Video of die-hard Donald Trump supporter Deborah Baber’s impassioned speech to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors on June 16 went viral on Twitter.
"I am not into sadomasochism and bondage. I am not a burglar. I am not a pandering politician like we see here, and here, and here," she said, pointing at the board members individually. "I am a proud Trump Republican—TRUMP Republican—yearning to be free again. Who are you? Victim or victor?"
Holding up a Trump 2020 campaign sign, Baber said, "If you are offended by anything I have said, by the masses of people, then I am offended by the masses of people who don't question your wholesale slaughter of our constitutional and inalienable rights. Shame on all of you. Let liberty ring!" Baber then rang a bell and sang "God Bless America."
After Baber finished singing, she again rang her bell and shouted, "Let freedom ring!"
Baber is not your average Trump supporter in Ventura County. She a co-founder of the for-profit Republican Values Center, which sells merchandise such as flag-decorated clothing and MAGA gear that includes watches and 2020 election socks, according to the Star.
Run by four women, all of whom are members of the Republican Women Federated community chapter, Republican Values Center is a dues-paying group that hosts gatherings at a 3,600 square-foot space located in a shopping center 2878 Cochran Street.
The company’s president, Patricia Saraceno, who once served as a Simi Valley area manager for former U.S. Representative Steve Knight, hopes their for-profit foundation is the beginning of a grassroots movement. "We hope there is one on every corner," Saraceno told the Star. "The goal is to turn California back to the conservative red state it once was. We like to refer to it as a safe space for like-minded individuals who share the American values."
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