It is not in our national security interest for the Taliban to take over Afghanistan because their true sympathies lie with al Qaeda and ISIS. It will only be a matter of time before our homeland is again threatened from Afghanistan.
I’m hopeful there will be an opportunity for the Biden Administration to provide meaningful assistance in the days ahead.
That will require a reassessment of their initial decision and recognition by President Biden that his decision to fully withdraw without conditions has been a complete debacle.
In July there were over 212,000 illegal immigrants who came into the country (and that’s not counting the “got-aways” / only God knows how many we missed).
The men and women of the Border Patrol are heroes who are being asked to do the impossible.
Between the crisis at the border and the debacle in Afghanistan, one could argue that President Biden is the most incompetent national security president in modern history.
The bipartisan infrastructure bill is good for South Carolina.
It provides much-needed help for our roads, bridges, ports, and expands broadband internet access.
I have always been supportive of infrastructure investment and wish we had passed this years ago.
This bill provides American infrastructure with a much-needed facelift.
South Carolina will receive $4.6 billion in highway funding, $274 million in bridge replacement and rehabilitation funding, and $70 million to assist in the deployment of electric vehicles and charging stations over the next five years.
In case you were not paying attention to what’s happening on the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee:
They voted on and adopted a provision stripping commanders of all UCMJ authority regarding their command because Senator Gillibrand and others have accused the military justice system of being inherently racist.
The Secretary of State’s view of the world is that that the UN Human Rights Council should focus its attention on systemic racism in the United States. Among the member nations of the council are Cuba, China, Venezuela, and Russia.
The Biden Administration has completely lost focus on the problems that are raging throughout the world.
▶️The Chinese Communists are suppressing every form of religion, committing genocide against the Uighurs, and threatening their neighbors.
▶️ The Cuban people are being shot in the street for demanding basic freedoms.
I hope this threat is all bluster from left-wing New York politicians.
If such a disastrous move ever came about – banning a commercial business due to them exercising their First Amendment rights – it would set a horrible precedent.
It would also be ferociously opposed by many Members of Congress, including me.
When federal funds are shared with the states, it never entered my mind to look at the politics of the state on hot-button issues like marriage to determine whether they are eligible to receive federal funds.