Giustra (pron. ''Ju-stra''). Giustra is a member of the Clinton Foundation Board. The transaction required Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's approval. Giustra then donated over $130 million to the Clinton family non-profit foundation.<ref>[https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/board-directors Board of Directors | Clinton Foundation], www.clintonfoundation.org</ref><ref>http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/04/23/more-clinton-foundation-cronyism-the-deal-to-sell-uranium-interests-to-russia-while-hillary-was-secretary-of-state/</ref>

Rosatom is the 21st century [[free market]] inheritor of the [[Soviet]] system's command and control predecessor agency which operated the [[Chernobyl]] reactor. In the era of global corporate competition, Rosatom has taken the Soviet-style model of design, construction, and operation of nuclear power plants on the road for export. Rosatom does not just build power plants for anyone with the cash willing to pay, it can operate the plant with continuing contracts using its own technicians and employees. This includes supplying reactor grade [[plutonium]] and the more problematic and [[environment]]ally hazardous disposal of spent fuel rods. Syrian president [[Bashar al-Assad]] in May 2010 discussed with Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] the possibility of Rosatom building nuclear power plants in [[Syria]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-syria-medvedev-idUSLDE64A14S20100511 UPDATE 1-Russia says eyes atomic energy cooperation with Syria], ''Reuters'', May 11, 2010.</ref> In its report on Rosatom, [[Greenpeace|Greenpeace International]] cites cost-cutting and an historical culture of corruption as causes of concern.<ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/hungary/PageFiles/636986/rosatom_risks.pdf Rosatom Risks: Exposing the troubled history of Russia’s state nuclear corporation], Greenpeace International, October 2014.</ref> Russia has now achieved near [[monopoly]] control globally in uranium enrichment for the worlds nuclear plants.

Rosatom builds more [[nuclear power plant]]s worldwide than anyone else, with projects currently underway in China, [[Vietnam]], [[India]], and [[Turkey]]. Rosatom built [[Iran]]’s [[nuclear reactor]] in Bushehr. With the purchase of Uranium One, Rosatom also bought uranium exploration rights in [[Arizona]], [[Colorado]], and [[Utah]].<ref>[http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/moscows-american-uranium/ Moscow’s American Uranium], By Matt Baker, 18th October 2013 - Politico. www.defenddemocracy.org</ref> Uranium is the only fuel right now that can reliably produce large amounts of [[electricity]] without the release of [[greenhouse gases]] and other [[hydrocarbon]] [[pollution|pollutants]].<ref>[https://www.caseyresearch.com/articles/putins-power-play-how-it-will-change-the-uranium-sector Putin’s Power Play – How It Will Change the Uranium Sector], Casey Research, May 15, 2013</ref> And under Russian law, contaminated waste must be returned to the country of origin.

According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' money began flowing into the Foundation before the transaction was complete.
{{quotebox|Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the [[Obama]] [[White House]] to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well. 

And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the [[Kremlin]] that was promoting Uranium One stock.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=0 Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal], By JO BECKER and MIKE McINTIRE, ''New York Times'', APRIL 23, 2015. nytimes.com</ref> }}

=====Toxicolgical agents for Bahrain=====
Emails reveal after the Kingdom of Bahrain donated $150,000 directly to the Clinton Foundation, plus another $32 million to the Clinton Global Initiative,<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3753487/How-Clinton-Foundation-donors-got-hotline-Huma-including-Bono-begging-link-International-Space-Station-concerts.html</ref> Hillary approved $630 million worth of direct arms sales to Bahrain's military, which included $700,000 for toxicological agents which were then used against the Gulf State's nation's own people, including women protestors demonstrating for women's rights.<ref>https://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_Reports/Bahrain-TearGas-Aug2012-small.pdf</ref>

=====Blackwater=====
Blackwater is a private company that provides support services, including security, to the federal government, particularly in war zones. Five [[Blackwater]] guards were indicted by a U.S. grand jury on [[manslaughter]] and weapons charges stemming from a 2007 incident in [[Baghdad]] in which 17 Iraqis died. There was a huge public outcry not to renew Blackwater's contract. A donation of $10,000 to $25,000 was reported in late 2008; the State Department awarded a contract with a Blackwater subsidiary shortly after Sec. Clinton took office.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/money/top-donors-clinton-foundation-include-saudis-blackwater-article-1.357326 Top donors to Clinton foundation include Saudis, Blackwater], The Associated Press, Thursday, December 18, 2008, nydailynews.com</ref><ref>[http://www.iraqinews.com/baghdad-politics/u-s-extends-iraq-contract-for-blackwater-firm/ U.S. extends Iraq contract for Blackwater firm], Iraqi News, Sep 3, 2009. www.iraqinews.com</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/17/new-deal-for-blackwater-bucks-decision-by-iraq/ EXCLUSIVE: New deal for Blackwater], By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times - Tuesday, March 17, 2009</ref>

=====Others=====
'''Laureate International Universities.''' Between 2010 and 2014 while Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, Bill Clinton made $16.5 million for his role as honorary chancellor of Laureate Education, a for-profit college company which operates in 30 countries.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-31/hillary-and-bill-clinton-paid-43-million-in-federal-taxes Hillary and Bill Clinton Made $139 Million in Eight Years],
Richard Rubin & Jennifer Epstein, ''Bloomberg'', July 31, 2015</ref> The [[State Department]] funneled $55 million in grants during Hillary Clinton’s tenure to groups associated with Laureate’s founder, Douglas Becker. The International Youth Federation, an organization connected to Laureate chairman Douglas Becker, received [[USAID]] funding.<ref>[http://www.iyfnet.org/people/douglas-l-becker Douglas L. Becker, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Laureate Education]. International Youth Foundation. www.iyfnet.org</ref> Becker is a major donor to the Clintons and the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/laureate-a-for-profit-education-firm-finds-international-success-with-a-clintons-help/2014/01/16/13f8adde-7ca6-11e3-9556-4a4bf7bcbd84_story.html Laureate, a for-profit education firm, finds international success (with a Clinton’s help)], By Mina Kimes and Michael Smith. ''Washington Post'', January 18, 2014</ref><ref>[https://jonathanturley.org/2016/06/08/the-clintons-university-problem-laureate-education-lawsuits-present-problem-for-clintons/ The Clinton University Problem: Laureate Education Lawsuits Present Problem For Clintons [Updated] ] Jonathan Turley, June 8, 2016. jonathanturley.org</ref> In her first year as Secretary of State, Hillary is quoted as directly asking that Laureate be included in a high-profile policy dinner — just months before the lucrative contract was given to Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton references in an email “Laureate Universities, started by Doug Becker who Bill likes a lot".<ref>[http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/hillarys-emails-reveal-lucrative-ties-to-for-profit-colleges/ Hillary’s emails reveal lucrative ties to for-profit colleges], Ana Kasparian, ''RawStory'', 12 Mar 2016. www.rawstory.com</ref> “It’s a for-profit model that should be represented,” she wrote in the August 2009 email.<ref>[https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/09/02/clinton-sought-invite-laureate-state-dept-dinner Clinton Sought Invite for Laureate at State Dept. Dinner], Inside Higher Ed, September 2, 2015. insidehighered.com</ref><ref>[https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_JulyWeb/Web_031/DOC_0C05763085/C05763085.pdf UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05763085]</ref>

For-profit colleges have been criticized by [[education]] experts for low graduation rates and do little more than saddle students with insurmountable debt. In the case of Laureate, the scam has been spread to no less than 30 countries.

'''[http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/16/cbs-news-chinese-firm-pledged-2m-to-clinton-foundation-in-2013/ Rilin Enterprises]''', a Chinese firm run by Wang Wenliang, a member of the Chinese parliament with close security and intelligence connections to the Chinese government, has donated $2 million.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-company-pledged-2-million-to-clinton-foundation-in-2013/ Chinese company pledged $2 million to Clinton Foundation in 2013], Julianna Goldman, CBS News, March 16, 2015</ref><ref>''The Clintons' War on Women'', [http://epubbookonline.com/b/3035/roger-stone/the-clintons-war-on-women/33 CHAPTER 23 CONFLICT OF INTEREST], by Roger Stone, Skyhorse Publishing, 2015, pp. 341-342.</ref> After a meeting between Mr. Wenliang and former DNC chairman [[Terry McAuliffe]] in Hillary's [[Washington, D.C.]] home, McAuliffe has come under [[FBI]] investigation as well.<ref>[http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/ Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home], Michael Scherer, ''TIME'' magazine, May 25, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/officials-feds-investigating-virginia-governor/2016/05/23/ef6c2ebe-2126-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html Officials: Federal prosecutors investigating Virginia Gov. McAuliffe], By Matt Zapotosky, (Reuters), May 23, 2016. washingtonpost.com</ref>

'''Raj Fernando''' was appointed a seat on the State Department's International Security Advisory Board with a $250,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation. Fernando has no known association with the U.S. Intelligence Community nor expertise in national security affairs. Fernando also served as a 2016 unelected [[Superdelegate]] for Hillary Clinton to the Democratic Convention.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/06/10/abcs_brian_ross_do_newly_released_clinton_emails_show_quid_pro_quo.html ABC: Newly Released Emails Show Unqualified Clinton Foundation Donor Appointed to Sensitive Intelligence Board], Posted By Tim Hains, June 10, 2016. realclearpolitics.com</ref>

'''Union Bank of Switzerland''' ('''UBS'''), one of the world's largest, was fined $780,000,000 in February 2009 in a U.S. Federal Court on charges it helped thousands of Americans evade [[tax]]es.<ref>[http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20090219/FREE/902199983 ''UBS fined $780 million in [[tax evasion]] scandal,''] Investment News, February 19, 2009.</ref> The [[Department of Justice]] and the [[IRS]] were the lead agencies in the UBS investigation. After Sec. Clinton intervened, donations to the Clinton Foundation increased tenfold from $60,000 to $600,000. Additionally, Bill Clinton collected $1.5 million in speaking fees from UBS.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/30/ubs-donations-to-clinton-foundation-increased-after-hillary-intervention-in-irs.html Swiss bank's donations to Clinton Foundation increased after Hillary intervention in IRS dispute], FoxNews.com, July 30, 2015</ref>

====Health matters====
In late 2012 Hillary was reported to have suffered a concussion. Initial reports suggested it occurred after a "fainting" spell; other reports stated she suffered the concussion on board a C-12 Huron military aircraft which skidded off the runaway while in Iran to jumpstart negotiations on sanctions and the nuke deal.<ref>https://youtu.be/xTMw_w4IhBw</ref> The crash occurred on or about 8 December 2012; Hillary had a public "fainting" spell on 15 December 2012<ref>https://youtu.be/P885qYmxbE4</ref> which then led to reports she suffered a concussion. Reports say she was not hospitalized at that time. In a 24 December email she refers to having a "cracked head."<ref>https://70news.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/wikileaks-hillarys-crackhead-and-dementia-bombshell-hillary-clinton-used-drugs-for-dementia-and-parkinsons-disease-asked-nfl-chief-to-help-her-deal-with/</ref>

=====Neurological disorder=====
Significant concerns have arose in late summer 2016 about Hillary Clinton's mental and neurological fitness. The Clintons have never complied with requests to disclose their medical records, which has led to widespread speculation among experts and laymen about both Clinton's health based on observation and what has been reported. In December 2011, a series of emails were passed between the staff and Hillary in which she inquired about the prescription medication, Provigil, which suggests [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2016/08/23/emails-top-hillary-aide-was-researching-drug-that-treats-parkinsons-alzheimers/</ref>

On the 2016 campaign trail it was obvious Hillary had trouble walking and keeping her balance. Other unusual occurrences in public medical experts described as a combination of brain freezes, blackouts, seizures or symptoms of post traumatic brain injury. Even while Secretary, Hillary began missing a series of important meetings, which included testifying before Congress and a [[national security]] briefing at the White House on the Benghazi attack. She canceled without notice her participation in the Friends of Syrian forum in Marrakesh when her presence was vitally needed as NATO was detecting suspicious movements of the Syrian army’s chemical weapons. Her assistant [[Huma Abedin]] noted in an email "she is often confused" because of her incapacitation.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320900/Newly-released-email-shows-aide-Huma-Abedin-warned-colleagues-Hillary-confused-needed-hand-holding-calls-foreign-leaders.html#ixzz4Iu8Nujvw ]</ref>

What was particularly quixotic was the behavior of the Clinton campaign in spinning the story. Hillary's peculiar facial expressions at odd moments while talking to people could not go unnoticed. Or her coughing fits.

Typically a candidate, like a sitting president, travels with a press pool in tow. However the Clinton campaign has done everything imaginable to keep national reporters from getting too close to the candidate. When Hillary was rushed from the scene after collapsing at [[Ground Zero]] during a 9/11 commemoration, a 90-minute news blackout ensued. Repeated questions from reporters went unanswered.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article101235582.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter</ref> When she emerged on an open street without a security detail, the person did not look at all like the Hillary we've come to know, nor the Hillary who had moments earlier been diagnosed with a serious illness. Nor the Hillary who broke down in an extended coughing fit two dsys earlier on national television on opening day of the general election.

One instance of an on camera freeze (see discussion on dyskinesia, below), it was speculated, was triggered by the cross-talk of several persons at once, such as regularly occurs in a press conference.<ref>https://youtu.be/OqbDBRWb63s</ref> Hillary did not have a press conference for nine months in 2016. Hillary is accompanied in all public appearances by an attending physician who most mistake for part of her security detail. The physician, who is always at her side, has been photographed ready and armed with an auto-injector syringe carrying the anti-seizure medication, Diazepam.

All the speculation and rumors of course could be ended if the Clinton campaign would open up and be honest about a matter that is of no slight or insignificant purpose to the American people. During an interview with Erin Burnett on CNN, Dr. David Scheiner, President Obama’s former physician, insisted that a two-page note from Hillary's doctor was insufficient.<ref>http://www.inquisitr.com/3471504/hillary-clinton-needs-a-thorough-neurological-exam-obamas-doctor-says/</ref> Dr. Milton Wolf, President Obama's cousin, called the diagnosis of Lisa Bardack, one of Hillary's physicians, "pure fiction," noting the diagnosis does not appear in any medical tectbook.<ref>http://usdefensewatch.com/2016/09/dr-milton-wolf-obamas-cousin-catches-lie-in-hillary-clinton-medical-report/</ref>
Even more frightening, is that reporters who have discussed the matter publicly have been fired. Dr. Drew was fired by [[CNN]] after 6 years,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/26/dr-drew-show-canceled-days-after-his-negative-speculation-about-hillary-clintons-health/</ref> and the [[Huffington Post]] terminated David Seaman who had written hundreds of articles over many years.<ref>http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/huffpo-writer-questions-hillary-health-happened/</ref><ref>[http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index2104.htm Hillary Clinton Colostomy Bag Cover-up Consumes US Media Giants, Puts Debates In Doubt], Sorcha Faal, August 30, 2016. www.whatdoesitmesn.com</ref> Seaman now lives in fear of his life and personal safety.

=====Subcortical vascular dementia=====
A Twitter posting in August 2016 about Hillary's advanced medical condition was reportedly knocked down by Hillary's team and alleged Fact Checkers as a hoax and conspiracy. The reports are said to have been leaked possibly by the father of one of the physicians treating Hillary Clinton. The physician's name is Dr. Daniel Fleck. His father's name is Vincent Fleck. Vincent Fleck was found dead less than 24 hours after the reported leak. The [[leak]]ed files are from the office of the physician who authored the two-page clean bill of health, and contradict what she distributed publicly. The clean bill of health is viewed as a whitewash by the Clinton campaign, intended to serve as the official response to requests for Hillary's medical records.<ref>http://www.eutimes.net/2016/08/father-of-doctor-treating-hillary-clinton-for-dementia-mysteriously-dies/</ref>

The two-page clean bill of health was written by Dr. Lisa Bardack, who claimed Hillary was in "excellent physical condition". Bardack said Clinton was diagnosed with a “transverse sinus venous thrombosis,” a type of blood clot in the brain. She was given blood thinners to dissolve the clot. Hillary experienced double-vision and had been given prism glasses to wear. Bardack wrote that by 2013 Hillary Clinton had "complete resolution of the effects of the concussion", which any [[NFL]] fan and layman can tell is complete nonsense. No mention was made of Hillary's persistent coughing fits or loss of balance. Bardack noted Hillary also suffered from deep vein thrombosis (blood clotting) in 1998 and 2009 and takes the medications Armour Thyoid and Coumadin (an anticoagulant blood thinner) daily. Armour Thyroid is an old-fashioned brand name remedy of desiccated thyroid extract from dried [[beef]] and [[pork]] [[thyroid]] glands.

The earliest leaked document from Dr. Bardack's office is dated February 5, 2014, stating the patient's present complaint is "Blacking out for short periods of time, uncontrollable twitching, memory loss, fatigue." It lists the [[diagnosis]] of "Complex Partial Seizures, Subcortical Vascular Dementia." Subcortical vascular dementia is caused by widespread microscopic damage to the brain resulting from hardening of the arteries that supply blood to the subcortical areas of the brain. The leak further notes "the patient is having signs of more frequent Complex Partial Seizures."<ref>http://allnewspipeline.com/Hillary_Clinton_Medical_Records_Released.php</ref>

Levadopa (L-dopa) is considered the most effective treatment of Parkinson's disease. Dyskinesia, or involuntary muscle movements, is a side affect of longterm treatment with levadopa.

