The 2020 Election Wasn't Stolen, It Was Bought By Mark Zuckerberg
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Every state must ban this in 2022.
I’m proud to have authored and sponsored the legislation to outlaw this practice in Arizona.
Never again will leftist billionaires be able to buy an Arizona election by privately funding election management and administration.
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https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/12/the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-bought-by-mark-zuckerberg/
Please take the time to read this piece and send it to your friends, family, and fellow activists across the country.
Every state must ban this in 2022.
I’m proud to have authored and sponsored the legislation to outlaw this practice in Arizona.
Never again will leftist billionaires be able to buy an Arizona election by privately funding election management and administration.
Follow my channel
👉 @JakeHoffman
https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/12/the-2020-election-wasnt-stolen-it-was-bought-by-mark-zuckerberg/
The Federalist
The 2020 Election Wasn't Stolen, It Was Bought By Mark Zuckerberg
The true story of how Mark Zuckerberg privatized the government's voter registration and vote counting for Democrats in 2020.
Request for Attorney General opinion on whether or not the federal government has failed—intentionally or unintentionally—to uphold its obligations to protect our state from invasion under Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.
Mr. Attorney General,
In light of the efforts by the new federal administration of President Joe Biden to encourage, rather than discourage, illegal aliens coming to our country, including by crossing the Arizona border illegally, I am writing to ask for your formal legal opinion of whether or not the federal government has failed—intentionally or unintentionally—to uphold its obligations to protect our state from invasion under Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.
At this very moment, Border Patrol officials are monitoring as many as 60,000 migrants amassing on the Mexican side of the U.S. border with the intention of crossing illegally into the United States in the coming days, according to sources within Border Patrol. Furthermore, Customs and Border Patrol recently announced that there had been a record breaking more than 1.7 million migrant detentions by U.S. authorities in fiscal year 2021.
While the crisis on our southern border may not constitute a nation-state invasion, the organized and intentional violation of our laws by crossing our border illegally, supported by both the rhetoric and policies of the current presidential administration as well as the participation and assistance of the Mexican drug cartels, who themselves take violent steps to control large and strategically advantageous portions of the border, it is my firm belief that this coordinated crisis is an invasion and would appreciate your formal legal opinion on the question.
Representative @JakeHoffman
https://twitter.com/azhousegop/status/1453093264219725831?s=21
Mr. Attorney General,
In light of the efforts by the new federal administration of President Joe Biden to encourage, rather than discourage, illegal aliens coming to our country, including by crossing the Arizona border illegally, I am writing to ask for your formal legal opinion of whether or not the federal government has failed—intentionally or unintentionally—to uphold its obligations to protect our state from invasion under Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.
At this very moment, Border Patrol officials are monitoring as many as 60,000 migrants amassing on the Mexican side of the U.S. border with the intention of crossing illegally into the United States in the coming days, according to sources within Border Patrol. Furthermore, Customs and Border Patrol recently announced that there had been a record breaking more than 1.7 million migrant detentions by U.S. authorities in fiscal year 2021.
While the crisis on our southern border may not constitute a nation-state invasion, the organized and intentional violation of our laws by crossing our border illegally, supported by both the rhetoric and policies of the current presidential administration as well as the participation and assistance of the Mexican drug cartels, who themselves take violent steps to control large and strategically advantageous portions of the border, it is my firm belief that this coordinated crisis is an invasion and would appreciate your formal legal opinion on the question.
Representative @JakeHoffman
https://twitter.com/azhousegop/status/1453093264219725831?s=21
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AZ House Republicans
Representative Jake Hoffman Seeks Attorney General Opinion on Whether Biden-Harris Administration has Failed in its Obligation to Protect Arizona from Invasion at Southern Border. azleg.gov/press/house/55… #azleg
Arizona Lawmaker Calls for Scottsdale School Board President’s Resignation, Prosecution Over Alleged ‘Enemies List’ Database
“Parents in Scottsdale and across the state are mad as hell over this situation, and rightfully so,” Representative Jake Hoffman said. “These allegations are gravely concerning and should be investigated to the fullest extent. If true, Scottsdale Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg should resign in disgrace and be prosecuted for abuse of power. It is unacceptable and anti-American to compile dossiers on your political enemies, especially when those so-called enemies are the very people you were elected to serve.”
