Anti-Pro-Life. Pro-Obamacare PAC Endorses Shahid Shafi

Anti-Pro-Life. Pro-Obamacare PAC Endorses Shahid Shafi
By
James Scott Trimm

TexPac is the political arm of the Texas Medical Association and is an infamous anti-life PAC, not just protecting abortion, but euthanasia and death panels as well.   (TMA).  TexPac is also known foir its support of Obamacare.

When the famous Pro-Life bill HB 2 was SB 5 (before Wendy Davis Filibustered SB 5 and it was reintroduced as HB 2)  TMA stood strongly against the bill.  Texas Right to Life has documented TMA’a opposition to Pro-Life legislation going back to at least 2003!  Including support of the infamous Texas death panel law.  See "Texas Medical Association Protects Abortionists" on the Texas Right to Life Website for more details.

The Texas Medical Association has also lobbied for Expansion of Obamacare in Texas.

See also Pro-Abortion, pro-Death Panel, Pro-Obamacare liberal special interest group endorses Byron Cook by Adam Cahnman

Now TexaPac has endorsed Shahid Shafi, the controversial, CAIR endorsed Vice Chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party.  This blogger has obtained a copy of this December 3rd letter of support from TMA/TexPac to Darl Easton strongly endorsing Shahid Shafi:

On January 10th the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee will vote on whether or not to remove Shafi from his position as Vice Chair.  Tarrant County GOP does not need a Vice Chair endorsed by TexPac and the TMA (not to mention CAIR).



 

Texas GOP Resolutions Committee Opts Against Pro-Shafi Resolution

Texas GOP Resolutions Committee Chooses Against Pro-Shafi Resolution

This weekend the Texas SREC (State Republican Party Executive Committee) Resolutions Committee considered the following Resolution, authored by Sam "Tripp" Bryant (SD22) and Summer Wise (SD24), supporting CAIR endorsed Tarrant Vice Chair Shahid Shafi, and embattled Tarrant County Chair Darl Easton:

Resolution supporting Dr. Shahid Shafi as vice-chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party.

Whereas the Republican Party of Texas affirms and supports every American’s right to practice their religion (RPT Legislative Priority “Religious Freedom and Privacy”, RPT Platform Planks 84, 305, 306) and recognizes the contributions of Republicans of every faith who advance conservative policies and ideals,

Whereas Dr. Shahid Shafi, when not saving lives as a trauma surgeon, promotes conservatism as a member of the Southlake City Council, president of the Southlake Republican Club, and vice-chair of the Tarrant County Republican Party and demonstrates through deed and voice his dedication and servant leadership to Republicans in his community and beyond,

Therefore, be it resolved that the Republican Party of Texas strongly encourages the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee to continue to support Dr. Shafi in his role as Vice Chair of their organization. Dr. Shafi brings vitality and the rich background of an immigrant who came to the US legally and sought out the American Dream. These are the values of the Party of Lincoln and Reagan, and we fully support his involvement and contributions to our shared cause.

Be it further resolved that this document be shared with the Tarrant County Executive Committee on or before the planned January CEC meeting. We encourage Chairman Darl Easton to read it to the body during the meeting.

Additionally, be it resolved that The Republican Party of Texas calls for the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee and all Republican organizations to advocate and adhere to our platform planks protecting and preserving religious liberty for all Americans , a fundamental principle which has been a bedrock of our society and government since its inception.

Authored by:
Sam “Tripp” Bryant, SD22
Summer Wise, SD24

Signatories:
Terry Holcomb Sr., SD3
Mike McCloskey, SD5
Warren Norred, SD10
JT Edwards, SD11
Jan Duncan, SD14

Shafi has been endorsed by CAIR which our platform repudiates for its ties to Hamas. Shafi has refused for months to renounce and repudiate that endorsement. He has also refused for months to respond to calls that he state that he will support our pro-Israel platform an thus support Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and oppose creation of a Palestinian state within the historic borders of Israel. This has to do with our platform. As for the first amendment and freedom of religion, neither have anything to do with this. No one is suggesting that Shafi be deprived of the right to believe anything he wants. The Republican party is a private organization, and as such is at liberty to decide for itself who is well suited to serve as an appointed leader.

