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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi can not say this any clearer. In a Facebook post she reiterated :
“I DO NOT SUPPORT THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK.”
“I DO NOT SUPPORT ANY POLITICAL LEADER THAT INSTIGATES VIOLENCE AMONG THEIR SUPPORTERS
I IMMEDIATELY DENOUNCED THE ACTIONS AT THE CAPITOL BUILDING AS THEY TOOK PLACE
I DENOUNCE ANY COMMENTS MADE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP OR THOSE WHO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF THAT MAY HAVE INSTIGATED VIOLENCE
I DENOUNCED IN OCTOBER THE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS WHO PLANNED TO KIDNAP THE MICHIGAN GOVERNOR
I DID NOT SUPPORT AND SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE VIOLENT PROTESTS THAT TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
I DID NOT SUPPORT AND SPOKE OUT AGAINST OUR CITIES BURNING
I SPOKE OUT AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR DYING
I SPOKE OUT AGAINST UNFAIRLY TARGETING AND ATTACKING THE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE POLICE OFFICERS
I DID NOT SUPPORT AYANNA PRESSLEY STATING “there needs to be unrest in the streets.”
I DID NOT SUPPORT MAXINE WATERS COMMENT THAT “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
I DID NOT SUPPORT NANCY PELOSI’S COMMENT “I just don’t know why there aren’t uprisings all over the country. Maybe there will be”
I DENOUNCED THE SHOOTING OF U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, U.S. Capitol Police officer Crystal Griner, congressional aide Zack Barth, and lobbyist Matt Mika BY A SELF AVOWED HATER OF REPUBLICANS, James Hodgkinson, AT A CHARITY BASEBALL GAME
I CALLED FOR UNITY IN OUR COUNTRY FIVE YEARS AGO, FOUR YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, LAST YEAR, LAST WEEK AND NOW.
I FIGHT AGAINST POLICIES ON WHICH I DISAGREE I DO NOT PERSONALLY ATTACK PEOPLE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE IN CANCEL CULTURE. I BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTION. I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND EVERY OTHER PORTION OF A DOCUMENT THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY READ.
I BELIEVE IN DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. I EMBRACE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS YOU CAN ONLY GROW BY TESTING YOUR OWN BELIEFS AND TRULY LISTENING TO THOSE WHO DIFFER WITH YOU.
I CARE ABOUT OUR STATE AND OUR NATION. I HAVE TRAVELED THE WORLD AND I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY TAKE FOR GRANTED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT DISMISS 75 MILLION VOTERS BECAUSE THEY VOTED FOR A PRESIDENT THAT THE OTHER HALF OF THE COUNTRY DESPISED.
I CAN DENOUNCE VIOLENCE AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY OTHERS WHILE NOT SUPPORTING A RESOLUTION DEMANDING ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT OF A PRESIDENT WHO IS LEAVING OFFICE IN ONE WEEK. I CAN HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT ANOTHER IMPEACHMENT PROCESS ENSURES THAT OUR SOCIETY WILL NOT HEAL AND THAT OUR DIVISIONS WILL INCREASE. THIS DOES NOT MAKE ME EMBRACE WHAT HAS GONE ON. IT DOES NOT MAKE ME A COWARD. IT MAKES ME CONCERNED FOR OUR FUTURE.
Change starts with each and every one of us. We must stop doubling down. We must learn to respect one another. We must stop with the bullying and shutting down anyone who doesn’t agree with us. We must stop perpetuating conspiracy theories. We must demand better from our elected officials, the media and each other. I am not willing to destroy our country. I am not willing to give up my freedoms. I am not willing to sit back and watch a civil war unfold. For what?”
Somewhere in there Holly I notice you denounce Trump for inciting violence. That did not happen. You are as disappointing as the rest of the swamp. All of you are licking your lips at Trump’s departure because he called the bullshit on all of you. You all are so looking forward to returning to the heavenly days of pre Trump status quo. Well enjoy it but know that those who voted Trump will never vote you or any so called “republicans” again. You are all phonies and stabbed him in the back. You left him high and dry as soon as it was clear that he could not win the battle against cheating and stealing. I wish Trump creates his party and takes you “conservative” party to pieces. Losers.
Oh and by the way writing in capital letters doesn’t make you any more credible.