Pro-Hamas Supporters Sulk Over Rescue - Israel Shows It Knows What It Is Doing

  RedState

 It should also be noted that none of this would have gone down if Hamas had simply released the hostages—or never taken them in the first place. 

These are the people that thousands if not millions of demonstrators are supporting with their endless violent protests.

But for now, let's just celebrate the success of this amazing mission and hope that more hostages will taste freedom again in the future. Margaret Clark

"In a triumphant moment of the Israel-Hamas war, four hostages were rescued overnight. Celebrations have erupted all over the world. It’s a moment where we remember why the IDF has persevered throughout this war, and how thankful we should be that Israel didn’t listen to Biden and others who tried to pressure them to cease. 

"Criticism was quick to erupt over the mission that was carried out in the center of a refugee camp, in a marketplace where the hostages were held in civilian homes. Misleading reports are surfacing about the number of civilians killed in the operation that rescued the four hostages who had been held for 8 months. In almost every other incident, it takes time for authorities to accurately assess casualties. However, Hamas is notorious for throwing out inflated numbers almost instantly." . . .

. . ."The victory overnight that rescued the four hostages shows what can be achieved. If President Biden had his way, Israel would have cowered back and continued on with the back-and-forth conflict that has spread over decades. He would have them win the battle but not push to end the conflict for good. Either it's a lack of foresight, cowardice, or apathy but the foreign policy Biden has shown is weak and foolish. It’s a good thing Israel has a strong conservative leader to navigate these perilous times and push forward for Israel’s victory. The world celebrates with the hostages who are now home with their families." . . .

George Stephanopoulos Says it’s ‘Journalistic Malpractice’ for a Reporter to Interview Trump Live on TV (VIDEO)

 The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

Not a journalist. A Leftist advocate.

"George Stephanopoulos, the former Bill Clinton staffer who is now the political director of ABC News for some reason, said recently that it is journalistic malpractice for a reporter to do a live TV interview with Trump.

"You can tell that Stephanopoulos is greatly worried that Trump will win because he has increased the number and severity of his attacks on Trump in recent months.

"He has even lectured his audience about the importance of the election.

"FOX News reports:

ABC’s Stephanopoulos claims airing Trump interviews live is ‘journalistic malpractice’

During a recent interview, ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos claimed it is irresponsible for media outlets to air live television interviews with former President Trump.

The anchor and former President Clinton adviser spoke to Mediaite editor-in-chief Aidan McLaughlin for the inaugural episode of the outlet’s “Press Club” podcast airing on Saturday. The two journalists spoke about covering the presidential election this year and how the media need to approach reporting on the former president.

“I mean, I think it’s journalistic malpractice to do a live interview with President Trump on television,” Stephanopoulos told McLaughlin during the remote interview.

The Mediaite host brought up the topic, stating how Trump is difficult to handle because “I have long felt that Trump’s superpower is a lack of shame.”

“Huge,” the ABC man chimed in.

McLaughlin continued, “And you see it when, you know, when he’ll be up on a town hall stage or a debate stage, or in an interview with a reporter, and he’ll say ‘Two plus two equals five,’ and he’ll get fact-checked and we’ll just keep barreling through. Or, when there’s a controversy and he doesn’t apologize for it when any other politician in the history of politics would.” . . . 

Nasty Hillary Clinton Compares President Trump to Adolf Hitler in Sick D-Day Anniversary Social Media Post - Trump Campaign Responds to Hillary with Fire | The Gateway Pundit | by Cullen Linebarger

"Crooked Hillary Clinton came out of hiding on Thursday to take a nasty shot at President Trump on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. As Gateway Pundit readers know, D-Day was one of the great turning points in World War II and the start of the liberation of Europe from the control of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany’s control On June 6, 1944, roughly 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces stormed five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the ferociously defended coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was the largest amphibious assault in military history. At least 4,400 soldiers and Marines perished during the operation.". . .

MSNBC's Morning Joe Had a Total Meltdown Over This WSJ Piece About Biden

 MSNBC's Morning Joe Had a Total Meltdown Over This WSJ Piece About Biden (townhall.com)  

"All three issues don’t help or assist American working families who’ve been crippled by inflation in any way. This is classic political class nonsense. It’s also another sign that this president can’t get anything meaningful done because he was never meant for the job."