Satanists and Identity Christians also have the right to believe whatever repugnant things they like, but that does not mean they are well suited to be appointed to leadership in our party.

The State Resolutions Committee rejected this resolution, instead, overwhelmingly passing this much different resolution in its place:

Resolution In Support of Non-Discrimination

WHEREAS The Republican Party of Texas affirms its commitment to Republican Party of Texas rule number 3, which states,

Discrimination Prohibited
Participation in any Republican convention or meeting including, but not limited to, any primary caucus, any meeting or convention held for the purposes of selecting delegates to a County, District, State, or National Convention shall in no way be abridged for reason of sex, age, race, religion, color, or national origin; and

WHEREAS, the Republican Party of Texas affirms and supports all Americans’ right to practice their religion (RPT Legislative Priority “Religious Freedom and Privacy”, RPT Platform Planks 84, 305, 306) and recognizes the contributions of Republicans of every faith who advance conservative policies and ideals; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the State Republican Executive Committee encourages all Republican county executive committees to follow the Rules of the Republican Party of Texas related to participation in meetings and conventions; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Republican Party of Texas calls for all Republican organizations to advocate and adhere to our platform planks protecting and preserving religious liberty for all Americans, a fundamental principle which has been a bedrock of our society and government since its inception; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to all Republican county chairs in Texas.

Respectfully submitted,
Resolutions Committee


This very different resolution does not mention Shahid Shafi, Darl Easton, or even Tarrant County.

Most importantly, no one has suggested denying Shahid Shafi the right to participate in any meeting " held for the purposes of selecting delegates to a County, District, State, or National Convention."  And no one has suggested denying Shahid Shafi the right to practice his religion.

Bigotry Narrative Established by Tarrant GOP Leaders- Darl Easton Should Resign

Bigotry Narrative was Established by Tarrant  GOP Leaders

Darl Easton Should Resign

By

James Scott Trimm

There has been a concerted effort by the Tarrant County Republican Party leadership in cooperation with the liberal media, to establish a narrative that the opposition to Shahid Shafi is driven by bigotry.

This is simply not true.  In fact in a recent article supporting Shafi, Republican Precinct Chair Warren Norred  admitted "While Dr. Shafi is a Muslim, it's not mere bigotry driving this concern."

In fact those who oppose Dr. Shafi's appointment do so for a variety of reasons.

On August 31st I published an article titled Has Tarrant County GOP Turned its Back on Israel?

This article was about how Shafi had refused to publicly state that he would support Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and oppose creation of a Palestinian state within the historic borders of Israel.  My concern was not that Shafi was a Muslim, but that he did not appear to support our pro-Israel platform. 

Later that same day, I got a message from a Party official (who shall remain nameless) saying:

"It is a simple narrative that I am trying to establish. The TCGOP does not approve of bigotry within the party. I understand your concerns and its importance, I get it. ... Perception is everything. ... I would ask a favor, please stop working against what my goal is here..." 

The leadership within the Tarrant County Republican Party collaborated with the liberal media to intentionally establish the bigotry narrative.  

They have also tried to establish the narrative that the opposition to Shafi is "a very small group."  However, it became apparent at the  November 10th meeting that this claim was false as well.

Anyone who attended the meeting could see that the opposition to Shafi was the clear majority.  When Shafi spoke, his supporters tried, and failed, to initiate a standing ovation, but instead most of the audience was subdued to say the least.  And not one procedural vote went Darl Easton's way.  One thing was for certain, Shafi's opposition was not a "small group" at all.

As County Chair Darl Easton has created a mess.  While Tarrant County has turned purple on his watch, his focus has been on making and defending controversial appointments.

Darl and his administration have intentionally established a narrative that the effort to remove Shafi is "bigotry" by a "small group" and not the position of the majority.  

This has now created a public relations nightmare.  The party is divided and will not unite under Darl's leadership with these controversial appointments in place.  Yet, since Darl and his cohorts, have established a narrative for the liberal media that this is only about bigotry, the liberal media will attack the party as "bigots" (as they already have, thanks to Darl and his administration) when he is removed.  If Shafi resigns, the damage would be less, but the liberal media would still spin it that Shafi was "forced out" by bigotry. 

