The Mercury’s Sound Off for Thursday, May 30

The US House passed a bill prohibiting illegal immigrants from voting in Washington, DC, local elections, and 143 Democrats voted against that bill. For these radical Democrats, why don’t we just simplify things? Why don’t we just send out ballots to the rest of the world and let them vote in these elections? We could also send them food stamps, welfare checks, phones, etc.

Dan Fields

In spite of it not being approved by Congress and thus being ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, our Dictator-in-Chief authorized another $167 Billion in college loan relief for 4.75 million borrowers. Not only is this unfair and unconstitutional, it exacerbates our inflation woes! This trend also gives colleges carte blanche to continue raising tuition rates while Americans foot the bill for our kids to get indoctrinated and learn to hate America.

Greg Levengood

According to a new Yahoo/YouGov poll, a majority (52%) now believes Donald did in fact falsify business records to cover up his hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. But the minority party, radical Republicans love their crooks.

Patriot54

Joe Biden at West Point delivered a line plagiarized from a Bill Clinton speech with no attribution and then told the Cadets to applaud the line. The resulting applause was very unenthusiastic.

Billy G.

Forewarned by those who did not profit politically or financially from it, the BLM movement has proven extraordinarily lethal since its inception in 2013. Over this period, homicides in Black communities have doubled from 16 to 33 per 100,000 as interactions with police have declined by 31%, a product of decisions e.g. defunding which restricted and/or inhibited policing. Scapegoating law enforcement was a useful distraction from the effects of Democrat policies, corruption and incompetence.

M. Furlong

To RJTJR it is your duty to tell the truth or be informed as to the facts. In your case, I don’t know which it is. I am old enough to have seen the article in The Mercury about Trump at K-Mart. There was no helicopter, he arrived in a limo and not a stretch one. You owe Michael Stern an apology.

The Watcher

Joe Biden and Merrick Garland just revealed another facet of our so-called “Democracy.” When they authorized the raid on Mar-A-Lago, they also pre-authorized the use of deadly force. They did this to recover documents. The FBI had visited and reviewed the documents on-site on prior occasions and never encountered even a whisper of resistance. Did Trump ever do this to a Democrat?

Mr. Democracy

Asking Madeleine Dean, we didn’t vote and elect Klaus Schwab, George Soros, Bill Gates or the Rockefellers. Why do the Democrats allow them to run so much of our government? None of them have our best interest in mind. Also after 3-plus years of an open border, we still haven’t received a credible explanation on what you’re doing. Why? Who do you really work for?

H John

The canard that “Big Business” and corporations are creating inflation is dispelled easily: Why weren’t they doing this 4 years ago? Why did they wait for Joe Biden to become president? For instance, the same number of oil companies today as 20 years ago, but they waited for Biden to take over to raise prices. Just desperation from Democrats trying to bail out a sinking ship.

Sam Tasik

Golf superstar Scottie Scheffler sure had a tough time at the PGA Championship. He disobeyed a cop during a traffic stop, drove recklessly and actually struck a policeman with his car. That’s two misdemeanors and a felony if you’re keeping score. It’s okay folks, he was on the first tee by 10:00 AM. If he was a Black or Brown man, he would have been beaten, Tasered and possibly shot. White privilege be tripping !

Lefty

“Never happened before!” Keep hearing that refrain about an ex-President’s legal trouble, as if that somehow makes it illegitimate. (Some people’s “logic” never fails to amaze me.) Senior citizen: “I’ve never been scammed out of $12K before!” So, the scammer’s criminal trial is obviously uncalled for, right? We’ve never had a minority of Americans elect a dubious crook before, so, yeah, it’s never happened before. First time for everything.

I smell a rat. I’m afraid this debate with Trump/Biden is a setup. The Democrats were way too eager for it. You know how they cheat and lie, so Biden will have all the answers, which begs the question: Why wasn’t one debate on Fox? Why are both on liberal networks? What are Republicans thinking? And why is the debate so early? Somethings fishy here and it’s not going to go well for Trump.

Info Depot

Patriot54 made the statement about older voters in the Republican party fading by age. Older not in the electorate anymore so Democrats are picking up younger voters. I hope anyone who believes that is seeing the college age and how they are protesting everything worthwhile in the U S as Democrats. If you have your eyes and ears open you can see what is happening to this country with the (Give Me) younger generation.

This administration boasts about Bidenomics when inflation is at a 45-year record high. It speaks to how disconnected they are from the conditions average American families are struggling with every day. These people don’t worry about food prices. They don’t even buy their own food. They don’t worry about gas prices because they don’t pump the gas into their chauffeured vehicles that taxpayers are paying for. They’re completely disconnected from the average person.

Ruby

Biden’s lies are going international. Biden lied when he said his support for Israel was ironclad and he wanted to see Hamas wiped out. He just halted the shipment of weapons to Israel because Israel is on the verge of wiping out Hamas’ leadership.

Twenty-twenty

I hope this November voters remember we have Biden in Washington telling us that inflation is more myth than reality, that a big spending bill will fix inflation – everything but that the Earth is flat. One is reminded of Chico Marx in the old movie “Duck Soup,” who, when caught in the act, asked, “Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?”

Patriot45/47

We now know why Joe Ciresi is against school choice, vouchers and charter schools. The teachers union is against them and Ciresi has taken over $42,500 in campaign contributions from them. He touts himself as an education guy but really he is against competition in education. Joe is for whoever donates to his campaign. He is hurting the children for campaign cash.

Who sent in the FBI to arrest J6ers, Catholics, PTA parents, pro-lifers, or any conservative? That would be Biden, not Trump! Biden sounds more like a dictator to me.

Dot

If you’re ever attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler.

Bill Wilson

Some folks ask why I try to stay busy with various projects and therapy dog visits. I say, “Life is like riding a bike. If you don’t keep moving, you lose your balance.”

Jim Fitch

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