 

"MSNBC’s Morning Joe went apoplectic over The Wall Street Journal’s article about Joe Biden’s mental decline behind closed doors. The panel got their orders from the Democratic National Committee, though likely the Biden White House, and torched the publication for supposedly running a hit piece on Biden based on accounts from Trump acolytes.

"Co-host Joe Scarborough screamed how Kevin McCarthy is the source for the entire piece. That’s not true. At least 45 people, Democrats and Republicans, were interviewed; even liberals noted that the president had lost a step. Still, they couldn’t negate that Biden is 81 and probably not what he used to be 15 years ago, which confirms the basis of the piece. Willie Geist said that at the beginning of what became a complete meltdown on the panel. There was no disagreement about Biden being slower.

"Mike Barnicle was especially heated over the article, noting that five-time married Rupert Murdoch, who owns the paper, probably ordered the piece. Okay, well, the Biden White House ordered Democrats to call the WSJ back and ensure their accounts were that of a strong, vibrant president. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) is quoted admitting as much when he said, “They [Biden WH] just, you know, said that I should give you a call back.” . . .

HUGE: Israel Rescues Hostages Despite Biden Insistence They Leave Gaza (VIDEO INCLUDED)

 It's a Good Thing for These Rescued Hostages That Israeli Leaders Didn't Listen to Biden and Blinken – Twitchy  "Former Obama-era Defense Secretary Robert Gates once claimed in a book -- and later doubled down -- that Joe Biden has been wrong on foreign policy his entire lifelong political career (Biden's been wrong about everything else too): . . .

Bonchie – RedState

"The operation to rescue these hostages happened despite a relentless effort by the Biden administration to force Israel into a "ceasefire" that would remove the IDF from Gaza. Given the success of this operation, Israel's resolve will likely only be strengthened to forge ahead until the mission is completed, and that includes the destruction of Hamas as a military and governing power." . . .

"In some of the biggest news to come out of the war between Israel and Hamas in months, four hostages were rescued from Nuseirat, a "refugee camp" in the middle of the Gaza Strip. 

"The operation was conducted jointly with the IDF, the ISA (Israel's intelligence agency), and Israeli police forces. The rescued hostages were three men and one woman, all taken during the Nova Music Festival on October 7th. Their names are as follows: Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv."

The list of Biden's foreign policy failures keeps getting longer: Sen. John Thune Video

October 7th Survivor Recounts HORRORS Witnessed at Nova Festival by Hamas  Noa Argamani was kidnapped at this and was spared being killed by the gleeful terrorists, supported by the stylish scarf people on American campuses.

Say his name: Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, with the police’s counter-terrorism unit, was seriously wounded in the rescue operation, and was brought to a hospital where he died from his injuries, The Times of Israel reported.  "A tragic outcome. His heroic sacrifice must not be forgotten among the joy at rescue of the hostages." @HatulMastul

Inside Israel's dramatic hostage rescue: IDF helicopter snatch squads came under heavy fire as they freed Noa Algamani and three other Hamas captives in raid that was months in the planning but left one soldier dead after deadly firefight | Daily Mail Online  Israel conducted a fearless raid of two Hamas buildings in Gaza to rescue four hostages kidnapped by terrorists on October 7 - extracting them via helicopter whilst taking fire from militants.

"The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, were rescued following the daring operation, the largest of its kind since the war with Hamas began, earlier today.

"Argamani became known across the world when she was taken hostage by Hamas on the back of a motorcycle at the Supernova music festival on October 7.

IDF operatives were able to secure her and her three fellow festival attendees in what military chiefs branded a 'complex daytime operation' at 11am (8am GMT).

"Aerial footage released by the IDF showed a group of around 11 people running along the ground in Gaza and into the awaiting helicopter to escape.

"It later released footage showing Argamani, in a flak jacket and helmet, being rushed into a helicopter before it takes to the sky. 

"But the mission left one officer, father-of-two Arnon Zmora, 36, dead - 'mortally wounded' during the firefight with Hamas terrorists. " . . .

Joe Biden has forgotten what happened on Oct. 7 — but Israelis can’t (msn.com)   . . .Tali heard the unmistakable thud of men’s boots, chasing young women — the same women she’d been dancing with minutes earlier.

"She heard their screams.

"She heard them cry for help and beg their attackers to stop.

"She heard the gunshots that took their lives.

"When the terrorists finally left, Tali came out of hiding, and what she saw was even worse than she imagined.

