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When will they be held to account?

Vincent

@#$% the 'narrative'
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Every one of these treasonous sons of *******, and to be fair, daughters of ******* took an oath...

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

... mandated by “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” — U.S. Constitution, Article VI, clause 3

...to "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." — U.S. Constitution, Article IV, clause 4

Most of those treasonous sons of *******, and to be fair, daughters of ******* have spectacularly violated that oath, and do so every day. And those same treasonous sons of *******, and to be fair, daughters of ******* harass and harangue our duly elected President and his family daily with threats of all manner of horrible behavior for merely honoring the oath he took.

The following story is typical of what goes on at the border. At what point do we patriots (read: not cheats or patrons of rub & tug parlors) gather up our sporting equipment and visit the capital? We hear so much about 'triggers'. What is the 'trigger'? How bad does it need to get?

https://www.ntd.com/after-government-fence-fails-man-becomes-vigilante-border-enforcer_285954.html
After Government Inaction, Man Becomes Vigilante Border Enforcer
By Kimberly Hayek February 21, 2019

SAN DIEGO—Robert (Bob) Maupin, a 79-year-old retired mechanic and self-proclaimed vigilante, has spent decades and thousands of dollars protecting the U.S.-Mexico border from his own backyard. He built his own fence along the border just footsteps north of the U.S. government fence because he said the existing fence was inadequate.

Maupin lives in Boulevard in east San Diego County—one of the most rugged, remote, and desolate terrains in the San Diego border patrol sector. He inherited the 250-acre ranch from his father who purchased it in 1948. He moved here with his wife and high school sweetheart, Jeanette, and together, they raised their two children.

The southern edge of his ranch touches the border with Mexico. For more than 30 years, Maupin has been protecting his property with a 70-pound rifle and a 20-pound bulletproof vest from what he calls the “hordes of people invading [his] country.”
“I want [the U.S. government] to build a wall—all the way across—and that way I can have some peace and quiet.”

Maupin’s property currently has two fences: his own and just 60 feet south of it—the one belonging to the U.S. government. It took him five years and has cost more than $25,000 to build and repair his fence.

The government fence is made of steel landing mats, some of which are still left over in a pile on Maupin’s property today. It’s about 10 feet tall and was put up horizontally, allowing the groves on its sides to be used as steps to climb and hop over.

“Had the mat been installed vertically it would have been much harder to get over,” Maupin told The Epoch Times.

Government Fence Fails to Stop Foot Traffic

It was installed in the 1990s during Operation Gatekeeper, a border security initiative spearheaded by former President Bill Clinton. The San Diego border patrol sector was once the primary hub for illegal immigration and drug smuggling from Mexico, with almost half of total apprehensions of illegal immigrants across the United States happening in the region.

After the landing mat fence was put up, vehicles almost completely stopped driving straight through the border but it did not stop the pedestrians from crossing. The United States then constructed a secondary fence to run parallel to the westernmost part of the primary fence—which excluded Maupin’s east county property.

“They were watching the gates but they weren’t watching the fences in between the gates, or the ports of entry,” he said.

The fortified border to the west of Maupin forced the flow of pedestrians east and right onto his ranch where it was easier to cross, which is what eventually led him to build his own fence a few years later.

“I built my fence because the government fence is easy to climb. It slowed them down to give the Border Patrol more time to apprehend them.” Maupin’s fence is more than a mile-and-a-half long and 10-feet-tall, the same height as the government’s fence—but his is topped with razor wire.

“They had to take the time to cut my chain link fence or dig under it. It was easier to go around my property,” Maupin said. “That was the idea behind my building it.”

In the 1980s and 90s, before both walls were constructed, Maupin’s backyard was a hotbed for drug smugglers, violent gangs including MS-13, armed coyotes, and illegal immigrants trying to sneak across his ranch to enter the United States. Over the years,

Maupin said he’s encountered thousands of illegal trespassers on his property.

“It sure screwed up our peaceful life here.”