There is only one way forward that limits damage to the party at this point.  Darl Easton must, for the good of the party, resign.  With Darl's resignation, all of his controversial appointments simply evaporate with no action needed by the Executive Committee.  The question is, is Darl Easton more concerned with what is best for the party, or is his primary concern his own ambition?

Please Darl, you alone can fix this mess!  Resign, and allow the party move forward out of this mess you have created!

Sign the Petition to ask for Darl Easton's resignation. 

(Click Here)

 

 

53+ Tarrant GOP Chairs Endorse CAIR Endorsed Vice Chair

Over 53 Tarrant GOP Chairs Endorse CAIR Endorsed Vice Chair

By

James Scott Trimm

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The Investigative Project on Terrorism has recently uncovered and published the names of 101 Elected Lawmakers (mostly Democrats) who have signed letters endorsing CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations).  (See: PT Exclusive: IPT Obtains Letters of Support to Hamas Front Group From 101 Elected Lawmakers)

CAIR is essentially the American arm of HAMAS.  Our Texas Party platform says of CAIR:

177. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): We hereby call on all law enforcement and governmental agencies in Texas to avoid and suspend all contact and outreach activities with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, with ties to terrorist groups such as Hamas.

CAIR is well known for its anti-Israel agenda..  And the ADL says of CAIR:

CAIR’s anti-Israel agenda dates back to its founding by leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas affiliated anti-Semitic propaganda organization.

Our current Tarrant County GOP Vice Chair (appointed by our County Chair Darl Easton), Shahid Shafi, has been endorsed by CAIR:

Just as 101 lawmakers have signed a letter of support endorsing CAIR, recently over 53 Tarrant County Republican Precinct Chairs have signed a letter supporting and endorsing CAIR endorsed Shahid Shafi as our appointed Tarrant County Vice Chair.

On November 10th the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee will vote on whether or not to reverse the appointment of  CAIR endorsed Shahid Shafi,

The Fall of America?

The Fall of America?

By

James Scott Trimm

America is facing a major crisis.  Our nation has endured for two hundred and forty two years.  That is a pretty good run for a nation. But we may be facing our end in the near future.

At one point it was unthinkable that the Roman Empire could come to an end.  The Roman Empire endured for 1,000 years!  And then it ended.

For all its faults, the Roman Empire was, at the time, the pentacle of civilization.  Yes the Emperors, beginning with Julius Caesar, had dictatorial powers, and there was slavery, but there was also a Republic with a Senate.  The Roman Empire cherished justice, even if it frequently failed at delivering it to all its subjects.  After its fall, European people’s longed for it’s return for centuries, and made many attempts to restore it.  In fact, its fall marks the beginning of the so-called “dark ages” in Europe.

So, what happened to the Roman Empire.  Much has been written on the topic.  Certainly, the rise of moral decay was a major contributor.  But one of the major causes was uncontrolled immigration.

The Roman Empire began to absorb Goth refugees from Europe.  These Goths that simply showed up, became known as “Visigoths” (Western Goths).  These Goth’s did not assimilate into Rome.  They did not cherish the things Roman’s cherished. Law, Justice and a Republic.  They did not want to become Romans, and as soon as their numbers were great enough, they began to take over, and destroy Rome from within.

Today the United States (and Europe for that matter) is faced with a similar fate.  America is absorbing uncontrolled immigration, much of it illegal, from migrants who do not share American values.  Many of them are from Islamic nations, and surveys show that they would support brining Sharia law to America.  

 Others are from Latin American nations, where their economies have been destroyed by socialism, and every indication is that they would bring more socialism here. 

Now a caravan of thousands is headed for the US border like a band of Goths headed for the Roman Empire.  Will this be our end as well?

Tarrant County GOP Turns its Back on Israel- New Info Comes to Light!

Tarrant County GOP Turns its Back on Israel

New Info Comes to Light!

By

James Scott Trimm

In a recent blog I told you about how the Tarrant County GOP has turned its back on Israel.

