Month: August 2020

CLAIM: U.S. President Donald Trump is “trying to sabotage our postal service to keep people from being able to vote.”

VERDICT: FALSE

Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, while addressing the 2020 Democrat National Convention (DNC) on Tuesday, accused President Donald Trump of trying to cripple the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to prevent people from voting in the upcoming presidential election.

Her accusations echo claims by other Democrats, including the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Joe Biden.

In recent days, Democrats have been pushing the false “mailbox conspiracy” theory that Trump is trying to sabotage the USPS so that it cannot handle votes by mail in November.

Democrats have alleged Trump is forcing the federal agency to remove mailboxes.

However, the USPS has been removing mailboxes for years, mainly from areas where few people use them.

Under the Obama-Biden administration, at least 14,000 were removed, Breitbart News recently noted.

Democrats have also accused the president of trying to cripple mail-in voting by denying funding to USPS in the potential economic coronavirus stimulus package that lawmakers are currently debating.

Nevertheless, Trump recently said he is open to including additional funding for USPS in the potential bill.

“The President is very clear he is willing to provide money for the post office,” White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters Monday.

That day, President Trump said he had directed his administration to “speed up” mail delivery.

“I have encouraged everybody to speed up the mail, not slow the mail,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.

Early this month, Trump indicated that he opposed funding for the USPS in the potential stimulus package, citing concerns that the cash-strapped federal agency would not be able to handle mail-in voting proposed by Democrats.

Trump believes mail-in voting would result in widespread election fraud.

USPS recently sent letters warning 46 states and the nation’s capital that it could not guarantee that all mail-in ballots cast for the presidential election would arrive on time for the election.

Amid criticism from outraged Democrats about cost-cutting changes to the post office as the nation gets ready to choose the next president, Trump expressed support for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Saturday.

“He’s a fantastic man, he wants to make the Post Office great again,” the commander-in-chief told reporters.

DeJoy has announced that he is delaying the Post Office changes until after the election, but that has not stopped Democrats from complaining.

Leftist protesters, enraged, at least partly, by the conspiracies disseminated by Democrats recently gathered at DeJoy’s home, accuse him of voter suppression.

On Saturday, Trump described DeJoy as “a very efficient operator” and said it was not true that he was trying to hinder vote by mail.

“He’s a fantastic man He wants to make the Post Office great again,” Trump told reporters.

President Donald Trump on Monday met with Minneapolis business owners affected by the destructive riots in the name of George Floyd.

The president criticized former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate Sen. Kamala Harris for asking for donations to help bail out the rioters who had been arrested for violence and looting.

“Their sympathies lie with lawbreakers and with criminals, my heart is with law-abiding, hard-working Americans like these people,” Trump said. “And my heart is also with the great men and women of law enforcement.”

The president tore into local Democrats for failing business owners by allowing riots and looting to continue in the city in the name of George Floyd.

“While the city’s liberal mayor refused to defend its citizens, which was incredible, their lives were destroyed while the leadership of the Democrats cheered, their dreams burned to the ground,” Trump said.

Minneapolis firefighter Korboi (KB) Balla and his wife told the story about how he spent his life’s savings to open a sports bar before it was destroyed by rioters.

Balla said he was working to rebuild the bar and was currently working to get financing to purchase a building for $1.3 million.

Trump suggested that it might be possible for Balla to get government assistance and asked for the name of the bar.

“The bikers over there, they’ll be there, like even if it’s burned down they will be there,” Trump said with a chuckle, referring to some of his “Bikers for Trump” supporters.

Balla laughed and said the name of the bar was Scores Sports Bar.

The president also welcomed Jim Stage, the owner of Lloyd’s Pharmacy, operating in the same building for more than 100 years before it was looted and burned to the ground during the riots.

Stage said he was working on rebuilding but was currently serving his customers in a satellite location.

“Thank you Mr. President for fighting for law and order in American cities and we ask that other politicians rise to the same challenge, of protecting our businesses and our neighborhoods,” he said.

Another owner of an auto repair shop said his business was completely looted and destroyed as well as vehicles owned by his customers and his tow truck.

“I’m here to build a new life and pursue the American dream,” he said. “I’m here today to say ‘no’ to this kind of action.”

He said he was confident about rebuilding his business and that he had cleared the rubble away.

“It might take time, but this is the only way myself and my two little ones live from,” he said. “I’m strong, I’m here to fight and to stand up again.”

John Wolf, the owner of Chicago Lake liquors in the city, also spoke about the riots that destroyed his business.

Wolf said he called 911 over ten times while watching looters damage his building without any response.

“The feeling of helplessness that I had knowing that no one was coming was indescribable,” he said.

Wolf said that during the three nights of looting, his business suffered six fires, three feet of standing water, and over a million dollars worth of stolen and damaged product.

“There’s nothing more important for elected officials than providing safety to residents and businesses, without that, nothing works,” he said.

He expressed frustration that no one was arrested for the looting, noting that local leaders in the city had failed them.

“While city leaders discuss reimagining the police department, Minneapolis still needs law enforcement,” he said.