{{Quotebox|"Dyskinetic movements look like smooth tics — sometimes like an uncoordinated dance. People who experience dyskinesia sometimes mask the involuntary movement with finalistic movements (if the arm starts moving on its own, they might bring it to their head and adjust their hair, as if it was planned)", according to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.<ref>https://www.michaeljfox.org/understanding-parkinsons/living-with-pd/topic.php?dyskinesia</ref>}}

Tinted blue sunglasses are considered a therapuetic remedy to alleviate symptoms of tardive dyskinesia.<ref>http://commons.pacificu.edu/pt/93/</ref><ref>http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e6_1473703406</ref>

=====Cover-up of health problems=====
Following Hillary's high-profile collapse on Sunday morning September 11, 2016 at Ground Zero it was no longer possible to deny Hillary's debilitating condition as a "[[vast right-wing conspiracy]]". Former [[MSNBC]] anchor Dan Schuster, while the blackout on Hillary's condition was still fresh, tweeted that DNC officials were pondering an emergency meeting to replace Hillary Clinton. By Monday afternoon discussions were confirmed by former DNC Chairman Dan Fowler who was appointed by President Bill Clinton to oversee his 1996 reelection. Fowler insists the open discussions were about process for replacing a nominee, not the actual replacement. A singular precedent exists, the 1972 replacement of Sen. Tom Eagleton with [[Sargent Shriver]] as VP on the Democrat ticket, an event many considered as sealing the fate of Senator George McGovern's fledgling bid for the presidency.

====Jobs====
The Clintons’ support of [[NAFTA]] helped to destroy the economies of the four key industrial states of [[Michigan]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Wisconsin]].

Hillary expressed strong support for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a NAFTA-like free trade zone along the Pacific rim with China, Japan, South Korea and about a dozen other countries.<ref>https://youtu.be/Fju459PbqIc</ref> When Democrats defeated Obama's proposal to create the TPP Hillary flip-flopped to grab headlines in support of what public opinion polls were alresdy saying. Hillary publicly pitched the Trans Pacific Partnership no less than 45 times around the world as Secretary of State.<ref>Tapper, Jake et al. (June 15, 2015). [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2015%2F06%2F15%2Fpolitics%2F45-times-secretary-clinton-pushed-the-trade-bill-she-now-opposes%2F&ei=wC2CVeupMYO0oQTUj4HYCg&usg=AFQjCNEsFqVDafeOiL3RCS2RkzIM4yx07A&sig2=FjN1zCMVkBdQg3uHQ-cQvg "45 times Secretary Clinton pushed the trade bill she now opposes"]. CNN website/Politics.</ref><ref>Swenson, Michele (June 24, 2014). [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fmichele-swenson%2Fnafta-the-transpacific-clinton_b_5523327.html&ei=CzKCVfvNFoq1oQTkg6iQDA&usg=AFQjCNH8zZ2k0O_82qbQ4lDs25S0ZL7LUQ&sig2=PUwH5dxq_fcRw17Tw9x7SQ "NAFTA, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Clinton Global Initiative"]. Huffington Post/The Blog.</ref><ref>Shreckinger, Ben (February 21, 2014). [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/how-obamas-free-trade-push-could-put-hillary-clinton-in-a-tight-spot/283958/ "How Obama's free trade push could put Hillary in a tight spot"]. ''The Atlantic'' website.</ref> Meanwhile, the Clintons revived their old, tired game: Bill came out in favor of TPP just to make sure all sides of an issue are covered. Rest assured, more jobs being destroyed are in the offing together with lower living standards, but donations to the Clinton Foundation seem secure.

====Divisive and dismissive comments====
Hillary branded half of Trump's supporters as "deplorables" and called them "irredeemable".
She has also called Roman Catholics "severely backwards" and charging that they don’t know "what the hell they’re talking about." [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/12/catholic-group-calls-clinton-spokeswomans-resignat/]

====Children's issues====
Hillary Clinton's only interest in children is as props for photo ops. She believes her dabbling in the [[occult]] and communion with dead [[spirit]]s makes her an appropriate role model for children.<ref>Book says Hillary talks to dead, CNN, Junne 22, 1996</ref>

=====Dead Iraqi children=====
Four years into the Clinton administration ''The Lancet'' British medical journal reported 567,000 Iraqi children had died under the sanctions. President Clinton made his position clear: "There is no difference between my policy and the policy of the [previous] administration."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/15/world/clinton-affirms-us-policy-on-iraq.html CLINTON AFFIRMS U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ], By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, ''New York Times'', January 15, 1993</ref> By June 1993 Clinton began bombing Baghdad.

In a ''60 Minutes'' interview CBS reporter Lesley Stahl had this exchange with Secretary of State Madelaine Albright: [[File:Iraq pop 2003.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Hillary considered Iraq to be a "business opportunity."<ref>https://youtu.be/sQq3hs_lXpY</ref>]]
{{quotebox|'''Stahl''' : We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in [[Hiroshima]]. And, you know, is the price worth it? 
'''Albright''' : I think this is a very ''hard choice'', but the price–we think the price is worth it.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnskeu-puE Madeleine Albright says 500,000 dead Iraqi Children was "worth it" wins Medal of Freedom]. youtube.com</ref><ref>[http://fair.org/extra/we-think-the-price-is-worth-it/ ‘We Think the Price Is Worth It’], By Rahul Mahajan, FAIR, 1 Nov. 2001</ref>}}
They didn't deny it, the Clinton administration only toughened the sanctions in 1998, and now called for [[regime change]]. Hillary wrote in ''Living History'' after discussing how people were saying the Clinton's bombing and sanctions were a diversion from the sex charges against the President,
{{Cquote|as bombs fell on Iraq, the impeachment debate began. I had refrained from making any direct public statement for several months, but that morning I spoke to a group of reporters outside the White House. “I think the vast majority of Americans share my approval and pride in the job that the president’s been doing for our country.”<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=H78s9ZbLXCIC&pg=PA489&lpg=PA489dq=bombs+fell+on+Iraq+impeachment+debate+began+share+approval++pride++job&source=bl&ots=o3nVogt6So&sig=Ac21uLJL4SYV0xdzzLxHncrR7NA&hl=ensa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO_aCb_MTNAhWEJR4KHS70AiUQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepageq=bombs%20fell%20on%20Iraq%20impeachment%20debate%20began%20share%20approval%20%20pride%20%20job&f=false Living History], Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon and Schuster, Apr 19, 2004, p. 489</ref>}}
In the lead-up to the [[Iraq War]] in 2002, Sen. Clinton reiterated her support for the Clinton policy and touted her leadership role in it.
{{quotebox|I know a little bit about what it's like on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue making these difficult decisions.<ref>[https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=4136 "Clinton Supports Regime Change in Iraq."] [[Tim Russert]], correspondent. [[Meet the Press]]. NBCUniversal Media. 15 Sep. 2002.</ref>}}
Not surprisingly, Hillary entitled her memoirs as Secretary of State, ''Hard Choices'', recalling the Albright interview. [[Osama bin Laden]] later was to cite the deaths of Iraqi children under the Clinton's sanctions regime as motivation for the [[9/11 attacks]].<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/hard-look-iraq-sanctions/</ref> Kevin Groenhagen noted in 2008, "Liberals who say Saddam was not a threat cannot explain why keeping him contained was worth the deaths of one half million Iraqi children."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyFr2pFkbswC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=bin+laden+death+o+f+iraqi+children&source=bl&ots=OjRO8Q-ENW&sig=WJ8shVsXboa8pfdR7iGrFfyfUf8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjogvbu95jPAhUCOz4KHd_sAR4Q6AEIdjAZ#v=onepage&q=bin%20laden%20death%20o%20f%20iraqi%20children&f=false What Really Happened: the Story of Clinton Inc. 's Efforts to Rewrite Bill Clinton's Record on Iraq and Terrorism,] Kevin Groenhagen, Lulu.com, Jul 16, 2008</ref>

=====Exterminated the children of Waco=====
Among the hard choices this advocate of children and women's rights made was the go-ahead to extinguish the lives of 17 children and 68 adults, the majority of which were women and minorities in the [[Waco massacre]].<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-really-happened-at-waco/ What Really Happened At Waco], CBSNews staff, ''CBS News'', Jan 25, 2000.</ref><ref>[http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/01/hillary-ordered-final-massacre-at-waco.html Hillary Ordered The Final Massacre At Waco], By Robert Morrow, January 27, 2014. www.economicpolicyjournal.com</ref> [[Vince Foster]] transmitted the order from Mrs. Clinton to [[Webster Hubbell]] who acted as White House liaison to the [[United States Department of Justice]],<ref name = "nytimesresignation">{{cite news
| title = A Clinton Friend Admits Mail Fraud and Tax Evasion
| work = New York Times
| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3DF1539F934A35751C1A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
| accessdate = May 28, 2008
| first=Stephen
| last=Labaton
| date=December 7, 1994
}}</ref><ref name = "dojwacoreport">{{cite web
| title = Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas
| work = U.S. Department of Justice
| url = http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/waco/waconine.html
| date = October 8, 1993
| accessdate = May 28, 2008
}}</ref> who relayed it to [[Attorney General]] [[Janet Reno]]. Foster, distraught over his role in the carnage, is claimed to have committed "suicide".<ref name="Transcript: Larry King Live">[http://edition.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/02/09/tripp.lkl/ Transcript: Larry King Live], CNN, February 9, 2001.</ref>

Vince Foster was found dead with a bullet in his head allegedly, according to the ''Washington Post,'' because he was depressed over doing Hillary Clinton's tax return.<ref>"The 1993 suicide of White House counsel Vincent Foster, hard on the heels of the travel-office imbroglio and his filing of delinquent Whitewater Corp. tax returns." [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm Untangling Whitewater], By Dan Froomkin
Washingtonpost.com Staff.</ref>

=====Cluster bombs for children=====
On September 6, 2006 on an amendment to the Defense Appropriations act by Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]], Senator Hillary Clinton voted against banning the use and sale of cluster bombs in areas with concentrated [[civilian]] populations. Sen. Feinstein argued,
{{quotebox|Innocent children think they are picking up a play toy in the field and suddenly their arm is blown off.<ref>[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/12/21/425303/-Hillary-Clinton-Voted-to-Continue-Cluster-Bombing-Civilians Hillary Clinton Voted to Continue Cluster Bombing Civilians], By DemocraticLuntz, ''DailyKos'', Dec 21, 2007.</ref>}}
Hillary voted to continue sales while the [[United Nations]] determined that 40% of those killed by cluster munitions are children.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00232 U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session], On the Amendment (Feinstein Amdt. No. 4882 ) Purpose of Bill:To protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions. September 6, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://warisacrime.org/node/31173 Children Are Forty Percent of Cluster Bomb Casualties], BY TV 3 News (New Zealand)</ref> Many of the cluster bombs have been used in [[Yemen]] via the arms transfers Sec. Clinton approved to Saudi Arabia. Thousands of innocent [[children]] have died, or have been permanently disfigured and handicapped due to picking up unexploded cluster bomblets.<ref>[http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251413864 Hillary Clinton Voted to Continue Cluster Bombing Civilians], ''DailyKos'', Feb 15, 2016.</ref>

====National security====
Donald Trump said, "immigration security is national security." Hillary touted her record in respone saying, "We need a vigorous vetting process that includes people asking for visas. I know, I was a senator from New York. The people who ran those planes into the World Trade Center were here on visas. We have to have tougher, tighter controls. I've been an advocate for that for 16 years." What Hillary neglected to say was the hijackers entered the country before those 16 years when she was in the White House, or that 15 of the 19 hijackers received some form of [[entitlement]] under the Clinton administration.

Beginning in 1994, the Clinton administration paid [[North Korea]] $4 billion ''not to'' build a nuclear bomb while they were in the White House.<ref>https://youtu.be/6TcbU5jAavw</ref> It is unquestionable the money, aid, and resources the Clinton administration delivered to North Kores facilitated North Korea's ability to build a nuclear [[bomb]]. The Clintons' greatest fear, and only concern was, that a nuclear armed North Korea would become a foreign crisis during their term of office and disrupt the prosperity the country experienced in the immediate post-[[Cold War]] era. So they paid North Korea to build a bomb so long as North Korea didn't roll it out before Bill was reelected, or despoil his legacy in his second term.<ref>''Legacy of Ashes : The History of the CIA'', Tim Weiner, Random House, 2008, p. 439</ref> It was little surprise to observers when North Korea tested a bomb in 2002.<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5981265/</ref> Quite literally, the Clintons kicked the can down the road, showing no leadership, cynically allowing nuclear weapons to proliferate to advance their own ambitions and careers.

After witnessing the betrayal and murder of Muammar Gaddafi who became an ally in the War on Terrorism,<ref name="theatlantic.com">[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/what-kim-jong-il-learned-from-qaddafis-fall-never-disarm/247192/ What Kim Jong-Il Learned from Qaddafi's Fall: Never Disarm], As the U.S. tries to restart multiparty talks with North Korea, it may find that the rogue state suddenly sees greater value in keeping its nuclear arsenal, Mira Rapp-Hooper and Kenneth N. Waltz, ''The Atlantic'', Oct 24, 2011.</ref> North Korea now vows it will never give up its nukes.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12090658/North-Korea-cites-Muammar-Gaddafis-destruction-in-nuclear-test-defence.html North Korea cites Muammar Gaddafi's 'destruction' in nuclear test defence] Pyongyang says the fates of the late Libyan leader and Saddam Hussein show the need for a nuclear deterrent, By AFP, 2:49AM GMT 09 Jan 2016. www.telegraph.co.uk</ref> Gaddafi was murdered so that Hillary Clinton could pose as a decisive leader.<ref>https://youtu.be/Fgcd1ghag5Y</ref>

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama opposed deployment of the missile defense system and condemned the anti-Putin stance of Secretary of State [[Condolezza Rice]] who they portrayed as a [[feminist]] [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uncle%20Tom Uncle Tom]. In office, Obama promptly cancelled the missile defense program and Hillary hit the Reset button on deteriorating US-Russian relations - at least until the Rosatom-Uranium One deal was completed. Then reality set in. Obama and Hillary started echoing George W. Bush and Condi Rice, the two people they heaped scorn on a few years earlier. In 2016 the two redirected their scorn at Donald Trump, as Trump's rhetoric about Putin and criticism of incumbents sounded like a mimeographed speech of either Hillary or Obama in the 2008 Democrat primaries.

Putin warned that the Russians do not view the missile defense system as a defensive system at all.<ref>https://youtu.be/kqD8lIdIMRo</ref> The system has the capability of a first strike launch to destroy the entire Russian land based nuclear arsenal when it's in range on Russia's borders. Deployment Putin would consider provocative. President Obama, after decades of trashing Ronald Reagan as a reckless nuclear war hawk for the Strategic Defense Initiative (AKA "Star Wars"), and [[George W. Bush]] for allegedly reigniting the Cold War, Obama ignored Putin's warning and deployed the missile defense system in Romania.<ref>http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/218188</ref> This was done, the administration said, to guard against Iranian nukes, despite the fact Obama said it would be at 13 years at a minimum before Iran had a nuke in the recently completed Iran nuke deal.

Hillary boasts of being the architect of the Iranian nuclear deal to "drive them to the negotiating table,"<ref>http://www.mrctv.org/videos/clinton-defends-iran-deal-thats-diplomacy</ref> despite the fact key players, notably Russia and Germany, had already violated the sanctions agreement.<ref>http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-sanctions-the-german-control-problem</ref> In reality it was our own allies and Vladimir Putin who drove Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to the negotiating table by violating the agreement.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-calls-for-new-security-pact-with-russia-iran/</ref>

=====Origin of the international refugee crisis=====
In 2012 Hillary announced [[Syria]]n President Bashar Assad must go and committed the United States to supporting an odd assortment of militias, arms traffickers, narco-terrorists, gangsters and jihadis. The State Department and media used the [[oxymoron]]ic tag, "moderate rebels" to describe them.<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/02/18/the-media-are-misleading-public-syria/8YB75otYirPzUCnlwaVtcK/story.html The media are misleading the public on Syria], By Stephen Kinzer, ''Boston Globe'', February 18, 2016. "The Syrian war will be remembered as one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the American press."</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2749197/ISIS-arming-US-military-hardware-wage-jihad-Middle-East-seizing-weapons-Syrian-rebels-Iraqi-soldiers.html ISIS arming themselves with US-made military hardware to wage jihad across the Middle East after seizing weapons from Syrian rebels and Iraqi soldiers], By Ted Thornhill for MailOnline, 9 September 2014. www.dailymail.co.uk</ref> Congress appropriated $500 Million for Hillary's [[Free Syrian Army]]. The weapons supplied made their way to [[ISIS]].<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/hillary-clintons-foreign_b_5674467.html Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Deception], Jeff Sachs, ''Huffington Post'', 08/13/2014 08:39 am ET | Updated Oct 13, 2014</ref> Four years later the Free Syrian Army is virtually non-existent, except as a front for arms traffickers. Any soldiers that were trained defected to the Islamic State with their weapons in 2013-14. Obama saw the scandal and cut back aid, but Hillary wants to continue dumping money and weapons on jihadis and the Clinton Foundation donors.<ref>[http://time.com/3097964/hillary-clinton-syria-isis-the-atlantic/ Hillary Clinton Criticizes Obama on Syria Policy], Sam Frizell, ''Time'', Aug. 10, 2014</ref>

By weakening Assad, the Clinton State Department effort opened up the space for the [[Islamic State]] to claim large swathes of territory in both Syria and Iraq.<ref>''HuffPo'', ibid.</ref>

Because of the enduring crisis there are 11,000,000 displaced persons - one third of the population. 7,000,000 are homeless internally, and 4,000,000 must be resettled worldwide. More than 600,000 alone entered [[Germany]] in the last 6 months of 2015 - more than the size of Germany's standing military of 400,000. Other estimates place the figure of Syrian refugees entering Germany in 2015 at over 1,000,000. Whatever the number, the impact is permanent.

