Dec. 4, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising President Donald Trump’s selection of Peter Navarro as Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing:

“Peter Navarro has a clear vision of President Donald Trump’s trade and manufacturing America First policies, and is best suited to continue advising him on these critical economic issues. Navarro’s leadership in the first Trump White House was essential to the dismantling of NAFTA and its subsequent replacement USMCA that emphasized American manufacturing and putting Americans workers first. President Trump’s success in empowering all American workers was instrumental in his victory in November, and Peter Navarro is exactly the right person to keep the  America First promise to the tens of millions of Americans who put their faith in Donald Trump to restore our nation’s economic sovereignty.”

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Dec. 2, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter:

“President Joe Biden’s broken promise that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, is the least surprising event in Washington, D.C. in recent memory. The fact that President Biden claims that Hunter was unfairly targeted is particularly ironic given his own administration’s long history of weaponizing federal law enforcement against President Donald Trump and other political enemies. The other irony in the pardon is that it makes Hunter Biden immune from all future federal prosecutions, taking away his ability to use the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination should he be questioned by Congress or prosecutors about President Biden or his family’s international money laundering activities. Do not be surprised if Hunter Biden is not the first of many Bidens, including Joe himself, to receive a pardon prior to Jan. 20, 2025.”

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Nov. 27, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging the U.S. House to reject renewed efforts to pass the Kids Online Safety Act in the lame duck session:

“The misnamed Kids Online Safety Act allows civil actions by states and/or the Federal Trade Commission against any website or application that ‘predominantly provides a community forum for user-generated content’. Specific to states, it says, ‘In any case in which the attorney general of a State has reason to believe that a covered platform has violated or is violating section 103, 104, or 105, the State, as parens patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of the residents of the State in a district court of the United States or a State court of appropriate jurisdiction…’

“It is not hard to imagine a far-left, California attorney general utilizing this power to prohibit access to, for example, Christian religious content including the Bible to minors under the guise of protecting them from truths that are unacceptable their gender-bending doxology. Ultimately, Silicon Valley, California-based companies will have significantly more liability in California courts, resulting in default bias against conservative thought and speech on these platforms under the guise of combating misinformation.

“The granting of national authority to the FTC requires a legislator to put blinders on regarding the unconstitutional, already expanded power of that agency under the Biden administration.

“The KOSA sounds like something everyone can get behind. Unfortunately, the devil is in the details, and those details demand that it be rejected as a Congressional approval for broad-based censorship of the internet. The First Amendment says Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech and of the press. By authorizing the FTC to censor speech, it makes one ask what part of ‘Congress shall make no law’ do members not understand.”

Attachments:

“Speaker Johnson: Kids online ‘safety’ bill will have ‘unintended consequences’. He’s right. It will increase government censorship.” By Robert Romano, Nov. 27, 2024 at https://dailytorch.com/2024/10/speaker-johnson-kids-online-safety-bill-will-have-unintended-consequences-hes-right-it-will-increase-government-censorship/

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Nov. 26, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Senate Republicans to block the appointment of Lauren McFerran to once again chair the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):

“President Joe Biden is engaged in an end of presidency power play to keep Democrat control over the National Labor Relations Board by pushing a renewal of current chair Lauren McFerran to another term. Senate Republicans should do everything in their power to stop this power play and allow newly elected President Donald Trump to name the next Chairperson.

“Among the absurd decisions made by McFerran’s NLRB, a company fired two employees for covering up a surveillance camera and making a threatening joke about another employee’s sexual orientation. Both fired employees admitted to their actions. Yet, McFerran’s NLRB ruled the firing illegal because the employees had in the past engaged in union organizing activity.

“The decision was overturned in federal court which called it ‘nonsense’.

“Another of many examples of McFerran putting the whole weight of her body on the side of protecting repulsive behavior occurred in the Liam Elastomers case where employees involved in union organizing activity were protected from discipline or discharge even if they have engaged in racist, sexist and/or profane behavior in the workplace. Apparently in McFerran world, being a racist lout disrupting the workplace is allowable so long as you can contend that you are a union organizer.

“Adjusting to the ebbs and flows of American politics are normal in D.C. It is not surprising that the outgoing Biden administration would attempt to hamstring their successor by locking in appointees during the succession.

“However, it would be unconscionable if Senate Republicans failed to show up to work in the lame duck session, allowing the Biden administration to subvert the Trump administration through the confirmation of leadership to important policy making bodies like the NLRB.

“Americans for Limited Government strongly urges the Senate to stop the McFerran nomination. Donald Trump won the election and Donald Trump should appoint the next Chair of the National Labor Relations Board.”

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Nov. 22, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement following former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’ (R-Fla.) withdrawal from consideration from and the nomination of former Florida Attorney General for the Attorney General nomination:

“Matt Gaetz’ withdrawal from the Attorney General position and the nomination of former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi makes it more imperative that President Trump redouble his effort to crush the weaponized intelligence community and Justice Department. Gaetz was doomed by targeted leaks that likely came from a terrified FBI aided and abetted by GOP Senators who rarely show a willingness to fight. Now, Bondi must continue the fight against the weaponization that targeted and still targets President Trump and his supporters.”

