Mychajliw Masks Super Spreader’s Arrest in Cheektowaga

Pete Harding and Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw not socially distancing or wearing a mask at a recent press conference for a racist gym owner in Orchard park

As the pandemic continues to rage across Erie County, people like Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw selfishly refuse to protect the people around them.

One of the founding members of WNY’s recently established “FreeDUMB brigade”  conspiring with Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajlw in an attempt to silence their biggest critics (like this website) is no stranger to law enforcement.

Pete Harding was arrested on June 26th for 3rd-degree criminal trespass after what witnesses describe as an “irate and confrontational disturbance” while harassing customers in a  Cheektowaga liquor store without wearing a mask.

Details have immerged of the arrest after Harding and his supporters continue to claim he was being “falsely accused” on WBEN radio and other social media outlets.

After attempts by the business owners to ask Harding to wear a mask or leave the store, Harding ignored the request and refused to comply.

That’s when store owners called Cheektowaga police and Harding began “ranting” about his “rights”.

According to the police report, officers gave Harding multiple oppportunities to leave the store without arrest but he refused to comply.

Harding was then escorted out of the store, placed under arrest and his car was towed and ticketed for expired registration.

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As far as we know the case is still pending in Cheektowaga Town Court after a previous court appearance was pushed to a later date when a group of maskless supporters caused a scene at the doors of the courthouse.  No word yet on a rescheduled date.

So much for respecting the blue. Or anyone but themselves for that matter.

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Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) raised eyebrows on Fox Business Tuesday when she endorsed a U.S. invasion of Venezuela — but then she took it a step further, telling anchor David Asman, with no evidence, that Venezuela is "giving uranium" to hostile foreign powers and terrorist groups.

"This is going to be a very major success story, not only for [the Venezuelan people], but for us," said Salazar. "And I salute President Trump for having the fortitude, the courage, the political vision to be doing this. Because [Nicolas] Maduro is the head of a transnational criminal organization. Maduro is not the legitimate president of the country, so we're not invading a sovereign country that has a free and fair elected democratic president. No. This guy is a thug."

"And he's good friends with Hezbollah, and they're giving uranium to Hamas and to Iran and to North Korea and to Cuba and to Nicaragua," she continued. "Come on. It's time for the United States to do what we need to do. And thank god that Trump is doing it."

She went on to say Venezuela has "the largest reserves of oil in the world" and it'll be a "windfall" for America.

While Venezuela does have speculated uranium reserves, and the Iranian government helped carry out exploratory operations in 2009, there is no evidence that Venezuela is even currently mining uranium, let alone exporting it to any of the countries or groups Salazar mentioned.

Despite the questionable uranium claims, Venezuela has seen extreme economic and political repression under Nicolás Maduro, who has assumed the presidency for multiple terms by banning key opposition leaders and holding sham elections. Millions of people have fled the country to escape hyperinflation, hunger, and authoritarian policies.

The United States has sanctioned the Maduro regime for years under presidents from both parties, but Trump has escalated, with not just harsh new sanctions, but reportedly plans for attacks on military assets under the guise of drug strikes.

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