The Mercury’s Sound Off for Sunday, March 17

Most people are unaware that the US Census Bureau counts everyone in a district — regardless of their citizenship, to determine the number of Congressional seats. Since illegal aliens were settled primarily in Democratic states, both the number of Congressional seats and ultimately the number of Democratic voters will dramatically shift in their favor! Consequently, whether they become citizens or not, this is a major victory for the Democratic Party to sway the balance of power.

Greg Levengood

The problem with Bidenomics comes down to one statistic: Real wages. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Real wages have fallen by 2.4% since Biden took office. This is what people are feeling. This is why people on Social Security feel the same thing. Even though everyone has gotten increases, the increases don’t cover Biden’s inflation.

The Independent

Joe “Old Yeller” Biden screamed to a crowd in Philadelphia last weekend that they needed to elect him to Congress. No joke, man! All Trump needs to do from now until November is just let Old Joe be Old Joe. Sheesh!

Peaches

The directive from POTUS has come down from on high. Stop prosecuting criminals and the crime rate will naturally drop. Build Back Better my foot!

Elmer

A commentary on coming up empty on Hunter Biden on Monday morning made me chuckle. First of all Clarence, the House Republicans have plenty on Hunter, but the last sentence made me say really? “Sham inquiry? Too harsh? Considering what he and his family have been through, that sounded right.” I thought about what the Biden regime is putting Trump through right now- that is a dubiously political process, Clarence!

Dot

Biden is getting as bad as Obama with whoppers. He said in the SOTU that the COVID pandemic was the worst in a century. That is a lie. The Great Depression was twice as bad, lasting 12 years and costing 25% of Americans their jobs, as opposed to a 2-year pandemic and 13% of mandate-forced layoffs provided by a mandated virus that was prohibited from being cured by ivermectin and others.

Info Depot

Demented Fact Jack. et. al. If J6 was not an attempted insurrection what was it? Were the chants of “Hang Mike Pence” peaceful? Were the people armed with metal pipes and bear spray beating policemen peaceful? I know Comb Over Don has told you to believe otherwise, but the rest of the sane world knows it was an attempt to overthrow our government. If you believe otherwise you’re a Republican not an American.

22yr E-8

Interesting article on Sat 9th by Steve Roberts. He states we need immigrants to keep up the workforce. The only thing he doesn’t mention is they should be LEGAL Immigrants who obey the laws of the country. How many killings have been mentioned in the news pertaining to Illegal? Even the great Mayors in the sanctuary cities are crying foul. Hey Guys and Gals — You ask for them, deal with it.

Saw this on the internet, so true: “I need to point out that the crime rates for immigrants and undocumented immigrants are far lower than that of native-born Americans and the Republican nominee for President.” Don the Con is a criminal.

Patriot54

Merriam-Webster — Sedition: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority. Insurrection: an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government. Bing — Sedition: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. Insurrection: a violent uprising against an authority or government. Lawyers can argue about fine distinctions. Most people understand what’s what.

Would Rep. Houlahan have supported the Laken Riley Act had it been her daughter beaten to death by an illegal? Thirty-seven of her Democrat colleagues advanced the measure, designed to detain criminal migrants. Like Madeleine Dean, Houlahan is a cold-blooded creature bent on accumulating power and furthering a socialist agenda at virtually any cost, including that of unnecessarily lost lives here and, as witnessed in Afghanistan, abroad.

M. Furlong

Thanks for another history from Honest Bob Minninger. Some Republicans (not all of them — cough, Barry Goldwater, cough) supported civil rights legislation 60 years ago. Also, a Republican president (a guy named Nixon) started the Environmental Protection Administration in 1970. All true, but time marches on, doesn’t it, Bob?

MendaciousD

Once upon a time, there was a billionaire who told the kingdom of his wealth and his genius business acumen. When he needed a lawyer, he cried until the people in the kingdom paid his legal bills. When he is fined for illegal activity, he has to borrow money with someone to co-sign. Perhaps the billionaire is lying to the people. This doesn’t sound like a happily-ever-after story.