In San Diego’s east county border patrol sectors of El Cajon and Campo, which includes Boulevard station where Maupin lives, there were about 120 agents responsible for patrolling approximately 50 miles of border at the time—that’s about 2 agents per mile, according to a report by the Department of Justice.

With no physical barrier stopping the flow of people and vehicles from crossing the border and onto his property, Maupin said he was forced to secure the border himself.

He built up a good rapport with the border patrol and went through the Customs and Border Protection Citizens Academy.

He also installed cameras all around his property. He wouldn’t tell The Epoch Times how many because he said “they” (cartels and smugglers watching from the hills on the Mexican side) would know. He also decked out his house with radios to communicate with volunteers patrolling his ranch and invested in gear and firearms.

When he catches a trespasser, he calls the border patrol. At night, he and a group of volunteers wear camouflage military gear and night vision goggles.

“We would get around the group and we would turn on the flashlight really really bright and then turn it off,” Maupin said. “Now they can’t see, all they can do is hear you and a couple of the guys that were out here with me spoke fluent spanish, so they would tell them to sit down.”

Maupin would then get ahold of his wife, she would call border patrol, and they would send vans out to pick them up. They used to catch anywhere between 20 to over 100 a night.

Armed Mexican Police, Army on Property

Maupin has a stack of photos that show large groups of people crossing the border onto his ranch and holes cut into his fence (some in the shape of an “M” for MS13). Some of the people in the photographs are Mexican officials working for drug smugglers.

Maupin said they would cross the border onto his property as often as every week on “armed scouting missions,” looking for anything or anyone that could impede their route.

“It took me 5 years to build this fence,” he said. “They cut it open, I fix it.”

Maupin collects the photos to document the ordeals he’s had with illegal immigrants who entered the United States through his ranch. Most of them were taken in the 1980’s and 90’s.

The self-described vigilante said his cooperation with border patrol and the U.S. government is one of the reasons he’s had trouble with the criminal organizations along the border. After border patrol told him the cartel had placed a $10,000 bounty on him, he started wearing a bulletproof vest.

Then in August of 1985, Maupin said he and his family were held hostage for approximately 4 hours by a squad of Mexican army for reporting a meth lab on the Mexican side to the DEA.

“My wife and I were standing out in the patio and we smelled something that smelled like a doctor’s office,” the 79-year-old said. “So I thought about it for a minute and said, that’s gotta be ether.” Maupin immediately called a friend, an undercover narcotics agent, who told him ether is an ingredient used to make methamphetamine. “And he says they must be making it by the boatload down there if you think you can smell it all the way from Mexico to your house.”

His friend connected him with a DEA Agent based in Los Angeles, and together they mapped out the location of the meth lab on a Thomas Brothers Guide. Then, he told Maupin he would pass the information on to their Mexican counterparts, who were supposed to go close it down.

However, Maupin said they didn’t do that.

Instead, about a week later, a squad of Mexican army surrounded him and his teenage daughter while they were out on their ranch. They were disarmed and marched a quarter mile back to the house. Maupin led them through a cattle trail to allow his 17-year-old Denise to sneak back into the house to call border patrol. When the army realized they were on their way, they took off north but Customs and Border Protection (CBP) caught them.

“The reason they were here was to tell me to keep my nose out of their business,” Maupin said. That’s what the border patrol agents, who interviewed the eight soldiers before returning them to Mexico, told him.

After that incident, he hoisted an American flag on his front lawn.

Until the U.S. government builds a wall across the entire southern border, and despite the hard work and high cost of securing the border mostly on his own, Maupin said he doesn’t plan on stopping. But he would like to someday.

“Why should I capitulate to a bunch of damn criminals? This is my country, not theirs.”
 
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I'm pretty sure the Mexican army invading my property and detaining me would be the last straw of Mr.Nice Guy.

Drug lords put a bounty on me too?

My property would have signs that would say you'd be shot on sight from that point on.
 
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but I thought they were dreamers
 
Forget signs. Just shoot.

"Oh. Somebody must have stolen my sign. They steal, you know."


That's a better idea. See it's still hard for me to let go of Mr.Nice Guy.

