Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "'You Can't Just Interrupt Me!' Kennedy Erupts On Sherrod Brown During Hearing" video.

  1.  @stevesutton5498  More importantly, she WAS asked those things when she became a citizen. She probably lied. Lying to achieve any immigration benefit would make her subject to revocation of benefits and deportation. Don't hold your breath.
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  2. As a student in the USSR she was required to be a member of the Young Pioneers and the Komsomol. She didn't "join" and she didn't "quit". Membership ends when your education ends. Each and every student in the USSR was a member of these organizations as a student. This membership in no way determines if she is a communist or not. I believe she IS a communist, but not because of her membership in these organizations. Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) was also a member of these organizations as a student in Ukraine and is now a rock solid conservative, capitalist. As are the vast majority of people who lived in communist regimes. Melania Trump was, no doubt, also a member of a similar organization, though she grew up in Slovenia, not the USSR, but all communist countries had similar programs for students. My wife, a naturalized US citizen, born and raised in Soviet Ukraine, was also a member. She voted for Trump. We have similar programs in the USA, called "public school". In any case, Omorova's nomination was withdrawn. She IS a communist, but not because of her membership in the Young Pioneers or Komsomol.
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  3. Meanwhile...In the USA, an 18 year old cannot get a $30,000 loan to start a landscaping business, but a 17 year old can get a $200,000 loan to go to college for a communist indoctrination and a liberal arts degree which results in a job as a barista at Starbucks, guaranteeing they will be unable to buy a home and build wealth and independent stability.
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  4.  @charlessmith4242  That wasn't the question and that IS more or less what she said. Kennedy kept pressing her on whether she had "resigned" from those organizations, and she tried to explain that people didn't "resign". They didn't. My wife never "resigned" from the Komsomol. But your membership is terminated when you were no longer a student. After college she had the opportunity to voluntarily join as a member of the Communist Party. No one asked her if she did. Most people did not. Some people joined, not because they were communists but because it was necessary to get certain jobs. I still think Sen. Kennedy had been given some incorrect information. Anyway, she was rejected for many reasons, of which there were plenty. And that's a good thing.
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  5.  @MrJamberee  She had no businesses being nominated and I am glad she was rejected. But because of her policies, NOT because she belonged to the Young Pioneers and the Komsomol. There is nothing wrong with asking questions about her beliefs and policies. Apparently, Senator Kennedy had some bad information. He repeatedly asked her if she had "resigned" from these organizations. A person did not "join" these organizations in the usual way, and did not "resign" from them. Any more than you or I "joined" or "resigned" from algebra class. It was part of the school curriculum, it was not a choice (the Soviet Union was not big on "choice"). Technically, membership was voluntary. Just like, technically, Soviet Citizens had freedom of speech. But once enrolled in the organizations at age 6, their "membership" continued until finishing their education. They were assigned to community service projects, usually on Sunday, to prevent children from being taken to church by their parents (religion was officially banned). They helped with the harvest in the fall, they had summer camps, etc. More than anything, it got them away from the influence of their parents. Just like our public schools want to do. The correct questions to ask would be if she voluntarily joined the Communist Party AFTER her education was complete. That's what USCIS asks applicants for permanent residency and citizenship. What she was involuntarily required to do beginning at age 6 (in the "Little Octoberists" ) is irrelevant.
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  6.  @toserveman9265  Which group of people?
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  7.  @glenturney4750  She wasn't confirmed. Her nomination was withdrawn weeks ago. Go back to sleep.
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