Our 2018 Texas Republican Party Platform declares concerning Israel:

207. Israel: We are grateful that the US Embassy in Israel has been moved to Jerusalem. We believe that Jerusalem should remain Israel’s undivided capital, accessible to people of all faiths. The United States should continue to support Israel militarily, financially, and technologically. We oppose any pressuring of Israel to make concessions they believe would jeopardize their security. We strongly oppose the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, on all levels, including and especially on college campuses, at the United Nations, and by anti-West non-governmental organizations. We believe there should not be a Palestinian state within the historical borders of Israel. Our policy is inspired by God’s biblical promise to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel, and we further invite other nations and organizations to enjoy the benefits of that promise.
208. Israel’s Sovereignty: We further insist upon Israel’s right to exist, its right to secure borders, and its right to the land secured by practicing self-defense from aggressive enemies. We strongly encourage other nations of the world to respect Israel’s sovereignty, right of self-determination, and right of self-defense.






However the Tarrant County Republican Party, under the leadership of Darl Easton, has turned its back on Israel in an effort to reach out to the largely anti-Israel Islamic Community.

One of the first acts of our new County Chair Darl Easton was to appoint Dr. Shahid Shafi as his Vice Chair.  Dr. Shafi is a Muslim who was endorsed by CAIR which is well known for its anti-Israel agenda and is rebuked by our Texas GOP Platform:

177. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): We hereby call on all law enforcement and governmental agencies in Texas to avoid and suspend all contact and outreach activities with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, with ties to terrorist groups such as Hamas.

For months now Dr. Shafi has failed to directly respond to requests that he himself publicly declare that he will support Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and oppose creation of a Palestinian State within the historic borders of Israel.

Now disturbing news has come to light that another appointment in Darl Easton's administration.  The new Vice Chair of the Precinct Chair and Volunteer Recruitment Committee, is Lisa Gramaldi, AKA Lisa Abdulkareem.

I recently received this screen shot in an email, in which Lisa Katness Abdulkareem, declares that she is a Muslim.

 It is well known that there is an anti-Israel sentiment which is prevalent in the Islamic Community. On Sunday Oct. 14th I asked Lisa Katniss Abdulkareem publicly on the Executive Committee Facebook groupo, if she would be willing to make a statement publicly supporting Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and opposing creation of a Palestinian state within the historic borders of Israel. I had tagged her and Facebook showed her as seeing it almost immediately. Yet she never replied, and a few days later she went so far as to block me.

Since that time, I have received another screenshot in which Lisa Abdulkareem appears to self-identify as "more liberal than conservative":

According to my source this is a screen shot of her own Twitter page which she took herself and posted in FB, hence the "edit profile" button.

It has also been reported that Lisa Grimaldi/Abdulkareem has no Republican voting record prior to the recent 2018 primary.

Finally it appears that Lisa Grimaldi/Abdulkareem has shared Tweets from Bill Clinton, Chris Hamilton (Democrat County Chair Dallas County), Justin Trudeau, the ACLU and several from Bernie Sanders.

The following are just a few of her "retweets" from Bernie Sanders:

And lets not forget this pro-Choice retweet:

Why in the world would a Muslim who is self described as  "more liberal than conservative" and has spent recent years retweeting liberal tweets from key Democrats and retweeting pro-Choice tweets, want to serve as Vice Chair of a committee to recruit new GOP Precinct Chairs and Volunteers?

Meanwhile, Darl Easton has joined the liberal press in attacking anyone speaking out about this selling out of Israel by his administration as Islamophobic bigots.  However one can be a Muslim and still support Israel.   (See this Wikipedia Article about Muslim Supporters of Israel,)  This is not about religious bigotry, but about our Republican Party Platform!

This anti-Israel sentiment has infested the Democratic Party in recent years.  Will it now infiltrate the Republican Party as well?

Tarrant County is the largest Republican party in Texas and the nation.  If Tarrant goes, so will go the state of Texas an the nation.

Must we play the politically correct game of being intimidated from asking the tough questions?

On November 10th the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee will vote on whether or not to remove Shafi as Vice Chair.


Thanks to the following for providing info used in this blog:

Dorrie O'Brien,        Pct. Chair 2466

Sara Legvold           former Pct. Chair 3386 & SREC SD-9

Bret Coody,             Pct. Chair 1603

Dale Attebery,          Pct. Chair 2169 and Area Leader HD 101

Has Tarrant County GOP Turned its Back on Israel?

Has Tarrant County GOP Turned its Back on Israel?

