Message from Second Amendment Foundation

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Dear Friend,

Liberal, Washington state politicians keep trying to restrict our gun rights. And no matter how often they fail, these nanny state politicians keep looking for ways to restrict our freedom. Fortunately, we have a protector.

Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders is a fiercely dedicated, unwavering protector of our constitutional liberties. He has stood up for our rights – all of our rights – for the past fifteen years on the Court. This was no surprise.

Before Justice Sanders’ election to the court he was the lawyer for the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.

Take a moment now to contribute to Justice Sanders re-election campaign, to protect a true Second Amendment champion.

Sanders authored a landmark decision just this past February affirming that the Second Amendment applies to individual states.

Sanders wrote, "Gun ownership is an inexorable birthright of American tradition. Americans who participated in the Revolution of 1776 and adopted the Bill of Rights held the individual right to have and use arms against tyranny to be fundamental.” State v. Sieyes, 225 P.3d 995 (2010)

 Our gun rights are fundamental! I couldn’t have said it better myself!

Of course this isn’t the only opinion from Justice Sanders on gun rights. You can read more about his gun opinions here.

With views like these, Justice Sanders has drawn strong opposition in this year’s election. His opponent is an attorney who was appointed to the appellate court by Governor Mike Lowry who only lasted a short time before the voters sent him packing.

Yet Sanders’ opponent has accumulated sufficient wealth to literally buy the election.  Sanders – who has been defending us on the Court – has only our contributions.

Your contribution of $300 or $500 or even $100 to Friends of Justice Sanders will help assure that a voice for liberty remains on the Supreme Court. We must do everything we can to generously support Justice Sanders’ re-election campaign. The election will be decided in August.

We will not have another chance!  Contribute here.

Sanders’ opponent has been attacking Richard from day one. He has criticized Sanders for being injudicious. He has implied that Justice Sanders vote is for sale to the highest campaign contributor.

Let me be clear: Justice Sanders opponent is running a mud-slinging, dirty campaign attacking Sanders’ personal integrity since he cannot beat him on his philosophy of protecting individual rights.

Now we need to stand by Justice Sanders just as he has stood by our rights for these past fifteen years.

Don’t wait until Mike Lowry’s mud-slinging lawyer puts on the judicial robes and takes away our rights. This is our only chance to keep Justice Sanders on the court, and we must act now!

Make a contribution of for $300 or $500 or even $100 to Friends of Justice Sanders today.

Sincerely,

Alan Gottleib
Founder, Second Amendment Foundation
Chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms


P.S. Your contribution today will help protect our constitutional rights here in Washington state. Please make out a check today to Friends of Justice Richard Sanders or go online to www.friendsofjustice.com


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Tim Utz Fund Raiser

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5/12/10
press release #44 Fundraiser
CCCR is please to announce Tom Emmer; candidate for Minnesota Governor is
the Keynote Speaker to Tim Utz fundraiser. Press invited and details below.

Tim Utz for House 50-A fundraiser
June 16, 2010
7-9 pm
At Historic Heights Inn Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Tickets are limited to 50 or 75 people
Tickets $75.00 each, contact Tim at tim@timutzforhouse.com or 763-781-5129
Tom Emmer, the GOP Republican endorsed candidate for Minnesota governor is
the keynote speaker.




Timothy Utz
Endorsed Candidate for Minnesota House 50-A in 2010
BPOU Delegate
CD-5 Delegate
Republican Party State Delegate
Republican State Central Delegate
Campaign Committee for Constitutional Republicans
www.timutzforhouse.com
This communication is considered private and not transmittable or
reproduced without written authorization from the candidate.

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"I'm 63 and I'm Tired"

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Sent to me by the G-Man




I'm 63. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've  worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and I'm tired. Very tired.
 
I'm tired of being told  that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too damn lazy to earn it.
 
I'm tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to "keep people in their homes."  Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the  price of our paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the left-wing Congress-critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them with their own money.
 
I'm tired of being told  how bad America is by left-wing millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and Hollywood Entertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities
America offers. In thirty years, if they get their way, the United States will have the economy of Zimbabwe, the freedom of the press of China, the crime and violence of Mexico , the tolerance for Christian people of Iran, and the freedom of speech of Venezuela.
I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; of Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.
 
I'm tired of being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial world of Obama, when it's all that matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment of U.S. Senators from Illinois.
 
I think it's very cool that we have a black president and that a black child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the  Emancipation Proclamation. I just wish the black president was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and less arrogantly of an all-knowing  government.
 
I'm tired of a news media that thinks Bush's fundraising and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think Obama's, at triple the cost, were wonderful; that thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to control weight and stress; that picked over every line of Bush's military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his; that slammed Palin, with two years as governor, for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three years as senator as potentially the best president ever. Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox News? Get a clue. I didn't vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004.
 
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in   America, while no American group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach love, peace and tolerance.
 
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a  three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore 's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.
 
