Our military veterans deserve better. They deserve to have a Commander In Chief who actually cares about the military and about defending our country. But they have Joe Biden currently.
Fortunately, for one veteran, though, there are other people in public office who are willing to buck the Biden administration’s hostility towards anything traditional in American culture, whether it be honoring our military, gun rights and liberty, or a host of other issues.
And for that veteran, a recent announcement must be having him breathing out a sigh of relief. Tom Ozimek writes,
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned former U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting an armed Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester who wielded an AK-47.
Mr. Abbott issued a proclamation on May 16 indicating that Mr. Perry has been granted a full pardon and restoration of full civil rights of citizenship, while taking aim at Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza for allegedly directing the lead investigator to withhold exculpatory evidence and demonstrating “unethical and biased misuse” of his office in prosecuting Mr. Perry.
“Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” Mr. Abbott said in a statement announcing the pardon. “I thank the Board for its thorough investigation, and I approve their pardon recommendation.”
In fact, the board, after reviewing Perry’s case, not only voted unanimously for his pardon but, also, recommended full restoration of Perry’s firearms rights.
And that’s the right thing to do in a situation where a political leader has found that a bureaucrat or leftist politician has abused their office in an attempt to push a political agenda, which is what the prosecutor in this case is accused of doing.
Now, we should work to have governors elected in more states with this kind of courage to defend their people instead of trying to push a leftist agenda.