On Wednesday, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), whose leftism demanded that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/node/43215/edit?destination=admin/content/articles%3Ftitle%3DMerkley%26author%3DAll%26publishing_status%3DAll%26field_article_options_value%3DAll%26status%3DAll">refuse to answer</a> when asked if he agreed that America should never be a socialist country, attacked President Trump with a vile tweet in which he unfavorably compared Trump to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
Tweeting about Trump meeting with Kim Jong-un, Merkley tweeted, &#8220;A president and a dictator met in Hanoi. One has demanded unquestioned loyalty, bragged about his nuclear arsenal, attacked the press, and employed family members as his advisors. The other is Kim Jong-un.&#8221;
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A president and a dictator met in Hanoi. One has demanded unquestioned loyalty, bragged about his nuclear arsenal, attacked the press, and employed family members as his advisors. The other is Kim Jong-un.
&#8212; Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/1100854533457096704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Merkley&#8217;s comparison is malevolent and ignores what a monster Kim Jong-un truly is. As <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-koreas-prisons-are-as-bad-as-nazi-camps-says-judge-who-survived-auschwitz/2017/12/11/7e79beea-ddc4-11e7-b2e9-8c636f076c76_story.html?utm_term=.8af395513acc">The Washington Post</a> noted in 2017, Thomas Buergenthal, who served on the International Court of Justice and was in the Nazi death camp Auschwitz as a child, said Kim Jong-un should be tried for crimes against humanity. He said, &#8220;I believe that the conditions in the [North] Korean prison camps are as terrible, or even worse, than those I saw and experienced in my youth in these Nazi camps and in my long professional career in the human rights field.&#8221; Buergenthal was one member of a three-judge panel that listened to former prisoners and prison guards from North Korea and said there was enough evidence to charge the Kim regime with 10 of the 11 internationally recognized war crimes.
The Post wrote, &#8220;Anyone who questions the leaders or the system is liable to be thrown in a penal labor colony &#8212; often for life, and often together with three generations of their families to eliminate the &#8216;seed&#8217; of &#8216;enemies of the state.&#8217;&#8221;
130,000 North Koreans are rumored to be held in four huge camps; there are also &#8220;reeducation&#8221; camps that are widely reputed to be monstrously brutal. In 2017, U.N. investigators, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inmates-in-north-korea-suffer-unspeakable-atrocities-2013-9">gleaning information from North Korean exiles</a>, said inmates in North Korea&#8217;s prison camps displayed &#8220;unspeakable atrocities&#8221; comparable with the Nazi atrocities in World War II.
Merkley&#8217;s hostility to Trump provoked him to <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/01/merkley-hops-aboard-trump-impeachment-bandwagon.html">call for Trump to resign</a> in January after Buzzfeed claimed, in a report that was later debunked by Special Counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s team, that the president had told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about his business interests in Moscow. Merkley tweeted, &#8220;If this report of Trump suborning false testimony is confirmed, then Trump committed a felony and must resign or be impeached.&#8221;
But calling for Trump to resign was nothing new for Merkley; in December 2017, <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2017/12/jeff_merkley_trump_should_resi.html">he said</a>, &#8220;The president should resign because he certainly has a track record with more than 17 women of horrific conduct.&#8221;
Merkley <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/merkley-trump-dark-path-695954/">has said</a> of Trump, &#8220;You have a president who wants to use the suffering of children for political leverage, and that is completely unacceptable.&#8221;
After a fatal stabbing in Portland in May 2017, Merkley was asked if Trump bore responsibility for a &#8220;wave of violence&#8221; in the United States. He <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/jeff-merkley-donald-trump-portland-stabbings/index.html">answered,</a> &#8220;&#8221;You probably can&#8217;t tie him directly to one particular act of violence. But to the wave of violence, yes, he bears responsibility,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I feel like much of what has happened with these hate crimes falls directly from who he is.&#8221;

