Aug. 10, 2021 - Epoch Times
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| Good evening. | |
| Over in Florida, a group of parents were so concerned that their kids were forced to wear masks all day long at school, and so what they did was that they took their kids' used masks and they sent them over to a laboratory in order to be tested. | |
| And it was found that the masks, these used kids masks, had the presence of 11 different dangerous pathogens. | |
| Meanwhile, over in Colorado, a new bill was just signed into law which allows local municipalities within the state of Colorado to enact their own gun laws. | |
| However, there is a catch. | |
| Those gun laws can only be stricter than what the state already imposes. | |
| And lastly, as the situation over at the southern border deteriorates, the governor of Texas, he has allocated $250 million to building a new border wall, Florida is sending over reinforcements, and President Trump announced that he will be making a trip to the border himself. | |
| When? | |
| Well, let's go through that together. | |
| This is your daily Facts Matter update, and I'm your host, Roman, from the Epoch Times. | |
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| And now let's move on over to Florida. | |
| A group of parents over in Gainesville, Florida, which is a city in the north of the state, they had concerns about their children being forced to wear masks at school all day long in 90 degree heat. | |
| And so what they did, what these parents did, is that they took six face masks and sent them over to the University of Florida in order to be analyzed for possible contaminants. | |
| And for your reference, by the way, out of these six masks, three of them were surgical masks, two of them were cotton masks, and one was a polyester negator. | |
| Also, unused masks were tested as well as a control sample. | |
| And after running their analysis, the laboratory over at the University of Florida, they detected the presence of 11 dangerous pathogens on these masks, including bacteria that causes diphtheria, pneumonia, as well as meningitis. | |
| Furthermore, five of the masks were found to be contaminated with parasites, fungi, as well as bacteria, and also besides that, they also had other less harmful pathogens on there as well, like ones that can cause ulcers, acne, and strep throat. | |
| And it's interesting to note that none of the control samples, meaning none of the masks that were never worn, were contaminated with pathogens. | |
| Meaning, likely, that a bunch of kids sitting together in 90-degree heat for five to six hours a day inside of a classroom, somehow they find ways to get pathogens onto their masks. | |
| Now, one of the mothers who helped to initiate this study in the first place, she had three kids in elementary school. | |
| And she became concerned when her sons broke out with rashes, which she believed might have been caused by prolonged mask wearing. | |
| Here's what she said during an interview with Fox News. | |
| Our kids have been in masks all day, seven hours a day in school. | |
| The only break that they get is to eat or drink. | |
| She further said that while students do not have to wear masks while they're outside, they do still have to wear them when they're six to eight feet from one another or when they're on the school buses. | |
| Now, we here at the Epoch Times, we reached out to the superintendent of that school district, but we have yet to hear back. | |
| Regardless, though, the director of the CDC, Dr. | |
| Rochelle Walensky, she recently said that kids should continue to wear masks as well as social distance until they're able to get vaccinated. | |
| That is, by the way, despite the fact that the data shows that children are minimally affected by COVID-19. | |
| And are not super spreaders of the virus. | |
| However, here's what Dr. | |
| Walensky had to say. | |
| Until they are fully vaccinated, adolescents should continue to wear masks and take precautions when around others who are not vaccinated to protect themselves, their family, friends, and community. | |
| Now, about a month and a half ago, Ron DeSantis, who is the governor of Florida, he's a Republican, he signed an executive order which suspended all COVID emergency restrictions, including mask wearing, within the state of Florida. | |
| However, certain school districts, like the one we're discussing, decided to keep their mask policies in place at least for the remainder of the school year. | |
| Although, come next school year, the masks will be optional, and so this whole problem might just become moot. | |
| Now, we also here at the Epoch Times reached out to the CDC for comments on this ongoing matter, but we have yet to hear back. | |
| Regardless, if you would like to read more about these lab results, about the different pathogens that were found on these kids' masks, We've been covering this topic now for weeks. | |
| In fact, I've had maybe 13 videos devoted... | |
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| And now let's move on over to Colorado. | |
| Just yesterday, the governor of Colorado, Mr. | |
| Jared Polis, he's a Democrat, he signed into law several gun control bills, including one which allows cities as well as municipalities within Colorado to set their own gun regulations. | |
| Now, this might sound like a win for people advocating for the Second Amendment, but it's not. | |
| Because the way that it worked previously was that Colorado state law prohibited the different local governments and municipalities from enacting their own regulations related to guns. | |
| However, with this new law, the new law that was just passed yesterday, the different municipalities can now set their own laws on firearms. | |
| However, and this is the big but, the regulations that they set cannot be more lenient than Colorado state law. | |
