Hillsborough GOP Blog

Florida Democrats & Business Leaders Want to Pick Your Pockets to Line Theirs

Florida Democrats & Business Leaders Want to Pick Your Pockets to Line Theirs Impact of a Governor Gillum Coupled with the Hillsborough Funded for Tampa Transportation Tax on the County By Mike Kersmarki Some thoughts on the Impact of a Governor...

Veterans Step Up with Ron DeSantis Hurricane Relief Collection 09 Oct 2018

Veterans Lean Forward in the Wake of Hurricane Michael Veterans Join with Fellow Veteran Ron DeSantis to Help Those in Potential Need by Jim Waurishuk Colonel, USAF (Ret.) Chairman In Florida we know all too well that hurricanes have...

Capitalism v. Socialism

Capitalism v. Socialism — Why Democrats Will Fail in November. Tuesday’s Judge Kavanaugh Hearings Make This Cartoon Especially Relevant. CREDIT: Benson via ArcMax ...

Democrats & Media Monkeying Around With Florida Gubernatorial Race

By Mike Kersmarki On the far left, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. On the right, Republican Ron DeSantis. PHOTO CREDIT: Miami Herald The general-election race for governor has barely...

Multiplying Negatives Does Not Always Make a Positive

By Mike Kersmarki Ronald Reagan’s iconic 11th commandment to “not speak ill of any fellow Republican” is meaningless without context. And such historical reflection is especially relevant in the current Republican primary, a viciously divisive clash that has overwhelmed and angered the average GOP voter with weeks of negative campaigning.

Hillsborough County Republican Party Chairman Rebukes Negative Campaign Paraphernalia

GOP Hopes to Turn Trump Rally Excitement into Army of Volunteers

GOP Hopes to Turn Trump Rally Excitement into Army of Volunteers By Guyann Bracken-Fay Executive Director Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee President Trump’s recent hugely successful rally at the Fairgrounds, like any such event, needed a lot of work behind the scenes. ...

Tampa Trump Rally & Bill Signing Huge Success

By Don Henderson Tampa Trump Rally and Bill Signing Huge Success From start to finish the effort on the part played by the Hillsborough County Republican Party (HREC) was admirable and praiseworthy, as they had the honor of welcoming our President, Donald J. Trump, to Hillsborough County.

Hillsborough County Gang of 5

By Mike Kersmarki Just like some Republican Congressional leaders have lost touch with many Americans on stopping the immigration madness, the GOP’s five Hillsborough County Commissioners are now out of step with grassroots Republicans AND Democrats. The commission’s Republicans all voted in July to enable a voter referendum this November that would make future...

Colin Kaepernik and the Communist Left

by Jeremiah Fortson The objective is to harm the NFL as a business, and it is succeeding.

WHO IS ANTIFA?

by Jeremiah Fortson Who is Antifa, The KKK, Black Lives Matter, The Nazi’s, Skin Heads, and The American Media, Occupy Wall Street? Why they are all members of the Democrat Party.

The Truth About Charlottesville and The Universal Left

by Jeremiah Fortson What Charlottesville Virginia was about is that most of the American People want the statues to be left alone.

WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN

by Catherine Starnes When I was growing up, I loved achieving, competing and learning. My first hero was my conservative Christian father who fought in World War II.

WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN

by Steve Emerson I became a Republican because our sitting Vice President, Al Gore, and the Democrat National Committee (DNC) colluded to suppress the vote of 1,420 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines during the election of 2000.

WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN

by Ryan Love Along with my three brothers, I grew up in a small Iowa town back in the 70s and 80s. Despite the turbulent times of Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan, politics never entered into any of our family discussions. In fact, politics never became a big deal for...

WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN

by Mike Kersmarki To me, being a Republican has always been an easy call. It’s my life and I should have the freedom to decide how to live it. These choices belong to me, not some faceless, unelected bureaucrat in Washington.

YOU MIGHT BE A REPUBLICAN...

By Earick Ward If you believe in God, you might be a Republican. If you believe that your Rights are inherent (in that they come from God), and not granted by Government, you might be a Republican.

WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN

by Don Henderson Raised in the home of a college history professor, I learned very early in life the differences between conservatism, liberalism, socialism, communism, and the other “isms”. It was very clear that only one of these “isms” aligned with our values, standards and principles – Conservatism.

Georgia’s Handel Singlehandedly Destroys the Democratic Party

The election was widely seen as an early test of whether Democrats can leverage the resistance to President Donald Trump to flip traditionally Republican districts. By Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.)