I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses while they tried to fight it off? I don't know if Gay people choose to be Gay, but I damn sure think druggies chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never tried  marijuana.
 
I'm tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are living on welfare or crime. What's next?  Calling drug dealers, "Undocumented  Pharmacists"?  And, no, I'm not against Hispanics. Most  of them are Catholic, and it's been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my religion. I'm willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic person, who can speak  English, doesn't have a criminal record and who is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our military..........Those are the citizens we need.
 
I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better people than themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this compare with  the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty years and still are? Not even close. So here's the deal. I'll let myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims, who tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian.Then we'll compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.
 
I'm tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on corruption. Read the papers; bums are bipartisan. And I'm tired of people telling me we need bipartisanship. I live in Illinois, where the "Illinois Combine" of Democrats has worked to loot the public for years. Not to mention the tax cheats in Obama's cabinet.
 
I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and  two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn't have that in1960's or 1970's, but we didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.
 
I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and/or actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But, I'm also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my children, grandchildren,
and, all future generations of legal, hardworking working, honest, tax paying, law abiding American citizens.
 
Robert  A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate.
                                                                                                                
There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!
                                                                                          This is your chance to make a difference.

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Republican Party of Minnesota - News

"May 10, 2010 Taxin` Tarryl Clark Casts Deciding Vote For Massive $435 Million Tax Increase St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton today issued the following statement regarding Tarryl Clark’s deciding vote for $435 million in massive new tax increases on Minnesota’s small businesses and families." Republican Party of Minnesota - News

Event with Keith Ellison@ Columbia Heights H.S.

    Forum on The Future of Our Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap


    Monday, May 17, 2010 4:30 PM
    Columbia Heights Senior High School Auditorium, 1400 49th Ave NE
    Keith Ellison ( 5th District Congressman from MN) event.
    
    What
    Forum on The Future of Our Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap
    When
    Mon 17,  May 4:30pm – 6pm
    
    Where
    map
    Columbia Heights Senior High School Auditorium, 1400 49th Ave NE
    Created By
    brianempls@gmail.com for Congressman Keith Ellison
    Description

    I’m delighted to ask you to join me for a conversation entitled:
    
    The Future of Our Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap

    Featuring the following honored guest:
    Mr. Carl Harris –

    Carl Harris serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy &

    Strategic Initiatives of Elementary and Secondary Education

    in the U.S. Department of Education. 

    Mr. Harris has taken an active role in the Race to the Top

    initiative proposed by President Obama.  Since 2006,

    Mr. Harris had served as superintendent of schools

    in Durham, N.C. and in Franklin County, N.C. 

    In 2009 he was honored with the Central Carolina

    Regional Superintendent of the Year award.

    He earned his Ph.D. in Education Administration from

    North Carolina State University.

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I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I
think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally,
made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.

I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the
United States of America , as it is a truly wonderful place.  

But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying
to give me sensitivity lessons.

I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have any-thing against Mexicans!  I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal
and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get. What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tanta-mount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."

It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me, I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.

Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?
And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything anyway Besides, what good is another law going to do when you
won't enforce the ones on the books now? 

And what ever happened to the polls, guys?  I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters.  Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want some thing done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday. 

This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy.  Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets? 

If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will inherit.  But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected.
Shame on you. 
One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you 

Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not. 
And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out theUnited States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality. 

And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegal in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."

And I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what's wrong with that?" 
I'll tell you what's wrong with it.  These people could be from Mars as far as we know.  We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to. 

Does this make sense?  Labor force you say?  We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well? 
If these people were from  Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ? 
I think not. 

All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life. 
They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did.  They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegal some fat cat hired to pick his crop. 

I want to make two predictions. 

No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre. 

No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destructionand set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue. 


I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad  and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out." 
I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others?   
And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes  Please get that other one out of my face. 



God Bless America

Charlie Daniels 

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Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070

Forwarded to me by a friend G-man Thanks again...


I'm Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 which I voted for and was just signed by Governor Jan Brewer.
Rancher Rob Krantz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence, here is just some of the highlights from those who testified.

The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of humans who cross their property . One Rancher testified that 300 to 1200 people a DAY come across his ranch vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles and property, cutting down his fences, and leaving trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two Koran bibles.

Another rancher testified that daily drugs are brought across his ranch in a military operation. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, 1/2 mile behind are the guards fully armed, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs, behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in the way. This was not the only rancher we heard that day that talked about the drug trains.

One man told of two illegal's who came upon his property one shot in the back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to carry the drugs and then shot them. Daily they listen to gun fire during the night it is not safe to leave his family alone on the ranch and they can't leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back.

The border patrol is not on the border. They have set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them, if they get their hands on them then they can take them back across the border.

Federal prisons have over 35% illegal's and 20% of Arizona prisons are filled with illegal's. In the last few years 80% of our law enforcement that have been killed or wounded have been by an illegal.

The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about. The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming they are not just those who are looking for work and a better life.

