Flotsam and Jetsam on Veterans Day

There has been minor progress in the election. RCP now shows the Republicans with 217 House seats, only one shy of the 218 needed to control the chamber, with 10 seats as yet undecided. Ryan King at NYPo notes Donald Trump clinches biggest popular vote count by a Republican ever, and all the votes have not been counted. California in particular is notoriously slow, as ballot boxes keep falling off the back of old El Caminos into the voting centers.  Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson "JIM JORDAN: “The biggest question is, what happened to the 10 Million voters that Joe Biden got but didn't come up for Kamala Harris?”" Scott Pinsker at PJM on How Elon Musk Knew Donald Trump Was Going to Win 4 Hours Before You Did. "Guys, I’m beginning to suspect that this Elon Musk guy is kind of smart!"

In response to Democracy Now's allegation that "The Confederacy Won: Why Donald Trump's reelction is a win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia and Hate" Stacy McCain says All I Can Say Is, ‘You’re Welcome’ "The important thing, when confronted by such preposterous accusations, is never to deny them. If such fools have convinced themselves that “white supremacy,” etc., have triumphed at the ballot box — and as of this morning, Donald Trump was leading by a margin of 3.7 million votes — why should we argue with them? Victory requires no excuse. Winners do not need scapegoats." Lee Fang@lhfang, "It is genuinely funny how so many left-liberal influencers spent the last 8 years complaining about whiteness as the source of Trump’s evil power and he’s then elected with a historic multiracial coalition of Native Americans, Black, Asian, and Latino voters." Eric Lendrum at Am Great calls it the Dawn of a New Day. "Welcome back, Mr. President. Sorry, we kept you waiting. We have a lot of work to do." Julianna Frieman@JuliannaFrieman "Lindy Li, who donated millions to the Harris campaign, blasts Democrats for Kamala’s “epic disaster” election loss. “I believed her. My daughters believed her. And so they wrote massive checks.” “I feel like a lot of us were misled.”" From the Slantic, The Cumulative Toll of Democrats’ Delusions. Steve Miller at The Spec World, The election was a referendum on the American media "Voters ignored the best efforts of journalists and pundits to head off Trump." John Hinderacker at Power Line, claims Democrats Are In Deep Trouble.

Althouse finds "Guns, God and gays — that’s the way they say it. Guns, that’s an issue; gays, that’s an issue, and now..." ""... they’re making the trans issue such an important issue in their priorities; and in certain communities, what they call God, what we call a woman’s right to choose." Said Nancy Pelosi, answering the question "why did voters who earned less than $100,000 go for Trump in such large numbers," in "The Interview/Nancy Pelosi Insists the Election Was Not a Rebuke of the Democrats" (NYT)," and "[T]he 2008 Barack Obama Democratic Party intersectional coalition has died. It is not that the coalition is wounded or endangered..." "... it is that it is dead." Bernie Goldberg, This Time It Wasn't Only the Economy, Stupid, "This time it was also personal." Zero Hedge, FEC Filings Show Kamala Harris Team Blew Funds On Hollywood Stars, Private Jets. Da Mail, George Clooney taking step back from politics after being made a 'scapegoat' for Kamala Harris' loss. Atop Da Hill, Fetterman says ‘bros’ are Democrats’ ‘childless cat ladies’. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Harris Surrogate Reveals the Moment It All Went Down Hill for Kamala, "I actually think President Biden, you know, the whole endorsing her thirty minutes after he dropped out, I think that was a big F you to the party."  At NRO, Rich Lowry thinks Trans Moralism Is Killing the Democrats. Rusty Weiss at RedState, Former DNC Official Proposes Plan to Install Kamala Harris As President, Leaves CNN Panel Floored. I half expect it. Bob Hoge at RedState, Shocking Video Shows Biden Staggering Through Sand, Almost Faceplanting—Jill Does Nothing to Help.  Da Caller, Joe Rogan Says Harris Campaign Wanted Topic ‘Restrictions’ For Interview, Asked If He Edits Footage.