Shooting Only a Symptom of Left’s Threat to Free Speech

by Mike Kersmarki www.medium.com USA TODAY: ‘It’s time to destroy Trump & Co.’: Scalise shooter raged on Facebook

THE JUNETEENTH QUESTION

by Jeremiah Fortson If you are anything like I was in mid June of 1991, at which time I was a 34 year old Black American male living in the 3rd ward of Houston, Texas, in a...

Secretary Tillerson Remarks to Conference for Prosperity and Security in Central America…

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addresses the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami.

Qatar and U.S. Security Policy, a Complicated Challenge for the U.S.

by Col. Jim Waurishuk USAF (Ret.) As the Gulf states cut ties with Qatar, Trump stands his ground on terror influence, and the impact of the consequences take hold…

Musings Of a Black Conservative

by Jeremiah Fortson Have You Thought About This? Why it is that the Republican Party is the sole Party in power of the U.S. Government, the House, the Senate, the Presidency and the Judicial Branch of the Government? Throughout the entire government, Republicans are the majority, yet the...

Pay Attention to the Bigger Story – its Impact has Grave National Security Consequences

by Col. Jim Waurishuk USAF (Ret.) U.S. Contractor arrested after leak of NSA documents on Russia hacking against the November Election …

Back Channel Communications – A Method of Statesmanship as Old as Diplomacy Itself

by Colonel Jim Waurishuk USAF (Ret.) The use of back channel communications outside of the normal foreign policy apparatus is hardly unprecedented, either in the annals of diplomatic history and diplomacy, and even more specifically as it applies to U.S.-Russian relations.

WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN

by Jeff Lukens I often think about Bob Seger's song 'Against the Wind.' To be a change agent, we must be running 'against the wind,' both culturally and politically. As conservatives, it is what we are called to do.

MUSINGS FROM A BLACK CONSERVATIVE

by Jeremiah Fortson Will We Ever Get Rid of This "Government Shutdown Bilge"?

ON MEMORIAL DAY...HELP YOUR KIDS UNDERSTAND WHY

by Lt.Col Steve Emerson USMC (Ret.) In Iraq, on 14 April 2004, Lance Corporal Jason Duham jumped on a grenade and saved the lives of three Marines....

MEMORIAL DAY 2017 - FOR OUR TROOPS

by Brooke O'Neill Emery Though I don’t know your name And I have never seen your face

Damaging Leaks Continue out of the U.S. Intelligence Community

by Col. Jim Waurishuk USAF (Ret.) The level of displeasure has reached the Prime Minister with PM Theresa May saying she will raise the issue with President Trump directly, telling him "that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies and intelligence organizations must remain secure.

WHY AMERICA IS EXCEPTIONAL

by Jeff Lukens The United States is the most dynamic and powerful nation in world history. No major issue of global peace or stability can be...

Naming of a Special Counsel, how to Proceed and the Subsequent Consequences

by Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.) What we should know and be looking for in the forthcoming Special Counsel investigation...

AN HONORABLE VIRTUOUS MOTHER IS MY MOTHER

by Jeremiah Fortson Always I have loved you, from the time I understood your words, to when I was way too young to remember the terrible time you had keeping me alive.

WHY DO LEFTISTS HATE AMERICA?

By Lloyd Marcus A few days ago, I caught Trump's speech to the Building Trades Unions National Legislative Conference. In a nutshell, Trump vowed to fix the job-killing, out-of-control, crazy regulations harming businesses. Trump said, "One of my first acts as president was to stop one of the...

Obama Sought NSA Intelligence on Thousands of Americans

by Col. Jim Waurishuk USAF (Ret.) According to the latest research and analysis, during his final year in office, President Obama's team significantly expanded efforts to search NSA intercepts for information about American citizens...

WHY I AM A REPUBLICAN

by Jeremiah Fortson As a young 22 year old Black Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, I was very angry at whom I thought then was a Great President - Jimmy Carter.

TRUTH TRANCENDS COLOR

from www.rmblackconservatives.com It is true that the fascists are making their mark in America.

CAN A FENCE REALLY WORK? ASK HUNGARY

‘It Was An Invasion’: How Hungary Managed To Erase Illegal Immigration In Just A Few Months by Jacob Bojesson www.dailycaller.com BUDAPEST, Hungary — When other countries welcomed refugees with open arms, Hungary decided it was time to eradicate illegal...

