TPP Call - 7/15/18
Welcome to the Tea Party Patriots Weekly National Leadership Call Report. Glad you stopped by.
Chris Wright’s Constitution minute featured the Department of Homeland Security’s changes to its sign-on-procedure process that will reduce the # of asylum seekers.
Bill Pascoe reported from Washington that Last week the House took up and passed several bills under suspension of the rules. The Senate floor invoked cloture and confirmed Mark J. Bennett to seat on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
FBI Agent Peter Strzok testified for nine hours before the House Judiciary Committee in an open hearing on Thursday. He came across as angry and belligerent as he refused to answer questions on grounds that the FBI instructed him not to. The highlight of the hearing was an exchange between Representative Louie Gohmert and Strzok about the 30,000 emails on her homebrew server that found to have gone to an unauthorized source. The Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Horowitz and Strzok were notified and never followed up. Lisa Page testified behind closed doors by House Republicans on Friday afternoon with an FBI attorney present.
A group of conservative house lawmakers draft articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for failing to comply with congressional subpoena to obtain documents about FBI surveillance during the elections, intentionally stalling document production for congressional investigations into possible government misconduct and failing to enforce key law and protocols. However, there has been no indication that Speaker Paul Ryan and other House GOP leaders will act on the measure.
The Smear campaign against Jim Jordan continues. There have been no calls from GOP leaders for Jim Jordan to step down and many university officials have vouched for his contention he knew nothing of the alleged sexual abuse of the wrestlers.
President Trump traveled to Brussels and made the case to the NATO members who have been free-loading on the U.S that they need to pay their 2% or changes will be made.
President Trump will be meeting with Putin in Helsinki on Tuesday. On the Russian probe front, the Mueller probe indicted 12 Russians for conspiring to hack Democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign. There were no US citizens indicted and no evidence of collusion.
President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court Justice. Despite his support by conservatives, some have reason for concern based on his interpretation in the Susan Seven-Sky v Eric Holder Obamacare case. Kavanaugh contended that with a small tweak of the language, there is no difference between a “tax” and a “penalty.” In the end Kavanaugh used a previous held opinion allowing him to bow out of a decision since the alleged tax has not yet been put into effect.
Jenny Beth Martin’s Call to Action for the week of July 16-July 20.
There are three distinct call to action activities for this week. We need each and every Tea Party member to visit the Tea Party Patriots website and sign the petition for swift nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and to sign the Pledge to Vote and share with friends on social media in the midterm election.
Finally, there is still time to register to secure your spot for the Tea Party Patriots national fly-in conference, July 24-25 in Washington, D.C. Conference speakers include Representative Jim Jordan, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator David Perdue, Representative Mark Meadows and many, many, more.
That’s all for this week.
Thank you for tuning in.
Keep fighting for Liberty and God Bless.
Teri Hughes