OPINION:
I’m Anath Hartman, Deputy Commentary Editor for The Washington Times. Let’s take a quick look at some of the pieces we’re running this week.
L. Scott Lingamfelter wrote on why Virginians must reject Governor Abigail Spanberger’s redistricting effort on April 21 when the matter comes up for referendum. The issue at hand is an amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would permit the Democratic majority to redraw the state’s 11 congressional districts to favor their party 10 to 1, he writes. “This grossly partisan act, referred to as gerrymandering, would allow the Democrats to brazenly wipe away four congressional seats currently held by Republicans.”
Next, Dana Loesch has a piece for us on how the Trump administration is in fact achieving success for the U.S. and the world, despite what the naysayers in the mainstream press would have people believe. “Within three days,” she writes, “the United States built an airbase inside enemy Iranian territory, rescued a pilot, went around the moon, and celebrated Easter. That’s winning.”
Finally, our own Kelly Sadler, commentary editor for The Times, penned a column on how relatives of the Iranian regime’s top brass are living high on the hog in the U.S. “Last week,” she writes, “the niece and grandniece of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qasem Soleimani, the deceased terrorist, were arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles after reportedly living a sumptuous lifestyle in the U.S. while promoting Islamist terrorism worldwide.”
The women were posting photos to social media of themselves partying in Miami, vacationing in Alaska, clubbing in Las Vegas, and chugging champagne in front of a helicopter in an undisclosed location in the desert, with nary a hijab in sight. In fact, the mother and daughter were seen in bikinis and midriff-bearing tops, despite the fact that in Iran, a woman’s improper wearing of the headscarf is a crime punishable by death.
And they’re not alone abroad. According to an IRGC general in 2022, some 4,000 relatives of the brutal organization’s senior officials live in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
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