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At a recent virtual town hall, I was asked what our nation should learn from the coronavirus pandemic. The spread of the virus and the responses by local, state, and federal government officials have touched every aspect of American life. The following are just a few of the lessons to be learned.
Stockpile vital medical supplies
At a recent virtual town hall, I was asked what our nation should learn from the coronavirus pandemic. The spread of the virus and the responses by local, state, and federal government officials have touched every aspect of American life. The following are just a few of the lessons to be learned.
Stockpile vital medical supplies
At a recent virtual town hall, I was asked what our nation should learn from the coronavirus pandemic. The spread of the virus and the responses by local, state, and federal government officials have touched every aspect of American life. The following are just a few of the lessons to be learned.
Stockpile vital medical supplies
In January, President Trump placed travel restrictions on foreign nationals traveling from China, helping the United States prevent the importation of the coronavirus from its international source. Democrats and the nutty Left shouted, "Xenophobe" and "Racist!" Now they are attacking the very essence of America: our recognition of God-given rights and the market economy.
It is time America went back to work. People want to work. We understand that self-sufficiency and meaningful employment is part of the good life — the American dream.
Medical leaders have advised us to distance ourselves from each other and to lock ourselves into our homes. The vast majority of the country has undertaken these measures and heeded the counsel regarding improving our hygienic habits.
The coronavirus is a serious disease that we are fighting to bring under control. But we also need to combat fear.
Americans have viscerally responded to this challenge. Our worries have been stoked by the news media, resulting in the type of panic that is gripping America. Is fear or hard science leading our government's response? Mayors and governors are ordering curfews, closing all "nonessential" businesses, halting political gatherings, and suspending religious services. Now, government officials are issuing guidelines against congregating in groups larger than 10 people.
In 2016, corrupt and politically motivated senior officials in the intelligence community used the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on then-candidate Donald Trump and his campaign. Their motivation was to prevent Trump from becoming president.
Portions of the FISA law expire on March 15, 2020, unless Congress passes a law that extends the pernicious provisions. Trump has justifiably demanded that any law extending FISA include dramatic reforms to protect civil liberties.
At the conclusion of President Donald Trump's Phoenix rally, a man came up to me and asked, "Can an 80-year-old man cry?"
He went on to express what so many Americans feel about this president: President Trump gets America. He understands that we love this country. That America has lifted more people in the history of the world out of poverty, and into prosperity.
President Trump appreciates that American individuality and freedom have allowed more people the opportunity to fulfill their potential than in any country in history.
Having just returned from leading a congressional delegation to the U.S.-Mexico border, I am reminded that President Trump and the Republican Party have a superior vision of our country's future than Democrats and the Left.
Democrats view Trump as an illegitimate president and have spent three years working with their accomplices in the media and the deep state to undermine his efforts to keep his promises to voters. Their most brazen attempt, to date, has been the failed prosecution of an unwarranted impeachment of the president.