Sept. 16, 2019, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the latest phony allegations by the New York Times against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh:

“The New York Times and all of its sycophants in the media need to be held accountable for publishing clearly scurrilous sexual abuse allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.  The fact that the alleged ‘victim’ does not remember anything and the story was obviously made up out of whole cloth by a source with a political ax to grind was known by the authors of the premeditated attack piece.  Yet, these New York Times reporters published the smear anyway knowing that it would travel around the world before the truth could get out.

“This was an act of malice and the Times, which has embarked on a publicly acknowledged campaign to stop President Trump at any cost, needs to pay the price for failing to meet the journalistic standards of a high school newspaper.”

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Sept. 16, 2019, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to the attack on the Saudi oil fields:

“The attack on the Saudi oil fields demonstrates to Americans who are too young to remember the 1973 oil embargos just how delicate the supply lines of oil are in the Middle East. While much of the world’s energy supply may be thrown into turmoil as a result of these attacks, with higher prices, the United States stands as a nation prepared to meet these energy challenges and higher demand — due to energy independence achieved under President Trump. Hydraulic fracturing is the reason why America is part of the solution to this energy supply attack, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s dangerous promise to end fracking, and all Democratic candidates who want to end off-shore drilling, can now be seen for the foolish pandering they represent. While Warren pretends to be a serious candidate for president, no one who would put America at the mercy of Middle East oil supplies can ever again be trusted in the White House.”

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Sept. 11, 2019, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement urging Attorney General William Barr to have the Justice Department turn over all exculpatory Brady material to Michael Flynn and his attorneys:

“It is incredibly frustrating that the Department of Justice continues their policy of obstruction in the Michael Flynn case. The clear intent of the career Justice Department lawyers is to run out the clock on the Trump administration in the hopes he loses in 2020 in order to forever bury the spying scandal. Attorney General William Barr has a responsibility to direct attorneys in the Flynn case to comply with Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order to turn over all exculpatory Brady and other materials to Flynn, so that justice can be served.”

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Sept. 9, 2019, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to China’s General Administration of Customs’ report that Chinese exports to the U.S. dropped 16 percent in August to $37 billion:

“According to China’s General Administration of Customs, Chinese exports to the U.S. dropped 16 percent in August to $37 billion. Given that August is typically a higher export month, it should be no surprise that the Chinese government is becoming increasingly anxious to ‘calm down’ the trade war. The important factor that has been missed by many pundits is that America’s shift away from Chinese products is at least partially permanent as multinationals seek diversified supply lines rather than depending upon China primarily. In many respects, this is exactly what those who’ve advocated a global trade policy should have been embracing all along, as it creates multiple international alternatives all of whom will compete against one another, lowering prices. The genius of the Trump trade policy is that by creating new trade deals around the world he has loosened the chains that China holds over our economy. Perhaps it’s time for some of these globalist ‘experts’ to begin praising President Trump as he puts America first while opening up the doors to friendly countries for economic growth.”

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Sept. 6, 2019, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government Rick Manning today issued the following statement on the latest jobs numbers:

“The August jobs report mocks the idea of a recession. 571,000 more people are employed today than ever in the history of America, and fewer people are unemployed now than at this point in 1978 when the civilian labor force had 62 million fewer people. With the number of seniors working down, it appears every job created on a net basis was in the critical 16-64-year-old category. The Trump economy is very strong. Not only are more people working than ever, people are making more money as in the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 3.2 percent. The Trump trade agenda continues with 17,000 manufacturing jobs have been added in the past three months. We are still at 50-year lows in unemployment. Finally, since Trump took office, 5.7 million jobs have been created, beyond the levels that many political pundits thought were possible. It doesn’t seem possible U.S. labor markets could get any better, but somehow every month they do.”

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