By the time Hillary quit the State Department to raise more money and run for president, 300,000 Syrians had been killed and one third of the population displaced. Meantime Assad's position had been strengthened with the support of two powerful allies, [[Vladimir Putin]] of [[Russia]], and the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], now with State Department acquiescence.<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/syria-ceasefire-sham-helps-assad-cling-power-450832 Syria Cease-Fire Is a Sham That Helps Assad Cling to Power], By Faysal Itani and Hossam Abouzahr, ''[[Newsweek]]'', 4/24/16.</ref>

=====Libyan chaos=====
[[File:Mass beheading of Christians in Libya.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Christian]]s beheaded in Libya after Hillary's intervention.]]

The aftermath of the Libyan carnage Hillary engineered created what Putin calls a 'zone of chaos', with the [[Islamic State]] taking control of Derna, the site of the videotaped beheading of 21 [[Coptic]] [[Christians]] in February 2015.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/252615/hillarys-war-kenneth-r-timmerman Hillary’s War: Don’t believe Clinton’s claim she wants her emails released. She’s got too much to hide.] Kenneth R. Timmerman, Frontpage Magazine, March 5, 2015</ref> As Gaddafi had predicted, the Islamic State took credit for the November 2015 Paris attacks killing 137, wounding 368, and the February 2016 Brussels bombing killing 35 and injuring 340. Libya has now become a major stepping stone or drop off point for the European refugee crisis.

Hillary was the subject of a Congressional investigation after it had become evident that the deaths of four Americans during the [[Benghazi attack|September 11, 2011 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi]] were caused by incompetence and malfeasance.<ref>Page, Susan (May 10, 2013). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/09/senator-lindsey-graham-hillary-clinton-testify-benghazi-subpoena/2147869/ Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi]. ''USA Today'' website.</ref>

In a moment of candor President Obama referred to Hillary's 'greatest moment' where she laughed about the 'sh*t show' she engineered<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y Hillary Clinton on Gaddafi: We came, we saw, he died]. youtube.com</ref> as the 'worst mistake' of his presidency.<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/12/libya-obama-admits-clintons-greatest-moment-was-his-worst-mistake Libya: Obama Admits Clinton's "Greatest Moment" Was His "Worst Mistake], Lauren McCauley, ''Common Dreams'', April 12, 2016.</ref>

====Illegal fundraising 2016====
Per election, an individual donor can contribute $2,700 to any candidate, $10,000 to any state party committee, and (during the 2016 cycle) $33,400 to a national party's main account. These groups can all get together and take a single check from a donor for the sum of those contribution limits — it's legal because the donor cannot exceed the base limit for any one recipient.

State parties however can make unlimited transfers to the national party.

In 2014 the [[Supreme Court]] made clear in ''McCutcheon v. FEC'', the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) may not solicit or accept contributions to circumvent base limits, through "earmarks" and "straw men" that are ultimately excessive — there are five separate prohibitions.

Six-figure donations to the Clinton machine either never actually passed through state party accounts or were never actually under state party control, which adds false FEC reporting violations by the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF), state parties, and the DNC to other violations.

Donna Brazile and others admitted that the DNC placed the funds under the Clinton campaign's direct control, a massive breach of campaign finance law.

Democrat donors, knowing the funds would end up with Clinton's campaign, wrote six-figure checks to influence the election — 100 times larger than allowed.

HVF bundled these megagifts and, on a single day, reported transferring money to all participating state parties, some of which would then show up on FEC reports filed by the DNC as transferring the exact same dollar amount on the exact same day to the DNC. Yet not all the state parties reported either receiving or transferring those sums.<ref>https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-anatomy-of-hillary-clintons-84-million-money-laundering-scheme/ </ref>

====Bush donors====
:''For more see [[Jeb Bush donor list]]''
In the primary season [[Bernie Sanders]] supporters saw exactly what Clintonism is and what Clinton and surrogates are famous for-accusing your opponent with a straight face of the malfeasance and lack of ethics you yourself are guilty of. As the challenge from Bernie Sanders became more fierce, when Hillary needed the Sanders supporters more than ever, Hillary reached out to the big money donors who supported [[Jeb Bush]] saying, "I represent your values".<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hilary-clinton-bush-donors-222872 Hillary forces target Bush donors], By Ben White, Politico, 05/05/16. politico.com</ref><ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/05/09/clinton-campaign-republican-donors-hillary-shares-your-values Clinton Campaign to Republican Donors: Hillary Shares Your Values], by Jake Johnson, ''Common Dreams'', May 09, 2016. commondreams.org</ref><ref>[http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/05/06/Clinton-targeting-former-Jeb-Bush-donors-on-Wall-Street/3811462559579/ Clinton targeting former Jeb Bush donors on Wall Street], By Eric DuVall, UPI, May 6, 2016. www.upi.com</ref>

====It's the stupid voters, stupid====
Hillary's chameleon like ability to adapt and survive is not based on a belief that people are good and willing to forgive, rather that they are stupid and forgetful. Her willingness to portray herself as a socio-pathological liar in front of a nation is intended to be divisive, to pit neighbor against neighbor, to set at odds people of goodwill and those who are guided by emotion, prejudice, and stereotype. The pattern is detectable and familiar.

Clinton 'talking points' are always shaped by focus groups, a process of distilling key buzzwords and phrases from sit-down discussions with small, usually uninformed groups of voters. Clintonism consists of accusing your opponent of what you yourself are culpable of, laughing at or denying accusations of wrongdoing, dismissing evidence within 24 hours as "old news", and exhorting the media and country to "move on" with nothing ever being resolved. The scandals only stack up, and since leaving the White House in 2001, have accrued into hundreds of millions of dollars to the Clintons' personal fortune.

Gwen Ifill, writing in the ''New York Times'' observed during the 1992 primaries, {{quotebox|Responding to a series of potentially damaging news reports, the Presidential campaign of Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas has crafted a multitiered plan to discredit and respond to accusations....The damage-control mechanism...operates on at least three levels. Mr. Clinton himself is the chief weapon. Backing him up is a crew of aides who scour every report for what they consider to be omissions and a group of advisers in Little Rock who search through public and private records and provide affidavits and statements that rebut the central conclusions of each new report...

...The strategy was put on its best display earlier this month when a New York Times article raised questions about Mr. Clinton and his wife, Hillary, and their business relationship with a developer who ran a failing savings and loan that was represented by Mrs. Clinton's law firm...

There have been constant, though undocumented, reports of articles that were never published because the Clinton damage controllers went on full alert before final publication decisions were made

This works "more often than you think," [Deputy campaign manager George] Stephanopoulos said.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/29/us/the-1992-campaign-political-memo-when-trouble-s-ahead-clinton-s-staff-is-ready.html</ref>}}

In 2016 we've seen the system that Gwen Ifill described in detail with several examples, now being employed with Hillary's medical records, and before that in the email scandal.

Hillary accuses Donald Trump of cozying up to Moscow, yet Hillary hit the "Reset Button" to soften relations after the hardline approach of the Bush administration. She's happy to assume a hardline again now that the Rossatom-Uranium One Deal is complete and the Clinton family pocketed $500,000 in speaking fees from a Russian investment bank that was promoting Uranium One stock.

The Clintons' attempt at character assassination of Gennifer Flowers was predicated on the fact her story originally appeared in the supermarket tabloid ''Star''; now exculpatory evidence used to exonerate Bill Clinton of the claim he fathered an out of wedlock son is based on claims by Clinton surrogates the ''Star'' ran DNA tests proving Clinton is not the child's father.

Whitewater Independent Council was excoriated and vilified by the Clinton attack machine yet his ruling of Vince Foster's death as a "suicide" is held up as the gold standard of truth among several investigations into Foster's death. Yet no mention is made now that it was Starr who defended Clinton intimate and registered [[pedophile]] Jeffrey 'Joe' Epstein from a second conviction on child abuse and rape charges.

Hillary voted to send US troops into Iraq in 2003 but refused to pay them when she voted against a piece of compromise legislation in 2008 to issue their paychecks.

After trashing US intelligence for its unreliability, failures, and deception regarding Iraqi WMD in the prelude to the Iraqi war, Clinton mainstream surrogates, the Clinton campaign, and the Obama administration claim as an undeniable truth supposed US intellugence assessments that Vladimir Putin and Russia hacked DNC servers which resulted in the firing of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and that the [[Murder of Seth Rich]] is unrelated to Clinton and DNC operatives and surrogates.

Bill Clinton's deregulation of [[Wall Street]] and repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act has been roundly cited as one of the major causes of the Great Recession.<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877322,00.html Blameworthy: Bill Clinton. 25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis], ''[[Time magazine]]''.</ref><ref>[http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/14/448685233/fact-check-did-glass-steagall-cause-the-2008-financial-crisis Fact Check: Did Glass-Steagall Cause The 2008 Financial Crisis?], October 14, 2015. npr.org</ref> In an undignified moment while giving partisan supporters marching orders on how to respond to claims that the great recession was caused by ''too much'' regulation, Hillary began barking like a dog, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58rLBBpCE2M ARF ARF ARF ARF].

On the issue of the controversial, biased online encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]], Clinton sent a message of congratulations that was read at the opening session of the Wikimania 2012 conference in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nicholas Michael|last=Bashour|url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/07/17/wikimania-2012-swan-song/|title="Wikimania 2012 swan song"|publisher=Wikimedia blog website|date=July 17, 2012}}</ref>

==General election results==
===Results===
Trump won the election with an [[Electoral College]] majority of 306 to 232, prior to December 19, when the Electoral College voted.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}</ref> Clinton won the popular vote 65,844,954 (48.04 percent) to 62,979,879 (45.95 percent) for Trump, according to unofficial results.<ref name="NationalPopular" /> Trump received more votes than any other Republican candidate in history. By comparison, McCain got 60.0 million votes in 2008 and Romney got 60.9 million votes in 2012.<ref>"[http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/clinton-vs-trump-popular-vote-2016-margin-lead-latest-update-results-2012-2008-2000-hillary-gore-obama-electoral-college/ How Hillary Clinton’s 1.4 Million Popular Vote Lead Broke Records]"</ref> A total of 137,053,916 votes were cast,<ref name="NationalPopular" /> a 5.9 percent increase over 2012.<ref name="VoteTracker">"[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/htmlview?sle=true#gid=19 2016 National Popular Vote Tracker]".</ref> Republican candidates to the House of Representatives received 49.9 percent of the vote compared to 47.3 percent for Democrats.<ref name=NationalHouse>"[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oArjXSYeg40u4qQRR93qveN2N1UELQ6v04_mamrKg9g/edit#gid=0 2016 National House Popular Vote Tracker]"</ref> Thus the Democrats were 1.8 points ahead in the popular vote for president, but 2.6 points behind in the popular vote for the House of Representatives. That is to say, congressional Republicans ran ahead of Trump by a four-point margin. In 2012, congressional Republicans ran ahead of Romney by a three-point margin.

Republican turnout in California, the most populous U.S. state, was exceptionally low in 2016 as this state had no major contested race.<ref>"[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442141/donald-trump-election-dont-blame-electoral-college Why We Have an Electoral College].", ''National Review''</ref> Without California, Trump would have carried the national popular vote by 58.4 million votes to 57.1 million votes.<ref name="NationalPopular" /><ref name="VoteTracker"/><ref name=Calpop>"[http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/popular-vote-results-2016-clinton-trump-2012-2008-vs-electoral-college-california-uncounted-ballots-new-york-update-totals-final/ Popular Vote 2016: How California Drove Hillary Clinton’s Lead]"</ref> The results in the states with the most representative voting populations, or swing states, provide another way to estimate what a national popular vote might have looked like. In the thirteen swing states, Trump received a total of 22.2 million votes compared to 21.4 million for Clinton.<ref name="NationalPopular" /><ref name="VoteTracker"/> Both of these metrics correspond to a two-point edge for Trump in the popular vote. Viewed from another angle, California, New York and Massachusettes - the three most liberal states in the Union - gave Clinton a popular vote edge of 7 million. In the other 47 states combined she lost the popular vote by 4 million.

Lax voting integrity laws, including laws in twelve states that allow an illegal immigrant to obtain a drivers' license, most likely resulted in over 800,000 ballots being cast for Clinton by non-citizens.<ref name="Lucas800k"/><ref name="O'ReillyIA"/><ref name="Scarborough800k"/>

===Historic upset===
Trump's campaign was vastly outspent, outraised, and out-staffed by Clinton's.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/10/more-with-less-trumps-lean-machine-beats-clintons-big-bank-account.html More With Less: Trump's lean machine beats Clinton's big bank account]. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> The [[mainstream media]] was extremely biased against and unfair towards Trump.<ref>Kurtz, Howard (November 11, 2016). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/11/media-remain-hostile-to-donald-trump-even-as-some-pundits-admit-blew-it.html Media remain hostile to Donald Trump even as some pundits admit they blew it]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.billoreilly.com/b/Media-Bias-to-the-Extreme/39285014073786148.html Media Bias to the Extreme]. ''BillOReilly.com''. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref> According to one study, 91% of the media coverage concerning Trump was negative and 96% of campaign contributions from the media went to Clinton.<ref>Bedard, Paul (March 19, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.</ref>

It was widely expected that Clinton would easily win the election, and the elite pollsters and "political insiders" all predicted a massive Clinton victory.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth P. & Isenstadt, Alex (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/how-did-everyone-get-2016-wrong-presidential-election-231036 How did everyone get it so wrong?]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Catanese, David (October 24, 2016). [http://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-24/republicans-last-hope-the-polls-are-wrong Republicans’ Last Hope: The Polls Are Wrong]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Trump leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as "bad polling".<ref>Nelson, Louis (November 1, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-bad-poll-abc-washington-post-230591 Clinton camp on new survey showing Trump ahead: It’s ‘bad polling’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> Instead, Trump won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[Wisconsin]], which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.<ref name="HistoricUpset">[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Blake, Aaron (November 9, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/08/donald-trumps-path-to-victory-is-suddenly-looking-much-much-wider/ Donald Trump just blew up the electoral map]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> The polling and predictions were off dramatically.<ref>Flint, Joe & Alpert, Lukas I. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-polling-in-hand-media-misses-mark-badly-with-election-predictions-1478710860 How the Media’s Election Predictions Badly Missed the Mark]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> Trump's election victory was described by ''[[Politico]]'' as "the most stunning upset in American history."<ref>Goldmacher, Shane & Schreckinger, Ben (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070?lo=ap_c1 Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref>

===Electoral gains===
While the GOP increased its vote share across the entire nation, Trump made the largest gains in the rural [[Midwest]] and [[Rust Belt]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/how-trump-pushed-the-election-map-to-the-right.html How Trump Reshaped the Election Map]. ''The New York Times''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref> He won more votes in the general election than any Republican candidate in U.S. history, and he won the largest number of electoral votes since [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>Hoft, Jim (November 22, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/trump-breaks-record-votes-republican-candidate-history/ Trump Breaks Record for Most Votes by Republican Candidate in History]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> In addition, Trump won 2,623 counties—the largest number for both a Republican or Democrat since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984—while the Democrats won only 489, something even the liberal [[PolitiFact]] admitted to be true.<ref>Jacobson, Louis (December 4, 2016). [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-donald-trump-won-most-counties-rep/ Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan]. ''PolitiFact''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.</ref> Geographically speaking, Trump accordingly won 85 percent of the nation,<ref>Wallace, Tim (November 16, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/16/us/politics/the-two-americas-of-2016.html?_r=0 The Two Americas of 2016]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.</ref> and he won 61 percent of the states (including Maine's 2nd district).

With the historic flip of Elliott County, Kentucky, every rural, white-majority Southern county voted for the Republican nominee for the first time in history.<ref>Simon, Jeff (December 9, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/elliott-county-kentucky-democratic-streak-broken-by-donald-trump/index.html How Trump ended Democrats' 144-year winning streak in one county]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.</ref>

According to exit polling, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004,<ref>O'Brien, Cortney (November 12, 2016). [http://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/11/12/white-evangelical-voters-showed-up-this-time-n2243931 Evangelical Voters Showed Up Big Time For Trump]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref><ref>Lovett, Ian (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelicals-back-donald-trump-in-record-numbers-despite-earlier-doubts-1478689372 Evangelicals Back Donald Trump in Record Numbers, Despite Earlier Doubts]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> even though some have disputed the accuracy of such exit polling methods.<ref>Showalter, Brandon (November 16, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/81-percent-evangelicals-vote-trump-eric-teetsel-joe-carter-171542/ Did 81 Percent of Evangelicals Really Vote for Trump? Not So Fast, Some Say]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> This is largely due to Trump's conservative policies that align well with the Bible, including opposition to abortion.

