When Arlington National Cemetery reportedly told Gold Star families whose children were killed in the disastrous 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan that former President Donald Trump could not accompany them to mark the third anniversary of their children’s deaths, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) stepped in. Gold Star parents Darin Hoover and Kelly Barnett, the parents of SSGT Taylor Hoover, one of the 13 servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate in Kabul, contacted Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and informed him that the cemetery had given the families a specific time to honor their children, but it did not work for all of them, and in addition told the families that Trump could not accompany them, The Daily Caller reported. Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. McCaul then contacted Johnson. McCaul recalled, “When Darin and Kelly contacted me, I was furious to hear their request to have President Trump join them to commemorate the anniversary of Taylor’s death was being stymied, along with several of the other family members of U.S. servicemembers killed at Abbey Gate. I immediately asked what I could do to help and reached out to Speaker Johnson to see what he could do. Thankfully, Speaker Johnson and his team acted quickly and were able to get the situation resolved. But something like this should never have happened. Gold Star families have already suffered enough.” “The Speaker of the House had to get involved. Reps [Darrell] Issa (R-CA), [Brian] Mast (R-FL), and Chairman Mike McCaul were instrumental in assisting in the Gold Star families,” another source told the Caller. “After the Speaker’s call, the situation shifted significantly. It was only three days before the ceremonies, and Arlington National Cemetery waited until the last minute to confirm key components of the event with the families.” “Arlington Cemetery officials claimed the families didn’t want any media, photography, or videography at Section 60, contradicting what the families had actually requested. The families were fine with the media, designated by the Trump team, but Arlington kept pushing back, obstructing the process,” the source added. “This would have not happened without Speaker Johnson.” WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “We, WE extended the invitation to President Trump,” Darin Hoover stated. “We are the ones that asked him to come. We are the ones that asked him to assist in laying a wreath for our son, and for the shooting for, Sergeant Canals and for Cole. We’re the ones that asked that. President Trump didn’t come to us. His team didn’t come to us and say, hey, this would be good for business. Business? No. President Trump has stood by us from day one. He has been compassionate. He has been loving. He’s been understanding. He’s taking the mantle of our outrage a little bit. Because to be quite honest with you, being very frank, we haven’t heard diddly squat from the current administration in three years.”

Democrats in California passed a bill on Wednesday that allows illegal immigrants to be eligible for a housing program where they could receive an interest-free loan worth up to $150,000 for a home purchase.   The legislation makes illegal immigrants eligible for California’s Home Purchase Assistance Program, which allows some first-time home buyers to get up to $150,000 in interest-free loans for a home down payment. The bill passed 53-18 in the state Assembly and 25-14 in the Senate and now heads to Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. No Republicans in the Assembly or Senate voted in favor of the proposal. According to the legislation, no one applying for the loan can be “disqualified solely based on the applicant’s immigration status.” The state has already spent more than half a billion on the program for nearly 4,000 loans.  Tickets for “Am I Racist?” are on sale NOW! Buy here for a theater near you. The legislation was introduced by Democrat Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, who said the proposal would help attract people with a good credit score.  “So for those who have a good credit score and who qualify for a loan, we are saying that we want you to set roots here in our great state if you qualify, only if you qualify,” he said, according to the Los Angeles Times.  Republicans argued that the bill’s passage would continue to incentivize illegal immigration and create unfair competition for American citizens struggling to buy a home.  “It’s a slap in the face to legal immigrants when we incentivize the breaking of our laws and the normalizing of being in this country unlawfully,” said Assemblymember Bill Essayli (R). “We need to close our border. This is a problem of our own making. We have made the borders wide open, millions of people are coming over and now the state of California is creating a huge incentive for those who came here illegally to come to California.” California democrats love illegal immigration so much they offer many incentives for them to come here. Today, the Assembly just voted to give illegal immigrants free down payment assistance (up to $150k) to buy a house a new home. Thats on top of providing free health care and… pic.twitter.com/qGJ4OIcLCG — Bill Essayli (@billessayli) August 29, 2024 Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher said the legislation would worsen the border crisis.  WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ‘AM I RACIST?’ — A MATT WALSH COMEDY ON DEI “I didn’t know it was possible to make the border crisis and the housing crisis worse with just one vote, but Democrats found a way,” he said. “Giving taxpayer-funded housing subsidies to illegal immigrants will drive costs even higher and encourage more chaos at the border.” The San Diego border sector has become one of the hotspots for unlawful crossings in recent months, with the Biden-Harris administration reportedly releasing thousands of illegal immigrants who had been apprehended.

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