Elections

Rush Limbaugh says he believes the U.S. is headed for ‘secession’ after divisive election

Published

2 years ago

December 10, 2020

Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh told his audience Wednesday he believes the United States is lurching ever closer toward “secession” as many of his fellow conservatives find themselves at growing odds with those on the political left regarding the direction of the country.

Most importantly, his comments follow a divisive presidential election and come as the country tries to grapple with how to properly move forward together and reconcile with each other amidst the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Experts, it should be noted, are in agreement that, while the U.S. is way more polarized now that it was in the 2000s and 1990s, the country has been becoming more polarized ideologically over the course of at least the past half-century.

“I actually think that we’re trending toward secession,” the decades-long conservative pundit said on “The Rush Limbaugh Show.”

“I see more and more people asking, ‘What in the world do we have in common with the people who live in, say, New York?’” Limbaugh added.

Furthermore, the influential conservative put forward that Americans on the polar-opposite ends of the political spectrum cannot peacefully run the country together.

“There cannot be a peaceful coexistence of two completely different theories of life, theories of government, theories of how we manage our affairs,” he said. “We can’t be in this dire a conflict without something giving somewhere along the way.

“And I know that there’s a sizable and growing sentiment for people who believe that that is where we’re headed, whether we want to or not—whether we want to go there or not,” the 69-year-old host continued. “I myself haven’t made up my mind. I still haven’t given up the idea that we are the majority and that all we have to do is find a way to unite and win.”

Secession, according to legal precedent, is illegal in the United States. The ruling from the 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case Texas v. White is commonly held as establishing that precedent, in which the highest court in the land ruled that the U.S. is “an indestructible union”. Despite this legal hurdle, Limbaugh’s comments aren’t the first time a U.S. political movement has threatened or brought up secession after a presidential election loss.

After then-candidate Donald Trump‘s controversial 2016 win, which saw him win the Electoral College but lose the popular vote, there was a momentary groundswell of support in California for the reliably Democratic state to secede from the rest of the country. That, however, never gained mainstream support from most Californians or public officials.

Going back to President Barack Obama’s first term in office, then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), while never advocating for secession, on a few occasions did infamously bring up the topic and hint that the Lone Star State did it once and could do it again amidst the growing conservative grassroots anger at Obama at the time. Texas secession comes up every once in a while, but no attempt has brought the state remotely close to secession since being readmitted into the Union following the Civil War.

Circling back to 2020, it’s also worth mentioning a startling Hofstra University poll that made headlines in September, which found that 39% of likely voters at the time would support their state requesting to secede from the union if their candidate lost. Looking deeper, the poll found that party affiliation had little influence on that support, with 41% of Democrats and 44% of Republicans supporting it in September.

Back in February, President Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, during his annual State of the Union address to Limbaugh, who had recently announced that he was diagnosed with lung cancer.

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China

REPORT: The Biden family received over $1 million from Chinese Companies

Published

7 days ago

March 17, 2023

Alexander Carter

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed financial records that reveal the Biden family received payments that totaled more than 1 million dollars from accounts connected to Rob Walker, a business associate of Hunter Biden, who received numerous lucrative donations from Chinese firms – inherently connected to the Chinese Communist Party.

The financial records revealed that Hunter Biden and Jim Biden, Joe Biden’s brother, had worked with Walker. Why is this important? It is important because the investigation also revealed that Walker, Hunter and business associates James Gilliar and Tony Bobulinksi had a a joint-venture called Sinohawk Holdings, which was planning to partner with Chinese energy firm CEFC, according to reports.

Moreover, Bobulinski spoke out about the Biden families dealings with China. In an exclusive with Fox New’s Tucker Carlson last November, he accused President Biden of being directly entangled “in a plot to make millions of dollars as part of Bobulinski and the first son’s 2017 SinoHawk Holdings venture with the Chinese state-owned energy company CEFC,” as reported.

“Hunter Biden, in his own words, [has said] he is putting his entire family’s family legacy on the line to do business with the Chinese Communist Party [via] CEFC,” Bobulinski told Fox News. “(Hunter) says that in his own words, in numerous text messages and other things I’ve provided both to the FBI and other whistleblowers.”

The committee records were obtained by Republican Congressman and Committee Chairman, James Comer, after subpoenaing Bank of America. The articles revealed that “at least three family members” received large payments from a one of Walker’s bank accounts. That account is labeled as “Robinson Walker, LLC,” and one of the family members is Hallie Biden, the widow of President Biden’s son Beau, according to Fox News.

Moreover, a spokesperson for the Biden legal team firmly stated that the payments did occur but it was only Hunter, Jim and Hallie who had received the payments from the Chinese firm. They said that the accounts “belonged to Hunter, his uncle and Hallie – nobody else.”

Furthermore, the records revealed that the Chinese firm State Energy HK Limited had wired 3 million dollars to Walkers account. This took place on the 1st of March, 2017, only a few months after Joe Biden had left the White House.

The committee noted that, “After the Robinson Walker, LLC account received $3 million from State Energy HK Limited, Biden family members and their companies began receiving incremental payments over a period of approximately three months,” continuing to state that, “The recipients of the money included Hallie Biden, companies associated with Hunter Biden and James Biden, and an unknown bank account identified as ‘Biden.’”

OPINION:

With the current tensions between the U.S., Russia, and China this should be a concern to all people residing in the United States. If the Biden family has been receiving payments from Chinese owned companies we should all be worried about the integrity of the family and the leverage China has over our current President. The real question is how exposed is the Biden family to Chinese influence?

What information could’ve been captured by Chinese intelligence and if so, how far did Chinese intelligence penetrate our government. It isn’t far fetched. Why, because President Biden was negligent with classified information, even as far back as his time in the Senate. The recent FBI raids revealed that top secret documents found in Biden’s office also were obtained during his time as Vice President.

More importantly, the Biden family finances expose a very real threat to our republic, when our leadership is on the payroll of our adversaries. And even if Biden didn’t directly receive payments from China, his family did and that in and of itself, doesn’t mean he didn’t profit from it.

We will continue to follow the story and keep you updated.

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