===Not an isolated victory===
In addition to Trump's defeat of Clinton, the Republican Party kept control of the House and Senate, outperforming expectations.<ref>Bresnahan, John (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.eu/article/republicans-on-cusp-of-keeping-the-senate/ Republicans hold the Senate in a stunner]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref><ref>Hughes, Siobhan (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-are-confident-about-retaining-control-of-the-house-1478634160 Democrats Gain Seats in House, But GOP Retains Majority]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> In addition, the Republican Party performed well—much better than expected—in state races, winning trifectas in [[Kentucky]], [[Iowa]], [[Missouri]], and [[New Hampshire]], and Democrats only had six trifectas and total control in five states, a record low.<ref>Greenblatt, Alan (November 9, 2016). [http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-republicans-add-dominance-state-legislatures.html Republicans Add to Their Dominance of State Legislatures]. ''Governing''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref><ref>Siegel, Josh (November 9, 2016). [http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/09/republicans-maintain-strong-control-of-state-capitols-what-that-means/ Republicans Maintain Strong Control of State Capitols. Here’s What That Means.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> The GOP won 25 trifectas, the largest since 1952.<ref>Lieb, David A. (December 29, 2016). [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20161229/281822873464433 GOP-Controlled States Aim to Reshape Laws]. ''Chicago Tribune'' (from the Associated Press). Retrieved December 30, 2016.</ref> In addition, after the election, the GOP controlled the highest amount of governorships since 1922,<ref>Lieb, David A. (November 9, 2016). [http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-11-09/republicans-expand-control-of-governorships-legislatures Republicans governorships rise to highest mark since 1922]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> and it controlled the most state legislative chambers in history.<ref>Bosman, Julie & Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.</ref>

During Obama's eight years in office, Democrats lost 1,042 seats—including U.S. House, Senate, state governorship, and state legislative seats.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/12/27/democrats-lost-over-1000-seats-under-obama.html?refresh=true Democrats lost over 1,000 seats under Obama]. ''Fox News''. December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.</ref>

===Aftermath===
====Stock market upsurge====
With expectations that Trump's election victory would cause the markets to plunge, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.<ref name="MarketRally">La Monica, Paul R. (November 10, 2016). [https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/investing/markets-stocks-donald-trump-rally/index.html The 'yuge' Donald Trump market rally continues]. ''CNN Money''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.</ref> It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.<ref name="MarketRally"/> The stock market had its best week in five years due to optimism of a Trump presidency.<ref>Craig, Victoria (November 11, 2016). [http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/11/11/trump-optimism-propels-dow-to-best-week-in-five-years.html Trump Optimism Propels Dow to Best Week in Five Years]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref>

====Anti-Trump violence and hate crimes====
After the election, childish [[leftists]] and [[anarchists]], who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Trump's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence.<ref name="Protests">Chiaramonte, Perry (November 10, 2016). [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/trump-protests-intensify-as-doubts-swirl-about-spontaneity.html Trump protests intensify, as doubts swirl about spontaneity]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref> Trump supporters were the victims of numerous targeted attacks, brutal violence, and [[hate crime]]s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/video-emerges-group-beating-chicago-man-while-yelling-dont-vote-trump.html Video emerges of mob beating Chicago man while yelling 'don't vote Trump']. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.</ref><ref>http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2016/11/trump-supporter-15-beaten-during-rockville-protest/slide/1/</ref> A tech company corporate CEO threatened to murder Donald Trump.<ref>http://bgr.com/2016/11/15/man-threatens-to-kill-trump-ceo-sniper/</ref> The brutal and disturbing anti-Trump hate crimes (or hate crimes closely related to Trump's election) continued to occur into the next year.<ref name="LatestAntiTrump">[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/05/facebook-live-attack-latest-in-string-anti-trump-assaults.html Facebook Live attack the latest in string of anti-Trump assaults]. ''Fox News''. January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref> Democrat leaders, Obama and the Clinton machine refused to condemn the hate and violence. Ads for paid protesters appeared on Craigslist. Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.<ref name="Protests"/>

Despite these attacks, liberals and leftists only focused on alleged attacks by Trump supporters against minorities and others (the false leftist narrative, although being blatantly false and one-sided, fits their manufactured narrative that Trump supporters are "racist" and "evil" and that leftists are "tolerant" and "forgiving", despite the opposite being true). It was found that despite the number of real anti-Trump attacks, several of the "pro-Trump" attacks were found to be hoaxes.<ref name="LatestAntiTrump"/>

====Democrat blame and deception====
Despite the unholy collusion between the Clinton campaign and mainstream news organizations which had been documented by her emails, and polling organizations paid by the Clinton campaign,<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/10/11/media-polling-fully-exposed-about-that-nbcwsj-clinton-11-point-poll/</ref> liberal apologists blamed so-called "[[fake news]]" sites for the defection of Democrat voters to Trump, and Hillary's loss. Google, Twitter, and Facebook vowed to blacklist "fake news", a veiled reference to Breitbart TV, Infowars, the Drudge Report, conservative blogs and social media sites.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/technology/google-will-ban-websites-that-host-fake-news-from-using-its-ad-service.html?_r=0</ref> Throughout the election, fake news stories and polling by mainstream sources insisted only "stupid" people supported Trump whereas Clinton had the edge among people with higher education. In post-election analysis it was revealed Trump indeed carried a majority of people with a college education.

Then Clinton surrogates alleged that Trump was the agent of a foreign power. The Clintons would not exit the stage peaceably,<ref>http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/14/colorado-judge-tells-faithless-electors-they-have-to-vote-for-clinton-or-face-jail-time/</ref> even with the anger expressed by some of her donors who had raised over one billion dollars on her behalf, and felt ripped off.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/hillary-clinton-campaign-donors-post-mortem-232715</ref> Other Clinton donors dumped another $7 million trying to overturn the election result.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/10/15/jill-stein-clinton-foundation-donors-in-corporate-media-prop-up-hillary-campaign/</ref>

====Certifying the victory despite leftist objections====
Progressives, media, and Hollywood surrogates tried to wheedle, cajole, and intimidate Electors,<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/310595-electoral-college-must-delay-vote-otherwise-putin</ref><ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/group-using-celebrities-urge-electors-vote-trump-foreign-registered-website/</ref> going so far as to employ bribery and death threats on members of the Electoral College.<ref name="thehill.com">https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/310980-michael-moore-to-gop-electors-i-will-pay-your-fine-if-you-dont</ref> Ultimately, Trump lost two pledged Electors and Hillary Clinton lost five.<ref>Hughes, Clyde (December 20, 2016). [https://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/electoral-college-monday-donald-trump/2016/12/20/id/764847/ Electoral College: Monday's Results Cement Trump's Presidency]. ''Newsmax''. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/revolt-fizzles-trump-easily-wins-electoral-college-vote/HsJeDsyNHYee1oH616qp1J/ Revolt fizzles as Trump easily wins Electoral College vote]. ''Dayton Daily News'' (from the Associated Press). December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref><ref>Finnegan, Michael (December 19, 2016). [http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-electoral-college-vote-20161219-story.html With 304 votes, electoral college seals Donald Trump's election as president]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved December 20, 2016.</ref>

The Electoral College results were certified on January 6, 2017 by the 115th U.S. Congress.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/06/dems-try-to-contest-trump-victory-on-house-floor.html ‘It is over’: Congress certifies Trump’s win, over last-ditch Dem objections]. ''Fox News''. January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref><ref>Nazarian, Adelle (January 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/06/it-is-over-joe-biden-shuts-down-democrats-electoral-college-challenge-to-trump/ ‘It Is Over’: Joe Biden Shuts Down Democrats’ Electoral College Challenge to Trump]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 6, 2017.</ref>

====The ''shattered'' Clinton campaign====
Clinton continued to blame "misogyny" (even from women) for her loss of the election, as well as supposed Russian meddling in the election, James Comey, and WikiLeaks.<ref>Breitman, Kendall (April 7, 2017). [http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-explains-why-she-really-lost-trump-n743581 Hillary Clinton Explains Why She Really Lost to Trump]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved April 8, 2017.</ref><ref>Kew, Ben (April 6, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2017/04/06/hillary-clinton-again-blames-misogyny-for-election-defeat/ Hillary Clinton Again Blames ‘Misogyny’ for Election Defeat]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 8, 2017.</ref>

In April 2017, journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes released the book ''Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign'' revealed that the Clinton campaign was a dysfunctional disaster and that numerous mistakes during the campaign contributed to her defeat.<ref>Adams, Becket; Weaver, Al (April 18, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/im-sorry-clinton-campaign-disaster-laid-bare-in-new-book/article/2620518 'I'm sorry': Clinton campaign disaster laid bare in new book]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Geraghty, Jim (April 19, 2017). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446885/shattered-jonathan-allen-amie-parnes-clinton-campaign-dysfunction-revealed Shattered Illusions]. ''National Review''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref><ref>Kakutani, Michiko (April 17, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/books/shattered-charts-hillary-clintons-course-into-the-iceberg.html?_r=0 'Shattered' Charts Hillary Clinton's Course Into the Iceberg]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref> The book reveals that Clinton did not plan on conceding the election until Obama told her to do so.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/4-excerpts-from-shattered-and-what-they-tell-us-about-clintons-loss/ Takeaways from the Clinton campaign autopsy "Shattered"]. ''CBS News''. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref> The book also revealed that within 24 hours after her loss, the Clinton campaign, particularly [[John Podesta]] and [[Robby Mook]], developed the claim of alleged collusion between Trump and Russia to give to the public as the center reason for the loss.<ref>Hudson, Jerome (April 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/21/shattered-revelation-clinton-campaign-hatched-russian-hacking-narrative-24-hours-after-hillarys-loss/ ‘Shattered’ Revelation: Clinton Campaign Hatched Russian Hacking Narrative 24 Hours After Hillary’s Loss]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref>

*Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes (2017). ''[https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Inside-Hillary-Clintons-Campaign/dp/0553447084 Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign]''. New York: Crown. ISBN: 978-0553447088.

== See also ==
*[[Presidential debates 2016]]
*[[Candidates on homosexuality]]
*[[Oleg Deripaska]]
*[[Marc Elias]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/events.phtml?s=c List of primaries and debates]
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|preceded=Peggy Rosenzweig
|succeeded=Leah Vukmir
}}
}}
:''Scott Walker was [[Conservative of the Year 2014]]''
:For the [[Texas]] judge, see ''[[Scott Walker (Texas)]]''.

'''Scott Kevin Walker''' (born November 2, 1967) was the [[conservative]] [[Republican]] governor of [[Wisconsin]] and was a candidate in the [[2016 presidential election]]. Previously he was executive of Milwaukee County and a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and while in college he ran a student [[pro-life]] organization.

Despite being governor of a [[blue state]], Walker successfully passed a large amount of solidly conservative legislation with the help of the GOP-controlled legislature. Despite strong opposition from [[leftists]], Walker's accomplishments include expanding [[gun rights]], protecting the [[right to life]], and making Wisconsin more business-friendly. Wisconsin's economic position has strengthened due to his policies.<ref name="WSJ"/>

He lost his bid for a third term in 2018, losing to Democrat Tony Evers.

==Early life==
Walker was born on November 2, 1967 in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]].<ref name="Bio">[http://www.biography.com/people/scott-walker-20941829 Scott Walker]. ''Biography.com''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> His father was a Baptist minister, and the Walker family moved to Plainfield, [[Iowa]] and then to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when Walker was nine.<ref name="Timeline">Stein, Kate (July 19, 2015). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/timeline-the-life-and-career-of-scott-walker/html_4c4013e6-9bfe-5cdd-b494-2ba6bcf88827.html Timeline: The life and career of Scott Walker]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref><ref name="Bio"/> Walker was active in school sports and other activities as a kid, and he was an [[Eagle Scout]].<ref name="Barbour">Barbour, Clay (October 24, 2010). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_da67cf2c-df74-11df-acf0-001cc4c002e0.html From preacher’s kid to front-runner: Scott Walker’s small-town roots led to reputation as fiscal hawk]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> In 1985, he was one of two boys chosen to represent Wisconsin for the Boys Nation, an event in [[Washington D.C.]] sponsored by the American Legion.<ref name="Bio"/> At the event, Walker was able to meet United States President [[Ronald Reagan]], "who he said inspired him and became his role model",<ref name="Bio"/> and he has stated that the even gave "him the political bug."<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986.<ref name="Timeline"/>

The same year he graduated high school, Walker entered Marquette University, and he would be a student there until the spring of 1990.<ref name="Bio"/> Walker was very active in student government, and he unsuccessfully ran for student president in 1988.<ref name="Timeline"/> In addition, he led the pro-life Students for Life group at Marquette.<ref name="Ben-Meir">Ben-Meir, Ilan (August 25, 2015). [https://www.buzzfeed.com/ilanbenmeir/scott-walkers-remarkably-consistent-two-decade-fight-against?utm_term=.wxBMQ2pnD2#.aja3QyqGay Scott Walker’s Remarkably Consistent, Two Decade Fight Against Abortion]. ''[[BuzzFeed News]]''. Retrieved November 19, 2016.</ref> Walker earned good grades, had a clean record, and was only 34 credits away from graduating, however he voluntarily dropped out after he received a well-paying job at American Red Cross.<ref name="Barbour"/><ref>Viser, Matt (February 11, 2015). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/02/11/scott-walker-dropped-out-marquette-but-his-education-campus-politics-set-him-ambitious-path/m41BjqIY9xAltlCgR6z5CM/story.html Scott Walker’s political ambitions fostered at Marquette]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> Liberals tried to mock him because of this in 2015, but Marquette made clear that he was "a senior in good standing when he voluntarily withdrew".<ref name="Bio"/>

==Early political career==
In 1990, Walker unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin State Assembly.<ref name="Timeline"/> In 1993, he was successfully elected to the state assembly in a special election.<ref name="Barbour"/> He was re-elected four times, serving until 2002.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> As early as his first election campaign and his tenure as state representative, it was clear that Walker was a solid fiscal and social conservative.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> In addition, he sponsored or cosponsored nearly every pro-life bill in the Assembly.<ref name="Ben-Meir"/>

In 2002, the Democrat Milwaukee County Executive, Tom Ament, decided to retire rather than face a recall election due to a pension scandal.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Barbour"/> Walker won the election in a historic victory, becoming "the youngest person and first Republican [ever] elected to the position"<ref name="Timeline"/> in a liberal county.<ref name="Barbour"/> As Milwaukee County Executive, Walker again showed his strong conservative values by shrinking the government workforce by 20 percent, by cutting over $44 million in proposed spending through his veto powers, and returning $370,000 of his government salary back to the county, among many other decisions.<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker was re-elected to the position in 2004 and 2008,<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> and despite being in a liberal county, he ran as a conservative.<ref name="Bio"/>

In January 2005, Walker announced he would run for Wisconsin Governor in the 2006 election.<ref name="Isenstadt2015">Isenstadt, Alex (March 29, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/the-crushing-defeat-that-shaped-scott-walker-116490 The crushing defeat that shaped Scott Walker]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref> In March 2006, after 14 months of campaigning and due to low campaign funds and support, Walker dropped out of the race and endorsed his Republican primary opponent, Congressman [[Mark Green]], actively campaigning for him.<ref name="Isenstadt2015"/> Green lost the election, and this helped position Walker as the frontrunner in the 2010 election.<ref name="Isenstadt2015"/>

==Governor of Wisconsin==
===2010 election===
Walker ran for and was elected Governor of Wisconsin, defeating liberal, [[pro-abortion]] Democrat Tom Barrett with over 52 percent of the vote.<ref name="Bio"/><ref>[http://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/percent%20results%20post%20recount_120710.pdf Government Accountability Canvas Reporting System, 2010 Election Results]. ''State of Wisconsin''. Pg. 1. December 8, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2016.</ref> As with his previous campaigns, Walker ran on a strong conservative platform, including support for gun-rights, life, marriage between a man and a woman, among other issues.<ref name="Timeline"/> Walker's victory came amid a massive series of GOP victories, as conservative Republican [[Ron Johnson]] won the contested U.S. Senate seat, and the party gained majorities in the U.S. House delegation, State Assembly, and State Senate.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-02-wi-full-election-results_N.htm Wisconsin: GOP wins Senate, House, gov. seats, ousting Feingold]. ''USA Today'' (from ''AP''). November 3, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Stein, Jason & Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/106582898.html Republicans take over state Senate, Assembly]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Right to work and 2012 recall election===
:''See also: [[Wisconsin budget controversy]]''
Scott Walker became a leader of [[conservatives]] nationwide when he supported and then signed into law a repeal of most of the [[collective bargaining]] privileges of most government workers.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Bio"/> Walker took this historic step to prevent the State from continuing on a path of financial ruin and overspending.<ref>Lieb, David & Ramde, Dinesh (March 1, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110304202127/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13017077&page=1 Wis. Gov. to Outline Ultimate Intentions in Budget]. ''ABC News'' (from ''AP'', archived at ''archive.org''). Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

[[Labor union|Union]]-controlled leftist politicians went berserk at the commonsense bill to reduce union control over the state, and they blocked the bill for three weeks by fleeing to [[Illinois]] until the Senate removed "some financial elements from the bill", making it legal to pass it without the missing Democrats.<ref>Marley, Patrick & Lee Bergquist, Lee (March 9, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117656563.html With Democrats absent, Republicans advance collective bargaining changes]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Leftists continued to fight the bill, but it was ultimately declared to be legal, twice, by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref>Marley, Patrick & Lee Bergquist, Lee (June 14, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/123859034.html Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker faced a [[liberal]]-promoted [[recall election]] on June 5, 2012, but won it by a landslide—53 percent of the vote, even more than in 2010.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/05/polls-close-in-wisconsin-voter-turnout-reported-heavy.html Wisconsin's Walker survives recall by wide margin]. ''Fox News''. June 6, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> By late May, [[liberals]] were already beginning to blame each other for Walker's lead in the polls: "Top [[union]] officials are lashing out at Washington [[Democrat]]s, claiming they haven't done enough to help them unseat Gov. Scott Walker in [[Wisconsin]]'s [[recall]] election."<ref>Joseph, Cameron & Bogardus, Kevin (May 25, 2012). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/229485-unions-angry-with-washington-democrats-over-lack-of-help-in-wisconsin Unions angry with Democrats over lack of help in Wisconsin governor's recall]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker became the first governor in United States history to survive a recall election.<ref>Montopoli, Brian (June 6, 2012). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-walker-wins-wisconsin-recall-election/ Scott Walker wins Wisconsin recall election]. ''CBS News''. Retrieved November 20, 2016.</ref>

===2014 election===
[[File:Scott Walker 2014 Wisconsin Governor Victory Party.jpg|thumb|200px|Scott Walker celebrating his 2014 re-election.]]
Scott Walker was reelected again in 2014—his third successful gubernatorial election in four years—with over 52 percent of the vote, defeating liberal Mary Burke.<ref>Higgins, Sean (November 5, 2014). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/scott-walker-wins-br-re-election-in-wisconsin/article/2555742 Gov. Scott Walker wins re-election in Wisconsin]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Rocha, Polo (November 6, 2014). [https://badgerherald.com/news/2014/11/06/how-scott-walker-won-his-third-governors-race-in-four-years/ How Scott Walker won his third governor’s race in four years]. ''The Badger Herald''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Reforms===
When Scott Walker took office, Wisconsin had a budget deficit of $3.6 billion.<ref name="Helped">Szafir, CJ (April 22, 2016). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434401/ Walker’s Union Reforms Have Helped, Not Hurt, Wisconsinites]. ''National Review''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Instead of raising taxes, the governor has set out on a mission to reduce costs across the board, make Wisconsin a business-friendly state, and give local governments the ability to make their own spending decisions.<ref name="Helped"/> The state's [[labor union]]s were in an uproar and protested Walker's decision to end union [[collective bargaining]] and weaken the tight grip they had on the state and its people.

