Stephen Katte, The Epoch Times – Truth Based Media https://truthbasedmedia.com The truth is dangerous to those in charge. Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:50:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://truthbasedmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-Favicon-32x32.jpg Stephen Katte, The Epoch Times – Truth Based Media https://truthbasedmedia.com 32 32 194150001 Haley’s DC Win Only Proves Popularity With Insiders and Elitists https://truthbasedmedia.com/haleys-dc-win-only-proves-popularity-with-insiders-and-elitists/ https://truthbasedmedia.com/haleys-dc-win-only-proves-popularity-with-insiders-and-elitists/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:50:56 +0000 https://truthbasedmedia.com/?p=201602 (The Epoch Times)—GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has clocked her first win of the 2024 Republican primaries after winning the vote in the Washington District of Columbia. The Trump campaign responded by saying the win only went to show Ms. Haley’s platform is popular with D.C. insiders and not regular Americans.

Ms. Haley won the district primary in D.C., taking 62.8 percent of the vote to Trump’s 33.3 percent, giving her 19 delegates from her win. She is also now the first woman to win a Republican presidential primary in U.S. history.

In a statement to The Epoch Times, Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Ms. Haley’s victory only strengthens the object of the former president’s campaign to “drain the swamp and put America first.”

“While Nikki has been soundly rejected throughout the rest of America, she was just crowned Queen of the Swamp by the lobbyists and D.C. insiders that want to protect the failed status quo,” Ms. Leavitt said.

“The swamp has claimed their queen. President Trump will fight for every American who is being let down by these very DC insiders and devastated by Joe Biden’s failures,” she added.

The Epoch Times has contacted Nikki Haley’s press office for comment.

Earlier, her campaign spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said in a statement, “It’s not surprising that Republicans closest to Washington dysfunction are rejecting Donald Trump and all his chaos.”

The District of Columbia has a record of voting “deep blue,” with a high number of voters who lean toward Democrat candidates. Around 92 percent of people who voted in the district during the 2020 election cast a ballot for current President Joe Biden.

At this stage of the race, only former President Donald Trump and Ms. Haley remain as GOP candidates after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out in acknowledgement of the clear voter support for President Trump.

After her recent win, Ms. Haley now has 43 delegates, but former president Trump is still ahead with 244 delegates. At least 1,215 delegates are required to clinch the party nomination for president and run against whoever takes out the Democratic Party nomination.

Haley Committed to Super Tuesday

Ms. Haley’s win in Washington came only one day after President Trump took all three Republican caucuses in Michigan, Missouri, and Idaho. On Super Tuesday, 15 states will hold primaries simultaneously, which is expected to decide the lead GOP candidate. Around a third of all the delegates are up for grabs—more than on any other day during the election cycle.

At the moment, Ms. Haley has said she will remain in the presidential race until at least the conclusion of those contests. It’s still unclear if she will support President Trump if her own presidential bid is unsuccessful. Recently, she cast doubt on the pledge she made to the Republican National Committee (RNC) to support the eventual Republican candidate as decided by the voters.

According to Ms. Haley, she hasn’t thought about whether she will endorse the GOP presidential candidate yet because she is still in the race and can’t allow any thoughts about losing into her mind.

She also made it clear her campaign won’t shift strategies and run as a third-party “No Labels” candidate, and insisted she’s not “anti-Trump” but looking for votes from Republicans who want an alternative to the former president.

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Cognitive Tests for Presidential Candidates a ‘Good Idea,’ Reagan’s Daughter Says https://truthbasedmedia.com/cognitive-tests-for-presidential-candidates-a-good-idea-reagans-daughter-says/ https://truthbasedmedia.com/cognitive-tests-for-presidential-candidates-a-good-idea-reagans-daughter-says/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2024 07:30:21 +0000 https://truthbasedmedia.com/?p=201142 (The Epoch Times)—Former President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis thinks cognitive tests for presidential candidates would “probably be a good idea,” as voters across party lines have expressed concerns over the ages of public officials.

According to multiple polls, some voters are concerned about the ages of politicians. In a recent Ipsos poll, 59 percent of those surveyed said they thought both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are “too old” to serve as president again. In a similar poll from last November, 77 percent of respondents said they thought President Biden was too old to remain in office.

In a Feb. 19 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Ms. Davis echoed these concerns, saying cognitive tests for presidential candidates might be a good idea.

“I mean, in just what we know about what age can do. It doesn’t always do that, but it would probably be a good idea,” she said.

“My father was 77 when he left office after two terms. It seems so young now, doesn’t it?”

Former President Reagan, now deceased, was sworn in at 69, and was the oldest president to ever be elected at the time he took office. He ended his second four year term at age 77 in 1989. Donald Trump set a new record for the oldest elected president when he was sworn into the Oval Office at age 70. President Biden then surpassed that, and is currently the oldest to ever take office after being elected at 78 years old in 2021. If re-elected, President Biden would be 86 by the end of his second term in office.

