Conservative. Mediator & Arbitrator. Principles over Party. America is still the shining city on the hill. I speak Spanish un poco. 🇺🇸 🇮🇱🇺🇦
Orlando, Florida
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Ben Newman retweeted
People who vote for AES, or Paxton, as a lesser evil should still speak to their failings.
Conservatives who went along with Trump instrumentally after 2016 went silent on his many defects and condemned those of us who didn't. Much danger lies that way.
Speak truth, always. – at Falls Church, VA
Ben Newman retweeted
America can survive a Democratic Congress and some bad legislation. It can’t survive an unchecked wannabe dictator who has no regard for the rule of law.
Politico: Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced they’re set to face some previously unthinkable losses in deep-red Trump territory as key battleground races hang on a knife’s edge.
One Republican strategist working on midterm races simply responded to a question about the environment with a video of a dumpster on fire that was being swept away by flood waters
Ben Newman retweeted
This is the official White House outlet. Posting a clearly racist, demonizing, and dehumanizing picture. All to further stoke hatred and fear towards others.
Stop calling this administration Christian.
Stop calling this administration American.
They are white nationalists.
Ben Newman retweeted
Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela:
"We must dismantle the system of corruption and socialism. We must choose free markets. Only in this way can we begin to change this disaster."
Honestly—where is the outrage? Leaders on left and the right should be calling this what it is—hateful, racist & intolerant. Clearly this is the dirty work of @StephenM, the most dangerous person in the Administration.
Ben Newman retweeted
Después del largamente demorado pero esperado regreso de @MariaCorinaYA a Venezuela y del apabullante recibimiento popular que tuvo, las palabras de Trump hoy, al reiterar la gran cantidad de petróleo que siguen extrayendo de Venezuela y afirmar que nuestro país debería convertirse en el estado 51 y, por tanto, elegir un gobernador en lugar de un presidente, resultan aún más ofensivas y deplorables. No se trata simplemente de una provocación retórica: sus palabras expresan un desprecio por nuestra soberanía y por el derecho de los venezolanos a decidir nuestro propio destino.
Por eso cuesta tanto creer que, como afirma Marco Rubio, Estados Unidos haya facilitado, o al menos haya dejado de obstaculizar, el regreso de MCM. Aunque ambas cosas no sean necesariamente incompatibles, el contraste entre lo que Rubio sostiene y lo que Trump expresa públicamente resulta difícil de conciliar.
Ben Newman retweeted
The Norwegian Nobel Committee welcomes the return of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado to Venezuela. The committee expresses its hope that her return will strengthen the democratic opposition and its peaceful struggle for democracy.
Read the full statement: nobelpeaceprize.org/presse/p…
Ben Newman retweeted
Now is the time to announce the path to free elections. I endorse Senator Bernie Moreno’s call for a Presidential election by July 24, 2027, the birthday of Liberator Simón Bolívar. Liberate Venezuela from dictatorship. Liberate Venezuela from foreign domination. Venezuela for Venezuelans!
After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned home.
"I am here. With you," Machado announced on X Sunday morning shortly before other members of the opposition confirmed her arrival without providing details. cnn.it/4slYBFE
Ben Newman retweeted
Who says the “process” should be controlled by Washington or, worse, by the Chavista regime itself?
Authoritarian regimes love “process” when it buys them time and keeps them in power. Democracy means respecting the will of the people.
Carlos Giménez should understand that. On January 6 and 7, 2021, he voted to sustain objections to the certified electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.
As Miami-Dade mayor, his administration refused to implement the 2012 Pets’ Trust vote, and in South Dade he pushed bus rapid transit instead of the Metrorail expansion voters had been promised under the 2002 People’s Transportation Plan.
South Dade suffered, but they will prevail in 8 days.
🚨#SOSVenezuela 🇻🇪🤝🇺🇸
My dear friend, Nobel Peace Prize Winner María Corina Machado is back in #Venezuela where she rightfully belongs!
The Venezuelan people deserve freedom and democracy! Thanks to Sec. Marco Rubio & President Trump’s leadership we’re closer than ever before! #SetTheDate
Echoes from 30 years ago. The Republican Party used to stand for the principle that Americans by choice are as American as Americans by birth. Listen to the raucous applause. We can be that Party again. #principlesfirst
Ben Newman retweeted
The conditions allowing for the safe return of Ms. Machado to Venezuela is the direct result of the U.S. supported reconciliation talks which has already seen hundreds of political prisoners freed and hundreds of political opposition figures return from exile.
The United States expects the freedoms of all sectors of Venezuelan politics to continue to be respected. Likewise, we expect all political actors to support these talks which represent the best chance Venezuela has had in thirty years to peacefully achieve not just a free and fair election but an enduring democracy.
Ben Newman retweeted
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has returned to her home country after nearly a year outside the country and multiple failed homecoming attempts.
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Early voting is on! Every vote counts, and I’m proud to support @RyanElijah in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The right to vote is a sacred one—make your voice heard with your vote!
Ben Newman retweeted
Trump is VERY WEAK on Putin. And VERY WEAK on Ukraine and democracy. Americans want better. Americans stand for Freedom. We oppose the dictator and hate the war criminal.
Ben Newman retweeted
We are way past "but judges." Conservatives need to speak plain truths, no longer default to party line votes, and actively fight for a better GOP, or build a new party. The Trump led GOP is sick, corrupt, and a betrayal of the values that once animated our great party. – at Falls Church, VA
Ben Newman retweeted
Helping Putin in Ukraine is reckless. He would not stop with Ukraine and our NATO allies would be next. Putin is fanatically committed to restoring Russia’s glory days, calling the collapse of the Soviet Union “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century” and claiming Russia was "robbed" in the breakup.
Ben Newman retweeted
Reminder: Thom Tillis, John Cornyn, and Bill Cassidy are all current sitting Senators. They have the ability to do more than complain and put out statements. If they don’t act now, when they have real power, I don’t want to see them on TV in four months opining.
Ben Newman retweeted
Beyond irresponsible. What part of enforcing a law passed 86-11 by the Senate does the President and his advisors not understand? It’s unconscionable that this administration is capitulating to a Russian dictator who illegally invaded Ukraine and butchers innocent civilians every single day. If the President wants to actually bring down energy prices, he can do it by solving the Iran problem, not by doing a solid for Vladimir Putin.
apnews.com/article/russia-sa…
