Pelosi Reads False Account of Those Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

PELOSI We are working ░░░░░░░░ Mr Conyers but also ░░░░░░░░ Clyburn the Assistant Leader ░░░░░░░░ Lewis Terri Sewell of ░░░░░░░░ on issues that relate ░░░░░░░░ voting rights and voter ░░░░░░░░ and the rest So ░░░░░░░░ is the point of ░░░░░░░░ spear of how we ░░░░░░░░ forward with this and ░░░░░░░░ of the colleagues that ░░░░░░░░ mentioned are part of ░░░░░░░░ operation I just want ░░░░░░░░ read this one thing ░░░░░░░░ it is July We ░░░░░░░░ back from the Fourth ░░░░░░░░ July celebration and I ░░░░░░░░ this article and it ░░░░░░░░ have you ever wondered ░░░░░░░░ our Founders they sacrificed ░░░░░░░░ lives their liberty their ░░░░░░░░ honor to establish this ░░░░░░░░ It was quite a ░░░░░░░░ thing but did you ░░░░░░░░ wonder what happened to ░░░░░░░░ 56 men who signed ░░░░░░░░ Declaration of Independence Five ░░░░░░░░ were captured by the ░░░░░░░░ as traitors and tortured ░░░░░░░░ they died Twelve had ░░░░░░░░ homes ransacked and burned ░░░░░░░░ lost their sons during ░░░░░░░░ Revolutionary War another had ░░░░░░░░ sons captured Nine of ░░░░░░░░ fought and died from ░░░░░░░░ or hardships of the ░░░░░░░░ War They signed and ░░░░░░░░ pledged their lives their ░░░░░░░░ and their sacred honor ░░░░░░░░ kind of men were ░░░░░░░░ Twenty four were lawyers ░░░░░░░░ jurists 11 were merchants ░░░░░░░░ were framers and large ░░░░░░░░ owners Men of means ░░░░░░░░ educated but they signed ░░░░░░░░ Declaration of Independence knowing ░░░░░░░░ well that the penalty ░░░░░░░░ be death if they ░░░░░░░░ captured Carter Braxton of ░░░░░░░░ a wealthy planter and ░░░░░░░░ saw his ships swept ░░░░░░░░ the sea by the ░░░░░░░░ Navy He sold his ░░░░░░░░ and properties to pay ░░░░░░░░ debts He died in ░░░░░░░░ Thomas McKean was so ░░░░░░░░ by the British that ░░░░░░░░ was forced to move ░░░░░░░░ family almost constantly without ░░░░░░░░ and his family was ░░░░░░░░ in hiding His possessions ░░░░░░░░ taken from him and ░░░░░░░░ was his reward Vandals ░░░░░░░░ soldiers looted the properties ░░░░░░░░ Ellery Hall Clymer Walton ░░░░░░░░ Heyward Rutledge Middleton other ░░░░░░░░ At the Battle of ░░░░░░░░ Thomas Nelson noted that ░░░░░░░░ British General Cornwallis had ░░░░░░░░ over the Nelson home ░░░░░░░░ his headquarters and quietly ░░░░░░░░ George Washington to open ░░░░░░░░ the home was destroyed ░░░░░░░░ Lewis lost his home ░░░░░░░░ property John Hart was ░░░░░░░░ from his wife s ░░░░░░░░ when she was dying ░░░░░░░░ thirteen children fled for ░░░░░░░░ lives His fields were ░░░░░░░░ to waste and for ░░░░░░░░ than a year he ░░░░░░░░ in forests and caves ░░░░░░░░ home to find his ░░░░░░░░ dead and his children ░░░░░░░░ So take a few ░░░░░░░░ while enjoying the Fourth ░░░░░░░░ July this says But ░░░░░░░░ we ponder the sacrifices ░░░░░░░░ so many people made ░░░░░░░░ the start of our ░░░░░░░░ what Abraham Lincoln did ░░░░░░░░ keep our country together ░░░░░░░░ the suffragettes did to ░░░░░░░░ the right to vote ░░░░░░░░ civil rights leaders have ░░░░░░░░ to expand that right ░░░░░░░░ vote and understand what ░░░░░░░░ responsibility is to protect ░░░░░░░░ so many people sacrificed ░░░░░░░░ much to achieve for ░░░░░░░░ country.”