Jay Miller

My biggest fear about becoming a zombie is all the walking.

Bill Wilson

MSNBC commentators are in a complete meltdown now that President Trump has essentially clinched the nomination. They are saying he will ignore the Constitution and rule like a dictator. When he was president no one was trying to keep the other party off the ballot, nor using the FBI to arrest people for misdemeanors, nor having his DOJ indict Democrats like Hillary Clinton. Oddly enough, Biden has done all of those.

Michael Stern

Joe Biden was bragging about how he is going around the Supreme Court to forgive student loans. President Trump is ordered to pay $350 million to NYC in a fraud case where there is no victim or fraud. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln

“Dutch”

Joe Biden’s brother, Jim, testified to Congress that he “threw away an $80,000 diamond” that was a gift to Hunter from the Chinese. That is the second Biden diamond that has gone missing. Those are some slippery diamonds. As the saying goes, you just can’t make this stuff up. What do you think?

Jane Batdorf

Meanwhile, out in Illinois, Democrats are amending the Abused and Neglected Child Act to define denial of necessary medical care, including abortion services, and gender-affirming services(sex change operations and puberty blockers)…as child abuse. This is how much Democrats are out of touch with you and me.

Realist

Most House Republicans have cosponsored a bill declaring that life begins from the moment of conception, a position under increased scrutiny after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are “unborn children.” Make up your minds, Republicans. Some of you are questioning when life actually begins. Some of you seek exceptions. The Supreme Court, with its “No choice for the woman” nonsense, started it all.

Portly

The WEF and Klaus Schwab in their righteousness want to bypass democracy. And for some reason, our Democratic Party is trying to put into place everything that the WEF comes up with. And the billionaires love it because all they have to do is spread some of their money around and they can be in charge as if they’re elected officials. Can we ask Madeleine Dean about what is going on with this outfit?

H John

Do you remember when Castro let any Cubans go to America? I do and so do the jailers. Wake up America.

Night Light

Since the SCOTUS ruling on the Dobbs case, effectively overturning Roe Vs. Wade, the number of abortions in the USA increased according to the NY Times, CNN, NPR, etc.. By up to 15%. Some have complained that women have had to cross state lines to get an abortion. Well, imagine that! I bet they even cross state lines to go on vacation — I surely have.

R. M.

Mitch McConnell will be leaving a shameful legacy behind when he leaves the Senate. No other Senator in history has done more to hurt this institution than McConnell. He said Trump was clearly responsible for Jan.6th, but when it came time to convict in the impeachment trial he caved in. History will not be kind to him or Trump.

Stay Tuned!

“Another Retired Person,” the reason Nikki Haley quit her campaign is that she got beat by the millions of people who want Trump as president — your premise is wrong. In many states coming in a distant second place, Nikki got more votes than Biden did. One reason Haley lost is that she didn’t campaign on her record as governor. I can’t remember one thing that she claimed to have done as governor.

Sue W.

If it weren’t for the pandemic, what would progressive leftist democrats like The Moderate blame for record high inflation, skyrocketing home mortgage and rent prices, the open border, high grocery and gas prices, gender dysphoria epidemic, historically high suicide rates amongst school-age children, skyrocketing fentanyl overdoses and deaths, never-ending tax increases, climate change, 3 US-funded global conflicts, etc? This is how Democrats and Biden “Built Back Better” these past 3 years.

Barney

I guess Dennis A. Biggs is showing his true colors by denigrating Caitlin Clark’s accomplishment on the hardwood. I assume women’s sports aren’t as important to him as the men’s. If Dennis had done any research he would have seen that Pistol Pete averaged 39 shots per game as compared to Ms. Clark’s 19. Also, LSU was an average team so his coach — his Father let him fire at will. I guess small-minded bias will never change.

JR

Recently I enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner. Supposedly, this cow was farting a lot and destroying the environment, so I ate it. You’re welcome!

Jim Fitch

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