Staff Reports
Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., expressed profound heartbreak over a series of brutal attacks that struck over the weekend, targeting Jews, American troops, and college students, calling for unwavering unity among people of faith. In a Newsmax interview, the former pastor described the violence as a direct assault on innocents and believers everywhere, echoing President Trump’s urging to stand tall without fear. These tragedies underscore a world gripped by terror that demands bold resistance rather than timid silence.
The bloodshed began with a savage ISIS-linked ambush near Palmyra, Syria, where two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter lost their lives, marking the first American casualties there since the Assad regime’s collapse. Hours later, gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram unleashed hell at Bondi Beach in Australia during Hanukkah celebrations, killing 15, including a child, and wounding dozens in an antisemitic rampage fueled by Islamic extremism. Such hatred, festering unchecked, reveals the deadly cost of weak leadership that fails to confront radical threats head-on.
Tragedy compounded with a shooting at Brown University, where a gunman slaughtered two engineering students during finals and injured nine others, leaving communities in shock as authorities hunt the suspect. Harris rightly framed these horrors as assaults on faith itself, insisting that believers must speak out to deny terrorists the victory of intimidation. In an era where evil tests resolve, true strength lies in rejecting fear and proclaiming shared values unapologetically.
Amid this darkness, Harris spotlighted Washington’s urgency: House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, blocked Democrats’ desperate bid to extend bloated Obamacare subsidies set to expire December 31, affecting millions on ACA plans. The GOP’s alternative empowers small businesses and families through expanded association health plans and health savings accounts, slashing wasteful handouts to insurers that only inflate premiums. Democrats’ panic exposes their addiction to big-government fixes that trap Americans in rising costs, while Republicans deliver real choice and fiscal sanity.
Harris’s message rings true—faith and principled governance offer hope against chaos, pushing back negativity with resolve and compassion. By rejecting subsidy scams and rallying against global violence, leaders like him prove that America thrives when prioritizing people over partisanship and predators. In these trying times, unity in purpose lights the path forward.
