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More than 200 retired U.S. generals and admirals signed a letter endorsing former President Donald Trump for president this week. Flag Officers 4 America posted the letter on Monday from the retired military leaders in which they warned about the dangers of not electing Trump. “It can be argued easily this is the most important election since our Nation was founded,” they said. “We are at a historic crossroad where we must either choose to stand for our Constitution and its underlying traditional values which have made America great, or we continue down the path the current administration’s top leadership is taking into the deadly abyss of socialism and authoritarian cultural Marxism.” They said that the Democrat Party has actively worked to divide Americans into conflicting groups, known as intersectionality, even as foreign enemies have stoked anti-American and anti-Semitic extremism on college campuses. They also warned that assessments on the threat environment that the U.S. faces, including from foreign adversaries, is so high that the country could easily get drawn into a war with a near-peer adversary and could lose. Am I Racist? Is In Theaters NOW — Get Your Tickets Here! “These assessments should be shocking to any American. Our national security is in serious jeopardy and our adversaries know it,” they said. “As the Administration imposes divisive social engineering programs embodied in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the expense of warfighting readiness, China, Iran, Russia, North Korea, and global terrorists are rapidly expanding their capabilities and aggressiveness. This did not happen during Donald Trump’s presidency.” The retired generals and admirals highlighted “political policies and actions coming from the current Administration (President & Vice President)” that have damaged the U.S., including: Open borders: The influx of countless millions of unvetted illegals from 160 countries, including ~100,000 Chinese, most of military age, plus thousands of criminals and terrorists, place America at great risk. Future terrorist attacks of some size and fashion on U.S. soil are a near certainty. Border security is national security. The Economy and Inflation: Inflation caused by the Administration’s policies, affect national defense because it decreases the money available to properly equip, train, arm and size our military. Today, just the annual interest on our debt exceeds the entire defense budget. That is not sustainable. Every dollar spent paying interest on the national debt is a dollar wasted and not available for defense of our country. Physical and mental condition of the CINC: A May 2021 letter signed by over 200 retired flag officers said: “The mental and physical condition of the Commander-In-Chief cannot be ignored. He must be able to quickly make accurate national security decisions involving life and limb anywhere, day or night.” For the past 3.5 years, the CINC’s/President’s obvious impairments have been deliberately concealed and denied by the Vice President and others, placing politics above national security. They said that the issues outlined above can be reversed by new policies, which led them to endorsing Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. “We endorse Donald J. Trump for president based on his proven national security track record,” they wrote. “His policies, coupled with his ability to implement them in the face of opposition, worked before and will work again.”

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LIVE Blog: Vance and Walz Square Off in Key VP Debate

How worried were Democrats that Ohio Senator J.D. Vance (R) was going to mop the floor with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) in the vice presidential debate Tuesday night? Well, in the run up to the event, CNN’s Democrats were seriously arguing that a Vance win would actually be a bad thing because he would come off as “predatory,” while Walz would be “constrained by his desire to be a unifier.” Former Obama adviser turned CNN talking head, David Axelrod admitted that former President Trump picked Vance to be his “designated hitter” and that Vance was good a moments like this. “Donald Trump is a casting director, and he was convinced he would be good on TV for him, and this debate is obviously the most important television appearance there is,” he said. But according to Axelrod, Vance would come off looking “predatory” like a vicious coyote ripping at an innocent Labrador: But, you know, they have very different personalities. Vance is, you know, he is a bit predatory on that debate platform and Walz, his strength is his warmth and is his everydayness. It's kind of like a Labrador versus a coyote. And the question is, people root for the Labrador, but can he get enough swipes him to keep the coyote off him?     Far-left political activist Van Jones warned that “J.D. Vance is dangerous to debate” because he’s a “phony” person: Look, I think J.D. Vance is dangerous to debate. First of all, you don't know which J.D. Vance you're going to get. He's such a phony that he could either be the phony Appalachia guy or he could be the kind of suck up that he was to get a job with Donald Trump. Of course, he omitted that Walz has been credibly accused of stolen valor for lying about going off to war while he abandoned his unit before they deployed. Jones went on claim that Walz would be debating “somebody who has high IQ-low integrity, high IQ-low empathy, high IQ but really no – willing to hurt Haitian children to get ahead, willing to changed his whole personality to get a position with Donald Trump.” “That is a dangerous person for a good man to debate,” he lamented for Walz, “somebody who actually is going to be constrained by facts, who’s going to be constrained by his desire to be a unifier. So, I think it's going to be a tough night for a coach Walz to show that good guys can win even against low integrity people like [Vance].” CNN’s host Anderson Cooper called him out. “Are just trying to lower expectations? Because a lot of – cause some Democrats are; in the Harris campaign,” he said. “Look, I went to school with people like J.D. Vance who just want to get ahead, no matter what; who will say anything, do anything. Those people are tough to debate. I used to lose debates to them all the time at Yale,” he proclaimed. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: CNN’s Debate Night in America October 1, 2024 7:08:14 p.m. Eastern (…) DAVID AXELROD: Yeah. Look, I think that he was hired basically as Donald Trump's designated hitter. Donald Trump is a casting director, and he was convinced he would be good on TV for him, and this debate is obviously the most important television appearance there is. And, you know, he comes in, we all know having worked with Van Jones, how these Yale-educated lawyers, very slick – SCOT JENNINGS: Easy, easy! You’re going to trigger Walz, you keep talking about Yale. He hates that Yale. [Laughter] AXELROD: But, you know, they have very different personalities. Vance is, you know, he is a bit predatory on that debate platform and Walz, his strength is his warmth and is his everydayness. It's kind of like a Labrador versus a coyote. And the question is, people root for the Labrador, but can he get enough swipes him to keep the coyote off him? VAN JONES: Look, I think J.D. Vance is dangerous to debate. First of all, you don't know which J.D. Vance you're going to get. He's such a phony that he could either be the phony Appalachia guy or he could be the kind of suck up that he was to get a job with Donald Trump. When you’re dealing with somebody who has high IQ-low integrity, high IQ-low empathy, high IQ but really no – willing to hurt Haitian children to get ahead, willing to changed his whole personality to get a position with Donald Trump, that is a dangerous person for a good man to debate; somebody who actually is going to be constrained by facts, who’s going to be constrained by his desire to be a unifier. So, I think it's going to be a tough night for a coach Walz to show that good guys can win even against low integrity people like him. ANDERSON COOPER: Are just trying to lower expectations? Because a lot of – cause some Democrats are; in the Harris campaign. JONES: No, no, no. Look, I wouldn't want it to be somebody – Look, first of all— AXELROD: That Yale lawyer training. JONES: I look – I – Look, I went to school with people like J.D. Vance who just want to get ahead, no matter what; who will say anything, do anything. Those people are tough to debate. I used to lose debates to them all the time at Yale. (…)