By

James Scott Trimm

Our 2018 Texas Republican Party Platform declares concerning Israel:

207. Israel: We are grateful that the US Embassy in Israel has been moved to Jerusalem. We believe that Jerusalem should remain Israel’s undivided capital, accessible to people of all faiths. The United States should continue to support Israel militarily, financially, and technologically. We oppose any pressuring of Israel to make concessions they believe would jeopardize their security. We strongly oppose the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, on all levels, including and especially on college campuses, at the United Nations, and by anti-West non-governmental organizations. We believe there should not be a Palestinian state within the historical borders of Israel. Our policy is inspired by God’s biblical promise to bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel, and we further invite other nations and organizations to enjoy the benefits of that promise.

208. Israel’s Sovereignty: We further insist upon Israel’s right to exist, its right to secure borders, and its right to the land secured by practicing self-defense from aggressive enemies. We strongly encourage other nations of the world to respect Israel’s sovereignty, right of self-determination, and right of self-defense.

One of the first acts of our new County Chair was to appoint Dr. Shahid Shafi as his Vice Chair.  In recent days Dr. Shafi has failed to directly respond to requests that he himself publicly declare that he will support Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and oppose creation of a Palestinian State within the historic borders of Israel.

The rather defensive reaction from our County Chair has been that it is unfair to ask Dr. Shafi if he will make such a declaration (each element of which is in our party platform) simply because he is a Muslim:

Actually one can be a Muslim and still support Israel.  In fact there is a very, very, small group of pro-Israel “Zionist” Muslims.  But they are in extremely small numbers and live in fear of their lives, threatened by the vast majority.  The Wikipedia article on Muslim Supporters of Israel, however, says:

In the Muslim world, support of Israel is a minority orientation, and supporters of Israel have faced opposition and violence

One wonders why such oppression and violence would come from a religion of peace.

However Dr. Shafi has been endorsed by CAIR which is well known for its anti-Israel agenda.

Our Texas Party platform says of CAIR:

177. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): We hereby call on all law enforcement and governmental agencies in Texas to avoid and suspend all contact and outreach activities with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, with ties to terrorist groups such as Hamas.

And the ADL says of CAIR:

CAIR’s anti-Israel agenda dates back to its founding by leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas affiliated anti-Semitic propaganda organization.

I would argue that the best test as to whether a moderate Muslim is truly peaceful is the question on the existence of Israel.  Radical Muslims want to wipe out Israel.  Most moderate Muslims have a strong aversion to Israel and “Zionism”.  Lets be clear, Israel exists in the here and now, and has existed for more than half a century, Zionism today simply means supporting Israel’s right to continue to exist.  If you do not support Israel’s right to exist, it means you want to see Israel wiped off the map.  So radical Muslims want to wipe Israel off the map and most moderate Muslims want to see them succeed.

This was very clear at the 2012 DNC convention.  Support for recognizing Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel (which it presently is) had been removed from their party platform, by the influence of Muslims and their allies in the DNC.  This was conspicuous and a floor vote was quickly called to reverse this and place it back in the platform, where it had been for many years.  The result of the floor vote sounded like a no to most of us, but after it was recalled twice, it was declared a “yes” vote over the boos of Muslim delegates, some of whom were pictured in the broadcast showing their displeasure.  

This anti-Israel sentiment has infested the Democratic Party in recent years.  Will it now infiltrate the Republican Party as well?

Tarrant County is the largest Republican party in Texas and the nation.  If Tarrant goes, so will go the state of Texas an the nation.

Must we play the politically correct game of being intimidated from asking that question?

If Dr. Shafi himself will publicly state that he will support Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and oppose creation of a Palestenian State within the historic borders of Israel, I will not only support him, I will spread the message of his support worldwide!  Yet, to date he has failed to do so.

At the September meeting of the Executive Committee, Dr. Shafi addressed the body, but completely ignored calls for him to make a public statement supporting our pro-Israel platform.

A letter is being circulated, signed by Precinct Chairs, supporting Shafi.  How about a letter supporting Israel and our party platform?  Even better, how about a letter signed by Shafi publicly supporting Israel with Jerusalem as its undivided capital and opposing creation of a Palestinian state within the historic borders of Israel?

At its November meeting the Tarrant County Republican Party Executive Committee, will take up a vote on whether or not Dr. Shafi should represent our party as vice chair.  Contact your Precinct Chair and let them know how you feel.




 

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