CRISIS IN NORTH KOREA

by Col. Jim Waurishuk (ret.) Since the end of the Cold War, the paradox and perception of North Korea by the United States has been that of both a constant threat and a continual joke — with its leaders being the source of as much fear for the American public as derision.

How The Left Is Changing the Meaning of Words to Reduce Freedom -- The Phrase "Incite Violence"

April 27, 2017, 9:59 am from www.coyoteblog.com A surprising number of folks on the Left of late seem to be advocating for restrictions on free speech -- Howard Dean is among the latest. One of the arguments they use is that, they say, it is illegal in one's speech...

THE REAL TRUMP DOCTRINE

Reality-based Pragmatism – a rational approach to a rapidly deteriorating world by Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.)

Why LGBT People Should Be Conservative

by Theryn Meyer

U.S. Resolve and Options for Effective Leadership Change in Syria

Understanding the dynamics of Syria’s Alawite government and its foreign external support provides an impetus for a practical solution … by Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.)

WHAT'S HAPPENINIG IN TALLAHASSEE? Let your Senate and House members hear from YOU.

https://legiscan.com/FL What happens in Tallahassee affects you here at home. The Government is YOU. Give them a call.

COPS GOING GALT

By Michael A. Thiac Cops are pulling back and yes, “women and minorities” will be "hardest hit."

Spygate – Obama’s Political Abuse and Weaponizing of America’s Intelligence Capability

General Flynn wasn’t the only person unmasked and Susan Rice wasn’t the only person doing the unmasking and leaking, while at the same time the electronic surveillance of Americans was ratcheted up. by Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.)

SCIENCE VS DOGMA ON CLIMATE

by John Hinderaker from Powerlineblog It is increasingly clear that the battle over global warming consists of science on side, and politically-motivated dogma on the other. Ken Haapala of the Science and Environmental Policy Project offers historical context:

Nunes and Schiff: The Lone Ranger vs Marie Antoinette

The battle for the truth on the House Intelligence Committee investigation. By Colonel Jim Waurishuk, USAF (Ret.)

“An Illumination of the Humanity of Law Enforcement Officers”

POLICE OFFICER/FILM MAKER PATRICK SHAVER CROSSES THE COUNTRY SHOWING FILM ABOUT OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS! From www. America Outloud.com By Lieutenant Randy Sutton

THE FORTHCOMING SMOKING GUN

As we wait for the evidence, is it likely Obama spied on Trump and his team? By Colonel Jim Waurishuk

Why the Obama Administration’s “Unmasking” Americans and “Leaking” of Intel Are Acts of Political Warfare & Impetus for a Constitutional Crisis

Two major problems are afoot and must be resolved now; the unmasking and identifying of American’s names and the continued intelligence leaks. Both are criminal felony offenses. In the end, if this is not resolved, it may represent a Constitutional crisis. So what must be done? By Colonel Jim Waurishuk ...

Be Bold

by Allen West Back in 1998 I was assigned to the 1st Battalion (Air Assault), 377th Field Artillery Regiment at Ft. Bragg as the Executive Officer, second in command. The Battalion was nicknamed the “Gunslingers”, and my call sign was Gunslinger 5. Ours was a unique mission in that we were a medium caliber, 155mm, cannon artillery unit whose mission...

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEW HEALTHCARE BILL

#READTHEBILL http://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/AmericanHealthCareAct.pdf?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

On Women’s Day, Canada's First Lady, Sophie Gregorie Trudeau, Suggests Men Should Be Celebrated Too

Ottawa (AFP) – Yahoo reports that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife set off a social media firestorm on Tuesday, the eve of International Women's Day, by suggesting that men should be celebrated too. https://www.yahoo.com/news/pm-trudeaus-wife-wants-celebrate-men-womens-day-020836419.html

Observations of a Black Guy at the Orlando Rally for Trump

by Lloyd Marcus from The American Thinker I performed my original song, "We Are Americans," at the Orlando March 4...

Obama Rogue Intelligence Operative Revealed & Resigns to Avoid Working Within Trump Intelligence Community

Nevertheless, their modus operandi remains in place to continue to target President Trump and those he has chosen to serve within his administration. By Colonel Jim Waurishuk

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UPLIFTING AND ASPIRATIONAL FIRST ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS

"From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations – not burdened by our fears." -President Donald Trump TRANSCRIPT – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America: Tonight, as we mark the conclusion...

