What Newt’s Reading: Portland Riots — It is Trump’s Constitutional Duty to Enforce Federal Law and He Should; Trump, Ben Carson Are ‘Tearing Down’ an Obama-Era Housing Rule Accused of Funneling Money Into Wealthy Areas; Workers, Businesses Need Payroll Tax Break; Stolen Elections Show the Vulnerabilities of Absentee Ballots; and The Raid on Remdesivir.
5 Stories to Watch Next Week: White House, Senate GOP working on another COVID-19 rescue package; Democratic Party to amend, vote on 2020 platform ahead of convention; Trump cancels GOP convention events in Florida; House, Senate to begin reconciling their versions of defense policy bill; and US-China tensions escalate, with both sides shutting down consulates.
When President Trump announced Operation LeGend to stop growing urban violence, many leftwing Democrats and propaganda media members criticized it as inappropriate federal intervention.
Newt explains why it is critical to understand the President’s and Attorney General’s statements announcing Operation LeGend, the federal intervention in crime-ridden cities, and how the effort relates to previous riots in major American cities.
What Newt’s Reading: Trump, Pompeo Human Rights Agenda Strong in Face of Abuses Across the Globe; Biden’s Climate Change Policy Would Cause More Economic Harm Than Coronavirus; Fact Check: ‘Redirecting’ Police Funding Is the Same as ‘Defund the Police’; Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 Tall Tales; and Washington Post Lends Communist China a Helping Hand.
The Trump administration is considering withdrawing American soldiers from South Korea. This is a dangerous idea. Even a partial withdrawal — let alone the removal of all 28,500 troops stationed there — would be a grave mistake.
Nearly every organization of pediatricians and children-oriented specialists have said it is vital for children to be back in school. However, to the teachers’ unions, the children don’t matter. Power matters.
As violence escalates during protests in Portland, Oregon, Newt said on Fox & Friends Tuesday, that President Trump must defend Americans when the state or local authorities fail to step in to help.
How can you possibly have a public policy for dealing with COVID if your data is eight weeks old? However, that understates the problem last week when the CDC reported 1,099 deaths. The World Health Organization estimated American deaths at 4,869. The Washington Post had a range between 4,900 and 6,300, and The New York times reported 5,379 for the week. Now, how can you possibly shape policy when you have a variance of 600 percent among the different estimates?
Today, I signed this letter with other free market economic leaders and business leaders arguing that health care price transparency should be included in the next COVID relief package. It is being sent to the President Trump and other White House officials, Majority Leader McConnell and Leader McCarthy, as well as other leaders in the Republican Party.