Op-Ed by Assemblyman Joseph DeStefano
The flag burning and defacing of our national monuments in Washington is a disgrace. The people responsible are cheering on Hamas, the terrorists who invaded Israel in October, killing and raping hundreds of civilians. Americans are still being held hostage.
The protestors have the singular goal of sowing anarchy. It’s a well-financed, devious plan orchestrated by those who hate democracy and want to fundamentally change our country. They are hardened Socialists, many of them paid professionals in masks with a time-tested arsenal of chaos.
We have seen these tactics before. In the 1960s and 1970s, radicals also inflamed the nation with political violence. Their attacks included bombings, bank robberies, and the assassination of police officers who symbolized public safety. Despite what you’re told by the mainstream media, these radicals do not believe in the basic tenets of our Constitution.
Hopefully, history will repeat itself. The anti-American radicalism of a past generation led to the unabashed patriotism of the Reagan era. Their violence ushered in a president who gave us peace and prosperity. The American people instinctively know what’s going on today; that’s why millions cheer when President Donald Trump says, “Fight, Fight, Fight.”
Trump’s opponent, Vice President Harris, is as radical Left as you can get. She raised money to bail the destructive BLM rioters out of jail. She aggressively pushed to defund the police and comes from a state that has hit rock bottom with high taxes, homelessness, and rampant crime.
As the so-called “Border Czar,” Harris invited in millions of illegal aliens who are wreaking havoc in our communities. The fentanyl she does nothing about is killing Americans at epidemic levels, and the high inflation caused by her policies is wiping out the low-middle class, the younger generations and the seniors she purports to represent.
A Harris administration will take over our healthcare system and destroy Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security by adding millions of illegal immigrants to the programs that hardworking Americans paid for all their lives. They’re doing this to harvest votes and change the very nature of our electorate. We will suffer the effects of this for years to come.
Americans, including countless traditional Democrats and Independents, are rallying around President Trump’s call to defeat the "Deep State" and "Drain the Swamp." He gave us peace and prosperity and has the strength and perseverance to do it again. The radical destruction of today’s Progressive Democrats has struck a powerful nerve, and we’re no longer going to stand for it. We will take our country back.
The Columbus Memorial defaced by the anarchists is a public artwork by American sculptor Lorado Taft, located at Union Station. The centerpiece of Columbus Circle, it was unveiled in 1912 and celebrated over the course of three days with parades, concerts and fireworks gathering tens of thousands of people from all over the world.