"Her friends and fellow concertgoers were butchered.

"Many women had been raped. Some had their genitals mutilated." . . .

 I also visited Nir Oz, a once beautiful kibbutz now filled with ruins, where neighbors were tortured and burned alive. The terrorists who perpetrated those crimes have promised to do it again.

Those Muslims who did those acts had video cameras to record what they did. Those videos were shown to the people gathered in Gaza and recorded their cheers, laughter, and applause. Now here, scarf people wearing their cool, designer scarves chant, live on campus in tents, demand food and water be supplied to them and their faculty allies.

Israel shows footage of Hamas killings ‘to counter denial of atrocities’ | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian   . . ."In another scene Hamas attackers entered a house and spoke to a girl hiding under a table. “After some talking back and forth they shoot and kill her,” tweeted Jotam Confino, one of the correspondents at the screening. “Hard to say how old she is but looks like 7-9 years old.”

"Another scene showed a father and his two sons, aged approximately seven and nine, running in their underwear to what appeared to be a bomb shelter. A Hamas attacker threw a grenade, killing the man. The boys emerge bloodied and run. “Dad’s dead, it wasn’t a prank,” one shouts. “I know, I saw it,” replies his brother, later screaming: “Why am I alive?”

"Other sequences showed a militant with an agricultural tool hacking at the head of a man lying on the ground, gunmen killing wounded female Israeli soldiers and a jubilant Hamas fighter calling his family: “I killed 10 Jews with my own hands. I’m using the dead Jewish woman’s phone to call you now.”. . .

Palestinians store weapons and munitions in childrens rooms.  Douglas Murray.

The prophet unhonored; In his novel “The Camp of the Saints,” Jean Raspail predicted the destruction of the West by the East.

 Phyllis Chesler Organization (phyllis-chesler.com)

But many of us in the Diaspora are traumatized. We are in free fall. How could it come to this? Where can Diaspora Jews run to now? Must we start thinking like this? How can we help Israel to survive such hatred and its many military challenges?

 "Is Joe Biden on Hamas’s payroll? If not, why is his administration withholding promised military equipment to America’s most reliable and stable ally in the Middle East? Does Biden fail to understand what Israel is up against?

"Clearly, his administration is acting as if Iran and its proxy armies, beginning with Hamas, are “good” people, no different from the rest of us. He thinks they are “reasonable” people with whom he can negotiate or even outwit.

"I strongly beg to differ.

"Long ago, I was held captive in Kabul as a young bride. When I managed to get out, I understood in my bones that the West and the East are very different places. Other Americans do not understand this.

"Although I loved many things about the Muslim world—the awe-inspiring mountains, the ancient bazaars, the ceremonial aspects of dining, rose petals in the pudding, the biblical barefoot nomads tinkling as they walked together with their sheep and camels—I saw that the East was very wild. It was rife with unending blood feuds, vigilante (in)justice, illiteracy, poverty, disease, cruelty and above all hatred.

"Hatred of infidels, especially Jews, Christians and Hazaras who are Shiite, not Sunni Muslims. Hatred of women. Hatred of servants. Hatred of daughters-in-law. Hatred of their own political dissidents and free-thinkers. Hatred of Americans. But respect for Nazi Germany and German products.

"One cannot blame any of this on imperialism or colonialism. These customs were all indigenous. It is crucial to understand this.

"Why? Because this is the neighborhood in which Israel lives. The Jewish state has weathered every storm. We are an eternal people and will always survive. But the cost in blood has been high. The IDF is now fighting brilliantly. The Israelis are miraculously resilient." . . .

Israel's neighbors drop by for a visit:

Hunter Biden trial live: Daughter Naomi's texts with father are read out in court

 Hunter Biden trial live: Daughter Naomi's texts with father are read out in court | Daily Mail Online   

Jill Biden watches as granddaughter Naomi Biden is ambushed on witness stand with her own text message to Hunter saying: 'I'm really sorry dad I can't take this'

"Prosecutors rested their case and Noami Biden took the stand to defend her father on another dramatic day in Hunter's federal gun trial.

"Naomi told the court she visited her father in rehab in 2018 and was then ambushed by the defense with a series of text messages she sent her dad.

"Jill Biden watched from the public gallery after flying 4,000 miles from France to be in court.