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https://arizonasuntimes.com/2021/11/11/az-lawmaker-calls-for-scottsdale-school-board-president-resignation-prosecution-over-enemies-list-database/
“Parents in Scottsdale and across the state are mad as hell over this situation, and rightfully so,” Representative Jake Hoffman said. “These allegations are gravely concerning and should be investigated to the fullest extent. If true, Scottsdale Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg should resign in disgrace and be prosecuted for abuse of power. It is unacceptable and anti-American to compile dossiers on your political enemies, especially when those so-called enemies are the very people you were elected to serve.”
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https://arizonasuntimes.com/2021/11/11/az-lawmaker-calls-for-scottsdale-school-board-president-resignation-prosecution-over-enemies-list-database/
The Arizona Sun Times
11 Months After 2020 Election Georgia Secretary of State Missing Chain of Custody Documents for 6,995 Absentee Ballots Deposited…
11 Months After 2020 Election Georgia Secretary of State Missing Chain of Custody Documents for 6,995 Absentee Ballots Deposited in Fulton County Drop Boxes A review of transfer forms provided to The Georgia Star News in response to an open records request…
AZ Lawmaker Joins OANN To Discuss Biden’s Total Failure To Prevent An Invasion On U.S. Southern Border
We cannot allow the invasion occurring on our southern border to continue. The federal government under the Biden administration has failed to uphold its constitutional duty to protect the people of Arizona, and America, from an invasion. It’s time for border states to step up and do the job.
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Watch the interview 👇👇
https://rumble.com/vod2m8-real-america-dan-ball-w-jake-hoffman-october-27-2021.html
We cannot allow the invasion occurring on our southern border to continue. The federal government under the Biden administration has failed to uphold its constitutional duty to protect the people of Arizona, and America, from an invasion. It’s time for border states to step up and do the job.
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Watch the interview 👇👇
https://rumble.com/vod2m8-real-america-dan-ball-w-jake-hoffman-october-27-2021.html
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Real America - Dan Ball W/ Jake Hoffman (October 27, 2021)
Real America - Dan Ball W/ Arizona State Representative for District 12, Jake Hoffman (October 27, 2021)
Republican Arizona Legislators Plan to Tackle Election Integrity, Vaccine Mandates, & More In 2022 Legislative Session
Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) told The Arizona Sun Times he has over a dozen election integrity bills he plans to introduce. “Heading into the 2022 legislative session, election integrity continues to be not only the civil rights issue of our day but also the most important legislative issue facing our nation,” Rep. Jake Hoffman said. “In Arizona you can expect to see dozens of smart, common sense reforms that will ensure voter confidence for generations to come and greatly improve the overall security of Arizona elections.”
One of his other bills creates a whistleblower bounty system for students who expose violations of state law occurring in publicly funded classrooms. He explained how COVID-19 has created a need for this. “Unfortunately throughout COVID, Arizona, like the rest of America, has seen a concerning trend away from transparency emerge amongst our publicly funded government schools,” he told The Sun Times.
“District administrators and teachers unions have repeatedly attempted to stomp out parents’ right to be informed about and control their children’s educational experience. From Critical Race Theory to adult-on-student classroom intimidation and bullying for merely expressing an alternate opinion, it’s far past due for us as a society to empower students to report illegal behavior occurring in our publicly funded classrooms.”
A second bill of Hoffman’s requires divestment of state resources from any stocks, mutual funds, pension investment plans, etc. that donate to, or otherwise invest in, organizations that promote or advocate for abortions by minors or the inclusion of sexually explicit material (written, visual, audible or otherwise) in K-12 schools.
Arizona already has a law that prohibits investment of state funds in corporations that boycott Israel. Hoffman explained to The Sun Times why he would broaden it, “Arizonans overwhelmingly support protecting the lives of the most vulnerable in our communities. There is no conceivable reason why taxpayer resources should be spent propping up the stocks of mega corporations and Wall Street hedge funds who actively undermine Arizonans right to life by turning around and donating to organizations that promote abortions in minor, teen girls or the inclusion of sexually explicit material in our kindergarten through high school classrooms. It’s time to put an end to this abuse of taxpayer resources.”
A third bill of Hoffman’s would ban products made with forced labor from being sold in Arizona. “Communist China is the greatest threat facing the globe and it is both tragic and unfortunate that Democrats, along with their multi-billion dollar global corporatist cronies have prioritized profits and cheap goods over human dignity,” he said. “Enough is enough,” he said. “America has a storied history standing up for human rights and we must unwaveringly stand up for them once again. Arizona doesn’t care how many failed NFL quarterbacks you hire as spokesmen or how many fake news outlets you own, there is simply no reason that we should allow a single product made with forced or slave labor to be sold in our state.”