Twitchy, Seb Gorka Thanks Unhinged, Crazy Woman Outside His Fave Coffee Shop for Re-electing Trump and LOL (Watch) and 'Can You Send Security Up? I Have a Boy Who Has a Trump Hat On' California Teacher Loses It on a Student. Ben Bartee at PJM reports #Resistance Liberals Tattoo Themselves Blue to Oppose Fascism, Spot ‘Safe People’. WokeSpy collects (Some of) The Best Post-Election Liberal Meltdowns, All In One Place. NewsBusters also has a collection of Worst Election Media Meltdowns: An American ‘Nightmare’. Tristan Justice at Da Fed thinks adults should Stop Crying On The Internet. It’s Embarrassing And Pathetic. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair adds Actually, these videos are more like fresh reminders that these trainwrecks should never be put in charge of anything except their own lives. Jonathan Turley finds a Yale Psychiatrist who thinks Harris Voters May Need to Cut Off Friends and Family Members.  At the Babylon Bee, Sad: Liberal Forced To Have Second Meltdown After Forgetting To Press Record. At ZeroHedge, Liberal Cat Ladies Reveal "Battle Plan" To Poison Trump Men With Aqua Tofana. Cathy Salgado at PJM reports Deranged Trump-Hating Lefty Murders Entire Family. WaEx's Matt Palumbo on Why the internet’s deranged reaction to Trump’s victory matters. At  Am Great, Roger Kimball discourses on The Aftermath: Trump’s Victory Sparks Media Outrage and National Introspection "Following Donald Trump’s landslide victory, shocked commentators echo 2016 concerns, while emerging economic and geopolitical shifts suggest stability under his leadership." At Hat Hair, Dennis Prager thinks Calling Trump 'Hitler' Has Done Permanent Damage to the Moral Realm.

John Cremeans USA@JohnCremeansUSA, "Fired: The FEMA supervisor, accused of ordering her subordinates to bypass homes with Trump campaign signs in Florida, has been fired! Marn’i Washington was sacked for telling disaster relief workers knocking on doors in Lake Placid, Fl, to “avoid homes advertising Trump!”" Joe Concha @JoeConchaTV "No retraction coming, correct?" Dave Strom at Hat Hair, In Other Countries We Call This Coup Plotting. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Sorry, We Can Only View This Secret Pentagon Meeting as a Plot to Foment an Insurrection. Erick Erickson, Day One: Fire Them All. Twitchy, The Wins Keep Coming! Donald Trump's Reelection Has DOJ Employees Calling It Quits.  'Becca Downs at TownHall, Schumer Refuses to Allow McCormick to Show Up for Orientation. Here's What GOP Senators Propose. At Althouse, "Trump’s initial calls with world leaders are not being conducted with the support of the State Department and U.S. government interpreters." ""The Trump transition team has yet to sign an agreement with the General Services Administration, a standard procedure for presidential transitions. Trump and his aides are distrustful of career government officials following the leaked transcripts of presidential calls during his first term. 'They are just calling him [Trump] directly,' one of the people familiar with the calls said...." From "Trump talked to Putin, told Russian leader not to escalate in Ukraine/President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the call" (WaPo)."

MSNBC’s @SymoneDSanders: “I wanna be clear, we don’t use the term illegal, they’re undocumented individuals.” @KevinRobertsTX: “That’s sweet. They’re illegal aliens.”

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— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) June 22, 2024

CBD at Aces, Anti-immigrant Laws? No...We Have Anti-criminal Laws "An "illegal immigrant" is not an immigrant. He is a criminal, and should be treated as a lawbreaker and dealt with by the criminal justice system. The conflation of immigration into America, which used to be of tremendous benefit to us as a nation, with criminals crashing the open border as part of the deeply evil "Great Replacement," is part and parcel of the progressive destruction of our language. We don't call bank robbers "undocumented withdrawers." We don't call rape "pre-permission intercourse." Dan Greenfield at Front Page, hears Canada Prepares to Receive Our Illegal Aliens, "We knew a few months ago that we had to start prepping a contingency plan because if he comes into power."

Charlotte Hazard at JTN reports a Trump lawyer suggests Jack Smith plead the fifth in testimony, suggests he's complicit in crimes "If I was representing Jack Smith, I would tell him to take the fifth when it came to any kind of testimony." 

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Reason #6963 That Trump Was Elected

Veteran unemployment rate hit near-record low in October

The unemployment rate for veterans approached a record low in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday.

In September, the unemployment rate among veterans was 3.4 percent, but the rate has decreased to 2.9 percent in October.

October marked just the second time since 2000 that the rate has dropped below 3 percent. The rate hit a low last October, when it fell to 2.7 percent.