"Her husband, President Joe Biden, continued to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a speech at Pointe Du Hoc - the clifftop where one of the most daring American missions of the Normandy invasion took place.

"Late on Friday, the judge who oversaw Donald Trump's hush money trial sparked drama when he notified both prosecution and defense attorneys of a Facebook post by a user claiming they had contact with the jury." . . .

Hunter Biden's baby mama Lunden Roberts reveals her heartbreak at Joe's five-year-old granddaughter being 'purposefully' left out of the the White House Christmas tree stockings | Daily Mail Online

"In 2023 - after the acknowledgement of Navy Joan - the stockings were left out of the Christmas decor.  

" 'That's hurtful to see a matriarch of a family who's supposed to bring a family together, purposely exclude someone part of that family and part of that the bloodline,' Roberts said. 'And that's something that someday my daughter will read and my daughter will see.' 

" 'It breaks my heart to know that it will break hers to read and see the things that she's going to see about being excluded,' Roberts continued. 'And she's gonna wonder why and all I can do is be there for her when she's old enough to understand these things.' 

"Roberts revealed that when she talked to Hunter for the first time since being pregnant 'that was somehting that I brought up to him.' 

"Kelly didn't pry for the first son's response.

"She followed up by asking how Roberts planned to explain to exclusion to Navy Joan, who has yet to meet any Biden family members." . . .

Hunter Biden's Stripper Baby Mama Says Joe Biden Has Never Reached Out to His Granddaughter - While Hunter Has Never Even Met Her! (VIDEO)

Over One Million United Methodists Ditch Church Overnight Following Sex Rule Change

 (resistthemainstream.com)

She again criticized the UMC Book of Discipline’s description of homosexuality in April 2024 as “incompatible with Christian teaching,” a clause which has now been removed, according to the Christian Post.

"More than one million United Methodists have left the church in response to new rules regarding homosexuality, marking a dramatic overnight exodus.

"The United Methodist Church, a global Protestant denomination based in the US, amended its regulations to permit gay pastors and same-sex marriages during a conference in early May in North Carolina.  

"The move sparked a firestorm online, with various X users calling the exodus a result of “progressive” Christianity.

"Homosexuality has long been a contentious issue within the church, which previously upheld bans on same-sex marriage and the inclusion of homosexual pastors.

"The Christian Post reported that the Ivory Coast division, which boasts an estimated 1.2 million followers, accused international leaders of “deviating from the Holy Scriptures” and “sacrificing its honor and integrity to honor the LGBTQ community.” 

VIDEO: You can burn an American flag, but if you deface the gay flag, the regime will put you in prison... - Revolver News   "In America, you can spit on Vietnam veterans, defecate on the US flag, threaten the lives of US Supreme Court Justices, mock Christianity, and burn entire cities to the ground in the name of a career felon. But if you dare to trample on the rainbow flag, oh, there will be serious hell to pay, mister.

"That’s what three teenagers in Washington are finding out the unjust, immoral, and hard way, as they face felony charges for disrespecting the national homo religion.

"On Wednesday night, just a few hours after Spokane had given its LGBTQ+++ Pride Mural a fresh coat of paint, three teens made their mark—literally. Ruslan Turko, 19, along with two other underage teenagers, left scooter marks on it. For this most heinous crime against humanity, they were arrested and charged with 1st degree “malicious mischief,” a felony that could land them up to 10 years in jail. And if that’s not punishment enough—and of course, it’s not—the prosecutors wanted $15,000 bail for these budding serial killers." . . .

Meanwhile, the left can torch Old Glory—a flag that men and women have literally laid down their lives for—without batting an eye. In fact, for a left-wing Marxist, burning the flag, spitting on it, and even defecating all over it is considered a badge of honor, no matter how deeply those actions hurt veterans and law-abiding Americans who deeply love their country.

On Biden's Child, Hunter:

 WATCH: Journalists Cry for Widdle Baby Hunter Biden, 54-Year-Old 'Child' of Sleepy Joe (freebeacon.com)    "Journalists keep referring to Hunter Biden, who went on trial this week for lying about his crack addiction to buy a gun, as the "child" of President Joe Biden.

"Fact check: Hunter is a 54-year-old man. He has a 30-year-old daughter, for crying out loud.

"We understand why members of the mainstream media might struggle to accept this reality. They're still trying to convince the American people—despite all evidence to the contrary—that "Sleepy Joe" Biden is a high-energy intellectual powerhouse. Not an 81-year-old geezer whose physical and cognitive abilities are in rapid decline."

