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Rebuilding the Nevada Republican Party LIBERTY WATCH VOLUME 10 | ISSUE 2 | May 2021 POLITICS.LIVE. BUSINESS. THINK. BELIBERTY. FREE. REBUILDING THE NEVADA REPUBLICAN PARTY CAN SOMEONE EARN $1ǫMILLION NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH IN A YEAR HONESTLY? George Harris Ron Knecht THE 2020 ELECTIONS GAVE GET OFF MY PROPERTY! THE DEMOCRATS FULL CONTROL John Stossel OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS IS GOING TO COST AMERICA. FIGHT LEFTǫWING LIES Grover Norquist WITH ... FACTS Larry Elder BOOMS DON’T REPEAT, BUT THEY RHYME Doug French WHO WILL KEEP OUR LIBERTIES SAFE? FOR THE LEFT, BIGOTRY IS A TOOL Judge Andrew P. Napolitano Ben Shapiro May.indd 1 4/21/21 6:30 PM May.indd 2 4/21/21 6:30 PM LIBERTY WATCH Magazine The Gold Standard of Conservatism. Serving Nevada for 15 years, protecting Liberty for a lifetime. LIBERTYWATCHMagazine.com May.indd 3 4/21/21 6:30 PM Get the Inside Political News NOW! On air. On line. On demand. JOIN SAM SHAD as he goes deep with the people who make the news in Nevada: Four new shows every week! Senators, Governors, Congressio- • My LVTV: Sat/Sun 5:30 am nal Leaders, Business & Gaming Two programs each morning. Executives, Lobbyists, Entrepre- • Reno’s The CW: Tues-Fri at noon • KOH AM 780: Sunday 7 to 9 am neurs, NGO Directors, Union Leaders, Cultural Innovators, and Stream more. Nevada Newsmakers is Video/Audio Podcasts: Nevada’s premier source for clear, unbiased and up-to-date political and business news. NevadaNewsmakers.com Nevada’s Number ONE Political Program! May.indd 4 4/21/21 6:30 PM TY W R AT E C B I H L content The Gold Standard of Conservatism 8 JUST THE FACTS George Harris PUBLISHER NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH George E. Harris [email protected] 10 TAX REFORM Grover Norquist EDITOR THE 2020 ELECTIONS GAVE THE Novell Richards DEMOCRATS FULL CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS IS GOING TO COST AMERICA. ASSOCIATE EDITORS Doug French 12 MONEY MATTERS Doug French [email protected] BOOMS DON’T REPEAT, Mark Warden BUT THEY RHYME [email protected] CARTOONIST 14 DISCUSSION Donald J. Boudreaux Gary Varvel STOP THE CARTOONISH EXCUSES FOR COVID RESTRICTIONS OFFICE MANAGER Franchesca Sanchez 18 FEATURE Joe Morabito NATIONAL MAGA DAY ǵ JUNE 14TH DESIGNERS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BIRTHDAY Alejandro Sanchez Willee Wied 19 MILLENNIALS Ben Shapiro CONTRIBUTING WRITERS FOR THE LEFT, BIGOTRY IS A TOOL John Fund Doug French 20 COVER Thomas Mitchell REBUILDING THE NEVADA REPUBLICAN PARTY Robert Fellner Nicole Maroe 26 COUNTERPUNCH Judge Andrew P. Napolitano LITTLE “ORPHAN ANNIE” BLACK Ben Shapiro John Stossel Joe Morabito 28 GOVERNMENT GONE WILD Deanna Forbush Nicole Maroe 32 TAX REFORM Ron Knecht Chuck Muth CAN SOMEONE EARN $1ǫMILLION Grover Norquist IN A YEAR HONESTLY? Bob Beers Ron Knecht 34 GIVE ME A BREAK John Stossel Larry Elder GET OFF MY PROPERTY! Froma Harrop PHOTOGRAPHER 36 MINORITY VIEW Larry Elder Adam Kilbourn FIGHT LEFTǫWING LIES WITH ... FACTS Volume 10, Issue 2 MAY 2021 38 AMERICA'S JUDGE Judge Andrew P. Napolitano WHO WILL KEEP OUR LIBERTIES SAFE? Address all editorial, business and production correspondence to: 40 GUEST COLUMNIST Stephen Moore Liberty Watch Magazine RED STATES SHOULD REVOLT AGAINST 3675 W. Teco Ave., Suite 10 THE 'BLUEǫSTATE BAILOUT' Las Vegas, NV 89118 702.385.3320 41 A LIBERAL VIEW Froma Harrop BIDEN NEEDS TO TALK TOUGH Address all letters to the editor to ON IMMIGRATION ǫǫ FAST the mailing address above or to [email protected]. 42 SIMPLY REAL ESTATE Nicole Maroe Preference will be given to letters sent via e-mail and within 300 words. 1031 TIPS 44 HARDBACK Doug French Harris Media Group, LLC. IS GOD A CAPITALIST? All Rights Reserved 48 DOUGLAS IN VEGAS Doug French FIXING POST OFFICE MESS LIBERTY WATCH MAY 2021 5 May.indd 5 4/22/21 10:12 AM cartoons Gary Varvel LAUGHS 6 MAY 2021 LIBERTY WATCH May.indd 6 4/21/21 6:30 PM Gary Varvel cartoons LAUGHS LIBERTY WATCH MAY 2021 7 May.indd 7 4/21/21 6:30 PM politics JUST THE FACTS George Harris, Publisher [email protected] NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH Democrat Ineptness Versus Voter Registration. and Clark counties. Please remember this number if you are running in a state-wide race. There are almost no voters in the rural counties and they will vote Republican no matter what. Mike Murphy said on his “Hacks on Tap” podcast, “Republicans are treating elections like the catalog business, trying to make our voters happy,” Murphy claims. “We’re now treating our base voters like swing voters, like they’re fickle. Base voters will vote for a box of hammers with an R on it.” Murphy doesn’t think Republican voters Politics at its core is a numbers game. Party