The unemployment rate for post-9/11 veterans also dropped from 3.9 percent last year to 3.1 percent this year. There was a slight rise in unemployment for older veterans.

Come on Democrats, aren't you just itching to destroy Trumps legacy?

Dr. Ronny Jackson Accuser Out at White House

Pence doctor resigns after Jackson debacle

Vice President Mike Pence’s physician has resigned, the latest fallout from the collapse of Ronny Jackson’s nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Dr. Jennifer Peña, who like Jackson is a military physician detailed to the White House, was among those who made claims of professional misconduct against Jackson to senators considering his nomination, according to a person familiar with the events.

“The Vice President’s office was informed today by the White House Medical Unit of the resignation. Physicians assigned to the Vice President report to the White House Medical Unit and thus any resignation would go entirely through the Medical Unit, not the Vice President’s office,” Pence spokeswoman Alyssa Farah said in a statement.

Peña claimed in memos that Jackson might have violated Karen Pence’s patient privacy rights by sharing details of a medical incident involving the second lady with chief of staff John Kelly. The memos were first reported by CNN.

The allegations were troubling to many in Pence’s office and the White House, who felt that Peña misrepresented the severity of the situation in an effort to harm Jackson, according to the person familiar with the situation.

Jackson, a Navy rear admiral who served as a physician to President Barack Obama and continued in the West Wing to care for Trump, was nominated in late March to succeed former VA Secretary David Shulkin.

Of course, his original sin in liberal eyes was to give President Trump a clean bill of health. As for his leadership abilities, the nominal reason for his scrutiny, he was a Rear Admiral for goodness sake. In the military, they actually take leadership seriously, and teach it to officers. He was certainly far more qualified to lead the VA than Sen Obama was to lead the country.

Hmmm, I wonder if anyone looked into Dr. Peña's past in a little more detail after it became known that she was railroading Jackson.

Linked at Nourishing Obscurity in "Monday."

Dr. Ronny Jackson Attacker Identified

Sara Carter has the story: VP Pence Physician Behind Ronny Jackson Attacks

According to four administration officials, the main allegations were brought forth by Vice President Mike Pence’s Army physician Dr. Jennifer Pena, who is assigned to Pence by the White House Medical Unit and does not work directly for the office of the Vice President. Those officials contend Pena has held a long-time grudge against Jackson because of his continuing promotions in the White House. She began her career at the White House during the Obama administration. According to the officials, Pena, who is still active military and assigned to the White House Military Office, did not follow proper protocol to report on the allegations. Instead, she went directly to the Senate with the support of some current and former White House medical staff who were her loyalists. None of the allegations she allegedly brought forth have been substantiated.

Pence’s spokesman, Deputy Assistant Jarrod Agen could not be reached immediately for comment. Pena, who was appointed to the White House Medical Unit during the Obama administration, did not return several calls for comment. According to Democrats with the Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee the bombshell allegations were allegedly backed by 23 individuals, but the committee did not release the names of those individuals bringing the allegations.

Jackson, who served in the White House under three administrations, withdrew his nomination for Veteran’s Affairs and stories contending he is no longer the President’s physician are only partially accurate. Jackson had abdicated his role as the President’s physician when he was nominated by Trump for the Veteran’s Affairs Administration but as of Monday, he continues to work in the White House Medical Unit.

Interestingly, when I google Dr. Jennifer Pena, this is one of the links at the top of the list:  Department of Defense Inspector General Refuses to Investigate Army Doc Whistleblower’s Complaint which appears to link Dr. Pena to a similar series of complaints back when she was a Dr. at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. There are a lot of danger flags on this story. Mostly,  it is  just a blogspot blog (I know, I know), with a single post in 2010, this one. Could it be a recent hit job? As far as I know, it is possible to pre-date a blogspot post, so it could have been created yesterday. The author is completely anonymous, but seems to have good access to social media pictures of the characters involved. And the pictures of Dr. Pena in the post seem to be a younger version of the same woman as her Linkedin page. So with a giant grain of salt, lets jump in:

In March 2009, 4 months before starting his new position, Dr. Czr wrote a private letter to Congressman Silvestre Reyes relaying his concerns about the inadequate care that the local Veterans Affairs was providing to its patients. In this letter, Dr. Czr called for the termination of a federal employee, retired Colonel Mary Ancker, who was the liaison between the VA hospital and the military hospital. Ms. Ancker obtained a copy of his private letter and emailed a copy several hospital leaders at William Beaumont Army Medical Center including Dr. Czr’s supervisor, Dr. Kent DeZee on April 7, 2009.  In this email, Ms. Ancker demanded a public apology for Dr. Czr’s private letter.

