As published in Townhall.com http://townhall.com/columnists/joeconnor/2016/09/04/flight-to-terror-n2213667 Among much fanfare, direct flights between the US and Cuba began this week. With those flights will go billions of American dollars. Infusing the hard currency of American tourism into the terrorist harboring, repressive, Marxist, Cuban state is hardly a reason to celebrate; at least not for Americans....
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Saturday, August 6 on Fox and Friends, Pete Hegseth and Joe discussed Hillary Clinton’s plans to shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. As Joe explained this is nothing more than the extension of President Obama’s policy and of the Clintons’ 1999 politically driven release of the FALN terrorists that murdered his father Frank...
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On Fox & Friends August 3, Steve Doocy and Joe discussed the Obama Administration’s $400 million ransom payment to Iran in exchange for 4 American hostages. Makes you long for the day Reagan took office when the Iranians immediately turned over 52 American hostages. Remember when our president was respected and perhaps a bit...
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As published in Townhall.com July 22, 2016 http://townhall.com/columnists/joeconnor/2016/07/22/bla-bla-bla-bla-or-blm-what-difference-at-this-point-does-it-make-n2196413 Tuesday night at the Republican Convention, NJ Governor Chris Christie indicted Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration for, among other things, their capitulation to Cuba without securing the return of Black Liberation Army (BLA) leader Joanne Chesimard. Undoubtedly many viewers asked themselves, “Who is Chesimard?...
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“Fanaticism is not the cause of war. It is the means which helps a savage peoples to fight.” Over one hundred years ago, in a sweltering desert very similar to that in which the Islamic fanatics of ISIS now wage their atrocious war, a young cavalry officer made this point, one that is today...
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On the Kelly File July 1, Joe discussed the noose of Political Correctness and raised the reprehensible Clinton clemencies to the FALN terrorists who murdered his father Frank Connor. The panel was filled with amazing people. From Navy Seals to soldiers and brave women shot in the Orlando night club, it was an honor to be...
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God bless those innocents murdered in Brussels today by radical islamic extremists. We pray their families find strength, peace and justice. President Obama’s words immediately after today’s attack were the height of hypocrisy, “This is yet another reminder that the world must unite. We must be together regardless of nationality, or race, or faith in fighting...
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As published in National Review Online and Townhall.com: The Guantanamo Bay detention camps have been attacked by many, including our own president, as contrary to American Values, as not “who we are” and a “recruitment tool for our enemies.” For those of us who have been there, who have observed the terrorists in court...
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On Varney & Co. Monday, Stuart and Joe discussed the continued disgraceful Cuban Capitulation; failure to secure the return of fugitives as hard US tourist dollars reward the Castro Regime. Will candidate Hillary Clinton now demand the return of William Morales, escaped, convicted bomb maker for the Puerto Rican terrorist group FALN who murdered my father...
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As published in Townhall.com on December 22, 2015. http://townhall.com/columnists/joeconnor/2015/12/22/hillary-not-qualified-to-win-war-on-terror-n2096386 In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, how dare Hillary Clinton lecture us on how to win the war against terrorists. As we endure the politically driven rhetoric about terrorism from Mrs. Clinton, a candidate who refuses to even...
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We Were There presentation www.tributewtc.org/events On September 11th, 2001, Joe Connor worked for JP Morgan Chase, just blocks away from the World Trade Center. As Joe fled from lower New York that day, first responders, like Caitlin Langone’s father, were racing directly into danger. Please click on the photo to the right or...
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New York City’s number 2, Melissa Mark Viverito advocates to the Pope for a convicted terrorist and endorses Hillary Clinton. From Murray Weiss at DNAInfo.com, Viverito advocates for terrorist to Pope She (Viverito) is an elected New York official and instead of asking the Pope to help all kinds of needy people in New York, she advocated...
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Each of them (9/11 victims) was an individual, each of them had a story and each of them left a family… On Fox & Friends Monday, Elisabeth and Joe discussed the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill’s class that views the 9/11 attacks from the terrorist perspective, blaming America and ignoring the victims. Please...
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“The President doesn’t negotiate at all…” Joe discussed the Obama Administration’s capitulation to Cuba and Iran with Stuart on Varney & Co Monday morning. For the full interview, please click here, on the photo or copy and paste the link below into your browser. http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2015/08/17/anti-terror-activist-equates-cuba-to-iran-deal.html Also As published in Fox New Latino on...
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From Fox 5 New York, May 20, 2015 “If we give in to Cuba on fugitives, on freedom its not negotiating, its capitulating. And my father deserved better…” For the full piece, please click the link below or on the photo to the right. http://www.myfoxny.com/story/29120191/us-cuba-talks-fugitives The United States and Cuba head into a fourth...
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In my statement to Fox News Latino, “Only a weak, pathetic Congress who does not have the best interests of the American people at heart would not put up a fight against Obama removing Cuba — a state that has sponsored terrorists for decades — from the state sponsors of terror list.,” said Joe Connor,...
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Perhaps we are reaching a positive tipping point in the quest to bring fugitives back from Cuba to face justice. This week Alan Yuhas of The Guardian and Liz Llorente of Fox News Latino joined the Hartford Courant, New York Post, Bergen Record, Fox News Channel and other news outlets in publishing stories on the return of fugitives from...
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The Bergen Record www.northjersey.com/news/fugitive-nj-cop-killer-chesimard-s-return-from-cuba-possible-1.1309796 ….Connor’s son, Joseph, of Glen Rock, said he was skeptical of the timing of Wednesday’s State Department statement. He said he viewed the announcement of possible talks over Chesimard and Morales as an attempt by the White House to “placate” critics of Obama’s decision a day earlier to remove Cuba...
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On Fox & Friends April 7, Brian Kilmeade and I discussed the absurd and dangerous New Jersey appellate court ruling to release a convicted Black Liberation Army cop killer because “he blacked out” claiming he cannot remember his role in Officer Foerster’s murder. We have seen too many releases of terrorists. From Islamic Extremists...
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Dennis Miller and Steve Malzberg invited Joe on their respective shows this week to remember Frank Connor and the 40th anniversary of the infamous Fraunces Tavern bombing. We also discussed President Obama’s proposed normalization of relations with Cuba and continued the momentum to bring FALN terrorist William Morales and other fugitives back to face justice. The...
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Thank you Fox & Friends for remembering Frank Connor Sunday morning. A day after joining Eric Shawn on America’s News HQs for the 40th anniversary of the Fraunces Tavern bombing, the Fox & Friends team invited Joe to continue the discussion of President Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba and Joe’s decades long struggle for the return of fugitive Puerto Rican FALN terrorist...
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More Hillary Hypocrisy
Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton demonstrated what one must admit were impressive rhetorical abilities. Beneath these appealing words lies the endemic liberal hypocrisy and the very specific and incomparable hypocrisy of Hillary Clinton. Whether it be the denigration of Wall Street, the tough-on-terror attitude, or her defense of Senator McCain,...
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