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DHS SECRETARY THREATENS US SHERIFFS: Obama Will Cut Their Grants If Congress Does Not Fund Amnesty
The Gateway Pundit ^ | 2-3-2015 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 02/03/2015 8:51:31 PM PST by servo1969

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson threatened US sheriffs today. Johnson told the sheriffs that they will not receive federal grants they are counting on if the Republican Congress does not fund amnesty.

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Sheriff Justin Smith from Larimer County Colorado posted this tonight on his Facebook page:

I received a very interesting veiled threat letter from Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of Homeland Security addressed to all police chiefs and sheriffs around the country.

His letter made it clear that if Congress didn’t send President Obama the DHS funding bill that he wanted (rubberstamping the president’s executive amnesty), local and state public safety agencies would not receive federal grants they were counting on because the president would veto the DHS funding bill.

Let me get this straight – the president believes he has the authority to nullify federal laws that don’t serve his personal agenda, but if Congress dares to exercise it’s responsibility of controlling the purse strings, he will willingly hold public safety grants hostage just to get his way?

Mr. President, you don’t have to love the Congress we elected, but you do have to respect their role as established under the Constitution -and Mr. Johnson, please show some integrity and stop with the threats. Sheriffs don’t take kindly to them.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; dhs; dhsfundingbill; jehjohnson; jehjohnsonthreat; obama; obamadhsfunding; policechiefs; sheriffs; smugmug
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To: RC one

Yep, and two years with this guy is a lifetime...


61 posted on 02/03/2015 11:59:48 PM PST by Enduro Guy
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To: Enduro Guy

one would think a republican senate and HOR could keep him in check for two years however.


62 posted on 02/04/2015 12:05:28 AM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: servo1969
May history judge GW Bush harshly for ever dreaming up yet another federal agency such as this one. What many predicted it would become it in fact has. It gave the next POTUS an Iron Fist to rule by. Many Obama abuses would have been harder to do if Bush hadn't been a Big Government Stooge.

DHS needs to be disbanded & shut down and all agencies assume their prior responsibilities with states encouraged to do many of the task DHS was supposed to cough cough coordinate. No more Make Political Friends Jobs Agencies at the expense of our freedom and rights.

63 posted on 02/04/2015 12:05:46 AM PST by cva66snipe (He (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: Patriot Babe

I want to see those flies chewing his face, and those maggots pouring out of his orifices to help the flies “do the work others won’t do.”


64 posted on 02/04/2015 12:25:08 AM PST by itssme
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To: servo1969
Looking at Jeh Johnson, there's something about him that gives me the creeps, aside from that slimy smirk that I'd like to wipe off his face.
65 posted on 02/04/2015 12:31:03 AM PST by itssme
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To: servo1969

The sheriff’s can more than make up the DHS grants by being allowed to confiscate any and all assets belonging to illegals as ill gotten gains. If they’re allowed to do that then we can expect to see lots of self deportation.


66 posted on 02/04/2015 12:51:10 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

County Sheriff can also strip ANY Federal law enforcement agent of their arresting powers in the county they are in. He can even order them to vacate the county.


67 posted on 02/04/2015 1:17:28 AM PST by Michigan Bowhunter (Patriots eneeeded!)
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To: RC one

I have no idea how the subject of amnesty came into this.


68 posted on 02/04/2015 1:59:28 AM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: lightman

The sooner local agencies stop applying for and accepting grants, aid and assistance from the Federal Government, the sooner they get that gorilla out of their daily lives.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. When you take money from the Federal Government you become its b!tch.


69 posted on 02/04/2015 2:05:30 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: chris37

“So Obama will shut down police protection in order to ensure his tyranny eh?”

Few if any Texas Sheriff’s will be rolled by this threat. God Bless Texas!


70 posted on 02/04/2015 2:50:33 AM PST by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: servo1969

I’ve thought about this for some time and I must say that there really is a fix to all of this.

The President and the Congress only have power because the people have given and consented them having that power. To remove that consent is simple in execution but difficult in actuality because of all of the ‘freebies’ the Feds hand out.

Oh yes... to remove that consent simply means ignoring them. If they put you in jail because you ignored them and then the others that follow that route behind you means that the country soon collapses. It’s not the takers that the government should fear, it’s the makers and taxpayers. Without them providing the funds the government needs.

In other words, go ahead Jeh, piss off the cops and sheriffs. When they ignore you or worse actively start examining the Federal agents who break the law on a daily basis then we the people might get our country back. And payback can really be a bit*h.


71 posted on 02/04/2015 3:12:25 AM PST by The Working Man
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To: servo1969

Well, it is about time Congress uses the power of the purse to curb the man child.

Or, even better, the locals can tell the federal gubmint to pound sand....Congress can just NOT TAKE money from the states and law enforcement can determine its own needs.


72 posted on 02/04/2015 3:24:12 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: servo1969

And Rick Perry is the one facing prosecution.


73 posted on 02/04/2015 3:35:13 AM PST by pas
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To: servo1969

If Congress calls Obama’s hand and doesn’t fund DHS then how could the sheriffs, or anyone else in the department’s budget, get funded?


74 posted on 02/04/2015 3:41:23 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: 43north

Full Mussolini...good description!!!
Mussolini wanted to rebuild the Roman Empire.


75 posted on 02/04/2015 3:51:33 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Bob434; doug from upland

I voted reluctantly for Romney.

Did I believe he would be a better President than what we have now? No.

Here’s why:

1) Mitt Romney, like his father George Romney, both admired Alynsky, the man who dedicated his book to Satan.

2) The Romney’s haven’t served in the U.S. military. It is their choice, I know, but it is odd and I find it disturbing.

3) Mitt Romney desires to become God of his own planet. This is the one that queers his being a better choice for President than the present guy in our White House.

Neither man is humble and both would be horrible.


76 posted on 02/04/2015 4:04:38 AM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: Patriot Babe

We agree. Check out my tagline.


77 posted on 02/04/2015 4:23:56 AM PST by Postman (Flies on 0re0 know --it when they see it!)
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To: SatinDoll

Exactly


78 posted on 02/04/2015 4:25:13 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: RC one

Harry the Boxer Reid knew how to deal with filibusters. Were you asleep during the past several years, Mitch????


79 posted on 02/04/2015 4:28:37 AM PST by Postman (Flies on 0re0 know --it when they see it!)
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To: chris37

Bttt


80 posted on 02/04/2015 4:34:58 AM PST by Guenevere
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