Immediately, Dr. Kent DeZee then circulated Dr. Czr’s private letter to several other physicians in the hospital and to the residency committee in an effort to remove Dr. Czr from starting his position as chief of medical residents. In his own sworn statement, Dr. DeZee stated he and the committee wanted to “fire” Dr. Czr for his congressional letter but they could not because of the federal whistleblower’s act.  According to Dr. Czr, Dr. DeZee stated that “everyone up to the hospital commander”, the military equivalent of the Hospital CEO, had seen his letter.  The hospital commander at this time was Colonel (Dr.) James Baunchalk.  Dr. Czr requested the notes from this meeting through the Freedom of Information Act, but Colonel Baunchalk and his lawyers have refused to comply.  Dr. Czr also requested the email correspondence between Dr. DeZee and other physicians in the hospital to include Dr. Baunchalk through the Freedom of Information Act, but again Dr. Baunchalk and his lawyers have refused to comply.

When Dr. DeZee would not “fire” Dr. Czr from starting his position, the secretary of the residency program, Ms. Linda Palomarez, told Dr. Czr that he should resign because of the controversy in his congressional letter.  Soon after several senior physicians in the residency program also told Dr. Czr to resign from his future position as the chief resident to include the chief of the Department of Medicine, Colonel Wayne T. Frank.  Dr. Czr refused to resign.

Dr. Pena

So where is Dr. Pena in all this?

After Dr. DeZee failed to fire Dr. Czr, to force his resignation, and to create a petition to have Dr. Czr removed he then ordered an intern to file a sexual harassment claim against him.  On May 26, 2009 (less than 2 months before Dr. Czr would have started his position as chief resident), Dr. DeZee ordered Captain (Dr.) Jennifer Marie Pena, an intern who was transferring to Walter Reed in less than 2 months, to file a sexual harassment claim.  Dr. DeZee also transferred to Walter Reed at the beginning of July 2009.

Sexual Harassment Investigation

According to the subsequent investigation, Dr. Pena had unsuccessfully sought a romantic relationship with Dr. Czr while she was engaged to her first fiancé.  However, during the investigation, she falsely claimed she wanted nothing but a professional relationship with Dr. Czr and that she had rejected his advances numerous times. Yet she had divulged personal matters in her life such as her induction into Yale’s Skull and Bones Society, her mother losing her job, and her fiancé’s infidelity. In addition, Dr. Pena shared with Dr. Czr a childhood story when her father, a formal army pharmacist, asked the judge at a custody hearing why should he pay child support when he knew his daughters would grow up to be prostitutes. Finally, records show that Dr. Czr and his wife reported that Dr. Pena was pursuing to break up Dr. Czr’s marriage and had bought Dr. Czr a gift during this same time period that Dr. Pena was allegedly sexually harassed.  In the investigation, Dr. Czr stated that Dr. Pena began making frightening comments to him such as she hoped that his wife would have something “bad happen” so she could be with Dr. Czr and that Dr. Pena claimed she could be a better mother than his wife.

Colonel Baunchalk and his lawyers then influenced the investigation and falsely represented the findings of the investigation. Despite Colonel Baunchalk’s request to extend the investigation, he failed to interview 4 of 7 witnesses requested by Dr. Czr.  One of these witnesses later wrote that she had witnessed Dr. Pena pursuing a relationship with Dr. Czr.  Colonel Baunchalk also ignored Dr. Czr’s photographic evidence of Dr. Pena’s text messages from her to him that solicited him for a sexual/romantic relationship.

 Dr. Pena’s transfer to Walter Reed was known since December 2008 and her stated reason was to be near her first fiancé, a civilian anesthesiology intern, who lived on the East Coast. Unknown to the program and to the investigating officer was that Dr. Pena’s first fiancé ended the engagement in December 2008.  However, Dr. Pena continued to lie about her engagement to avoid having her transfer canceled.  During the investigation, Dr. Pena continued to claim she was engaged to her first fiancé but denied the investigating officer access to him.  Records show that Dr. Pena was actually engaged to Major Christopher Flaugh, a physical therapist at William Beaumont Army Medical Center at or near the time of her sexual harassment claim. Major Flaugh would soon transfer to Walter Reed after Dr. Pena’s transfer in July 2009.  Colonel Baunchalk’s lawyers also refused to interview Major Christopher Flaugh at the request of Dr. Czr.

