Our popular annual historic bus tour leaves on Saturday, May 18 at 9 AM from the Queens County Farm Museum. This year we are visiting Manhattan. We are taking in the historic 1765 Morris Jumel Mansion in upper Manhattan, and National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York headquarters in Midtown East with its fabulous American Colonial-style interiors, Sylvan Terrace with its block of attached wooden houses that survive from 1880, and a delicious lunch at Coogan’s in Washington Heights. We didn’t mention the menu last month. You may like historic houses, but you will love the menu: Garden Salad followed by choice of grilled fresh filet of salmon served with rice and vegetable of the day, or shrimp scampi, or chicken picata, or penne a la vodka or Chicken Pot Pie and dessert of Chocolate Cake or Cheesecake. Soda and coffee included. Cost is totally inclusive at $99 per person. See flyer below or call James Trent 718-343-8830 to reserve. We return by 5 PM.
We, the board of directors of the Queens Village Republican Club, are deeply saddened and horrified that the democratically controlled legislature of the State of New York has chosen death over life and curse over blessing. The passing of the recent legislation that legalizes third term and partial birth abortion is clear evidence of this. We categorically condemn the unconscionable legislation that legalizes brutal murder of a viable and precious human life.
New York State GOP Chairman Ed Cox speaks at Lincoln Dinner
We
did it again! We topped ourselves with the most wildly spectacular, exhilarating,
and “explosive” Lincoln Dinner event ever, according to feedback from
attendees. “It’s a great day to be
Republican in New York,” was the refrain of the day.
The Republican Patriots: Phil McManus, Margaret Wagner, Ira Harris, Evangeline Balaskas, Jeff Ulmer, Lauren Whalen, Rick Zaslow, Vickie and Thomas Paladino, Anthony Devolder, Karina Moreno, Joe Concannon, Janet Maderik, Gabriel Miller.
First
time dinner guest Hope Parisi said, “It was my 1st dinner it won’t be my last.
I had a great time. It’s good to know so many people feel the same as me.”
Michael Ferrara, videographer said, “We had a blast yesterday with all the new,
cool rock stars in the Republican Party.” Donna Marino said “Sharing this great
day for America with so many wonderful people at the QVRC annual Lincoln
Dinner, here with my sister Renee.” Joining us from Dutchess County, NY, was Assemblyman
Kieran Lalor who said, “The energy and passion at the Queens Village Republican
Club, Inc. Lincoln Dinner yesterday was inspiring.”
Francis Lewis High School JROTC Honor Guard presents Colors
Cory Lewandowski
Along
with our gala celebration of Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican President,
we celebrated the momentous occasion with Cory Lewandowski, the greatest
keynote speaker we could ever stage for “No Collusion Day,” to thunderous chants
of “USA, USA, USA!” For Sunday, March 24th was the day that Attorney General
William Barr released a letter to Congress saying that Mueller found no
evidence of collusion with Russia and no obstruction of justice. Lewandowski
spoke of the day of reckoning coming for Comey, McCabe, Strzok, and
Hillary, as the audience chanted “Lock Her Up” and “Lock Them Up!”
We paved the way to next year’s reelection campaign for President Trump with our rallying cry, #OnwardTo2020. We broadcast our invitation to our great President to return to his native hometown, Queens for next year’s Lincoln Dinner to a roaring chorus of approval, which Lewandowski heard loud and clear!
Nikoloz Chkheidze with Cory Lewandowski
Lewandowski
related his personal stories re-counting that President Trump works 20 hours a
day, seven days a week, and as his campaign manager, Lewandowski needed 20
energy drinks a day to keep up him. He ticked off the astounding
accomplishments in the first two years of his presidency,
reminding everyone of the largest tax cuts in our nation’s history, slashing
up to 22 burdensome regulations for every new rule, moving the US Embassy to
Jerusalem, recognizing Israel’s right over the Golan Heights, bringing our
military men and women home, elected two Supreme Court justices and one more to
come, created 600,000 manufacturing jobs, unemployment has dropped to the
lowest rate ever for Hispanics and Blacks, and so much more. President Trump is
a fighter who fights for us every day. He fights for every American. He fights
the lies of the Fake News. There will be great news and opportunities for all
ahead of us in the next six years of his presidency, and then the next eight
with President Mike Pence!
#WalkAway founder Brandon Straka with Laurel Arias
Cathy Donohoe, Sanctity of Life Honoree
It
was a doubleheader of Republican “rock stars!” Cheers of “WalkAway!” resounded
wherever our American Patriot of the Year honoree, Brandon Straka was seen,
from the cocktail hour, the VIP room, to the grand ballroom when we enjoyed the
full course dinner and award ceremonies for our valiant honorees, all chosen
for their heroic deeds and patriotic service to our county and communities,
including Arlene Mooradian, Charles Vavruska, Thomas Sullivan, Robert Turner,
Catherine Donohoe, Vickie Paladino, David Bressler and Eric Butkiewicz.