Due to Walker's reforms, Wisconsin taxpayers have saved over $5.24 billion as of 2016, or $2,291 per household.<ref name="Helped"/><ref>[http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2016/02/act-10-saves-wisconsin-taxpayers-more-than-5-billion-over-5-years-maciver-analysis-finds/ Act 10 Saves Wisconsin Taxpayers More Than $5 Billion Over 5 Years, MacIver Analysis Finds]. ''MacIver Institute''. February 25, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2018.</ref> In addition, the state has saved over $3.36 billion and has increased its revenue by $404.8 million.<ref name="Helped"/> Despite leftist claims that Wisconsin's economy has stagnated under Walker, the evidence is overwhelming that the opposite is the case.<ref name="WSJ">Puzder, Andy (May 3, 2015). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-closer-look-at-scott-walkers-record-on-jobs-1430688558 A Closer Look at Scott Walker’s Record on Jobs]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker has been a strong advocate for the [[unborn]]. In 2011, he signed the Wisconsin state budget into law, which defunded [[Planned Parenthood]], making Wisconsin the fourth state to defund the illegal program.<ref>Zagorski, Sarah (August 24, 2015). [https://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/24/scott-walker-pushes-bill-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood-after-it-sells-aborted-baby-parts/ Scott Walker Pushes Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood After It Sells Aborted Baby Parts]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> In addition, Walker has signed other [[pro-life]] bills into law,<ref>[http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-outlines-abortion-gay-marriage-positions-in-letter-b99375704z1-279975922.html Scott Walker outlines abortion, gay marriage positions in letter]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' (from ''AP''). October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> including one to ban abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.<ref>Stein, Jason (July 20, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-signs-bill-banning-abortions-after-20-weeks-b99540949z1-317539131.html Scott Walker signs 20-week abortion ban, trooper pay raise]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He has criticized the notion that abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother in certain cases, calling it a "false choice."<ref>Spicuzza, Mary (August 8, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-calls-abortion-to-save-a-womans-life-a-false-choice-b99553080z1-321141741.html Scott Walker calls abortion to save a woman's life a 'false choice']. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved November 19, 2016.</ref> On April 3, 2018, Walker signed a bill into law that excluded abortion coverage from state health insurance plans.<ref>Freiburger, Calvin (April 3, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/wisconsin-governor-signs-bill-banning-abortion-insurance-coverage-for-state Wisconsin governor signs bill banning abortion insurance coverage for state employees]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 4, 2018.</ref>

On March 9, 2015, Walker signed into law a bill making Wisconsin a [[right to work]] state.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/09/wisconsin-gov-walker-to-sign-right-to-work-bill.html Gov. Walker signs bill making Wisconsin right-to-work state]. ''Fox News'' (from ''AP''). March 9, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.</ref> Once again, the unions went wild in opposition due to the loss of their massive power and filed a lawsuit against the law. As of May 2016, the law is still in effect but in a vulnerable position.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-right-to-work-law-20160524-story.html Court puts ruling striking down Wisconsin's right-to-work law on hold]. ''Chicago Tribune''. May 24, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

Walker also has greatly expanded [[gun rights]] for Wisconsin residents. In 2011, he signed [[concealed carry]]<ref>Stein, Jason (July 8, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/125235719.html Walker signs concealed-carry measure into law]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> and the [[Castle Doctrine]]<ref>Stein, Jason (December 7, 2011). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/walker-to-sign-castle-doctrine-bill-wednesday-bh3brej-135197918.html Walker signs 'castle doctrine' bill, other measures]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> into law. Walker's support for gun rights did not end there. On June 24, 2015, Walker signed two bills into law that removed Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period for buying guns and gave retired or off-duty law enforcement officials the legal right to carry concealed guns into public schools.<ref>Strauss, Daniel (June 24, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/scott-walker-two-gun-bills-119380 Scott Walker signs two pro-gun bills]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He has earned an "A+" rating from the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref>[https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20140922/nra-endorses-scott-walker-for-governor-in-wisconsin NRA Endorses Scott Walker for Governor in Wisconsin]. ''NRA-PVF''. September 22, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2016.</ref>

Walker has supported [[Israel]], and in October 2017, he signed an executive order to ban state agencies from doing business with firms with ties to the anti-Israel [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/10/31/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-signs-bill-barring-israel-boycotts/ Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Signs Bill Barring Israel Boycotts]. ''Breitbart News''. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.</ref>

===2016 presidential primaries===
Walker announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]] on July 13, 2015.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/07/13/walker-announces-2016-white-house-bid.html Walker announces 2016 White House bid, vows to 'fight for America']. ''Fox News''. July 13, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Despite his popularity, strong position, and early lead in the polls, Walker dropped out on September 21 after the rise of [[Donald Trump]].<ref>Lowry, Rich & Johnson, Eliana (September 8, 2015). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423725/ Scott Walker: What Went Wrong?]. ''National Review''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Eric Bradner, John King, Dana Bash and Jeff Zeleny (September 21, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/politics/scott-walker-drops-out-2016-election/ Scott Walker drops out of 2016 presidential race]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> He endorsed [[Texas]] Senator [[Ted Cruz]] for the GOP nomination,<ref>Glueck, Katie & Gass, Nick (March 29, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/scott-walker-endorses-ted-cruz-221327 Scott Walker endorses Ted Cruz]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> but he put his full support behind Trump after he won the primary.<ref>Gass, Nick (July 20, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/rnc-2016-scott-walker-donald-trump-endorsement-225914 Walker 'absolutely' endorses Trump]. ''Politico''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Gilbert, Craig (July 21, 2016). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-joins-backlash-over-cruz-refusal-to-endorse-trump-b99765830z1-387827571.html Scott Walker joins backlash over Cruz refusal to endorse Trump]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker helped conservative [[Indiana]] governor and GOP vice presidential nominee [[Mike Pence]] prepare for the vice presidential debate against [[Virginia]] Senator [[Tim Kaine]], which Pence decisively won.<ref>Shih, Adrienne (October 5, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/05/politics/scott-walker-mike-pence-debate/ Gov. Scott Walker: Mike Pence didn't 'take the bait' at debate]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref>

===Trump carries state===
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election in a historic and massive upset.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref><ref name="Build">Bauer, Scott (November 9, 2016). [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article113209848.html Republicans build majorities in Legislature]. ''The Charlotte Observer'' (from ''AP''). Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> In addition, Trump won Wisconsin in an equally surprising upset, becoming the first Republican to do so since [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984]].<ref name="Build"/><ref>Kueppers, Courtney (November 8, 2016). [http://www.wpr.org/trump-becomes-1st-republican-presidential-candidate-1984-win-wisconsin Trump Becomes First Republican Presidential Candidate Since 1984 To Win Wisconsin]. ''Wisconsin Public Radio''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> Also, the state GOP won historic victories in the state legislature, building their largest majorities since 1957,<ref name="Build"/><ref>Marley, Patrick & Stein, Jason (November 9, 2016). [http://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/08/gop-retains-hold-legislature/93163322/ GOP strengthens hold on Legislature]. ''Sheboygan Press''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> and conservative Republican U.S. Senator [[Ron Johnson]] defeated liberal [[Russ Feingold]] a second time for a second term.<ref name="Build"/><ref>Schleifer, Theodore (November 8, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/08/politics/ron-johnson-russ-feingold-wisconsin-senate-election-results/ Ron Johnson earns surprise GOP win in Wisconsin Senate race]. ''CNN''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> This put Walker and the Wisconsin Republican Party in a very strong position,<ref>Litke, Eric (November 10, 2016). [http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/10/5-wisconsin-winners-trump-tidal-wave/93550526/ 5 Wisconsin winners in Trump tidal wave]. ''Post-Crescent''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.</ref> and it coincided with major electoral gains for the GOP.<ref>Bosman, Julie & Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.</ref>

===2018 election===
Walker faced a tough re-election campaign in 2018.<ref>Lucas, Fred (October 11, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/is-scott-walkers-winning-streak-nearing-an-end-wisconsin-race-poses-challenge Is Scott Walker's winning streak nearing an end? Wisconsin race poses challenge]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Finley, Allysia (October 26, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-walkers-toughest-campaign-1540594583 Scott Walker’s Toughest Campaign]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved October 26, 2018.</ref> Walker ultimately lost the election by a narrow margin.<ref>Darrah, Nicole (November 7, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scott-walker-concedes-to-democrat-tony-evers-in-wisconsin-gubernatorial-race Scott Walker concedes to Democrat Tony Evers in Wisconsin gubernatorial race]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref><ref>Wilson, Reid (November 7, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414904-dem-defeats-scott-walker-in-wisconsin-governors-race Dem defeats Scott Walker in Wisconsin governor’s race]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 11, 2018.</ref> Voting irregularities and mishandling of ballots in Milwaukee county occurred.<ref>https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/07/scott-walker-eyes-damaged-absentee-ballots-recount-decision/1918944002/</ref>

==Personal life==
Walker married his wife, Tonette, in 1993, and together they have two sons.<ref name="JordanWaPo">Jordan, Mary (July 5, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/scott-walkers-wife-toughened-by-life-adds-steel-to-the-gop-candidates-spine/2015/07/05/61337f5d-2513-4698-8f27-647e28b3c8cc_story.html Scott Walker’s wife, toughened by life, is ready for fires of a campaign]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker is a [[born-again Christian]].<ref>Erickson, Doug (January 3, 2011). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_17ec4e3a-1775-11e0-9756-001cc4c002e0.html Inauguration day starts with prayer breakfast]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Despite his strong Christian and conservative stances, Walker's wife and sons disagree with him both on certain political and religious issues.<ref name="JordanWaPo"/>

==External links==
*[http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/ Governor of Wisconsin Official Site]
*[https://www.scottwalker.com Scott Walker 2016 campaign website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Walker Profile] on Ballotpedia

==References==
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|senator1=Lisa Murkowski
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'''Alaska''' became the forty-ninth [[state]] to enter into the [[United States of America]] in 1959. Alaska is not contiguous to the rest of the United States, bordering [[Canada]]'s [[Yukon Territory]] and province of [[British Columbia]] to the east. Its [[capital]] is [[Juneau]].

Alaska's territory was purchased from [[Russia]] in 1867 by the Johnson administration for 7.2 million [[Dollar|USD]]; its vast [[oil]] and [[gold]] reserves have more than repaid the investment that was once ridiculed as "Seward's Folly.," after [[William Seward|William H. Seward]] who was the [[Secretary of State]] that negotiated the purchase.

Although it is the largest state by area, it is the third smallest state by population (larger than only [[Wyoming]] and [[Vermont]]).

The state Constitution of Alaska, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We the people of Alaska, grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land, in order to secure and transmit to succeeding generations our heritage of political, civil, and religious liberty within the Union of States, do ordain and establish this constitution for the State of Alaska.''

==Elected Officials==
===Federal===
*Senator [[Lisa Murkowski]] (R)
*Senator [[Dan Sullivan]] (R)
*Rep. [[Don Young]] (R)

===Statewide===
*Governor [[Bill Walker]] (I)
*Lt. Governor [[Byron Mallott]] (D)

==Politics of Alaska==

Alaska is a [[Republican]] stronghold with a [[libertarian]] streak.<ref>http://election.nationaljournal.com/states/ak.htm</ref> [[George W. Bush]] carried the state 59%-28% in 2000, 61%-36% in 2004, and [[John McCain]] 59%-38% in 2008. The legislature has split control, with Democrats in control of the state house. Following the 2018 midterms, control of the state house is still undecided. In 2008 [[Mark Begich]] became the first [[Democrat]] elected to [[Congress]] from Alaska since 1974.

==Economy==
Alaska's economy consists of three main sectors. Firstly there is mineral resources, in the form of oil and coal and gold and silver and a variety of other metals. Secondly there is commercial fishing, primarily salmon, king crab, halibut, grey cod, and pollack. Finally there is federal spending, Alaska receives more federal spending per citizen than any other state, getting about two dollars in federal spending for every tax dollar sent to the IRS.

==Energy==
[[File:Alaska-oil.jpg|thumb|300px|right]][[File:Oil-symbol.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
Alaska has vast energy resources but low energy demand. Major oil and gas reserves are found in the Alaska North Slope (ANS) and Cook Inlet basins. The Alaska North Slope contains 14 of the 100 largest oil fields in the United States, and two of the largest natural gas fields. The North Slope’s Prudhoe Bay field is the largest oil field in the country. Substantial coal deposits are found in Alaska’s bituminous, sub-bituminous, and lignite coal basins. Alaska’s numerous rivers offer some of the highest hydroelectric power potential in the country, and large swaths of the Alaskan coastline offer wind and geothermal energy potential. The oil and gas industry dominates the Alaskan economy, and production activities drive state energy demand. Nevertheless, overall state energy demand is low.<ref>See [http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=AK Energy Information Administration, State Report 2009]</ref>

Alaska is the second-ranked oil-producing state (after Texas), if output from the Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is excluded from the state totals. Nearly all of Alaska’s oil production takes place on the North Slope. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) transports crude oil from the frozen North Slope to the warm-water Port of Valdez, on Alaska’s southern coast. From Valdez, tankers ship the ANS crude oil primarily to refineries in California and Washington State. Those refineries are designed to process the intermediate, sour (high-sulfur) crude oil from the ANS. Alaskan crude oil production has been in decline since 1988, when output peaked at over 2 million barrels per day. However, experts believe that large oil and gas reserves in the state remain untapped, and some have called for the federal government to open more public lands, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, for oil exploration and drilling.

Demand for finished petroleum products in Alaska is low. Although Alaska has six refineries, most of them are “topping” plants that strip away lighter products from the TAPS heavy crude oil stream for internal refinery use. State motor gasoline demand is primarily met by refineries in Kenai and near Fairbanks. The use of oxygenated motor gasoline is required in the Fairbanks and Anchorage areas during their winter months. Jet fuel consumption in Alaska is high compared to other States.

Due to harsh weather conditions that persist throughout most of the year, Alaska’s oil infrastructure is particularly vulnerable to weather-related accidents and disruptions. The worst accident was not weather-related, however. It occurred in March 1989, when the tank vessel ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' struck Bligh Reef and spilled at least 260 thousand barrels of oil into the Prince William Sound (some estimates put the figure at 30 million gallons, or over 700 thousand barrels<ref>Bluemink, Elizabeth. "Size of Exxon spill remains disputed." June 15, 2010. Anchorage Daily News. http://www.adn.com/2010/06/05/1309722/size-of-exxon-spill-remains-disputed.html</ref>). The cause of the accident is at least partially due to navigation errors of fatigued crew members, some of who were allegedly drunk. Other factors contributing to the accident were navigational equipment failures, deliberate breach of navigational protocol, and an inadequate number of crew members on the vessel,<ref>Alaska Oil Spill Commission. "Spill: The Wreck of the Exxon Valdez: Implications for Safe Transport of Oil." February, 1990. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/oil_spills/spill_wreck_ExxonValdez_1990.pdf</ref><ref>Reprint of pages 5-14 of the AOSC reference, in an easier to read form. http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/facts/details.cfm</ref> and these findings led to new regulations and recommended changes in the oil industry, specifically with regards to transporting oil.

==Notable People from Alaska==
*[[Sarah Palin]], former governor, GOP vice presidential nominee 2008, conservative leader
*[[Carlos Boozer]] ([[Utah Jazz]] basketball player)
*[[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]]
*[[Valerie Plame]]

==State Motto==
''“North to the Future”'' The motto was chosen in 1967 during the Alaska Purchase centennial and was created by Juneau newsman Richard Peter. The motto is meant to represent Alaska as a land of promise.