Records also show that Dr. Pena was well-known for her lewd, hypersexual behavior and sexually-explicit comments. In a statement by Dr. Czr’s wife, Dr. Pena had once asked her and several other women during a social dinner if they preferred to spit or swallow in reference to oral sex. One of the people interviewed in the investigation reported how Dr. Pena had snuck into his bed after he had fallen asleep while she was engaged to her first fiancé. In addition, Dr. Pena was also dating a medical student in El Paso while she was engaged to her first fiancé.  Later, Dr. Czr would reveal that Dr. Pena had sexually assaulted him in call room in November 2008.  The Criminal Investigative Division of the Army is currently investigating Dr. Pena for this sexual assault.

Dr. Casey Danielsen and Dr. Pena were 

involved in federal prescription fraud.

Colonel Baunchalk then falsely substantiated Dr. Pena’s claim of sexual harassment “by the majority of the witness statements and phone records”.  The investigation showed that only 5 of the 15 witnesses interviewed had allegedly seen any evidence of sexual harassment.  Dr. Pena showed a partial phone record where she had blacked out all phone calls except those received from Dr. Czr.  Dr. Pena’s complete phone records later showed she had called Dr. Czr 43 times and texted him 130 times during the period she was allegedly being sexually harassed.  Dr. Czr presented evidence that these five witnesses had cut and pasted their statements from Dr. Pena’s written statement.

The 5 witnesses

The five witnesses had previous grievances against Dr. Czr and ulterior motives. Dr. Nathalie Paolino, who was a friend and fellow intern of Dr. Pena, was also transferring to Walter Reed with Dr. Pena and is now living in the same apartment complex. Dr. Casey Danielsen, another intern and friend of Dr. Pena, committed federal prescription fraud when she illegally prescribed Dr. Pena Digoxin, a heart failure medication, so that Dr. Pena could give the medication to a family member. Dr. Robert Gayle, another intern who also sought for the removal of Dr. Czr for his congressional letter, was illegally prescribing Dr. Pena antidepressants during the time of the investigation. Dr. Gayle at this time did not have a medical license nor was he credentialed at his hospital to practice medicine independently. These three witnesses who claimed to have knowledge of Dr. Czr’s alleged harassing behavior were all voluntarily present at Dr. Czr’s house in November of 2008, during the time that Dr. Pena claimed she was allegedly being sexually harassed. This provocative video shows the personal and sexually explicit relationships between Dr. Pena and her witnesses. . .

So it may be Dr. Pena accusing Dr. Jackson of the same crime that she engaged in, prescription abuse.

I've got to go, but these charges, if true, are serious. Certainly someone in the real media, with reak resources ought to follow up?

Linked at Nourishing Obscurity in "Monday."

Reasons #5919 - 5921 That Trump Was Elected

CBO Projects: GDP Headed To 15-Year High

The Congressional Budget Office’s budget and economic outlook released this month projects that real Gross Domestic Product will grow by 3.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2018.

That would mark a 15-year high.“In CBO’s projections, real GDP expands by 3.3 percent this year and by 2.4 percent in 2019,” says the CBO report. “It grew by 2.6 percent last year.”

The last time real GDP grew by more than 3.3 percent from the fourth quarter of one year to the fourth quarter of the next was in 2003, when it grew by 4.4 percent, according to the historical data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

14 states hit record-low unemployment

Fourteen states have set new records for low unemployment rates in the last year, nearly a decade after the recession put millions of Americans out of work.

The states hitting new unemployment lows run the ideological gamut, from conservative Texas to liberal California, suggesting a recovery stronger than any particular political persuasion.

What? You mean his policies are good for the whole country?

In March, eight states saw new record lows, including Hawaii (2.1 percent), Idaho (2.9 percent), Kentucky (4 percent ), Maine (2.7 percent), Mississippi (4.5 percent), Oregon (4.1 percent) and Wisconsin (2.9 percent).