Mike Ferarra and Brandon Straka
Straka
had the people all pumped up and jumping out of their seats as he delivered his
“explosive message.” He recounted the personal story of his transformation from
a liberal Hillary supporter, who was devastated and terrified by the electoral
victory of Trump, to a pro-Trump Republican, who today is leading hundreds of
thousands to walk away from the Democrat Party. One party embraces abortion,
welfare state, socialism, one party does not.
More black babies are aborted than are born. Democrats have decimated the black and
minority communities. Now there are over 400,000 patriots, who are on a journey
in this enlightening movement, not a destination. He teaches people to “start thinking for
yourself.” He is the new charismatic
leader of millions who are breaking through the walls of mental tyranny,
leaving behind the intellectual quarantine of the Democrat Party.
We were honored to have Barbara from Harlem as our dinner guest!
We
displayed our welcoming embrace to our #WalkAway Democrat friends in a
spontaneous outpouring of support, in which $1700 was raised for the #WalkAway
campaign in 30 minutes, after Straka described how his Town Hall event was shut
down, and he was branded a white supremacist hate group. That night Straka
tweeted:
“Tonight
I was honored as Patriot of the Year by Queens Village Republican Club. I told
attendees how radical leftists got our venue cancelled for the LGBT
Town Hall. These Republicans donated almost $2000 toward the new venue 4
the LGBT Town Hall. Democrats shut down the LGBT Town Hall. Republicans saved
the LGBT event.”
This brief report doesn’t do justice to this incredible uplifting event. See for yourself the photos and videos of our great speakers and honorees, which will be posted on our club website and social media in the coming weeks. Please solicit our Lincoln Dinner sponsors who advertised in our beautiful dinner journal, and above all continue to fight to build the Republican Party in Queens, register Republicans, and let’s win the election of President Trump and our Republican candidates in 2020! #WalkAway!! #OnwardTo2020!! It’s a great time to be a Republican Patriot in New York!!
MAGA Queens!Club President Phil Orenstein and Lincoln Dinner Chairman James Trent with Brandon Straka
KrisAnne Hall presents the 700yr history and 5 foundational charters that gave us our founding documents. You will see the striking parallels between today’s events and the events that illuminated our framers’ understanding. You will go away inspired and hopeful, ready to take up the torch of liberty again!
144th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner presented by the Queens Village Republican Club.
“Out with the old in with the new” was the theme at the Queens Village Republican Club 144th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner. All the cool Republicans and WalkAway Democrats gathered together to celebrate and promote the Grand Old Party with new people young and old with new ideas in moving forward and fighting to make our city, state and country great again. Video compilation by Michael Ferrara.
NEXT GENERAL CLUB MEETING: THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Our new meeting place:
Young Israel of Holliswood / Holliswood Jewish Center 86-25 Francis Lewis Blvd., Holliswood, NY 11427
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Lester Jackson author of “Equal Justice for Victims: A Blueprint for the Rightful Restoration of Capital Punishment,” will speak on the topic: The Slaughter of 870,000 Innocent, Law-Abiding People in the United States During the Last 47 years: why It Happened and How to Stop It.
Thomas Zmich and Karina Moreno will talk about the MAGA Queens movement. Thomas, a
Gulf War Veteran and Queens native, is the president of MAGA Queens, and the
Vice President is Karina, who immigrated from Ecuador in 2000 and is the candidate
for Republican District Leader of 30AD.
MAGA Queenswas founded August 2018 to help spread the word of President Trump’s America First Agenda. They support our President’s agenda of pro-God, pro-life, and pro-America First policies. The short-term goal is to support all candidates who agree with this agenda, in the November election. The long-term mission is to unite all Americans, put America First, and build a united voter base of support for Trump in 2020, and the future political climate in Queens, NY.
Attack on Academic Merit Seen as Attack on Opportunity
On March 16, 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez starred in a
Jackson Heights education town hall meeting. While it was formally organized by
Jackson Heights People for Public Schools, AOC was the highlight and the reason
most attendees showed up. Many
radical progressive education proposals
were presented, e.g., stop suspensions, eliminate standardized testing, remove
white teachers.
During the town hall several speakers criticized the SHSAT
(Specialized High School Admissions Test). The SHSAT is an objective and merit
based test used as the sole admissions criteria for the Specialized High School including Stuyvesant,
Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech are among the best high schools in the country.