Dem Senator Targets Trump With Vicious Tweet Comparing Him To Kim Jong-Un

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Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley gave an interesting definition of the word &#8220;socialism&#8221; on Wednesday following President Donald Trump&#8217;s attack on the far-left ideology during his State of the Union address.
In an interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;Erin Burnett OutFront,&#8221; Merkley defined socialism as &#8220;a society coming together to increase the standard of living of our seniors,&#8221; according to a segment flagged by <a href="https://freebeacon.com/politics/merkley-socialism-is-society-coming-together-to-increase-the-standard-of-living-of-our-seniors/">The Free Beacon</a>.
&#8220;Do you agree, Senator Merkley, at the bottom line, America should never be a socialist country?&#8221;
Merkley danced around the question, attacking Trump&#8217;s speech and bringing up former House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Burnett again pressed Merkley on how he defined socialism.
&#8220;Well, it is a society coming together to increase the standard of living of our seniors,&#8221; Merkley said. &#8220;And that is pretty much the definition and the president&#8217;s attacking it.&#8221;
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BURNETT: The president last night also called out some of the more liberal members of your party and this will be very important Senator, given what we&#8217;ve seen so far in this pre-pre-primary season. Let me replay what he said.
TRUMP: We are alarmed by the new calls to adopt socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and Independence and not government coercion, domination, and control. Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.
BURNETT: Do you agree, Senator Merkley, at the bottom line: America should never be a socialist country?
MERKLEY: You know, the president started out by saying it was going to be bipartisan, wanted to bring people together. But he just couldn&#8217;t restrain himself from going into campaign mode. And certainly, we heard Paul Ryan when he was speaker say, &#8216;hey, now that we&#8217;ve won this big tax give away to the richest Americans, we have to dismantle these social programs. We have to dismantle Medicare or tone it down. We have to diminish Social Security.&#8217; What they refer to as entitlements. I call them programs earned and very smart programs for our seniors and I support those and the president wants to tear those apart. I think he is making a big mistakes take for quality of life in America.
BURNETT: But you don&#8217;t, but you don&#8217;t see that as socialism, right? In terms of the word, obviously, it&#8217;s a word of significance.
MERKLEY:Well, it is a society coming together to increase the standard of living of our seniors. And that is pretty much the definition and the president&#8217;s attacking it.
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WATCH: Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley Tries To Define ‘Socialism’

Erin Burnett

On Tuesday night, as President Trump was delivering his State of the Union Address, Senator Jeff Merkley&#8217;s Twitter account was quite active, tweeting critical responses as Trump delivered his message. The Twitter account of Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, issued this attack on Trump&#8217;s championing standing for the national anthem:
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Hmm. National anthem line makes me wonder about the sincerity of his calls for unity. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOTU</a>
&#8212; Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/958528395964485632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Trump had been speaking of 12-year-old Preston Sharp, who started a movement to adorn graves of soldiers killed in battle that eventually decorated 40,000 graves. Trump said, &#8220;Young patriots like Preston teach all of us about our civic duty as Americans. Preston&#8217;s reverence for those who have served our Nation reminds us why we salute our flag, why we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of allegiance, and why we proudly stand for the national anthem.
Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro had a concise and blunt response to the Merkley tweet:
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If you can&#8217;t clap for the anthem, you&#8217;re the divisive one. <a href="https://t.co/IQx9WVjbG7">https://t.co/IQx9WVjbG7</a>
&#8212; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/958529340395827200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Merkley&#8217;s account may have received some blowback, as roughly an hour later, this tweet was issued to make it clear that Merkley himself wasn&#8217;t responsible; it was his chief of staff:
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Reminder folks, if you hated the tweets during the speech, they were from <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeZamore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeZamore</a>. Otherwise, never mind. Giving the senator his twitter account back now &#8212; thanks for following along!
&#8212; Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJeffMerkley/status/958544356331409408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Zamore has his <a href="https://twitter.com/mikezamore">own Twitter account</a>, though, so it would seem that Merkely is perfectly comfortable allowing Zamore to speak for him.

Dem Senator’s Twitter Feed Attacks Trump’s Support of National Anthem. Shapiro Rips Tweet To Shreds.

