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Nancy Pelosi's father helped dedicate Confederate monument

Democrats now having to eat their own words :-)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has ramped up calls to remove "reprehensible" Confederate statues from the halls of Congress -- but left unsaid in her public denunciations is that her father helped dedicate such a statue decades ago while mayor of Baltimore. 

It was May 2, 1948, when, according to a Baltimore Sun article from that day, “3,000” looked on as then-Governor William Preston Lane Jr. and Pelosi’s father, the late Thomas D’Alesandro Jr., spoke at the dedication of a monument to honor Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. 

The article said Lane delivered a speech, and Mayor D’Alesandro “accepted” the memorial.
“Today, with our nation beset by subversive groups and propaganda which seeks to destroy our national unity, we can look for inspiration to the lives of Lee and Jackson to remind us to be resolute and determined in preserving our sacred institutions,” D’Alesandro said in his dedication. “We must remain steadfast in our determination to preserve freedom, not only for ourselves, but for the other liberty-loving nations who are striving to preserve their national unity as free nations.”
He added: “In these days of uncertainty and turmoil, Americans must emulate Jackson’s example and stand like a stone wall against aggression in any form that would seek to destroy the liberty of the world.”
With President Trump cautioning that the drive to purge Confederate statues could represent a slippery slope, the White House has flagged Pelosi's family history as she fuels the statue opposition.
Counselor Kellyanne Conway tweeted an earlier article from RedAlertPolitics noting Pelosi's father's role.
"That's rich," she wrote.
CONFEDERATE STATUE FUROR HITS CAPITOL HILL AS PELOSI AND OTHERS SEEK REMOVAL
Last week, more than a half century after Pelosi’s father honored the Lee-Jackson monument, it was removed from its post along with three other Confederate statues in Baltimore, according to the Baltimore Sun. The removal came as numerous monuments were removed, vandalized or otherwise being debated in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., where a counter-protester was killed.
Pelosi’s office did not respond to Fox News’ request for comment on her father’s involvement with one of the Baltimore monuments.
But Pelosi, D-Calif., has been outspoken in fueling the backlash toward symbols of the Confederacy. Last week, she urged House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to remove the 10 Confederate statues memorialized on Capitol Hill “immediately” if “Republicans are serious about rejecting white supremacy.”
When asked why Pelosi, after serving as House speaker for years, never pushed to remove the 10 figures, her office noted that she directed the relocation of the Robert E. Lee statue from Statuary Hall to the basement of the Capitol, known as the crypt.
“As Speaker, we relocated Robert E. Lee out of a place of honor in National Statuary Hall – a place now occupied by the statue of Rosa Parks,” Pelosi said last week.
Brooke Singman is a Reporter for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @brookefoxnews.

Moderate Republicans begin speculating about 2020 primary challenger to Trump

Moderate Republicans is slang for Bringing America Down :-)

Several high-profile moderate Republicans have begun publicly speculating about the possibility that President Trump could face a primary challenger when he seeks re-election in 2020.

The latest Republican to do so is U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona. Trump and Flake have recently exchanged words, with the president saying he is “not a fan of” Flake.

During an interview Wednesday on Georgia Public Broadcasting, Flake said Trump seems to be “inviting” a primary challenge.
"I think he could govern in a way that he wouldn't,” Flake said. “But, I think that the way that -- the direction he's headed right now, just kind of drilling down on the base rather than trying to expand the base -- I think he's inviting [a challenge]."

"(T)he direction he's headed right now, just kind of drilling down on the base rather than trying to expand the base -- I think he's inviting [a challenge]."

Flake, who has been promoting a book that’s critical of the president, knows something about getting primaried: Trump has expressed support for Kelli Ward, a former Arizona GOP state lawmaker who is challenging Flake in next year’s U.S. Senate race.
But Flake isn’t the only Republican talking about a competitive Republican primary in 2020.
Earlier this week, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who irked the president by not voting for ObamaCare repeal legislation, criticized Trump’s response to the white supremacists involved in the violence in Charlottesville, Va.
Appearing on MSNBC, Collins was asked if she believes Trump will be the Republican nominee in 2020.
“It’s too difficult to say,” Collins said.
NBC’s Willie Geist reported last week that “sources close” to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president in 2016, say there is an growing sense of “moral imperative” to primary the president in the wake of the Charlottesville violence.
Asked about the report during an appearance on CNN on Sunday, Kasich denied planning a campaign against Trump at this point.
“I don’t have any plans to do anything like that,” Kasich said. “I’m rooting for him to get it together. We all are. We’re like seven months into this presidency.”

“I’m rooting for him to get it together. We all are. We’re like seven months into this presidency.”
- Ohio Gov. John Kasich, referring to President Trump

Even with the next presidential election more than three years away, the president has ramped up political activity in recent months, including holding several campaign-style rallies and a fundraiser in June at his Washington hotel.
"Of course he's running for re-election,"  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at the time of the fundraiser.
 

Pres. Trump, McConnell Set to Discuss Tax Reform, Health Care, Border Wall

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President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are working together on advancing the GOP agenda despite reports of an ongoing feud.
McConnell issued a statement Wednesday saying reports of the two not speaking to each other are not true.
He said both him and the president have been in regular contact about their shared goals, and the GOP remains committed to health care reform.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders echoed a similar statement, saying they remain united and will meet after the August recess to discuss tax reform, strengthening the military, and the construction of a border wall.

Pres. Trump Cracks Down On Foreign Students, Workers Overstaying Visas

President Trump fulfills his campaign pledge to crack down on immigrants who overstay their visas.
Based on the president’s executive order on illegal immigration, the State Department has issued new guidelines for “overstayers.”
It targets foreign students and workers who do not return home when their visas expire, and also urges U.S. diplomats to look skeptically at new visa applicants.
The Department of Homeland Security reported 739,000 immigrants have overstayed their student and work visas during the last fiscal year.
On the campaign trail, President Trump vowed to crack down on those who stay past their visa expiration dates as part of his plan to tackle illegal immigration.