Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "Ric Grenell: Senator Kennedy has nothing to apologize for | 'The Count'" video.

  1. Actually, as much as I like Senator Kennedy, he berated this woman pretty heavily for being a member of the Little Oktoberists, Young Pioneers and the Komsomol. ALL were organizations EVERY student in the Soviet Union had to belong to throughout their school. Students did not "join" and did not "quit" or resign. That was all done for them by the state. His persistence with this line of questions demonstrated his total ignorance of that fact. As a SUPPORTER of Senator Kennedy, I was appalled! Whoever gave him this information needs to be checked out, he may have a Democrat operative in his office attempting to make him look ridiculous. There are thousands of reasons to disagree with this woman, and oppose her nomination. Involuntary membership in organizations as a child/student is not one of them. Each and every person who went to school in the USSR was part of these organizations. "Little Oktoberists" was for students under age 9. From age 9-14 students were in the "Young Pioneers" and from age 14 - until finished with school (up to age 28) students were in the "Komsomol." Most all students knew exactly what it was, just as they knew that the publication "Pravda" was not actually "truth". (Pravda is the Russian word for "true"). These organizations, and their purpose, are exactly WHY we should oppose "Critical Race Theory" in our own schools. This is exactly what Democrats are trying to do here...but it is not the fault of the children/students being taught this trash. Imagine, in 2061, someone being berated because they were taught Critical Race Theory when they were a child in 2021. I assure you that Ukrainian born Representative Victoria Spartz (R-IN), as strong a supporter of capitalism and freedom as she is, was also a member. As was my Ukrainian born wife, now a naturalized US citizen, firearms/shooting enthusiast and Trump voter. This is so well know by our government, that when interviewed for he Green Card and US Citizenship by USCIS, my wife was specifically asked "Other than involuntary membership in student organizations, were you ever a member of the Communist Party?" While Melania Trump was raised in Communist Slovenia, which was not part of the USSR, she no doubt was also a member of a similar organization.
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