==See also==
*[[Alaska-class cruiser]]
* [[Constitutional carry]]: In Alaska the [[Second Amendment]] is the "[[license]]" for [[Concealed carry]] and [[Open carry]]. The carrying of [[firearm]]s, [[concealed carry|concealed]] or [[Open carry|not]], is generally not restricted by the [[law]].
* [[Red state]]s - [[Republican]]
* [[Purple state]]s - swing states that can vote either [[Republican]] or [[Democrat]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://arcticcam.com/cam/ Live image from Fairbanks, Alaska]
*[http://www.state.ak.us/ State of Alaska Home page]
*[http://www.travelalaska.com/ State of Alaska Travel and Vacation Information]

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Paul Ryan

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'''Paul D. Ryan, Jr.''' (born January 29, 1970) is the [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] and was the [[Republican]] nominee for [[Vice President]] in the [[Presidential Election 2012]], as selected by [[Mitt Romney]] on August 11. In 2016, Ryan initially declined to support [[GOP]] presidential nominee [[Donald Trump]] and as a result, faced a spirited primary challenge backed by [[Sarah Palin]]. But Ryan was reelected for another term.

Paul Ryan has repeatedly caved into the [[homosexual agenda]], beginning as early as 2007 when he voted for special rights for [[homosexuals]] in the EDNA bill. Subsequently, he supports adoption by homosexual couples, and changing the military to appease the homosexual movement. Ryan also cast votes in favor of funding [[amnesty]], in favor of bailing out [[Wall Street]] ([[TARP]]), and in favor of a budget that continued funding for [[Planned Parenthood]]. Ryan used his power in the House to punish [[conservative]] members, and was a cheerleader to transfer power to [[Obama]] with the Trade Promotion Authority. Simply put, Paul Ryan is a puppet for the [[Establishment]].

He claims a [[pro-life]] voting record throughout his numerous terms as U.S. Representative for [[Wisconsin]]'s 1st Congressional District, but has almost no legislative pro-life achievements. He is the chairman of the House Budget Committee. Because Ryan ran for re-election to Congress while being the 2012 Vice Presidential candidate, he was able to continue in public service despite his defeat for Vice President.

In the only vice presidential debate, Paul Ryan defeated [[liberal]] [[Joe Biden]] by a 48-44% margin, according to a [[CNN]] poll.

Ryan publicly endorsed Romney in March 2012, while the more [[conservative]] candidates of [[Rick Santorum]] and [[Newt Gingrich]] were still in the race, and even "asked Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to bow out."<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mitt-romney-scores-key-republican-endorsement-rep-paul-ryan-article-1.1053376?localLinksEnabled=false</ref>

Ryan is an "Inside the Beltway" type - he began as a congressional staffer and has never held a serious job in the private sector. While he has indicated support for reducing government, some of the specifics in his economic proposals have not been particularly [[conservative]] or helpful politically to the [[Republican Party]].<ref name="ByasTNA2018"/> His selection as the Republican [[Vice President 2012]] focused national attention on his economic ideas, steering media attention away from social issues.

Ryan has been criticized for holding [[big government]] and globalist positions.<ref name="ByasTNA2018">Byas, Steve (April 11, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/28736-speaker-paul-ryan-to-retire-from-congress Speaker Paul Ryan to Retire From Congress]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref> Some have criticized Ryan as being a "big spending conservative." He also supports mass migration, amnesty for [[illegal aliens]], and [[globalist]] trade policies.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/346546/paul-ryan%E2%80%99s-immigration-play</ref><ref>Munro, Neil (April 12, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/04/11/amnesty-advocates-mourn-paul-ryan-exit/ Amnesty Advocates Mourn Ryan’s Exit]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.</ref><ref>Binder, John (April 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/11/9-times-paul-ryan-put-american-workers-last-foreigners-first/ 9 Times Paul Ryan Put American Workers Last, Foreigners First]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref> Ryan has aligned with the [[Koch brothers]].<ref>Binder, John (April 11, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/11/paul-ryans-globalist-legacy-ignoring-americas-working-class-at-the-behest-of-billionaire-koch-brothers/ Paul Ryan’s Globalist Legacy: Ignoring America’s Working Class at the Behest of Billionaire Koch Brothers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref> While voicing [[pro-life]] positions, Ryan has a mixed record on abortion issues.<ref>Freiburger, Calvin (April 12, 2018). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/paul-ryan-retires-leaving-behind-mixed-record-on-life Paul Ryan retires, leaving behind mixed record on life]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref> He called [[James Comey]] a man of integraty, "as far as I know", despite Comey admitting to leaking and being influenced by politics when investigating senior political officials.<ref>Richardson, Bradford (April 15, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/15/paul-ryan-says-james-comey-man-integrity-far-i-kno/ Paul Ryan: James Comey a man of integrity ‘as far as I know’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 15, 2018.</ref>

==Early life==
Paul Ryan was born in Janesville, Wisconsin.

==Speaker==
Many Republicans had promoted [[Eric Cantor]] within the House leadership structure to Majority Leader with the goal of having Cantor become the first Jewish Speaker in history. As a result, Ryan took on roles as Chair of the House Budget Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee as an ally of Cantor rather than as a direct rival. Ryan and Cantor coauthored a book. However, the Tea Party launched a primary challenge against Cantor, and [[David Brat]] defeated Cantor in the Republican primary. As a result, Cantor resigned from the House and the leadership team, effective August 18, 2014. This in turn, placed the then-Speaker [[John Boehner]] in a difficult position, because he relied upon Cantor to deliver conservative Republican votes. As the Republican House caucus grew more fractured, Boehner could not gather the votes necessary to pass appropriations needed to keep the government open and faced demands that his continued leadership be put to a rare mid-term vote. On September 25, 2015, Boehner announced that he would step down as Speaker and resign from Congress at the end of October 2015. At first, Ryan indicated that he would rather remain as Chair of the Ways and Means Committee to allow House Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]] of California to run for Speaker, but when no other candidate emerged with widespread support, he agreed to run for Speaker. Boehner officially passed off the Speaker's gavel to Ryan on October 29, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/10/29/paul-ryan-set-to-be-elected-62nd-house-speaker/ |title=Paul Ryan elected House speaker |work=Washington Post |author=Mike DeBonis |date=October 29, 2015 |accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> Ryan was the youngest Speaker since [[James G. Blaine]] in 1875.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Downs|first1=Rebecca|title=Paul Ryan elected youngest Speaker of the House since 1875|url=http://redalertpolitics.com/2015/10/29/paul-ryan-elected-youngest-speaker-house-since-1875|publisher=redalertpolitics.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref>

During the Obama term, Ryan was the highest Republican elected official serving in government, and was mentioned as a possible 2016 candidate for President. He served as co-chair of the 2016 Republican National Convention. When [[Donald Trump]] was projected as receiving a majority of the delegates at that Convention, the Republican leadership divided on how to react. Most Republicans said they would support him as the nominee, but Ryan among others withheld their support. In response, the Tea Party, including [[Sarah Palin]], supported [[Paul Nehlen]] in the primary held on August 9, 2016. However, Ryan led Nehlen 78% to 14 percent in the polls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rightwisconsin.com/opinion/daily-takes/paul-ryan-has-massive-78-14-lead-over-primary-challenger|title=Paul Ryan Has Massive 78-14 Lead Over Primary Challenger|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> Nehlen finished with 14 percent of the vote.

Ryan announced in April 2018 that he would not run for re-election.<ref>Shaw, Adam (April 11, 2018). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/11/house-speaker-paul-ryan-will-not-run-for-re-election.html House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 11, 2018.</ref>
Democrats wiped out his majority in 2018 by gaining 40 seats and defeating Ryan's close ally, former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and replacing him with Democrat Tony Evers.

==Athletics==
Ryan pursues an intense cross-training fitness program called [[P90X]], and hosts a group of Congressmen for early morning workouts.<ref>Janice Lloyd, "[https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-08-13/paul-ryan-fitness/57039866/1?csp=34news Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan could run circles around most of us in the gym]," ''USA Today'', retrieved November 16, 2012.</ref>

In a radio interview, Ryan said that he had run a marathon in under three hours;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/3229320e-2c55-4122-93f1-2ebe4fbc8663|title=Paul Ryan Interview|date=August 22, 2012 | work=hughhewitt.com}}</ref> he later stated that he forgot his actual time and was just trying to state what he thought was a normal time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wing|first=Nick|title=Paul Ryan Explains Marathon Time Snafu: I Made Up What I Thought Was 'An Ordinary Time'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/paul-ryan-marathon-lie_n_1858384.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012|accessdate=23 October 2012|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=09/05/2012}}</ref> His one official marathon time is recorded as slightly over four hours.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/09/02/paul_ryans_marathon_lie/|title=Paul Ryan’s marathon lie|date=September 2, 2012 | work=salon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/|title=Paul Ryan Has Not Run Sub-3:00 Marathon |date=August 31, 2012 |work=Runner's World}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Reince Priebus]]
*[[Sean Spicer]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.house.gov/ryan/ Official Site]
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/277244/rule-law-paul-ryan Speech by Paul Ryan at Hillsdale College]
*[http://ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm Ryan on the Issues]
*[https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/13/politics/ryan-issues/index.html CNN: Ryan's conservative stance extends beyond fiscal policy]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/16/Democrats-Plan-A-Ryan-Too-Conservative-Plan-B-Not-Conservative-Enough Democrats unsure whether to exaggerate Ryan's conservatism or to downplay it]

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Arizona

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[[File:Arizona State Seal.jpg|right|150px]]
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'''Arizona''' on February 14, 1912 became the forty-eighth state to enter the union, and the last of the "lower 48" (contiguous) states to enter. It is known as the [[Grand Canyon]] State. Its capital and largest city is [[Phoenix (city)|Phoenix]].<ref>http://az.gov/</ref>

Arizona has always been politically conservative, but until 1952 the conservative Democrats were in control. Thanks to [[Barry Goldwater]], Republicans built a strong base and controlled the electoral vote. In recent years, the state has gained population rapidly and the two parties are evenly matched.

The growth engine of large scale immigration from California and Mexico, and housing construction collapsed with the [[Recession of 2008]], and the economy is struggling.

The state Constitution of Arizona, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says:
:''We the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution.''

== Geography & Population ==

*The state is bordered by the following states: [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]], and [[New Mexico]] (the latter three meet at a single point known as the "Four Corners", the only place where four states meet; the site is a popular tourist attraction which allows people to photograph themselves physically in four states), as well as Mexico.
[[File:Tucson1.jpg|thumb|120px]]
*Total Land Area: 113,635 square miles

*Highest Elevation: 12,633 ft (Humphreys Peak)

*Population (in 2005): 5,939,292

*Most populated cities in Arizona:

:[[Phoenix (city)|Phoenix]], Population: 1,321,045
:[[Tucson]], Population: 486,699
:Mesa, Population: 396,375
:Glendale, Population: 218,812
:Scottsdale, Population: 202,705 <ref>http://www.theus50.com/arizona/cities.php</ref>

Arizona has a large population of people of [[Native American]] descent. The Indian tribes who inhabited the land that is now Arizona include the [[Apache]], [[Navajo]], [[Mojave]] and [[Yavapai]].<ref>http://www.theus50.com/arizona/history.shtml</ref>

==Political culture==
In more recent years, the [[Republican Party]] has generally dominated Arizona politics and the [[Arizona legislature|state legislature]]. In 2004, President [[George W. Bush]] won the state's ten electoral votes by a margin of 10 percentage points with 55% of the vote, and in 2008 [[John McCain]] won the state with 54% of the vote. Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature. Their two [[United States Senator]]s are Republican and no Democrat holds statewide office. This was until 2018 when the voters elected Democrat Kyrsten Sinema over Martha McSally. However, Arizona became the first U.S. state to vote against an anti-gay marriage amendment in the 2006 midterm elections. Although [[gay marriage]] is still illegal in Arizona, this amendment would have abolished civil unions and domestic partnerships for [[homosexual]] couples. Arizona has consistently been a [[red state]] in presidential elections since 1952, except in 1996 when [[Bill Clinton]] won the state. Excepting Clinton, the last [[Democrat]] to win Arizona in a presidential election was [[Harry Truman]] in 1948.

== Notable Arizonans ==

*[[Barry Goldwater]] (Conservative leader), GOP presidential nominee in 1964
* [[John McCain]] (Republican leader), GOP presidential nominee in 2008
*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (Architect)
*[[Stewart Udall]] (former Congressman and Secretary of the Interior)
*[[Erma Bombeck]] (Writer)
*[[William Rehnquist]] (Supreme Court chief justice)
*[[Sandra Day O'Connor]] (Supreme Court justice)
*[[James Rhodes]] (Republican leader in Congress)

==Elected Officials==
===Federal===
*Senator [[John Kyl]] (R)
*Senator [[Jeff Flake]] (R)
*Rep. [[Tom O'Halleran]] [D, AZ-1]
*Rep. [[Martha McSally]] [R, AZ-2]
*Rep. [[Raul Grijalva]] [D, AZ-3]
*Rep. [[Paul Gosar]] [R, AZ-4]
*Rep. [[Andy Biggs]] [R, AZ-5]
*Rep. [[David Schweikert]] [R, AZ-6]
*Rep. [[Ruben Gallego]] [D, AZ-7]
*Rep. [[Debbie Lesko]] [R, AZ-8]
*Rep. [[Kyrsten Sinema]] [D, AZ-9]
[[Image:Jan Brewer.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Governor Jan Brewer]]
===Statewide===
*Governor [[Doug Ducey]] (R)
*Attorney General [[Mark Brnovich]] (R)
*Secretary of State [[Michele Reagan]] (R)
*State Treasurer [[Eileen Klein]] (R)
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==See also==
* [[Senator from Arizona]]
* [[Survivalism]] and [[Survivalist retreat]]s

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

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2018 Midterm elections

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[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total, their biggest gain since 1974. Democrats won the American popular vote by 8.6%, the highest midterm margin since 1986, and larger than the 1994, 2006, and 2010 waves. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided after allegations of electoral fraud against Republican pastor Mark Harris. Democrats also gained 7 Governorships, including a sweep of the upper midwest.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
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2018 Midterm elections

2018-12-19T17:16:15Z

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[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governorships, including a sweep of the upper midwest.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate, while losing seats in Nevada and Arizona.
The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
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2018 Midterm elections

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[[File:Congressional-baseball-practice-shooting-June-14-2017-twitter-640x480.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Death threats and [[leftist]] mob violence caused 36 incumbant House Republicans not itto seek re-election in 2018.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/p/republican-lawmakers-are-retiring-out-of-fear-of-assassination-this-congressman-thinks-8930196</ref>]]
The '''2018 Midterm elections''' for the 116th Congress were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Democrat poll workers stored blank ballots in boxes labeled "provisional ballots" which supposedly had been cast, and filled in the blank ballots during recounts.

With 36 Republican members retiring from the House, Democrats won many open seats and took control of the chamber. [[Nancy Pelosi]] again became Speaker of the House. Democrats gained 40 seats total. One race in North Carolina's 9th District is still undecided. Democrats also gained 7 Governorships, including a sweep of the upper midwest.

The Republicans retained control of the Senate, with the seat in [[Arizona]] having been stolen through electoral fraud.<ref>http://ktar.com/story/2299990/arizona-gop-claims-maricopa-county-destroyed-some-voting-evidence/</ref>

The alleged "Blue wave" did not materialize; however, rampant [[voter fraud]] in heavy Democrat districts did occur.<ref>https://twitter.com/Str8DonLemon/status/1061991384369020929</ref>

In the 115th Congress the [[Republican Party]] held 235 seats House of Representatives to [[Democrat]]s' 193 seats, with seven seats vacant. In the Senate the Republican Party held 51 seats. The Democrats held 47 seats, and the remaining two were held by Independents too ashamed to call themselves Democrats publicly, though they caucus with the Democrat party. Of the 33 seats up for reelection, the Democrats had to defend 25 (two of which are held by Independents), while Republicans had only eight seats to defend. The Democrat Party tried to defend 10 seats in states that [[Donald Trump]] won over [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016.

Despite [[liberal media]] [[fake news]], the Democrats had to win 48 House seats and seven Senate seats to qualify historically as a "wave election."<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Rasmussen%27s_Number_of_the_Day_for_June_25,_2018]</ref> Increasing [[leftist]] violence and resistance to accepting the results of the [[2016 presidential election]] was an important issue. <ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-resistance-continues-slide-toward-violence/</ref><ref>Although analysis by the [[Cato Institute]] and ''[[New York Times]]'' showed leftist-motivated violence on the rise since 2016 with killings 2.5 times higher than right wing extremists, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/term-alt-left-came the numbers ''do not'' include murders of [[police officer]]s by [[Black Lives Matter]] activists. https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/14/us/police-officers-fatal-shooting-line-duty-nationwide/index.html</ref> Democrats relied on [[corrupt]] local election officials and their corrupt media allies' failure to report and expose it, and [[social media]] [[censorship]] of [[conservative]] voices for their limited success.

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]], having squandered a record $70 million of other people's money in a losing bid against [[Ted Cruz]] for the [[Texas]] Senate seat, is now considered a qualified leading contender for President by Democrats and the liberal media.