Justice and "Social Justice" Are Two Very Different Things

by Gary Galles www.mises.org/blog Recently, Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen wrote in the Washington Post of “The most important phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance” — “with liberty and justice for all.” Allen recognized that justice required “equality before the law” and that freedom exists “only when it is for everyone.” But she confused democracy...

FINDING CONSENSUS ON TRANSPORTATION IN HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS COUNTIES

By Joan Alagood BUILD TRUST. SERVE THE PEOPLE. INNOVATE. PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST Café con Tampa hosted a wide ranging discussion about Hillsborough and Pinellas transportation ideas with guest speakers Sharon Calvert, Tom Rask and Barb Haselden Friday, February 17, at the Oxford Exchange. Most of the audience in the room was pro-transit - yet the three speakers...

Colonel Jim Waurishuk Challenges Opponents to Use Reason and Realism When Discussing Immigration and Sanctuary Cities

by Joan Alagood “You can’t solve problems based on false perceptions.” The Presidential Orders on Immigration and Sanctuary cities and counties were discussed at the Tampa Bay Tiger Bay Club’s sold-out, thought provoking exchange at the Ferguson Law Center in Tampa Friday, February 17. Colonel Waurishuk, USAF (ret.) and Hillsborough County Republican State Committeeman, challenged the views of Anna...

Obama’s Sinister Gang of Rogue Intelligence Appointees Broke the Law to Take-Out General Flynn

How did this happen? Moving forward, who is next and what is next for the Trump Administration and America? by Colonel Jim Waurishuk So what was going on between the two camps – outgoing Obama administration and the incoming Trump team, during the Presidential Transition period from November 9th 2016 thru January...

Race Relations and Law Enforcement

January 2015 • Volume 44, Number 1 • by Jason L. RileyEditorial Board Member, Wall Street Journal The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 30, 2015, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C., as part of...

Happy 208th Birthday President Abraham Lincoln - Our First Republican President: Let's Set Revisionist History Straight

"Contrary to self-serving revisionist histories" (and falsehoods of the political Left,) "the issue of slavery was the driving force of Lincoln's career. Lincoln was well aware of the ruinous effects of slavery on both moral and economic grounds." I Am a Lincoln Republican By Yervand Kochar November 14, 2009

Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States – Trump’s Delayed Immigration Policy

Make No Mistake -- Radical Islamic Terrorists from Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Libyan, and Iran have Targeted and or Attacked Americans in the U.S. By Colonel Jim Waurishuk

New government audit reports: Islamic terrorists are operating in Mexican border towns

via Judicial Watch http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2017/01/govt-audit-elevated-terrorism-threat-u-s-mexico/ A new government audit confirms what Judicial Watch has been reporting for years, that Islamic terrorists are operating in Mexican border towns and infiltrating the United States to carry out attacks. In a report issued this month by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the...

Book Review: Big Agenda: President Trump’s Plan to Save America

By Jeff Lukens

Mia Love's Powerful, Passionate Speech in Support of Innocent Human Life

by Matthew K. Burke @ politistick.com Republican Utah Congresswoman Mia Love spoke at the 44th annual March for Life on Friday in a powerfully impassioned plea for the support of innocent human life that should go down as one of the greatest pro-life speeches in history. WATCH Mia Love's Speech here: https://youtu.be/aQQ2_B7oDe8 Surrounded by hundreds of thousands, Rep. Love told...

"Trump’s revolutionary act is a breeze of freedom on a sea of regulation."

by Judge Andrew Napolitano Fox News https://youtu.be/J2vV0JD978g Within four hours of becoming president of the United States, Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to limit immediately the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) in ways that are revolutionary. With the stroke of a pen, the president assaulted the heart of the law that was...

The Left and Logic

by Elizabeth Smiley www.americanthinker.com January 25, 2017 Why are progressive people so aggressive, compulsive, and nearsighted? No doubt there are those on the other side, but to their credit, they tend to keep quieter about it.

THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF DONALD J. TRUMP, THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you. We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people. Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years...

Wealthy Designers Refuse Service to Melania Trump — But You Have to Serve Everybody

by Caleb Verbois https://mises.org/blog People magazine recently reported news that a number of prominent fashion designers have refused to work with Melania Trump because they do not approve of her, or more likely, her husband’s politics and language.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. - HIS LIFE, LESSONS AND GOD INSPIRED LOVE

As Spoken in His Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.