You know a nice minefield & .50 cal bmg would cut invaders trying dramatically as soon as the word spread. The way they have it now is about as effective as trying to float a bottomless boat.
 
I don't know that I could have a single gun in my peaceful and humble abode
 
Aside from Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure some wall funding, do any of these address an existential threat to the United States? Could a congress that seeks to block this declaration be more treasonous? This whole saga is like a bad hallucination.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/list-31-national-emergencies-effect-years/story?id=60294693
Here's a list of the 31 national emergencies that have been in effect for years (including the presidents who declared them) still ongoing.
By Kendall Heath Jan 10, 2019 6:58 PM ET

According to the Federal Register, 58 national emergencies have been declared since the National Emergency Act of 1976 was signed into law by President Gerald Ford. 31 have been annually renewed and are currently still in effect, as listed in the Federal Register.

Here's a list of the presidents who declared still ongoing national emergencies.

President Jimmy Carter


Nov 14, 1979: The National Emergency With Respect to Iran, in response to the Iran hostage crisis.

President Bill Clinton


Nov 14, 1994: The National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, that combined two previous national emergencies focused on weapons of mass destruction.

Jan. 2, 1995: The National Emergency With Respect to Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process placed economic sanctions in response to the Jerusalem bombing.

March 15, 1995: The National Emergency With Respect to Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources was an effort to prevent potential deals between oil companies.

October 21, 1995: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia was declared after increased reports of drug cartels laundering money through American companies.

March 1, 1996: The National Emergency With Respect to Regulations of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels with Respect to Cuba was after civilian planes were shot down near Cuba

November 3, 1997: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Sudan implemented economic and trade sanctions.

President George W. Bush

June 26, 2001: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans imposed sanctions on those aiding Albanian insurgents in Macedonia

Aug 17, 2001: The National Emergency With Respect to Export Control Regulations renewed presidential power to control exports in a national emergency since the Export Administration Act of 1979 lapsed.

Sept 14, 2001: The National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks was in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.

Sept 23, 2001: The National Emergency With Respect to Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism was in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

March 6, 2003: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe was an effort to punish associates of Robert Mugabe.

May 22, 2003: The National Emergency With Respect to Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq has an Interest was issued following the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

May 11, 2004: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria was in response to Syria supporting terrorist activity in Iraq.

June 16, 2006: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus was in response to charges of fraud in the Belarus presidential election.

Oct 27, 2006: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was in response to violence around the Congolese presidential election runoff.

Aug 1, 2007: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon was in response to a breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon.

June 26, 2008: The National Emergency With Respect to Continuing Certain Restrictions with Respect to North Korea cited the risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material. President Trump renewed this June 22, 2018 citing the “existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat.”

President Barack Obama

April 12, 2010: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia was in respect to threats posed by Somali pirates.

February 25, 2011: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya froze the assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

July 25, 2011: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Transnational Criminals was in response to the rise in crime by specific organizations: Los Zetas (Mexico), The Brothers’ Circle (former Soviet Union countries), the Yakuza (Japan), and the Camorra (Italy).

May 16, 2012: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen addressed political unrest within the Yemen government.

March 16, 2014: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine was in response to the Russian invasion of Crimea.

April 3, 2014: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan was in response to the ongoing civil war.

May 12, 2014: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African Republic was in response to violence towards humanitarian aid workers.

March 8, 2015: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela was in response to human rights violations.

April 1, 2015: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities was in response to Chinese cyber attacks on the U.S.

Nov 23, 2015: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Burundi was declared after a failed coup.

President Donald Trump


Dec 20, 2017: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption imposed sanctions on the Myanmar general for his role persecuting Rohingya Muslims.

Sept 12, 2018: The National Emergency With Respect to Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election attempted to prevent any meddling with the 2018 midterm elections amid the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Nov 27, 2018: The National Emergency With Respect to Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua was declared by President Trump in response to violence and the Ortega regime’s “systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic institutions and the rule of law” that constitutes an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”

Feb 15, 2019 - President Trump declares a national emergency in order to secure funding to build a wall at the southern border. It's not like it's not without precedent.
 
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