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This week, during a discussion on the Washington state Senate floor about a bill to mandate uninterrupted meal/rest breaks and overtime protection for nurses, one senator complained that small hospital nurses don’t need uninterrupted breaks because all they do anyway is play cards all day.

State Sen. Maureen Walsh, a Republican who just happens to be in favor of gay marriage, issued the remarks while trying to argue in favor of an amendment to SHB 1155 that would exempt small “critical access hospitals” that serve rural communities.

Because small “critical access hospitals,” which remain open 24/7, are the only source of medical care that is available for rural patients, requiring full breaks for their safes would be unsafe, the senator argued.

“I understand helping with employees and making sure we have rest breaks and things like that,” she said. “But I also understand that we need to care for patients first and foremost.”

“And by putting these kinds of mandates on a critical access hospital that literally serves a handful of individuals, I would submit to you, those nurses do probably get breaks. They probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day, but the reality is this bill does not apply to critical access hospitals.”

While Sen. Mauree Walsh’s heart may have been in the right place, what with her concern for rural patients, Washington state’s estimated 68,657 registered nurses, as of 2016, and America’s estimated 2.86 million nurses, as of 2016, were not trying to hear any excuses or rationalizations.

“No, Senator, nurses are not sitting around playing cards. They are taking care of your neighbors, your family, your community,” the Washington State Nurses Association claimed in a statement, adding that her comments were “incredibly disrespectful and patronizing.”

National Nurses United, the largest organization of registered nurses in America, has also weighed in on the subject.

“Trust me, nurses haven’t earned the title ‘most trusted profession’ for seventeen years running by ‘playing cards’ on our shifts. WA Sen. Maureen Walsh should be ashamed to use #nurses to score cheap political points like this. #1U #nurseslife,” the group’s executive director Bonnie Castillo, tweeted.

Literally thousands of additional nurses have responded to Sen. Mauree Walsh’s post on social media. Their posts swarmed Twitter minutes after the video was posted.

An 84% majority of Americans place a “very high/high” degree of trust in nurses. Conversely, only an 8%t minority of U.S. citizen place as much trust in politicians such as Walsh.

Agnes Gibboney, a mother whose only son was killed by an illegal immigrant, called on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California to start protecting his people from the dangers of illegal immigration.

On Tuesday, Gibboney appeared on “Fox & Friends” to discuss Newsom’s proposal to invest in El Salvador as a way of curbing the immigration crisis.

“California has a lot of issues. We have the worst quality of life, inflation is really high. Taxes. We have the worst schools, the worst roads,” she said

“[Newsom] ought to focus on economic growth in California. Stop giving health care to illegal aliens and free tuition, where our children have to pay full price. This is outrage. He ought to be focusing on what’s happening in our state not another country. It’s not his job to be doing that.”

CBS Los Angeles reported that, Gibboney’s son, Ronald Da Silva, was shot and killed in April of 2002 in El Monte by Luis Gonzales, illegal immigrant gang member.

Agnes Gibboney stated that she doesn’t trust California’s state government and claimed that it is more interested in protecting illegal immigrants than American citizens.

“I have no respect for the California government because they let me down. They protect criminal illegal aliens,” Gibboney said.

“They are not protecting my family. Where was my son’s sanctuary? Where is my sanctuary. And to let everyone know the individual that murdered my son will be released from prison in the state of California next year in February. This is an outrage. We need to protect our own, not criminals and not illegals that are costing taxpayers billions and billions of dollars a year.”

Gibboney’s family legally immigrated to America from Hungary and said illegal immigration must be stopped as soon as possible.

“My family legally immigrated here. We came here not through marriage, not through jumping over a fence, not over staying a Visa. We came on our own merit,” she said. “My father had a job contract. We followed the law. And I expect everyone that wants to come to our country — this is my home, my country and I expect everyone to do the same — to follow the law. And we need to shut down the border, do whatever it takes to stop this invasion into our country.”

On Monday, Rep. Ilhan Omar posted a tweet concerning the terrible fire that engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris earlier that day, a devastation to Catholics across the world.

“Art and architecture have a unique ability to help us connect across our differences and bring people together in important ways,” posted Rep. Omar. “Thinking of the people of Paris and praying for every first responder trying to save this wonder.”

The Democrat’s response was quickly met with criticism on Twitter from voices on the right over its vague nature.

Conservative commentator and National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch responded with a tweet, “Well, the ‘architecture’ that the art was housed in is a cathedral. While Biblically Christ is wherever His people are, Notre Dame is a significant and storied icon of faith.”

Radio host Larry O’Connor similarly took issue with the vague nature of Rep. Omar’s post, simply posting: “Art and architecture.”

“Art & architecture?” former congressman and radio host Joe Walsh asked. “It was a house of worship. A Catholic Cathedral. It wouldn’t have been difficult for you to acknowledge that.”

In a reference to Rep. Omar’s much-maligned remarks on 9/11, Daily Wire contributor Harry Khachatrian tweeted, “Did something happen to some building?”

Making the same point, another Daily writer posted: “9/11 ~ ‘Some people did something’ Now ~ ‘Art and architecture’ caught fire.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar found herself under heat last week over a comment she made about the September 11 terrorist attacks that took the lives of thousands of Americans. While she spoke at an event for Council on American-Islamic Relations in March, she referred to the atrocity as an instance where “some people did something.”

The 13th century Notre Dame Cathedral “began burning around 12pm EST, and the structure, which has an almost entirely wooden roof, was quickly consumed in the flames.” The cathedral’s iconic spire and roof collapsed. By 3 p.m., the church’s towers were also taken by the flames.

Luckily, “the Crown of Thorns, the Tunic of Saint Louis and several other major works” were recovered, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Twitter.

“Thanks to the @PompiersParis, the police and the municipal agents the Crown of Thorns, the Tunic of Saint Louis and several other major works are now in a safe place,” Hidalgo wrote.

Last Saturday, a legal citizen from Togo was reportedly attacked in Maryland for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, and two suspects have been taken into custody.

ABC7 reported that the man, who lives in Germantown, MD, was reportedly attacked in his neighborhood by two men because he was wearing a MAGA hat in support of President Trump. He was reportedly hit in the upper body and the head, as the two suspects tried to take his hat from him.

The Montgomery County Police Department stated that the victim, “who was wearing a red, Make America Great Again hat, was approached by two men who began harassing the victim and asking why he was wearing the MAGA hat.”

“The victim told the suspects that he was entitled to his own views and kept walking away from the suspects. The suspects began striking the victim and telling him to take the hat off.”

“The victim continued to be struck by the suspects until he fell to the ground. The suspects then removed property from the victim, and destroyed items of value. The suspects then fled the scene,” said a Monday press release.

Police reportedly arrested two men in connection with the crime. Jovan Crawford, 27 of Gaithersburg, MD, and Scott Roberson, 25 of Washington, D.C.

Reportedly, the men are about to face ten or more years in prison.