The Federal Government has refused for years to do anything to help the border states . We have been over run and once they are here we have the burden of funding state services that they use. Education cost have been over a billion dollars. The healthcare cost billions of dollars. Our State is broke, $3.5 billion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make. One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here legally. It has to stop.
The border can be secured. We have the technology we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming and they must come in an organized manner legally so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have a responsibility to protect our citizens and to protect the integrity of our country and the government which we live under.

I would give amnesty today to many, but here is the problem, we dare not do this until the Border is secure. It will do no good to forgive them because thousands will come behind them and we will be over run to the point that there will no longer be the United States of America but a North American Union of open borders. I ask you what form of government will we live under? How long will it be before we will be just like Mexico , Canada or any of the other Central American or South American countries? We have already lost our language, everything must be printed in Spanish also. We have already lost our history it is no longer taught in our schools. And we have lost our borders.

The leftist media has distorted what SB 1070 will do. It is not going to set up a Nazi Germany . Are you kidding. The ACLU and the leftist courts will do everything to protect those who are here illegally, but it was an effort to try and stop illegal's from setting up businesses, and employment, and receiving state services and give the ability to local law enforcement when there is probable cause like a traffic stop to determine if they are here legally. Federal law is very clear if you are here on a visa you must have your papers on you at all times. That is the law. In Arizona all you need to show you are a legal citizen is a driver license, MVD identification card, Native American Card, or a Military ID. This is what you need to vote, get a hunting license, etc.. So nothing new has been added to this law. No one is going to be stopped walking down the street etc... The Socialist who are in power in DC are angry because we dare try and do something and that something the Socialist wants us to do is just let them come. They want the "Transformation" to continue.

Maybe it is too late to save America . Maybe we are not worthy of freedom anymore. But as an elected official I must try to do what I can to protect our Constitutional Republic . Living in America is not a right just because you can walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility and it comes by respecting and upholding the Constitution the law of our land which says what you must do to be a citizen of this country. Freedom is not free.

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Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070

Forwarded to me by a friend G-man Thanks again... I'm Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 which I voted for and was just signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Rancher Rob Krantz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence, here is just some of the highlights from those who testified. The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of humans who cross their property . One Rancher testified that 300 to 1200 people a DAY come across his ranch vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles and property, cutting down his fences, and leaving trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two Koran bibles. Another rancher testified that daily drugs are brought across his ranch in a military operation. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, 1/2 mile behind are the guards fully armed, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs, behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in the way. This was not the only rancher we heard that day that talked about the drug trains. One man told of two illegal's who came upon his property one shot in the back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to carry the drugs and then shot them. Daily they listen to gun fire during the night it is not safe to leave his family alone on the ranch and they can't leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back. The border patrol is not on the border. They have set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them, if they get their hands on them then they can take them back across the border. Federal prisons have over 35% illegal's and 20% of Arizona prisons are filled with illegal's. In the last few years 80% of our law enforcement that have been killed or wounded have been by an illegal. The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about. The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming they are not just those who are looking for work and a better life. The Federal Government has refused for years to do anything to help the border states . We have been over run and once they are here we have the burden of funding state services that they use. Education cost have been over a billion dollars. The healthcare cost billions of dollars. Our State is broke, $3.5 billion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make. One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here legally. It has to stop. The border can be secured. We have the technology we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming and they must come in an organized manner legally so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have a responsibility to protect our citizens and to protect the integrity of our country and the government which we live under. I would give amnesty today to many, but here is the problem, we dare not do this until the Border is secure. It will do no good to forgive them because thousands will come behind them and we will be over run to the point that there will no longer be the United States of America but a North American Union of open borders. I ask you what form of government will we live under? How long will it be before we will be just like Mexico , Canada or any of the other Central American or South American countries? We have already lost our language, everything must be printed in Spanish also. We have already lost our history it is no longer taught in our schools. And we have lost our borders. The leftist media has distorted what SB 1070 will do. It is not going to set up a Nazi Germany . Are you kidding. The ACLU and the leftist courts will do everything to protect those who are here illegally, but it was an effort to try and stop illegal's from setting up businesses, and employment, and receiving state services and give the ability to local law enforcement when there is probable cause like a traffic stop to determine if they are here legally. Federal law is very clear if you are here on a visa you must have your papers on you at all times. That is the law. In Arizona all you need to show you are a legal citizen is a driver license, MVD identification card, Native American Card, or a Military ID. This is what you need to vote, get a hunting license, etc.. So nothing new has been added to this law. No one is going to be stopped walking down the street etc... The Socialist who are in power in DC are angry because we dare try and do something and that something the Socialist wants us to do is just let them come. They want the "Transformation" to continue. Maybe it is too late to save America . Maybe we are not worthy of freedom anymore. But as an elected official I must try to do what I can to protect our Constitutional Republic . Living in America is not a right just because you can walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility and it comes by respecting and upholding the Constitution the law of our land which says what you must do to be a citizen of this country. Freedom is not free.