He said that business owners should expect law enforcement to protect their businesses in exchange for the taxes paid to the city.

“I held up to my end. The city of Minneapolis didn’t,” he said.

Trump said that he had all of the local business owner’s names and would do whatever he could to help them rebuild.

“We’re going to see what we can do for you. We’ll help you out a little bit, and you may be surprised,” he said. “We’ll get you going.”

Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioters in Portland targeted, beat, or robbed multiple passersby, including a trans woman on Sunday evening, according to multiple videos posted to social media.

A young white woman was chased down the street in downtown Portland, crying out, “We didn’t do anything! … . We were just walking down the street and they just started attacking us!” After a man on a scooter showed up, she started running, according to video tweeted by journalist Andy Ngo.

BLM and Antifa rioters also attacked an older white woman, who was leaning against a truck and trying to protect herself.

The white male driver of the truck, which was stopped at the time, then tried to drive away and crashed his truck. The rioters followed him, and when he exited his truck, they forced him to sit on the ground and beat him unconscious.

The same rioters who beat the truck driver also beat and robbed a trans woman that same night.

They first targeted a white man, pushing him as he walked in front of them. A white trans woman appeared to try to stand up for the man, causing the rioters to target her.

Rioters stole the trans woman’s longboard and cell phone. When an older black man carrying a knife scolded the rioters, one threatened him, telling him he would “find out” what was in his bag.

Earlier in the day, journalist Drew Hernandez filmed a BLM rally where the speaker urged attendees to resort to violence.

“We are at war, are you guys ready? Are you ready to jump on this battlefield for justice?” she shouted into a loudspeaker.

In another video, she is heard threatening police.

“We getting ready to get armored up around here,” she shouted. “You gonna need more than a flash-bang to f**k with us.” She went on:

I will continue with my mission by any means necessary. I will continue my mission for justice to hold police accountable for murders and murdering our people by any means necessary. And I’m sure we all know what any means necessary is and how it can go.

 

 

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Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), also a U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, slammed his colleague Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) for calling for civil unrest in America’s cities.

Collins warned it was highly irresponsible and called it a political effort against President Donald Trump.

“It’s highly irresponsible,” he said. “Those comments are just fanning the flames of what we’re seeing. I mean, we had officers hurt last night, again, in Seattle and in Portland. You know who she’s carrying the water for? She’s carrying the water for the anarchists that are looting and robbing and going through our cities. She’s carrying the water for those who want to defund our police and disrespect our police.”

“I’ll tell you, it’s time we actually get back to actually getting our civil society back to where it should be instead of this kind of rhetoric that just breeds the problems that we’re seeing,” Collin continued. “And again, when you’re willing to have more unrest but yet, you’re willing to take away our police and our security, I think that shows exactly what they’re wanting to do — is keep everything up in the air because they want to get at this election and they want to blame it all on Donald Trump.”

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An entire neighborhood in Mesquite, Nevada, switched out their porch lights recently to let local officers know they are appreciated.

“They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but there aren’t enough words to explain what this picture means to us,” the Mesquite Police Department wrote on its Facebook page August 10, along with a photo of a street awash in blue lights:

“An entire neighborhood in Mesquite changed their front porch lights blue to show their support for law enforcement. This is just another reminder of how lucky we are to work in this community and we are grateful for such amazing support,” the department continued.

As of Monday, the post had been shared nearly 4,000 times on social media.

Resident Bobbi Kuspa said she participated because she wanted officers to know they were valued, according to Fox News.

“We had done this one other time. We have a neighbor that lost her son in the line of duty. Well, those lightbulbs burned out. Well, then when my neighbor got the blue, it was time to start all over again for our police doing their great job here in Mesquite,” she recalled.

“We have at this moment because two more were lit up last night, we now have 40,” she said regarding the number of homes that participated.

Mesquite Police Department Sgt. Wyatt Oliver told Fox News the gesture was important to his fellow officers.

“You look at the picture and you can tell it’s a very powerful image, and to actually drive through there at night, it’s even more… it brings out a lot of emotions, especially with everything going on in the country right now,” he stated.

Kuspa said she had experienced no backlash, only people asking where they could buy blue lightbulbs.

“We just found out that there’s a neighborhood right next to us that are trying to get permission from their HOA to start the program… to start this,” she commented.

Oliver said the officers were grateful for the kind gesture.

“This community really supports us,” he concluded.

Via Gothamist:

Forty-nine people were shot over the course of 72 hours in NYC between Thursday and Saturday, compared to eight shooting victims over the same time period last year, according to preliminary NYPD statistics sent to Gothamist Sunday morning.

Eight people were murdered—at least six by gun violence—compared to three homicides last year over those three days.

Those numbers do not yet reflect shootings on Sunday.

But about 2 a.m. Sunday, a 47-year-old was fatally shot in the head near Parkside and Ocean Avenues in Brooklyn at the entrance of Prospect Park.

The man was the ninth person in NYC murdered since Thursday.

Those 49 shooting victims were shot in 38 separate incidents between August 13th and 15th, the police department said.

The number of shootings rose by nearly five times—from eight to 38—compared to the same dates last year.

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