A charity event that had been planned in honor of an officer killed in a 2018 mass shooting in Southern California has since been postponed. Why? Because a police chief was upset Republicans were invited.
Seriously.
The Blue Bowl is a charity flag football game, the purpose of which is to raise money for the family of fallen officer Sgt. Ron Helus as well as other law enforcement officials killed in the line of duty.
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Helus lost his life on November 7, when a 28-year-old gunman allegedly open fired at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, killing 13 people and wounding many more before taking his own life.
Thousands of dollars had already been raised for this event, but those donations are being returned to donors because Thousand Oaks Police Chief Tim Hagel wouldn’t allow his police department to be involved due to the presence of Trump supporters.
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Mike Randall, vice president of the Fallen Officers Foundation, said, told FOX 11, “He basically said over and over in the conversation, ‘This is not Trump country, that slogan ‘Make America Great’ is not favorable, popular, within 1,200 square miles,’ that we don’t want Republicans here. I could not believe it,”
“’The only thing,’ and I quote, ‘the only thing you [could have done to make] this worse, Mike, was to invite Dick Cheney and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. And I went, ‘Wow, are you kidding me?” he added.
Obviously both Democrats and Republicans were invited to the charity, including Trump supporter Scott Baio, who went to the same church as the late Helus’, and singer Joy Villa, who also supports the President.
Randall added that Hagel assured him that if the Trump-friendly speakers weren’t disinvited, the department would have nothing to do with the event–even for charity. Then he made good on his promise and withdrew.
“He goes, ‘Yeah, this ain’t gonna work for us,’ I said, ‘You’re not gonna support this with the honor guard?’ And he goes, ‘No, we’re not bringing the honor guard. We’re not coming. We’re not going to be there, not supporting it’,” said Randall.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement, “The ‘Blue Bowl’ event was represented as a charitable flag football tournament to raise funds for the family of Sergeant Ron Helus. An event that would honor Ron’s memory and provide support to his wife Karen and son Jordan. As the event began to materialize, we became concerned with the behavior of some of the organizers of the event. Although I believe the organizers had good intentions, the event was moving in a direction we no longer felt comfortable supporting.”
Singer Villa called the whole controversy “disgusting.”
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“This is not OK. This is prejudice, hello?” Villa said. “You’re shutting down an event because of the way conservatives think, because I support the president? This is disgusting, I’m appalled, and in all my years being an out conservative, I’ve never seen something so despicable like this.”
Randall made a good point about the ridiculousness of the whole thing, saying, “Ron Helus was a true hero, he saved lives that night. Did he run in and go, ‘Are you Republican or Democrat or independent, I need to know before I help you?'”
“You’ve messed with the wrong person, you’ve messed with the wrong founder, you’ve messed with the wrong foundation,” Randall concluded.
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i read something somewhere, that said that trump will be the last president of the u.s., seeing what is going on now, i believe this to be so.should trump regain his office in 2020, he might get killed, and then there will never be any free elections after that. the u.s. will sink into a super cesspool of untold proportions thanks to the demon-rats and their terrorist friends. hope to hell this never happens people.
tar and feather prices should soon start to rise.
Police chief Tim Hagel is one sick puppy and should be removed from duty.
Police chief Tim Hagel is one sick puppy and should be removed from duty.
HELLO, stupid? California is part of the 50 states! Trump is the President of ALL 50 states, technically you ARE in Trump Country! If you don;t like it, start your succession immidiately. But we won;t fight in a war to get you back!!
HELLO, stupid? California is part of the 50 states! Trump is the President of ALL 50 states, technically you ARE in Trump Country! If you don;t like it, start your succession immidiately. But we won;t fight in a war to get you back!!
being a police chief is either and elected or appointed position..They make a pledge to protect all PEOPLE no matter of race, religion or political affiliation....the mayor and the police chief to be immediately removed from their positions...Both repubs and dems pay their taxes and contribute to their communities....THIS IS RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION. Republicans do not attend community benefits to create problems..they go to help..when was the last time ANYONE saw Repubs go to a public rally or fund raising benefit wearing antifa masks, waving around posters to incite violence, wrecking property....And people say racism is alive and thriving in our country...Oh you bet it is...this police chief showed the entire country how Dems incites and encourage racism..To hell with the family who lost a loved one, forget the years of service that officer put in saving lives and helping the community....This police chief is your typical lib..."This is my badge, this is my gun, let me shoot you and have some fun".
being a police chief is either and elected or appointed position..They make a pledge to protect all PEOPLE no matter of race, religion or political affiliation....the mayor and the police chief to be immediately removed from their positions...Both repubs and dems pay their taxes and contribute to their communities....THIS IS RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION. Republicans do not attend community benefits to create problems..they go to help..when was the last time ANYONE saw Repubs go to a public rally or fund raising benefit wearing antifa masks, waving around posters to incite violence, wrecking property....And people say racism is alive and thriving in our country...Oh you bet it is...this police chief showed the entire country how Dems incites and encourage racism..To hell with the family who lost a loved one, forget the years of service that officer put in saving lives and helping the community....This police chief is your typical lib..."This is my badge, this is my gun, let me shoot you and have some fun".
Conservatives are good people. We do things the right way and uphold the law, so in my opinion, that makes California hypocrites! California shouldn't have an event that honors a fallen officer because they don't even uphold the law. Look what they're doing? Sanctuary city, free stuff for people not even born there, no respect for the law...Hypocrites!
Conservatives are good people. We do things the right way and uphold the law, so in my opinion, that makes California hypocrites! California shouldn't have an event that honors a fallen officer because they don't even uphold the law. Look what they're doing? Sanctuary city, free stuff for people not even born there, no respect for the law...Hypocrites!