will run if they don’t necessarily hear what they leadership must register people to not only vote, want from a candidate. but sign up voters as Republicans or Democrats. Democrats are close to overplaying their hand. Beyond the two primary parties, people can It’s not class but culture. Republican and swing register as non-partisan, Libertarian, Independent voters hate hearing Democrats moralizing and American Party, and other. telling Republicans what’s good for them. It used Nevada was once a reliably red or Republican to be as simple as lower taxes versus higher state. Now, with newcomers flooding into Clark taxes. Now, the COVID response has become and Washoe Counties, the Battle Born state has politicized as have restroom use, the increasing blown by purple into the wild blue yonder. The numbers of gender identities, and immigration. latest numbers reflect the trends. As of February, The fact is, Democrats should get off their high 2021, Democrats led with 654,649, while horses. History is not on their side. Traditionally, a Republicans trail with 574,164. Surprisingly, non- White House win means losing the House and partisan registrants totaled 442,357. I P, other, and Senate in the mid-term. Here in Nevada the libertarians total 134,384. Democrats control Carson City and have shut I’ll do the math for you. Non-Partisan plus the down the state over COVID fears. If Republicans wee three leads Republican registration by a can’t beat the most hated governor in the state’s couple thousand voters. While Rs and Ds are history next year, perhaps a re-branding will be in deadlocked in registrations in Washoe, in Clark, D’s order. are blowing R’s away, 500,098 to 353,732. You Speaking of branding, Murphy’s guest, might wonder who is spearheading the drive to Republican pollster, Tony Fabrizio, polled register Republican voters. That would be the Republicans for a recent report taking stock in Republican party chairman, Michael McDonald. what the Republican party looks like. Instead of Total Nevada registration was 1,805,554 in the factions being divided by policies, the tribes February, all but 223,103 registrants live in Washoe are divided as to their closeness to Donald Trump. 8 MAY 2021 LIBERTY WATCH May.indd 8 4/21/21 6:30 PM politics JUST THE FACTS “Trump in the midterms is Godzilla in the rear view mirror,” said Murphy, but he isn’t sure whether Trump, in a year and a half, could be 90 percent effective, 120 percent effective due to immigration concerns, or only 50 percent with a new galaxy of stars.” While politics is forever changing. Trump has changed the party to America First. Fabrizio identifies five tribes within the Republicans (nationally). First, there are the Never Trumpers, who make up only 15 percent of the party. At the other end of the spectrum are Die-Hard Trumpers who make up 27 percent of the party. These folks will walk through a wall for Trump. Next are Trump Boosters who liked Trump’s policies but are not as committed. They make up 28 percent of the party. Post-Trumpers are 20 percent. They like him, but are looking for someone else to lead. Finally, Fabrizio refers to the last 10 percent of the party as Info-Wars GOP. These folks get their news from OAN and Fox, are supportive of Trump, and believed at least five of six of the conspiracy theories they were asked about (for instance, Angela Merkel is Hitler’s granddaughter). When asked if Trump’s legal troubles will tarnish Trump’s popularity with his base, Fabrizio said, “Two impeachments and numerous investigations have made no dent in Trump’s popularity.” Meanwhile, it’s been somewhat quiet in Carson City this session. Parents will understand when I say the quietness makes me nervous, like when you can’t hear the kids in the other room. Legislators must be up to no good. LW LIBERTY WATCH MAY 2021 9 May.indd 9 4/21/21 6:30 PM politics TAX REFORM Grover Norquist THE 2020 ELECTIONS GAVE THE DEMOCRATS FULL CONTROL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THIS IS GOING TO COST AMERICA. First, the $1.9 trillion spending spree advertised as a COVID bill passed without a single Republican vote. Only one percent of the bill was vaccine-related “everything except roads.” Old Democrats built and less than 10 percent has anything to do with roads, New Democrats build bike paths and fighting COVID. windmills instead of roads. Stuck in the bill was a $67 billion tax hike Hiking the corporate income tax: a tax on workers’ limiting when companies can deduct business pay. losses. This is foreshadowing, as this “small” tax As a candidate Biden repeatedly said he would hike is NOT limited to those earning less than “eliminate” the entire Republican tax cut enacted $400,000 as Biden promised repeatedly in his in 2017.
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