In recent years, Mayor de Blasio has been critical that the majority of students admitted to
the Specialized High Schools are Asian
and few are Black and Hispanic.
The SHSAT criticisms elicited raucous protests from a group
of vocal Asians parents. These Asians parents held up signs which read “Anti
SHSAT = Anti Asian”, “Equity! A Code Word for Anti Asian” and “Stop Progressive
Asian Racism”. Many of the AOC acolytes seem dumbfounded by the ferocity of the
Asian parents who feel the SHSAT is a opportunity to achieve the America dream
and feel their merit based culture is under attack by progressives. At one
point a panelist said the SHSAT was anti immigrant, causing one protester to
begin shouting in broken English, severely undermining the panelist’s argument.
Yesterday, the SHSAT results were released and Mayor de Blasio and his progressive followers instead of celebrating the achievement of hard working students have used it as a opportunity to engage in further racial division.
144th ANNIVERSARY LINCOLN DINNER Sunday, March 24, 2018, 3 – 8 pm Antun’s, 96-43 Springfield Blvd., Queens Village, NY 11429 For tickets and information visit: www.QVGOP.org Contact James Trent, Dinner Chair at 718-343-8830 or JTrent8830@aol.com
We anticipate a record crowd for our 144th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner on March 24th. Come and enjoy our greatest celebration of the roots of our Party, the Party of Freedom, the Party of Lincoln, and the Party of President’s Trump’s American First agenda!
The thrilling news is that Brandon Straka, the founder of #WalkAway Campaign will be our honored Lincoln Dinner guest speaker. We are proud to recognize his courageous work with the honor of our American Patriot of the Year Award.
A lifelong liberal who voted for Hillary, Straka has become an overnight sensation in the conservative movement, a superstar passionately leading the silent majority to become unsilent. In fact, recently he was denied service at a camera store in Manhattan because a salesman thought he was going to use the camera equipment for “alt-right activities.” He’s enjoyed frequent appearances on Fox News, including an hour-long interview on “Life, Liberty & Levin,” and he was a speaker at the recent annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). He’s received praise from President Trump for “starting something very special.”
Fearless and undaunted, he recognized the truth and walked away from
the intolerant identity politics of the left and led thousands of others to do the
same with a video that went viral on social media, where he said: “Once upon a
time, I was a liberal. But liberalism has changed, and I will no longer be a
part of an ideology or political party that represents everything that
contradicts my values of unity, equal opportunity, personal empowerment,
compassion and love.”
Straka has created a mass exodus of awakened Americans from all ethnic
communities and walks of life encouraging them to “walk away from the divisive
tenets endorsed and mandated by the Democratic Party of today.” He
mentions that “there is there is a seat at the table on the right for
everybody.” Our club is putting out the welcome mat to embrace our new friends,
to come and join us at the Lincoln Dinner and celebrate and honor the awesome
work of Brandon Straka.
We are thrilled to present our most exciting lineup of renowned speakers, local heroes and honorees at our dinner party, including President Trump’s original campaign managers, Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, our illustrious Master of Ceremonies, Frankie “Five Boroughs” Morano, and our heroic 2018 candidates, Republican Woman and Man of the Year, Vickie Paladino and David Bressler, Young Republican of the Year, Eric Butkiewicz, and our Veteran of the Year, Thomas Sullivan. Cathy Donohoe is being honored for her life-saving work as President of Bridge to Life, Charles Vavruska, honored for his vocal advocacy for saving the SHSAT. Special honors will go to Bob Turner, who has never been officially recognized for his service and dedication as former Congressman from Queens and our Party Chairman. Come to the Lincoln Dinner and join hundreds of enthusiastic Republican Patriots celebrating the Party of Lincoln and the dawn of a brand-new Republican Party!
Young Israel of Holliswood / Holliswood Jewish Center 86-25 Francis Lewis Blvd., Holliswood, NY 11427
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FREE PUBLIC FORUM: GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICAAND THE SECOND AMENDMENT
Featuring:
Robert Golomb: Nationally and internationally published columnist.
Nicholas Giordano: Professor of Political Science at Suffolk County Community College.
Donna Marino, LCSW: Licenced Clinical Social Worker in New York and Florida.
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BATTLING THE DEEP STATE
Featuring special
guest speaker:
Suzanne Israel Tufts: Trump Administration’s former Assistant Secretary for Administration in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She will recount her personal battle with the Deep State.
Other guest speakers to be announced.