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Learn about more bills that will be introduced in 2022 👇
https://arizonasuntimes.com/2021/11/13/rep-jake-hoffman-other-arizona-legislators-dropping-bills-on-election-integrity-the-pledge-of-allegiance-transgenders-vaccine-mandates-and-more-this-coming-session-2/
Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) told The Arizona Sun Times he has over a dozen election integrity bills he plans to introduce. “Heading into the 2022 legislative session, election integrity continues to be not only the civil rights issue of our day but also the most important legislative issue facing our nation,” Rep. Jake Hoffman said. “In Arizona you can expect to see dozens of smart, common sense reforms that will ensure voter confidence for generations to come and greatly improve the overall security of Arizona elections.”
One of his other bills creates a whistleblower bounty system for students who expose violations of state law occurring in publicly funded classrooms. He explained how COVID-19 has created a need for this. “Unfortunately throughout COVID, Arizona, like the rest of America, has seen a concerning trend away from transparency emerge amongst our publicly funded government schools,” he told The Sun Times.
“District administrators and teachers unions have repeatedly attempted to stomp out parents’ right to be informed about and control their children’s educational experience. From Critical Race Theory to adult-on-student classroom intimidation and bullying for merely expressing an alternate opinion, it’s far past due for us as a society to empower students to report illegal behavior occurring in our publicly funded classrooms.”
A second bill of Hoffman’s requires divestment of state resources from any stocks, mutual funds, pension investment plans, etc. that donate to, or otherwise invest in, organizations that promote or advocate for abortions by minors or the inclusion of sexually explicit material (written, visual, audible or otherwise) in K-12 schools.
Arizona already has a law that prohibits investment of state funds in corporations that boycott Israel. Hoffman explained to The Sun Times why he would broaden it, “Arizonans overwhelmingly support protecting the lives of the most vulnerable in our communities. There is no conceivable reason why taxpayer resources should be spent propping up the stocks of mega corporations and Wall Street hedge funds who actively undermine Arizonans right to life by turning around and donating to organizations that promote abortions in minor, teen girls or the inclusion of sexually explicit material in our kindergarten through high school classrooms. It’s time to put an end to this abuse of taxpayer resources.”
A third bill of Hoffman’s would ban products made with forced labor from being sold in Arizona. “Communist China is the greatest threat facing the globe and it is both tragic and unfortunate that Democrats, along with their multi-billion dollar global corporatist cronies have prioritized profits and cheap goods over human dignity,” he said. “Enough is enough,” he said. “America has a storied history standing up for human rights and we must unwaveringly stand up for them once again. Arizona doesn’t care how many failed NFL quarterbacks you hire as spokesmen or how many fake news outlets you own, there is simply no reason that we should allow a single product made with forced or slave labor to be sold in our state.”
Follow me on Telegram @JakeHoffman
Learn about more bills that will be introduced in 2022 👇
https://arizonasuntimes.com/2021/11/13/rep-jake-hoffman-other-arizona-legislators-dropping-bills-on-election-integrity-the-pledge-of-allegiance-transgenders-vaccine-mandates-and-more-this-coming-session-2/
The Arizona Sun Times
Republican Arizona Legislators Plan to Introduce Bills on Election Integrity, Vaccine Mandates, and Other Issues This Upcoming…
Fresh after the big GOP win in Virginia, Arizona’s Republican legislators are eager to stop dropping bills for the 2022 legislative session.
These are dark days for our nation.
They are exhausting, terrifying, maddening & confusing.
We’ve watched tyrannical Democrats, establishment Republicans & woke cultural institutions demean & disenfranchise countless millions of our fellow countrymen.
We’ve watched as they openly & increasingly embrace a totalitarianism never before seen in this free nation.
America is at a crossroads.
Remember the Declaration:
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
It's time for America to resist
We’re Americans. We will never accept their mandates, lockdowns, election fraud or attempts to poison our children with propaganda like CRT or CSE.
If they say comply, say no
If they say sit down, say no
If they say shut up, say no
Enough is enough.
Resist.
Never comply with tyranny.
@JakeHoffman
They are exhausting, terrifying, maddening & confusing.
We’ve watched tyrannical Democrats, establishment Republicans & woke cultural institutions demean & disenfranchise countless millions of our fellow countrymen.
We’ve watched as they openly & increasingly embrace a totalitarianism never before seen in this free nation.
America is at a crossroads.
