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Democrats are against stand-your-ground laws unless it’s Kamala Harris shooting home invaders, then it ‘humanizes’ her

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3 months ago

September 23, 2024

Even Oprah Winfrey couldn’t contain her shocked reaction when Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris emphatically stated that “if somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot.”

Hypocrisy doesn’t even begin to explain her outburst, considering she and her colleagues have vehemently fought against not only gun ownership, but in particular, gun owners defending their homes against dangerous intruders.

National Review points out that in 2020, Harris spoke out against stand-your-ground laws that allow the use of deadly force against an intruder without forcing the homeowner to retreat first.

At the time, the vice president said such laws “have often and frequently been used as an excuse or cover for people who are motivated by racism and racial profiling . . . it has been used as an excuse to kill black and brown people and in particular black and brown young men.”

Liberals’ reactions, including Oprah’s, did anything but suggest the thought of Harris theoretically shooting someone while defending her home was an excuse or cover for racism or racial profiling; nor did anyone accuse her of the potential of killing black and brown people.

Rather, the former Atlanta mayor and Harris campaign adviser, Keisha Lance Bottoms, claimed Harris’s comment “humanizes” her. “It was a joke, and she knew that we would still be talking about it today, but I think it‘s important that people know that the vice president respects the right to bear arms, that she supports the Second Amendment, but she wants responsible gun ownership and she wants our communities to be safe,” Bottoms said.

Despite Harris’ years of anti Second Amendment rhetoric and dangerous legislation, Harris explained during her first failed presidential campaign that she deserves to be a gun owner “for personal safety” after being a “career prosecutor” in San Francisco.

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Canada Beefs up Border Security After Trump Threatened Sweeping Tariffs

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1 week ago

December 3, 2024

Sara Carter Staff

In November, president-elect Donald Trump announced on social media that he would impose a 25% tariff on all products from Canada and Mexico if they do not take an active role in containing illegal immigration as well as the level of illicit drugs entering into the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Trump at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, after which the Canadian government vowed to secure the border. “We got, I think, a mutual understanding of what they’re concerned about in terms of border security,” Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc, who accompanied Trudeau at Mar-a-Largo, said of the meeting in an interview with Canadian media. “All of their concerns are shared by Canadians and by the government of Canada.”

“We talked about the security posture currently at the border that we believe to be effective, and we also discussed additional measures and visible measures that we’re going to put in place over the coming weeks,” LeBlanc continued. “And we also established, Rosemary, a personal series of rapport that I think will continue to allow us to make that case.”

The Daily Caller News Foundation reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is preparing to beef up its immigration enforcement capabilities by hiring more staff, adding more vehicles and creating more processing facilities, in the chance that there is an immigration surge sparked by Trump’s presidential election victory. The moves are a change in direction from Trudeau’s public declaration in January 2017 that Canada was a “welcoming” country and that “diversity is our strength” just days after Trump was sworn into office the first time.

The Daily Caller notes the differences in response from the Canadian government verses Mexico’s:

Trudeau’s recent overtures largely differ from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who has indicated she is not willing to bend the knee to Trump’s tariff threats. The Mexican leader in November said “there will be a response in kind” to any tariff levied on Mexican goods going into the U.S., and she appeared to deny the president-elect’s claims that she agreed to do more to beef up border security in a recent phone call.