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SPEAKER’S BIOS
Professor Nicholas Giordano
Nicholas Giordano is a Professor of Political Science at Suffolk County Community College and a former Catastrophic Planning Lead for the New York State Office of Emergency Management (NYS OEM) within the Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services. Professor Giordano teaches courses on American Government and World Politics/International Relations. Recognized and well-respected for his analysis, Professor Giordano is a senior contributor for the Your Island with Tom Schiliro radio program on 103.9fm and has appeared on FoxNews to provide analysis on current issues and trends within government, politics, international relations, homeland security/emergency management, and social/cultural related issues. In addition, Professor Giordano has been asked to provide his expertise on critical issues facing the United States and the international community.
Robert Golomb
ROBERT GOLOMB IS A NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED COLUMNIST. OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS, HIS WRITINGS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN APPROXIMATELY 100 NEWS OULETS. HE IS ALSO A FORMER PROFESSOR OF GRADUATE WRITING AND EDUCATION AND A RETIRED SUPERVISOR OF ENGLISH IN THE NYC BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Suzanne Israel Tufts, Esq.
Suzanne Israel Tufts is a the Trump Administration’s former Assistant Secretary for Administration in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, led by Secretary Ben Carson. Suzanne was nominated by President Trump and was unanimously approved for office by both the Senate Housing, Banking and Urban Affairs Committee and the full Senate.
She is a attorney, consultant and executive with a diverse background in law, political campaigns, conservative causes, entrepreneurship training/adult education, bioethics/patient advocacy, eldercare and voluntarism. She has extensive experience in management, budget, public and private administration, external and government relations, audits, investigations, national and local television and radio, fundraising and development.
Suzanne is a summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University, where she created the university’s first major in Biomedical Ethics and where she received the first undergraduate degree in this field awarded by Princeton. She graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was a Dill
Suzanne previously served in the Administration of President George H. W. Bush as the Regional Director of ACTION (now the Corporation for National & Community Service). She was President and CEO of the American Woman’s Economic Development Corporation (“AWED”) the nation’s first entrepreneurship training center for women, where she was responsible for eliminating the organization’s ten year old debt while expanding funding, improving programs and outcomes and building a Board consisting of CEO’s and C-suite leaders.
In March 2001, Suzanne was recognized by President George W. Bush for her service to New York’s small business community in the wake of the 9/11 including the creation of an emergency business relief programs for AWED alumnae, students and faculty within 72 hours of the attacks while keeping the organization fully functional despite a crisis-related 400% increase in demand for services.
Suzanne has practiced law with an emphasis on corporate governance, white collar and complex corporate litigation and investigations. She has worked for some of the nation’s most prestigious major law firms including Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and Friedman Kaplan Seiler and Adelman, and has served as a strategic advisor to the boards and staffs of exempt organizations and for-profit companies. She has held leadership roles in numerous Presidential and Victory campaigns as well as in state and local Republican and Conservative political campaigns in New York and nationally.
Suzanne has served on the University of Virginia’s Law School Jefferson Fellowships National Selection Committee, on the IRS Region II Exempt Organizations Advisory Council and in numerous alumni leadership roles for Princeton University. Suzanne is a member of the Federalist Society and the Republican National Lawyers’ Association. She has served on the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Election Law and has presented Election Day Continuing Legal Education trainings on behalf of the New York City Board of Elections.
She lives in Forest Hills, New York with her husband, Bob Tufts, a fellow Princeton graduate and former Major League baseball player, Wall Street executive and a cancer survivor who is currently a professor at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University. He is the founder of My Life Is Worth It which advocates on behalf of patients for access and choice to innovative treatments. Her parents, the late Abraham and Henriette Israel, were Holocaust rescuers and survivors.
Donna Marino
Donna Marino, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York and Florida and member of the Queens Village Republican Club. A graduate of New York University, Donna has dedicated 28 years to the field of Social Work. Her services were employed by the Holliswood Hospital, and The Summit School, in Jamaica Estates, Queens. Her private practice is located in Fresh Meadows, NY.
The February Club meeting at Flavor of India Restaurant was the scene of a special presentation by Carrie Sheffield, founder of Bold TV and a forum of candidates for NYC Public Advocate. A special election will be held on February 26, 2019 to fill former Public Advocate Letitia James’ vacated seat. All Public Advocate candidates have been invited. The following four were represented in the video of the forum.
Video credit: James Doukas
Carrie Sheffield, our special guest speaker discussed the topic: “How the GOP can improve its messaging with millennials, minorities and women.” Carrie is the founder of Bold, a digital news network committed to bipartisan dialogue & innovation for people, business & communities.
Video credit: James Doukas
Special thanks goes to James Doukas, our videographer: jaydees2002@yahoo.com