==Issues==
[[File:Democrats 2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Democrats took their message of chaos and disruption to the street.]] An election eve poll of registered voters one week before the election found 30% view Trump as the most important issue, while 22% rated the economy, followed by 15% who rank [[illegal immigration]] and 14% who say the same of Obamacare. 51% gave the President good or excellent marks for his handling of the [[economy]], while 33% rated his performance in this area as poor. Overall, Trump’s approval rating was higher than [[Barack Obama]]’s at this stage of his Presidency.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/rating_president_trump_on_the_issues_oct29]</ref>

Despite a $50 million fundraising advantage from [[Hollywood]], [[Wall Street]], and [[globalism|global]] [[elitism|elites]], the Democratic party leadership's advocacy of mob [[violence]] to advance [[socialism]] became a key issue.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlMIyae9-ZU</ref> The [[Kavanaugh smear]], Democrat disruptions of the orderly working of [[Congress]], and the Democrats' denial of [[due process]] rights energized the Republican base.<ref>https://youtu.be/iW4YwZtRAUY</ref>

Democrat [[Beto O'Rourke]] of [[Texas]] is now considered a qualified leading contender by Democrats and the liberal media for 2020 Presidential nomination.

===Supreme Court===
:{{See also|Kavanaugh smear|MeToo movement}}
[[File:Sarsour hearing-500x281.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Linda Sarsour]] removed from the hearing room. Sarsour is a notorious [[anti-Semite]] and spokesperson for leftist causes.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/opinion/womens-march-progressives-hate.html</ref>]]
''[[The New Yorker]]'' publicized in March 2012 that [[Brett Kavanaugh]] was the most likely next nominee if a Republican were to win the election.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/26/holding-court</ref> Within a few months, [[Christine Blasey Ford]] for the first time allegedly told her therapist that she had been fondled at a drinking party and felt threatened. The therapist's notes, however, do not name Kavanaugh.

In the Spring of 2018, [[President Donald Trump]] nominated Judge Kavanaugh to the [[Supreme Court]]. Ricki Seidman, who orchestrated the 1991 [[Clarence Thomas]] smear, mapped out the plan to defame Kavanaugh in July 2018: {{quotebox|"Over the coming days and weeks there will be a strategy that will emerge, and I think it’s possible that that strategy might ultimately defeat the nominee."<ref>[https://youtu.be/zRttpJxj59A Begins at 3:20.]</ref>}} Like the attack on Justice Thomas, outrageous last minute personal smears were intended to erroneously waste the time of Congress.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' first published Blasey Ford's allegations in a letter under an anonymous op-ed byline. The op-ed named Kavanaugh as one of the boys at the drinking party in high school. Sen. [[Dianne Feinstein]] did not ask the FBI to investigate when she received the letter in July 2018, held it for two months during hearings, then passed the anonymous slanders along to ''WaPo'' when the regular hearings ended.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dianne-feinstein-falsely-claims-gop-blocking-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-allegation/</ref><ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/msn/how-feinstein-is-conspiring-to-destroy-kavanaugh/ar-AAAuxh9</ref> In the interim, Blasey Ford was directed by unknown operatives to take a polygraph test in August 2018. The allegations were withheld by Feinstein and the Democrats from the [[FBI]] during the FBI's pre-hearing investigation and vetting process.<ref>https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/18/lindsey-graham-ford-no-intention-coming-forward-whyd-take-polygraph-early-august/</ref>

Then, during the period in which the Senate Judiciary Committee delayed the vote 10 days to accommodate Blasey Ford's testimony, the ''[[New Yorker]]'' published an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a drinking party at [[Yale]] to a female classmate.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez</ref> The ''New Yorker'' wrote: {{quotebox|"The magazine contacted several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident...''The New Yorker'' has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that Kavanaugh was present at the party."}} The accuser did give the ''New Yorker'' six names to support her claim- six witnesses Deborah Ramirez stated could substantiate her accusation. And when the ''New Yorker'' interviewed them, '''''all six''''' said it never happened, and although 100% of the evidence discovered by the ''New Yorker'' refuted the claim, the ''New Yorker'' still published the article.

In the end, Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed, and the Democrats were roundly condemned for their sickening conduct.

===Abolishing ICE===
[[File:Mexico-Caravan-Horde-Adolfo-Flores.jpg|thumbnail|The caravan as it moves through Mexico|300px]]
Many [[Leftist]]s ran on a platform of abolishing the nation's [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|imigration enforcement]] authority and moving toward a policy of unrestricted immigration and open borders.

[[ICE]] was created on a recommendation of the [[9/11]] Commission after 19 [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]]is entered the United States under the [[Clinton administration]] and murdered 3,000 Americans.

In 2018, Democrat representatives entered bills in Congress to abolish ICE.

====Migrant caravan====
[[File:Migrant-caravan-collage 451.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican border police.]]
:{{Main article|2018 Migrant caravan}}
Weeks before the election, [[George Soros]] [[front group]]s and human traffickers organized a migrant mob in [[Honduras]] to storm U.S. border control.<ref>https://youtu.be/fLJ3p8yHdWk</ref> Soros employed similiar tactics in the [[European migrant crisis]] which has destabilized European society.

The heavily financed horde overwhelmed the token resistance from the Mexican police and advanced north toward the Southern U.S. border. The ''[[Associated Press]]'' described a “growing army of migrants resumes march toward US.”<ref>https://www.apnews.com/b709e05ec83c49e6876ff612141ae942</ref> The group has been enjoined by [[ideological]] [[comrade]]s from within Mexico. The group claims to be fleeing [[violence]] in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, yet the group deployed violence against the Mexican police who were vastly outnumbered.<ref>https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1058685478164144128</ref>

====MS-13 and others====
By October 21, reports estimated the number of economic migrants at between 7,200 and 10,000. The numbers seemingly doubled and tripled upon entering Mexico. No further resistance was met once passed the border. Migrants from [[Haiti]], [[Congo]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Angola]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Bangladesh]] have swelled the ranks.<ref>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1054441145886035977</ref> The crowd is mostly men, ages 16-40. There are [[MS-13]] gang members among them.<ref>https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1054481882484801538</ref> The caravan was now over two miles long.

Mexican authorities issued a warning about migrants in Guatemala who were preparing [[Molotov cocktail]]s and acquiring firearms to use against police officers. Two migrants were arrested, one a minor, after shooting at police. They were arrested carrying a loaded firearm.<ref>https://www.gob.mx/segob/prensa/detienen-a-dos-hondurenos-tras-ataque-armado-a-policias-federales</ref>

====Child traffickers====
Guatemalan authorities rescued seven unaccompanied minors from human smugglers working inside the caravan. The smugglers were arrested and a broader investigation into [[criminal]] activity in the caravan continued.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/10/guatemalan-authorities-rescue-group-of-minors-from-human-smugglers-in-caravan/</ref>

===Healthcare===
:{{Main article|Obamacare}}
Healthcare continued to be a major issue, with 56% of voters in pre-election surveys saying [[free market]] competition between insurance companies would do more to reduce health care costs, whereas only 29% of registered voters thought government intervention would be better at reducing costs. Survey results on this question have changed little since April 2013.<ref>[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law_oct22]</ref>

One of President Trump's first actions was repealing the requirement of Democrats on everyone to purchase health insurance policies for coverage they may never need (for example, men were required to buy [[abortion]] coverage and women to buy [[prostate]] [[cancer]] coverage) and [[monetary]] penalties for failure to comply with government dictates.<ref>Obamacare was wholly a Democrat mandate. No Republicans voted for Obamacare. There was no [[bipartisan]] nationwide [[consensus]] by any measure. Costs escalated dramatically after passage.</ref>

====Falling premiums====
As of 2018, health insurance rates fell for the first in history.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/obamacare-premiums-2019/index.html</ref> The average premiums of $124 per month dramatically contrasted with Obamacare plans, whose monthly premiums averaged $393.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/407158-how-the-gop-fixed-the-worst-of-obamacare</ref> Even the liberal think tank the Urban Institute proclaimed that what Trump did allowed 1.7 million previously uninsured Americans to receive insurance coverage, while enabling 2.5 million more to benefit from much lower premiums.<ref>https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/liberal-think-tank-refutes-case-against-trumps-health-insurance-deregulation-10976.html</ref>

====Medicare and Medicaid====
As of 2018, Medicare and Medicaid's increase in cost is $1.50.<ref>https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/16025-centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services-announces-2019-medicare-parts-a-b-premiums-and-deductibles</ref> [[Progressive]] [[socialist]]s and Democrats proposed a doubling of taxes for a [[collectivist]] single-payer system they called "Medicate for All."<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-30/study-medicare-for-all-bill-estimated-at-32-6-trillion</ref>

===Leftist mobs and violence===
[[File:Maddogpac.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Democratic fundraisers openly called for the murder of elected Republican officials.]]
:{{See also|Left-wing violence in the Trump era}}
When one uses [[Google]] to investigate "leftist violence" and other associated terms, the majority of search results (thanks to selective liberal-biased censorship and manipulating of those results by Google) return "right-wing violence," as if the phenomena of leftist motivated attacks do not exist or is unmonitored; yet daily, for two years, leftists have openly practiced criminal behavior in the forms of violence, intimidation and threats - often worn as a badge of "honor" by [[liberal elite]]s in media, [[Hollywood]], academia, and the Democrat Party,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/</ref> although common sense dictates that such behavior is, in fact, a badge of shame against them as seen by the majority of the public.

====Incidents====
*Georgetown Prof. Carol Christine Fair tweeted during the [[Kavanaugh smear]] hearings that Republican Senators {{quotebox|"deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/georgetown-professor-white-gop-senators-kavanaugh-hearing-deserve-miserable-deaths/amp/</ref>}}

[[File:Doors-1012-x-526.jpg.cf 773.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Far left]]ists who now are the mainstream of the Democrat Party attempted to pry open the 13 ton bronze doors of the Supreme Court with their fingertips while chanting "Shut it down!" on a weekend when the building is usually closed.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/james-woods-pathetic-leftists/amp/</ref>]]
*A leftist mob attempted to take over the Capital during [[Brett Kavanaugh]]'s [[SCOTUS]] hearings. At least 500 were arrested.

*Congressional aide to Rep. [[Sheila Jackson Lee]] was arrested and charged with doxxing during the [[Kavanaugh smear|Kavanaugh hearings]],<ref>https://youtu.be/PNXji4z7TyE</ref> 

*An Antifa and [[Black Lives Matter]] mob were allowed by Portland officials to take over a street in that city, blocking traffic and inciting anarchy.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/blm-and-antifa-agitators-take-over-street-in-portland-to-protest-police-shooting/</ref>


*Ole Miss Sociology professor James Thomas advocated acts of aggression against Republican senators.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/us/ole-miss-professor-condemned-for-claiming-senators-dont-deserve-your-civility Ole Miss professor condemned for claiming senators ‘don’t deserve your civility’]</ref>

*Minnesota special education [[teacher]] Sam Ness tweeted, {{quotebox|"So whose gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh."<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/minnesota-teacher-resigns-tweeting-killing-justice-kavanaugh/</ref>}}

*Long Island native arrested for death threats against two senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh.<ref>[https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/new-york-man-arrested-for-kavanaugh-confirmation-death-threats New York Man Arrested for Kavanaugh Confirmation Death Threats]</ref>

*[[Susan Rice]]'s son John David Rice-Cameron, President of the Stanford College Republicans, was violently assaulted at [[Stanford University]].<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/susan-rices-conservative-son-allegedly-assaulted-at-stanford/</ref>

*[[Hillary Clinton]] openly committed to mass violence.<ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/hillary-clinton-commits-to-mass-violence-across-america-if-dems-dont-win-mid-terms/</ref>

*[[Eric Holder]] – the only U.S. [[Attorney General]] ever held in Contempt of Congress – called for violence.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-calls-for-violence-when-republicans-go-low-we-kick-them-video/ ERIC HOLDER: When Republicans Go Low, ‘We Kick Them’ …Crowd Chants, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” (VIDEO)] at The Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/eric-holder-backs-off-call-for-violence-against-republicans-after-spanking-by-michelle-obama/ Eric Holder Backs Off Call For Violence Against Republicans After Spanking By Michelle Obama] at The Gateway Pundit</ref>

*Antifa attacked the GOP headquarters in NYC and warned this is ‘merely the beginning’.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-antifa-attacks-gop-headquarters-in-nyc-warns-merely-the-beginning/</ref>

*Antifa goons jumped a [[African American|Black man]] in [[New York]].<ref>https://youtu.be/iERNWFxwCoI</ref>

*Leftist mob rioted in [[Portland, Oregon]] continue into the second week.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766</ref>

*Antifa rioters attack Patriot Prayer group, again.<ref>https://youtu.be/nSQrM3R-0HA</ref><ref>www.investmentwatchblog.com/chaos-in-the-streets-the-civil-unrest-that-so-many-have-been-predicting-is-coming-to-america-is-now-here/</ref>

*Pro-life protester assaulted by pro-abortionist.<ref>https://youtu.be/NppY0LtIvM4</ref>

*Minnesota Republican State Rep. Sarah Anderson assaulted by leftwing [[anarchist]].<ref>https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/10/15/campaign-sign-vandal-assaulted-house-rep/</ref>

*Soros goon arrested for violent assault on female Republican gubernatorial campaign manager in [[Nevada]]. The paid thug also is employed by [[David Brock]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/soros-funded-operative-nevada-assault/ "Stop Hurting Me!" Soros-Funded Male Democratic Operative Arrested for Assaulting Female Campaign Manager, Leaving Bruises] at the Daily Caller</ref><ref>Rodriguez, Katherine (October 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/17/soros-operative-accused-battery-nevada-gop-campaign-manager/ Soros Operative Accused of ‘Battery’ Against Nevada GOP Campaign Manager]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 17, 2018.</ref>

*On the streets of [[Brooklyn]], an Hasidic Jew walking to his [[synagogue]] was viciously beaten by a [[radical]].<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-driver-brutally-beats-up-elderly-man-20181014-story.html</ref>

*Racist Democrat mob targeted an interracial couple.<ref>Sen. [[Mitch McConnell]] and Sec. [[Elaine Chao]]. https://www.tmz.com/2018/10/20/senator-mitch-mcconnell-confronted-restaurant-protesters/</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (October 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30390-anti-gop-harassment-campaign-continues-with-unhinged-attack-on-mcconnell-wife Anti-GOP Harassment Campaign Continues With Unhinged Attack On McConnell, Wife]. ''The New American''. Retrieved October 21, 2018.</ref>

*Leftist [[bigot]]s assault [[gay]] journalist covering Florida Democrat gubernatorial candidate [[Andrew Gillum]] rally.<ref>https://twitter.com/JacobEngels/status/1053489127407128576</ref>

*Liberal racist assaults black man at [[Starbucks]].<ref>https://youtu.be/lBQJf4NTRH0</ref>

*[[Tennessee]] restaurant owner and staff received death threats after hosting Republican Senate candidate [[Marsha Blackburn]] event.<ref>https://youtu.be/knibvUBlaf0</ref>

*Heeding the call to incivility, a large rock was thrown through the window of Republican Majority Leader [[Kevin McCarthy]]'s district office.<ref>https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/23/politics/kevin-mccarthy-office-vandalized/index.html</ref>

*[[Minnesota]] state house Republican candidate Shane Mekeland suffered a concussion in 'politically motivated' attack by violent leftist.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-republican-house-candidate-says-he-suffered-concussion-in-attack-at-restaurant.amp</ref>

*Opponent of Democratic Rep. [[Eric Swalwell]] was attacked with a knife.<ref>https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/09/11/man-arrested-for-attempting-to-stab-republican-congressional-candidate-made-disparaging-remarks-about-gop/</ref>

*[[Vermont]] state house Republican candidate Deserae Morin received rape and death threats in an anonymous letter.<ref>which also threatened death against all Vermont Republicans and claimed that Republicans had "no rights".[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/10/we-will-rape-you-for-days-says-threat-to-vermont-state-house-candidate-open-season-for-republican-death/ “We Will Rape You For Days” Says Threat To Vermont State House Candidate – “Open Season For Republican Death”] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The letter reads, {{quotebox|"My comrades will kill you and the Constitution. … [[Socialism]] is here. Open season for Republican death in Vermont.”"}}

*Hazmat team investigated a letter sent to Sen. [[Susan Collins]] home.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/15/hazmat-team-susan-collins-maine/</ref>

*Invoking the words of [[Timothy McVeigh]], Democrat Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] threatened {{quotebox|"if there's [[collateral damage]], so be it."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/pelosi-collateral-damage-dont-share-view/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/2BWzfEh9mEs</ref>}}

*[[Miami]] Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo received a death threat.<ref>http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/carlos-curbelo-receives-death-threat</ref>
[[File:Farrakhanclinton.jpg|right|350ox|thumb|[[Bill Clinton]] brought anti-Semitism into the mainstream of the Democratic party. Clinton appears on stage with notorious anti-Semite [[Louis Farrakhan]],<ref>https://youtu.be/Q4FoXPZDDqQ</ref> September 2018. A month later America suffered its worse mass killing of Jews in its history.<ref>https://www.jta.org/2018/09/07/news-opinion/bill-clinton-shared-stage-louis-farrakhan-aretha-franklins-funeral</ref>]]
*A crazed Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref>

*[[DCCC]] chairman Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn [[liberal]] [[anti-Semitic]] [[hate speech]] on ''[[Meet the Press]]''.<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref>
*Rabbi receives hate mail after welcoming President Trump to the Tree of Life synagogue.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/rabbi-receives-hate-mail-welcoming-trump-synagogue-memorial/</ref>

*Violent protesters disrupt Marsha Blackburn rally in [[Nashville]].<ref>https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/10/28/un-freaking-believable-protesters-heckle-martha-blackburn-during-moment-of-silence-for-tree-of-life-victims/</ref>

*South Daytona, [[Florida]] Republicans' office shot up by gunfire.<ref>https://amp.local10.com/news/florida/republican-office-in-south-daytona-target-of-shooting</ref>

===Blexit and WalkAway===
[[File:Maxresdefault (1).jpg|right|350px|thumb|Many young blacks, sick of Democrat party racism, embraced the call to Make America Great Again.]]
:{{Main article|WalkAway}}
Because of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]] on the [[Left]], and within the Democratic party, many traditional liberals and Blacks began leaving the party. The far-Left and those advocating for resistance, [[censorship]] and ostracizing opposing political views - the [[progressives]] and [[socialist]]s - have become the mainstream base of the Democrat Party.

