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Well, according to this, Stephen has a plan:

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon urged Republican loyalists Tuesday to match liberal enthusiasm in the final week before a midterm election in which a congressional race in Kansas could determine control of the U.S. House.

At an unpublicized micro-rally in North Topeka, Bannon told a small gathering that a New York Times poll showing Democrat Paul Davis with a four-point lead over Republican Steve Watkins was the catalyst for his spur-of-the-moment decision to fly to Kansas.

He expects Robert Mueller to deliver a report on President Donald Trump before the end of the year. If Davis wins, Bannon said, Democrats will take control of the House and use the Mueller report as a blueprint to launch impeachment proceedings.

If the Trump base doesn’t show up next Tuesday, he said, “we’re going to lose this.”

“I tip my hat to the opposition,” Bannon said. “I like a good, fair fight. They have been aggressive. They’ve raised money. They’ve been on message, and it’s up to us, right? You get the Trump people out, you’re going to win.”

About 25 people attended the rally at the Holiday Inn Express on US-24 highway, including a small contingent of event organizers and individuals following Bannon for a documentary. People were notified midday by unsolicited texts that read: “Support Trump and MAGA! RED TIDE RISING RALLY with STEVE BANNON.”

Referring to himself as “sloppy Steve,” Bannon appeared in casual dress, pitching himself as a relatable guy with a blue-collar background.

He reminded supporters of the message he helped craft for Trump two years ago — that working people in America had lost their voice and that elites in charge were OK with that. Bannon credited divine providence for Trump’s win.

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Before leaving the hotel, a woman who asked to take a picture with Bannon lamented that a friend was disinclined to vote for Watkins because the friend sees him as a RINO, or Republican in Name Only.

“This is the fundamental problem throughout the country,” Bannon said. “What you have is Trump voters are lower propensity voters in elections. So you have to motivate them to come out. Like she just said right there, a lot of them are people who say, ‘Hey, the guy’s a RINO, I’m not going to do it.’ It’s not about that. This is all about empowering the Trump base.”


Steve Bannon makes personal appeal to Trump base at small Topeka rally

 

Not giving automatic citizenship to children whose mothers entered the country illegally or lied on their visa applications seems to be a reasonable approach to this issue. I hate line jumpers.

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As far as the legality, I scoffed until I read the language of the amendment.

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

 

George Conway says what?

 

And because

 

This guy's an immigration lawyer, so I'm sure he has some significance. I also agree with him.

 

There is no line.

 

I'll bet cash money Trump and 99% of the people at his rallies have never read the entire Constitution. Most of them couldn't cite anything more than the first two amendments and couldn't do that word-for-word. Many have no clue that the Constitution is actually seven articles outlining how our government is supposed to work. The parts they know are amendments to it guaranteeing certain liberties and rights.

I was at an event once that got real uncomfortable real quick when it took a turn into about two steps below a Trump rally. I tried to steer the conversation back to normalcy but ended up walking out. Speaker: "Do we believe in the Constitution?" Crowd: "Yeah!" "Do we ever want to see it changed?" "NO!" Me: "Uhhh, actually it has been changed 27 times, 17 if you take into account that the first 10 changes all came at once. The Framers wrote precisely how to change it in Article V because they viewed it is a living document and would need to be changed to meet the needs of future generations." Silence for a second. Stares at me like I had a third eye. Back to nonsensical rambling. I just shook my head and left.

I'm pretty sure this crowd would have been fine without changes numbers 13, 14,15, 19, and 26.

 

As things usually do with our president, this little gem got lost yesterday morning.

 

An Apparent Scheme To Discredit Mueller May Have Backfired. He Referred It To The FBI

Ummmm...

At some point people probably will go to jail for this.

 

Nine of them came for the free breakfast.

 

Did YF post this yet?

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