California also set a new record last month. The Golden State’s unemployment rate stands at 4.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That’s the lowest rate recorded since BLS began keeping track of state-level unemployment figures in 1976, and it’s a third of the 12.3 percent unemployment rate California notched at the height of the recession in December 2010. Colorado’s unemployment rate is just 2.6 percent, among the lowest in the nation, and a third of the 8.9 percent peak it hit in 2010.
In Alabama, just 3.7 percent of workers are unemployed. Arkansas reached a 3.6 percent unemployment rate last May, its lowest rate ever. North Dakota set its own record last year. Texas hit a 3.9 percent unemployment rate in November, after peaking at 8.3 percent during the height of the recession. Tennessee fell to the lowest unemployment rate it has ever measured, 3.3 percent, in January. Hawaii’s unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation, BLS said. Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Wisconsin all have unemployment rates lower than 3 percent.

Such a tight job market means businesses are competing for workers, rather than workers competing for scarce jobs. That has some economists combing through data in search of evidence of rising wages, which have been largely stagnant since the recession.

Trump moves to cancel student loan debt for disabled veterans

It may be getting easier for some disabled veterans to erase their student loan debt.

The Department of Education announced Monday that it will partner with the Department of Veteran Affairs to identify disabled student loan borrowers who are eligible for debt forgiveness. Such borrowers will be notified of their potential eligibility in the mail and will also receive a Total and Permanent Disability Discharge application, the avenue though which borrowers with severe physical impairments are approved to erase their debt.

Such outreach is needed: Many disabled veterans are currently unaware that they can be eligible for student loan debt forgiveness, said Carrie Wofford, president of Veterans Education Success, a nonprofit advocacy group.

"It's horrific," Wofford said "There are disabled veterans who served their country who are financially struggling — and sometimes destitute — who are legally entitled to have their student loans forgiven but it's not happening."

Imagine what he could do if he weren't opposed by the Democrats, the Deep State, the MSM, and the never-Trumpers.

Reason #5603 That Trump Was Elected

Hundreds of VA officials fired since Trump's inauguration

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that more than 500 officials have been fired for misconduct since President Trump took office earlier this year, according to data posted online.

In an effort for more transparency and accountability within the VA, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin announced that a public list of employee "accountability actions" will be posted online and updated weekly.

The list outlines a total of 747 disciplinary actions including 526 employees who were fired since January 20. The actions affected a myriad of positons ranging from a tractor operator to VA attorneys.The list does not include employee names due to privacy reasons but does note the employee's position and VA region.

"Veterans and taxpayers have a right to know what we're doing to hold our employees accountable and make our personnel actions transparent," Secretary Shulkin said in a statement.

This announcement comes less than a month after President Trump signed the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act which strengthened the ability of Secretary Shulkin to discipline VA officials. President Trump said that previous laws "…kept the government from holding those who failed our veterans accountable."

In addition to publishing the list of accountability actions, Shulkin said in a press release that he is requiring approval by a senior official of any monetary settlement with an employee over the amount of $5,000.

If you want to see what single payer health care will look like under the US federal government, just look at the Veterans Administration.

Reason #5404 Trump Was Elected

Gold Star family members say they were assaulted during inaugural ball festivities

A massive group of violent demonstrators spat on, assaulted and screamed obscenities at a Gold Star widow and sister Friday outside an inaugural ball honoring the military, one of the women told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday.

Amy Looney, who lost her husband Navy SEAL Lt. Brendan Looney in 2010, and Ryan Manion, whose brother Marine First Lt. Travis Manion died in 2007, said they were attacked as they tried to enter the American Legion’s tribute to Medal of Honor recipients at the Veterans Inaugural Ball.

“Unfortunately, as we got there we found ourselves separated from the rest of the group walking to the galas that night and were caught in between the entrance to the event and about 75 protesters that got very angry with us and really converged on us,” Manion said on “Fox & Friends.”
. . .
“We were pushed by a man in a mask hiding his face,” Manion wrote in The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Our clothes were drawn on with permanent marker by other ‘protesters.’ And we were called the most vile names I have ever heard as we entered and exited the venue.”

Manion said that she and Looney – who operate the Travis Manion Foundation – did not attend the ball for political reasons and that the pair support President Donald Trump just as they “supported the previous administration and just like we will support every future administration that the American people elect.”

Looney and Manion were initially late to the ball because they couldn’t get through “an angry mob in the street that was burning trash cans and smashing windows,” Manion wrote on Facebook. When they eventually got near the entrance a group of around 75 people tried separating them from the ball. It was as the two women walked through the crowd that people began pushing them and yelling insults.

 I'm so old I can remember when Gold Star families were respected: