Republican Magazine Interviews Jessi Melton - Running for Congress in Florida's District 22

JESSI MELTON || GARY KONIZ || RETAKING CONGRESS May 2020

VOL. 1 NO. 1

Exposing Political Corruption in Broward

Jessi Melton - Florida's District 22

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PHOTOGRAPHERS Bruce Smith, Karel Grimberg & Ilmar Saar

Jessi Melton - Taking Back Congress Florida's District 22 Can you share a little about your background and how you got started?

Over the past several years, I've built a wireless development company that has, under the current administration's economy, cultivated enough success that I have the capacity to run for office. Last year, I decided it was time to use my skills to serve my country. I strongly considered joining the military, but when I considered what my country needed most, it was clear that my skill set was needed in Congress. I've built a business in a tough industry from the ground up.

I built my business on the reputation of getting things done that other firms can't or wont, and I want the very best for my country and its people. The loudest sitting members of Congress want the exact opposite, destruction and death to the American Dream. And they are fighters. They are loud. Well, I fight too. Hard. It's in my blood. So here I am. No more standing by and idly watching, it's time to roll up my sleeves and get in the game.

Which Republican or conservative thinkers inspire you both past and present?

I'm a big Winston Churchill fan. He was a fighter. He had the gift of perceiving threats before they progressed, and the grit to stand against the establishment and the naysayers. A favorite quote of his wellarticulates today's political landscape: "If you're not a liberal by the time you're 20, you don't have a heart. If you aren't conservative by the time you're 40, you don't have a brain." I think a lot of liberal voters have good intentions, they just haven't quite learned how to get there. There are no shortcuts to freedom or prosperity.

Both come at a cost. Freedom isn't "free."

What do you see as the single most important thing you can help with?

Balancing the budget. Trimming the fat. Streamlining. Reducing overhead. Reminding Congress who they work for and what their role is, which is ONLY to protect our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Their role is NOT to give hand outs, only a hand up. A large part of my skill set is in my ability to influence other members of Congress to get on board and get this done.

How can we vote for you and are districts pertinent?

Go to votejessi.com to stay updated and donate to my race. A little bit goes a long way when you're spending right.

Karyn Turk Interview

TAKING BACK CONGRESS ~One Interview at a Time~ Republican Magazine has been interviewing people running for Congress all over the United States.

We are especially seeking those running against Democratic Incumbents. The more prominent politicians as well as our advertisers are included directly in the pages of the magazine. While we do not have time nor space to include every single candidate in our turn-page (soon to be print) issue, we have created links below so that you can click and read the interview on our website. Each candidate has been granted his or her own page on our website:

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The Trump Towel to the Rescue!

By Jill Cueni-Cohen In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, Trump rallies have been postponed. But thanks to Michelle Terris and Diane Ventura, you can still show your support for President Trump’s re-election by waving a bright red Trump Towel from the window of your house or car. You can even wrap yourself in a beach-sized Trump Towel as you take a walk around your neighborhood. It’s all for a good cause.

According to Terris, a Pittsburgh native now living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Trump Towel is her way of helping out Gold Star families. “Last September, I had this vision of a sea of red Trump Towels, all waving at Trump’s rallies in a show of support,” she recalls.

Terris looked for a manufacturer to partner with and was introduced to Ventura--also a native Pittsburgher. In the next moment, the Trump Towel was born. Proceeds from the sale of the towels are donated to deserving individuals and organizations.

“It was beshert,” Terris says, using a Jewish term, which means “pre-ordained” or “meant to be”.

She is also the founder of the #JEXIT Movement (Jexitusa.org), in which Liberal Jews are “educated to leave the Marxist jihadi Democrat party, whose policies are radical leftist ideologies,” according to the organization’s mission statement.

The concept of waving a brightly-colored towel was first invented by Pittsburgh sportscaster Myron Cope. Best known for being "the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers” for 35 years, the color commentator passed away in 2008, but his legacy lives on through The Terrible Towel. Anyone who’s ever watched a Steelers football game is familiar with the black and gold kitchen-sized towels being waved by the team’s fans.

In 1996, Cope handed The Terrible Towel’s ownership documents over to Allegheny Valley School for the mentally retarded, which now receives all the royalties from the ever-popular towels. His son Danny has lived at Allegheny Valley School since 1982.

“The Terrible Towel was my inspiration,” says Terris, adding that using it as a way to raise money for Gold Star families and others is in line with Myron Cope’s act of generosity. “I think he would approve, because this is also a charitable item.”

Their website, www.TheTrumpTowel.com, was launched by Ivanka Trump’s Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, (whitehouse.gov/wgdp) in September of 2019. Since then, they’ve donated $5000 to five families.

“A lot of people have bought the towels, and they love them,” says Terris, noting that they were getting very popular at rallies and have been featured in “Operation Towel Drops” throughout the country. Even President Trump has taken notice of the towels and has been photographed with one on his golf bag. “We’re hoping to get back to business soon with the rallies, but outside of the rallies, they’re still a lot of fun. The Trump Towel is multifunctional, because it can be used to shield you from the sun, as well as for flag drops and flag waving.”

The Trump Towel Team was a Participating Sponsor of the CPAC Convention in February and donated $1000 to Advocates For Illegal Alien Crime (AVIAC), honoring Angel Mom Sabine Durden with a check. The organization was created by the parents and siblings who have suffered the loss of a loved one to illegal alien crime.

The Trump Towel made its public debut at President Trump’s Sunrise, Florida rally in November 2019. “We have sinced branched out to beach towels, and now have a golf towel,” says Terris.

“It’s been an exciting way to show our support through our faith, flag and freedom.”

Jill Cueni-Cohen is an international freelance journalist and the author of Like It Was Yesterday - A Journalist's Files Since 9/11. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL, where she hosts a live daily Facebook show called the BEACH REPORT.

Venezuelan Cocaine - Arrests are Happening!

The coronavirus pandemic is the backdrop for the arrests of well-known CRIMINALS like Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro!

Today the U.S. Justice Department announced that Maduro and several other government officials have been charged with “turning Venezuela into a narco-state by collaborating with a leftist Colombian guerrilla group that exported tons of cocaine to the United States,” according to the Miami Herald.

TONS OF COCAINE!

“Recent data from the U.S. interagency Consolidated Counterdrug Database (CCDB) indicates that 210 metric tons of cocaine passed through Venezuela in 2018. By comparison, the State Department reports that over six times as much cocaine (1,400 metric tons) passed through Guatemala the same year.”

Their stated goal was to “flood the United States with cocaine.“

Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore… they all did drugs, and they all got busted. But look at them today—it didn’t really hurt their careers, did it?

As a kid growing up in the 80s, you were practically expected to do drugs. Movies and television glorified drug dealers and made it look fun to snort the white stuff up your nose.

Jill Cueni-Cohen is an international freelance journalist and the author of Like It Was Yesterday - A Journalist's Files Since 9/11. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL, where she hosts a live daily Facebook show called the BEACH REPORT.