Remember the Declaration:
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
It's time for America to resist
We’re Americans. We will never accept their mandates, lockdowns, election fraud or attempts to poison our children with propaganda like CRT or CSE.
If they say comply, say no
If they say sit down, say no
If they say shut up, say no
Enough is enough.
Resist.
Never comply with tyranny.
@JakeHoffman
Kyle Rittenhouse is going to be a rich man. The level of defamation and libel against him is disgusting
Scottsdale School District employee accused of sexually abusing special needs student
Where was the school board?
Why weren’t there better policies in place to protect students?
Why are the Scottsdale school board members more focused on compiling Soviet-style dossiers against lawful, engaged parents than protecting children under their supervision?
Government school systems work for us. It’s time to make them.
RECALL EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE BOARD NOW IF THEY DON’T RESIGN.
@JakeHoffman
https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/chaparral-high-school-employee-accused-of-sexually-abusing-special-needs-student/75-5da18767-64f2-4c92-960f-be781ebb422b
Where was the school board?
Why weren’t there better policies in place to protect students?
Why are the Scottsdale school board members more focused on compiling Soviet-style dossiers against lawful, engaged parents than protecting children under their supervision?
Government school systems work for us. It’s time to make them.
RECALL EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE BOARD NOW IF THEY DON’T RESIGN.
@JakeHoffman
https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/chaparral-high-school-employee-accused-of-sexually-abusing-special-needs-student/75-5da18767-64f2-4c92-960f-be781ebb422b
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NOW - Video footage shows a driver deliberately plowing through multiple groups of a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
🛑 WARNING: Graphic footage
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🛑 WARNING: Graphic footage
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JUST IN - Darrell Brooks intentionally drove his vehicle into the Christmas parade in #Waukesha and is charged with 5 counts of first degree intentional homicide, according to the police.
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Statement on Democrat & Socialist hate and racism against Kyle Rittenhouse at ASU
“The hate and racial hostility that has been allowed to grow unchecked at Arizona State University is both shocking and disturbing. The racist and bigoted attempts by extremist groups like MECHA de ASU to block Kyle Rittenhouse from attending the school, even after having been unanimously found to be ‘not guilty,’ is merely the latest display of ASU’s toxic campus culture. If ASU’s leadership and student government don’t immediately act to hold those institutionally sponsored groups responsible for their repeated attempts to divide our communities and state, the legislature will have no choice but to block all funding to the university when it reconvenes in 2022.”
@JakeHoffman
Read the full story:
https://arizonasuntimes.com/tag/asu-students-for-socialism/
“The hate and racial hostility that has been allowed to grow unchecked at Arizona State University is both shocking and disturbing. The racist and bigoted attempts by extremist groups like MECHA de ASU to block Kyle Rittenhouse from attending the school, even after having been unanimously found to be ‘not guilty,’ is merely the latest display of ASU’s toxic campus culture. If ASU’s leadership and student government don’t immediately act to hold those institutionally sponsored groups responsible for their repeated attempts to divide our communities and state, the legislature will have no choice but to block all funding to the university when it reconvenes in 2022.”
@JakeHoffman
Read the full story:
https://arizonasuntimes.com/tag/asu-students-for-socialism/
New York City imposes vaccine mandate for all PRIVATE SECTOR employees beginning December 27th, Mayor de Blasio says
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/covid-vaccine-new-york-city-imposes-shot-mandate-for-all-private-sector-employers.html
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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/06/covid-vaccine-new-york-city-imposes-shot-mandate-for-all-private-sector-employers.html
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”
-Teddy Roosevelt
Never stop fighting for freedom. Ever.
-Teddy Roosevelt
Never stop fighting for freedom. Ever.
State Rep. Jake Hoffman Only Arizona Legislator to Score 100 Percent in American Conservative Union’s 2021 Ratings
Hoffman told the Arizona Sun Times, “I’m proud to be counted as one of Arizona’s limited government, constitutional conservatives. It is an honor to be recognized for voting to secure Arizona’s elections, cut Arizonans’ taxes, and protect our state’s families and children. In the spirit of President Coolidge’s axiom that it’s better to kill bad bills than to pass new ones, I am especially grateful for the Center for Legislative Accountability’s efforts to score the bad, crony, and counterproductive policies that me and my colleagues fought against.”