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Yesterday, President Trump said he will announce his Supreme Court justice pick tonight at 8 PM. As expected, the Democrats announced they would do everything to halt the nominee. For example, Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/12948/moron-alert-jeff-merkley-calls-scotus-vacancy-elliott-hamilton">said</a> that the vacancy was &#8220;stolen&#8221; and pledged that the Democrats will do &#8220;everything in our power to stop&#8221; to nomination. Merkley&#8217;s call <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/316901-dem-senator-party-will-filibuster-trump-supreme-court-nominee">echoed</a> sentiments from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who said he would &#8220;fight tooth and nail&#8221; if Trump&#8217;s nominee is not &#8220;mainstream.&#8221; 
However, it is entirely possible that the Democrats could let this nominee go to save face. CNN <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/democrats-supreme-court-battle/index.html">reported</a> the following:
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Democrats privately discussed their tactics during a closed-door retreat in West Virginia last week. And a number of Democrats are trying to persuade liberal firebrands to essentially let Republicans confirm Trump&#8217;s pick after a vigorous confirmation process &#8212; since Trump is likely to name a conservative to replace the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.
The reason for the tactic: Republicans are considering gutting the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees if Democrats stay largely united and block Trump&#8217;s first pick. By employing the so-called &#8220;nuclear option,&#8221; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could move to reduce the threshold for clearing a filibuster from 60 votes to 51 votes.
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The &#8220;nuclear option&#8221; refers to the Senate rule that would kill filibusters for judicial nominees from 60 senate votes to a simple majority of 51. As of now, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/12885/weak-mcconnell-suggests-no-nuclear-option-ram-hank-berrien">expressed his desire not to invoke</a> the nuclear option in the event the Democrats choose to filibuster on the nominee. However, that could change, particularly with Trump <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-supreme-court-nuclear-option-234221">encouraging</a> Republicans to consider it.
If the nuclear option is on the table, it could dramatically alter the Democrats&#8217; plan to stonewall a possible replacement of a liberal justice during Trump&#8217;s presidency. The Democrats&#8217; meeting in West Virginia recognized that the consequences of filibustering Scalia&#8217;s replacement would likely ensure that the court remains conservative for at least a generation.
It remains to be seen if the Democrats will hold to their threats of doing &#8220;everything&#8221; in their power to stop Trump. Their tactics will likely hinge on who Trump nominates tonight.
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Democrats Pledge To Filibuster ANY Trump Judicial Nominee… But Will They Chicken Out?

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Following President Trump&#8217;s <a href="http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/01/30/donald-trump-supreme-court-nominee-tuesday">announcement</a> that he will announce his nominee to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia&#8217;s seat on the Supreme Court, Democrats responded with calls to block the nominee and filibuster it. One of these Democrats is Oregon junior senator Jeff Merkley. Talking to the media, he <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/senate-democrats-filibuster-supreme-court-pick-234368">said</a> the following regarding the Supreme Court vacancy:
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&#8220;This is a stolen seat. This is the first time a Senate majority has stolen a seat. We will use every lever in our power to stop this.&#8221;
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This comment surpasses Kamala Harris&#8217;s <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/12757/moron-alert-kamala-harris-says-transportation-elliott-hamilton">assertion</a> that infrastructure spending on transportation is a human right as the most absurd thing a Democratic senator has said in the past week. The vacancy was not &#8220;stolen&#8221; by a Senate majority. Despite staunch criticism from President Obama and the Democrats, the Senate&#8217;s decision not to confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court last year fell within constitutional limits. In fact, former Vice President Joe Biden also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/us/politics/joe-biden-argued-for-delaying-supreme-court-picks-in-1992.html?_r=0">attempted</a> to stall Supreme Court appointments during an election year during his tenure as a Senator. Once Trump won the presidency in a fair election, the power to nominate a replacement for Scalia transitioned from Obama to Trump.
Last Tuesday, when over 100 people rallied outside Merkley&#8217;s downtown Portland office to thank him for his opposition to Trump&#8217;s Cabinet nominees, his state director <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/01/sen_jeff_merkley_to_downtown_p.html">read a statement</a> praising demonstrators for their activism, saying, &#8220;Thank you for being here today to demonstrate the power of our &#8216;we the people&#8217; democracy and show that when we join together we can send a message loud and clear to this new administration: We will not be silent in this new era.&#8221;
However, facts escape Sen. Merkley&#8217;s cranium in favor of alternative facts intended to galvanize the Democrats to filibuster the next Supreme Court justice and incite their liberal allies to embark on another grueling fight against the Trump administration.
The Democrats are off to a wonderful start this week in exposing their moronic tendencies.
Follow Elliott on <a href="https://twitter.com/ElliottRHams">Twitter</a>.

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