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MAY 26, 2022

THE WISH OF SOME PEOPLE TO DESTROY EVERYTHING – OVERNIGHT:  It didn't take long for the horror of the Texas massacre to turn into the familiar exploitation of the tragedy by politicians, TV personalities, and journalists.   It takes about 48 hours for jerks to become jerks again. 

Even Congress refused to behave itself and show some reverence.   Someone looked at his watch and decided it was time to get petty once more, and to vote the way the party expected you to vote.  From Fox:

Max Schachter, whose 14-year-old son was killed during the 2018 mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, said he’s heartbroken after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blocked a school safety bill named after his son Wednesday.

After the horrific mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., asked for the Luke and Alex School Safety Act to be passed by unanimous consent. Schumer objected to Johnson’s request, claiming on Twitter that the bill "could see more guns in schools."

The bill, named after Alex Schachter and Luke Hoyer, another Parkland, Florida, shooting victim, would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a "Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices" for use by state and local educational and law-enforcement agencies, institutions of higher education, health professionals, and the public. And it would require DHS to "collect clearinghouse data analytics, user feedback on the implementation of best practices and recommendations identified by the clearinghouse, and any evaluations conducted on these best practices and recommendations."

The clearinghouse, which is already available at SchoolSafety.gov, would be codified into law with the bill’s passage.

Multiple Republicans, including Johnson, have accused Schumer of lying about the contents of bill.

Schachter, whose son was one of 17 people murdered more than four years ago at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said Schumer’s tweet is "completely false."

"How does a website put guns in schools? It's ridiculous," Schachter told Fox News Digital in an interview. "It has nothing to do with guns. It's just a website of best practices. It doesn't mandate anything."

"I thought that after 19 children and two teachers were just murdered in Uvalde, Texas, partisan politics will be put aside and that families might at least have some positive news out of Congress from their elected leaders," he said. "I was naive to think that a horrible mass shooting would make people do the right thing. And unfortunately, you know, he didn't. He blocked it."

"It’s heartbreaking," he added.

In his tweet, Schumer said "real solutions" are needed after the Uvalde shooting, citing the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, which passed the House last week after the Buffalo mass shooting that killed 10 people.

On the Senate floor Wednesday, Schumer said the school safety bill could be considered if Republicans agreed to debate on the domestic terrorism bill. A vote on the domestic terrorism bill failed along party lines Thursday, with all Republicans voting against.
Schachter accused Schumer of holding the school safety bill "hostage" so he could use it as "leverage" on the domestic terrorism bill.

"Everybody and their brother would have told you that the GOP was going to block it, which they did today. And so now where are we?" Schachter said.

COMMENT:  Welcome to the real world.  Once again we see confirmation of the old, cynical idea that kids just don't mean much in politics.  Kids, you know, don't vote and they don't write checks.

Common sense tells us that hardening schools, building their defenses so no active shooter can get near a student, would be a worthwhile strategy.  Right now we protect shopping malls better than we protect children.  But hardening schools doesn't fit the Democratic Party narrative that only guns are at fault.  Nobody, apparently, actually fires them. 

Somewhere, another shooter is planning.  And he's likely to attack the most undefended school he can find.

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MAY 25,  2022

UNFINISHED RACES – OVERNIGHT:  Several critical primary races remain undecided.

PENNSYLVANIA – FROM CNN: 

Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary is headed for a recount after celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund director Dave McCormick finished in a near tie in the May 17th contest.

Acting Pennsylvania secretary of State Leigh Chapman made the announcement Wednesday, noting that the margin between the two candidates was just 902 votes after all of Pennsylvania's counties reported their unofficial results to the state on Tuesday -- within the 0.5% automatic recount threshold. Chapman reported that Oz, who was backed by former President Donald Trump, had 419,365 votes and McCormick had 418,463 votes.

McCormick, as the second highest vote-getter, could have chosen to waive his right to a recount but decided not to. Counties can begin the recount as early as Friday but must begin no later than June 1. Counties must finish counting by noon on June 7 and submit their results by noon on June 8.

COMMENT:  The seat is currently held by Senator Pat Toomey, a Republican.  This is a must-hold for Republicans if they want to take control of the U.S. Senate in the November elections.

TEXAS – FROM THE NEW YORK POST: 

Centrist Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) declared victory early Wednesday morning in his primary challenge from left-wing “Squad” candidate Jessica Cisneros in a runoff election — despite the race remaining too close to call.

As of Wednesday evening, Cuellar held a 175-vote edge, less than a one-point lead, with 95% of voting precincts reporting in the district — which stretches from the eastern limits of San Antonio to Laredo on the Mexican border.

The margin was 50.2% for Cuellar to 49.8% for Cisneros.

“Tonight the 28th Congressional District spoke, and we witnessed our great Democratic system at work,” Cuellar wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “The results are in, all the votes have been tallied- I am honored to have once again been re-elected as the Democratic Nominee for Congress.”

COMMENT:  This is possibly the most watched Congressional race in the country.  Cuellar is the last remaining pro-life Democrat in the House of Representatives, and is kind of the House's Joe Manchin.  He symbolizes the dying breed of moderate Dems.  As a result, he is despised by progressives, who put enormous amounts of money into the race.  Led by AOC of New York, who may not know where Texas is, the leftists pounded Cuellar on almost every issue.  Bernie Sanders flew down to campaign against him. 

Cuellar's opponent, Jessica Cisneros,  is the ultimate leftist nutjob.  Among other things, she doesn't believe in any borders at all. 

Even though they disagree with Cuellar on many issues, leaders of the Democratic establishment came in to campaign for him.  They included Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina.   They fear that if Cisneros wins the nomination, she will be defeated in November and cost the Democrats a seat in the House.  The district is moderate Democrat, not crazy Democrat. 

Watch this one closely.  I want Cuellar to win.  Yes, I'd prefer a Republican, but he's close enough.  The danger of a Cisneros nomination is that she might actually win in November, which would put another extremist in the House.

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