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Nov. 12, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement endorsing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for another term as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives:

“Speaker Mike Johnson kept the GOP House majority through his tireless work, record-setting fundraising and steady leadership over the past year. The Speaker has continually articulated and fought for conservative values, and is the right person to help President Trump keep his promises to the American people. Americans for Limited Government urges the House to re-elect Mike Johnson to the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker Johnson has earned this position over the past year and is the right person to continue this very tough job.”

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Oct. 29, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to reports from counties in Pennsylvania of a scheme to allegedly commit voter registration fraud with thousands of applications:

“The discovery that a massive Democrat-led voter registration fraud scheme is being perpetrated in conservative counties in Pennsylvania is not shocking but it is disappointing. This same fraud was discovered by a county in Michigan in 2020 and ignored, so now it has expanded at least to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in an attempt to steal the election. Every county in every swing state must review all voter registration forms submitted in the weeks prior to the registration deadline to determine whether similar illegal activity has occurred in their counties. The voter associated with a suspect voter registration form should have his/her vote set aside as a provisional to be determined after the election as to their legality, and state lawsuits should be filed to force a review of each new registration form to ensure their validity.

“This election will likely be decided by a few hundred thousand votes cast in seven states, and the discovery of massive voter registration fraud by well-funded left-wing operatives in suburban and rural counties sets off alarm bells that must be quieted through rapid legal action to ensure the validity of the ballots being cast.  Failure to act immediately to identify and squelch this obvious massive attempt to override legitimate election results by county and state agencies is effectively giving up any opportunity to gain acceptance that the results were not rigged.”

Attachments:

“Pa. election offices on high alert following potential voter registration fraud investigation in Lancaster County,” By Allysa Kratz, Oct. 28, 2024 at https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/elections/pa-election-offices-high-alert-potential-voter-registration-fraud-lancaster-county-york-county/521-d669fb81-f139-4526-b772-2c0c53829c00

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Campaign Expected To Reach 1 Million

Oct. 28, 2024, Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement atop a video campaign urging Americans to vote:

“The reason every American who believes in the founding principles of this country must vote is that the soul of America is at stake. Will we be a country that is based on individual liberties or one driven by government mandates? I want to urge people to share these videos and to expand their reach to maximize their impact.”

Videos:
This Year, Vote: https://www.facebook.com/AmericansForLimitedGovernment/videos/993374399141713/

On The Brink: https://www.facebook.com/AmericansForLimitedGovernment/videos/822937355689215

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Oct. 18, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement blasting federal judge Tanya Chutkan for unsealing documents related to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against former President Donald Trump:

“Today’s release of the appendix to deep state prosecutor Jack Smith’s immunity motion by federal judge Tanya Chutkan is just one more example of the politicization of America’s justice system, and when the GOP wins control of the House, Senate and White House, it is imperative that they take action to ensure that this abuse of power never happens again.

“There are two big steps that need to be taken to end the partisan political control of prosecutions in the District of Columbia.  The first would be to file articles of impeachment against Chutkan on day one of the new Congress and most importantly act upon them.  Her actions throughout this case have been proof positive for anyone on the right that there is no justice if you are conservative.  The second and more important action would be to eliminate the District Court of appeals and restrict the federal judges in D.C. to overseeing the criminal justice needs of the District itself rather than playing national political arbiter in an electoral environment that in D.C. is more than 90 percent against people who support Trump.

“The truth is that the reason that the District of Columbia was formed and the residents were not given electoral representation was because they already had power through their close association with government and those who run it. Now, as the federal government has become a self-serving behemoth, it is time to end the judicial bias represented by having those who serve as the supposed neutral arbiters be bitter partisans. Chutkan’s craven, partisan political action combined with Jack Smith’s get Trump no matter where the facts lead prosecution have not only ripped the blindfold off of Lady Justice, but have given her shiners in both eyes to boot.

“Americans are constitutionally entitled to a system of justice where the federal government doesn’t use its immense power and unending money to engage in political harassment of any private citizen, let alone one who has served as President of the United States. Unfortunately, today’s extremely unorthodox release of Smith’s filings by a judge bent on trying to influence the presidential election is just one more reason why America has lost faith that there is equal protection under the law.  It is shameful, and when the GOP returns to D.C. victorious after Nov. 5, they have a constitutional responsibility to fix it.”

Attachments:

Unsealed Appendix Vol. 1: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.266.0.pdf

Unsealed Appendix Vol. 2: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.266.1_3.pdf

Unsealed Appendix Vol. 3: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.266.2_1.pdf

Unsealed Appendix Vol. 4: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.266.3_1.pdf

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Oct. 17, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising former President Donald Trump for killing the illegal immigration amnesty bill:

“Thank goodness that President Donald Trump stopped the flood of illegal aliens who would have entered the country if Kamala Harris’ preferred legislation would have passed Congress.

“President Trump stopped more than 1.8 million illegal aliens being waved into our country every year – that’s how many illegal aliens the bill would have allowed into the United States under the ‘immigration reform bill’ which Harris attacks the former president for opposing. Each of these illegal aliens would have been given green cards allowing them to compete with Americans for jobs. Every one of these illegal aliens would have been able to continue the chain migration flood which crowds out people from legally immigrating to America if they don’t already have a close relative in the country.  And the bill would have ended wall funding until 2028, effectively tying the 2025 incoming administration’s hands from legislating real border security measures.

“Senate negotiators came away with a bill that puts America’s citizens last. Donald Trump stopped it, and that is one of his great achievements since he left office on January 20, 2021.”

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