| Meaning, essentially, that the local municipalities can only have tighter gun controls than the rest of the state. | |
| Here's what part of that bill says. | |
| The bill permits a local government to enact an ordinance, regulation, or other law governing or prohibiting the sale, purchase, transfer, or possession of a firearm, ammunition, or firearm component or accessory. | |
| Meaning, once again, that the local municipalities within Colorado only have the authority to make their local gun laws more restrictive, not less. | |
| Now, in signing this new bill into law, here's what part of what the governor said in his statement. | |
| However, the National Rifle Association, which is the largest gun rights group in America, they criticized this new bill, saying that it would generate a confusing patchwork of laws that are difficult to know and obey, and an expansion of arbitrary boundaries where law-abiding citizens are left defenseless. | |
| However, it looks like over in Colorado, this new law is not the end. | |
| That's because over at the signing ceremony, Colorado's Senate Majority Leader, Mr. | |
| Steven Fenberg, he's a Democrat, he suggested that more gun control bills may be introduced in the near future. | |
| Here's part of what he said. | |
| I'm hopeful because step by step, bill by bill, we here in Colorado are creating safer communities. | |
| Now, while Colorado is taking steps to make gun ownership more difficult, Texas is going a completely different route altogether. | |
| That's because just three days ago, the governor of Texas signed into law seven new bills which aim to protect the Second Amendment of Texas. | |
| And among those bills was House Bill No. | |
| 1927, also known as Constitutional Carry Legislation. | |
| And so the way that it used to work in Texas was that if someone wanted to carry a pistol in public, he or she needed a state-issued license, and they were required to undergo training, a proficiency exam, as well as get a background check. | |
| However, with this new constitutional carry law, starting in September, law-abiding Texans who are over the age of 21 will not have to obtain a license in order to carry a handgun in public, either openly or concealed. | |
| Now, while supporters of this bill argue that it will help to restore the Second Amendment by removing unconstitutional government barriers to carrying a handgun in public, critics say that it could actually lead to an increase in gun accidents and gun violence. | |
| I guess only time will tell which of these two scenarios will actually play out. | |
| Now, in terms of some of the other bills which Greg Abbott signed into law, there was House Bill 2622, also known as the Sanctuary State Act, which prohibits state officials from enforcing federal regulations on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition that are not in line with Texas state law. | |
| There was also House Bill 1500, which classified firearm ammunition businesses as being essential. | |
| Meaning that the government cannot force them to close during emergencies and disasters like, for instance, the pandemic. | |
| There was also Senate Bill 19, which prohibits the state of Texas from contracting with any company that discriminates against a firearm entity or a firearm trade or association. | |
| Then there was Senate Bill 20, which allows Texans to store their guns as well as their ammunition inside of their hotel rooms when they're traveling. | |
| Then there was House Bill 957, which decriminalizes possessing, manufacturing, transporting, or repairing a gun silencer. | |
| And lastly, there was Senate Bill 550, removing the requirement for having either a shoulder or belt holster, essentially allowing Texans to carry their guns in whatever kind of holster they choose. | |
| Now in signing these bills, here's what Governor Greg Abbott had to say. | |
| Now, all of this comes all of this comes as the situation at the southern border is getting progressively worse. | |
| In fact, just yesterday, 14 people were killed in a string of shootings near the U.S.-Mexico border. | |
| Those shootings happened on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border, right across from the Texan city of McAllen. | |
| However, this type of violence has begun to creep across the border into America, with many ranchers saying that they are fearful of armed cartel members who pass through their properties on a regular basis. | |
| And so, in order to combat the situation at the border, Governor Greg Abbott, besides reinforcing the Second Amendment, he is building his own border wall. | |
| In fact, just five days ago, Governor Abbott announced his strategy for how to build a barrier, and he authorized $250 million as a down payment to get the process started. | |
| He said that the funds are being drawn from the state budget and will be used to hire a project manager as well as contractors for the border wall. | |
| At the press conference where he made this announcement and also where he signed this authorization letter into effect, he also signed another letter right here which was addressed to Joe Biden and it demands that the Biden administration return any land which was previously taken by the federal government to build the border wall but has yet to be used for that purpose. | |
| Here's what part of this letter says, quote, Federal government used condemnation powers to take property from Texans for the purpose of building a border wall. | |
| Once you took office, however, your administration made clear the federal government will not move forward with building the border wall at this time. | |
| It then continues to say that if and when this land is returned, the letter states that Texas authorities will, quote, Visit with Texans whose land was taken by the federal government to determine if they will allow the state of Texas to build a wall on their land. | |