African-Americans in particular, who have achieved the lowest [[unemployment]] rate in history are not willing to open the flood gates of [[illegal immigration]] which has kept them depressed, suppressed, and dependent on White Democrats for handouts since unemployment records have been kept beginning in 1949. Many joined the Blexit movement.

Traditional liberals, ideological do-gooders, once had a healthy respect for [[democracy]], opposition, and the two party system. As a traditional ideological minority, they understood the importance of allowing dissent and opposing voices. Since the [[Marxist]] takeover of the Democrat party and the eradication of all opposing views, many traditional liberals abandoned the party and either converted to [[conservatism]], centrism, or retained the label of liberal while rejecting the Democratic party's shift to the [[extremism|extreme]] Left. Many just [[WalkAway]] from the Democrats.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/millennials-to-democrats-its-the-economy-stupid/</ref>

===MAGAnomics===
[[File:GDP rate 2015-2018.png|right|300px|thumb|Despite Resistance, real GDP growth returned.]]
:{{See also|MAGAnomics}}
The Republicans ran on a platform of economic recovery, jobs, equality and fairness; Democrats ran on [[socialism]], resistance and mob violence.

President Obama tried to claim credit for the recovery, however it was the Obama individual mandate attached to Obamacare that retarded economic growth throughout the Obama years,<ref>The redirection of worker productivity gains from job creation to entitlement spending and wealth transfer through the individual mandate created a "jobless recovery."</ref> and Obama had nothing to do with the Tax Reform Act of 2017. The peeling back of Obama anti-growth, anti-job, socialist regulations and Executive Orders in service of the [[globalism|globalist agenda]] equally was a key factor in restoring America's new found prosperity.

====Jobs====
[[File:Fredgraph.png|rights|350px|thumb|Real Personal income rose in mid-2018, for the first time since Obama took office.]]ADP reported a gain of 227,000 payroll in October, well over the estimated 189,000 forecasted, reflective of a sound, healthy, robust economy.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/10/31/private-payrolls-gain-227k-in-oct-vs-189k-est-adpmoodys.html</ref> Overall, more than 4 million jobs have been created under MAGAnomics, with the biggest increases seen in manufacturing jobs.<ref>https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NPPMNF</ref> This is important because manufacturing - jobs were value is added to the workproduct greater than the cost of labor in producing the product - spawn service sector jobs. [[Marxist]]s object to this concept, yet have never produced a workable alternative theory to feed and clothe whole nations and societies. Each new manufacturing job spawns 1.5 to 2.5 new services sector jobs - jobs were the workproduct vanishes in the instant it is performed and leaves nothing behind to be traded for equal value.

[[Globalism|Globalists]] have made the United States a service economy with 70% of all [[employment]] in service industries. American services are traded for foreign manufactured goods, leaving huge trade deficits, and bankrupting the nation. Reversing these trends, and President Trump's insistance that [[NATO]] partners carry their fair share of the cost burden, are the primary reasons why globalists have such intense hatred and opposition to Donald Trump.

====Trade deficit====
The trade deficit is a jobs issue. It represents an outflow of American capital to purchase foreign goods that just as easily could be manufactured by American workers.

America has been running a trade deficit since 1967 (when the U.S. became dependent on foreign oil and the American auto industry was booming).<ref>Prior to that, the [[Marshall Plan]] - loans, grants, and gifts to foreigners, represented a trade surplus.</ref> This outflow of capital earned America the reputation as the "engine of the global economy." However this reputation was gained out of largess, not of necessity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CS6ozmWSutY</ref>

====Trade relations and defense====
[[File:20180710 NATO Expenditure-3.jpg|right|350px|thumb|NATO spending in 2018.]]
The only reason [[Europe]]an liberal [[social democratic]] [[welfare state]]s have free healthcare, and the [[United States]] does not, is because the American taxpayer has been paying European defense costs for nearly 70 years - a fact often omitted by liberals in debates over the U.S. healthcare system.

NATO was created as a defense alliance to [[containment|contain Soviet expansionism]] after 1945, and not to wage a War of Aggression in [[Africa]] against [[Libya]],<ref>https://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/libya-natos-war-aggression-sovereign-african-state</ref> as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[John Brennan]], and [[John McCain]] authorized in 2011. After the reckless misuse of such a powerful [[military]] alliance resulting in a massive humanitarian and [[refugee]] crisis - including the resurgence of black African [[slave]] markets<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/11/27/africans_are_being_sold_in_libya_thank_clintonobama_427490.html Africans Are Being Sold in Libya. Thank Clinton/Obama.] Glenn Reynolds, [[USA Today]], November 27, 2017</ref> - the future of a military establishment created to defend against the [[Soviet Union]] (which hasn't existed since 1991) is front and center before American voters. Indeed, the [[Trump-Russia collusion hoax]] was an effort by power entrenched [[globalism|global]] interests of the [[military industrial complex]] to keep up the myth of the aggressive Russian bogeyman, to maintain the [[status quo]] and justify keeping the cost burden on U.S. taxpayers for European defense and Europe's bloated social welfare state.

===Heated rhetoric===
After President Trump's first 100 days a [[Harvard]] study found CNN and [[NBC]]'s coverage 93 percent negative, more than three times that of Obama, and only 5 percent positive.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative?_amp=true</ref> By December 2017 a Pew Research study found 63 percent negative coverage of Trump by all [[mainstream media]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/pew-trump-media-three-times-more-negative-than-for-obama-just-5-percent-positive?_amp=true</ref>

As 2018 progressed and President Trump's approval ratings gained, the incendiary rhetoric was ramped up again, with a Media Research Center study finding 92 percent of all mainstream media coverage was negative,<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2018/10/09/study-econ-boom-ignored-tv-trump-coverage-hits-92-percent-negative</ref> as domestic, economic and [[foreign policy]] successes and words were simply ignored or bent and twisted out of shape so as to make them unrecognizable. ''The Washington Post'' urged increased unfounded and inflammatory attacks on President Trump in mid Summer.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/01/the-case-for-even-tougher-media-coverage-of-trump/</ref>

====Pittsburgh shooting====
A crazed 46 year old white male Trump hater killed 11 worshippers in a [[Conservative]] Jewish synagogue in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-identified-as-robert-bowers-what-we-know-2018-10-27/</ref> At least 6 were wounded. Trump, whose daughter and 4 grandchildren are Jewish, consoled the nation and condemned [[anti-Semitism]] as "pure evil,"<ref>https://www.theindychannel.com/news/politics/trump-calls-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-evil-anti-semitism-before-ffa-speech</ref> after which the liberal media attacked him for doing so.

The next day on ''[[Meet the Press]]'', [[Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee]] chairman Rep. Benny Ray Lujan refused to condemn liberal anti-Semitic [[hate speech]].<ref>https://youtu.be/-q0nxstzDu4</ref> The Democrats continue to fund the campaigns of Leslie Cockburn in [[Virginia]] and Scott Wallace in [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/virginias-5th-district-sign-democrats-expanding-house-battlefield</ref> According to the ''[[New York Times]]'' review of Cockburn's book, “Its first message is that, win or lose, smart or dumb, right or wrong, suave or boorish, [[Israel]]is are a menace. The second is that the Israeli-American connection is somewhere behind just about everything that ails us.”<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/08/20/democrats-fielding-even-anti-semitic-candidates-congress/</ref> ''[[Commentary]]'' magazine says Cockburn claim's that [[Saddam Hussein]] started the [[Gulf War]] over his belief in ‘a [[conspiracy]] between Israel and the U.S. to attack him’—a belief that her book says is ‘correct.’ And then there is Israel’s culpability for [[Idi Amin]], [[Mobutu]], [[Manuel Noriega|Noriega]], the plight of the [[Kurd]]s, the suffering of [[Guatemala]]ns, and much, much more." Scott Wallace, a [[liberal]] millionaire, was a member of a controversial private club in [[Apartheid]] [[South Africa]] that discriminated against [[African American|Black]]s and [[Jew]]s and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Jewish hate groups.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-candidate-was-member-of-anti-semitic-anti-black-club-in-south-africa-that-invited-apartheid-figure-dr-death-for-motivational-talk.amp</ref><ref>https://forward.com/news/national/401309/exclusive-democratic-rising-star-in-swing-district-gave-300k-to-pro-bds/</ref><ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bds-is-continuing-to-spread-hate-and-anti-semitism_us_592dab59e4b075342b52c080</ref>

Despite CNN's Alisyn Camerota's incessant baiting, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue refused to blame anyone other than the shooter, Robert Bowers.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/37729/watch-cnn-anchor-tries-fails-get-tree-life-rabbi-emily-zanotti</ref><ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-bowers-is-neo-nazi-who-posted-about-killing-jews-on-gab</ref> [[Andrea Mitchell]] of NBC News of coarse, attacked the President for consoling the nation.<ref>https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1057042231679434757</ref> [[Joe Biden]] blamed Trump. America's Rabbi Shmuley Boteach responded:<ref>https://shmuley.com</ref> {{quotebox|"Hatred of the Jews, it springs up almost anywhere and everywhere. It’s the world’s oldest most insidious, most malicious hatred. But what we dare not do is politicize it. When I look at someone like Joe Biden, I just saw on your airwaves he was speaking about Charlottesville, etc. With all due respect, the [[Obama administration]] also [[Iran nuclear deal|legitimized Iran]], who spoke openly about annihilating the Jewish people. And did not once condemn that kind of [[genocide|genocidal]] rhetoric we’ve seen from [[Hamas]] as well."<ref>https://youtu.be/Rqpf6jQUJGQ</ref>}}

====Alleged bomb scare====
[[File:5bd0bc7adda4c861428b45db.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CNN opened up John Brennan's mail, did an on-air studio evacuation, then went on a rant for days trying to flip the narrative and blame Trump for mob violence.]]
Just when things looked desperate for Democrats with unhinged mobs responding to the party's leadership, CNN reported it had received a mail bomb addressed to [[John Brennan]], who actually works for [[NBC]]. Nonetheless, CNN opened John Brennan's mail anyway, paused to take pictures of the alleged bomb, before evacuting the building in a panic. Despite postage, there were no postal cancellations. CNN alleged it was "hand delivered." Others received packages as well.

Republicans were quick to condemn political violence,<ref>https://youtu.be/KwSGYUDQSuY</ref> unlike Democrat leaders, who encouraged it.<ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9115480/</ref> President Trump vowed to use all the resources of the federal government to find who was responsible.

As soon as NYPD feed into the news cycle that the bombs were active giving breaking reports a life of their own, within hours the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported, {{quotebox|"tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless."<ref><big>7:50 p.m.

A law enforcement official says tests have determined that a powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

New York City’s police commissioner said earlier Wednesday that the package sent to CNN’s offices in Manhattan contained a live explosive and an envelope containing white powder.

The FBI said the package was similar to explosives sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder and billionaire [[George Soros]].

The package sent to CNN was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a frequent guest on the channel. The official says that parcel contained no note or claim of responsibility.</big> [https://www.apnews.com/5c93ac06309c4ce88e8cd5023f89feca Tom Hays, ''Associated Press'', October 24, 2018].</ref>}} None of this stopped CNN and other mainstream sources from failing to report the facts or whipping up anti-Trump hysteria.

None of the bombs were active, and the alleged bomber didn't know how to build a bomb anyway. The alleged bombs lacked a detonator device, were made with PVC tubing instead of lead, and packed with a harmless powder.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-pipe-bomb-white-powder-harmless-law-enforcement-report/</ref> No one was killed.

After President Trump ordered a nationwide man-hunt, a 56 year old homeless former male stripper person of color, Cesar Sayoc, was arrested. Being that the alleged "bombs" we're all duds, Sayoc's lawyer said the case against him was weak. As fate would would have it, Sayoc worked st the same strip club as [[Stormy Daniels]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/10/29/craziness-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-and-stormy-daniels-worked-at-the-same-strip-c-n2533093</ref>

===Fake news: Russia collusion hoax===
[[File:Steele dossier fingerprint cartoon 2017.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Democrats [[collude]]d with Russia to try to affect the outcome of the 2016 election. Obama, Hillary, and John Brennan were all involved. Fake news was routinely broadcast by [[CNN]].]]
:{{See also|Russiagate timeline 2018 reckoning|Mueller office|Deep State coup}}
The 2016 elections and aftermath were married by Democrats and the mainstream media's fake news Russia collusion hoax to cover up wrongdoing within the Obama Department of Justice and FBI to interfere in American elections.

After two years of fake news about Russian collusion, scarcely a word was breathed by Democrats or mainstream news sources when the Obama administration, Democrats, and Hillary Clinton's collusion with Putin's minions became exposed.<ref>[[Christpoher Steele]] received unverified information from Russian sources, including [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Steele worked for Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and the Obama FBI. The FBI also used informants posing as Russians to entrap Trump campaign workers to justify illegal surveillance and leak false news stories.</ref> By contrast, Donald Trump has never been connected to Russian election interference after investigations by five Congressional committees and a Special Counsel.

====Commingling of two narratives====
Russian hackers did attempt to hack into state election boards in 2016. All investigations agree the attempt failed, no voter rolls were accessed, and no final tallies changed.

There is no evidence however, that Russians' hacked the [[DNC]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The suggestion that Russians were responsible for a hack, rather than a whistleblower who conveyed the information to [[WikiLeaks]], came from a third party contractor of both the FBI and DNC - [[CrowdStrike]]. The alleged DNC "hack" was never investigated. The DNC refused the FBI's offer to investigate what was essentially a civil matter.

A forensic investigation by retired [[NSA]] analysts determined DNC emails published by WikiLeaks were copied and downloaded on a flash drive, and not "hacked" from outside.

A DNC press release, coupled with [[mainstream media]] journalists working with [[Hillary Clinton]] operatives in [[FusionGPS]] and the [[FBI]], spread the [[fake news]] narrative that state election board hacking attempts were related to DNC materials appearing on WikiLeaks. The false narrative was melded into the catch-all phrase, "Russian meddling." FusionGPS, like CrowdStrike, was a contractor for ''both'' the DNC ''and'' the FBI.

====State elections====
The underlying issue is federalization of elections, taking the electoral process out of the hands of the states and placing it in the hands of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] in Washington, where it would be easier for [[Democrat]] [[Civil Service Commission|civil servant]]s to manipulate outcomes. This could only be done through [[bi-partisan]] [[legislation]] declaring voting machines as [[national security]] "critical infrastructure."

====FISA abuse====
:{{See also|FISA abuse}}
CrowdStrike is an outside contractor for NATO, the FBI, and the DNC. FusionGPS is a contractor for the FBI and DNC. Both CrowdStrike and FusionGPS had access to the [[NSA]]'s FISA database. The conclusions of an NSA audit and the [[FISA court]] agreed, that the FBI deliberately allowed its contractors to access the [[FISA]] database in order to illegally surveil and violate the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of American citizens. 85% of all FISA database search queries after [[Donald Trump]] declared his candidacy in 2015 were illegal.

The inherent [[conflict of interest]] of [[partisan]]s in U.S [[law enforcement]], with partisans holding contractor access to national security secrets, then colluding with partisans in fake news media goes unreported by fake news media.

====Trump and Russia====
:{{See also|Trump-Russia collusion hoax}}
Since Donald Trump was elected President, Trump has:
:*Killed hundreds of Russian special forces in [[Syria]] in direct confrontation with U.S. forces.<ref>http://time.com/5237922/mike-pompeo-russia-confirmation/</ref>
:*Tore up the [[Iranian nuke deal]] in which [[Obama]] allowed [[Putin]] to build a nuclear facility in [[Iran]], Putin's ally, enhancing Iran's nuclear weapons program.
:*Trump approved sale of lethal weapon to [[Ukraine]]. [[Obama]] denied lethal assistance, and limited U.S. aid to humanitarian assistance.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/International/trump-approves-sale-arms-ukraine-amid-escalated-fighting/story?id=51923454</ref>
:*Encouraged NATO allies to increase defense spending to guard against Russia.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/11/trump-demands-nato-countries-meet-defense-spending-goals-immediately.html</ref>
:*Trump chastized Germany for paying billions to Russia for energy which aids Russia's military budget.<ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/09/spare-a-thought-for-the-bundeswehr-germany-generals/</ref>
:*Trump imposed harsher sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/397212-president-trump-is-tougher-on-russia-in-18-months-than-obama-in-eight</ref>

==Results==
===Florida===
Sen. [[Marco Rubio]] called out Broward County two days after the election after the corrupt Democrat elections officials manufactured over 80,000 new ballots after Election Day.

Democrat leaders in Florida directed staffers and volunteers to shear altered election forms to fix improper absentee ballots after the deadline.

The plan was to have Florida voters fix and submit as many absentee votes as possible in hopes of including them in the vote totals.

An email was sent out to Democrat activists before defeated incumbant Sen. [[Bill Nelson]] and his party allies filed a series of lawsuits challenging some voting rules that applied during the election, claiming they disenfranchised voters.<ref>https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/15/florida-recount-democrats-launch-plan-altered-state-form-fix-ballots/2009178002/</ref>

==See also==
*[[Donald Trump achievements]]

==References==
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