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“Trump had a $1 million judgement for hiring illegal aliens.” False. The Trump organization, back in 1980 hired a real bad contractor to demolish a building where the Trump Tower would be built. It was a Polish contractor, Kaszycki & Sons, that hired 200 Polish workers to do the demolition. By the way, it was never established that the “Polish Brigade” were illegal immigrants. And, in 1980s money, their pay at $4.00 an hour was very good for unskilled laborers’ work. I was only paid $3.50 an hour in those days and, it put me through college.

The contractor, William Kaszycki, wanted these Polish workers to be hired as non-union workers and worked out a deal with the union shop steward. I think the contractor worked out a deal with the shop steward to exempt him from making the Pension Fund payments.

William Kaszycki’s poor business practices caused financial problems with meeting payroll. He had those workers working 12 hour shifts seven days a week with no pay checks. Eventually Kaszycki went out of business. While all this happened Kaszycki, he made sure he hid his activities from Donald Trump.

The dispute started when a union worker, running for a union office found out about the Polish Brigade and the missing Pension Funds. He rallied his fellow union workers to demand that these non-union workers comply with the same requirements as if they were union workers. Did you detect a red flag here? Do you see see the political dynamics here?

The case went for almost two decades. It ended with a settlement. The case was sealed and the amount of settlement was not to be revealed. Whoever revealed that it was $1 million is either a liar or has violated the terms of the sealed order. Lyin’ Ted spouts the lies of the Left, knowing that few will look into the facts.

“Do you know that Trump supported Bill Clinton’s national ban on some of the most popular weapons in America?” It is true that in the past he called for banning assault weapons and a longer waiting period for gun purchases. This is reflected in his book, “The America We Deserve”, published in 2000, Trump wrote:

“It’s often argued that the American murder rate is high because guns are more available here than in other countries. Democrats want to confiscate all guns, which is a dumb idea because only the law-abiding citizens would turn in their guns and the bad guys would be the only ones left armed. I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun. With today’s internet technology we should be able to tell within 72 hours if a potential gun owner has a record.”

However, his thinking has evolved. He has said:

“The Second Amendment is a bedrock natural right of the individual to defend self, family, and property. The 2nd Amendment is right, not a privilege. The small minority of anti-everything activists may be vocal, but we have facts, and the Constitution, on our side.”

And,

“I do not support expanding background checks. The current background checks are not working. They make it more difficult for law abiding citizens to acquire firearms while consistently failing to stop criminals from getting guns. We should re-examine our policy to make sure that these prohibitions do not impede law abiding citizens from exercising their Second Amendment rights.”

On gun magazines:

“Gun magazine limits do not make common sense. I have long opposed such limits. For instance, I fought the SAFE Act in New York, which I call the “Unsafe Act.” I also spoke at a rally in Albany championing gun rights and protesting the Unsafe Act. The law limited capacity to seven rounds, as if criminals were going to take rounds out of their magazines before committing a crime. It was later changed to a limit of ten rounds, but the entire episode was a complete disaster. Never mindful of the results, this effort was just one more attempt to erode the Second Amendment.”

On gun free zones:

“No, not optional. As Commander-in-Chief, I would mandate that soldiers remain armed and on alert at our military bases. President Clinton never should have passed a ban on soldiers being able to protect themselves on bases. America’s Armed Forces will be armed. They will be able to defend themselves against terrorists. Our brave soldiers should not be at risk because of policy created by civilian leadership. Political correctness has no place in this debate.”

Since then, Trump has recently received an AR-15 as a gift from a New Hampshire gun dealer.