He went on, “The Biden administration, and Democrats both in Arizona and across the country, have given us all undeniable evidence of just how toxic and harmful big government policies really are to hardworking Americans. Their policies have given us skyrocketing prices on everything from groceries to gas, hundreds of thousands out of a job due to anti-science lockdowns and vaccine mandates, open borders, racial division, law-abiding parents being targeted as ‘domestic terrorists,’ and repeated attempts to defund our police. In 2022 and beyond, Arizona conservatives must continue to lead the charge to present a stark contrast to the pure dumb assery of Democrats’ failed ideas.”
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The American Conservative Union rates members of Congress and state legislators every year, and this past year State Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) was the only member of the Arizona Legislature to receive a perfect 100% rating. Other high scorers included State Sen. Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert), State Rep. Travis Grantham (R-Gilbert), and State Rep. Judy Burges (R-Prescott), who scored 98%.
Read the full story including what bills were scored and how they impact Arizonans lives here:
https://arizonasuntimes.com/2021/12/19/state-rep-jake-hoffman-only-arizona-legislator-to-score-100-in-american-conservative-unions-2021-ratings/
Hoffman told the Arizona Sun Times, “I’m proud to be counted as one of Arizona’s limited government, constitutional conservatives. It is an honor to be recognized for voting to secure Arizona’s elections, cut Arizonans’ taxes, and protect our state’s families and children. In the spirit of President Coolidge’s axiom that it’s better to kill bad bills than to pass new ones, I am especially grateful for the Center for Legislative Accountability’s efforts to score the bad, crony, and counterproductive policies that me and my colleagues fought against.”
He went on, “The Biden administration, and Democrats both in Arizona and across the country, have given us all undeniable evidence of just how toxic and harmful big government policies really are to hardworking Americans. Their policies have given us skyrocketing prices on everything from groceries to gas, hundreds of thousands out of a job due to anti-science lockdowns and vaccine mandates, open borders, racial division, law-abiding parents being targeted as ‘domestic terrorists,’ and repeated attempts to defund our police. In 2022 and beyond, Arizona conservatives must continue to lead the charge to present a stark contrast to the pure dumb assery of Democrats’ failed ideas.”
Follow @JakeHoffman
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The American Conservative Union rates members of Congress and state legislators every year, and this past year State Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) was the only member of the Arizona Legislature to receive a perfect 100% rating. Other high scorers included State Sen. Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert), State Rep. Travis Grantham (R-Gilbert), and State Rep. Judy Burges (R-Prescott), who scored 98%.
Read the full story including what bills were scored and how they impact Arizonans lives here:
https://arizonasuntimes.com/2021/12/19/state-rep-jake-hoffman-only-arizona-legislator-to-score-100-in-american-conservative-unions-2021-ratings/
The Arizona Sun Times
State Rep. Jake Hoffman Only Arizona Legislator to Score 100 Percent in American Conservative Union’s 2021 Ratings - The Arizona…
The American Conservative Union rates members of Congress and state legislators every year, and this past year Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Mesa) was the only member of the Arizona Legislature to receive a perfect 100% rating.
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How Christmas Eve 1776 changed the world forever
George Washington knelt in prayer at McKonkey's Ferry, asking the Lord for the right words to inspire his troops to keep going, before he crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack on the British.
"We must remember, mankind allows that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community, are equally entitled to the protections of civil government." – George Washington
The greatest Christmas gift the world received was the night of our savior's birth. And its greatest gift to world freedom came on Christmas Eve, 1776, on the banks of the Delaware River – America.
The birthing of America was not easy. Only a third of the colonists supported a Revolution. It pitted neighbors against neighbors. These patriots were not only rebelling against the British. They were fighting other colonists who were loyal to British King George, parliament and the English church.
Often overlooked are the "fence sitters" who were content living free from monarchical dominance. They enjoyed colonial religious and economic freedoms, and tolerated the British as a necessary evil. The patriots needed to earn the support from these neutralists in order to win the Revolution.
The patriots humiliated the Loyalists in public and subjected them to violence, intimidation, ridicule and harassment. They vandalized their property and burned down their businesses. Even families were divided. Ben Franklin's son William, governor of New Jersey, was loyal to the king.
“He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.” – Ben Franklin
Colonists who did not join the patriots united with the British as obedient subjects. Others thought they could profit from selling arms and war supplies to the British without true allegiance to anyone.
Patriots had been building support for the Revolution since the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. In severe debt, the British enacted the 1765 abusive Stamp and the 1767 Townshend Acts. Following the patriots 1773 Tea Party in Boston Harbor, they passed The Coercive Acts in 1774. And that was the final insult the patriots needed to win the war of propaganda against the British!