| Now, in terms of how long this wall will be or when and where it will actually be installed, those plans have yet to be announced. | |
| However, it looks like Texas might be getting some help from Florida. | |
| That's because, for one, Governor Ron DeSantis has recently authorized Florida's law enforcement resources to be sent over to Texas to help secure the border. | |
| In fact, we here at the Epoch Times reached out to Ron DeSantis' office, and here's how they explained the situation to us in an email: "It's undeniable that the border crisis is out of control. | |
| Helping our fellow Americans in their moment of need is always the right thing to do. | |
| The governors of other states have sent resources to Florida in the past to help respond to natural disasters. | |
| With the federal government unable or unwilling to enforce our laws and secure our border, Florida is ready to step up to the plate and do our part." Likewise, Mr. | |
| Wayne Ivey, who is a county sheriff in Florida, he said it this way. | |
| When the state of Florida has a storm that devastates an area, law enforcement resources across the country respond and come to our rescue. | |
| Texas and Arizona, you've got a storm and we're coming to help you. | |
| Now, besides sending in law enforcement resources, Florida is sending in its highest-ranking Republican politician. | |
| That's because President Trump, who is of course now a resident of Florida, he has agreed to go and visit the U.S.-Mexico border alongside Greg Abbott later this month, on June 30th. | |
| In accepting the invitation to visit the border, here's what President Trump said. | |
| The Biden administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in U.S. history, and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in U.S. history. | |
| It's an unmitigated disaster zone. | |
| We went from detain and remove to catch and release. | |
| We went from having border security that was the envy of the world to a lawless border that is now pitied around the world. | |
| He then went on to further criticize the Biden administration for relinquishing control of the border to the cartels and the coyotes, and then he added this: What Biden and Harris have done, and are continuing to do on our border, is a grave and willful their election of duty. | |
| My visit will hopefully shine a spotlight on these crimes against our nation and show the incredible people of ICE and Border Patrol that they have our unshakable support. | |
| Now we here at the Epoch Times, we reached out to the White House for comment on these developments, but we have yet to hear back. | |
| Regardless, if you would like to read more about these new gun laws out in Texas, about this new border wall, or about President Trump's upcoming trip, All those links will be put in the description box below this video for you to check out. | |
| And now let's move on over to... | |
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| Now Roman in the studio, back to you. | |
| And now let's move on over to Missouri. | |
| Now, time seems to be flying pretty fast recently, because I don't know about you, but I almost can't believe that this picture here of the McCloskeys defending their home in St. | |
| Louis was taken a full year ago. | |
| And after going through a lot of legal back and forth four days ago, the McCloskeys pleaded guilty to several misdemeanor charges, and they agreed to surrender their guns. | |
| Now, in terms of what those misdemeanors are, Mark McCloskey, who is a lawyer by trade, by the way, he pleaded guilty to a Class C misdemeanor of fourth-degree assault, while his wife, Ms. | |
| Ms. Patricia McCloskey, she pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor of second-degree harassment. | |
| They will pay the maximum fines of $2,750 respectively, and they will not be serving any jail time. | |
| More notably, though, is that the two of them will be forced to relinquish their guns, the guns that they were holding when they were confronting the BLM activists, including Mr. McCloskey's AR-15. | |
| Now, in explaining why exactly they pled guilty, Mark McCloskey went on over to Newsmax, and he said this, Prosecutors dropped all the felony charges, all the gun charges, and charged me with a crime that said I purposely placed other people in apprehension of imminent fear of physical injury. | |
| And by God, I did it. | |
| That's what the Second Amendment was there for, and I couldn't say no to that one. | |
| We save the city of St. | |
| Louis at the expense of pursuing this nonsense, and then we'll move forward." Now, even though the couple must surrender those two guns as a part of their plea agreement, they are still able to own firearms just like anyone else. | |
| And so Mr. | |
| McCloskey said that he is planning to go out and buy another AR-15 as soon as the court clears him. | |
| It's also worth noting that Kim Gardner, who is the circuit attorney in St. Louis, who initially brought these charges against the Miklauskis, she was later removed from her role in the case after a judge ruled that she appeared to have started the prosecution for political purposes. | |
| And lastly, the last thing I wanted to mention in this case is that this guilty plea will not hinder Mr. Miklaus McCloskey's ability to run for office, specifically for the U.S. Senate, which is the office that he is currently running for. | |
| Here's what he said as a part of his campaign announcement. | |
| He is currently running for one of Missouri's two Senate seats. | |
| Now, if you'd like to read more about this case, those links will be in the description box below this video for you to check out. | |
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| What happened? | |
| And now the Georgia Secretary of State has launched an investigation into not only Fulton County, but three other counties as well. | |
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