Ms. Davis believes that while her father was considered old for a president at the time, he was still in control of all his mental faculties.

“That was not someone who was, you know, fractured in age. I mean, yes, I probably thought he was old because he was my father, and we think that about our parents,” she said.

“But, you know, not in the way that we’re talking about now,” Ms. Davis added.

Reagan Would Be ‘Appalled’ at State of US Politics

While addressing the age of presidential candidates, Ms. Davis revealed that she thinks her father would be disgusted at the state of politics in the country, pointing in particular to the lack of civility between some elected officials.

“I think he’d be appalled, really, you know? And yeah, they used to have martinis together, two, you know, old Irish guys, like, sharing a drink after,” she said.

“You know, it was like two lawyers battling it out in court, and then going and having a drink together, you know? It was just more civilized.”

Overall, Ms. Davis thinks if her father were still alive today, he “would be really scared for our democracy” and would work tirelessly to unite people.

“I don’t know who … I think he would address people more than any candidates, you know? I think he would address the American people at what has divided us,” Ms. Davis said.

“And, I mean, in my own opinion, and I don’t know. I think this probably is how he would think, is our divisions really started because we’re all so scared,” she added.

“There is so much fear around, whether we’re going to get shot in a mass shooting, or our children are. Or, you know, if you walk into a store is there going to be—or a church, wherever, you know? We’re scared. And fear morphs into anger. It just does. It’s not sustainable. We don’t want to be afraid.

“We don’t mind so much being angry. And, you know, there are people on the public stage and on the political front who understand very well that synergy between fear and anger and who are masterful at exploiting it.”

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Border Patrol Union Says It Has No Problem With Texas, Its Agents “Appreciate and Respect” What the State Is Doing https://truthbasedmedia.com/border-patrol-union-says-it-has-no-problem-with-texas-its-agents-appreciate-and-respect-what-the-state-is-doing/ https://truthbasedmedia.com/border-patrol-union-says-it-has-no-problem-with-texas-its-agents-appreciate-and-respect-what-the-state-is-doing/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:18:20 +0000 https://truthbasedmedia.com/?p=200815 (The Epoch Times)—The union representing U.S. Border Patrol agents has declared that its agents “appreciate and respect” Texas’ efforts to secure its border amid escalating tensions between the Lone Star State and the Biden Administration.

For weeks, the federal government and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have clashed after the National Guard took control of the 47-acre Shelby Park area in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Texas National Guard has been accused of denying board patrol agents access to the park, leading to multiple legal battles over access.
In a Jan. 26 post on X (formerly Twitter), the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), the labor union representing agents and support staff, said that Border Patrol agents have no issue with Texas’ efforts to secure its border. The NBPC added that if there are any reports suggesting otherwise, they are simply untrue.

“Rank-and-file Border Patrol agents appreciate and respect what TX has been doing to defend their state in the midst of this catastrophe that the Biden Admin has unleashed on America,” the NBPC said.

“We want to be perfectly clear, there is no fight between rank-and-file BP agents and the TX National Guard, Gov. Abott, or TX Department of Public Safety.”

Last week, the Supreme Court voted in favor of granting the federal government the power to remove barriers installed along stretches of the Texas border. However, Mr. Abbott has argued that nothing prevents him from ordering the National Guard to erect additional barriers and razor wire.

“President Biden has violated his oath to faithfully execute immigration laws enacted by Congress,” Mr. Abbott said in a statement.

“Instead of prosecuting immigrants for the federal crime of illegal entry, President Biden has sent his lawyers into federal courts to sue Texas for taking action to secure the border.”

Mr. Abbott’s stance has gained support from governors in 25 states across the country. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) has since called on President Biden to take control of the National Guard if Texas defies the Supreme Court ruling. The NBPC has cast doubt on whether its agents would assist the Biden Administration with any action because the “rank-and-file” in the Border Patrol and the National Guard have great “respect for each other.”

“Rank-and-file BP agents are not going to start arresting TX NG members for following their LAWFUL orders. That’s fake news,” the NBPC said.

“If TX NG members have LAWFUL orders, then they have to carry out those orders. TX NG members realize that rank-and-file BP agents have their orders as well.”

The NBPC also implied that its agents might consider ignoring orders that could be considered unlawful or from a less-than-reputable source.

“Lawful orders, no matter how unpopular or distasteful amongst rank-and-file agents, must be followed,” the NBPC said.

“Unlawful orders, as determined by competent legal counsel and not what some outhouse lawyer behind a keyboard says, will not be followed.”

Enforcing immigration law has traditionally fallen under the federal government’s purview. The Texas state government has cited its constitutional right to have the “sovereign authority to protect its borders because the President refuses to enforce federal immigration laws.” This stance comes as the state struggles to cope with a record-breaking number of illegal immigrants crossing into its territories.

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