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These Are The Hands That IRISH

Built America EXAMINER

By Jonathan Bowen become Police Officers, Fire by without having your say. back in Ireland. This story that when voting for |
started writing this arti- Service Officers, Soldiers, Whether you vote for the alone tells just how impor- President, which nominee
cle during the presiden- Congressman and President with a Golf Course tant the Irish Community is aligns to the morals and val- October
Itial debate last week Congresswomen, Senators, in Doonbeg, Co. Clare or the to America and what a vital
and I have been adding to Mayors and even son of an Irish Catholic immi- part we play in the country’s and make your vote count.
it every day since. So, Presidents. grant, just make sure you future. In closing I also want to
ues that are important to you 7th,
keep that in mind as you Joe Biden stated during the take the time to vote. The I also want to make note say to the readers of this 2020
read though it. debate how proud he was of Irish community across that the Al Smith dinner was newspaper in New York I am
I first want to say I hope his Irish Catholic upbringing America has the power and held last week. Can I just say so proud of the way you con-
and pray that President and I remembered that there influence to decide what the how proud I am of the people tinue to deal with the Covid
Trump his wife and his close was a time when saying that next four years of the country of New York who, given the 19 crisis. You are an inspira-
friends recover from this ter- would cost you votes. Just looks like. Don’t let that obstacles and challenges you tion to the rest of us around
rible virus that they have about every American influence go to waste. Have have faced you still reached the world. You are proving to
been infected with. I wrote President dating back to your say! into your pockets and donat- the world that even during
an article last year about Kennedy has a claim to be Now more than ever ed so generously. I believe these tough times how much
blocking out the rhetoric somewhat Irish. Trump and America needs to be remind- well over six million dollars good there is still in the
around the presidential race his golf club in Doonbeg, Co. ed that the Irish community was raised for the various world. Keep up the 7pm sup-
until the final two candidates Clare; Obama and his spiritu- is important to America’s New York charities. port of your local medical
are named. America now is al home in Moneygall, Co. future and that we don’t just Given there will be an workers, just remember
the time to get interested, get Offaly; George W Bush can represent a bygone era of the increase over the coming there are so many Irish doc-
involved and register to vote. trace his ancestry back to Co country’s great past. twelve months of people tors and nurse working in
The future of the country Antrim and the list goes on! The Irish people have who will need help during hospitals and communities
and the western world Whether we realize it or never been more important these tough times, the gen- within New York.
depends on it! not the Irish community to America than they are erosity of those who gave I also wanted to remind
We have two very differ- across America holds a lot of now. The experimental will be much appreciated by you that if you need help or
ent candidates that represent influence both across the Covid-19 drug that that was those who will be in need. are feeling isolated and cut
very different ideologies and country and on the upcoming given to President Trump I do want to pick up on off from the Irish community
whoever wins will lay the Presidential Election. As a was developed in Co something that President within the New York please
path which the country will community across the coun- Limerick by Regeneron. It Trump said during his speech touch base either us at the
follow for the next four to try we hold more influence was not an English, a Russian at the Al Smith dinner, I dis- Irish Examiner USA or Solas
eight years. than any other ethnic demo- or a Chinese drug company agree with his comments that House or the New York Irish
America, we watched last graphic. With great influence that developed it, it was an the Democratic party is prej- Center.
week from around the world comes great power so as a Irish one. I am also willing to udiced again Catholics. Joe The trick is for those that
the shambolic community I ask one small bet that one or more readers Biden came from an Irish can, support those that need
1st Presidential Debate of the favor from you this presiden- of the article may have had Catholic background and and for those in need don’t be
2020 Presidential campaign. tial election, please VOTE! family members working on Irish Catholics sit on both proud that you feel you can’t
After watching it I recalled Don’t let this election go the development of this drug sides of politics. Think about reach out for help. C
Donald Trump talking about
how as a property developer, AP
he had received a lot of tax
benefits that Joe Biden was Photo/Morry
responsible for putting in
place while he was Vice
President. That made me Gash
think, who built America?
Who is responsible for where
it came from and where the
country is going?
The Irish built this country
and made it great! It is time
for us to do it again. One of
my favorite New York saying
is “The Italians may run the
Mafia, but the Irish run the
Unions” and without the
unions, on your side, not
much is going to get done.
That saying may have
been correct 20 years ago but
how sway does it still have
today? Well the sons and
daughters of the Irish
Immigrants from the 1940s
’50s and ’60s have become
the bedrock that this country
is made on. They have