Gifted orators like Patrick Henry and Enlightenment thinkers John Locke and Thomas Paine kept the momentum for revolution growing with colonial statesmen, politicians and with uneasy patriots.
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, so that my children may have peace.” – Thomas Paine
No man in the colonies was more persuasive with the commoners and the peasants in promoting the Revolutionary War than Enlightenment thinker and gifted English writer Thomas Paine. He had led reform movements in Europe and Paine inspired farmers, workers and commoners to revolt.
Paine went from towns, hamlets and villages distributing copies of his 90-page booklet, "Common Sense." Paine preached the rewards and the substantiality of independence to patriots who never dreamed it was an option.
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” – Thomas Paine
On April 18, 1775, the British marched from Boston to Concord, Massachusetts, to seize stockpiled colonial weapons. Paul Revere rode through the streets of Boston rallying the patriots: "The British are coming, the British are coming!" The next day, when the patriots and the Redcoats clashed at Lexington and Concord, it was "the shot heard round the world.” This signified the beginning of the Revolution and, most importantly, it marked the birthing of America as the guardian of global liberty.
When the minutemen fired the first shots of the Revolution, the Redcoats were well prepared. They had superior weapons, ammo, uniforms and abundant food and medical supplies. They were ready to defend their turf. They were prepared to fight a marathon battle to stop the colonial insurrection.
On the other hand, the colonies had a volunteer army with no central government and little money. They sent troops to the Continental Army, but kept many behind to protect themselves.
George Washington knelt in prayer at McKonkey's Ferry, asking the Lord for the right words to inspire his troops to keep going, before he crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack on the British.
"We must remember, mankind allows that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community, are equally entitled to the protections of civil government." – George Washington
The greatest Christmas gift the world received was the night of our savior's birth. And its greatest gift to world freedom came on Christmas Eve, 1776, on the banks of the Delaware River – America.
The birthing of America was not easy. Only a third of the colonists supported a Revolution. It pitted neighbors against neighbors. These patriots were not only rebelling against the British. They were fighting other colonists who were loyal to British King George, parliament and the English church.
Often overlooked are the "fence sitters" who were content living free from monarchical dominance. They enjoyed colonial religious and economic freedoms, and tolerated the British as a necessary evil. The patriots needed to earn the support from these neutralists in order to win the Revolution.
The patriots humiliated the Loyalists in public and subjected them to violence, intimidation, ridicule and harassment. They vandalized their property and burned down their businesses. Even families were divided. Ben Franklin's son William, governor of New Jersey, was loyal to the king.
“He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.” – Ben Franklin
Colonists who did not join the patriots united with the British as obedient subjects. Others thought they could profit from selling arms and war supplies to the British without true allegiance to anyone.
Patriots had been building support for the Revolution since the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. In severe debt, the British enacted the 1765 abusive Stamp and the 1767 Townshend Acts. Following the patriots 1773 Tea Party in Boston Harbor, they passed The Coercive Acts in 1774. And that was the final insult the patriots needed to win the war of propaganda against the British!
Gifted orators like Patrick Henry and Enlightenment thinkers John Locke and Thomas Paine kept the momentum for revolution growing with colonial statesmen, politicians and with uneasy patriots.
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, so that my children may have peace.” – Thomas Paine
No man in the colonies was more persuasive with the commoners and the peasants in promoting the Revolutionary War than Enlightenment thinker and gifted English writer Thomas Paine. He had led reform movements in Europe and Paine inspired farmers, workers and commoners to revolt.
Paine went from towns, hamlets and villages distributing copies of his 90-page booklet, "Common Sense." Paine preached the rewards and the substantiality of independence to patriots who never dreamed it was an option.
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.” – Thomas Paine
On April 18, 1775, the British marched from Boston to Concord, Massachusetts, to seize stockpiled colonial weapons. Paul Revere rode through the streets of Boston rallying the patriots: "The British are coming, the British are coming!" The next day, when the patriots and the Redcoats clashed at Lexington and Concord, it was "the shot heard round the world.” This signified the beginning of the Revolution and, most importantly, it marked the birthing of America as the guardian of global liberty.
When the minutemen fired the first shots of the Revolution, the Redcoats were well prepared. They had superior weapons, ammo, uniforms and abundant food and medical supplies. They were ready to defend their turf. They were prepared to fight a marathon battle to stop the colonial insurrection.
On the other hand, the colonies had a volunteer army with no central government and little money. They sent troops to the Continental Army, but kept many behind to protect themselves.