A President's Son:  Teddy Roosevelt Jr.: The Officer Who Stormed Normandy with Nothing but a Cane and a Pistol   “We’ll start the war from right here!” Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. purportedly declared as his Higgins landing craft drifted about a mile from its target destination on Utah Beach the morning of the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy.

"At the age of 56, Roosevelt, the son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was not only the oldest soldier deployed during Operation Overlord, but the highest-ranking American figure to storm the beaches." . . . 

Roosevelt is buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial. His brother Quentin, who was killed in WWI, was moved to rest beside Roosevelt and remains the only WWI soldier buried in that hallowed ground.

 Déjà vu: Hunter Biden recycles Bill Clinton asinine ‘definition’ defense - Jack Hellner   When Bill Clinton got caught perjuring himself, his defense as to why he committed perjury and said that he “did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky,” was because it depended “on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” And, since he wasn’t getting a BJ in the Oval Office at exactly the same time as he answered the question, he wasn’t really lying.

"For Hunter Biden, since he wasn’t smoking crack while he filled out the ATF 4473 form and checked that “no” box saying he wasn’t an “addict” he was actually telling the truth:

This is the crux of his defense — that he did not ‘knowingly’ lie on the federal background check form; he acted honestly, even if he was mistaken or misunderstood the question of whether or not he is addicted to or doing drugs, because he did achieve periods of sobriety, albeit fleeting and almost always ending in relapse. . . .

 . . ."When the media spread lies about teenage boys who wore MAGA hats and labeled them as racists, it wasn’t to gin up racial division and hate and to destroy their lives, it was just an innocent mistake.

"When the media showed pictures of kids in cages during the Obama-Biden administration, it wasn’t to spread disinformation that Trump was a racist who hated migrant children, it was just an innocent mistake.

"When Hillary set up a private computer server at her house, it wasn’t to violate the law or hide anything criminal, it was just to make things more productive.

"When she used BleachBit on her computer and then took a sledgehammer to it, there was nothing nefarious on there, it was purely for sanitary purposes. 

"The excuses could be endless. Basically, the media and other Democrats are allowed to spread as much misinformation as they like. The only thing that matters to them is electing Democrats." . . .

Know Your Place In Society: Check Out This Pride Month Hierarchy

 Grayson Bakich – PJ Media   "For a movement that supposedly advocates for equality, this sure looks like the exact opposite to me.

Some user on X posted some sort of "pride month hierarchy" that just flat out makes stuff up the further down you read it, and says of it that "if you are higher above someone on this chart, you are not allowed to attack/criticize someone more oppressed than you, period."

"Let's take a moment to examine it, and then roast it like a pollo a la brasa (sorry, I'm back in Peru visiting the wife as I write this):

Pride month hierarchy!

"So at the very tip-top of this long, long list, you have the left-wing boogeyman: a straight (shortened to "het" as in "heterosexual") white guy who doesn't think he's a woman. Beneath him are white women, then black men, then black women. All straight, all not pretending to be confused about which sex they are.

"Then you have the normal, "cis" bisexuals. Good so far, at least in the sense that it is logically consistent.

"But then logic is merrily tossed out the window when "gay" and "lesbian" are divided into two categories for some incomprehensible reason. Aren't lesbians just gay women? What is a "cis gay white/black woman" or "cis lesbian white/black man" but an overly complicated way of saying "straight white/black man/woman"?

"And yes, it does get worse as we go along." . . .

George Clooney seems to think he has a 'say' in U.S. foreign policy; an attaboy for Joe

  Monica Showalter- American Thinker

The actor was also upset about the administration’s initial openness to imposing sanctions on the ICC because his wife might be subject to the penalties, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation.

"The Biden administration's foreign policy has long been a bus without brakes, a rudderless shambles of wokery and special interest groups, but who knew how bad it would get that actor George Clooney would step in and tell the administration how the U.S. should run its foreign policy, based on what his wife wants." . . .

. . .One of the characters involved in writing this Ruritanian order was Amal Clooney, who is George Clooney's high-livin' wife.

Biden himself, or whoever writes his material for him, rightly called the request for warrants against Israel's prime minister "outrageous" and added that "there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas.  We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security."

We may not like Biden, but that was the right kind of response to the effrontery of this ICC globalist overreach.

They're feeling mighty full of themselves over there at ICC, obviously spotting Biden's weakness as a cue to stepin, so it was easy for them to go after one of America's allies as a war criminal, which would also make us war criminals for supporting him.

It was as if they were out to please the campus protestors, so they launched their charges at both Hamas's terrorists and Netanyahu, imagining that they had juridiction over what happened in Israel, which they don't, because Israel is not a signatory to their court domain. But that didn't stop them from dreaming of putting Netanyahu in the dock like Slobo. Wouldn't that make these ICC eurotrashers important?

"Clooney's protests are obviously targeted at the U.S. reaction to this bad ICC move. Worse still, he used political pull to get his word in edgewise with Biden. He's hosting a fundraiser for Biden next week in Los Angeles, the papers noted. Hosting fundraisers apparently gives him the right to change U.S. foreign policy from what is good for America to what is good for him and his wife.

Five Times Joe Biden Has Insulted American Voters

  Ward Clark – RedState  

Joe Biden isn't funny. Whether it's "dog-faced pony soldier" or accusing voters of being liars — which, coming from Joe Biden, is some Olympic-level irony — he's not funny. He comes across as a petty, angry man, not that this is unusual among politicians, but he seems to be determined to take pettiness and unfounded anger to a new level.

 "One of the signs of advancing dementia is sudden, unfounded anger or agitation. Another is inappropriate behavior and paranoia.

"I'm talking about anyone who has dementia, not just Joe Biden, although it certainly applies to him. So it's interesting to see this compilation of the five most egregious insults Joe Biden has hurled at American voters.

The late and legendary insult comedian Don Rickles never ran for president, but in Joe Biden we could have a pretty close approximation of what it might have looked like. 

It started four years ago, with calling voters "dog faced pony soldiers," or "fat," or telling them he knew why their wife left them, and the insults haven’t slowed down one bit.

Let's take a look at the top five ways the president is insulting us every day.

"My first question to Fox News is this: How could you possibly pick five out of the long list of stupid things this president has said?

"Anyway, let's take a look at the list.

1. Hey, Stupid, It’s Not the Economy

 More here...

Joe Biden Ruined Normandy Trip For Thousands Of Young Americans For A Cynical Photo Op – PJ Media   . . ."The trip to Normandy became a multi-day function for the Biden administration after the awkward mess of yesterday’s D-Day honoring ceremony, as Matt Margolis reported here on P.J. Media. At the last minute, Biden reportedly changed his plans to visit the American cemetery in Brittany for a photo opportunity, which wouldn’t ordinarily cause much of a stir. In this instance, he displaced thousands of young Americans who were supposed to play at a parade scheduled long before Biden’s visit. The event was canceled to accommodate President Biden." . . .

Connecticut City Rejects Flying ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag to Honor Fallen Trooper; Flies Pride Flag at Half Staff Instead

  American Greatness (amgreatness.com)  

"Council members in Wethersfield, Connecticut voted against flying a “Thin Blue Line” police flag in honor of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier, who was killed last week in a hit and run, opting instead to hoist a gay pride flag at half staff.

"Pelletier was conducting a routine traffic stop in Southington, Connecticut last Thursday, when he was hit outside of his cruiser by Alex Oyola-Sanchez, a Puerto Rican native who had already been convicted of third-degree murder, attempted homicide and other felonies.

SAY HIS NAME: Connecticut State Trooper Aaron Pelletier.

"Oyola-Sanchez faces multiple charges, including “second-degree manslaughter, operating under the influence of alcohol/drugs and failure to move over.”

"Pelletier, who leaves behind a wife and two young boys, was laid to rest on Wednesday.

"During a meeting Monday night, a Wethersfield councilman requested that the Thin Blue Line police flag be raised during his funeral services.

" 'I think it’s the least we can do,” said Rich Bailey, Wethersfield councilman.

"But the town council shot it down in a vote of 5 to 3.

"Wethersfield’s Eyewitness News asked councilman Miki Duric why the police flag was voted down.

"Duric claimed he voted no because it would’ve violated the town’s flag policy, which stipulates that all flag requests must be made at least 30 days in advance." . . .

"Wethersfield’s town council — which flipped from Republican to Democratic in 2023 after four years under GOP control — voted 5-3 along party lines Monday against temporarily hoisting the pro-cop flag in front of Town Hall.